A Thorax in my Side

by LaysPotatoChips

Chapter 4: Movies and Scarfs

It didn't take too long for Spike to get all of his belongings put away in their respective places. And now that he had the time, he was ready to plan the rest of the day with Thorax. The only problem was that Spike had made so many things written down on his list, that it was almost impossible for either of them to make a decision on where they wanted to go. After a few minutes of picking and choosing, with little success, Spike finally made the decision to go around The Chrystal Empire and pick out a place to hang out for the next few hours. Thorax agreed to the decision as well. Spike then walked towards the door and opened it up. There he found a guard standing by the doorway practicing his fighting skills with his spear. Spike looked up at the yellow pegasi guard and asked

"Uh, . Can you do us a favor? Me and Thorax want to take a ride around the Empire can you get us a cart please?"

The palace guard looked down at Spike and nodded his head in agreement.

"Yes Spike the Great and Glorious. I will be back in a few minutes with another guard to escort you both to the Royal Carriages." The Guard responded.

Without a moments hesitation, the guard ran with lightning speed from the halls, all the way down towards the Royal Carriages. Meanwhile, Spike and Thorax where getting themselves ready for whatever they where planning on doing that day. Spike grabbed a small bag, and loaded it up with a handful of bits and some small (but valuable) gems to take with them. Thorax grabbed his scarf and wrapped it around his neck, as well as grabbing a few bits for himself as well. Once everything was ready, Spike and Thorax sat down on their respective beds and began waiting for the guard. To break the silence, Spike decided to have a chat with Thorax.

"So what do you think where going to do today?" Spike said looking at the door

"I'm not too sure Spike, but I'm glad that I get to hang out with you." Thorax said giving Spike a small, but loving smile."

"You know, you look really good in that scarf." Spike said

"Well,of course, you made it for me. Might I add that you look really nice as well." Thorax gave another smile towards the small drake.

"Thanks Thorax." Spike said blushing

After a few more seconds of waiting, the royal guard started knocking on their door. Spike went and opened the door, only to be greeted with two royal guards standing next to the doorway.

"Spike the Brave and Glorious, thank you for being so patient. My fellow guard Night Watch is here to escort the both of you towards the Royal Carriages. We also have your rider waiting for you at the carriage." The guard said.

Spike and Thorax both thanked the guard, and the both of them hopped on Night Watch's back and with in a few minutes they all arrived at the Carriages. Spike and Thorax hopped off the guard's back and made their way towards the carriage driver Rose Water.

"Hello there Spike the Brave and Glorious. My name is Rose Water, and I will be your driver today."

Spike and Thorax greeted her with a warm, "Hello" before loading themselves into the cart.

"Is there anyplace you both would like to go too today? The Empire is filled with many different attractions." Rose Water asked as she took a sip of water from her water bottle.

"Well, to be honest, we really don't know." Thorax said," Is there some place that's new that we can go to?"

Rose Water thought for a moment before responding with

"Well, there is a new Cinema Theater that just opened up a few weeks ago. I hear they have some really nice movies out right now, although not as many, since it just opened.

Spike and Thorax both looked at each other in amusement. A movie did sound good. So they decided to make the theater their go-to place for the day.

"We'll go to the movie theater, Rose Water." Spike said

Rose Water nodded, and as soon as the guards made sure that the path was clear, they where off going to their destination. The ride itself was far from a ride in the park. As a matter of fact, it was nothing but a literal frozen waist land. Snow, wind, and ice pelted both Spike and Thorax's faces making it a rather uncomfortable ride. After what seemed like an eternity of snow pelting mayhem, Rose Water finally slowed down and came to halting stop.

"Here we are you guys." Rose Water said as she pulled up towards the theater entrance.

