Pikatwig: Well… my first MLP story. This feels like a bit of an accomplishment. But I'm not alone here, who better to help me then the guy who got me into MLP?
KKD: Figures I'd be here to help. After all, I helped you get into MLP: FiM in the first place.
Pikatwig: And this story will focus on my favorite of the Mane 6.
KKD: AJ?
AJ: Somepony call me?
KKD: Yep. Oh, that remind me. *Snaps fingers and suddenly, KKD is a silvery gray Pegasus pony with Bragiga's face as his Cutie Mark while Pikatwig is a red and silver Unicorn pony with an orange mane and has a mango Cutie Mark*
Pikatwig: Wow! We look cool. So… where's Dash, I want to see how she'd react to seeing you like this.
Rainbow Dash: Somepony call me? *notices the authors.* Wow! You two look cool as Ponies.
KKD: I just thought of what our avatars would look like as Ponies, and this is what happened.
Pikatwig: Thanks. *Glances at AJ.* What do you think?
AJ: You sure look mighty cute as a pony, Pika.
Pikatwig: *blushes* Thanks… that means a lot coming from you.
Dash: Can we get this story started?
KKD: Sure thing. For once, why don't you roll disclaimers, Pika?
Pikatwig: Okay… we don't own MLP:FiM, it belongs to Hub, Lauren Faust and… Hasbro. And then I own an OC pony in this story.
"Oh my gosh! I can hardly wait for Hearts and Hooves Day!" Pinkie Pie smiled as she pranced around Ponyville as she normally did, but this time preparing to help with the festivities.
"Oh... that time of year again," Spike sighed as he arrived on a flying Twilight.
"Oh! Spikie, Twilight! Good to see you two. You ready for Hearts and Hooves Day?" Pinkie smiled.
"I guess so, but Spike's been in a sad mood ever since the month arrived…" Twilight sighed.
"Why's that, Twilight?" Pinkie asked.
"You know… his crush on Rarity," Twilight reminded.
"Oh yea," Pinkie nodded.
Spike gave a light sigh, as he sat by a rock, and kicked a pebble away. At that moment, Fluttershy flew over, mostly trying to teach some young ducklings to fly, the pebble Spike kicked accidentally hitting one of the ducklings.
"Oh! Sorry about that!" Spike apologized.
"It's okay, Spike. I know you didn't intend for that to happen," Fluttershy told him while tending to the duckling that got hit.
"Good to see you Fluttershy. Hey you know, I kinda met someone like you recently." Pinkie said.
"Really? Who was it?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh, well you see, her name was…" Pinkie started when… a blue frog hopped on over to the group. "Aww… you look SO CUTE!" Pinkie said.
This frog appeared to mostly be cyan with some specks of a dark blue and some white fluff around the neck, and bright yellow eyes under some darker blue bits that could almost be described as looking like a helmet.
"Oh hello," he said, kinda surprising some of the other ponies.
"A talking frog! Aw… so cute!" Fluttershy smiled.
The frog blushed a little bit, and looked nervous. "Thanks… um… I'm Ricky."
"I didn't know there was a type of frog that could speak," Twilight noticed. "Did you Fluttershy?"
"...Not really," Fluttershy shrugged before… they noticed a silver Unicorn pony walk over, he had some blue highlights in his orange main, green-blue eyes, and then a white spiral Cutie Mark.
"Ricky, there you are." he said with a smile.
"Oh… hello. You new in Ponyville?" Pinkie smiled seeing this young stallion.
"Oh… you must be Pinkie Pie," the male said. "And you're Princess Twilight Sparkle," he said, as he gave a small bow before Twilight.
"Yea… I'm Twilight. And… who're you?" Twilight asked the newcomer who stood up.
"My name is Spiral," he said introducing himself.
"Nice to meet you, Spiral," Twilight nodded. "I can understand how you know me, but… how'd you know Pinkie?"
"Are you kidding, the tales of the Mane 6 are LEGENDARY where I'm from." Spiral said.
"That's so COOL!" Pinkie smiled as Spiral also noticed Fluttershy with the ducklings she was helping.
