RING RIIIINNG RIIIINNNGG!
The alarm blared loud as another day in Ponyville's newest castle began for princess Twilight Sparkle and her number one assistant Spike. Usually a day like now would be a great day to hang out with her friends and maybe enjoy a picnic but yesterday's events killed the thought for Twilight.
It was hard to believe that only four years ago they were living in a large city like Canterlot and lived a dull life of study. Now not only had they saved the world multiple times but they discovered the joys of being friends with ponies outside of just their family. If anypony were to ask Twilight to name just one thing she would want to change she could hardly think of anything.
One thing though might be a little more wall space in the room her and spike shared.
Spike's obsession over rarity had gotten to a creepier level last year to where he'd take pictures of her when she wasn't looking. She had given him a 20 minute lecture on invading other ponies space, trespassing,and rarity's right to eventually sue him for sexual harassment when she found out he'd been hiding in her bathroom hamper.He promised to stop, but begged that she would at least let him keep his top five favorite pictures of her. Five small photos wouldn't of been so bad but he just had to get the kind that were extra extra large family portrait sized.These were the kind that could almost take up an entire wall of the old library.
Some were of questionable areas in Rarity's home like her bedroom or her exiting the bathroom.
Twilight put an illusion spell on them so only spike could tell they were of Rarity while everyone else just saw something cute like a hamster upside down eating popcorn on a piano or dancing badgers. Pinkie pie once claimed she could see a hidden snake in it but no pony else could.
Since coming to Ponyville Spike had grown a few inches. He was now nose to chin height to most other ponies.Although that wasn't very big it was normal for dragons who didn't grow off of there hoarding greed.According to a book on dragons made by griffons that is.
When Twilight and her counsel of friends made a closer relationship grow with the griffon kingdom,the griffons shared knowledge that ponies either didn't know or were to scared to explore.Yesterday, both twilight and Spike were extremely happy to finally discover a lot more on dragons until they got to one page on a island where kid dragons like Spike would be left to socialize.
This happened for a couple of moons before they either returned home or started making their own cave with or without a mate.
"You know spike----"Twilight began before getting cut off.
"Not a chance twilight." Spike replied. He knew exactly where she was going with this. She had tried this conversation with him in the past but he wasn't changing his mind.
Twilight just frowned and rolled her eyes at his stubbornness.
"I know the last time you tried bonding with your own kind it didn't work out but maybe by going to this island you can meet some dragons your own age.
She paused a few seconds before grinning."Maybe even some dragon females?"
"We've gone over this a dozen times Twilight and you can't change my mind! Rarity and I are meant to be and today I'm gonna prove it."Spike declared.
"Prove it how?"Asked Twilight, even though she had a feeling on what his next words would be.
"I'm gonna ask Rarity out of course! Just like the guy in the book from Roneo and Starlet, by climbing her balcony and telling her how I feel in poem."Said Spike with confidence.
"Didn't they die at the end of that story?"Twilight asked.
Spike raised a claw to object but then looked off to the side in thought as he realized that was true,still he wasn't going to let Twilight kill his moment none the less. He gave her a slight glare in response and took his exit.
Twilight sighed as he made his leave while thinking about what spike was about to do.He was like a second brother to Twilight and she wanted to see him happy. She'd never want to lose him and at the same time she wanted him to one day have a cave of hatchlings of his own, now that he was starting to mature more. She never told him but even though she didn't have friends growing up, she did once have a crush much like his on Rarity. It was for a stallion friend of her brother's named 8-bit.After a while she eventually grew out of it.
He came back a couple hours later that day with an almost emotionless expression on. Twilight had seen this face before on her schoolmates, so she knew this must of meant something pretty painful must of happened. She'd seen him down from failed wooing attempts before, but this time he looked like he was about to pass out.Despite having a feeling on what he was gonna say,she decided to ask what happened anyway after giving him a hug.When he calmed down enough to talk he explained everything to that happened after he had left.
