“Wait, so does that mean-”
“Yes , Spike”
“And he's really your-”
“Yes, Spike.”
“And you two-”
“YES, SPIKE.” Twilight almost yelled, seeing as this has been going on for 10 minutes now, she was getting rather frustrated with how Spikes questions, however understandable they may have been.
Spike put up his hands in surrender “Geez, Sorry Twilight” he muttered dejectedly, and Twilights heart squeezed itself in a painful way at the sight.
The purple Alicorn sighed. “No , I'm sorry, I'm just overwhelmed and tired from all of ..this!” She exclaimed, making wild hoof gestures “I never expected this to happen!” Twilight said loudly.
Spike gave Twilight a reassuring smile and hopped into her back “It's okay Twilight!” The baby dragon said comfortingly “I'm sure it'll all work itself out, besides , knowing Thorax, he's probably not coping better than you at the moment…”
MEANWHILE, IN THE CHANGELING HIVE
“PHARYYYYYYYYYNX!” a loud wail echoed throughout the changeling hive, startling anyone who was getting ready for an early good night's rest, and that , (un)fortunately counted in Pharynx, Thoraxes brother, who's eyes shot open just as he was dozing off.
However, in his half awake state, he was not able to dodge the incoming bullet known as the changeling king, and they both rolled around for a good minute before stopping by a wall.
A moment of silence passed, before Pharynx hissed ,annoyed at his younger brother for waking him up like this, at which the green changeling chuckled nervously and got off his brother.
“I um, kind of need to tell you something-” Thorax was interrupted by his grumpy brothers reply “What could possibly be so jarring the you had to crash into me to wake me up?” Pharynx grumbled.
Thorax gulped “Well, you see- I found out- When I was talking to Twilight- err-” “Oh for Celestia's sake, just say it! I'm not going to bite your head off if you do!” His brother yelled, making Thorax lose the nervousness for only a moment, and he blurted out “Twilight and me are SoulBound!”
Silence.
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“WHAT?!”
AT TWILIGHT'S CASTLE
“Yes Spike...I guess you're right” Twilight said, and then took a deep breath, smiling softly at the purple dragon “Thank you” she said sincerely.
Spike puffed up in pride at being told he's right, and hugged Twilight around the neck “No problem, Twilight” he said, not surprising Twilight with the hug, he was usually only this affectionate when they were alone, as he was embarrassed when he showed affection to his adopted older sister (technically mother, but Twilight was too young to be considered a mother at the time Spike was hatched, so they both settled with “older sister”), since he's “too cool” for that.
Twilight giggled and nuzzled Spike, who sneezed when she nuzzled his nose, before trotting up towards her bedchambers , as the sun has already set as they were talking.
Twilight let Spike climb off of her back, and said “You can go to sleep, Spike, I'm going to go read some more” She smiled at him gently , before turning and closing the door behind her.
“Now, where did I put that book about Soulmates...ah! I know!” And within a proof of pink magic, a heavy, old book appeared in the Alicorns magic.
Twilight grinned at the book, a piece of her mane sticking up as she did “Let's get down to business!” the lavender Alicorn nearly squawked, and eagerly flew towards the cutie map room to re-read anything she might have dismissed as unimportant the last time she read the book.
After reading through the book, again and again (admittedly, this was at least her 8th time reading the old book) , Twilight saw a few interesting passages, some of them stood out, such as the theories about how soulmates may have came to be, and how to find yours, if it is better to wait, or to search for them , how to tell who your soulmate is if you do not possess unicorn magic (or any kind of magic hum inside you), and so many more!
The first passage, the one about how soul mates may have came to be was “a Long time ago, creatures used to have eight four pairs of hooves (paws) two heads, and two tails , but then the gods started fearing the ponies power, so they separated them into two, ever since then, creatures have longed for their other half, and since then have searched for their soul mate”
As cute as the end of it sounds, Twilight doesn't really find the image of her and Thorax conjoined into one very romantic, at least if they were actually conjoined.
Twilight blushed thinking of the other kind of conjoined they could be, she couldn't wait till they were close enough to snuggle.
Nevertheless, Twilight buries her head back into the book, getting ready for another hour of reading.
BACK WITH THORAX
Thorax stared at his older brother as he paced around the room with a nervous expression on his face “What's wrong with that?” he asked nervously, watching as Pharynx froze and slowly turned to look at him.
“What's wrong with it? Nothing! That's the problem!” He seethed, making Thorax even more confused than before.
He opened his mouth to say “What do you mean?” , But his brother answered before he could even say it.
“How could I have not seen it?! It's so obvious!” He hissed , making Thorax even more confused “Obvious?” Thorax asked “What do you mean?-” “Yes, obvious! I should have sensed it! Dear Celestia, YOU should have sensed it! We're changelings, this kind of thing is supposed to be easy for us!” Pharynx hissed angrily, and Thorax wasn't sure if the hiss was directed at him , or at Pharynx himself .
“I mean..I guess, but-” he began , but was again, interrupted “No buts!” Pharynx shouted “You need to get moving with this!” He advanced towards his brother and started pushing him out of the room “I'll get you ready for that date you told me about before!” Was all he said, making panic grip at Thoraxes heart.
Oh uh, etiquette lessons.