"Uh… hello," she replied in her usual quiet voice.
Spiral smiled and then walked over. "Nice to meet you. I know you're an animal expert, and so you know, I taught Ricky how to talk myself."
"That's impressive," Fluttershy smiled. "But even I haven't seen a frog like him before. What kind is he?"
"He's a Bubble Frog," Spiral informed.
"Oh… that's a nice name," Fluttershy smiled.
"You lost or something?" Twilight asked Spiral, to be sure he hadn't been traveling to another place and got lost.
"No, I'm moving here. Me and Ricky," Spiral informed.
"Oh, okay. So where's your home?"
Spiral then sighed as he looked at the map, using some magic to hold it mid-air. "Uh… can you help me find where this location is?" Spiral asked sheepishly.
"Sure," Twilight nodded as she looked at the map. "I think I know where this is. Follow me."
Meanwhile, at the Apple farm, Applejack was taking care of the trees as usual, but… something was off. She was looking rather sad while doing so.
"Hey sis?" a younger voice called out.
"...Oh, hey Applebloom," AJ sighed.
"Somethin' wrong?" Applebloom asked.
However, Applejack didn't respond to that, not sure how to answer. "Okay…"
"You sure?"
"It's just… Hearts and Hooves Day's coming, and… I've got no Special Somepony," AJ sighed.
"You wanna talk about it? Because I'm here for you sis," Applebloom replied.
"...Well… with somethin' like Hearts and Hooves Day… it makes someponies think about fallin' in love," AJ replied.
"I'd help, yet I don't want to have a repeat of what happened last time," Applebloom added.
"I just wanna find a pony of mah dreams…" AJ sighed.
"Hey that sounds like a song…" Applebloom replied.
"I just wanna find a pony of mah dreams… someone to care and love me eveahmore…" AJ started singing
"I need to find that one special kinda guy. To help me, to make me smile and laugh a while,"
"Smile and laugh a while," Applebloom added, singing like a chorus
"I may not know what he's like. But I just wanna find that one just for me. He could be far… or he could be close,"
"Far or close," Applebloom added.
"I just wanna find that one pony just for me… I wanna find a pony of mah dreams…" AJ sung.
"Dash of kindness, with way of niceness… just so long as… he only has eyes for me."
"I don't want him to break my heart… but maybe just to make me fly~"
"Uh… but you can't fly," Applebloom replied.
"It's a way, you feel when you're in love! I may be an Earth Pony, but tha don't mean I can't fly with love~"
"Fly with love," Applebloom added.
"Not in a fake way, or under a lie. Just to find that one, very special guy…"
"I just wanna find a pony of mah dreams…" Applejack concluded.
Applebloom, to say the least, was a bit stunned by this.
"Nice song, sis," Applebloom admitted.
"Thanks… I needed to sing a bit," AJ replied.
Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy (after escorting her duckling friends home), Ricky and Spiral soon arrive at Spiral's new home.
"Wow!" Pinkie said amazed at the outer look of it.
It seemed like a normal house with the roof looking like it was made of hay, but the outer structure itself was colored cyan to go with Spiral being blue.
"I sure have a nice house, right Ricky?" Spiral replied to his Bubble Frog.
"Yea, sure is," Ricky nodded, as Spiral opened the door. The inside of the house was painted in similar shades of blue to Spiral and Ricky, and this house looked like the average home of a young stallion, yet some of the books on the shelves were on hypnosis.
"Wow, this home is really nice," Twilight admitted.
"Thanks," Spiral smiled, as Fluttershy eyed some of the books on the shelves.
"Wow… can I borrow one of these Bubble Frog books Mr. Spiral-san?" Fluttershy asked.
"Sure Fluttershy," Spiral nodded as he used some of his magic, making his horn glow cyan, to levitate some of his books on the Ricky's species for Fluttershy to pick.
Fluttershy then picked one, and then the other books were put back where they belonged, while Twilight noticed some of the books.
"...Why do you have so many books on hypnosis, Spiral?" Twilight asked.
