The Start
Applejack smiled as she readied herself for a long day of apple bucking. Celestia's sun shone through the windows of the Apple Family’s legendary kitchen as Applejack prepared a hearty breakfast.
"Apple Bloom!” she called, her voice carrying up the stairs, “It’s time ta wake up, Apple Bloom."
"G'mornin’, sis!" The filly cheerily chirped, surprising Applejack as she skipped to the table and began eating her breakfast.
"By Celestia, Apple Bloom! Ah thought ah be needin’ ta drag yah outta bed again." Applejack chuckled.
"What? Yah never seen me up this early?"
"Well, ah never really seen ya up easily unless yer lookin forward to somethin'" Applejack said slowly, narrowing her eyes in suspicion.
"Well, ah guess ah’m just happy about today, yah know," Apple Bloom mumbled, trying to steer off the subject.
"Oh? Happy fer what?" Applejack frowned, continuing to move the subject to its breaking point, “This isn’t ta do with your crusading stuff is it? Because yah know we still need to repair the last plow.”
"Uh-" Apple bloom squeaked, her eyes darting around for an escape, “Thanksforthebreakfastahgottagobye!” she yelped, running from the room.
Applejack groaned and shook her head, “What’s got inta that filly?”
"Spike, come on! Don’t make me come up there!" Twilight shouted as she glanced up from her book for the third time. She frowned as she once again got no response. Sighing, she got up and trotted into the living room door and proceeded towards the stairs. In her peripheral vision she spotted inkpot out of space at the edge of the room and inhaled sharply.
Who could have committed such a monstrous crime? As she ran over to correct the terrible misdeed she spotted the cause for concern: a note lying upon the coffee table. She picked it up and scanned the neat clawwriting.
Hey Twilight,
I've already left for school, so don't bother yelling. I made you a daisy sandwich in the kitchen, and I re-catalogued the first two shelves of Section Two in the main library sector. Hope you’ll be okay without me. I'll see you later!
Love. Spike.
P.S. I might be back a little later if Apple Bloom wants to do something.
Twilight smiled at her assistant’s diligence and thoughtfulness, and trotted to the kitchen in hunt of the foretold daisy sandwich.
"Well, it seems like he finally agrees that going to school was a good idea.” Twilight said to herself, “I knew he’d come around in the end. And he still made me a sandwich. Such a gentledrake.” Twilight giggled and licked her lips in anticipation when she spotted the sandwich on a kitchen surface.
The unicorn retreated to the living room to eat her sandwich and found herself thinking over the note again.
“He’s meeting up with Apple Bloom?” she mused, recalling the previous day, “I wonder what he’s planning...” she found herself giggling like a young filly as she let her imagination wonder. “What if they go on a date? Ooh that’d be too cute!” Twilight squealed, wriggling in delight. “I wonder what Applejack would say to that!”
Twilight snickered at the notion as she finished her sandwich and returned to her reading spot. She brushed away the persistent thoughts of her young assistant and Apple Bloom and tried to focus on the book in front of her.
A few lines in she burst out laughing, “Spike’ll be making Apple Bloom daisy sandwiches soon!” the unicorn cackled to herself.
“Apple Bloom!” Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo exclaimed in harmony, “Where’d you disappear to yesterday?”
“Er, yesterday?” Apple Bloom asked nervously, “Well, ah went home, and then ah helped ma sis collectin’ the apples-”
“No, when we went to see Miss. Cheerilee about the homework.” Scootaloo said.
“Well, ah was talking ta Spike.”
“Spike?” Sweetie Belle gasped. “You were talking to Spike? What’s he like?”
“Er, he’s nice?” Apple Bloom offered, shifting uncomfortably.
“Apple Bloom and Spike sitting in a tree...” Scootaloo chortled quietly.
“Hey, it’s not like that!” Apple Bloom squealed, blushing furiously.
“Aww that would be cute though.” Sweetie Belle sighed, “You’ll have to talk to him today, too!”
Apple Bloom merely scowled at her friends as together they walked into the schoolhouse.
“What are we going to do!? Equestria’s doomed!” Snips yelled.
“Dooooooooooooomed!” Snips and Snails howled in unison.
"I’m sure Equestria will be fine without Miss. Cheerilee for one day, guys.” Spike grumbled, scowling at the two distressed colts.
"Well, I think I know what's gunna happen. Equestria’s going to blow up!" Snails finished dramatically.
"I don't think that will happen, Snails. For Equestria to explode it would need a sudden, large explosive force near the centre of the planet’s core, however there is only slowly-decaying radioactive isotopes down there that can’t provide the sudden explosive force necessary to even consider anything more catastrophic than a small earthquake. The gravitational pull of the mass itself is too strong, and it would hold the planet together in almost any circumstance anyway. There's no possibility that Equestria will explode." Spike explained.
