Spike's First Date

Moving along in a neighborhood area, Celestia was driving Spike to the destination of where he was supposed to be. The area surrounding them appeared to be a nice, neighborly place with finely decorated houses surrounding them in the suburbia. Celestia smiled as she looked at the houses. Spike, on the other hand, was sulking.

"What's the matter, honey? Aren't you happy that this is your first date?" she asked.

"That's not the problem, mom. I'm dating the captain of the wrestling team at my school." he said as he looked out the window.

"Well, I'm sure it's not that bad. If anything, she could really be a nice girl that has a crush on you." she said, pinching his cheeks.

"Ouch! Don't do that." he whined.

"Oh, don't be such a sourpuss~. Your date could turn out to be one of the greatest nights of your life."

"I suppose, but there's just no telling what'll happen if it goes wrong..."

***

Back at Canterlot High, after Spike finished standing by as the water boy, he started serving out the entire cups with water and gatorade as the wrestling team went over to the benches to refresh themselves. The boys were wearing unitards while the girls were wearing thong leotards. As they were having their refreshments, Spike was just serving out the drinks to everyone that came over to him. Until Garble and his friends came over.

"Well, if it ain't tater-tot!" Garble exclaimed.

He smacked Spike in the back, making him drop the drinks as the former's friends laughed at him as well as pouring theirs on him. But due to the harassment and ridicule that he endured from the group, Spike said in the most sarcastic tone,

"Thanks for the drink, guys. Care for a towel?"

Deciding to play along, Garble said,

"Why sure, Spiky. We would care to have a towel in this time of need."

Not giving in to their crude delight of torment, Spike went over to the bench and grabbed their towels. When Garble and his friends grabbed the towels, they started hazing him as they circled him. Spike crouched down in an armadillo-like position and shielded himself from the whippings that he was receiving. They laughed as they continued to bombard him with the stings of their towels. But before they could go any further with Spike's abuse, Garble's towel was pulled out of his hands.

"What the...?" Garble wondered as he turned around.

The rest of his friends turned around and saw Ember. Even though she was the female captain of the wrestling team, she had some muscle to her. Her left arm had some Kanji lettering while the right arm had a tribal tattoo surrounding her upper arm and half of her lower arm. Her body was slender and curvy, yet well-toned. Her legs also had muscle to them. She was also tall as most of the guys measuring at six feet, which helped with her figure. But the one defining trait that made her distinctive were her large breasts, which stood out a little from her leotard. Her hair, though a tad short, was also braided back to give a more tough look to her while the bangs mostly complimented down the style. Upon seeing her, Garble and his friends immediately freaked out.

"Oh. H-Hey Ember. Keeping loose?" Garble asked, albeit in a more nervous tone.

"I'm fine, but what're you doing wasting refreshments?" Ember asked.

"Uh... Well, we..." one of Garble's friends said, trying to come up with an excuse.

"Hmm?"

"We just thought he was a little sweaty, so we decided to pour drinks on him to cool him down. You know?" another one of Garble's friends said.

Not buying it, Ember said,

"We have air conditioning in here, plus you didn't really seem to need those towels. You barely worked up a sweat much when we started practicing."

"Uh..."

Spike looked up and saw Ember talking to the guys.

"Don't you guys have any practicing to do? I could use volunteers for a few moves that I had in mind..."

Not wanting to be on the receiving of Ember's wrath, Garble said,

"Oh, you're right! Practice! Yeah... We better get back to it. Guys?"

"Uh... yeah..." most of his friends said in unison as they left Spike alone.

Getting off the ground as he watched Garble and his friends, he turned Ember who smiled at him.

"T-Thanks..." Spike said with a tiny smirk.

But before he could go back to his duties, Ember grabbed his arm.

"What?" Spike asked in an annoyed manner.

She pulled him over and started whispering into his ear. Most of the female wrestlers were giggling while the male wrestlers were confused about what she was doing. After a minute, Spike turned towards her and asked,

"Why?"

