Spike really should have known when to keep his mouth shut.
This was evident by the fact of a hoof smashing into his jaw, the tormenter clearly angry at his choice of words, her eyes narrowed, wings flared out due to her aggressive state and had a furious expression to match.
That was the first time he should have not spoken.
“Say it again, I bucking dare you to say it again and I promise you. Twilight will have to find a new number one assistant.” Scootaloo snarled, her nostrils flared as she took a large inhale of breath then exhaled.
“I-I didn’t mean for it to come out that way, Scoots. I was just saying-”
“You don‘t just ask some pony if their parents are dead just because they were an orphan, you bucking lizard!” She shouted, her teeth grinding together in rage before Spike himself felt something snap deep within him.
“What the hell did you just call me?!” He growled, a very harsh, cruel sound from deep in his throat that caused the young mare to take a small step back, feeling as though she really messed up.
But like Spike himself, she didn’t have a filter for her mouth. They could have been a perfect match, a really blunt, and uncouth as Rarity would say match but if the horse shoe fits…
“Read my lips, Scales...You. Are. A. Bucking. Sad. Piece. Of. Lizard. Ass.” She enunciated to him like he was still a hatchling, ignoring his body language because she had no doubt he felt the urge to tear her in half for the racist remark.
All she could think was that if she was going down, she’d be damn sure to take the dragon with her. But she doubted he would ever strike her, it wasn’t in his nature like in the rest of his kind...how ironic.
The years have been rather….kind to the fillies and colts of Ponyville, including the lone drake that grew up with them, after Starlight Glimmer had been ‘redeemed’ whatever in Tartarus that meant for the unicorn, Spike and the others had gotten older, as every creature did over time.
Spike had naturally gotten taller, reaching the height of a full grown pony, not that such a height was mean very much but at least now he could look Twilight and everypony else except for his mother, Aunt Luna, cousin Cadence, Queen Chrysalis and Discord in the eye.
His spines had grown larger, curved and sharper as well as his tail and even ear fins and due to years of hard work he was actually starting to develop some muscles, though he wouldn't be able to be given wings from his mom until he turned eighteen.
If Scootaloo was being honest with herself, he was starting to look rather intimidating though it was clear he didn’t mean to be, it could have been worse...he could have transformed into his greed form all over again, which still gave her nightmares, not that anypony but Luna herself knew that.
His attitude on the other hoof, well that was trained with years of being around his older sister who was nearly obvlious to most things, his snarky tone and with a combination of both Scootaloo and her adopted sister, Rainbow Dash the drake had basically become a ‘badass’ though his mouth was sure to cause some problems down the line.
And even still he had managed to salvage his nerdy, intelligent intellect with it and though it caused her to roll her eyes sometimes she had to admit it was a bit of a turn on, when he could remember to shut up that is.
Scootaloo herself, like most of her friends have also aged pretty well, her wings were a bit smaller then usual but she was sure they would grow in time, her legs were muscled and powerful from working out with Bulk Biceps, Rainbow Dash and surprisingly Fluttershy at times.
When body piercings were introduced, with no surprised by the Flim and Flam brothers everyone kept expecting her to be the first to experience them, so after saving the bits and wanting them all to finally shut the buck up, along with getting Dash to sign because she had to be eighteen when she was only sixteen, she obliged.
Now having both ears, her right nostril and tongue having silver, metal rings or a small purple stud in her tongue dangling from a few spots on her face and in her mouth.
They wanted her to have the look of a bad teen, she was more than happy to represent for the look, not that she’s gone to jail or anything….yet.
With Scootaloo it was only a matter of time before she got in real trouble and surprisingly, Spike was always the one to steer her away from going down what would have been a really dark and unforgivable path.
When Sweetie Belle had been offered a record contract and a tour across Equestria and their guardians allowed them alcohol as long as they were supervised, Spike had been the one to keep Scootaloo from smashing Vinyl Scratch's very expensive equipment, which would have cost the Pegasus and dragon thousands of bits...or rather Celestia if Spike was being honest when the young mare was in her drunken haze.
When Apple Bloom had been given the opportunity to go to Zebrica with Zecora for a year, Spike had been the one to hold and hug her before she fell asleep in his arms, bawling her eyes out that everyone was leaving her, a sincere side that he doubted anyone but Rainbow Dash saw from the tough tom-filly. Of course after which, she threatened to rip his scales off slowly and painfully if he ever told anypony, as she did have an image to keep after all.
Archer, her only blood related relative they knew of besides her mom had moved to Fillydelphia because it was her hometown and she was old enough to live on her own. Snips and Snails were still there, but she never really got along with them. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, though not as cruel as they used to be, she still never really felt comfortable around.
