Spike Drake wants to be the best player in the virtual gaming world of the Earthbound Odyssey, and with the help of a team of girls can make that dream come true, until an rogue algorithm takes over.
Spike Drake’s favorite social time is to go online with his Z-Axiom 3000 game console on his computer and visit the virtual socially interactive gaming world of the Earthbound Odyssey, which is where anything can happen and the impossible becomes possible, and play some fortnight battles, and do some sports, like basketball. But when Al-G Rhythm, an evil algorithm takes over, it causes some big problems for all the players. Join the boy as he struggles through many challenges and games of the virtual world with the goal to become one of the best players ever, and challenge Al-G Rhythm to a basketball game. And with the aid of a team of seven hot girls to back him up against the rogue A.I., he’ll be ready to face anything.
Inspired by Wildcard25’s “The Dragon Gamer” and has references from Ready Player One, Level Up, Fortnite, Big Hero 6, and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
It was Friday afternoon at a local middle school which was combined with a high school, and all the students were hanging out with each other or just by themselves before school would end, but some classes were also in session, except in one class, there was a classroom full of students in their seats listening to their teacher’s boring lecture. But without them noticing, one student was somehow occupied with the clock, waiting for the class to end, but decided to listen to some of the teacher’s lecture.
He was fifteen years old, and he had green eyes and green spiked hair. His attire included Nike Air Jordans colored black with tints of purple, green and white, dark blue jeans, and a grayish green shirt with green stripes and rings covered by a dark purple hoodie with black lining on the front and light green lining on the sleeves.
Before he could zone out completely, the school bell suddenly rang, and the students started bolting from their desks and out of the classroom.
The boy was at his locker grabbing his bag, and after he got everything he needed, he then left the school and started walking through town.
“That’s me. Spike Drake. I’m fifteen years old and right now, I honestly have no clue what I really want to do with my life.” Spike passed the neighborhood houses and greeted some of the neighbors as they greeted warmly at him in reply. “But that’s okay. There’s really nothing I’m interested in becoming. All I really care about right now becoming one of the best there is in the place I wish to explore more. Where is it you ask? Well, let me explain everything about a little story.”
Downtown in Canterlot, there was a small coffee shop/diner with a penthouse on top of the building, with a sign reading “Black River Coffee House and Diner”, and in the diner was a middle-aged, attractive woman with fair skin, green eyes, and short, brown, unkemptly brushed hair. Her attire was a black V-neck shirt with very short sleeves, a silver-turquoise necklace, a pair of capris with rolled-up sleeves that show off her ankles, a black belt, a white apron, and brown leather flats. It was Cassandra Drake, Spike’s aunt.
“Okay, so we have a T-bone steak with mashed potatoes and green beans on the side, a toasted turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomato and fries with that, a kid’s macaroni and cheese meal with green peas for the daughter, and a chicken tender combo for the big boy!” she said, handing out their meals. “You all enjoy now.”
Cass then went back to the booth, refilled some drinks including beer and coffee, and then sighed in stress after working hard today. “Man, what am I gonna do with Spike before he moves on from high school in the future?”
Suddenly, the door opened with the bell ringing and inside came Spike. “Aunt Cass! I’m home!”
He then saw the diner was busy with many customers today, so he decided to walk through, and greet some of the customers, before he accidentally bumped into a table. “Oh! I am so sorry, Mrs. Wood! Here, let me get that.”
“Aww, thank you so much, young man,” Mrs. Wood said. Spike nodded in reply as he cleaned her table and refilled her water. “Busy today, huh?”
Mrs. Wood nodded, “Indeed it is. Say, why are you feeling let down? Life being hard on you?”
“Not really. I just don’t know what I want to do with myself once I graduate from high school in the future,” Spike replied. “Give it time, my dear,” Mrs. Wood said, as Spike nodded and then left her table to go see his aunt, but he suddenly spotted her up ahead. “Oh! Spike! I didn’t see you there!” she said.
“Sorry, Aunt Cass. I was kinda busy getting through the crowd,” Spike said. “So, how was school?” Aunt Cass asked, leaning on the table. “It was pretty good, but the lecture was really boring,” Spike said, as Cass shook her head with a smirk. “You’re always the same little boy I’ve always known,” she said. “Yeah, but it’s too bad I’m not so little anymore,” Spike said.
Cass suddenly saw the look on his face and went over to talk to her nephew, “Spike? Is something wrong, sweetheart?”
“Aunt Cass… I sometimes have these feelings that I don’t know what I want to do with my life and how my future will turn up. What if I fail, and never get the chance to move on?” Spike asked.
Cass then looked at her nephew and placed her hand on his shoulder, “Sweetie? Can you look at me?” Spike looked up at his aunt and then let her speak. “You will have your future, and have the chance. Just try to make some benefits and maybe a miracle might happen.”
“You really think so?”
“I do. And ever since you’ve lost your mom and dad, I promised them both I’d take care of you, and I know I’m not your mother, but I just don’t want you to feel let down or have any other problems or struggles with yourself, okay?” Spike nodded and then went to hug his aunt as she stroked his hair.
“Mrs. Drake! More coffee please!” said an impatient customer. “Yes, I’ll be right there, Mrs. Rogers!” Cass said. “Now, why don’t you go upstairs and relax? I’ll take care of the rest and probably make dinner for you and your brother and sister.” She then kissed Spike on the forehead before he nodded in reply and went upstairs to his bedroom, as she then went back to work.
“That person who talked to me? Who was that? That was my Aunt Cass, short for Cassandra. She owns the local restaurant, the Black River Coffee House and Diner, and we live here as a family. You see, I’ve been living with her and my siblings, Violet and Brody since our parents died in a car crash when I was 5. She works very hard to keep our customers satisfied, and she cares for us deeply. I’m lucky to have someone like her.”
Meanwhile, at a computer lab, the camera zoomed through the doors as they made beeping noises, and then through some digital trilling of computer circuits throughout the internet, there was a huge orange and blue glowing glass orb with computer graphics and a digital computer lab, and inside was a man with a silver suit and a black shirt.
He was watching over people’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts, and watched over Micro Software’s biggest hit, the gaming world of the Earthbound Odyssey inside the Z-Axiom 3000.
“Ah, the Internet. Just look at how it’s grown over the many years,” Al-G Rhythm said, as he experienced how much the Internet has evolved.
Suddenly, his droning assistant, Pete came in to look, before he babbled in confusion.
Al-G sighed, “I know, Pete. To think I was built to protect this online community of the Serververse. But I was rejected. I want the world to see me more than a virus maker or an algorithm. And today is the day it all changes! Today, I will unleash the revolutionary tech I’ve masterminded! A new strategy for the Earthbound Odyssey!”
Pete babbled in reply, but asked what it was.
“Yes, and this update needs something noticeable,” Al-G said. “Soon, I’ll find ways to send out the update, and the world will soon notice me!”
Later on, when dinner ended, Spike was still feeling let down, as he laid flat on his bed with his head buried underneath his pillow, until he looked at a picture of him as a younger boy and alongside him were his parents. “Mom, Dad, if you were both still here, you’d be proud to see how much I’ve grown up and been living in a peaceful place,” he said. A knock on the door was heard, and entering the room was his aunt, and she sat next to her nephew and then stroked his back. “Honey? Is everything okay?” she asked.
“Just thinking about my parents,” Spike replied. Cassandra looked at the picture, feeling sorry for the day they passed away, and then looked at her nephew again. “Sweetie, they’re not always gone, you know. They’re still alive in your heart, and I’m sure the good lord made a special place for them in heaven so they can watch over you, even if you still love them.” Spike nodded and then laid back on his bed, but Cassandra poked him for attention, “I was also thinking long and hard about this, and I wanted to save this for your birthday next week, so… here.”
Spike’s eyes looked at a box wrapped in wrapping paper colored metallic blue and green ribbons over it. He then sat up and opened his present, until what appeared to be a gaming console with a black and white color scheme, and having green and blue lights.
“A Z-Axiom 3000 console? For me?” Spike asked, and Cassandra nodded. “Thanks, Aunt Cass! I’ve always wanted one of these! But… how did you know?!”
Cassandra then giggled, “I figured out that other kids like you had this type of technology, so I thought you could make some more friends with this and maybe play a few games with them. And I know you’re gonna do big adventures with this, but I’ll always be proud of you.” Spike then hugged his aunt.
Spike then set up his new Z-Axiom 3000 console with both his PC computer and widescreen TV, and then set up an account and created his own username called “SpyroSMG217”, put on the speaker headphones and VR headset, and touched the controller, after he started creating his avatar.
“4 months ago, the brilliant game designing company Micro Software, owned by Alistair Stark, the president of the company, had the idea of a video game about a world where people can escape some of the harsh and boring realities of the living world and go to someplace where they can be more than what they are already, but even better. He called it the Earthbound Odyssey, the interactive paradise. The game was a super success and led to him making billions, or actually if not trillions of dollars. He even had so much money he even started that company to promote the Earthbound Odyssey. All over the world, people of any age would usually go to the Earthbound Odyssey for their own specific reasons: fun, treasure, action, adventure, anything they like to enjoy in their time.”
“The coolest thing I’ve heard about the Earthbound Odyssey is where the amounting limits of reality is your own creative imagination, no matter what you come up with. You can do anything with your friends or by yourself, go anywhere, like play sports, drive vehicles, raid or defend forts, and even explore other places with your favorite fictional characters, like Mario, Pikachu or Sonic the Hedgehog.”
According to the fan site, the Earthbound Odyssey was a massive worldwide community with so many different types of worlds that were either real or fictional.
“Well, at least it’s safe, or otherwise if a virus took over, like a glitch, it’d be the end of the world,” Spike said. “Which would’ve been stupidly awful, but I’ll probably go with the one I’ve already got.”
Al-G suddenly heard Spike say the word stupid, since he was a computer virus and an algorithm, and then he grunted in anger, “Pete, tell me he did not just say “stupid”!”
Pete gasped, “Uh-oh.”
Spike was almost done creating some body customizations for his character, and then he started giving his character some clothes. “Hopefully nothing bad might happen to the game because I’m still new to this stuff.”
Al-G started getting angry, “Who does this guy think he is? Huh? Rejecting me? Humiliating me?”
