Chapter 6: electric sky
3 weeks later
"I'm sorry but nobody really wants you around their property" a genuinely remorseful spike said, really wanting the proposal he made before to be possible. "Are you just realizing that ponies don't like me!" trixie yelled at the poor drake. This type of bickering was the only thing that you heard when it came to the subject. "Don't kill the messenger, maybe you should be better at public relations!" spike snapped back. Trixie looked like she was fuming, lacking the patient to wait for an opportunity. Spike took a deep breath and thought to himself "these kind of things are usually hard, i just need to find a way". This was the thought that he needed to repeat for these past two weeks, dealing with a irritable trixie. "Look….. These kind of things take time and you need to realize the work i'm doing for you here" spike replied in a calmer tone, trixie noticed this and gave off a sigh of her own. "Sorry, it's just…. this isn't the first time i hit this roadblock" trixie replied with a huff of frustration. Spike took a seat in the main living room, trying to put together some kind of strategy. Trixie made her way towards him and said "why don't you just give up, i've done that a long time ago….". The snide nature in her comment peeved him in the wrong way, "i can help her, all things take time" spike thought to himself, preventing him from snapping at her once again. "I can't….. It's not what i do" spike replied to her, this gave the mare a puzzled look. "What i do?, the hell does that mean?". trixie thought to herself but at the same time….. "Ok…. patience, i got it" trixie replied in frustration, spike then sighed as a sign of relief on his part and replied "don't worry, i'll keep looking, i promise!" spike exclaimed while signaling a thumb ups. Trixie chuckled and thought to herself "the dragon….. seems genuine". "Totally stupid, what you just did there" she replied, spike nodded and replied "i know, felt you needed something to make fun of". Trixie hid a small smirk away from the drake. Then both of them heard a knock on the door, spike had an idea who was at the door and a rush of excitement flew through him. 'Go upstairs, i'll signal you when the coast is clear!" spike quietly exclaimed, trixie let out a sigh of disbelief and made her way upstairs. Two weeks and spike's new marefriend doesn't even know that trixie takes residence at his treehouse. Spike opened the door and was greeted with a hug from an expected visitor. "Hi!" she exclaimed. One really important thing changed about fluttershy ever since these two paired up and it's a very noticeable change….. "You ready to go, i found the perfect place to go today!" it's a excitement for everyday, not enough to classify her as a full pinkie pie but definitely a different step from her usual self. "Of course, anywhere is fine with you…." spike said, gaining a rapidly growing heat on his face. This made her slightly turn away as well, they were both still getting used to being in a much closer relationship. "Alright then, let's get going" spike said, fluttershy nodded in reply as they both made their way out the door. Soon as the door shut, trixie saw that as her signal and made her way back downstairs.
