Ending 1. Reconciliation.
Apple Bloom was in her little home crying, she had just broken up with Spike, the dragon who just wanted to help, and maybe be something more than just a friend, but she just couldn't take Applejack's words, Apple Bloom's fear became reality, her sister now thinks she is weird, and there's nothing that could fix it now.
But there was something odd about Applejack's words that just couldn't escape Apple Bloom's mind, 'a LITTLE strange...', what did she mean by that? was that mockery? was that to annoy her? or was that... No, it couldn't be just an expresion, she doesn't have her cutie mark and she pushed away everypony who tried to help her, she MUST have meant it, right?
Apple Bloom's mind was going forth and back pondering the question, did Applejack really think they were weird? Or did she really just give her point of view? Apple Bloom went to sleep thinking about it.
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That was it, Apple Bloom woke up the next morning, and the first thing she did was reflect on the events that happened last night; she was in her first date with Spike, the guy who made her feel special, and suddenly her sister showed up with Twilight, she recalled Applejack saying that she dating Spike was 'a little strange', that's when she started heating up.
But she also remembered Applejack saying that Spike was a good guy and that she was lucky to have him, Applejack also gave her point of view on the situation Apple Bloom was in, and Apple Bloom didn't find anything too offensive in her sister's words, just a comparation between her and a mouse, an error that she corrected afterwards.
Apple Bloom began realizing the error of her actions, she acted a little bit out of herself, she pushed away her sister, she even pushed away Spike, who she knew was having trouble on his own too, and she had ruined the most important thing she had left in this world.
Apple Bloom began thinking about Rarity afterwards, she thought about everything Rarity had that she didn't: good looks, a cutie mark, a succeessful business, etc. Apple Bloom felt devastated; why did she react like that? was she angry with her sister? was she just becoming bitter herself? or was she just... jealous of everypony else? why was she thinking about Rarity now?
Apple Bloom's thoughts broke when she heard steps outside; she looked to see Spike walking towards her house with something in his claws, but Apple Bloom couldn't quite figure out what it was. Quickly, Apple Bloom prepared the little couch she had and sat on it while looking at the door.
Spike was in front of the door looking nervous, did she want to see him? Spike didn't know, but he was sure of one thing, he wanted to end this already, with bravery in his heart, Spike knocked on the door.
"Who's it?" Asked the mare from inside.
"It's me, Spike." Replied the dragon.
"Come inside." Said Apple Bloom sadly.
Spike opened the door, inside, he saw Apple Bloom sitting on her couch with a smile, but he could also see that her eyes were red and her cheeks had dried tears in them, she probably had cried earlier.
"Hello Apple Bloom." Said Spike, looking at her in the eyes.
"Hi, Spike, come on, sit down with me." Apple Bloom patted the spot next to her, Spike obeyed without hesitation. By now, Apple Bloom saw that Spike was holding a gift.
"Apple Bloom, I want to talk about tonight." Said Spike, looking at her while she looked down after hearing him.
Apple Bloom sighed. "I'm sorry about everything that happened tonight, I know I overreacted, but I still don't know why I did it." Apple Bloom covered her eyes, preventing her tears from falling down her face once again; Spike was about to put down her hooves, but he decided not to.
"Apple Bloom, I think you know why you overreacted, but I want YOU to tell me why." Said Spike calmly.
Apple Bloom took a moment to think, then, after a minute or two of pure silence, she uncovered her eyes and spoke: "Well, I think that I got jealous of everypony else after the CMC broke up."
"But why?"
"Because I think of everything they are that I'm not."
"What?" Asked Spike, surprised at this. "What do you mean by that?"
"Let's take Rarity as an example." Spike looked down at this, he knew exactly what she meant by putting Rarity as her example, Apple Bloom continued: "She's got the looks, she saved Equestria a couple of times, she has her cutie mark, she has a lot of ponies behind her, she is mature, her sister loves her, I bet she even has a special somepony by now. It's no wonder you fell in love with her, she's everything that... that I... she's everything that I'm not." Spike could see that Apple Bloom said that last part with tears rolling down her face as she tried to fight them back.
"Apple Bloom, let's talk about all those things you said." Spike put his arm around Apple Bloom's shoulders as she looked up at him with red eyes. "I don't care about her looks anymore, sure, a lot of ponies may go crazy around her, but they would be surprised at how much of a diva she is." Spike chuckled, Apple Bloom tried to chuckle too, but she could only form a small smile on her face.
"I know she saved Equestria a couple of times, she is an element of harmony after all, but even if she didn't save Equestria, she is still a very good pony, and I know you are a very pecial pony too, Apple Bloom." Her face seemed to get red for a moment.
