Chapter 4: Explanation

Spike's face was stained a dark red colour and he was speechless. He never expected Rarity would do something like this to him. Hoping, yes, but he never expected it to be this way! Even though he really loved that his crush was kissing him on the lips this time and not just his cheek, he needed an explanation, because something was definitely off with Rarity today.

So, Spike pulled away from the kiss and revamped himself so he could think straight again.

"R-Rarity, what in Equestria was that?!" the purple dragon demanded.

Rarity giggled at this. "Whatever are you talking about, my darling?"

Spike raised an eyebrow at this; Rarity had called him and others "darling" before, but the way she said it now, made it feel different. Maybe the fact that she added the word "my" before it had something to do with it.

"Well, you kissed me… on the lips! Why?" Spike asked.

"Because I love you, my little dragon-pie!" she responded, embracing him.

Spike's green eyes shrunk and his heart skipped a beat. Was it true? Did Rarity really return his feelings after all this time?

Well, he was about to tell her about how he felt in return, but when she pulled away for a second, Spike noticed that something was different about her: Her eyes. Usually they were a vivid, dark blue colour, but right now, they weren't. Instead, they were dark violet. And this caused the dragon a great deal of suspicion.

"Uh, Rarity, why are your eyes purple?" he inquired, crossing his arms.

The unicorn mare looked a little puzzled at this question.

"Whatever are you talking about? They were always like that." she replied innocently.

"No they weren't," Spike argued.

"Oh, stop joking around my little dragon-pie." Rarity insisted, cuddling his cheek.

But he pushed her away a little in response.

"My name isn't dragon-pie, it's Spike, and you know that." he told the loopy mare.

"No she doesn't…"

Spike's ears perked up at that comment and her turned to face Starlight.

"Huh? What are you talking about, Starlight?" he asked, raising one eyebrow.

"I'll explain it later, right now, we have to get Twilight and we need to separate you from Rarity." the pink unicorn whispered.

Spike looked at her and then back at Rarity who gave him a flirtatious wink and smile. As much as he hated leaving her alone in this state, he agreed with his friend that they needed to talk, because this was weird!

Well, somehow they managed to tear Rarity away from Spike, with help from Twilight, and they were now in the library of her castle. Starlight was using her magic to levitate several books, looking for a specific one.

"Look, I'm telling you, that's all I know: Rarity came here, kissed me on the lips, said she loved me, and her eyes are purple now." Spike told Twilight, rubbing his temples in frustration.

"But, that can't be it! There has to be more." the alicorn demanded.

"There is,"

Just then, a book flopped down in front of the both of them.

It was opened to a page titled, "Gems of Miracles", which caught Spike's attention. "

Hey, the Gems of Miracles are the jewels Rarity sent me to find for her dresses!" he exclaimed, grabbing the book and reading through it.

Twilight looked at her pupil who stood beside her.

"Starlight, how do you know about the Gems of Miracles? Just what are they?" the former inquired, raising one eyebrow and squinting the other.

"The Gems of Miracles are magical jewels that have been around for many many years. They look like any other gems, but somehow much more breathtaking. But according to this book, they have a strange enchantment on them. Whenever somepony catches sight of them, they fall head over hooves in love with the first pony they see; or in this case, the first dragon." Starlight explained, shifting her persian blue eyes over at Spike.

"So, Rarity has fallen in love with Spike?" Twilight asked, and her pupil nodded.

"Well, you and I both know about his crush on her, but that was without a spell. So, is this like a crush too, or is it real love?"

Starlight shook her head. "No, if she was already in love with him, they wouldn't affect her. See, they don't affect a pony if they're already in love with somepony else."

Twilight rubbed her chin and pondered for a little while.

"So, the one thing more powerful than the gems is… real love?" the alicorn princess asked, and Starlight nodded in confirmation.

Spike shifted his green eyes away briefly and then looked back at the two ponies.

"So, Rarity was never really in love with me?" he asked in a down tone.

All this time, all the favors he had done for her, was it all for not?

Twilight noticed Spike was sad and moved closer to him.

"Aw, Spike, don't worry. There's plenty of fish in the sea." she coaxed.

Spike wiped his nose and crossed his arms.

"Not like Rarity…" he grumbled.

