(as a reminder, this is my first story, so don't be to harsh on me, but advice is welcome, also for if you didn't know, this is a anthro story.)
Chapter 1: The beginning.
It was late at night. Spike was flying back to the castle of friendship after a day of helping the girls. Lets just say he was exhausted. While flying, Spike flashbackd to his day with the girls, first, in the morning, he helpt Twilight with getting books for her to read and to study, then he left and flew to Applejack, helping her on the farm. Fluttershy was next, where he helpt her with the animals and drank some thee, then he flew to Cloudsdale to help Rainbow Dash with moving clouds and with her stunts. After two hours he said “goodbye” to Rainbow and flew to The Boutique to help Rarity with some dresses. And last but not least he helpt Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner. He just left Sugarcube Corner to be exact.
“Today was pretty fun”, Spike thought. “But i am kinda worried about Pinkie,” “She wasn’t acting as her normal bubbly self, to be exact, Pinkie was acting more weird than ussual.” “At some moments Pinkie was happily talking with me, and the next moment she is distracted and starts mumbling. And when she sudenly disapeared and when i was looking for her and got to her room, i saw all kinds of what looked like blueprints, lying on her desk, and before i got a good look at them Pinkie was suddenly next to me and she took the blueprints of the desk. I turnt to her, and i got kinda scared. In front of me was Pinkie, with a angry face”.
“What are you doing here!” Pinkie almost shouted at me, i told her that when she disapeared, i started looking for her. I also asked what the papers where. Bad decision. Because she shouted at me:”That is none of your worry’s!”. I backed up a bit. And Pinkie saw that, calmed down and sayd: “ Sorry Spike, i wasn’t meaning to snap at you like that, i..i’m just... distracted, but don’t worry about that. I can handel my own stuff.” Pinkie explained and kinds returnt to her bubbly self. I nodded but i was still worried. After that we just got back to bakking cakes and cupcakes, and didn’t say a word about what happend”.
Spike let out a sigh. "I really hope Pinkie is going to be alright." Sayd Spike to himself. After that he dropt the thought and started to lose himself in his surroundings. He has lived here for at least 5 years, but how Ponyville looked at nighttime still amazed him. "Everything looks so peacefull," Spike sayd. " the dark but peacefull streets, the lights that are on in the houses in the night, some ponies trotting along for a night out, the huge treestump with a house attached to it on the outskirts of Ponyville, the calm rivers, the.......... wait WHAT!" Spike shouted. He turned around to take a beter look. And indeed, there was a huge treestump with a house build on the back of it. "That's new." Spike sayd.
Spike started flying to the treestump, as he started to see more details of it. The stump was as big as Rarity's boutique. And when he got even more closer he saw a sign that said:' Elemental Tree'. There was also a smaller sign beneath that that said: Element souvenirs and designes'. Spike found it pretty interesting. "I think someone new is in town and set up shop." Spike suggested. "But... if that is true, then something is bothering me, but i can't find out 'what' it is." Spike shrugged and turned arpund to proceed his flight home. While he was flying Spike kept think about what is bothering him if someone new moved to Ponyville.
But while Spike was thinking and just looking around, like he would see the answer, he didn't look where he was flying and when he looked in front of him again as his eyes grew big and........BAM!!!
Spike flew, face first, into a wall of the castle of friendship.
Spike slid down the wall and hit the ground pretty hard.
Spike groaned as he rubbed his head, and sayd: "I should've concentrated on flying and not at my surroundings, i am just lucky nobody saw it, because then i would be ashamed to the bone."
Spike got up and walked to the huge double doors of his home, opened them and walked in. And of course when he was in he closed them again, and walked further. As he enters his home, Spike finds out that it is awfully quiet in the castle.
No, "Hé Spike, how was your day?" Or "Welcome home Spike, could you help me getting some books in the library?" As Spike was walking up the long stairs, he passed Twilight's room and thought: "mayby i should check on Twilight to see if she is asleep." And so, Spike walkt to the door of Twilight's room and opened them far enough te peak his head in the room.
The room was pretty dark, but thanks to him being a dragon, he can see more in the dark than a pony. Spike looked at Twilight's bed and saw that the bed was empty. Twilight was not in her room.
Spike let out a sigh. "Not again!" Spike said with a hint of annoyans in his voice.
He closed the door and proceeded to walk up the stairs as he was shaking his head. He kept walking until he reached a certain door, to a specific room. He opened 5he door and walked in the room. It was the library. THE place for Twilight to relax and study, which is for her the exact same thing. Spike, walking in further, saw something that he expected to see.