It's only started yesterday that the mare decided to go on more outings. The boredom of stashing herself in the treehouse for even just a day after work bored her. So, she created her own little loop of things to do everyday. She went to work, roamed the town square, relaxed on a park bench, got something to eat and made her way back. "Hey….. about last time, you feeling alright trix….." her boss rose was about to ask, this was the first time an actual question was presented ever since the last incident. Rose has been taking more and more expeditions for lost and rare things. These expeditions took more priority then running her own store, the random passerby wouldn't be mistaken by thinking this is trixie's store. "Yeah, been up to a lot more lately" trixie replied to her friend in the most matter of fact way. This relieved the young shop owner for now, hoping that this new mood would be here to stay. "Cool, really, i'm glad for you" rose replied, trixie nodded and started moving a box of things rose collected from her journeys to the back room of the store. "Oh, i was gonna ask you to do that….." rose said in surprise, she was almost making her role as a boss irrelevant. Rose looked at the clock on the wall and trixie was already aware of what that meant. "Go on, have an adventure, i'll watch the store" trixie said playfully, swatting her away with a hoof. This made rose chuckle and make her way out the door with the same goodbye she gave trixie every work day. After she left, trixie sighed and made her way to the front service desk, expecting no type of service for the day. "It's amazing, i can get away with being payed for nothing on days like these….". The moment she finished this sentence a customer came through the door, making the mare eat her own words. There was something odd about the mare that came in for service. She was wearing a grey hood that was covering her face and body, this reminded trixie of her own days in hiding. She was roaming around in a very speedy manner, as if she was looking for something important. The mare didn't even ask trixie for any assistance, it was almost like trixie wasn't in the room in her eyes. "Hello?" trixie asked and called out. This was what made the mare freeze in her tracks and turn around to look at her. The eyes of this stranger were of a familiar blue color to her but she couldn't put her mind to why it was familiar. Trixie had to say something, cause all they were doing was staring at each other and for her it was kinda weird. "It just seemed as if you needed some kind of help, i could help you, i know this store pretty well" trixie said. She looked around for a second, seeming like she ignored her again but then finally addressed her "No, not really, i could find it myself darl….." the stranger stopped herself quickly. Trixie was confused about this but she passed it off as just a slip of the tongue. The mysterious mare finally asked trixie a question "hey, would you mind giving me your name?". The mare asked the question with a very familiar accent. "Kinda posh, if i'm being specific….." trixie thought to herself, she almost completely forgot about the question being asked to her. "Are you ok?" the mare in front of her asked, this snapped trixie back into reality.
"Oh yeah, my name, trixie, trixie lulamoon" trixie replied, the mare in front of her seemed frozen in shock from this revelation. Trixie played the only card in her hand and that was to be completely upfront with the mystery mare. If someone were to be pissed enough at her to make an attempt on her life, she'd face that attempt head on without fear. "Really… but…. Why are you….." the mare in front of her could barely piece together a sentence. "Look, if you came all the way here for some kind of fight, my magic is a little rusty but my hooves don't tell the same story" trixie replied, doing the one thing that got her out of multiple situations, acting. "Really now, why are you shaking then?" the mare in front of her asked. It seems as if both of them were putting up some kind of tough front for each other. Trixie saw this visible flaw in her threat, fear, fear has never been her best contained attribute. "What…. What do you want from me?" trixie asked in a annoyed tone. This is when the mare finally dropped her hood to reveal herself to trixie and it was…. "What i want, is for you to stay away from any of my friends!" the purple mane that flew from the hood belonged to someone quite clear in her mind. "Rarit….." before she could even finish the name, a lit unicorn horn was pointed at her face, ready to eviscerate her at a moment's notice.
"It really turned out to be a nice day, huh?" spike asked fluttershy, who were lying side by side on a fully bloomed flowery field. Fluttershy nodded and replied "this is where i always used to go when i needed time away, funny how much time i didn't have away" this made them both laugh and then spike said "i guess so, we were all on call frequently back then, especially when princesshood became a thing for twilight…." talking about that princesshood was something that became a kind of sensitive subject in his mind. "You know you had an importance on the team, right?" fluttershy . "Can't really hide anything from you, huh?" spike thought to himself before replying to her. asked"Well, it's not that, i'm not vain or anything but i feel like a sidekick to my own story" spike replied, fluttershy nodded and looked up at the sky. "I'm not perfect spike, i still crumble in most situations, assertion is still a balance for me and i feel lonely without them from time to time.." fluttershy started saying, spike had his attention