The boutique door slammed open and Kol briskly walked out the door.

"Kol, wait!" Rarity cried out as she followed the angry zebra out the door. "Kol please~"

When she reaches out to him, Kol turns to stop her. "You need to get your priorities straight, Rarity." He grunted. Trying to keep his composure still but after learning that he just ate a botched brownie and as a result gets him locked inside of the shower while he couldn't shut the cold water off. "I mean, is this how you treat all your guests?"

So reasonably, he was very much pissed off.

"N-no! Darling those weren't made for you to consume." Rarity said in a frantic tone.

"Oh? You were planning on drugging some other pony for your sick enjoyment?"

"I~" Rarity froze.

That was exactly what she was planning on doing with Spike.

When Rarity didn't say anything, it was all the zebra needed to hear. He gave her a grunt. "Get your act together before someone truly gets hurt by your actions, Rarity." he glared at her before he turned around and stormed off. Unable to even look that mare in the eye and was just disgusted on what had transpired.

Rarity watched as her chance of a possible relationship was ripped away from her. Her body trembled, streaks of black mascara cascaded down her marshmallow white skin as tears fell. Falling onto her knees, bawling her eyes out.

"What HAVE I DONE?!" her cries turned to unbearable screeching, covering her eyes with her hands sobbed.

After that talk Spike had with Rachel, he was sitting in the library while his mate was having her bath. He sat on a large beanbag chair as he flipped through a power ponies comic, trying to for a moment distract himself from the shit show that was happening outside these crystal walls.

As he flipped the page, his phone started going off. He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out his phone.

It was Ember.

He slid the green button and held the phone to his ear. "Hey Ember."

"C-can you hear me?" Ember asked, seemingly having trouble on her side. "Damnit I can't seem to get this stupid thing working." She snarled.

"Ember, I can hear you." Spike said, sitting up.

"Oh." she said before saying. "Been hearing stories about what's happening on your side. Sounds like shit is hitting the fan."

So much for a distraction.

"This is just the beginning I'm afraid." Spike said. "I'm going to do what I can to make sure the guys responsible for it does not get to Rachel."

"Maybe just in case, you two can come here. Leave that shit in Equestria." Ember offered.

"That's a thought but I think we're okay here for now, thanks." Spike said, his eyes glanced towards the doorway for a split second before leaning back in the beanbag chair. "You have no idea what the heck I went through at the Empire." he said with a long sigh, rubbing his eyes.

"News gets here slow, you know that. Spill the beans, little dude." Ember said, sounds of her scales scraping against what sounds like the metal throne she was sitting on. "I'll hear anything other than these annoying political meetings. The Kirins are fucking bitches, I like music but their singing constantly is actually worse than ponies and their musical random moments. Say one word wrong and fireballs are spitting out."

"Well for starters, I almost killed a pony prince. I still want to now." Spike said.

"What did this sorry bastard do to piss you off?"

"A whole list of things." Spike said, picking his claws with a grunt. "Blasting me through a wall, making advances at my mate."

Even talking about Blueblood and what has been done over the course of three days continued to make the dragon's blood boil.

"I really, really hope I don't run into him any time soon."

"I see."

Spike narrowed his eyes at the tone of her voice. "Ember, what's up?"

"Oh nothing. Just really seeing a distinct pattern with you as of late." She said with a chuckle. "Seems Rachel is bringing the real dragon out of you."

Spike grunted.

"Does she know what you did for her?" she hummed.

Spike tilted his head back on the beanbag and sighed. "She figured it out on her own. She was pretty pissed." he said.

"You're shitting me, right?" Ember asked, acting what he did to Bouncer and his brothers were nothing. Annoyed at the fact the human got angry over it.

Spike took another glance at the door, sniffing the air to make sure no one was around eavesdropping. "She has every right to be angry at me. I did something I had no idea I was capable of. I know dragon customs are lenient when it comes to these types of things but what I did could send me away forever. I would lose everything."

"You haven't yet. So you're good."

Spike grunted. "For now." he said before he sighed, sitting up. "Like I said, I hope I don't see that asshole again. As much as I want to hunt him down, I'm not doing it again."

There was a long pause from Ember's end before groaning. "Seriously?"

"My relationship with Rachel was a jeopardy when she found out. What I did was wrong."

"Are you sorry that you killed three ponies?" She then asked him.

Now spike was silent at that moment.

