//------------------------------// // The secret that is not a secret // Story: The mighty and the Sweetie // by ElCapoFimFic //------------------------------// Later that afternoon, Sweetie Belle was in her room thinking about the events of earlier. She simply couldn’t believe that Spike has a crush on her! She always thought he was charming, a hard-worker, and cute in his own unique way but she never thought of him in THAT specific sense. She always thought at him just as a friend and nothing more. ‘’Since when…?’’ That question passed through her head throughout the rest of the night and the morning of the next day. She was so distracted that she barely paid attention to Miss Cherilee’s class or to Diamond Tiara’s and Silver Spoon’s rude and demeaning comments and insults; nothing seemed to matter to her. ‘’Hey, ar’ you ok Sweetie Belle?’’ Applebloom asked to her friend, worried by the way she acted all day. ‘’You don’t seem to be in this world’’ Scootaloo commented, worried as well. Sweetie Belle answered that question with pure sincerity. ‘’I’m not going to lie to you girls, I just can’t shake Spike out of my mind’’ She said in distant sounding voice but she came back to reality when she heard the interesting comments of her friends. ‘’Oooooo, somethin’s cooking between those two!’’ Applebloom taunted. ‘’And it’s going to be very sweet, don’t you think?’’ Scootaloo joined her. Sweetie Belle’s face was covered by a furious blush. ‘’W-what in Equestria are you talking about?’’ She scolded her friends for those irritating jokes. While the girls keep arguing, two young and not very smart colts called Snips and Snails heard all of the conversation and went to the Golden Oak’s Library to tell Spike what they’ve heard. During the trip, they heard that all the colts and fillies of the schoolyard were talking about the same thing; Spike and Sweetie Belle’s new romance, one more reason to tell Spike. Meanwhile in the library, Twilight was reading a book that contained histories of Starswirl the Bearded while Spike was doing his warming-up martial arts routine. Since he trained at the order he was now capable of dust and organize in a time that would rival Pinkie Pie’s baking ability. In his mind he imagined himself in the ORDER’s training fields, doing the routine with his best friends from there, two dragons named Vice and Grey, and performing the moves perfectly. (Here’s a link to a soundtrack on YouTube, click on it and imagine Spike doing his martial arts routine, I recommend to listen from 0:00 to 2:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yT73TVI6Z4) Spike was about to take a shower after the exercise but the sound of the opening door accompanied by two colts running made Spike’s plans to take an interesting turn. ‘’What’s up guys?’’ Spike greeted his friends. ‘’You lucky devil!’’ Snails expressed. ‘’How did you do it?!’’ Snips asked while leaning at Spike in order to make a reverence. ‘’Umm…what are you talking about?’’ Spike was utterly confused by their behavior; it was strange…well more than usual. ‘’How did you manage to court Sweetie Belle?’’ Snips asked calmly this time. ‘’Yeah, it was the school’s top gossip today’’ Snails revealed. Spike’s eyes widened at this. He thought that the little scene of yesterday was going to be forgotten by the end of the night. HE WAS WRONG. He facepalmed before asking the million bit question. ‘’From whom did you heard that?’’ ‘’We was passing by the schoolyard and we heard that Sweetie Belle couldn’t shake you out of her thoughts’’ Snails started. ‘’And all the other colts and fillies in the school were talking about you and Sweetie Belle’s new love! So tell me already. How did you do it will ya?’’ Snips explained, and then pleaded. Spike thought he was doomed. He sighed in frustration. ‘’Guys, I’m really grateful for the info but for right now I’ll rather want to be left alone, please?’’ Spike asked them to go. ‘’Ok man but you better teach us how to court a lady later!’’ ‘’Don’t worry, Master Spike will show you his secrets.’’ He manifested to his friends. ‘’Alright then, see ya!’’ Spike closed the door behind him and sighed again only to face a wide-smiling Twilight Sparkle. ‘’Aren’t you happy that your new relationship with Sweetie Belle was so well accepted?’’ Twilight asked beaming at her assistant. ‘’For 17th time Twilight! I’m not in love with Sweetie Belle! I just wanted to be nice with her!’’ He shouted as he glared at Twilight. ‘’C’mon Spike, that was just too romantic.’’ Twilight insisted on the topic. ‘’But…ah forget it! I’m going to SugarCube Corner, want something?’’ Spike needed a cupcake with extra chocolate frosting to forget about all this. ‘’A cherry milkshake please, and don’t forget to buy something for Sweetie Belle.’’ ‘’OH FOR CELESTIA’S SAKE TWILIGHT SPARKLE!’’ Spike roared before leaving the library. On his way to the enormous gingerbread house shop known as SugarCube Corner; he could feel all the colts and fillies staring at him, commenting and judging him in silence. ‘’Hi there Spiky, if you’re looking for Sweetie Belle she isn’t here but if you want to I can…’’ Pinkie was interrupted by Spike’s claw grabbing her lips. ‘’I’m not in mood for this Pinkie. Could you please just bring me 6 chocolate cupcakes with extra chocolate frosting, a cherry milkshake, and…’’ He was thinking about what Twilight said before leaving the library. Maybe they can fix this little mishap by talking over some pastries. ‘’2 dozen of chocolate-mint cookies.’’ ‘’Okie-dokie-lokie Spiky!’’ Pinkie bounced into the kitchen and started baking the order and started stirring the milkshake. Pinkie came back to the counter with a big bag full of sweets with a cherry milkshake to go, and passed the order over to Spike. ‘’There you go Spiky, there’ll be 20 bits.’’ Pinkie pointed her hoof at Spike in order to receive the money. Spike handed a bag with 25 bits. A fact that Pinkie Pie realized immediately but Spike knew what she was going to say so he spoke first. ‘’ Keep the change Pinkie.’’ After taking his order, Spike went back to the library, handed Twilight her milkshake and continued on to Carrousel Boutique. Rarity was working on a Gala suit for her friend from Canterlot, Fancy Pants, when she heard the door’s bell ringing. ‘’I’m coming!’’ She shouted as she galloped to the door. ‘’Hey Rarity, is Sweetie here?’’ When Spike realized what he said and how he said it, it was too late. ‘’Way to go Spike…’’ he thought. ‘’Aww, isn’t that just cute! I’m glad that my little sister has someone as good and reliable like you as her colt…err…dragonfriend, Spike.’’ The white unicorn expressed. ‘’Umm yeah…so she’s here?’’ ‘’Of course darling, she’s upstairs doing her homework.’’ ‘’Ok then, thanks Rarity.’’ Sweetie Belle was having a hard time with her homework since she doesn’t paid attention to the class, and only to make it worst for her nerve, she received a quite surprising guest. ‘’Hi Sweetie!’’ Spike greeted, he didn’t need to knock since the door was opened. Sweetie Belle started blushing. Spike came to see her and with something that looked like a gift in his claw. ‘’H-hello Spike!’’ She managed to say. There was silence. ‘’So…’’ Spike felt uncomfortable with the silence so he decided to break it. ‘’What are you doing?’’ ‘’My homework, but I really don’t know what to do here!’’ Sweetie complained. ‘’Here, let me help you.’’ Spike offered nicely. ‘’You can help me with this?’’ Sweetie asked in disbelief. ‘’Of course, not everything in the ORDER was physical training. I also studied a lot on everything else.’’ He announced proudly. ‘’Wow, thanks Spike!’’ Sweetie forgot all about her shyness and beamed at him. And with that, the 2 youngsters began to do the homework. Spike taught Sweetie how to solve the Pythagoras Theorem. When they were finished with the homework, they began to chat and laugh while eating the pastries that Spike brought with him. They really were having fun. The two kids were very much alike; finding the same jokes hilarious, loving the same pastries and getting along so well. They really seemed to click. Sweetie asked Spike to playfully feed her with a cookie; a proposition that Spike gladly took. Unfortunately for Spike, destiny was always ready to mock him in his face. When the cookie was reaching Sweetie's muzzle, the two of them heard a gasp coming from the doorway. When they turned around to see who was there, they almost fainted upon seeing that it was Scootaloo who had gasped. Scootaloo was shocked ''What in the name of Celestia's wings are you two doing?!'' Both the unicorn and the dragon had burning blushes covering their faces. ''W-wait, Scoots!'' Spike started. ''W-we can explain this, I swear!'' Sweetie finished. ''Oh, hay yeah you can!'' Scootaloo said. ''Why does destiny hate me so much?!'' Thought the little dragon.