The Girl's Dorms - Twilight and the Pack

The night was clear and the moon was a good crescent shape, allowing Twilight and the others, including Vinyl and Octavia, to enjoy their night in Twilight's room. It was the weekend and they didn't have any homework to do and Spike was spending the weekend with his family. The fact that Spike wasn't nearby was making Twilight antsy, but she was hiding it as best as she could.

"So what do you girls want to do, now?" Sunset asked.

"You wanna play video games? Spike recommended Poppy Playtime to me and I love it!" Rainbow suggested.

"I'd like to go for a run through the forest now that I can finally walk again," Octavia said before looking away with a blush. "It was thanks to Spike that I'm able to do anything again."

Vinyl looked at her Werewolf friend with a sly smile. "So you like him?"

"Shut your blood-chugging mouth, Vinyl!" Octavia shouted.

The rest of the girls started to laugh at Octavia's expense, while Octavia herself buried her head in her knees. Sunset spoke up after the laughter ended.

"I've noticed that apart from us, a lot of other females have been casting their eyes Spike's way," Sunset said. "And a lot of the males keep giving Spike jealous glares in class."

"Yeah, I can certainly see how girls would be drawn to him," Vinyl said with a blush of her own. "I saw him when he was fighting the Hunters, and there was something about that smoldering serious expression that was kinda sexy."

"Wait, you caught the Feelings Flu for Spike, too?" Pinkie asked.

"Well, his neck does look soft and chewy to me," Vinyl replied, licking her fangs.

Twilight smirked and added to what Vinyl had said. "It is indeed. The way my fangs just sink into his neck so easily is one of the best feelings. And his blood! I've been neglecting my Feeders because his blood is so good!"

Vinyl nearly jumped up in the air hearing this. She looked at Twilight with a look of both envy and surprise.

"You drank Spike's blood already?! Can I have some?" Vinyl asked.

"You may, as long as you acknowledge that I'm the alpha here," Twilight said.

The rest of the girls weren't happy to hear that as they all glared dangerously at Twilight. Some of them even growled in outrage. Sunset didn't care either way.

"Hold on, what makes you think you're the alpha of this harem pack?" Applejack asked.

"I was the first one to taste his blood, and you know I'm stronger," Twilight said, her eyes gleaming red.

"Hold on, just because your grandma is the Progenitor Vampire doesn't mean you should hog all the best meat this school's got!" Rainbow said.

Twilight shifted into her true Vampire form and bared her fangs at Rainbow. "Are you willing to fight me for that, chicken breast?"

"Hey, leave my breasts out of this!!" Rainbow said, covering her chest with her wings.

"If that's how it's going to be, then how about we settle this the way monsters always do?" Pinkie asked with a psychotic grin.

"Claws and fangs?" Rarity asked, shifting into her true form.

"Claws and fangs," Twilight said.

"Alright then! Let's go!" Applejack replied.

The girls, except for Sunset, all lunged at each other ready to fight. There had to be a hierarchy among Spike's harem one way or another.

*

(One Beatdown Later)

*

The girls were in quite a state by the time the fight was over. Twilight was standing victoriously while the others were lying on the ground, beaten and bruised, clawed and bitten, but still alive. Twilight licked the blood off her lips and claws in victory.

Except for a few bruises, Twilight emerged from the fight as the victor. Sunset started to clap in support of Twilight's win.

"Why didn't you try to fight?" Twilight asked. "I know you have as much love for Spike as the rest of us."

"Because I know that if I did try to fight you, I would lose," Sunset replied. "I may have my pride as a Demon, but I'm smart enough to know when one's my better."

"That's... surprisingly humble of you," Twilight said.

"Ever since my duel with Spike and my... *ahem* 'parental drama', I've had time to reflect on things," Sunset said. "I'm just happy to find someone I love as well as a pack to call my own."

Twilight walked over to Sunset and gave her a tight hug. "I'm happy to welcome you into this pack. But don't go thinking you can have Spike all to yourself."

"I won't. As long as you agree to share him with the rest of us, then there will be no infighting amongst us," Sunset said.

The rest of the girls got up and hobbled over to the couches and began to lick their wounds, literally. Twilight flashed them a dangerous grin.

"Any other objections to our arrangement?" she asked.

The girls all shook their heads and had their heads lowered in submission. After that was done, Vice-Headmistress Luna came into the common area with a sense of urgency.

"Miss Twilight! I have something important to tell you!" she said.

As soon as she saw the state the girls were in, she turned to Twilight. "May I ask what happened before I came here?"

"Just unruly packmates I had to put back in their place," Twilight said with a sickly sweet smile. "What is this message you had for me?"

Luna stepped forward and whispered softly into Twilight's ear. The message was short, but it was enough to make her eyes widen after hearing it. Luna stepped away from Twilight with an anxious expression.

"Are you sure about this?" Twilight asked.

"Indeed, I heard it directly from the Inquisitors," Luna replied.

"This is going to get super awkward!" Twilight said.

