//------------------------------// // At the Fair // Story: Summer of Spike // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// After getting their stuff together, Twilight and Spike were on their way to the Summer fair to meet up with their friends. Upon reaching the entrance they saw the girls and the guys waiting, "Twilight, Spike, over here!" Rainbow called, as the three went over. The two joined the group, as Puck spoke, "We were wondering when you'd show." "Like we'd miss this?" Spike asked, and they chuckled. "Come on, girls!" Pinkie cheered, before she saw the boys giving her an awkward look, "And boys. Let's have some fun!" "Yeah!" they cheered before going in. As they entered the fair grounds they saw many students from school, and some teachers as well, "Oh, this is so awesome!" Rainbow cheered. "Where do yall reckon we should start?" Applejack inquired. "How about some games?" Spike suggested. "Good idea." Featherweight agreed. "Let's go!" Applebloom called, as they ran to the game section. And so some of them were participating in the games. Pinkie was throwing baseballs at glass bottles knocking down many of them, Featherweight, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Puck, and Scootaloo were at the water shooting booth, Fluttershy was by the whack-a-mole, but rather than whacking them, she was only petting them resulting in a zero score. By the High Striker, Rainbow Dash picked up the mallet and spoke to Rainbow Dash, "Hope you're ready to eat my dust!" she slammed it onto the platform causing the ball to go up, but was two spaces away from ringing the bell before coming back down. "Looks like that dust order has been canceled." Applejack gave her a smug look. Rainbow glared, "You can't beat that." "Watch." Applejack said, as she took the mallet and slammed it down. They watched as the ball went up but was one space away from ringing the bell, but managed to make it above Rainbow's mark. "I don't believe it!" Rainbow gasped. "Well ya better." Applejack smirked. "Still, you didn't reach the bell." Rainbow retorted to preserve her pride. "I still got a higher mark than you." Applejack rubbed it in her face, until they heard the bell ring. They spun around seeing the machine's lights were blinking on and off. "Who?!" Rainbow gasped, before she and Applejack saw Spike holding the mallet. "Spike?" Applejack gasped. "I guess I win." he chuckled. "What, how did you beat our marks?!" Rainbow asked in complete shock. "Guess luck was on my side." he answered, making the two face fault. "For as long as we've known you, Spike, luck has never had anything to do with your accomplishments." a voice said. Spike hearing that voice spun around and saw two boys about his age. The first one was a boy wearing sneakers, jeans, a white shirt with a pirate ship flag of a skull and crossbones on it. He had brown hair in a messy style. The second boy had hurricane purple eyes, short black jagged hair with dark red streaks that end in white tips flowing around his hair. His attire included sneakers, jeans, and a red shirt. "Pipsqueak, Koda?" he gasped. "In the flesh." the second boy known as Koda answered. "Guys!" Spike ran to them, and the three high fived, "Oh man, it's been a long time since I saw you guys." "I know, with different high schools, and scheduling things have gotten a bit complicated." Pipsqueak admitted. Koda noticing the two girls behind him asked, "Who're they?" Spike went over, "Guys, these are two of my friends, Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Girls, meet two of my friends from Junior High, Pipsqueak and Koda." "Well nice to meet yall." Applejack shook Koda's hand. "Yeah, nice." Koda blushed a bit. "Is he ok?" Rainbow asked Spike. "Don't mind Koda, he's just shy around the opposite sex." Spike explained. "Not that shy." Koda defended his pride. "Are you kidding?" Pipsqueak asked, "Remember in Eight grade when Twist walked up to you and you got a big boner right in front of her?" Spike burst into laughter at that memory, while Koda looked embarrassed, and the two older girls tried suppressing their own laughter. Koda shouted at Pipsqueak, "Why did you say that in front of older girls?!" "To prove my point." Pip answered. "Hey, what's with the laugh fest over here?" Puck asked, as he and the rest of the group approach. Twilight seeing the two new boys gasped, "Hey, Pipsqueak and Koda!" "Hi, Twilight!" the two greeted her. "Who're they?" Fluttershy asked Twilight. "Two of Spike's old friends from Junior High." she answered. "Old friends?" Featherweight asked. "Yeah, guys meet Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity. And now meet the gang I forged in freshman year. Puck Shot, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Featherweight, and Scootaloo. Guys meet Pipsqueak and Koda." "Nice to meet you two." Sweetie Belle greeted them. "Nice to meet you all as well." Pipsqueak returned the greeting. "We got so much to catch up on, guys!" Spike said. "Why don't we do it over a bite?" Koda suggested. "Sounds great." Twilight agreed. Soon the group was sitting at one of the tables enjoying some carnival food, while getting to know more about Spike's two friends, while they got to know the new group, "So what've you guys been up too since starting high school?" Spike asked the two. Pipsqueak started, "Well I joined the football team, and you won't believe just how much it's improved my physical skill." "You playing football with a body like that?" Puck asked seeing Pipsqueak wasn't so much physically built for football like most players. "Don't let my appearance fool you. I may not look like the strongest guy you'll ever meet, but I'm a hell of a runner and expert at evasive maneuvering." "Awesome." Applebloom gasped. "And what about you, Koda?" Spike asked. "Well I participated in this talent show with my keytar, and I took first place." "Sweet! I knew you'd go far with that instrument." Spike and Koda fist bump. "Yeah, in fact I'm going to be looking at most of the local hang outs to see if they need music entertainment for the summer." "With your skills, you're a shoe in." Pipsqueak said. "So what about you, Spike?" Koda asked. "Yeah, done