Author's Note

A quick look at how things are going in the universe the other Twilight and Pinkie are occupying.

Things are Getting Too Uncomfortable

Spike was well past the point of feeling uneasy about a few things concerning Twilight and Pinkie. Sure, the treating him like some big shot and referring to him as if he were some great ruler was fine at first, then came the completely bonkers behaviors that his Pinkie and Twilight would definitely not like. It all began after the Twilights had exchanged information, for some reason that event made this new Twilight and Pinkie feel the need to step up a rather pointless game revolving around him. Twilight literally trying to share the bed with him, with next to no nighttime attire and Pinkie nearly stealing a good portion of Rarity’s gem stock just to make him a thirty-six layered gemstone cake came to mind as the most ridiculous behavior in the past few days.

When he reported this to the others and the princesses things didn’t go over well, especially with Twilight and Pinkie talking about having a dragon to rule over ponies with reverence and tones that indicated they enjoyed that system greatly. Spike had also felt very uncomfortable with Pinkie very overtly telling him it was perfectly acceptable to fondle her anywhere he wanted; he was still way too young for the adult stuff they were implying but more than old enough and well-read to notice the implications of what was said and done. Thankfully, this Twilight was still terrible at picking up on most cues, especially the sexual kind.

“I’m not much more of this I can take,” Spike cried in annoyance to Luna, he was visiting Celestia and Luna for a bit at the excuse to Twilight and Pinkie the two alicorns had requested his presence. “The two of them are making things increasingly uncomfortable for me, I’ve told them as much but they don’t seem to quite take the hint.”

“We are aware of your plight, noble Spike,” said Luna, “but We have yet to obtain word about the link with their realm being established with ours in a stable manner. We too wish for the Twilight and Pinkie we know to return to us.”

“But chances are they might have had some subtle changes that could take some time to get over,” said Spike with a hint of trepidation in his voice.

“And We will work with them to undo the damages that were done,” said Luna, “their insistence on what they think is pleasing you and being near you is due to the culture they developed in, that doesn’t make it any less unnerving but it does offer up some explanation for some of their quirks and eccentricities.”

“They also seem to be of the opinion that when I say that the sort of things they’re doing make uncomfortable such things will pass rather quickly.”

“We thank you for bringing your concerns before Us,” said Luna, “best of luck in future dealings with them, Spike.”

Spike just nodded and headed out; he really wasn’t looking forward to what things would be like when he got back. He wanted the Twilight and Pinkie he knew back as soon as possible, if not immediately. Waking up to find Twilight curled next him in bed was one thing, but when it involved that and a distinct hint of a variety of gifts that filled a good portion of his room it meant there was a line that was being crossed that shouldn’t. He didn’t mind finding Twilight curled up in bed with him every once and a while, the two them had been known to do such things when it was clear the other wasn’t having a good night’s rest, but this Twilight had been doing such things a bit too frequently.

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“You think we’re making Spike feel uneasy?” Twilight asked Pinkie as she met the pink mare at Sugarcube Corner, Spike had departed for Canterlot and left a note telling Twilight to inform Pinkie of his whereabouts.

“Maybe,” said Pinkie, “he did mention our recent behaviors were making him uneasy, but I figured he would have gotten over all that by now. I mean, our Spike likes these sorts of things; yeah, you had to ask me about a few things you should probably do but my point still stands.”

Twilight gave herself a rather forceful slap on the forehead just below her horn, “Of course, were operating on the premise that ‘our Spike’ and this Spike have similar things that bring them comfort. From what I’ve learned, ‘our Spike’ was perfectly okay with the behaviors we’ve displayed at the age ‘this Spike’ seems to be but that’s the problem, they’re not quite the same Spike. They have very different ages and their upbringings were very different, it hasn’t even been confirmed how many actual siblings ‘this Spike’ even has or if he’s an only child.”

“Oopsie doodles,” said Pinkie, “I guess we’re both used to adhering to the whims of our Spike that the information regarding ‘this Spike’ completely flew past me, silly me. What does this Spike like?”

“As far as I can tell,” said Twilight, “cooking, eating gemstones, various other domestic acts, and comic books.”

“Let’s make it up to him by putting together some dishes at the castle we know dragons from where we’re from like and ease Spike into what we know about dragon dining that way,” said Pinkie, “I’ll also see about special ordering some comic books for him as an additional apology. From now on, we pay attention to which Spike we’re dealing with,” Pinkie’s head perked up after she said that, “I didn’t think I would ever find myself saying that in a serious manner, these times really are pretty strange. How did that project for locating home go?”

“We established a connection,” said Twilight, “but without knowledge regarding how different realities move in the space between dimensions, it’s hard to keep a lock for more than a small handful of minutes without some sort of anchor on the other side to keep the two aligned properly. I think the other Twilight was going to work on that from her end, probably going to get the proper individuals and group under Spike’s command in on the project, but I don’t know how they’ll keep the necessary information out of the claws of other dragons.”