The Crumbling
"What ever shall I do now Spikey?" Rarity sat at the table of the Hoof Burger restaurant, It wasn't the best place in town or
that fancy eatery where couples could spend a romantic evening wooing each other, It was the place where foals could be a foal.
Oh the tragedy she placed her blue bowed gem encrusted hard hat on the table and began sniffing,
a little wetness glazed over her eyes
"Common?" she whispered to herself "Ordinary?" she held her breath and the tears began to flow
and she squeaked out a weak lamentation
"Am I not thee fabulous fashionable Rarity anymore! Oh what shall I dooooooooooo"
her hooves beating on the table in a foalish tantrum.
Spike watched her usual drama taking in those fabulous eyes and flowing mane, she always had the flare for the dramatic overtones.
"Six? Your orders ready, Calling number six" yelled the cashier over the din of unbridled foals raising all sorts of chaotic havoc.
"Are you going to be okay Rarity?" Spike asked "I can change the order and get you the extra extra special delux with extra cheese".
"Oh Spikey you're such a dear, Whatever would I do without your support and devotion to carry me through these rough times?"
"Eat cartons and cartons of vanilla oat swirl ice cream and spoil your diet?" Spike deadpanned.
"Oh hush you" she reached out and ruffled his head spines, Spike only smiled as he raised to the task of fast food picker upper.
She watched him waddle away his tail swishing a hypnotic beat his scales reflecting bits of light like a living disco ball.
Rarity sniffed and dabbed her eyes the thoughts of common and ordinary never suited her. Exotic? yes, Flashy? sure, Spikeylicious...
'SPIKEYLICIOUS? Oh dear where did that come from?' She shook her head.
Silly Professor Maudelina Daisy Pie what would she know about fashion just because she had a roctorate in stupid rock stuff!
She looked to where Spike was navigating the nomares zone of rambunctious colts and fillies high on sugar and bent on the
destruction of every living thing in sight. The plight of families on display, food fights and waded burger wrappers flying allover.
She watched how Spike dodged, waddled and weaved through the youngsters some even stopped the carnage to say hello to the
hero of the crystal empire. As he approached the table his eyes set on the balancing tray she was now staring at the gentle
father figure of a dragon with all the colts and fillies filling her with...'Woof!' Raritys thoughtful outburst suddenly caused
her to look away and start polishing her orange helmet with a catsup soiled paper towel.
Spike returned looking at her helmet seeing the fresh catsup stains across the rim "Rarity are you okay?"
She then came back to Equestria realizing her head gear dilemma "Perfectly fine precious scales just doing a quick color study,
oh that food looks delicious, thank you so much for getting my mind off the events of this morning".
"No problem just because Maud says those gems are ordinary or common doesn't mean you can't make them fabulous and
absolutely special". Spike shoved a few hay fries in his mouth "After all you're more talented, resourceful, stylish..."
Spike looked at Rarity staring right through him he turned his head to see what she was looking at, after the quick glance behind
and seeing nothing he turned to face Rarity daintily nibbling on her extra extra special burger with extra cheese. It was his turn to stare.
They sat nibbling and sipping their meals together silently in the noisy Hoof Burger where foals should be arrested for multiple
crimes against the Crown. A slice of processed Amareican cheese product half melted and fused to a wilted piece of lettuce landed
on Spikes head sticking like an edible tattoo.
It stuck there.
It stayed put.
The yellow and green complimented his natural colors.
Rarity stifled a giggle and just smiled at the dragon.
A dragon who slowly pealed the cheese and veggie off his head, who opened his burger carefully and added the ingredients to
his meal as if this was a normal everyday occurrence.
He peeked up at her "I guess you never had a real full blown lunch with Twilight".
The only noise now heard throughout the restaurant was the guffaws of a full grown mare in hysterics.
The foals stared at the two interlopers who single hoofedly spoiled all the fun.
Spike carried her helmet along the path returning to collect more booty from their special cave. It was a quiet place where they
both shared quality time, she would prattle away as he listened snacking on rejected gems and carving the good gems into
useable shapes for her special dragon cut gems collection.
It was safer then the Diamond dog areas, other then the one time he glowed causing her to be covered in bat guano.
Not only did it provide their gems they so enjoyed but it could be called their special place for the marsh mellow and her basket holder.
Walking lost in conversation Spike and Rarity were startled by a bounding bouncing Pinkie Pie lost in her own personal party.
"My word Pinkie what has you so excited the fine afternoon?" Rarity spoke up.
"Oh I'm so nervouscited my sister Maud just settled down here in outskirts Ponyville and became GlimGlams B-B-S-B-F-F-W-B-F-Ks
and we're going to have the best party and everything".