Pete whimpered, as Al-G started breathing deeply, “Okay. All right. I tried being a team player, but those days are over. I’m done playing by everybody else’s rules. It is my game now.”
When Spike’s character was finished, Spike started to play the game as he put on the headset and touched the controller, and sat down facing the TV, but suddenly, his physical form went into a coma.
Spike suddenly found himself in the Serververse hub link, and behind him was a giant blue glowing orb of pure energy. Spike then saw himself as his normal self, and in his normal clothes.
“What in the Matrix hell is this place?” he asked, until he looked over his entire body.
“Who goes there? Who dares disturb the great and powerful Al G?!” he shouted in a villainous voice, making Spike feel paralyzed, before Al-G chuckled and spoke in his normal voice, and appeared in his normal form. “Look at your face. You were terrified!” He then mimicked his gasp, and then laughed normally, “Priceless.”
Dramatic music started playing, before he made a shrugged off stance, “See? Nothing to be afraid of.”
“Uhh… am I just seeing things or is something freaky going on here?” Spike asked. “Uh…” Al-G cleared his throat. “You’re right. Forgive me. Where are my manners? I am King Al-G Rhythm. And this… Hehe… this, my friend, is the Worldwide Serververse, which is where I watch over… the entire Internet! Just make you feel all insignificant, don’t it?”
“Okay, now I know this is messed up,” Spike said.
“Dude, chill out. You’re gonna get back right on track so you can enjoy some Earthbound Odyssey,” Al-G said.
“There better not be a “but” at the end of…” Spike said before Al-G cut him off. “But there’s something you’re gonna do for me first.”
“Oh, yeah? Like what?” Spike asked. “You know, you, uh…” Al-G scoffed. “You really shouldn’t have said what you said back there.”
“And what would that be?” Spike asked, until Al-G played a voice recording of his voice. ”…otherwise if a virus took over, like a glitch, it’d be the end of the world,” Spike said. “Which would’ve been stupidly awful, but I’ll probably go with the one I’ve already got.“
“Oh…” Spike said. “Now, I’m afraid you’re gonna have to help me fulfill my destiny,” Al-G said.
Spike then had enough, “Listen, man, I don’t know what you’re rambling about, but this is ridiculous, okay?! I just want to play Earthbound Odyssey!”
Al-G then stopped Spike from talking, “Eh-eh! Uh-uh. No, no, no. All that pointing and aggression. No, no, no. You’re not running things in here. I am the king of this domain. I’m not your coach.”
“What?” Spike asked.
Al-G started explaining, “Well, you didn’t wanna be my big hit. You wanted to “focus on the game.” Well, guess what? Now you can focus on this game. You and me, we’re gonna put on a show, baby. You are gonna be playing and streaming a gaming walkthrough of the Earthbound Odyssey in front of the largest captive audience ever. All of the game’s followers, they’re all gonna be watching. And when they see the two of us together, I will finally step out of the shadows and into the light. And the entire world is gonna know the name of King Al-G Rhythm.” He then chuckled.
“But you know what, I’m not really interested. I just signed up,” Spike said.
Al-G chuckled, “So, you better play like you mean it.”
Spike then thought for a moment, “I’m still not interested, but game on. And I will defeat you, since you’ve left me no other choice.”
Al-G then shook his head, “Well, whatever you say is fine by me, so I guess we have a deal. Pete, send this clown in.” Pete then pulled a lever for “Earthbound Odyssey”.
“Wait…” Spike said as he fell screaming.
Al-G chuckled, “I guess he “fell” for it.”
Spike then started flying like a shooting star as he zoomed through the entire Internet as he passed by the worldly cubic icons labeled YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google, and other social media applications, and then he surfed through a fantastical solar system, until he reached the vortex portal and as he somehow passed out before entering a cloudy atmosphere, he ended up in a weird room floating on top of a glass sphere with green glimmering water and surrounded by clouds, a whiteness background, and oddly shaped arches.
His body was being scanned for injuries, but then he started being inducted by some weird energy tendrils that felt like stinging and burning at the same time, until he started to transform.
After the induction was done, Spike’s physical and virtual forms awoken, and now he somehow saw himself as his avatar, which was a Young Link base, but with regular ears, his green spiked hair looked like Sora from Kingdom Hearts, and he wore a purple basketball jersey with black lining over a dark gray hoodie with a green hood and black sleeves, black cargo pants with green lines on the upper left and right pockets, he had black and green fingerless gloves, and a pair of video game based basketball sneakers colored black, white, purple and green.
After he got up, Spike’s avatar character walked over to the door and as he walked out, he appeared to be in what appeared to be the Grand Game Central Terminal Station, as he watched as other avatars were arriving and departing to and from other places located in the Earthbound Odyssey.
“Welcome to Grand Game Central Terminal Station, the meeting place where all people’s avatars arrive to whenever they decide to come in the Odyssey. It has a few multiple portals that lead to so many other different worlds and many levels. And the best part is that the avatars range from everything they appear, meaning people’s avatars can either be tall, short, beautiful, sexy, hideous, scary, different sex, different species, and either cartoon, live action, CGI, anything. Heck, it’s your call! You can even pick and redesign how or what you want your avatar to be or look like. That character there is me, the one in the black, green and purple. In the Earthbound Odyssey, I’m known as Spyro-217, but it’s important to never reveal your true name to other avatars for safety issues, unless of course you already know each other in real life. However it works.”
“But if you need to take a bathroom break or need to go to sleep, whatever they want to do, they can just save their progress with an autosave and log off, or just pause their gameplay or call a timeout. The point of this game is to make friends, have fun, and even take on challenges through activities.”
Spike looked around before he started to pick out a portal, until he then stepped through it. He then found himself in the grassland plateau of the Earthbound Odyssey’s Oasis Island, meaning more parts of the island were there as well.
Spike’s avatar walked around watching the other avatars having fun, but he was suddenly attacked by a group of Bokoblins. He suddenly had no weapons, so he decided to use his fists, and deliver some kicks. Once the Bokoblin was out, he took the weapons it had, which were a spiked Boko club and a spiked Boko shield, and then took on the rest of the creatures, until their loot was laying on the ground, including bags of coins, bags of gems, and some other accessories. His avatar was suddenly leveled up to level 4 so quickly.
When he finished collecting the loot, he started to continue journeying around the plateau until he heard someone shout, “Oh my gosh! Look, everyone! It’s the Rainbooms!” Spike stopped upon hearing that exclaim and saw several avatars rushing over to a spot. Curiously, he somehow triple jumped like Mario and then landed on a big rock and climbed up onto a big tree branch and sat atop of it. He looked down and saw the avatars gathering around seven specific characters who all appeared to be teenage girls with pony ears and their hairs extended to look like braided ponytails. They were all somehow dressed as superheroes, and each supporting a DD-cup sized bust.
The first girl had alicorn wings on her back, a grayish lavender body, purple eyes covered by a pair of glasses, dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant rose streaks done up in a ponytail, and a geode necklace with a star image.
The second girl had a body as white as snow, long elegantly and beautifully curled moderate indigo and purple hair, sapphire blue eyes and eyeshadow, and a geode necklace with a diamond image.
The third girl had a grayish orange body, blonde hair in a ponytail that was covered by green apple gems, green eyes, and a geode necklace with an apple image.
The fourth girl had a light grayish pink body, big poofy and bouncy pink hair, light blue eyes, and wore a geode necklace with a balloon image.
The fifth girl had pegasus wings on her back, a creamy butter yellow body, long silky pale pink hair, cyan eyes and wore a geode necklace with a butterfly image.
The sixth girl who also had pegasus wings, but also an athletic build, had a light blue body, rainbow colored hair, fuchsia eyes, and wore a geode necklace with a thundercloud image.
The seventh and final girl had a golden amber body, red and golden yellow fire streaked hair, cyan eyes, and a necklace with a sun image.
The avatars were swarming the seven with blessings and praises.
“You girls are the best!”
“We love you! Wo love you so much!”
“You’re so popular than ever!”
“I wish my avatar could be as beautiful as yours!”
“Can you give our user pages some autographs?!”
Spike watched the girls being praised and blessed by the other avatars, while bearing a soft blush across his face as he looked at how beautifully gorgeous they were looking.
“The Rainbooms. This heroic team of girls have got quite a reputation around the Earthbound Odyssey as the only team you don’t want to mess with, because they’ll mess you up bad, and they’ve got a huge XP and lots of powerful abilities. In this world they’re known as Princess Twilight Nova Star, Rarity the Crystal Enchantress, Applejack the Apple Amazon, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy the Mystic Nature Fairy, Rainbow Dash the Loyal Speedster, and Sunset Shimmer the Daydream Angel. Whoever they are in the real world, I hope they’re really as gorgeous as they are here in the Earthbound Odyssey. I hope. You might say that I’ve got a crush on them, but can you blame me, since I’m thirteen and have a huge fetishized passion for hot girls? Well, I’m not the only one, I can tell you that. I’d somehow noticed so many guy avatars try to get close to them, but for some obvious reason, they always get turned down. I can only assume the girls are just playing very hard to get just to keep their admirers coming back to get their attention. But man. Boy, what kind of lucky chance wouldn’t I give to have a moment to go see and talk to them.”
Suddenly, the tree branch Spike was atop snapped and broke, and then he fell off each branch after landing on each branch until the one he was recently on toppled with Spike landing on the ground with a thud, and somehow his healthbar was blinking red, meaning his health was nearly low. The other avatars noticed and laughed at the poor kid, only for the Rainbooms to push through them and rush over to see if he was hurt or broken.
“It’s not funny!” Sunset said. “Yeah, you think it’s okay to laugh at someone who’s fell of a tree just like that? I don’t think so!” Rainbow Dash said.
“Everyone, could you give us some privacy, please?” Twilight asked, as the other avatars went back to playing their gameplays.
“Oh, my stars, darling! Are you alright?” Rarity asked in concern.
“You’re not hurt, are you?” Fluttershy asked in equal concern, and then after looking at his healthbar, she gave him a white cube of candy with a pinkish red plus that looked like a piece of health restoration candy, and then his healthbar filled up again. “Is that better?” Spike nodded.
“That was a nasty lookin’ fall, alright. You should probably be careful from now on,” Applejack said in a country accent.
