Spike bursts through the door of the castle with a smile on his face, dropping the materials as he enters. "Twilight! Twilight! You won't believe what just happened!"
Twilight walks out of her study and sees Spike beaming. "Welcome back. I see you got the quills and some extra parchment. Good thinking. I realized I was running short on that too." She says as she levitates the material to her study.
"No problem Twi, but there's something I gotta tell you!" Spike says excitedly.
Twilight raises a brow in curiosity. "Oh? What is it Spike?"
Spike smirks. "Guess who got a date with a pretty filly to a dance?"
Twilight is surprised. "You mean the dance at the school tonight?"
"The exact one."
Twilight heard about the dance from some ponies that visited earlier. "Wow Spike! That's great! How did you get one?" Twilight asks curiously.
Spike rubs his neck sheepishly. "Well, I kinda bumped into her after getting the materials. After that she asked me to be her date."
Twilight smiles. "Well I'm happy for you Spike. Who knows? She might even turn out to be your future marefriend."
Spike blushes. "Well first I have to impress her. She was beautiful when I saw her."
Twilight giggled. "It shouldn't be that hard. By the way, who is this lucky mare?"
Spike perks up. "Oh! Yeah, her name is Diamond Tiara."
Twilight puts a hoof to her chin at the familiar name. "Diamond Tiara? Why does that name sound familiar?"
Spike shrugs. "I thought the same thing. But a pretty filly like her I would remember if I ever did meet her."
Twilight merely shrugs. "So, when is the dance?"
"At 8. I gotta find something nice to wear to impress her, but I don't really have anything after the whole Tirek incident..." Spike grew quiet realizing something.
Twilight notices Spike's demeanor drops suddenly and realizes instantly exactly why. There is really only one place where the dragon can get a new outfit made in town so quickly and on short notice.
She walks over to him and pulls him close. "Not ready to see her just yet huh?"
Spike merely shakes his head sadly.
Twilight has an idea and speaks up.
"Hey, why don't you go clean yourself up and I'll go get an outfit for you."
Spike looks up at her. "You'll do that for me?"
Twilight smiles and nuzzles him. "Of course silly. I need a break from my work anyway."
Spike smiles and hugs her gently. "Thanks Twi."
"Anything for my favorite dragon. Now hurry up. The dance is in a few hours."
Spike nods and heads out the room to get ready for the dance. Meanwhile, Twilight focuses before suddenly there is a flash and she is out of the castle.
Twilight appears right in front of the Carousel Boutique, surprising a few passerbys with her presence.
"Hello Princess Twilight!" Carrot Top says as she passes by.
"Hi Carrot Top." Twilight greets sheepishly, still not completely accustomed to being called 'princess'.
At that she strolls inside the boutique, the bell above the door signaling her arrival.
"Hello and welcome to-" Rarity starts until she sees who's at the door. Her eyes grow wide. "Twilight! Hello darling. I wasn't expecting you to come. Is there anything you need?"
"Actually, I just came here for an outfit." Twilight says simply.
Rarity smiles at that. "Oh really? Well come and let's see what we can find for our princess, shall we?" She turns and leads Twilight to another room. "If I may ask, what's the occasion? A royal meeting perhaps?"
Twilight shakes her head. "Oh no, it's not for me. It's for Spike."
Twilight notices Rarity hesitate before speaking. "O-Oh, it's for Spike is it? Well actually I did make a few outfits for him knowing that he doesn't have any after...well, you know."
Twilight nods. "I appreciate it Rarity."
"Think nothing of it darling. So, again, what's the occasion?"
Twilight decides to reveal his plans for the day. "Well Spike got a date for the school dance that is going on tonight and-"
"WHAT?!" Rarity says loudly as she spins around on the spot, surprising Twilight.
"Uh, yeah. Why are you so surprised?" Twilight asks in confusion.
Rarity blushes slightly in embarrassment at her outburst and shakes it off quickly. "Well, he moved on rather quickly..." She mumbles.
Twilight frowns at hearing that. "Well I think that's a good thing. Especially since you're currently in a relationship with one of our best friends and neither of you bothered to tell me." Twilight says with blatant annoyance.
Rarity flinches and her ears flatten on her head. "Sorry darling. It's just that we didn't know how you all would react to such news seeing as we're both...mares and all."
Twilight sighs. "Well, I'll admit that I was very surprised when Spike told me, but after thinking about it, the fact that you two were mares didn't really matter. All that matters is if you two love each other, then that should triumph over all other reasons."
Rarity smiles wide at hearing that. "R-Really? Oh Twilight! You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that!" She says as she rushes over to pull Twilight into a hug. However, she is stopped by a purple hoof.
"But, I'm still very angry with you Rarity." Twilight says with a slightly angry look.
Rarity recoils at that. "W-Why? For not telling you sooner?"
Twilight grows more annoyed at that response. "No. For what you said to Spike."
Rarity frowns. "That we couldn't be together?"
Twilight snaps at her ignorance. "No! That you said a pony and dragon can't be together! Why in the world would you say that?"
Rarity is stunned. "W-Well, it's true. A dragon and a pony shouldn't be together. It's not right."
"Neither is two mares!" Twilight shouts, making Rarity fall on her flank.
"It shouldn't matter if he is a dragon! He loved you more than all the gems in the world Rarity! He would have done anything to be with you! And you say some stupid thing like that when your relationship is considered out of the ordinary too? What were you thinking?!"
Rarity merely sits there, unresponsive. She knows Twilight is right. Even though she loves another, putting down one type of relationship even though she knows hers is different as well is really stupid.
Twilight lifts a hoof to her barrel and takes a deep breath. She releases and immediately calms down. "Sorry, I shouldn't have yelled like that."
"No, no. I deserved every bit of it. You are absolutely right Twilight." Rarity says before getting up slowly and walking to a dress rack nearby. She pulls out a very nice black suit with green cuffs embroidered with emeralds and a red rose in the chest pocket. She levitates it to Twilight.
"This is one of the outfits I was planning to give him. I was going to save it for the next gala, but there is no need anymore." She says sadly as Twilight accepts it in her magic.
"Thank you Rarity." Twilight says genuinely.
"No thanks necessary....and Twilight?"
Twilight looks and is surprised as she sees Rarity's eyes full of tears.
"Please tell Spike I'm so sorry."
Before Twilight can respond, Rarity turns and quickly darts up the stairs towards her room.
Twilight sighs. "Well, that could have gone differently...but it needed to be done." She looks at the suit for a moment.
"Well, first things first. I got to get this to Spike for his dance."
She turns towards the door and places a hoof on it. She pauses as she notices some wilted flowers and candy in a trashcan nearby.
"I hope this turns out better for you Spike..." She says before opening the door and exiting, the bell signaling her departure.