Celestia's sun rays flash over Spike's face and he wakes with a smile on his face, ready to head out for his plans for the day. He lets out a wide toothy yawn and stretches his arms before hopping out of his bed.
"First, breakfast, and then my chores." Spike says to no one in particular as he heads to the restroom and freshens up.
Once done, he heads towards the kitchen to get breakfast started, whistling a tune as he cooked. The smell of his rather appetizing meal even traveling as far as the library, surprising a few early bird book lovers.
While Spike was close to finishing, he hears a loud yawn near the entrance and smiles.
"Good morning Twi." He says as he flips a pancake in the air.
"Good, *yawn* morning Spike." Twilight says behind him.
"Sounds like you slept good." Spike says as he places the pancake on a plate with two others.
"'Well', not 'good', Spike." Twilight corrects.
Spike rolls his eyes at that. "Yeah, yeah. Hope you enjoy." He says as he places the plate in front of Twilight.
She smiles. "I know I will, thank you."
Spike merely nods as he walks to his seat. As he does, Twilight speaks up. "So, are you excited for your date?"
Spike sits in his seat and gives her a level glare. "It's not a date, Twi. We're just friends and she is only showing me some of her moves."
Twilight shrugs. "Girls don't give kisses to boys unless they are attracted to them. So, why did she kiss you then?" She says with a smirk.
Spike blushes slightly at the memory, but keeps his glare. "She was just thanking me for being there for her. And it wasn't like it was on the lips."
Twilight raises a brow and grins. "You wish it was though." She says teasingly.
Spike grunts, his blush only rising. "Whatever!" He says before he stuffs a pancake in his mouth, Twilight merely giggling in response.
The duo residents walk out the front door of the castle, a picnic basket floating behind and landing on Twilight's back. Spike turns to her and nods.
"Welp, I'm off. Tell Applejack I said howdy." Spike says with a grin and a chuckle.
Twilight giggles slightly as well. "I'll be sure to relay that to her. I'll see you later Spike. Have fun with your date."
Spike rolls his eyes and then turns and heads towards the park. As he walks, his mind starts to drift to what Twilight implied.
There's no way that this is a date. I see Scoots as an awesome friend. Plus Scootaloo doesn't like me like that. She already has...
Spike pauses at that. Well, she's not really with that dunce Rumble anymore. And she was acting a little different than usual...maybe...
Spike keeps thinking of the possibility as he walks in the park. He soon realizes this and decides to instead look for Scootaloo. However, he stops in slight surprise once he finds her.
"Why are you even here? I don't want to see you!"
"I'm really sorry Scoots. I didn't know you were serious. Please forgive me."
Spike merely stands there, slightly hidden from sight as he watches Scootaloo and Rumble have another argument.
Scootaloo rolls her eyes. "Oh, please. You knew I was serious. And I still am."
"Please forgive me Scoots. I promise I will never treat you second to anypony ever again. Shoot, if you want me to stop talking to the guys, I'll stop." Rumble pleaded.
Spike rolls his eyes at that. Oh so now he apologizes. He should have done that in the first place, instead of waiting a whole day. I hope she doesn't forgive him. Spike pauses at that last thought.
Why did I think that? Spike wonders before he hears Scootaloo.
"How do I know you're telling the truth? And not going to ditch me again when your guys want to hang out?"
Spike's thoughts went blank as he listens again, a small hint of worry in his features.
"I swear on my Wonderbolt collection that I would choose you over those guys anyday. I really am sorry."
"Don't forgive him Scoots...he's not worth risking it." Spike mumbles.
"You must really mean it if you swear on that..." Scootaloo says quietly as she looks away.
Rumble walks up to her and nuzzles her. "I really do Scootaloo. So, can we continue dating again?"
Spike holds his breath as he waits for her answer, which turns out to be what he wasn't hoping for.
"Sure, I guess.."
Spike's demeanor drops as he sees Rumble smile brightly and hug her. Spike sighs and turns away sadly.
Turns out it wasn't a date after all...
"Spike? Hey Spike!"
Spike pauses in surprise at his name being called. He was hoping to get away before they saw him.
Scootaloo walks up behind him with a smile. "Hey Spike! Almost thought you wouldn't make it. So, you ready to see me pull of some awesome stunts?"
Spike didn't turn around as he spoke up. "S-Sorry Scoots. I can't today. I promised to go with Twilight to a picnic with Applejack. I just came to tell you that."
Scootaloo frowns at that. "Oh. Well, maybe another time then?"
"Yeah...another time."
Scootaloo starts to walk towards him, but before she got close, he rushes ahead and away from the park.
As he left, Rumble walks up to Scootaloo. "He took off in a hurry. Wonder why he was crying though."
Scootaloo looks at him in confusion? "He was?"
Rumble nods. "Yeah, I saw it before he left."
Scootaloo looks back towards Spike as he finally rounds a corner and disappears from sight.
Spike keeps running with his head down. A few tears fell from his eyes and he wipes them as fast as they fall.
Why? Why do I feel like this? We were just friends! He thought before he slows down to a slow walk.
As he turns another corner, he bumps into somepony and Spike falls to the ground.
"Oops! My bad! Are you alright?"
Spike shakes his head and looks up to see a unicorn filly. She looks rather familiar to him.
The mares eyes grew wide as she looked at Spike. "Did I hurt you? I'm sorry!"
Spike gets up slowly and dusts himself off. "No, I'm fine."
"Then why are you crying mister dragon?"
Spike realizes that there were still a few traces of tears on his face. He wipes them away quickly. "Just had something in my eyes. I'm fine now."