At rarity's 2 hours ago
Spike walked confidently towards Rarity's house with the poem he had come up with and practiced on in his claws. Sure it might be a little obvious to rarity that he just took an already known poem and changed a few words, but it was the thought that would count. Even if it didn't win her over,Rarity always showed him appreciation and gratitude for things he did for her. It was one of the things he was starting to appreciate about her besides looks. He knew at one point the only thing he really liked about her was her looks, but he felt like now he'd grown out of that phase. Now he was starting to appreciate the other things that made her great.Things like how she wasn't afraid to get a bit messy when the time called for it and even though she could be a bit dramatic she was going places with her career. Just a few a weeks ago her work had made the cover for Equestria Vogue magazine.
Sure sometimes it worried him that with her fame she'd be flooded with possible famous suitors that would take her away.He didn't worry about it to much though.Famous popular stallions never really lasted long with her. It was just then with his thoughts on that matter as he approached Carousel Boutique that he noticed something he hadn't seen in a while in front of the shop.
It was a sapphire blue chariot with black wheels, and two chauffeur ponies in stylish black jackets waiting beside it.For some odd reason they were wearing equally stylish earmuffs. He recognized it as the chariot of Fancy Pants who'd occasionally come by Ponyville to meet rarity about the next big fashion event. In the years he off and on meet the stallion he seemed nothing but refreshingly nice, compared to the usual rich ponies of Canterlot that had their noses so high up they could get a flock of bird stuck in there.The guy even once made him a jewel cake for his last birthday, just because rarity mentioned to him it was coming up.
The weird thing about seeing him here now though was because a few months ago the news paper said he was going on a year long expedition. So why was he here at Rarity's house?
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The unmistakable scream of Rarity suddenly rang out and the reason for the earmuffs were made clear for the unfortunate ponies walking by without any. Spike could never picture Fancy Pants as the evil type,nor a pony he'd want to harm, but if his Rarity was in trouble he would do what had to be done. He got on all fours, and aimed himself for the nearest open window to jump through only to get his head stuck between the window panel. More or less he was in enough to get a good view of the situation. A situation that was entirely different then the horror scene he expected to see.
On one knee,a bend in left foreleg, and outstretch right foreleg with a dazzling diamond ring in a box was Fancy Pants dressed in a new looking suit. In front of him was a rarity in what looked like a fancy pink dress she made the first time he came into town if he recalled right. She had tears welling up in her eyes but at the same time she was smiling wider and happier then he had ever seen her do before.
Suddenly they embraced,twirling around into a the kind of loving kiss he'd seen in movies, and was hoping to one day have with Rarity himself at some point.Rarity then separated them a little seeming to try to catch her breath and started to mutter something while fanning herself until it became more audible for both to hear her words.
"Y-Y-Yes! I can't believe this happening. I can't wait to tell every pony about this!"she exclaimed.
Realizing what he had just witnessed,Spike freed his head from the window and just stared at it for a while letting everything sink in. He knew in his heart that rarity might one day end of up with some pony that wasn't him but he'd always assumed that she would just wait for him.He wandered aimlessly for a while until he somehow reached home.
It felt like someone hit him in the heart with a sledgehammer and then stomped on the pieces.A part of him wanted to run back into the boutique and tell rarity not to marry him. That after all that the things they'd gone through together over the years it was him and her that were meant to be together forever. He felt mad,sad,and confused all at once. He didn't understand why things had to happen this way instead of how he planned them.Here he was all these years of trying again and again to muster his strength for her and having if not in words,his actions in defend her when she needed it,to be not even an after thought.
End of flashback
Now Twilight looked over at Spike curled up in his small bed instead of up early like he usually was and wishing she could do something to comfort him about it. She eventually outgrew her crush on 8-bit but recalled how the fillies and colts behaved when their long time crushes crushed them either intentionally or not. Everything had its steps and even though she had learned now that books aren't always the same as real life,from what she both read plus seen the thing it was healthiest for him to go through this type of thing on his own. The most she could do was make sure he didn't do anything to rash while he was doing it.