She felt like a black sheep, only among those who she should consider friends. She got along with everypony sure enough, naturally being able to make others feel at ease around her, but she was not as close with them, not that she really cared or anything...at least that’s what she told herself.
It was strange, having so many friends she grew up with and not connecting with them like she did with Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Spike. With the girls, they were practically family, but with Spike...she felt something even now and it felt...unique.
She wasn’t stupid of course; she has had colt and even filly friends before, as she was bi-sexual as Twilight explained….and explained, those were three hours of her life she was never getting back.
But with Spike it felt...real, serious and...it made her scared.
The mares in her adopted family were strong boned, and they didn’t go racing with their hearts out like most females. The males, or in some cases as she was told by Rainbow Dash, females, had to prove their worth if they wanted to catch the attention of a Dash; it was just tradition.
It made her question what it was she even saw in the dragon, as she had seen him when he was happy, sad, wise and of course, angry.
She had been there, along with Princess Celestia herself, with the dragon at three in the morning in a donut shop in Canterlot of all places as the dragon sobbed and complained about how he could never be good enough for Rarity, who had broken his heart that night when they were fourteen.
Or when he had got into such an argument with Twilight that he left the castle in a fit of rage and slept in the former Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse for three days and she kept him company, nearly getting into a fight with Rainbow Dash to come home when she refused and wanted to stay with her friend when they were fifthteen.
She was there when he melted the large chunk of ice that would have killed everyone, including himself at the Equestrian Games in the Crystal Empire years ago, and even fought a chimera that tried to kill Apple Bloom who was knocked unconscious alongside him when they had gotten lost walking from Zecora’s late at night. She still had the scars on her right hip, left rear hoof and muzzle to prove it.
That day was the first Spike had ever been forced to take a life, and he cried for hours in his room as she, Twilight and Celestia comforted him, and he still felt guilty and had nightmares over that for a year, but knew how grateful Apple Bloom was for saving her life.
She was even there when Apple Bloom confessed to her that she had actually fallen in love with Spike and encouraged her advances, slamming her hoof into his jaw when Apple Bloom came to her’s and Apple Bloom’s family crying that he rejected her because he was in love with somepony else.
It took her quite some time to realize that he was in love with her and honestly even now she didn’t know how to feel about it. He never verbally said anything, but from the way he always acted or spoke to her, she picked up on what his heart desired soon enough.
The question was if she even really felt the same, she didn’t know but she knew she liked him...perhaps it was her turn to show him.
Which led the two to their current predicament, when Spike asked a very personal question that just sent a rush of anger through her.
Spike’s claws were embedded so deep into his palms that they should have sliced them open long ago, but knowing his scales were nearly as hard as diamond he had no worry for cutting himself any time soon.
“All I asked was if your parents were around, I knew you were an orphan before you were adopted by Dash’s family, I never accused them of being dead, Scoots. I don’t know where you even got that idea from.” He said slowly, black smoke trailing from his nostrils in anger as he had to force himself to calm down before he did or said something he would regret.
Scootaloo for her part could only scoff, rolling her eyes before she gently took a tightly rolled up
Diseased Stallion cigarette from her right ear, placing it in her mouth and produced a match hidden in her tail with a hoof and stuck it on Spike’s scales before lighting the nicotine while the dragon looked at her, shocked and confused.
“Since we did you start smoking?!” He nearly shouted in outrage as the mare before him only gave him a bemused look and shook her head.
“You don’t know everything about me, Scales. A girl’s gotta have some secrets to herself, and if you are thinking of lecturing me, let me remind you that there was a reason I was late for Dinky Doo’s birthday party yesterday, thanks to Twilight, and why I could not be there at Sugarcube Corner with our friends last week, thanks to my sister. I don’t need one from you, alright?” She replied back, taking another drag of the tobacco before blowing the smoke directly in Spike’s face who didn’t even bother to wave it away as he glared at her.
“You could have at least told me; I’m your best friend. I don’t have anything against it since we can legally buy and smoke them at our age, but……...we both know the risk…” He trailed off as she raised an eyebrow before smirking at him.
“What do you really think about me smoking, Spike?” She questioned as she saw his tail swing around to land in his claws as he nervously started to wring it, an obvious sign that he was stressed or uncomfortable.
“To be honest with you, I find it kind of...well...sexy.” He stuttered, his eyes glancing everywhere but her own as she chuckled.
“You like bad mares huh, Scales?” She spoke watching as he twisted and tightened the grip on his tail, knowing he barely felt any pain from the act as he could only give an uneasy cough in response.
Rolling her eyes again, she put out the half finished cigarette on the ground, intent on finishing it later and catching his attention with a whistle.
