//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Spike & The Athlete // by Spikemaster105 //------------------------------// It was a beautiful day in Canterlot and a Seventeen year old teenage boy can be seeing sleeping in his bed, his alarm went off causing hard rock music to start playing before he shut it off. Then he slowly sat up stretching, "Alright, today is the final practice before the game", he said to himself before getting out of bed and started getting clean clothes ready. He was an athlete that loves a good challenge, he also had a medium build body that made girls besides his friends want to ask him out, but don't for fear of his overprotective sister. "Spike sweetie breakfast is ready", he heard his mother say through the door before walking away. "Tomorrow is the day that Crystal Prep gets their ass's kicked and finally loses to CHS in a Basketball game", he said to himself smirking before walking out his room. He suddenly got a text from one of his friends saying, "Hey Spike, you up for celebrating at the Arcade tomorrow after we kick Crystal Preps ass". "Hell yeah", he text back. After awhile he was ready and in the kitchen eating breakfast with his adopted parents and sister with smiles, the girls hair was in a ponytail and had glasses and is the same age as her brother. The boy was wearing a black shirt with a rock band logo on it, shorts and sneakers, he had that badass bad boy look that made girls want him and father's fear of their daughters falling for him. "Hey mom dad, I might be out late tomorrow cause me and Rainbow Dash are gonna be celebrating our victory when we finally win", the athletic boy told his parents smiling before continuing to eat. The boy failed to see the smirks, "So it's just gonna be you two..no one else", he heard his sister say with a snicker before hearing his mother giggling. "Of course..I mean no one else in the group likes going to the Arcade anyways", he told her with a raised eyebrow while she continued to smirk. When they were done eating, they decided it was time to go and they got up putting the plates in the sink before walking towards the door. Spike grabbed his keys to his car before walking out the house, "He is so oblivious", the father told his wife causing her to nod. "Yeah, like you were when we were his age and we were at the beach", the woman told her husband smirking causing him to pout. "I thought that you wanted me to rub sunscreen on you're back because you couldn't reach it", he told her causing her to giggle giving him a kiss. With Six girls at school waiting for their two friends to show up, "(Groan), where are they", a girl with rainbow messy hair black sweat pants white shirt and blue and yellow jacket said in frustration. But before her friends can tell her something, they heard an engine roar that made one of their friends jump scare and hid behind them. Then they saw a dark green 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hell Cat pull up with a nervous Twilight in the front seat glaring at her smirking brother. "Damn it Spike you are not street racing", she said through gritted teeth before quickly getting out and closing the car door. "I don't mind trying it one day, morning Rainbow Dash Applejack Sunset Rarity Fluttershy and Pinkie", he gritted his friends smiling while they greeted back, he was taller then all of them. "Sup big guy, ready for practice after school", the athletic girl said smirking before he nodded and they high fived. Then the boy smirked, "Race you to the lockers", he said before running inside the building causing her to accept the challenge and run after him. "Those two will never stop challenging each other", the fashionista told her friends while shaking her head causing them to nod. "Yup, it's like they have a lot in common...almost like they are ment for each other and don't realise it", the cowgirl said smirking suddenly causing the girls to smirk and nod. With the two athletic friends, they reached the lockers at the same time, "Ha, totally beat you", the athletic girl told him smirking causing him to glare. "In you're dreams Dashie, I beat you", he told her causing her to glare back through gritted teeth. "Fine, how about another challenge..after Basketball practice, me vs you in Super Smash Bros Ultimate", the athletic girl challenged causing the boy to smirk. "It is on like Donkey Kong", the athletic boy told her smirking. "And just to make sure you do you're best, if you beat me..I'll let you drive my car when we go to the Arcade tomorrow", he told her making her eye's widen and sparkle. "Y-You'll let me drive you're car if I win", she said in shock causing him to nod, then she gave a determined face. "You're going down big guy", she told him putting on a smirk willing to drive his car since she never got a chance to ever since he first got it. Then suddenly another girl with a black and yellow jacket, baby blue shirt and blue pant with holes in the front came up to them smirking, she also had two shades of yellow in her hair that was short. "Sup Spike sup Dash, ready for practice after school", she said causing the boy to nod with a smirk while fist bumping her, but the rainbow haired girl was glaring at her. "Sup Lighting Dust, the real question should be..are you ready to kick Crystal Preps ass for the first time", the boy said smirking