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// Crushed 
// Story: Crossing Worlds 
// by Bronygirl6729 
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Chapter Eleven: Crushed

Huzzah, another chapter! I've wanted to write this chapter for a long time, and I'm so excited that I finally wrote it! However, if you're a guy...sorry, but you might want to skip this chapter. This, sadly, is the problem of doing a story from your point of view, although it makes the story much more personal. Oh well, pros and con's, I guess. This chapter is loosely based off of the episode Frankie My Dear from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (which is one of my favorite shows of all time). Now, go and read, my followers! Go!



"[Y/N]! Where's my alicorn legends and powers book? I need to do some research for the Princess." You open your eyes to see your sister standing above your bed.

"Huh?" you slur, rubbing your eyes.

"Here, I'll say it slowly so your tired brain can understand." She leans in close. "Have. You. Seen. My. Book."

"What? No, how would I know? Where's Spike? Isn't that his job?"

Twilight rolls her purple eyes. "[Y/N], he's helping Rarity at her house, remember?"

Your eyes widen as you realize what today is. "Oh my gosh! I'm supposed to be at Rarity's boutique for the unveiling of my new clothing line! Gotta go, bye Twi!" Before she can respond, you leap out of bed and zip out the door, continuing to sprint all the way to Rarity's. You're panting heavily by the time you reach her house and knock on the fancy door while attempting to catch your breath. A disheveled Rarity opens the door.

"Oh, [Y/N], how delightful that you could make it," she says, fixing her mane a bit. "We're almost ready, so please, come in." She holds the door open for you and you walk inside to find the entire house a wreck. Pieces of ribbon and fabric, dress sketches, and pony mannequins litter the floor. Rarity closes the door and hurries over to a curtain. "I do apologize for the dreadful mess. I'll have to just clean all of this up later. Oh, wait here." She slips behind a curtain and you hear many crashing noises, and then the curtain falls back to reveal Rarity and Spike standing next to a beautiful, hoof-stitched dress by Rarity.

"Oh my gosh..." you say, walking up to the dress. It's a purple and pink tighter dress with a shorter hem at the end and no sleeves. "Rarity, this is amazing." You touch the fabric gently with your hoof. "Thank you so much!"

Rarity smiles modestly. "You're quite welcome, [Y/N]. But thank Spike too. If not for little Spikey Wikey here, I may not have gotten this just right." She smiles at him. "He has a very keen fashion sense, even for a boy."

Spike blushes. "Aw, it was nothing. Glad I could help!"

Rarity puts the dress on a hanger, hands it to you, and pushes you into a changing room. "Here, you just must try this on! I'll be back in a few minutes after I've taken care of Sweetie Bell's breakfast."

"Ok!" you call from inside the changing room. You slip on the dress and straighten it out until all of the crinkles are gone. "Hmm..." After a moment of consideration, you tie your mane up in a stylish ponytail. You then walk out to meet Spike. "What do you think?" You turn around to give him a full view of your new outfit. When he doesn't answer, you look down at him to see that he's just staring at you, mesmerized.

"I-gah...whoa..." is all he manages to say, never taking his green eyes off of you.

You giggle and decide to take it as a compliment. "Aw, you're so sweet." Smiling, you walk past him and up to Rarity's large mirror. The dress is very beautiful on you, and matches well with your [B/C] body color. Also, as you had suspected, the ponytail adds an interesting twist to your look. "Rarity really has outdone herself this time," you observe.

"I'll say," you hear Spike mumble as he continues to look at you.

"How is it, darling? Do you like it?" You turn around to see Rarity walking back in the room. As soon as she catches a glimpse of you, she stops dead in her tracks. "Oh. My. Gosh. You look fabulous!" She squeals happily and runs over to hug you. "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so very excited!"

You smile. "No, don't worry, it's fine. And thank you so much for doing this, Rarity. It is absolutely magnificent!" You twirl around and Rarity taps your shoulder with a small smile.

"It seems that you're not the only one that thinks so," she whispers, tilting her white head towards Spike, who is still looking at you with a dopey smile. You look at Rarity and both of you giggle a bit.

