"Hello every pony, welcome back to Reptile Romance, Choose The Ship! Last time we meet the contestants that will battle to be Spike's mate for life. This time, not only do we pick the order, but the first dates as well.” The Announcer said
Twilight was off stage standing next to Princess Cadence, the Princess of Love was trying to explain what she was up to with Twilight just cutting her off any chance the young princess could get.
“Are you serious! If you wanted to repay Spike for all he has done for The Crystal Empire, why a game show, why host it in my house! In the middle of the morning!” Twilight cried out in anger.
“Look, where else was I meant to hold it? If it was at The Crystal Empire then every single mare would be rushing to be on the show. Canterlot has Princess Celestia and you know how overprotective she is about Spike, Manehattan is too crowded. Plus with the show bring here, three of the four girls already live here, it’s a win, win.” Cadence explain Twilight open her mouth before closing it and trying to think about something.
“You could have at least warn me or wrote a letter saying ‘oh Twilight, do you mind if your brother and I throw a game show in your caste. By the way, you’ll also be on the show too, toodles.’” Twilight said, copying Cadence voice.
The Princess of Love rolled her eyes at Twilight’s poor attend at copying her voice, letting out a small laugh in the progress.
“Twilight, I know you love Spike. All the other girls have feelings for him too. Plus I bet you want your mother to stop sending all those ‘How To Date’ books.” Cadence said Twilight let out a soft sigh.
“Fine,” Twilight said with a pout.
“Remember the booth, if you want some way to let out some steam and just your thoughts,” Cadence said before walking away.
Twilight looked over to see Spike in a conversation with her older brother and Rarity trying some of her normal of the ways she wins stallions hearts.
Twilight Sparkle:
“This show is a waste of time! So I may have some form of a crush on Spike and since I have known him for the longest time, it is almost certain that he’ll pick me. Unless, he picks Ember and moves to the Dragon Lands, or he might pick Rarity, I'll be living alone and then I start buying cats and then I’ll get more cats. Then those cats start having more cats! Until my own castle is filled with cats! I’ll forever be known as The Princess of The Cats!”
The lights started up again, Twilight was now mentally panicking. The girls sat down on their stands while Spike have to stand at his, the girls heard The Announcer talk about the wonderful prizes that some of the losers get. Then all the prizes that they got alongside Spike if they won. None of the girls didn’t know who this ‘Announcer’ was, there were points where the Announcer sound sound like a stallion or a mare with the same energy and talk behavior of a pony like Pinkie Pie.
“Now, what everyone has been waiting for. The order of the dates, we ran this through a random number generator to see who won, each of the girls got a number from one to fifty. Now, when the number is called out, the girl who has the right number or the one closest to that number will go first then repeat three more times! Now let’s GO!”
“The first number is forty-nine!”
Rarity gave a smile, sending a wink over to the male dragon
“The second number is twenty-four!”
Starlight Glimmer blinked on surprised, giving Spike a wave.
“Third number is fifty-two”
Ember gave a proud smile, puffing out her chest.
“Forth number is fifteen”
Twilight Sparkle gave a pout, having to be last in the small group, meaning that she has to outdo three other girls.
Rarity
“Of course I got first. Why wouldn’t I? No need to worry about outdoing those other girls. After Spikey and my date, those other ladies should just give up, there’s no outdoing the best! But the show will go on, even if I would have clearly won the best prize of them all. Oh, Spikey, I will be the princess and you are already a prince.”
Starlight Glimmer
“Second? I guess that isn’t too bad. I feel sorry for Twilight, getting the last place. But as the saying goes ‘all is fair in love and war’ just like in my favorite film; ‘The War of the Roses’ it just so romantic. I wonder what Rarity would do for her date with Spike? Eh, I shouldn't really care, I just wonder what my date would be like.”