"Or are you sorry that you actually got caught and got your ass chewed out like a little bitch."

Spike let out a snarl at her that just made her giggle.

"Listen, Spike. It doesn't matter that you were brought up by flower picking ponies. You are who you are. If anyone lays a hand on a mate, they have every right to rid the sorry sap. With Rachel's case, it was three - might I saw an impressive count for your first time. You can say you won't do it again. But you and I would be lying to each other."

"Is there anything else you want, Ember?" Spike growled at her. His hand had a grip tightly around his phone.

"Just be careful." Ember said before clicking off.

Spike leaned forward in the chair, his hands - along his phone - covered his face after that.

"Fucking hell…" he whispered softly. Just as he said that, he caught a whiff of Rachel scent. He looks up to see his mate entering the library, wearing a baggy shirt and shorts, hair still dripping wet from her shower.

"Everything okay?" Rachel asked when she approached him.

Spike gave her a sigh. "Just a headache coming." he said, putting his phone back in his pockets.

Rachel put a hand on his chest as she climbed on his lap and curled up on him, her legs draping off the side. Spike instinctively wrapped his arms around her back and a hand on her outer leg. Leaning back in the beanbag chair, the dragon buried his snout at the crook of her neck while taking in her scent; Rachel wrapped one arm around his chest and had one hand on his cheek as the two endured a cuddle session.

"You smell good." Spike muttered softly

"Thank you." Rachel said, slowly stroking underneath his jaw.

Spike closed his eyes as he enjoyed the sensation. A low rumble echoed from his chest and out of his lips.

Bringing a smile to Rachel's.

"Someone's purring." she cooed as she continued to stroke his chin.

The response she got was the tip of Spike's tail was tickling the bottom of her feet, his arm wrapped around her legs so she wouldn't be able to kick his tail away and continued to tickle her.

"Sp-spike!" Rachel squealed, lovely chills going up and down her spine as she was forced to endure this with delight.

The dragon nipped at skin gently before he stopped tickling her. When Rachel resumed her fingers stroking his jaw and chin. With him purring once more. Putting Spike at ease.

"You okay?" Rachel asked him.

"I am now." He murmured as he rested his head on top of hers. "Love you Rachel."

"I love you too." Rachel said. "Forever and a day?"

He kissed the top of her head. "Always." He held her for a moment before asking. "What do you want to do?" Spike asked her.

The human shrugged. "I'm up for anything honestly." She said.

"Hmm." Spike thinks on what to do before somepony chimes in.

"Ooh hoo I got an idea!" Discord's voice sings around the library, causing Spike to groan and tilt his head back on the beanbag.

With a poof, Discord appeared wearing a flower collared shirt with the buttons unbuttoned, his hat and sunglasses on, wearing a loa necklace and drinking out of a tiki cup. "That was a lovely vacation, don'tcha think Spike?"

"Discord, what do you want?" Spike sighed, tilting his head back up to see the draconequus.

"I came here cause I'm bored. And what luck it seems the two of you need something to do. I know the perfect idea!" He cooed as he floated around the couple.

Spike glanced at Rachel, seeing that she had no indication on interjecting this, he looked at Discord.

"Games night?"

Discord grinned from ear to ear. "We haven't done a session in a while."

"What session?" Rachel asked, looking at between the guys.

"Ogres and Oubliettes." Both Spike and Discord said in unison.

"We were right in the middle of an important arc and the group needs their mighty wizard." Discord said then, poking at Spike's cheek.

"Aw yeah, game night!" Sounds of Rainbow Dash bellowed down the castle as she, returning from Wonderbolt tour, floated inside with Pinkie bouncing in.

"We're gonna have some fun, we're gonna have some fun!" Pinkie repeatedly in song as she bounced in. "Thanks for inviting us, Discord."

Spike and Rachel gave the draconequus a look.

Spike looked at Discord for a long time before he let out a sigh, he looked at his girlfriend.

"You know, I never exactly played Ogres and Oubliettes." Rachel smirked, getting interested in this.

"REally?" Pinkie gasped. "I'm surprised you haven't by now! It's really fun!"

"So cool and after a rough tour I had, Im ready to kick some gnoll ass." Rainbow Dash, popping her knuckles.

"I like the story aspect." Pinkie giggled.

Well then.

"It's not hard once you get into it." Spike then grinned.

Then all of them proceeded to the map room where the games will begin.