“Welcome, ladies and gentle colts to the newest and hottest game show in Equestria! Date That Dragon, with host and special guest; Princess Candace and Prince Shining Armor!” The Announcer spoke in a booming voice
Princess Candace walked out and waved to the audience. Her eyes are light purple with her long mane being a moderate violet with moderate rose and pale gold streaks and finally, her coat is a pale, light grayish cerise color.
Her husband, Shining Armor walked next to the Princess of Love, his eyes being a moderate cerulean blue color, his mane is a moderate sapphire blue with moderate cerulean and dark phthalo blue streaks and finally, his coat is a light grey.
“Now for a first contestant, the Princess of Friendship and The Element of Magic; Princess Twilight Sparkle!” The Announcer shouted
With a flash of magic filling the box on the far left, Twilight appeared with a purple toothbrush in her mouth, her normal clean mane looked similar from the accident that happened on her first day in Ponyville.
“What’s going on?” Twilight muttered out, with the toothbrush in her mouth.
“Now for our next contestant, is one of the most beautiful ponies in Ponyville, The Element of Generosity and one of Twilight’s best friends; Rarity!” The Announcer cried out.
The magic light lit the room like before, appearing in a flash of light, Rarity, was humming to herself, looking like she normally does throughout the day, amazing. With a book and penial is held with her magic.
“Oh Twilight darling, you look terrible!” Rarity said, letting out a small gasp.
“Yeah, I’m sorry that I didn’t know thousand of ponies I don’t even know, alongside my brother and sister-in-law would break into my house and set whatever this is up!” Twilight said, waving her two front hooves in the air.
Princess Candace blushed, before lighting her horn up to fix Twilight’s mane and get rid of the toothbrush.
“Now for the next lovely lady, she once ran her own town filled with ponies all with the same Cutie Mark, but now reformed and Princess Twilight Sparkle's former student, welcome to the show; Starlight Glimmer!” The Announcer spoke
Starlight appeared in between both Twilight and Rarity. The unicorn looked at her two friends and then the loud crowd of ponies.
“Oh, I get it. We’re on some sort of game show located in your living room, that makes sense.” Starlight said, leaning back in her chair.
“No, it doesn’t!” Twilight cried out
“Please Twilight, I once faced a large white rabbit that wanted to steal a box of cereal from some fillies. Many lives were lost that day.” Starlight spoke, hanging in her head in sadness.
“Right… Now for our last contestant, coming from The Dragon Lands, and being The Dragon Lord, she tough, fast and hates being called a Princess; Dragon Lord Ember!”
The three mares looked at the box on the far right where Ember appeared a puff of smoke, she was holding the Bloodstone Scepter in her left claw while her breakfast meat in the other.
“What?” She asked while eating causing Rarity to roll her eyes in disgust.
“Now, for the man, these fine ladies will be fighting over; Spike The Dragon!” The Announcer shouted, causing the three ponies and one dragon to shout in disbelief.
Spike appeared, looking much taller than the last time Ember had seen him, he even grew wings, he saw the four girls all lined up in a row. While all the girls had a red brush on their cheeks and their heart beating a little faster at the site of the handsome dragon.
“Now many may not know. But male dragon only picks one mate until she passed away and then he searches for another. So, this show will be about Spike picking his one true mate. Welcome to Reptile Romance! Now there’s a booth for you girls… And Spike to share your thoughts and feelings about the date.”
Rarity:
“Look I understand that when Spikey Wikey was younger he had a crush on me. Now that he is a big strong and handsome man, who is also a prince, it clear that he would choose me over those over girls. Even if I never return his feelings, and he somewhat moves on from his crush on me, I’m still going to win this!”
Twilight Sparkle
“I have no idea what is going on. Why would I want to be Spike mate for life! He’s my number one assistant, I don’t have a crush on him that would be silly. (Heh, heh) But, let just say I might have the smallest of feelings for him, I can’t let Ember win, that will mean Spike would have to move away and I love him too much. Like a normal friendship love and totally not an ‘I’m hopelessly in love with that assistant’ who looks after me in sickness and health. (Sigh) ‘Oh Spike.’
Starlight Glimmer
“Spike? When I first moved here, the girls were still not trusting me, he and Twilight were the few that would give me a chance. He stood up for me and well both Trixie and Maud had figured out that I have a tiny crush on him. Plus, I feel like Rarity doesn’t truly love him like I do, there also the fact I never used him as a pin cushion. Yeah, Rarity Spike told me about that! Plus Spike and Rarity, Sparity, please that a world you can’t even say.”
Ember
“Spike, the pipsqueak who all about ‘friendship’ and ‘parties’ looks like that?! I might have thought of him as cute before, but now he's a hunk of a dragon. Yeah, he’ll be a king, seeing that we’re both dragons, those other ponies should just back down. I will make Spike my mate for life, he makes me laugh and well he will be a good king, it not like I love him or love that dorky laugh and smile he has. Or think it cute how easily he gets confused, Ok, fine, I might like him a little bit. But that doesn’t mean I love him!”
Spike
“So, wait, hold on. I have four beautiful girls fighting for my heart. Oh, Celestia, who do I choose, why is Rarity here? I thought she didn’t return my feelings and what about Twilight! I’m her assistant, her first ever friend. Does Ember and Starlight even love me? I swear if this is another one of Discord tricks, I’m going to make sure he misses his old stone prison. You hear me Discord, you don’t scare me, Fluttershy somewhat does, but not you!”
