Tf2 analysis anarchy: tales of the green guardian

by Twilightsonic75

The Rainbow Ring of the Rainbow alicorn

Normal P.O.V

A few days after the Iron pony competition, Twilight had gathered her friends together and had them put on their elements of harmony on. She thought that this was a perfect time to do this, with Spike out with Princess Celestia, and Scootaloo was on at a sleepover at Sweetie bells parents for a whole week.

Applejack, who was rightfully curious about this, asked, "Twilight, why do we have our elements of harmony on now?"

Twilight, who was reading something in a book, simply replied, "Oh, I just discovered something intriguing about the elements of harmony, and I wanted to try it out."

This got their attention, but it was too late. Twilight used the element of magic and casted a hypnotic spell on them. They couldn't break out of it, nor did they have knowledge of them being under mind control.

"Yo Twi. I'm heading to the..." Spear then saw the others in a hypotic state as he then asked Twilight. He then asked Twilight, "Um, Twi? What's going on?"

Twilight giggled nervously, but then sighed and confessed, "Ok, well... I recently found out that the Elements of Harmony have a hidden function. Being that the weirder of the element of magic can control the minds of the other weiders of the rest of the elements of harmony."

Spear looked at the others and saw that it was true. Each of them was in a trance that they couldn't break. He then asks, "Twilight...why did you..."

"Because I wanted payback for them leaving me at Shining armors wedding rehearsal, even though I was right about the imposter Cadence." Twilight said with vengeful spite in her voice.

Spear was about to say something when a bright flash blinded him, and he too was under mind control.

Twilight then commanded her friends to make a relaxing area for the two of them and come get them in half an hour. She led them to her private study as she said, "I'm sorry for doing that out of the blue to you. But I needed to act now. I'll explain later, but right now, I did this for a bit of a selfish reason."

She got closer as she whispered, "You and I are gonna make out right now. And once I clap my hoofs, you'll have no memory of this, ok?"

The hypnotic hedgehog nodded as she squealed and began to kiss him. Making out with a hypnotic being was a bit stiff, but it's better than nothing as she continued to wrap her tongue around his.

The two lay down on the couch, as the romantic passion continued as Twilight moaned and said, "Oh, my handsome hedgehog. How I long for us to have this. Can't you see my heart belongs to you? (And possibly Spike too) but *Mmmm* you've been in my mind since I was a unicorn. You're my prince. But I've seen Pinkie, Rarity, and most recently, Applejack look at you the same way."

She continued to kiss him as she said, "I don't mind sharing you with them if you have similar feelings for them. But I want you to be my boyfriend first one day. One day, my love. One day." She then when in for one more kiss as the scene dissolved into a Blair.

*present day Spear's P.O.V*

I woke up from a nap in my bunk in Coal Town, we offen have to stay a few days for training. And the clean up has been having us stay a few days some weeks. But still, that dream... It's still crazy that Twilight basically made out with me while in a hypnotic state.

What Twilight didn't realize that having no memories of being hypnotized only affects the element users. It would still be hard to recollect your memory from being hypnotized regardless, but my dreams seem to remember most of it.

After I snapped out of it, she explained that she wanted me to join her in ordering them around in their hypnotic states. And I'll admit... it was too good to pass up! So for the rest of the day, they weighed on us hand and hoof by massaging us, fanning us, feeding us grapes. It's a bit therapeutic after all the times they got us mad at them.

Thankfully, they didn't remember anything, and Twilight agreed not to do that again...unless they tick her off again.

So anyway, after that amazing dream, I was around the office for the applications for the final two spots for the teams. The blue pyro, and the permanent red spy. When I noticed a pile of ash in the corner. "Oh...no." was all I could say as I went to go find Doc.

*Meanwhile, Normal P.O.V*

Doc is working in his office on calculating and taking inventory on any lost supplies from the robot invasion when he heard a knock at the door. *Knock Knock* "Come in."

Spear walked in with an unsure look on his face, unsure of how to tell Doc the news, as he says, "Hey Doc. Can I come in?"

Doc looked and saw Spear walked into the office and replied, "Ah, Spear. How does the clean-up effort?"

Spear then quickly turns to look at coal town as he says, "Umm, Ok, for the most part? Kinda hard to tell since a lot of these buildings around here already had battle damage BEFORE Dusty showed up."

Doc looked at his window and saw what he meant. It was hard to tell what damage was from the invasion and what was normal. "Ah yes. Now I see what you mean."

Spear sighed as he seemed worried about something. Doc caught on to his sighs and asked, "Is everything alright Mr.Spear? You seem rather...tease."

Spear then gave a nervous smile as he realized that he was caught thinking about something. "Well... I HAVE been busy organizing something. You know the nation of Yakyakistan?"

Doc nodded as he said, "You mean the nation north of the crystal mountains? Yes, I have heard of them. Back when me and my brother Terik and I, who's a dragon by the way, were traveling, we visited Yakyakistan during our time in the north. It was ummm...a interesting experience, to say the least. We even got to meet the prince and were even made honorary yaks."

Spear smiled as he heard that Doc had been to the mountains and yecyakastand before and said, "That's neat, Doc. It must have been a fun visit for you and your brother."

Doc nodded in agreement as Spear continued. "Well, you probably also know that Yecyakastand and Equestria haven't opened their borders in hundreds of years and -"

Doc interrupted for a second to say, "Don't you mean 'Hundreds of moons?'"

Spear rolled his eyes and said, "There's a different? Also, if the G5 series Bible is gonna categorize moons as years, then I'm gonna roll with that logic. Plus, 'hundreds on moons' would only count for a few years. A decade at best. Tensions would be too high to try to open the borders again immediately."

Doc then started to massage the temples on his forehead and said, "While I can't argue with the logic you placed, I must ask you not to break the fourth wall like that."

Spear blushed as he said, "Uh, hehe. Sorry, Doc." He centered himself before getting back on topic and said,"Anyway. Prince Rutherford, the current prince of Yakyakistan, is coming to equestria to discuss about the peace treaty between the two nations, and I was assigned to plan the peace talk dinner for Aunty Celestia and Prince Rutherford."

Spear breathed a bit before explaining, "Originally, Celestia was gonna assign either Princess Cadence or Twilight to handle organizing the peace talk dinner. But, since my mom, Princess Luna, said I needed to start doing more royal dutys since I'm a prince."

He covered his face with his palm in annoyance as he remembered the conversation. While he never considered himself as royalty, Princess Luna said that it would be good for the royal reputation for their newest prince to start having royal duties.

He was reluctant to do these, but he is still doing it for two reasons. One, she feels like her son was ready for more royal responsibilities. And two, she wanted him to be a better example of a royal prince than the former prince Blueblood. Which was the main motivation for him.

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*Flashback*

During the first grand galloping gala, the main 6 went together, Spear was having some Mother and son time. Blueblood was being his snarky, low down, cruel self when he spotted Spike all by himself. When Spear, Twilight, and Rarity heard about this, they didn't take it well.

Spear went to confront Blueblood about this, and while Twilight wanted to join him, she decided to tell Celestia about this. But surprisingly, Rarity was insisting on joining Spear in confronting Blueblood.

Rarity then gave Blueblood a scolding and a piece of her mind. But Blueblood was not bothering to listen and called her a worthless peasant and made her cry a bit. Spike got angry at the remark at Rarity, but Blueblood punched him, and it broke Spear's last nerve. he launched himself at blueblood and proceeded to beat him for hurting his little brother. Rarity joined him as she was enraged at Spike's black eye.

However, Blueblood's true torture was just beginning, when Celestia and Luna ran in with Twilight and saw Spear's face all bloody, Rarity's gown was all torn up and ruined with her make up running, and Spike was on the ground with a black eye.

All three mares were horrified at the scene as Luna lifted Blueblood up and tossed to the other side of the room as she carried Spear in her hoofs, Rarity walked over to Spike, while Twilight carried him in her hoofs, both sadded to see their boys in this state.

While Celestia was enraged by Blueblood's actions. He had assaulted three guests at the gala. One was a national hero, and two were of royalty, with one of them being her OWN SON.

Celestia had the royal guard, one of them being Shining armor at the time, take Blueblood away to the deepest dungeon in tartarus, charged for assault on a minor, brutal assault on a royal figure, and assault on a national hero. and lastly, was stripped of his title, rank, and privileges as royalty.

Spear, Spike, Rarity, and Twilight agreed on a pack to protect each other from similar abuse in the future from then on. as well as the rest of their friends, Celestia, Luna, shining armor, and later on Cadence when she heard the news.

*End of Flashback*

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Spear sighed as he continued, "If it goes well, the yaks will continue to be allies to equestria for another thousand years."

He then gulped at the thought of things going bad and said, "But if things go south...the yaks will declare war on equestria for who knows HOW long! Life in equestria will never be the same, Aunty Celestia will blame me, and I'll be thrown to the deepest dungeons, never to see the light again!" He began to panic and hyperventilating at the thought of the fate of equestria fell onto his shoulders.

