Where You Belong

Spike looked at where Gabby had taken him and frowned at her.

"Of all the things you could have added, this was one of them?"

"What's wrong with it?"

"Skydiving is pretty pointless if you have wings!" Spike pointed out.

The two of them were sitting in a hot air balloon with a few ponies, all wearing dive suits, goggles, helmets and a parachute strapped to their backs.

"That's why we have these!" Gabby said happily, pointing to their suits: they didn't have wingholes so both of them had theirs trapped in.

"I still stand firm on that I'm not gonna enjoy this," Spike muttered as their dive instructor began showing them how to use their parachutes and had them all sign safety waivers. Spike looked down and Gabby offered him her hand.

"Scared?" She asked.

"Horrified, but maybe I'll like the adrenalin rush," He admitted while taking her hand; the two jumped.

-5 minutes later-

"How did this even happen?" Spike asked as the two of them swung upside down.

"I have no idea" Gabby answered as she looked down at the long drop below them, During their fall they had somehow gotten their tails tied together, being so close had screwed up their parachutes and the two had fallen and gotten their tails snagged on the upper branches of a tree, leaving them now swaying back and forth slowly with their tail still knotted together.

"Did you enjoy skydiving?" Gabby asked.

"Even less than I thought I would" Spike replied.

"Hm. Well I'd mark it off, but I dropped the book," She said as she pointed down to said book on a lower branch; as the two swayed Spike decided to be the first to start a conversation.

"So, what possessed you to help me find my one true place?"

"You didn't seem to be… happy with your life."

"Yes, and I made that clear to a lot of ponies. But I'm asking why you, specifically you, are doing this, why not one of the other CMC?"

"Oh, Um… I guess they never noticed you where unhappy; you seemed like you had a lot of practice with pretending to be happy."

Spike snorted. "You have no idea."

"And that's why, I had and still have no idea how long you've been unhappy, but you seemed to just despise your life, and I don't want to see anyone live a life like that. I want to see everyone happy: happy with what they do. I want to know that when they wake up, they're not dreading their day, they're looking forward to it!" The two swung in silence for a moment.

"Have you ever meet Pinkie Pie?"

"No, why?"

"You remind me of her, always making others happy." Spike looked over at her. "But why are you doing this? Why not go find the things thatl make you happy?"

"This does make me happy."

"You've been with me for half an hour and you've been stuck in a hole, got your ass groped, got your tail tied in a knot with mine, and now we are both hanging upside down, and thanks to these skydive uniforms we can't even fly down. I fail to see what part of this you are enjoying."

"Well, your hands did feel nice," she said with a giggle.

"I'm being serious Gabby," Spike said without amusement.

"I enjoy what I do because I love seeing unhappy people smile, and when the moment comes where you finally find what makes you happy, I can't wait to see it."

"Alright," They swung in silence again before Spike giggled. "And your ass was soft if it makes you feel better.”

"Oh, what's the matter, are you hoping that the way out of this is to feel me up?"

"I think the only way out of this is to accept we are gonna fall and just break the branch were hanging off of." Gabby looked up.

"We are wearing helmets, also I'm starting to feel light-headed so break away!" She said and with that Spike kicked out and the two fell like rocks; once the dust had settled Spike and Gabby coughed and looked around in a daze, thankfully the branches had broken their fall on the way down. Unfortunately, the fall still hurt.

"Ow..." Gabby muttered as she got up, suddenly with a sharp tug she was stopped in her tracks. "Oh yeah, our tails." She sighed as she looked back to see that the knot was still a thing, Spike got up and looked at it.

"Look's like you are piggybacking, hop on!" He said.

"Where's the book?" She asked; Spike looked around, then with a thunk, the book landed on his head, leaves showering him soon after.

"Found it!" He said with a jolly tone as he handed it to Gabby, who jumped on his back and began looking through it.

"How far to Ponyville?" she asked.

"Oh, 5-minute walk," Spike said as he started said walk. "Of course we need to find somepony to untie us… and I know just the pony… Rarity!"

