At Spike and Twilight's apartment building, Spike was kicking back in his room on his bed, while reading a comic book. His rooms walls and ceiling were colored blue. He had a red oval shaped carpet on the floor, a desk and chair for homework, a TV and game system, a bed with two regular pillows and a long body pillow, on his wall was a shelf containing comic books, and in the corner was a bird cage stand and cage containing a canary, "I tell ya Pee-Wee, it's only been three days, but I'm actually enjoying my first semester of high school so far," he said before turning a page of his comic, "Granted I still have some problems, but they're standard ones." he thought about Rover, Fido, and Spot and how they'd continue to mock him every chance he crossed their paths.
"Well tomorrow's the freshmen fair," he continued, "I sure hope it's fun. I mean according to Twilight the greatest thing that happened to her when she attended the fair was that she met the girls. Maybe something exciting will happen to me there," he said dramatically, "But you never know." he finished as he finished his comic.
The next morning which was Saturday, Spike woke up and hopped into the bathroom to take a quick shower before changing into his duds. He joined Twilight at the kitchen table and made himself some toast, "Well Spike, today's the freshmen fair. Are you excited?" his sister asked hopefully.
"Sort of, I just wonder what kind of stuff they're going to have there." he admitted as he took a bite out of his toast.
"Well the girls and I will be there to help run the festivities, so you won't have to worry about asking anyone for help or advice." she replied.
"Yeah. Plus I'm meeting Puck Shot there, so it's not like I'll be alone." he added.
"And if you run into Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo." Twilight put in.
Spike nodded as he remembered befriending the little sisters of Applejack and Rarity, and an admirer of Rainbow Dash whom the tomboy girl knew during Junior high. They were a trio of girls that were trying to find their place in the world, by doing random stuff right from left, "Well it doesn't start until three, so I might as well just relax until then." he said as he finished his breakfast and went back to his room.
For the next few hours, Spike watched a little TV, fed Pee-Wee, and went through his Monster Warriors dueling deck. When it was nearing three, he slipped into his sneakers, and put on his hoody. He and Twilight left the place. The two walked in the direction of the school, and upon arriving they saw all the booths and such for the fair were set up surrounding the school, "Well here we are." Twilight said.
"Place sure looks active." Spike admitted.
"That's because Pinkie Pie was put in charge of setting it up." Twilight noted.
"Hey, Spike!" a voice called, and Spike and Twilight saw Puck Shot coming over.
"Hey, Puck!" Spike replied as the two fist bumped.
"Well you two think you'll be fine on your own?" Twilight asked.
"Of course." Spike answered confidently.
"Well ok, I'm gonna go and help the girls. See you later!" Twilight before heading off to help any of her friends.
"So Spike, where should we start?" Puck asked.
"Well let's go walk around and see what catches our eyes." Spike suggested and Puck nodded to that before the two started walking around.
As they walked they first noticed Fluttershy was working a petting zoo with multiple animals brought in from the animal shelter and such, "Hey, Fluttershy." Spike greeted her.
"Oh, Spike, Puck. Good afternoon." she greeted them.
"So you're in charge of the petting zoo?" Puck asked as he and Spike approached the pen.
"That's right," she replied, "Most of these animals come from Canterlot's animal shelter. I'm hoping that by bringing them out here, someone might be willing to come to the animal shelter and adopt one of them."
"Not a bad plan." Spike admitted.
"Well come on, the animals are super nice." she beckoned them to join in.
So Spike and Puck entered the pen and sat down on a seat as Puck picked up a puppy and started petting him, and Spike held a rabbit in his hands, 'I'm sure glad this rabbit isn't Angel, otherwise I'd be in deep trouble.' he thought recalling Fluttershy's pet Angel Bunny who at first glance may act like a sweet and innocent little rabbit, was deep down a mischievous critter always looking to cause trouble for others.
After they enjoyed themselves at the petting zoo, the two boys continued exploring the fair seeing more and more students engaging in events. They then stopped and saw a dunking booth set up, with Rainbow Dash sitting on the board wearing a red bikini. Rainbow seeing them spoke up, "Hey you guys, wanna try and dunk me?"