anything good with you're first year of high school?" Pip asked. "As it so happens, yes," he answered, "I was brought into the hip hop club not long after attending. In fact I won our school's hip hop competition." "Get out, you're serious?" Koda gasped, and he nodded. "Sounds like quite an accomplishment." Pipsqueak said. "I've also been learning parkour in my spare time." "You do parkour?!" the two gasped. "Oh, yeah," Rainbow assured, "And I'm his instructor." "Hey he may be great at that, but on Guardians of Galgavor I am a master of necro magic." Puck boasted. "Guardians of Galgavor?" Koda gasped. "You play it?" Pipsqueak asked. "Sure, all three of us do." Puck answered, while holding Featherweight and Spike close. "Which are you guys?" Koda asked. "Dragon Knight." Spike answered. "Kung-Pow." Featherweight added. "And I'm Necro Mage." Puck finished. "What about you guys?" Spike asked. "I'm Captain Ruthless the pirate." Pipsqueak answered. "And I'm Guitar Ax." Koda finished. "Guys, we have to team up to take down the Goblin King!" Featherweight suggested. "Our five talents combined may just be enough for us to dethrone him." Spike added. "Will you five quit acting like nerds?" Rainbow asked feeling disturbed. "We're not nerds!" they answered in perfect sync, making the girls laugh. "well since we're all here now, why don't we check out more of the fair?" Applejack suggested. "Fine by me." Pipsqueak agreed. "Well then boys, let's party!" Spike called, as they took off. Soon they were all in Bumper cars, with Spike riding in one with Pipsqueak, as they were driving along and bashed into another that was occupied by Featherweight and Sweetie Belle, "Nailed them!" Pipsqueak chuckled. "Oh, this really takes me back to our junior high years." Spike said. "I know. So have you anyone on the go yet?" Pip asked. Spike looked at him, "Actually yes. I have Rarity." "What, you have that piece of beauty?" Pip gasped as he remembered Rarity. "That's right, but can I tell you something else?" "Sure." "I think I have three others vying for my attention." "Who?" "Rainbow Dash and Applejack for one thing. "Wow, three of your sisters friends? That's even better than any luck you've had in junior high." "I know, but the fourth one is a DJ girl named Vinyl Scratch." "Vinyl Scratch?" "Yeah, she's the resident disk jockey of CHS, and also part of the Hip Hop club. Among the club members besides our president she always helped me out with my dancing by providing me with beats that compliment my moves." "You really are top dog among Freshman." Pipsqueak gasped. "If you want to say it like that." he replied. Suddenly they got bumped, as they turned and saw their car was bumped by Scootaloo and Koda, "Gotcha!" Scootaloo called. Spike scowled, "Of course you realize this means war!" they took off to bump them. Later on they were by a row of trick mirrors seeing their reflections in bizarre ways, "Oh good heavens!" Rarity gasped as she saw one of the mirrors made her look pudgy. "Looks like Rarity's gone on a chocolate binge!" Rainbow joked, as she and Applejack laughed. "Harty-har-har." Rarity laughed dryly. "Look, Featherweight's got no neck!" Puck joked, as they saw Featherweight's trick mirror reflection made it look like he didn't have a neck. "Hey, I think mine's broken." Pinkie said, as she was standing in front of one of the mirrors that was showing her reflection that actually was normal. "What, let me see," Spike said as he stood in front of it, seeing his reflection made his legs look tall enough to look like stilts, "Works fine to me." Pinkie went back to look into it seeing her reflection still looked normal, "Oh, well." They were walking up to a walk in haunted house, with Rainbow dragging Fluttershy who's heels were leaving behind trails, "NO, please don't bring me in there!" "Come on, Fluttershy. You know everything in there isn't real." Rainbow said, trying to reason with her. "That still doesn't make them less scary." she trembled. "If you're scared, you can hold onto me for support." Pip offered. "Really? Well, ok." Fluttershy said, as they walked in. Moments later they all came out looking scared for their lives, with Spike clinging to Rarity who was clinging to him. The last two to leave was Fluttershy who actually wasn't scared at all, and Pipsqueak who was clinging to her, "See, nothing to be scared of." Pip said feeling terrified. "I know." Fluttershy giggled. The group then saw a couple of photo booths and ran into them to take some pictures. Each of them ere taking shots with each other and group shots. Spike had a shot with Rarity kissing his cheek, one with Rainbow Dash pulling him into a headlock and giving him a noogie, and Applejack with a hand wrapped around him. Spike also got a group picture shot with his old friends and new friends cramming in to get into the picture together. After their photo shoot, they were on the Ferris wheel, with Spike in one cart with Rarity, Applebloom was with Pipsqueak, and Scootaloo was with Koda. Scootaloo turned to Koda, "So Koda, tell me more about yourself. Like how'd you get into playing a keytar?" "Well this was all because of my dad, or foster dad if you will." "Foster dad?" Scootaloo asked. "Yeah, you see I ran away from home when I was ten." "What?" she gasped. "I used to come from an upper class family, but my parents seemed to have been too busy to see me or even attend any of my functions. Dad was very business and mom was very social. So I ran away and wound up with a better couple to be my parents. Though it was lower class at least they paid attention to me and knew I existed. We eventually moved here when my dad got a job in this location. He bought me a keytar to give me a hobby. I quickly learned how to play it, and before long was a master of it." "Cool." Scootaloo gasped. "Yeah, cool." he admitted as he enjoyed himself. As Spike and Rarity's cart reached the top they looked across the city, "Isn't this this amazing?" Rarity asked. "Sure is." Spike agreed, as he felt Rarity rest her head on his shoulder. He smiled and thought to himself, 'And so the best Summer ever has kicked off. I can't wait to see what else this Summer has in store for me.'