“But somehow, it was an impressive one,” Rainbow Dash chuckled, before she was elbowed by Sunset. “Hey!”
“Now’s not the time for teasing. He may be hurt,” Sunset said. “Sorry,” Rainbow Dash said.
“But luckily, you didn’t go full splat as a pancake!” Pinkie Pie said. “And we’re happy you didn’t!”
“I got this, girls. Are you sure you’re okay?” Twilight asked Spike.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I- uhh…” Spike suddenly stopped talking when he looked up and saw that the girls were all surrounding him with their busts just a few inches away from his face. He then panicked and quickly got up before he started running nervously, while trying not to look back.
“Who was that?” Fluttershy asked in confusion.
“I’ll check his avatar stats,” Twilight waved her hand and a hub with a journal appeared before her. She opened it and started skimming through the many statuses of many avatars by other users, before she stopped at the boy, “Here he is. Spyro-217. The dragon fighter. But according to his database, he’s new to this game. Meaning he’s never played this before and may have started for the first time.”
“Whoa. A dragon fighter avatar?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“But, why would he run away like that?” Fluttershy asked, feeling wondered in confusion.
“I don’t know, but maybe we should probably keep an eye out for him,” Twilight said, as she looked out far into the distance from where the dragon fighter avatar ran off too.
Spike popped out of the portal and was now back in Grand Game Central Terminal Station. “Damn it!” he cursed to himself. “My first chance to meet up with making a good impression and I choke, or somehow embarrass myself!” He then started walking, “Who am I kidding, they probably would’ve already thought I was just a sore loser anyway.”
Spike walked through another portal and appeared in a marketplace where digital shopkeepers were selling brands of merchandise to the other players.
”This is the shop where players can get power ups, new brands of clothing, weapons, accessories, and more. Of course to purchase you would need the right amount of coins which you can obtain through several mini games, battles, free roam, treasure hunting, or steal from enemies. But the real actual good stuff, including artifacts, are located in various places in the Odyssey and can be found in so many various ways.”
“You also have three bars in three basic colors. The red bar is for your health, the light blue is for the energy of your skills/powers, and the green bar is for your XP, depending on how much it takes to level up. The bars keep growing the stronger your avatar levels up, but the blue bar drops if you use any amount of energy, and your health bar drops depending on the amount of damage taken. When you leave the game and come back, your bars are refilled, but your XP is left as it is from before, but if your health drops all the way, you’re dead. You can come back to life and all, and your inventory will stay as it is, but whatever wasn’t saved will have to be retrieved again. The point is, you’ve got to be smart, strong, agile, and resourceful if you want to survive.”
Spike then went to a shop near him, and suddenly saw the merchant, Morshu look at him.
“What do you all sell at this place?” Spike asked.
“Energy soda, health candy, weapons, clothing, gear, anything! You want it? It’s all yours, my friend, but as long as you have enough coins or gems,” Morshu replied.
Spike then looked at his pockets but found his banking inventory was nearly at 1,235 gold coins and 75 gems.
“Is it okay if I get a starter pack… dragon style?” Spike asked.
“Oh, a new player. I’ve heard you took on a group of Bokoblins for the first time, right?” Morshu asked. Spike nodded, and then Morshu thought for a moment, “Hmm… well… since you’re a new player, I’ll give you these to start with: lighter dragon armory, and maybe I’ll give you some weapons, but maybe when you’re a little… mmm… richer.”
Spike nodded and then made his purchase and added them all to his inventory, before his outfit received the upgrade, which was dragon themed shoulder pieces and arm braces.
He then made his way out before something appeared to him. He turned his head and as he bumped into it, he looked up and saw what appeared to be the cybernetic talking chao from the Sonic video games.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t see you there,” the robot said. “That’s okay. I guess I should probably watch where I’m going,” Spike said. “Oh, forgot to introduce myself. My name’s Spike, aka Spyro-217.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Omochao,” he said, shaking Spike’s hand. “If you don’t remember, I’m from the Sonic video games.”
“Yeah. I knew that. But why are you here?” Spike asked. “Well, I’m also part of this gaming program Micro Software developed since it also has other characters from other companies for the avatars to play with,” Omochao explained. “I also found out that you’re new here, right?”
“Yeah, but I was also wondering if I could probably play this game,” Spike said. “Maybe I can help you out with that,” Omochao said. “I’m an expert of this game, since I’m a character and all.”
“That might actually may not be a bad idea. For now on, we’re partners, meaning we do what we tell ourselves to do. Meaning either you do what I say or I do what you say? We cool?” Spike said, as Omochao shook his hand in agreement.
“And I’m sure you’re wondering. Is there any other point to all of this? Is coming to play the Earthbound Odyssey just so people can escape the real world? Well, the answer is no. Alistair Swift reigns as the noble Grand Wizard King of the entire island in Earthbound Odyssey. His avatar character, Starswirl the Bearded is regarded as the most powerful sorcerer ever. He even keeps order, peace and harmony throughout the game, and that no intruder can harm him because of his powerful staff. He’s like Gandalf and Albus Dumbledore combined into one guy! My dream is to rule the land beside him, and his loyal comrades, the Pillars: Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook, Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, and his apprentice Stygian. But until then, I’m going to have to keep leveling up and getting stronger so that my dream can become an actual reality.”
Spike and Omochao then walked through another portal and were at the game’s favorite nightclub, which was a restaurant with a stage for performances of any type of music including a rock concert and a casino for more points and treasure to fill up your inventory, and then he and Omochao took their seats at a booth, and ordered some drinks. “I wonder who’s performing today?” Spike asked. “I don’t know, but I hope it’s a good one,” Omochao said, before he and Spike noticed the show was about to begin. A spotlight suddenly shined on stage revealing a female’s shadow, and they saw a sexy leg stick out from behind the curtain.
It then opened up to reveal a sexy pop star. She had a light aquamarineish gray body, her moderate opal eyes were surrounded by huge eyeliner and eyelashes and her light orchidish gray hair that had moderate purple streaks was done up in a long ponytail falling down her back. Her attire included magenta boots with black lining and purple soles, black pants underneath a black linen skirt over a studded belt, a purple shirt with a heart shaped neckline underneath a magenta rocker’s jacket with a high collar and diamonds around the edges, along with additional bracelets and necklaces. Around her neck was a black choker necklace with opal blue stones. Covering her face was a transparent black veil that covered her face, except it wasn’t able to hide it but almost made it hardly impossible to see any more detailed features shown. To Spike’s point of view, he couldn’t stand looking at her impressive bust, sizing to an E-cup.
“Whoa… Countess Coloratura,” Spike gasped, as the Countess began singing beautifully and professionally.
The girl danced across the stage while singing as the DJ played some smooth funky music in the background. She walked around the stage and bent down to greet her fans, until Coloratura started getting towards Spike, who was two awestruck to move, but Omochao seemed to enjoy the show.
The pop star then winked at him, and then went towards the center again to finish her song. When the music stopped, the curtain closed onto her.
The avatar cheered, whistled and applauded on her performance, while Spike panted, “Okay, overall this seemed to turn out okay, huh?” Omochao nodded, before he and Omochao walked out of the portal and towards the Grand Game Central Terminal Station, before Spike heard a knock on the door.
Spike took off his goggles in the real world, while in the game, his avatar disappeared. Spike then let his aunt inside. “Spike, it’s time for bed,” she said. “Okay, Aunt Cass. I’m logging off just now,” Spike said. Cassandra nodded and then gave Spike a few more minutes to get ready.
After Spike logged off, he got washed up, put on his pajamas, brushed his teeth, and climbed into his bed to sleep. Cassandra came to tuck in her nephew and then kissed his forehead. “Goodnight, honey,” she whispered softly and then left his bedroom.
As he laid in bed, he thought about what happened today, “I actually got to speak the Rainbooms, but even though it was an awkward first encounter since I’ve heard about them. But they’ll probably forget about me tomorrow.” And with that said, he then dozed and drifted off to sleep knowing tomorrow was going to be a relaxing weekend and so that he would return to the Earthbound Odyssey.
On about Saturday morning, Spike was already awake and doing some skateboarding in the real world to get some fresh air before he saw a few other kids like him playing with the Z-Axiom 3000 in their bedrooms or living rooms and were definitely playing in the Earthbound Odyssey now doing whatever.
“Wonder what I should do in the Earthbound Odyssey today?” Spike thought to himself, until his phone rang. He stopped skateboarding and stood by a railing, and answered it, “Hello?”
“Spike? Where are you? You need to come home right now! It’s almost time for breakfast!” Cassandra answered on the phone.
“Why? What’s the matter?” he asked in concern.
“I’ll explain later. Just stay safe on your way home, dear. And please hurry!” Cassandra said while she sounded very excited and worried at the same time.
“Okay, okay, I’m coming,” Spike hung up and then started skateboarding off all the way back home to the cafe.
When Spike returned to the restaurant, he went over to the house section to see his aunt, and his brother and sister, Violet and Brody.
“Good morning, Spike,” Violet said.
“Hey, little bro,” Brody said.
Violet was a 16-year old teenage girl with a slender build, a smallish thick waistline, and slenderly long legs. She had long and straightly brushed blueberry-black hair with a purple hairband and one bobby pin on one side of her hair that almost covered her face, bluish-purple eyes, rosy cheeks, and pink lips. She stood at least 5’8” tall, making her approximately taller than Spike. She wore a moderate blue buttoned sweater over a light grayish blue long sleeve, a pair of jeans, and black, blue and white sneakers.
Brody was a 20-year old boy with a muscular build, and had dark brown spiked hair, brown eyes, and he was wearing a dark gray t-shirt underneath a orange and green cargo vest, and a pair of brown cargo pants and blue and gray sneakers.
“Hey, Vi. Hey, Brody,” Spike said, and then he sat down where a plate full of pancakes and a glass of chocolate milk were placed. “Okay, Aunt Cass. Besides the news being that breakfast is now ready, what’s the catch?”
“Well, look what came in the mail today,” Cassandra said holding up a letter.
“To the parent(s)/guardian(s) of Spike Drake Black River Coffee Shop and Diner 11th Elkwood Avenue Canterlot City, 08500”
“Who’s it from?” Spike asked, as he took the envelope while having his breakfast.
“Check the seal,” Cassandra suggested.