However, with a snap of his fingers, Doc caused a definite boom that snaps Spear out of his spiral. In his confused state, he asked, "H-Ho-How did you do that Doc?"

"Mr. Spear, I know that this is a lot on your plate, and it's overwhelming you, but you need to calm down. Panicking like this will only make the problem worse, rather than helping it." Doc explained in a calm and smoothing voice.

Spear calmly breathed in and out and said "Thanks Doc. That helped me out. I just really want to the yaks to feel at home in ponyville. But I'm having a hard time thinking how to incorporate yekyakastand culture to ponyville."

Doc then thought of an idea that might work better and said, "If I may make a suggestion. Instead of making them feel at home with Yacyakastand culture that you don't know, why not make them feel at home with ponyville culture instead and show them what equestria has to offer."

Spear then thought of it. He didn't consider that one: showing them that equestria can show them a good and welcoming time can show that they wanted to be friends with the yaks as well. And two: he was fairly positive that if he tried to copy Yakyakistan culture, it would lead to bigger problems.

He then told Doc, "You know what? I think I'll do that instead. Thanks for the advice, Doc. Hey, since you know the prince of yecyakastand, would you wanna come to the peace talk dinner tomorrow? Your knowledge of Yakyakistan culture can come in handy there. Oh, and I heard from Blissy that you also have a wife, right? Why not bring her along, too? "

Doc then nodded at the invite and said, "It'll be our honor to join you and the royals in the peace talk dinner. However, I can't help but notice that there's something else that you wanted to tell me."

Spear then remembered the original reason why he came into the office and said, "Oh, right. Well, I also have some news."

Doc then curiously said, "Is it good news or bad news?" Spear then replied with an unsure look and said,"Errm, it depends. See this pile of ash here?"

Doc them had a feeling of dread in his stomach and asked, "Please tell me that wasn't anything important."

Spear then on to explain and said, "Well...I'm not sure. Apparently, all the applications for the last two spots on each team, the permanent red spy, and the blue Pyro, got caught in the cross fire during the robot invasion."

Doc then gave a slightly disappointing "Oh..."

Spear continued to explain and said "Yeah, I know we haven't picked out the candidates for the spots and we had spotted a couple of promising ponys to fill those roles, but with the invasion, the clean up, and most recently, the iron pony competition, it never came to mind."

Doc sighed at the news and said "Well...I suppose that's probably for the best at the moment. We can't go about adding any pony new to either team without reestablishing ourselves here first. We don't know what other dangerous are out there on the horizon. If Tirek, Mecha Sonic, and Dusty are any indication."

Spear then nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah, I have to agree with you, Doc. We're still pretty vulnerable after the robot invasion. And even with mom's and Auntly Celestia's financial support, It's gonna take a while until we can get back to our full TF2 strength."

Doc nodded in agreement as he also pointed out, "And their's another matter as well. Without the respwan generator, we can't undergo normal training as before. I'm hoping to get it fixed again so we can train properly again soon."

Spear then looked at the inventory list Doc had and said, "You know, doc, I can help with gathering supplies for the base after I'm done with organizing the peace talk dinner, if you want."

Doc then gave a relieved look and said, "I would appreciate that very much. Thank you, Mr Spear. Since you are going to help with the supplies, I do have time to head home and inform my lady about the festivities tomorrow."

Spear smiled and nodded at the news that Doc was coming. He didn't know that he was made an honorary yak by yecyakastands people, but this might help here. If Doc knew the customs of the yaks, it'll go a long way to help not insult them accidentally, but also starting a war with them on accident.

Spear then nodded and said, "Alright then, Doc, I'll grab my stuff from my locker and head back home to plan any last-minute additions I need to put in."

Doc nodded and said, "Alright then. I just need to finish a couple of things first before I head back as well. Have a good day, Mr.Spear."

Spear waved goodbye to Doc and headed for the red team's locker room. Getting ready for the last-minute push, he needed to make both nations come together.

In the red team's locker room, Spear was putting up all his spy gear and got his regular outfit on when he accidentally bumped into Voice beside him. "Oof. Oops, sorry, Voice. Didn't see you there."

Voice them turned around and was surprisingly chill about it and said "Eh, don't worry about it. Anyway, you're clocking out for the day?"

Spear nodded as he said, "Yeah, I have royal duties to do, but Doc helped me with getting the idea straightened out."

What Voice and Spear didn't realize was that during the collision, a small box was knocked from Voice's locker and into Spear's bag. However, neither of them knew, and Voice closed his locker and was leaving for Las Pegasus with his mare friend Sega for the weekend. And Spear left in a hurry to catch the train. The chaos that followed was something ponyville was never gonna forget.

After walking out of the train station, Spear then decided that before heading home, he should stop by at Pinkie pie's place. He had already asked her for her help with the after party to show Brotherfur that equestria respected yecyakastand's customs. The whole idea was Twilight's idea before Princess Luna resigned Spear for the event.

But after his chat with Doc, Spear decided to show the yak prince what makes equestria so special, instead of possibly insulting the customs of the yaks. He walked in the bakery where he saw Pinkie pie working the front counter.

Pinkie pie, always happy to see her friend/new crush, smiled and said, "Hi Spear. Did Twilight send you over to check on the party? Because I have -"

Spear gently placed his finger on her mouth, and she became quiet with a "Mep" as she blushed. He didn't know why she started doing that now, but didn't looked a gift horse in the mouth as he said "Actually Pinkie, I was hoping it wasn't too late to change the plans a bit. Instead of trying to make something we don't know nothing about, why don't we show the yaks how equestria can be really friendly?"

Spear then felt a hint of guilt in asking her all this at the last minute, but he didn't have much of a choice as he asks "I know it's at the last minute but...please help me?"

*Pinkie's P.O.V*

Oooooh, why does he have to pull out the cute face NOW?! Sigh...ever since I discovered my crush on him, I CAN'T resist him! How can it go from being so cool to being so cute?! Oooooh, I love him and all, but he's SERIOUSLY making it hard for me not to pull him behind the counter and make out with him! Gaah! Why do you torment me with your cute yet handsome looks?!

I gulped as I blushed and said, "Sure! I can do it! I'll make a party where the yaks know how great ponyville really is!"

I then saw him smile brightly as he then said "Thanks Pinkie! You're so awesome!" Eek! He's hugging me! He is HUGGING ME!!! My heart is beating so fast! Oh, come on, Pinkie! Just confess to him already! Say 'I like you, will you go out with me?' It's, THAT, Simple!

But, by the time I wanted to talk to him, He then let me go and said, "The after party will be at the castle of Friendship! Thanks again for your help!" Nuts. I missed it again. Next time, for sure.

*Spear's P.O.V*

Was Pinkie acting... weird today? Ever since we apologized to each other, Pinkie been more...clingy...not that I mind. She's kinda cute when she's clingy. Anyway, I can worry about that later. Right now, I need to finish that paper work.

*Normal P.O.V*

As Spear headed for the castle, he spotted Twilight and Spike at the door and ducked in a alley. He didn't want to make Twilight feel bad about not getting to host the event herself.

However, it proved useless at the end as he heard behind him, "Spear! There you are!" As he jumped up in shock from surprise. Twilight had spotted him and teleported behind him to bring him home. And that's what she did.

She teleported both of them to the front of the castle and said "I'm so glad your home! Now I can help you set up all the yecuakastand decorations for the peace talk dinner. So, I've done some digging in some of the yecyakastand history to see what we can use, and I thought-"

"Actually Twi, I kinda decided to go in a different direction for the peace talks." Spear said, interrupting Twilight's train of thought.

Twilight, twitching with nerves in her stomach, looked pale as she said "B-But if we don't show we respect their culture, they'll probably start war with equestria almost immediately! What idea do you have in that tiny mind of yours, is better then common sense?!"

Spear's heart then broke a bit. He knew she got irritated when stressed, but not THIS bad that she was blindly enraged. "O-oh..."

Twilight, snapping out of her stress Induce fury, realized what she did and said "S-Spear wait! I-I didn't mean-" "Save it Twi. I get you think my ideas are bad. But I'm still going through it, whether you like it or not. I'm be in my room if you yell at me more." Spear said in a clearly hurt tone as he marched to his room in a angry huff.

Twilight, feeling guilty for her actions, wanted to go apologize to him and make amends. But knew he needed to cool off before she could try and talk to him. She walked off to her private library, saddened at her mistake.

Spear was on his writing desk, trying to see what final adjustments he needed to make, when he heard the door open and said "Sigh, come in Spike."

Spike, jumping up shocked saying, "How did you-" "Twilight would just teleport into the room. She forgets her manners when she's stressed."

