//------------------------------// // A Perfect Hangout Day // Story: Space Jam: Into the Gamerverse // by GoebelTron //------------------------------// When Sunday morning came, the two were still peacefully asleep in Spike’s room with his head resting against Twilight’s stomach as it moved up and down as she was softly breathing. Suddenly, Twilight’s stomach started gurgling, which somehow woke Spike up. When he saw Twilight holding him close towards her stomach, he then thought. ‘I’m finally in my happy place, and I don’t ever want to leave it again,’ he thought to himself until he closed his eyes again. Few minutes later, Twilight’s alarm on her phone went off, and then she reached over hand then turned it off before reaching for her glasses. She then yawned and the saw her new friend/roommate was waking up as well, “Good morning, Spike.” “Good morning, Twilight,” Spike said as he sat up and stretched his arms and back. They both heard Twilight’s stomach again, as Spike looked at her, “Was that your stomach?” Twilight then sheepishly blushed with her hand on her belly, and then spoke, “Wow, I didn’t know I could get so hungry this early in the morning.” Suddenly, the sound of a triangle rang, and Applejack’s voice hollered, “BREAKFAST!” “Looks like Applejack’s got breakfast ready. Okay, I’m going to get dressed, then help the others set up the table for breakfast. We’ll be waiting, okay?” Twilight said. “Okay. And Twilight?” Spike asked, until Twilight looked at him one more time. “Thanks for staying with me for the night. I just needed some company.” “You’re welcome, Spike. Now go ahead and get dressed, and when you’re ready, meet us in the kitchen,” Twilight said as she went to her bedroom to get dressed after closing his door. Spike then went to his dresser to pick out some clothes before throwing them onto himself. After putting on his sneakers, Spike fixed the spikes on his hair and straightened out his clothes, until he then found himself looking absolutely fine. He then left his room, and headed downstairs. As he came down the staircase, he looked over at the dining table in the kitchen seeing five the girls seated while enjoying breakfast which included buttermilk pancakes, mini sausages, hash browns, bacon, and eggs, either sunny side up or scrambled, and two sauce boats, one with mixed berry sauce and one with maple syrup. The aromatic smell of it all drew Spike closer as he walked over. When the girls who were fully dressed saw him walking over, they greeted him, “Good morning, Spike!” “Hey, girls,” he greeted back. “Well, you’re just in time, sugarcube,” Applejack said with a greeting smile, as she laid down a plate full of freshly made pancakes. “Mmm, smells good. Kinda like how my Aunt Cass does at her restaurant, Black River Coffee House, but still. Smells good,” Spike said, as he took a seat. “And it even tastes better, since you’ve mentioned it,” Sunset assured him, passing him the maple syrup. Spike then looked around seeing two girls were missing, “Where’re Rainbow Dash and Rarity?” “Don’t worry. Rarity’s just getting ready,” Sunset answered. “She’s putting on her makeup, isn’t she?” Spike asked. “Yep. I’m telling ya, Spike. That gal always like to look her best every morning,” Applejack sighed. “Well, beg your pardon!” Rarity’s voice came as she came down the stairs dressed in her casual clothes. “But may I remind you that some of us like to take pride in looking our best in the morning.” She then took a seat next to Spike. “Oh, this looks scrumptious. Thank you, Applejack dear.” “Anytime, Rarity. I saved your eggs, and made them just the way you like them. Sunny side up,” Applejack replied, until Rarity looked at Spike. “Oh, and how are you this fine and pleasant morning, Spike?” She then batted her eyes rapidly. “Oh, I’m doing good, Rarity,” Spike replied, while noticing how close she sat next to him. “Uhh… you haven’t seen Rainbow Dash by any chance, have you?” Twilight asked. “No, I have not,” Rarity answered. “I really hope she’s not sleeping in,” Applejack sighed. “Coming down, guys!” Rainbow’s voice came. The girl came down and to everyone’s shock was somehow wearing nothing but a blue yoga top with her thundercloud and rainbow lightning bolt over her black sports bra exposing her midriff and matching skinny shorts showing off short black leggings from underneath, and she wore her sneakers. She took the other spot near Spike and sniffed the grubs, “Mmm, that smells good. Oh. Hey, Spike. How’s it going?” Before Spike could answer, Rarity spoke up while defending Spike, “Rainbow Dash, seriously, darling, why are you not properly dressed?” “What? I always come down like this every morning to do my morning exercises,” Rainbow answered like it was no big deal. “It’s different this time, Rainbow Dash!” Fluttershy protested while also defending Spike. “You should realize right now that we have a boy living with us now! And he’s only 13!” “So?” she asked. “I’m sure Spike