Spike The Dragon Welcome to Gaia

Spike and Twilight walk along to the sanctuary talking and making a few jokes even now and again when Twilight pointed something out to Spike. But try as he may Spike was to busy thinking about something Twilight said earlier and while he try to put it out of his mind it just made him think about it more and more.

"Hey Twilight I been wondering about something you said earlier." Spike said

"What?" Twilight ask

"Well you said something about Equestria having a low crime rate." Spike ask

"Oh yes, Equestria has probably the closest to a zero percent crime rate a country can reasonably get. Its why we have so few prisons and only one of them is a maximum security prison." Twilight said

"Really? How have you manager that?" Spike said very impress by what he was hearing.

"There are many different reasons as to why, first there the fact we have legal but highly regulation sex work and some recreational drugs. Then there the fact Equestria has many different types of social programs that make the extreme poverty that cause beings to turn to crime almost non-existent. Plus we have a well funded and run mental health programs which also helps." Twilight explain

"But what about those that do become criminals, what do you with them?" Spike ask

"It depends on what they did, non-violence crimes are punish with a mix of percent fines base on income and network, community service, mandatory classes, house arrest, or sometimes even probation in extreme cases. But in the cases of violence crimes they will earn themselves a place in one of Equestria few prisons. I should probably add that Equestria prisons are design primarily for reform not punishment so the inmates will spend most of their time in different classes and other programs, including work release ones as well. I also should point out that there are things that we don't do that helps keeps our crime rates so low that other nations do, including your old one." Twilight explain

"Really? Like want?" Spike ask

"Well for one we don't have mandatory minimums, or three strikes laws which does greatly help. We also don't lock beings who are low flight risks before their trial, in fact most only have to call in during certain times, wearing trackers, house arrest, and if they are high flight risks we place them the local police station jail cells not prison. Our legal defense is also just as well funded as our prosecutors. Also we have no for profit prisons, which are in fact illegal in Equestria. Plus and this is what I really don't understand, we have no well near the structural racism as countries on Earth, and I'm not even sure how that is possible. Until you magic-blooded came about humans were all so similar to one another that none of your 'races and ethnicities' would even count as a different clan of the same tribe much less a different race yet humans make a far bigger deal of this then we do here on Gaia and there are real physical and biological differences with us. I mean I get we have the threat of windigos to keep us from getting that bad but that can't just be all of it." Twilight said clearly getting a bit upset at that last part

"I don't really understand it either but then again we magic-blooded stand outside normal humans race and ethnicity standers. In fact I remember some documentary about that said that not only do we have unnatural colors and abilities ,as they put it, that marks us as different but we also don't have any of the physical features and traits seen in any other human race or ethnicity and instead have our own. Not really sure what that means in all honesty and far I know it could be just some new way to keep us magic-blooded down." Spike said

"That wouldn't surprise me, oh look we're here!" Twilight said

Spike turn and saw Fluttershy, the crusaders, and some little pink unicorn filly in what seem to him a beautiful garden like place fill with all kinds of animals. Some of which look like Earth animals, like those bunny like creatures that the ponies were feeding, while others were not. Like what he knew must have been a manticore that had a cast on one of its wings and was busy bathing itself.

"Fluttershy, crusaders how are you doing today!" Twilight greeted them with a smile

"Twilight, Spike how are you today?" Fluttershy said as look up fast enough from the bunny feeding to cause her giant breasts to jiggle.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Don't look at her boobs, don't look at her boobs, don't look at her giant boobs!" Spike scream in his mind as he try to not look at either of her pairs of giant pairs of breasts which due to him being so much taller and her not wearing anything he found impossible as she made her way over to them.

"So what bring you two here?" Fluttershy ask.

"I'm just showing Spike around Ponyville, but what about? What are you and the crusaders doing?" Twilight said

"Oh they wanted to see if taking care of animals was little Animal Lover special talent." Fluttershy said

"I hope so, because there only one other talent with a name like that I can think of she could have and I guessing it just as illegal here as it is back on Earth." Spike thought to himself. He never understood how ponies names and talents work and base on what little Twilight told him whenever he ask her he got the feeling that they didn't either.

"I think this place may look even better then what Twilight told me Fluttershy. You really do a great job taking care of this place." Spike told the smiling butterscotch mare, causing her to smile.

"Thank you, I just love coming out here and taking care of all the animals. Its just so peaceful and a get way to relax after dealing with villains, monsters, and dangerous adventures." Fluttershy said

"Relax from what now?" Spike said, clearly very confuse by what Fluttershy was saying. Which in turn cause Fluttershy do look at him a little confuse.

"From dealing with villains, monsters, and dangerous adventures, didn't Twilight tell you about-" Suddenly Fluttershy look down and to the side of Spike, clearly looking at Twilight."About dancin-I mean pla-game night?"

Spike turn to look at Twilight just in time to see her put hooves behind her back and lower wings. While looking back him with a very nervous look on her face."Yes game nights! We are really big into RPGs, ha ha ha." Twilight said clearly sweating.

Yeah Spike could clearly see that Twilight was trying to hide something but he couldn't tell what or why. Probably had something to do with whatever Fluttershy was talking about, which also didn't make any sense. Monsters and villains? What was that about? But he trusted Twilight and if she didn't want to tell him right now then she probably had a good reason for it.

"Okay? Anyway while I'm here I was wondering if I could ask you something Fluttershy?" Spike said as he turn back to Fluttershy.

"Yes?" Fluttershy ask you with a bright smile

"I was wondering you would like to go out sometime?" Spike ask

Fluttershy blush deeply and started to mumble something that Spike couldn't make out very well, then a small white bunny kick her in the leg."YES! I mean that would be lovely, what do you want to you have in mind?" She was finally able to say

"Well how about a picnic this Thursday?" Spike ask the blushing mare

"I know a great spot we could have it in." Fluttershy said

"Then its a date." Spike answer back

"Hey Fluttershy, Animal Lover wants to know if she can get help with the manticore's cast!" Scootaloo call out

"Well it is time to check on his wing and I guess she could help. If you would excuse me." Fluttershy said as she walk over to the young filly and led her away to the manticore while talking to her. While doing this Spike and Twilight walk over to the waiting crusaders.

"So do I ask all of them out at once?" Spike whisper to Twilight

"I would say yes," Twilight whisper back

"So what are you two love birds talking about?" Sweetie Belle ask with a giggle

"Oh just something I would like to talk to you three about." Spike said with a smile