"I thought he liked you," you say in a lowered voice.

"He does," Rarity replies simply. "He's probably just attracted to you right now because of your new look. You know boys." As she speaks, she adjusts the neckline and side of your dress perfectly.

"I guess so." Even as you say this, you can't help but take another glance at the lovestruck baby dragon.



"Twi, I'm back!" you call as you walk into the tree library.

"Hello!" You look around as you hear your sister's voice, but you don't see her at her desk or organizing the shelves. "Up here!" You look up to your bedroom to see Twilight's head peeking out and looking at you.

"Oh. Hi there." You walk up the stairs to find Twilight sitting in bed with a book. "Um...what're you reading?"

She looks up at you. "Just the book that I was looking for earlier: Alicorn Mythology, Magic, and Facts. Maybe you'd like to take a look when I'm done, you know, since we're both alicorns now."

You sit back on your hooves. "You know, a couple of months ago, I never would've imagined that I could become a creature of legend in a magical world. Well, that's life, I guess." You chuckle.

"I guess so. Hey, where's Spike?"

You lie down next to her to read over her shoulder. "I dunno. I think he's still helping Rarity."

"No, I'm right here." You and Twilight look over the edge of the second floor to see Spike standing in the open doorway. You notice that he's looking more at you than at Twilight, and you can almost swear that you see his pupils become tiny hearts. He walks up the stairs slowly as though he were in some sort of trance until he's standing next to you.

Twilight glances at him from her book. "Oh, hi Spike. Did Rarity not need any more help?"

He shakes his head. "No, I asked to come home. Anything I can help you with?"

Twilight looks up thoughtfully, biting her lip. "Well, I did have some organ-"

"Not you!" Spike snaps, then turning his attention back to you. "Is there anything at all that I can do for you, [Y/N]?"

You and Twilight share a questioning look, and she merely shrugs. You turn back to Spike with a raised eyebrow. "Why would you want to help me?"

He sighs contently. "Because...I can."

"Well, um...all right. I do have one thing to do. Fluttershy and I were planning a surprise picnic for Rarity tomorrow, you know, to thank her for the dresses, and I needed to bring her a few things-"

The young dragon smiles brightly. "Oh, that's it? You got it!" As he starts to run downstairs, you stop him.

"Woah, woah, wait." You step in front of him uncertainly. "You don't need to do this for me. It's my responsibility, and I should be the one to give the food to Fluttershy. You shouldn't have to run around doing errands for me."

Your gaze softens and is replaced with guilt as his big green eyes start to water in sadness. "Y-you mean...you don't want my help? Am I not good enough?" He sticks out his bottom lip and you rub your shoulder, feeling guilty.

"No, no, forget what I said, you can help me! The food is in a picnic basket on the kitchen counter!" As soon as the words come out of your mouth, Spike's sadness disappears and he smiles with a squee.

"Great! I'll go deliver that right now!" He runs down the stairs and you merely stand there, irritated that the small dragon outsmarted you.

"Hey, have you noticed something weird about Spike recently?" Twilight asks from her bed, oblivious to the world around her because of the book in her hooves.

"Not a thing," you mutter.



Spike looks up, ignoring the glare of the afternoon sun. In front of him sits Fluttershy's quiet little cottage. Silently, he walks up to the door and gives a rapid knock.

Discord opens the door, feigning anger. "What the hay? Does nopony understand how annoying it is when you..." He makes his voice high-pitched and girly in a poor Fluttershy impression. "...disturb the peace?" The draconequus snickers and looks at his dragon friend expectantly.

"I'm not in the mood, man," Spike sighs. "I just came to drop off this food for the picnic."

Discord puts his lion paw to his chin thoughtfully. "All right, what's up, man? You've got a problem. I can tell, I created most problems."

"You swear that you won't tell?" The draconequus crosses his heart and Spike continues. "Well, I kind if have a crush on [Y/N] now, and I don't know how to make her like me back!" He lays his chin in his hand sadly.

Discord smiles over at the dragon. "Spike,, you player! Moving from one mare to the next. I like your style."

