Discord was in the middle of tea time with Fluttershy and was just about to refill his cup when a letter popped into existence in front of him. He grabbed it and read it.
"Dear God of Chaos Discord the current Goddess of love Redwing is retiring, and after a careful debate, it has been decided that you will be the one to find her replacement. Wishing you the best of luck,
God of Messages - Boris
"are you ok?" Fluttershy asked when she noticed he was looked exasperated at the note, "Did someone send you some bad news?"
"no, I'm fine, I've just been chosen to make somepony a God." Discord said as he handed the letter to Fluttershy, who read the short note quickly.
"Oh my! Why you? Why not this Borris fellow?"
Discord snorted at the idea "Boris hasn't left his "office" in over 2 thousand years. and I was chosen the same way it's always chosen, they spun a giant wheel with all the God's on it and it landed on Chaos. Though I'm surprised Red Wing is retiring, she was always into the whole love thing, maybe she decided to try it out for herself and it went sour......yes that's probably it," Discord looked out the window, lost in thought about who he should pick, he couldn't choose any of the Main 6, they were God's of Harmony, even if they hadn't realized it yet. No, it had to be someone who they liked, after all, It might make the loss of their loved ones easier if they at the very least got to keep one of them. But the who was still up for debate, "Hm...Hey, Fluttershy?"
"Yes?"
"Who do you consider one of your favorite friends, who isn't me, one of the other elements of harmony?"
"Oh? um...well...there's my family, Spike, and um..."
"That's all thanks." Discord interrupted as his decision was made, he couldn't just make one of her Family members Immortal, they'd be a constant reminder that the other's died. So that left the only other name spoke...." Out loud he said "well I'm off to make Spike the God of Love, spread the word!" and Discord disappeared leaving a surprised Fluttershy to piece together what had just happened. Spike, meanwhile, was helping Twilight with reshelving when Discord popped into existence
"Ahh!" Twilight yelled, "Discord...I told you if you needed me for anything to knock on the door!"
"Loophole!" Discord said as he did a loop in the air and pointed over to her assistant "I'm here for Spike!"
"What?" Spike asked, "If you wanna play Ogres & Oubliettes you'll have to wait until my break..."
"No no no," Discord Interrupted "Guy's night isn't for another 4 days. No, I came to tell you the great news!"
"Oh?" Twilight asked, "and what's that?"
"The Goddess of Love is retiring!!" This was followed by a few seconds of silence.
"Huh?" Twilight asked as she and Spike shared a bemused look with each other,
"And this involves me how?"
"It is my job to find a replacement, so..." Discord Lion hand turns Pink and Red and he proceeded to bop Spike's nose, Spike turned Red and Pink as well, with the color disappearing from Discord's hand and turning back to normal before anyone can react Discord yelled "so congratulation's God of Love Spike, you're hired!! This was met with silence, it was evident that neither Twilight nor Spike knew how to react to this, so Twilight just stood there dumbfounded when Spike looked himself up and down when he noticed something on his chest.
"Is this a cutie mark?" he asked, gaining Twilight attention and helping her to stop staring dumbfounded at Discord and instead look at Spike, It was a bow and arrow surrounded by three hearts, after looking at it the only thing that Twilight could think to say was.
"that's not where it's supposed to be."
"well, he is a dragon" Discord replied as he looked at the mark on Spike's chest.
"That makes it even more confusing" Twilight Retorted sharply "Dragons don't get cutie mark's, and if they did they sure the Hay wouldn't be a bow and arrow!" while they were arguing cutie mark's, Spike wished he could see himself better and with a sudden flash of pink Spike found a hand mirror in his hands. he looked at himself, all his green had turned red and all his Purple was Pink, and for some confusing reason he was wearing a large white cape.
"I look stupid, " Spike decided.
"Oh, I said the same thing," Discord said, "You get used to it. Now let's go!" with a click of his fingers Discord made himself and Spike disappear. before Twilight could do anything else, there was a knock on her door, she opens it with magic and was greeted by Fluttershy.
"um.....Twilight. I think I may have sent Discord after Spike.
Meanwile in creator know's were
"um." was all Spike could think to say at what he saw. Discord had brought him to what looked like a giant treehouse, covered in what looked like Heart Fruit, with a tye-dyed ground
"this" Discord began "Is the land of Love, and it makes me sick just being here, so I'm gonna leave and let Redwing tell you what's going on." with that Discord disappeared.
"So you're my replacement?" a voice asked startling Spike and making him spin on the spot, behind him was A pink and red Griffons. She looked tired. "I'm Redwing" Spike looked at her wings, they were indeed very Red. "Welcome to the land of love. she said. She clicked her fingers and in a pink flash, Spike was wearing a quiver, with a bow in one hand and A crimson scroll tied in the middle with a golden ribbon in the other.
"What the...."
"The bow is a love-seeking bow, learn to use it. The Red Arrows will make any Pony, Griffin, Dog, Cat, Minotaur, Zebra, anything fall in love with the next thing you hit with an arrow and vice-versa. The Black Arrows will do the exact opposite. The Scroll is magic and will document everyone you've ever meet and show the 2 who have the most in common. so all I can say is, Never. Miss. You're. Target. After that, you're on your own. Any questions?
"uh?"
"Good. see ya later Dragon." and with that RedWing disappeared in a shower of bubbles. Leaving Spike standing alone with his hand up slightly and a Claw pointing up.
"How do I leave?" Spike asked the empty world. After walking around he found that logic wasn't something this place had ever heard of. He'd tried to throw a rock and it turned into pink bubbles mid-air. After a few minutes, he found and an archery range. The only piece of advice he had been given "Never. Miss. You're.Target." rang in his ears so he tried a few shots. and none of them even got close to the target. he snapped his finger and said
"shot," with cause 2 things to happen his bow left his hand, and A bow came out of his quiver and loaded itself into the bow. Spike looked at it for a second, then tried his luck "Bull's-eye," the bow shot and the arrow landed direct center of the target. After figuring out he could do this. He thought to himself "Great now I just have to figure out how to teleport."