The sun was slowly rising, the birds were chirping and singing, Twilight slowly rose from her bed, yawning loudly. Her mane was a mess, walking towards her mirror and brush, levitating it, beginning to brush her messy mane. Spike was up earlier getting breakfast going, realizing that today began the mark of her Wild Vine study, Twilight searched around the house for him.
"Good morning Spike. Have you seen Wild?" She asked, the smell of Spike's food made her drool for a moment, her stomach grumbled.
"Wild... hmm.. did you check out in the balcony? I heard him rummaging around last night when I got up to get a glass of milk." Spike mentioned, Twilight climbing her stairs reaching to the doors leading to Wild's little outdoor bed.
She giggled nudging Wild gently, he groaned for a moment, crawling out of his moss blanket. He yawned, pretty cute in Twilight's eyes as he stood up.
"Hey, good morning Twilight." Wild stretched, "Wow, morning already?"
"Mmhm, slept well I hope, we have plenty to do today." Twilight mentioned, walking back inside with Wild following her. "First, we need to investigate that mane of yours.. but I'll just take a small sample to study as you take this list I prepared for you."
Wild laughed lightly, "Ya know, it's just morning, relax, the whole day is ahead of us."
"I am aware, that's why I have it all planned out for yourself so you won't get too bored or even lost on what Celestia wants you to do."
"I think me getting bored won't be a problem. And a sample of what exactly? I hope this doesn't involve a needle of some kind..." Wild asked, tilting his head as Spike handed him a hay sandwich.
"Just your mane. I really need to look into what makes it so alluring. I can't keep saving you from Rarity's sudden lust for you." Twilight walked up to Wild Vine and carefully used her magic to pluck a single hair from his mane.
Wild recalled, when he was back in Canterlot, the books he read on mares and desires, along many of other things. "I hope it's just lust, and not what's-it-called.. heat... and what are you going to do with my hair and..... that doohickey?"
He noticed that Twilight was already undergoing her little expierments on his hair sample, currently looking at it through a microscope. He rubbed the back of his mane, Spike shrugged, climbing onto his back while holding a scroll.
"We better leave her alone.. once she's like this, it's hard to get her out of it." Spike suggested, "Let's just start on her list, shall we?"
"Sounds like a good idea, I need to stretch my hooves a bit." Wild smirked, walking out the front door, Twilight was too busy intensely studying the sample to notice them leaving.
The sun was shining brightly, the clouds were being cleared by some of the early working pegasi. Spike opened the scroll, skimming through the contents, letting Wild Vine walk towards town square, saying hello to a few ponies passing by. They seemed very accepting of Wild, much more so than the Canterlot ponies, a few mares giggled as he walked by. Wild hoped Twilight can tell him whether what was in his mane contagious and airborn or not.
"Alright, first on Twilight's list... make the Entertain Wild Vine List... uh check." Spike sighed.
"She's really... specific with her planning." Wild laughed.
"Ok, here we go, Visit the school today and introduce yourself to the kids and miss Cheerilee." Spike pointed Wild in the right direction, the school wasn't too far from the square.
A short walk as it was, Wild took his time, running into Big Mac, saying a quick hello. He was busy pulling a wagon of apples into town to sell, Wild didn't want to keep him as they parted ways. The school bell rang, the colts and fillies ran inside quickly. Cheerilee was standing outside to make sure everyone came back inside. She noticed Spike and Wild Vine approaching the school, she smiled and introduced herself.
"Oh hello Spike, how are you?" She greeted them,
"Just fine, showing my good friend here Wild Vine around, Twilight asked us to make a stop here to introduce him." He explained.
"Ah, hello Wild Vine, haven't seen you after the big party. Nice to see you're doing well. Why don't you come inside? I'm sure Apple Bloom and her friends would love to see you." Cheerilee opened the door, walking inside with Spike and Wild folowing right behind her.
The colts and fillies were speaking amongst themselves, Apple Bloom noticed Wild immedately, alerting her friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell. They ran up to Wild and snuggled his forelegs.
"Wild! How are you? We missed you." Apple Bloom said with a sniffle, she really did miss him.