Ember:
“Third! I got THIRD! Those ponies got in front of me, plus it kind of unfair letting Starlight and Twilight both in. Of course, they're both love that knucklehead, they’re the same pony! Unbelievable, well I'm going to win this, I just gotta make Spike love me, it will be easy… Once it gets to my turn, that knucklehead better chooses me.”
"Welcome back to more, Reptile Romance, Choose The Ship! Princess Cadence and Shining Armor had talked it over, these episodes will have two dates, first is Spike and Rarity and then Spike and Starlight Glimmer. Now the audience had made names for the ships; first Rarity with Spike is Sparity, second Starlight with Spike is Sparlight, third is Ember with Spike is Spember and last is Twilight and Spike is TwiSpike."
Spike stood wearing a black suit with a white collar button t-shirt with a black bowtie wrapped around his neck. He tucked at the collar, trying to some breathing in. Since his first date was with Rarity, a pony that Spike have been dreaming of since he was just a young little dragon, he found it somewhat hard to believe.
Not only that, but he had three other dates with many beautiful girls after, and he had to pick just one to be his mate for life.
The doors open for Rarity's appearance. Spike's jaw dropped at the site of the mare of so many of his dreams, any dress she makes is breathtaking, the dress she is wearing is pure white with the area that a saddle would be placed is a light shade of pink with dark purple spots. Her mane is in a ponytail, which made her look cute and lovely, she had a large purple bow tie around her neck and dark purple shoes.
“Ready for our date Spikey?” Rarity asked, the dragon just gave a nod.
Rarity:
“Like I said, this contest is in the bag.”
Spike shook his head to the side, trying to find some words that he could say to the glamorous unicorn mare that stood in front of him.
"Wow, Rarity you look amazing," Spike said, causing The Element of Generosity to blush.
"Thank you Spikey, you look rather dashing."
Rarity wanted her date to be in Canterlot, at The Lakeside Palace, one of the best restaurants in Canterlot, it was on Princess Celestia list of favorite restaurants in the large city, causing it to be hard to even get in and most of the time it just stuck up royal nobles, like Blueblood.
Rarity always wanted for her prince to take her here. The stares she got from the other ponies in the restaurant, staring at her, since her date was a dragon. The pair sat down by the large window that showed the lake where the restaurant sat. The history of this place is shown on the walls with paintings, showing ponies building a few castles around Equestria, with two being in Canterlot for the two sisters.
Celestia wanted to have her castle able to see over all of Canterlot and most of Equestria, with it being built over mountains and this being forgotten until Princess Luna returned and lost the Nightmare Moon inside of her. The Princess of The Night decided to turn this in a restaurant.
"Are you okay Rarity?" Spike asked the unicorn looked up from the menu.
"Yes, darling. It just feels strange. I always wanted to come here, but with all these ponies staring..." Rarity spoke, Spike gave her a smile.
"Ignore them. This is your date, nothing else matters, then you having a good time with me." Spike said Rarity gave a light smile.
The waiter came around, giving the meals that the two ordered with their drinks, Spike sat up straight, beads of nervous sweat rolled down his face, while Rarity ate her dinner in silence, and Spike slowly chews on his dinner.
Spike:
"Shoot, what the heck do I say, I been wanting a date with Rarity since I first saw her, but now that I got that date, I have no idea what to do. Maybe I did just have a stupid childhood crush on her, this is so awkward! I always heard that first dates are the hardest, but this feels like a living nightmare!"
"Spike, darling, are you alright?" Rarity asked, causing the male dragon to start coughing into his right claw.
"Not, really. It just this is not what I picture our first date being like. How am I supposed to act?" He asked, Rarity giggle in her hoof.
"Like yourself, now tell me Spikey, why the four of us for this game show?" Rarity asked Spike tapped his chin.
"I didn't have a say in the matter, all Cadence asked me on the four girls I love the most and well it was Starlight, Twilight, Ember and you," Spike explained.
The two fell silent once again, Spike eyes drifted from his date and looked around the room, every pony using the forks and knives, while the male dragon was using his fingers. He turned his attention back towards Rarity, the unicorn mare looked just as bored as he is.