Spike nodded in agreement, as he knew of Twilight teleporting around when under stress. Making her hard to catch. He then decided to say "Hey, sorry about Twilight back there. You know she's not normally like that, right?"

Spear sighed as reality settled in. He was right. Twilight wasn't normally this on edge. He then asked "Your right Spike. What's gotten into her? She's been acting kinda off since I got that letter from Auntie Celestia about taking over the peace talk dinner."

Spike thought about the events of last week and now. And giving that he dose Twilight the longest out of all their friends, he knows her the best. "I think I have a idea. Maybe Twilight is kinda hurt that you were chosen to host the dinner instead of her by princess Celestia. I mean, she DOSE see her like a mother, so you getting this responsibility over her in her eyes is like mom doesn't trust her anymore."

Spear then felt bad for Twilight. He didn't know that she held his aunts opinions to such a high regard. (Well, higher then others anyway) While he would love to help her out and give her control over the dinner, he knew that he was too deep in to suddenly pass leadership onto her.

He'll think of a way to make it up to her later. He then asked Spike "Hey Spike, I have some punch in my Tf2 bag in the corner. Can you be a bro and grab one for me? And help yourself to one too if you like."

Spike licked his lips as he nodded. He wasn't one to pass up some punch as he said "Sure thing big bro." He opened the bag, searching around for it till he found two punchs inside and pulling them out.

However, he unknowingly pulled out a small red box that bounced out a red ring with rainbow sparks coursing through it.

Spear noticed the ring and picked it up as Spike said "What's that? A gift for Twilight?~"

Spear's face turned redder then a bright red Apple and said "N-No it's not! You goober!" He walked up to the ring, picked it up, and felt a unusual magic from it. Unusual, yet familiar at the same time.

However, from the alicorn/mobiun prince's touch, a rainbow light began to glow, and then exploded in the hedgehog's room. Knocking both Spike and Spear back and Knocking Spear out in the process, while the ring in question flew out the window at the same time.

Spike wasn't sure what exactly this ring was, but he knew that it would cause trouble if he didn't they and catch it. He moved Spear to his bed to rest, while he ran after the ring.

The ring was bouncing across ponyville with no ryam or reason, as Spike desperately tried to chase it. Unfortunately, his bad luck struck, and fell in a deep ditch in town. Losing the rings trail in the process.

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Later

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Rarity was busy putting up the outfits she made for the visiting yak coming tomorrow. Pinkie pie had arrived earlier to tell her the change in plans and, like always, she was prepared.

She had backup outfits for an emergency and they represented what makes ponys unique in fashion! She had barley managed to finish putting the bases of the outfits on, she just needed to put the Accessories to complete the outfits.

She kinda wished that she invited Spike to help her with this. She had forgotten how tough a order can be without assistance. Thankfully, she had Sassy Sapphire to help her in Cantrlot boutique and run it for her while she wasn't there.

But to run Carousel boutique efficiency, she needed some help. Spike has been busy as well with his own jobs. Like royal duties, his own chores, and most recently, helping with the iron pony competition, she didn't want to push him to the ponit of exhaustion.

Rarity thought that some fresh air would do her some good as she stepped outside for a minute. At the same time, the Rainbow booster ring landed in Rarity personal garden, as she heard the rustling of the leaves.

She moved the leafs out of the way and picked up the ring with her Magic and said "Well, hello there. What do we have here?"

She saw the pretty red color of the ring with a rainbow sparkle shining from the light as she said "Oh my. What a gorgeous ring! I wonder who lost it?"

She looked around the neighborhood for a bit and asked some of the local mares if it was theirs. However, none of them said that it was theirs. With the owner being a no show, Rarity smiled and said "Hehe, oh well. I made a honest effort to find the owner, but nothing came up. So, it's like the old saying goes. *Finders keepers!*"

She brought the ring inside and into her bedroom. She stared at the ring and it's mysterious beauty. "Oh, I don't know who would lost such a exquisite ring! Oh sure, it looks plain. But on closer inspection, it looks positively divine! The shade of dark red looks so mysterious, while making the rainbow sparkle from the light pop even more radiant!"

She then saw that the ring was adjustable and then saw her tail looking a bit messy from her work earlier and- "*Gasp!* Ideeeea!"

She then smoothed out her tail from her usual twisty style to a more fuller and straight look and put the ring on the end of it like hair tie and said "Hehe, I've always wanted to Applejack's tail style and-"

Rarity began to feel funny as a jolt of rainbow magic began to surge into her body and a deep down feeling began to bubble to the surface.

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Later

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Spike was walking down the road, covered in dirt from climbing out of the ditch. He wanted a place clean up and get back to tracking down the ring. Luckily, he spotted Carousel boutique near by. But he knew Rarity wouldn't let him enter in his current condition.

Fortunately, he spotted her water hose on the side of the boutique. It wasn't a 7 hour bubble bath, but it would have to do. Unfortunately for him, the water ended up cold and- "Gaaaah! Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold!"

Spike was NOT a fan of the cold at ALL. Being a dragon meant he was cold blooded. Sure he can handle winters in ponyville since it was in the lower plains and in cantrlot, he had a special furnace his mom made for him to keep him warm in the winter months.

She would even join him to make sure he was so lonely in the furnace. Since he couldn't go visit Twilight in the cold, but those times with him and his mom in the furnace were the best.

He actually wished he was in a furnace now, with the wind blowing on the soaked scale made the cold feeling worse. He knocked at the door, praying that Rarity was home so he could warm up. Thankfully, she was home when he heard, "Just a minute!"

The door opened and, to his shock, Rarity was in some kind of a work out outfit. She was dressed in a purple top with black yoga pants with white and purple leg bands and a head band of the same pattern. He didn't know if this was real, or a Hallucination from the cold water.

Rarity saw Spike at the door and smiled, saying, "Oh Spikey-wikey! I wasn't expecting you to-" she then noticed him soaking wet and shivering a the entrance. She touched his arm, feeling him to be cold as ice. She was shocked and said "Spike! Your freezing! Come inside, quickly!"

She lifted him with her magic, and surprisingly sat him on her fainting couch with a towel covering him. Rarity looked at him with worry and asked "Spikey, darling, why were you soaking wet out there? The cool wind was making your condition even worse."

Spike then showed a guilty look on his face and explained what happened. "Well, I was chasing something from the castle, I lost its trail in the market place when I fell in a deep ditch. I was gonna ask you if seen it, but I was dirty and muddy and you don't like mud in the boutique, so I washed myself off with your hose and...well, you know what happened after that."

Rarity gave a sad look as she hugged Spike and said "Oh Spike. I'm sorry you felt like that. If it was just your hoofs-eh feet-that you needed to wash, I understand why. But when it's whole body that you needed to wash, I would have understood. You didn't have to risk your health for my boutiques cleanliness. Your far more important to me then a clean floor Spike. Don't you ever forget that."

Spike blushed from Rarity's kind and touching words. He returned the hug as he started to shiver again. Rarity felt this body shiver and when to get some blankets. Getting some from her bedroom, she wrapped him up with her magic, while walking in place.

Spike noticed this little difference and asked "Um, Rarity? I've been meaning to ask. What's with the outfit? Are you gonna go work out or something?"

Rarity blinked, but smile and said "Oh, that's right darling, I was planning on working out after working on thr dresses for the peace dinner Spear is organizing. I've been feeling stiff for awhile now, and thought that this would be perfect time to work out."

Spike then noticed something on her hoofs and looked closer at them. It looked like mud. Spike then said "Rare, your hoofs are dirty! Aren't you gonna wash them?"

Rarity looked at her hoofs, and was surprised to see some dry mud on them. But, to Spike's surprise, she wasn't panicking over getting dirty. In fact, she starts to feel... nostalgic for some reason. She then said "Mmm, maybe later. It's just dirt after all."

Spike was then froze in place. Not from the cold entirely, but from the shock of what Rarity said. She doesn't mind getting dirty?! What was happening today!?

Rarity then had a idea and said "Spike, can you wait here for a bit? I'm gonna prepare a warm bath for you. It won't be a seven hour bath, but it will be enjoyable, I promise."

Spike then shook his head and smiled saying, "Aw Rares, you don't have to go through the trouble."

Rarity however, was adamant about it and said "Nonsense Spike, It's no trouble at all. After all, it WAS kinda my fault that you thought you had to wash yourself clean outside to come it after all. So, let ME help you warm up."

He smiled at her generous offer as she said "I'll go fix the tub for you Spikey-wikey~ I'll be back." She then powerwalked her way to her bathroom to get the tub working as Spike just sat there, still wondering what happened.

Spike then spoted Rarity's work bench and saw the unfinished accessories on the desk. She was probably working on them before taking a break. He then had a idea.

While Rarity was fixing his bath, he was gonna finish up the accessories for her as a thank you gift for her. And thanks to helping Rarity around the boutique so often, he had picked up a thing or two on making on sewing, customer service, business dealing, fashion designing, and in this case, accessory making.