"Please, let's not make this sappy... where ya been Wild?" Scootaloo asked.
"I was in Canterlot..." Wild began to explain until a little filly interupted, in a smug attitude that he knew all to well from his visit to Canterlot.
"Ha, who's this? That odd looking pony you three found in that forest? His mane is so unkept it's almost sad." She said in a smug tone.
"Diamond Tiara, mind your manners." Cheerilee warned her.
"Don't you pay attention to that there snake in the grass. Shes always making fun of someone." Apple Bloom shot a glare in Tiara's direction.
"Yeah, she's just jealous we actually found a legend!" Sweetie Belle boasted.
'Oohs' and 'ahhs' were heard from the small class, mixing together. Wild blushed in embarassment, he didn't think he was a big deal, just an earth pony with magic vines. Diamond Tiara scoffed, pretending to be unimpressed as she saw that everypony was far more interested in Wild, gathering around him and not her.
"Wild Vine, do you think you can stay and tell us a story? " Apple Bloom asked, the others liking her idea.
"I'm sorry, as much as we like to stay we gotta keep up with Twilights schedule. We don't want a repeat of what happened last time..." Spike shuttered at the thought.
"It's ok, we can arrange something some other time." Cheerilee said, "For now, everypony, it's time for class, say farewell to Wild Vine."
Wild bid farewell to the colts and fillies, Apple Bloom gave him one big hug before him leaving the school. He trotted down the path back to town, Spike now walking beside him.
"Visit school check... alright lets see here up next..." He scrolled down the list, "Help Rarity..."
"Wait what? She wants me to help the one mare in Ponyville who has the hots for me? Alone? Where she can do all sorts of things to me?" Wild questioned.
"Hots for you, huh?" Spike groaned, "anyway, we are suppose to help her gather gemstones for her supplies, speaking of which I can go for some rubies.. or maybe a sapphire."
"I'm still not so sure about... this idea. But um, ok.. I'm not responsible for what will happen.." Wild laughed, a bit hesitantly.
Rarity meanwhile, was hard at work. Designing a few new dresses for an important client, nearing completion she took a small break, having some nice tea to calm her nerves. Her thoughts wandered away from her current project, as Wild Vine was now invading her thoughts, making her sigh in a dreamy kind of way.
"Such a busy day, all this is just keeping me from.. him.." She sighed, sipping more of her tea, mixing up a new brew using her magic, "If it weren't for the others, I would've had him in my grasp. As Celestia as my witness I will have that stallion mount me! Mount me Wild Vine!"
Spike and Wild overheard her demanding yell, even with the door closed they heard her cry. Spike looked at Wild who looked back at him.
"Mount? What is she talk about?" He asked, Wild gulped trying to avoid the answer to his question.
"Oh um.. well then, she seems stressed out over... something.." Wild laughed nervously.
"Don't avoid the question, what does she mean mount? Is she trying to get a saddle on or something?"
"When your older, Spike.. when your older you'll learn all about it. For now we shouldn't bother her." Wild suggested.
"Nonsense! We came here to get me some gemstones! I mean.. get Rarity some gemstones.. ehehe.. Look, if you help her out, I'm sure she'll be very grateful!"
"You don't know even half of it..." Wild mumbled. He sighed and knocked on the door, waiting for Rarity to realize who it was or bother to come answer the door.
"Oh dear.. I'm coming!" Rarity quickly took one more sip of tea before adjusting her mane, and trotted off to the door. She swing it open with her magic of course, "Welcome.... to..."
"Hey Rarity!" Spike jumped infront of her view. "Twilight sent us to help you gather gemstones."
"Has she now? My my... and she sent the best of the litter to help me." Rarity stared meaningful at Wild Vine.
"Aw, I'm just any old dragon willing to help." Spike blushed taking the compliment that was really meant for Wild.
"So.. um, hi Rarity? How are you this fine day?" Wild asked.
"Oh, I'm doing fantastic.. as if all my troubles just melted away as soon as you came." She giggled, "So, come to help little ol' me?"
"Y-yeah, ehehe." Wild laughed, "As if by choice.." He thought to himself as she kept her eyes locked on him.
