//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: The Moment Our Eyes Met // by SweetCarol //------------------------------// "We don't know, you're the one who should tell us, lovebird." Scootaloo said, wrapping a leg around her neck. "Ahhh, we never imagined that something would happen between you two, but surprisingly you two are soooo cute together, tell us everything!" Sweetie Belle said excitedly. "There's nothing to say, we're not dating and I don't even know if he feels the same way about me ..." "So you admit that you love him?" Sweetie Belle asked, interrupting her. Apple Bloom tried so hard to contain herself, but she couldn't hold a smile of bliss that spread across her lips. That love she felt, filled her soul with happiness. "Ohhhh you're smiling, so you do love him." Scootaloo hummed. "Hmmm ok, ok I'm in love with him, there, I told!" She confessed, while her cheeks flushed. The two mares gave a excited squeak and started to jump around her. Apple Bloom snorted, but ended up smiling and shaking her head. Her best friends sometimes acted childish, but she loved them anyway. "And what are you waiting for to tell Spike right away what you feel?" "It all started today, but I'm so confused about why I'm so sure of what I'm feeling. This ... It never happened before." She confessed, hoping that her friends would give you a solution. The two looked at each other with open mouths, but in a fraction of a second they smiled and looked at Apple Bloom again. "Do you know what that means?" Scootaloo asked. "If I knew, I wouldn't ask." "After so many relationships that didn't work out ..." Sweetie Belle said, right after, she made a dramatic break. "You finally found your special somepony!" They exclaimed happily. "... What? But how? Why only now if we have known each other for so many years?" Apple Bloom asked question after question, while continuing with those doubts. "Love is one of the greatest mysteries of all time, AB. But who cares? It's not meant to be understood, but to be felt, because it's one of the most beautiful feelings that exist." Sweetie Belle said, which made her smile because she finally understood. "Ew, that was so sweet that I almost got diabetes." Scootaloo grunted, despite being used to Sweetie Belle's romanticism. "Well, I feel like now is not the right time to tell him." Apple Bloom said. "Why not?" "It's not even a full day since we've approached again, imagine what his reaction would be when we see each other tomorrow and I say 'Hey Spike, it's only been a day, but I love you', he'd run away from me. When the time is right, I'll say, okay? " "On the one hand I don't agree, I think that if we have the opportunity to tell someone that we love them, we should take advantage of it because tomorrow may be too late. But on the other hand, I respect your decision." Sweetie Belle replied. "Thanks Belle. But do you guys promise that you won't tell Spike anything when he's here at home?" She asked. "I want him to know for me." The two looked at each other with a look of consternation, which worried Apple Bloom. "So, do you two promise to keep it a secret or not?" She insisted on the question. "We promise that we'll try as hard as we can." Scootaloo replied. "I hope so." She said, as she walked towards the living room. Suddenly, Sweetie Belle gasped, which made Apple Bloom return to see if anything had happened to her. "What's up, Sweetie?" Scootaloo asked. "Since Apple Bloom is sooo close to the Equestria royal advisor now, she could ask him for a small favor." She explained. "What are you talking about?" Apple Bloom asked, raising an eyebrow. "Don't you remember? Make 'Hearts and Hooves day' a holiday to celebrate all the loves!" She explained. Apple Bloom searched her memory and remembered the idea she had that holiday, instead of just the lovers celebrating, any pony that felt one or more of the other 3 loves could also celebrate, for example, send a card to a brother and spend the day with him. Her best friends were also excited about the idea. "Oh, that could work, she talks to him and he talks to Princess Twilight. Perfect and simple, what would go wrong?" Scootaloo said. "Girls, we barely got close as friends again and I'm already taking advantage of him? What will he think of me?" "Aww AB, you know it's something that will be good for everyone. I mean, how many ponies feel left out because they can't participate in 'Hearts and Hooves day' because it's just 'exclusive for lovers'?" "Plus, it's your idea." Sweetie Belle added. Apple Bloom became thoughtful, until she finally made a decision. "... Can you wait for the next 2 weeks?" She asked. "Hmm, okay." Scootaloo replied. "But 'Hearts and Hooves day' is 3 weeks from now, tick-tack." Sweetie Belle said, moving her front legs as if they were clock hands. "You're so hurried." She laughed. The weeks passed by, with each day that passed, Apple Bloom was increasingly sure that her heart had chosen him to be her love for life. She had never felt this way before, but she liked it a lot. As 'Hearts and Hooves day' approached, she kept the promise to her friends and told him the idea she had. He looked as excited as her two best friends together. "Apple Bloom, you're a genius!" Spike exclaimed as he took her in his arms and turned her around. "D-do you really think so?" She asked with bright eyes. "Yes, it's brilliant, I don't know why nobody had this idea before. I'm gonna talk to Twilight, I'm sure she'll like it too." "Would you do this for me?" She asked, delighted. "Sure, that's what we do for friends, right?" He replied, causing her smile to fade slowly. "Yes of course!" She murmured. "Aww why are you making this sad face?" He