The theater was a lot bigger than what the two had expected. Not only that, but the design of the theater was absolutely stunning. The entrance of the theater was decorated in a vast array of red and blue patterns and shapes that littered the wall like grass on a field. Movie Posters also plastered the walls and where adorned with lightbulbs that flashed different colors every few seconds. There was also a small path adorned with marble slabs and golden stars that lead from the sidewalk, all the way down to the ticket booth. Spike and Thorax immediately jumped out of the cart and made their way towards the ticket booth. The ticket taker immediately took notice of Spike and Thorax making their way towards the booth, and his face beamed with excitement. Spike the Great and Glorious was coming to the movie theater. The excited pony fumbled for the phone, and made a call up to his manager. There was a few seconds of chit chat, then the line went dead. The ticket taker noticed that both Spike and Thorax where already next to the booth. He calmed himself before asking

"Welcome to the Chrystal Theater Spike the Brave and Glorious. How may I be of assistance today?" The ticket taker said with a big grin on his face.

"Hi, um, so what movies are you guys showing today? Spike asked, looking at the many movie posters that where next to the wall beside him.

"Oh, we are showing a special presentation of "Daring Doo and the Chrystal Goblet" The ticket taker said.

Spike smiled and said," That sounds good. Two tickets please."

The ticket taker immediately pulled out two lanyards bearing the Theater's name.

"These passes are for the both of you." The ticket taker said," These are special passes that my manager personally wanted to give to you since you are Spike the Brave and Glorious."

Spike and Thorax immediately gave a big smile and took the passes.

"Thanks." the both of them said in unison

The ticket taker smiled and motioned for them to go on into the theater. Spike and Thorax made their way into the Theater, only to discover it was almost empty. This confused the both of them, it was only 2:30, there shouldn't have been any reason why the theater would be so "dead". Spike and Thorax glanced at their passes for a moment. Room 3, that was where they where to go and see their movie. They both then walked towards the concession stand and got themselves a large bag of popcorn, a medium , and a large Hot Chocolate. They then made their way towards the long hallway that stretched between the the counter and the main lobby. They finally made their way towards Room 3, and sat down in their seats. A few seconds passed and the movie soon started playing. The movie itself was pretty good. There was a lot of action, adventure, as well as some romance later on in the movie. About two-thirds of the movie in, both Spike and Thorax had pretty much devoured most of the popcorn, as well as the and Hot Chocolate. Since their was only one soda, as well as one straw, the both of them had to share the drink with one another. Spike didn't mind any of it at all. If he could put a saliva coated cucumber on his eye, eat a worm filled cupcake, and lick cake frosting off of his body, then he could easily swallow a little changeling spit with his drink. Spike was now getting rather uncomfortable in his seat, grantit he did sit their for two whole hours without moving a muscle. In order to relive some of the pain in his neck, he leaned over to Thorax and rested his head on Thorax's arm. Thorax didn't seem to notice it at first, but after a little shuffling in his seat, he saw Spike resting on him. Thorax smiled, and then picked up Spike and placed him in his lap. Spike looked at Thorax with a "You sure?" kind of look. Thorax responded

"It's fine Spike, you looked kind of tense sitting there anyway."

Spike smile at him, and laid his head back on Thorax's arm. Thorax immediately covered Spike with the rest of his scarf that dangled down from his neck. Spike looked up at him again and blushed slightly.

"You looked cold." Thorax said as he gave a warm smile. " I thought you might want to share my scarf with you."

Spike's face blushed even more as he said

"Thank you, Thorax. You really are a great friend."

Thorax placed his hoof on Spike's back and began rubbing it across his scales. It tickled at first, but within a minute Spike was in complete bliss. He had never felt such a nice feeling before in his life. Spike's tongue lapped out of his mouth, as the changeling continued stroking his scales. This went on for a few minutes more, before ending credits started flashing on the screen. Spike hated every single moment that the credits played, mostly because of the fact that he didn't want to end the nice feeling. Without a warning, Thorax grabbed Spike and carried him out of the movie theater. The driver, Rose Water, was standing next to the carriage waiting for the both of them to arrive. Upon arriving , Thorax carried Spike into the carriage and hopped in with him. Today had been a really good day for the both of them. And for Spike, this was most certainly true.

Comments

[skaterza]

So cute