"Hm... well, as much as I would love to go with you Wild Vine, please forgive me. I'm actually far to busy to keep this commission given to me up to date. Please, won't you be a dear and go out with Spike here to the gorge for some of these." Rarity levitated a small list of gems specifically for her commission. Despite her hungry lust for him, keeping her client happy was just a bit more important, by 1% anyway.
Spike opened the scroll, "Sapphires, fire rubies, diamonds.. emeralds, pearls... wow this is a big shopping list. But nothing I can't handle, Rarity." Spike said proudly.
Wild chuckled, letting Spike at least take the credit for this little assignment. At least she wasn't drooling over him at the moment. "Alright, I can sense the gemstones pretty good, infact we might not even go to gorge." Wild scooped up Spike onto his back.
"Thank you Wild, you're so kind." Rarity rubbed his cheek, almost like she would a small colt. "Come back soon.. and maybe we can... have a moment together, mmh?"
"Scratch that.. she's still obsessed with me. That didn't last long." Wild thought, "No problem Rarity we'll be back soon."
Rarity blew them a kiss which Spike took as a sign of affection for him mostly. Wild rolled his eyes, laughing at the way he was acting. They trotted off towards the Everfree Forest, passing Fluttershy's cottage. Spike and Wild noticed she was busy helping a big bear with a hive stuck on his head. Spike laughed, Wild shook his head knowing Fluttershy had this under control so they kept walking towards the forest.
"I thought we were going to the gorge?" Spike asked, looking around.
"We don't have to... watch this." Wild Vine bucked him off his back, Spike landing on his feet. Wild stood on his hind legs, his forelegs up in the air as he stomped the ground, a loud vibration shook from the impact, enough for Spike to wobble around.
When the tremors had stopped, the sound of something being fired was heard. Wild pulled Spike back a few feet as it began to rain gemstones. Spikes jaw dropped at the sight of so many gemstones, which were being caught in a leaf basket Wild had created using his vines.
"How... what.... who..." At a lost for words, Spike looked up at Wild.
"I told you, I'm one with this earth, I can tell where they are just by walking around. How I did that, if your wondering, well think of a volcano, and instead of spewing forth harmful magma, I just used small holes in the ground as cannons to shoot them here." Wild explained.
Spike was tearing up, "You... are... amazing!" He held the biggest sapphire he'd ever seen and started to nibble away at it.
"Aren't you a happy dragon. Looks like we have all the gems on Rarity's list, hopefully she won't be too.. reward giving." Wild gathered the vine basket placing it on his back, Spike dove inside the basket and sighed contently.
"Wild Vine, I think you and I are going to be the best of friends.." Spike examined another gemstone, his eyes sparkle in delight and happiness.
"Easy there Spike, remember, these are for Rarity's commission.. whatever that means." Wild trotted off back to Rarity's shop, keepin an eye on Spike and his hunger for gems.
Meanwhile Rarity was just nearing completion of her commissioned dresses. All she needed was the gemstones, waiting in her foyer, drinking more of her relaxing tea. Once again her mind was filled with fantasy, most, if not all, were naughty, relating to a certain green stallion. Her cat was nearby, rolling her eyes, scratching up a piece of fabric. Normally she would be scolded by her owner for doing such a thing but Rarity was far to distracted.
"Spike, will you relax on those rubies, your going to get one heck of a stomach ache." Wild was heard talking to Spike who just engulfed about several rubies at once.
"But.. just 12 more?" Spike asked, eating more rubies.
"Ugh, you already forgot why we got these, didn't you... good thing I had gotten plenty of rubies at least..."
Wild knocked on the door, and almost as soon as he knocked the door swung open, Rarity smiled happy to see him. Spike waved hello, then swallowed the wad inside his mouth in one gulp then going for more.
"Spike! Don't you eat all those gems now, sweetie. You'll get a stomach ache." Rarity demanded, levitating the basket off of Wild's back, Spike jumped off , landing on Wild's back, he was a little more heavier than before.
"Urrgh.. too much..." He burped and passed out on Wild's back.