Spike ignores his comment. "How do you do it, Disco? You and Fluttershy both have feelings for each other, even though you're totally different species! I wish I could do that..."

Discord sits down next to his young friend, slightly more serious. "Ok, all joking aside, do you want to know the secret of getting mares to like you?" The small dragon nods rapidly. Looking around dramatically, Discord leans in close. "Confidence."

"Are you kidding? That's it?" Spike asks, eyeing Discord unsurely.

"Yes, it's not as easy as it sounds, though. You have to be brave, daring, seductive. You make the first move. Just take her in your arms, look her in the eyes, and kiss her!"

"I'm not sure that I can..."

The draconequus flips his eagle claw. "Pshh, sure you can! Just go with the flow. Mares love that cool, laid back attitude."

Spike raises an eyebrow. "And this worked on Fluttershy?"

"I-I...um...yeah, sure." Discords puts on an unconvincing fake smile.

"If you say so!" Spike smiles, oblivious to Discord's discomfort. "Thanks, Disco!" He drops the picnic basket on a table and runs out the door with renewed courage.

As soon as Spike is gone, Discord rubs his shoulder guiltily. "Maybe I shouldn't have said that...oh well, I guess I can just take my own advice. Then it wouldn't be a lie!" He pats himself on the back. "Oh, Discord, you are brilliant!"



You hum quietly as you skim through Twilight's alicorn book. Interesting. There was once a time when alicorns were non-existant, and the unicorns had to raise the sun and moon all on their own. I can't begin to imagine it! ...Huh? What's this? "Nopony has ever been born an alicorn; even Celestia and Luna were created into alicorn after their parents saw fit." Interesting...I wonder who made the Princesses' parents into alicorns. All this time, I never knew that my own kind was so interesting...

"Hey, [Y/N]," a voice interrupts. You close the book and look up to see Spike standing at the top of the staircase, coolly leaning on the wall.

"Oh, hey Spike. Twilight went shopping for a little bit, in case you were looking for her." You stand up from your bed.

Spike walks over to you slowly. "Yeah, well, I'm not looking for Twilight." He looks into your [E/C] eyes. You're a bit surprised at how smooth he is, but don't think too much of it.

"Ok, then what's up?"

He inches closer to you, resting his elbow on your bed. "I was looking for you. Sure, I think of Twilight as an older sister, but not you."

You flatten your ears to your head, a bit unnerved. "Um, thanks?"

The young dragon tenses for a second, but quickly covers it up. "[Y/N], I think of you as more than a friend."

You blush and lower your head in embarrassment. "Oh, Spike, I-I..."

He holds up a claw to your lips. "Shh, you don't have to speak. Just hear me out, ok?" Before you can even respond, Spike pulls you into a harsh kiss. You squeak in surprise, your eyes widening as your lips meet.

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, this is so not happening. Where the hay did this come from? Oh Celestia, what have I gotten into...?

Eventually, Spike ends the kiss and you pull away, blushing profusely. "Spike!" you yell, pushing your mane back. "What the hay was that?"

For a moment, he loses his confidence and ducks his head sadly. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"Spike, [Y/N], what-" Twilight's voice interrupts him. As you down, you see her by the door with her jaws hanging open. "Um...am I interrupting something?"

Spike, confidence regained, pulls you next to him. "Twilight, you deserve to know that [Y/N] and I like each other and want to make a commitment."

You pull away, agitated. "Spike, that is not true!"

He shrugs. "Well, you kissed me."

"I kissed you? B-but-I...ugh!" You snort angrily and walk downstairs, fuming. Twilight steps out of your way as you open the door and slam it behind you.



Discord rubs his mismatched hands together nervously. "Ok, ok, I can do this. You don't want to be a liar, do you? Then make it true." He breathes in and out calmingly. "I can do this."

"Oh, hello there, Discord." Fluttershy walks in the door with a sweet smile. "I just finished planting the petunia seeds that I bought recently. Won't they look just radiant in a few months?" She twirls around and holds her clasped hooves to her cheek happily.

