//------------------------------// // Dissy's weird // Story: Running With Draconaqui // by Tiaa OwO //------------------------------// Jasmine and Spike were avoiding each other. Everypony could tell. They couldn't be in the same room, they couldn't talk to each other, they couldn't even have eye contact or they would go the other way and pretend they never saw each other. Twilight had come back and wasn't informed about the events that passed while she was away. She certainly noticed that Jasmine was spending as little time as possible in the library and that Spike wasn't complaining about staying inside all day. One day, Jasmine and Spike accidentally went to Sweet Apple Acres at the same time (well, it was actually accidentally on purpose) and they both growled at each other. "Why are you here?" the female draconaquus said angrily but with a hint of shyness in her voice. The drake narrowed his eyes. He folded his arms. "I was invited." "I was invited too." The couple looked around. No pony was in sight. "Think their here?" Jazz stood up on her hind legs and put her forelegs on her hips. "Their probably trying to get us to talk." "Well, are are talking." "Good. Now, bye. We never spoke. Agreed?" "Agreed." The two took off. Neither thought about the fact that they weren't ambushed and forced to talk. The mane six watched from behind the barn, as Twilight had instructed. She lit up her horn as she wrote down notes. "How long has this been going on?" Rarity and Pinkie Pie made thinking faces. "Well, it was a little while after the date . . ." Rarity started but was interrupted by Twilight's shout. "Date!? Spike went out with a girl and no pony told me!?" "We were going to tell you but it didn't seem like the time with their little hearts refusing to accept their ONE TRUE LOVE!!!!!" Everypony gave Rarity a look. "Ah think yer over thinkin' the situation, Rares." Applejack said in a bemused voice. "But what's their problem? They were all lovey-dovey that night!" Rainbow Dash grumbled. "Has any pony been watching them to see what might be wrong?" "I have!" Pinkie bounced in place. "It was like it was a few days ago . . ." "It was just a few days ago!" Fluttershy failed to shout, but the rest of the girls helped her out nicely. A few days ago . . . Pinkie Pie's story Spike and Jasmine stopped at Pinkie's cupcake sale and smiled at the party pony. "Hiya guys! Whatcha up to? Are you having a superific day?" Spike gave Pinkie an odd look. "What else could we be up to? We're here at your sale to get a cupcake." "Oki Doki Loki!" Pinkie didn't grab two cupcakes from the batch in front of her. Instead, she grabbed two cupcakes from a container that was apparently not holding anything else. The couple took the cupcakes and thanked the party pony. They took off to White Tail Woods, their favorite place to hang out. They finally got there and sat down on the soft grass. "Was it odd to you that Pinkie had special cupcakes for us?" Jasmine asked Spike. The drake shook his head. "No way. Its just Pinkie being a good friend and saving cupcakes for us is all." "Okay then. what are we going to do today?" "Go for a swim?" "I would like that." Suddenly, there was a thud and galloping hooves coming towards them. The two turned to see a determined Pinkie Pie coming at them. "Eat the cupcakes!" Jasmine squealed in surprise. She was not used to Pinkie being so . . . well . . . PINKIE. "Spike eat the cupcakes!" "But-" "I don't want mine right now. We'll get more later. Eat both cupcakes so she can stop running in circles around us!" The drake shoved both cupcakes in his mouth and Pinkie let out a shout of dismay. "Nooooooooooo! Don't eat both!" Pinkie stopped telling her story and rubbed her neck sheepishly. Everypony glared at her. "Well, what happened?" "Oh, I put love potion in the cupcakes to spruce up their day but Spike ate both so then he chased Jazzy to the river and pushed her in then he jumped in and she was like "Spike! Wrong river! There's a waterfall ahead!" and Spike was like "I loooooooooooooooooove you. I didn't notice it over your beauty." Then, I told them to jump out but Spike was holding Jazzy in the water and she was like "Do something Spike!" and he said "What." and she said "DO SOMETHING!" and then he said "I don't need to do anything when i'm with you." and then they fell with Jazzy screaming at the top of her lungs while Spike was going "I love you! Yay! Going down a waterfall with my TRUE LOVE!" Then, I helped them out at the bottom. Jazzy was all shaky and Spike didn't remember much." The girls looked at each other. "That happened? Why would you do that?" Twilight questioned. "Ah wouldn't get too hard on 'er, Twi. I'm guilty of messin' with 'em too." A few days ago . . . Applejack's story Applejack watched the couple eat apples in the orchard and sit off in the sun. She had no clue why Jasmine seemed to be forcing Spike to stay at Sweet Apple Acres for the day. The orange farm mare was about to ask them about it when Pinkie rushed up to her. The party mare seemed to either not know about personal space, or not care. "What in tarnation are ya doin' here, Pinkie Pie?" "Oh my gosh! I've been looking for those silly not-ponies all day! I wanted to say i'm sorry." "Sorry? Fer what?" "I gave them love potions in their cupcakes and Spike ate both but I didn't know Jasmine wasn't really hungry or else I wouldn't have given it to them. Spike was all "I love you, I love you." and Jasmine wasn't. She ended up going down a waterfall with him." "Oh. Well, that seems to be why Jasmine wants to stay in the fields. Maybe you can do somethin' else as a sorry symbol." "REALLY!?" "Shush! Poor thing'll run away if she catches you here." "OKAY!" Applejack face hoofed. Applejack placed a hoof on Jasmine's shoulder. The female draconaquus turned and gave the farm mare a questioning look. The mare smiled. She handed her and the bored young drake each a single blue flower. "What's this for, Applejack?" Spike asked. Applejack swallowed. It was never easy to lie. "Er . . . Its a gift from me . . . to ya . . . by me . . . only me . . . hehe . . ." "Uh . . . okay." Spike turned to Jasmine who shrugged. Suddenly, there was a scream. Fluttershy, Pinkie, and a whole flock of different animals came bursting from the bushes. "What in CELESTIA'S NAME is going on!?" Applejack hollered. The animals were all staring at the young couple as if in a trance. "I-I dunno . . . the animals just suddenly rushed over here. Something about flowers and scents." the meek pegasus said. Jasmine had a look of pure terror on her face and clung to Spike for dear life as he tried to shoo away a couple of big, grey wolves and shake off some rowdy bunnies and chattery squirrels. Pinkie Pie tried to shoo them away as well but ended up getting severely growled at. "Oh, i'm sorry you guys. I gave Applejack the flowers. I wanted to give you the prettiest." "Ahm sorry too. I was trying to help 'er set things straight with ya'll." The couple screamed as the animals closed in on them. "I am not one to use foul words but SWEET CELESTIA'S FLANK, your apologies are not helping and we need to-" "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!" Jasmine finished for him and they began to run as fast as they could. There were birds above them and they didn't want to feel their feathery wrath. Fluttershy just stared, unable to believe what was going on or why. "Um . . . what's going on?"