“Are we there yet?” Pinkie asked in a dull tone.
“No.” Spike replied.
“Are we there now?” Pinkie asked.
“No.” Spike repeated.
Pinkie waited a few moments before asking again. “Are you sure we aren’t there?” Pinkie asked.
“Pinkie, we just started flying.” Spike said with a heaving sigh. His patience was wearing thin.
“This is taking too long. I bet my “secret” equipment can make this balloon get to that theater within minutes!” Pinkie whined.
“What is this “secret” equipment anyway?” Spike asked a hint of curiosity in his voice.
“Well,” Pinkie took a box from out of nowhere “I rather show you.”
Pinkie popped open the lid of the box and Spike noticed what looked like fireworks inside. They were of many varying sizes in colors, though mainly pink.
“These are fireworks?” Spike asked, obviously bemused Pinkie would use such a thing.
“What, no. That would be dangerous!” Pinkie replied.
Oh good, she actually has a sense of safety.
“Okay then, what are these then?” Spike asked, picking up one of the projectiles and examining it.
“There rockets silly!” Pinkie answered with a giggle.
Spike was about to ask why on earth she had rockets and where she gets them, but he knew his questions would be in vain. The exploits of Pinkie were for her knowledge and hers alone. Pinkie gave out a load yawn and her eye’s started to droop lazily. Go figure, Pinkie actually sleeps. That or she must have been bored out of her mind.
Spike went to the edge of the basket and looked down to look at nothing in particular. Everything looked so small and tiny. Clouds were floating lazily about and everything seemed so much calmer up here. Spike’s mind began to wander from the scene in front of him to other things, Octavia to be exact. She was a topic that constantly drifted into his mind whenever he had time to think. Not to mention, he had his fair share of dreams about her as well. Yet, his dreams no longer had him being a super macho grown up dragon to impress mares. No, it mostly was just him playing his piano while Octavia lay on top of it. Her light purple eyes just started at him admiringly as he played his piano and once he was done, she would give him a kiss on the cheek. Oddly enough, his cheek felt a warm burning sensation whenever she kissed him on the cheek. It was almost like she was actually kissing him on the cheek for real. But then he would wake up, disappointed to see the lack of a gray mare near him.
That wasn’t the only thing Spike felt disappointed about when waking up from his fantasies. He always expected…more.
Lately, Octavia has been kissing him nearer to the lips lately. He wanted nothing more than for her to finally kiss him right on the-.
“Spike mind untying me?” Rarity asked, breaking Spike of his thoughts.
“Wait, what?” Spike asked in confusion.
“Can’ you see I am tied up?” Rarity asked impatiently, showing her hog tied hoofs to him.
Spike looked at her hoofs for a moment. “I see nothing wrong.” Spike replied with a drawl.
“What? Are you blind or something? This not the time for jokes Spike!” Rarity snapped angrily.
Spike looked down at Rarity in pity. He couldn’t believe he actually was obsessed with her for a while. Here she was, flailing about and yelling at him to undo the ties. All her beauty was gone and was replaced with a look capable of knocking a poor pony out. Her mane was in tangles and her dress was wrinkling as she continued to struggle. Spike figured he might as well help her out; he wasn’t into her yelling at him that much. Blowing fire on one tip of the rope, the ties and knots curled and became ash before long. Rarity stood to her full height and began to dust herself off.
“You could have done it more neatly. My dress is covered in ash now!” Rarity scrutinized.
Spike had a moments urge to tell her that he wished he didn’t burn the rope off her. But, he knew getting in an argument in a confined space was never a good idea. It would have to wait. Rarity was busy dusting herself off while Spike returned to staring into the clouds. Spike wondered vaguely how it felt to sleep on a cloud. They looked to plush and fluffy. Clouds might offer the best night of sleep in ever, which sounded appealing to Spike. He really needed to ask Rainbow Dash that, after all she napped on clouds on a daily basis.
The hot air balloon started to move noticeably slower and Spike guessed that Rainbow Dash was going to take a break. He was right. Rainbow Dash was flying back to the basket a little slower than her usual speed. When she finally got in the basket though, she started to whine.
“Gosh, do you guys weigh a few tons or something? Moving this thing is hard!” Rainbow Dash complained.
Pinkie bolted upright quickly. “You’re done flying?” Pinkie asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Yep, I am not going to drag this giant balloon one bit anymore.” Rainbow Dash replied with finality in her tone.