completely on her. Even if he didn't know what the point was, he was still invested with what she was saying. "If there is one thing that i know is true, that this story right now, it's mine and will always be mine, i'm responsible for whatever comes my way and that's a story waiting to happen all in itself, the six was us working as friends , not our identity" fluttershy finished. Spike never believed that fluttershy didn't have anything profound inside of her but her words were surprisingly in touch with his feelings. "Uh, thanks for that, really, it helped" spike replied to her. This was the reason, spike was instantly remembering why he choose to ask her the question that day. She's just been so understanding and so kind, he couldn't deny the feelings that grew for her during those slower times as a group. Then spike remembered something else, a quite embarrassing something else but it just had to be said. "Hey fluttershy" spike called out the mare's name and she turned to face him. "Did she have to look right me?, this is gonna be hard" spike thought to himself. "We've been on at least two dates…" spike started saying, fluttershy nodded in reply and let him continue. Spike always thought, even back when he was chasing after rarity that fluttershy was a pretty mare. This is where the difficulty is coming from the position of the drake, especially because of what he's asking. "So… is this when we…." spike didn't even need to finish the sentence before fluttershy caught on. She wasn't a dense mare and this sentiment made her blush. "Well… it would be my first one" she replied, spike was relieved that she caught on but nervous with how to respond. "Remember it's an ask, no pressure at all" spike made sure to emphasize that point. Fluttershy nodded and they both looked at each other, the moment seemed perfect between the two. The wind was blowing through the flowers, making them drift among the air between them. The drake didn't necessarily have hair but that same wind flew through her mane perfectly, it almost read like the bookend to a story. As they both leaned in slowly, letting the environment set the mood for them. Soon enough, celestia herself stopped the moment as both of them heard a huge explosion. "What the, did you hear that?!" fluttershy asked, spike nodded and sighed. "well, sorry fluttershy, i gotta go do my thing!" spike exclaimed, rushing to where the explosion came from.
"Go away!, i don't wanna see you for as long as i live!" "why?, this was everything to me and now it's gone" rose's voice was all trixie heard throughout an empty void. "I'm sorry, i'm so sorry, nothing will ever happen to this shop, not on my watch" trixie just kept hearing a painful memory in her head. "Who cares about your damn protection!" pain started swelling up around her and then she finally…..
Woke up to the environment she was scared to see but was surprised at what was around her. A couple broken plates,most of the glassware that was kept at the shop was actually broken. But no store walls were busted, windows shattered, or anything like that. All she saw was an confused but still angry mare. The only damage that she physically saw was blood running from her nose, this could be due to an overuse in power. "So i'm screwed, looks like i might have to go hoof to hoof with her" trixie thought. Making a crap situation even worse in her head, she was receiving the stress ache that comes from magical withdrawal. Rarity was still pointing an aimed horn at her and exclaimed "why are you here?!" rarity exclaimed, her horn lighting up for another blast. "Seriously, what the hell happened to you!, you weren't this….. Angry!" trixie exclaimed, these weren't the right choice of words for her situation. ""Why you!..." before the blast could go off, she saw a scaley figure dash to shield her. "Stop!, she's ok with me!" based upon the voice tone, she knew exactly who it was. It was almost like an instant transformation happened within rarity, the mare that had intent to kill her. "Spikey?" she said, sounding like she was about to break down. Spike nodded and this what allowed her to rush to the drake and embrace him, fully tearing up at just the sight of him. "It's been too long, really it has!" she exclaimed, the wet tears were starting to become bothersome for the drake but honestly the shock of her being here is weighing on him. As she let go, spike asked the first question "wha…. What are you doing here?" spike asked in disbelief. Rarity then replied with a simple answer "things have been rough for me in manehatten… so i wanted to come a visit". Trixie then quipped "mysterious hood you wore tells a completely different story". Rarity gave her a quick ill intended glance and then asked spike a question. "So… how have you been doing darling, anything special going on?". "Besides being in a relationship with fluttershy, nothing major" this is what he thought to say but then he wasn't really sure if that's something to tell her yet. "Well….." before he even finished the sentence, rarity chimed in "let's just go back to the treehouse, we can catch up over tea". Spike actually agreed with her and rarity made a trot out of the trading store. She didn't even share any more words with trixie and that even puzzled spike. He turned around and saw the blood running down trixie's nose. Spike looked around the store and found some kind of tissue paper at the front desk and gave it to her. "You gonna be ok here?" spike asked, trixie nodded and replied "go, i'm the one that's gotta clean up anyway" this made spike chuckle and nod, making his way out of the store and leaving the mare to her own devices.
