Day 5 for the girls of Alicorn University was a Friday at Phoenix Academy.
After another day of classes, Spike was back in his and Tender Tap’s dorm room. The young green haired boy was looking over some of his class notes and looking through his textbooks, preparing himself for some upcoming tests.
At the same time, Spike remembered the assignment given to him from his uncle Scorpan.[Check Part 3 of Day 1.]
The main topic of the assignment was to write an essay on his personal growth and the friendships he’s formed together with the girls from Alicorn University.
Spike was planning out the outline of his essay, as he searches through his thoughts and feelings on the girls he had befriended, thus far.
“Well, the Rainbooms for a start,” Spike began. “They’re awesome in their own colorful and musical way...it sounds a little cheesy when I say it out loud. Need to be more personal than that...”
Spike proceeded to write some more notes on what he could say for an opening statement. Though all the same, he couldn’t stop thinking about the Rainbooms.
“Who are they?” He asked himself. “Why do I feel so...intent about them? Hmmm...”
Just then, Tender Taps came walking into the room, “Yo, Spike?” Tender Taps greeted. “Are you done yet? The guys are waiting for us in the gym.”
"Huh?" Spike exclaimed, startled into reality. He looked up to see his roommate, "Oh, hey Tender Taps. I'm afraid I'm gonna take a rain check with you guys for today. I gotta get my essay figured out."
Tender Taps could only shake his head, incredulous at his roomie, "Spike, your essay isn't due until the end of the month," He said. “C'mon, take a break from it. You're working your green spiky dome to the fritz."
"This essay's everything to the school," Spike replied. "Uncle's counting on me to have it done and perfected. I gotta get this right."
"Well, stressing yourself out like that isn't gonna help," Tender walked over and tugged Spike on the shoulder. "C'mon, bro. At least get up and move your legs. I do it all the time, and it helps to get my mind thinking in the right direction."
Knowing that Tender was right and seeing that his rough draft wasn’t going anywhere, Spike nodded as he sets his pencil down and closed his laptop.
“Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to take a few breathers, now and then,” Spike shrugged, as he got up and walked up to Tender.
“Great!” Tender Taps smiled, giving his roomie a thumbs up. “Let’s go!”
Meanwhile, in the gym
“Yo, Scootaloo?” Rumble called. “Some one-on-one with the Rumble?”
“You’re on!” Scootaloo replied as she runs up to steal the ball from Rumble, who quickly dribbles the ball around him, passing it between his legs, while making fake throws to psyche Scootaloo out.
“Go get ‘em, Scootaloo!” Apple Bloom cheered for her friend, together with Sweetie Belle, along with their friend, Zipporwhill.
“C’mon, Rumble!” Featherweight cheered for his friend, alongside with his guys.
“Show that girl you’re the man!” Button Mash shouted.
Both Rumble and Scootaloo looked evenly matched, as Rumble was determined to keep the ball close as possible, while Scootaloo was able to keep up with his speed, determined to not let him pass.
Just then, both Spike and Tender Taps arrived.
Growing anxious, if not impatient, Rumble tried to score a hoop, but Scootaloo was able to jump high enough to block the ball and snatched it out of the air.
“Whoa!” The Guys, including Rumble, were in awe at the girl’s athleticism.
“Girl’s got game!” Button Mash exclaimed.
With the ball in her hands, Scootaloo dribbled the ball between her legs, repeatedly bouncing the ball off the floor, building up speed, and spinning herself around Rumble, almost like she’s dancing.
Rumble appeared rather dizzy as he struggled to keep up with her momentum. Still, he kept his cool, determined to show Scootaloo he wasn’t going easy on her.
With a kick of her leg, Scootaloo thrusted her arms forward, to which Rumble reacted by jumping up to block. However, he realized too late that Scootaloo had tricked him into thinking she threw the ball, before she jumped up, arching her throw and scored perfectly.
“YEAH, SCOOTALOO!!!” The girls all cheered wildly as they ran down to embrace their athletic friend, congratulating her for her victory.
“Wow,” Rumble sat on the floor, tired from the game. “She’s good! But I didn’t know she was that good!”
“Man, she really mopped the floor with you, big time!” Button Mash commented, much to Rumble’s annoyance.
“If it makes you feel better,” Spike began. “I think that was a great game.”
“Well, look who’s decided to join the fun,” Rumble replied.
“Hello to you too, Rumble,” Spike greeted, before turning to the rest of the Five Guys. “Hi Guys.”
“Hey, Spike!” The guys exchanged greetings. “Yo! What up?”
“Hey Rumble!” Scootaloo called putting as she came walking up to the boy. “That was an awesome game! You were amazing back there!” She smiled, holding her hand out.
“Back at ya,” Rumble replied, as both he and Scootaloo shook hands. “You might’ve won today, but I’ll be looking forward to our next game. And I won’t go easy then.”
“Ditto.”
“So...what now?” Button Mash asked.
“I don’t know about you,” Apple Bloom began. “But watching y’all play has got me reading some books to relax.”
“Sounds good to me,” Button Mash nodded in agreement.
Later, both boys and girls were in the school library, reading some books to pass the time.
Button Mash and Sweetie Belle were reading a romantic story, about a boy who was enrolled in an all-girl school as part of an experiment on whether or not the school was ready to be converted into a co-Ed school.
Rumble was reading an adventure book, with Scootaloo, about a boy who discovered his father was Poseidon, and that he was framed for stealing a powerful lightning bolt from his father’s brother, Zeus.
“Sheesh, and the movie was made directed by the same guy who worked on Harry Potter?” Rumble scoffed. “Seriously, there are a lot of important details in the book that they just left out.”
“Don’t even get me started on Eragon,” Scootaloo added.
Tender Taps was reading a history book of some successful dancers and the shows they did in the past.
Apple Bloom was reading a book written by a popular chef, who had traveled all over the world, visiting the countries to sample their unique cuisines.
Zipporwhill was looking for a book on puppies, with Featherweight helping her.
“You must really like puppies, don’t you?” Featherweight asked.
“Oh, I just love puppies!” Zipporwhill swooned. “I have a pet dog named Ripley, who I adopted when he was just the cutest littlest puppy I ever met!” The girl then turned to Feather and asked, “Do you have a favorite animal?”
“Well, I‘be always had an interest on horses,” Featherweight admitted. “My favorite breed of horses would have to be the pinto breeds. You know, the the horses that have large patches of white and any other colors.”
