> Equestrian Academy-Spiked Adventures > by SpikeSupreme13 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue-Sullen Goodbyes and a New Beginning > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Set 5 years ago, after the Shining Armor/Cadence wedding) It was a warm and peaceful day in the world of Equestria, as the warmth of Celestia’s sun enveloped its citizens, and everything was tranquil and calm. Down below, there was a small little dragon boy who went by the name of Spike, and he was currently playing with his best friend, a small unicorn filly with a light purple and pink hair and a cream white body by the name of Sweetie Belle. These 2 always hung out with each other whenever one of them wasn't helping out with either Rarity or the other members of the CMC, or Cutie Mark Crusaders for short. Some of the things that they did together were that they played tag, ate snacks together, played in the playground that was at the schoolhouse, and other fun, memorable things. They really appreciated the presence of each other’s company, and no one could ever deny that, like for example, whenever Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon would constantly pick on the CMC for their blank flanks, Spike would catch wind of it and jump into their rescue each and every time, which really annoyed the 2 of them to no end. While they didn't go to the same school, they still got the same amount of education, and they were now set to move on and do things for themselves. It was the final day before Sweetie would go on to an all-mares school up in Canterlot on a prestigious scholarship, and she wanted to spend as much time with spike as possible. She constantly told herself time and time again that she didn't harbor any feelings for spike, and yet every once in a while, she would constantly blush around him, and feel slightly more happier than usual, but spike didn't notice any of it. They were currently on a hill, relaxing and eating some delicious ice cream, with Sweetie eating a creamy vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles, and Spike chowing down on a mint chocolate, cookies and cream, rocky road, and toffee flavored cone, coated with gems on each side. They were almost done with their cones when Sweetie decided to speak up. “Spike……...there’s something I've been trying to tell you…….but it just doesn't seem easy for me to tell you!!!!!” Spike looks at her with a confused look on his face, but just shrugs it off and puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to reassure her. “Whatever it is you gotta tell me, I’m sure that I’ll be able to handle it. Besides……..I’m not the type of guy to flip off on the bad side of things.” “Oh really………..Remember when Rarity didn’t have enough gems to finish that expensive line of clothes for Hoity Toity and you panicked and rushed off to dig up as much gems as you can?? “That was only that one time……...Sheesh, you gots to have a bit more faith in me, huh?” “And that other time when Twilight took my class on a field trip around the new castle, and you couldn’t remember where you placed the journal that we wrote in??” “Ok ok, so you kinda have a point about me flipping off the handle about bad things happening, but I’m sure that whatever it is, it won’t be the end of the world, so go ahead!!!” If there was one thing that Sweetie Ophelia Belle could respect from Spike, it was his down-to-earth honesty and self respect towards others emotions. It too was also one thing that she grew to love about him, and as she started to blush again, she had to shake her head to stop her blushing, and Spike saw this, seeing this as a sign that she couldn't continue with what she needed to say. “Is there something wrong? Did I do something wrong?” “No no, you didn’t do anything wrong. Ok…..here it goes…..” She took a deep breath and decided to go for broke. “ I won a fully paid scholarship to this prestigious high school/college, and I’m gonna have to go away……...from you. Its an all mares school, and its been getting some good reviews, and Rarity insisted that I would get a better sense of what I want to do with my life if I went to that school. I'm sorry!!” After she said it, there was a long, silent break, as no one said not a single word or sentence. After a small bit of time passed, Sweetie Belle started to get worried, as she thought that Spike was paralyzed with fear from the news, but when she looked at him, it was much worse for her that she could ever realized. Spike was looking down, sadden and downtrodden from it. What she didn’t know was that Spike wanted things to end differently, and she could hear it very clearly when he spoke. “Oh…….that's…...great for you……..I’m…….. proud of you!!” He then tried to force a smile on his face and put a thumbs up for her, in order to appear happy for her, but Sweetie wasn't buying it for a minute, and she frowned on him for trying to fake-out his emotions. “Stop trying to fake me out!!!! I know that somethings going on with you, and I want to hear it………..NOW!!!!!!!” Spike sighed, as even he knew that he couldn't hide nothing from her, as she could get almost anything out of him. He decided that he might as well come out with it. “I wanted us to go to the same high school together, so that I could at least have one friend that I already knew, but I guess things aren’t gunna work out the way that you want them to!!!!! Whatever happens…….just go for it, and don't worry about me….I'm fine with it. As long as you’re happy with it, I’ll be ok.” Sweetie couldn't believe what had just happened. She was both shocked and surprised at what Spike had just said. She could always count on Spike to always be supportive for her to the end, but now she was sad that Spike had different plans for her, and she couldn't much to change it…….that's what she thought at first. “If you want Spike…………...I don’t have to take the scholarship. We can go to the same school like you planned……. I don’t mind at all!!” “No…….” Spike suddenly declared. “If you did that, I couldn't forgive myself for letting you throw away the one chance you could have at getting into that school. Ill just…….adjust to this. Seriously tho…” He grasped her hands and look at her, dead in the eyes, “Go ahead and go to this school, and do the very best that you can, because I wont accept anything less from you. Just write to me as much as you can…….Thats all I ask” At that point, Sweetie Belle hugged Spike as tight as she could, with tears of happiness streaming down her face, and she was blushing full on her face, Spike did nothing else but hugged her too, and both of them were smiling as the sun started to set on them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2 weeks later, at the Ponyville Train Station) After a rocking going-away party from none other than Pinkie Pie herself, and getting a bunch of going away gifts from her sisters friends, Everyone was at the train station, getting ready to see Sweetie Belle off to her new school. Twilight Sparkle was wearing a simple purple, white, and pink dress with some holes cut in for her wings. Applejack was wearing her classic orange dress that she always wore, not simple, yet not too fancy, and she accessorized it with her stetson hat. Fluttershy was wearing a frilly yellow and pink dress patterned with flowers and little bunnies on it. Pinkie was wearing a custom made pink dress decorated with candy and sprinkles, and it was strangely edible for her and anyone else who was crazy enough to try it. Rainbow Dash was dawning an awesome dress that really complimented her body, with a rainbow of colors blending together and had a few stallions staring at her direction. Rarity herself had to out dress everyone there, even tho it wasnt her fanciest dress, as it contained a fancy, cream white frame, and some gems studded on it, and many mares were jealous of her while she walked around in it. Finally, Spike was wearing a purple and green shirt, with some blue jeans, and he walked with a style that seemed to draw some mares eyes onto him. As the train arrived, everyone was saying their last goodbyes to Sweetie Belle. “You study up now sugarcube, cause there’s gunna be many fillies up there that are gunna be smarter than ya, so be prepared, ya hear?” “Just…….be careful up there……….eep” “Justmakesuretomakelotsoffriendsandeatlotsandlotsofcandyandneverforgettothrowlotsandlotsandlotsofparties,causepartiesarealwaysfunandexcitingandsuperduperamazing” “You just be awesome out there squirt…….but not more awesome than me…” “I heard that the school is very up-to-date with their studies and applications to theoretical magical studies. Oooooooooo, I’m so jealous of you right now!!!!” Finally, Rarity hugged Sweetie Belle tightly and said some wise, helpful words to her. “Now dear, I want you to go up there and make a name for yourself. Be fabulous, studious, and makes lots of friends. Try not to get into too much trouble, and no colts or stallions unless I meet them, understand?” “Yes sister. Sheesh, I can take care of myself ya know. Just have a little bit of faith and trust in me, ok?” “You’re right…………..but its gunna be so lonely without my dear sister…….” At that point, Rarity bawled out crying and Spike walked her off to her friends and he too had some final words to say to her. He then walked up to her and gave her one last hug before going speaking his last words to her. “I’ll miss you, and even tho this is goodbye for now, I know for a fact that we’ll meet up sometime in the future. Hang in there, always believe in yourself, and if you ever need any help at all, I’m just a letter away. Here…………” He gives her a picture of him and her posing in a picture, and the 2 of them are elated and happy. “Just look at this picture, and you’ll remember who’s always there for you!!!” The trains whistle blows off, signaling Sweetie Belle that she has to get on. Spike gives her one last, firm hug, and then backs off so that she can go. Sweetie Belle at this point has tears streaming down her face, and she was blushing as she walked to the door and looked back one last time at everyone she was leaving behind. “Thank you everyone……..for everything you’ve done for me. I won’t let any of you down, I promise. This isn’t goodbye……...I’ll see you all again as soon as I can!!!!!” With that, she got on the train, and as it set off, she found a seat near a window, sat down, and looked at the picture that Spike gave to her, and she beamed a smile, as a new adventure was beginning for her, and the people involved with her. > Chapter 1-A Fresh Start and Shocking Surprises Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5 yrs after Sweetie Belle left) (Crystal Castle-Ponyville) Inside of a shiny, eclipsing castle within the parameter of Ponyville, a fine, growing dragon was packing his stuff up to meet up with his friend Sweetie Belle at her school in Equestrian Academy. Throughout the last 5 yrs, Sweetie Belle and Spike wrote to each other whenever they had the time to. Apparently, her school’s principal decided to let the all-mare school become a co-ed school this year, and that he had to come up there ASAP, because they had a “first come, first serve” policy. She sounded very excited in her letter for him to come up there, so he hurried up in packing his necessary equipment into his bag. He went on over to his bed, where he pulled out a drawer full of his “personal” gear……….some comic books, some hand-drawn drawings he did himself, and last but not least…… his “secret” stash of Play-mare magazines. Over the years, he “acquired” some high class dirty magazines, and he had to hid them from Twilight, lest she go onto a long, droll, boring tangent onto why he shouldn’t be reading those “illiterate works of unintelligent, unethical writing”. He smirked as he quickly flipped through some pages, looking at sexily-bodied mares in skinny bikini outfits and in even sexier poses. With some drool running down his face, he quickly wiped it off and stuffs them into his backpack. With his backpack and clothing bag ready, Spike gets one last look at himself in the mirror. He was currently wearing a snazzy emerald green shirt, and dark violet pants. His scales were a bit sharp, but they weren’t that threatening to the average regular pony. He strikes a cool, impressionable pose, and he says his classic one-line phrase…… “Looking good Spike……….Looking REEEALLLLL good!!!!!” With a sly wink to his mirror self, he grabs his stuff runs down the hallways to meet up with his long-time friend and guardian, Princess Twilight Sparkle. When he meets up with her, he sees her currently reading a long-winded book on how Celestia and Luna ruled back in the old days. He then thought of a sneaky, underhanded prank to pull on her. He slowly and quietly sneaks up on her, smirking all the while until he is directly right behind her. “Hey Twi……..” “Huh…….” “There’s something that I have to tell you…..” “Yeah?” He clears his throat and gets real close to her ear. “EQUESTRIA IS BEING ATTACKED BY BOOK DEMONS WHO WILL ERADICATE ALL BOOKS!!!” Twilight jumps in the air, panicking and flying around in the room, grabbing as many books that she thought she could save, while Spike was just laughing his butt off. After a good while had passed, Twilight saw that Spike was still laughing, and she got really angry, flying down and glaring really menacing at Spike. He stops and looks at her, sheepishly smiling at her, hoping that things would be alleviated soon. “Why would you do that Spike?? I was reading a very good book, and you just decided wanted to get a sick kick out of me freaking out over some ridiculous joke you made up? Real funny Spike…….real bucking funny!!!!” She said as she got down from being in the air, turns around, pouting and being very upset with her “supposed” #1 assistant. Spike, now disappointed in his sense of good, wholesome humor, walked on over to Twilight and sighed sadly. He was only trying to have some fun before he left, but he not only made Twilight mad and upset, he felt bad for pulling it off on her. “I’m srry Twi. I was just trying to have some last minute fun…….I didnt mean to upset you. