High School Ponies

Chapter 8: Dance Preperations

It is now the end of the fall season and snow is falling gently out of the sky.  Alot of the ponies are glad that the pegasi are doing another start to the winter weather.  The snow had created a scene of joy for the young fillies when they ran out, some not even dressed up for warmth.  Some ponies even shoveled the path to the school and even prepaed it for any ponies that are heading there.

What is also got some of the students that go there is that the Hearth's Warming Dance was announced and many ponies are already preparing for it.  Some even already paired up and all they need is a dress for the mares and a suit for the stallions.

As for the former CMC, Applebloom is a bit nervous but has nothing to worry about even if Pip had already asked her and she said yes.

"Oh my gosh!  What am I going to wear at the dance?  This is so tiresome."

Sweetie Belle, whom is walking beside her to school giggled and replied "Calm down Applebloom, I can help you pick out a dress if you want."

"Thanks Sweetie."

Both of them then continued walking until Applebloom says "Have you seen Scootaloo recently?"

Sweetie Belle thought for a moment until she said "Nope, I think she is spending a bit of her free time with Featherwight more and more."

"I have to agree with you." said a voice behind them which caused them to turn around.  And there they see is Dinky, whom they became good freinds with aobut a month ago.

"Thanks Dinky," said Sweetie "So did Rumble ask you?"

Dinky then smiled and said with a bit of happiness in her voice "Indeed he did, and you should seen his face aobut what I gave him as a reward for asking me."

"Let me guess, you kissed him" said Applebloom

Dinky then laughed and says "Of course."

"Really, I though he would be used to all the kisses you give him."

All three of them laugh at that comment and continued walking towards the school.  As soon as they get there, Sweetie Belle noticed some hoofprints that leads around a corner.  She then followed then and looked around them, and what she sees surprises her.  She sees Scootaloo with her hooves around Featherwieght's neck and she seems to be kissing him and Featherwieght has a hoof around and in her mane.  Sweetie Belle then blushed and turned around quickly and catches up to Applebloom and Dinky.

After some time, they arrived at there first period class and after about a minute, they see Scootaloo and Featherwieght walk in.  Scootaloo then sat down and Applebloom came up to her and says "So Scoots, did Feather ask you to the dance?"

Scootaloo then looked at her and says "Of course he did, and I said yes if you want to know."

Before Applebloom coulc say anything, the bell rang and the teacher then walked in.  After he got set up he then says "Alright class, I know that all of you are excited about the dance near the end of the month."

He sees all of the students nodding there heads and he then says "Alright then, hope you all behave this month because if you don't, you may find yourself not going."

At first no one said anything.  But then he laughs and the class bursts out laughing.

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Later that day, Sweetie Belle is sitting at a table at lunch playing with her food.  She is playing in her mashed potatoes until she hears "Hey Sweets, why so glum?"

She then looks up and sees Dinky standing there.  She then looked back down and says "Nothing."

Dinky then gets a worried look and says "This is about Spike, he didn't ask you out yet."

Sweetie Belle then says "I don't know what is taking him so long, we are like together but yet he doesn't want to ask me?  He even had a chance to ask me in class but he didn't."

"Maybe he is worried you would say no."

"Why would he be worried about that, he has nothing to fear because I would say yes."

Dinky then looked around until she sees Spike and says to Sweetie "There he is, why don't you ask him."

Sweetie Belle then looked towards him and thinks for a minute "Dinky is right, if he won't come to me, I'll go to him."

She then gets up and walks towards him.  She was halfway there until she sees him gets up and walks out the enterance.  "This is odd, where is he going."

She then followed him out the enterance a good distance behind him.  They continued until he turns around a corner.  She was about to walk around until she hears "All right Diamond, what do you want?"

"Diamond, what does she want with him?" thought Sweetie

She then stoped at the corner but is hidden well and she can hear anything that they say.

"Come on Spike, why are you wasting your time with that young filly when you can be with a more sophisticated mare like me."

"Look Diamond, I told you before, I like Sweetie more then you." said Spike with a bit of anger in his voice

"Before, how long ago was that?" thought Sweetie with a worried look

"Oh Spike, what can she offer you?  You know I have money and I can get you anything you want." said Diamond with a bit of seductiveness in her voice

"She can give me her love which you don't have."

"But Spike, I do love you, you see, I have a crush on you for some time."

Now Sweetie is getting nervous, "Please Spike, don't do anything stupid."

"Look Diamond, I have no feelings for you and I never will."

"Come on Spike, please let me show you my feelings."

Sweetie Belle then decided to get in there and stop Diamond from doing this to her Spike.  So then she turned around the corner.  But what she sees horrifies her,  Diamond is kissing Spike and what disgusts her more is that Spike is allowing her to kiss him.

"Spike!"

Spike and Diamond turned to the voice and sees Sweetie Belle standing there with a look of shock on her face and tears coming out of her eyes.

"Sweetie Belle, what are you doing here?"

Sweetie Belle unfortunaly can't find the words to say, so she decides to do the one thing on her mind; run.

"Sweetie Belle, wait!" said Spike chasing after Sweetie

Diamond then smiles and says silently "I knew Sweetie will find out, all according to plan."

(**)

Spike is running after Sweetie Belle for some time.  Until they come outside and he sees her stop.  When he gets closer though, she turns around and yells "How could you!  Why did you allow her to do that to you, I thought we had something."

"Sweetie Belle, let me explain."

"Explain what?  That you've been seeing her for who knows how long and that you also have feelings for her too."

Spike could tell that Sweetie is very angry, he then says "Look Sweetie, I have no feelings for her."

Sweetie Belle then glared at him and says "If you don't, then why see her, you had a choice to not go to her."

Spike then tries to quickly think of something.  But Sweetie then says "That's what I thought."

She then walks back to the enterance.  Spike then tries to grab her, but then feels a hoof to his cheeck which causes him to fall on his rear and rubbing it with a look of shock on his face.  He then realizes that it was Sweetie Belle that had slapped him. He then watches her walk on back in and he then looks down to the ground and thinks "What have I done?"