“It’s okay, I came prepared!” Pinkie said with her usual giggle.
Soon, Pinkie strapped her rockets to the back of the basket and fooled around with the fuse. Before Spike could wonder how she would light it, Pinkie dragged him toward the fuse and pulled on his tail as hard as she could. Spike let out a yelp of pain, which was accompanied by a burst of fire. The green flames licked at the fuse playfully, which started to smoke and spark. Soon, the fuse started to wither all the way to the rockets. Spike started at the rockets, transfixed by what might happen next. Nothing happened.
“I guess there duds. Guess we will be here for-“ Pinkie started to say before the rockets roared to life.
The thrust coming from the rockets made the balloon move at break neck speeds. Pinkie’s face was stretched back, sticking her tongue out like a dog, due to all the wind and just pure speed rushing past her face. Rarity let out a yelp and stayed low to the basket’s ground as possible. Rainbow Dash at first tried to beat the balloons new found speed, but quickly gave up.
“I could have beaten it, if I hadn’t pulled this thing beforehand.” Rainbow Dash bitterly mumbled to herself.
At the rate this balloon moved, Spike felt he would make it more then on time to the theater. Octavia wouldn’t be disappointed with him and maybe, just maybe, she would reward him with coming early and…
“Um, Spike?” Pinkie mumbled, poking Spike on the shoulders.
“What is it Pinkie?” Spike asked, turning around and noticed how frantic and nervous she looked.
“Well, how should I put this…?” Pinkie muttered softly.
“Come on, just tell me.” Spike asked nervously. The fear in her face was contagious.
“WE ARE CRASH LANDING!” Rainbow Dash yelled out.
“WHAT?” Spiked blurted out.
“The rockets are burning the cords keeping the basket attached to the balloon!” Rainbow Dash explained to a shocked Spike quickly.
“Whoops.” Pinkie said bashfully.
Snap
“Um, what was that?” Spike asked nervously.
“The cords finally gave up.” Rainbow Dash replied darkly, holding onto a scorched cord.
The basket plummeted straight to the ground at break neck speeds. Rainbow Dash tried to fly underneath the basket and tried to push up on it to slow the fall. But, the basket was just too heavy and moving too fast to be stopped.
“Pinkie, didn’t you say something about a parachute?” Spike asked quickly, nerves plaguing his voice.
“Oh, about that…” Pinkie replied, hold out a backpack. She opened it to show to Spike and he saw there were only cupcakes inside.
“Cupcakes?!” Spike yelled hysterically.
“Sorry.” Pinkie replied sadly.
“What do we do?” Rainbow Dash asked nervously.
The basket was still too high to drop off from without risking breaking a few bones. Spike gulped and stared helplessly at his friends. Maybe it was better to have just walked all the way to Canterlot. At least then, Spike would know he would make it in one piece rather than fifty. The last thought going through his mind was Octavia. What would she do once she heard word about his crash landing? Would she be upset about his accident or angry that he failed to show? Spike took out his invitation and stared at where Octavia’s her kiss stain. It made him feel slightly warm and happy inside, even when the chance of death wasn’t all that far. With this letter clenched to his chest, Spike could almost feel Octavia’s warm kiss on his cheek.
Wow you made Rarity a bi**h.
Fine with me she can be sometimes now that I think about it more then just sometimes.
Ya know...I got to agree with Spikethed, Rarity is a complete and total drama queen....Women that like that seriously get on my nerves...now I know why I hate Spike/Rarity romance with such a passion, she's nothing less then cruel and harsh to him, in all honestly Twilight is right, which is what was really said in the show is that she does not deserve him.....making me (due to being a Spilight fan) think that she might like him more then a friend or family and there are many, MANY more mares out there then just Rarity...I mean she's ok when not paired up with Spike but I can hoenstly say that she is one of my least favorites......on another note...HOW DOES PINKIE DO IT! This is getting amazing, I starting to truly like this pairing, glad we thought oif it, hey Flash?
873078 Yeah, I've never really seen Rarity/Spike happening, idk y
873245 Right...it's like....we can see she's not good enough for him, the creators can see it and all the other ponies on the show...why can't he? Even Rarity herself see's it...I hate seeing the little guy get so heart broken over a mare that never wants him....we can make him older but in one form or another we are going to have to metion his...crush on her before we can move on to him falling for another female...or male if your into that sort of thing (because I'm not).
