Author's Note

Inspired to revive this fic by someone. Thought i'd give this another try. Enjoy!

Small Mistakes

"Uh...what is he doing?" Rainbow asked as she watched me rolling on the cloud floor like a puppy asking for belly rubs.

Spitfire simply simply shrugged. "I dunno."

Eventually I stopped my rolling, and stood up. After checking to see that my wings had in fact, stopped flaming, I looked back at them.

"That...was...awesome!" I hugged them both tightly, nearly knocking them over in my excitement.

"Did you guys see that? My wings caught fire! I looked back, and the very air was on fire! How cool is that?!"

Rainbow stepped forward and put a hoof on my shoulder. "See, I told you you'd do fine. But..."

"But what?" I asked, not knowing what she meant.

"Now we have to figure out what to do about all the flames burning in the academy."

I looked back and saw what she meant. "Oh, right."

I thought for a moment, and then an idea came to me. Upon my return to standing on all fours, I had time to assess the previous situation, and recalled that my flames didn't hurt me. Nor did they spread anywhere but at the tips of my wings, not counting the huge mess I made of course. So...

"Hold on, you two. I want to try something."

As I looked back at them, I saw that they had slightly worried expressions on their faces. Understandable, considering I caused this.

Spitfire spoke up. "But how are you gonna put out all these fires by yourself?"

"If my plan works, you'll see soon enough."

I turned back to the roaring flames, and, flying up into the air to face the inferno, I summoned whatever strange magic caused me to do this, and beat my wings hard.

I opened my eyes, which had been closed in prayer that my plan would work, and saw that it indeed, had worked. My magic had listened to me, and didn't fan the flames any further. Instead, as I kept beating my wings as hard as I could, I watched as the wind I generated blew away the flames as quickly as they had sprung up. When I was done, I glided back down, and alighted in front of the mares.

"Whoa..." Was the response of an awestruck Rainbow Dash.

"Talk about a fire fighter..." came Spit's reply, her mouth agape in amazement.

"What? What's wrong, you two? I put out the fire. I put it out so there's no danger anymo-. Um...why are you staring at me?"

Without another word from me, Spitfire zipped over to me, catching me in a tight hug.

When she finally let go of me, she looked at me and said, "You are one of the most interesting Pegasi I've ever met, kid. And that's saying something."

I gave her an awkward look. "Uh...thank you!" I was genuinely grateful for the compliment, but this felt a little unwarranted.

I realized she was still holding onto me, and said, "Um...Spitfire?"

"Whah? Oh, right! My bad, kid. Guess I got a little...um..." She blushed and backed away, looking anywhere but at me as she did so.

I couldn't believe it. Spitfire, was blushing. I repeat. Spitfire, was blushing. I stood there dumbfounded at this new information, and before I could stop my self, the words, "Too cute." rolled out of my mouth.

Spitfire turned even redder. "C-cute! I-i'm not...cute...i'm....i'm..." She said nothing else, opting to keep silent for now.

I laughed, thinking I had done something wrong, and walked back to Dash, who just looked at me like I was some kind of Idol of some kind.

"You...just who are you?" Rainbow said, giving me a smile and walking away with me back to ponyville.

Unbeknownst to me, my little fire ball did not go unnoticed.

Castle Friendship, just before my Blaze of Glory

"Spike! What's for breakfast?" A purple unicorn mare asked her assistant, pressing a hoof against her head as she battled with a morning headache. She got her answer as she made her way down the crystal steps of her castle.

"Oh, just the usual. Rose and Cherry Sandwiches for you. Gem cereal for me."

"Oh, by Celestia I could really go for some of that right now." She said, her stomach rumbling in agreement. "And get the medicine potions. This headache is gonna kill me..."

"Right away!"

With that, Spike sped off to do his job, and left Twilight to her own devices. She sat down at the table and patiently waited for Spike to return with the medicine.