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me.” He sighed, grabbing his bags, and as he was about to leave, he was quickly stopped by someone hugging him from behind, and some wet spots running down his back. It was in fact Twilight, silently crying to herself for being so mad at her soon-to-be-leaving brother. “I’m srry too Spike. I shouldn’t really be angry at you, since this is the day that you go off to meet Sweetie Belle at her school. This really will be the last time that I can ever get upset like this with you, and I actually like these moments that we have together!!!” She then starts sobbing a bit more noticeably, and Spike turns around and hugs her tightly, to let the moment ride out for a bit for them. After 5 minutes of hugging, they both calmed down and walked on out towards the train station. While they were walking, they decided to make a bit of small talk. “So…..what are you gunna do while you’re up there?” “I was thinking that I’m gunna study up on some interesting topics, makes some cool friends…..find some “luscious” ladies!!!” he giggled that last part, letting his thoughts drift off to lewd and inappropriate scenarios. At the mention of such things actually occurring to him, Twilight slapped his face very hard, causing him to fall to the ground. “Seriously Spike, when did you get very sexist about females in general?” She asked in a generally irritated manner. “Since I was stuck in most schools where 80% of the general student body was just colts for the past 5 yrs.” He responded as he got up and dusted himself off of the dirt. “Give me some credit tho…….ever since I got over my crush on Rarity, I’ve realized that there’s a large world of mares just waiting for an awesomely masterful guy like me to sweep them off of their hooves. I wouldn’t blame myself if I came back here with a drop-dead gorgeous mare in my arms, while you all have shocked looks on your faces” “Whatever Casanova, just realize that not all mares are gunna fall for you that easily” she said as she sadly shaked her head. As they changed the topic, they passed by some of their friends, like AppleJack, who gave them some complimentary apple fritters on the house, and Pinkie Pie, who gave them a confusing run-through as to how her day was going so far, which earned her an earnest smile and an even more confusing expression on their faces. As they reached the train station, Twilight paid the train clerk one adult ticket to Canterlot for Spike, and as the train was arriving, Twi gave her #1 friend some last words of wisdom. “Good luck out there Spike. Try to make some good, reliable friends, Don’t get into too much trouble, Try not to make a bad name for yourself, and Please look out for Sweetie Belle. You know as well as I do that since SB left, Rarity’s been worried sick about, and you also know how she can be whenever she worries about something very important to her. Ponyville won’t be the same without you…..the castle will be less full without. Just remember that if you need anything, me and the girls are here for ya.” She gave him one last heartfelt hug and Spike hugged back as he said some final words to her. “Thanks for the words Twi. You remember to get some rest every now and again, Don’t do your all-night study sessions, Please don’t burn down the castle in my absence, and for the love of everything that is harmonious and holy, Spend some time with your best friends. It wont kill you to hang out with them!!!” He said as he kissed her forehead and when the train stopped, he jumped on and found a window seat where he could see her off, as he waved her off goodbye with a smile on his face, wondering how things at the school were gunna turn out for him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-First Floor) A young, smart mare was rushing towards the auditorium, with a stack of neat papers in her hands, trying to finish the preparations for the welcoming ceremony for the new students coming to the school. This mare rushing all out and about was none other than Sweetie Belle, as she was wearing the school uniform, which was a simple white dress, with a red tie and some cute blue leggings. Sweetie Belle had changed significantly in the last 5 yrs. She got a lot smarter, made some good friends, and she made a pretty strong reputation for herself, as most of the student body deeply respect her and see her as a strong, upright example. As she arrived, she saw some other students setting up the auditorium for the new arrivals. She then walks up to the stage, and an older woman is leading the preparations. She too was wearing the uniform, and her coat was silver, and her mane was a deep aqua blue. “Hey Fuchsia, hows the preparations going? I hope things look very presentable for the new students!!” “Hey Sweetie Belle…….things are going well, well enough until those……………“Guys” come in here and ruin our once peaceful utopia. Why the heck did our principal even decide to make this previous all-mares school a co-ed institution?” Fuchsia dreadfully asked. She was one of those students who was very livid from the decision that their esteemed principal made, but knowing their principal, she had no other choice but to roll with it, even if she completely didn’t like it. “I’m sure that its not gunna be that bad. Not all guys are bad Fuchsia. Ya just gotta give them a chance…….like my friend Spike, and speaking of which…” She quickly passed the papers that were the info sheets of the new entrants down to Fuchsia and looked on her watch. “The train will be here any minute, and I promised Spike that I would meet up with him. I’ll be back later!!” she said as she sprinted towards the station. “I wonder what she sees in that “Spike” fellow she’s always taking about. Anyways, I gotta finish this up soon or else things won’t start off fresh” and with that, she put the papers down and went back to supervising the others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Train Station) As the train finally stopped at the train station, the loud microphone being tapped woke up all of the sleepyheads on board, and the conductor started to speak to the passengers. “Attention passengers, this is your conductor speaking. We have arrived at Equestrian Academy here at Canterlot. Please be sure to not leave any personal luggage as you leave the train. We thank you for riding Equestrian Express, and we hope that you can ride with us soon.” With that being said, everyone on the train got up and gathered their personal belongings and they started to leave the train one by one. Spike soon got out and took a real long look at the school. It was big, glorious, and very, very spacious. As he saw the other passengers gather up with their friends, he couldn't help but recognize that Sweetie Belle wasn't here, and she specifically told him in her last letter to wait for her as soon as he got off the train. After waiting for like 2 minutes, he went on and started exploring the school grounds by himself. Wandering around the school, he saw 2 bodacious babes walking around, talking about a topic that he didn’t really care about. One was tall, and had firm hips and good-looking legs. The other was a bit shorter than her friend, but she had some good “assets” and gorgeous hair. He followed them around for awhile before he decided to speak to them. “Hey there ladies…….How would you 2 like to have the honor of escorting a hunking awesome guy like me around this bodaciously amazing school?” He said in a cool, laid-back manner. The 2 ladies, obviously turned off by his performance, just dismissed his proposal and left him there, not saying a single word to him. After that pointless approach, Spike then realized that he was completely lost and just decided to continually walk around. As he walked around a corner, he stood still as he saw 2 mares about to enter into a throw-down of a fight, and one of those 2 mares look a bit…... familiar to Spike. “I want him back…….he so obviously doesn't belong to you” said one of the mares in a fighting stance. She was a medium height mare, with a C-cup bust, a light pink coat, and a sky blue mane, and was wearing what apparently looked to Spike like the schools uniform. “Well its not my fault you didn’t take better care of him. He’s way better off with me, because I at least pay enough attention to him” said the other mare. She was the same height, if not a bit taller than her opponent, she had D-cup breasts, and she had a bright orange coat, with a dark violet mane where it had three waves, and each wave was bigger than the last one on the bottom. She was wearing a tough uniform that hugged her body not too tightly, and she had some bandages on her face and arms, like she had gotten into a few fights from time to time. By her tone and tough demeanor, but Spike can tell from where he was that he recognized that mare. “Is that……...Scootaloo?” > Chapter 2-A Fresh Start and Shocking Surprises Part 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spike couldn't believe his own draconic eyes. One of his close friends, Scootaloo, was about to get into a fight with another mare, over some “guy” that they both had in common. He desperately wanted to just jump in there and stop them from fighting, but he kinda learned from a long time ago that when you get in SL’s way, you’re prone to get hurt…………bad. (Flashback-4 years after the Shining Armor/Cadence wedding) It was after school one Tuesday afternoon, and as usual, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were constantly tormenting the CMC to no end. This day in particular would've ended the same way, Spike would've berated them for a bit, they would've gotten tired of it and left, and everything would end on a high note, but it was one thing that came out of Diamonds mouth that changed the way that Scootaloo dealt with them. “Lookie here…….....Spike comes to the rescue as usual. Can’t you three do anything without your lackey dragon coming to your every beck and call? That’s actually pitiful of you three!!!!” Something within Scootaloo snapped, and she just snapped. She tackled Diamond onto the ground and started unleashing painstaking blows on her face and upper body. Silver Spoon tried to pry SL off of her friend, but one sock to her face just plain knocked her out. Spike had to join in after her, and he successfully tackled her off onto the ground, but not without being socked in the face. While he tried to calm her down, she kept hitting him, and even if his scales were cushioning most of the damage, but he was still taking a decent beating. After Cheerilee came out and saw what was happening, everything defused off pretty quickly. Spike had some bruises on his body, while SL and Diamond were having detention for a month, but on that day, those who were there saw just what strength Scootaloo truly possessed, especially Spike. (Current time) “We’ll fight for him; one on one; first to submit loses. We fight using school rules……that cool with you?” Scootaloo declared. “I humbly accept the terms. Prepare to lose!!!” the other mare yelled and they started to chant a peculiar phrase to get the match going. “To follow one’s path……..To confirm one’s true purpose………One’s soul shall be sworn to abide with Equestria……The path of the rising sun……Shall be paved into the blue sky!!!” Suddenly, the sky turned a dark purple, and out of nowhere, magical weapons happened to appear onto each of them. The challenging girl summoned a sharp, threatening katana, while Scootaloo was armored with a metallic fist, a metallic foot, and an armor piece for her breasts. When their weapons were summoned, they both dashed towards each other in pursuit. The katana-wielding mare slashes at Scootaloo with as close enough of precision as she could, and Scootaloo blocked each slash with her metal foot and fist. Smirking all the while, she uses her metal foot to boost her towards her opponent. When she got close enough, she threw a punch at her opponent, knocking the katana out of her hand, and pins her opponent onto the floor with her metal foot. She leans into her, breasts touching breasts, and smirks while she looks at her downed fighter. “Lookie here, seems like I won………again. Looks like he’s still mine” she grins devilishly as she lifts her foot up and lets the mare dust off the dirt. She frowns and looks back at Scootaloo one last time. “This isn't over Scootaloo. He will be mine again’ you’ll see!!!!!” The defeated mare declared as she walks off towards the auditorium for the ceremony. “That girl will never learn; She won’t stop until she actually beats me………………which will never happen of course, ahahahahahaha!!!” She laughs as she too heads off to the welcoming ceremony. “What the heck was that? How did they summon those weapons? What is this school even all about?” All of these questions and more were racing all throughout Spikes head, but then he heard some rustling in the tree next to him. He walked towards the tree, looked up, and saw another familiar face. “AppleBloom, why are you up there? Did you even see what the heck Scootaloo just did?” “Yeah ah did. Fight was pretty decent; could’ve used some more…… “Finesse” and “Style” if ya asked me!!” she said in a decently casual manner. She too was wearing the same uniform as the other girl in that fight, but it seemed a bit uncomfortable on her. “I was just tryin to take mah nap, but they had to just go on and get into some kind of scuffle or somethin!!!” As she looks down towards Spike, she looks at him really carefully, noting something about him that she just seems to pick up. “I don't know what it is about him, but i can faintly detect somethin on him. I don't know what it is, but I’m sure as heck gunna find out what it is!!” As she checks the time, she begins to get down by putting one foot onto a branch, unluckily for her, she slips and begins falling towards the ground. Spike dashes towards her, but she crashes into him on the ground. When her eyes open, she inexplicably is shocked to see what had happened to her. While she did land on Spike, her lips were somewhat on his, in a soft kiss. She gets off of him and gets somewhat reasonably angry at the situation. “What the hay Spike? I didn't ask you to come over and save meh like some damsel in distress or something; now look at whatcha done!!!” Spike soon got up and tasted some……apples in his mouth, and after thinking about what happened, blushed a bit and started to back away. “Sooooo sorry about what happened, it was totally an accident, but look at the time. See ya!!!!” he quickly said as he made a sprint towards one of the bigger buildings in the back, sheepishly smiling all the while. Applebloom looked at him with detriment and subtle anger/ “This was all his fault, and somehow……………...someway, I’m gunna make him pay for what he did, as Celestia is mah witness!!!!!” with that said, she decided to take the long way to the auditorium, trying to erase that moment from her memory banks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Main Road) Sweetie Belle was very frustrated. When she arrived at the train station, she didn’t see Spike anywhere. She at first assumed that he went into the nearest town to get something to eat or to look around, but when she looked for him in the town, she couldn’t find him anywhere. She then decided to walk back to the school and get the ceremony started. As she arrived, she saw AppleBloom pass her by, but by the look on her face, she decided to leave her alone. Sweetie Belle didn’t even wanna know what happened to her, nor get in her way. The school bell rang, signaling all of the students that the opening ceremony is about to begin. Sweetie Belle quickly made a last-minute dash to the ceremony. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Auditorium) A whole assembly of students was crowded in a large room with 2 gargantuan stages, one a few feet in front of the other, and a few faculty members on said stage. The new students were conversing in the room, some about this, and some about that. Right dab in the middle was Spike himself, as he was taking in the wonder and glory of everything and everyone in the room, but he was kinda cramped with everyone in the room. A medium built Pegasus mare with a crimson mane, a cream coat, and triple D breasts in a red workout outfit walked up to the podium onstage and started to speak on the microphone to the new students. “Welcome one and all to Equestrian Academy. I am your all-powerful but devoted principal, Noriko Inumi. It is my most prestigious honor to welcome you all to this institution of higher learning and training prowess!!!” Everyone soon started to cheer and rejoice, except for Spike, who’s kinda confused about the last part woman just said. “At this school, you will learn, you will become wiser…...more fit….more stronger than you could have ever realized!!; To further explain our mission and institution, here’s one of our own examples of what can be achieve and more…….Sweetie Belle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” After a short, awkward pause, Sweetie just managed to reach onto the stage, short of breath and panting from all of the sprinting and last-minute running that she had to do. Once she got herself together, she got onto the podium and addressed the people. “Sorry I was late, but apparently……someone I knew decided to just go on up and “ditch” me, and I will be dealing with them later!!” she said that last part angrily as she apparently glared at the green spiked fellow deep in the crowd. From that tone of hers Spike tried to duck out of the way of her scorching glare towards him. As she cleared her attitude problems, she put on a much happier tone. “Anyways, we want to welcome each and every one of you to this school of ours, called Equestrian Academy. As you all know, every sentient creature has some kind and form of magic. Earth Ponies are more versatile and durable, Unicorns are more flexible with their magical manipulation, and Pegasi can master the wide blue yonder known as the sky, as well as manipulate the weather like a stringed puppet, but here, we have discovered that there is a deeper meaning and application of magic within each and every one of us. What if I told you that we can concentrate the magic that’s within us, and we can form it into something that we couldn't even imagine to form ………...weapons unique and specific to each one of us. I’ll show you a good example.” She walked onto an open section of the stage, and as the air compressed around her, she focused her inner magic, and lo and behold, a unique weapon came out to her. It was a special microphone-staff, tailored just for her. Once it appeared to her, all the new students were appalled and surprised, especially for one dragon friend of hers. “This is my Mugen, my magical weapon unique and specific to me only, and something like this or something else is inside each and every one of you. In this school, you will not be able to form your own Mugen, but you will be honed and trained to your fullest potential in order to master the Mugen of your choice. I hope you all apply yourself here, and this is the first step for you all on a long, grueling but endurable journey for each of you!!!!!!” After that, everyone except Spike cheered and applauded for Sweetie Belle as she went and stood by Fuchsia, who too was on stage, as Noriko came back to the podium. She cleared her throat and looked at all of the new potential recruits that she would have on her hands. “Thank you for that SB. So……………how would you all like to see an exhibition match right here and now huh?” She asked, as a bunch of peeps raised their hands in anticipation and wonder. Noriko smirked as she could see all the eager spectators wanting to see a good fight. “Very well, we’ll have one of our own students go one-on-one with one of you newbies to show you exactly what our school excels in. From our own hallways and classrooms, here she is herself…………………...AppleBloom!!!!!” Most people, especially the new guys clapped as AB walked up to the stage and looked all nonchalantly as she wandered her eyes to anywhere but the large group to teenagers in front of her. “Ok AppleBloom, who do you wanna spar with from amongst these new students? Don’t be afraid to drag them out if you have too!” Noriko added with some sort of expectant tone. As AppleBloom looked on over to the bunch of fresh punching bags for her, she remembered one specific guy in that group that she wanted to get back at for an earlier incident that occurred, and she then smirked with glee and vengeance. “Oh Mighty Celestia, you work in sum mysterious, yet satisfyin ways!!!!” She thought as she had a final decision as to who she wanted to pick. “I choose…………………...Spike the Dragon!!! I want him and only him to come up here and fight me, that is, unless he’s chicken!!!!!” she taunted as Spikes eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. Spike had just started his first day here, and he was expected to spar one-on-one with AB in front of everyone’s judgmental view. > Chapter 3-Furious Fights, Feisty Fiancees, and Arousing Arrangements!!!! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now Sweetie Belle did want some kind of comeuppance on Spike for ditching her, but never in her lifetime would she even wish for something like this to happen to him. She ran up to AppleBloom and she desperately tried to stop her. “AppleBloom, couldn't you choose someone else more capable of giving you a decent challenge? Im sure that Spike wouldn’t be up for a fight against you, so couldn’t you re-consider your choice?” AppleBloom looked at her once good friend, and scoffed at her choice of words. “I dont know bout you Sweets, but Spikey there needs to start fighting his own battles instead of fighting ours…… and I’ll be the one to show him exactly how it gets done!!!!!” At that note, she walked on towards the second stage, ready and prepping up for a good-ole fashioned throwdown with someone, who she thought at that moment, more than deserved it to be enacted by her own 2 hands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spike at this point was standing stiff as a statue. He honestly didn’t want to just go up there and fight one of his closest friends right in front of some complete and utter strangers in front of him, and he CERTAINLY didn’t want to either beat up AppleBloom and be branded a jerk for beating a girl, or be branded a wimp for losing to a girl. As he was standing there, pretty much everyone was staring at him with anxiousness and anticipation for him to go fight. After a good while had passed, Spike decided to just get it over with and went on up towards the stage. As he got there, he looked on over to AppleBloom, who was stretching and getting ready for their battle. Noriko too went onto the stage and looked on over to their opponents. “I want a good and entertaining match between the two of you. Last one standing wins; Give it your all and really show us some moves!!!” she yells as she backs off to let these 2 go at it. Applebloom smirks at this and slowly processes on how she is gunna tear Spike a new one. Spike decided that maybe that he should negotiate his way out of this situation. “Hey AppleBloom, I know as well as you that I don’t wanna do this….you don’t wanna do this, so why don’t we call off this match and forget this ever happened, huh?” “I dont think so mister!!! I’ve been waiting to enact my revenge against you for what happened earlier, and I for one am not going to let you run yer tail outta this one!!” she retorted. Spike didn’t understand what she was talking about, until it clicked in his head. He blushed a bit from the experience, and then realized that he was gunna get punished for something that was truly an accident. “Can’t we handle this matter in a more civilized manner? Im sure that we can reach a more relatively calm and situated conclusion!!” He pleaded to AB as he slowly backed of of the stage. He was then suddenly faced with Apple Blooms cold stare, as she was so far on the stage at one minute, and then was in front of him the next. She grabbed him by the shirt, and violently tossed a few feet onto the stage the next minute. Sweetie Belle wanted to stop this match, but Noriko put a hand in front of her, signaling her that this is how it needed to play out. All she could do at this point was hope that things would turn out well. “Are ya gunna fight, or ya chicken?” she questioned him, as she then began to imitate chicken noises. As she was doing this, some of the new students decided to join in on the taunting and humiliation of Spike. It was one thing for Spike to take a beating, and another to take some small-scaling humiliation, but when pretty much the entire school was taunting him and chanting chicken right at him, that is when his limit is pushed. Spike gets up and looks at Applebloom, a small smirk adorned on his muzzle. “Ya gunna just stare there, or am I gunna have to come over there and make a woman out of you?” He retorted, as a loud “Ohhhh” sound emanated from the room, as Sweetie Belle just face-palmed herself. Apple Bloom growled with relentless fury as she charged straight at the the smart-talking dragon. Spike side stepped out of her way and got into a defensive stance. His strategy was to just tire out AB long enough for him to not do too much damage to her. As AppleBloom threw a punch at his direction, He grabbed her hand and flung her hard across the stage with his surprising technique and draconian strength. Applebloom skidded across on the floor before quickly recovering from that throw. She went back into the fray as she launched punch after punch at Spike’s face, but Spike dodged left and right, while also tossing AB a few more times all around the stage. The transfer students were going wild over this fight, as not only was it exhilarating to watch and behold, but it was so entertaining to see an actual legit boy vs girl match between those 2. As Sweetie Belle watched this spectacle, she was just relieved that neither of her friends were getting too hurt, but she still wanted this to end soon. After a while, AB decided to call it quits on taking it so easy on Spike and to release her full potential. She went into full force on Spike one more time, but this time, a cross of yellow and red lightning was being produced from her hand. AppleBloom knew for certain that this next blow would put Spike out of his misery for a while, and she was smirking while she was charging at him. Spike was so shocked that such energy was coming out of her fist that he was completely paralyzed with fear. She was just 5 feet away from knocking the ever-scaling look on Spikes face, when a mysterious figure jumped from the back of the watching spectators and leaped into the middle of Applebloom’s punch.This stranger had a wicked-looking gauntlet on it’s hand, as it was sharp, powerful, and very durable. It was in a crimson color, adorned with some black and yellow splots on the tips and bodywork. A conduit of energy was dispersed in the air as the figure, Spike, and Applebloom was blown back from the backlash. Luckily, Spike caught the figure before it could hurt itself. but when he looked at it, he couldn't believe his own eyes. The figure was a young mare like Applebloom, a bit taller than her tho, but her coat was a milky white color, and her mane was short, had 2 small pigtails, and it was in a golden yellow color. As she was waking up, she shook her head and looked around, seeing where everything was. She looked up to see a purple-scaled guy holding her, and she instantly perked up and hugged him tightly and affectionately, as her large, cute breasts were pushed up against his chest. At this point, the whole student body gasped with surprise, and Sweetie was fuming from this display. She got onto the stage, and glared at this perky girl who was still hugging Spike with such enthusiastic affection. “Who is this female Spike, and why is she deliberately hugging you like you know her or something??” Sweetie asked in a suspicious and furious manner, Spike looked down at the mare who was hugging him, and then addressed Sweetie’s question. “I don’t even know; She just jumped in out of nowhere, and kinda saved my life.” He poked the mare’s side in order to get her attention. “Who are you miss, and why did you just save me?” He asked. The mare looked up to Spike with elated glee and smiled. “Don’t you know who I am??” she asked, before realizing he may not fully know who she is. “It has been a really long time since I last saw you” she giggled. “Anyways, my name is Eirika Kushina, and I’m your lovely fiancee!!!” She announced with jubilee as she kissed Spikes cheek and he was completely flustered and red as a apple on his face. Everyone in the room was shocked and surprised again from this shocking revelation, especially Sweetie Belle. She didn’t have no idea whether to believe that Spike really did have a fiancee or if Eirika was making it up, but the closely affection that she was seeing had to be corrected soon. She stomped over to the two of them and ferociously picked them up off the stage. “I dont know whether this is true or not, but this display of “affection” has gone on for far too long!!!!” she venomed out that last part with malic. “Allow me to enforce the proper punishment for such “interaction” between the opposite sex!!” She dropped Eirika and proceeded to thrash Spike with unrelenting strength and possible jealousy, as Spike was hollering and trying to escape from her fury. