Chapter 7
Sugarcube Corner stood out among the rest of the buildings in Ponyville. It almost looked like a gingerbread house. The roof had been painted to look like a graham cracker lined with white frosting. A large, cupcake- shaped tower with three giant candles stuck out above the roof, and two poles colored like candy canes held up the awning above the door. It was easily one of the strangest buildings Sapphire had ever seen.
Sapphire tapped her boyfriend on the shoulder to nab his attention, then pointed at a gingerbread-looking house. “Hey, Spike. What’s that building?”
“Oh, you mean Sugar Cube Corner? That’s the local sweets shop. Hey! I’ll bet Pinkie Pie would give us both a free ice cream cone if we stopped in.”
“Well, what are we waiting for?”
Spike stumbled over sudden movement as Sapphire dragged him all the way inside the bakery. She'd nearly pulled his arm off!
“By the way, what IS an ice cream cone?” Sapphire asked.
Spike laughed. “You’ll find out. And then you'll be hooked for life.”
Behind the counter, Pinkie busied herself stirring some kind of batter in a glass bowl. She took one look at the dragons entering her shop, smiled and set the bowl down. “Well, if it isn’t my two favorite dragons!” Pinkie hopped up to the counter. “Hiya Spike, Sapphy! What brings you to Sugar Cube Corner? Oh! Did you come to try those cupcakes with chocolate and sprinkles and cherries on top like I told you about? They’re really good! I can eat fifteen of them in one sitting!”
“Actually, we just came in to say hi,” Spike said.
Pinkie’s smile grew even wider. “Awww, well that’s so nice of you to come see me while I’m working! Why not take a couple ice cream cones? It’s on the house.” Pinkie stared up at the roof, lost in sudden thought. “Or would that be, ‘it’s on the bakery’? I dunno. What I mean is, they’re free!”
“Oh, thank you,” Sapphire said as she took the cone, then studied it. “Where’s the ice?”
“It’s frozen cream,” Pinkie Pie said. “Lick it. It’s super yummy!”
Sapphire flicked out her blue dragon tongue and taste-tested the treat. “Wow, it’s sweet! Our ice treats are just ice. I wish we had things like this.”
***
The ice cream cone wasn’t the last free thing given to Sapphire that day. Spike took her to Sweet Apple Acres, where the Apple family treated her to some of their sweet apple pie. Despite her parents always telling her that ponies, like many other creatures, had no reason to trust dragons, Sapphire knew that Spike’s friends had all gone through a lot of expense and effort to welcome her into their town as if they’d known her her entire life.
That evening, the two dragons sat paw-in-paw on the balcony of Twilight’s library, watching the stars appear in the sky. They’d cuddled so close together that the scales on their sides scraped against one another with the slightest movement.
“I really like your friends, Spike,” Sapphire said. “They’re a lot of fun. Especially Pinkie!”
“I told you so, huh?” Spike gave Sapphire a gentle nudge, which she answered with a kiss to his cheek.
“Okay, you got me there.” Recalling the nickname Rarity had given Spike, Sapphire giggled. “Spikey-Wikey.”
“Hey, don’t call me that.”
“Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?”
In an effort to pin Sapphire to the ground, Spike shifted his weight towards her. It worked—Sapphire fell over on her back, but Spike didn’t take the opportunity to pin her as he’d planned. Instead, he wrapped one arm around her ankle as the dragoness gave him a confused look.
“I’m gonna tickle you until you promise not to call me that again!” Spike threatened.
Sapphire giggled and squirmed as Spike brushed the tip of his claw against the sole of her foot. Hard as she fought, she couldn’t escape Spike’s grip. “No! Stop! I-I won’t say it again! Promise!”
The tickling finally stopped, which allowed Sapphire to sit up and catch her breath from the involuntary laughing that had squeezed all the air from her lungs.
“Okay,” she panted, “my turn!”
With no warning other than that, the dragoness sprang up to tackle Spike to the ground, grabbed him around the ankle and ran the tip of her claw against his foot.
“Okay!” Spike laughed, kicking all the while in an effort to free himself. “Okay! I’m sorry!”
