Rewrite the Stars

In the early hours of the morning, the castle was filled with succulent delicacies of eggs scrambled up with hot waffles, fresh fruits hay bacon (and nicely disguised actual bacon for him and Rachel so the ponies wouldn’t get offended with actual meat), Spike whistled happily at the stove.

He used to get up early like he was getting ready to help Rarity through the day. Now he’s doing it for the love of his life.

“What is with you wearing that apron that is getting me so worked up this early in the morning?”

Spike grinned before turning towards Rachel as she stood near the doorway of the kitchen. Wearing a corset top with spaghetti straps and dark jeans, she had her arms crossed and eyeing at the purple dragon.

“Oh I can easily take it off if it doesn’t suit you.” He mischievously said to her, his tail wagging a bit.

Rachel giggled softly, prying herself off of the doorway before finding her seat at the table as Starlight and Twilight walked in.

“Morning guys.” Twilight yawned, bags in her eyes as she drowsily walked to her seat and slumped in. Her mane tattered and unkempt.

While Starlight looked like she was ready to tackle the day.

“Up again reading, Twi.” That wasn’t even a question Spike just said.

“More like re…” Twilight trailed off with a loud yawn. “Research…”

Rachel gave them a wink, Starlight chuckled, shaking her head as she sat down.

Spike studied the three before his emerald eyes landed on something very shiny and also very tasty looking wrapped around Rachel’s wrist. “Um...is that what I think it is?” Spike pointed at her wrist.

Before Rachel could speak, sleepy princess jumps in. “You mean her power cufflet? Sure is.” She said, smacking her lips and rubbing the sand out of her eyes.

Spike’s eye twitched. “Um…” his voice strained, trying to find the right words. Given how he saw the damaged the girls caused while working on that thing made him not a big fan of giving Rachel that.

Not that he doesn’t trust her, he fears she could get seriously hurt from it.

“Easy,” Rachel said, once again it seems she read his mind. “I’m gonna do some training with it to see if I want to actually keep it.”

“And she’ll be in good hands,” Starlight said. “Apparently, since Twilight is now in need of a nap in her office, I’ll be showing her.”

“But hopefully it won’t be long of a session,” Rachel said as Spike served them their foods, she gave him a quick kiss as a thanks before he took off his apron and sat down next to her. “I gotta start looking for a place to work.”

“You don’t have to work you know, you live in a castle rent free.” Starlight said as she got up to grab a cup of coffee.

As much as Spike would give to have his girlfriend around all day long, he knew how much she rather be working. Knowing how she didn’t want to become a burden when knowingly good and well she isn’t.

“Maybe Applejack or Pinkie Pie would let you work for them.” Spike said as he popped in his disguised meaty bacon in his mouth.

“Hmm, kick apples all day or try to steer temptation with each cupcake baking?” Rachel thought before giggled. “I’ll think of something, thank you babe,” she winked at him before she happily ate her a piece of bacon…

Her face turned green when she took a bite.

Spike hummed curiously when she put the bacon down. “Wow…” her voice strained, ears turning red - a sign that she was lying. “This is...good.”

Spike blinked before looking at the piece she ate and his eyes widened.

She had Hay bacon…

Spike slowly turned to the girls… seeing Twilight eating the real meat.

Oh no.

“Hmm, this tastes funny,” Twilight said, tasting the pork. “Good but different.”

Starlight blinked at Twilight before taking a piece from her plate and takes a bite. “You’re right, it tastes weird. Spike, where did you get this?”

“Um…” he felt sweat coming off his scales when he was asked.

Rachel tugged on his shirt, leaning in close to him and whispered. “Are they actually eating meat?” Her voice full of worried for the two ponies.

Spike didn’t reply before eating his meal. “Oh this is good, we better go do that job hunt, be back soon!” He rambled too fast before grabbing Rachel’s hand and took off. She didn’t fight him and ran with the dragon.

“That was weird,” Starlight muttered before she finished eating the pork bacon. “Greasy but it’s tasty.”

“I’ll say,” Twilight giggled as she ate the rest.

Spike and Rachel took off towards the park before stopping by the fountain. Rachel doubled over, her hands on her knees breathing heavily, catching her breath.

“Not good, not good.” Spike groaned, not out of breath, he paced around. Scratching the back of his head. “I can’t believe I did that! I gave Twilight and Starlight our food by accident!”

“I can’t believe it that actually it.” Rachel said heavily.

“Meat, I fed the two-”

Rachel quickly jumped up and grabbed his snout by her hands to get him to not attract any attention by any pony that would be out.

“It. Was. An. Accident.” She slowly told him, calming him down somewhat.

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The two ended up rolling on the ground and laughed.

“Oh god I can’t believe you did that!” Rachel squealed.

“I can’t believe they actually like that shit!” Spike cackled. “Probably i won’t have to hide my stash!”