"I almost died and looked who saved my ass again!" trixie thought to herself, sitting on the service desk, waiting for her mana to be restored. She wanted to be self sufficient or maybe it's her drifter lifestyle that lead an ideal like that. She was looking at the complete mess around her and she had a couple questions for this newly visiting rarity. "I thought that the six usually killed people with kindness" trixie thought to herself. The anger and fury that she saw in her eyes was like nothing that she's ever seen. The intent to kill someone is not an easy task nor a task that she would think the legendary heroes of equestria would be capable of. The hood also threw the mare off, it simply being some kind of bad business in manehatten was a story that she didn't buy. She was surprised about being outspoken enough to mention this. "Wait, when does rose come back usually?" trixie asked herself. For her, without any type of meditative assistant, just pure recharge by time. It takes her at least a couple hours for a mana recharge and it's only been a couple minutes. If she didn't get any of this clean within the hour, she would hear a lot of things from rose that she wasn't quite ready for. "What really drained my mana that quickly, i didn't even feel like i casted a spell?" trixie asked herself, surprised by the shield she was able to create. Even when she was in her prime, defensive or combat magic was never her specialty. She was a show pony not a combat mage, so where did this power spike come from? As she was thinking about these things, she tested how much ability she had by lifting a piece of plate. "Stupid dragon gave me a tissue but didn't think his thumbs would be useful" trixie muttered to herself, the test proved that she could at least clean messes with her magic. As much ill will she talks about the dragon, she started growing a fondness for him. Having new friends was something that she didn't expect or had any high hopes for. Rose needed something from her, she owed her for the mistakes she made in the past. This has washed away after years of time but this is still something that weighed on her mind. With spike, it's almost like someone is giving her a clean slate, asking for her to prove her worth as a mare of society. "Why, is it that easy?, it can't be?" trixie asked herself but she was a firm believer of not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Doubt is more a reasonable assessment, doubt of living up to any standard put in front of her. The drake didn't say anything to her nor demand anything from her. In Between the bickering about getting her some points with the inhabitants of ponyville, they made decent conversation from time to time. These weren't things that she forgot, it's her temper that gets the better of her sometimes. These were things she was tossing through her mind to make the cleaning process go faster. "I hope….. He's fine" trixie thought to herself, leaving him alone with a seemingly homicidal rarity didn't sit well with her at all.
"It's feels different, different than the last time i was here" rarity said to spike, analyzing the treehouse that she hasn't seen in years. Spike nodded but the only thing his mind was occupied on was fluttershy. "I wish i could of atleast visited her, told her everything's ok" spike thought to himself. If he was being truly honest with himself, rarity wasn't really that much of a priority in his mind anymore. Back in the day, rarity's well being became as important as twilight's, mostly because he didn't really get to know most of the team. Obviously that changed years later when maturity hit the dragon but one thing didn't change in those years. His love for rarity wasn't some kiddish pursuit for him anymore, he was in love with the mare and nothing was stopping him. "It really isn't, well maybe one room changed….." spike replied to her. Spike made sure to not slip his tongue on trixie staying at the treehouse. When it came to rarity, in the end, something did stop his love and it was his own heart breaking over her. It was an inevitable, nothing really dramatic occurred through this ideal. It was honestly something he expected to happen sooner but that didn't mean the effects weren't long standing. "Don't worry sweetie, i brought the tea, just stay there" rarity said in her voice of elegance. That was the same voice that could lead the dragon anywhere with her. He would be lying if he said her voice wasn't still pleasant to listen to. She made her way to the kitchen and it almost seemed like she never left. Spike instinctively went to try and help her but rarity stopped him "don't worry, i know how to work the kitchen spike" she said with a light chuckle. Spike nodded and returned to a seat in the living room, returning his thoughts to fluttershy. "Maybe, fluttershy will find trixie and she'll explain everything correctly" spike