It wasn't long until Spike found himself back in Ponyville, still trailing behind the mysterious pony who had taken some of the blue flowers deep within the forest. Didn't they know those flowers caused mildly annoying ailments? What had Zecora said it was called? Poison Joke? Yes, that was it. When they had come into contact with it, everypony had laughable results including Twilight's floppy horn, Rainbow Dash's inability to fly straight, Applejack shrinking to miniature size, Rarity's mane becoming frizzled and like a mop, Pinkie Pie talking like a buffoon and Fluttershy's voice becoming incredibly deep.
He spent a minute or so pondering this and who it may be as he followed surreptitiously behind the mystery pony, but the answer quickly became clear when the pony quietly snuck into her small, quaint cottage. It's Fluttershy? Spike thought to himself. Now his curiosity burned intensely, but he wasn't going to resort to breaking and entering somepony's home. After a minute or so and with a sigh, he turned around and headed back towards the castle, but as soon as he did so, the door to the cottage opened back up and somepony he didn't recognize came out.
They were wearing a hoofball helmet and their face was painted two colors, one on each side splitting their face vertically down the middle. The pony was yellow, but their tail was a more reddish color and their cutie mark seemed to resemble three hoofballs. But there was something odd about the pony that Spike observed. From first glance, they looked like a smaller stallion, but as he followed the pony as they left Fluttershy's cottage, he noticed that they trotted rather daintily. Where were they going? Judging by the hoofball helmet, Spike presumed they were a fan going to watch the hoofball game that afternoon.
A couple minutes later of sleuthing and sneaking around, tailing this mysterious pony, they had indeed arrived at the hoofball field where the ponies were stretching and practicing getting ready for the game to begin. The pony he had been following took their seat near the top of the stands, away from everypony else. Spike decided his best vantage point would be underneath the stands just a couple yards away beneath them.
What am I doing? Spike thought to himself. Here he was, spying on somepony he didn't even knew. But, he did know them. Why had they entered and left from Fluttershy's cottage? But, Fluttershy wasn't an avid hoofball fan. Heck, Spike was pretty sure just the thought of being in a crowded area with roudy and rambunctious ponies would have scared her away. There's no way it was Fluttershy. In a moment of embarrassment for himself, Spike decided he would leave this pony alone, whoever they were.
Suddenly a pony who was passing out drinks in the stands tripped, seemingly out of nowhere, sending a splash of sugary beverage onto the mystery pony's flank.
"Sorry, sir!" apologized the pony.
"...uh, no problem," replied the pony with a marvelously deep voice.
Spike looked at the pony's flank once more and caught a better glimpse of their cutie mark. He couldn't have seen from afar, but now that he was closer he noticed that their hoofball cutie mark was all smudged. A fake cutie mark, Spike thought with a small gasp. Underneath the smudges, he could see three pink butterflies...
It IS Fluttershy, he thought to himself. Or rather, FlutterGUY, he smiled.
The game began, and ponies from both teams got into position as the crowd cheered throughout the game. Fluttershy cheered as well, in Spike's surprise. In fact, she was acting rather loud and energetic, except with her incredibly deep voice and her face disguised by the hoofball helmet and face paint.
Okay, enough is enough, he told himself as he decided to leave his hiding place beneath the stands. It was one thing to follow around a mysterious pony, but it was something else entirely to be spying on his friend. It was obvious that she didn't want anypony to know of her secret that she absolutely adored hoofball and cheering the players on quite loudly with her deep, booming voice. Taking a step in the opposite direction, suddenly, the wooden beam that lay above him and holding Fluttershy gave way, sending them both down to the ground beneath the stands.
"Ooof!" grunted Fluttershy, dazed from the suddenness of the event. She looked around nervously until her eyes met Spike, and then they widened in terror.
"Hi, Fluttersh--" What are you doing? Don't SAY HER NAME. She doesn't know you know who she is!
"..oh...my..." replied Fluttershy deeply, but still in her typically shy and quiet manner.
In a flash of embarrassment, Fluttershy took off away from the fields and took to the skies towards her cottage.
Great, Spike thought. That's three ponies I've embarrassed so far. He walked dejectedly away from the hoofball field as everypony continued to watch the game, undeterred from the crash moments earlier being that they were so engrossed in the game.
The snickering from before once again echoed from beneath the stands.
yay
This is pretty funny.
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Glad you enjoyed it so far. Hopefully it gets funnier!
It's Discord, or Pinkie...it has to be.
