And here's another one! I'm excited about this next idea...
What if Spike was the older brother?
I think this could produce some cute ideas, so here we go!
On with the story!
Chapter 2: Spike; #1 Big Brother!
It was any other day in the castle of friendship, it was very quiet, and peaceful around. However the sound of a child giggling was breaking the silence.
A green and purple dragon was running around the castle, giggling, And I was chasing after him. "Wooooo!" He exclaimed as he ran.
"Maverick! Slow down! I promised Twilight I'd keep a close eye on you!" I yelled back. Ugh, being an older brother is hard...
Regardless of my protests, the young dragon kept on running, as energetic as ever. "Maveriiiiick!" I exclaimed. "You're just a hatchling! You can't keep running off!" I began to raise my voice in frustration as I chased him. After about a few more minutes of running, I was fed up, I had enough. I took a deep breath and mustered up my voice as I began yelling. "MAVERICK! STOP RUNNING THIS INSTANT!" Honestly, I was the loudest I had ever been. Thankfully, Maverick stopped dead in his tracks, completely frozen. I slowly approached him and turned him around to face me. "Maverick, when I tell you to do something, you NEED to listen to me! I'm your older brother, and right now you're my responsibility!"
"B...But..." He began to speak, but I stopped him.
"No buts! If you get hurt, I won't hear the end of it from Twilight, that's why I need you to do this for me... Please..."
"That's not fair though! I thought you would be cool and let me do what I want!"
"Maverick, why would i let you do whatever you want?! That's a dumb idea to begin with!" I folded my arms.
"Because you're my brother..."
"Just because I'm your brother, doesn't mean I'd let you do anything without getting angry!"
Maverick folded his arms and puffed up his cheeks, giving me an intense pouty face.
"I'm sorry, but it's for your own good!" I exclaimed, frowning a little. "Now come on, it's time for your lessons." I said, taking Mavericks hand and walking to the library.
"But Spiiiiike! I don't waaannaaaa!" He exclaimed, trying to get away.
"Just because you don't want to, doesn't mean you don't have to..." Maverick kept on whining the whole way to the library, it was honestly giving me a bit of a headache, but I powered through. Twilight trusted me with this, I'm not letting her down!
I had sat down with Maverick sitting in front of me, I started setting a few things down for him to do. For educational purposes of course.
"Now, tell me what these are Maverick." I said, showing him a few animal pictures.
Maverick sighed and looked at them, he took interest in the tiger first, he pointed at it and exclaimed. "Big kitty!" I fought off the urge to laugh. I mean... He isn't wrong, but I need to stay persistent...
"Come on Maverick, you know this..." I said, waiting for him to actually answer.
"...It's a tiger." Maverick answered properly, folding his arms and pouting. "you're no fun..." He said. That kind of hurt my feelings a little. But I need to stay strong...
For everything else, Maverick answered everything properly, though I could tell he was bored out of his mind. "Spiiiiike, this is boriiiiing!"
"Complaining won't change anything." I said, reaching into a box and pulling out a bunch cards for him. I showed him one that had a simple equation on it. "Alright Maverick, what's five plus two?" I asked. I could see Maverick thinking hard about this.
"...seven?"He guessed. I smiled and gave him a nod of approval as I showed him another equation.
"What about 3 plus 7?" I asked. Maverick started counting on his fingers.
"Ten." He answered confidently, smiling proudly to himself. I couldn't help but chuckle and nod.
"Good job Maverick." I said, we went through this process for a bit longer before finally stopping. "You're getting better at this, that's good."
"But it's so boriiiiing..."
I stood up and walked over to him, then I kneeled down to his eye level and put my hands on his shoulders. "Maverick, I thought the same thing when I was your age, but you know what happened? I still did it. Because it's important." He explained. "And since you did so well, why don't we go outside? I think you deserve it." I could see Mavericks eyes light up.
"Really?!" He asked in shock. I nodded and rubbed his head.
"Really really."
He jumped up to his feet and cheered, hopping around in excitement. "Yaaaay!" He exclaimed.
I laughed at the display and took his hand. "Come on, let's go." We both walked off and went outside.
I was now leading Maverick through town, keeping hold of his hand as we walked around. We passed by Sugar Cube Corner on our walk, and as I expected, Maverick started holding his freehand towards it.