“Wow! They sound beautiful!” Zipporwhill gasped in amazement.
Reading by his lonesome, Pipsqueak was at a table, reading the classic novel of Treasure Island.
Sharing the small boy’s loneliness, Spike was reading a book of a girl who is an amnesiac, looking for herself, and discovers that in the past, she wasn’t a nice person and worked to change herself for the better in the future.
‘I wonder if I might’ve done some bad things as well?’ Spike asked himself, mentally. ‘Maybe that’s the reason I forgot who I was?’
Spike looked up from his book, and he couldn’t help but notice how his Guys, including Pipsqueak, were getting along with their girl friends.
They were all bonding together over their common interests, and the friendship and mutual respects they have for one and another grew stronger with each passing seconds.
Spike smiled as it reminded him of the first time he first met Gabby.
About two years ago
Spike and his uncle Scorpan were on their way to a Kendo tournament that Spike was participating in, when they were passing through a neighborhood, in a city.
It was there that Spike happened to meet a lonely girl who was sitting by a tree, after a failed attempt to befriend some beautiful, but mean girls.
Feeling pity for the girl, Spike walked over to the girl and greeted her.
“Hi!” Young Spike greeted her. “Name’s Samuel Scorpio,” He held his hand out for her to shake.
“Nice to meet you, Samuel!” Young Gabby greeted. “I’m Gabriella Gryphon. But call me, Gabby!”
“Nice to meet you, Gabby.” Spike then turned to a spot, next to Gabby. “Is it okay if I sit here?”
“Go ahead!” Gabby offered. “No one’s stopping you!”
Spike sat down beside the girl and they began to bond.
“I saw what those jerks did to ya,” Spike said. “I’ll have to say, that wasn’t very nice of them. They’re not as cool as they think they are.”
Gabby sighed, “It’s the same with everyone here, in this neighborhood,” She frowned sadly. “I don’t get why everyone are all so...mean. All I wanted was for us to get along and spread some joys! Is that so much to ask?”
“Well, that’s life, Gabby,” Samuel replied. “It’s just not fair,” The girl looked further saddened. “But, if it makes you feel better, I’d like to be your friend.”
“Really?!” Gabby beamed happily. “You mean it?!”
“Yeah,” Spike smiled in response. “You seem like a nice girl. Anyone in their right mind would want to be friends with you.”
“Oh! Thank you!” She glopped Spike in a loving hug, as she thanked him repeatedly.
“You’re welcome,” Spike grunted, wheezing from the air crushing out of him. “Uh, you can let me go now. I said let go please?!”
Soon after Gabby was done with her tender embrace, the boy invited the girl to come and watch him compete in the kendo tournament he was competing in.
At the consent of her parents, Gabby was allowed to go and cheer Spike on. It was also there, during the tournament that Spike met Gilda, who also competing in the kendo tournament.
Gabby was conflicted during the match between Spike and Gilda, because she couldn’t decide who to root for.
Both Spike and Gilda fought fiercely. Gilda was stronger and fast, but Spike was quicker, so as to make up for his small stature.
Furthermore, based on their fighting styles, Spike’s was more traditional, while Gilda’s looked more street fighting, like that of Cobra Kai.
The two fought intensely and with determination to come out on top. But during the fight, Gilda’s bamboo sword snapped, braking off its hilt.
At first, Spike was about to be declared a winner. Instead, Spike called for another bamboo sword to replace Gilda’s broken one.
With that, the two resumed their fight, until the tournament ended with Spike as the winner. Since then, the boy not only won a medal, but he had also earned Gilda’s respect, and he came out, with two new friends.
For the next few days, during Spike’s stay, he got to know more about Gabby and Gilda. He was amused to learn that both he and Gabby had a lot in common.
Even though she doesn’t do kendo, or isn’t interested in the martial arts as he is, she does like to play video games. She even likes to play some sports with Gilda, ranging from baseball, soccer, even to basketball. She’s also quite the talented young singer. Overall, she seemed to be good at just about everything.
The one thing Gabby yearned for the most was to see the world.
“I wanted so badly to see the world and make new friends with so many people from different cultures!” Gabby said longingly. “And I’m happy I got to meet you, Spike! I feel like the luckiest girl ever!”
“Hehe, I feel the same way, Gabby,” Spike smiled. “I’m just sorry I have to go back home with uncle, tomorrow morning.”
“Aw, do you really have to go?” Gabby frowned. “It feels like we were just getting to know you!”
“Don’t worry, Gabby,” Spike reassures. “We’ll see each other again, real soon. Until then, you’ve got my number and my e-mail address, right?”
“Of course!” Gabby beamed.
“Same here,” Gilda said. “And you’ve got ours as well, right?”
“For sure!” Spike gave both girls a thumbs up. “See ya around!”
“Bye Spike!” Gabby pulled Spike in another hug and kissed him on the cheek. “I love you!”
Spike was blushing a shade of red from the kiss, combined together from her loving confession, “Oh, wow!” He stammered, “I l-l-love you too!”
“EW! This is just too mushy!” Gilda grumbled. “I think I’ll go and brush my teeth.”
Present
Spike smiled nostalgically at the memory, feeling it bring ease to his mind. He was so lost in his happy memory that he didn’t hear someone walking up to him.
“Hey Spike!” A voice greeted, startling the boy back to reality.
“Ah!” He shouted. “What?! Who? Where? When?” He turned his head and finds himself staring face-to-face with Twilight Sparkle.
“Oh, sorry!” Twilight apologized. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
“Oh, it’s okay,” Spike assures. “No harm done. What’s up?”
“Well, I was just getting some books to read,” Twilight pointed to a huge stack of at least ten books she had set on the table. “But I saw you sitting all alone and thought you might like some company. If that’s alright.”
“Sure, go ahead,” Spike pulled a seat for her. “No one’s stopping you.”
With a grateful, but sad smile, Twilight sat down, next to Spike, taking out her pencil and notebook, and begins taking down notes.
“Wow!” Spike commented. “Your friends weren’t kidding. You’re a real A+ student!”
Twilight simply giggled at the compliment, “Well, to build my future, I have to be ready for everything that comes my way,” She said. “Of course, I’ve always needed my friends to remind me to take a little break, now and then.”
“I know what you mean,” Spike replied. “Right now, I could be back in my room, working on an essay about the program. But instead, my roomie, Tender—“
“Wait! You’re writing an essay about the program too?” Twilight interrupted. “I’m writing an essay on that too!”