thought to himself. There was also this small part of spike's brain that said "come on, chill, it'll be fine". Spike rarely listens to this voice anymore, so many threats that the six had to deal with slowly taught him that. "The tea is almost done, i'll be right there!" rarity exclaimed. Whatever skills that rarity acquired in her time to make tea that fast, he needs for his daily life. "Tea with rarity, if it were back then, i would've gone crazy over that" spike said to himself and chuckled. Rarity then finally came over with two cups of tea on a levitating plate. Spike took his cup and she looked for a place to put the tea. She looked behind her and found something that was missing, it's as if she wasn't paying attention. "What happened to the checkout desk?" rarity asked. Spike was surprised that rarity was the first one to ask this question "if it weren't for moving the desk out, we wouldn't have a living room" spike replied, rarity nodded and put the tray on the ground. She lifted her tea, took a sip and immediately asked spike a hardball question. "What's with you and trixie, seriously darling, that kind of company" she seemed way more uppity than usual but this didn't probe any abnormal reaction out of the drake. "We're friends, she's making an effort to change, a real one" spike replied simply and straight to the point. Rarity nodded and replied "if you trust her, then i'll try to keep the peace". This made spike give off a sigh of relief hearing this from her but….. "Why do i still doubt her?" spike thought to himself. Maybe it's the sheer amount of rage he saw in her eyes is what makes him less of a believer. "Rarity, what was up with almost killing her, seriously" spike asked sternly. Rarity was in the middle of a sip when this is what made her completely freeze. She looked at the drake and put her head down in complete shame but then…. "It's…. Well…. I wanted you to keep a peaceful life, that's all" rarity replied. Her answer made no sense to the drake. So the best way to keep a peaceful life is to know that one of his friends murdered someone in cold blood? Then spike decided to ask in a different way "rarity, please, even if it was just one stupid mistake, tell me the truth please?" spike pleaded with her. Rarity looked at the drake and ended up gaining a little remorse for her lie. "Sorry…. I…. lost control, things…. Haven't been the prettiest in manehatten" rarity replied with a shakiness in her voice. Spike finally was able to believe her but it's these problems that worry spike, naturally. "Ok, but maybe you hit a pillow next time" spike replied as they both laughed. This made the tone of the conversation eons lighter. He isn't going to really try to get anything out of her head about manehatten, he just wants a friendly conversation right now.
"That's the story, everything's fine, as you can see" trixie was addressing a worried fluttershy, who was frantically looking for the dragon. "You're sure, he's just back at the treehouse?" fluttershy asked, this was the third time trixie had to reconfirm this fact. "For the last time, yeah, he's fine" trixie replied, thinking that she would be there already if it weren't for both of these irrational mares. Fluttershy sighed with slight relief but then her eyes shot open and realized the guest that just came to town. "Rarity…, she could…." fluttershy said to herself, trixie was in earshot and she did the unthinkable. "No, he wouldn't be that kind of dragon" trixie said to her, fluttershy looked at her with the same kind of disbelief. "What makes you think that?... And you think that?!" fluttershy asked. Trixie just realized what kind of position this question put her in. however, she decided to continue along with her idea "he thinks about others more than himself, now imagine if in some way, even by accident, the idiot somehow hurt you?" trixie asked, fluttershy nodded and put that thought into her head. "You're right, thank you, honestly" fluttershy replied with a smile. Trixie nodded and made her seat on the service desk. "I guess spike had an effect on you?" fluttershy asked. Trixie wanted to give this question a hard denial but she had trouble instantly denying that. The silence spoke volumes for fluttershy, so she she showed her support for the non answer with a soft smile. "Well, i hope we cross paths again" she said to trixie while leaving the store. "An effect, did he really?" trixie thought to herself. She wanted some kind of change before she even met spike but he did add something. She hasn't really figured this something out,so for know that's a pending investigation in her mind. She finished cleaning the mess in the store a long time ago, "maybe i'll roam around town a little bit, then the house might become vacant" she thought to herself. She took this idea with complete solidity and decided to lock up the store and make a way around town.