“So what’s with the obviously stupid question about my past anyway, Fire Breath?” Scootaloo spoke seriously, placing the refried tobacco in her right ear as she sat on the ground. They were near the bowling alley, about to go in to play a round or two, not that Scootaloo’s skills had improved even with time before the drake had asked her the question that caused their fight.
Finally releasing his tail Spike sighed loudly, as he glanced at the dirt beneath him before finally looking into her eyes.
“It’s just...I never seen or even met your parents is all, and back when you were obsessed with Rainbow Dash I just figured you were...homeless.” He ended meekly, the silence that stretched out after he spoke was starting to become awkward, and the brash teenage mare felt herself starting to become annoyed again.
“Fine, if you really want to know so badly...I never knew my dad, my mom had me at about our age, she was an alcoholic who spent more time preferring to hit the bottle and work on her routine.” She paused as she saw Spike raise an eyebrow in confusion before she continued.
“She was a professional mime, and to be honest she wasn’t to bad at her job-”
“Wait, was she that unicorn mime that I saw in the telescope in Canterlot years ago? I didn’t know that was your mom.” He interrupted as she scoffed.
“Yeah, that’s her. I guess we have unicorns in our family or some shit. My cousin Archer is an
earth pony, remember?” She replied as he nodded, knowing and being rather good friends with Archer herself before she moved.
“Anyway, when I turned thirteen she comes into our house, drunk off her ass and starts screaming at me over shit I can’t remember. I flew to Dash’s house and told her everything, mom must have used a cloudwalking spell in her drunken fit because she finds out where I’ve gone and bangs on the door to come out. A fight ensued with Dash and my mom in which I’m embarrassed to say Rainbow lost. I got dragged back home and locked into my room for the night.” Scootaloo paused, feeling tears on the edge of her eyes before she wiped them away with a hoof and went on.
“After that, Rainbow and her parents from Cloudsdale come with a police pony and arrest my mom on foal neglect. Then……. after a very long, verbal war and ending up in court, Rainbow and her parents win custody over me, and I watched as my mom with a sneer signed the paperwork...I never told anyone that, Spike. Not even Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Thanks for digging up some bucked up memories for me, lizard.” Scootaloo spat with an angered glare as his ear fins dropped in shame.
“I didn’t mean to-”
“Then you shouldn’t have stuck your snout where it doesn't belong!” She screamed back as tears began to run down her face.
“How was I supposed to know you had a really bucked up life, Scootaloo! If you only would have told me-”
“I didn’t tell you because it was none of your business, how about I go shouting to everypony that Princess Celestia is your mom?!” She snorted angrily as his eyes narrowed and saw his maw opened, showing his large fangs.
“That’s different, if anyone but family knew that then-”
“Stop making bucking excuses, Spike!” Scootaloo cut him off as he now visibly had smoke once again trailing from his nose.
“You’re starting to really piss me off, Scootaloo!” He growled as she finally got nose to nose with him, mirroring his angered expression perfectly.
“And what the buck are you going to do about it, Scales?!” She whispered dangerously into his face as he had had enough.
Forty five minutes later
“What the buck just happened?!” Spike exclaimed in astonishment, his claws gripping his large blue blanket on his bed which he had gotten the day he finally grew out of his basket as he looked in shock at his best friend who was lighting her other half of the cigarette with a quick yank of his tail, careful not to burn herself as she shook her head, ignoring the fact that they were covered in their sexual juices.
“Jeez, Spike. I know I’m not Rarity but I figure by now you would know what sex is. Sorry I’m such a bad lay and you can’t even remembered what occurred. Give me a break it was my first time.” She scoffed, ignoring the hysterical interaction as he tried to wrap his brain around the fact that he actually slept with his best friend and secret crush, not that it wasn’t obvious to everyone but him, the Sparkle family had a way of not seeing the full picture.
“I was your first partner?!” He shouted then immediately regretted it as he felt rather then saw a familiar hoof smash into his nose.
This was the second time he knew he should not have spoken.
“Buck you, Spike!” Scootaloo yelled as he rubbed his nose, he wanted to retort that technically he did buck her, but had a feeling that verbalizing that obvious action won't go over well with the young mare.
“I-I’m sorry, I’m just surprised is all. I didn’t even know you liked me in that way.” He responded sincerely as she chuckled, taking another drag of her cigarette.
“Yeah well...now you know. To be honest I was still debating whether or not I actually wanted to be with you, but...here we are.” She replied giving a casual wave of her hoof at the stained sheets they laid on as Spike held his claws over his face in remorse.
“You’re my first time to you know.” He spoke through his claws as she guffawed with a spat of no shit from her mouth making him remove his claws to look into her eyes as she was still smoking.
