//------------------------------// // Season 1: Episode 8 - Big Mysteries (A Hearth's Warming Tail Aftermath) // Story: My Little Pony: When Generations Collide // by RobtheMorpherPony //------------------------------// Sunny was on her usual prowl through Twilight's castle; the earth mare still getting used to being able to drop Twilight's title and said princess of friendship having a special somepony. However, as she did so, she noticed that Spike was in his room writing something. "Spike, what are you writing letters for?" Sunny asked. "Oh, well, apperently I seem to have a secret admirer now. It happened shortly after the Gauntlet of Fire when I started getting these letters from some pony that prefers to remain anonymous. Whoever they are, they seem to like me a lot." Spike said. "...And about your Rarity crush?" Sunny asked. "...Funny story, shortly after that Paulina incident, Flash decided to have a talk with me..." Spike said. Flashback "Look, I know you like her Spike, but be honest with yourself: How old are you in comparison to her?" Flash asked. "Err...I guess I never thought of it that way. I guess what I have is some crush." Spike said. "But who else is there really for me? Sure, Sweetie Belle is nice to me sometimes, but I don't think she likes me that way." He added. "Not...sure how I can answer that." Flash said. Suddenly there was a knock on Spike's window. "Derpy?" Spike asked before opening the window. "Another letter for you." Derpy said before handing Spike the letter and then flying off. "What does she mean another letter?" Flash asked. "Seems I have a secret admirer." Spike said. "Well, I'm sure whoever it is probably would actually love you back if you gave them a chance." Flash said. End of Flashback "And I decided to take Flash's advice. Plus, they said they are about my age so what's the harm in it? Not sure whose on the receiving end of these letters, but I hope to meet them one day in person." Spike said. "And you have no idea who it is, do you?" Sunny asked. "Nope." Spike said. Sunny would've brought up Gabby the Griffon, but then she realized that there's no way Spike had met the Griffoness at this point. But she wonders if there could very well be someone else. Yet, Sunny has to admit to herself that she has no idea who exactly this could be if not Gabby. The hyper energetic griffoness that could give Pinkie Pie a run for her money is the only creature that comes to Sunny's mind when she thinks of letter writers. There are just too many unknowns with this. It...couldn't be one other female Spike has yet to meet...could it? I don't even think she would see Spike that way. Sunny thought to herself. But she then threw that thought away. What the heck am I thinking? There's no way in Equestria is could be her. I'd bet one hundred bits on it. Sunny thought to herself. Hitch suddenly showed up. "Hey Sunny, you remember those one hundred bits I borrowed from you that one time..." Hitch said. "Yes?" Sunny asked. "...Well I had invested them into something and I just realized, I'll never see any bits from what I invested in." Hitch said. "...And why not?" Sunny asked. "...Because what I invested them into doesn't exist here in the past." Hitch said before then heading off. Sunny just stared at where Hitch left to. "...P-probably just a coincidence. Yeah." Sunny said to herself. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and Zipp suddenly flew into the castle. "Whoa! What's going on here?" Sunny asked. "We need to find Princess Twilight. Fast." Soarin said. "Wh-what's wrong?" Sunny asked. "I spotted that Paulina chick while we were doing arial practice over ponyville today." Rainbow Dash said. "...You sure about that?" Sunny asked. "Yellow-ish rabbit creature with red highlights and a purple cape around her back. I'm pretty darn sure that description only belongs to one creature." Rainbow Dash said. "...Huh. Let's tell Twilight." Sunny said. In hindsight, she should've remembered Rainbow Dash's hyper attentive span while flying. It's how Twilight would've helped Rainbow Dash pass the test to get the cyan pegasus into the Wonderbolt reserves. Guess that was bound to come up somehow anyways. Sunny said. "I'm still shocked that Rainbow Dash was able to spot Paulina from a thousand feet in the air." Zipp said. "...I'll tell you later." Sunny said before the foursome told Twilight. Outside at the outskirts around Ponyville, the mane six, mane five, Soarin, and Flash approached the one Rainbow Dash saw, and sure enough, it was Paulina. "Oh, you ponies again." Paulina said. "What exactly are you up to, Paulina?" Hitch asked. "If you must know, I'm currently trying to find my father." Paulina said. "...Wait what?" Sunny asked. She did not expect that. "A couple of days ago, I noticed my father had gotten free of the containment capsule I kept him in." Paulina said. "You had him in a containment capsule? You really are evil." Soarin said. "Hey my father once tried to make the world of the dead collide with the world of the living which would've made everything into a zombie. So I put him in that containment capsule so he couldn't basically zombify every living thing in vast meta-verse." Paulina said. "...Okay, are we even sure this girl is evil?" Pipp asked. "This was the last place I was before I had noticed my father got loose. So I'm just making sure he didn't get out around here." Paulina said. "Finding him is priority one right now." She added. "Don't think for one moment I'm no longer trying to find a way to combat your magic of friendship stick." The rabbit suddenly said. "Because once I do, finding my father will become priority two. Taking over this world will then become Priority one." She added before turning away and leaving. "...I stand corrected." Pipp said.