Chapter 1: The New Steed
It was a glorious afternoon. The birds were chirping, the sun was bright as ever. A high school building was just about to let out the crowds of young mares and stallions to go home...
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...when a strange blue box flew through the sky above the school. What looked like a gray pegasus mare hung out the bottom of the opening, almost about to fall out, utterly forgetting for the moment she was a pegasus….
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Finally the school bell rang and the doors opened. The young stallions and mares left in a big crowd, ending the school day and heading home.
In the crowd was a young white unicorn mare who had just recently hit her teen years. The mare had a mix of purple and light purple in her mane. Her name was Sweetie Belle. She was walking alone because her two friends had not gone to school today. Her friend Applebloom was busy at a family reunion and her friend Scootaloo was on a trip with Rainbow Dash.
Sweetie Belle was just trying to get home when she overheard some gossip from some nearby mares. Usually she wouldn’t try to eavesdrop on what the mares were saying, since that whole newspaper fiasco a few years back, but when she heard one mare mention her sister’s name, she got curious and listened in.
“So Rarity’s dating the new stallion in town.”
“Yeah, from what I’ve heard he’s related to royalty.”
“Really? Oh she always gets the finest stallions.”
“But wait, isn’t she dating that dragon?”
“No, that can’t be right. Didn’t you hear that it recently became illegal for a pony and a dragon to date? Besides, the stallion she is dating is much more handsome.”
“Who made it illegal?”
“Prince ‘Somby’ Blueblood.”
After those last few words, Sweetie Belle had heard enough. She ran to the Carousel Boutique to find out what was going on.
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Sweetie Belle arrived at the Carousel Boutique, opened the door and walked inside.
Inside she could hear her sister in the kitchen humming the happiest of tunes. Sweetie Belle set down her stuff neatly as Rarity had always told her to, then she walked into the kitchen, smelling something delicious. Her eyes closed upon entering as she enjoyed the smell.
“Sweetie…. Belle…. what are… you doing…. here,” Rarity’s happy humming was instantly gone, replaced by a peculiar stutter. Sweetie Belle opened her eyes to see Rarity not cooking a meal, but instead setting the table for two.
She looked to see a stallion was making the meal. A meal for two. Or at least he was until he heard Rarity mention that Sweetie Belle was there.
He turned towards Sweetie Belle. She realized this had to be the stallion that the mares were talking about. She looked him over closely, also noticing the fact that both of them were now shaking. The stallion looked around Rarity’s preferred age range. He stood roughly around the same height as Thunderlane and appeared to be a batpony. His coat was purple, his mane a dark green, and his cutie mark was that of a writing quill.
“Sweetie Belle, what are you doing here,” Rarity repeated, finally getting herself to calm down.
“I was curious about the new stallion I heard you were dating, and I wanted to ask you about him,” Sweetie Belle as she tried to ignore the obvious uneasiness in the room.
“Well….. this is...” Rarity was talking awfully slow. “Sp…. Sp….”
“Spark,” said the stallion, as he interrupted Rarity.
“Spark?” Sweetie said with a raised eyebrow.
“Yes,” said Rarity, as she looked back at the stallion. He had a bit of a sarcastic ‘what?’ look. “Spark Speagle, he’s Blueblood’s cousin.”
“He is?” said Sweetie Belle.
"I am?" He questioned, before Rarity lightly kneed him in the gut. "I mean, I am Spark Speagle nice to meet you."
“All right you got your answers,” said Rarity, as she lifted Sweetie Belle up with her magic. She was clearly trying to get Sweetie Belle out of there so she could enjoy their meal for two. “Now here is your stuff, deary,” she levitated her out the door, giving her her stuff. “Why don’t you go visit with your friends?”
Before Sweetie Belle could answer her, the door to the Boutique closed and Sweetie Belle was all alone. “Well I guess I will see how Spike is taking this turn of events.”
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Sweetie Belle arrived at the Castle of Friendship. She walked up the crystal stairway and knocked on the double doors. A moment passed and the doors opened.
Standing behind door was a pink unicorn mare with a purple and blue mane. “Oh hey Sweetie Belle what brings you here?” said Starlight Glimmer. Starlight had lived there a more than a year now, ever since she had turned good.
“I’m looking for Spike,” said Sweetie Belle.
Suddenly another voice could be heard from within the castle. “Starlight who is it?”
“Oh is just Sweetie Belle, Twilight. She’s asking where Spike is at,” Starlight answered.
“He’s at the bar,” Twilight yelled back from inside the castle.
“I thought he didn’t drink,” said Starlight.
“He has since that crazy law was passed,” Twilight yelled back in reply.