"You signed up for this, Rainbow?" Spike asked.
"Yeah. I'd like to see who has what it takes to dunk me," she said arrogantly, "I mean so far no one's been able to." hinting at her dryness.
Puck turned to Spike, "Let's give it a shot."
"Ok." Spike nodded as the two got in line and waited their turns. Thew few players that tried before them took their turns but didn't manage to hit the target.
When Puck went up and took his three shots at the target but missed, "Weak!" Rainbow said in a playful mocking tone.
Puck sighed and turned to Spike, "You're up."
Spike nodded as he took the three balls given to him. He threw the first one but missed, "Come on is that the best you can do?" Rainbow mocked Spike who scowled and threw the second ball only to miss again, "My grandma has better aim than that!"
Spike frowned and thought, 'Ok last shot. I have to give it my all!' he threw his final ball as hard as he could and nailed the target resulting in the board Rainbow was sitting on to let her fall into the water with a splash.
"Cold!" Rainbow shivered in the water.
The group in line clapped and cheered at Spike's victory, as Puck jumped around and ruffled his shoulders, "Spike, you did it man!"
"I did, didn't I?" Spike gasped as he watched Rainbow climb out of the water and out of it before drying off.
"Not bad there, Spike. It's about time someone actually managed to dunk me." Rainbow said before she fixed the board and climbed back on top of it for the next challenger.
Spike and Puck walked off as Puck continued congratulating Spike, "Dude that was so awesome. You did what so far no one at the fair was able to do."
"Guess my aim was in the zone at that moment." Spike replied modestly.
"It sure was, come on why don't I buy us a drink and something to eat." Puck offered.
"Oh you don't have to do that, Puck." Spike replied.
"But I insist." Puck said as they approached a booth where Applejack was selling apple based products.
"Well howdy fellas, how're you enjoying the fair?" Applejack asked the two.
"It's great, Spike just managed to dunk Rainbow Dash." Puck explained as Applejack's eyes widened.
"You're serious?" she asked as the boys nodded, "Boy I sure would've wanted to see that."
"You would've laughed." Spike admitted with a chuckle.
"So what can I get for you boys?" Applejack asked.
"Two fizzy apple ciders please." Puck requested as he slipped her some money.
"Coming right up," Applejack pulled out from a cooler two bottles of the beverage, "Here ya go boys."
"Thanks, A.J. Catch you later." Spike said as he and Puck walked off.
Soon both Spike and Puck were sitting at a picnic bench having lunch. As they had their fizzy apple ciders, they were each also eating a sloppy joe pizza, "Pay attention, Spike," Puck began, "One of the greatest things about sloppy joe pizza is you can take a half and make a funnel out of it resulting in more pizza down your mouth." Puck said as he took one half and folded it up into a funnel and put it to his mouth and ate some of the loose cheese.
"I never knew." Spike gasped at such a method.
"Now you try, but be careful you don't get any on your shirt." Puck warned him.
So Spike took the other half and did the same thing that Puck did, "Man this is tasty."
"Yeah, man coming to this place was sure awesome." Puck said as Spike nodded and held his drink up.
"Amen to that my friend." the two clinked their bottles together and guzzled them down.
Suddenly Spike felt his stomach rumble and out from his mouth was a belch, "Whoa. Nice one ,Spike." Puck chuckled.
"Thanks." Spike replied.
"Hey can I ask you something?" Puck asked.
"Shoot."
"Your sisters friends, how do you know them so personally?" Puck wondered.
"Well my sister first met them at last years freshmen fair, and they were tight since then," Spike explained, "Whenever she'd bring them to our place, be it to hang out or study sessions I'd always be there in case Twilight or they needed something like a beverage and all."
"Does she treat you like a servant?" Puck asked.
"No, I'm treated like an assistant." he replied.
"I see. So do you fancy any of them?" Puck smirked.
"What?" Spike asked.
"Are you into any of her friends?" Puck asked.
"Puck I'm not sure I should..."
"Come on I won't tell anybody. I swear." he promised.
