//------------------------------// // Spike's New beginning // Story: Scales and Seeds (Spike's Babs Seed) // by Thunderbird Resurrection //------------------------------// The trio was on the road to the Sweet Apple Acre's apple farm. On the way, Bab's was telling stories of what she experienced in Manehatten since she left Ponyville. "...So this guy named Porky tried to make fun of me for not having a Cutie mark...And what he came next was NOT pretty." The little filly could not hold back her giggle as she recapped the event. "So...What happened?" Showing his interest, Spike rushed by Bab's and smiled. "Yeah Bab's, what happened to that guy?" Applebloom added. "Well...I slowly approached him with the stare I gave those rich brat's you know, and the funny part is he started to back up and he fell right inside an open manhole...Guess he didn't see the sign that said 'open manhole'." The three started to laugh. "Anyways he survived the twelve foot fall but he won't be a bother any more...So what have you been up to cousin?" Applebloom looked toward Spike. "Well, Ah' haven't been up to much, all Ah' did was do the same thing Ah' do every day. But today, Spike felt down so he came with me." "Down?..." Glaring at Spike, she continued with a raised eyebrow "Why so glum?" "Oh..." Spike cleared his throat to speak. "I just...Realized that I was being led on by...A mare I used to have feeling’s for..." He spoke while refusing to have Rarity's name slip passed his lips. To his honesty, he still has not forgiven Rarity and maybe some time away from her boutique would do some good for him. At the boutique, Rarity laid in bed crying while her baby sister knocked on the door. "Sis? Come on! How long are you going to lock yourself from the world!" "UNTIL I DIE!!!!" Her voice made her little sister jump back as it shook up the house. Sweetie Belle regained herself and knocked harder on the door. "Rarity! Get your depressed butt out here! You NEED somepony to talk too!" "GO AWAY!!!" Her voice was even louder. "Can't you tell I just want to be alone!" Sweetie Belle growled and kicked the ground. Looking around she spots something that will get her out. "Well, if you won't come out for me...I bet you will come out when...." Jumps on the counter and leans on her mannipony wearing a dress that she worked hard on this morning. "Just play fire sorceress around your dress that you worked so HARD on..." Rarity did not respond until a few seconds later. "O-Okay...I'm coming out..." The door to her room opened and out stood was a very distraught white unicorn that does not even look like Rarity. Her mane was a mess, she had bags and crow’s feet, and it looked like she has not bathed in weeks. "How long has it been?..." "About twenty minutes, sis..." Her eyebrows lowered in amazement on how her sister can look glamorous to ugly in such a short time. Rarity looked down, approached her full body mirror, and looked at the damage. "I look...I look..." She teared up. "I look like one of those cheap mares on the side of the street!!" She dropped to the floor then began crying again. "I am horrible, horrible, horrible pony! I lost my friend because..." She got angry and stared at the mirror. "Because of YOU!" Sweetie Belle backed up, afraid of the mental stability of her older sibling as her body got enraged. "Um, Rarity?...." Rarity got angrier and began yelling at her reflection. However, what came after shocked Sweetie Belle to the core. "You! It's your fault! You just had to be glamorous! You just had to be attractive! Well bitch! Let's see if you feel glamorous now!!" The white unicorn charged her magic, shot a bolt at the mirror, and shattered it. "Not looking pretty now, huh!" In the years that Sweetie Belle lived there, never has she heard her sister swear. The swirly manned filly gulped and cautiously approached her sister. "Rarity?..." Rarity was steaming, never had she been this angry also, but she soon realized what she did and calmed down. Slowly closing her eyes, the white unicorn turned to her sister. "Sweetie...Please run a nice bath for me?...Please..." The swirly manned filly sighed in relief and went to the bathroom of the boutique while she started a hot bath for her stressed out sister. "Here you are Rarity." The sister approached the bathtub and slowly stuck her body in it, and sighed and relaxed. "Thank you, Sweetie. I needed a bath." Sweetie sat next to her near the bathtub and smiled. "I am glad you're relaxing Rarity." The white mare looked to her sister and frowned. "I am, but...I still need to win Spike's friendship back...I hurt the little darling, and I feel absolutely dreadful...Is it too late to ask for forgiveness?" The filly pondered and smiled. "If you do something spectacular for Spike, I am sure he will take you back as a friend." "I hope you're right. I also hope he doesn't forgive me...I hurt him too greatly, and I do not deserve his