doesn’t mind, do ya, Spike?” Rainbow Dash said flirting with the teen boy while leaning over to give him a perfectly good view of her cleavage as she leaned her arm on his chair, until he began sweating nervously, as he tried hot to look down, but only failed miserably. Twilight finally spoke up with an unamused furrowed glare on her face as she stood in front of Spike while Rarity comforted him, “Rainbow Dash, for once, please go back upstairs and put some proper clothes on!” “Why are you being so defensive? Can it at least wait till after I eat?” Rainbow asked in a groaning protest. “NOW!” “Alright, fine! Yeesh! I’m going!” Rainbow Dash replied, before she grumbled while mumbling words to herself, as she got up and went back upstairs. Spike watched her leave, before looking at the other girls who looked back at him. “We’re sorry about that, Spike,” Twilight said. “I’m the one that should be sorry if me being here has messed up with any of your ‘routines’ or something,” Spike replied. “Hey, you’ve got nothing to apologize for, Spike,” Sunset assured him sweetly. “It’s just something we’re gonna have to get used too for now on,” Applejack commented. “Agreed, darling,” Rarity said. “Otherwise, it would’ve been a whole lot worse if something like that happened again.” Rainbow Dash eventually came back down fully clothed in her regular clothes, “There, I’m dressed. You happy now?” she asked in annoyance. “Very much, yes,” Twilight said. “And I don’t appreciate your tone, darling,” Rarity said. “Whatever,” Rainbow Dash said as she took em her plate and joined the others for breakfast. Spike suddenly looked around, “Umm… where’s Mrs. Celestia? Is she joining us?” “Actually, she had to go someplace today. So she left early,” Twilight explained. “So it’s probably just us for today,” Fluttershy responded. “Plus, she did also mention that we should spend the day getting to know each other,” Sunset commented. “You know, since we’ll all be working together as a team helping take down Al-G, saving both the original creators and their avatars and all?” “So you think we should go someplace in the Earthbound Odyssey or something?” Spike asked. “Actually, we were just thinking about doing something in the real world,” Twilight answered. “The real world?” Spike asked whiningly. “Yeah, yeah, I feel ya,” Rainbow Dash complied in agreement. “But hey, there’s still other stuff that can be done outside of the game.” “Exactly the point. Thank you, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight confirmed, “Plus, you’re still new to the game, so don’t complain that you normally do stuff in the Earthbound Odyssey.” “Because if you do, then you’re a sad person,” Sunset replied. “No, no, no, I do other stuff in the real world, but I just happen to like going to the Earthbound Odyssey more since I’ve started playing it,” Spike answered. “So, if we’re doing real world stuff, any thoughts on what we should do today?” “Hey, maybe we can go bowling!” Pinkie suggested. “Great idea, Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash agreed with her. “We honestly haven’t done that in a month.” “Plus with Spike in our group, we have eight, making both teams evened up to four,” Applejack added. “Sounds like a plan to me,” Sunset admitted. “And if it’s okay with you guys, maybe later today, we can go see a movie, meaning I’ll buy the tickets and get us some snacks.” “I think that’s a wonderful idea, Sunset,” Twilight said. Sunset nodded and then turned to the boy, and asked, “What do you say, Spike?” Spike thought about the idea, before reaching his decision, “Sure. I could use the chance to work on my aiming.” “Then it’s decided,” Twilight said. “Everyone eat up, and let’s all be ready in fifteen.” So after planning their hangout for today, everyone in the kitchen resumed eating, before they finished and some helped do the dishes while others were busy getting ready. Soon, after they got themselves ready, they left the building and headed out into the big city. Meanwhile, in the Serververse hub, Al-G was still feeling frustrated about Spike’s bargain. “So, that kid made friends with the Rainbooms, pupils of Princess Celestia, huh? And Omochao from the Sonic video games?” Pete asked if his master was okay, until Al-G replied, “Everything’s fine, Pete. I’m just not understanding why a newbie would make friends with the Rainbooms and Princess Celestia. Unless… Oh! The Pillars! Okay, I see how it is. If they think they can take me on, then I’ll give them a little greeting, but once they’ve returned.” Pete asked him how he was going to do it. “Well, I’m not sure, but I’ll figure something out… sooner than later,” Al-G said, as he watched Spike and his new friends from every camera in the city. “Be ready, Spike Drake and Rainbooms. Because you’re about to soon see what the power of me can do.” As they walked the streets of Canterlot City, Spike looked around seeing all the buildings, stores, restaurants and everything. “Man, this