He began to work, despite the shivering, and kept thinking about Rarity as he worked.

Meanwhile, with Rarity, while was fixing the tub for Spike. While waiting, she started do push-ups while remembering some long lost memories of her fillyhood. She spotted that the tub was filled after awhile and decided to call Spike over.

When she walked down, she spotted Spike at her work desk and walked up quietly to see what he was doing. Turns out, he was making the accessories she had started before these old feelings came to the surface.

She smiled at Spike's efforts were actually impressive. Each pendent accessory was personalized for each of their friends likes and personalities. Pinkie's was of a delicious Pink cupcake with rainbow sprinkles.

Fluttershy's was of a butterfly with a swirl of rainbow colors, Rainbow dash's was a lightning bolt with a rainbow pattern.

Applejack's was of a big, juicy apple with other colored apples around it, Twilight's was of her cutie mark, with a green star behind her magenta star, and the rest of them were the other colors of the rainbow.

And lastly, Rarity's was a gem the same shape as her cutie mark with a rainbow shine on it, and a trail of purple stars on one side, and green flames on the other. She knew what it represented. It was the relationship between Spear, herself, and Spike. She knew that the two of them have her heart and was happy to be with both of them.

Rarity began to tear up at Spike's handy work and said "Oh SPIKEY WIKEY, THERE BEAUTIFUL!!!"

She then got him in a tight hug as she nuzzled him with her cheek as she felt his cold body and said "OH my! Spike, your freezing! Come on, the tub is waiting for you."

Spike gulped as a thought came to mind. But the question is, would she want to join him? "Umm Rarity? I was wondering...w-would you like to join me in the tub? I don't take much space and-"

"I would love to join you Spikey wikey." Rarity said in a sweet tone, as they walked into the bathroom and enjoyed the soak.

While relaxing in the tub, Spike decided to ask Rarity, "So Rarity, when did you get into exercising? I remember you said that you never had time to exercise because it working your hair and make up."

Rarity then remembered she said and wondered. 'Why DID I make a big fuss on getting dirty all the time?'

She also remembered something that she said back when she was a filly, when she would stay at her aunt's condo. When she would attend her fancy parties and try to mingle with the guests, they were acting all snobby and rude.

This would disappoint her aunt, who was the influence of the fashion world at the time, and any pony who messed with her niece would be humiliated and kicked out of the party.

She was crying in her room while her aunt was trying to comfort her as she said "Those pony are so mean! Just because I'm a little dirty from playing with my friends, and they act like I'm a criminal!"

Her aunt comforted filly Rarity as she said "Yes, some ponys in the upper class have no class. But, money CAN offen change you if your not careful. What I want you to remember Rarity darling, is that no matter how rich you are, or how your lifestyle changes...always remind the kind, generous, fun loving filly you are."

As Rarity's thoughts returned to the present, she then remember how as she was growing up, the words of her aunt faded away and she began to adapt the cantrlot elites mindset more and more. Not to the extent of certain members, but still enough that it changed her.

She then looked in the reflection in the bath water and began to tear up, saying, "Oh, Aunty...what have I done?"

"Rarity? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Spike asked in a worried tone, Feeling Rarity's sadness as he hugged her.

Rarity began to explain her promise to her aunt and some of her past to Spike. Spike remembered how the cantrlot elite treated him back before he moved to ponyville, so he an sympathize with Rarity.

"I understand Rarity. The cantrlot elite CAN be crude. But your NOTHING like them, believe me, I know." He said sympathetically, trying to make her feel better.

Rarity smiled a bit at Spike's kind words, but still looked sad as she said "I appreciate your kind words Spike. And your right, I'm not like some of those snobby elites in cantrlot. However...I still feel like I lost a bit of who I originally was."

Spike looked confused by this and asked, "What do you mean? Were you different at one ponit?"

Rarity began to sigh as she decided to admit that she wasn't what Spike thought she was and said "Spike...I know you respect me being a classy young mare, but...I wasn't always like this you know? Back before I was a stylish fashion designer, I was kinda of a young...rascal, once apon a time. Me, Applejack, and Rainbow dash were once a tight little group."***

She smiled at the memories of her, Applejack and Rainbow dash having fun and getting into mischief. Those were the days. Her smile then dropped a bit as she said, "Then when we were fithteen, after Applebloom was born, we came to the realization that we needed to set a better example for them. "

Rarity's sadness began to show itself as she continued to say, "So, regrettably, we began to focus on other goals. Applejack began to take the farm more seriously, Rainbow dash began to work on her training for the wonderbolts and working for the weather factory, and I, well,... you know how I am. As I continued to get in with the cantrlot elite, I slowly began to lose who I was. Only...I never noticed till today HOW much I changed."

Spike patted Rarity on the back and said "You know, there's nothing wrong by being you. Or, why not combine both halfs of you? It's ok to be a proper lady at the right time, but there's nothing wrong with cutting loose and getting dirty while having fun with friends."

Rarity took he words to consideration and realized he was right. She's spent alot of her young life trying to mimic the cantrlot elite life style, that she nearly lost her roots in ponyville. That was a mistake she'll never make again. "Thank you Spike. I think I needed to hear that from a real close friend of mine." She then leaned In and kissed him on the cheek in gratitude for helping her to remember who she was. While Spike blushed from getting a kiss from his crush.

As they got out of the tub and dried off, Rarity smiled and said "Ahh, you know Spike, I do love having a relaxing soak in the tub as much as the next pony. But sharing the soak with you was incredibly enjoyable. If you ever want to share a soak in the tub again, I wouldn't hesitate to join you." She winked at Spike as he blushed. Thinking that this could be their thing from now on.

He then saw Rarity tail and spotted something on the end of it. It was something familiar that he wanted to make sure of so he would cause a scene. "Um, Rarity? Where did you get that hair tie from?"

Rarity then looked at it and said "Oh, right. I forgot I had it on." She took if off, but still kept the rainbow magic in her as she said "I found this beautiful ring in my window garden if you can believe it. I can't believe somepony would lose such a exquisite piece like this."

Spike then widen his eyes as he said "That's the ring I was chasing after!" Rarity looked confused as Spike explained, "When Spear arrived home, he was working on the peace dinner, he asked for some juice from his bag. I grab it, and this little red box fell out. We found the ring inside, their was this explosion of rainbow magic, and the ring flew off. I've been trying to find it ever since."

Rarity was trying to wrap her mind over everything that happened. It would explain the jolt of magic she felt earlier, but she was actually grateful for it, As it helped remember her promise to be herself.

Spike then looked at her and she knew what he was wanting to ask. "You want the ring back to make sure it won't cause trouble, right?"

Spike slowly nodded as she understood. It was a noble decision he made and she knew it must've been hard for him to do. She then agreed and gave the ring to him as he said "Thank you Rarity. I know it must have been hard since it looked real pretty to you. How about I get you a great one to replace it later?"

Rarity however, declined and said "It's only darling. It's just a hair tie. Not the end of equestria or anything."

Spike nodded as he began to make his way out, when he tripped on the rug and the ring slipped out of his claws, and bounced outside again. "Oh no! The ring!"

Rarity then gave a determined look as she levitated Spike on her back and said "Not if I can help it! Hang on Spike!" Rarity raced off as she and Spike began to track the ring again.

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Meanwhile

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*Spear's P.O.V*

Ugh...my head. What happened to me? I remember working on the peace dinner arrangements. And me and Spike found that...*Gasp* Wait! The ring, where is it?!

Wait, before I passed out, I remember it flew off somewhere. Did Spike go after it? Well, I better go after it and help him out too. But...what WAS that magic that exploded out of the ring? Guess I'll have to figure it out later. I took off to find that ring, not noticing the rainbow trail behind me.

*Normal P.O.V*

As the ring bounced through town, it made his way to the market place, rolling to a stop near a certain shy mare. Fluttershy was shopping in the market to get some food for her animal friends at her cabin, (as well as some secret snacks for herself.)

However, she's been having trouble with some of the stall sell ponys trying to con her or basically bullying her into paying more then she had to.* Unfortunately, thanks to her shyness and lack in confidence, she was a easy target for con artists. She wishes she could be more confident and Assertive like her friends were. Unfortunately, her last attempt to be more assertive didn't go well at all.

While looking down, she spotted the ring on the ground and picked it up with her hoof. She looked mesmerized by its simple beauty and said "Oh my. What a pretty ring. I wonder who it belongs to?"

She looked around for a bit, but it didn't look like anypony was looking for it. She then smiled a bit and said "Oh well, I hope nopony minds if I keep it."

She then decided to clip it on the end part of the tail and said "Oh my, it looks gorgeous! I bet Rarity can make it more-" Fluttershy's thoughts was cut off when the ring again sended a jolt of rainbow magic through her body and she felt something different about her. She suddenly felt more...confidence then before. More assertive too.