“Whoa, really?” Spike exclaimed. “Hmm, makes sense. I mean, of course Vice Principal Luna would choose you, Twilight. I mean, if your friends speak that highly of you, I mean—Ahem!” After composing himself together, Spike politely said, “Great. Glad to be working with you then.”
“Same here, Spike,” Twilight smiled, while thinking, ‘It’ll be just like old times.’ Twilight immediately perked up, “Hey! Why don’t we help each other out on our essays? I mean, the whole point was to prove that we’re qualified to be Co-Ed! Right? And if working together isn’t Co-Ed, then I don’t know what is.”
Spike pondered on Twilight’s logic, before he nodded in acknowledgment, “Since you put it that way. Let’s do it!”
Twilight practically clapped her hands excitedly, as both she and Spike spent the next few minutes, sharing their thoughts about their thoughts on each other and their experience with the program since day one.
During their work session, Spike asked, “So Twilight. Hope you don’t mind me asking, but...” Twilight looked anxious, excited, but at the same time, nervous, as if anticipating what the boy was about to ask. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how is your stay at Phoenix Academy so far?”
“Oh,” Twilight looked mildly disappointed, before she answered, “Well, if I have to be honest, I’d give it about an 8.”
“An 8?”
“Don’t take it the wrong way, Spike! I think it’s a great school, and the teachers are nice too! And if you don’t count a few ‘miscreants’, I honestly think this school, and our school, have potential of becoming co-Ed’s together!”
“You really think so?” Twilight nodded in response, much to Spike’s relief. “Oh, that’s a relief. I was worried that the Three Stooges and their antics would scare you away or make you think badly of us.”
Twilight held her hand out and gently touched Spike’s, “We know you’re better than them, Spike,” Twilight consoled. “We would never think you otherwise.”
Once again, Spike seemed rather confused and conflicted.
“Know me better, huh?” Taking his chance, Spike took a breath and asked, “What happened to us, Twilight? To me? What is it you know that I don’t?”
Knowing where Spike was getting at, Twilight looked solemn for a moment.
“You don’t remember,” She answered hesitantly. “But we go a long way back, when you were only five.”
“When I was only five?” Spike proceeded to count with his fingers, before he concluded, “That’s like a whole decade! At least ten years ago! Ah!” The boy suddenly cringed and winced, hissing from a sudden painful sensation in his head, as if it had been pierced by a really sharp needle. “My head...”
“Spike? Are you alright?” Twilight asked out of concern. “What’s wrong?”
After a few seconds and a quick breather, Spike regains his composure, “I think I’m okay,” He said. “So, continue...we were friends, ten years ago?”
At first, Twilight seemed rather hesitant, for fear of causing more stress to Spike. Still, the boy was more insistent on learning the truth.
She searched carefully for the words to say, “We were more than friends, Spike,” She began. “We were best friends. You, me, and...the rest of the girls.“
“The rest of...you mean the Rainbooms, right?”
“Well, yes...and no,” Twilight confirmed. “By that, I mean before, you were friends with only six of us. Me, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy.”
“Only six of you, huh?” Spike scratched the back of his head, racking his brain, “What about Sunset Shimmer then? Was she a friend of mine? I mean, she seemed so acquainted with you and the Rainbooms.”
“Sunset Shimmer is...was a different story,” Twilight replied. “She...well, I can’t...” With a sigh, Twilight concluded, “Let’s just say that Sunset wasn’t our friend, until much later.”
“I see...” Pondering on more questions to ask, Spike began to ask, "So...what were you like? What were the gir-I mean, friends! What were ‘our’ friends like?" He asked, making the quote-unquote gestures with his fingers.
Twilight looks down as she hesitantly answered, "Well, I was the smart one of the group. I've always had my nose in my books, but I always make time for my friends, including you."
"And...what was I like?"
"You were wonderful, of course," Twilight smiled sadly. "You were like the little brother we never had. You were always there for us when we needed you, and you were a lot of fun too. You loved to make sweets and pastries with Pinkie Pie, you enjoyed acting out as the characters in my stories, you played games with Rainbow Dash, and sometimes, you would come to Applejack's farm to help her and her families with her chores."
"Hmmm, I must've been a real nice guy then," Spike commented.
"Absolutely," Twilight nodded.
"So...about the girls...what were they like?" Spike repeated his question.
"Oh, where do I begin?" Twilight answered. "Applejack is honest, and was always the hardworking, especially when she's doing her chores on her family's apple farm. And to her, it was a blessing that you would often lend her an extra helping hand to get her chores done quicker."
"Rainbow Dash is the most competitive, athletic, and rambunctious of our friendship circle, but extremely loyal. When we were kids, and whenever some jerks, or bullies come to pick on you or any of us, she's the first to stand up and talk them down."
"Fluttershy was shy and quiet, hence her nickname. But she's sweet and kind and really loves her animals. Rarity's beautiful with a generous heart, and an eye for fashion."
At the mention of Rarity, Spike couldn't help but blush as he grinned, "Yeah, I can see that," He quickly shook his head, as he counted with his fingers, "Uh, let's see...that's five of you...and number six?"
"Pinkie Pie?" Twilight shook her head incredulously, "She's a wildcard. She's so random. She's...she's Pinkie Pie, that's the best I could say. She's fun, she's energetic, she can bake, she can dance, she can do just about anything! She's all over the place!"
"Wow! All that in one package?" Spike asked, putting a hand to his head, trying to steady his dizziness. "Must be a headache to keep track of her..."
"Oh, you don’t know the half of it," Twilight rolled her eyes playfully.
"...And Wallflower Blush?” Spike asked. "It's nothing personal but...for a girl nicknamed 'Wallflower' she doesn't seem like one to me."
At the mention of the said girl, Twilight couldn’t help but chuckle, “Where do I begin? At first, we hardly even noticed Wallflower was there at all. But for some reason, you were able to see her, and always took notice that she was there. She was always very shy. Even more than Fluttershy could ever be. But somehow, you were able to get her to come out of her shell. Honestly, I don’t remember ever seeing Wallflower that happy before. Seeing her smile like that is...very rare.”
“Really?” Spike replied. "You don't say..."
“I do say. And knowing her...in truth Spike, out of all of us, I think Wallflower’s the most happiest to have met you again.”