"Yeesh.." Wild sighed, "Anyway, you're welcome Rarity, if there's anything else I can..." He paused on his last words, seeing that Rarity was awfully close, her eyes once again locked with his, waiting for him to finish what he wanted to say. "Um... ehehe... Rarity.. personal space?"
"Hmm? Playing shy, aren't we?" She giggled, "Please do come inside for some tea, perhaps some relaxing time?"
"I, um.. would love to... but me and Spike here have a lot to do.. right Spike?" Wild turned, Spike was passed out and the only response was a burp. "Thanks kid..."
"Nonsense, please do come in, at least for a nice cup of tea my dear." Rarity insisted, pushing him into her shop. With Twilight and the others busy, not to mention Spike being asleep, nothing was stopping her from achieving her little goal of getting Wild all to herself.
Wild remained calm, trotting over to a table letting the gems spill from his basket onto it, along with Spike who remained asleep right ontop of the pile. Wild chuckled a bit as Rarity waited for him at the table near the window leading to the balcony. He trotted on over, hesitant at first, knowing very well being alone with her was far more dangerous than any dragon he faced back home.
"Rarity.. mind if I ask you something?" Wild's eyes wondered around her shop, looking around at the decor and mess of her place.
"Hm? What is it darling? Is it something.. personal?" She giggled, sipping a empty tea cup, she hadn't bother to notice that it wasn't full.
"Tell me, are you.. um.." Wild tried to keep the conversation away from anything to personal, judging by that giggle he thought of a different question, "What I mean to ask is, I'm curious about what you do exactly."
"What I do? Oh dear, I make dresses, fashion for high class ponies. I thought that was clear back in Canterlot.." Rarity answered, this time pouring tea in her cup and Wild's.
"I understand that, but why the gemstones? And such an abundance of them too."
"Oh Wild, you sure are naive, I like that." Rarity giggled, "Some of the ponies I get commissioned by are from Canterlot, having expensive tastes requires such gemstones to please their eyes."
"Commissioned? Is that some... kind of soup?" Wild tilted his head, he wasn't to into the business lingo.
Rarity smiled and leaned against the table, getting closer, "It's when someone hires someone else to do something important, for a modest fee of course."
"Eheh.. and what are the limits to that... exactly..?" Wild began to get nervous, taking a shaking sip from the tea cup.
"Oh, depends on the person.." Rarity brushed her mane out of her eyes, "You're so nervous, you shouldn't be. I don't bite... hard."
Before Wild knew what he got himself into, Rarity was on top of the table laying there, gazing into his eyes. Wild began to sweat lightly, Rarity closing in for the kill....
"Look out below!" A cry was heard coming from what seemed the ceiling.
In an instant, Rainbow Dash crashed right ontop of Wild Vine, thankfully her face wasn't any where near his mane to get a wiff of it. As the debris and dust settled, she sat up, sitting on Wild who was flat on his stomach, groaning in some pain.
"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity huffed, turning a bright red, feeling awfully embarassased, not to mention angry.
"Aww.. man... I thought 29 loops were going to be a breeze... guess not." Rainbow Dash rubbed her head, but then was lifted right off of Wild and was flung into a bed of cloths nearby.
"Wild, are you alive, my love!" Rarity, being her dramatic self, cried.
"Hey, watch it with the magic, will ya?!" Rainbow flew out of cloth pile noticing what she did to Wild, "Oops...um, you ok there buddy?"
"Eeeeyup.. just had a pegasus fall from the sky right on top of me.. typical day..." Wild groaned getting onto his feet.
"Oh, uh, sorry about that Wild.." Rainbow Dash chuckled, she couldn't help herself sometimes to laugh.
"How could you do such a horrible thing to my Wild!" Rarity yelled at her, completely ignoring the massive gaping hole in her cieling.
"Hey, it's not my fault. Your house just so happen to be in my looping zone." Rainbow Dash defended.
"Look, I'm fine, I'll just take Spike and go on our merry way thank you." Wild said, not sounding angry, oddly enough, for someone who just got tackled out of no where. Wild scooped up Spike with his vines, trotting out the door with the list in his mouth.