“Okay,” said Starlight. She turned back to Sweetie Belle. “I’m sorry Sweetie Belle, it seems that Spike isn’t here.”
“That’s okay, I’ll ask you,” Sweetie Belle replied.
“What did you want to ask, dear?”
“Did you know Rarity is dating the new stallion in town?”
“Sure. That batpony? Yeah he’s a fine stallion. And so mysterious right? I wouldn’t mind dating him,” said Starlight with a smirk. “But Rarity claimed him rather quickly.”
“Really?” said Sweetie Belle with a raised eyebrow. She thought it was strange. Ever since Tenderhoof, Rarity had been taking things a bit slower. And not just randomly try to claim one, like she did back then...
“Yeah, I hear he moved to Ponyville around the same time that stupid law was passed,” said Starlight. “He hasn’t been seen much except for around Rarity, I heard that Spike met him a few times, but that’s about it.”
“And what did Spike think?”
“Actually from what I heard, Spike got along pretty well with him.”
“Really?” said Sweetie Belle, slightly confused.
“I even heard that Spike actually has no problem with Rarity dating the new stallion,” said Starlight.
This only sent more confusion around in Sweetie Belle’s head. Spike has no problem at all with Rarity dating the new stallion in town? Sweetie Belle could feel something was wrong here. None of this sounded right. Spike not caring who Rarity was dating? He would have definitely had at least some worry for his long-time crush! And Rarity was acting very strange when she had found her. Something was definitely wrong.
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After talking to Starlight, Sweetie Belle left the Castle of Friendship, and headed for the clubhouse. She had to get some answers about this mysterious new stallion.
Once there, Sweetie Belle noticed a note on the door. It read,
“Sorry Sweetie Belle. We couldn’t make it to the clubhouse either. We got busy too, but we got you some help. He’ll be there shortly.
Your Friend,
Diamond Tiara
“Help? What help?” Suddenly Sweetie Belle heard hoofsteps heading toward her. She turned to see a young brown earth pony stallion around her age. The young stallion had a mix of orange colors in his mane and a video game controller’s directional pad for a cutie mark.
“Oh great...Button Mash!” said Sweetie Belle with a less than an enthusiastic voice. She tried her best to hide the obvious problem with this and with Hearts n Hooves just a few days away. Overall this was not going to end well.
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cool story so far! but now i want to pound blue blood's face in more than usual. but because he's royalty im not allowed to!
6933696 There's always the "write a Blueblood-bashing fic" option.
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Prediction: Spike is the stallion with some sort of polymorph, and sweetie gets button mash.
6933895 That's quite a hefty prediction. Let's see if your theory hold up in the next chapter.
wait what is wrong with Button he is best pony also how and when did he get his cutie mark
6934734 I'm not saying anything is wrong with him. It's there going some things between Sweetie Belle and Button Mash, and she would rather not deal with it right now. Her main objective right now find out who her sisters dating, not get stuck with a possible date herself.
Also I'm don't how he got his cutie mark in this timeline. I might not even type that down. That's not really a point of the story. I chose for his cutie mark because that seemed to be what everypony proffered for him to have.
6934904 I wasn't implying really anything I guess I was more asking myself what was between the two guess I'll find out
6933800 yeah i know, but my boss would kill me if she saw me writing one.
6933824 Oh Blueblood has his reasons for passing such a stupid law. Don't worry you get good laugh out on why, in a later chapter.
I have to admit that this is a good setup so far and I want to read some more. Personally I think I figured everything out rather easily, but I won't know up it's written.
Anyways keep going, but ease up on the asterisk separators. Normally they're used to indicate a major change of scenery, but you use them a lot! Other than that it's good, so please keep going. :)
6952162 Sorry those are more of my breaks to indicate the next scene or place.
6952354 I understand, and looking back I suppose my complaint is that you used it when she read the note, which isn't really a scene change and could have been done with italics, but I'm just nitpicking.
Also can we expect the next chapter soon?
6953141 Oh, okay I'll go fix that. Anyway the next is currently done, I finished it yesterday, I'm just waiting for my proofreader to get to it. So sometime Saturday maybe.
I like it! Buuuutt it's kind of obvious what's going on here.... No offense... Also, just one thing:
Did Sweetie Belle dye her hair? Because, last I remember it, it was PINK and light purple.
I've just read the first chapter but I think I already know what's happening.
SPIKE HAS FOUND A SPELL THAT LETS HIM TURN INTO A PONY SO HE CAN DATE RARITY!!!
The new stallion is Spike!?
Not much of a mystery. It's really obvious that Spark is Spike.