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Evening/Night Time) Sweetie Belle was walking over to the dormitories where the various students would sleep and live. She of course had her own room, which was one of the perks of being a building supervisor, and lucky for her, Spike was commissioned to live in one of the rooms in her building. She would finally be able to get some answers from him herself, one way or another. As she was walking, she pondering on everything that happened. “Who exactly is Eirika, and why did she say that she was Spike’s fiancee? Did Spike even know that he had a fiancee? Why didn’t he tell me about any of this??? This is confusing me and hurting my head, but I do know somepony, or somedragon, who’s gunna fess up to everything I wanna know!!! Anyways, his room is 2-D, so thats where I’m going!!!” When Sweetie Belle reached her building, she saw a couple of good friends of her’s, including the janitor, and she had soon arrived in front of Spike’s room. She took a quick glance at the moon, seeing the full beauty of Princess Luna’s beauty and serene tone, and knocked on the door. Spike said that the door was unlocked, and she proceeded to walk in and go on a tangent with her eyes closed. “Ok Spike, despite everything that has happened today, Im still gunna give you one chance to explain what the heck is going on with you!!! Why did you ditch me when I told you to wait for me at the station? What exactly happened between you and AppleBloom that warranted her to gun for you? Who is this Eirika mare, and why did she propose that she was your fiancee? I want answers, and I am gunna get some answers from you NOW!!!!!!!” she yelled in a commanding tone. When she heard nothing, she opened her eyes, to see Spike sitting on the floor, and a few feet away from him, was Eirika, who too was sitting and cheerfully chewing on some sweet caramel sticks. “Why is she in your room? I was explicitly told that this was a one person room!!!” she said with a shocked expression on her face. “Ask her yourself!!” Spike said in a confused tone. “After I went and got my keys to this room, she was already in here with her stuff and everything.” He then pointed to Eirika, who smiled and looked at Sweetie Belle, ready to give her a complete and unbiased explanation. “It happened like this……..” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Principal’s Office) “And thats why I need need neeeeeeeeed to room with my beloved Spikey!!!” Eirika finished her statement to the Noriko, hoping that she could get what she asked for. “You know Eirika, here at Equestrian academy, we won’t regularly room a guy/colt with just any old mare, and what you’re asking may seem to be a bit pushy of me to allow!!” She said, looking at Eirika with a monotone expression. “Buuuut, since you actually said that you are Spike’s fiancee, I don’t see it not robbery to deprive you of such a reasonable request” she smiled and handed Eirika a spare key to Spike’s apartment room. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And thats what happened. You can even look at these papers” Eirika said in a cheery motion as she handed Sweetie her room papers. As she looked at them, she could clearly see that the principal made a clear exception for Eirika to room with Spike, as her signature was on the bottom and it detailed her to actually be legalized into rooming with her supposed “fiancee”. Sweetie Belle groaned in utter and then said the words that should never be said out loud. “Is there anything else that could possibly go wrong now?” She shouted to the heaven’s as she saw a door opening, and AppleBloom came out of what apparently was a shower room, with nothing but a towel on. “Sheesh, this shower’s pressure really needs to be tinkered with. What’s with all of the yelling and whatnot??” she said as she looked straight ahead and saw SB in front of her. “Hey girl…...Why are you in here yelling up a storm like some kind of constipated person?” Sweetie Belle at this point had her mouth gaping wide open, wide enough to let a swarm of parasprites fly on through. “Why are you in Spike’s room taking a dang old shower? I can kinda sorta maybe understand Eirika being here,” She once again glared at her, but she sent a smile back at her way. “But you………..wasn’t your room on the 4th floor?” “Like Eirika, I too wanted to room with Spike for my own reasons, which I don’t want to or have to tell you at the moment. I asked our esteemed principal to change my room, and she said that it was ok. You can check my papers if you dont believe me and such” she said calmly as she used the towel on her head to clean her hair of the water on it. The same thing was on AB’s room paper’s as it was on Eirika’s papers. Clearly, Sweetie Belle couldn't believe that their principal would not only allow Eirika to room with Spike, but AppleBloom too. She made a mental note to have a frank discussion with their principal later, and she stormed out of the apartment in a huff, slamming the door as she left. “I hope that she’s gunna be ok” Eirika said to AppleBloom, clearly worried about her. ‘She seemed pretty shocked and surprised about things recently” “She’ll be fine” AB said in a chilled-out tone. “Ya just gotta give her sum time, and she’ll be as fine as rain!!!”. After a brief moment of silence, Sweetie Belle kicked the door open, with 2 bags of clothing and other necessities in hand. She had a tired and exasperated look on her face, which was clearly seen by Spike and company. “If Eirika and you can just move on into his apartment, then so can I!!!” she bellowed. “As of this moment, I Sweetie Belle, the supervising officer of this building, am moving into this room as well!!” she declared as she tossed her stuff into the middle of the apartment. Only Spike was surprised by this shocking turn of events, as pretty much everyone else was shrugging their shoulders. “Ya know Sweetie Belle….this room was only built for maybe 2 people to room, as it only has 2 beds; Heck, even 3 could probably accommodate the place well enough if they could, but 4 people……..this is ridiculous. How are we even gunna make this work!!!” AppleBloom said in a not-really convincing manner. “Im the supervisor of this complex, and as such, I’ll find a way to make this work” Sweetie said proudly. While she really didn’t want to stay in this room with Spike and them, she knew that if she didn’t, that some wild and unethical things would happen, and she wasn’t gunna let that happen on her watch. “Oh really?” AB said, raising an eyebrow and looking at Sweetie Belle with a suspicious look on her face. “Are ya sure that you wanna move in here because of us? If I didn't know any better, you just wanted to share a room with Spike. Am I right or am I right?” she announced in a smugly motion. “That’s totally not the reason I want to move in here!!!” Sweetie stated in a shocked manner, with her cheeks flaring up a bright pink. “I just want to make sure that no illicit activities occur on my watch. Anyways, Since there are 2 beds, I’ll take one, and I’ll assume that you want a bed too AB?” “Eeyup” AB said in a Big Macintosh impersonation “So that leaves Eirika and Spike; Where will they sleep for the night?” Sweetie pondered while Eirika got up, picked up Spike and hugged him affectionately once again. “I know, there’s a make-shift bed over there called a roof” Eirika pointed over to the side where indeed the roof was. “Me and my darling Spike could sleep on there, won’t that be lovely?” She asked Spike as she hugged him too tightly, and Spike had a hard time breathing and was close to passing out. “Nonononononononono!!” Sweetie said as she broke them up, allowing Spike to catch a deeply-warranted breath of fresh air. “We wont have anything of that manner happening on my watch. You’ll just sleep on my bed, and Spike himself will sleep on the roof” “Dont I have a say in this?” Spike stated as he was just completely ignored in this heated debate in his own room. “This is my room after all, and I wanted to sleep in a comfortable bed tonight!!” Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom glared at him with such cold and soulless eyes that he immediately shut his muzzle down and said not another peep. As the 3 females, now his apparent roommates, continued to argue about their new living arrangements, Spike could only just shake his head, trying to figure out just how the heck he got into situations like this, and also how things would soon play out in this school. > Chapter 4-First Day Fractions, Charming Check Ups, and After School Action!! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Dorms-Spikes Room-Morning) Celestia’s sun was rising and shining so wondrously, as a specific group of students were soundlessly sleeping, dreaming of many curious things and concepts. Spike was yawning a bit loudly, as he was starting to wake up, when something was hugging his body very close to him. When he opened one of his eyes, he saw that it was Eirika hugging him very tightly, like a hungry snake gripping its meal before chowing down. She was murmuring some words that he couldn’t quite pick up on himself, but he did hear the words “Spikey”, “Promise”, and “Wife”. To admit that he was perplexed and confused would be an utter understatement, but he was also blushing profusely, and his face was as red as hot lava itself. As he was contemplating on how he was supposed to get out of this predicament, Sweetie Belle walked in to go to the kitchen, as when she turned her head to see how Spike was doing, not only did she see his incredibly red face, but the fact that Eirika was now snuggling closer to him didn’t make this situation any better. Soon, a bunch of newly awoken students heard a terrible thrashing on a poor male individual who was caught up in an unfortunate situation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After that misunderstanding dilemma was resolved, everyone was busy eating some good breakfast, sitting around and happily enjoying their food. Spike on the other hand was badly hurt and was silently eating his food with no eye contact to either of the ladies next to or near him. Apple Bloom finished her food first, and was somewhat content with the results of breakfast. “I suppose that was a good enough breakfast, but it was lacking something……...something that I just can’t pick out” she stated. This got Sweetie Belle reveled in a mixture of disappointment and anger. “Oh yeah? And how would you make this breakfast, or any breakfast for that manner, any better, huh?” She retorted. Spike looked up, seeing that this situation was about to get into a heated battle, decided to defuse it before it could go terribly wrong. “Why don’t we just take in the serenity of this wholesome breakfast and just leave it at that, ok?” He pleaded, hoping that it was enough of a plea to not get those 2 at each other’s throats so early in the morning. “I thought that it was a sweet and delectable breakfast” Eirika chimed in as she began whittling away on a cinnamon stick. “Why thank you for that compliment Eirika; AT LEAST SOMEONE complimented on my cooking skills!!!” Sweetie Belle bellowed, hoping that it reached Apple Bloom’s ears. As Sweetie finished her food, she looked at her watch and saw that it was almost time for them to get to their first period. “OMC YOU GUYS, WE GOTTA MOTOR……...NOW!!!!!” She quickly cleaned up the dishes, grabbed her bag of school supplies, and yanked Spike out of his chair as everyone started running for their poor pony lives to the school, lest they all have to suffer the dire consequences…… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pathway to Academy-Morning) Everyone was quickly hauling it to get to the school on time. A few feet away from them, the school gate was slowly closing on them, with Fuchsia and their principal Noriko behind it, looking out for any last minute stragglers trying to reach the school on time. Just within their peripheral vision, they saw Sweetie and her cohorts rushing towards them, with Spike a good 4 feet behind them. Sweetie Belle, Eirika, and Apple Bloom were barely able to squeeze through the tight opening that the school gate left them. As they sighed in relief, Sweetie realized that Spike didn't make it behind them, and that the gate was pretty much closed. As she started panicking at the expense that Spike would have to go through, AB sighed in discontent and summoned one of her “spirits”, a chibi earth stallion named Rock Granite, who was sitting on her shoulder. ‘What seems to be the problem miss?” he said in a subservient manner. “Spike these is too damn slow; Could you plz give him a slight “shove”? Apple Bloom commanded in a monotonous voice. Rock Granite bowed and warped towards Spike, who was just inches away from hitting face into the gate, and he bended the earth, forming a boulder which sent him flying into the air and Spike then land over the gate and onto his stomach, in a dazed state. Fuschia looks at Sweetie and her pals and shakes her head in shame. “You guys just barely made it; how could you guys cut it so close and careless like that?” Fuschia chastised them in a stern manner. “That was my fault; I lost track of time and some “other” circumstances had come up” she stated while giving Spike a quick scowl while he was getting up. Spike was slowly getting up and dusted the dirt off of his clothing, still a bit dazed from the impact that he had gone through, when a strong wind gust had blown through the group, and Fuchsia’s dress had flapped up, and in a slow-mo sequence, Spike had gotten a sweet look at her panties, which had an adorable cat pattern on it. “Whoa….that is amazing” he whispered to himself