//------------------------------// // A Light Proposal. // Story: Gummy's Secret Life // by WinterTwister //------------------------------// The mansion exploded along with everything in a 50 foot radius of the mansion. It set fire to the forest that was nearby it and partially erasing the road in front of it. It didn't take long for the dust to settle to show a barren wasteland and the pitch black earth that the explosion left. The only thing that remained was a small blue bubble levitating above the heart of the earth that was the darkest. The bubble slowly started to grow, it grew into the size of Dawn Cruise and then it burst and the agents fell downward on the pitch black soot, unharmed. AppleBloom was terrified and shaking as if she were having a seizure. "W-w-w-what just happened..." Dr.Hooves was frantic. "Somepony! hand me a sheet of parchment! now!" He ran off to the burning trees and grabbed a fallen branch and extinguished the fire at the tip of it. He started writing in the soot weird equations that they couldn't read. Gummy liked reading but could not read anything the doctor was writing... he thought he saw a 4 for a moment. AppleBloom was still shaking wide-eyed looking down at the giant mark of the explosion. "No physical paradox known... I have to calculate.... relativity...interaction of matter and energy.." Dr.Hooves was still lost in a frenzied state writing in the soot, he stopped for a moment and trotted up to AppleBloom. "How long were we in that bubble?!" AppleBloom couldn't answer him. 'was I supposed to have died right there?' She looked over at Gummy who was eying Dr.Hooves in anticipation. Dr.Hooves shook AppleBloom to try and force her out of her silence. "How long were we in the bubble?!" AppleBloom finally came back to earth. "Oh.. uh.. ah don't know about.. twenty seconds?" Dr.Hooves became wide-eyed. "Great Scott..." He trotted back to his patch of soot and continued his equation. AppleBloom slowly walked up to Gummy. Gummy sensed his friend was troubled so he didn't snap at her. AppleBloom lifted up Gummy and hugged him; thankful to be alive. Dr.Hooves stopped writing and gave out a long sigh before relaxing and allowing himself to fall on the ground. "Okay, nothing to worry about..." After a few seconds of welcoming oxygen back into his circulatory system he walked over to AppleBloom and hugged her as well while stroking her mane.. "It's alright dear, I know how you feel." AppleBloom had started to calm down. "Thank you Doctor." "Yes we are all happy to be alive but as you can hear from a distance ponies from Ponyville are coming to see the area and we have to get away or risk being blamed for it." "Alright, lets get back to Dawn Cruise then." They trotted off with Gummy on AppleBloom's back and Dr.Hooves checking behind them to see if they are being followed and also staring at the scrambling ponies that were putting out the fires. "Agents I see you are all well, what was that explosion?" Dawn Cruise powered up and rolled up next to them as they reached the road. "It was a trap, but thanks to Dr.Hooves we survived, by the way doctor how did you do that?" AppleBloom was curious to know how. Dr.Hooves looked down. "I don't know, that's a new property to the time warp I haven't discovered yet. I never wanted to do that... the time warp was too risky so I didn't intentionally do it.." Dr.Hooves looked back up at AppleBloom and Dawn Cruise. "I guess the time warp reacted to my feelings, in the last few seconds before the bomb went off I thought about...about my wife... her name is Ditzy and I love her so much I guess I subconsciously activated the time warp in a way I never knew possible. Luckily no consequence was obtained upon using the time warp in that manor. "I see... well all that matters is that you agents are safe, allow me to contact the commander for the status report." A few buttons flashed on Dawn's dashboard and then a screen popped out with Eye Patch with a depressed look. "Agents." "Sir!" All the agents said in union. "We witnessed the explosion even from our distance, we are glad that you are still well. Even though our time is short im ordering you to rest up tomorrow, we cant have our agents traumatized...who is that in the back seat?" AppleBloom almost jumped at the question. "Oh.. uh.. well you see commander.. his name is Dr.Hooves, hes from the future." "Yes sir, I am from the future and I'm here to help your agents, I am the only reason