Rarity's heart sank and blood began to boil, giving Rainbow Dash a glare that sent chills down her spine. With a forced smile on her face, Rainbow Dash quickly flew out of Rarity's home, leaving her to calm down and repair her house, sighing in defeat and failure to get Wild to mount her. Soon he'd be hers, soon....
The sun was still shinning pretty brightly, Wild Vine trotted back to the town square with Spike surprisingly still asleep after all that chaos back at Rarity's place. He sat down, letting Spike roll off his back onto the ground, still passed out, looking over bar the bakery shop, Sugar Cube Corner. He noticed Pinkie Pie was jumping out of the shops front door, hopping happly. Wild took a quick look at the list Twilight had given Spike, remembering that she was awfully busy, he assumed, on finding out about his mane.
"Hey Wildy!" Pinkie greeted in her usual cheerful tone.
"Heya Pinkie," Wild smiled, "How goes it?"
"Oh, just full of sunshine and oats this fine afternoon. I was supposed to go help Twilight with something... at sometime today but I'm bad with scheduling." Pinkie smiled, noticing Spike passed out beside them.
"Don't mind him.. he's had quite the day of endulging himself." Wild stood up, "and, ironically, it says here on this list 'Go to Sugar Cube Corner to help with the baking.' Not sure what there it to.. bake."
"Oh, you must be kidding! There's, like, a bazillion things we can do! Come to think of it, I think that was the reason Twilight wanted me to come over in the first place." Pinkie tried to remember but she soon changed the subject, "Ah well, out of my mind now, lets get baking!"
Grabbing him by his hoof, Pinkie dashed right back into the bakery, leaving Spike to sleep alone out near the town square, dragging Wild with her. The smell of sweets and cakes seem to fill Wild's nostrils when he was inside the bakery. Mr.and Mrs Cake, the owners, were busy with customers at the time, Pound and Pumpkin cake, their children were playing around the store too. Pinkie hopped over to the little colt and filly, picking them up onto her back as she trotted over back to Wild.
"Wildy, meet these bundles of joy, Pumpkin and Pound Cake. They are a handful so don't let them fool you with their cute ways.." Pinkie remembered the first time watching these little ones, and all she went through.
Wild leaned in, as the little ones giggled and laughed. They seem quite taken with him, rather more quickly than when Pinkie first met them. After awhile of playing with them, Pinkie took the little ones to their room and returned to Wild downstairs. He was relaxing near stakes of cake near the window, he was given a snack by Mrs.Cake, while he waited for Pinkie.
"Sorry about that. Now then, lets get baking!" Pinkie announced happly.
Wild followed Pinkie back into the kitchen area of the bakery. While Wild looked around, a curious pony as he was, Pinkie found her cook book, skimming through the pages for a easy cupcake recipe.
"How about we make.. pumpkin flavored cupcakes with strawberry icing!" Pinkie giggled.
"Sounds pretty good, so, um, how do we... make such a thing?" Wild asked, tilting his head.
"Ok, lets see here... first get several bowls..." Pinkie started to list, helping Wild gather the items she spoke of, Wild held the book with his vines to help her read while she gathered the ingredients.
Once everything was set out for Wild to examine, Pinkie took the book back and decided to let Wild handle the ingredients and mixing, to see how he'd do for his first time.
"Okie dokie, now that we went over what everything is, just follow what I tell you." Pinkie gave him a pat on his back for good luck, hopping back over to the book. "Ok, first add flower and water to the bowl... stir accordingly for about 5 minutes... add baking powder..."
She continued to list off the steps one by one, Wild trying his best to keep up with her rambling instructions to the letter or at least to his ability. His extra vines however made things alot easier for him, being able to multitask was his speciality, following her orders and managing to do so was pretty impressive.
"And finally bake in the oven at 350 degrees." Pinkie finally finished, closing the book. She turned to see Wild covered in flower and mix, placing the cupcake batter into the oven which he first had to figure out what a oven was. Pinkie laughed and quickly gave him the rundown of the oven, he nodded and placed the tray into the heated behemoth.
"So how long do we wait?" Wild asked sitting infront of the oven, staring meaningfully at it.