The two laughed so hard their voices carried off into the air to where all of Ponyville could hear the two for ten long minutes.

---------------------------------------------APPLEJACK’S ORCHARD---------------------------------------------

Spike and Rachel approached Sweet Apple Acres after their hysteria episode. Don’t get them wrong, it was bad that Twilight and Starlight ate actual meat...but it was pretty funny and it kinda debunked something about ponies.

“You think Aj would let me work here?” Rachel asked Spike as they walked hand to hand down the dirt path.

“If you can pull your weight in the farm, you’ll be a shoo in - wha?!” Spike stopped walking when he saw the homestead.

The family barn was decked out with lights, surround systems and a stage with various instruments, tables were out and about in lacy cloth sticking out of the doors..

“Okay every-pony, check check one two!” Scootaloo’s voice called out from the barn.

The couple looked at each other before going inside it to find that it was decked out actually for dance of sort, and the CMC was hosting it.

“Alright Big Mac, be careful with that!” Apple Bloom’s voice squealed at her older brother who was setting a piano down on the stage with a grunt.

Big mac’s shirt was off, his orange mane tied back sweating perfuselessly. He glared at his little sister as if he was told to move the piano all day long and was tired of it.

“Oh don’t give me that look big bro,” Apple bloom huffed. “It’s Sweetie’s idea to move.”

“Hey!” speaking of the devil, she shouted out from the rafters.

Spike looked up and saw the two teens up there. Since Scootaloo had an operation to get her wings able to fly, she swore to remain in the air - guess she didn’t want to be on the ground anymore. The teens watched Big Mac work.

“If he and Sugar Belle ever break up, you think I might have a shot of him?” Scootaloo asked Sweetie with a grin.

“Not if I had a say in it first.” Sweetie giggled.

“No one is getting mah brother!” Applebloom glared at the two.

“Nnope!” Big Mac grunted in agreement before grabbing a towel he had on the makeshift stage and wiped the sweat off his face before he noticed Spike and Rachel.

“Hey guys,” Spike chuckled, giving them a wave.

“Sup dudes,” Rachel smirked.

“Hi Spike, Hi Rachel!” the CMC said in unison before they crowded them. Rachel was the same height as the three. Giving Big Mac a chance to leave and get a break.

“What’s going on?” Rachel asked them.

“We’re throwing a party to celebrate the founding of the CMC,” Sweetie Belle smiled.

“We’re inviting all of the ponies and griffons and hippogriffs to come out and celebrate.” Scootaloo said, her wings beat gently as it carried her in the air.

“Right now we’re just setting everything up, doing a mic check and everything.” Applebloom smiled.

“That’s awesome!” Spike grinned. He was proud these girls had a milestone of them together. They had a lot of ups and downs to get them to where they were.

“We’re looking for your sister, is she around?” Rachel asked.

“She’s teaching at the moment at the school, so no.” Apple bloom said. “Why you need her? Is there something we could do to help?” she asked.

“Just seeing if I could help around the orchard,” rachel chuckled with a shrug. “I need a job and Spike suggested helping here.”

Applebloom pondered about that for a while before shaking her head. “Sadly, we’re not looking for more farmhands. We’re full as it is. And since Granny Smith’s passing, we’ve been trying to pay the bills. We can’t possibly hire anyone else. Sorry.” Her ears drooped in sadness when mentioning granny.

Sweetie and Scootaloo hugged their friend close.

“I’m fine..” the earth pony told them with a sigh.

“I heard...sorry I didn’t come to the funeral.” Rachel softly said.

“It’s okay. Really,” Applebloom smiled softly at her. “Tell you what, you help us setting the party up, we’ll pay you, it’s not much but…”

“I would like that.” Rachel said.

Scootaloo looked to Rachel and handed her the mic she had in her hand. “We need a sound check.”

Rachel chuckled before looking at Spike, giving him a look he knew what it meant.

Spike grinned. “You sure you want to sing that song?”

“Unless you’re too chicken with the piano.” Rachel teased, sticking her tongue out.

“Whoa, whoa whoa!” Sweetie stopped them. “You two can perform?”

Spike and Rachel shrugged. “We performed once for my old job at the bar. Needed some extra dough.” She said.

“We would love to hear you guys!” The CMC said in unison.

Spike patted his girlfriend’s shoulder before both of them came to the stage. Rachel grabbed the electric guitar while Spike was at the piano. The girls took seat at the front and eagerly waiting.

Spike and Rachel gave each other a look before the young dragon started playing.

Song Spike and Rachel play and is what I imagine both of their voices

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Spike’s fingers started playing a rock ballad, a song he and Rachel heard on the radio one day and they decided to learn how to play for fun. But when Rachel needed extra money from her job, they played at her work. When he started singing, it shocked the three fillies of how good of a singer the dragon was.

