My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Owl's Well That Ends Well
A/N: Hey, guys! So here's the start of the next MLP story, and shortly after I post this, I will post the start of the ADW (Adventures of Dr. Whooves), too.
Pinkie Pie: So, there won't be a delay like before?
Dede42: Nope, and there will be two more updates tomorrow, too.
Pinkie Pie: Cool!
Read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER ONE: STAR PARTY!
In the Golden Oaks Library, which was located in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle and Spike were busy getting ready for a special event with their friends. Spike picked up a telescope and put it in his wagon, which already had a picnic blanket and other items inside.
"This meteor shower tonight's gonna be amazing!" Twilight Sparkle remarked, having been looking forward to the event for months.
Spike jumped onto a hanging basket filled with fruit, and he tossed a number of bananas into the wagon. "Awesome!"
"You know, this shower only happens once every 100 years," the purple unicorn remarked.
"A centennial celebration!" said the baby dragon, juggling apples and tossed them into the wagon.
Twilight Sparkle nodded. "We better get a move on!"
"Don't wanna be late!" Spike agreed while carefully carrying a bowl full of punch to the wagon. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" He almost dropped it a few times, but he managed to load it into the wagon and he sighed with relief. "There."
"Spike, did you grab my quill and ink?" the purple unicorn asked.
The baby dragon immediately grabbed the two items off the desk. "Check!"
"Scrolls?"
"Check!" said Spike, adding an armful of scrolls to the wagon. "I've also packed a telescope, apples, bananas, fruit punch, and my freshly baked homemade triple-decker nut-crazy vanilla cream cookies!" And he held up a plate of said cookies, revealing that he had a few crumbs on his face from having eaten some earlier.
Twilight Sparkle giggled. "I can see that," she complimented while he licked off the crumbs and put the cookies into the wagon. "Once again you've read my mind, Spike. And that is why you are my number one assistant." And she headed for the door.
"I'm sorry," said Spike while pulling the wagon after him. "I didn't hear you."
"That is why you are my number one assistant," the purple unicorn replied.
"Missed that!" the baby dragon called out. "Huh…?"
"I said…" Twilight Sparkle began and then giggled, realizing what he was trying to do. "Come on, let's get going." She suddenly stopped, remembering something that she'd wanted to bring along. "Wait! I almost forgot! I wanna bring the "Astronomical Astronomer's Almanac to All Things Astronomy"."
Spike scratched his head and tried to repeat what she said. "The Astronomo-lomo homono what?"
"You know that really old big blue book on stars, moons, planets, the universe…?" Twilight Sparkle asked.
Spike nodded. "Right. Check!" He hurried back into the library, and climbed up a ladder to the correct shelf. He plucked the book and blew dust off of it. "Ah… Ahh… Ahhh… Ahhhh…!" he almost missed, but sighed when he didn't. He opened the book and then let out a huge sneeze of green fire, turning the pages into black ash!
`"Hey!"` Twilight Sparkle called out. `"What's taking my number one assistant so long?"`
Spike began to panic for a moment and put the book back on the shelf. 'I'll tell Twilight the truth later,' he decided, and hurried back down the ladder. 'She'll understand… I hope.'
The sun had fully set and the stars were coming out in the night sky by the time that Twilight Sparkle and Spike reached the hill outside the town, where most of the ponies of Ponyville were gathering to view the meteor shower.
"I was sure I put the astronomer's guide back," Twilight Sparkle remarked, disappointed that the baby dragon couldn't find the book. "The book would have helped me identify different planets and stars tonight."
"Well… Maybe somepony borrowed it?" Spike suggested. "Besides, you don't need that book. You can already name all the planets and stars, 'cause you're super smart and astronomically awesome!"
Twilight Sparkle giggled, figuring that one of her friends had probably borrowed the book without asking her. "Thanks, Spike," she complimented. "You're such a flatterer."
The baby dragon beamed. "Yeah, I'm a sweet talker."
"And a number one assistant, right?" Twilight Sparkle added with a grin.
"Check!" Spike then unloaded the wagon, set up the picnic, and he was setting up the wagon when their friends arrived with the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Spotting the food, Rainbow Dash snatched up an apple and munched on it, gulping it down. "Wow, Twilight! You're lucky to have such a rad assistant," she commented. "I wish I had someone to do whatever I told them."
"Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Me!" said Scootaloo eagerly, jumping up and down. "I'll do whatever you want, Rainbow Dash!"
"Oh yeah, pipsqueak?" Rainbow Dash challenged, grinning at the young pegasus. "How about taking out the trash?" And she tossed the apple core to the filly.
Scootaloo caught the apple core and zoomed off. "Yes ma'am!"
"Do we have Spike to thank again for this amazing spread?" Rarity asked, smiling at the picnic that'd been set up for them. "Isn't he simply amazing?"
"Oh, come on," said the baby dragon, flushing a little. "I said come on."
Pinkie Pie gave him a noogie on the top of his head. "Little Spikey-wikey! Who knew that big ferocious dragon started off so cutesy wootsy?"
"Spike, you are such a little star that I had to make a little bow tie for you," said Rarity, magically tying a red bowtie covered with small gems around his neck.
"Gosh," said Spike, touched. "You guys are embarrassing me. Stop it." He then looked at the twins. "Twilight, Sunrise, your turn."
"Spike, that's enough," said Sunrise Blossom, not wanting the attention to go to the baby dragon's head.
Spike became bashful. "Oh, right. That's enough."
"Twi, did you bring your copy of the astronomer's guide?" Sunrise Blossom asked her twin, who shook her head. "Well, it's a good thing I brought my own copy for us to share," she added, magically removing her copy from her bags.
Sweetie Belle noticed the meteor shower was beginning. "Hey, everypony! The show is starting!" she announced before climbing onto her sister's back, and they all watched as the meteors streaked across the sky. Spike was sitting on Twilight Sparkle's back, and he was doing his best to stay awake, but it wasn't easy and he kept yawning.
After the shower ended, the Mane Seven and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were eating the snacks and chatting about the meteor shower.
"Mmm. Wow!" said Pinkie Pie, eating the last of the cookies. "These cookies are delish!"
"Spike made them," Twilight Sparkle responded. "Speaking of, Spike, can you bring us some punch? Spike?" She looked around and found the baby dragon fast asleep and snoring inside the nearly empty punch bowl.
Rarity shook her head while smiling. "Oh, poor little thing."
"Aww…" said Twilight Sparkle. "He's worked himself to the bone."
Sunrise Blossom nodded. "Plus, it's past his bedtime, the poor little guy."
"And now the punch has been… "spiked"!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed and the ponies laughed.
A/N: Not nearly as awkward as when Spike fell asleep on that piece of ice on the pond.
Pinkie Pie: Yeah, he got quite a shock to his system when the ice melted and he ended up in the water!
Dede42: Speaking of water. (holds up a container full of water balloons) Wanna go outside for a water balloon battle?
Pinkie Pie: You're on! (And they run outside to have fun with the water balloons.) R&R everyone!