"Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about!" Spike declared, mere moments after he and Twilight had stepped off their chariot. And it just so happened that one of the ponies in question, a pink earth pony mare, was happily trotting right towards them. Once she was close enough, the young dragon gestured to her while looking back to Twilight. "Come on, Twilight, just try!" he urged her.
Twilight, as always, was hesitant, but with Spike right there and looking to her with those big eyes of his, she soon found herself relenting. Putting on a small smile, she looked to this pink mare before her. "Um...hello?"
The other mare immediately leapt into the air, gasping as if she'd just witnessed the most shocking thing in the world. Turns out the thing that had shocked her was Spike, as she darted forward, whisking him into her hooves and looking to him with utter adoration. "Oh...my...GOODNESS!!!"
"Wait, what?" Twilight said, looking to the side where this strange mare had carried her assistant.
As for Spike, he was naturally taken aback by this sudden attention, but said nothing as the mare kept on talking rapid-fire to him. "You are just the sweetest little dragon I've ever seen! Actually, I've never seen a dragon before, so you're the first! Oh! I'm Pinkie Pie by the way! Nice to meet you! Are you staying long? Where'd you come from? Do you need help getting around town?"
Spike was at a loss for words, but the way this mare was holding him, practically in a hug, was a lot for him, and he soon found himself blushing to it all. "Erm...I...er..."
Twilight, after rolling her eyes, stepped forward. "I'm terribly sorry to interrupt, but we're on urgent business. I don't suppose you'd know where we can find an Applejack around here, do you? I think she's in charge of catering."
Pinkie giggled, setting Spike down. "Sure, silly! She lives right over there!" She pointed behind Twilight, to a direction where they could all make out a farm of some sort. Smiling, Twilight nodded to her, heading in that direction. "Thank you. Come on, Spike." But after a few moments, she realized he wasn't following, and looked back, seeing him stare at Pinkie in an utterly love-struck way, with Pinkie not even noticing of course. Groaning, Twilight lit up her horn, levitating him over to sit on her back. "Okay, Casanova, you can talk with her again later."
Pinkie, happy to have helped, waved enthusiastically to them both. "Bye-bye, new friends!"
Spike, finally shaking himself out of that, waved back, then looked down to Twilight. "So...she was friendly, right?"