Fluttershy decided to buy some fruit salad for lunch from one of the stands. Unfortunately, this stand was run by shady Joe. Most stand owners were cautious about dealing with him as he would more often then not, suckers his business partners into a rotten deal, or basically shake down his customers for as much money as they have. And his favorite target for her practice was Fluttershy. Since she was too timid to say no to him.

Fluttershy walked up to the shady pony and said "Hello Joe. Fine weather the Pegasus made for today, huh?"

Shady Joe then looked at Fluttershy with doller signs in his eyes and said "Fluttershy, my favorite piggy ba- I mean customer! What can I do for ya?"

"I really would like one of your fruit salads today. Do you have any in stock today?"

"Haha, you can't get enough of them, can you? Well, I DO have some in stocks at the moment. BUT, there in high demand. I can't just sell it at my original price." Shady Joe said putting on a act. However, he did notice that Fluttershy was acting more...smug? It's probably the sun making him see things.

But Fluttershy remembered how Rarity was able to weld and deal with her business. So, she thought she can do the same. The fruit Salad was originally fifthteen bits, but Shady joe was trying to get over double that from Fluttershy. Thankfully, Fluttershy managed to get it down to twenty bits. But before the deal was off, she tried to go down to five bits, with Shady joe countering to ten as his final offer.

Fluttershy smiled smugly as she said deal. Knowing that she won at the end. By the time Shady Joe got her salad, got her bits, and she left.

He realized that he was played for a fool. Not only did she cut the price down by seventy percent, he actually lost out in this deal. He knew that the original price was fifteen bits, and he lost five bits on this deal.

He wasn't too angry about losing money in a deal, that was part of business after all. The part that made him angry was that Fluttershy was the one to pull the wool over his eyes! He was about to gonand get his money back, when he felt a hoof, or more accurately, a hand on his shoulder.

"Of you even dare to harm a single hair on her mane...you will die where you stand. Got it?" Shady Joe looked in fear as he nodded and ran to his stand, packed up his stand, and skipped town all together. Stating that he'll never come back to ponyville ever again.

Turns out, it was Spear who made the death threat on Shady Joe. Discord wasn't the only one who was protective of Fluttershy as he has threatened a couple of stallions in the past for almost hurting her.

Unknown to him, Fluttershy saw the encounter with Spear and Shady Joe. And while she was felt a bit for Shady Joe, she thought that he got what he deserved for conning ponys one too many times in the past.

She then walked over to Spear as she said "I just Shady Joe won't show up again for awhile,huh? I guess the karma of him basically stealing bits from other ponys finally caught up with him."

Spear blinked slowly at her statement, but smiled and said "Huh. Guess he got under your skin too?"

Fluttershy sighed as she prepared to let loose what she felt about Shady Joe as she said "Under my skin is a understatement. Do you know how many bits I lost to that guy? Hundreds, thousands even! I'll admit I shouldn't have gone back to him, but his fruit salads were so addictive, that just couldn't help myself! I had to borrow bits from our friends just to pay the bills. I even considered getting some jobs that were...embarrassing, to say the least. I hope I NEVER see that mother again for as long as I live! Otherwise, I'm gonna kill that!!!"

Spear then stared at Fluttershy in awa and amazement. He's never seen Fluttershy get this confident since the Iron will fiasco. She then looked at Spear and said "Wanna know what I think about you?"

He gulped as he remembered how she treated Rarity and Pinkie pie when she got out of control. He didn't want to be rude to her, so he said "W-What do you think of me?"

Fluttershy looked at Spear with confidence eyes, but also felt her nervousness trying to come back. But Fluttershy actually pushed it down, not wanting to let fear continue to rule her life completely.

She gathered her strength, and said "I think your the kindest, sweetest, most supportive hedgehog I've ever met. I'm so sorry we've never expressed how much we appreciate and care for you. I know that this isn't much, but for now, thank you for all you've done."

Fluttershy blushed as she gave the stunned mobiun a loving and tender hug, as he slowly returned a hug back to her. His heart pounded as he realized what happened just then. 'Did I just...fall in love with Fluttershy?'

He then opened his eyes and noticed something on the end of Fluttershy's tail. It was the same ring he found in his bag awhile ago. Fluttershy must've found it on the ground before she encountered Shady Joe earlier.

Spear then tapped Fluttershy shoulder and asked "Say, Flutters? Where did you find the ring on your tail?"

Fluttershy looked at the ring as she said "Oh, I found it earlier on the ground while shopping. It's weird. Like, as soon as I put it on, I felt a jolt of confidence course through me."

Spear then thought for a moment about this. Could the ring have helped Fluttershy find some confident inside her she didn't know was there? If so, how did it do it? He decided to investigate this and asked Fluttershy, "Hey Flutters? Can I see the ring for a second? I wanna take it to the lab for some tests to see what's going on."

Fluttershy looked at her ring, then at him. She knew that Spear was curious about magical items and their properties and would offend study them on occasion. She smiled at this and said "Sure. I can let you borrow it."

Fluttershy then slid it off her tail, and gave it to Spear to hold. However, it seemed things were going to be more difficult them he thought, as a mighty gale of wind blow in and landed in Big mac's apple cart, as he carried it back to sweet apple acres.

Spear then saw his hand, and the ring was gone. He snapped his fingers in frustration and said "Shoot! Now where did it go?!"

Spear then decided to look around the market to see if it was near by, as Fluttershy said "Need a helping hoof? I can help you look for it if you want."

Spear smiled at her offer and said "Thanks Fluttershy, I appreciate that." The two of them began the search for the ring, unaware that the ring was no longer there.

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*Meanwhile*

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As Big Mac returned from another successful day of selling apples, he then sees the farm in all it's glory. The sun was shining, the animals were happy, and their prize apple trees strong and healthy.

However, one pony that wasn't looking too good was Applejack. Big Mac sighed as he saw his sister overworking herself again. Ever since they heard a rumor that there was a rival apple farm wanting to compete against them, Applejack has been working around the clock to get as many fresh apples to the market place as possible.

However, it was revealed that that the other apple farm when to bankruptcy a few months later, due to the sudden increase of apple family sales. Even with the upstarts efforts had failed, Applejack was still paranoid about future apple rivals rising up. So, she kept working to increase sales and keeping them as top ponys of apple sales in equestria.

And she would have continued day and night, if it wasn't for Big Mac carrying her to her bed and tied her up to make sure she didn't go anywhere. A bit much? Probably. But with his sister rivaling his strength, he took precautions.

He Even starting his strength training again, incase his sister somehow got out again. Luckily, the one time she tried, his new strength easily outmatched hers, and kept her in line. As a result, until she took some time off, she was on a work curfew. Meaning, she wasn't allowed to work after a few hours.

As Applejack was gasping for air, Big Mac walk up to her and cleared his throat. Getting her attention as she said "O-Oh. Hi Big Mac. I was just, ummm..."

Big Mac gave her a glare as he did something that was rare for him...talk. "Aren't you supposed to be in bed?"

Applejack gulped, knowing she got caught, tried to come up with a excuse on why she was out here. "Umm, you see, there was this timber wolf that was after the pigs. So I just-"

Big Mac stopped her in her track, knowing her sister had already messed up, and said "A.J. you know that timber wolfs are only in the Everfree. And even then, we have anti-timber wolf traps set up for them."

Applejack hung her head down. Knowing that she was done. "Come on Big Mac. You KNOW we got to keep up with orders! What if another apple farm decided to take our business?"

Big Mac shook his head on Applejack's plea as he said "Applejack, the last apple farm already when bankrupt from a poor quality supply. I'm sure that others won't start another apple farm out of spite for us. Not to mention the you already did two weeks worth of work that none of our trees have apples now."

Applejack sighed in defeat. Knowing that her big brother was right. "Fine Big Mac. I'll go rest. But, you mind if I at least help you unload the cart before I do?"

Big Mac thought about it and nodded in response. Maybe a little bit of work wouldn't hurt her. He then carried the cart into the barn as Applejack climbed on and started to stack the empty crates in the corner.

While staking, Applejack's old hair tie finally snapped, and her hair flowed in the breeze.
"Ah horse apples. There goes my last hair tie."

As Big Mac looked through the cart, he then found a strange looking ring in one of the empty boxes. Applejack then looked at her brother and said, "What's you got there Big Mac?"

Big Mac then showed Applejack the ring and was intrigued by it. She then asked him "Um, Big Mac? Do you think I can have it? It could be a good replacement for my hair tie."

Big Mac looked at it and then at her as he then said "Eeyep." He then passed it to her as he said "But you go rest in your room. And if you go anywhere, it's to go relax and/or have fun, ok?"

Applejack then gave a smug to him and said "Eeyep." She then jogged to the farm house as Big Mac rolled his eyes. At least she's taking it easy for a bit.