When he sang at the beginning, he was looking at Rachel. Like when he played before, and when he sang back at the Cruise, he was singing for her. Playing with all of his might and soul. Giving her a vow of his own…

When the song came to a part where Rachel had to sing as well, the girls exclaimed. Hearing the human and the dragon’s voices were compatible with one another. Making this ballad even more beautiful. And with the riff of the guitar, the song really played out.

One part of the lyrics meant more to the couple than it seemed,

I don't wanna live for nothing

Just wanna be something

I never knew what it took to win

I don't wanna live for nothing

Just wanna be something

I never knew we'd be more than friends.

It touched both of them in their hearts. For Spike, he spent years loving the same mare that wanted nothing to do with him. And when it finally came to the point where she wouldn’t give that love back to him, he felt nothing for a moment but hatred and hit rock bottom. For Rachel, she lived in an abusive home, had a boyfriend who made her felt less than shit and dumped her when she really needed it the most. They didn’t know that on that cruise was going to pair them up.

To have them see a light at the end of that tunnel. Through their hardships and struggles, they founded each other. Both would die for one another.

And when they both sang that part, they shared a quick kiss before continue playing.

The CMC was amazed at the two’s performances. Having them both play their hearts out, even if it’s just a sound check.

“Maybe we should have them perform?!” Scootaloo shouted over the music to talk to Sweetie and Applebloom.

“I was thinking the same thing!” Applebloom smiled brightly.

“Me too!” Sweetie squeaked.

Bestowing to all of them, the loud music blaring from the speakers were causing the support beams in the ceiling to rock. Dust flying off the beams, the loud music blocked out the creaking sounds of the wood.

Scootaloo sneezed when the dust got into her nose. She confusedly looked up and gasped.

THE MUSIC WAS CAUSING THE BARN TO SHAKE AND WAS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE!

“Spike, Rachel lookout!” Scootaloo shouted out.

Just like that, the ceiling collapsed.

Spike quickly stopped playing and raced over to Rachel. With no time to move off the stage, he held her close and knelt down, shielding her from the falling wood.

“Seroku Vilask!” During the hassle, Rachel suddenly just blurted those two words out as Spike grabbed her.

The ceiling collapsed and dropped on the two with a loud boom.

The CMC screaming out of fright, moving back from the stage. When the dust and debris settled, the girls ran up to the sight and starting pulling the wood off.

“I-I can’t believe this happened!” Applebloom hastingly shouted.

“Scoots I told you we shouldn’t put the speakers up there!” Sweetie snapped at the pegasus as all three tried to move a heavy beam off the top of the pile.

“Less scolding, more getting the two out of-”

Scootaloo was cut off when the pile started to move. With a loud grunt, the debris slid off as Spike and Rachel came up.

There was a red aura type barrier around the couple. Glowing the brightest was on the human’s wrist - more importantly around the cufflink.

The two looked at each other, both of them breathing heavily. “W-was that you?” Spike asked. Saying that they were surprised was the least description the two could have on their faces.

Rachel gasped softly, looking at her wrist. “I-I guess...those words just...blurted out…” And what surprised her was the fact she only read the paper that came with the bracelet once.

The barrier lasted a few moments before it dissipated and the gem turned grey.

The two stared at each other before they stood up. “Are you okay?” Spike asked her.

“Shaken up a bit but I’m alright, you?” Rachel asked as she wrapped her arms around him and hugged the dragon.

“I’m okay,” He said, hugging her back.

“WHAT THA HECK?!”

Right...the CMC.

The two turned their heads towards the three and saw that their jaws were figuratively dropped to the floor.

Before Rachel could explain the magic thingy, Big Mac and some of what was left of the orchard hands ran in to see what was the commotion. Big Mac gasped when he saw that the roof of the barn had caved in and saw Rachel and Spike in the center of the mess.

One look from the big stallion was all it took for them to leave.

“We’ll get him to cool off,” Apple Bloom quickly told the couple as they left.

Rachel mouthed sorry to Mac as Spike and she left the barn.

Next few words they heard were the most the red stallion has ever said, scolding the CMC for the mess.

Spike led Rachel out of the orchard, when they were out, he turned to him. “Hey, it’s okay,” He said, seeing that look on her face. “We didn’t know the barn is gonna collapsed. That thing gets destroyed at least once a month.”

“I know.” She smiled softly at him. “The girls I feel bad about,” she then looked at the cufflink. Seeing the now grey gem.

Spike gently grabbed her hand and looked at the bracelet as well. “Well, you did protect us from the debris, maybe this magic thing is a good.”

“I still can’t believe I even remember the words.”

“I didn’t know what you said were words.”

She sighed softly. “I’ll have to talk to Starlight about it.”

He nodded and both of them went back to the castle. And when they learned she wasn’t there, they went to the Friendship School.