A couple of days has passed and tomorrow was the day where Spike and the Dazzlings went to the ball. Spike had asked if the three of them wanted to go with him to which they all shouted ‘Yes’ at the same time. Spike had laughed at that and was excited about the whole ordeal.

Spike was currently in the city trying to find a much better clothing attire for a Ball. His mother and father would make sure that he would not hear the end of it if he did not dress up nicely for his date, never mind three. They may be his friends, but he loved them equally in their friendship. Recently, he had been feeling drawn towards them. In a way where it would be considered love or weird lust. He was asexual and yet he seems to have an attraction to his three best friends.

The city was filled with students from both Canterlot High and Crystal Prep. The two schools were brother schools and if you did not fit in Canterlot High, then Crystal Prep was the one for you. Spike nearly ended up in that one but they did not have the opportunities that he was thriving for.

What he was thriving for was Law. If he studied law, then he could look for loopholes and he would much more easily get away with crimes even though he doubted that he would really need Law to get away with anything. Still, it was an opportunity he still wanted to take.

Spike looked to his right and he saw that there was a clothing store that had magnificent clothing. Spike looked at the costume that was there. He was going to dress up as the demon on his back. He did have the mask, but he needed a fancy suit, that is what he needed.

Spike walked inside and decided to simply pay serious money to get it. The suit was blood red with a black shirt. The inside of the store was cold. The walls were covered with photos of males and females posing with different items of clothing. The tile was dark blue and there were shelves here and there with different items of clothing for male and females. There was a cashier to the far left. There were only two other creatures in the store but he ignored them. He walked to the cashier.

The cashier was five foot, seven, she was wearing a button shirt and red jeans. Her eyes were lavender and her mane and tail were brown. Her arms had many different runes on them. Spike grabbed his right hand with the left one and he looked as intimidating as ever.

The desk was white and had a cash register. The desk itself from Spike’s end had stems that were flowing with the painted wind and it was rather relaxing to look at. To the right was the changing area to change into the clothing that you wanted to try on.

“Can I help you?” The Earth Pony asked. She had the attitude of a pony at least. The pony looked at Spike with a hint of boredom. Spike wondered what had happened earlier that day for her to be like this but he could not care less about it.

“Hello, I saw that you had the suit out on the window and I was wondering if you had any of those still in stock?” Spike sounded friendly but demanding. In the business world, you had to be, if you weren’t you could lose everything. The pony nodded once.

The pony crouched down and Spike did not see what she was doing, not that it really mattered. Spike looked around and saw that the two customers were mother and son. The mother had a blonde mane and the son had a mix between blonde and blue mane. The mother looked like a regular human who had magic while the son looked to be a part pony.

They were looking at some suits and Spike smiled. He hoped that the kid cherished his mother, spent time with her, helped her, and doing anything she said. In the world they live in, they can easily be taken away from you...

Spike heard a slam and he looked towards the pony and saw that the clothing was there. Spike pulled out his wallet from his left pocket using his left hand. The wallet had a silver-coloured snake to the right below. Spike opened up the wallet and it showed thousands of bits in the paper. In cash, he probably had around fifty thousand dollars in his wallet alone. Spike saw that the price tag had been around five hundred but he decided to pay, around a thousand. Spike handed the money to him and smiled.

“Keep the change,” Spike said, taking the clothes and walking away from the store and out to the streets again. Spike now had a suit and all he needed now was groceries, but he would buy them later as he needed to drop his clothing off by the apartment. That was his priority.

When Spike reached the apartment, he placed the clothing on his bed and he left the house, not seeing that he was being stalked by the Dazzlings. He did not mind if he were to find out about it as he did enjoy their company.

The walk to the grocery store was short. The trees that were aligned like the street lights had all but lost their leaves. The leaves on the ground were in different colours and were beautiful. The houses he was walking past were all different in colour and nothing looked to be the same as in Neighpan.

Spike saw the supermarket in front of him and walked through the parking lot that had quite a few cars parked there. It was no surprise that Spike saw a few Canterlot High School students as it was a popular area to be in.

The Supermarket was made out of a metal that was very hard to find. Spike did not know the name of the metal but he did know that many creatures claim it is easy to find it but that the metal tended to change colour every few weeks. They mixed in with the stones which were why they were not easy to spot unless if you knew where to look.

On the outside, it looked like any regular supermarket but the small difference was that the supermarket was made by Discord. The inside of the supermarket was very complicated but I was all In good fun. There was a total of two floors and the inside was massive. There were clothes, furniture, food, a small bank, anything you can think of.

Spike walked inside and smiled at the decorations around the area. The outside was getting dark and the lights were illuminating the whole building and the creatures inside of it. There were several shelves all around the building, stocking all kinds of things. Spike felt the marble under his shoes and he felt a small sense of annoyance of the clicking sound that he heard from his shoes. But he just ignored it.

He was looking into buying food stock that would last him at least a whole month. He wasn’t one to go shopping, but he did sometimes enjoy it because it was a sense of relaxation. He did not need to focus on what was going on in school or anything like that.