"Oh. That's my talent, you see one day back in my village, there was this rainbow streak in the sky, and I was practicing, and I hypnotized some ponies in my home as they panicked about the streak in order to calm down. It was also on that day I got my Cutie Mark" Spiral answered.
"Rainbow streak?" Twilight pondered. "That sounds like Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom."
"Somepony mention my name?" another voice asked as a certain rainbow-maned Mare landed right outside.
"Rainbow Dash," Spiral said.
"The one and only!" Dash smirked.
"So… you were the one who created the rainbow streak in the sky?"
"If you mean the Sonic Rainboom, then yea, but when… I'm not sure, or otherwise, I don't know what you're talking about," Dash answered.
"That's it. I witnessed it years ago, and I managed to get my Cutie Mark because of it," Spiral explained.
"What a coincidence! So did me, Twilight, Dashie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack; we saw the Sonic Rainboom and got our Cutie Marks as a result, too!" Pinkie smiled.
"Neat!" Spiral admitted.
"You seem pretty excited about that," Rainbow Dash noticed.
"Anyway… I'm Spiral, pleased to meet you Dash."
"Nice to meet you too," Dash smiled.
With that, Spiral walked into his house to relax a bit, and Ricky smiled at the group of ponies.
"So Twilight… what did you think of some of my books?" Spiral asked.
"Very interesting," Twilight admitted. "You seem to have a true passion for hypnotism to have this many books on it. I'm almost jealous; you've got more books on it than I do, and I have an entire library of books."
Spiral chuckled a bit at this, glad that Twilight was impressed.
"You're a neat colt, Spiral. If you want, you're more than welcome to hang out with us," Twilight told him.
"Sweet!" Spiral smiled.
Later, Twilight began to show Spiral around town, and they eventually arrived at the library house that belonged to Twilight.
"And this is my place," Twilight replied as she opened the door for the duo to see Spike working hard getting decorations up and ready.
"Heya Spike," Spiral said.
"Huh? Oh, hi Spiral. Good to see you again," Spike replied.
"Sorry for sending you home early, you know you have to help get the place ready for Hearts and Hooves Day," Twilight reminded.
"Yea, I know," Spike sighed.
"He's got a crush, doesn't he?" Spiral asked.
"You could say that," Twilight answered before whispering, "He's got one on Rarity."
Spiral walked over to Spike, who was working on some sort of gift, but was having some trouble, it was a gold heart shaped coin.
"...Nice looking coin," Spiral commented, kinda surprising Spike as the dragon gasped and jumped up to the ceiling.
"Sorry about that," Spiral said as he brought Spike down. "Need any help with it?"
"Uh…" Spike responded, not sure how to respond.
"It's okay if you don't. So… where is Rarity anyway? I want to meet her and AJ, oh and don't worry about anything Spike," Spiral said, and Spike quickly got what he meant.
"Well… in that case, I could use use a little help.
Spiral smiled, and used a tiny bit of magic to and pulled out some gems before using his magic to embed them into the gem. Spike was amazed by this, and then Spiral handed it back to him to finish, and a knock came from the door.
"I wonder who that could be," Twilight wondered as she answered the door.
"Hello Twilight. Just here to see how preparations for Hearts and Hooves Day is coming along," Rarity informed.
"Hello. I'm Spiral," Spiral said introducing himself.
"Oh, greetings, Spiral. Are you a new arrival in Ponyville?" Rarity replied.
"Yep." Spiral replied, as Spike walked over with his gift.
"Uh… Rarity? ...Here," Spike smiled handing the gift to Rarity.
"Oh… how nice," Rarity smiled using her magic to pick up the coin. "Thank you, darling."
With that, she gave a kiss to Spike on his cheek, making the dragon smile and faint.
"Oh… well, can you show me the way to Applejack's, I think you'll be busy with your… son," Spiral told Twilight, as he looked to Spike when he said 'son.
"...Um… I'd think 'little brother' may be a more accurate way to describe him, but yea, I'll show you to Applejack's place. Follow me."
They soon arrive at Applejack's farm.