They're conversation obviously continued, not everything had to be serious when it came to rarity and spike. These two were separated by lifestyle and time, yet it's like they never left each other in the first place. "Fluttershy!" rarity exclaimed, covering her mouth in disbelief. Spike nodded and looked down in embarrassment. "Seriously, when did this kind of bond start, i thought you two barely talked to each other?" rarity asked. Spike shrugged and replied "when things slowed down, we just started talking more, and also obviously me looking after her down here" rarity had the dumbest grin on her face and the only response she had was… "awwwwwww". Spike just laughed it off, it's only been two dates and he's become more comfortable with them together. "I really do care for her and i want it to last…." he could even finish the sentence before another awww could be heard. "I think i'm killing her" spike thought to himself. While still speaking with her, a knock on the door was heard. Spike's heart immediately dropped, if it were trixie then who knows what rarity would think of him. So spike got up from his seat and went for the door, he took a split second to take in the calm scenario before letting celestia decide his fate. He opened the door and gladly it was fluttershy. "So glad you're ok!" she exclaimed, embracing the dragon. Spike fell into the hug aswell, showing a complete display in front of rarity. She had her hooves cover her mouth, in complete awe of their interaction. "Hey, it's fine, you know explosions would never kill me" spike said while letting go of her for a second. This made her chuckle and when she let go, she finally noticed rarity in the room. "Rarity….. Hi" fluttershy said dismissively, spike noticed the tone in her answer and was slightly confused. "Fluttershy!, it's been too long!" rarity exclaimed, making her way towards her. This same dismissiveness was apparent in the hug they shared as well. Spike had a feeling what was going on but that'll be for when she leaves. "Anyway, i should be going, i'll be here for a couple days at an inn, that should give us time to get together" rarity said, spike and fluttershy nodded in reply. Rarity chuckled and got up from her seat, making her way out the door. "You two are already in sync, so cute!" rarity exclaimed, this made both spike and her blush. As they waved her goodbye, fluttershy was looking down on the floor already. Instantly spike knew the problem "damn, i should have went to her first!" spike thought to himself. He looked at her, knowing exactly what to say "fluttershy, look….." spike was about to say but then fluttershy interacted "i know, don't worry about it" she followed that up with a smile. Spike returned her smile with his own. "Then why did you seem….how would i put it…..dismissive" spike replied. Fluttershy was silent, she needed time to really think about her answer to this question. Then she look at the dragon in front, the one she grew to care for, the memory of that day started flowing back and she had her answer "I feel…. she's tone deaf" she replied, spike was confused but then she elaborated "Why would you fresh from denying someone's affection days ago, offer them a job to be even closer to that mare and her coltfriend?" she asked, it was more of rhetorical question then anything. "Because, you' expected to….. Nevermind, that was years ago, no need to rehash that, don't let that effect….." before spike could finish his sentence, fluttershy interjected "i'm sorry but your we're really hurt that day and the entire pre celebration before that, it was abnormal for you and it hurt to see you like that!" . Her being able to openly criticize her isn't something new to hear but this felt passionate. "I…. i didn't know you felt….." spike could even finish his sentence, the shock was still on him from what she just expressed to him. "Could i be tone deaf…. Aswell?" spike thought to himself. Those day after he got rejected, he ignored everyone, the world felt like nothing to him. "Look, that was years ago, if i'm ok with her, then maybe things should change with how you think of her" spike said, fluttershy looked as if she was battling herself for an answer "ok, if that's how you feel, we were friends before" she replied, he nodded and before fluttershy went for the door she paused and looked at spike. "Hey…. we had some unfinished businesses…." before spike even had the chance to say anything in response to that, she pecked him on the cheek. Spike looked away, trying to hide his embarrassment from the sudden show of affection. "Well… uh…" words were not something currently mastered in his head at the moment. Fluttershy chuckled and replied "i'll see you tomorrow spike, if that's ok?". Spike turned to her and replied "uh yeah, of course". She waved him goodbye and the second guest that came to the house, left. Spike was about to close the door but he saw something moving around in a bush next to the treehouse. He had an idea who it was but before he approached the bush, he made sure fluttershy and rarity we're far enough away. "Was she in there the entire time?" he thought to himself before the creature in the bush revealed herself covertly.