"Just stay and you'll understand."

Reluctantly, Spike conceded to her demand and said,

"Fine..."

Smiling, Ember turned back towards her team and shouted,

"Alright, everybody! Time for rope climbing..."

Spike sat by the sidelines patiently until wrestling practice was over.

Two hours later, wrestling practice was finally over and everybody went home except for Spike and Ember. Spike was forced to wait in the girl's locker room while Ember was cleaning herself up in the showers and putting on some fresh clothes. Spike, on the other hand, smelled like a mixture of gatorade and every other sports drink that he served out to the wrestling team since freshman year. He wasn't content with waiting for Ember to finish, but he decided to wait it out a little further. After forty-five minutes have passed, Ember finally came out of the shower room.

"'Bout time! I was beginning to think you were just hazing me again..." Spike said in an annoyed manner.

"Just because I like taking names and kicking ass doesn't mean I don't like keeping myself hygienic." Ember retorted.

"If you can be as hygienic as waiting in a DMV..."

Ember simply chuckled and said,

"I like your sense of humor. Nothing held back. However, there are standards when it comes to mocking the person who invited you."

"Huh?"

"I have a proposal for you, my cute little friend."

"Proposal?"

"What would you say if we go out on Friday?"

"Excuse me?"

"I was thinking that we could catch a flick, go to the arcade, maybe have dinner... even-"

"Hold your horses! A date? Are you kidding me?!? You made me wait in a place that I wasn't allowed to be in and you wanna ask me on a date?!?!?"

"Is there a problem?"

"I have plans for the weekend! Which involve a little me time! I don't wanna be known as the guy who dated the six-foot amazon of the wrestling team! I'll be dead before I can even graduate!"

Hearing this stunned Ember as Spike prepared to take his leave.

"I'm going home..." Spike said as he was about to exit the girls' locker room.

Instead of getting angry however, Ember simply chuckled and said,

"Perhaps I wasn't making myself clear."

"Huh?"

"What happened back at the gym... I didn't do it to save your sorry ass. I was doing it so I could have a valid reason to take you out on a date with me. Yet you just blow it off like yesterday's trend. Like everybody else in this damned school."

"What? You're not gonna beat me to a pulp, are you?"

"No. You're too good for that. I have a little something to help get you motivated."

She grabbed her phone and turned it on. After screen lit up, she went to Contacts and showed him his phone number.

"What? How did you-"

"I had a friend look at your contact number. He's really good with numbers."

Hearing this stunned Spike even further.

"Just call it a little insurance so that you don't back out of our little rendezvous. So I'm going to get this out of the way. You will go out with me, or you are gonna be my team's new practice dummy."

Hearing this made Spike angry.

"You wouldn't dare."

"I know how to forge signatures, Spiky~. You should think carefully on your next move." Ember said as she held Spike down.

Not wanting to suffer the wrath of the entire wrestling team, Spike, with all his reluctance and shame, begrudgingly said,

"...Fine. I'll go out with you."

Hearing Spike's answer made her smile once more.

"That's a good boy, Spiky~." she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

That little gesture made Spike blush as Ember got off the ground. She proceeded to head towards the door and go home. But before she could leave, Spike said,

"One question though."

"Hmm? Ember asked as she turned around.

"Did you really suplex Rainbow Dash when she picked a fight with you?"

"Yeah. She couldn't move or see straight for a week." Ember said as he chuckled.

Hearing this made Spike even more scared than he was before.

"I'll see you on Friday, Spike!" she said as she left the locker room.

***

Now in present time, Spike started to fear what would happen if he made Ember angry. Would she get angry and pummel him, or would she have Garble and his friends haze him all year long? He had no idea what to think at this point. Just then, he heard Celestia say,

"We're here!"

"Huh?"

He turned around and saw Ember's house. He gulped as he looked at it in terror. After exiting the car, he went up towards the door and knocked on it. Just then, the knob turned open, making Spike even more nervous than ever.