Spike felt flattered, but his thoughts were also running wild with self-doubts. He doesn’t seem to remember Wallflower. But if what Twilight said to him was true, and that there was a special bond between the two, a decade ago, then Spike would certainly feel the same way, if the shoe was on the other foot. The problem, however, was will it inhibit his relationship with Gabby?
“Thank you, Twilight,” Spike began, as he got up to take his leave. “This has been a very...interesting talk, I... I’m glad I could have this talk."
Without warning, Twilight reached out to Spike and pulled him in a hug. Twilight wrapped her arms around Spike’s shoulders, pulling him up, so that his chin was resting on her shoulders. Spike was certain he heard her crying as her whole body shook, and he hears her breathing turning rapid.
“Twilight?”
“Don’t...Don’t say anything, Spike!” Twilight whimpered. “Just let me have this...please?!”
Spike looked confused, but complied to Twilight’s request. Then, as if his hands had minds of their own, they reached up to stroke across her back for comfort. Though, for a brief moment, he felt a familiar feeling, beating in his chest.
This went on for what felt like hours, until Twilight pulled away, and rubbed her reddened eyes.
“I’m sorry, Spike,” Twilight sobbed. “I’m sorry you had to...”
“No, no, it’s fine,” Spike reassures. “Really, there’s nothing to be sorry about...I mean, if anyone should be sorry, then it should be me. I wished I could–”
“No, Spike! Please, don't be sorry. It's not your fault! You didn't know, let alone remember," Twilight rubbed her eyes, "But for what it's worth. I'm just happy to have this moment with you again."
Twilight smiled tearfully, as she looks down at Spike, seeing him as the young boy he was a decade ago. From Spike’s eyes, Twilight looked at him like a mother had at last been reunited with a child she had lost so many years ago.
“I...I should be going now," Twilight scratched the back of her head, and walked away, leaving Spike behind.
"See ya," Spike called out to the girl, before he took his leave. 'Who was I?' He didn't have time to ponder, when his phone rang, which he looked down to see he had set a reminder for himself to see Wallflower Blush. "Oh! That's right! Wallflower!"
Later
Spike was walking outside on the school ground to where he would be meeting Wallflower. He turned around a corner, where he arrived at a wall, with a large blank canvas set up across it, with rows of paint cans, paint brushes, a tin tray, and a stepladder folded and set on the ground.
Turning his head to the right, Spike looked to see Wallflower Blush, across the wall, sitting by a tree, and reading a book.
However, there was something new about her.
Wallflower wasn't wearing her usual sweater and jean, nor was she dressed in the long-sleeved transparent white shirt with red pleated skirt that she wore, from Rarity, the other day.
Instead, she was wearing a yellow flower hairpin in her hair, a black choker around her neck, a long-sleeved red shirt with strings crossing over the v-shape cut below her neck to her chest, a blue-green short with matching yellow flowers printed along the front, and brown boots with green ribbons and yellow flowers tied around the ankle.
To Spike, she looked absolutely stunning, “Wow,” Spike gasped, which didn’t go unheard.
Wallflower was rather startled as she looked up from her book to see her visitor, "Oh, hi Spike!” Wallflower greeted as she closed her book and got up. "Glad you could make it. I thought you weren't...what?" She asked, noticing the look Spike was giving her.
Realizing how uncomfortable he was making her feel, Spike quickly snapped out of his daze, "Sorry, it's just...wow," He blushed.
"Wow what?"
"You look...beautiful."
"Oh," Wallflower blushed an even brighter shade of red as smiled and stroke one of her hair in embarrassment. "You really think so? I mean, it's just my Friday outfit."
"No, don't be so modest. You're–wait. Friday outfit?" Spike asked.
Wallflower shyly drew a circle in the dirt as she explains, "Well, it's kinda a tradition for me. Every Friday, for me, it's a Friday Flower Day, or just Flower Friday. And I would always put on something...flowery, y'know? Just to show my appreciation and my devotion to the flowers."
"Oh, I can see that," Spike nodded in understanding. "Well, I'll say it again, Wallflower. It does look good on you. Brings out the flower in you."
Wallflower smiled as she crosses her arms behind her back, "Stop it, Spike," She giggled. "You're going to make me blush again."
"Well, maybe that's why your nickname was coined Wallflower Blush," Spike commented. “And I think it’s cute.”
Wallflower twirled her hair locks, straining and failing to suppress her flustering whimpers, 'Is he hitting on me?'
“So, anyway, what are we looking at here?” Spike asked.
“Well...” Reaching into her book, Wallflower pulled out the drawing she showed to Spike, Sunset, Starlight, and Trixie in art class. “This is for our art project, remember? Mr. Salvador said we are to work on this together by the end of the month.”
“Oh yeah! That’s right,” Spike recalled. “And Sunset is supposed to be here with Starlight and Trixie...” Spike looked around, searching for the girls. “Where are they?”
“Knowing Starlight,” Wallflower began, “She’s probably at the greenhouse, introducing Phyllis to some other plants to befriend with.”
The girl chuckled in amusement, “Trixie’s probably doing some magic show with our classmates. And Sunset’s gone off to get some snacks for us.”
“Then I guess it’s just the two of us then,” Spike deduced.
“Yeah,” Wallflower blushed, drawing circles on the ground with her foot. “Looks like it.”
With that, the two got started to work.
Thankfully, in spite of the huge wall, the setups was fairly easy as Wallflower had folded the drawing to form guidelines, which they would later draw on the canvas wall, creating boxes. With that, their painting was made easier as they painted the details from the paper in each of the boxes, one at a time.
While they were painting, Spike couldn’t help but hear Wallflower humming to herself, a song, "There's a secret place, hidden deep and faraway, where life is but a dream, like a fairytale it seems..."
Spike turned to look and couldn't help but notice that Wallflower looked rather happy, yet sad at the same time.
“All the leaves are green, gentle kisses, gentle breeze, underneath the shades, where we waste the days away.”
“Wow, that song!” Spike marveled, which didn’t go unheard. “What was that song you were singing?”
“It’s-it’s a song that my grandmother, Mistmane once taught me,” Wallflower answered. “It’s called a Secret Place.”
“A Secret Place?”
Wallflower nodded, “When I was just a little girl, my grandma once told me of a story, that somewhere, untouched by civilization, is a secret place called paradise. And if you see it in your dreams, then you just might find it, when you look hard enough for it.”
“Fascinating,” Spike nodded in amazement. “Speaking of which, Wallflower?”