Twilight sighed and embraced her friend, petting the spines on his head.

"So, is there any other antidote other than real love?" Twilight asked Starlight.

Spike was sitting in the corner, gathering his feelings up while the two mares talked about how to resolve this matter.

"No… that's the only way. And I've been around Rarity long enough to know that she's never been in actual love with anypony." Starlight replied.

While Starlight sat there, rubbing her chin and pondering, Spike looked over at the door. He knew Rarity was behind it; he just knew it. He took a sneaky glance at the two mares behind him before tiptoeing out of the room.

"And why are her eyes purple?" Twilight asked.

"Well, the spell adds red, the colour of love, to the eyes. And since blue and red mixed together is purple, that's how we know she's under the spell." Starlight answered.

The former rubbed her chin and lowered her purple eyes.

"Spike, what do you think we should-?"

But she halted when she saw that her assistant was no longer in the room!

"Spike? Spike! Oh my sweet Celestia!" the princess panicked.

Meanwhile…

The spell-bound Rarity was still waiting outside the library for her beloved Spike to return. She had been pacing back and forth for so long that she wore a literal hole in the floor! But when the doors opened and the dragon was standing in them, she literally squealed and her eyes turned into hearts. After Spike closed the doors behind him, Rarity pounced on him and started kissing him all over!

"Oh, Spikey-Wikey! I missed you so much!" the white unicorn preached.

She then picked him up and spun the lavender dragon around. When she stopped, Spike was a little woozy and his green eyes were moving around like seeds in a maraca. But he regained his full vision and wriggled out of Rarity's grip.

"Uh, it's nice to see you too, Rarity." he said awkwardly, trying to wipe the blush off of his face.

She giggled and petted his spines.

"So, um… Rare… I was wondering… do you… know anything about me?" Spike asked, twiddling his claws around.

She looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face. It was like she didn't understand what he meant by that…

And that made Spike feel bad…

The Rarity he once knew was gone… and replaced by somepony else entirely…

When Rarity saw Spike's sad expression, she too grew very sad for her beloved dragon.

"Aw, why are you crying, Spikey-Wikey?" the beautiful mare asked, moving closer to him.

"I… I can't explain it, Rarity… I miss… the old you…" he said, sounding like he was gonna break down in tears. "It's like I don't even know you anymore…"

Rarity's violet eyes dilated slightly and she drew back from the younger creature.

"So… are you saying you… don't love me?" she asked in a worried tone of voice.

Spike's eyes got their vigour back and he placed a claw on her shoulder.

"No! I mean, of course I love you! I've loved you ever since the first time I saw you. You're as pretty as a gem!" he corrected her, turning pink in the face at the last part.

Oddly, Rarity blushed too and her eyes briefly flashed blue… It was as if there was a spark in her heart that almost made her turn back to normal!

Suddenly, Rarity pulled Spike into a big hug!

"Oh, you!" she giggled flirtatiously.

Spike's heart skipped a beat and he rolled his eyes. Still, he couldn't help but hug her back.

"The one thing more powerful than the spell is real love…"

Just then, Spike had an idea!

If the one thing more powerful than the spell was real love, than all he had to do, was make Rarity fall in love with him! Then, the spell would be broken, and she'd be back to her old self! He wasn't sure if it would work, considering she was already under the spell, but it was worth a shot!

"Hey, Rarity, do you wanna… Um…" he began, not sure how to ask.

The unicorn raised an eyebrow and squinted the other one.

"Um… do you wanna… go on a date?" Spike finished timidly.

He had always dreamt of asking Rarity out, but he was always so confident before. It was more nerve wracking in person!

(A/N: Or, pony? Do you even say person for a pony?)

Upon hearing the offer, Rarity's violet eyes grew large and sparkly and she smiled as wide as a mile!

"Yes! Yes, Yes! YES!~" she squealed and shrieked.

Then she planted several kisses on Spike's lips.

'Well, it's a start…'


Done! I took some references from "Barbie A Fairy Secret" and "Strange Magic". Cookies to those who spotted those references!

Shadow: I've seen "Strange Magic", but not "Barbie". I'm not really into that girly, romantic stuff, but the first one was okay. "Barbie" on the other hand, it's just too girly…

Yeah, but I like them.

R&R!