they survived this night." "Is that so? I don't have a hard time believing that because I have heard crazier, but Dr.Hooves you are to come to the HQ we must discuss alot of subjects." "Yes sir, but I must warn you, I may not be able to answer most of your questions. It is against the law of the time warp properties." "Hmm.. alright. I was hoping to gain alot of information from you, but I could still use your mental ability doctor." "I will do my best sir." "Eye Patch. Out. Oh and remember to relax agents." The screen withdrew back into the dashboard. "I shall take you home now agents. Destination set for Sweet Apple Orchard." It was a quiet ride back, they were all happy to be alive, but they had lost the trail of Dr.Blast Burn. 'Hopefully the commander can find Dr.Blast Burn again... I need to rest up for when he needs us again, a hard day at work in the orchard tomorrow would probably keep my mind off of it.' AppleBloom was tired and ready to feel the sweet blissful embrace of the one thing in the world that mattered most at the moment, her bed. Dawn Cruise dropped AppleBloom at her home and Gummy at his. Dr.Hooves was taken to the HQ to converse with Eye Patch. Gummy walked to Sugar Cube Corner and was again found by Pinkie Pie who took him upstairs and laid him on his bed. AppleBloom went home and tip-hoofed upstairs and into her room to sleep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gummy woke up from a great night of sleep and looked around the room, normal as always... He walked up to Pinkie Pie's bed and saw her sleeping there with her hoof hanging down from the side of the bed. Gummy was feeling hungry so he woke Pinkie up like he always did, he bit Pinkies hoof to tell her that he was hungry. Pinkie woke up with a jump and peered over the side of her bed and saw Gummy. "Oh good morning Gummy." She yawned. "You must be hungry, one second Gummy.." She yawned again. "I have to brush my mane." She trotted over to her mirror and brushed her mane down to a flat fashion, but seconds later after she shook her head to wake up it puffed back upwards immediately after he eyes opened all the way. "Okay Gummy lets go make you some pancakes!" She scooped up Gummy and took him downstairs into the kitchen where Mrs.Cake was working. "Good morning Pinkamena, and uh.. Gummy." "Good morning Mrs.Cake!" Pinkie smiled at her as she did to everyone. "Oh Pinkie dear, you told me you were at a party yesterday at Strawberry Shake's house so I came over with a cake noticing you didn't take one. She told me she had no idea there was a party going on anywhere, so where were you yesterday?" Pinkie became wide-eyed and started stuttering. "Oh... I-I-I... w-was at.. uh... Twilight's library!" Her smile returned. "It was a private party to celebrate her uh.. studies?" Mrs.Cake knew she was lieing but went with it. "Oh okay Pinkie dear, I was just curious." She went back to her task. "Okay Gummy time for those pancakes!" Pinkie was trying her hardest to hide her nervousness but could hardly pour the pancake batter steadily. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AppleBloom woke up feeling great after resting, her bed never felt more like heaven, maybe that's what clouds feel like to RanbowDash? AppleBloom went to go wash her face and brush her teeth before she went downstairs to start work. She saw AppleJack getting things ready like she was going into town. "Sis?" "Oh mornin' AppleBloom, no work today ah got important meetings with alot of clients today." 'Great the one day i want to work and there is none..' "Need any help sis?" AppleJack was still grabbing random things around the house but stopped for a moment to reply to AppleBloom. "Naw, ah can do this myself, you just relax for tomorrow's work." "Well alrighty then, ah'll just head into town for today, bye sis!" AppleBloom left the house and started on the road to Ponyville. 'Maybe ah'll spend the day with Spike instead.' AppleBloom got to Ponyville and passed several shops heading to the library. As AppleBloom was about to knock on the door Spike opened it and stared at AppleBloom. "Hi AppleBloom." Spike smiled at her "Hi Spike, ah got the day off of the farm today an ah was just wonderin' if you wanted to spend the day together." AppleBloom lowered her head but kept her eye on Spike still smiling while circling the dirt with her hoof. "Sure AppleBloom that sounds great! That was just what i was hoping for today." They smiled at each other and started walking off with Spike's arm around AppleBloom's shoulders. 