“Yes?”
“You...I mean...Twilight told me that we were friends, ten years ago.”
“Oh, she finally got around to telling you that?” The girl asked, looking rather nervous. “What else did she say?”
“Well, she did mentioned that I've helped you to come out of your shell,” Spike answered. “But that’s just about it,” Turning to Wallflower, Spike asked, “So...just wondering, what was I like back then?”
Wallflower’s knees buckled and she felt a clammy feeling in her stomach, as she fidgeted with one of her hair locks.
“Where do I begin?” Wallflower began. “Back then, I was...just...a socially introverted girl. I’ve always been so distant from everyone else. They hardly even know my name, because I was so shy. I felt inferior, like I was invisible.”
Wallflower smiled lovingly as she clenched her hands over her heart, “But then, you came, and well, you... for the first time, I felt like someone worthwhile!”
“Really?” Spike asked, with wonder.
Wallflower nodded, before she continued, "You were...amazing. You were a gentleman!” She smiled fondly at the memories. "I remember sitting in the corner, all by my lonesome, when you just came walking up to me and held your hand out to welcome me... into your friendship circle. And since then, whenever I’m with you, I felt safe. I felt like I could fly and...oh, I’m rambling, aren’t I?” The girl looked ashamed at Spike.
“Oh, it’s fine,” Spike chuckled. “I didn’t know you felt that way about me. Uh, I mean, I would, if I remembered, but I...”
Wallflower simply giggled at the boy’s awkward stammering, “Oh Spike~” She sighed, shaking her head in amusement.
For the next hour or so, Spike and Wallflower resumed painting their mural for their art project.
Wallflower was painting the mountains, when she dropped her paint brush, “Oh!”
“I’ll get it,” Spike insisted, reaching down to pick up the brush and giving it to Wallflower, touching her hand in the process.
Wallflower blushes another shade of pink, from the boy’s touch, as she took her brush back.
Just then, Spike’s phone rang and he looked to see it was a text from Gabby, saying:
”Meet me in the courtyard.” ;)
“I’d better get going now,” Spike said. “Gabby’s got something for me in the courtyard. See you later, Wallflower!”
“See ya, Spike,” Wallflower waves the boy, watching sadly as he took his leave.
After Spike left, Wallflower looked back at her hand, blushing at the spot where Spike had touched her earlier.
‘Oh Spike~’ She thought lovingly of him.
Just then, Sunset Shimmer arrived, “Hey Wallflower! Sorry if... I was... late?” The fiery girl looked up and was amazed to see the immense progress done on the mural.
“What did I miss?” She asked.
Meanwhile, the Three Stooges were being punished for attempting to peep on the girls changing in the locker room, by picking up trashes on the school yard and scrubbing the entire boys locker room, from top to bottom until it is spotless.
“What’s the big deal?!” Snips moaned. “We just wanted to get to know the girls personally! Is that too much to ask?”
“Yeah!” Snails added. “We just wanted to know what kind of shampoos they like or how big are their boobs.“
“Nobody likes a stalker, Peeping Tom!” Max Steele barker.
“Okay, first off, my name is Zephyr Breeze!” Zephyr stated. “And second off, we were observing. Not peeping.”
“Right,” Max rolled his eyes behind his shades. “And I’m blind behind these cool sunglasses,” He said in sarcasm. “I wasn’t born yesterday, NOW GET BACK TO WORK!!!”
“Humph!” Zephyr huffed, as he and his friends resumed serving their punishments.
As they continued to serve their punishments, the Stooges glowered as they looked through a window.
It irked the stooges to see almost all of their male classmates have succeeded in bonding with the visiting girls from Alicorn University. Some have engaged and were willing to take their relationship to the next level.
“Tell me something,” Zephyr frowned. “What is it the rest of the ‘guys’ have that we don’t?!”
Just then, Cozy Glow came passing by.
“Golly!” Cozy Glow feigned shock, even though at this point, the Stooges’ antics no longer came as a surprise. “What have these naughty boys done this time?”
“These delinquents were up to no good again,” Max answered. “Caught them peeping in the girls locker room.”
“Peeping’s a strong word,” Zephyr continued to vouch on his and his friend’s defense. “We were just, observing! We didn’t mean to look—“
“Don’t lie your way out of this one!” Max barked, stomping his foot, intimidate the three boys to resume their punishment. “Put your backs into it!”
“Golly! These boys are so naughty,” Cozy Glow continued, before she brought out a cup of coffee and a bag of food. “Anyway, I got you your afternoon cup of coffee! And I’ve brought bagels for each of the boys.”
“Oh, why thank you, Ms. Dimple,” Max thanked as he took a sip of his coffee. “That was very thoughtful of you.”
“Oh, it’s nothing,” Cozy said sweetly. “I just love making new friends!”
Cozy Glow then handed a the bagels to each of the Stooges, before she was on her way.
Snips and Snails eagerly wolfed down on theirs. Zephyr Breeze was about to eat his, when he noticed a piece of rolled up paper sticking out, from a toothpick.
Taking the paper out, he unrolled the note and reads:
Here's a nice spot to go birdwatching.
Later, in the courtyard
Spike arrived in the courtyard, where Gabby had told him to meet her. Upon arriving, however, the girl was nowhere to be seen.
“Gabby?” Spike called out for the girl. “Hello? Where are you?” His answer came when a pair of hands blinded him from behind.
“Guess who~” Gabby sings in a chirpy voice.
Spike simply smiled as he chuckled, “Hey Gabby!” He said as he grabbed the girl’s hands and turned around to see her, with a small box that is packed with sandwiches, a can of turnip soup, and bottles of water.
“Hmm, what’s all this?” He asked. “Didn’t we already have lunch?”
“Of course we did!” Gabby chirped. “But today’s a beautiful day, I thought we could have a meal together, while the sun is still out.”
“Hey that’s a great idea!” Spike smiled in agreement. “And I think I know just the place where we can have it. Follow me!”
Spike eagerly took Gabby by the hand as he took the girl to a large meadow, close to the school.
“Ah, isn’t this great?” Spike asked, breathing in the gentle breeze that washes over him and Gabby.
“Wow, this feels good!” Gabby agreed, taking in the air and lies her back on the soft grass, bathing in the warmth of the sun’s light. “You’re right, Spike! This is a good place for us to have a meal together!”
“I know, right?” Spike asked rhetorically. “We should come out here more often. And maybe the rest of our classmates will enjoy this too.”
