Sweet Remedies
By Ratchetgreen
Chapter Three: If I Didn't Care
It was morning in Ponyville, the birds were chirping in the endless blue skies above, and the sweet smell of early treats awaited ponies everywhere. The smell of pie the breeze was as if the pegasai gave Ponyville a kiss good morning. It was days like these that ponies took for granted.
Spike slept outside, so as not to miss such a beautiful day. Pinkie wanted to throw him a party, but he insisted on a bag of fresh churros. Instead, these were new treats brought from Neighvarro from a pony named Dulce Sueños who spoke an odd language. Spike payed it no mind as he was thinking of things he hadn’t thought about in quite some time.
It was during Miss Cheerilee's high school dance, Spike offered to help the teacher pony to supervise and make sure the fillies and colts didn't do any funny-business. Spike knew they all wanted to have fun, so he was lenient. That is until he saw Diamond Tiara and her friend bullying Sweetie Belle, mocking her singing and her flank, which was still barren of that damned mark ponies care so much about.
Alone, Sweetie could sing with a melody so beautiful that Spike had cried once hearing her sing, but when Sweetie would attempt to sing in public her voice became as quiet as Fluttershy's.
Sweetie was the very last to get her cutie mark. Applebloom got hers when she became an engineer, designing new technology to help ponykind.
Scootaloo didn't discover her special talent until miss Cheerilee adopted her, though she would never admit it, before her cutie mark, she always had a talent for dancing and movement. Her coordination was astounding, but her biological parents forbade such nonsense. They were traditional pegasai who wanted a son. Sometimes when I visit scootaloo, she still cries about her parents who treated her like a disease, but that's another story.
As they both got their cutie marks, Sweetie was the odd mare out. Her friends tried to continue their crusade for her sake, but as you grow older, more responsibilities mean you don't have time for such childish things. The original CMC were still best friends, but they only kept the name, not the idea of the name. They were just school mares.
As Spike returned to his original train of thought, he remembered that he had walked straight towards Diamond Tiara’s date and singed the colt’s suit with his breath as he told the couple to back off. Sweetie stood there dumbstruck; the colt brushed off the ashes and laughed at Spike.
"wahaha What was that! I've seen fire dancers with more flame than that!"
It was true Spike's flame was still very weak since he lived like a pony, not a dragon. But if working with the Apple Family ever taught him anything, it's that you gotta hit strong and true. Spike applied that rule which was meant for apple trees to that colt’s face. A loud WHAP boomed through dance room, sending the colt to the ground. A lot of ponies cheered "Yeah! He was a snob anyway!" "Got what's coming to him!" "DAYYUM SPIKE!" were some of the cheers heard, but Spike could have sworn that one of those ponies was Cheerilee herself.
As Diamond and that unimportant silver pony ran to her date, Spike decided to comfort Sweetie Belle the only way he knew how.
"Sweetie Belle, would you like to dance with me?"
Sweetie stood there, still trying to process what had happened. "Spike I uh, that is-"sweetie finally got her wits about her "Thank you Spike"
“So is that a yes?” the drake said with compassion towards the the cowering mare, even though everyponies eyes were on her, Spike standing up for her instilled confidence she never knew she had.
"There’s nothing I would like more than to dance with you, Spike" her smile warmed the hearts of all who witnessed its radiance.
The DJ put on "Sway" by the classic Dino Smoke which was a perfect time, with all the ponies riled up from Spike and Sweetie's energy.
When the song ended, the DJ called out for anypony who wanted to step up and sing. Spike looked at Sweetie. He could see in her eyes that she really wanted to sing, so he did a favor for his friend.
"Sweetie here wants to sing!" spike yelled which caught the attention of the DJ who now was interested in the two. "yeah? get her up here"
The unicorn’s regular white coat was now a bright red. "Spike! I can't sing up there!" Spike said nothing now. Smiling, he started chanting her name, and was soon joined by all the students.
"I swear Spike, I'll get you back one day" was the only thing Sweetie said as she stepped up. And when she sang, all the ponies stared in awe of her voice.
She sang like she knew she could in front of all the ponies watching her, but that moment she saw only one: a dragon who walked on stage with her, and played the piano to her beautiful song.
Authors Notes: this one I decided to be more of a memory. Why? Because my new english teacher was so passionate about his job that it inspired me to be more descriptive! Plus, I got to see my crush who I still can never get the guts to tell. So I had a great first day of school, and it inspired this chapter. The song Sweetie sang was "If I didn't care" from the movie Miss Petigrew or something. Check it out, its beautiful! And again, thanks to my pre reader, who makes my story readable. But most of all, thank YOU, the reader. And on a side note, Dino Smokes is an OC I made for Dean Martin
Pre Readers Notes: Hey guys, RVB501 here. Hope you are all enjoying the story! Just wanted to point out, Ratchetgren has a taste for music! So if you were thinking “Who’s Dean Martin?” I recommend looking him up! Okay, I’m done now.