When that got boring, she starting trotting in circles around the table, just to give her legs something to do while she waited.

When even that got boring, she started raiding the fridge in search of her promised Rose and Cherry sandwiches.

She found them, and immediately snatched them up and sat down at the table. She wasted no time in ripping open one of the delicious, juicy morsels and digging into it.

It tasted wonderful. The refreshing juiciness of the cherries combined with the sweetness and soft texture of the roses was almost enough to make her headache go away all on its own.

And so she dug in, not even stopping to chew her food.

"Where the heck are those Luna damned potions!" Spike yelled as he searched high and low for the medicine to bring to Twilight. He had been searching all over and still couldn't find them.

He was currently in the storage room, looking on the shelves, he had already checked the most obvious places. The medicine cabinet in the bathroom, under the sink, in the shower, under her bed, in her closet. It was as if some invisible force was keeping it from him.

But then, just as he was about to give up, he remembered.

"The kitchen!"

With that, he ran back into the dining room, only to see Twilight chowing down without him.

"Aww, come on Twi! Couldn't you have waited?"

Twilight paused in her eating, no, inhaling, for a moment to look up at Spike. She inmediately put the food down and gave him an apologetic look.

"Sorry, Spike. I get bored and started looking around for the food. You know how much I love this stuff. Can you forgive me. Just this once?"

Spike sighed as he looked at her. The look of indignation on his face changed to a smile. "You know I can't stay mad at you."

The two shared a smile before Twilight said, "So did you find the medicine?"

"Yep!" Spike said triumphantly, zipping off into the kitchen and opening the pantry, only to come back with the bottle.

"Tada! One bottle, for your headache."

"Thanks Spike. What would I do without you?"

"Yeah, You're welcome. Here, take it."

"Don't mind if I do." With that she took the bottle of potion and popped the cork on it, tipping it over into her mouth, only for...nothing...to come out?

"Spike. What's going on?" Twilight said, a slightly annoyed edge in her voice.

Spike picked up on it, and immediately asked, "What do you mean, Twilight?"

"I mean why is the potion empty!" she yelled back, her anger rising. "Did you drink it all again? I know it taste like gems, but its not a drink! This is medicine! For my headaches, not something you can chug like cider!"

"Wait, Twilight, please! I...I didn't drink it, I swear!"

"Oh? Then who did? I don't see any other ponies in here with us?"

"I'm telling you I didn't do it!"

"So who did it, Spike? Huh? was it the map? Because last time I check, maps didn't have mouths! Let alone a craving for gems!"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

Twilight jumped, taken aback by her assistant's harsh tone.

"Listen, Twi. I don't know who did it, but It wasn't me. Maybe you just...used up the rest of it at some point. These headaches of yours did start over a week ago, you know?"

Twilight sat down, and thought about what she had just heard. She couldn't believe she had blown up on him like that. She loved Spike like a son. What kind of mother didn't trust their own child?

"S-sorry, Spike. I...overreacted. Maybe I did use it all up sometime before."

They sat there in silence for a moment, not daring to look at each other.

Then Twilight spoke up. "Wanna...go to the market with me to buy some more?"

Spike thought for a moment before saying, "Y-yeah....yeah...i'd like that."

then his stomach rumbled, interrupting their moment.

"Just...let me eat first."

At that, they both laughed, sitting at the table together with their food.

When Spike was done eating, they finally made their way to the market. Twilight had made quick work of finding the shop vendor that sold her potions. Of course, with that shop owner being Zecora, the only Zebra in all of ponyville, she didn't have to worry too much about that.

They parted ways with a cheerful wave and Twilight and Spike made their way back to the castle.

But, before they could get there, Spike was stopped by a sight coming from above.

"Twilight, you might wanna see this."

"What is it Spike?"

Spike said nothing, simply lifting a claw in the direction of the sky. Following his claw, Twilight saw that something was indeed wrong.

"The sky...its burning!"