“This wasn’t how I pictured my first time, just so you know. Why didn’t we go out on a date or something before coming to...this?” He questioned as she could only shrug then sighed loudly once she saw he wasn’t going to take such a lazy answer from her.
“I didn’t want to drag out our feelings for each other through the cliched romantic gestures of dating, dressing up, not that you would ever see in me in a dress again unless it’s for a special occasion, and the gods help you if you try to put makeup on me and all that wimpy, tippytoe bullshit. I’m a Dash. We like charging head long into our feelings, plus you made quite an impression on me over the years so I’d figure...eh, why not?” She spoke honestly as Spike’s mouth dropped open in shock.
“That’s your excuse for kissing me roughly on the mouth and basically dragging me to the castle as we did all those...lewd things to each other?!” He sputtered angrily as she chuckled, putting out her cigarette out on his scales making him flinch, not from the pain but the action itself as she tossed it into a nearby wastebasket.
“Yep.” She answered simply like it solved all their problems and making the dragon feel ashamed for what he felt like was taking advantage of her.
“I...I didn’t rape you did I?” He wondered seriously making the pegasus give him another bemused look.
“If you did you wouldn’t be alive to have this conversation with me, that’s for damn sure, and Equestria would be down a prince.” She answered with a bored tone before finally hopping off the bed and stretching her body like a cat, her bones and wings as they flared out cracking as she sighed in relief.
“By the way thanks for putting it in the wrong hole……..twice; I was definitely ready for that.” She spoke sarcastically to the drake who could only blush, mortified that he did such an action on accident.
“I’m going to take a shower, give you time to run some thoughts through your head.” Scootaloo laughed before giving him a quick peck on the lips and trotting towards the door of the castle.
“Wait...does this mean...we’re a couple?” Spike called out making her freeze before she sighed again and turned her head to look at him.
“If you haven’t figured that out by now, then you have to be the stupidest dragon I know...even if you’re the only dragon I know.” She replied as an afterthought and hiked her tail up allowing him to see her most intimate parts again with a seductive grin.
“But I never even met your parents, I mean Dash’s parents...isn’t that a requirement to dating?” He asked as she gave a scowl and rolled her eyes once more.
“That usually doesn't happen until later in the dating process, we been dating for…” She quickly glanced at the clock near his bedside shelf. “An hour, I guess. But since you insist, after I’m done with my shower I’ll ask Dash if she wants to see the folks up in Cloudsdale, it’s been a minute since we saw them anyway, but you have to ask Twilight to perform a cloudwalking spell on you if you want to join us, Scales.” She answered back before dropping her tail and after opening the door, walked out to leave the drake alone with his thoughts.
As she wandered off to remove the liquids from her body, Spike placed his claws over his face once more, snorting a black cloud of smoke from his nose before groaning loudly and looking at the stains that covered his bed sheets, with a huff he rolled off the bed and removed the sheets, making sure to put them in the laundry basket to be washed later, which he questioned why he even had since he normally never even wore clothes.
After spraying his room with a chemical in a bottle to get rid of the odor and quickly racing to another part of the castle to take a very fast shower, which they installed after an awkward encounter with Twilight.
He walked down the hallway to enter into a room that was entirely filled with books and spotted a sleeping Alicorn sitting at a crystal made desk and chair drooling onto another one of her ‘precious’ books as he rolled his eyes and casually said to himself that she finally needed to get laid.
Shivering at the thought of his adopted sister getting rutted by a random stallion or mare...or worse one of her friends like Rarity, the teenaged dragon by pony standards with practiced ease awoke the mare who hatched him when she was just a filly.
At that moment a streak of red appeared in his vision as Peewee landed near where Twilight was waking up and smacking her lips, Spike giving his own pet phoenix a slow rub on the head and grinned as he chirped in reply, from what his mother told him, phoenixes were the oldest living thing in the world and were extremely loyal to those lucky enough to befriend them.
The years had made the young male very agile, taller and full grown, looking like Philomena in every way but gender, Spike had no doubt that if he got the two together they would become mates and make it hard to really tell which of the two was his or his mother’s.
When he was old enough to leave the nest, Peewee came back to Spike and was warmly accepted among his family as one of their own, practically everyone in Ponyville always saw the two together unless Peewee was hunting or asleep and the only one he had yet to meet was Philomena.
Twilight let out an enormous yawn and absentmindedly scratched one side of her face before turning to look at both Spike and Peewee who chirped in greeting making her chuckle and yawn again.
“Morning, Spike, Peewee.” She spoke slowly, no doubt still trying to wake up as Owlowiscious came flying in and landed on Twilight’s back making the mare give yet another greeting to her own pet right before Scootaloo entered with two mugs of steaming hot coffee held by the handles in the tip of her wings.