"And here we are, Spiral. The Apple Family is usually busy on the farm almost all of the time, so I'd imagine Applejack would be in the orchard tending to the trees right now," Twilight told the Unicorn Stallion.
They then noticed AJ was indeed working, and Spiral walked over.
"Well… another boring day," AJ sighed as she watered one of the trees.
"AJ?" Spiral spoke up as AJ turned to see the stallion in question.
"Uh… who're you and how do ya know me?" the Apple Pony asked.
"I'm Spiral; I'm new in town. As for how I know you, you and your friends are legends where I'm from."
"Legends? Well… I dunno about that…" AJ chuckled a little, as a wind blew her hat off, making her chase after it.
"I got it!" Spiral responded, using his magic to catch the hat and bringing it back to AJ.
She smiled at him, and Spiral smiled back.
"Thanks for bringing back mah hat, sugarcube," AJ thanked Spiral, causing him to blush a bit.
"You're welcome," Spiral replied, trying to hide the blush with his hooves.
"...Well… I should get back to work… these trees ain't gonna water themselves," Applejack replied, grabbing her water can and walking off.
"Hey Applejack… would you like some help?" Spiral said.
"...No… No… I'll be fine," AJ assured.
"Alright… but it was nice meeting you," Spiral replied.
"Same," AJ nodded continuing her work as Spiral left the fields and rejoined Twilight.
"Applejack is… cuter in person," Spiral admitted.
"You got a crush on her all of a sudden?" Twilight asked.
Spiral was taken back by this question, and was unsure of how to respond.
"...It wasn't that hard to figure it out after seeing Spike crush on Rarity," Twilight told him, making him blush a bit more.
"Promise me you won't tell her. Okay?" Spiral begged.
"I won't. You'll have to tell her yourself," Twilight answered.
"Rrriiiiiiiiiight," Spiral nodded as they left the Apple Farm to continue the tour of Ponyville.
Applejack was finishing her work for the day when Applebloom came over with some water.
"Here sis, ah figured you could use some water," Applebloom replied.
"Oh… thanks, Applebloom," Applejack smiled, taking a gulp of water.
"So… who was that boy with Twilight?" Applebloom asked.
"Some newcomer named Spiral," Applejack answered.
"Seems nice, saw him get your hat back," Applebloom noted.
"Yea… nice colt," AJ admitted.
Applebloom giggled a tiny bit, before hopping up to her sister's side. "Well… can we go and visit him at his home, we've got nothing better to do."
"True… Ah guess we can do that, I just finished watering this patch of trees fer da day," Applejack figured.
Applebloom smiled, as they headed out, Applejack putting her gear in the barn first. Afterwards, the two sisters trotted off to Spiral's house.
"So… what do you think he's up to sis?" Applebloom asked.
"Not sure, Applebloom. Ah only saw him for a bit, didn't get a chance tah git tah know him," Applejack admitted.
"That's why I think it's a nice idea to go to his house."
"Well, alright."
Meanwhile, at Spiral's house, the stallion was simply in the middle of reading a book, that was written by Twilight.
"I'm still surprised she actually wrote this after all the reports and journal entries she said she'd usually write," Spiral noted, using his magic to flip through the pages.
"Kinda surprised too bud," Ricky agreed.
"Don't you have flies to snag or somethin'?" Spiral joked with his pet frog.
"Hey I can enjoy literature too and-" Ricky began, when a knock came from the door.
"Who could that be?" Spiral pondered, setting a bookmark in the book he was reading before answering the door. "Yes?"
"Hi. I'm Applebloom, and this is my sister Applejack," the young filly smiled as she greeted Spiral.
"So you're AJ's little sister, huh? Nice to meet ya," Spiral smiled before turning his gaze to AJ. "Nice to see you again, AJ."
"Same," AJ nodded. "Can we come in?"
"Sure," Spiral smiled as he allowed the sisters inside.
"Nice place," AJ admitted. "So… what's your talent?"
"Hypnosis," Spiral answered.
"So what's it like? I mean, what is it like doing it?" Applebloom asked.