A big wall made out of book, standing on the desk in the library. Spike silently snickered at the sight of it. Spike walked to the wall of books so he could see what is was 'quarding'. And yes, when Spike walked around the loaded desk he saw....
Twilight.
Twilight, which is not really a surprise to Spike, began studying and reading after Spike left, and forgot the time, and fell asleep on a book, again! Spike smirked at the sight before him. Twilight hung forward in her deskchair and her body was hanging limp, her arms hanging down her sides and the right side of her face lying in an open book, also she was drooling with her open mouth.
Spike, though he found it funny, let out a sigh and walked towards Twilight. He couldn't let her sleep there at the desk, because that would cause her backpains in the morning, so he picked her up from her chair and walked out the library, while holding Twilight bridal style. As he walked off the stairs, Twilight woke up. At first, she was confused by what was going on, but then she saw Spike holding her bridal style and walking off the stairs.
“Spike,” Twilight said. “What are you doing?”
“Your were sleeping on your desk chair again in the library, so i am bringing you to bed”
“That is not needed, i could just sleep in the chair.”
“No, you can not. You know how bad sleeping in chairs is like that. And i don’t want a grumpy Twilight in the morning”.
“HÈ!” “I’m not grumpy!”
“Now your not, but after a night sleeping in your chair you are”.
“No, i’m not!”
“Yes you are.”
“No, i’m not!”
“Yes, you are.”
“No, i’m n...., you know what, i’m to tired to have an argument about this.” “ Just... just, bring me to my room please”.
“Of course”: said Spike.
The rest off the walk they were both sillent, untill they arrived at Twilights room. Spike opened Twilights door, and contineud to carry her inside.
“Uh, Spike? You can put me down now.”
“What? Oh, sorry”.
“No, no, it doesn’t matter Spike.”” You can just set me in bed.”
“Uh, oké.” Spike said as he began walking to Twilight’s bed and layed her in her bed, and she let out a yawn.
“Thanks for taking good care for me like this Spike.” Twilight said. “I Would know what i would do without you.”
“Uhm, you would probably have backpains because of sleeping in your deskchair, and because of that you would be very grumpy everyday.” Spike answered.
“Eugh, SPIKE, that was a retorical question, but you are probably right.”
“Of course i am.”
“Oke that’s enough Spike, i think you should go to bed too.” “We have things to do tomorrow.”
“Yeah, your right, well then, goodnight Twilight.”
“Goodnight Spike, and sweet dreams”.
“You too.” Spike said as he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.
As he was walking to his room, Spike was starting to get lost in his thoughts. Twilight really should stop studying like that, i mean, this way she is going to overwork herself. Oh what am i thinking, its Twilight i’m talking /thinking about. Learning and studying is her meaning of fun. As Spike finished his thougts about Twilight and her studies, he started thinking about that new shop in Ponyville. i really wonder why i haven’t heard about somebody new coming to town, i mean, there at least would have been a party to celebrate it, but there wasn’t.” Spike thought as he was walking entering his room.
“Mayby i should suggest to Twilight that we visit it tomorrow” he suggested to himself.
As Spike layed in his bed he put his thought to rest and went to sleep, to be rested out for an other day.
The Next Morning.
Twilight woke up with a yawn, sat up and stept out of her bed and stretched her arms. “A new morning, a new day full of work and studying”: she said. After she took a shower and putted on some new clothes she walked downstairs to the kitchen. As she was walking down the long spyral stairs she snift the air. “I smell eggs and toast, that means Spike is allready awake and cooking.” And she wasn’t wrong because when she walked past by the kitchen a deleicious smell entered her noustrils. “ mmmmmh, that smells delicious Spike, what are you making?”.
“Baked eggs, toast, pancakes and we also have orange juice.”
“That sounds amazing Spike. What would i do without you?”
“You would probably light the kitchen on fire while you are trying to prepare cereal.”
“HÉ!”
Spike snickerd.” Oke, never mind that, lets talk about something else.”
“About what?” Twilight asked as she sat down at the kitchen dinnertable.”
“Like...what were you studying last night?”
“Oh, i was studying the old rituals of the ponies of the Romane time.
“Ah, oke. Found anything interesting?”
“No, not really. Kinda disapointed me.”
“That for the first time.”
“Yeah, i know right?!”
As Spike continued cooking Twilight noticed something by him.
“Hè Spike, how did you get that bruise?”
“Oh, its nothing, after i put you in bed i went to mine and accidentally hit my head on my closet because it was so dark.”
