A Poison Joke gone to far

by StraferElite

The Blooming

It was a warm summer day going into the evening, and everypony had things to do. Even a certain dragon.

“Spike I need you to get a certain plant by Everfree. It's related to the poison joke, but only affects somepony when eaten.” Twilight said.

“Ok, but why, Twilight? It's getting dark out.”

“It is because I'm trying to make a vaccine for poison joke. The blue flower version is to hard to handle, and comes out in the day, while the green one has a more potent version of the poison, and it’s nocturnal. Don’t worry, it won't hurt you unless you eat it.”

Spike simply noded and walked out. When he opened the door he saw the sun resting on the horizon. He had been working with Twilight all day, so the sun was low, and the air was getting noticeably cooler as he walked. Passing Rarity's boutique. he saw Sweetie Belle heading home. They waved at each other but kept walking, so Spike assumed that the CMC had just been getting home for the day. The sun was nearly gone when as he walked past the CMC’s club house. As he got closer to the house he heard something inside. At first he thought it was a timber wolf or something, so he quietly walked up to the door and peered inside, only to see Scootaloo. Curiosity struck him, so he decided to watch for a few moments. Scootaloo walked over to the podium and pushed it to the side, revealing a hidden hole. Reaching in, the small pegasus pulled out a wooden box with a lock, before she reached back in and pulled out the key. Spike watched as she opened the box, and noticed automatically that it was filled to the brim with the green poison joke, as she pulled out some of the toxic plant. Spike knew he had to say something, but before he worked up the courage she walked over to the window ledge and placed the flower into the moonlight. The flower began to bloom in the light, and it started to take on a sparkling effect; making it look as beautiful as a emerald. It was then Spike walked through the door, but he didn’t catch his friend in time, as she ate it whole. Scootaloos’ face crunched up, because it had a sour taste. Spike jumped in front of her and that was when Scootaloo saw him.

“buck” she whispered.

“WHY DID YOU EAT THAT, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS!” Spike shouted, more concerned then mad

Scootaloo opened her mouth to retort, but she found out quickly that couldn't talk. Stomping her hoof on the floor, she turned and looked for a piece of paper, finding one on top of the podium. She grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled something down. Turned around, she saw nopony else in the room. As the filly mouthed the word ‘buck’, it was then she gritted her teeth in pain, as she could feel her her tiny wings were growing, but feeling a sharp burning pain at the same time. By the time it was over they were bigger, but not by too much. She took the letter in her mouth and ran to the door and flew up, a small grin appearing on her face. Looking through the trees for a purple dot, she relaxed slightly. The cool evening air felt really good against her wings and face. After a few moments her eyes locked onto Spike and flew down like an eagle striking its prey. Tackling the unexpecting dragon, they rolled ending with her on top of him. Spike stared in shock as he was looked up at his attacker. She was mad, but handed him the letter.

“Spike, I know that was poison joke, but when I eat it, my wings grow. It hurts but I can finally fly. The one problem is that I lose my voice. Please all I want to do is fly, and when I do this I can have my one dream come true. Please don't take this away from me.”

Spiked looked up to her, and saw straight into her large pleading eyes.

“Fine, but I don’t like it”

Scootaloo smiled as wide as possible as she tried to say “thank you”, but settled on wrapping her small hooves around his neck. As she sat up, it was then she realized how she was sitting on Spike, and he caught on almost immediately. They both looking at each other, with a small blush on both of their faces, and scootaloo's wings started to stiffen. She jumped off of him as fast as she could and mouthed “sorry” repeatedly.

“it's fine Scoots.” He insisted with a wave of his claw. “I 'm just wondering why aren't you at your parents house doing this.”

Her face changed instantly as her wings softened and her blush faded. She grabbed under his arms and flew.

“Hey Scoots, where are we go-.”

he stopped talking as he saw tears in her eyes, that were being pushed back by the wind. When they landed they were back at the club house, and she nudged him inside with her head. Shutting the door behind them, she flew up to the corner and she pushed aside a board, pulling out a small box. She flew down and hesitated for a moment before she handed it to a very curious Spike. Staring at it, his mind raced as he opened the box. Inside it was filled with newspaper clippings and other various objects. Pulled out the clipping, he noticed that on heading and it said.