“Totally! I can just picture every boys and girls, coming out here and have a big picnic together!”
“Every boys and girls?” Spike pondered. “Even the Stooges and...Kitty,” He shuddered at the mention of the yandere.
“Well, maybe,” Gabby shrugged. “I mean, they can’t be all that bad. Can they?”
“I don’t know about that,” Spike hesitantly shook his head. “I don’t know anything good about the Snips, Snails, or Zephyr. I’m just a little more busy with keeping the peace, for the sake of the program.”
“Aw, you worry too much Spike. Just take a little break, and enjoy this moment while it lasts.”
Spike looked around and finds himself enchanted by the serenity and the peaceful relaxation of the meadow.
“Yeah, you’re right,” Spike sat down as Gabby opens up the box. “So, what’ve you got, Gabby?”
“Well, I’ve got a ham sandwich, PB&J, tuna, and an egg salad,” Gabby listed.
“I’ll have a ham sandwich,” Spike said.
“Tuna for me,” Gabby smiled, as both she and Spike took a bite out of their sandwiches.
“Mmm! This is good!”
“Thanks! I’m glad you like it!” Gabby smiled, before deciding to chew the fat. “So, how was your day today, Spike? Cozy Glow hasn’t given you more trouble again, has she?”
“Well, aside from the usual suggestive looks she was giving me, during Cooking Class, surprisingly she hasn’t been trying to chase me, or catch me all day.”
“Maybe she’s finally got the hint and moved on?” Gabby asked.
“I don’t think so,” Spike shook his head. “She’s not one to give up so lightly. Once she’s set her mind on something, there’s no stopping her,” Then it was Spike’s turn to ask with worry. “Speaking of which, she didn’t try to hurt you again, did she?”
“Nah, I’m okay today, don’t worry,” The girl reassured. “After that last stunt she pulled on me, I was extra careful for any traps. Gilda made sure of it, too.”
“That’s good to hear,” Spike nodded. “And...the Stooges haven't given you any troubles today, have they?”
“Nope!” Gabby shook her head. “Although, I’ve heard something about them trying to peek into the Girls Locker room in the gym. And they got punished for it.”
Spike shook his head, rolling his eyes, “And they wondered why none of the girls like like them?”
“They are a weird bunch, it’s a wonder why your uncle keeps them around...”
“Oh believe me. Once he’s found another big sponsor, the first thing he’s gonna do is have them expelled permanently. And maybe a restraining order wouldn't hurt. Which I hope is soon...”
"Well, enough about them, how about the girls?" Gabby asked. "The...the Rainbooms, I mean. And Wallflower? Anything new between you and them?"
"Huh?" Spike yelped, feeling caught off guard by the question. "Like what?"
"Well, it's just that...they're your old friends and everything," Gabby clarified. "I mean, they've told me a lot about you and they're really nice gals! They seemed to know a lot about you, and I've had a few classes with them, so...just curious."
Spike nodded in understanding, "Well, to tell you the truth, Gabby..." With that, Spike proceeded to relay the whole story that Twilight had told him about his past friendships with the Rainbooms, minus Sunset Shimmer, plus Wallflower Blush.
“And that’s what I’ve gathered,” Spike concluded.
“Whoa, they must be very special friends then,” Gabby noted. “But...how could you have forgotten about them? With friends like them, they’re not that easy to forget.”
“I know, and I completely agree with you,” Spike shook his head. “I wished I knew. I wanted to know...but then again, I don’t.”
Gabby looked at Spike strangely, which he catches on, “No! Hey look, don’t get me wrong! I like them! They’re real nice girls and I’m glad they’re my friends and all...”
“But?”
“But I don’t know. It must’ve been my fault. I might’ve done something wrong in the past, or something happened because of me, to make me not remember and...”
With that, the familiar headache returns to torment Spike, due to his stress from overthinking.
Seeing how stress the boy was in, Gabby quickly wrapped her arms around Spike’s head in a comforting hug.
After a few minutes passed, Gabby pulled away and asked, “Are you alright?”
“Yeah, I think I’m okay,” Spike nodded. “I don’t know what’s come over me like that.”
“Here,” Gabby held Spike’s hand tenderly, holding up to eye level as she advised, “Let’s just try to forget this ever happened and enjoy this moment.”
Breathing to calm himself and his stressing mind, Spike nodded.
“You’re probably right,” With that, Spike and Gabby resumed enjoying their lunch together and relaxing in the meadow.
Soon, after what felt like an hour, the sun was about to set, darkening the sky to a blazing and relaxing shade of orange.
“It’s going to get dark soon, Gabby,” Spike said, as he and Gabby proceeded to pack up their things. “C’mon, let’s head back into the school.”
“What’s the rush, Spike?” Gabby asked, as she sets Spike back down on the grass. “It’s getting beautiful out here. The setting‘s nice and I’m feeling in the mood for something...romantic.”
Spike felt his whole face burning red, coupled with his heart’s sudden rapid heartbeat, as Gabby climbs on top of him and had him pinned down. With the setting sun behind her, Spike was certain he was looking into the eyes of an angel.
At that moment, the Five Guys and the girls they were bonding suddenly appeared from behind a tree.
“Yo, Spi—Oh!” Button exclaimed.
“Whoa!” Sweetie Belle gasped.
Knowing where the moment was leading to, and not wanting to spoil it for their bro, Pipsqueak was the first to usher his Guys and their girl friends away.
“C’mon, guys! Let’s go! Nothing to see here,” Pipsqueak insisted.
“Oh come on!” Sweetie Belle whined.
“It was just getting interesting!” Button Mash said, before he was also shooed away.
Without any interruption, and without a care in the world, Spike and Gabby leaned close to each other and–
"AAAAH!!!" A loud yell screamed, alerting Spike and Gabby to look up to see the Three Stooges had fallen out of a tree.
“Huh? What?!” Spike exclaimed, as he and Gabby turned and looked to see the Three Stooges, with a camera.
“OH COME OOOOOONNN!!!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed in disbelief.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the forest, is a hot spring. Walking out of the steaming water, wrapped in towels, were the Dazzlings.
“This school’s not half-bad,” Aria grumbled. “But it ain’t half-good either. Our school has a jacuzzi. But the only thing this place had that’s close as good is this hot spring we found the other day.”