"Oh, I've heard of her, she's the Element of Generosity!" Gabby said as she began looking through the book to think of something else for them to try after they were untied.

"And great with fashion, one of her talents include tying bows, so she should be able to untie us... or not, worth a shot tho."

"So, you are friends with Rarity?" Gabby asked politely.

"Eh," Spike responded "I use to think she was hot, but she… turned me down, hard." Spike shrugged. "What're you gonna do, I'll find my special some...creature, even if it kills me...though hopefully, it won't."

"Aw, you're lonely too? I'll add that to the list, get you a femalefriend!" Gabby said, "Oh, I'm gonna make your life awesome!"

"Hey, slow down, I know you want to make my life amazing, but maybe we should go on a date first," Spike said with a snort, earning a whack on the head with the book.

"That's not what I meant you Horn-dog."

"Hey, I specifically told you I'm not one of those!" Spike replied.

"You've groped me, and that last line suggests your mind is somewhere less than appropriate." Gabby responded, "And I think we should try baker next!".

"I didn't grope you! I just did exactly what you told me to do and grabbed your ass!" A snickering sound above them made them freeze and look up,

"I'm sorry," Rainbow Dash said crying from the laughter building up. "Could you repeat that?"

"Um...We can explain!" They said in unison; Rainbow Dash was laughing now.

"I was gonna ask how you got your tail tied together with a Griffin's, but damn Spike I don't know what kind of foreplay you're into..."

"We can explain!" They both said, this time slightly angrier.

"I'm listening," Rainbow said, trying to wipe off her tears.

-5-minutes later-

"Bwahaha!" Rainbow laughed as the three walked into town. "That's great! You've been together for like half an hour, and already 2nd base!"

"2nd base is above the waist! None of the bases have to do with grasping someone's rear end!" Spike called back, then blinked when he realized he was in town, several ponies looked over at him, and started whispering. "Ah, fuck it all..." Spike sighed as they made their way to Rarity's Boutique. Spike knocked on the door, and waited for an answer.

The one who answered was Sweetie Belle.

"Oh, hey Spike, where's Gabby?"

"She's tied up at the moment" Spike responded as he entered, Sweetie's jaw dropped when she saw Gabby and the tail incident.

"Yeah, so we marked off skydiving."

"Ah, I wasn't gonna talk about you guys’ fashion choices, but I was gonna judge you silently," Sweetie said as she poked her head in and called "Rarity we have a fashion emergency!"

"How bad is...oh dear Celestia SPIKE WHAT IS THAT!?" Rarity demanded when she saw what Spike and Gabby where wearing. after being introduced to Gabby and told the situation, Rarity looked at Rainbow Dash, "And why are you here?"

"I'm making sure they don't get the 2nd base again."

"What we did was not 2nd Base" Spike and Gabby responded in unison. Rarity looked over at them.

"Well, I won't pry."

"Thank you." Spike sighed in relief.

"But do wear protection Spike," She said as she walked to the back, Sweetie and Rainbow both started snickering.

"You all are horn-dogs" Spike muttered angrily as he and Gabby made their way into the back so Rarity could fix the situation with their tails.

"Alright get of Spike's back, Ms...?"

"Gabby."

"Ms. Gabby, please stand right here, and Spike don't move." Rarity positioned Gabby so she and Spike where slightly pulling on each other's tail, Rarity looked at the mess and poked Spike's. "What a mess," She sighed, the unicorn lit her horn.

After a few minutes, with Spike and Gabby both saying ow, they were free.

"Oh, thank goodness" Spike sighed "Alright, it's time we..."

"Hold up," Rarity said, "you two aren't going anywhere." she covered them both in her magic and pushed them behind a curtain. "You came here with a fashion emergency.” There was the sound of tearing fabric and both Spike and Gabby’s screams of embarrassment as they covered themselves. "And I intend to fix just that emergency.

"Rarity walked out of the room "Don't do anything inappropriate!"

Spike and Gabby stood behind the curtain covering; Spike sighed.

"Of course this is happening," he muttered in resignation as he and Gabby tried not to look at each other.