Discord smiles contently, forgetting what he needs to do for a moment. "Yes, you sure will be." He shakes his head rapidly. "I mean, them, not you. Well, you too, I'm sure, but...I..." Embarrassed, the draconequus does mental face paw/claw, conscious of how stupid he sounds.

Fluttershy merely giggles. "Well, I'm sure that we'll all look radiant in a few months, especially when winter comes." Humming to herself, she grabs a feather duster and begins dusting the furniture.

Discord gulps nervously, feeling as though he was going to break out into a cold sweat. "Ok, it's now or never," he whispers to himself. Pushing his fear aside, he casually walks up to where the small pegasus is dusting and gently puts his hands on her delicate shoulders. "Fluttershy, my dear, I need to say something."

Her brilliant blue green eyes look up at him. "Oh, what is it, Discord? Do you need anything?"

The draconequus sighs dreamily. "Oh, Fluttershy, you're still as considerate as ever, but no, it's nothing like that. You see, we've been housing together for some time now, and I need to get something off my chest, so just hear me out, ok?" Before the pegasus can respond, Discord pulls her in close and gives her a soft, gentle kiss. Fluttershy, to Discord's excitement, doesn't try to pull away, but kisses him back. The world around the two seems to slow down. The only thing in the world that matters to both of them is each other.



You kick a pebble irritably, both frustrated and internally confused with the situation that you've somehow managed to get into. You collapse on the narrow dirt road that you've wandered onto, not sure whether you should cry or scream. As confident as you feel when facing villains and new worlds, once under the pressure of Spike's love, you crack.

"How am I going to get out of this?" you ask yourself.

"Oh, [Y/N], are you all right?" You whip your head around to see Fluttershy on the path in front of you. It's that moment that you realize that you're near her cottage.

"I'm fine." You stand up slowly, not looking your happy friend in the eye.

"Oh, that's wonderful! Isn't everything wonderful?" She twirls around, swiftly picking a small pink flower and tucking it behind her ear. "Isn't love wonderful?"

"I wouldn't exactly say that," you grumble.

Fluttershy smiles dreamily, not noticing your grumpiness. "I sure would! Everything is just so perfect!" She pauses. "You know, I think taking in Discord was the best thing that ever happened to me."

You eye her, suddenly curious. "What do you mean?"

For a moment, the yellow pegasus doesn't respond, she merely blushes and looks off somewhere behind you. "Well, you know how Discord and I have sort of...liked each other for a little while now?" You nod. "Just a few minutes ago, Discord finally came out and...well..."

"What? He did what?" Your interest is now aroused, taking your thoughts off Spike for a moment.

She smiles, still blushing. "It was so romantic! He said that he wanted me to hear what he had to say, then he just grabbed me and kissed me. I just can't get over it!" She sighs.

Your ears perk as everything starts to come together. "Those...those were his exact words?"

Fluttershy nods. "Yes, his exact words were, 'Just hear me out, ok?', then we kissed. Why?"

You stiffen. "Ok, I think I need to catch you up..." You take a few minutes to explain to her what happened between you and Spike. As you speak, she just a sits there with a thoughtful look on her face. After you finish speaking, she looks up at you.

"Oh gosh, what a predicament. Now I feel bad for going on about Discord and I..."

"It's fine," you say. "But I think that Discord may have given Spike the idea, and I don't know how to get Spike to stop liking me!"

Fluttershy giggles. "Why do those two only end up creating mischief when they're together?" She looks at you, slightly guilty. "Oh, but I shouldn't be laughing. This is serious. Hmm..." She taps her chin and you lean in apprehensively. "I'm not sure that you can force anypony to stop or start liking you. Perhaps you'll just have to find a way to deal with it until he gets over his crush."

You sigh and plop down glumly. "How do I know that he'll get over his crush? I'm not sure what I would do..."

"He got over Rarity, didn't he?" the pegasus points out.

"I guess...thanks for talking to me, Fluttershy. Hopefully I can deal with Spike more efficiently now."

She smiles innocently. "You're welcome, [Y/N]. Thank you too. I'd better get back to Discord, though. See you later!"

"Go get him, girl!" You smirk as the both of you turn and walk off different directions.



After [Y/N] storms out, Twilight whips her head around to glare at Spike.