while having a blush on his face. Fuchsia had pulled her dress down, and upon looking at everyone, she saw Spikes face and slightly blushed out of embarrassment, while also planning on how to kill Spike. The principal started yelling at everyone to get inside, and they all proceeded to quickly get inside of the school and get started with their school day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Classroom-Daytime) Spike was currently sitting in a classroom, bored out of his mind, as he was twirling a pencil around, trying not to pass out. His teacher came into the classroom in a cheerful mood, and greeted her students in a bright manner. Her name was Kushina, and she was a bodacious unicorn with a sunny yellow coat and a dark red mane that had a pink outline on them. Her outfit was composed of a standard Equestrian Academy faculty uniform, with a full-waisted dress, and a top that killed off the imagination to the wandering eyes of the guy students. “Good Morning Students……...I’m so glad that you came today. Today is going to be a fun day, because it’s our annual checkup day!!!!!” She announced to the students in front of her, and once it hit Spike’s ears, he immediately perked up and was curious as to how it would all go down. In his mind, he really hoped that there would be a co-ed checkup, as that would give him enough of an excuse to check out some of the skin that these females had on them. “If all of the ladies would kindly go to go to Room 5, the guys would go on over to Room 7.” Kushina said, breaking the immersion off of Spike’s imagination. He knew that he had to find out a way to check out those succulent naked masterpieces of the female demographic, and he then thought up a foolish plan that was just crazy enough to work. He then raised his hand and Kushina saw his hand up, as well as another voice and had a curious look on her face. “Whatever seems to be the matter with you? She asked. “My stomach hurts sooooo badly, and I need to go to the bathroom ASAP…….” they said simultaneously. “It seems like some food that you ate can have an effect like that, and I can see how that could be bothersome to the body…...you may go, but please try not to miss your check ups, ok? She said in a worried tone. “Oh don’t you worry…………..we’ll get there” and with that, Spike and another presence raced on out of the classroom at a speed that would put a grin on the Wonderbolts faces, as everyone else went on towards their designated rooms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spike and the ominous presence soon were booking it to the outside, hoping that they could get a glimpse of the glorious, bodacious scenery that was beyond their view. Everywhere they raced, a streak of clouds was left in their wake. They soon raced up a tree and they found a viewable room that had the perfect view of the ladies examination room. The ladies soon entered the room, as their nurse was telling them to undress themselves. As they started to loosen their dresses and shirts, Spike and his perverted accomplices eyes began to bulge out of their sockets, and their mouths began to drool. They inched closer to the window as to get a better look at their prized portraits. Once the strangers shoulder bumped into Spikes, he turned around and saw someone who was fighting him for the durable branch that they were both on. “Who are you, and why are you moving in on my babe action?” Spike stated to his intruding perpetrator. “The better question is why are YOU moving in on MY babe action, you jealous??” He retorted to his unimpressed visitor. They immediately soon glared at each other and then foolishly slapped each other like little girls for a while. Spike realized the stupidity of their actions and stopped their charade of adolescence. “Look, we may be after the same thing, but us fighting all over this is ridiculous. What we need to stop all of this fighting and revel in this once in a life-time chance we got ourselves here. What do ya say?” Spike declared to his fervent opponent. “Even though you were the one who was totally scooching in on my turf, you do have a point. Let’s call a temporary truce and spectate on the awesomeness in front of us.” the colt said. “BT Dubs, the names Pipsqueak, but everyone calls me Pip.” When Spike got a good look at him, he was a stable, young-looking earth colt, who was just as tall as him, and had a dark brown circle on his right eye. He also had a wavy-like hairstyle, and his facial features weren’t half bad to boot (in a non-homophobic fashion). “Spike’s the name, and pursuing my libido is my game” He stated in a cool fashion. After the formalities were out of the way, they started looking at the marvelous melons that the mares were certainly packing. While some mares in the room had decently perky pom-poms, others had those bountiful bosoms that made the boys steam up in fiery lust and desire. One mare was orange coated with light pink eyes and adorable dimples, and Pip rated her a 7 for her features, while Spike rated her a 5 for her slightly-smaller breasts. For a good hour, they were just rating different mares on similar and different subjects. Ratings from 9 to 1 were flying off the mouths off of these 2 promiscuous peepers. Pretty soon, they both heard a rustling sound above them, and as they look up, they each had a different expression on their faces. On Spikes face, it was one of shock and terror, whereas to Pip, it was one of those faces that you see on those shows where he sees a fantasy girl. The rustling rebel was none other than Apple Bloom, and she had a face full of disgust and disappointment, as she saw the 2 temperamental perverts looking in. “And just what the hay were you 2 think you were doing?” she questioned them in an testy mood “Heyyyyyyyy AB…..” Spike tried to break the ice in a suspicious manner. “Whatever brings you around these parts of the woods, hehehehehehe” he laughed nervously. “I was just leisurely wandering around here, until I saw you 2 deviously looking in on the examinations. You do know what that means?” “Let me handle this…” Pip said in a smooth fashion. “I have a way of speaking to the dames, and I’m sure that I can smooth-talk us out of this no problem” Pip remarked in a sly and confident voice. “Hey there mamacita.” Pip looked at Apple Bloom with a smirk and a cocked eyebrow. “You are looking oh so fine today, and I couldn't help myself but gaze upon your southern supple bod of yours. Those finely tuned legs of yours, and that hair………………….its looks so silky smooth, but yet wild and free,…” He looks at her with a curious look, and he sees a sight that catches him by complete and utter surprise. “But most of all……………….your teeny tiny hooters are sooooo adorable!!!” he squealed in utter joy and cuteness. It was one thing to make AB mad, and another thing to insult her friends and/or her family, but when you go out of your way to address her tiny breasts, you have officially signed yourself up for one hell of a beating, and not the good kind either. Pretty soon, AB started to have steam fuming out of her ears and she charged at the 2 of them, as Spike and Pip gulped for their lives. The next few moments of their lives was literally beaten out of them, along with a few other important factors to their character. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Outside) Spike, Pip, and Sweetie Belle were walking through the outer rims of the school, with Spike and Pipsqueak in a slightly better condition than they were a few hours ago. Lucky for the both of them, their health examination was able to patch them up right quick and they were able to go on about their day. Also, Spike and Pip were able to become good friends through their perverse similarities. Currently, they were looking at different posters for different after school clubs to participate in. “How about this club, Spike? I heard that they’re pretty respected” Pip quoted as he showed Spike a poster for the painter’s guild. It had a colorful design, with creative drawings and some of the faulty in the club in artistic poses. “Maybe……..but I feel that the Swimmer’s club is more to my taste!!” Spike stated as Pip looked at the poster. It had a serene blue scheme and there were some gorgeous gals in scandalous bikinis. The two of them were looking at it and they were dreamily drooling away at the poster before Sweetie saw what they were doing and proceeded to take the poster from their wandering eyes and rip the poster in front of their eyes, depressing the devious duo. “Can you two be practical and at least try to find a club that will stimulate your brain cells instead of over-stimulating them with nonsense?” Sweetie Belle proposed. Spike and Pip then proceeded to groan out loud in sync, but then they saw the perfect club for them to join up with. “Photography Club!!!” They both over joyously yelled, while the 2 of them slipped into a dreamlike sequence……. (Dream Sequence) Spike and Pip were on a beach with a stunning filly in a perfect bikini and bra-shaped body, posing in many sexy poses while they were getting some amazing shots from their cameras. They decided to then change up the scope of the photo-shoot. “Ok Melissa, We’re gunna need you to remove your articles of clothing for us; It’s to accentuate your au natural grace and beauty” They said in a convincing manner. Melissa gave them a few confused glances, but just chalked it up to them being “Professionals” and did as they told her. Once she was completely in her birthday suit, the 2 photogenic perverts almost fainted from the intense, heavenly glow that emanated from her. They proceeded to go shot crazy all over her and were giddy with glee the entire time (End of dream sequence) Sweetie slapped the both of them, to which they howled in immense pain. When they looked at her, she was scowling at them with those intense eyes and that commanding posture. “ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!” she yelled at the 2 idiotic dummies “Since you 2 can’t decently choose an upstanding club, I have the perfect club in mind” She smirked in a way that was completely underlying in a sinister fashion. Fearful as to what she might do to them next, The 2 then followed her to wherever she was leading them. > Chapter 5- Mugen Meetings and Peculiar Predicaments > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy-Lower Hallway) Sweetie Belle, Spike, and Pipsqueak were walking down a narrow hallway in the school to a club that Sweetie decided to force upon our 2 intrepid travelers into joining. As they were nearing the end of the hallway, Spike and Pip were a bit perplexed as to what club that they would be looking at. “So……..what club are we exactly going to be looking at Sweets? I'm pretty sure that I’m not gunna be interested in whatever it is that you’re into.” Spike declared to his close pal. “This “uninteresting” club of mine is basically the backbone of order and stability of the entire school, thank you very much!!” Sweetie stated in a matter-of-fact tone. “This club will help you 2 grow some backbone and at the same time, get you guys more integrated onto the school system and how things are running around here.” “Ehh…...I say we at least give it a shot” Pip retorted to Spike’s last comment. “It wouldn’t hurt for us to at least get a glimpse of this club.” “Ok Ok, but are we almost there? This hallway seems to be a bit longer than the one that are in the school?” Spike questioned as they were still walking to the end of the hallway. “You can quiet down now, we’re here,” Sweetie said as they reached outside into a beautiful sight for their eyes. All 3 of them were at an outside hot spring, with relaxing hot water and smooth surfaced rocks, “The meetings gunna start any minute now, so just wait here and don’t do anything stupid!!!” With that, she left the 2 of them to go get the others. Spike and Pip were about to go explore this serene the wonderment of this place, when Eirika glomped Spike from behind and snuggled him something fierce. “Yayy…...I’ve been looking for you everywhere Spikey!!” she exclaimed as she then began to chew on some sugary cinnamon sticks. “Its good to see you too Eirika, but could you please get off of me?” Spike struggled to say as he was struggling to get off of her. After a few more snuggles, she got off him, all the while Pip was snickering the whole time. “Who’s your little buddy there Spike? She’s really interested in ya it seems!!” Pip stated in a smirk manner. “This here is Eirika; She nice and all, and she’s really into sweets” Spike mentioned as he cleared some dust off of his clothes. After Eirika finished her snack, she introduced herself to Pip and vice-versa. While they were talking, Sweetie and the other had arrived. When the 3 of them turned around, they saw a colorful bunch of characters that they have never seen before. “Ok, now that everyone is here, we can start our club initiation!!” Sweetie Belle cheered. She took a step to the side and out of the way and allowed many of the clubs members to show themselves to the 3 new attendees. “Today, I’ve bought 3 new members who wish to join our ranks and be initiated into our society. I will now allow them to introduce themselves.” With that, she gave them the notion to introduce themselves. “Guess I’ll start off then” Eirika preached in a cheery voice. “Hello everyone, My name’s Eirika. I like sugary snacks, making friends and being happy. I hope that we can all be friends and have good times all the daylong” she finished saying. Taking that as his cue, Pip leaped into the air and stroked a flashy pose. “The names Pipsqueak, but all the ladies call me Pip, as in “Oh Pip, you’re so manly and charming!!” ” He said in a sort of cool manly voice, before being hit in the face with an adequate-sized rock that was kicked at him from Apple Bloom. He fell back and was clutching his face in cringe-inducing pain. “Pleased to meet all of you” he got to say before he went into rolling around in a humiliating position. Spike, clearing catching the hint from that previous display, decided to take a more “subtle” introduction. “Greetings ladies. The names Spike, as in Spike the Dragon, because I am of course, a dragon and all, hehehehehehe!” He stated while starting to slightly panic. “I like gems, reading books, and tasty foods, and I hope to get along with