causing her to nod. "Hell yeah I am, anyways you up for the Arcade after we win", she asked smirking still, causing her athletic rivals eye's to widen at this. But before the athletic boy can say anything, "Beat it Lightling, Spike is going with me to the Arcade tomorrow after we win", the rainbow haired girl told her rival glaring while unintentionally grabbing the boys arm. "Yeah I'm going with her tomorrow after we win", the athletic boy told her too causing her to shrug and open up her locker getting her books. "Suit yourself, see you two after school during practice", she said before walking towards class while Rainbow continued to glare at her, not seeing her friends who saw most of it smirking at her. "Uh Rainbow..you can let go of my arm now", the boy told her with a raised eyebrow turning to her, the athletic girl blushed slightly and quickly let go of his arm. "Come on girls and Spike, lets get to class before we are tardy", Twilight told them causing them to nod, once everyone finished taking their books out of the lockers they started walking towards their class. "So what was Lightling Dust talking to you two about", Rarity asked out of curiosity causing her athletic friend to glare and the boy to shrug. "She was just wondering if I can join her celebrating at the Arcade tomorrow after we win, that's all", Spike told them smiling. "Yeah, but too bad for her that he's going with me", Rainbow Dash said smirking causing the girls to raise eye brows at that. "You sound more possessive over him then Winona with a raw hide bone", Applejack said chuckling causing her athletic friend to glare at her with a red face. Suddenly Pinkie smirked at a thought, "Hey Dashie, do you secretly have a crush on-Hey Spike I'll race you to class", the athletic girl cut the party loving girl off almost yelling before running off. The boy smirked and accepted the challenge before running after her, "she likes him, I just know it", their fashion friend told them smirking. "How do you know Rarity", Fluttershy asked confused. "The way she was holding his arm and the way she told Lightling Dust to get lost, she had that look in her eye that said that he is mine", the fashionista told them smirking still. "I don't mind my brother and Rainbow Dash dating", Twilight said smiling, hoping that her athletic friend can confess to her brother one day. "Maybe one day I'll throw them a congratulations on becoming a couple party", their pink party loving friend said excitedly. "Speaking of dating, don't you think it's time for us to start dating", Sunset said smiling turning to her suddenly blushing friends. "O-Oh my...me d-dating some boy f-from school", they barley heard their shy friend say while hiding her blushing face behind her hair. Fluttershy was blushing more whenever they passed by a boy and they looked at her, she was having a hard time not imagining some random boy asking her out on a date. "Uh, I rather wait till I find the right boy....plus I don't want to be held responsible if Big Mac puts some poor fella in the Hospital cause he got a little too close to me", Applejack told them with a chuckle. "Well I think it's a great idea that we start meeting some boy's, look at Sweetie Belle..she has her boyfriend Button Mash", Rarity told them smiling, she wouldn't mind having a man in her life. They continued to talk of wondering if they should start dating or not while they continue to walk to class. With the two athletic friends making it to class a little out of breath, "Yeah, suck it Spike..I beat you", the athletic girl told her friend smirking causing him to scoff. "Yeah right, I totally made it first Dashie", he said smirking back at her, then they had a little scuffle of who made it to class first. After awhile class started and soon everyone was in their seats, "Alright class, let's get our books out and turn to page Thirty", the teacher told them smiling while they did as their told. "Damn it Pinkie...how did you find out, h-he can't know about it", Rainbow Dash thought to herself frowning before focusing on her school work. Later that day after school, they were at basketball practice in their uniform talking about the big game tomorrow and they were determined to finally win. "Aright maggots listen up, tomorrow is the big game and I want you all to give it you're best so we can finally bring a basketball trophy to CHS", the couch told the students causing the athletes to cheer. "We won't let you down Coach Will", Spike said smirking causing the adult to nod, soon practice began and everyone was playing basketball. It was Spike Rainbow Dash Soarin and Thunderlane going up against Fleetfoot Spitfire Lightling Dust and Flash Sentry since they decided to play a short game. Some other members of the basketball team were practicing on another basketball court having their own mini game. "Ready to go down Dust", the athletic boy said smirking while bouncing the ball. "No, you ready to lose to a girl Sparkle", she said smirking ready to take the ball from him, the boy didn't say anything and ran around her boucing the ball. She was trying to take the ball away before he passed it to Rainbow when she was opened, the athletic girl shoot the ball and made it causing her to smirk and high five her team mates. Lightling Dust grabbed the ball and passed it to Spitfire while a smirking