“Did you say earthquake?” Snips gasped, “Quick, everyone, don’t stay under a building! Run for your lives!”
Spike groaned in exasperation, covering his face with his claw.
“Now, now, settle down, students!” a voice called from across the room. Everypony froze and turned towards the voice. A stallion had opened the large doors of the schoolhouse and professionally walked to the front of the classroom. Instantly all the fillies and colts leaped heroically into their seats and sat with ramrod straight backs, their attention focused entirely on the strange pony at the front of the room.
The stallion had a sterile white coat and two azure, watchful eyes. He didn’t look like the type of teacher who commonly taught young ponies; he held himself in a much more formal manner than Cheerilee and, judging by his ‘question and exclamation mark’ cutie mark, so too were his lessons.
The stallion cleared his throat, "Hello students, my name is Facts, I'm going to be your teacher today for this very special lesson. Today I will be teaching you the subject of science!" Facts explained excitedly to his students.
A white filly raised her hand at the end of his introduction.
"Yes, Miss..." Facts drew the sentence out into a question.
"Sweetie belle, erm, sir.” she said nervously, “And, err, what is science?”
"Well, Miss. Belle, That’s a very good question. Science is a tricky thing to define. The formal definition is the ‘knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation’, but this can be tricky to fully understand.” Facts explained, “In simpler terms, if I hold a ball like this,” Facts picked up a ball, “And I let go, what will happen?”
The class fell silent as if the question baffled them.
“It falls due to gravity.” Spike offered from the back of the room.
“Indeed!” Facts inhaled sharply, “I didn’t realize we had a dragon in our midsts. You are spot on, mister...”
“Spike,” the dragon replied.
“Yes, you are spot on, Spike.” Facts smiled widely, “It falls. And that’s very obvious, don’t you think? We all know things fall. But why? Why do things fall? This is what ponies years ago wondered, and they came up with the idea that there is a force pulling down, keeping all the ponies on the planet, and they called this force gravity.”
“Gravity?” Snips whispered, “That’s what Spike said was stopping Equestria from blowing up!”
Spike elicited another groan.
“So,” Facts continued, “Now we think there’s a force pushing this ball to the floor,” Facts dropped the ball, “But what if I drop this pencil?” Facts picked up a pencil and dropped it. “Did that drop at the same speed?”
“It didn’t!” Apple Bloom called.
“You are correct, Miss...”
“Apple Bloom!” the filly announced proudly.
“Indeed, Miss. Bloom. Why do you think this is?”
Apple Bloom’s exuberant smile faltered, “Erm, is it because the ball is heavier?”
“Spot on!” Facts beamed, “See you already know the subject better than I do! Now comes the real, big question. Gravity acts on objects that weigh different amounts with different strengths. So how do we measure gravity?
“In this lesson I want you all to try a little experiment. We’re going to drop objects from the same height, and measure how long it takes to hit the floor. And then we’ll compare our results. If could organize yourselves into pairs, please!”
Instantly the silence of the room was broken up by the excited squeals of young fillies and colts as they searched for partners. Spike hadn’t budged from his seat.
“This is too similar to the experiments Twilight had me doing back in Canterlot.” he groaned.
“Hey, Spike!” a filly’s voice called. Instantly Spike’s head whipped around to face Apple Bloom.
“Oh, hey, Apple Bloom.” he said, brightening up.
“Er, Spike ah was wondering if you’d be mah partner?” Apple Bloom asked, “Fer the science experiment, ah mean!” she said quickly, squirming uncomfortably as she glanced back at her friends.
“Sure, I’d love to!” Spike beamed. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he didn’t relish the idea of working on his own. He glanced at Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, whom were giggling to each other, and raised his eyebrows in bemusement.
“Great!” Apple Bloom said, “Ah’ll go grab some objects. Wait here.”
“Okay, thanks.” Spike said. All of a sudden he felt much more excited about the lesson now.
Maybe this won’t be such a dull lesson after all. Maybe I can hang out with Apple Bloom?
“Ow,” Sweetie Belle complained.
“Heh heh, sorry Sweetie Belle,” Scootaloo grinned sheepishly, “I didn’t mean for that chair to land on you.”
“Why were you dropping a chair from so high up, anyway?” Sweetie Belle whimpered, rubbing her flank.
“He said we should measure objects from different heights, so I tried from the ceiling, of course!” Scootaloo chuckled.
The pair were just exiting the school building for recess when a voice called from behind them, "Howdy girls, what's up?" Apple bloom chirped as she bounced up to her friends.
"Oh, not much.” Sweetie replied, brushing off the question, “How about you, Apple Bloom?”
“Yeah, how was Spike?” Scootaloo giggled shamelessly.