“Sup, Twi?” The pegasus called out as she gently placed one of the mugs, brown in color on Twilight’s desk who took hold of it in her magic, inhaling the aroma deeply with a loud sigh before turning back to Scootaloo with a confused glance.
“Um, hello...Scootaloo. I didn’t realize you were here. What time is it?” Twilight groaned, carefully taking a sip of the hot liquid as Scootaloo sat on the ground and took the coffee in her hooves before mirroring Twilight.
“About four in the evening I think.” Scootaloo replied, carefully petting Peewee who nuzzled his head into her wing as she had to politely lean away from him so she didn’t catch on fire.
“Ugh, that late? Maybe I should listen to Fluttershy and stop staying up so late, I’m getting old.” The older mare grunted making the two beside her chuckle.
“Or maybe you should take Rarity’s advice for once and actually go on a date, get out and do something besides read and study. Word on the street is that Thunderlane is attracted to you.” Spike said with a grin as Twilight could only scowl in reply, taking another sip of her morning or rather evening wake up god.
“I know, I know. Everypony has been nearly yelling at me to go out and meet someone since all of my friends found their special somepony but me. Fluttershy and Discord, Rarity and Trenderhoof, who I’m surprised Rarity even took back after the way he treated her, Applejack and Trouble Shoes, even Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie got together...I don’t know.” The Alicorn groaned loudly and placed her chin on the table, covering her face with her hooves.
Owlowiscious gave his usual one worded answer and ran his wing over his owner’s shoulder in sympathy before lifting into the air with his wings and flew off, no doubt to hunt for dinner as Spike placed a talon on his adopted sister’s back.
“It’s not the end of the world, Twi...again. Though come to think of it, it’s not like all of the world was affected by any of your enemies, Equestria is only one nation. it’s not like-”
Spike’s rambling was interrupted by a sudden cough and glare from Scootaloo as he gave a nervous laugh and went back to his point.
“What I’m trying to say is that you have a lot of time before you find somepony you’re attracted to...he or she doesn't even need to be a pony, you know.” He laughed as Twilight could only grimace and turn her head to glare at him.
“Well it’s not like I’m trying to date Ahuizotl, or a centaur like Lord Tirek or a Diamond Dog or even a chimera.” She spat bitterly not noticing Spike and Scootaloo give a shiver of fear simultaneously.
While she truly wouldn't mind dating a sapient non-pony, she seemed to have a run of bad luck with others who were not of her own species, perhaps she just had not found the right one to have common interest with and match her intellect.
Spike could only sigh as Scootaloo took a bigger swallow of her coffee feeling awkward, Twilight herself taking another sip while Peewee began to preen his feathers.
“So I take it that’s a no for Thunderlane then?” Scootaloo bluntly asked as the grown mare next to her sighed again with a shake of her head.
“It’s not that, I just want to have things in common with those I date, pony or otherwise. I know Thunderlane, it’s not even the fact that he is a pegasus that bothers me, because I’m an Alicorn, it’s the fact that we don’t share similar interest. To be honest I’ve always been slightly attracted to Zecora but just never had the courage to say anything to her before she left, see I can like non-ponies.” Twilight clarified with a nod and a small smile.
“Yeah you kind of missed your chance with that one huh? That has to suck.” Scootaloo responded glancing into her coffee mug as Twilight glared at her.
“And yet I don’t see you dating anyone anytime soon, Miss Dash.” The Alicorn retorted and quickly caught the sudden shift of Scootaloo’s eyes to Spike’s own as Twilight’s own widen in surprise.
“Ha! Finally, I knew it was only a matter of time. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Roseluck, Luna and Shining Armor owe me, Cadence, Fluttershy and Celestia twenty bits!” She shouted in jubilance, waving her forehooves in the air as she laughed.
“You betted on us dating?” Spike exclaimed in shock making Scootaloo smirk before she frowned.
“Damn it, that means I owe Silver Spoon, Dinky, Archer and Apple Bloom money. Why didn’t I remember that I betted against asking you out?” She grumbled looking at Spike as though all of this was his fault.
“You betted against us?!” He shouted with his claws on the side of his face in irritation as the pegasus merely shrugged.
“This was a long time ago before I even liked you in that way, Scales. Think of it this way, at least you got the mare of your dreams...if Rarity is fully out of the picture at least.” She answered taking another large swallow of her coffee, basically ignoring the angered drake, like she usually did anyway.
“I told you again and again that I’m over her, you were there when-”
“Yeah, yeah. You were crying like a foal, your mom spent nearly one hundred bits in donuts and I drank so much coffee I flew off one of tables and broke one of my legs. That was a fun night. Still feel bad Joe had to experience it though.” She interrupted lazily while Twilight looked at her and blinked, confused.