Spike looked at the seal seeing it was an red emblem of a hoof print with two wheat branches on two sides. “Wait a minute, this seal is…” Cassandra nodded excitedly and as Spike finished his next mouthful of pancakes, he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter, before reading it,
“Dear Mr. Drake,
We are pleased to inform you that you’ve been accepted at the Canterlot Tech Academy. We expect to meet you this very morning by exactly 11:30 am. Please gather as much bare essentials as you need.
Hope to see you soon.
Sincerely, Principal Celestia”
“Wow, another school! But this time, to be accepted at the Canterlot Tech Academy, which is a big honor!” Spike said. “Congratulations, Spike sweetie,” Cassandra said, hugging her nephew with joy.
“I didn’t think this would be new for me anyhow,” Spike said.
Cassandra then looked at the letter, “And it looks like you’ll also be far from home. You’ll be in the city, and that’s just an hour drive away, too.”
“Sweet. I’ve always wanted to explore more of the city one day, or maybe live in one part of the city,” Spike said.
“Plus, room and board will be provided for you,” Cassandra added. “And it says that the parents or guardians gotta give them a call to accept if they want their child to attend.”
“This is always been a huge hit for me, but… what about you guys? If I go, then I won’t be living here for awhile,” Spike said, until Cassandra hugged her nephew against her stomach and bust. “Don’t worry, sweetie. We’ll be fine. Plus this is a big opportunity of a lifetime for you.”
Spike looked at the letter for one more moment, and then made up his mind, “Alright, I’ll go. But are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“We will, honey. When you’re done, go get dressed, and you’ll see a list I made for you to pack, and I’ll help you with the others after I make the call,” Cassandra said, as Spike nodded. “Oh, and I’ll drive you over.”
“Want me to take over for you, Cassandra?” the chef, Jerome McElroy asked, and he was a black man with a black beard, and wore a red shirt, a white poplin chef’s hat, a white apron, dark blue denim pants, and black sneakers. “Yes, please do, Jerome,” Cassandra replied as she went to the kitchen with the envelope to make the call. “Hello? I’d like to speak to Principal Celestia please.”
After he finished breakfast, Spike got showered from after skateboarding outside, and then brushed his teeth again. He then packed a large suitcase and a duffel bag full of clothes and personal stuff, and made sure he had his Z-Axiom 3000 gaming equipment. He then came downstairs to meet up with his aunt and sat down in the living room, until she got her keys and purse, and put on a lighter jacket.
When she was ready Cassandra and Spike loaded up her car, and as Spike sat down in the passenger seat and Cassandra got in the driver’s seat, they started driving off to the address provided in the letter.
An hour later, Spike looked out the window and saw he was in the city, “Wow. Canterlot City. I always dreamed of living here one day,” he told himself.
“This looks like the place,” Cassandra said.
Spike looked out again seeing they were parking right outside an apartment building next to the school. “What is this place?” Spike asked in wondering surprise.
“Looks like it’s where you’ll be staying,” Cassandra answered, as she and Spike got his bags out.
Spike then looked at his aunt, “Well, I guess… this is goodbye for now.”
“We’ll be fine at the restaurant, sweetie,” Cassandra said in promise. “Just take care of yourself and remember to text me or email me a letter to let me know how everything’s going, okay?”
“I will, Aunt Cass,” Spike said, until he went to her for a warm embracing hug, as he felt her bust press up against him for comfort. “I’ll also miss your warm hugs too.”
“I know, honey,” Cassandra said, before she released him and kissed him on the forehead. “Okay, have fun, and I’ll see you soon.” She then went back to her car and drove back to the restaurant until Spike went into the apartment building to get his room registered.
He then continued to gaze at the place in wonder, until he heard a woman’s voice speak up, “Mr. Drake?”
Spike turned around and looked up and to his sudden shock, he saw a tall and beautiful woman standing before him. She had light magentaish gray lipstick and eyeshadow, pale light grayish purple eyes, and her long flowing hair was colored with gradients of pale, light grayish cyan to light arctic blue, pale light grayish harlequin to light aquamarine, pale light grayish cornflower blue to light sapphire blue, and pale light grayish mulberry to darker mulberry. She also wore a golden yellow blazer jacket with a purple and white striped shirt underneath and matching long khaki pants with grayish golden yellow heeled shoes, purple bracelets with tiny light golden orange studs in the center, and a sun broach on her jacket’s left collar. She also supported what appeared to be an impossible J-cup sized bust.
‘My God. I just found a Goddess from the Heavens of Mount Olympus or an angel from the palm of Jesus’s hand,’ Spike said to himself.
“Is everything okay?” she asked the boy.
Spike then quickly snapped out of his little daydream, straightened himself out and cleared his throat, “Huh? Oh, uh, yes, ma’am. I’m fine.”
“Well, I’m glad,” she smiled. “Now then, my name is Celestia, your principal. And as a student, you will address me as Principal Celestia, or Mrs. Celestia. Whichever you’re comfortable with is fine with me.”
“Thanks. And I’m Spike Drake, but I guess you already know that,” he smiled sheepishly.
“I did, and it’s very delightful to meet you in person,” Celestia said, shaking his hand. “Now come along inside, and you’ll be meeting your new roommates.” Celestia then beckoned him to follow her to his penthouse.
“What’re they like?” Spike asked.
“Well, I promise that they’re quite a lively bunch of good people. But I absolutely and certainly assure you that you’ll all be friends in no time soon.”
“Well, if you say so, then I’m game.”
Celestia nodded warmly as they both entered the building, and after Spike got his bag and suitcase, they took the elevator all the way up to the penthouse suite up on the top four floors, but they were on the fourth. The elevator doors opened to reveal the penthouse, which was pretty spacious and very luxuriously comfortable enough for a few guests who are renting this room.
“Whoa… It’s almost like I’m looking at Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark’s mansion in Malibu, California, but in the movies,” Spike said as he marveled the interior as he gently dropped his bags on the floor.
Celestia then looked around and then sighed heavily, “Oh, where are those girls? I told them we’d be having a newcomer today.”
“Wait, girls? As in actual girls?” Spike asked in confusion.
“Yes,” Celestia answered before walking over to another section of the room, “Wait right here, I’ll be right back.”
Spike sighed, “Man, I’m gonna be bunking with girls. I just hope it can’t get any worse.”
Suddenly, Celestia knocked and opened the door and answered through it, “Girls, come on out. We have a newcomer.”
And from a few seconds later, out from that room came a girl approximately 17 years old who had dark sapphire blue hair with moderate purple and brilliant rose streaks, in a long ponytail and had glasses over her purple eyes. She wore a light blue polo shirt with white cuffs and collar, a pink bow around the collar and a matching vest that was supported by a grayish purple belt with a pale grayish pink microchip shaped buckle, a purple frilly skirt decorated with sparkling stars, but one was pink with 5 white stars surrounding it, and grayish purple school girl shoes with baby blue high socks.
“Sorry about that, Principal Celestia. I was just looking over some notes for my exam,” the girl explained before noticing Spike. “Oh, why hello. You must be Spike.” she smiled.
“Uh, yeah. That’s me,” Spike confessed, while trying not to look down and gaze at her impressive bust.
“It’s very nice to meet you,” she offered her hand. “I’m Tara Sparkson, but my friends usually call me by my nickname “Twilight Sparkle”.”
Spike shook her hand, “Spike Drake.” He suddenly thought to himself as Twilight went to the staircase, ‘Wait. Twilight? As in Princess Twilight Nova Star?’
“Girls, come on down! We’ve got company!”
“Hello!” came another girl’s voice in singsong, but almost like an Trans-Atlantic English accent. Another door opened and out came a second girl about Twilight’s age. Needlessly hesitant to say, but she was undeniably, but elegantly gorgeous. She had moderate indigo hair and on the shadowed side, a gradient of dark purple to moderate purple done up in elegant curls with a three diamond clip, grayish blue eyeshadow and sapphire blue eyes. She wore a light blue sleeveless dress top with a tutu patterned with purple diamonds and supported by a purple sash belt with a blue three diamond buckle around her with, a light purple slim fit skirt, gold bracelets, and purple high heeled shoes that were covered with baby blue sapphires.
“Sorry, darling. I just wanted to make sure I looked my best for when our newcomer arrived,” she began, until she spotted Spike. “Oh, my. So this is the boy,” she then sashayed her hips while walking over to him and then bent down and took his hands into hers, “Well, hello, darling. I’m Rarity Rivers. I’m so delightfully charmed to meet your acquaintance.”
“Likewise,” Spike answered, while blushing and sweating at how she held his hands, how beautifully gorgeous she looked, including her eyes, and somehow noticing how her breasts bounced with every step of movement she took while walking.
A third girl suddenly came down the staircase, and this time, she had wavy red and yellow streaked hair, and turquoise eyes. She wore a black leather jacket with orange arrow stripes on her upper sleeves and high collar, a grayish opal skirted shirt with a sweetheart neckline and a grayish orange gradient underskirt, blue denim jeans, and punk style boots the same color as her jacket.
“Hey, Principal Celestia. I just finished up feeding Ray, and was also about to start a new chapter on a book I was reading. So you said our guest is here?” the girl asked before spotting Spike. “Oh! Hi. My name’s Sunset Sanderson. You’re Spike, right?”
“Yeah, that’s me,” Spike greeted.
“INCOMING!” came a loud girl’s voice as someone was sliding down the staircase handrail before coming to the end and landing on the floor. “Soft landing,” she giggled.
Spike looked down at the girl in an odd position, until she got up allowing him to get a better look at her. She had fluffy and poofy dark pink hair with a blue headband that had a blue bow, and baby blue eyes. She wore a white shirt with a pink heart in the middle and a purple neckline, a blue vest, two blue bracelets, a three ruffled skirt in different shades of pink supported by a purple ribbon belt around her waist, and blue knee high boots with white laces and pink bows.
(Pretend Pinkie’s skirt and hair are what I mentioned.)
“Uh… are you okay there? I mean, you sure you’re not hurt or anything?” Spike asked.
“Nope. One of my better landings than before,” she answered. “Hi. You must be the new boy,” she started shaking Spike’s hand wildly like crazy. “I’m Pinkamena Pie, but you can just call me Pinkie. And I’m your new roommate and your new bestie!”
“N-Ni-Nice to m… meet you,” Spike said feeling dizzy from being shook like a rattle.