kindness and generosity." Rarity saddened more and dipped half of her head under water. Back to Spike and the others, they just made it to their destination, Sweet Apple Acre's. The lonesome farmhouse was surrounded with acres and acres of apple trees. Spike looked up and noticed the morning sun was setting. "Oh jeez! I have to head back to the library, Twilight's gonna kill me!" Ever since Twilight became princess, she was still allowed to stay in Ponyville but she goes back and forth between Canterlot and the small town, but she mostly stayed in Ponyville but when she is not, Spike is left in charge of the library. Applebloom giggled and smiled. "Sure Spike, Me and Babs will head to the farm." "Yeah, what AB said!" Babs smiled and the two waved as Spike headed back to the library. As soon as he got there, it was the dead of night but now he thought Twilight was surly asleep "Where have you been mister!" Twilight yelled angrily at the nervous dragon. "Well!?" "I...I was at...The boutique…" Spike gave a nervous smile to the young Alicorn. He still did not speak of Rarity but he sucked it up and continued to speak. "Y-Yeah...And when I was walking home I bumped into Apple Bloom and we went to pick up her cousin Babs and-" "You went to the train station with just AppleBloom!? Somepony could of dragonnapped you!" Twilight got more worried, she was worried for her adopted little brother and friend. Spike tried his best to reassure the Princess. "Twi, you know I am more cautious about going there...And really Twilight?...Somepony would dragonnapped me in the middle of a busy train station?..." He questioned while raising an eyebrow. Twilight calmed down a little as she said, "Oh...Right. Sorry for overreacting, I just don't know what I would do without you...You're like my little brother." She gave a warm smile. "So...How was Rarity's?...." Spike looked up at his sister. "Rari-who?" He said in an angered voice before going upstairs to his room. "I have no idea what you're talking about, you crazy mare, you!" Spike said jokingly before going into his bed and laying down. Twilight was shocked, not to say enraged, but shocked at what came out of her assistant’s mouth. Did something happen between Rarity and Spike? She had to sweep by her friends place later. However, she first had to get some rest for the train ride to Canterlot tomorrow. She sat on the table, wrote Spike a note, and left it to the side. The lavender mare slowly made her way to her room while it took thirty minutes to write it perfectly like always. When she went to her room she saw Spike sleeping in the filly sized bed she made. She smiled and went to her dear friend as she gently kissed him on the forehead. "Goodnight, Spike. I love you." She then flew into her bed and fell asleep. At the farm, Babs was shown the guest room by Applebloom. "Here ya are, Cousin." The filly with the bow said. Smiling, Babs entered the room and sat in the bed. "Thanks AB." She laid in bed and thought of only one thing, Spike. "Hey Cousin?...What's Spike like?" "Hm?" The southern filly said with a confused look. "O~Oh, well he's a great guy, he is a good friend and pretty nice. Why ask?" Babs tried to think of a reason why she was asking about Spike but Applebloom already caught on. "Babs, do you like Spike?" Taking a double take, the filly yelled out. "W-WHAT!? I-I-I just met him! How can I have feelings for a pony...Or dragon I just met!" Babs protested. Applebloom giggled. "Y'all so gullible Babs. Ah' will talk to you tomorrow." The earth pony twitched. "Gullible? What in the hay do you mean by that!" As the red bowed filly left, she smiled while she said, "Like you don't know…" She then descended down the stairs leaving a very confused and passive aggressive filly behind. "I don't though!...And Ah' don't have feelings for Spike, Okay!" She spoke quickly, laid her head against the pillow, and just looked straight into the ceiling. "Do Ah'?" She then blushed at the thought of her and Spike. Cuddling, hugging, and kissing. Babs shook her head and let out a loud scream. "What’s wrong with me!" On the other side of town, two of the towns biggest bullies were strolling around and making their way back home. The one with the hipster glasses broke the silence. "So, I heard that blank flank Babs is in town." Diamond snorted at the thought of the earth pony. "Like who cares!?" Silverspoon then sighed. "We should, this is our chance to get back at her for the problems she caused with us." The tiara wearing Earthpony then stopped. "We should...We should make her suffer for it but we should plan it tomorrow. I am getting tired and cute fillies like me deserves a rest." "What about me?" Silverspoon said. "You?...Yeah, whatever, sleep away." Diamonds looked at her reflection in a nearby houses window. "Soon, that little runt will pay...Nopony messes with us." With that they continued down the road, laughing.