“Two dead and one injured in carriage accident.”

Looked closely at the picture, and saw a earth pony and pegasus next to a clip of a upside down carriage. He slowly picked up another clipping and saw a very young Scootaloo. Only her entire back was shredded. Putting a claw over his mouth, he couldn’t help but stare at the picture. Scootaloo reached in and pulled out a locket; it had a gold chain with a very detailed heart at the bottom that reminded him of Princess Cadences’ cutie mark. As she opened it, he saw pictures of her with her parents. He gently took it and put it back in the box before he closed it, and set it on the ground. At a loss for words, he wrapped his arms around her as she started to cry.

“I'm so sorry Scootaloo.” He hugged her tighter and closed his eyes as he felt tears starting to fall. “I had no idea.”

Scootaloo just kept crying, as he let some tears slip out himself. After a few hours, they eventually fell asleep in each other's arms. They slept peacefully that night, which was rare for Scootaloo. The morning the sun's light slipped in through the window and hit Scootaloo's eyes. She opened them slightly but quickly closed them as she was blinded by white light. She looked away and when she opened her eyes, she saw Spike's face looking staring right at her. Their arms were wrapped around each other, and he had a big smile on his face. She started to blush again.

“Buck”

She exclaimed not realizing that the poison joke had wore off.

“Scootaloo, I’m glad your happy here with me” He mumbled in his sleep with a smile, shifting slightly

She instantly blushed twice as hard, as she tried to wiggle out of the embrace; but he pulled her to him and her head was nuzzled under his chin. She was about to push away, but she felt his magical flame. She immediately felt safer, it was so warm and cozy like a blanket. It was then she started to feel tired again. She started closing her eyes, but opened them as Spike slightly pulled away and she instinctively she pulled him closer.

“You awake Scoots?”

she blushed hard. “y-yea.”

“Di-did we sleep like this?”

“y-yea”

“Y-you wanna let go so we can get up? It’s n-not that i'm saying I don't like it but-”

“Y-yea yea we should.” they both unwrapped their arms and stood up. Looked at each other, they were both blushing madly.

“Hey, do you think I can borrow one of the green poison joke for Twilight? That the whole reason why I came, but I sorta forgot after, ya know”

“Yeah, just please don't tell her or anypony about this. Ok?”

“Your secrets safe with me, Scoots.”

she wrapped her hooves around him.

“Thanks Spike, I needed that, last night.”

he did the same.

“It’s ok, everypony needs a break, even me. You know I don’t know my parents either.”

“Oh, I'm so sorry spike. I shouldn't have even brought this up.” She looked down and backed away slightly. “It was stupid for me to dump my family matters on you, and you don't even have parents.”

“It’s ok. In a way Celestia is my mom. She practically raised me and Twilight.”

“Ha thats kinda a funny. Ok well “prince spike” you should go before you get in more trouble.”

“Yea, Twis’ probably worried”

He got up and started walking to the door.

“See ya Scoots.”

“Bye Spike.”

Scootaloo looked behind her, and noticed the poison joke and her box of memories was still on the ground, and that she had forgotten to give Spike a flower.

“Buck”

She knew it was risky, but she didn't want him to get into trouble because of her. She grabbed a flower and ate it after a slight hesitation. The effects started to show after a second or two, her back started to burn. She quickly grabbed another flower before locking the box, and setting her box of memories and the remaining poison joke in their hiding places. After pushing the podium over the hole so nopony would know about her hiding place, she walked over to the door, flapped her wings and took off after Spike. Unfortunately, unknown to her, there was an early Applebloom standing there; jaw agape.

“Scoots can fly?!”

Author's Note:

The story is done the editing will be done soon and i believe there will be two more chapters.

And thank Hinata Linn for the editing.

Comments

[RaylanKrios]

When your description has errors in it, it makes me not want to read your story.