He grew a smirk, an idea forming inside of his head. Spike grabbed Rarity’s hoof throwing a few gems on the table, the two of them left The Lakeside Palace. Spike sat down on the beach, the sand getting over his suit, while he watched the moon reflect off the ocean.
“Sorry Rares, I know that place means a lot to you, but…” Spike began, Rarity let out an giggle.
“It was terrible, no need to beat around the bush. Even if this date was rather bummy at first, this is a beautiful site.” Rarity said, the moonlight shining on her.
“Just like you.” Spike said
Rarity lean in to give him a kiss on his lips, she parted away from him, soon sitting next to him, feeling the sand through her dress. Spike wrapped his wing around her, as the two watched the fireworks that soon began.
“*Yawn* What? Oh shoot, we’re on? Umm… Welcome back, yawn to more Reptile Romance, blah, blah, blah, blah. You know the rest, it now time for Spike’s date with Star -yawn- light Glimmer. While I get more sleep, last night was a pain!”
Inside The Castle of Friendship library, in the middle of a cloudy day, where a bunch of food was placed onto a glass coffee table, Starlight Glimmer choose the simple get together with Spike, not wanting to be like Rarity or any of the girls that were after her.
"OH, come on! Come back, come back! I'll throw this bomb out the window, just please come back!" Spike cried out.
Starlight Glimmer:
"Dragon Pit, is not only my favorite game since I was a filly but with some ponies, or in Spike case, Dragons can get really into it."
“It fine Spike, no need to get upset.” Starlight said, before taking a bite from her cookie.
Spike let out a groan of annoyance, he was enjoying the game, but the game itself seem to be out to get him, plus there was the fact that this was his first time playing the game, while Starlight has been playing Dragon Pit for most of her life.
"Why do you like this game so much?" Spike asked, watching while his dragon was about to get trapped once again.
"Well, it somewhat embarrassing, you see, I always wanted to know about dragons, but well they don't like ponies too much. Since I meet you, well you may not know too much about your dragon side, but I think that you are perfect the way you are." Starlight spoke
"Well, I think you are pretty spectacular as well. No matter what happened in the past, all that matters is you." Spike said Starlight moved her head away from the male dragon, the blush on her cheeks were bright red.
"Starlight, may I ask you a question?" He spoke, causing the reformed unicorn villain to look at the male dragon.
"Why do you like me? I thought that you and Sunburst would be a couple." Spike asked Starlight let out a giggle in her hoof.
"For your first question, it's because you are one of the nicest guys I have ever met, most of the stallions that try and date me are a bunch of jerks, you care for me, and well you can somehow sleep through my snoring."
"Yeah, I'm a heavy sleeper, Twi says that not even an Ursa Minor wouldn't wake me up," Spike said, before letting out a chuckle.
"Second, Sunburst and I did try dating once or twice. There was nothing there, he did find this nice mare in The Crystal Empire, and there's the fact that we are going to in-laws soon since my dad and his mom are going to get married next month." Starlight explained.
"That great news, Starlight! If you win or lose, can I still come along?" Spike asked.
"That would be wonderful."
Spike:
"Is it bad that I want Starlight to win? We have been just playing and talking, she just so easy to talk to. I don't feel pressured to be the perfect date like what happened with Rarity. I wonder what Ember or Twilight dates would feel like, it is too early in the show to see who should win straight away."
Too soon the time was up for the date with Starlight, the reform unicorn villain gave Spike a kiss on his lips, he held the mare close to him, once the kiss was over, Starlight couldn't stop smiling.
"Well folks, that it for Episode one of Reptile Romance, Choose The Ship! I had my coffee, and the episode is almost over, next time is Spike date with Ember then Twilight, who will win is all up to you. Stay tuned for more, and happy shipping ladies and gentlecolts, have a wonderful day or night." The Announcer said