It's really bucked up for him to get so torn up over her and for what? For her to say to his face that it would never work and that she's wanting for the perfect STALLION.....damn.
Now I'm angry and annoyed for the poor dragon...which is also in a sense of irony why I have a LOT of love for Spilight, ya know....there are plently more mares out there for him other then her...hell I'll even take a Spike/Luna (impressive pairing by the way) just to get him to stop faling head over tail for such a stuck up, whining drama queen, like I said before, I like her....just hate when she's paired up with a certain purpole and green scaled male dragon.
So yeah...those are my ten cents.
Bad ass pen name by the way.
868718 I knew he looked familer...thank bro.....huh....cool mustage.
873298 ten cents? more like eleven. But in seriousness, even Gilda/Spike have more chances, and that's saying something, though I prefer Sweetie Belle/Spike. She is the opposite than her Big Sis
Dear God... Dear god... I HATE PINKIE PIE.
Good chapter. It's really nice to read a fanfic where Rarity is a jerk.
873320 Really...then I'll add one more to it And you do have a point, Gilda is a really cool villian and maybe she does got a lot more of a chance then Rarity. BUCK YEAH! I love Sweetie Belle/Spike pairing. we need more of those...want to make a stoy as such? Maybe a cute one-shot could work. And your right, she is...which is why she's my favorite CMC.
873399 I have to agree with you on the Rarity part 100% and Pinkie does have her moments where you can't seem to stand her every once in a while or when she's not serious enough but why do you hate her with a passion? It is odd that I like Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy when they were cruel and dark-hearted, without laughter when meeting Discord?
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What I really mean is that, every time I read a fanfic with Pinkie as a main character the author just somehow manages to make me hate her. Either she's some kind of Pshycho-sadic-bitch (Thank's a lot "Cupcakes"!) or a mix between Ace Ventura, Gir and the Genie from Aladdin, who never shuts the hell up. She's fun all right, but after a while I can't help but want to stab her to dead or something.
As for your other question, no it's not odd. I liked it to, it was creative and hilarious, How can you not like it?
873756 Huh....you know, you make a really valid point...maybe everyone should just keep her true to who she is, how she looks and acts, ya know.
True, very true...as just thought Fluttershy as cruel, evil and all around mean was very bad ass....everyone has their demons, ya know.....OH! I have an idea.....how abouit a special mirror that the Mane Six uncovers while in the castel and is able to look at their darkest fears, or in this case the opppiste to their element, those would make some very serious villians for sure...such as Hatard, Greed, Disloyalty, Dishonest, Sorrow, and Lost hope.....that sounds sick!
I think Pinkie pie's was Sorrow but I can't be sure, not wanting to laugh just struck a harsh cord in me that I liked. And they would be known as...Dark Elements.
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That's something that I'd like to see. But sonds a bit.. ¿Epic? ¿Serious? for the actual show. But it's a good idea anyway.
So you're a Spilight fan? Jaja me to. I'm even writting a story about it but... It's in spanish. My native language.
I return from having a pleasant dinner to find the comment sections being rather busy(which pleases me). Now, it's time for responses and some boring opinions of my own.
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This pairing was an excellent idea Inferno! Slightly apprehensive of doing it at first but hey its paying off. Also, about that mirror idea I actually have something like that lying around in the deep depths of my folder for stories.Got the idea after rereading the first Harry Potter book. The nightmare on elm street inspired story is having Discord mainly bullying school foals(Snails is the first victim*hint*) all the way up to the Princesses themselves.
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I made Rarity this way mainly because I wanted something to definitively make Spike think Octavia was the superior match over Rarity. Unfortunately, Rarity is a very bendable character to end up disliking. Either you hate her or tolerate her to some extent. We all hate to watch a crush fail and this only more influences the disposition with Rarity. Not that I mind, makes more the story line more....spicy. Speaking of which, expect Rarity to be disappointed soon. Disappointed to the point of tears.
873921 Right Yeah..that's true...still, just because they are the Elements of Harmony does not mean that they won't have their faults, which was proven when they met Discord...which is one of my favorite epiodes. And besides, just because we can make the story a LOT more mature then the show does not mean that we will in anyway change how they act or who they are...I really hate when people do that. It's like making Mittens from Bolt or Rainbow Dash all girly and shallow, it won't work and will make people PISSED!