As Applejack when into her room, she then looked at the ring in her hoof as she thought, "This sure is a prtty ring alright. But, I'm not into stuff like this...right?"

Applejack then Made a new ponytail and clipped the on the end of it. She then looked at it, admiring her hoof work, as she felt a jolt of rainbow magic course through her.

After the jolt, She suddenly remembered that she would make a effort to actually look pretty. Instead of the one time to get yender hoofs off her back.

She then noticed that she was a mess. Her mane was frizzy, she was sweaty, she had dirt on her coat. She wasn't sure why she thought this was ok.

She made a disgusted face in the mirror and said "Wow, I feel dirtier then a pig in a mud hole."

She then began to think as she said "Nope, a regular bath isn't gonna cut it. I think a emergency trip to the spa is what this mare needs...Wait, did I just call myself a mare? Heh, been awhile since I FELT like one."

Applejack then decided to head out to ponyville spa and get freshen up for the peace dinner tomorrow. After all, Princess Celestia DID ask for the elements of harmony to join, in case there was some trouble during negotiations.

Applejack then decided to grab her hat and make her way to ponyville. Stopping by to the barn to tell her brother where she was going. "Heya, Big Mac? I'm gonna head to town and umm...go and see Rarity. Yeah, that." She said at the last minute. Still kinda embarrassed to be going to the spa after all this time.

Thie caught Big Mac's attention as he basically had war flashbacks of a certain group of fillys growing up. He then said to her "You and Rarity aren't planning to cause any trouble with Rainbow dash in town are you?"

Applejack then wondered what he was referring to, when a certain memory resurfaced in her mind and said "Pfff, what? Big Mac, I'm a grown mare now. Why would I be going around, making mischief? Your more wound up then a spring loaded barrel."

Big Mac then raised his brow and said "Oook then. Just don't think about overworking and all."

Applejack nodded and waved bye to Big Mac as she headed off to ponyville. As she was heading out, a familiar tingle she had when she was younger began to creep up again. She then thought "Hmmm...you know, Maybe some mischief WOULD be fun one day. For now, some relaxation at the spa is in order."

As Applejack made her way to ponyville spa, she then ran into another one of her friends along the way.

Rainbow dash was napping on a cloud after having a rough shift in the cloud factory. She woke up after hearing hmming from the ground. She saw Applejack walking on the path and wondered if she wanted to have a competition.

She flew down and said "Hey AJ, how's it going? You wouldn't be up for a 'most daring pony' compaction by any chance?"

To Rainbow's surprise, Applejack shook her head and said "Sorry sugercube. But I'm gonna have to take a raincheck on that."

"But, your always down for a 'Most daring pony'. What's different about now?" Rainbow dash asked in a confusion, clearly taken a-back by this.

Applejack just shrugged her shoulders and said "I kinda have other plans now. Also...I've kinda been feeling like a mess lately."

Rainbow dash then got a closer look as Applejack and started to see what she meant. Her coat was dirty, her mane was a mess, and she looked frazzled all together. Kinda like how Spear and Twilight were after trying to avoid to castle by helping their friends for over a week.

She then noticed the ring on Applejack's ponytail and asked "Whoa, what's with the bling? I thought you weren't into stuff like that?"

Applejack then showed more of the ring as she then thought about it. She remembered that she WAS interested in stuff like jewelry back when she lived with her cousins, the oranges.

And while she wasn't into the snabby attitude of the rich ponys in Manehattan, She was interested a bit in the clothes they gave her, but more importantly, was the jewelry that her aunt and uncle gave her.

She'd never admit this to her friends, but she was interested at least in jewelry the rich mares wear at parties. In fact, she WAS gonna buy some earrings and maybe a tail ring for the grand galloping gala.

But she was tight on bits during that time and was hoping that the sales at the gala would help with that. And that idea fell flat fast.

Meanwhile, Rainbow dash was looking at the ring. It was so pretty, so divine, so elegant. It was almost like something was something was trying to resurface from deep within her.

She then looked around, making sure nopony else was near by, and asked Applejack, "Hey A.J? You don't suppose I could...try it on? The ring I mean."

Applejack was curious why Rainbow dash seemed embarrassed in just wanting to try out her hair tie. But decided to let as she said "Sure Rainbow. Here." She then took off the ring and gave it to Rainbow dash.

Rainbow dash then slipped it on the end of her tail and looked how red compliments her Rainbow patten. As she was admiring the ring, once again, another jolt of Rainbow magic coursed through Rainbow dash as she fainted on the ground.

Applejack hurried to her side and said "Whoa there, Rainbow, you ok?!" Rainbow dash then woke up, feeling something that she hadn't felt since she was a filly. A sence of elegance and grace that she tried to bury deep down for years, was finally out.

Rainbow then got up and dusted herself with her wing, and spoke to Applejack in a accent similar to Rarity's and said "Why of course Applejack dear. That jolt DID come as a surprise, but nothing that a lady like myself can't recover from."

Applejack did her best impression of a fish as she gasped and said "R-Rainbow? When did you start talking all-fancy like? You haven't done that since we and Rarity were fillys."

Rainbow dash thought about it and Applejack was correct. It had been awhile since she shown her softer, more elegant side. She hadn't acted like this since her Pageant days.

Yes, Rainbow dash was known as a Rainbow pageant princess back to even before she did her sonic rainboom. Ar first, she only did it for the big bit prizes they offered to the winner, But She was surprisingly a real pageant star back in those days after practice.

And even after she started her more intense flight training, she was still a massive competitor in the Pegasus pageant circuit. But eventually, she had to give up her pageant career to chase after her wonderbolt dream.

She forgot how it felt to be more elegant and calm, and less rough and insensitive. It honestly felt refreshing for her as she said "Yeah, it's kinda funny since I haven't felt like this since my umm...last pageant show. When was that again?"

Applejack then thought about when things began to change as she said "Umm, about when Applebloom turned one I believe? I remember that's when we started to hang out less together after that."

Rainbow dash looked sadden from that news, then gave a smile and said "Well dear, that's about to change. What do you say to a trip to the spa to get freshen up? I think we need to get a whole day to clean up for the peace dinner tomorrow. A lady needs look presentable when going to big Functions like this."

Applejack giggled as she said "Your right. I was about to go there myself for some R & R. You know, a good steam, maybe a mud bath, a shower definitely."

Rainbow dash smiled as they walked to the spa and said "Maybe a mineral scrub too? As well as a massage too. They say to loosen tight muscles. Ooh! And maybe a Pedicure to look extra good for the yaks."

As they walked into town, the two mares were then crashed by a certain unicorn and dragon duo, knocking the ring out of Rainbow's tail and bounced off once again.

Rarity shock her head as she saw who she bumped into and said "Oh goodness! I'm so sorry darlings. Are you two alright?"

Rainbow was the first to reply as she said "No worries dear. You seemed in a hurry. Celestia knows how many times I've crashed into something or somepony when I'm in a hurry."

Rarity then blinked slowly as she began to process what she heard. She thought the bump on her head made her hear things for some reason. "D-Dear? Rainbow, if I didn't know better, I say that your in..."

She then looked at eyes and then saw her Pastor. Their was no mistaken it. "*Gasp* you are darling! Your in pageant mode! Oh Dear, I haven't seen this side of you in years! What made you bring back the elegant and sassy rainbow pageant princess?"

Spike then looked at Rainbow and began to what seemed like he was rebooting as he said "Rainbow...was a pageant queen?"

Rainbow dash looked down as if she was ashamed and said "I...I never got to be pageant queen. Sure, I was top princess in my circuit, but I lose my chance to be queen back then."

Rainbow dash then looked at Rarity and finally noticed something about her outfit and a certain pin she had on. "Rarity...are you...are you back as the Amazing Amethyst?!"

Applejack then saw her outfit and smiled, saying "Yeeeeha! Finally, Some actual compatison other then Rainbow dash! We've been waiting for you to come back!"

Rarity giggled at their excitement, while Spike was confused and asked "Who's the amazing Amethyst?"

Rarity then turned to Spike and quickly explained. "Well darling, before my fashion business took off, I needed some funds to help keep my business a float. So, after hearing about some competitions in other towns, I began to train to compete in them."

Rarity smiled at the memories and continued on, "During my athletic debut, I surprised everypony with my agility, speed and strength. Digging in the gem mines is a surprising effective way to train. From then on, I was called the amazing Amethyst!"

She then looked a bit sadden as she said "Once my fashion career began to take off, I had to retire from my athletic career, and the amazing Amethyst was never heard from again."

Rarity sighed as she said "But I never regretted my time as a athlete back then. It was such a rush back then. Training, growing stronger, winning and having my training pay off. It was amazing time."

Rarity then had a upset look on her suddenly and said "There was ONE contest that still haunts me to this day...the Manehattan triathlon."

Spike then looked confused. He's never heard of a contest like that before. He then asked "What's the manehattan triathlon?"