“....”
“....”
“....”
“You’re not buying it, are you?”
“Nope”.
“Yeah, just what i thought”: Spike said with a sigh.
Twilight smirked: “So what REALLY happend?”
“....”
“Spike!”
“....”
“....”
“....Your not going to let it rest untill you know it, do you?”
“Nope.” “So you beter just tell me”.
“Fine” Spike let out a sigh. “ When i was flying back to the castle after i helped Pinkie at Sugarcube Corner, i got distracted and i flew, face first, in a wall of the castle.”
Twilight tried to suppres her laugh, but it wasn’t really working and she bursted out in laughter.
Spike slightly growled at her. “Its NOT funny.”
I..i’m sor... sorry Spike, but... it kinda is”. Twilight said while she was still laughing.
“Oh yeah, well... mayby i should tell the girls about YOUR incident.” Spike said with a develish smirk.
Twilight immidiately stopped laughing and even paled at that. “You.. you wouldn’t dare.”
“Do you think that? I mayby will if you let that story of ME out.
Twlight gulped at that, and she started to remember HER little incident.
Twilight and Spike were flying home after arriving at the trainstation after coming back from Canterlot. “It was nice seeing Princess Celestia and Princess Luna again, even tough it was for royale bussines.” She said to Spike.
“Yeah, i hope that for once we can just visit them without royale bussines and just for fun.” Spike reacted.
“Yeah, but at least is the problem with some of the revormed changelings trying to live here in Ponyville solved, AND i got a new book from the royal library in Canterlot.”
“And off course, for you is THAT one of the most important things about the trip *sigh*.”
“What! His book is very interesting. Its about the cultures of the Romane time.”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Well, if you are not interested in it, oke, but i can’t wait to start reading it. You know what? I will start ready now so i won’t have to hear your commentary about it.”
“Oke, if you want to fly straight in a wall, i’m unquilty.”
“Pfffft, like that will happen Spike, i have done this multiple times and you know it.” Twilight said as she started reading with the book infront of her face.
And as she was flying/reading she didn’t see the castle of Friendship coming closer and closer.
“Uh, Twilight!”
“...”
“Twilight!”
“...”
“TWILIGHT!”
“What!”
“Look out, in front o...” Spike’s warning came to late. Because as Twilight looked in front of her, she faceplanted in the front-castlewall, and slammed fully in it.
“Uuughh” Twilight groaned. “ couldn’t you have warned me earlier?!”
“I tried to, but you ignored me!”
“But...... fine, but you could at could have warned me earlier than that.”
“Well, to be clear, i thought that you would see that the castle was coming closer and closer because YOU said that you had been reading while you were flying multiple times, and that it all went well. So...., it not my fault.”
“Fine, oke. *groan* mayby we should just get inside.” Twilight said as she walked to the door, and start pushing on the door. “*grunt* it..won’t...open!”
“Uh, Twilight. Thats probably because you need to PULL the door open.”
“Uhm, oops.” Twilght said as she started to blush immensly, and grabbed the doorhandle and opened one of the big dubbledoors. She then heard Spike trying to stop his laughter, but some snorts came out. “STOP IT! That wasn’t funny!” Twilight shouted.
“Sorry *snort*, sorry Twilight.”
Twilight walked away at that.
As Twilight’s flashback ended she saw that Spike has finished cooking and was putting the eggs, toast and pancakes on plates, and was walking to the kitchen table and put them on the table and sat down in his chair.
“Thanks Spike.”
“Yeah, no problem.”
After that a silence took over the room as they started eating. After a few minutes Twilight let out a sigh and said “Spike, i’m sorry for reacting like that, but........”
“Its oke Twilight. I can’t blame you.”
Silence took over again for a a few seconds.
“So, Spike, what was the reason that you got distracted?”
“Hm? Oh yeah, i..uhm...saw a new shop in Ponyville.”
“Oh, really? How did THAT get you so distracted that you flew straight in the castlewall?”
“Well, something is strange about it because everytime that a new someone starts living here in Ponyville, Pinkie ALWAYS throws a party, but now it didn’t happen, and we should know because she than allways invites everybody In Ponyville, and now we didn’t get invited, and we know that Pinkie allways invites us.”
“Hmmm, yeah, you’re right about that. That is indeed very strange.”
“Also Pinkie was acting stranger than ussual, and she seemed pretty nervous about something when i was helping her in the bakery, AND i found soem kind of blueprints on her desk in her room.”