Am I a Spilight fan? Brony...I have the two of them sharing a passionate kiss on the lips as the back ground for my cell phone (no lie...and I might just slighty cross the line of a fan, but hey....if you don't like it then that's not my problem)
Your serious?...Oh but the goddess, CAN WE READ IT! You know..in English,. that is...we really need more of those types of stories on this site. Mind teaching me a few words?
873946 Food is good and of course, if you got me reading your story then you'll have an honest review which would be the cause of three thing: A war between the readers in verbal form of course (cause no one told me that you can't break out of their computer and physically attack them, got the idea from Pinkie Pie) many people agreeing but wanting to know the reasons why I would say such words, or people being overall pissed at me and wanting me leave the site. Yeah, I'm not in anyway, shape or form a likeable person or hybrid and will give Applejack a run for her bits.
Right...glad we thought of it, and I though it was an amazing idea, something never tired before, like Spike/Viral Scrach (spelled that wrong). Seriously? Well shit, you better get on it becuase I would love to see the dark sides of the Mane six...everyone/pony/creature has their demons. Contact me the second you need help, I'm one of the very best when it comes to creating enemies or villians and will help you without a second thought bro. That makes sense.
That would be funny as hell, Discord is a really bad ass villain, not as great as Trixie but is second best...maybe. GOOD! Sails is ok, but for some reason he get's on my nerves, not sure why though...ever hated someone for no reason?...that's what it like for me with Snips and Sails....strange because they are followers of my favorite villian. Mind puutting a slight pairing in there as well, anyone will do (not Spike and Rairty though, then I'll just be pissed)
And I'm glad you made her that way as well...it seems to be who she really is or acts as, such as in the show it seems like to me at least. th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/347/7/4/mlp_fim___rarity_by_harvinainen_miyu-d4izs6o.jpg
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I'd like to traslate my story. But I'm having enough problems writting it on my own language, and my grammar in english isn't that good anywyay.
875347 Then allow me to help, or better yet, try Mircosoft...I'm sure it's bound to work for you......trust me, if I could speak Spanish I would be reading that story right now...but I can't and there are many, many Spilight fans beside myself that would love to give any Spilight a chance, also advice on improvement and maybe even ideas....we can help each other out bro, that's what MLP was created for...we are bronys, are we not?
Finally submitted the story of Discord, which is Elm Street inspired. Anyway, expect the next chapter for this story coming out later today OR early tomorrow. As usual, have a good one guys.
Okay, okay. I feel there is too much hate for Rarity. Now everyone has a right to their own opinion, and it excites me that there are others out there willing to make theirs known. In my opinion, Rarity is the best out of the mane six. Best in the sense that she the most complex, most developed and definitely the best singer out of the bunch. It seems that there is a misconception that Rarity is purely one-sided and - pardon the pun - just one-trick pony. These assumptions are absolutely false. Rarity the Unicorn is Element of Generosity, and the viewers of the series have certainly been presented the extent to Rarity's generous actions and behavior. The Gala Dresses episode is a prime example. She truly cares for her friends and there have been many instances in which she has put her loved ones ahead of herself. Generosity aside, although Rarity is stubborn, one must understand that every character in the series is stubborn and selfish in their own way - even Applejack when she ran away from Ponyville. But that is the whole point of the show: development;. Each episodes features a tale of development and maturing personalities - lessons learned and evaluated. Referring to Spike/Rarity, there are countless factors that need to be considered as to why Rarity does not answer Spike's sentiments of affection. The most prominent factors include Rarity's upbringing and preconceived goals for her life. Dating a BABY dragon was most likely not on her to-do list. Rarity is a entrepreneur and planner. Partaking a romance with a non-colt that is seen by the rest as a BABY does not even seem sane to this pony. One must take into account Rarity's thoughts and situation. She finds it cute that Spike fawns over, like a child having a crush on a babysitter. It is very similar, and I feel if approached from this angle one can see Rarity is not so selfish. Spike is a great character and much more mature in mind than his physical appearance suggests, but we've seen Twilight treat Spike as a baby even into the second season. In any case, Rarity may also be encountering a relationship with Spike at her own pace. She is a busy mare, and resources seem to be a concern for her when it comes to her future, like most women in the world.
I've said my part! Go Spike/Luna (best pairing, in my opinion)!