city has everything,” the boy marveled as he gazed at the city. “All that and more, darling,” Rarity replied, while walking by his side. “But one question. Did all of you live here in this big part of the city from the beginning?” Spike asked. “Not all of us,” Fluttershy admitted. “Fluttershy and I used to live in a small neighborhood near the Cloudsdale Power Plant, before Principal Celestia found out about us,” Rainbow Dash explained on her friend’s behalf. “And I used to live with my folks at Sweet Apple Acres, my little sister, my big brother and my Granny Smith,” Applejack added. “Would you believe that I used to live on a rock farm?” Pinkie asked Spike. “A rock farm?” Spike asked in confusion. “Yeah. It surprised us too,” Sunset said. “It’s surprisingly amazing to think majority that all of us used to live in different places before coming here,” Twilight told Spike, as the other girls nodded. “Wow, no kidding,” Spike agreed, as they reached the city’s top hit bowling alley. “This is it,” Rainbow Dash told Spike. “Let’s go in,” Twilight instructed, as they entered. Inside the bowling alley, it was loaded with people of all ages already competing for this fun activity. The girls and Spike after renting two lanes, and getting some bowler shoes in their sizes and different colors went to the lanes and divided their team up into groups of 4. The first team was Applejack, Rarity, Twilight and Spike, while the second team was Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset Shimmer. Their bowling balls were also different colors. Applejack’s bowling ball was red, Rarity’s was a mix of violet and charcoal, Twilight’s was violet and pink, Spike’s was green, Rainbow Dash’s was blue, Fluttershy’s was yellow, Pinkie Pie’s was pink, and Sunset’s was orange. One by one each of them on separate teams was rolling their selected ball down the lane knocking over several pins, sometimes a few, until a few spares were made, and sometimes made a gutter ball. Rainbow Dash stepped up and sent the bowling ball rolling and hit a strike, “Oh, yeah!” she cheered, before turning to her team and gave them each a high five. “Am I awesome or what?” “You’re a superstar!” Pinkie cheered. Applejack then rolled her eyes with her hands on her hips. “Always so full of herself, that Rainbow. Always thinking she’s a big time major league superstar,” she told Spike. “Is she always this confident?” Spike asked. “Well, normally most of the time, cocky is more like it,” Twilight replied. “A lot of times she’s always the first to go rushing into danger before we can make up a plan.” “Basically, she goes savage like Leroy Jenkins?” Spike guessed. “Exactly, darling. And it’s really annoying,” Rarity confirmed. “You’re up, Spike,” Applejack called. Spike then got up and took his ball, before positioning himself. He concentrated before slowly speed-walking closer, and the let his ball roll down the lane. Spike watched as the ball remained in the center as it kept rolling before nailing every pin. “Yes!” Spike cheered. “Alright, Spike!” Applejack cheered him on. “Amazing attempt, darling,” Rarity said. “Thank you, milady,” Spike said, as Rarity blushed and giggled with her fingers on her lips. “Not bad, buddy,” Rainbow Dash admitted. “But the game’s not over yet. Fluttershy, you’re up.” Fluttershy walked over to the lane with her bowling ball, and gently rolled it down the lane. Spike and his team watched knowing there was now way she was going to get any pins with her ball rolling that slow. They watched as her ball got closer, it ended up knocking down all the pins much to Applejack’s team’s shock. “You’ve gotta be freaking kidding me,” Spike said in total disbelief. “I honestly have no words to describe that move,” Twilight added while equally shocked. “Come on, y’all. Let’s keep on playing,” Applejack said as she was up next. Later on, soon enough the points were tallied and the winner was Applejack’s team. The girls and Spike cheered, while those on Rainbow’s team felt unamused and disappointed that they lost, but proud that their friends played well, except Rainbow Dash since she hated losing, until Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Sunset cheered up. “Good game, guys,” Sunset told the others, as they all shook hands. “It was fun all the same” Pinkie added. “I definitely enjoyed myself,” Fluttershy admitted. “Yeah, it was fun and all, but just so you know, I let you guys win this time,” Rainbow Dash said preserving her pride. Spike then gave her a dry look, “Sure you did.” The girls suddenly could tell she was obviously lying as they too gave dry looks, as Rainbow nervously chuckled. Rarity suddenly heard her stomach grumble as she placed her hand onto it, “Oh, dear. All this bowling has indeed worked up an appetite.” “Then I guess we could all deserve a lunch break,” Twilight agreed. “So let’s go!” Pinkie cheered, until her stomach began grumbling as well. “Aww… now I’ve got the rumbles.” Later