Rarity then petted Spike's head as she said "How about we save it for another time darling? Right now, we have a ring to find."

Rainbow dash then looked confused as she said "Ring? What ring? Was it-" she then looked at her tail as she noticed it was missing. "What? Where did it-"

"There it is! After it!" Spike shouted as the ring bounced to the square. He and the ponies the ran after it as they tried to grab it, while Rarity and Spike explained more about the ring.

They were close to catching it, when the group crashed into another pair and the ring flew off to the Distance. One of the ones who crashed then said "Hey, what's the big idea?! Can't you all watch where your going?!"

Spike and his group, then got up to see a certain yellow Pegasus rubbing her head as Rarity feared something that happened some time ago, could have happened again.

Fluttershy then saw her friends as she put two and two together, realizing her misunderstanding, and said "Oh my Celestia, I'm so sorry. We didn't mean to bump into you girls and Spike like that."

Rarity then let out a breath she didn't know she held in, and smiled. Glad to see Fluttershy wasn't the nasty version of herself that iron will made her into.

Spike looked around Fluttershy and saw Spear on the ground as he asked "Spear! Are you ok?"

Spear them got up, feeling a bit woozy but ok, and said "Wow, that was a crash. Everyone ok?"

Everyone nodded as they got up and saw that they crashed into sugercube corner, near the entrance and outside dining area to be accurate.

Spear however, surprisingly noticed a certain green earth pony with glasses at one of the outside tables with a red unicorn mare with full brown mane, brown tail, and a magic wand for her cutie mark.

He also spotted a certain rainbow alicorn walking up to the table as well, and began to put the pieces together. 'Was that rainbow light actually rainbow magic? I better ask them if they have a idea what happened.'

While the others talked about their experiences, the hedgehog walked to table and laid next to a wall, as they group of pony failed to notice his presence there.

Meanwhile, Voice had a slightly annoyed look on his face. He had planned this to be a private Date with his marefriend Segasister at one of the most fanciest restaurants in ponyville.

However, due to a Reservation error, they were force to have their date at another place. Thankfully, sugercube corner had a surprisingly romantic area outside that was perfect for their date. And the date itself was going swimmingly.

Unfortunately, before they could have a romantic kiss, Lightning bless showed up and started to talk to Sega about a commission she had asked of lightning to do last week.

Just as the two were about to finish talking, someone else chimed in, saying "Aww, now this is cute. A mid-day date at sugercube corner. Didn't you were a ladies stallion Voice."

Voice blushed as Sega and Lightning giggled at the slight jab at voice that Lightning followed up and said "Yeah, you sly colt. Maybe I'll have you plan me and Sub zeros next date sometime."

Voice then gave a deadpan look and said "Oh ha ha, very funny. I hope you didn't come just for the teasing Spear."

Spear shook his head and said "Nah, this was a unexpected bonus. Actually, I'm here to ask you something Voice. Have you seen a ring around here?"

Lightning bliss then looked curious and asked "Oh? You planning to propose to somepony?"

Spear instantly got red in embarrassment and said "N-Not right now Lightning!"

Lightning bliss laughed at his reaction. It's not offen she would have someone else on the receiving side of teasing.

Voice then decided to ask "Well, what dose this ring look like? Maybe we can help look for it."

Spear then tried to remember what it looked like when Rarity walked over and said "It's a ring that's a rose red color with a rainbow sparkle when raised to the sun. It's absolutely divine darling."

Lightning bliss's eyes widen as she had a feeling what the ring in question was, and asked, "Did it sometimes give off rainbow sparks of magic when held?"

"Yes actually...how did you-"

Lightning bliss then grew frustrated and yelled "Voice! You were supposed to get rid of it! How did Spear get it the booster ring full of my alicorn magic?!"

Voice then looked as shocked as she was and said "I don't know! Maybe is fell from my looker in coal town or something, I don't know how that happened?"

Spear and the others were confused as to what they were referring to as they said together, "Wait, WHAT?!"

Lightning bliss sighed as she knew she was gonna have to explain what she's talking about. "Look, long story short, Voice was giving me a magic lesson that didn't need pony magic to preform and I seemed to be doing a good job. But to keep me from using magic, he put on a inhibitor ring on my tail to restrict my magic."

Rarity looked confused by the use of a inhibitor ring and asked "I'm surprised you didn't use a suppression ring instead. It's more effective then inhibitor rings."

Voice then gave a face hoof as he said "They were cheaper and usable for earth ponys. A suppression ring can only be used by unicorns/Alicorns. And how do YOU know that anyways?"

Rarity quickly then said "I-It's none of your business!" As Lightning bliss continued her explanation, "Well, after I accidentally summoned the giant marshmallow man from Ghostbusters to my place, I entered the magic Satchel, came out bigger and stronger then before and blasted him in one shot!"

Everyone looked shocked as they as Lightning bless finished her story, saying, "After that, I let my magic get the better of me and I almost sended voice to thr void. Sorry about that Sega."

Sega, looking really confused, then said "Umm...your forgiven?"

"Lucky for all of us, the ring slipped off, and I was turned back to normal. I thought Voice was gonna keep it in a safe place, but that didn't happen, and now here we are."

The only sound that came out of the others was a mixture of umm's and huh's, trying to understand what was going on.

Voice decided to ask himself to break the tension by asking "OK, we answered your questions. Now, can you answer ours?"

Spear nodded as they explained what happened as they began to piece together what happened. Spike then had a idea on what happened and said "Maybe Lightning stored alicorn magic was of what she felt deep down, but couldn't bring to the surface?"

Lightning then thought about it, and said "Well, I do always wished I was more confident in my alicorn magic. I mean, I have gotten more of a control of it since then, but still. I wish I could show off that confidence more to others."

Spear then walked over to Lightning bliss and said "Lightning, I know you feel like you not ready to weld alicorn magic...but, as far as I can tell, you definitely have some real talent for it! Seriously, from what I hear from our friends, you might have the potential to surpass even Twilight as the most gifted Alicorn!" Spear said as he winked at her, giving more of a confidence boost.

Lightning smiled as they a massive boom could be heard from the distance. A Rainbow explosion with a purple trail came from the distance. Spear then took out a spy glass he had with him, and saw who was responsible. To their surprise, it was Twilight, doing a sonic rainboom. Or something akin to one from the look of it.

In the town square, Twilight safely landed. And on closer look she looks as though she was enjoying the rush of her adrenaline.

Spike gulped as he remembered Twilight acting like this some time ago, as he Saif "Oh no...Twilight is turning back into...A ADRENALINE JUNKIE!!!"

This got Twilight's attention as she saw more of her friends and smiled at them. She surprisingly walked over to them, despite her earlier mood, and said "Hey guys. What's going on?"

Everyone then gave a blink stare as they didn't know what to say. Even Rainbow dash didn't know how to respond to what Twilight did.

However, Spike was the first to step up and said "Twilight...are you..."

Twilight gave her best friend a hug and said "Refound my spark to do adrenaline pumping feats? You bet Spike! WOOO! I forgot how it felt to have your heart beat a thousand times a minute!"

Spike looked at her with worry as he feared Twilight rocking her live again like last time. Twilight saw the fear in his eyes and returned a calming look of her own as she said "Don't worry Spike. I won't go crazy like I did when I was younger. I've matured since then. And I know you worry about my safety too. So don't worry. Momma didn't raise no lunk head."

Spike hugged Twilight tightly. Glad to see she won't go overboard like the old days.

Spear and the others were shocked by the sudden news drop. Their careful and smartest friend, was a secret dare devil?

Twilight could see their gasping looks and decided to clear the air, saying "I get my adrenaline drive from my mom. She was called 'Extreme Velvet' back in the day before she had Shining armor and me. I've always loved hearing mom's stories of her stunts, and I've always wanted to do them too!

Spear sighed as he could guess what had happened. "Twi? Did you find a red ring earlier today?"

Twilight nodded and said "Why yes I did. I remember wearing it while looking for you earlier, Spear. I wore it, and then i was suddenly charged with that adrenaline feeling all over again! Gosh i missed this feeling! But that was hours ago, and I haven't seen the ring since."

Everyone began to wonder what happened to the ring after the crashed, when suddenly-"PINK PONY FLURRY!!"

They then heard a the sounds of punchs and kicks from a unexpected source. They looked inside the basement of Sugercube corner, and found Pinkie's party cave. They were all amazed by her planning and organizing she's done for the art of panties. And while Twilight won't admit it out loud, she was kinda jealous.

But beyond the party stuff, was...a secret dojo? They looked through the window and saw Pinkie pie in a fighters gi, and took a fighters pose.

Rainbow dash's jaw dropped as she said "She's a master of Pony fu?!" Pinkie pie then landed perfect strike after strike after strike. Leading her to take a pose Spear was familiar with. "Wait...she not gonna-"

"Ka...me...ha...me..." Pinkie's hoofs then charged a blue ki that Spear knew by heart as Pinkie gave a mighty "HA!!!"