Spike was hesitant until he reached a decision, "Ok, but you can't tell anybody. Nobody."
"Well can I tell Featherweight?" Puck asked.
"No one," Spike ordered, "All right nobody I mean it. Do you understand? No one."
"Ok. I promise." Puck promised.
"Thank you." Spike replied.
"Now are ya gonna tell me?"
"Ok out of the five of them I have it in the most for Rarity." he admitted quietly so none of the others passing by heard them.
"The purple haired girl?" Puck asked as Spike nodded in confirmation, "Dude you got excellent tastes."
"Really?"
"Yeah. A girl like that is almost one in a million." Puck admitted.
"I know." Spike agreed.
"So does she know?" Puck inquired.
"Well I've try throwing hints out the window with all the stuff I offered to help her with, but I guess she doesn't see it yet." he explained.
"If she can't see it then just come right out and tell her." Puck suggested.
"Easier said than done." Spike countered.
"I see you're point," Puck admitted, "Well if she doesn't work out, any of the others catch your eye?"
"Well there's also Applejack and Rainbow Dash." he admitted sheepishly.
"Nice." Puck chuckled.
"Ok enough of that, let's continue checking out the fair." Spike suggested as the two got up and continued exploring, until Pinkie bounced over.
"Hey guys!"
"Hey, Pinkie." the two greeted her.
"How're you doing, are you having fun? I sure hope you are, because I made sure this fair was a hundred percent fun zone." Pinkie said as she began speaking quickly like she was hung up on coffee.
"Pinkie, calm down," Twilight said as she walked over to calm her, "Sorry about that, but seriously are you two having fun?"
"The best." Spike admitted.
"That's good. I heard from Rainbow Dash you managed to dunk her, Spike. Congratulations." Twilight congratulated her brother.
"Well she forced it out of me." he admitted.
"You guys should stick around tonight for when the real party begins." Pinkie suggested.
"Cool." Puck admitted while Spike looked interested as well.
Suddenly Spike looked over and gasped seeing a kissing booth was set up, and the one working it was Rarity herself, "Excuse me, I got something to do." he rushed past the girls and headed for the booth getting in line, 'Finally a chance to kiss, Rarity.' he thought in excitement as he reached his turn.
"Spikey?" Rarity asked.
"Hey Rarity, how's it going?" he asked in a suave tone.
"Oh simply wonderful, and I can see this booth caught your attention?"
"Not the booth, you." he corrected her.
"Oh Spikey." she giggled.
"Well I'm ready for you." he smirked.
"Ok then." Rarity said as she leaned in along with Spike and they kissed which lasted only a few seconds, but to Spike it felt like hours.
"Sweet." Spike chuckled happily.
"I'm glad you liked it sweetie." Rarity smiled.
"Catch you later," Spike said as he walked by a garbage receptacle but ended up knocking it over, snapping him out of his love trance. He quickly picked the receptacle back up and sheepishly smiled at Rarity, "I meant to do that." he walked off before he could embarrass himself further.
As nighttime rolled in the booths and such were lit up with lights. Over by a set of turntables, and speakers and a dance floor set up were numerous freshmen and such gathering around. Spike and Puck went over and they all saw a male junior year student approach the speakers. He wore white sneakers, red pants, a white shirt with the image of a boombox on it, and a black cap on backwards, "Welcome freshmen to the freshmen fair party!" he announced, "I am Twistin' Shout and I'm here to see you all enjoy the festivity we got tonight. And now without further adieu I give you the girl with the magic musical rhythm touch. Let's hear it for DJ Pon-3!"
Walking up to the turn table was a sophomore year girl with cobalt blue and cyan mixed colored hair and red eyes. Her outfit included blue high heeled boots with the soles being white, violet stockings that reached further up past her knees, a white skirt with the symbol of a two bridged eighth note and a zipped up short sleeved white jacket, and covering her eyes were purple lensed glasses. Spike recalled from Twilight's yearbook last year that her name was Vinyl Scratch and that she was known as the school's resident disk jockey student.
