Amiticia was currently grabbing some things from Quills and Sofas when Rainbow Dash went up to the changeling.

"Hey, I thought Twilight made Spike grab this stuff?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Actually, Spike's been over at Applejack's because the farmer saved that dragon's life. And because of that, I've decided to help out Twilight in his place." Amiticia said. "Besides, even if he wasn't doing things for Applejack, I figured I'd do this anyways. After all, I told Twilight that sometimes friends need to do things separate from one another so that when they do stuff together, the experience means that much more to the two ponies." Amiticia said.

"How the heck do you figure that's a thing?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Your one to talk, Ms. Future Wonderbolt." Amiticia said. "By the way, congrats for making it into the academy. I apologize for not being there, but as I'm sure Twilight told you..." He started.

"It was a lie. I know it was a lie. But I get it, you know. Your a changeling. Even if your accepted here in Ponyville, Cloudsdalle is a TOTALLY different story." Rainbow Dash said. "But it is nice to know you care. After all, the next time I saw you is when I had to stop that tornado from almost killing you all. And that was only two days later. I don't know how sickness works for you changelings, but I highly doubt it would've taken only two days for you to get over it." She explained.

"...I'm surprised your taking it so well. I swear I would've come to celebrate in Cloudsdale with you guys, but like you said...I'm a changeling and Ponyville is currently the only place I'm accepted right now." Amiticia said.

"Don't sweat it Amiticia; your a good pony deep down. It's just going to take a while for everywhere else to accept the fact that there are good changelings out there. Because who knows how many there are." Rainbow Dash said.

"True. Too true. In fact, later on today, I'm going to be helping Twilight figure out a way of seeking out more changelings like me." Amiticia said. "And I really like being with all of you guys. Especially Twilight." Amiticia said and got the stuff he was after.

"Oh? Do tell me more?" Rainbow Dash asked, curious. Amiticia suddenly blushed.

"Listen...I know it's normal for Changelings to feed off love...but there's something about Twilight that...I don't know...makes me feel so welcomed and so happy that it makes my heart go thump thump..." Amiticia said. "I believe the approiate term you ponies use for this is calling it a crush." He said. "But Spike has a crush on Rarity, and we both know how much she abuses that." He added.

"Wait...how do you know Rarity doesn't fully return his..." Rainbow Dash started to ask but then face hoofed. "Right...forgot...you can read the emotions of other ponies." She reminded herself.

"But you wanna know something funny? There is someone related to Rarity that does have a crush on our resident dragon, but it'll probably take some sort of heart break for Spike to transfer feelings over to her." Amiticia said.

"Wait...SWEETIE BELLE HAS A CRUSH ON SPIKE?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Shhh! Not so loud!" Amiticia said, before pulling Rainbow Dash into a back ally. "Your lucky I don't think anyone heard you yell that, and even more lucky that I didn't exactly Pinkie Promise Sweetie Belle not to tell anyone. She told me about it in secret, and knew that because I prefer being just as honest about things as Applejack that it'd be better for me to tell who I want in a roundabout way. I'm just surprised you picked it up so quickly." Amiticia told the Wonderbolt Cadet.

"Well who else could it have been that was related to Rarity that I've met and know the most about? I mean come on, I have yet to meet Rarity's parents, but they weren't really here for when Spike first showed up and I haven't really heard anything about Rarity mentioning them since." Rainbow Dash said.

"Touché..." Amiticia said.

"OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!" A very familiar voice to the two of them suddenly shouted out.

"Isn't that..." Rainbow Dash started.

"Sweetie Belle!" The cyan mare and changeling said at the same time and came out to see Sweetie Belle walking home with a smile on her face.

"Oh hey you two. Hey, can you gather everyone for me? I have such a huge announcement to make." Sweetie Belle said.

"Sure thing..." Rainbow Dash said and then Sweetie Belle left. "...I wonder what this is about..." RD added.

"No idea...I guess we're about to find out." Amiticia said.

To say that the bombshell Sweetie Belle dropped on everyone as she sat next to Spike and then the dragon held onto one of the filly's hooves blew everyone away was an understatement. Sweetie Belle told everyone that the two of them felt the same for each other: They had a mutual crush with each other and were thinking about dating.

"How...when...what?!" Rainbow Dash was confused.

"Well...she was did patch me up after an incident on the farm occurred, and we just sorta started talking. Over time, I found her to be quite beautiful." Spike admitted.

"Plus, I dare say we make a cute couple. Sure, we're both very young still, but I can't help but feel how I feel. And Spike can't help how he feels too. That's why I'm glad we're going to be dating, playing the field, casting the die and all that..." Sweetie Belle said.

"But your both so young..." Rarity said. "Are you sure this relationship will last?" She asked.

"We're not sure ourselves, that's why we're both dating." Sweetie Belle said. "And so what if he IS a dragon? I love him for who he is. And that's all that matters. It's who he is that makes me believe we can be a great couple, not what he is." She explained.

"I couldn't have said that any better myself." Twilight said. "It's nice to know the two of you have seen each other in the ways that you have, as it's a great example of how friendship can sometimes transition into romance if given the proper attention." Twilight said. "And I for one, can't help but wonder what the future holds for the two of you." She added with a smile.

"Damn Twi...I think I know what friendship report your writing today." Applejack said.

To be continued...

Author's Note

So this is officially the first romance plot point of the story and one of the biggest changes from the original timeline: It's Spike & Sweetie Belle getting together during the events of "Spike at Your Service"