"Oh a few more minutes, maybe you should go ahead and just wash up Wildy" Pinkie gave him a towel, nuzzling her face into his mane which completely caught Wild off guard.
"Aw geez... I hope she isn't going to be like Rarity, she's way too close!" He thought in his head. Though he was set at ease when she patted his head shortly after nuzzling in it.
"Soft like a big old puff ball, aren't you?" She giggled and hopped over to the oven letting Wild finish washing up.
Shortly afterwards, 15 minutes or so, the oven rang, making a dinging sound as the smell of Wild's attempt of cooking cupcakes filled the bakery. It was a strong smell as Pinkie added the strawberry icing first, letting Wild see how it was done before letting him try on his own.
"Mmmmm, these smell amazing! We should share them with the whole town! Thanks Wildy for helping me cook some cupcakes." She smiled taking the tray out to the front counter.
Wild joined her and Mrs.Cake, who was running register at the time, noticing several ponies had already been taken with Wild's first attempt at cooking. Nearly selling all the cupcakes, Wild bid farewell to Sugar Cube Corner, as he trotted back to Spike, who finally was starting to wake up after his little ruby endulgement earlier that day. He didn't look back then in the shop to notice how Pinkie continuously waved to him, eyes half closed and breath increased. Once the door was shut, she made sure no one noticed what she was doing and gone back into the kitchen.
"Nnmmh... what happened? What I miss?" He rubbed his eyes, yawning as he stood up.
"Yeesh, you're one heavy sleeper, aren't you?" Wild laughed, "Nothing really happened.... nothing too major..at least."
"Well, if you say so.. wait, why do you smell like pumpkin cupcakes?" He asked, folding his arms giving him a glare of seriousness.
"Oh, I made cupcakes today, it was on the list. Ya know, the list that you fell asleep with.." Wild gave him the same glare.
"And you left me...here out on the street?"
"It wasn't like I had a choice... I was scooped up out of the blue.. but hey, no worries, I'll bake you sometime. I promise. Now lets get going, eh?" Wild smiled, Spike chuckled feeling a little bit better.
Spike jumped right onto his back, luckily he had digest all those rubies from before, making him lighter to carry. Taking the list back from Wild, Spike read the next object written on it.
"Head over to Fluttershy's house and help her with whatever she needs help with." Spike read, "Huh.. kinda blunt, don't you think?"
"Fluttershy.. wasn't that the yellow pony that hardly spoke?" Wild tried to remember.
"That's the mare in a nutshell.. she's right near the Everfree Forest." Spike said, which made Wild much happier. It almost felt like years since he was actually near the forest again, when really it was only a day or so.
Wild Vine galloped towards the path to Fluttershy's cottage, unaware that he was being followed by Rarity, who noticed him gallop by. She had a smirk on her face, fixing up her mane as she stalked him pratically all the way to Fluttershy's house. The smell of the forest seem to excite Wild, as he almost galloped right passed Fluttershy's cottage. If it weren't for Spike he would've ran right into the forest.
Feeling a bit embarassed, he trotted back, this time walking towards Fluttershy's front door and knocking. It was quiet for awhile, the sounds of the birds chirping in the nearby tree, the same tree Rarity was using as her little peeping-pony spot to get a nice view of Wild.
"H-hello Wild, hello Spike." Fluttershy greeted them, "What can I do for you?"
"Oh just stopping by, we wanted to know if you have anything you need help with?" Wild wagged his tail, he seemed more happier here.
"Oh..my..well...I'm taking care of a few animals.. perhaps you can help me feed them? I-I mean, if you'd want to.."
Rarity groaned, being in the tree was uncomfortable. However, comparing that to what she was seeing, Fluttershy trying to flirt with her Wildy seemed even more discomforting.
Wild followed Fluttershy's example, feeding her woodland friends, singing a lovely tune. Even though he couldn't sing as good as she was, Wild had a scent the animals seem to find relaxing and trusting, as most of them were more than eager to eat whatever foods Wild was giving out. Spike smiled, eating an apple since he was hungry again, unsurprisingly.