"Hello Canterlot High freshmen, are you ready for the beats?!" Vinyl called out and they cheered, "Well here we go!" she started scratching some records on the turntable creating a dance mix tune.
Soon all the students started dancing and rocking to the beat, "Come on Spike let's get down with our bad selves." Puck said dragging him onto the floor and they both started rocking out to the beat.
As Spike started letting himself loose to the beat he started dancing like a hip hop practitioner. Puck was surprised that Spike was able to move like that, and soon everyone on the dance area started clearing space for Spike to dance more. Soon Twistin' Shout and Vinyl Scratch saw what was happening, "Hold it! Hold it! Pause the music," Twistn' ordered Vinyl who did so as he approached Spike who stopped dancing, "What was all that, boy?"
"What this?" he asked nervously, "Nothing I was just dancing is all."
"I can see that," Twistin' noted, "That was some impressive work there. Where'd you learn to dance like that?"
"Oh nowhere I just watched a lot of choreography videos." Spike admitted.
"I see. What's you're name?" he asked.
"I'm Spike." he introduced himself.
"Well Spike, can you do some more for us?" Twistin' requested.
"What, you mean here?" Spike asked in surprise.
"Yeah."
"Well I don't know." spike said hesitantly not feeling comfortable doing dance moves for a big crowd.
"Oh come on, I'm sure everyone here would love to see you work it out," he addressed everyone, "How about it, ya wanna see some more?!" he addressed the crowd of freshmen who cheered in response along with Puck.
Spike was in surprise seeing so many of them wanted to see him dance, "Well if you want me to. I guess I can do some moves."
"Yes! Vinyl take it away!" Twistin' called.
"You got it!" Vinyl gave a thumbs up before resuming the music.
And so Spike started performing some basic hip hop dance moves. Everyone really started cheering when Spike started shuffling. As Twilight and her friends were on breaks from their booths they saw the party was rocking more than Pinkie's expectations, "Wonder what's going on?" Applejack wondered.
"Let's check it out." Rainbow suggested as they went over, and to their surprise saw Spike dancing for the freshmen to Vinyl's music.
"Spike?" Twilight gasped to herself.
"Whoa, look at him go." Rainbow gasped.
"I didn't know Spike could dance like that." Fluttershy gasped in surprise.
"Now that's being the life of a party." Pinkie admitted.
"He's remarkable." Rarity gasped in amaze.
"Who woulda thought he'd have skill." Applejack finished.
They continued watching Spike with the freshmen before the boy finished his move striking a pose. The other freshmen cheered and applauded as Twistin' put an arm around Spike and announced, "We got us a dancer here!"
Vinyl walked away from the turntable and playfully punched Spike's shoulder, "I got to admit bud, those were some sick moves."
"You mean it?" he asked.
"Oh yeah." Vinyl nodded.
"Spike!" some voices called as Puck, Twilight, and the girls approached.
"Bro, you were the bomb!" Puck cheered.
"That was awesome!" Rainbow cheered.
"That's usin' yer feet." Applejack added.
"You were amazing, Spike." Fluttershy said with a smile.
"That's how you party!" Pinkie cheered.
"What a fabulous performance." Rarity smiled making the boy blush.
Twilight smiled, Good job, Spike."
"Thanks guys." Spike smiled as Twistin' pulled him close and spoke.
"Listen have you thought about joining any clubs yet?"
"Well I was hoping to check on Monday." Spike admitted.
"Well no other club can have you. I want to personally invite you to join Canterlot High's Hip-Hop club." Twistin' offered him.
"You mean it?" Spike gasped as the girls were shocked to hear the offer.
"You got a talent, Spike. It'd be a shame if that went to waste. So about my offer?" he extended his hand out to the freshman.
Spike turned to Twilight, Puck, and the girls who nodded to him to accept. Spike smiled as he turned back to Twistin', "Count me in." he shook his hand.
"Sweet!" Twistin' cheered.
Suddenly Twilight, her friends, Puck, Twistin', and Vinyl were huddled together with Spike in the middle as Photo Shoot, a sophomore and class photographer took their picture which would be guaranteed yearbook worthy.