Spike let trixie inside and she shook the little bit of dirt that she had on her mane off. "Hey!, watch where you're shaking!" spike exclaimed, while dirt was flying on him. Trixie chuckled and made her way to a seat in the living room. Spike took a seat as well and asked trixie "everything turned out alright with the store?" spike asked, trixie nodded and replied "managed to get the place clean, boss didn't even come around today". Spike shrugged, especially for the type of store he saw, a traveling store owner seems common. "What about you?' trixie asked, spike in confusion, replied with his own question "what about me?". "Homicidal rarity, keeping cooler heads between her and you marefriend" trixie said in a no duh kind of way. "Well… they'll resolve themselves, honestly i should be hands off with that one" spike replied, trixie nodded, "this dragon is crazy!" she thought to herself. Why wouldn't any colt or whoever else would be put into his kind of situation not be considering that an issue. Spike then groaned and facepalmed, remembering something important "crap!, i forgot about work tommo…" right in the middle of his sentence, a light bulb lit in his head. "Trixie!, i just thought of an idea!" spike exclaimed, trixie was confused at the drake's out of nowhere excitement but she followed along anyways. "My job is pretty simple, i get payed to move things for people, it's not official but i still get payed…" spike explained, trixie had an idea with where he was going but she still let him continue. "Work with me, you could get you name out more as a civil servant" spike proposed, this lead to trixie voicing a couple concerns. "First, i already have a job with a good friend. Second, wouldn't adding me to the team be a risk to the business?" trixie finished. The first concern was a valid one but the second one was something he wasn't really concerned about. "Ok, how about this, come with me on some of my jobs, nowhere near full time" spike replied. Trixie liked the proposal and if this was the closest she'll get to having a connection to the town."But….. what about the second concern?" trixie asked. Spike shrugged his shoulders and replied "just because people don't trust you, doesn't mean the same for me, it'll just take a recommendation from me". This was another solid point, maybe this idea could benefit her more. Before she was about to deny the drake, something stopped this from happening, this voice in her head "Take a chance!". It was almost like a call for action, this call made her smirk and reply "ok, yeah, let's do it!" she exclaimed, now it was the mare's turn for an unexpected burst in energy. Spike smiled and nodded, he looked towards the window and saw the darkened sky. "Night already?" spike thought to himself, this day really flew by with all the events that preceded it. However, the seemingly hectic nature of the day didn't discourage the drake, it fueled his fire to get up for the next one. "Alright, i'm heading to sleep" spike said to trixie, she nodded and made her way upstairs. As she was making her way upstairs, she saw spike just curling up next to the furnace. He could have told her to do that, but she has a full room with a cushion and mini closet. Then it hit her, the answer to a question that fluttershy asked her before about if he had an effect to her. "That kindness, the genuine kindness of a new friend, who asks for nothing in return. Inspires me to keep moving" she thought, finally having an answer to her question. "But is that… right, nothing in return?" she quietly asked herself, going into her room, with that thought plaguing her mind.
Author's note: Wew!,That was long, so i'm going to keep this note short. The next chapter is gonna take a little bit longer than a day to finish, so follow the story for when that time comes. Reviews are always appreciated, thank you once again for reading and i'll see you next time :)