on, the group was at a Pizza Hut in the city. They sat at a table, where they had multiple pizzas with different toppings each spread out, along with some breadsticks with dipping sauce, and cups full of either Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, unsweetened iced tea, or just iced water. Spike took a plain cheese slice and ate it, “Now this is a slice of heaven. I never even knew you girls like this place so much.” “We like to come here every so often,” Applejack explained, while enjoying both a sausage piece with some breadsticks. “But other times, we either like to stay in or order take out,” Rainbow Dash added, while enjoying a slice of pepperoni and some breadsticks afterwards. “Nice,” Spike said, after moving on to another slice. “So has anyone thought about what we’re going to be doing if we’re going to take back the game and save the Pillars from Al-G?” Fluttershy asked, while having two veggie slices. “Well, first we need to train with Spike in The Earthbound Odyssey so he’ll know what we’re capable of, and what he’s capable of before we can level him up to maximum speed, strength, sensitivity, and agility,” Twilight began. “That way we can come up with some new tactics and combos against any upcoming battles or enemies, and maybe obstacles,” Sunset put in. “Yeah. Like us, everyone else in The Earthbound Odyssey is looking to power themselves up just as much, but while Al-G Rhythm is watching their every move,” Rainbow reminded them. “So, we’ll just have to be stronger, faster, and stealthier so that we can find a way to destroy him, and free the Pillars once and for all,” Spike spoke up. “Well, I’m down with that,” he then raised his drink up for a toast, “To teamwork.” The girls raised their own drinks and replied, “Teamwork!” they clanged their drinks together and continued to enjoy their lunch. Suddenly, a voice called out in appearance, “AJ, hey!” The group looked and saw a 17 year old girl coming over. She wore turquoise glitter sneakers with purplish white socks, black yoga pants with white speckles, a bluish gray sleeveless and strapless shirt, a black bracelet with white studs, and both a purple necklace and black linen choker necklace around her neck. Her hair was dark grayish indigo with dark indigo and moderate opal highlights in a curly fashion with a bun braided on the back of her head, and she had opal eyes. And much like the Rainbooms, she was incredibly busty, but she was possibly an E-cup, which Spike took notice of. “Rara!” Applejack cheered as she got up and hugged the new girl after wiping her hands from the pizza grease. “What are you girls doing here?” Rara asked. “Nothing much, just hanging out and having fun,” Pinkie answered. “What about you?” “Same as you, I guess,” Rara shrugged in reply. “I recently went out for some jogging, but decided to take a lunch break for a moment.” “Well, I’m glad ya ran into us,” Applejack said. “We also got a new friend here we’d like you to meet.” “A new friend? Really?” Rara asked in wonder. “Yeah,” Applejack said as she gently pulled Spike over, “This here is Spike Drake. Ya might say he’s now part of “the team”.” She then winked at the girl. “I see,” she replied. “Spike, this here’s an old friend of mine. Rara,” Applejack introduced her friend to him. “Old friend?” Spike asked. “We met at summer camp when we were kids,” Rara explained, as she looked down at him while bending down with her hands on her knees. “Anyway, it’s very nice to meet you, Spike.” “Same to you, Rara,” Spike admitted, before he started thinking to himself, ‘Her voice sounds familiar. Actually, in fact, she looks almost familiar too.” Spike then got a closer look at her, and suddenly saw in his vision of her was a familiar pop star from the Earthbound Odyssey, making him mentally gasp. Rara noticed the look Spike was giving her which got her confusingly blushing, “Please don’t stare like that so much.” “Spike, are you okay?” Twilight asked, in concern as Sunset and the others felt the same way. Spike started looking closer to Rara, who was starting to feel nervous, until he suddenly knew who it was, “Countess… Coloratura?” The girls gasped, as Rara spoke with her hand on her hip, “Who wants to know?” “Well, you might recognize the dragon fighter character that resembles Young Link but with the hair of Sora from Kingdom Hearts during one of your performances,” he answered. Rara taking what Spike said thought back on her recent show, and then her vision started to recognize his real self, and then his avatar, Spyro-217, “Wait a minute… That was you?!” “One and the same,” Spike confirmed. “Wow,” Rara gasped while blushing. “Even in real life you still look cute and handsome.” Spike blushed in response, “Oh, well, thank you.” “But… how did you know?” Rara asked. “Your voice.” “Really? You noticed a similarity from my voice alone?” Rara asked while blushing. “Yep,” Spike replied. