Running from the Ghost

Spike the dragon huffed as he entered the library, his eyes scanning the empty room.

"Twilight?" A second passed in silence before the unicorn called back.

"I'm upstairs!" She yelled, her voice drifting down from the bedroom. He smiled at the sound of her voice, his tiny feet scraping across the floor as he climbed the stairs. He shook his head as he heard her muttering to herself, his eyes rolling as he tuned out her rambling. His eyes narrowed as he entered the room, scratching just behind the spines on his head as he glanced around the empty room. He shrugged, crossing the room to the bathroom door. He pressed his ear against the door, listening intently for a moment.

"Twi?" He paused for a moment, before speaking. "They didn't have any quills at Quills and sofas."

"I'm right here Spike!" A voice huffed behind him, sending a chill down his spine. He jumped, his body whirling around as he rubbed his claws together nervously. He shuffled toward the door leading to the stairs, his eyes darting all over the room.

"Wh-where?" He asked, wincing as his voice shook, his tail twitching behind him.

A moment passed, his eyes wide as he inched ever closer to the staircase behind him.

"BOOOO!" A voice screamed, mere inches in front of him.

Spike shot into the air, his feet scrabbling for purchase on the wooden floor as he hit the ground, his tiny feet slapping at the stairs as he took them two at a time. He sprinted out the door, screaming incoherently the entire time.

"Ghost!! There's a ghost!!" He yelled, smoke escaping from his nose as he ran fearfully, making a beeline for the Carousel Boutique. He passed by Sugarcube corner in a blur, barely stopping to avoid Pinkie Pie as she burst out of the front doors of the local bakery.

“Hi Spike! Bye Spike!” She yelled, waving as the small dragon ran by her, his scaly feet slapping the cobblestones beneath him. Spike ran, his eyes narrowing as a pale green unicorn stepped out of a shop just in front of him. He ducked, the scales on his head scraping the underside of the mare’s belly.

“Hey!” The mare yelled, rearing up in shock.

“Sorry, Lyra!” Spike called back, hardly sparing the mare a second glance.

Soon enough the baby dragon was pounding on Rarity's door, ignoring the closed sign hanging in the window. He stood fearfully looking over his shoulder as he knocked, his eyes darting from side to side. He stared behind him, lost in his thoughts as Rarity pulled the door open, her greeting dying on her lips. She stared at him, her eyes darting to his tiny fist that continued to pound away at the space her leg now occupied.

Rarity cocked her brow at him, before pulling a hoof to her mouth and clearing her throat.
“Ahem. Spike?”

Spike whirled around, his arm freezing as he looked up at the beautiful mare before him. His cheeks pinkened as he stared at her, his tail curling up to touch his back as a wide smile spread across his face.

“Hi Rarity...” He said breathily, rising onto his tip toes as Rarity took a step back, beckoning him into her boutique.

“Hello Spike.” She said, giggling as she turned, the baby dragon following close on her heels. “Is there any reason you’ve decided to drop by so late and attempt to pound a hole in my door?”

Spike flinched, his eyes going wide as she reminded him of why he had ran this way in the first place.

“Rarity! Twilight’s been kidnapped by ghost!” He said, scraping at the scales on his head with his claws. Rarity froze, her shoulders going stiff as she shivered ever so slightly.

“Wha-what ever do you mean?” Rarity said, turning toward him with a disbelieving smile on her muzzle. She glanced at him skeptically, before flipping her mane over her shoulders.

“Twilight asked me to run to the Quills and Sofas shop to buy more quills...” He explained, gesturing with his hands. Rarity stared at him, her normal graceful composure fading the more he talked. Her eyes were wide open and darted from side to side, lingering on the door and windows as Spike wrapped up his tale.

“...so then, I used my fire breath to get them to back up so me and Twilight could escape, but they grabbed her and took her away! So I came here, just in case they came after you next!” He explained, puffing out his chest as he poked himself with a thumb. Rarity sat feet in front of him, shaking ever so slightly. She would never admit it to anypony, but Rarity was very scared of ghosts.

“Rarity?” Spike said, tapping the mare on the shoulder. Rarity shrieked, leaping a foot into the air, her hooves kicking at the air. “Are you okay?” He said, eyes wide as he put his hands on her cheeks, drawing her gaze to him.

She took a deep breath, forcing a smile on her face. “Of course I am. I’m... just worried about Twilight is all.” Spike nodded, releasing Rarity’s face as he turned back toward her front door.