“Oke, that is new for her and...... Wait, why were you in her room anyway?”
“She just suddenly disappeared and i started looking for her, but that is besides the point. The point here is that something is going on with that new shop. By the way, just to make it clear, it looks like a huge treestump.”
“Oh, oke. Good to know. So it a some kind of copie of Golden Oaks Library. But anyway, maybe after we finish breakfast we can pay that shop a visit.”
“Hmmm, that is not a bad idea Twilight. Sure, why not.”
“Oke, then it is settled, after breakfast why go to that shop, allright?
“Sure.”
After that they both continued eating.
After Finishing Breakfast
Spike and Twilight were walking out of the castle.
“So?” Twilight asked, “where did you see that, treeshop?”
“I saw it a little bit outside Ponyville. Its kinda like how Fluttershy’s cottage is placed, but not as close to the Everfree forest.”
“Oke, thats particullair. Not a lot of people with a shop house it normally in the busy parts of Ponyville.”
“Yeah, indeed.” At that they both spread their wings, leaped in the air and started flying to the shop.
After some flying they arrived at the treestump shop and landed. As they landed, Twilight got a good look at it.
“Oke. You weren’t kidding about that it looks like a huge treestump, i mean, it is as big as the Golden Oaks Library was. And that is only the treestump, not even the house that is connected to it counted with it and that is even slightly bigger.”
“Yeah, you are right about that.” Spike said as they were walking to the treestump shop. When they arrived at the door, they slightly hessitated. “Is this a good idea, i mean, just going in to investigate?”
“Well...i mean, it isn’t really nice, but as the Princess of Friendship and, basically the Princess of Ponyville, it is kind of my duty to welcome every new sitizen in Ponyville.” Twilight told Spike.
“Well oké then, here we go” Spike said as he opened the door and walked in.
As they walked in they looked arround and saw all different kinds of stuff hanging and standing around the shop.
“I’m sorry, but we’re closed until the opening of the shop to the public, so go away please.” Someone said from a backroom of the shop.
“Uhm, we’re sorry, but, as the Princess of Friendship, AND the Princess of Ponyville i need to welcome every new citizen in Ponyville, soooo, i don’t really have much choise.”
“Wait, the Princess of Friendship?!” Came from the backroom.
A crashing sound was heard and Twilight and Spike looked at each other with confused faces. “What was that?” Spike asked.
“I have no idea” Twilight responded.
A few second later they heard fast footsteps coming their way, and a stallion popped up from the backroom wall.
A unicorn, with a darkblue coat and a black mane and tail, and to Twilights nottice, really tall for his kind of pony.
The stallion bowed for Twilight. “ Your Highness.” He greeted.
“Oh, there is no need for bowing for me and you can just call me Twilight, oke?”
“Uhm, sure, alright.” The stallion said as he stood up straight again.” But if i may be so rude but, what are you two doing in my shop? It isn’t open for public yet.”
“Uhm, well, as i said earlier, when Spike and i entered and you asked who was there, that as the Princess of Ponyville it my duty to welcome you to Ponyville, so welcome to Ponyville....uhm...what’s your name actually?”
“Oh, sorry. My name Nightsky, nice to meet you Twilight.”
“Oh, oke. Well, nice to meet you too Nightsky and welcome to Ponyville.”
“Yeah, welcome Nightsky. Also if i didn't know any better, i would say you were Princess Luna. You two look so much like eachother."
“Thank you, both. And, yeah, i get that alot." Nightsky said, as he let out a small sigh of relief, and Twilight notticed that.
“Is something wrong Nightsky?"
"Hmm? Oh, no, no nothing is wrong" Nightsky answered, with a nervous smile.
Twilight had been long enough around Applejack to notice that he was lying. "Nightsky, i know you're lying to us, so just tell us whats wrong."
Nightsky sighed and said "Well, to be onest with you two, i am trying to avoid a sertain pony, who lives here by the way.”
Spike and Twilight looked at each other with a confused look.
"Why?" Spike asked. " as far as i know there is nobody you need to hide from here in Ponyville."
" Yeah, but to be certain, could you mayby describe the pony who your trying to hide from?”
“Sure.” Nightsky said.
And what he said next shocked Twilight and Spike to the bone.
“Its a earth pony mare and she has a pink coat, and a pink mane.”
Author's Note
FINALLY, first chapter done! That took WAY longer then it should have.
I’m sorry if it is bad. But as i said earlier, advice and tips are welcome.
Ps. I am going to probably work on some other projects i have in mind. So i don't know when chapter 2 will be published.
