//------------------------------// // Chapter 119 - Squeak // Story: Quest For Harmony // by destinedjagold //------------------------------// “Spike” Cold... W-why is it so cold...? Brr... I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes... Ugh... Everything was too white... Where am I, anyway? “Oh, you're awake!” Sweetie Belle? Yeah, that definitely sounded like her. It sounded pretty close, too. Wait... I'm lying on my back? I was about to collect some strength to rise up when Sweetie's head popped in front of my vision with a smile. W-wow... I don't know why, but seeing her made me smile as well. It makes me feel all warm inside, almost making me ignore how cold the air was. “Hi Sweetie Belle...” I greeted her before I rose up into a sitting position. After that, I saw that we were in an air chariot. Sweetie Belle sat beside me. On my other side was Apple Bloom, and beside her was Scootaloo. The cold air made me shiver again, so I grabbed my thick blanket with both my claws and wrapped them around me. Wait, blanket? I stared at the thick cloth around me, and it resembled very much like the crusaders' capes. Bloom and Scoots both have theirs. I turned to Sweetie Belle and...yeah, she wasn't wearing any. “Thanks Sweetie Belle,” I smiled at her, and she smiled back at me. “Sheesh you two...” I heard Scootaloo groan weakly. I turned to her, and saw her lazily leaning her head on the edge of the chariot, lazily staring off at the passing white mountains. “You keep that up and I'm gonna puke.” Apple Bloom chuckled lightly and poked the pegasus with a hoof. “Aw... Someone's feeling jealous...” I heard Sweetie Belle giggle while Scootaloo slapped Bloom's hoof away. I don't understand what Scootaloo meant. I was going to ask, but Bloom said something before I could open my mouth. “Anyway, so Spike,” Bloom said, turning to me while holding the crystal heart on her other hoof, “any ideas what happened after the girls an' Ah went down?” “Huh... Hm...” I blinked as I brought a claw on my chin to think about it... “W-well, the last thing I remember was that the alicorn slammed me down on the ground...hard...” Huh, I wonder if I got another bump on my head from that... I raised my claw from my chin and rubbed my head. The only bump I felt there was the one that Gold gave me during the time Twilight was sending me lots of scrolls... Wow, that was a long time ago. Oh, that made me remember something... “Oh yeah, should I send the heart now to Gol—uh, Jay?” Apple Bloom was about to answer when Sweetie spoke, “I think we should let Twilight decide.” Bloom and I turned our heads to her. “She was the one who sent these pegasus stallions to get us back to the castle. Maybe she knows a proper way of sending the heart to Jay.” Huh, that's actually a good idea. And it also answered a question I was having about where we were going, and how we ended up in a chariot. Er... I guess that's three of my questions answered. I smiled and nodded. “Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.” I then turned back to Bloom. “Want me to hold the heart? Maybe you've been holding that thing for too long...” Bloom just smiled and shook her head. “Nah, I'm good. Besides,” she stared at the heart, “it kinda gives me this weird soothin' feelin'... An' it's kinda nice.” Oh yeah... I don't know why, but after I heard what Bloom just said, it made me remember that weird dream I had. I wonder if that was really Jay. Well, it felt real, even though it was just a dream... “Wish we could get to the castle soon.” “Why's that, Spike?” I turned to Sweetie Belle, and saw her confused look. “Well, other than to know a good way to send the heart, I also want to ask Twilight about the strange dream I had before I woke up...” She blinked. “Oh? What kind of dream?” “Probably about you and him under a big old tree...” Scootaloo snickered, and she was joined by Bloom. Sweetie Belle glared at her two friends while blushing. Uh, yeah, no idea what's going on... I looked at them, blinking. Nope, I don't get it. “Anyway,” I said, “maybe you guys can help me figure out what my dream meant.” “Is Sweetie Belle in it?” Scootaloo asked, and snickered with Bloom. “Will you two quit it!?” Sweetie Belle...squeaked.