“I’m gonna head back to try to make sure Twilight’s alright I guess...” He said, hesitating as he inched toward the door.

“No!” Rarity yelled, causing the young dragon to jump. “No... I mean... no. It’s much too late for you to have to walk back to the library! Yo-you should just stay here tonight, and we will both go and check on her first thing in the morning.”

Spike stared at her for a minute, visibly exhaling. “That... that sounds like a good idea Rarity.” He yawned suddenly, rubbing at his eye with a balled up fist. “Do you have a pillow I can use?” He waddled toward the couch, climbing onto the couch as he turned toward the mare.

“Ohhh no. If you are staying here, than you will sleep in my bed, and I will sleep on the couch tonight.” Rarity said after a moment, smiling at Spike.

“Wha- No! I’m not gonna force you to sleep on the couch tonight!”

“Well, I will not allow a guest to sleep on the couch either.” Rarity said, lowering her head challengingly. Spike glared at her, his arms crossed over his chest as he gave her his best defiant look.

Rarity buckled first. She dropped her gaze, biting on her lip as her eyes darted back toward the doors. “Well... you are still a baby dragon. Not much older than, Sweetie Belle... right?”

“Um... I guess?” He said, scratching at his chin.

“Well, Sweetie Belle still occasionally sleeps with me when she has a nightmare...” She trailed off as Spike’s cocked an eyebrow at her. “I mean you did go through a horrible ordeal tonight...” Silently, she begged Spike to agree with her and not to leave her alone that night.

“Well... If it’s okay with you...” Spike said, tapping his claws together.

Rarity smiled, giggling at the blush on Spike’s cheeks. “Come along Spikey Wikey.” She turned, her tail twitching behind her as she lowered herself beside him, gesturing for the baby dragon to climb up onto her back. She smiled at him as he put his claws on her shoulders, scratching at her white fur as she trotted toward the staircase. She turned, casting one last lingering gaze on her front door before her horn flared, putting all the lights in her main room out for the night.

Author's Note:

A/N: First side story for my main series Spell to Happiness. If you haven't read that yet, go ahead and give it a read!
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DuskShineNLR

DuskShineNLR #1 · Aug 17th, 2013 · 1 · ·

Aha...funny as buck!

Orrianna Dyre

Orrianna Dyre #2 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

Not what I was expecting, really, but still very much so worth the wait! Hahahaha, you are too good at this hahahaha.

Rainbow Glyphon

Rainbow Glyphon #3 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

Why the complete tag? and it was funny

ScientistTrixie

ScientistTrixie #4 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

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Originally, this story was only for the Spike side story but I changed it to include all the side stories I will write, and just forgot to change it to incomplete

Alen

Alen #5 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

More SoH?

This is The. Best. Possibile. Prank!

Tatsurou

Tatsurou #6 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

MOAR! ...Please?

ScientistTrixie

ScientistTrixie #7 · Aug 18th, 2013 · · ·

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I'm toying with ideas for my second side story right now actually

TheGreatEater

TheGreatEater #8 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

Rarity you minx you . I need to re-read that story I don't remember reading any Sparity/Dracon/what have you in there ... but reading this I don't know whose more luckier Spike who finally gets to sleep with Rarity. Or Rarity who knows Spikes feelings sleeping with her forelegs wrapped around him. Element of Generosity indeed .

This was a hilarious story are you going to be doing some SpikeXRarity later on? With how much justice you do to TwiDash. I think you'd do them just as much if not more so.

I can't wait to see the other short stories you have up.

ScientistTrixie

ScientistTrixie #9 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

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Eventually I hope to have stories written for all the main shipping pairings so Sparity will be written eventually. A few other shipping's I'm planning include a Twixie story, A Twipie story possibly even a ApplePie story

TheGreatEater

TheGreatEater #10 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

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ApplePie ... So delicious and other than Taken for Granite I have yet to find any ApplePie fics. It's so under utilized but would be great. Are you planning on doing an ApplePie ScootAdoption? Rainbow Dash has been done to death, but Pinkie Pie and Apple Jack would know what OrphanLoo is going through. Apple Jack having lost her parents, and only having her siblings and grandparents standing by her. While fanon shows Pinkie Pie basically being abandoned by her family, and being homeless until the Cakes took her in.

Together they would be amazing.

TwiPie is one of my top 4 Twilight pairings. The dissonance of their personalities actually manages to make things both amazing and possible. Enough conflict for things needed to work through together, but just enough there for it to not just work. But be spectacular.