"Also, I know she has a lot of ponies behind her, she is great at her job, but she also has her friends and family supporting her, something you have as well."
"But I pushed them all away! I bet Applejack hates me after what I did yesterday! I don't even know if Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo remember me anymore!" Apple Bloom seemed unstable, but Spike came prepared for everything.
"Apple Bloom, I talked with everypony already." Apple Bloom looked up at him raising an eyebrow. "Applejack doesn't hate you, she just wants you to come home. And about Sweetie and Scoots, they have been sending you letters everyday since you stopped talking to them." Apple Bloom couldn't believe her ears. "But I imagine you never recieved them because you've been hiding here for a long time, you didn't go home with your siblings and your granny."
Apple Bloom felt bad, she realised that she had friends and family, but she chose the wrong way to deal with them, instead of interacting with them she didn't even check if they still wanted to be there for her. Spike saw Apple Bloom's sad face and decided to speak again.
"Hey, don't be sad, as I said before, I talked with them, and they couldn't be happier to see you again, as for Applejack, she said that she would always be your sister, no matter how bad things seem." Apple Bloom dropped a single tear, this one being a tear of happiness.
"As for the things we were saying about Rarity, yes, she is mature, but that doesn't mean she is better than you, we are just teenagers, and we still have a lot to learn about life." Apple Bloom nodded in reponse.
"As for the last thing you said about her, yes, she does have a special somepony, so does Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Sweetie and Scootaloo." Said Spike.
"What? Applejack has a special somepony?" Said Apple Bloom surprised. "Did I miss that much while I was here?"
"Yup."
"And who is it?" Asked Apple Bloom.
"You'd be surprised to know, but now it's not the time, as I was saying before, all of our friends have special someponies, but they have them because they love them for who they are, not for their looks, or their cutie marks or stuff like that, it's the type of pony you are that matters." Said Spike, Apple Bloom was in a loss for words, if her friends had a happy ending, then maybe Spike was right, maybe she was just complicating her life for nothing really important.
"Spike, what are you trying to say with all this?" Asked Apple Bloom.
"I'm saying that it's never too late for going back at how things were before, we could be... something more than friends again! you could talk with your family and friends again! there's still time!" Spike extended his claw, Apple Bloom hesitated, but when she saw his face, she knew that he was someone who she can trust, someone who was being honest, someone who just wanted to help her.
Apple Bloom took his claw and proceded to hug him afterwards. "Thank you, Spike, I really needed that. But I still ask myself, how do you still keep going? when we met three weeks ago, you had similar problems to mine, and you still looked not so bad, how do you do it?"
Spike thought about it for a second. "Well, we had our differences, while you stayed here alone, I stayed home with Twilight, who ocasionally invited some of our friends, and all of them tried to convince me that I wasn't a monster, I still don't know if I should believe it or not, but the thing I'm trying to say is that I had some help from our friends. And when I found you, I saw that you were exactly like I was, and I won't let anything happen to you, I care about you, Apple Bloom, and to show you just how much you mean to me, I brought something for you." Spike proceded to grab the gift from the floor, and gave it to Apple Bloom.
"Spike, you didn't have to buy something for me." Replied Apple Bloom.
"I didn't exactly 'buy it'." Said Spike, motioning Apple Bloom to open her gift. Apple Bloom did it without hesitating, and when she opened the box, she was stunned, she remembered seeing this in Rarity's boutique, and she remembered Sweetie Belle saying Spike gave it to Rarity on his birthday; it was a necklace with a heart-shaped fire runy in the center.
"S-S-Spike! Y-You took this from Rarity?!" Asked Apple Bloom with fear.
"What? No! Like I said, I talked with everypony yesterday, and when she heard that I was asking for it to give it to somepony important to me, she gave it to me happily, something very generous coming from her, but I don't think she needs it anymore because of her special somepony and all that." Replied Spike.
"I-I didn't think you c-could give something so... amazing to me! I don't know what to say!" Said Apple Bloom while forming new tears of joy.
"Don't say anything, Apple Bloom, just give the world another try, I swear, nopony will get in our way this time!" Said Spike, proudly.
Apple Bloom just jumped at him, hugging him as tight as she could, after all, she had a chance in this world after all, and is all because she found someone to relate to, someone who understood her, someone who was an outcast just like her, and now they were embracing each other, the years of loneliness melting inside their minds.
Why? Because they knew that this was not something that would end just like that, it was something that would last for as long as they had each other, they had each other to look for comfort, they had each other to tell the other things they couldn't tell anypony else, but most importantly, they had each other to feel loved, they liked it.
They liked it a lot.