"Well it's fun, making sure everypony relaxes as they get put under, and yea…" Spiral said.
"Just to help them relax? Is that all you use it fer?" AJ checked.
"All depends," Spiral replied.
"We've heard you've been on many adventures… did any of them have hypnosis involved at all?" Ricky asked.
"AH!" Applebloom gasped, hopping onto her sister's back. "A talkin' frog!"
"I taught him how to talk, he's not dangerous," Spiral assured.
"Ok," Applebloom nodded.
"Well… I don't recall anythin' I did involvin' hypnosis," AJ replied, thinking on that before remembering something. "Oh wait… now I remember. Discord hypnotized me into being a liar…"
"You lying… that's kinda hard to imagine. Wait… did it happen to any of the others?" Spiral inquired.
"...Sadly yes… Pinkie was hypnotized into being a grump, Rarity into being gem-greedy, Fluttershy into a brute, and Rainbow Dash into a traitor," AJ sighed. "...Not one of our finest moments."
"Oh… sorry for dragging out painful memories," Spiral sighed.
"It's okay… Twilight managed to get us out of that mess, anyhow," AJ replied.
"So… what do you think of your friends anyway?"
"Well, they're all nice in there own ways… and I'm glad to have 'em as friends," AJ answered.
Spiral walked over with a smile. "And I'm glad to have you all as my friends too."
The two just smiled at each other, staring into each other's eyes before they heard a crash.
"Eh?" both gasped, turning to see Applebloom and Ricky near what looked like a broken vase.
"Oops…" both said, before seeing AJ and Spiral.
"She/he did it!" they responded, pointing at each other, making Spiral groaned before using magic to help clean the mess up.
"What happened?" Spiral sighed.
"I wanted to play," Ricky said.
"...Okay… Ricky, we'll need to talk later," Spiral sighed.
"Y'know sis? They kinda remind me o' Twilight n' Spike," AJ noted to Applebloom.
"You're not wrong," Applebloom agreed, actually kinda imagining Twilight and Spike in the place of Spiral and Ricky.
Spiral gave a light chuckle about this, as he glanced over at AJ with a smile. "You know, you're really neat." Spiral said.
"...Thanks," AJ smiled.
"Well, I think we should head out now," Applebloom replied.
"Right," AJ nodded as Spiral got the door for them.
"Come back again, okay?" Spiral asked.
"We will," Applebloom smiled as AJ simply adjusted her hat.
"Later Spiral," AJ replied as she and Applebloom walked off.
"So sis, what do you think of Spiral?" Applebloom asked.
"...He's alright," AJ shrugged.
"You worried about the hypnosis thing?"
"...A little bit."
Applebloom giggled a bit at this.
"You worry too much sometimes, big sis. That thing was in the past; you can look to better times coming up," Applebloom told AJ.
"I guess… but… after I was hypnotized into lying so much… I have my doubts," AJ sighed.
"Quit worrying, or your face will stay that way sis," Applebloom pointed out, making Applejack laugh.
"You're right… I'm sorry."
The two sisters simply laughed a tiny bit before heading back for the farm.
Pikatwig: Good first chapter, huh?
KKD: Indeed.
AJ: Sure was. Nice to see you building up the romance, too.
Dash: Better than your usual love-at-first-sight scenario.
KKD: Dashie!
Dash: Sorry…
Pikatwig: I take major offense to that Dash.
Dash: Sorry Pika, I didn't mean to offend you.
Pikatwig: It's cool, I guess.
AJ: Don't mind her, she tends to speak some things when she doesn't intend to.
Pikatwig: Favorite parts?
KKD: Maybe for me it was just Spiral being shown around town, and showing the Mane 6 members his home.
Pikatwig: AJ, Dash?
AJ: Not really sure.
Dash: I don't want to say it and accidentally hurt your feelings again.
Pikatwig: Mine was how Spiral and AJ became friends. It was cute.
AJ: *blushes a little bit.*
Pikatwig: What are you blushin' about?
AJ: ...Nuthin'...
Pikatwig: It's cool. Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne!