"Spiiiiike, can we go to Sugar Cube Corner pleeeease?"He pleaded.
Honestly, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. I was about to say yes, but I mentally slapped myself, realizing that it was too late for Maverick to eat something sugary. I looked to him and shook my head
"No Maverick," I said, reaching into the bag I had brought with me as I pulled out a scroll that Twilight had given me, it was basically Mavericks schedule, what he should and shouldn't do or have at certain times, stuff like that. I unrolled it and began to read it. "According to the schedule that Twilight gave me, it's too late for sweets." I said. Despite it not being that late, I had to follow the schedule.
"But it's not even that late!" Maverick exclaimed. He's getting smart for a hatchling... I thought to myself.
"Maverick, no means no." I stated firmly, putting the scroll back. "I'm sorry, but it's what Twilight wrote."
Maverick folded his arms and pouted. Muttering something that I didn't quite catch, though I had a feeling it was him calling me something. "What was that...?" I asked, staring him down slightly a little. That might've been a mistake as Maverick recoiled a small bit.
"N-Nothing..." He said.
Come on Spike... Don't be so hard on him, he's only a hatchling... I thought to myself. I looked back over at Maverick and nodded. "Alright... Come on, I know where we can go." I said as I began to lead him elsewhere.
I eventually stopped at our destination, Carousel Boutique, I smiled to myself as I knocked on the door. Pretty soon, someone answered, it was Rarity. I could feel my heart flutter at the sight of her. "H-Hey Rarity..." I said. She was so beautiful... I felt a brief tug at my hand, causing me to look in that direction for a moment.
"Hey Spike? Is this that "beautiful mistress" you told me about?" My face instantly turned red upon hearing that, I whipped around towards Maverick and looked down at him.
"I-I n-never s-said that!" I yelled, clearly agitated by the comment. N-Now I see why Twilight said not to tell Maverick things, cause he has a tendency to repeat what he's heard...
I quickly turned back to Rarity and started apologizing profusely. "I-I'm SO sorry Rarity! I don't know why he said that!"
"No worries darling." She waved a hoof and turned her attention to Maverick. "You must be Maverick, Twilight has told me all about you."
"Are you one of Mama's friends?" He asked, and Rarity nodded in response.
I looked over at him and sighed. "Maverick... I thought you were told to call her Twilight..." I said. I didn't think there was a problem with Maverick calling Twilight 'Mama'. But she had her reservations. Guess she didn't feel that comfortable about it...
"But she takes care of me like a Mama, so she's Mama." He said back.
I gave another sigh and rolled my eyes, before looking back at Rarity. "Anyways, I came by to see if you needed anything Rarity." I said as I saluted to her
"Oh, that's quite alright Spike, I don't need any help at the moment... Besides, I couldn't possibly take up your offer considering you're also watching your little brother. I wouldn't wanna overwork you."
"Oh Rarity, you're too kind..." I said, swooning just a little. Rarity looked behind me and raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Umm, Spike? Where's your brother?"
"Oh! He's right-" I turned around and saw that Maverick was gone. "Behind... me..." I immediately started panicking "Oh no, If Twilight finds out I lost Maverick, I'm DEAD!" I exclaimed, I turned back to Rarity quickly. "I'll see you later! Bye!" I said quickly before running off. "Maverick! Where are you?!" I shouted.
A few minutes passed by and i still running around looking for Maverick, I didn't know WHERE he could be! I kept looking around frantically, before my eyes eventually landed on a tree, I could see Maverick sitting on a branch and smiling. I immediately bolted over. "MAVERICK!" I yelled in anger, Maverick looked down at me and almost immediately started looking fearful, seeming to have noticed just how high up he was. My anger quickly turned into panic as I held my arms out for him. "J-Jump into my arms! I'll catch you!" I yelled.
"B-But it's so far d-down!" He exclaimed, whimpering slightly.
"Trust me!"
Maverick closed his eyes and pushed himself off the tree towards me, screaming as he fell. I jumped backwards and caught him like a ball, hugging him closely as I fell onto my back, I quickly got to my feet and looked him over. "Are you okay?!" I asked frantically. Maverick nodded a little, causing me to sigh in relief. Almost immediately, I went back to being angry. "What. Were. You. THINKING?! YOU COULD'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT!" I yelled, Maverick suddenly pulled his face into my chest and started crying. I calmed myself down and started rubbing his back. "Hey, Shhh... It's okay..."