“I don’t remember you breaking your leg, Scootaloo.” She said slowly as the young mare only grunted with a roll of her eyes before finishing her coffee, Twilight herself taking another sip of her own as Peewee got bored and flew out of sight.
“Hello! Can we get back to the two of you betting on our love?” Spike growled making the two of them look at the fuming drake.
“Woah, woah. Cool your tits there, Armored Mailbox. Who said anything about love? This isn’t some bucking romance novel or a movie, dude. We accepted our feeling for each other, we been dating for,” Quickly she looked at a clock conveniently hung above her. “Not even an hour and a half. Not like we’re getting married or anything, we’re just testing the waters right now, alright?” Scootaloo spat, annoyed at her best friend turned...buck buddy as he was beginning to spew embers from his mouth in rage.
“You can’t even make up your mind on if you love me or not!” He yelled as she could only shrug.
“I’m a mare, we’re indecisive like that.” She responded as Twilight could only nod her head in agreement.
“Don’t agree with her!” Spike growled pointing a shaking clawed finger in Twilight's face who moved it out of the way slowly with a hoof.
“Well she’s right. You been around mares long enough to know that we have difficulty making up our minds on serious situations, we over analyze. I’m sorry we can't all be one track minded and easy going like you males.” She argued back as Spike facepalmed.
“Why do you think it took Apple Bloom so long to say something to you before you shot her in the heart with a crossbow?” Scootaloo spat bitterly as Spike could only curl his claws into fist and mutter something incoherent under his breath before speaking out loud.
“Because I didn’t see Apple Bloom in a romantic light. I care for her, she’s one of my best friends but I was in love with you, Scootaloo!” He argued as the pegasus could only turn to Twilight and talk as if he never even spoken.
“What is it with males and thinking just because we want to be with them that we’re in love with them? Do they not know the difference between dating to find if we’re compatible and actually being in love with them?” She questioned as Twilight could only shake her head and finish her coffee.
“Apparently not, Scoots. It’s a girl thing, Spike, one of the many things we doubt even with your long life span that you’ll understand. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to use the restroom, coffee always goes straight through me.” Twilight replied as she finally got off from the chair, stretched her body and wings like Scootaloo did with a yawn and trotted very quickly to the bathroom.
With only the two of them, Spike then turned to his ‘mate’ with his arms folded across his chest and an annoyed look on his face, his tail even lashing behind him as Scootaloo gathered both empty mugs in her wings to return them to the kitchen and glanced at Spike with an eyebrow raised.
“You need something?” She asked calmly, trying to hide the smirk on her face as she knew he was going to try to get her into another fight.
“Why do you always love causing disaster and mayhem?” He asked with a calm tone as she gave him a bemused look.
“I helped release the god of chaos when I was a filly simply by arguing with my friends. Even after all these years we just seem to have a strange knack for disrupting things. Like we’re a magnet for shit about to go down.” She responded with a hearty laugh and walked away, leaving the dragon stunned enough that he didn’t have a real reply, he had to admit she had a point.
Smacking his face with a claw he didn’t notice Peewee had came back until he landed on his left shoulder as he looked at the phoenix with a loud sigh.
“Will we ever understand girls?” He asked as the grown male only chirped with a shake of his head.
Growling, Spike trailed after Scootaloo and was surprised to find she was not in the kitchen before going into the throne room on instinct, knowing that she and himself liked reading under the tree chandelier and finding her reading the brand new edition to the Power Pony comics he got from his mother, perks of being a prince that was not even released to the public yet while eating a chocolate chip muffin he had saved for later while sitting on his own throne that had magically changed size to accumulate his larger form.
“Hey, those are mine!” He whined as though he was still a child as she merely looked up at him with an eyebrow raised before taking another bite of the large muffin.
“I saved you half.” She responded with a mouth full of food and slided the remaining piece over to him while he took a seat in Twilight’s throne, grumbling to himself at the small size on his rear and quickly shoved the rest of the baked dough in his mouth as Peewee flew to lay on the center of the Cutie map and started to doze off.
He folded his arms and waited for her to finish in silence, knowing she was as fast as a reader himself when it came to comic books, soon enough she wordlessly hoofed him the the printed, colored book as he eagerly took it but not before giving her a quick kiss on the lips making her giggle with a roll of her eyes and standing up to go get a small glass of water.
He was already halfway done with the series he was surprised still went on, thankfully no longer dragging him inside the issue by magic as Scootaloo returned with the glass in her left forehoof as she sat down and looked at the map before her carefully, even if she had seen it over a dozen time, she still liked to familiarize herself with the towns and cities of her nation, even beyond to other countries like Prance, Zebrica, and the Dragonlands.