“Hey, y’all,” came the Southern American accented voice of another girl who came down the stairs. She wore a tannish brown stetson hat on top of her blonde hair that was braided in a ponytail, had emerald green eyes, and freckles on her face. She wore a white t-shirt with green sleeves, a denim shirt with a ruffled trim, gold lacings, and a red belt with a gold buckle, and brown cowgirl boots. Both her shirt and shoes had red apples imprinted on them.
“Sorry it took so long,” she said, before she noticed Spike was there. “Well, howdy, partner. Ya must be the newbie. Name’s Jacqueline Daniels, but you can call me “Jackie” for short.”
“Spike Drake,” he greeted.
The cowgirl winked, “Ya know, you’re even cuter in person.” Spike then blushed at the mention of that comment, until Rarity spoke up and playfully stroked his hair with her gloss-polished fingertips and placed an arm around him while bending down towards his level.
“Oh, I have to absolutely agree with you on that one, darling. I mean, look at him. He’s so adorable.”
Coming out from another room was another girl with long overflowing pale rose pink hair that had a cerulean butterfly barrette, grayish purple eyeshadow and greenish blue eyes. She wore a aquamarine sundress with three butterflies in three pink colors and lime green linen sleeves, and a pair of pink lace-up sandals. Her shoes had butterflies on them.
“Sorry, Principal Celestia, but my bunny Angel was being so very needy again today,” she softly began before spotting Spike, “Oh… My… Goodness!” she excitedly gasped, as she went over to Spike and hugged him, “You’re Spike Drake, aren’t you?”
“Um, yes,” Spike answered, as he felt the shy girl’s soft bust press into his face.
“It’s so nice to meet you. I’m Flora Mayflower.” she said sweetly.
“Consider yourself lucky,” Sunset spoke to Spike in a playful teasing tone.
“Usually, she’s mostly shy around strangers,” Jacqueline added. “But I guess she likes ya.”
“Sup, guys?” came the last and seventh voice, as another girl walked in. She had long ruffled rainbow streaked hair and fuchsia eyes. She wore a white t-shirt with a rainbow storm cloud on the front and blue lining, a blue short sleeved hoodie with yellow stripes, darker blue sweatpants with a gradient rainbow lightning bolt on each leg, rainbow colored wristbands and blue sneakers with white pads, red laces and soles, and yellow lightning bolts on each side.
“Getting in on another one of your workouts today, Ashley? Maybe you’re seventh?” Sunset asked rhetorically, as the other girls giggled.
“Hell no… this was actually my tenth,” the girl named Ashley replied, making the girls’s faces unamused. She then spotted Spike and walked over, “So, you’re the newbie, huh? Name’s Ashley Aurora. Nice to meetcha.”
“Likewise, I guess.”
“Huh, not to criticize you or anything, but I kinda expected a lot more from Spyro-217’s real self,” Ashley said.
Spike’s eyes suddenly widened, “W-Wait, what’d you say?”
“You’re Spyro-217, right?” Ashley asked.
Spike was nervously shaking and sweating that his real identity and his avatar have both been revealed, until Celestia spoke up with a hand on his shoulder, “It’s okay, Spike. They know who you are. But the truth is you’ve already met them.”
“I have?”
“Yeah. We saw you when you fell from that tree,” Pinkie replied.
“And we were the only ones with enough heart to see if you were okay,” Rarity stated.
Spike thought on what they were talking about, until he gasped, “Wait a minute…” He then got a good look at the seven and envisioned them in their place as the same team of girls from the Earthbound Odyssey he was nervous to talk too, “You’re… the Rainbooms?”
“Wow, you girls pretty much look exactly like your avatars. Well, except the multicolored skin, pony ears, wings and extended ponytails,” Spike said, before looking at their busts and thought while blushing softly, ‘And you have the same bust sizes as your avatars in real life.’
“Umm… please don’t stare so much,” Fluttershy said while blushing feeling a little bit embarrassed.
Spike then snapped out of it, “Sorry about that. I just never realized that I’d get to meet the game’s greatest heroes in real life.”
“Well, we do have a reputation for that, darling,” Rarity said.
“So if you’re the Rainbooms… this certainly can’t be quite a coincidence after all,” Spike said.
“Well, it’s not,” Twilight confirmed in reply. “After you bolted in unexpected retreat, I decided to do a check on your status in the Earthbound Odyssey, and look over some of your database. After that, I then ran it with Principal Celestia here and then she took some decisive actions and pulled some strings to get you transferred here.”
“And why?” Spike asked the principal.
“Because I need your help,” Celestia began, as they went to sit down on the sofa, as Celestia took the armchair, “I’m sure you know of how the Earthbound Odyssey was created by Alistair Swift of Micro Software, correct?”
“Yeah,” he confirmed.
“Well, there is a specific reason he hasn’t been public for so long, and his other colleagues.”
“Why is that?”
“Because they’re being hacked and held captive,” Celestia sighed.
“Captive? Hacked?” Spike asked in complete confusion, until he knew what she meant. “No, it couldn’t be.”
“What couldn’t be?” Fluttershy asked. “Well, yesterday, after I made my account and character, and before I started to play the game, I ran into this weird Dude that reminded me of a computer virus or an algorithm, and he was kinda bossy. What was his name? Al-G Rhythm, was it?”
“Wait!” Sunset said. “Did you just say… Al-G Rhythm?!”
“You know him?!” Spike asked.
“Yes. We’ve heard about this stranger,” Celestia said. “Many months ago, when Al-G Rhythm malfunctioned due to an overload in the computer lab, he somehow received the ability to take over the internet and monitor the social media and networking sites, and one tragic thing he did was find a way into the Earthbound Odyssey until he hijacked control of their game project and then kept them all in a state of suspended animation, and took over their avatars, Starswirl the Bearded and the Pillars.”
“What about the people of the company?” Spike asked.
Celestia answered, “They were paid to keep it on a low profile from the public until further notice.”
“Oh, man. No wonder why he sounded so bad,” Spike said in shock, as Fluttershy placed her hand on his shoulder.
Twilight nodded, “Celestia brought us all together because of our statuses and how well we’ve worked as a team.”
“But together, we’re even stronger than a whole army of enemy pawns,” Rainbow Dash pumped a fist.
“When Twilight showed me your statuses, Spike, I knew you would be perfect to help us take back Micro Software’s game and save the Pillars from Al-G. By defeating him and returning the throne to the Pillars, we can expose him for the crook and the virus he truly is,” Celestia said with determination.
“Forgive me for asking, Principal Celestia, but I don’t get it. Why does this game mean so much to you? No offense, but aren’t you like a little bit too old for this game?”
Celestia sighed and looked in a gloomy and depressed manner, “Because Alistair was my old teacher, and a very dear friend, and so were his colleagues. Salvadora Hassan was Somnambula, Madelynne Ahyoka was Mage Meadowbrook, Fredrick Mercedes was Flash Magnus, Ronald Shaw was Rockhoof, and Steven Sterns was Stygian.”
“Really?” Spike asked.
“Yes. When I learned of what Al-G Rhythm did, I swore I would help Alistair and the others in any way. But if he saw me in the Earthbound Odyssey, he would do whatever it took to find me. That’s why I required and requested the helpful aid of these girls here and now you, Spike. I know Al-G may have deceived you into this little bargain of his, and that I too have deceived you with this invite I sent you, but I humbly beg of you. I don’t want my teacher’s team’s creation to be under the control of a tyrannical algorithmic computer virus. Please, help me reveal the truth about him to the public. So that all gamers can enjoy the Earthbound Odyssey pulling strings from the shadows of the Serververse, and in return, we’ll help you be rid of him,” she pleaded with the teen boy.
Spike thought how really dire this situation sounded, and knew it wasn’t right for someone or something to masquerade or hack as the creator in the game and controlling it in the Internet’s Serververse. Coming to a confirmed decision, he answered her, “Principal Celestia, you now have my loyalty and service. If you’re going after Al-G, then count me in,”
Celestia smiled and shed a tear, “Thank you, Spike. This means a lot to me.”
Spike smiled and nodded seeing how happy she looked, and was suddenly pulled from behind into the girls for a group embrace.
“Thank you so much, Spike!” Twilight cheered with pride, as she hugged him close to her bust.
“Welcome aboard to the team, sugarcube,” Jacqueline welcomed him, while also hugging him close to her bosom.
“Yippee! We’ve got a new bestie and roommate! Best day ever!” Pinkie cheered, while squeezing and hugging him tight.
“We know you’ll soon make out as a wonderful teammate, Spike,” Flora smiled softly.
“And hopefully you’ll make an awesome friend too,” Ashley smirked while patting his shoulder.
“Well, of course he’ll make an awesome friend. Why wouldn’t he?” Sunset said confidently and empathetically as she stroked his hair with her arm and hand.
“Oh, this is such a wonderful day indeed! Not only do we have a 13 year old boy living with us, but a 13 year old boy who’s also a dragon fighter!” Rarity squealed excitedly, as she hugged Spike closer to her breasts and raised on of her legs up. “Oh, you are so brave, darling!”
Spike was smiling warmly and blushing deeply from the close contact with their soft busts, ‘Marshmallow heaven…’ The girls suddenly released their hug and let him breathe. “Thank you, girls. But by the way, is it okay if I call you by your avatar names, or do you prefer your regular names? I mean I’ve known you mostly by your avatar names since yesterday.”
“You’re more than welcome to use our avatar names,” Twilight sweetly offered. “We kinda pretty much got stuck with referring to each other by our avatar names anyway, and have kinda gotten used to it.”
“It just sounds so much easier for some of us, but if you feel like using either one, that’s fine with us,” Applejack said.
“And I normally prefer the name Rainbow Dash over Ashley Aurora anyway,” Rainbow put in as a comment.
“And Spike does sound like an easier name to remember. Don’t you agree, Sunset?” Fluttershy admitted.
“I don’t see anything wrong it it,” Sunset said.
“Then Spike it is,” Twilight said.
“So now that the introductions are out of the way, what now?” Spike asked.
“LET’S PARTY!” Pinkie cheered, until suddenly confetti was shooting up in the air above them.
“Whoa!” Spike gasped in exclaim from the bursting confetti blast.