"Pinkie, What in Equestria is B,B,S.B,F,F,W,B,F,K?" both Spike and Rarity were stumped at Pinkies code leters.
"Oh that's BEST BIG SISIERS BEST FRIENDS FOREVER WITH BENIFITS FLYING KITES! WOO HOOO!" Pinkie screamed
then eyed the two looking at her "What are you two doing out here?"
"We're going to pick up more gems at the cave".
"What? The cave where you met Maud and she called your gems common and ordinary and I tried to hook her up with your Spikey so she wouldn't be lonely but after blowing the cave to smithereens it brought them together. You know Glimmy and my sister who I love more then all the snozbury cookies in the whole wide Equesrtia, so Maud is staying here instead of Ghastly Gorge, Glad Glimmy became Mauds besties and found her new home where we all can be together! Ain't that great?"
"Pinkie dearie, what was that about the cave again?" Rarity quipped.
"What cave?" Pinkie stuttered the sweat poured and her eyes glanced from side to side the trap was about to get the mouse.
"The cave with all my sparkly gems" The fashion pony dead panned.
'Pinkie plan number pasty plaid!'
"Oh that silly cave ... Oh look at the time I've got cupcakes a baking at Sugar Cube Corner and Mr. Cake will put my buns in the oven if I
forget those cookies again bye!" In a flash of glitter and pink fog the Pie was gone.
"What was that all about?" Spike quizzed her.
"Something about Maud and Starlight Glimmer flying a kite?"
The two continued to the cave ready for a little quite time gem collecting and making up lost time from earlier.
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"SPIKE!" Twilight yelled into the caves entrance.
"SPIKE!" she screamed once more as Spike and Rarity saw the princess in the darkened hollow.
"Spike can you hear me!"
"Yes Twilight".
"SPIKE, DON'T WORRY I'LL GET YOU OUT!"
"Out of what? and you don't have to yell I'm right here"
Twilight spun around to see her assistant unsquished and waving at her with a peeved mare looking back at the cave on the verge of
some very unladylike language.
"TWILIGHT! WHAT IN ALL CELESTIA HAPPENED TO MY CAVE!"
"Pinkie used explosives I thought you and Spike were trapped in the cave in and I... I, Rarity?"
Spike turned to see Raritys horn glowing with odd sparks and embers shooting out her hair frizzed and that unmistakable twitch in
her left eye. That flickering twitch in the eye just before a very bad episode of blowing gaskets and going all Smarty Pants.
He had seen this with Twilight and saw his boss looking very worried. He then looked at the white one her twitching now flowing
through her whole body. This was going to be bad very very bad.
"Our cave" she trembled.
"Our cave" tears lined her eyes streaking her eyeliner.
"Rarity?" Spike looked into her eyes, they were an ocean of storms.
"Our cave" she was going to blow.
"Rarity" Spike rubbed her cheeks looking for a way to break her derailed train of thought.
Twilight looked on as Spike hauled back and did what any hero would do to snap a mare out of a trance he hauled back grabbed her cheeks, leaned in and kissed her on the snoot, It wasn't a big smooch just a gentle long peck.
Rarity closed her eyes and leaned into the smooch her face softly cradled, his nose exhaled and tickled her fur. Oh so nice, Oh Spikey!
Her eyes shot open like pie plates her pupils shrunk to nothing 'A lady doesn't kiss a gentlecolt unless it's serious, Spikey? WHAT? ME!?'.
Twilight saw Rarity whinny and gallop out of the cave returning only to peck the dragon on the lips once more and fleeing out of the
caves only exit with her tail tucked between her legs babbling like a high school filly.
Spike awoke from his smooch induced stupor the smell of wild marsh mellows on his lips. His spines deflated when he saw no signs of his crush.
"I guess I blew it big time" Spike moaned " At least she didn't explode or something".
"Spike you did good little Romeo" Twilight gave him a hug "I bet the next time you see her you'll get a little surprise".
"Like a buck to the head?"
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"Auntie Twi, What was pops surprise?" the little dracony asked.
"A gem cake and a date from your mom" Twilight closed the photo album.
"Yeah, Had to be that gem cake Dad never does anything mushy unless he gets gems..."
"Uncle Spike's cool he'd never do anything mushy"
"Well MY MOM'S A PRINCESS!"
"MY POP'S A FIRE BREATHING DRAGON!"
"SO WHAT MY MOM'S A WONDERBOLT!"
"MY MOM HAS PARTIES EVERYDAY!"
"WELL . . .WELL MY MOM HAS FUNNY EYES!"
They all ate at the Hoof Burger the only place in Ponyville where a foal can be a foal.
