//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Let's Partay! // Story: This is why I don't write ship fics // by Flashburn37 //------------------------------// Chapter 3: Let's Partay! The party was jumping as around thirty ponies roamed the halls of the new castle. Twilight had made a list of all the guests, and potential subjects paired with their matches. First things first though, she needed to test out her original test subjects. Spike and Rarity. She took a secret door up to a balcony overlooking the main room and watched the mingling, searching for her two friends. She saw Spike, as he walked through the room serving punch, but he seemed to be gravitating towards a certain corner. That was where Twilight caught sight of Rarity. Spike slowly looped around until he was right next to her. A quick spell allowed Twilight to hear all that transpired. "Uhh, hi Rarity." Spike introduced himself sheepishly, he then seemed to slip on his own tail and turned the stumble into a bow. "Some punch?" He offered. "Of course Spikey Wikey!" She took a cup of punch and sipped it. "Oh this is delicious! Did you make it yourself?" "You betcha! I could get you the recipe if you like!" He seemed over eager to please. It was hard to tell if the spell was working, or if it was just Spike being Spike, or Rarity being Rarity. "Oh I'm sure I could never make it quite like this, you have a true talent here." She tussled his spines. Twilight looked at her mood robe, it was a bright pink. She agreed with it, she was excited beyond belief. She watched as Spike leaned in for a kiss, but Rarity backed away. A tear rolling down her cheek. "Spike, you know we can't be together. You're a child, and a different species. I'm... I'm sorry. But I could never be with you. I will only live a few decades, but you centuries." She was crying now. "I couldn't live with the thought of you not moving on. Living by a gravestone. You deserve better." Twilight's spying spell ended when she could no longer put the energy into it. Tears rolled freely down her cheeks when she realized what she had done. "Oh Twilight... what's wrong? Practice have consequences you didn't see coming?" Discord appeared by her side, he saw her mood robe and it's dark purple answered the question for him. "It's okay, I've been in this situation before. It'll pass. I never actually faced the problem, until I met you ponies... I always just ran away. Ah well, I guess it's over now?" He smirked. Something about that smirk really made Twilight mad. Something inside her snapped and she got an idea. She stood in her know black dress and smiled at Discord. "No. It's not over. I'm making progress, it may not have worked out for Spike and Rarity, but I'm sure my other picks will work out for the betterment of both parties lives." Discord was shocked. "I... I thought you were practicing a spell?" "I was... but not now." Twilight looked over the congregated ponies. "Now I'm helping others... not just myself. Whether or not they like it..." Her horn flashed and all of her little love seeds sprouted. She knew she put too much force behind it, but who cared? They'd be happy... Ponies all over the main floor suddenly smiled, their eyes, red hearts as they charged towards... their special somepony! Rarity screamed as a red eyed Discord scooped up a similarly effected Fluttershy. The spun in circles in the air before vanishing in a burst of light. Ponies were flung from Big Mac's path as he screamed out nonsensical pet names, like smoopsypie, or honeydoobear, charging towards a fainting Cherilee. Unaffected ponies quickly found the outskirts of the room to avoid being trampled in the mad dash of the love entranced ponies. After the dust had cleared, it wasn't as terrifying as it had been at first. Time Turner and Rose Luck were rambling about some time thing, Applejack and Rainbowdash were staring awkwardly at each other and blushing. Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich were all over the place. Rarity turned to Spike and screamed again, as did he. They're eyes were the same as the affected. Twilight watched as her couples met their beloved and began recognizing her mistakes. Rainbow and Applejack, would only blush! Surely the spell had been strong enough! She had other things to deal with at the moment though. Discord had disappeared and she couldn't allow a rogue element in her precious experiment. She shut, and magically sealed the doors. None would leave before she returned. Following the trail left by Discord's magic, she crept further into her castle. *** Princess Cadence was enjoying a lovely meal with her Shining Armor and delegates from Saddle Arabia when she had a terrible headache. She fell from her chair and Shining rushed to her side. "Cadence! Cadence! Are you alright!" He held her up and looked around panicked. "You! Flash Sentry! Get a doctor in here now!" Cadence slowly got up with her husband's help. "I'm... I'm fine... I just felt a major disturbance." Shining looked really confused. "Luna can sense nightmares, and when a really bad one happens she knows to visit them. I have a similar talent... but this... Somewhere in Ponyville dozens of love tragedies are occurring all at once. A large group of souls being forced together against their volition." "Where did you say it was?" Shining Armor's panic only got worse. "We have to get to Ponyville as soon as possible!" She urged him before turning to the delegates, "I'm sorry, but we must reschedule this for some other time. "We understand completely go, save your ponies."