“Oh, quit your complaining, Aria,” Adagio huffed towards her sister, as she picks up a hairband, using it to tie her hair up in a ponytail. “You’ve got to make the best with what we’ve got here. Including some of the boys.”
“Whatever,” Aria rolled her eyes. “Some of the boys are okay, but they’re no Spike.”
“Hey, speaking of Spike,” Sonata pointed from behind a tree. “Is he making out with that Gabby girl?”
Aria rolled her eyes, while crossing her arms over her chest, “Gee, like there’s another guy named Spike, kissing another girl named—“
“Wait, what?!” Adagio shoves Sonata to the side as she looks through the branches, and was aghast to see the boy she and her sisters had been flirting with, about to make out with another girl besides them.
It was at that moment, however, when the Three Stooges literally dropped in and ruined the moment between Spike and the girl, Gabby.
“Ugh! Those three morons again," Aria grumbled.
"They're kinda funny," Sonata giggled. "Besides, their rapping wasn't so bad."
Aria scoffed in response, "If you like those idiots' rapping so much, then why don't you marry them?" This made Sonata look confused in response.
However, Adagio continued to observe the events unfolding, scratching her chin and grinned deviously.
"Actually, we should be thanking them," Adagio grinned.
"Thanking them?!" Sonata and Aria exclaimed in surprise.
"Take a closer look, sisters," Adagio pointed. "It's thanks to those three morons that Spike has yet to be claimed by that girl over there. Which means we still have a shot at claiming him all to ourselves..."
"For realsies?" Sonata asked in excitement.
"Eh, it could be possible," Aria shrugged.
"Until then, we're stepping up our games," Adagio smirked.
Meanwhile, back with Spike
"You guys are SO UNBELIEVABLE!!" Spike exclaimed furiously, glowering at the Stooges, who were tied up by the Guys and their girl friends.
"We were just out birdwatching," Zephyr lied in an attempt to appear more innocent.
"Yeah!" Snips added. "We were told that this is the perfect place for some peepers."
"WHAT?!"
"TWEETERS!!" Snails quickly shouted. "We were just here for some tweety birds. That's it."
"Yeah, right," Rumble grumbled as he looked through the camera, before he found a picture of Gabby and Spike making out. "Care to explain why there's a photo of our bro Spike and Gabby in here?"
The Stooges quickly sweated storms as they struggled to come up an excuse to say in their defense.
"We thought she was pigeon, or something," Zephyr grinned sheepishly. "We must've not cleaned the camera lenses so well."
"Yeah, right," Spike scowled. "Pigeons don't live around here you idiots!"
Spike turned to Rumble, who nodded as he pressed a button to eject an SD card that contained the photo, out from the camera, and stomped his foot down, crushing the card.
"HEY!!!" The Stooges bemoaned in horror. "That was expensive!"
"SD cards don't come cheap you know!" Zephyr frowned.
"Then maybe you should've invested your family's moneys on something else, instead of abusing it to harass some schoolgirls," Spike berated.
"We weren't harassing any girls!" Snips protested. "We were just trying to get to know them more by observing them!"
"There's actually a fine line between getting to know some people and being peeping toms, y'know," Rumble frowned.
"Oh c'mon! Don't act like you're any better!" Zephyr frowned. "I'm sure you guys are just as desperate as we are to ogling some sexy ladies."
Spike and the Five Guys quickly blushed shades of pinks before they shook it off.
"Perhaps," Spike coughed. "But at least we're actually trying not to jeopardize the program!"
"Especially you, Zephyr," Featherweight scowled. "Your sister is about to enroll in the same co-ed program with you and this is how you want her to see you behave?"
"Well, it's my word against yours," Zephyr huffed. "And besides, it'd be tattle-telling, won't it?"
"Yeah, but you're the one who is going down," Rumble mocked, as he and his friends turned to leave the Stooges tied up by the tree.
"HEY! You can't leave us out here like this!" Zephyr called out in protest. "UNTIE US AT ONCE OR WE'LL COMPLAIN IT TO YOUR UNCLE!!!!"
"YEAH! AND YOU'LL BE THE ONES TO SAY UNCLE!!!" Snips shouted.
Just then, Max Steele arrived.
"Look alive you three troublemakers," Max Steele shook his head. "I've got some more community services for you sorry lots. You'll be serving your services with a dude named Dishwater Slog."
This struck the Stooges to their core, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" They wailed.
Watching from a distance, Cozy Glow snickered to herself at the Stooges getting themselves in trouble.
"Yes!" She giggled to herself. "They stopped Gabby before she could lay a lip on my precious Spikey-Wikey!" Looking through a pair of binoculars, Cozy watches as Spike and Gabby walked back to school with their friends. "Now I'd better follow to make sure she doesn't do anything else to my Spikey–Wikey!"
The creepy girl proceeds to stalk the boy and girl.
As he followed his guy friends, back into the building, Spike turned to Gabby, noticing her looking at the ground, obviously depressed at the awkward moment they had endured, no thanks to the Stooges.
“So much for our...sunset setting, huh?” Spike began, but Gabby was still silent. “C’mon, Gabby. There’s still a next time.”
“I know,” Gabby frowned. “But now I just don’t feel so... I just don’t know if I could ever be myself at this school.”
“Just give it some time, Gabby,” Spike tried to reassure the girl. “Something will turn up. There’s always a silver lining, right?”
In response, Gabby only gave Spike a small sad smile, “Maybe. But...when?”
Spike sighed and shrugged, “I don’t know,” He shook his head.
Gabby looked even more sad.
Desperately thinking fast, Spike did the first thing that came to his mind and kissed Gabby on the cheek, surprising the girl.
“Sorry...too soon?” He asked.
“Nope!” Gabby giggled. “Now it’s my turn.” With that, she quickly returned the kiss on Spike’s cheek, causing him to blush a shade of pink. "Well, I should be getting back to the dorm now. See ya."
Gabby was about to leave, when Spike reached out and stopped her, "Wait! How about I walk you there?"
Gabby giggled another shade of pink, as she held out her hand, "Okay."
However, just before Gabby was about to hold his hand, another pair was quick to beat her to it.
"Oh golly, Spikey–Wikey!" Cozy Glow cooed, batting her eyelashes with big doe eyes. "Thank you so much! That is so nice of you!" She grinned innocently, cuddling and wrapping her arms around his left arm, much to his discomfort.