"What's wrong, Twilight?" Rarity asked.

Twilight turned to them with an embarrassed blush on her face. "The Progenitor Vampire, my grandmother, is actually coming here to Dreadmire Academy. And she says that she wants to meet Spike!"

*****

Olive Garden - With Sombra, Celestia, and Luna

Sombra and his brides Celestia and Luna were having a lovely dinner at Olive Garden. It was the first time they've enjoyed a meal together as a throuple in the past six months due to Sombra's job, so they intended to make the most of this one night.

"I must say that this parmesan chicken is heavenly!" Celestia said.

'I'm more of a lasagna man myself, but you can never go wrong with Olive Garden," Sombra said.

"Meals like this make me wish we could do this every night!" Luna said.

"Yes, it's been six months since we've last enjoyed a meal together, but we need to focus on the fun we're having right now," Sombra said.

"You're right. What with the investigation, the epidemic, and the whole thing you told us about Spike, we need to take our minds off work," Luna said.

"I still can't believe it! Spike Roman of all our students!" Celestia said. "Our school, nay, our world, will never be the same."

At that moment, a human couple approached them. By the looks of them, they were close in physical age to the three of them and they looked curious about them. The man spoke first.

"I'm sorry, but did one of you say 'Spike Roman'?" he asked.

"Uh... yes?" Sombra replied cautiously. "Do you know the lad?"

"Of course we do! He's our son!" the woman said with a smile.

The three disguised monsters were shocked. They were approached by Spike's parents! Knowing what they knew about Spike's true blood mother, they wanted to know more. Sombra gestured to the other seats at their table.

"Well, aren't we happy to see you!" Sombra said. "We're all teachers at Dreadmire Academy and have gotten to know your son. He's quite a good student and class leader!"

The Roman parents took seats by the throuple and were eager to learn about how their son was doing at their school. It was easy to see that the night was filled with smiles and laughter among all at that particular table.

*****

-Spike's House-

Spike was having a great time. This weekend, he had been playing all three of the Mass Effect games and had been trying super hard to score a romance with Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, his favorite waifu and character in the games. He was just about to talk to Morrin about how to go about entering into a sexual relationship with her when his brother Garble came into his room.

"Hey, bro. Wanna get some pizza?" Garble asked. "You've barely left this room since you got home and I'd like to have some bro-time before you go back to that academy."

"Maybe later. I gotta rizz up Tali first!" Spike replied.

"You like Tali?" Garble asked as if he was surprised. "I'm more of a fan of Jack as a waifu myself."

If there was a world record for "fastest time to pause a game and run to the door in a fit of anger", Spike would've won it without a doubt. He shot forward like a bullet and glared up at his older brother as if he just destroyed his collection of Call of the Night manga.

"You're really gonna stand there and tell me that Jack's better than Tali?" he asked.

"Look, bro, everyone has their own taste in waifus. There's nothing wrong with that," Garble said.

"I know. It's just that some are better then others," Spike said.

"You know, here's an idea: let's eat some pizza and we can make a tier list about Mass Effect waifus," Garble suggested.

Spike thought about it for a good bit before answering. "Fine. I haven't eaten anything all day and I could use a break."

The brothers went downstairs where a lovely pepperoni pizza awaited them. Their parents were on a date that night, so it was just the two of them for the night. Once they settled in and finished the pizza, Spike and Garble went back to Garble's room and drew a tier list on his personal whiteboard. The tiers were listed from S to F and they agreed to write the character's names where they should go on the tier list. Spike stood there with his arms crossed as he looked to his brother.

"So, do you really think that Jack surpasses Tali in terms of best girl in Mass Effect?" he asked.

"It's not that I think Jack's better than Tali. It's just that there's something to be said about a girl like Jack," Garble said.

"She's mentally unstable and throughout the whole romance, I couldn't help but get the feeling that Jack would literally kill me at some point," Spike said. "Besides, she looks like she would be into pegging and I'm not about that."

"What? You can help her with her issues throughout the time you have to romance her, and she can prove to be a loyal waifu at the end of it all," Garble said.

"That doesn't change the fact that Jack's a huge bag of issues and the bald dominatrix look doesn't do anything for me," Spike said. "But she's not inherently a bad person or character, so I'll be kind and put her in A-tier."

"I'll be happy with that," Garble said.

Spike wrote Jack's name in A-tier. Now, they moved onto another potential waifu.

"Okay, how do we feel about Ashley?" Garble asked.

"She feels like a caricature of a racist human in a galaxy where humans interact with aliens and she doesn't seem to justify her hatred for them, so I think she should go into F-tier," Spike said.

"Okay, she may be racist towards aliens, but if you're a paragon to her in Mass Effect 1, you can become a positive influence on her and make her see the error of her views," Garble said.

"I know, but that's only if you take up the paragon role, so anything outside of that doesn't do jack," Spike said. "And then you basically break up on Horizon, which pisses me off. I know there's nothing wrong with taking breaks in relationships, but damn did this one feel unnecessary."