Soarin was trying to take the ball away from her. He almost did but she ran around him and shot the ball scoring a point for her team causing them to cheer. Rainbow grabbed the ball and passed it to Soarin when she saw he was opened, he dribbled the ball before passing it to Spike and he shot it right away scoring a point. A few hour's later, Spike was at Rainbow Dashes place and they sat down on the couch since they just walked in the house. "Ready to lose big guy", the athletic girl told him smirking before turning her Nintendo Switch on and the TV too. "Wait, what do you get if you win", she suddenly asked confused causing him to start thinking. "Huh, never really thought of that", he said wondering what would she should give him if he wins, after awhile he couldn't think of anything that she'll give him if he wins. "Well I can't think of anything you can give me", he told her suddenly before they both shrugged and got the game started. "Alright time to lose big guy, I'm gonna drive that badass car of yours tomorrow", the athletic girl suddenly told him smirking while picking Sheik. "The only way I'm gonna let you drive my baby around is in you're dreams Dashie", he told her smirking while picking Ryu. "Five lives Delfino Plaza", she said before putting five lives on before picking the Mario stage. After awhile the match started and the two characters started fighting and jumping around while the stage was moving. As the two athletes were playing, they started talking all of a sudden, "Hey Rainbow, do you think there is something going on between Twilight and Micro Chip", the boy asked smirking still. "Now that you mention it, I heard him asking her if she likes to go to Sugarcube Corner to grab a milkshake", she said smirking while her character grabbed a bomb and threw it blowing his character up. "So they're on a date then, no wonder she told me she'll be home later..they're probably gonna go to the Museum or Aquarium for a date", he said with a snicker causing the girl to nod. "Yup, that's how probably egghead's date...going someplace nerdy and study and learn together", the athletic girl told him laughing while he laughed too. "Ha, you got one life left Dashie", he suddenly said smirking causing her to panic now. Then she kicked his character off stage before grabbing a Heart Container when it appeared, she had no damage points now and Spike has one life also. "This is it big guy, we each have one life left", she told him with determination all over her face willing to win. Then the characters started battling it out while dodging the hits or item trows. "Three Pokeballs, game over Dash", the boy suddenly said smirking after he broke a box and grab the item's throwing them on the floor causing the Pokemon to come out and deal damage. Rainbow Dashes character got sent flying off stage ending the game, she cursed under her breath and sighed in disappointment. Spike saw this and wrapped an arm around her, "You really wanted to drive my car huh", he said while she nod and not realize that he pulled her close. "Ah what the hell, you can drive us to the Arcade tomorrow after we win", he told her causing her to perk up and turn to him in shock. "Y-You'll still let me drive you're Dodge Charger", she said in shock still while he nodded. Then she suddenly jumped up excitedly and started doing a little dance, "uh huh, I get to drive my very first fast car and it's a Dodge Charger", she sang a little. The boy watched her dancing all while trying to hold in a laugh, the two teens failed to see a car pull up and two adults getting out of it while one was smirking and the other was glaring. They walked up to the house and opened the door to see their eldest daughter stop her dance and turn to them when she heard the door shut. "Hey mom dad", she said smiling going up to them while Spike got up and decided to go home. "I'm go gonna head home now Dash, see you tomorrow at school", he said smiling before opening the door. "Later Spike, see you tomorrow", the athletic girl said smiling while her mother smirked at her, soon the boy got in his car and drove home. "Is your sister home yet", the woman asked putting on a smile while her daughter shook her head no. "She text me saying she's gonna be spending time with Rumble at the Arcade", the athletic girl told her mother smiling still. Later when it was dark and Spike was home eating dinner with his family, "So you were sharing a milkshake with a boy from school", Velvet said smirking with a raised eyebrow. "We weren't sharing a milkshake mom, we were just hanging out talking about school stuff", the book worm told her mother blushing with a glare. "Is that what they call dates now, hanging out", the woman said smirking still at her daughter causing her to blush more. "I wanna meet this boy before you start dating young lady", her father Night Light told her scoldenly causing her to glare at him. After awhile of embarrassing talking about Twilight dating and finding who the boy is thanks to Spike, it was time for bed. At the Dash's residents, Rainbow was in her bedroom with sleep shorts and shirt laying down in bed staring at the ceiling. "I need to find out how Pinkie know about me liking Spike, I hope she don't tell anyone...especially him", she said to herself before closing her eyes to sleep so she can focus on the game tomorrow.