said, approaching her. "Is that ... What if she doesn't like the idea?" She lied. "It'll be all right, you'll see." Spike comforted her sweetly, which doesn't seem to have helped. "Hm. I think someone here needs a little visit from ... Doctor tickles!" "No, Spike no, don't you dare ..." She said, words that slowly became adorable guffaws, when he started tickling her belly and her armpits. "Look at this beautiful smile, this is what I wanted to see." He said, holding her chin. Apple Bloom smiled and a light shade of pink covered her cheeks, she was so in love. To the joy of CMC's, Princess Twilight approved the idea of ​​change. Sort of, before she completely approved the idea of ​​changing the holiday, she proposed a festival: The Festival of the 4 loves, as a test to see if it worked and her subjects approved too. As was their idea, the Equestria's ruler invited them to be the festival planners (which, in fact, was all part of a plan for Spike to finally declare to Apple Bloom that he was in love with her). "So, are you feeling ready?" Scootaloo asked her. She took a deep breath and smiled. "Yes, I'm ready!" "Of course, we trained so much for this." Sweetie Belle said. Flashbacks: Sweetie Belle dressed in a director's beret, got a director's chair and a megaphone. "Very well AB, it is quite simple, pretend that Scootaloo is Spike!" "What's up?" Scootaloo said. "Practice what you'll tell him and we'll judge you. Any question?" "Do you really need to dress like that ...?" "Aaaand action!" Sweetie Belle shouted into the megaphone. Apple Bloom took a deep breath and forced a smile. "Hey Spike, I really like your... Medal I think? Do you wanna make out?" "Cut!" Sweetie Belle yelled into the megaphone again. "No, no, no and no!" Scootaloo said, while splashing water on Apple Bloom with a spray bottle. "You should never be that direct. "Ok, ok so let's try it again." Apple Bloom said, while drying her wet face with a towel. End of flashbacks: "And it turned out that I had a better idea at the last minute." Apple Bloom laughed. The plan was, at night, when the Festival of 4 loves and the open mic started, Apple Bloom would go up on stage and say that she had written a song especially for her special somepony and would sing and play with the guitar of who inspired her to make that love declaration: Her mother. "Okay, we can't stay here in the room and talking all day, we have a festival to organize!" Scootaloo said with a smile. "It's real. Let's go AB." Sweetie Belle said. "Oh, you two can go ahead and I'll go soon after. I have to check some things for our big night." Apple Bloom explained. "It's okay, we'll meet you outside." The three came together in a group hug and the two mares left, leaving Apple alone in the room. The yellow mare jumped up excitedly and went to her suitcase. From the bottom, she took out a red heart-shaped card. Inside it, in the most beautiful cursive letter that she managed to write, she wrote the lyrics to the song. She made it as a precaution if she couldn't wait until night. "I'm too in love to wait." She murmured to herself, pressing the card against her chest. Meanwhile, Spike and Twilight were talking in his room. He was trying to write a poem for Apple Bloom, but despite having so much time to think and how much the love he felt for her inspired him, he couldn't find the right words. "If we really feel the same way about each other, she must have done something for me, I can't have done anything for her, you know?" "No, I don't know." Twilight replied between giggles. "But I think you're worrying for no reason, we don't need to do something totally extravagant to demonstrate to someone that we love them." "Yes, you're right Twi." "When you're gonna learn? I'm always right." She joked which made him laugh. "So do you have any idea what I can do?" "Write a beautiful sentence, sometimes small things have great meanings." Spike thought, until he finally had an idea of ​​what to write. He wrote on paper and showed it to Twilight. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom came to him, even after learning that he was talking to the princess there. Not curiosity-conscious, she propped one of her ears on the door to listen. "Awww, this is so beautiful, 'I love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow'. I'm sure that the two of you will never be apart again tonight." "Who are they talking about?" Apple Bloom asked mentally, excited that it could be her. "I hope so, I love her so much." After a brief silence, Twilight decided to touch on a sensitive subject. "Sooooo Gabby huh?" At that moment, Apple Bloom felt as if her heart had broken into millions of pieces. Tears of sadness started pouring out of her eyes like a waterfall. She ran as fast as her legs could, without caring that she had dropped the card on the floor. "...Yeah, she didn't take it very well that Apple Bloom is the one I love. I mean, I'm really sorry for her, but I'm not gonna sacrifice my happiness for anyone and I can't imagine being happy without her ever again." "This is how it should be." She said, smiling at him proudly. Meanwhile, the girls checked the color theme of the ornaments and chose 4 colors, 1 representing each kind of love. But they soon dropped everything they were doing when they saw Apple Bloom crying and going back to their bedroom, she never looked so hurt before. "AB, what happened?" Sweetie Belle asked in a concerned tone. "I-I shouldn't have harbored all these damn illusions!" She screamed between loud sobs and ran away from them, leaving them confused. "What happened to her?" An unknown pony asked them. "We don't know yet, she was so happy when we came here. But we'll find out."