“He was fine.” Apple Bloom said curtly with a scowl. “He helped me with mah science experiment.”
The pair looked and each other and continued giggling.
“Sorry, Apple Bloom,” Sweetie Belle apologized, wiping a tear from her eye. “We just think it’s really cute.”
“No, you think it’s really cute, Sweetie Belle.” Scootaloo said stiffly, “I’m not into that girly-girly fru-fru stuff. Bleh!”
“Watch out, Apple Bloom,” Sweetie Belle said suddenly, “Isn’t that Diamond Tiara’s seat?” The filly motioned to the table from the previous day where the incident between Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara had occurred.
"It's alright girls, I'm not gonna let her get to me this time. This isn’t her spot.” Apple Bloom announced boldly as she sat down in same spot as the previous day.
As if on cue, Diamond Tiara strutted up to the table, a look of pure disgust in her eyes.
"What made you think that I’d given up my seat, Blank Flank." Diamond Tiara said, smirking.
"This is mah seat, Diamond Tiara. You can go get your own.” Apple Bloom replied, feeling more confident with her two friends by her side.
Diamond Tiara recoiled as if she’d been physically struck, "Oh, you're joking right? You’ve got to be, everypony knows that that seat is my seat!" the filly hissed.
Just as Diamond Tiara said that, Spike walked onto the scene. He walked up to Apple Bloom before looking at the opposing filly.
"You’re Diamond Tiara, right?" Spike asked, turning to face her.
"Yeah, so what? I'm not going to talk to losers like you. What’s a dragon even doing here, anyway? It’s not like you even belong with ponies." she snickered.
Spike chuckled to himself, “Are you being serious? You don’t talk to anyone else other than Silver Spoon. Maybe if you actually tried being nice to other ponies, they might want to be friends with you.”
"Why would that matter? I have friends, probably more than you ever will." Diamond Tiara said with a scowl, “Why would I want to be friends with a common farm pony and an orphaned dragon, anyway?” the filly said gruffly before leaving in a huff.
"A lost cause,” Spike tutted to himself before swivelling around to face Apple Bloom “Hey, Apple Bloom. I was just wondering if we could talk a little? You know, in private?” Spike glanced at Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, making his meaning clear.
“Sure!” Apple Bloom answered without skipping a heartbeat, “Er, you guys don’t mind, do yah?” the filly asked, turning to face her friends.
“Anything you need to say to Apple Bloom, you can say to us all, Spike.” Scootaloo stated.
“But-” Apple Bloom started, and Sweetie Belle’s eyes widened.
“No, no.” Scootaloo continued, “We’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders! Whatever he’s gotta say, he can say it to all of us!”
“Er, Scootaloo?” Sweetie Belle whispered frantically.
“You can’t convince me otherwise, Sweetie-”
Sweetie Belle clamped a hoof over the orange filly’s mouth, “Heh heh, we’ll just be going now!” she sang before yanking Scootaloo away to another bench.
“Hey! What’s the big deal?” she yelped before she was out of earshot.
Apple Bloom watched them go, “So what did yah need ta tell me, Spike?”
“Well,” Spike started slowly, “I just wanted to thank you for working with me in class today.”
Apple Bloom had just noticed how Spike was fidgeting nervously, he wrung his claws as he spoke.
“And I just wanted to say,” the dragon continued, “That I thought it was really nice of you.”
“Um, thanks Spike.” Apple Bloom replied, lowering her head to hide her blush. “Why? Is something the matter?”
“Well I guess... I guess it’s nice to feel I fit in, you know?” Spike said quietly.
“Oh, right, yeah.” Apple Bloom replied.
The conversation fell into an awkward silence.
“Hey, I was just wondering,” Spike asked suddenly, “I wanted to ask you if... well... if you wanted to, you know, go hang out sometime later?"
"I’d love to!” Apple Bloom answered excitedly, “Wait! Do yah mean it like... like a date?"
The purple scales on Spike’s face shone a slightly brighter shade, "Oh, erm... maybe. I don’t know, sorta?" he mumbled, trying to answer without looking stupid.
“Sorta?” Apple Bloom asked.
Spike elicited a sigh, and straightened up. He summoned forth all the courage he had.
C’mon, Spike just tell her what’s on your mind. You’ve saved her sister from Timberwolves and the Crystal Empire from King Sombra. Nothing can go wrong!
“Well it’s just I can’t stop thinking about you!” Spike choked out.
Eurgh that sounded really stupid.
“I mean, what I’m trying to say is that I think I really, really like you.” Spike managed, “And I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go on a date?”
To be continued...
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Hopefully I'll be able to get fuller, more healthier chapters in the future. I did expand on this one quite a lot. I hope everyone feels that everypony's in character.
