//------------------------------// // Who accepts Spike's request? // Story: Spike's Practice Date // by Silver Topaz //------------------------------// Spike flew all the way to Sweet Apple Acres when he made it he landed and immediately started looking for Applejack, Spike searched for a while until he finally found Aj. Applejack saw Spike and happily waved at him while Spike did the same "hi Spike what can I do for you?" Aj said in her usual southern accent, Spike looked at Aj and scratched the back of his head, he started explaining the whole reason why he was here. Spike finished the story "I was wondering if you could help me out" Applejack looked at Spike with a shocked expression. "Sorry Spike no can do don't take it personal it's just if I'm going to date somepony it has to be the real thing" Spike looked disappointed but he still had three other friends he could ask so he didn't try to convince Aj to do it. Spike looked around the farm and saw a lot of the buckets Aj uses when she goes applebucking. "Hey Applejack do you need any help" Spike asked her, he knew Applejack could be stubborn and that he was probably the last guy she wanted help from especially after last time Spike tried to help her, Applejack looked around the farm she would usually say no but she did had a lot of work and even though she could do it on her own she knew with Spike's help it would move along faster. "You know what Spike I could use the help thanks" Aj accepted Spike's offer especially after what happened last time she tried to do so much work on her own. Spike was surprised that Applejack accepted his offer so easily. It would usually take days for Aj to accept help from one of her friends. Spike didn't mind he said he was going to help so that's what he did. After their work Spike and Aj ate an Apple pie and that was it. Spike said goodbye to Aj and she did the same. Spike took to the air one more time and started thinking "Twilight is out and so is Applejack soooo" Spike was wondering which friend to ask next after a little bit he decided to ask Rainbow Dash. Spike found Rainbow Dash on a cloud near her house and started explaining the whole story again, "so that's why I was wondering if you could help me". Rainbow didn't say anything instead she just laughed Spike gave her a glare showing her that he was serious. Rainbow saw this and stopped laughing "look Spike your a great guy and all but I don't date so sorry" Spike raised an eyebrow to this and he gained a mischievous grin on his face. "Oh really what about you and Soarin" Rainbow Dash immediately got angry and flew directly at Spike until they were face to face. "Me and Soarin are just friends okay we just hang out after practice their not dates" Rainbow voice was full of anger meanwhile Spike was loving it it was so easy to get under Rainbow skin so he kept going. "Really then why are you blushing". "I'm not blushing" Rainbow was going to keep going but she knew what Spike was doing "oh hahaha... Spike your really funny" Rainbow said glaring at Spike. "I'm sorry Rainbow you just make it to easy" Rainbow sighed. "Look I would love to stay here and chat but I have work to do you know Cloudbusting and all that" Rainbow was ready to take off but Spike stopped her. "Do you need help?" Spike asked he wanted to help Rainbow after making fun of her like that. Rainbow could easily do this by herself but having someone to talk to would be a lot better so she accepted. After helping her bust some clouds Spike said goodbye to Rainbow and went on his way. Spike was in the sky again "So Twilight, Applejack and now Rainbow are out only two more options" Spike said to himself he thought about for a moment and he decided to ask Fluttershy so he started flying in the direction of her cottage. Spike made it to Fluttershy's cottage landing in front of it and knocking on the door. Spike got worried when no one answered and decided to go around the cottage to see if she was outside. Spike found her watering the flowers on her back yard and when she saw him she waved and gave him a happy smile. "Hello Spike can I help you?" Fluttershy asked in her usual shy manner as sho turned towards Spike who was walking towards her. "Hi Fluttershy I...." Spike thought about it before asking her "should I really ask Fluttershy I don't want to make her nervous" Spike also knew that even if she didn't want to she would say yes just because Fluttershy hated when others were mad at her. Spike went on and on inside his head and in the end he decided not to ask her. "Spike are you alright" Fluttershy said with a worried looked on her face, Spike realised he was just standing there so he nodded. Spike scratched the back of his head something he would tend to do when he was nervous "yeah Fluttershy I'm fine I just came here to see if you needed help" Spike said hoping she would buy it, Fluttershy wasn't stupid she knew Spike was hiding something she could tell just by the way he was acting but she could just ask Twilight about it. Fluttershy decided to go along with it "well that's very kind of you Spike" Spike was relieved that it work not knowing that Fluttershy actually knew he was lying, "Spike I could actually use your help if you don't mind". "Whatever you need Fluttershy" Spike gave her a huge smile. "Well could you help me feed the animals please" Spike nodded and started helping Fluttershy. After they were done Fluttershy invited him for a cup of tea which he gladly accepted, during their impromptu tea party they talked about what's been happening in their lives and other things that they were both interested in. After finishing Spike said goodbye and thank you to Fluttershy he gave her a hug and left he flew up into the sky turned to look at Fluttershy in the ground and waved. Spike was in the air again "So Twilight, Applejack ,Rainbow Dash and now Fluttershy are out the only one left it's Pinkie Pie" Spike turned and started flying towards Sugar Cube Corner to find her knowing this was his last option. Spike landed right in front of Sugar Cube Corner and went inside once he stepped through the doors he was immediately hugged by Pinkie Pie. Pinkie let go of Spike and started hopping around "oh hi Spike what brings you here I mean besides the sweetest treats you'll ever taste". Spike started explaining the story to Pinkie and during