Twilight quite liked the market, it was a place so she could do all her shopping and have a quick chat and then be on her way.
As she made her way into the town square she noticed the many stalls that were set up, which were all nice and neatly set up in a row, none overlapping the other, organized, the way Twilight used to be.
“Ok, we’re here Twilight, where do we need to go first?” Spike said, looking around at the vibrant marketplace.
“To the jewelers Spike, I need gems to experiment on. I need to find out which one absorbs the most magic.”
As Spike’s eyes lit up at the thought of the tasty jewels, he hoped that Twilight would buy him one as a treat. She never did, they were only gifts or treats he would receive on his birthday and even then they were mostly boring old books.
Twilight was trotting at a brisk pace, nervous that Spike was still mad at her from the previous night. She wondered how she could find out if he was angry, and then it hit her. Just ask!
“So Spike how are you feeling today?”
Spike arched an eyescale up in a confused look. Twilight never asked how he was feeling.
“Ok I guess...”
Spike's curiosity was killing him, why did she ask that he thought. There had to be something going on.
“Why do you ask?”
“Just curious” she smiled.
“So run this by me again, what is this experiment supposed to prove?”
“It’s for Princess Celestia, she asked me yesterday to find something she could use as a case to protect her valuables, so I need to find something that is hard and absorbs magic, and gemstones seem to suit both of those needs!”
“Ooh, why don’t you get Rarity to design something with the material you are going to use?”
“Yes Spike! That’s a wonderful idea!”
They arrived at the jewelers, and as they opened the door the shopkeeper came into the room.
“Hi, My names Crystalline.”
Twilight gazed in awe at the beautiful mare. Her hair was the most gorgeous shade of light blue, mixed with her cyan coat, and just looking at her stunned Twilight.
“Uh… Hi, my name’s Twilight Sparkle, um, I’m here to get a variety of gems, I have a list here, and do you have all of these?”
Twilight could feel Spike staring at her and giggling. As if her face wasn’t red enough already.
Crystalline glanced over the list, “Yes we do, and do you know how big you will need them?”
“About the size of my hoof” Twilight said as she gestured her hoof.
“Alright then, I will be back in just one moment”
Twilight watched as Crystalline skipped over towards the storeroom, humming a song. “Geez Twilight, why don’t you and her get a room?”
Twilights face reddened a bit more, she had never really thought about anypony in a romantic way, but Crystalline was absolutely amazing. She heard her walking into the room, still humming that same melodic tune, and quickly hushed Spike.
“Here you go, that will be one hundred and fifty bits”
Twilight hoofed over a bag of bits, and proceeded to walk out the door. “Don’t say a word Spike.”
“I wasn’t going to... but you did seem pretty smitten by her!”
“No I wasn’t, I wasn’t anything and you can take that back.”
“Whatever you say, I’ll have something pretty interesting to tell Rarity later.”
“No you won’t, you won’t have anything to say to anypony, ok?”
“But twi...”
“No!”
The rest of the walk to the library was silent without the occasional snickering from Spike. They started to near the library when Twilight gasped “Oh no, I’ve forgot about my lunch with Rarity!”
“Relax Twilight, you’ve still got another half an hour…”
“But I still need to have a shower and find a dress and my hair, it looks like a birds nest, and I still haven’t even started my experiments. This is a complete and utter disaster!”
“Well come on then Twilight, you have half an hour to get ready and meet her at Sugarcube Corner.”
Both of them quickly rushed inside the library Twilight took a shower and began working out the knots in her hair while Spike went and picked a selection of outfits. Twilight opened the shower curtain and screamed in horror as the demented Pinkie Pie greeted her with a friendly “Hello Twilight!”
Twilight’s face went deathly white as she galloped out of the bathroom, soaking wet, and tripped and fell down the stairs, only to be caught by her magic. Spike rushed in to see what all the commotion was all about.
“Twilight what happened!?”
“The demented Pinkie, it’s in the shower!” Twilight gasped between breaths of air. Spike quickly ran upstairs, taking a broom up with him for a weapon. However, he had his doubts that a broom and a baby dragon were going to scare away Fluttershy, let alone a ghost or any other supernatural being.
Spike prepared himself for the worst when he opened the door and screamed “AHAH” but nothing was in there, just a half torn shower curtain and a set of wet hoofprints.
Twilight ran into her room crying and jumped onto her bed where Spike had laid three dresses complete with accessories. Spike joined her a short time later.
“Twilight are you ok?”
“No, I don’t know what's happening, this isn't even explainable, and in all of my books I’ve never heard of anything like this!”
“Well I’m sure sitting around crying isn't going to help then, come on Twilight, you’re gonna be late for your lunch with Rarity.”
Steadying herself, Twilight straightened her hair, put on her dress and some makeup. She thought her monthly lunches with Rarity were nice except for the gossiping about everyone, it made Twilight wonder how anypony could know so much about everypony’s social lives.
Twilight made her way to Sugarcube Corner, taking care not to dirty up her hooves and her dress. As she entered the bakery Rarity greeted her with a massive hug.
“Oh tell me darling, where did you find that dress?”
“Uh, you made it for me”
“Oh why yes, of course dear, anyway how have you been?”
They both sat down, Rarity look as bedazzling as ever making Twilight look much more mediocre, but it didn’t bother Twilight and she knew Rarity took pride in her appearance.
“I haven’t been that well actually…”
After Twilight explained the recent events Rarity sat there in shock.
“Oh Celestia, that’s just horrible, that’s the last thing anypony as tense as you needs! In my opinion the best thing to do would be takes a holiday or at least a day off!”
“I can’t though, I’m much too far behind in my work as well as the extra task Princess Celestia assigned me.”
“Well maybe you should just take a trip to the spa, which always calms me down after a stressful day at work.”
“Hmm… maybe I should!”
“Anyways have you heard the latest news about the Cakes? Oh it is too juicy, you must hea...”
Twilight usually didn’t listen, as she was too preoccupied thinking about her recent dreams and what had happened in the shower. Whatever it was, it had to be stopped.
(Writers Notes: Sorry about all the incorrect grammar in the last chapter, in this chapter i took as much care as i could with attention to detail. also special thanks to sierra_seven_ for helping me proof read. I honestly could not have done it with out their help