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// Apples Together pt.2 
// Story: Dragon's Mommies 
// by TAD2 
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The room was silent. Very silent. Uncomfortably silent. That was until Spike sneezed, and he shot out a small jet of green fire. The flame wasn’t large, and it petered out very quickly, so nothing was damaged. Nothing aside from the gem Spike was eating. That burned up and turned to smoke, but unlike normal smoke, it was a dark green color, and it didn't disperse in the air, oddly enough the smoke swirled around the room, then it stopped in front of Applejack. 

Everyone looked at the smoke. "Um..." Said AJ. The smoke then came back together, and right in front of her was the same gem that Spike was eating. "What the hay?" Said AJ.

Rarity moved over to the gem to make sure it was real. "It's real." Said Rarity. Everyone looked at the dragon in the middle of the 2 groups. He was upset that now even more of his food was taken away from him. There were tears in his eyes, he was about to blow.

Pear Butter still having strong maternal instincts slowly approached Spike. "Shhh, it's ok." Said Pear Butter as she crouched down to Spikes level. Spike looked at the mare as he thought. 'Wait, that looks like strong mommy, maybe she can get that yummy thing back from where ever it went.' Spike started to crawl over to Pear. She just smiled. "Hi there, Spike." Said Pear. She watched as Spike crawled to right in front of her face. Spike looked upset. 'Hey, your not strong mommy, was it you that took my yummy thing?' Spike sat on his bottom and looked at Pear's face, but his stomach was still hungry. Which was quite clear by the sound of it growling.

Pear giggled. She looked at AJ. "Your right, he is an Apple. He might actually be a bigger bottomless pit than you." Said Pear. She scooped Spike up and brought him to her chest. Spike was starting to fall asleep, the sound of her heart beat was very relaxing. Pear looked at everyone. "Lets continue this in the kitchen." Said Pear as she walked into the kitchen.

Pear walked into the kitchen. There was a old wood fire stove, a fridge, and a large oak table, with 2 wood benches and a high chair. Pear walked over to the table, she placed Spike in to the high chair. Once he was safe in the seat, she walked over to the fridge. She pulled out a jar full of Apple Family brand apple sauce, and pulled out a baby spoon from the silverware drawer. She took a seat right by Spike. "Hey sweetie, you want some food?" Asked Pear as she opened the jar. 

Instantly the room became filled with the smell of cinnamon and fresh apples. 'What is that, it must be super yummy.' Thought Spike as he looked straight at the jar. Spike opened his mouth, and started to drool. Pear giggled. "I'll take that as a yes." Pear scooped a spoon full of the apple sauce into the spoon, and brought it to Spikes mouth. "I'd ask you to open wide, but you beat me to the punch." Said Pear as she placed the spoon into Spikes mouth. The moment the apple mush hit Spikes tongue, it was gone. Spike ate it in no time flat. He opened his mouth so he could get more yummy stuff. Pear giggled. "Well, your not a picky eater." Said Pear as she got another spoonful ready for Spike.

The rest of the family walked into the room and noticed the cute display. AJ and the girls walked over to Pear. "Ma, would you mind if me and the girls try?" Asked AJ. "We promised to take care of Spike, so we need to learn." 

Pear smiled. "Of course." Said Pear as she moved to the other bench to let the girls feed Spike. Spike was getting upset. 'Seriously, why does this always happen. I get only a taste of a yummy thing and then there's no more.' thought Spike as he looked at the jar of yummy stuff. AJ and the girls took a seat on the wood bench.

"Spike." Said AJ. Spike turned his head. 'Oh, its strong mommy, she must know how to get more of that yummy stuff.' thought Spike. He opened his mouth and waited for more yummy stuff.

Pear giggled. "Ok AJ, take the spoon, then scoop a small portion of the apple sauce, not to much, it will spill all over his face, but not to little or he might get upset." Said Pear. "Remember, feeding time is an important moment when bonding with a baby, or at least that's what the book Mrs. Cake gave me when I was having your brother."

AJ nodded as she got a spoon full of apple sauce in the spoon. AJ looked at Spike. She brought the spoon to Spikes mouth. The spoon was clean in an instant. AJ smiled. Pear nodded. "Good job, who's next?" 

It was Pinkie. "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, it's nice to meet you." 

Pear nodded. "Its nice to meet you too. Remember not to much, but not to little." 

Pinkie nodded. She got the spoon ready for Spike. "Hey Spike, here comes the breezie." Said Pinkie as she placed the spoon into Spikes mouth. The apple sauce was devoured in no time. Pinkie giggled as she moved from her seat to let Rarity try her feeding skills.

Rarity used her magic to control the spoon, she brought the spoon to Spikes mouth, but unlike the other's, Spike didn't open his mouth. 'I don't feel good.' Thought Spike. Rarity became confused. "Hum, Spike, what's wrong, aren't you hungry?" Rarity looked to Pear. "Mrs. Buttercup, what happened?" Asked Rarity.

Pear walked over to Spike. "Rarity, does Sweetie Belle sometimes not want to eat another bite of food, even though she is clearly hungry?" 