"I-I'm sorry!" Maverick exclaimed, crying harder.
"Shhh..." I rocked him back n forth slowly, trying to calm him down. "Everything's okay now, your big brother is here for you..." Though try as I might, I couldn't calm the Maverick down... "I didn't think I'd have to resort to this..." I muttered, digging through the bag I had with one of my hands, looking for something. Thankfully, I found it. Mavericks pacifier... It was green, matching the color of his scales...
Twilight said to only use it if he REALLY needed calmed down... Guess she wants him to grow out of it... I thought to myself. I stuck the pacifier into Mavericks mouth and that calmed him down almost immediately, he started suckling on the pacifier, still sniffling every now and then.
"There we go..." I said, smiling softly at Maverick. "Now, let's head back home." I said as I began to walk back to the castle with Maverick, holding him close to me.
Thankfully Maverick stayed calm throughout the whole trip back, though any attempt i made to take his pacifier out resulted in whining and, in some cases crying...
As much as Twilight wants him to grow out of it... I don't think he's willing to yet... I thought to myself.
I started to take Maverick to his bed, but stopped myself. Right, there was one thing i nearly forgot. I started taking Maverick elsewhere, and... Well he knew exactly what was coming. He started squirming around and whining.
"Spike, nooooo!" He exclaimed.
"Maverick, you need to cooperate with me here..." I told him.
"But I'm a big dragon!"
"Says the dragon with the pacifier in his mouth..." I countered, smirking slightly.
"That's different!"
"Oh so you want to wake up in wet sheets then?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Maverick looked down and blushed.
"...no..." He said.
"Thought so." I took him to the bathroom and set him onto the floor, then i grabbed a diaper out from a cabinet.
Okay Spike... Just as Twilight taught you... I thought to myself. Blushing slightly upon remembering just how Twilight taught me to put a diaper on Maverick...
"Twilight, do you REALLY have to put it on ME?!"
"Maverick is asleep, so i can't use him to show you... It'll only be to teach you, and you won't be in it for very long... You DO wanna learn to take care of him, don't you?"
"Y-Yes, but! Ugh... Fine..."
Ugh, i still shudder just thinking about that... Regardless, I went and got everything i needed.
Since Maverick was still young, he couldn't exactly... Stay dry at night... And he was always really embarrassed by it, and really hated having to wear diapers again, even if it was only at night.
The process was... Long to say the least, Maverick was constantly squirming and whining about how he didn't wanna wear it. But I persisted, eventually getting the diaper on him. His face was incredibly red, which was pretty cute...
I then finally took Maverick to his bed and laid him in it, tucking him in slowly. "Need anything else?" I asked. Maverick just shook his head, he was already looking really tired. "Okay, but if you need anything, just come find me..." With that, I shut his lights off and turned his nightlight on, before slowly heading out and shutting his door. I slowly tiptoed away, letting out a sigh as he went to his own room. "Geez... I never knew how hard taking care of a hatchling was..." I muttered to myself.
Although... I wouldn't hate doing it again... I thought.
I flopped onto my bed in exhaustion, hoping to get some sleep, I slowly shut my eyes, only a few minutes passed, and before i could even attempt to fall asleep fully, I felt a little hand tugging on my tail. I slowly opened my eyes and looked at my tail to see Maverick, he looked scared.
"Spike? Can i sleep with you please?" He asked, twiddling his thumbs nervously.
"Alright... But why?" I asked. Maverick shifted a little and frowned.
"I...I'm scared... I don't wanna be alone..." He said in a meek voice.
"But you said earlier you didn't need anything..."
"I...I wanted you to think i was a big dragon..."
"Maverick... If you wanted to be with me tonight, you should've just said something... I won't think any less of you regardless..." I said to him, rubbing his head a little. Maverick nodded and slowly crawled into my bed with me, he snuggled in close and said.
"Goodnight, Spike..."
I smiled and hugged him close to me. "Goodnight, Maverick..." With that, we both shut our eyes and went to sleep.
And that was this chapter! Thank you guys for reading!
I honestly enjoyed writing this one, so i hope you guys enjoy reading it.
That's pretty much it for the authors notes.
This is Robert! Signing off!~