The Element of Betrayal Ch.1
"Oh, come on, Twilight, you know I'm old enough to go with you", said Spike, as Twilight Sparkle set a book in her saddlebag. "I've been with you on way more dangerous stuff than this before."
"I know, Spike, but there's no reason to let anything bad happen to you. The goblet Princess Celestia wants me to find is deep in the Evertree Forest, and I wouldn't want us to get seperated and have you run into a cockatrice or something."
Twilight continued to pack.
"Besides, you shouldn't be lonely; Rainbow Dash will be here all night."
"Not by choice, mind you." Rainbow Dash stated while scanning the library for anything that would catch her interest. "Apparently, there was a parasprite hiding in my walls and it multiplied, so Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie have to escort them all out of there. They say it's going to be an all-nighter."
"But..." Spike started, but stopped himself, because he knew it would be no use. Twilight started out the door.
"OK, Rainbow Dash, I don't know when I'll be back. Help yourself to any food or drink you want. If you have any questions, just ask Spike." Twilight was gone before Rainbow could respond.
"OK, let's see just what Twilight keeps in her cabinets." Rainbow Dash quickly made her way to the kitchen, where she was then opening cabinets at a rapid pace. "*sigh*, nothing but water and hay in here."
Then, hidden in the corner of the cabinet, she spotted a large glass bottle filled with a violet-red liquid. The bottle didn't have a label on it, but closer inspection revealed the liquid to be wine. "Well, well, who knew Twilight liked to hit the sauce once in a while!" Rainbow Dash took a drink of it; after all, Twilight said to help herself.
It had been a while since Rainbow had an alcoholic beverage. The pungency caught her off-guard at first, as she let out a shudder as it went down her throat. This discomfort was quickly replaced with a short burst of euphoria, as the alcohol was already starting to have effect. She took another drink, this time going down much easier. Just as she was about to take a third, she heard her name called out from behind her. Sure enough, Spike had just walked into the kitchen.
"Oh, uh, Spike..." Rainbow Dash uttered. She thought she was going to be in trouble if Spike told Twilight that she was getting drunk. But her worries were relieved when she saw Spike's look of nonchalance; he must not even realize it's alcohol.
"Where'd you get the alcohol?" Spike said, nearly giving Rainbow Dash a heart attack.
"Well, I found it in one of Twilight's cabinets. I wasn't going to drink this much, but I guess I got carried away." She knew there wasn't any point in lying.
"Well, I don't really care." Spike said, feining authority the best he could. "As long as you don't start messing the place up. I'll have to clean it up, you know."
"Thanks." Rainbow Dash and Spike continued to stare at each other for a couple of seconds until Rainbow asked, "Would you like some?" She immediately regretted this, because she knew it was the alcohol talking and would never offer him a drink while sober. Rainbow Dash has a hard time handling her liquor, so even though she only had two drinks of wine, it might as well have been a bottle of vodka.
To her suprise, Spike's response was a resounding, "Sure." Before she could register this response, Spike already had the bottle in hand and was chugging it down.
"Woah, careful, dude! That's strong stuff." Rainbow Dash slurred. Spike's pupils immediately dialated. Due to his diminutive stature, he was just as susceptible to the drink as Rainbow Dash. Rainbow let out a chuckle.
"Come on, you, let's go back to the library and finish this off." So the two of them stumbled back into the foyer, passing the bottle back and forth taking sips of the wine. By this point, Spike's well-being was far from Rainbow Dash's mind; her main focus was now just having fun. The two of them spent their time telling old stories to each other while the wine slowly diminished. Stories that they've heard before, and even been there when it happened. Like the time the Ursa Minor attacked, or the time they saved Rarity from those Diamond Dogs.
When they finally finished off the bottle, the two of them made their way over to the couch and slumped down hard, letting air and dust out of the cushions. Rainbow Dash gazed at Spike, who was staring into space. The more she looked at him, the more she could feel her wine goggles kicking in.
"I never noticed how handsome he is." She thought to herself. She didn't want to have these thoughts, but her drunken mind wouldn't let her stop. "I don't see why Rarity's always turning him down. For a dragon, he looks better than most colts." Spike glanced over at Rainbow Dash to see her staring intensly at him. She withdrew a little, almost like she was worried he could tell what she was thinking. After a second, she leaned in and kissed him on the mouth.
At first quickly, but then she settled into a slower, more gentle variant. Spike was initially shocked, and he wanted to push her away, but he started to change his mind when he found out that part of him enjoyed it. The two of them continued to kiss. Rainbow Dash introduced her tongue into his mouth, and used it to playfully swish around his tongue. Her breath was a little bit spicy (what of it didn't taste like wine), he noticed. Spike then followed suit, using his tongue in a similar manner. Rainbow Dash noticed his breath was just the slightest bit salty: which makes sense, because as a dragon, gemstones are a regular part of his diet.
Rainbow started to lean forward until Spike was on his back, then she started to playfully rub her lips around his neck. Spike rubbed his hands on Rainbow Dash's neck, trying the best he could to emulate the feeling for her. Rainbow's lips quickly went back to his, as they resumed the passionate kissing, this time with more vigor. The two were uncertain of what would happen next, but they didn't care: they just knew that right now, all they wanted was each other. Beads of sweat started to roll from their foreheads as their movements became jerkier. This affair was turning quite heated. Just then, they heard glass breaking. It was Twilight.
She was standing in front of the open door over the shards of the goblet she was carrying. She wasn't moving, she could only stare at the two of them with her mouth agape. Rainbow Dash got up and slowly walked towards Twilight.
"So..." Rainbow Dash uttered nervously. "How was the trip? Did you have fun?" She tried to change the subject, but to no avail. Finally, Twilight started to speak.
"You... and Spike... were just..." Rainbow Dash and Spike both had a guilty look on their face. "...You're drunk, aren't you?! And... Spike, too?! What were you thinking?! You can't give alcohol to him, he's just a baby! And then you decide to kiss him?! He's a BABY DRAGON, Rainbow Dash! What would've happened if I hadn't walked in just now?!" Rainbow said nothing,
"Get out of my house."
"But Twilight, I'm sor-"
"I said GET OUT!" Rainbow Dash hung her head in shame as she slowly trotted out the door. Spike tiptoed away, fully expecting his turn to get chewed out, but to his suprise, Twilight almost completely ignored him. Instead, she went to her table and began writing a scroll. She was clearly very angry, as the quill made an audible scraping sound as she wrote. Spike sat at the top of the stairs watching Twilight as she was writing, as he feared she was going to tell Princess Celestia about what he and Rainbow Dash did and that she would be banished and thrown into a dungeon in the place that she banished her to.
Several minutes passed, and Twilight finished writing her letter, after which, she turned around to look for Spike. Her expression of anger had changed into a more solemn one, almost as though she was mourning.
"Spike?" she requested softly, her voice quivering slightly. "I need you to send this letter real quick. Then you need to get a drink of water and go to bed."
Spike slowly emerged from behind the banister very wearily, and his eyes were pink as though he had been crying. Without saying a word, he did exactly as Twilight told him. While walking to his bed, Twilight watched him from behind, then let out a faint sigh while bowing her head. She then crawled into bed herself