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up,” Rainbow broke them up. “Let me get this straight. You two already know each other?” “I’ve seen her perform at the Earthbound Odyssey’s nightclub yesterday with Omochao. Though yesterday, she… somehow flirted with me, but just looked at me,” Spike replied in confession. “WHAT?!” the girls gasped. Applejack turned to Rara, “You actually flirted with Spike?” “Well, I didn’t think I’d ever meet him in person. And just to be fair, I’ve flirted with others before, but not too much since I don’t go that way,” the girl reminded Applejack. “True, but I’ve seen you flirt with others during your performance while singing on stage,” Spike commented. “But those other male avatars didn’t look half as flirtatious as you were with me.” “Never the less,” Rara replied. “Well, come on, Rara. Join us,” Pinkie insisted. “Well, okay. Thanks,” Rara said as she took a seat beside Spike and Applejack, until Sunset sat back down. Spike could suddenly feel Rara’s leg press up against his, until she looked down at him. “So, Rara, what led someone as gorgeously attractive like you to become such a popular pop star in the Earthbound Odyssey?” Spike asked. “Well, I’ve always been known for having such a nice singing voice, because my dream was to become a famous singing pop star. Though sometimes the attention could be quite overwhelming,” the girl explained, while chowing down on two slices of pepperoni and sausage, and a couple of breadsticks. “So in the Earthbound Odyssey, I fashioned myself a new look and continued to use my musical talent to entertain so many players. No one else besides AJ has ever been able to recognize my voice alone. So consider me impressed.” “Glad to hear it,” Spike said. “So… how did you get involved with the Earthbound Odyssey’s most popular group?” Rara asked, as she wrapped her arm around his shoulder, until Spike was leaned over by her left breast. “It’s kind of a funny story,” Spike replied while nervously blushing. “Don’t worry, I’ve got the time,” Rara said, as she got comfortable. Spike smiled knowing he once again made a new friend he now knew both in the Earthbound Odyssey and in the real world, so he decided to tell her how he met the girls after encountering Al-G Rhythm and then explained how they plan to save the creators and their avatars before it’s too late. “Wow, you must’ve been very brave,” Rara said. “Yeah, I guess you could say that,” Spike said. “Anyway, I should get going, but thanks for lunch,” Rara said as she wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then looked at Spike one more time. “Good luck with your victory, Spike. I hope you guys win.” She then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, and then left. “Don’t worry, Spike. I’m sure we’ll run into her again,” Applejack said, and she received a nod from Spike. Later on, the group went to see a movie as planned, and bought snacks for it as well. After 2 hours, the girls came back out and then made some laughs about how funny most of it was, and then made some comments about the action that the actors and actresses were amazingly doing, and then went off to the mall for some real life shopping, and then went back to the penthouse to relax. When nighttime came back at the group’s penthouse, Spike was coming back from a hot steamy shower with his pajamas on and wiped his face from brushing his teeth and washing his face, “Nothing like a nice hot steamy shower before turning in.” After he yawned, Spike then reached his room and opened the door, until what he found to his shocking surprise was the Rainbooms all gathered together in their pajamas. “Hi, Spike,” they greeted together. “Whoa!” Spike jerked back a bit, feeling startled, “Girls, what are you all doing in here?!” “We just wanted to wish you goodnight, Spike!” Pinkie explained. “But though I guess we came in at an awkward time,” Sunset giggled, as the girls giggled. “It’s not funny! You almost gave me a heart attack!” “Sorry about that,” Twilight said holding in a giggle of her own. “But listen, we just wanted to let you know that when you start school with us tomorrow, we’ll be there by your side to protect you so that you don’t have anything to worry about.” Spike smiled in relief, “Thanks, girls. I just hope I’ll be able to balance school work and the Earthbound Odyssey at the same time like I did before.” “Hey, we managed to,” Rainbow Dash boasted in comment. “So says the gal who puts off her work until the next day,” Applejack teased Rainbow Dash, much to her embarrassment. “Well, we best be turning in. Goodnight, Spike,” Rarity said, as she and the group hugged him closer to their chests. Spike blushed from the close contact, and then the girls let him go and one at a time kissed him on either the left or right cheek and walked out of the room to let him sleep. As they walked down the hall and entered their rooms, they got into bed and set up their alarms for school. Spike set up his alarm and then laid down on his bed and went to sleep.