Rarity eventually had enough, thinking of something, a way of getting his definate attention as she giggled, a bit devilishly, dashing from the tree heading back home in a flash.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy seemed to getting more drawn to Wild, who was busy with tending to the animals, not paying attention to a curious pegasus who was hovering right behind him, the smell of his mane seemed to entrance her. Spike, however, noticed and nudged Wild Vine.
Wild turned to see Fluttershy's face buried in his mane, his eyes shrank as he blushed, feeling a mix of emotions, mostly embarassesed and concerned.
"U-um..Fluttershy what..are you doing?" Wild asked in a nervous shakey tone.
"Hmm? O..oh, I thought there was a bird..trapped in your... mane?" Fluttershy giggled, obviously lying.
"Well I can surely say, that there's no bird in my mane, please..it's embarassing..." Wild blushed.
Fluttershy nodded, releasing him from her embrace. She seemed normal, as she turned back to her animal friends, tending to their needs. Wild, however, kept a close eye on her for any sudden change in her behavior. So far things were fine, and Wild sighed in relief to see she hadn't been effected by his mane, or at least he hoped.
Soon after they had feed the little creatures, Wild and Fluttershy decided to walk back inside, to tend to another matter, Spike following close behind. Though as they rounded the corner, they stopped dead in their tracks, Spike bumping into Wild's side.
"Whoa, whats going....." Spike looked ahead, his jaw dropping in a cartoony manner.
Rarity had returned after a shortwhile, this time wearing a fishnet-like stalkings on her hind- and forelegs, a corset with lace and ribbons in her mane and tail. Ruby red lipstick on her lips, her tongue lightly licking them as well. Wild seemed a bit confused on the whole appearance, granted he did like it for some reason. He noticed Spikes mouth was still open making him chuckle.
"Spike, you should really close that mouth of yours, you'll attract flies." He joked, though Spike was so entranced he completely ignored him.
Fluttershy however seemed flustered, a big red blush on her face and what looked like a sour look as well. Rarity giggled, attracting Wild's attention from Fluttershy and focusing it on herself. She walked towards them, holding Wild with her strut and giggle.
"There you are, Wildy, I was wondering where you ran off to, you sexy thing you." Rarity rubbed up against him, making him blush.
"R-rarity, what in Celestia's..." Fluttershy tried to demand an answer.
"What? Can't I put on something casual to say hello?" She giggled.
"I don't know whats worse, her lying or that Spike's face is frozen like that..." Wild thought in his head, nudging the poor stunned dragon.
"Y..you don't really dress in such a... oooh, what's the word I'm looking for..." Fluttershy was never good at insults nor really snappy conversations.
Rarity laughed, "Oh Fluttershy, darling, please do go and tend to your little woodland creatures. Wild Vine and I..."
"H-hold on just a second! Wild Vine is helping me, you had your chance!" Fluttershy's face became red with envy as Rarity huffed.
"Puh-lease, what can you possibly offer that I can't simply do better?" Rarity boasted.
The two argued for what seemed forever, Wild managed to drag Spike away from the two, long enough for them to escape while those two bickered. Far enough away from the cottage, Wild panted after dragging the frozen Spike, he was still confused on what Rarity was trying to get across with her clothing, that and the sudden behavior on Fluttershy's part.
"Spike...Spike...Spike!" Wild yelled snapping the dragon out of his trance.
"Huh wha?" Spike mumbled.
"Maybe we should go back to see Twilight's progress... I'm beginning to worry about myself.." Wild sounded concerned.
"Maybe you're right, you go ahead back to the house... I'll be going back to check out Rarity!" Spike smiled, turning to run. Just before he could, Wild's vine grabbed him, jerking him back.
"You should just follow me back.. this is serious, Spike." Wild demanded.
Spike sighed and nodded. Hopping onto his back, the two rushed back home, surely Twilight might have an answer to all this madness. Wild didn't want to continue the list he was given until he had some questions answered. Though unaware to him, Rarity was following, she managed to escape Fluttershy, and kept her eye on the green stallion.
"Dont worry, Wildy... momma's going to make sure no one's going to take you from meeee~" Rarity said, in almost a sing-songy kind of tone.