A wave of sorrow overtook her emotions as she looked at Zebrica, wondering how Apple Bloom and Zecora were faring before looking at Vanhoover and hoping that Sweetie Belle was becoming more successful in her singing career with Countess Coloratura who even after losing that asshole of a manager so many years ago, got back on her hooves and performed from her heart, earning her way back to the top along with Sweetie Belle thanks to the magic of friendship.
Sappy, but true she supposed as she heard Spike clear his throat and felt his claw on her right shoulder making her snap out of memory lane to look into her dragonfriend’s eyes...well at least she didn’t shout that she loved him like some crappy romance movie.
“So we heading out or what?” She questioned as he chuckled with a roll of his eyes as he folded his arms.
“Still got to wait for Twi to perform that cloudwalking spell on me remember?” He spoke as she could only groan loudly before grabbing his left claw again and kissing it as an afterthought as she placed her head on the crystal table with her hooves over it mumbling for him to hurry the buck up already as he scoffed then with a smirk went to find his older sister...again.
He found Twilight naturally surrounded by her books in one of the rooms that held a quarter of their books, if he had to guess it was more for serious arts of study as she has been meaning to advance both Sweetie Belle and Dinky Doo, Derpy Hooves little sister who were studying under Twilight herself.
It wasn’t due to the fact that they wanted to be under her wing like Starlight Glimmer, but rather because they were both very behind on their studies and had hoped to get into Celestia’s school for gifted unicorns after both Sweetie Belle got back from her tour and Dinky finished high school.
Her left ear went up upon hearing a noise behind her as she turned and saw her little brother come towards her, as she smiled while he told her of his request making her smile wider and much more...alarming.
It took nearly thirty minutes for her to cast the spell, twenty nine of those minutes with her going on a very, very long winded speech about the history of the cloudwalking spell, the length of time it would last for non pegasus and hopefully Spike himself and what to do in the event of it somehow failing or not working properly, in which Spike assured his sister twice that he was sure a dragon without wings falling from the skies would no doubt be noticed and helped as she calmly nodded her head and cast the spell.
Quickly Spike hugged her, thanked her and raced out the door, knowing now that non ponies only had about two hours, give or take before the spell wore off and he wasted no time, completely ignoring Twilight’s next lecture about how to act when around your stallion or marefriend’s parents for the first time as it took nearly ten minutes for Twilight to realize she was talking to nothing more than air, making her huff in annoyance.
Spike didn’t hesitate as he grabbed both Scootaloo, who had fallen asleep from waiting and Peewee who was yawning and shaking his head to wake up as the drake sprinted out of the castle.
Throwing her into the air like a javelin, he quickly told Scootaloo they needed to hurry as she after a few seconds of falling managed to straighten herself out and rush to get her sister who yawned upon being rudely woken up and questioned just why they had to see their parents now and why both Spike and Peewee were coming along.
“Quick run down, Spike and I are dating-,” Scootaloo was interrupted by Rainbow Dash doing a hoof pump with an ecstatic face in the air before she frowned and silently cursed as Scootaloo continued. “He has a cloudwalking spell but it will only last for two hours with non ponies and I promised him that we would meet mom and dad.” She finished and sighed out loud as Rainbow Dash could only look at her with confusion.
“Um, Scoots, hate to burst your bubble but mom and dad are in Prance on vacation for a month, remember?” She answered slowly as Scootaloo looked at her in horror before she facehoofed herself.
“Damn it, how could I forget that?!” She whispered angrily to herself as Rainbow Dash could only give an apologetic grin.
“Sorry, sis. Maybe when they come back. But it’s probably best not to do this at the last minute, you know how mom hates unannounced visitors.” She replied before yawning loudly and looking down at Spike with half lidded eyes.
“Hey, um...I’m sure my mom wouldn't mind if we visited her. After all I would like one of our parents to find out about us before our sisters ratted us out.” Spike called out to them, glad that nopony was in earshot at the moment as Rainbow’s eyes snapped out.
“You found your parents?!” She exclaimed with a large smile and starry eyes as she imagined meeting hulking, vicious monstrous beast that looked similar to Spike but were absolute monsters...though she didn’t want to say it out loud because she didn’t want to sound racist.
“Uh...well...no, not my biological parents at least but I mean my adopted-.” He stopped suddenly, perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to involve Rainbow Dash in on this since she didn't really have a great track record with keeping a secret, not to mention the fact that if she blabbed to others that Spike was Celestia’s son and that she knew a prince...it wouldn't end well.
Even after all these years Twilight’s friends didn’t know that they were interacting with the future king of Equestria and Scootaloo only found out on accident when he slipped up.
