Twilight knew something was up with the Apple family the very minute the farm came into view. She didn't see or hear Applejack doing her usual apple bucking, and be trees were laden with ripe, red apples. Empty baskets lay everywhere, scattered by the wind. Twilight used her magic to pick the fruit for over two dozen of the trees and levitated the buckets over towards the barn where Applejack always put them.
"Where are they? These apples can't pick themselves." Twilight came close to the door of the Apple family's house and hesitated. What if Applejack was sick and Twilight was bothering her? No, if Applejack was sick, surely Big Macintosh would be out bucking the apples. Twilight knocked on the door.
"Come on in," Applejack's voice emanated from the other side of the door. Twilight opened the wooden doors, their hinges creaking slightly. The unicorn was met by an empty kitchen. "We're in the livin' room." She walked into the stated room and found herself face to face with Backfire's fear. All five of the other ponies had bright red cheeks and noses, and the tissues scattered on the floor told her that it hadn't been pleasant for them.
"Oh, you're all here. Backfire asked me to come looking for you because she's sick too and really shouldn't leave the library." The five ponies on the floor perked up at the sound of their "friend's" name.
"She's okay? We were going to look for her, but..." Laze looked around at the odd faces the others were giving her, and Soar Brash was glaring like she was doing something terribly wrong. She fell silent.
"They've all got terrible colds, Twi. I wouldn't come much closer or y'all might get it too," Applejack said. Twilight looked over at her friend. She was wearing a doctor mask.
"I think I'm safe, Applejack. I just spent some of this morning with Backfire, and she's got it too. Futtershy's making something to help her. I can bring some over here when it's ready. I'm gonna go tell Backfire that you're here and being taken care of." Twilight turned around to head for the door.
"Twilight Sparkle, don't you go out there just yet. You've gotta be chilled to the bone. The weather's been unnaturally cold recently. If you go out there now, y'all will freeze."
"I'll just teleport, Applejack."
"Well, fine, but be careful, Twi. That's a mighty long way to go."
"I know. I'll be fine." The unicorn disappeared in a flash, appearing in the library. She was slightly dizzy and disoriented from going such a long way, but managed to stay on her feet. Backfire jumped when she appeared and was staring at her in amazement.
"Twilight? Did you find them?" The purple unicorn looked over at her guest. She looked fine. Her cheeks had lost the pink tint, and she only sniffled once or twice.
"Yes, I did. You seem to be doing much better now." Twilight analyzed the other unicorn's condition. She seemed relatively healthy and a lot more energetic than she had been.
"Yes, I am doing much better. Fluttershy finished her concoction and gave me some. She's such a nice pony. There's a lot of extra though." Twilight smiled slightly.
"Well, that's good. Your friends are in need of something like that." Backfire frowned. "Don't worry. They'll be better in no time now that we've got that potion."
"Okay, Twilight. Thank you," Backfire said. She galloped over into the kitchen, where the potion was, and grabbed it, trotting back over to Twilight. The lavender unicorn picked up the potion and teleported away, leaving Backfire alone. "What is this?" she asked herself aloud, "What is this feeling? Why do I feel this way?" Footsteps behind her made her jump. Spike was coming down the stairs. "Hi, Spike."
"What? Oh, hi," he murmured. Backfire noticed a slight blush in the dragon's face. No way. He couldn't.
"Spike, do...do you like me?" Backfire asked abruptly. Spike blushed deeper.
"Uh, yeah... We're friends, right?" Spike asked. He looked over at the slightly annoyed look Backfire was giving him. "That's not what you meant, is it?" She shook her head slowly. "Oh, well... Yes, I do, actually. I do like you." He stood slightly awkwardly in front of her, the blush creeping across the rest of his face.
"Well," Backfire started. he wasn't sure how she felt about this dragon. He was nice, and she liked him, but she knew Discord would not approve. However... "I...I like you too, Spike." The baby dragon was astounded.
"Really?" he asked. She nodded. If nothing else, she could tell Discord it was a ploy. She did have feelings for the dragon. They were confusing and hard for her to decipher. How did anypony stand this? She had to change the subject.
"Spike, do you know if Twilight has any dresses that might fit me? I'm really bored,and I know she won't mind."
"Uh, yeah. They're upstairs. I'll show you." Backfire followed the baby dragon upstairs and he pulled a dress out of the closet. It was very colorful. "Twilight never wears this one. It's too bright for her taste." Backfire inspected the garment before slipping it on. Spike stared. "Wow, do you mind if I take a picture?"
"Um, you can go ahead if you want." Spike grabbed a camera off of the dresser and started taking pictures.
"Here, I'm going to take a negative picture. I like doing that. They always look so funny." There was the final snap of the camera and the last picture came out. Spike took it in his hand and stared at it expectantly, waiting for the funny colored picture to develop. When it did, he did a double take. "Whoa!"
"What is it, Spike?"
"You look like Twilight! You have the exact opposite colors as Twilight! Backfire, do you know what that means!"
"Know what what means?" Backfire and Spike turned to see Twilight at the top ofthe stairs, staring at them.
"She's your opposite, Twilight!" Backfire saw the other unicorn gasp and stare at her.
"What does that mean? What does he mean, I'm your opposite?"
"A opposite pony of your same species, earth pony, unicorn, pegasus, or alicorn, is very rare, and sometimes can mean that the two ponies share a special bond. Not everypony has an opposite, but those who do are said to be very lucky. They can be bonded forever with their opposite through friendship. This is a very special day for you and me both. You and I will be SABFF's!" Backfire gave her an odd look. "It means Super Awesome Best Friends Forever!" Backfire stared at Twilight, who was giggling like a school filly.
"The others are opposites too. Opposites of your friends, Twilight." Twilight started off on some theory as Backfire stared at the ground. "Exactly opposite," she murmured to herself.
Ooo! Yay, more of my crap. Have fun any of you people out there that actually read what I write.