To his left and right were cereal from all kinds of places but he did not eat cereal. He usually only ate fruits and vegetables. Right in front of him were the fishmongers and he smiled a little bit. He needed some fish to make Sushi.

The fishmongers had a display that showed all kinds of fish. They had a sign above that said Zhōngguó. Spike smiled at this and decided to brush up some of his Ponese. He looked at one of the workers and noticed that one of them had been looking at him. He walked up to the man and bowed.

“Nǐ hǎo, wǒ xīwàng néng dédào yīxiē yú.” Spike may have not spoken Ponese in a few years, but he still remembered it like yesterday. (Hello, I was hoping to get some fish) The creature on the other side smiled at him. He was a Changeling that wore the typical Chef attire. His skin was black and his fangs looked sharp. He bowed to Spike

“Wǒ jiǎshè nǐ zài zhuīqiú guīyú?” The Changeling asked. (I assume that you are after salmon?) Spike chuckled at the Changeling. The creature could read one very well.

“Shì de, xièxiè, duōshǎo qián?” Spike asked, pulling out his wallet. (Yes, thank you, how much will it be?) The Changeling cut up some fish and placed it in a white bag and cleaned his knife with a towel. He then admired his work a little bit. Without looking at Spike, he said:

“Èrshí wèi.” Spike nodded and gave him twenty and walked away, but Spike could have sworn that he saw a bat tattoo. Spike walked on over to the meat section. He would be getting the most expensive of meats. He was about to walk away after making his purchase when he heard someone call out his name.

“Spike-Kun~”

Spike turned to his right and saw the Dazzlings jog up to him and he smiled at them. They looked like they had been running for quite a while, but he noticed that they weren’t the slightest bit tired. Spike hugged them tightly after he had placed his purchases on the floor.

“Hello, girls, what brings you by?” Spike asked out of curiosity. The Dazzlings grinned at him and simply hugged him tighter. Spike was confused but hugged them back with as much affection as he could.

They let go of him, and Adagio spoke: “We were shopping when we saw you around the entrance. We decided to find you but you seem to have vanished through thin air before we saw you here around the meat section of this maze.” Adagio for a very small second sounded like Sonata.

Spike chuckled shook his head a little and hugged them tighter.

“Well, what are you shopping for, Food?” Spike asked, and they nodded. Spike nodded, the one thing every creature needed was food. He could survive without it, but His magic would not like that considering he used it quite a bit without realizing it.

“Yeah, Adagio keeps eating in hopes of making her bum big so she can seduce the males at school.” Aria dryly said. Adagio flushed and glared at Aria who simply snickered while Sonata grinned at Spike. Said dragon shook his head in amusement.

“It's funny to see you have each other.” Spike began and the half fighting stopped and Adagio and the aggressive siren looked at him. “While I have been wanting to be alone for most of my life since mother died, I have come to realize that I needed the opposite.”

Spike pulled out his wallet and looked at the picture in it. To the left was Spike when he was younger. He was wearing his normal casual fancy clothing while his mother had the same clothing from the day his father met her. She was a human with white skin, black hair, brown eyes, a pink shirt and a red female trenchcoat.

Spike looked at the picture and did not realize that he allowed his tears to fall. The Dazzlings looked at the photo and understood that it must have been his mother. They allowed their own tears to fall.

Spike then came to realize what happened and he got off from his sad moment. He then felt a tug and he looked back to see Adagio look at him with red eyes. She walked forward and gave him a hug that spoke a thousand words.

“Spike, you do know that you aren’t alone? You have your father, me and my sisters. You have our support.” Adagio explained, hoping that it soothes Spike a little bit. He has had a tough life. He mostly got into fights because it was a way for him to ease his pain. But his past keeps coming back to haunt him.

“Yeah, Dagi is right, you do have us and I know that you have your father,” Sonata said, trying to cheer Spike up and it worked but he remembered the first few days. Spike and his father had cried together for days and then his father had started getting into fights to take his mind off what happened.

Spike nodded, not letting go of Adagio. Said girl did not smile or show cheeriness, she just wanted to comfort the dragon of her life from his traumatic experience. She believed that it never really went away for Spike, it never does.

You don’t just wake up one day and think that you should forget about the parent, sister, friend, brother or whatever and move forward, the one’s who has done it has eventually just broken down and started crying. Spike felt four other arms cover him and he enjoyed every second of it.

When they let go, Spike felt his spirits rise and felt more light-headed, as if something had been lifted off from his shoulders. He picked up his groceries and looked at his friends. “Shall we finish shopping?” They nodded and together, they finished shopping.

Unbeknownst to them, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer and Fluttershy had heard the entire conversation. They were in the aisle where there were different kinds of bread. They looked at each other and felt something turn inside of their stomach. Not like they were sick, but like... guilt...?

“Do you think he was telling the truth?” Starlight asked, she looked a little sceptical. Then again, she shouldn't be considering that Spike most likely had no idea that they were even in the same building so it was a little unfair on Starlight’s part and she did admit that.