"Now I will admit that in Mass Effect 3, she'll confront you in the hospital if you move on to Jack or Miranda, which is an issue seeing that you've broken up technically," Garble conceded. "Ashley will insult Jack, calling her a 'wanted shaved-headed criminal' and pokes fun at the fact that Miranda is genetically-engineered to imply that she's not even a real person."

"Exactly! Ashley is way out of line talking about them like that! So that's why I'd break up with her on the spot," Spike said. "I was going to go put her in F-tier, but due to the small amounts of character development she's given, I'll put her in D-tier."

Moving on, the boys got to Liara T'Soni.

"Okay, I love Liara well enough and like how devoted she is," Garble said.

"Agreed. There's something to be said about having a partner that's willing to move mountains for you, and Liara definitely does that for Shepard," Spike agreed. "But I gotta be honest, there's not a lot of depth in her romance. Even when you die, and she says that you can't undo two years of grief, she's still perfectly able to return to Shepard after the Shadow Broker mission."

"Still, she's not a bad romance and it's one that you can carry throughout all three games, so I think I'll put it in B-tier because of the lack of depth the romance gets," Spike said. "If feels too perfect to the point where it's boring."

"Fine, though I'm not happy about it," Garble said.

"Next is Miranda Lawson, and oh boy I like her," Spike said. "She's a lovely woman who hides a soft, tender side underneath her icy demeanor. I think she can go into S-tier easily."

"True, she had a great figure and can turn most players away from the alien waifus," Garble said. "And helping her realize that she doesn't have to be perfect makes her more compelling."

"Yes. It's easy to write off Miranda due to how rude she is to Shepard at the beginning, but once you melt her bit by bit, you can see the warm heart she really has," Spike said. "And if you break up with her, she is genuinely heartbroken. This is a very normal response for someone like her who has problems getting attached to people and it shows how much she was into you."

"And with that, then I'll put her into S-tier," Garble said.

Looking down the list, the boys came across Samara.

"Okay, I think Samara should go into C-tier," Spike said.

"I certainly agree. You can spend all your time trying to win her over, and only have it end with you either getting rejected or getting a simple hug in the Citadel DLC," Garble said.

"Yeah, it's like she's blue-balling us the entire time," Spike said. "The last thing anyone wants to do is jump through hoops just for their partner's affection. I would've settled for the hug if the romance wasn't barley there."

And with that, Samara was firmly placed into C-tier. Next on the list was her daughter Morinth. This one would also be settled quickly.

"Okay, I think we just found our first F-tier here," Garble said. "I wouldn't let Morinth near me for any reason."

"Agreed. Who wants a serial killer and rapist that will fry your nervous system to be near them?" Spike asked. "This psychopath goes straight down into F-tier."

For the final girl they had listed, it was none other than Tali'Zorah vas Normandy. Spike smiled as he wanted to delve deeper into his favorite waifu from Mass Effect.

"Okay, Tali is an S-tier waifu without argument," Spike said. "Her quirky personality and the fact that she's had a crush on Shepard since the beginning as well as her nervousness surrounding it was super endearing."

"Yeah, that's true. There's something to be said about how nervous she can get when interacting with Shepard," Garble said. "That, and her researching how to go about an intimate relationship with Shepard despite the risks to her health shows how devoted she is to making the romance work."

"Plus, she's never shown her face to anyone, even to other Quarians, so it makes it all the more special that she gives you the honor of being the first one to see her real face," Garble said. "Though I don't like how you look at the picture and it's just some random stock photo or a photo that you can barely see in the Legendary edition. I've seen Tali fanart better than that shit!"

"True. Plus, there's something to be said about how her helmet plays into her appeal," Spike said. "It's been said that showing a little bit is often better than the thing itself, and it gives you something to look forward to. I also really love the flirtatious banter between them. Plus, she's got some of the best hips ever."

"Amen to that! Tali's got amazing hips. And what about Tali as a character?" Garble asked.

"She's one of the best written characters in the game," Spike replied. "You see her going from a naïve inexperienced girl on her Pilgrimage to a nervous wreck at being a leader to becoming a leader that helped to reclaim her people's homeworld and become willing to work with the Geth."

"Alright, I'm convinced. Tali is an S-tier Mass Effect waifu," Garble said chuckling.

The two brothers looked at the tier list they made and smiled. Spike went back to his room to finish up his current playthrough when Garble put a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, how about we binge-watch the Shrek movies tonight?" Garble asked. "I'd love some more bro-time."

That was true. With everything happening at school, it would be nice to spend some actual time with his family. Besides, he now thought that he could just bring his games and gaming system with him. He smiled at Garble when he replied.

"As long as we skip Shrek 3 then we have a deal," Spike said.

"Ha! Deal! I'll go make some popcorn," Garble said.

The Roman brothers would have a fun night watching movies as a family. Spike would miss him once he went back to school, so he would enjoy this night to the fullest.

Author's Note

Someone in the comments said that they would've liked this chapter to be longer, so I made it longer for you guys! Hope you all enjoy!