A strong blue blast flew out of Pinkie's hoofs as the test dummies she had were blown away into pieces. Causing Spear to blush, seeing her surprisingly tone muscles and determination on her face.

Pinkie then wiped the sweat from her forehead as she heard applause from the back of her. Pinkie blushed in embarrassment, despite it being hard to tell, and said "Hey guys, wasn't expecting a audience seeing me practice."

Spear, who had his heart pounding from seeing Pinkie smile, then ask "Pinkie...where did you learn-"

"The Kamehameha? Well, when I come to see you practice, I take notes on how you do it. And when I put on this ring, I suddenly rediscovered my love for pony fu! It helps me with my focus and discipline."

Pinkie then gave a traditional bow in martial arts. Spear smiled at this as he then realized Two things. One, was 'Wait...did I just fell in love with Pinkie pie?' And the second, was the ring was in her mane.

Spear the. Snapped our of his daze and said "Um, Pinkie. That ring in your mane, can I see it? We've been After it all day and-"

"Oh sure, you can have it. I was wondering when you were coming for it." Pinkie said as her mane poofed back up to its usual style.

Spear then reached out for the box in was in, and placed it back in, now safe from the wrong hoofs. "Phew. That was a close one. But we pulled it off."

Twilight then Walked over with a soft smile and said "You know, I think we had a great lesson on friendship today. Heh,you know,with all this talk about nostalgia and all that, I kinda miss writing friendship reports to princess Celestia."

Spear smiled as he then asked Spike "Hey little bro, you have a paper and quill handy?"

Twilight then blinked in response. Was this ready happened?

Spike set up everything to write as he said "Ok, I'm ready to write." Spear then looked at Twilight and said "Why don't YOU do this one Twi?"

Twilight smiled and nodded as she began to say "Spike, take note."

Dear Princess Celestia,
It's been awhile since I wrote you a friendship letter. But i feel like what me and my friends learned, i needed to share with you. So, here it is. I learned that we all have a side of us that buried deep in us all. And we can be afraid to bring it out. But a real friend will accept all sides of us and continue to love us still. Even our flaws they'll accept.
Signed, Princess Your faithful student, Twilight sparkle

Spike then rolled up the letter and sended it off with his magic fire breath.

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Later

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After saying good bye and going their separate ways, Spear,Spike and Twilight arrived back at the castle when Spike then burped out a letter from Princess Celestia. Spike read it as it said

To my most Faithful Student,
Wow, its been a long time since i called you that. Just like its been so long since i received a friendship letter from you and hear about what your doing. If i were to be honest, I miss being your teacher. I miss having you as my student. When i read your letter, it made me realize that i put too much on you during Tirek's rampage. And for that, i am truly sorry for the stress i gave you. This maybe a bit selfish to ask, but even though your a princess now, would you like to return as my student? I feel as there is still much i can teach you. And perhaps there's more to friendship that we can learn together. And your friends can also send me their friendship letters as well. Please let me know before the peace dinner tomorrow.
Your hopful teacher- Celestia.

Twilight could barely contain herself. Getting to be a princess was cool as it is, but also getting to be Princess Celestia student again after all this time? This was the best day ever! The only thing thay could make it better, was if Spear proposed to him then and there.

They walked into the castle, and got ready for the important day tomorrow.

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The next day

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*Spear's P.O.V*

After the chaos of yesterday, the peace dinner actually lived up to its name at prince brotherfur arrived for the dinner and was surprised to see Dr.Wolf and his brother Terik (who I just met today) here. He was happy to see them after so long.

Thankfully, Pinkie pie pulled out all the stops in making the peace talks a successful hit, and the yaks agreed to a continued friendship for the next thousand years.

And as a bonus, Twilight was gonna be Celestia's faithful student again. I have a feeling that aunty did that to spend some more personal time with Twilight.

*Twilight's P.O.V*

After the successful dinner, Spear offered to clean up after the dinner. He already put so much energy and time on this dinner that I felt like he was pushing it.

By the time I looked for him to help, he already finished. He was asleep on the couch. He looked so cute asleep like this. So, I carried him with my magic, changed him into his night wear, and tucked in to bed.

And then I had a idea. I got ready for bed, even wearing the new night wear Rarity made for me, and cuddled into bed with him. Falling to sleep on his snuggly fur. With all that happened the past few days, this right here, was my favorite moment.

Author's Note:

When i saw saw this comic, it was too perfect to not use.

Also, I made the episode cantrlot boutique a bit more earlier then canon for two reasons. One was that, I didn't have any good ideas on how to incorporate the tf2 analysis anarchy gang into it, and two, this original scenario kinda fills in the gaps I had problems with Rarity running two stores at once.

*The same with putting your hoof down as a flashback.

*I also might be inspired to do another series at some ponit too.

This was by far, the longest chapter I've ever done. Luckily, the next few chapters will be far shorter and easier to write. Hope the wait was worth it! See you in the next chapter, and happy new years!

Comments

[MLPMekarm]

wow. wonder how they'll react into helping someone brake the dark norm of his kind and bring them into a better light?

[Twilightsonic75]

12074522
...is that a reference I'm missing?

[Postwarmonkey50]

Doc nodded in agreement as Spear continued. "Well, you probably also know that Yecyakastand and Equestria haven't opened their borders in hundreds of years and -"

It's pronounced Yakyakistan.

[Postwarmonkey50]

Spear sighed as he seemed worried about something. Doc caught on to his sighs and asked, "Is everything alright Mr.Spear? You seem rather...tease."

Also pronounced tense.

[Postwarmonkey50]

Doc then started to massage the temples on his forehead and said, "While I can't argue with the logic you placed, I must ask you not to break the fourth wall like that."

If he does bring up the Disney quotes, in the future Spear should point out to do he did the same thing.

[Postwarmonkey50]

He was reluctant to do these, but he is still doing it for two reasons. One, she feels like her son was ready for more royal responsibilities. And two, she wanted him to be a better example of a royal prince than the former prince Blueblood. Which was the main motivation for him.

Oh? Blueblood was dethroned?

[Postwarmonkey50]

Spear rolled his eyes and said, "There's a different? Also, if the G5 series Bible is gonna categorize moons as years, then I'm gonna roll with that logic. Plus, 'hundreds on moons' would only count for a few years. A decade at best. Tensions would be too high to try to open the borders again immediately."

You know he does have a point.

[Postwarmonkey50]

Celestia had the royal guard, one of them being Shining armor at the time, take Blueblood away to the deepest dungeon in tartarus, changed for assault on a minor, brutal assault on a royal figure, and assault on a national hero. and lastly, was stripped of his title, rank, and privileges as royalty.

Charged.

[Postwarmonkey50]

What Voice and Spear didn't realize was that during the collision, a small box was knocked from Voice's locker and into Spear's bag. However, neither of them knew, and Voice closed his locker and was leaving for Las Pegasus with his mare friend Sega for the weekend. And Spear left in a hurry to catch the train. The chaos that followed was something ponyville was never gonna forget.

Oh boy, I think I have a clue what that small box is.

[Postwarmonkey50]

Rainbow dash was napping on a cloud after having a rough shift in the cloud factory. She woke up after hearing hmming from the ground. She saw Applejack walking on the path and wondered if she wanted to have a compaction.

Competition.

Sheesh,no offense bud, but you really need to work on your spelling.

[Postwarmonkey50]

Lightning bliss then grew frustrated and yelled "Voice! You were supposed to get rid of it! How did Spear get it the booster ring full of my alicorn magic?!"

Ooooh, so that's why the ring was so familiar!!!

[Postwarmonkey50]

" Ka...me...ha...me... " Pinkie's hoofs then charged a blue ki that Spear knew by heart as Pinkie gave a mighty " HA!!! "

Dragon ball reference.

[Postwarmonkey50]

After the chaos of yesterday, the peace dinner actually lived up to its name at prince brotherfur arrived for the dinner and was surprised to see Dr.Wolf and his brother Terik (who I just met today) here. He was happy to see them after so long.

Rutherford.

[Twilightsonic75]

12074645
Yeah, I definitely need to

[Twilightsonic75]

12074655
Thanks for all the corrections. I was in a such a rush to finish this before the end of the year.

So, how was the story in general?

[Twilightsonic75]

12074626
Yep. We never saw him after thr season 1 finale, so it makes sence that he was booted out of the royal line.

[Postwarmonkey50]

12074714
I thought it was pretty good.

And good callback on one of Lightning Bliss' magic lessons.

[Twilightsonic75]

12074774
Thanks. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to add it in to the story. As a certain Hippogriff would say...

CONTINUALLY!

[Twilightsonic75]

12074774
Just as a heads up, the next two chapters will probably be shorter then this one. That one took alot of time to make and I'm kinda drained from it.