"Uh, actually I was–" Cozy didn't gave Spike a chance to finish, when she proceeded to drag him away. "OW!! Kitty! Let go!" Spike grunted, straining to break free, but the girl was stronger than she looked and refuses to let him go.
"Hey! Let him go!" Gabby shouted, running over to pry Cozy away from Spike. "You're hurting him!"
"No, you get off of me!" Cozy spatted, as she shoved Gabby away. "C'mon, Spikey–Wikey! Let's go!"
"OW! Cozy! Let me go!" Spike grunted as he struggled to break free, as Gabby wrapped her arms around Spike's other arm.
"I've got you, Spike!" Gabby grunted, as she pulled Spike over to her side.
"Come with my my love!" Cozy hissed.
Poor Spike was caught in a tug-a-war between Gabby and Cozy and both girls weren't letting up.
"Ow, ow, ow! GIRLS STOP!! PLEASE!!!" Spike wailed in agony, feeling his arms were on the verge of being ripped out of his socket.
Gabby was the first to notice the pain Spike was in and immediately lets him go. This sudden release caused Spike to fall to the ground and Cozy to stumble back, tripping on her feet and falling on her bottom.
"How DARE YOU?!!" Cozy screamed.
Having had enough of her rival, Cozy got up and screamed like a wild animal as she leapt forward. With a yelp, Spike held his hands over his head, ducking down as Cozy flew over him and nearly struck Gabby, who thankfully dodged to the side. But Cozy Glow quickly made a sharp turn and lunged towards Gabby, once again. This time, she successfully caught Gabby by the waist, pinning her to the ground and the two girls started rolling out in a tussle, struggling to get on top of each other.
The entire commotion didn't go unheard. Soon, the Five Guys came back with their girl friends to see what the fuss was all about. It wasn't long before Twilight and her friends arrived on the scene.
"Spike! Are you okay, bro?" Rumble asked.
"I've been better..." Spike grumbled, wincing at the soreness in his arms he'll have in the coming days.
"Spike!" Twilight called out as she and her friends gather around him. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you later. Right now, can you girls help Gabby?"
"We're on it!" Applejack replied as both she and Rainbow Dash managed to pull Cozy away from Gabby, holding the yandere by the arms, while Gabby was helped up by Fluttershy and Rarity.
"Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.
Battered, bruised, and shaken, Gabby frantically catches her breath, "I'll live..."
"What is going on here?!" A loud booming voice shouted, as the students parted way for Vice Principal Luna to see what the fuss was about.
Needless to say, the vice principal was aghast to see the state both Gabby and Cozy were in. Both girls had their hairs messed up, with Cozy having a few scratches on her face, looking at the woman with wide eyes, as if she was on the verge of crying, while Gabby had some bumps, bruises, and a busted lip.
"What happened here?" Vice Principal Luna asked sternly. "Explain yourselves! Both of you!"
"Golly, Vice Principal Luna," Cozy Glow batted her eyes innocently. "I'm sorry for all the troubles we've caused you. But Spike was just walking me back to my dorm room, when she came out and attacked us!"
"Spike was walking me back to my dorm room!" Gabby protested, pointing an accusing finger at Cozy. "You were the one who attacked us and tried to break Spike's arm off!"
"That's a lie!"
"You're the liar!"
"Enough!" Vice Principal Luna then turned to Spike. "And Spike? What exactly happened here?"
"Well, I was about to walk Gabby back to her dorm room," Spike confirmed. "But then Kitty over there suddenly jumped in and tried to drag me away. Quite forcefully, I might add. Before I knew it, I was in the middle of a tug-a-war and I almost had my arms ripped off."
"Golly! I'm so sorry, Spikey-Wikey! I didn't mean to hurt you," Cozy apologized. "I just don't know my own strength sometimes!"
"Yeah, right," Spike rolled his eyes in annoyance, as he flexed his arms.
"But for the record, I noticed how much I was hurting Spike, so I let him go," Gabby added, before she glowered towards Cozy. "That's when Kitty jumped at me and tried to kill me."
"It's true! We saw the whole thing!" Featherweight vouched for the girl.
Vice Principal Luna looked down sternly at Cozy, who simply huffed and crossed her arms, "Young lady! Is this true? Did you really attack Ms. Gabriella?"
"Only because I was trying to protect Spike from her!" Cozy huffed. "She was pulling my poor Spikey-Wikey's arm off!"
"I said I let him go!" Gabby spatted.
"And please stop calling him, Spikey–Wikey!" Rarity shouted. "Only I get to call him, Spikey–Wikey!"
"Wait, what?" Spike, Gabby, and Cozy did double takes.
Before the scene could escalate any further, Vice Principal Luna stomped her foot down.
"That's enough!" She shouted. "I believe I've heard enough for this evening. Gabby! Cozy! I will walk both of you back to your dorm room," The two girls were about to protest, but the woman held her hand up to silence them. "No buts! Come with me. The rest of you girls, back to your room," She ushered to the rest of the girls from Alicorn University, before turning to Spike and the boys. "As for you gentleman. I'm sorry for what has happened. I give you my words, it shan't happen again. And will you be alright, young Spike?"
"I'll live," Spike replied. "I'm sorry you had to see that, Vice Principal Luna."
"No need for apologies, young man," Luna replied. "But I'm afraid I'll have to teach some of my students a thing or two about manners..." She looked sternly at Gabby and Cozy, who were both firing shots at each other.
"Please, go easy on Gabby, okay?" Spike vouched. "She didn't do anything wrong. I was..."
"I know, young man. I'll take care of her and Ms. Dimple," Luna nodded in acknowledgement. "You have a goodnight now, and we shall see you tomorrow morning."
"Right," Spike nodded as he gingerly waved his hand. "Goodnight!"
"Goodnight!" Gabby, Twilight, and their friends replied, along with Cozy, as they walked back into the dorm.
Spike shook his head and sighed, "What a way to end the day..."
"Well, there's still tomorrow, Spike," Button said, as he placed a hand on Spike's shoulder. "A best of all, it's Saturday!"
"Yeah...yeah, you're right!" Spike replied, feeling his mood brighten up. "We've got a whole free day tomorrow! C'mon! Let's go and rest up!"
"That's the spirit!" Rumble smiled, patting his friend on the back.
As Spike took his leave with the Five Guys, Cozy Glow took one last glance back, watching and glowering as Spike leave with his guys.
'Soon, you will be all mine, my love,' She mentally promised, before turning to glare at Gabby. 'I just need to get pass this obstacle first..."