I know Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, the latter especially, might be interpreted as a little mean to Apple Bloom (particularly as they completely ditched her the day prior!), but I think they needed to be the teasing friends that is commonplace among in childhood relationships.
Please leave your feedback and, if you didn't enjoy it, make your criticism as full and as helpful as possible. I'm working with a relatively new fanfic author to Fimfiction, and I want him to be able to grasp the ropes.
Your help is much appreciated
Wub woo, guys!
1911710 You are going to get so much hate because of the title........ go beg for MallaJong1 to forgive you.
Up next in the Spike's whoever universe, I give you: Spike's Spike. Description: Weeks after the incident with the Mirror Pool, Spike finds himself at the home of Rarity. After being rejected, he goes for a walk and finds himself at the cavern where the Mirror Pool is located. Little did he know that he would find love in the strangest of places
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Sadly the hate seems to be inevitable. The only solution would be to change the title, but that hardly seems fair, since the similarity wasn't intentional.
Hopefully some people will actually read it though, and then maybe then they'll enjoy it
who knows?
1929625 Id change it or ask that guy to aprove of it
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I'll send MallaJong1 a PM. Thank you for your advice
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I've already written Spike's Spike. It's titled Spike's Metamorphoses on my page.
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I may just have to read that
Edit: just read it and that was kinda funny
Something in my gut tells me Apple Bloom's actions will speak louder than words.
I like where this is going!
Wow I was thought this in high school and these fillies are learning it in elementary boy do i feel smart.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Anyway cool chap but I am kinda wondering why this story is in the Spike's harems group
1930580
On the first chapter she is trying to drive the subject away from her and put it on spike, but you know that never worls, and this chapter, I believe that's a typo I'll go ahead and talk to my editor, by I hope you like it!
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Forgive me I imported the chapter from Google Docs, but it looks like I missed a formatting error. There is actually dialogue there, but sometimes importing from Google Docs it can get a little buggy. I did import both chapters only yesterday if you're wondering why it's not been spotted before.
Thanks for pointing these out, and if you spot any others, let me know so I can rectify the problem.
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Forgive me for posting it there! 'twas a complete mistake
It was supposed to end up in the Spike's shipping group, but a few misclicks and now I have no idea how to remove it from Spike's Harem's
*facehoof*
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You fell off Skype, come back on
Please, continue doing what it is you think you're doing.
1931615 working on the third right now!
I love spike x bloom.
I love this story.
I love this writer.
writing skill: excellent
story movement: fast
emotional effect on readers:unknown
main characters emotions:love
short term threat to characters emotional progression:diamond taira.
long term threat :unknown.
personal feelings: happy
overall story ranking: 8 out of 10.
total ranking : A
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Long term might be time, you will nerver know
1932160 kikikikiki we will see we will see until then.
may the darkness protect you from your enemys and forever hide you from danger yet to happen
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HA I will, I hope the thir chapter will be out soon, the name will be The Walk
Edit: I've actually been working on the third chapter today, even though I should be tired of writing because I stayed up till 11 working, but nah, everybody should be waiting for it, but I think I might bring it out soon!
1929478 Did you say you edited the fic? Work on the comment. "More healthier"
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You'll have to excuse me if I'm not in editor mode when I comment to fellow Fimfiction users, although I thank you for pointing my error out nonetheless
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Thanks so much for delivering your opinion in such an orderly manner
Really appreciate it! 
1933073 I forgot some people aren't in editor mode all the time.
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An easy mistake, I'm sure
I hope you enjoyed reading the fic, anyway
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Hey i lost a few hours sleep writing this, feel greatful
Bullies I just hate them!
But I like this story of yours!
Not sure if troll but dem physics......
Both objects fall at same rate until reaching terminal velocity.
You and I both used the same pic for the same ship of the same rating. how
2050295 hey no hard feelings right bro?
2050356 Lol I don't care.
BTW this wasn't half bad.
*Nods* Not bad.
squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
kawii kawii kawii kawii kawii kawii kawii
cute cute cute cute cute cute cute!
Physics fail.
Like it other wise.
But yea, things only fall at different speeds because of air resistance. A feather and a bowling ball will fall at the same speed in a vacuum.
Actually a ball and a pencil will fall at the same speed, weight is not a factor.
dawwww this chapter is cute
So how often does this get updated?
I was going to sound off about the error about gravity but I've been beaten to it multiple times. However, I'll be generous and suggest a way out: Think about all the things we see happen on the show that are absolutely ruled out by conventional physics. It's pretty obvious that the laws of nature in Equestria are subtly different from those on Earth.
What he could have done was say he knew the princesses, saved the crystal empire, and is able to breathe fire. That would shut DT right up.
Awsome for this you get 5 spikes