"Spike, why would you even try that?! Why would you do that to [Y/N]?"

He crosses his arms. "I don't recall you having any problem when I liked Rarity!"

"That's because you didn't kiss her!" Twilight growls, stomping up to her assistant furiously, but calming down once she sees his face. "Look, it's fine to have a crush on somepony, but you should never try to put them in a difficult or uncomfortable position."

Spike looks up at her with now sad green eyes. "I know, it's just that I really want her to like me back..." He sighs and flops down glumly. "She probably never will, though."

Twilight sits down next to him and puts a tender hoof on his shoulder. "Spike, if you really love her, then you won't try to put her into situations that she isn't comfortable with."

He sighs. "I guess...maybe I should go apologize."

Twilight rubs his head affectionately. "There's my sweet little Spike."



You burst through the door to your tree home to see Spike and Twilight sitting on the floor together. You walk up to the dragon urgently. As you walk to him, he stands up and turns around to look at you seriously.

"I'm sorry!" you both say at the same time.

Spike holds up his hands. "No, don't apologize, you shouldn't be sorry! I'm the one that tried to push you into doing something that you didn't want to do. That was wrong of me."

You smile at him. "Spike, that's true, but I was in the wrong too. Getting angry and storming out never helps a situation. I shouldn't have been so bothered by the fact that you have a crush on me, because I can't decide how you feel. Although I'm glad I took a walk outside before I said something that I could've regretted."

Spike grins, but then his smile fades and he looks down at his feet. "So, does this mean you don't hate me?"

"Of course not, Spike! I could never hate you, no matter how many dumb things you do." You wrap him in a small hug. "But maybe we can just be friends for now, ok?"

He returns the hug happily. "Sounds good to me."

Twilight stands up. "I'm so happy that you two managed to work your problem out in the end, and I know Princess Celestia would love to hear about it."

"I'll get writing!" Spike announces, running up to the writing desk.

"And I'll help!" you add, following him.

"Dear Princess Celestia..." the two of you begin at the same time, then laugh at yourselves.



"I don't know what to do anymore, little sister," Celestia whispers sadly.

Luna frowns, uncertainty filling her mind. "We will find a way to protect Equestria. We've dealt with greater threats before, and now we have allies in the Crystal Kingdom and our two successors are safe in Ponyville."

Celestia furrows her brow. "I would not consider them safe in Ponyville, Luna. She knows of their location and it will only be a matter of time before..." She trails off.

"You cannot afford to think like this, Lesti! If we aren't keeping a good attitude and level head, who will?" Luna yells.

"I know, and I would never let anypony else see me like this," Celestia sighs. Suddenly, a letter appears in front of where she sits on her throne. "Well, I suppose we should see how they're all doing." Luna nods. Celestia levitates the letter up to eye level and unfurls it to read.

Dear Princess Celestia,

This is Spike with an update on my studies on friendship. If you think about it, love really is a lot like friendship. Your friendship with somepony can even turn into love, which happened to me (or so I thought). A little while ago, I sort of started having a crush on [Y/N]. Little did I know, there is a big difference between true love and infatuation. True love is forever, and doesn't just appear for vain reasons. Embarrassingly, I tried to put [Y/N] in a situation that she wasn't comfortable with, which really shows little love or respect for her feelings. However, she was able to forgive me, and I'm very grateful for that. For now, I'm content to stick to just being good friends with [Y/N]. Oh, and this is [Y/N] saying that, while Spike wasn't exactly justified in his actions, I should have been mature and level headed about this. I've learned that sometimes other ponies might have a crush on you, but you can't decide how they can or can't feel. When things like that happen, you just have to be kind to them, even if you don't feel the same way.

Your subjects, Spike and [Y/N]



Well, I hope you liked this chapter (all you girls, anyway). I actually wrote this chapter to address a real problem that my little sister is facing: crushes. Most kids forget that, even when others have a crush on you, it's your responsibility to continue being nice to them nonetheless. But we've already established that. The series finale, however, will be next, followed by a season 2 of this series. For now, this is Bronygirl6729 saying see ya later!