It was Spike’s turn to drop to his stomach, gasping for air. Sapphire crawled over to him, bringing her side against his. She rested her neck over his, and their tails entwined like a pair of snakes
Sapphire could feel Spike’s pounding heart. “Spike?” she asked softly.
“Yeah?”
“I… I…”
“You what?”
“Um… never mind. Can we just lay here like this for a while?”
***
Twilight Sparkle yawned. The last dull light of dusk had faded and it had been a long day. She could continue her studies in the morning. Once she closed the book on plants she’d been reading and set it on a nearby table, Twilight trudged up the stairs to her room with one more yawn.
An adorable sight just out the window of the patio caught Twilight’s attention. The baby dragons were cuddled up in a ball with Sapphire’s neck resting on top of Spike’s, a pair of little tails curled around each other like the stripes on a candy cane. Both had their eyes shut, apparently asleep in their cuddled position. Their heads made two adjacent lumps, with their bodies curving downward to form a single intersecting tip at their tails. Intentional or not, the two dragons had formed what resembled a scaly heart.
“Good night, Spike.”
With a smile, Twilight summoned a bit of magic energy into her horn. A glittering aura engulfed the blanket tucked across Spike’s bed. The cloth lifted into the air, waving like a flag as Twilight guided it outside to the patio and gently draped it over the sleeping reptiles, being careful not to wake them.
They hadn’t moved. With that taken care of, Twilight nestled into her bed to get some sleep of her own.
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HA, my turn! FIRST!
And the chapter was short but sweet. Beautiful.
D'aaawwww...
That is all.
as always, this story was great... I just hope for a non-sad ending... but then again even the sad one was a sweet one...
but then again I don't know if you're revising it or just "fixing and reposting"
either way, can't wait to read more
Stop making them so adorable, my heart can't take it much longer
I'm a little worried, if her parents brought her to equestria to get away from a bad area, then won't they be just a bit worried that she doesn't come home? Hopefully the parental protective instincts won't escalate into an all out rampage.
I swear to god this is fucking adorable!
This is so cute it should come with warning labels.
Also, short chapter is short. We need MOAR! 
I have this bad feeling that Sapphires parents decide to leave and take her with them and then...Spike has to choose between his friends...or his love!
OH the drama!
Reptilian heart made out of two sleeping baby dragons?!
My d'aww meter just exploded. Twice.
Five moustaches for you, my good sir!
1337938 Try reading first the next chapter. You'll regret it. The storm is coming. And it is CLOSE.
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I don't always cuddle
But when I do, it's with Sapphire
Hmm how lovely. I don't know how much more love or action you can fit in this author. Wonderful job on it too~ The Witches Hat shows the rising of the action between the beloved dragons and how they enjoy each others company. Lovely chapter, I simply adored it darling~ keep up the good work. Ciao~
Good chapter is good.
To much D'aaaawwwww
.
I love it.
Hmmm...Im getting the feeling that this is gonna one of the last full on carefree cute chapters
(not to mention the storm a brewing guy warning us every chapter -_-)
So class everyone one more time for old times sake all together now AWWWW =)
Im so proud of you guys and you too spike ^_^
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And everyone died, the end
HEART... CAN'T... TAKE... ANYMORE... ADORABLENESS...
wow. you actually made a spike x (insert) fic. and it doesn't suck. and rarity is jealous.
well, now it it is time for everything to burn up in smoke.
HHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG
FUCK YOU, TEAR DUCTS.
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my heart!
4285732
Quick, get this tank some insulin!
5739097 SH*T I JUST RAN OUT!! GET SOME INSULIN FAST!!
DON'T YELL AT ME!!
I DON'T CARE THIS MAN OR WOMAN WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T GET ANY IN-
SHUT THE FU*K UP!!
yes
ok
sorry
yes sorry
Wher are her parents. They must be worried out of their minds. Little girl goes off on her own in the morning then dosen't come back. Call everyone get the dragon patrol out here now.
Someone in the distance, " the ski is falling run for ur life's. Ruuuuuuuuuuuuunnnn."