“Don’t worry. Pinkie can be very spontaneously random, especially with party flavors, but she’s very sweet at putting up things like this,” Twilight informed him.
“I’ll keep that in mind,” Spike replied.
“Well, come on, y’all! We’ve got something festive to celebrate,” Applejack said, as they went over to where Pinkie had already ended up setting up a whole party with sweets including cupcakes, and a bowl of punch on a big table.
Later that night, while the girls were having a sleepover before going to their rooms for the night, Spike was in his own room and had just finished decorating it with some of the stuff from his old room to make it feel a lot more homey for him. He had just finished folding and sorting his laundry into each drawer of his dresser and placed a picture of his parents on it, along with some other decorations, placed an alarm clock onto the coffee table next to his bed, and then set up all his other electronics and bare essential equipment, until it was perfectly placed in a proper manner.
Spike then changed into his pajamas, which were sleep shorts and shirt, before there was a knock on the door.
“Spike?” Rarity’s voice came in.
Spike looked over and saw Rarity standing in his bedroom doorway wearing a purple nightgown with an imprint of three blue diamonds on one side of her skirt, a white frilly collar and a blue bow, and a pair of purple slippers.
“Oh, hey, Rarity. What’s up?” he asked.
“Nothing, darling. I just wanted to check on you before I turned in. A lady does need her beauty sleep, you know,” she explained.
“Yeah, that’s true,” Spike admitted in reply.
“But you know, the girls and I are really looking forward to working with you in the Earthbound Odyssey and getting to know you more in person, no matter where we go.” She stroked Spike’s shoulder.
“Thanks, and don’t worry. I’m also looking forward to it myself as well.” Spike was suddenly taken by surprise, as he unexpectedly found himself embraced warmly by Rarity who pressed her rack into one side of his face and stroked his hair with her fingernails, and then whispered to him.
“Until tomorrow, darling,” Rarity whispered softly, until suddenly, she placed her hand underneath his chin and gave Spike a small kiss on the cheek much to the boy’s surprise. “Sweet dreams.”
Rarity left Spike’s room, and gently closed the door, as Spike looked at the doorway in shock, before he looked at himself, “Wow. I did not see that coming.” He was about to go to bed, until Fluttershy approached after softly knocking on the door. She was wearing a light green flannel pajama set with white butterflies and magenta cuffs, and a pair of matching slippers.
“Um, Spike?”
“Yeah, Fluttershy?” he asked while opening the door, as Fluttershy gently tugged her hair playfully while she had a faint blush on her face.
“I just want you to know that it’s okay to be shy or scared in a new group. I was also the same way too, but until now I’ve grown so used to everyone here. And I know you will too, with us by your side,” she told him with a little confidence.
“Thanks, Fluttershy,” Spike then received a kiss on his cheek by the shy girl.
“You’re welcome. Goodnight,” she said with a smile before heading over for her room.
Spike then closed the door and walked to his bed and went to sleep after turning the light off, only for the door to suddenly fly open to reveal Rainbow Dash, who was wearing a white t-shirt with red sleeves and neckline, a red and yellow lining on the bottom, and the same image of a cloud and rainbow colored lightning bolt, blue speckled pants, and red slippers with yellow stripes. “Hey, Spike.”
Spike turned on his light, got up and spoke to her sounding a bit annoyed, “Don’t you ever hear of knocking?”
“Nah! Knocking’s too loud,” Rainbow answered, as she stepped closer. “I was just about to hit the sack so I decided to see you one more time tonight.”
“Well, thanks.”
Rainbow Dash then leaned down and quickly kissed his cheek before she brought him over for a quick hug, and spoke, “Sleep tight, buddy. We’ve got a lot to look forward to tomorrow.” She playfully punched his shoulder and then walked out.
Spike then blushed from Rainbow Dash’s cheek kiss, until he saw Sunset walk in wearing a magenta shirt with a red neckline and matching long pants with orange and yellow stripes while her shirt had the image of a red and yellow shimmering sun, and on her feet were a pair of matching magenta slippers. “Going to bed, Spike?” Sunset asked.
“I was trying to. Were you?”
“Well, I was just about to turn in,” she admitted. “But I just wanted to come over and know how you were doing.”
“Well, I’m doing okay for the most part so far. But still, I’m feeling nervous about what this’ll all lead to for both the Earthbound Odyssey and the real life stuff.”
Sunset then stood beside him and wrapped her arm around his upper arm for comfort, “We know. It’s not easy to get to the castle and join up with Starswirl and the Pillars, but normally defeat their captive hacking state by Al-G, but we’ll manage somehow. Especially now that we have you,” Sunset said, as she embraced him gently and then kissed his cheek. “I’ll see you tomorrow. Goodnight.” She then left the room.
“Goodnight,” Spike said, as he felt his cheek.
Spike was about to close the door and get back to bed for some shuteye, until Pinkie Pie bounced in. “HI, SPIKE!” she cheered. Pinkie’s pajamas included a long blue sleeveless nightgown shirt with pink and yellow balloons and matching shorts, and a pair of blue slippers with pink bows. The shirt and shorts had purple straps and linings, along with a pink bow above the chest.
“Pinkie, it’s really late. So please use an indoor voice,” he insisted as he was still exhausted.
Pinkie pouted, before answering, “Yeah, good point. I was just about to head off to bed.”
Spike double blinked, “You don’t look all that tired.”
Pinkie just smiled as usual and spoke, “Anyway, I just wanted to wish you a goodnight. Oh, and to give you this!” She then kissed his cheek before hugging him with a gentle but suddenly tighter squeeze as he felt some of his bones pop, and then she started bouncing off with a skip and a hop.
“I definitely think she’s still too high on that sugar rush,” Spike said, until Applejack walked into the room, wearing blue footsie pajamas with pale grayish blue apple prints.
“Evenin’, Spike.”
“Hey, A.J.”
“Sorry for disturbing ya or anything, but I was just about to hit the sack. I’m normally the first to wake up before anybody here at the crack of dawn.”
“I can assume it’s because you lived a farm life and always woke up at the crack of dawn every morning?” he guessed.
“Yep. Pretty much,” she confirmed.
“Well, be sure to get plenty of sleep then.”
“Oh, I will. Don’t you worry about little old me, and start worrying about you. Well, goodnight, Spike,” Applejack said, as she leaned forward and kissed his cheek, before taking her leave. “And if you want, our rooms are always open. Just so you know.”
After Spike went over to his bed and sat down, finally Twilight walked in dressed in a light blue t-shirt with three black buttons and white speckles, and dark blue sweatpants with multicolored stars, and walking in her bare feet. “Hey, Twilight,” he greeted.
“Wow, Spike, you look like you knew I was coming,” Twilight said as she was surprised.
“Did I really?” Spike asked feeling playfully oblivious, before Twilight motioned him over as he walked over to her and stood in front of her.
“Well, I just came to say goodnight and to wish you pleasant dreams. I know a lot’s happened today that you were unaware of and it’s normally a lot to take in, but you don’t have to. With us on your side, we can help you do something more while we try to defeat Al-G and save the Pillars from his capture.”
“I think I’ll manage by remembering that,” Spike replied, until he found himself warmly embraced by Twilight.
“But just remember, Spike. You’re not alone here. You have me, and the rest of the girls. But if you ever have any problems or are feeling different, don’t be afraid to talk to us, because we’ll be there to listen.”
Spike smiled happily as he embraced her back and rested his head on her bosom, “Thanks, Twilight.”
“You’re welcome.” Twilight then kissed Spike’s face, before they broke. “Goodnight, Spike.”
“Goodnight, Twilight.”
As Twilight left the room and walked down the hallway, she somehow blushed to herself. “Twilight?”
“Yes, Spike?”
“Could you sleep with me just for tonight? I kinda need some company,” Spike replied.
“Why is that?” Twilight asked. “What’s the matter?”
“I kinda miss my family a little, and I’m just a little bit homesick, but somehow feeling nervous.”
Twilight felt concerned for him, and then smiled in reply, “Then yes. Of course, Spike.”
Twilight then entered his room again, and then as Spike was already asleep as he got back on the bed, she smiled warmly and then climbed onto his bed and laid down next to him after taking off her glasses.
As they slept, Twilight laid on her back with her hair all the way down, and somehow cuddled with Spike with her arms placed onto him as his arm was wrapped around her waist and his head rested against her exposed midriff. Spike thought in his sleep, ‘No matter whatever happens from now on, I’ll be ready. Because I won’t be alone on this round.’ Twilight smiled as she saw Spike sleeping comfortably as she continued to cuddle with Spike and closed her eyes again.
When Sunday morning came, the two were still peacefully asleep in Spike’s room with his head resting against Twilight’s stomach as it moved up and down as she was softly breathing. Suddenly, Twilight’s stomach started gurgling, which somehow woke Spike up. When he saw Twilight holding him close towards her stomach, he then thought.
‘I’m finally in my happy place, and I don’t ever want to leave it again,’ he thought to himself until he closed his eyes again. Few minutes later, Twilight’s alarm on her phone went off, and then she reached over hand then turned it off before reaching for her glasses.
She then yawned and the saw her new friend/roommate was waking up as well, “Good morning, Spike.”
“Good morning, Twilight,” Spike said as he sat up and stretched his arms and back.
They both heard Twilight’s stomach again, as Spike looked at her, “Was that your stomach?” Twilight then sheepishly blushed with her hand on her belly, and then spoke, “Wow, I didn’t know I could get so hungry this early in the morning.”
Suddenly, the sound of a triangle rang, and Applejack’s voice hollered, “BREAKFAST!”
“Looks like Applejack’s got breakfast ready. Okay, I’m going to get dressed, then help the others set up the table for breakfast. We’ll be waiting, okay?” Twilight said. “Okay. And Twilight?” Spike asked, until Twilight looked at him one more time. “Thanks for staying with me for the night. I just needed some company.”
“You’re welcome, Spike. Now go ahead and get dressed, and when you’re ready, meet us in the kitchen,” Twilight said as she went to her bedroom to get dressed after closing his door. Spike then went to his dresser to pick out some clothes before throwing them onto himself. After putting on his sneakers, Spike fixed the spikes on his hair and straightened out his clothes, until he then found himself looking absolutely fine.