you all!!” He then bowed and stepped back to where the others were at. “Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll introduce what’s left of you new recruits to the members of Mugen-Ti!!” she yelled to the clouds in the sky. “Spike and Pip, You guys already know Apple Bloom and Fuschia, right?” she pointed to them, one of them who gave both of them a threatening scowl, which put them on edge. Spike and Pip proceeded to nod in fear out of any other pain and potential that they might receive from her. “Good…...Now I will let the rest of the members introduce themselves to you” With that, she rushed on over to the rest of the members. A tall brown earth pony with a large bust size, a tan mane and tail color, and hayseed-colored eyes stepped up and had a smile adorned onto her face. “Hello new recruits, My name is Marissa. I’m so happy that we have some new members into this club. I hope that you all feel welcomed and passionate as to what it is that we all do around here.” She nodded to them and stepped back, as a blue-maned and tailed, light pink coated unicorn with glasses and a petite stature moved on up and slightly waved at Spike and Co. “Greetings to you all. My name is Kimiko, and I’m this club’s student body secretary. I handle the clubs paperwork and I also like comic books and the detailed illustrations that are in them. I appreciate you all for showing up and I hope that you guys have a good time today” She bowed and skipped on back towards the group. As she returned to them, a perky Pegasus girl with cerulean blue coat, peach maned and tailed mare walked on over to them all classy like and smiled a wide and welcoming smile at them. “Hey, hey, hey everyone. I’m Yukiko, and I am this clubs student body treasurer. Im the one who deals with all of the budgets and financial situations that this club regularly goes through, and I’m also Fuchsia’s bestest friend. I’m pleased to see you all here, and I hope that you all contribute something positive to our cause” With that, she patted each of them on the shoulder and walked on over to her accomplices. A bit of silence was issue in until Fuschia was ever so suggestively bumped into the spotlight by her friend. “Gee…..thanks for that “subtle” introduction Yuki. I really appreciate it!!” She sarcastically said to her friend, who had slyly smirked and winked at her. “If you guys had so rudely forgotten who I was, I’ll be “ever” so happy to introduce myself. My name is Fuschia, and I am this club’s one and only President, with Sweetie over there being its Vice-President. I am the responsible for everything that this clubs stands for and for even making this club a functioning and respectable unit. I expect you 3 to put in your effort and hard, and I promise you that this will be an experience that you will never forget. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?” She commanded in a militarized tone and with a fierce and demonic glare. Spike and Pip huddled up to each other and nodded in tremendous fear, while Eirika beamed a smile and simply nodded as well. “Good, Now that all of the introductions are out of the way, LETS CELEBRATE!!!!” Yukiko exclaimed as everyone cheered and was jubilant as to what they were all about to do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Hot Springs-Outside) At the hot springs, the club members were having an amazing hot springs party. Now you would expect that our 2 participating perverts to be in on all of that intense and hot female-and female action, but sadly, the regulations of the school are always a fickle and mean fun blocker. While the females were on one side of a gigantic rock wall, splashing and having a jolly old time, our 2 unlucky scouts were on the other side, trying to hold in their deep-seated libido and sanity. Every moan and pleasured sigh was heard to these 2, and it was pure, unadulterated torture to them. They were rocking back and forth in their water pool, gritting their teeth and also starting to have intense nosebleeds. “Spike, I don’t know how long I can hold out to this; This is totally unfair and unjust to us as a gender representative.” Pip declared in a stand-offish mood. “I know what you mean bro: We should be glorifying ourselves in the immersive pleasure that those ladies are engaged in, but nope, we’re stuck back here, forced to miss out on what could be one of the most amazing moments in our teenage lives!!” Spike groaningly responded. Even for a dragon of his stature, he was just about to reach his boiling point. Meanwhile, our lovely ladies were lounging around. splashing each other, being talkative about different topics, and savoring in all of the peace and stability. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were having an amusing conversation when another person entered into their domain. A lovely adult mare with a very slender, milky caramel body, with a red heart and cross as her cutie mark, and a cherry red mane and tail, walked up to them, and dipped herself into the water with them. Her name was Ms. Shoko, and she was an adult representative of the club, but also, she was the school’s nurse. She had perhaps the biggest bust out of anyone in the entire school, with an astonishing Triple K bust size, and any average guy who saw those beauties fainted from such pure and angelic beauty. Kimiko was very intrigued by her bountiful bosoms, and swam on over to her and groped them to her fascinating curiosity. Shoko started to moan in satisfying pleasure, as she looked at Kimiko in a curious glance. “Kimiko, why are you fondling with my breasts?” Shoko questioned Kimiko as she was trying to say it with a straight face. Kimiko continued to jiggle and wiggle them in any and all directions. “I’m just ever so fascinated by them; they’re just so round and huge!! Are they even real to be that size?” Kimi questioned as she had a fascinating look on her face. “I assure you, they’re…...ah…. 100% genuinely real, They started growing…….mmmm…..when I was in…….ohhhh…...middle school!” Shoko replied as her pleasure levels were steadily rising by the minute. Sweetie Belle turned to them and started giggling at the situation, which somewhat struck a nerve at Apple Bloom for some reason. “I really fail to see how breast size can actually be an interesting topic!!” She stated out loud, as AB swam on over to her with an indignant scowl on her face. “Look who’s talking, Miss “I’m so perky and perfect; everything I do is sooo rustically right and just!!” For your information, Most of us just don’t have the intricate body type of hers, or even yours for that matter” Apple Bloom stated in an offended tone. She clearly have had it with Sweetie’s up Standish attitude. “What is it with you? I thought that we were good friends, and why are you so worked up on this trite little issue? You don’t hear me talking about your “Apples” or anything like that!!” Sweetie retorted, clearly offended by her friends rant towards her. “Oh, so that’s how it is, huh? Well then, allow me to show you exactly what I’m talking about!!” With that all said and done, she latched her hands onto Sweetie’s mesmerizing melons and shook them all over, with Sweetie Belle clearly shocked and astonished, and also a large blush on her face. She tried to wrestle AB’s hands off of her, but the more that she struggled with them, the more aroused hat she became because of the tension and friction that was going on between them. Back to our Dynamic Duo, they were major jealous of everything that they thought was going on the other side of the wall, so much so that they were about to snap. Suddenly, they heard a primitive growl a fair distance away from them. When they looked at from where the source was heard, they saw an average sized Ursa Minor looming in their general direction. The minor saw them and slowly loomed on over to them, putting the 2 of them in a state of panic. It soon stopped and roared a vicious roar, and after that display of dominate terror, Spike and Pip proceeded to yell in an organized sissy voice. Hearing the scream from their side of the wall, Sweetie, AB and the others rushed on over to where the guys were, and they too saw the great beast before their eyes. > Chapter 6- Promising Powers and Ominous Omens > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spike, Pip, Sweetie Belle, and the other Mugen club members were currently looking at a stray Ursa Minor, glaring at them, threatening them with potential violence and unrelenting fury. The Ursa Minor thought that it had found an all-you-can-eat buffet, and decided to go for broke and break the gate that was blocking him from his meal down, all the while licking its lips in frantic anticipation. “Why the heck is an Ursa Minor here in the school premises? I thought they lived much farther off in the wilderness?” Spike said in a terrified tone. “Perhaps this one strayed away from its pack, and somewhat managed to find its way to us!!” Marissa replied, seemingly surprised by these turn of events. “Oh goodie, how lucky for us to have a ravenous bear in our presence; What else could possibly go wrong?” Pip stated in a sarcastic manner. Once it reached ground level with the others, it proceeded to start off by rushing on over to where Spike and Pipsqueak was standing. Realizing what was happening, the 2 directly started to run and scream in pure horror, hoping to outrun the hungry beast. “C’mon team, we gotta stop that Minor from ripping those 2 into slabs of meat!!” Sweetie declared to the other’s. As everyone was prepping up for the battle ahead, Sweetie glared at Apple Bloom, who was just idly standing there, doing absolutely nothing, and even worse, snickering at the folly that the 2 guys had gotten themselves into. “Well AB, Are you gunna help us out here, or are you just gunna stand there like a totem pole?” Sweetie exclaimed at Apple Bloom, with a small vein throbbing on her forehead. “I’ll save them later. I wanna see where this actually goes!!” Apple Bloom declared, clearly amused so much that she grabbed a seat and watched the show that was played out in front of her eyes. Sweetie Belle just rolled her eyes, and made a note in her head to talk to her stubborn friend after this charade. She and the others soon leaped into action. First, Ms. Shoko leaped high into the air, and landed right into Spike’s and Pip’s direction. Spike and Pip saw her and almost crashed into her, but she grabbed both of their arms and jumped out of the Ursa Minor’s path. Spike and Pip proceeded to hug Ms. Shoko’s body very tightly, with their heads laid on her plushy pillows, and their eyes clenched shut. She landed back onto the ground and put the guys down. When they opened their eyes, not only did they see that they were safe, but that they looked at their guardian angel, and they kinda thought for a minute that they had died and had gone onto a glorious heaven. “Whoever you are, me and my friend here want to say thank you for saving us. Can we get your name miss?” Spike questioned in a giddy and hopeful voice. “My names Ms. Shoko; I’m the clubs adult supervisor and representative. Im glad that you both are safe. Catch ya later!!” She nodded at them and left them where she placed them. They had hearts in their eyes and were giggling like a bunch of school filly's who had a teen pop idol crush. Sweetie Belle looked at them and growled at their immature mindset. “Awwwww, why did she have to go so soon?” Pip declared in a saddened tone. “I was about to get her number!!” After that remark was made, the Ursa Minor saw them again and roared at them again, pissed off that they got away from it the first time. It soon began the chase for those 2 all over again. “HOLY CRAP, ITS BACK AGAIN!!!” They both declared as they started running away again. Apple Bloom meanwhile was laughing her bumpkin butt off, and Marissa had grabbed onto a nearby pebble and started enchanting it with some of her magic. She rushed off into Spike and Pip’s path, and the 2 of them split off into different directions. Once the Ursa Minor saw Marissa in its way, it stopped, and moved its front paws back and forth, revving up its strength to take her down in one shot. “Oh you want some of this? huh……..Do ya?” Marissa questioned the bear. Once it charged at her, she clearly got her answer. As it was dawning onto her faster and faster, she finished her enchantment onto the rock in her hand, and she took careful aim at the Ursa. The rock soon started to expand itself, becoming bigger and bigger until it hit the Ursa Minor right on its snout, and at that point, the rock was 1 ½ time the bear’s size. The Minor staggered back a bit, its snout bruised up by a considerable amount of damage. Kimiko got out her notepad, and taking out a feather from her wings, and started doodling on it, drawing out a dizzy hammer. Once it was done, it magically leaped out of the notepad, and pointing her feather at the bear, the hammer went on over to the bear, and whacked it on the head a good couple of times, making the bear all disoriented and confused. “Quick Kimiko, draw up a see-saw; I gots me a plan!!” Marissa exclaimed to her pal. Kimiko took that concept and rolled with it. Once the bear got its senses back into order, it saw Spike, who was magically placed on the lower part of the see-saw, and he was shocked as to how he got magically got placed there in the first place. The bear bared its teeth out and charged once again at full force at Spike. Once it got close enough to Spike, Marissa pulled him out of the way at the last second, and once the bear was put into place, she leaped onto the higher part of the see-saw with so much force, the Ursa Minor was sent flying into the air. The minor landed far into the mountainside, still viewable by everyone at the hot springs. It decided that it was too much of a hassle to eat those hyper-powered teenagers, and just wandered off somewhere else, hopefully to find a suitable meal less capable of fighting back. Once the Minor was out of earshot, everyone cheered in mighty victory, except for Apple Bloom, who sighed in disappointment, hoping that the comedic chase would go on for a little while longer. The rest of the party went off smoothingly and the good times went back into full swing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Dormitory-Morning) Spike woke up to another freshly