“And there you have it, folks, these girls will all have one date with Spike, wherever they want and after all four dates, Spike will have to choose his mate for life, who wins is all up to you, see you next time in Reptile Romance! Choose The Ship" The Announcer said, with hooves stomping on the ground.
i Choose the harem one
no wait i choose all romances of spike
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Please use Strawpoll for your vote. Plus there isn't a harem one, there's a way for Spike to pick all the girls, but that's a secret. I rather have a story where not everyone can win for once, and someone has to lose this battle because not everyone is going to be right for Spike.
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Is there another option?(I think no)
on that's how you vote harem that took awhile.
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Huh?
To be honest, I like the Starlight/Spike idea the most.
Twilight just seems weird.
Rarity likes to USE Spike a little too much for my taste.
Ember just feels wrong, for some reason,
Any time Starlight and Spike are together on screen she treats him like an equal and actually shows him respect. Plus I love the chemistry the two have together.
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Okay i voted
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It's an inside joke i use alot
I vote for starlight because I like it the best out of the options
Ember.
twilight
Awesome
I vote for Ember since she seems like the best choice, especially since they are at least the same species. Twilight is like Spike's mother and I already ship her with Flash and Starlight is just a good friend, besides she likes Sunburst. Rarity is a close second but I feel like the two things stopping them from being together are their species difference and age difference. So with all that in mind I say Ember.
Starlight! They're rather cute together!
Honestly, I think you should decide, after chapters of all 4 showing to be good 'mates for life'. There should't be a clear winner as soon as you start this up. Have all four shine!
ember and rarity
Rarity
Rarity
Hey, where is Sweetie Belle?
Harem
If it's possible (and if it's an option) harem if not I vote for Ember, she and spike deserve to be with eachother (in my opinion)
Starlight Glimmer then Ember
All four girls
Isn't Twilight his adoptive sister?
Voted!
I'm already curious who will win.
(How long will the poll be open before we have a winner?)
If I had to choose between two ponies, it'd have to be either Starlight or Ember. Starlight because she doesn't treat Spike like a slave and more like a senior and Ember because she thinks he's rather cute for a dragon his size due to his adorkableness and his desire to help others in need. I hope those two get chosen.
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I was going to use her, but I thought it would be a little unfair with two of the girls being related. So, Twilight was the next choice.
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Until Episode Three, the last chapter before the ending.
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In this story, they just hest friends, plus Spike has been with Twilight most of her life.
Let me guess, Flurry Heart is our spy to watch?
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When did she learn how to talk?
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When did she learn how to fly great?
Starlight and ember!
In order of preferance:
Princess Cadance
Harem
Starlight Glimmer
Ember
Applejack
Twilight Sparkle
Prince Shining Armour
Rarity
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Yes there is, bottom of the author notes, here a Click here to vote in the author notes. Plus I'm not counting harem votes, since that isn't a choice
Hmm, things always turn out interesting when an author gives the readers power, I wonder how this one will turn out.
This is a neat idea, and will likely be humors. But the pacing seems rushed.
The description say's Cadence is doing this to repay Spike, but it then jumps straight to the game show. A little set up would have been nice as well as some indication the itatics paragraph's was them taking to the camera.
I'm hopeful this prologue is more just a teaser and chapter 1 is an extended version of the prologue.
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Mother
It was that hug that Spike gave a sad Glimmer in the season 6 premier that started me liking to see the two interact in the show.
It was just adorable.
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I like the shipping of Twilight x Spike, as I think it's pretty cute, but I personally feel that, at least in the show, Spike and Starlight would be a better pair. Hear me out. In show, Twilight and Spike have a sort of Older Sister/Younger Brother bond most of the time, Lord Ember thinks of Spike as a friend and a sort of go between for dragons and ponies, and Rarity led Spike on for FOUR SEASONS before she finally told him the truth about her feelings for him. Starlight, on the other hand, has been nice to Spike and they have an interesting relationship where they see each other as equals, but find ways to help and edify each other. Spike's and Starlight's differences offset each other, but they aren't so different that they can't get along. If you disagree, let me know why!
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Bonus. There has been no Spike abuse from Starlight , like Twilight and Rarity tend to do, even if by accident, in the show.
To expand on Rarity, I think she does know full well how Spike feels about her. And she's using that to its full advantage to get him to do stuff for her. The relationship just seems too toxic for my taste.
My OTP has always been TwiSpike! Sadly that doesn't look like its gonna happen, but I'll keep reading just in case. I will say that I'm happy Rarity is currently loosing. I like those 2 as just Friends.
Yo I love starlight x spike
I'm mostly a Spilight (or Twispike) shipper but I'm ok with either mares(or dragon) except for Rarity because knowing full well that spike has a crush on her all these times yet she takes advantage of him to make him to things for her is like a low blow to me. I still don't understand why people like sparity so much but I'm not gonna question or judge about it(because people can ship who they want) but to me Rarity doesn't deserve spike that's just a opinion for me
For my input, I'm greatly leaning towards Starlight or Ember, but I don't really like Twilight or Rarity. While Twilight and Rarity are still good people, what turns me off regarding them is that whether they know it or not, they have positions of control over Spike's life and they have used it to benefit themselves with little or no consideration to him.
With Starlight or Ember, I can actually see Spike getting something out of a relationship with them. Twilight and Rarity would feel like it's a relationship too born out of the fact that he mostly sees them because he helps them make their lives better. I honestly think that he's been too conditioned into serving their needs, and that doesn't sound like a good basis of a healthy relationship. As weird as it sounds, Spike really needs to learn to be a little more selfish.
I’m mostly for Spike X Starlight
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Starlight did somewhat take advantage of Spike in Horse Play where she along with the Mane 5 forced him to stall the crowd, though that's the only time she mistreats him, she's really nice to him otherwise and almost never abused him. Go Team Starlight.