//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Acceptance At Last! (PART 1) // Story: Acceptance // by ElderBrony //------------------------------// "I Love You." Those words struck deep inside the hearts of the 3 crusaders. They knew that Spike was dating them, and were very grateful that he was. But they were suprised still to hear that he wanted to spend his life by their sides. "Oh Spike, I love ya'll too!" said Apple Bloom, hugging Spike. "Alright, alright! Quit the mushy stuff." Scootaloo said, blushing slightly and looking away. "Me too!" Sweetie Belle promptly said, also hugging her boyfriend. "Glad you feel the same." Spike grinned, pulling the 3 fillies in for a kiss. After a passionate minute or so, The 4 lovers pulled away to catch their breaths. "What now?" inquired Sweetie Belle. "What do ya'll mean, Sweetie?" Apple Bloom questioned. "Are we just going to keep living like this, Spike? I'm not quite fond of being hot whenever we're not swimming like we are now." She said. "I know how you girls feel, but we can't go back until Twilight and the others convince the ponies in Ponyville that our relationship is okay." Spike replied. "They must have had SOME progress by now, it's been, like, 2 days!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "Well, let's go check then. It's not like they'll attack us, we're only young teens." Sweetie Belle added. "Okay, okay." Spike said, finally agreeing with the 2 persistant mares. He gave them a kiss and they all left the tent, ready to enter Ponyville to assist Twilight and Darkwind in getting The citizens of Ponyville to accept their harem relationship. -----------Back with Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash:------------ Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash walked with Twilight down the road to Ponyville from Sweet Apple Acres, ready to defend their sister's rights to a relationship. (Accept for Rainbow, Scootaloo is only her student in flying.) Twilight was also ready to defend Spike at all costs, and was determined to do so. At last, the friends arrived at their destination, and were preparing their speech to gain the side of the citizens in question. "Twilight, y'all do the talkin' and we'll back ya up when ya need us." Applejack compromised, Her southern accent combined with slight concern for her friend and fellow Element of Harmony. "I understand Applejack, and we'll do just that, right girls?" Twilight said. "Right!" The others enthusiastically responded. Just as they finished speaking, Twilight walked onto the statue platform in the middle of town and motioned for her friends to join her. "May I have your attention?" Twilight shouted, gaining the interest of the passerby. As she spoke, other ponies stopped what they were doing and looked at the purple mare expectantly. "I would like to talk about 3 fillies you may know. Their names are Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. You see, they all fell in love with a dragon named Spike some time ago. But once they started dating him all at once, many ponies of Ponyville discriminated against them for who they love. However, may I ask: does it really matter who they love?" As Twilight asked this, many of the crowd, now about 30 or so, exchanged quick glances before returning their attention to Twilight. "Exactly! Several ponies here love the same gender, so why discriminate against these 3 fillies and their boyfriend, Spike? "I must agree with my wonderful friend, Twilight. I myself love mares and I've almost never had anypony tell me it was wrong. So why not show the same respect for these fellows, hmm?" Rarity stated. The ponies and the crowd stopped for a moment, but then started clapping their hooves in agreement. "Thank you all for listening, and now if you'll excuse us, we have buisness to take care of." Rainbow Dash said, Flying after the other as they exited and headed for the infamous Everfree Forest.