new morning, wondering what he was gunna do today. As he looked around, he saw that neither Eirika, Apple Bloom, nor Sweetie Belle was in the room at all. He looked at the clock, and it read 10:15 am. He panicked, thinking that he was late to his class or something. He waked into the kitchen, looking at a note that was stuck onto the refrigerator. Picking it up, he read what was written on it for himself. Dearest Spike We were sleeping peacefully, until I got a text from Fuschia at around 8. Apparently, she needed most of the club members on patrol, seeing that some “rogue” fights have been breaking out early in the morning. Me, AB and Eirika got our stuff together and left out to go deal with the crisis at hand. We had tried waking you up for 30 straight minutes, we grew tired and just left you alone…… This is Eirika here. After seeing you sleep so peacefully, I couldn’t of just wake you up from what could have been a nice and refreshing dream for you. I quickly had enough time to make you a decent breakfast for you. Its wrapped up in plastic on a plate in the fridge. Don’t thank me, its all a part of being your loving and doting fiancee!!!! ;D ;D <3<3<3<3<3<3 Hope to see you sometime today, Sweetie, Eirika, and AB (P.S: I forced Apple Bloom to at least sign this note. She just wanted us to just leave you here without knowing where we went and all: Sweetie Belle) (P.S.S: I hope you was dreaming about me!!!: Eirika) After reading that last part of the note, Spike shivered a bit, kinda creeped out at the length that Eirika would go to in order to show her affections for him, but at least she left him something to eat, which he was grateful for. He looked in the fridge and saw a plate with a sticky note on it, with his name on it. He took it out and unwrapped it as he served himself a cup of fresh orange juice. When he saw what was on the plate, he saw an assortment of gems and hayfries, all neatly sorted for him. Spike wanted to be creeped out as to how she actually found he liked these kind of gems without him telling her, or how she was even able to get the gems in the first place, but in all honest opinion, he didn't mind it at all. He immediately dug right into his breakfast, savoring each and every bite from it, When he was done, he let out a loud belch and patted his stomach, which was completely content from the meal. With that done, he got into the shower and got ready for whatever this day was gunna throw at him. If only he knew what was gunna happen…. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Courtyard-Daytime) Spike had his backpack on him, and he was nicely dressed, as he was looking for Sweetie Belle and the rest of his compadres. As he was wandering around, he accidentally bumped into a female student, scattering her books and papers everywhere onto the floor. She was a simple unicorn mare, with a magenta mane and devil pink tail. She was quickly irritated by the fact that her neatly and organized work was just ruined by this unobservant clod. Spike wanted to help her get her stuff back into order, but when he tried to, she slapped his claw away. “Just get away from me, you ungrateful ingrate!!!” she yelled at her clumsy classmate. She huffed and looked to make sure that she was getting all of her papers and books. Once she got everything back into order, she picked herself up and bumped Spike to the side as she left to go to her class. “Your welcome!!” Spike said in an ironic tone. He shook his head and went back to looking for his friends. After looking around for a while, he finally managed to find Sweetie Belle, who was watching a match about to happen near the back school courtyard. “Morning SB; What seems to be going on here?” Spike asked as he saw Scootaloo on one side, and a humongous, muscular pegasus dude on the other side. This dude had a bloody red coat, and a tomato red mane and tail. “Scoots and that guy had a “less-than-average” argument, and he issued a duel between them. Naturally, we were summoned here to regulate this duel here; make sure that things don’t spiral out of control” Sweetie said, never once breaking eye contact from the fight. Spike looked on as Apple Bloom stepped in to initiate the match. “ Ok, we have these 2 students here who wish to engage in a match. Are there any conditions that any of you 2 have on this here match?” Apple Bloom declared. The large stallion smirked and point straight at Scootaloo, confident on his chances of winning. “If I beat you Scootaloo, you have to finally go on a date with me; I’ve been training for this day to come, and rest be assured, I’m gunna get what’s mine!!” the herculean muscle head declared. “How many times am I gunna have to tell you Manny, You can’t beat me, and you can’t certainly believe that by beating me, you would actually get a date……...with me!!!” Scootaloo started laughing in her own self-pride. “As long as I get to mop that snout of yours all over this school ground, I’ll take you on. When I do thrash you all over this place, I don’t wanna hear you asking me out on a date EVER AGAIN!!; We clear?” she clarified to her unlucky punching bag. Once Manny nodded, Apple Bloom asked that the both them recite the traditional dueling phrase. They looked at each other dead in the eye, and recited it in full detail. “To follow one’s path……..To confirm one’s true purpose…….One’s soul shall be sworn to abide with Equestria…..The path of the rising sun…..Shall be paved into the blue sky!!!” With that out of the way, Apple Bloom scooched off to the side as the 2 combatants bowed and then Manny charged straight at her, attempting to win this battle in one strong shot. Scootaloo saw that coming, and made no attempt in moving out of its direct path whatsoever. Once his fist neared her presence, she brought up one of her legs and kicked the assault away from him. Many, many minutes had flown by, with each of them launching attacks left and right and all around. Spike was astounded by all this skill and prowess that these 2 combatants were showing off. As the match was dawning to a close, Scootaloo was panting, and one of her legs were a bit swollen from the impacts that it absorbed. “Hehehehehe, I’ve been saving up my ace in the hole for a situation like this. Once this attack lands, I’ll finally get my date after all!!” Manny declared, as he started to charge up his magical properties, as a silvery aura surrounded him. Spike, seeing that this had gotten a bit too far, had decided to intervene and try to stop it. “This has to stop now!!; Look at her, it’s clear that she’s in pain, so why don’t we call this battle off now?” Spike cried out as he ran right in-between Manny and Scootaloo” “What in the featherbrains are you doing here Spike? I got this under control; Now get out of the way” Scoots said in an angry tone. As she stood up, her injured leg express its discontent, and she was barely able to stand upright. “I'm not moving Scootaloo; I refuse to let anyone hurt a mare, no matter what the circumstances are!!” Spike declared as he spreaded his arms out in an open stance. “If you won’t get out of the way ya twig-looking stick figure, then I’ll pulverize you and her. Won’t be much of an issue for me at all!!” Manny sentenced to Spike as he finished up his charging portion, and charged in full locomotion at Spike, with a silvery, metallic shield-like layer being developed onto his shoulder. Spike closed his eyes, awaiting the imminent pain and devastation that was about to befall on him….. > Chapter 7: In which Spike has a "daunting" experience, and Apple Bloom has a date > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panic…...Terror…...Fleeting Doom…..these emotions and more were racing through Spike’s mind as he was awaiting the painful impact that he was soon to experience. Suddenly, some deeper, unknown force decided to make its appearance, as Spike snapped his eyes open, and his pupils were a lime green color. Once Manny was right in Spike’s vicinity, he grabbed the silvery shoulder, and proceeded to dispel the inflicting blast radius. The conflicting powers were creating a vacuum of intense pressure, as everyone was standing there in awe from this display of fluctuating forces. Once the pressure reached its peak, Spike’s shirts was ripped apart as he power-shoved Manny into a wall, as his feet was skidding across the ground, and an explosion covered Spike and Scootaloo and the viewing audience in a cloud of dust. Spikes glowing green eyes disappeared, and when he came back to, he was disoriented and fell on his butt, winded from that unusual turn of events. “This match is over. Since the opponent is out of commission, I’m declaring Scootaloo the winner.” Apple Bloom sentenced as she brought her hand down, bringing the match to a close. While Scootaloo was satisfied that she won the match, Spike meanwhile passed out, who put Sweetie Belle and Eirika in a worry. Apple Bloom looked over at Spike with a curious look, surprised that he was actually able to pull off something of that magnitude, and yet something about that power seemed to resonate with her. “He has some kind of power…….something that I’ve seen before. I’m gunna find out what exactly is going on with him… and I know exactly how I can do this” she smirked as she thought up a full-proof plan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Equestrian Academy Dorm Room-Morning) “WWWWWHHHHHAAAAATTTT” Sweetie Belle and Spike shouted from what shocking string of words Apple Bloom had uttered to them. Eirika was sleeping ever so soundly, amidst all of the commotion going on in the apartment. “All I said was that I wanted to take Spike here out on a date. What’s wrong with somethin’ like that?” she questioned to her roommates in a weirded out manner. “I am just surprised that you, of all ladies, would actually ask Spike here out on a date; I thought that…...ya know...maybe…….I would.” Sweetie squeaked in a low enough volume that no one heard her speak the last part of her response. It kind of didn't help that she had a large blush on her cheekbones. “What’s seems to be the matter Sweetie? You jealous that I’m taking him out and you aren’t?” AB stated in an “I know that you’re jealous” tone. “Of course not, I don’t even care what you do with Spike at all, cause its completely fine with me for all that I care.” Sweetie defiantly said. “Um, this is most certainly a surprise of events and all, but don’t we have to go to school today?” Spike asked in an obvious state of mind. “Actually Spike, todays a school holiday. No classes are ever held on this day; Trust me, I learned about it in an embarrassing way.” Sweetie said, wiping away some sweat forming on her forehead. “Anyways……..so Spike, wanna go out with me today?” Apple Bloom restated the question to Spike. Spike took a minute to think about it, and seeing that he had nothing to lose from this date, he nodded and proceeded to get ready. To him, he didn't have anything else to do on a day off; besides, he would have been bored almost all day from doing very little to nothing in his place. After a while of preparation, the 2 went on out into the nearby city that was within the closest proximity of the school to do some casual date activities. Sensing that something was off about all of this, Sweetie Belle devised a plan that would be full-proof in every way conceivable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City Mall-Afternoon) Spike was currently carrying some small shopping bags that seemed to build itself up by the minute as Apple Bloom was busy buying stuff at her own pace of speed. Spike thought that a traditional date would consist of some food, maybe a bit of shopping, and ending with a stroll around the park, but even at this extent, this was getting a bit redundant for him. “Why are we doing all of this shopping again? I thought that our date would be something simple and casual, not tedious and time-consuming” Spike complained as he was beginning to have a hard time holding all of the bags in place. “Cool ya jets Spike; I just have to buy one more thing, and then we can get somethin’ to eat, ok” Apple Bloom responded as the duo strolled on into a lingerie store. Spike was standing in one place as Apple Bloom found a nice designed one that she wanted to try on. She then walked on over to Spike with the lingerie in hand and pointed to a fitting room nearby. “Look…..I’m just gunna go in there and try these on. Whatever you do, just stand there and hold my stuff, and DO NOT walk into that room; Do it, and you will suffer the dire consequences. Am ah clear?” AB spoke with a threatening and serious mood. “Crystal” Spike nodded as AB backed up to the room, glaring at him as she did so. Outside of the store, Sweetie Belle, Eirika, and Pip were in black camouflaged outfits, spying on Spikes and AB’s activities from a fair distance. Binoculars in hand, Sweetie saw that AB went into the fitting room, and began to process this information. “I wonder why Apple Bloom would bring Spike into such a store like that. It seems a bit peculiar to me that she would do something like that.” Sweetie Belle pondered. “I know right? That should be me pointlessly carrying her bags and standing idly by in that store.” Pip responded while slightly growling to these turn of events. He looked through the binoculars, seeing Spike wobble here and there, struggling to keep the bags in place. “If Spike screws this up, I’m gunna make him wish he never accepted her date offer.” he deceivingly stated. “I’m sure that everything will turn out alright.” Eirika said, all the while curious about this date and also a bit interested about all of the opportunities that may happen throughout the day. “That sounds good and all Eirika, but we’re here on a top-secret important mission, so stay focused.” Sweetie Belle reminded her as they went back to watching Spike. Spike meanwhile was holding up alright, managing to do fairly well with the bags, until a flock of idle mares came strolling on by, bumping him here and there, not really noticing him and were consumed by their own conversations. Spike soon couldn’t handle the crowding, and tried reaching Apple Blooms fitting room in order to tell her that he would be waiting outside, but after a misstep and tripping off of a random mare’s foot, he tumbled onto the floor, and his head ever so subtly slipped into said room, allowing him to surprisingly see her with the lingerie on, all the while blushing and closing his eyes. When AB saw Spikes head below her, she started growling and shaking her in pure disappointment. The next few moments were a painful experience for the befallen dragon, as he yelped and bellowed in agonizing pain and discomfort. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A while later, Spike and Apple Bloom had stopped on by a maid cafe, with spike comedically wrapped up in a bandaged body cast. They ordered a window seat, and the 2 of them sat across each other. A maid waitress walked on over to her, as she twirled her skirt, smiled a beaming smile, and handed Spike and Apple Bloom a menu for each of them. “Welcome to the Servant Maid Cafe, where you are the master, and I am happy to serve you. What may I get for you today my masters?” she said in a pleasant mood. Spike then realized that the tone of her voice sounded familiar to him. He looked up at her and saw who was waiting for their order……...Scootaloo. “Whatever are you doing working in a place like this?” Spike asked her in an unbelievable motion, and when she opened her eyes, she couldn't believe who was actually in front of her. Her own club mates were who she was serving, and Apple Bloom was simply smirking at the shocked look that was dawned on her face. “You didn't know Spike. Since she came to this school, she needed a few extra bits here and here, and she wounded up working in this place” Apple Bloom stated as a matter-of-fact voice. “I personally asked the owner if she could serve us, seeing as I wanted to get a sick kick out of this” “I can’t believe you would do this AB. Ya know what, I don’t need to serve you 2 anything, and for that matter, I won’t indulge you in your attempts at getting under my skin” Scootaloo remarked, starting to walk away in a triumphant victory. “It would be such a deep shame if I went on over to your boss and told them that I had such “dissatisfied” service from a certain “employee”. Such a remark from me might even get that employee fired from such a classy establishment such as this one here.” Apple Bloom gloated to Scootaloo’s back. She knew she had her in her grasp, and Scootaloo couldn't do anything about it. She thrashed around for a good minute, making angry grunts and noises while doing so exhaled a loud sigh, and slinked on back over to her “customers” with her head facing downwards, already starting to dread this day and what else may come by her way. > Chapter 8-Deathly Lunches and Heroic Battles > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Scootaloo returned to her “opposing” friends, she forced a smile onto her face, and waits for them to place their orders. “I would like a simple egg and lettuce omelet with hay fries and a milkshake, and you can get scaly-eye over there whatever he wants” Apple Bloom said in a professional and monotone voice. Spike looked through the menu once more, and upon reaching his order of choice, he put his menu down and looked at Scootaloo, ready to place his order down. He got a real good look at her maid outfit, and for someone of her build and personality, she really made that outfit look good on her. It also didn't help that it allowed to see some of her cleavage, which was always a good sight for him. He had wanted to compliment Scoots of her uniform, but by the way that she was glaring deathly at him, he would consider that course of action a horrible idea. “I will take a hayburger with extra hay and no lettuce, and I will also have some hay fries and a large emerald shake please” Spike stated. Scootaloo wrote down their orders and proceeded to go the kitchen and tell the chef their orders. Spike took the chance to look around the establishment and see how the place was run. He saw a lot of lady maids taking and serving orders to their esteemed customers, and one creepily built guy in a maid outfit who seemed to be running the entire restaurant. Spike shivered in a disturbed state of mind from thinking about how a guy like that could wear something like that and work in such an establishment like this. “If ya wondering who that guy is, he owns the entire restaurant” Apple Bloom stated, like she could read Spike’s state of thought. “He may look threatening, but he’s actually nice once you get to know him” Spike decided to take that to note, and by then, Scootaloo had returned with their food all prepped up and ready to be consumed. While Apple ‘it had even more lettuce than what a regular hayburger would usually have. “What’s with the lettuce? I specifically asked for no lettuce, so what’s the big deal, huh…” Spike complained to Scootaloo, who at this point was coldly staring at him, like he wasn’t even present in her field of vision. “Why Spike, don’t you know what happens to dragons who don’t eat their vegetables? Scoots sneered as she flipped a bun off of his hayburger, and using a ketchup bottle, spelled out a phrase that Spike didn't wish to see spelled out on his hayburger, and that phrase was “extinct”. Spike gulped a large lump from his throat, and started eating his hayburger in fearful silence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City Park- Afternoon) As Spike and Apple Bloom left the cafe’, they were greeted out by 2 friendly waitresses, and Scootaloo, who gave them a rude gesture behind their backs. The 2 of them were currently at the city’s park, where they were having a nice, serene walk, while Sweetie and the others were covertly stalking them from trees and bushes. Spike was looking up at the sky, seeing the shining sun and the birds all flying over their heads, until AB lightly nudged his side, and pointed him to a bench that overlooked the lake. Spike nodded and they both sat down, being silent and an awkward atmosphere consuming them. Pip and the others were in a bench less than 7 ft. away from them, eyeing them to see if something unusual would happen. Apple Bloom decided that now would be a good time for her to make her move. She ever so “subtly’ inched her way towards Spike, and when he saw her move up on him, he moved back from her, until he reached the edge of the bend. “Ah was wonderin’ if you could do me a favor and remove your shirt for me. Ah needs tah look for somethin’ on ya” Apple Bloom questioned Spike in a nice and pleasant tone as she inched towards Spike’s face. These actions made things awkward for Spike, who was starting to sweat from this much up and personal close-up of Apple Bloom. As she was about to touch the top of his shirt, 3 mysterious figures jumped out of nowhere and tackled Spike to the ground, pinning him under their combined weight. Pip, Sweetie and Eirika were pleasantly surprised as these 3 were new to them and were puzzling their curiosities. “Who dares attempt corrupt our sweet and gentle Apple Bloom, you vile, repulsive creature??” One of them said. He had a baritone voice and he was looking right at Spike’s eyeholes. Apple Bloom quickly shoved the 3 colts off of him, and helped Spike up to his scaly feet. “Who dah heck are you 3 yellowbelly hooligans, and why did ya tackle my friend here?” AB asked in an irritated tone, since these 3 ruined her plans. “We are the worshippers of one who needs to be praised…….The followers of our gorgeous and innocent idol……….the servants of our benevolently classy master……….we are……...THE AA SOCIETY!” the 3 colts declared, as they performed a flashy and unimpressive pose. Their leader was a lean and tall pegasus colt, who had freckles on his brown coat and a flare in his auburn mane and tail. The second member was a short and pudgy unicorn colt, with glasses on his face, a jet black coat, and an aqua blue mane and tail. The last member was a semi-built earth pony, with a caramel coat, and a toxic purple mane and tail. Everyone but those 3 colts shook their heads, and Spike decided to ask the one question that was on everyone’s mind. “What is this AA society, and what does those 2 ‘A’s represent?” Spike piped to them “For your information, you scaly criminal, we are the Apple Bloom Advocates, or the AA; we live and pledge ourselves to always serve and admire Apple Bloom here, and to keep her away from unclean and undeserving fools like YOU” they pointed and sneered at Spike, who felt a bit uncomfortable from their accusations to him. “People like you try to taint her noble and beauteous spirit, unworthy of even her smallest bit of attention, which is why we formed this group; To prevent vile scum like you from ruining her sweet and majestic soul” “Ah don’t know why or how you followed us here but could you please kindly leave, before ah make you disappear” she threatened them, cracking her knuckles in a display of strength and dominant spirit. “What about him though? Surely he is unfit to even be in your presence, let alone engage you in such a graceful act such as date; Allow us to be your escorts on this most heavenly of days, oh heavenly one” they bowed in front of her, hoping that she would be merciful on them and ditch the dragon right then and there. “Ah don’t need your escorting or whatever; Ah was doing just fine with Spike here, so get on outta here” AB yelled at them. Saddened by this revelation of news, the colts left them alone…...for now. As if things couldn't possibly get any more worse, a deadly colt assassin threw some deadly poisonous darts at Spike and Apple Bloom. Luckily, she anticipated them in time, grabbed Spike by his shirt collar, and dragged him out of the dart’s deadly path. “Come on out…….wherever you are; I know you’re out there” AB yelled out to the perpetrator. Slow claps were being heard from their side, as a shadowy colt stepped out of a tree a few feet from them, and he was in a slick black battle uniform. His evil smirk was a bit unsettling to Spike, but Apple Bloom wasn’t deterred by it one bit. One of his forearms was armed with a sharp-edged sickle, and his build was somewhat unusual for the average stallion. “I must say, some without a quick wit like yours wouldn’t have been able to dodge my darts” the assassin stated. “Nevertheless, my orders are to take you down, and for good reason too”. With that, he lunged himself at AB, slashing here and there at her, trying to land a critical hit on her, but AB was too quick for his swift strikes. She soon had started to counter attack her opponent and the 2 combatants were in a heated and intense battle. Spike had wanted to jump into the fray and protect Apple Bloom, but even he wasn’t all that keen on leaping in there and screwing things up. “You certainly don’t disappoint there missy, but now it’s time to really bring all of this to an end”. The assassin started moving faster and faster than what Apple Bloom could anticipate. She summoned 2 of her spirits, commanding each of them to use their elemental attacks on the assailant, but his blinding speed and agility was too much for them. He soon started to swiftly slash at AB’s pressure points, slowly bringing her down to her knees. Spike had decided that enough was enough, and when the assassin was moving in for the kill, Spike jumped in front of her, and tried to hold back the attack. The attack power was too much, and soon, he and Apple Bloom were blown back into the lake, and Spike held onto her as he once again accidentally kissed her while they were sinking to the lake. The assailant, satisfied that his task was complete, was about to log in his accomplished task to his higher ups, when a gigantic splash came out of the lake, and Spike emerged from it, with Apple Bloom unconsciously cradled in his strong arms. He placed AB on the ground, and growled angrily at her attacker. “I don’t appreciate anyone trying to attack my friends, especially someone who thinks he’s a hot shot assassin and trying to kill them” Spike declared as he slowly lurked on over to him. “You think you can accomplish what that she-devil couldn’t accomplish; Well for your information, I have some important work to be done. Doesn’t matter who it is or what I have to get done, I always succeed at what I do”. He charged up his sickle arm, and dashed right at Spike, but Spike was prepared for this attack. He grabbed the sickle with so much force, that it was shattered into tiny, tiny bits, and soon his entire body was encompassed in a flaming green flame. “Taste the fiery pulse of my truest, intense power……..DRAGON’S HELLFIRE!!” Spike crushed the assailants arm, and sent a throbbing pressure of pain and anguish all throughout his body. Finally, Spike flung him with intense speed and power, that the assassin flew across the lake, and snapped many trees in half, before stopping and then going into an unconscious state. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple Bloom woke up some time later, with Spike looking over her. She sat up and looked all around to see where that darn intruder went. “Where did that varmint go? Ah was about to really show him my inner strength and all” AB quizzed at Spike. “I took care of him after I grabbed you in the lake. Something inside of me must’ve snapped and I just...did what I have to do” He responded. Apple Bloom was really touched by his words and conviction, and the fact that he went so far just to protect her. “Thanks a lot Spike; I couldn't have made it out of there alive if it wasn’t for you. You’re not as bad as I thought you were”. She leaned in towards Spike and encapsulated his lips with her’s, and as Spike returned the kiss, Pip, Sweetie, Eirika and the AA members all flanked the 2 of them, jaws wide open and eyes widely open. That moment to them was one that none of them were ever going to forget for a long, long time. > Taking a Break > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next few chapters wont be out for a good while, because I am taking a little hiatus break. Typing these chapters now seems like a chore to me, I'm getting more lazy by the day, and while i am going to finish this story, I've honestly lost the drive to be creative in this story and not make people disappointed or whatever. Plus, I'm gunna be going back to college soon, and I REALLY have another amazing story that I am gunna type, with some help from another awesome and creative writer, and he's one that I am really looking forward to working closely with. With that, Goodnight, and I'll see all of ya sometime in 2015