//------------------------------// // Chapter 41 - The Engaging Announcement // Story: My Feelings Have Shifted // by rarityxspike //------------------------------// After Spike, Twilight, and Rarity finished their tea, the young dragon, and the alicorn went to spread the news, while the white unicorn made her way back to the Carousel Boutique. As Spike and Twilight were making their way to Sugarcube corner, they ran into Rainbow Dash. “Hey Rainbow,” Spike said, walking towards the pegasus. Rainbow Dash noticed Spike and Twilight walking towards her. “Hey guys! What’s up?” “Spike has some exciting news,” Twilight smiled. Rainbow Dash looked at Spike. “Oh yeah? What is it?” Rainbow asked curiously. Spike smiled and was ready to tell Rainbow. “Luna and I are getting married,” Rainbow was shocked, she had to take a second to compose herself. “You and… Luna?” Spike’s smile disappeared slightly after seeing Rainbow’s reaction. “Yeah, why are you so shocked?” Spike asked, wondering why Rainbow had such a strong reaction. Rainbow thought for a second, Spike is close to Twilight, who is close to Celestia who is close to Luna, weirdly it made sense to her. “Well, I suppose you are pretty close to the royals,” Spike felt confused as the blue pegasus didn’t answer his question, but he chose not to say anything and was simply relieved that she wasn’t so shocked. “Congratulations though, Spike,” she said. “Thanks, we’re planning on telling all our friends today,” Spike informed. “We were on our way to Sugarcube Corner, to tell Pinkie,” Rainbow snickered. “Does that mean we need to get ready for a ‘Spike and Luna just got engaged party’?” Spike and Twilight laughed. “Yeah, probably,” Spike said, knowing what Pinkie was like. “Okay, well, good luck with that, and again, congratulations.” “Thank you,” Spike waved goodbye to Rainbow Dash and continued making his way to Sugarcube Corner with Twilight. As they approached Sugarcube Corner, the smell of freshly baked goods grew stronger and stronger. Twilight walked in, with the young dragon beside her, to see Mrs. Cake behind the counter. They both walked up to the counter. “Hello Mrs. Cake, is Pinkie Pie about?” “Welcome Princess Twilight,” Mrs. Cake then saw Spike behind the alicorn, “Hello Spike,” Spike waved, “Yeah, she upstairs, it hasn’t gotten busy yet. “Thank you,” Twilight said, as she made her way upstairs with Spike. The alicorn and the young dragon walked over to Pinkie’s bedroom door and knocked on it. Pinkie opened the door. “TWILIGHT!” Pinkie screamed while she hugged Twilight as hard as she could. “It’s good to see you too, Pinkie,” Twilight said, with what felt like her last breath, but Pinkie let go and Twilight could breathe again. Pinkie noticed Spike. “Spike!” Pinkie hugged the young dragon, but he made sure he had a claw in front of his chest so Pinkie couldn’t hug him too tight, “What brings you both here today?” Pinkie asked. “Well, Spike has some exciting news,” Twilight smiled. Pinkie looked down at Spike. “Ooh! I love exciting news!” Pinkie said, jumping on the spot excitedly. Spike was about to say, but Pinkie stopped him with her hoof on his mouth, “Wait! Don’t tell me! Is it something to do with cupcakes?” Spike shook his head. Pinkie removed her hoof from Spike’s mouth, placed it on her chin, and began to think, “Is it about chocolate pudding?” Pinkie said, slightly drooling. Spike shook his head and decided to tell her since both of her guesses were sweet-related. “Pinkie, Luna, and I are getting married,” Pinkie gasped, which made Twilight and Spike jump slightly. “Oh, my goodness! This is the best news ever! Do you know what this means?” Both Twilight and Spike smiled as they knew what was coming, “A ‘My best dragon-friend and the Princess of the night are getting married’ party!!!” Pinkie screamed. “That’s a bit of a mouthful, Pinkie, maybe you can just call it an engagement party,” Spike suggested. “Great idea, Spike, a ‘My best dragon-friend and the Princess of the night are engaged to get married’ party. “That’s even lon—” Pinkie ran downstairs before Spike could finish, “—ger,” Spike looked at Twilight, they both smiled knowing Pinkie was just being, well, Pinkie, and went downstairs. Pinkie was bouncing up and down in front of Mrs. Cake, giving her the information on how she wants to throw a party and what treats she wants her help with. As Twilight and Spike made it down the stairs, Mrs. Cake looked in their direction. “Oh, Spike, congratulations!” Mrs. Cake just managed to say through Pinkie, which made Pinkie stop and face the dragon and alicorn herself. “Congratulations, Spike,” Pinkie smiled. “Thank you, Mrs. Cake, and thank you Pinkie,” Spike said. “This is going to be the best party ever!” Pinkie said, throwing her arms up in the air. “Thanks again, Pinkie, we’re going to tell the others,” Spike said, heading out. Pinkie was in her zone talking to Mrs. Cake, who looked to the side towards Spike and Twilight and gave a little wave, they both waved back and headed towards Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack and Big Mac were bucking trees and harvesting the apples while Apple Bloom was catching and picking up the falling/fallen apples. The young filly turned around to run to the next tree and saw Twilight and Spike, she stopped in her tracks, put down the big bucket she had on her head, and waved. ”Hi Twilight! Hi Spike!” Applejack and Big Mac stopped harvesting when they heard Apple Bloom. The orange pony walked over to Twilight and the young dragon. “Howdy guys! What brings you by today?” Twilight and Spike looked at each other, smiled, and then back at Applejack, “Good news, I’m guessing by your faces,” “Yeah, I have good news... Luna and I are getting married,” Applejack was momentarily surprised, but then quickly processed what she just heard. “Well, congratulations, Spike,” Applejack smiled. “Oh, my god! Spike and Luna are getting married!!!” Apple Bloom said excitedly after overhearing what Spike said. “Yeah, Spike wanted to come back to Ponyville and tell you, Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity,” Applejack reacted to the last name. “Umm… Have you told Rarity?” Applejack asked hesitantly. Spike looked confused. “Yeah, she was the first one we told, as she was on her way to the castle as we were landing,” Spike explained. “And how did she take it?” “Pretty well, why do you ask?” Spike asked, growing more confused. “Well, I know you two were together at some point,” Applejack said, not knowing why they broke up. “Oh yeah, we’re okay, everything is great,” Spike smiled. “Well then, congratulations again,” Applejack smiled. Big Mac tapped his hoof a few times to get Applejack’s and Apple Bloom’s attention to remind them that they still have harvesting to do. “But, Big Brother, Spike, and Lu–” Applejack stopped her. “It’s okay, lil’ sis, we still have a job to do,” Applejack said, letting Apple Bloom know that Big Mac’s reaction was understandable. “It’s okay, Apple Bloom, we can catch up later,” Spike said. Apple Bloom smiled. “Okay, well, see you later.” “Yeah, we better get back to work, see you later,” They all waved, then Twilight, and Spike made their way to Fluttershy’s cottage. As Apple Bloom was about to pick up her bucket, she heard a voice. “Letter for Applejack!” the mail pony. Applejack was about to buck some apples down but stopped when she heard the mail pony. She walked over to the mail pony, who gave her the letter. “Thank you, kindly,” Applejack said, as she received the letter. The mail pony tipped her hat and left. Apple Bloom walked over curiously. “A letter? What does it say?” the young filly asked. “I’m not sure,” Applejack opened the letter and found an invitation?” Applejack read the invitation, smiled, and gently shook her head. “What is it, Applejack?” Apple Bloom asked. “Listen to this, Pinkie Pie invites the Apple family to the ‘‘My best dragon-friend and the Princess of the night are engaged to get married’ party tonight at 8 pm,” Apple Bloom’s eyes widened. “But we were literally just told!” Applejack laughed “That’s Pinkie for you, sis. Come on, we better get this done if we’re gonna make it to the party,” Twilight and Spike were walking down the path to Fluttershy’s cottage when they saw the yellow pegasus watering her plants. “Hey Fluttershy,” Twilight said to get her attention. “Oh, hey, Twilight, hey, Spike!” Fluttershy said, after looking up and noticing her two friends. Twilight and Spike went over to where Fluttershy was, but nothing could prepare them for what was about to happen, “So, Spike, congratulations, I didn’t know you and Luna were an item, I’m so happy for you two,” Fluttershy smiled. The purple alicorn and dragon were just gobsmacked for a second. “Uhh… thanks Fluttershy, but how did you know? We were just coming to let you know,” Fluttershy looked a bit confused. “Oh, well, I received this from the mail pony nearly five minutes ago,” she went into the front pocket of the satchel that she had on her back and took out a piece of paper. Twilight took what Fluttershy had with her magic and read it with Spike. The young dragon and alicorn smiled and gave Fluttershy back the invitation. “What?” asked Fluttershy, wondering why they were both smiling. “Fluttershy, we told Pinkie about the engagement less than ten minutes ago,” Fluttershy’s eyes widened. “But how did she—? Pinkie is something else, isn’t she?” Fluttershy smiled. “Yeah, definitely,” Twilight said, still smiling. “I guess I’ll see you at the party then,” Twilight said, seeing Fluttershy was still busy. “Yeah, should be fun,” Fluttershy looked over towards Spike and smiled, “Congratulations again, Spike,” “Thank you, Fluttershy,” Spike said, before waving goodbye along with Twilight and headed back to the castle. “Do you think we should’ve told Pinkie last?” Spike asked Twilight. “No, otherwise how would she have time to set up a ‘My best dragon-friend and the Princess of the night are engaged to get married party’, Twilight did her best to imitate Pinkie. Both Twilight and Spike laughed and continued making their way back to the castle.