//------------------------------// // Pinkie Pie's On the Move // Story: Dragon Sadness // by Lord Dico //------------------------------// xxxxx "Fine," Spike said, "I'll help you find your special talent." "Yay!" the crusaders exclaimed, "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS WITH DRAGON ASSISTANCE ARE GO!" Spike sighed, and rolled his eyes back, as he followed the little fillies to where ever they were taking him. "This is going to be a LONG day," Spike said to himself, as Owloysius followed. "Say, before we DO get started on this crusading thing, or whatever, can I at least go down to Sugarcube corner, to get that cake Twilight wanted me to pick up?" he then asked. "Well," Scootaloo said, with a little sarcasm, "I don't know...Would probably take too long, and we'd stop by to see Rarity." Spike's eyes soon widened and his pupils shrank, when he heard Rarity's name, not paying attention to the other fillies glaring at Scootaloo. There had to be a better way to convince them not to tell her about his crush on her. But until then, he had to do what they said. "Okay, fine," he said, pulling out one of his drawing, and writing a note on the back. "Owloysius, looks like your on your own for this," the dragon said, handing his owl buddy the note, now scrolled up, "Take it to Sugarcube corner, then take the cake to Twilight, okay?" "Hoot," Owloysius said. Spike was about to say something into it, but then decided not to, and just had another annoyed expression. "Just take the note," he said, emotionless. With that, Owloysius took the scroll and flew off. Once Owloysius was out of sight, he then turned back to the crusaders, who for some reason had an amused expression on their faces. Spike soon had a worried look on his face, as they slowly walked towards them. "Guys? Why are you looking at me like that?" Spike asked. "Oh, no reason," Sweetie Belle said, lowering her eyelids a bit. Spike was still worried, not aware of Applebloom behind him, with a sack in her mouth. She then gave a wink to Scootaloo, as the winged filly clenched and her eyes looking serious. Spike slowly started to back away, until... "NOW!" Scootaloo shouted. The next thing, Applebloom jumped over Spike, covering him with the sack so he would be inside, and Scootaloo pushed him over. The young dragon tried to squirm his way out, but it was futile, as he felt himself being rolled away by the crusaders. "Won't Twilight get suspicious?" Applebloom asked. "Don't worry," Scootaloo said, "That brainiac won't notice a thing." xxxxxxx Back with Twilight, she was busy reading a book on 'Cake recipes', when suddenly she sneezed. "Am I catching a cold?" she asked herself. xxxxxxx "We'll just need him for something so amazing, we'll HAVE to get our cutie marks by then," Scootaloo said. "If you say so," Sweetie Belle said. xxxxxxx Meanwhile, Owloysius arrives at Sugarcube corner, with the note still in his clutch. He sees the 2nd floor window open, and proceeds towards it. Inside, Pinkie Pie was on the floor, with a hoof at her chin, pondering. She then looked at whatever it was she was looking at with deep thought. Suddenly, she smiled greatly, and moved her hoof to move something, revealing it to be her and her alligator, Gummy, playing Chess. "Checkmate! I win again!" Pinkie exclaimed, raising her hoofs in the air. "Hoot!" Pinkie then let her sudden victory was then interrupted, when she heard a sudden noise. She then looked over at the window sill, to see Owloysius with the scroll in it's claws. Pinkie then smiled at it, and hoped over to the fellow bird, with Gummy not too far behind. "Hey Owloysius," the party crazed pony said, "What's the scroll for?" The bird then responded by hovering a bit into the air, and dropping the scroll to the floor, letting it roll out. Pinkie looked at it, and gasped. "Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed, "I never seen a drawing of Rarity like THAT before!" Turns out, the note had the drawing side facing up, showing Pinkie Pie the unfinished sketch that Spike made. "It just looks so...incomplete!" Soon, Gummy stepped forward, and bit the bottom of the paper (even though he has no teeth), and turned it over, to reveal the written part. "What's this?" Pinkie asked, reading the note. 'Dear Pinkie Pie, I was originally sent by Twilight to retrieve a certain cake recipe for that cake you were talking about. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it, due to some 'problems' with Applebloom and her friends finding out my secret about Rarity. Make sure that Owloysius gets the cake delivered to Twilight, and if you're not to busy...I could use a little help, if that's okay. Burningly yours, Spike' As Pinkie Pie finished reading the note, she then narrowed her eyes, looking serious. She then rushed down stairs to get the cake, safely in a box, and exited the front door, with Gummy on her back and Owloysius descending down. "Come on guys," the pony said, "We've got a cake to deliver!" "Hoot!" Pinkie then looked up at Owloysius, and then chuckled a bit. "Oh right," she said, "And make sure Spike has the right unicycle for his current situation." xxxxxxxxx