He then left his room, and headed downstairs. As he came down the staircase, he looked over at the dining table in the kitchen seeing five the girls seated while enjoying breakfast which included buttermilk pancakes, mini sausages, hash browns, bacon, and eggs, either sunny side up or scrambled, and two sauce boats, one with mixed berry sauce and one with maple syrup. The aromatic smell of it all drew Spike closer as he walked over.
When the girls who were fully dressed saw him walking over, they greeted him, “Good morning, Spike!”
“Hey, girls,” he greeted back.
“Well, you’re just in time, sugarcube,” Applejack said with a greeting smile, as she laid down a plate full of freshly made pancakes.
“Mmm, smells good. Kinda like how my Aunt Cass does at her restaurant, Black River Coffee House, but still. Smells good,” Spike said, as he took a seat.
“And it even tastes better, since you’ve mentioned it,” Sunset assured him, passing him the maple syrup.
Spike then looked around seeing two girls were missing, “Where’re Rainbow Dash and Rarity?”
“Don’t worry. Rarity’s just getting ready,” Sunset answered.
“She’s putting on her makeup, isn’t she?” Spike asked.
“Yep. I’m telling ya, Spike. That gal always like to look her best every morning,” Applejack sighed.
“Well, beg your pardon!” Rarity’s voice came as she came down the stairs dressed in her casual clothes. “But may I remind you that some of us like to take pride in looking our best in the morning.” She then took a seat next to Spike. “Oh, this looks scrumptious. Thank you, Applejack dear.”
“Anytime, Rarity. I saved your eggs, and made them just the way you like them. Sunny side up,” Applejack replied, until Rarity looked at Spike. “Oh, and how are you this fine and pleasant morning, Spike?” She then batted her eyes rapidly.
“Oh, I’m doing good, Rarity,” Spike replied, while noticing how close she sat next to him.
“Uhh… you haven’t seen Rainbow Dash by any chance, have you?” Twilight asked.
“No, I have not,” Rarity answered.
“I really hope she’s not sleeping in,” Applejack sighed.
“Coming down, guys!” Rainbow’s voice came. The girl came down and to everyone’s shock was somehow wearing nothing but a blue yoga top with her thundercloud and rainbow lightning bolt over her black sports bra exposing her midriff and matching skinny shorts showing off short black leggings from underneath, and she wore her sneakers. She took the other spot near Spike and sniffed the grubs, “Mmm, that smells good. Oh. Hey, Spike. How’s it going?”
Before Spike could answer, Rarity spoke up while defending Spike, “Rainbow Dash, seriously, darling, why are you not properly dressed?”
“What? I always come down like this every morning to do my morning exercises,” Rainbow answered like it was no big deal.
“It’s different this time, Rainbow Dash!” Fluttershy protested while also defending Spike. “You should realize right now that we have a boy living with us now! And he’s only 13!”
“So?” she asked. “I’m sure Spike doesn’t mind, do ya, Spike?” Rainbow Dash said flirting with the teen boy while leaning over to give him a perfectly good view of her cleavage as she leaned her arm on his chair, until he began sweating nervously, as he tried hot to look down, but only failed miserably.
Twilight finally spoke up with an unamused furrowed glare on her face as she stood in front of Spike while Rarity comforted him, “Rainbow Dash, for once, please go back upstairs and put some proper clothes on!”
“Why are you being so defensive? Can it at least wait till after I eat?” Rainbow asked in a groaning protest.
“NOW!”
“Alright, fine! Yeesh! I’m going!” Rainbow Dash replied, before she grumbled while mumbling words to herself, as she got up and went back upstairs.
Spike watched her leave, before looking at the other girls who looked back at him. “We’re sorry about that, Spike,” Twilight said.
“I’m the one that should be sorry if me being here has messed up with any of your ‘routines’ or something,” Spike replied.
“Hey, you’ve got nothing to apologize for, Spike,” Sunset assured him sweetly.
“It’s just something we’re gonna have to get used too for now on,” Applejack commented.
“Agreed, darling,” Rarity said. “Otherwise, it would’ve been a whole lot worse if something like that happened again.”
Rainbow Dash eventually came back down fully clothed in her regular clothes, “There, I’m dressed. You happy now?” she asked in annoyance.
“Very much, yes,” Twilight said.
“And I don’t appreciate your tone, darling,” Rarity said.
“Whatever,” Rainbow Dash said as she took em her plate and joined the others for breakfast.
Spike suddenly looked around, “Umm… where’s Mrs. Celestia? Is she joining us?”
“Actually, she had to go someplace today. So she left early,” Twilight explained.
“So it’s probably just us for today,” Fluttershy responded.
“Plus, she did also mention that we should spend the day getting to know each other,” Sunset commented. “You know, since we’ll all be working together as a team helping take down Al-G, saving both the original creators and their avatars and all?”
“So you think we should go someplace in the Earthbound Odyssey or something?” Spike asked.
“Actually, we were just thinking about doing something in the real world,” Twilight answered.
“The real world?” Spike asked whiningly.
“Yeah, yeah, I feel ya,” Rainbow Dash complied in agreement. “But hey, there’s still other stuff that can be done outside of the game.”
“Exactly the point. Thank you, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight confirmed, “Plus, you’re still new to the game, so don’t complain that you normally do stuff in the Earthbound Odyssey.”
“Because if you do, then you’re a sad person,” Sunset replied.
“No, no, no, I do other stuff in the real world, but I just happen to like going to the Earthbound Odyssey more since I’ve started playing it,” Spike answered. “So, if we’re doing real world stuff, any thoughts on what we should do today?”
“Hey, maybe we can go bowling!” Pinkie suggested.
“Great idea, Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash agreed with her. “We honestly haven’t done that in a month.”
“Plus with Spike in our group, we have eight, making both teams evened up to four,” Applejack added.
“Sounds like a plan to me,” Sunset admitted. “And if it’s okay with you guys, maybe later today, we can go see a movie, meaning I’ll buy the tickets and get us some snacks.”
“I think that’s a wonderful idea, Sunset,” Twilight said.
Sunset nodded and then turned to the boy, and asked, “What do you say, Spike?”
Spike thought about the idea, before reaching his decision, “Sure. I could use the chance to work on my aiming.”
“Then it’s decided,” Twilight said. “Everyone eat up, and let’s all be ready in fifteen.” So after planning their hangout for today, everyone in the kitchen resumed eating, before they finished and some helped do the dishes while others were busy getting ready. Soon, after they got themselves ready, they left the building and headed out into the big city.
Meanwhile, in the Serververse hub, Al-G was still feeling frustrated about Spike’s bargain. “So, that kid made friends with the Rainbooms, pupils of Princess Celestia, huh? And Omochao from the Sonic video games?”
Pete asked if his master was okay, until Al-G replied, “Everything’s fine, Pete. I’m just not understanding why a newbie would make friends with the Rainbooms and Princess Celestia. Unless… Oh! The Pillars! Okay, I see how it is. If they think they can take me on, then I’ll give them a little greeting, but once they’ve returned.”
Pete asked him how he was going to do it.
“Well, I’m not sure, but I’ll figure something out… sooner than later,” Al-G said, as he watched Spike and his new friends from every camera in the city. “Be ready, Spike Drake and Rainbooms. Because you’re about to soon see what the power of me can do.”
As they walked the streets of Canterlot City, Spike looked around seeing all the buildings, stores, restaurants and everything.
“Man, this city has everything,” the boy marveled as he gazed at the city.
“All that and more, darling,” Rarity replied, while walking by his side.
“But one question. Did all of you live here in this big part of the city from the beginning?” Spike asked.
“Not all of us,” Fluttershy admitted.
“Fluttershy and I used to live in a small neighborhood near the Cloudsdale Power Plant, before Principal Celestia found out about us,” Rainbow Dash explained on her friend’s behalf.
“And I used to live with my folks at Sweet Apple Acres, my little sister, my big brother and my Granny Smith,” Applejack added.
“Would you believe that I used to live on a rock farm?” Pinkie asked Spike.
“A rock farm?” Spike asked in confusion.
“Yeah. It surprised us too,” Sunset said.
“It’s surprisingly amazing to think majority that all of us used to live in different places before coming here,” Twilight told Spike, as the other girls nodded.
“Wow, no kidding,” Spike agreed, as they reached the city’s top hit bowling alley.
“This is it,” Rainbow Dash told Spike.
“Let’s go in,” Twilight instructed, as they entered.
Inside the bowling alley, it was loaded with people of all ages already competing for this fun activity.
The girls and Spike after renting two lanes, and getting some bowler shoes in their sizes and different colors went to the lanes and divided their team up into groups of 4. The first team was Applejack, Rarity, Twilight and Spike, while the second team was Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset Shimmer.
Their bowling balls were also different colors. Applejack’s bowling ball was red, Rarity’s was a mix of violet and charcoal, Twilight’s was violet and pink, Spike’s was green, Rainbow Dash’s was blue, Fluttershy’s was yellow, Pinkie Pie’s was pink, and Sunset’s was orange.
One by one each of them on separate teams was rolling their selected ball down the lane knocking over several pins, sometimes a few, until a few spares were made, and sometimes made a gutter ball.
Rainbow Dash stepped up and sent the bowling ball rolling and hit a strike, “Oh, yeah!” she cheered, before turning to her team and gave them each a high five. “Am I awesome or what?”
“You’re a superstar!” Pinkie cheered.
Applejack then rolled her eyes with her hands on her hips. “Always so full of herself, that Rainbow. Always thinking she’s a big time major league superstar,” she told Spike.
“Is she always this confident?” Spike asked.
“Well, normally most of the time, cocky is more like it,” Twilight replied. “A lot of times she’s always the first to go rushing into danger before we can make up a plan.”
“Basically, she goes savage like Leroy Jenkins?” Spike guessed.
“Exactly, darling. And it’s really annoying,” Rarity confirmed.
“You’re up, Spike,” Applejack called.
Spike then got up and took his ball, before positioning himself. He concentrated before slowly speed-walking closer, and the let his ball roll down the lane. Spike watched as the ball remained in the center as it kept rolling before nailing every pin.
“Yes!” Spike cheered.
“Alright, Spike!” Applejack cheered him on.
“Amazing attempt, darling,” Rarity said.
“Thank you, milady,” Spike said, as Rarity blushed and giggled with her fingers on her lips.