the whole thing she never lost her smile. "Well that's pretty much it so Pinkie can you do me a favor" Spike looked at Pinkie she was his last choice so he was pretty much desperate at this point. "Oh Spike that sounds like fun" Pinkie said in her usual happy voice, Spike got excited thinking he finally got someone to help him, "but I can't Spike" and with that all hope was lost for Spike, Spike stared at Pinkie and she stared back "Spike trust me I would love to go but I have to babysit for the Cakes so I can't" Pinkie herself looked disappointed but then she got an idea "you know you could help me take care of them and that could be our date" Pinkie said looking at Spike, Spike didn't answer to that but Pinkie kept going "we could pretend we are a family I'll be the mom and you'll be the dad and Pound and Pumpkin could be our babies it'll be fun" Pinkie started hopping around excitedly. Spike saw as Pinkie hopped around, Spike wasn't really good with babies he already tried to help with Pound and Pumpkin before and it didn't go well, a lot of crying and pounding and being bounced around with magic, "you know Pinkie maybe I'll ask somepony else"Spike said not wanting to deal with that again. "Ahhh come on Spike it'll be fun I'll even give you a kiss" Pinkie said while also fluttering her eyes, Spike was afraid at this point it was weird having Pinkie trying to seduce him. "Pinkie you know I just remembered I have to do something for Twilight so bye" Spike ran out of there before things got really weird. Pinkie was left with a confused look on her face "well that was weird" Pinkie shrugged and hopped back to work. Spike walked back to the castle his friends couldn't help him well Pinkie could but he knew things were going to get weird, now anypony who heard his crazy idea might say Spike your in Ponyville were the majority of the population are females, Spike would say he is correct but he wasn't going to start asking random girls to go on a date with him it would be weird, granted he did just that with his friends but the difference was he knew them for years. Spike was so wrapped up on his thoughts that he didn't notice three fillies walking next to him well he didn't notice until they all shouted "hi Spike what are you doing" Spike jumped into the air and grabbed a nearby cloud holding on to it like his life depended on it, he finally came down when he realized it was only the Crusaders. Spike came down to the ground and stared at them "are you girls trying to kill me never do that again" Spike said breathing heavily this caused the three girls to burst into laughter. Spike rolled his eyes and kept walking when the girls realized this they went after them. "So Spike what are you doing" Sweetie Belle was the one to speak. Spike sighed having already gone through the story before but one more couldn't hurt so he told them the story, everything since the moment he got the idea to now. The girls looked confused "Spike do you want one of us to go with you". "Sweetie Belle that's gross" Scootaloo was the one to say that, "she's turning into Rainbow Dash" Spike thought one Rainbow Dash was enough. Spike sighed "look Sweetie Belle I appreciate the offer but I think it would be better if I dated somepony closer to your sisters age" the girls had mixed emotions Scootaloo was glad Spike said, Apple Bloom didn't really mind, and Sweetie looked disappointed "have you girls even dated before" the three of them shook their head Spike already knew the answer they were to young to date. Spike went back to walking to the castle but now he was joined by the three girls. Spike made it to the castle in the middle of the way the girls went to do their own thing. Spike did enjoyed talking to them especially since they always seemed to cheer him up for some reason. Spike entered the castle and sat down on the nearest couch he could find. Spike sat there for what felt like hours he was tired he flew all day from place to place and in the end none of his friends were available for the date. Spike kept thinking what was he going to do next so much that he didn't notice Starlight come into the until she spoke "hi Spike did you find a date" Spike was surprised by the sudden appearance of Starlight who was now sitting across from him but he was also surprised that she knew about it, Spike was about to ask how she knew but she answered "Twilight told me about so how did it go" Starlight's voice sounded sad. "Not good Starlight none of my friends can go on a date with me" Starlight was about to tell Spike that she could go but Spike kept talking "well to be fair I didn't even ask Fluttershy and Pinkie did say yes but that would i have involved me babysitting and I just can't do that". "Um Spike I could go on that practice date if you still want to do it" Spike was surprised to hear Starlight say that, he didn't ask her because they didn't know each other for very long, also because despite their short time together they became really close and Spike didn't want to ruin that. Spike liked Starlight because she was the only one who knew what it felt like to be alone or that you don't belong, even though Spike was surrounded by friends he didn't really feel like they were his friends, that feeling came when he became friends with Starlight and he didn't want to ruin it by doing something stupid or having things get awkward after the practice date. Starlight sighed she already knew Spike was going to say no, this caused Starlight to feel sad again her and Spike were only going to be friends and that's it, she started feeling tears trying to escape her eyes but she stopped them by closing her eyes she didn't want Spike to see her cry. Spike saw this and decided to just go for it "Starlight would you do me a favor and go with me on a practice date". Starlight opened her eyes and stared at Spike she didn't expect him to take her offer but she knew this was her only chance to show Spike how she truly feels about him. "Okay Spike I'll go get ready" with that Starlight went to her room happy and excited. Spike just sat there he had never seen Starlight that happy. After getting over all of that Spike got up stretched and went to his room to get ready just because it was practice didn't mean he could be sloppy he was going to bring his best and see if he is truly ready for a real date.