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Hmmmmm
OK, so far:
-- Twilight Sparkle apparently writes adult stories. Two questions: 1/are they possibly clopfics, or actual novels to be published? and 2/how would she knows about a good romance novel unless she has some experience in the matter? I think there may be a bigger secret to be had--a secret coltfriend in the wings type of rumor.
-- Rainbow Dash apparently likes tea parties with her pet tortoise Tank. It's a bit up from the Pony Play Dates. I bet Flutters suggested to her. and Speaking of Flutters...
-- Fluttershy is apparently a hardcore hoofball fan. All I can say is awesome!! I wonder which team she roots for, or even better, if she's a fan of the Equestrian Hoofball League--if that exists. I bet ya that just like Fluttershy intro'ed RD to tea parties, RD showed Fluttershy hoofball.
I wonder who else that Spike is gonna 'accidentally' see too much of... And Discord is too obvious...but so is Pinkie. I have a feeling that it's gonna be someone we never expected...
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Twilight Sparkle writes TASTEFUL romance novels :P
Rainbow Dash does enjoy the finer things in life...as long as nopony is watching her...
Fluttershy enjoys hoofball for no real reason. But how could she ever let everypony know, being how shy and reserved she always is?
As for who is the culprit...you'll just have to wait to see. But keep in mind I'm not writing this as a mystery novel so don't expect to be all that surprised or anything....
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I've already got the comedic punchline figured out for the end of the story, but that's a good idea :P
PLEASE don't let Spike et the short end of the stick at the end of this. PLEASE?
not sure what to think of this story. It's interesting and i want to know who the person behind this is but at the same time I find the interactions between spike and the M6 he's met so far to be rather brief and kinda quick.
Gona track this one to see how it goes.
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Yeah I have trouble sometimes with pacing. I'm trying to get better at slowing things down though.
It's Flurry Heart's random burst of magic isn't it?
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That, I will rule out. Sorry :)
I'm calling Angel Bunny as the culprit.
...... Hmmm.... I believe I know who the culprit is here gentleman...
I think it was Discord!
In the Study!
With the Wrench!
.... Okay- fine. Minus the Study, and the wrench- but I still say it's Discord having fun and causing a little Chaos for our Draconic friend. Hehe~
Also- Bonus Chapter Idea!
If it IS Discord who is in control of these little events, wouldn't it be funny if the Mane Six were able to turn this around so that perhaps say- Celestia walked in on HIM perhaps- playing with Pony Dolls?~ ..... Just an idea.
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Something tells me there isn't much of anything Discord could be embarrassed about :P
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Wouldn't that be the fun part though?~ Trying t figure out something that even DISCORD doesn't want others to know about him?~ .... He can't be an open book all the time you know. Even he has to have a few secrets~
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I'll ruminate on that. I've only got a loose plan on how I'm going to end the story. Trying to think of how to embarrass Pinkie Pie is similarly difficult...
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Well, why 'Embarrass' her in the Traditional sense? Pinkie is a very 'Out of the Box' character, so the situation just has to be equally out of the box for it to have the same kind of effect on her.... It'd be funny (and ironic) if through out the entirety of this Comedy story, Pinkie's moment would be an utterly serious one. X3
Of course, you could do something similar like what you did with Twilight (romantically in other words,) and have Spike stumble across Pinkie's Love Letter's to Cheese Sandwich- that she hasn't plucked up the confidence to send yet. Spike, being the automatic mailman he is, genuine friend (and feeling exceptionally like Murphy's Law has it out for him today) decides sends all of her letters to Cheese Sandwich via Dragon Flame- thinking that the Mail Service just couldn't keep up with him since he is going from town to town. She'd probably be totally devastated that every single mushy lovey dovey letter she had ever written to Cheese (but never intended for him to read) just got sent to him.... And Spike didn't realize what he had done until Pinkie told him exactly what was IN those letters. x3
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Good idea, but I do have a particular exchange in mind regarding Pinkie's role in the story. I just can't imagine her ever being embarrassed about anything, possibly to the point that she desperately wants to be embarrassed :)
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XD nice. I see where you ARE going with this then. Alright, well I hope the next chapter is filled with inspiration, and other such!
7028693 Doubt it...that would be way to obvious
Poor Spike. By the end of this, he's probably going to be murdered by at least three different people.
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Would it ever happen any other way?
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Well, I'm certainly looking forward to finding out. Next time, on 'The Dragon Who Knew Too Much!"
no no it cant be Pinky or Discord, it's gotta be trollestia!
Nice!
(laughing)