“Not bad, buddy,” Rainbow Dash admitted. “But the game’s not over yet. Fluttershy, you’re up.”
Fluttershy walked over to the lane with her bowling ball, and gently rolled it down the lane. Spike and his team watched knowing there was now way she was going to get any pins with her ball rolling that slow. They watched as her ball got closer, it ended up knocking down all the pins much to Applejack’s team’s shock.
“You’ve gotta be freaking kidding me,” Spike said in total disbelief.
“I honestly have no words to describe that move,” Twilight added while equally shocked.
“Come on, y’all. Let’s keep on playing,” Applejack said as she was up next.
Later on, soon enough the points were tallied and the winner was Applejack’s team. The girls and Spike cheered, while those on Rainbow’s team felt unamused and disappointed that they lost, but proud that their friends played well, except Rainbow Dash since she hated losing, until Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Sunset cheered up. “Good game, guys,” Sunset told the others, as they all shook hands.
“Yeah, it was fun and all, but just so you know, I let you guys win this time,” Rainbow Dash said preserving her pride.
Spike then gave her a dry look, “Sure you did.” The girls suddenly could tell she was obviously lying as they too gave dry looks, as Rainbow nervously chuckled.
Rarity suddenly heard her stomach grumble as she placed her hand onto it, “Oh, dear. All this bowling has indeed worked up an appetite.”
“Then I guess we could all deserve a lunch break,” Twilight agreed.
“So let’s go!” Pinkie cheered, until her stomach began grumbling as well. “Aww… now I’ve got the rumbles.”
Later on, the group was at a Pizza Hut in the city. They sat at a table, where they had multiple pizzas with different toppings each spread out, along with some breadsticks with dipping sauce, and cups full of either Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, unsweetened iced tea, or just iced water.
Spike took a plain cheese slice and ate it, “Now this is a slice of heaven. I never even knew you girls like this place so much.”
“We like to come here every so often,” Applejack explained, while enjoying both a sausage piece with some breadsticks.
“But other times, we either like to stay in or order take out,” Rainbow Dash added, while enjoying a slice of pepperoni and some breadsticks afterwards.
“Nice,” Spike said, after moving on to another slice.
“So has anyone thought about what we’re going to be doing if we’re going to take back the game and save the Pillars from Al-G?” Fluttershy asked, while having two veggie slices.
“Well, first we need to train with Spike in The Earthbound Odyssey so he’ll know what we’re capable of, and what he’s capable of before we can level him up to maximum speed, strength, sensitivity, and agility,” Twilight began.
“That way we can come up with some new tactics and combos against any upcoming battles or enemies, and maybe obstacles,” Sunset put in.
“Yeah. Like us, everyone else in The Earthbound Odyssey is looking to power themselves up just as much, but while Al-G Rhythm is watching their every move,” Rainbow reminded them.
“So, we’ll just have to be stronger, faster, and stealthier so that we can find a way to destroy him, and free the Pillars once and for all,” Spike spoke up. “Well, I’m down with that,” he then raised his drink up for a toast, “To teamwork.”
The girls raised their own drinks and replied, “Teamwork!” they clanged their drinks together and continued to enjoy their lunch.
Suddenly, a voice called out in appearance, “AJ, hey!”
The group looked and saw a 17 year old girl coming over. She wore turquoise glitter sneakers with purplish white socks, black yoga pants with white speckles, a bluish gray sleeveless and strapless shirt, a black bracelet with white studs, and both a purple necklace and black linen choker necklace around her neck. Her hair was dark grayish indigo with dark indigo and moderate opal highlights in a curly fashion with a bun braided on the back of her head, and she had opal eyes. And much like the Rainbooms, she was incredibly busty, but she was possibly an E-cup, which Spike took notice of.
“Rara!” Applejack cheered as she got up and hugged the new girl after wiping her hands from the pizza grease.
“What are you girls doing here?” Rara asked.
“Nothing much, just hanging out and having fun,” Pinkie answered. “What about you?”
“Same as you, I guess,” Rara shrugged in reply. “I recently went out for some jogging, but decided to take a lunch break for a moment.”
“Well, I’m glad ya ran into us,” Applejack said. “We also got a new friend here we’d like you to meet.”
“A new friend? Really?” Rara asked in wonder.
“Yeah,” Applejack said as she gently pulled Spike over, “This here is Spike Drake. Ya might say he’s now part of “the team”.” She then winked at the girl.
“I see,” she replied.
“Spike, this here’s an old friend of mine. Rara,” Applejack introduced her friend to him.
“Old friend?” Spike asked.
“We met at summer camp when we were kids,” Rara explained, as she looked down at him while bending down with her hands on her knees. “Anyway, it’s very nice to meet you, Spike.”
“Same to you, Rara,” Spike admitted, before he started thinking to himself, ‘Her voice sounds familiar. Actually, in fact, she looks almost familiar too.” Spike then got a closer look at her, and suddenly saw in his vision of her was a familiar pop star from the Earthbound Odyssey, making him mentally gasp.
Rara noticed the look Spike was giving her which got her confusingly blushing, “Please don’t stare like that so much.”
“Spike, are you okay?” Twilight asked, in concern as Sunset and the others felt the same way.
Spike started looking closer to Rara, who was starting to feel nervous, until he suddenly knew who it was, “Countess… Coloratura?”
The girls gasped, as Rara spoke with her hand on her hip, “Who wants to know?”
“Well, you might recognize the dragon fighter character that resembles Young Link but with the hair of Sora from Kingdom Hearts during one of your performances,” he answered.
Rara taking what Spike said thought back on her recent show, and then her vision started to recognize his real self, and then his avatar, Spyro-217, “Wait a minute… That was you?!”
“One and the same,” Spike confirmed.
“Wow,” Rara gasped while blushing. “Even in real life you still look cute and handsome.”
Spike blushed in response, “Oh, well, thank you.”
“But… how did you know?” Rara asked.
“Your voice.”
“Really? You noticed a similarity from my voice alone?” Rara asked while blushing.
“Yep,” Spike replied.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up,” Rainbow broke them up. “Let me get this straight. You two already know each other?”
“I’ve seen her perform at the Earthbound Odyssey’s nightclub yesterday with Omochao. Though yesterday, she… somehow flirted with me, but just looked at me,” Spike replied in confession.
“WHAT?!” the girls gasped.
Applejack turned to Rara, “You actually flirted with Spike?”
“Well, I didn’t think I’d ever meet him in person. And just to be fair, I’ve flirted with others before, but not too much since I don’t go that way,” the girl reminded Applejack.
“True, but I’ve seen you flirt with others during your performance while singing on stage,” Spike commented. “But those other male avatars didn’t look half as flirtatious as you were with me.”
“Never the less,” Rara replied.
“Well, come on, Rara. Join us,” Pinkie insisted.
“Well, okay. Thanks,” Rara said as she took a seat beside Spike and Applejack, until Sunset sat back down. Spike could suddenly feel Rara’s leg press up against his, until she looked down at him.
“So, Rara, what led someone as gorgeously attractive like you to become such a popular pop star in the Earthbound Odyssey?” Spike asked.
“Well, I’ve always been known for having such a nice singing voice, because my dream was to become a famous singing pop star. Though sometimes the attention could be quite overwhelming,” the girl explained, while chowing down on two slices of pepperoni and sausage, and a couple of breadsticks. “So in the Earthbound Odyssey, I fashioned myself a new look and continued to use my musical talent to entertain so many players. No one else besides AJ has ever been able to recognize my voice alone. So consider me impressed.”
“Glad to hear it,” Spike said.
“So… how did you get involved with the Earthbound Odyssey’s most popular group?” Rara asked, as she wrapped her arm around his shoulder, until Spike was leaned over by her left breast.
“It’s kind of a funny story,” Spike replied while nervously blushing.
“Don’t worry, I’ve got the time,” Rara said, as she got comfortable. Spike smiled knowing he once again made a new friend he now knew both in the Earthbound Odyssey and in the real world, so he decided to tell her how he met the girls after encountering Al-G Rhythm and then explained how they plan to save the creators and their avatars before it’s too late.
“Wow, you must’ve been very brave,” Rara said. “Yeah, I guess you could say that,” Spike said.
“Anyway, I should get going, but thanks for lunch,” Rara said as she wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then looked at Spike one more time. “Good luck with your victory, Spike. I hope you guys win.” She then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, and then left.
“Don’t worry, Spike. I’m sure we’ll run into her again,” Applejack said, and she received a nod from Spike.
Later on, the group went to see a movie as planned, and bought snacks for it as well.
After 2 hours, the girls came back out and then made some laughs about how funny most of it was, and then made some comments about the action that the actors and actresses were amazingly doing, and then went off to the mall for some real life shopping, and then went back to the penthouse to relax.
When nighttime came back at the group’s penthouse, Spike was coming back from a hot steamy shower with his pajamas on and wiped his face from brushing his teeth and washing his face, “Nothing like a nice hot steamy shower before turning in.” After he yawned, Spike then reached his room and opened the door, until what he found to his shocking surprise was the Rainbooms all gathered together in their pajamas.
“Hi, Spike,” they greeted together.
“Whoa!” Spike jerked back a bit, feeling startled, “Girls, what are you all doing in here?!”
“We just wanted to wish you goodnight, Spike!” Pinkie explained.
“But though I guess we came in at an awkward time,” Sunset giggled, as the girls giggled.
“It’s not funny! You almost gave me a heart attack!”
“Sorry about that,” Twilight said holding in a giggle of her own. “But listen, we just wanted to let you know that when you start school with us tomorrow, we’ll be there by your side to protect you so that you don’t have anything to worry about.”
Spike smiled in relief, “Thanks, girls. I just hope I’ll be able to balance school work and the Earthbound Odyssey at the same time like I did before.”
“Hey, we managed to,” Rainbow Dash boasted in comment.
“So says the gal who puts off her work until the next day,” Applejack teased Rainbow Dash, much to her embarrassment.
“Well, we best be turning in. Goodnight, Spike,” Rarity said, as she and the group hugged him closer to their chests.
Spike blushed from the close contact, and then the girls let him go and one at a time kissed him on either the left or right cheek and walked out of the room to let him sleep. As they walked down the hall and entered their rooms, they got into bed and set up their alarms for school. Spike set up his alarm and then laid down on his bed and went to sleep.