'Ah wonder if ah should ask him about lieing to me about working at the farm..' They walked to Sugar Cube Corner where they ordered some slices of cake, they both had sweet-teeth. As they waited for their food they held hands on a table outside the shop and stared into each others eyes. 'I wonder if I should tell her now...' 'Ah wonder if ah should ask him about it now...' Mrs.Cake came with their slices of cake with a smile. "I sure am glad to see such a happy young couple, it reminds me of myself when I met my husband, I'll let you enjoy your food, call if you need anything." They ate in silence wondering if now was a good time to ask their questions. "Uh.. Spike? "Yes AppleBloom?" "You said ya went to go help my sis on the day that ah wasn't there, ah asked her about it and she told me you never showed up. Where were you that day?" Spike choked on a piece of cake. "Oh uh.. I was.." Spike lowered his head. "AppleBloom I want to tell you why in a more private place, okay?" "Alright, lets finish eating so we can pay Mrs.Cake" They finished their cake after a few awkward minuets and paid Mrs.Cake and left and started walking to the outskirts of Ponyville towards the EverFree forest Spike no longer had his arm around AppleBloom but instead of fidgeting his fingers, they stopped at a giant tree they usually spent their time alone together outside of the library. "Okay AppleBloom... the reason I lied to you about helping AppleJack is because...." AppleBloom leaned forward towards Spike to make sure she could hear him. Spike turned around for a moment and returned with something enclosed in his hands. "AppleBloom.. you're the reason I wake up in the morning.. I'm glad I met you, you always bright up my day every time I see you. So yesterday I went digging in Rarity's gem spot all day to find the perfect color." Spike opened his hands and it was a necklace with a ruby heart in the center, the end of the necklace had AppleBloom's name engraved within it. "I went to Canterlot to have it made." AppleBloom's breath was stolen from her the necklace was so beautiful. "AppleBloom..." "Yes Spike?" "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, we may be a little too young now, but this necklace symbolizes my promise to you." AppleBloom couldn't believe it, she started to tear up. Spike got down on his knee and held up the necklace. "AppleBloom.. will you one day marry me?" Spike looked up at her with a tear in his eye smiling at her. AppleBloom was over-joyed this was all she had dreamed about. She tackled Spike in a hug and they exchanged kisses and through each kiss she said. "Yes.... Spike... of course.... ah'll marry you." They spent the rest of the day under the tree, each second feeling like an eternity in each others arms, and each second increasing their love for each other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's a pleasure to meet with you Eye Patch. "Likewise Dr.Hooves, you may get your rest soon but I need your help with our plan of action. Here is the information folder of everything we have gathered." Eye Patch threw a folder swollen with papers inside of it at Dr.Hooves side of the table. Regardless of how large the folder was it didn't take long for the doctor to finish reading it. "Any thoughts doctor?" The doctor looked pale. "Hand me a pen and a few sheets of paper." Eye Patch gave Dr.Hooves what he asked for. Eye Patch watched Dr.Hooves while he worked jotting down equations and numbers along with small diagrams. When Dr.Hooves finally finished his work he slammed down his pen in anger. "Whats the problem Dr.Hooves?" "The weapon... it's finished." Everypony in the room was silent for several minuets feeling the creeping horror of defeat in their spines. Eye Patch slammed his hooves on the table. "That's it, we have played the discreet card for too long, if that weapon really is finished we need to move to a more forceful tactic. Radio Buzz, call all the agents and contact the marine choir. To stop the war in the future we need to start the war now. Dr.Hooves get some rest, tomorrow when all hell breaks out we are going to need every agent we have." Doctor Hooves walked to his designated room. He collapsed on his bed but couldn't sleep. 'Ditzy.... I hope you're okay...Don't worry I'll fix this mess before it starts... no matter what the cost is too keep you and the kids safe...'