“Seems like it, I mean, I don’t think he would lie about something as serious as that. He looks like an emotional wreck.” Sunset stated. Fluttershy was quiet throughout all of this. She did not know if Spike was telling the truth or not, but every time she looked into his eyes... she saw this darkness and despair in his heart like he had lost something precious to him.

“I believe so.” The soft voice of Fluttershy carried over to the two unicorns. “When I look into his eyes, there is this darkness in him and despair, it is as if he had lost something precious. Of course, it does not excuse what he did to our friends, but he has never lied to my understanding. He always talks about what his minds think and does not seem to care about the consequences. Maybe it was because of the death of his mother?”

“But why does he blame us? Why doesn’t he blame Tirek? He was the one who went on a rampage.” Starlight question. She could not get her head around it. She had this nagging feeling though that she did not want to know the answer.

Sunset sighed. “Twilight was the one holding the stone. I guess that Majima Junior holds her responsible. We did celebrate afterwards that we defeated Tirek so I guess he saw it as a sign that the other Element Bearers would think it was okay to celebrate a victory where another creature died. That is my theory anyway.”

There was an uncomfortable silence between the three girls. Fluttershy hid her face behind her bubblegum hair while Starlight and Sunset looked like they were thinking really hard about it. Sunset was the one determined to find out the hatred that Spike held for them.

Starlight thought about the last few weeks and realized that Spike never interacted with them the first year in school. He sort of just looked at them with a blank expression which she assumed was his way of hiding his eagerness. Now, on the other hand, she could not help but feel angry at him. Why did he not ask them if it was intentional or not?

“Why did he not just ask us if it was intentional or not? I mean, we could have answered him. He should have just come to us and asked.” Starlight irritatedly stated. Fluttershy sighed at this.

“Starlight,” Fluttershy said, the girl turned towards her, looking at her in the eyes. “Who would have believed him? You saw how Applejack and Rainbow Dash reacted, I highly doubt that anyone would have believed him. We did not believe last year that he had magic and here he is with fighter magic. The most powerful one.”

Starlight looked down in shame. Fluttershy had a very valid point. No creature would have believed a dragon that is from the other side of the globe. Spike most likely would have been bullied for that as well.

“Yeah, you have a point, sorry, it's just that I want to get to know him. He was a nobody last school year and he then fights Applejack and Rainbow Dash and it looked like he was holding back or simply not even fully trying.” Starlight apologetically said, making Fluttershy smiled at her sadly.

“But where do the Dazzlings fit in all of this? It seems like Majima Junior was alone one week and then suddenly after the weekend he was hanging out with the Dazzlings all of the time. I was walking in the city with Twilight the other day and I saw them together. Tartarus, they seem to know him the best out of every creature in school.” Sunset gritted her teeth a little bit, she had yet to fully figure out what Spike had told her a few weeks ago. ”Is it because you still desire something that only the darkness can offer?”

“Well, maybe they talked to him and started becoming good friends? It could be that. I mean, they are very popular girls, but Majima Junior does not seem to care if they are popular or not. He only seems to think about himself. Maybe they got attracted to that.” Starlight voiced. Sunset shrugged. that did seem logical, but it wasn’t fully solved either. For all she knew, they could be related or distantly related somehow. She got lost in her thoughts and thought about what she had seen a couple of days ago. She blushed.

“A few days ago I ran to a classroom with princess Luna and Celestia and with Discord following me and Majima Junior had no shirt on him. I believe I even saw a tattoo. I can tell you, he is very athletic. He has muscles on his stomach and arms.” Sunset for redder and redder for each word that came out of her mouth. Starlight and Fluttershy blushed at the thought but they smiled a little bit. Sunset’s right hand slowly without her realizing it, moved towards her lower area but was stopped by Starlight who was a blushing mess.

“Oh! Uh! Do you want any drinks?” Sunset hastily asked, her face completely red. Fluttershy and Starlight nodded at this. They moved towards the drinks that were to the far left when you walked inside of the supermarket. Sunset had no idea why her hand did that. She was mildly annoyed that Starlight stopped her though.

That night, Sunset could barely sleep because she could not stop thinking about Spike in a very unhealthy way. The question she had asked for herself was: Am I in love with Majima Junior, or am I just a horny teen? She was a teen so it was understandable why that would come up.

Spike woke up the next day and he was prepared for Nightmare Night. There would be no classes that day so they got a full day to prepare themselves. Spike was already ready and would be picking up the Dazzlings at seven. He had ordered a limousine so that they could have fun. Whenever there would events like that, Spike would make sure that his favourite girls got there in style. Spike was currently sitting on one of his chairs in the living room, sipping a whiskey that he had picked out.

There had been something that has been happening to him. He has started to get feelings of protectiveness over the Dazzlings like he could not allow them to get hurt. Spike did not know where that emotion was coming from. Spike also feels another feeling that he has yet to figure out. The other day in the store when he ran into the Dazzlings, or rather, them running into him, he had gotten a feeling that he had never felt before. He felt like kissing them on the spot. He did not know why he got that feeling, but it had been there.

The question was: is he getting feelings for the three girls? If so, how?

Author's Note

Here is another chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed this one. I worked quite a bit on this one.