Twixie is a nice ship.

ScientistTrixie

ScientistTrixie #11 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

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I believe I've only read two TwiPie stories, several Twixie stories but I have yet to see a single ApplePie story. I can see it being difficult to pull off, but I think it could be a fun story to write. Hmm any other pairings that are underdone?

Also, about the Scootadopt, I have plans for that already in motion, but I could always include that in another story

TheGreatEater

TheGreatEater #12 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

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Ohhhh! Please tell me what story is putting that in motion? I must know? So far that one shot. Taken To Soon was nice but I didn't know another story of yours was putting it in motion.

As for underdone.

Trixie and Luna. OMC! I would love to see a good Luna and Trixie fic. Luna and Trixie are both lonely, alone, and under appreciated. Heck, The Mane 6 destroyed Trixie's life, mostly through neglect, not putting things right, or correcting rumors that haunted her. So she's even more alone and lost than ever before [I love the Mane 6, but them never correcting the rumors of Trixie's actions, Rainbow Dash's hypocricy that caused everything to start, and allowing a pony who was trying to make others happy through entertainment "putting on a show / telling a story". To have her only form of income lost. Then when Trixie Shows up again, even Pinkie who loves everyone insults her. So after what she ends up doing to Ponyville [and the possible global, economical damage it could have possibly done] she's in a right state].

If any pony knows what it means to be hated, and feared. And the need to be redeemed in the public eye. It's Luna. They both have so much in common. So much that could be done with both of them. Both Pre, and Post Magic Duel. That I am utterly dumbfounded why there isn't any fics for them. It's a true Tragedy that Twi gets Trixie, and Both Princesses, and every pony under the sun. Yet Trixie never really gets Luna. She's always in the shadow of other ponies trying to rise high enough that she would be noticed and appreciated, yet fails time and time again. Then turns to darkness so that she can finally see the light, only for it to turn horribly against her. The similarities are all so perfect. But never done.

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Spike and Scootaloo. I know that it seems like a weird ship. But Spike is a down played and stupidized character. Yet ... He's as old as the CMC. He lives with a hyper OCD, genius, if not near genius, super mage. And has been raised by that pony since birth. Knows all books in her residence where ever that may be, is good at research, and while mentally as developed as a colt. Is as smart as Twilight.

And Scoots has a lot of personality traits as the pony she idolizes. Can you say Cross-species, Straight TwiDash alternative? It would have alot of the same interesting interactions as TwiDash. But added in Draconic, very male, personality quirks. And the innocence of young, first love. Well for Scoots, for Spike it would be seeing Rarity as unobtainable, yet a good friend (possibly if / when Rarity sits them down to talk and breaks off the crush in a gentle matter). Seeing it as a crush, allows himself to see the ponies around him with fresh eyes. And then TwiDash. SpikAloo style.

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Twi and Rarity. That has so little love. Just like RariJack. Both Rares and Twi are hard working, dedicated, and caring ponies. Both would do anything for a friend, but as while alot is known about Twi. Few ponies look past the self-centered, manipulative, bitchness that Rarity puts up to protect herself from the equally as shallow nobility that she needs if she's to succeed. But while Rarity does those things as a mask. She has to be so much more than nobility because she's fighting an uphill battle. That battle being the circumstance of birth.

Twilight is minor nobility by birth, and now that Shining has married Cadance. Is directly related to Celestia and Luna by extended family due to marriage. Not to mention that all of the Element Bearers were Knighted after Discords defeat in season 2. Yet even though a Knight (Related to a real Knight in Shining Armor), Ascended Royalty (depending on how you want to see it, what season it takes place in, or what AU you're doing. It can be taken in many differnet ways), and the Princesses personal Protege`. She never let it control her, or change who she is. She's approachable, lovealble, caring, and kind. Everything that Rarity ever wanted in a pony. Yet was never able to obtain.

Literally having what you wanted under your nose the entire time waiting for you to see it. Type of Romance. The type of Romance that kills. Yet it just has none. At least I haven't seen it. And I don't count one shot clop fics. Those really don't do them justice.

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That's all I can think of atm. I hope those were enough.

ScientistTrixie

ScientistTrixie #13 · Aug 19th, 2013 · · ·

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I won't say to soon just so it's a good surprise, but Taken too Soon will tie into a story I am currently working on Also, I love the ship's you suggested, and I have an amazing idea for Lunixa (Trixie + Luna= I have no idea what to name it!)