Rarity nodded. "Yeah, mommy told me it's because she was gassy. Oh." Said Rarity. She then used her magic to lift Spike over to her. She placed Spike over her shoulder and softly pat his back a few times hoping to get him to burp. It worked, a little too well. Spike burped out a fire ball, which thankfully missed all the fillies but the wall of the kitchen now had a new scorch mark. Everyone looked at the mark. Spike giggled. 'Yay, I don't feel bad anymore, where is the yummy stuff?' thought Spike. Rarity placed Spike back into the high chair. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know."

Pear walked over to Rarity. "Hey it's ok, right now were all learning, trust me, I was about to burp him." 

Rarity smiled. "Spike, open wide." Said Rarity as she used her magic to ready the spoon. Spike opened his mouth, and the apple sauce was gone. Rarity smiled at Spike, but she noticed that Spikes face was a little dirty, probably from everything that he has done today. Rarity then used her magic to bring over a napkin so she could wipe Spikes face. "Now hold still Spike." Said Rarity as she cleaned his face, much to Spikes dismay. 'Stop, what did I do to deserve this, all I wanted was the yummy stuff.' Thought Spike as he tried to fight off the napkins assault.

Once Rarity was finished, Spike's face was now nice and clean. "There you go, now everyone can see those shiny scales." Said Rarity as she got up from her seat to let Rainbow Dash go. 

Rainbow looked at Pear. "Hi, my names Rainbow Dash, and I'm the little squirts cool mommy." Boosted Rainbow. 

Pear giggled. "Call me Buttercup." 

Rainbow nodded. She then looked at Spike who was now starting to get a little full. "Ok Spike, are you ready for some more food?"

Spike nodded as he opened his mouth. But this is Rainbow Dash, she doesn't do anything small. Rainbow scooped up too much food into the spoon. She missed his mouth and coated Spike's face in a thick layer of apple sauce. 

"Rainbow Dash!" Yelled Rarity. "Now he's all dirty again."

Rainbow chuckled. "Sorry." She looked down at Spike. "Sorry Spike." Spike looked at Rainbow. 'What's wrong, I like having all the yummy stuff.' thought Spike. Spike used his natural dragon instincts and moved his long thin tongue around his face, slurping up all of Rainbows mistake.

Everyone looked at the baby dragon in shock. "Did he just?" Asked Applejack.

Fluttershy nodded. "Yep, dragons have long thin tongues that are much more nimble then pony tongues." 

'Ok, no more I'm full.' thought Spike. He then burped a small jet of his fire. Thankfully it was right over the table, so nothing was sent or burnt. 

Rainbow shrugged. She then looked back to the last filly in the group to feed Spike. "He's all yours Flutters." Said Rainbow as she walked to the back of the line.

Fluttershy scooched over to Spike. "Hi Spike, are you still hungry?" Spike shook his head.

Everyone looked at Spike, seriously, this new family is going to have neck issues. "Did he just?" Asked Rarity. 

Fluttershy huffed as she nodded. "Seriously, the dragon migration flies over this town every year, how is it that none of you know that dragons are one of the fastest learning species on the planet." 

"Ba." Said Spike. 

Everyone looked at Spike. Fluttershy looked at Spike confused now. "Ok that's not right. Dragons maybe one of the fastest learning species, but even making noises doesn't happen until their at least three weeks old." 

Rainbow laughed. "Maybe were just hearing things?" Said Rainbow. 

"Yeah, heck, Bloom just started making them noises, and she's been around for awhile." Said Macintosh.

Spike thought to himself. 'Why is everyone looking at me funny, all I did was say yeah, maybe if I try again it will make them stop.' "Ba." said Spike.

Granny Smith sighed as she walked over to the dragon. She got him out of the high chair and cradled him in her hoof. "Ok, quit your gawking." Said Granny. "Like that little filly said, we don't know much about dragons. Who knows what they can do when their youngins." She placed Spike on the table and looked him in the eye. Spike just looked at her. "Howdy Spike, my names Granny Smith, I'm your great grandma." Said Granny smiling at Spike. 

Spike giggled, he crawled closer to Granny smith and placed his hands on her muzzle. "Welcome to the family, sonny." Said Granny as she chuckled at Spike. 

Spike smiled at the nice old mare. 'I like her. But I'm sleepy again, it's time for bed.' Thought Spike. He yawned as he started to close his eyes. 

Bright Mac sighed as he looked at Spike. "You heard Granny." Said Bright Mac as he walked over to his new grandson. He removed Spike from his mothers muzzle. "From this moment on your our kin." Said Bright Mac. "I'm your grandpa, Bright Mac." Said Bright Mac as he walked over to his son. Bright Mac carefully handed Spike over to Macintosh. "Remember, support his head, and his back." 

Macintosh nodded. He looked at his new nephew. "I'm Macintosh, and it turns out I'm your uncle." Said Macintosh.

Mac walked over to his little sister, and handed Spike to her. By this point Spike was really sleepy and being passed around like a ball was very annoying. He looked at his strong mommy. 'I don't want to be held anymore. I'm sleepy. Where is that small thing in the other room, she was soft.' Thought Spike.

Spike wiggled around in AJ's grasp as he tried to get to the living room. Everyone looked confused by Spikes determination to get to the living room. AJ looked at Spike. "Do you want to go back to the living room?" Asked AJ.

Spike nodded. Rainbow chuckled. "That's going to take some time to get used to." Said Rainbow. Everyone nodded. 

AJ looked at Spike. "Ok, lets get back to the living room." Said AJ as she walked back to the living room.