Choosing to switch tactics, he decided to go with plan B, as much as he did want to see his mom, even meet his own real parents it just wasn’t time to let anypony other than family know the truth.
“Yeah like I said my adopted parents. You know, Shining Armor’s, my sister’s and mine?” He spoke instead making both Pegasi look at him befuddled, Scootaloo narrowing her eyes in suspicion but didn’t correct him as Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her head with a hoof.
“Um, wouldn't it make more sense to have Twilight with us for this. They are her parents after all.” Rainbow Dash questioned after an awkward pause as Spike nearly facepalmed himself, seeing his ‘adopted’ parents without Twilight was like visiting Pinkie’s own family without Pinkie herself, it would be very, very forced and amateurish not to mention rude.
“R-right, yeah that’s what I meant. You two wait here with Peewee and I’ll go uh, grab her.” He spoke, forgetting that Peewee was still in his right claw as he released him, luckily he didn’t managed to hurt him as the phoenix lifted up into the air and landed on the cloud his two friends sat on which immediately heated up to a warm temperature that made the two of them very drowsy, giving Spike ample time to race to his home to foalnap his sister.
Spike practically shattered the doors upon entrance as he ran through the numerous halls, thankful to the gods that his species had photographic memory as he found her drinking from a glass of iced tea with lemon which was her favorite as he reached his claws out to simply grab her and run around out the door but was stopped as she noticed him out of her peripheral vision from her right eye and turned towards him.
The glass being levitated in her magic as she swallowed her drink, giving him a quizzical look as she stared at the razor sharp claw tips literally inches from her face as she took a few steps back.
“C-can I help you, Spike?” She questioned, a small part of her in the back of her mind being a bit afraid, Celestia had warned her that dragons as they got older got...dangerous.
She prayed to the gods it wasn’t happening now, she’d never forgive herself if she had to hurt him or worse, the princess would never forgive her if she...shaking her she got rid of that thought immediately and took a deep breath before she exhaled.
Twilight Sparkle knew for a fact she could fight, trained under both Celestia, a few of her best guards and armed with powerful even a few rare lethal spells if she ever had to go that route though she would try to keep from ever doing such unless it was life or death.
But Spike was a dragon...they were on a completely different level than ponies, other than Alicorns, shivering at the thought of her own race without the Alicorn race to protect them she shook her head, ignoring that if she ever had to fight Spike she had a feeling...only one would live.
Instead she focused on what he was saying, not even noticing his tail was in his claws and she was catching mere snippets of what he was saying catching that he mentioned her parents, his own mother and visiting them before blinking and listening to him.
“Twilight? Did you hear what I said?” He asked slowly as she gave a very fake smile and nodded which Spike didn’t notice since he was nervous.
“Visit mom and dad, that sounds fun. I haven’t seen them in a while and I’m sure they would like the visit, we’ll go see them for a while and you go with Scootaloo and see Celestia and Luna while I distract Rainbow...hopefully mom doesn't ask if I’m dating anypony or even worse...Dash herself.” She shivered at the thought as Spike’s mouth dropped in surprise that she somehow knew that Scootaloo knew his secret.
“Scootaloo simply had to tell somepony or she would have exploded, her words not mine...but you’re very lucky Spike. I wanted to tell Celestia but I felt like it wasn’t my business and that you needed to work it out with them yourself. I didn’t say anything to you since I can’t fight your battles for you anymore, you’re old enough to deal with your own issues.” She stated slowly as he looked at her like she was insane before crossing his arms, his nose blowing a thin line of black smoke.
“You coming Blabbermouth or not?” He asked as she sighed before nodding then quickly putting her books away while making sure Owlowiscious was able to get out of the castle as she turned and looked up at him.
“I’m sure the town will be fine if we visit the family for a few days, are you ready?” She asked as he smiled, a little angry with his sister but at least she was honest and she was right, it was time he stood on his own two feet.
Side by side the two siblings went towards their friends, or in Spike’s case mate and after Spike made sure twice to have the bits to pay for them with a dark blue pouch tied to his tail as the three of them smiled and they went towards the train.
“This is going to be fun.” Scootaloo shouted excitedly as Spike rubbed the back of his head with a claw before he kissed her lips to which she rolled her eyes.
“Oh...it will definitely be something to remember.” He answered as she slapped his head with her tail before giving him a quick kiss as Peewee landed on his left shoulder with a chirp and Spike looked behind him at Twilight and Rainbow Dash who were talking in hushed voices with sly smiles towards the new couple.
Spike just knew it won’t not be easy, this was not a movie, book or video game but he knew deep in his heart and through many future fights and hardships that he loved Scootaloo Dash...he just hoped his family did as well.