"If ya say so. Hey, I remember you! I ran into you at the school dance yesterday!" The mare said.
Spike realizes finally where he met this filly. She made him drop one of his drinks.
"We gotta stop running into each other hehe."
Spike rubs his scales and chuckles dryly. "Yeah...well, I gotta go. See ya."
"Bye mister dragon!" She says as he walks past her.
He pauses and looks at her. She was still smiling at him. "It's Spike. My name is Spike."
"Oh! Okay! My name's Dinky! Anyways see ya Spike!" She says before she turns and walks away humming a tune.
Spike watches as she leaves for a moment. He scratches his spines.
"What a weird mare."
Aw, Spike just can't catch a break
ship him with Dinky plz, its never been done before
thumb this comment up, if you think Rumble is going to mess it up with Scootaloo again.
You know its because of crap like that super villains exist
i see what u are doing giving spike some girls before the main event first silver, then scoots now dinky wonder how eals will cach spikes eye
Okay, now Spike is taking things a bit too seriously. You can't really blame Scoots for him being in that state.
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It hasn't? Interesting...
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*thumb up*
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True words.
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Spike didn't really have Scoots or Silver.
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True, but you can't completely blame Spike for hoping either.
The more I see this happening, the more that I believe that Twilight will ultimately be the one that Spike gets. And even then, Spike's always gonna have a bit of doubt because of everything and everypony else.
I mean, it was first Rarity, and we all knew that would never happen (fillyfooler?/Fluttershy), plus the whole pony/dragon can't mix thing that Twilight tore her to pieces about, followed by DT and the dance before revealing that it's a ruse (fillyfooler/Silver Spoon). Spike hangs with Scootaloo and hung out with her, but the next day realized that she's taken again (straight/Rumble; the classic teen breakup/makeup), and now he's probably at least looking at Dinky. I wonder how this is gonna fall apart--my guess, the classic friendzone. And I do see that everytime Twilight is always talking to him, comforting him after yet another strikeout. I'm telling you, it ultimately goes back to Chapter 2 (I think) and the shooting star thing. They both will get their dreams answered, however, it really looks like it will occur in a way that neither expected.
Also, I hate to be Capt. Obvious, but it has to be questioned: How old is Spike in relationship to Twilight? I get that in the earlier chapters that he was invited a dance for schoolfillies, probably confirming that he's a child, but other times, it seems that the other foals similar in age to him are at least teenagers. Maybe it's supposed to be ambiguous.
And like I said to Spike a few chapters earlier: Don't ever have that thought "Is Love Worth It?" in your mind. Love is always worth it, even when it comes with a bit of pain.
EDIT: Apparently there was a shot that Spike could have Sweetie Belle before she confessed to Applebloom (in short, Scootaloo told Spike that Sweetie Belle originally had a crush on a colt, but that colt was enamored with Rarity so he never saw Sweetie Belle--that hurts a bit more because his infatuation with Rarity (who never reciprocated) cost him a shot at somefilly that actually did like him. No mention if or when it would have lasted if Spike saw Sweetie Belle instead of Rarity).
6350377 well the two liked being with him
6351037 I challenged myself to read that without breathing... I failed
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Sorry..., sometimes I just go off on a bit of a tirade when I started to comment on some of the stories that I view. What's different about this one, is that I kinda made my comment cover not just this chapter, but the two previous ones, since the last point that I commented on this story prior to a few days ago was the double-comment I posted in the chapter The Shift (and I still probably got that wrong, but basically I was referring the chapter where Spike was discovered to be duped by DT and SilverSpoon; Silver Spoon did apologize to Spike in one of they following chapters).
But in laypony's terms, I sincerely think that Twilight ends up being the girl that Spike starts a relationship with, and that even with the implications that Twilight is like a big sis/mother to Spike, and pretty much every other potential mate have blown up in his face, and quite spectacularly. I'm almost sure that the time with Dinky is gonna blow up in his face as well, but again it's just a hunch.
6352543 Twispike isn't as popular as it probably could be.
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Okay, let me first answer your aging question. And this has always been my headcannon:
Spike is only 3 or 4 years younger than the main six. Apple Bloom and the other fillies are about 1 or 2 years younger than him. If you want more detail as to why, I'll be happy to explain. But for now, that's my basis.
As for the story, I will say one thing... Twilight will not become his marefriend In this story. But, you are on to something with your analysis. Keep reading and you will see.
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True. Maybe something might become of that.
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Thanks for that, it created a much more intimate portrait now that we have an age for Spike. And it's ambiguous, but at least we have a good range, so how every character has interacted with each other makes a lot of sense. I really appreciate that.
Twilight's not gonna be his special somepony? Darn...:, but oh well. At least we can see that Twilight still has an eye on him, since she is his mother figure/big sister (personally I see Twi as the big sister because I see Tia as Spike's mother, but that's for another day). And apparently it just means that he just hasn't found The One as of yet. Will he find her? Who knows.
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No problem. Glad it made things a bit clear for you on the age thing.
As for Twilight and Spike, my headcannon is a best friend relationship that could kinda be seen as brother/sister. I very much agree that Celestia would be considered his mother.
6352648 you really like messing with fans heads don't you
6354565 I like to leave them guessing.
6354588 In my honest opinion, this story deserves more likes.
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Than you! While I may agree, I can only put out more chapters and hope for more to come.
I swear it's always the weird ones.
Shy left me for Harry!
I want bear!
Wut?
Shy's naked?
She's with a bear not bare!
All these ponies ARE Crazy!
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Buck you Rumble! You are just going to break her heart again, I actually like Rumble though just not in this story. Dinky is awesome!