Day Seven Spwinkity

"Pinkie!" Said Twilight as she tighter the last bolt on her trap. "Where is my wrench?"

"Right here Twilight!" Said Pinkie.

"There! What do you think?" Asked Twilight, standing back and smiling.

"It's very…unique?" Said Pinkie. She wanted to make Twilight happy but she felt that even if there was an imp, it wouldn't be stupid enough to fall into this trap. "How are we going to get the imp into the box?" Pinkie asked.

Twilight frowned. "It's not a box! It's an imp trap and it's very simple! The imp is walking by, it hears the doll we have as bait whine, walks up to enjoy, we pull the rope, the peach juice net will catche him. Simple as that!"

"That doesn't sound very simple Twilight." Said Pinkie unconvinced.

"You'll see. Trust me! This will work!" Said Twilight.

They hid behind some bushes and waited. Twilight had put a spell on the doll to whine until lifted. The shrill wails of the doll pierced the air. And then, just when Pinkie was about to tell Twilight maybe they should head back home, they heard a noise.

"Oh my! What a deliciously awful sound!"

"It's the imp!" Twilight yelled. She yanked on the rope and the net went up with a great big SWOOSH. She jumped up and down with glee. "I caught the imp! I caught the imp! I caught the…Discord!"

The draconequus squirmed around in his net, trying to make himself comfortable. "Why hello Twilight. Just because you're a princess doesn't mean you can just go around trapping the fair folk of Ponyville."

"I don't have time for this!" Twilight screamed. The net dropped down and Discord got up, brushing off the dust on his paw and claw.

"Well somepony got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Said Discord as he looked at Twilight and smirked. "What are you doing? Is something dangerous on the loose?" He looked around excited and with a look of expectancy on his face.

"If you must know I'm trying to find a creature that's terrorizing my friends. And if you know what's good for you than you'll stay out of my way!"

"But that's just the thing! I do know what's good for me! Helping a friend is what good friends do for each other. What are you looking for anyway?"

Twilight glared at Discord. "Come on Twilight! Maybe Discord knows something about the imp!" Said Pinkie Pie excitedly.

"What imp?" Discord asked, looking curious.

"There is a Vexation Imp lose in Ponyville Discord." Said Twilight grudgingly. "I read about it in a book I found in the library. It is causing my friends a lot of stress and it must be stopped." She looked at Discord expectantly. He looked at her. His lip twitched. He moved his paw over it so they couldn't see. "Something funny?" Twilight asked. "This is no laughing matter. My friends could hate each other if this continues." And with that Discord collapsed on the ground and positively screamed with mirth. "What is it?" Twilight yelled, finally losing her patience.

"There's no such thing as an Vexation Imp!" Discord choked out, trying to regain himself. He tried to pull himself up but couldn't stop laughing long enough to do literally fell to pieces in front of them.

"Yes there is! I read about it in–"

"My book." Discord said, finally pulling himself together.

"Your what?" Twilight asked angrily.

"My book of course! When I ate the pages in the books from your library I felt simply dreadful. So I added a few of my own. I left my own copy of Creatures Of Equestria." He snapped his paw and the book poofed into existence. "Didn't you look at the rest of the book?" He asked with a sly smile. Twilight looked down at the pages in disbelief. There was the page about unicorns described as a type of juggling poodle, the Pegasus page was taken up by a large picture of a platypus, and the dragon page was nothing but a shaky doodle of Spike with Discord's name in the corner to sign the work. There was even an about the author section with a picture of Discord in a bow tie.

"But…but…my friends…my friends have been acting strange and–"

"Well if you have strange friends that's no concern nor fault of mine." Said Discord as he juggled his legs. "Now if you excuse me, I was in the middle of creat–watching some excellent chaos when your delightful doll lured me here." And with that he proofed away.

Twilight turned to Pinkie. "I don't understand! I know there's an imp. You said Fluttershy told you about them." Pinkie looked down at her hooves. "You were telling the truth right Pinkie?" She asked.

"Well I might of stretched the truth just a little." Said Pinkie.

"Why would you do that?" Asked Twilight.

Pinkie gulped. "Well I didn't want to hurt your feelings!" She blurted. "You were so sure that there was an imp, it seemed a shame to let you down."

Twilight collapsed on the ground. "You mean I've been running around turning Ponyville on its head and driving myself crazy for nothing!"

"Yep." Said Pinkie Pie.

"And that's all I can remember." Said Twilight. "I'm sorry I put you through all those tests Spike. I was just trying to help you."

"That's okay." Said Spike. "I was acting weird all week."

"Do you want to get something to eat?" Asked Twilight. "The others are having lunch if you want to join."

"I guess i'll come." Said Spike. "Where is it?"

"Some cafe in town." Said Twilight.

Twilight and Spike arrived at the cafe a few minutes later. With a pang Spike saw it was the cafe he had gone on his dates with Rarity. The others were already there. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were all sitting down at a table and looking up expectantly.

"Howdy Twi." Said Applejack. "Pull up a seat partner!"

"We already ordered. I hope that's okay." Said Fluttershy nervously.

"Hey! They were late fair and square!" Said Rainbow Dash.

"I'm sorry but Rainbow Dash insisted." said Fluttershy. Spike felt as if there was a little too much sympathy in Fluttershy's eyes for just ordering first.

"Here. Sit by me Spike." Said Fluttershy.

"Okay?" Said Spike with a puzzled look on his face.

"Well." Said Twilight. "Now that we're all here we can eat."

"I think we're still one pony short." Said Rainbow Dash. "Where's Rarity?"

There was an awkward pause. Spike, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, And Fluttershy all looked anywhere but at each other.

"Rarity told me she couldn't make it." Said Fluttershy after a little while. Everyone looked at her.

"Great! Than we can eat!" Said Rainbow Dash, not noticing anything. She immediately began eating. Applejack was not so quick though. She was the element of honesty. She could tell when somepony wasn't telling the truth. They ate in relative quiet afterwards. Except for occasional sounds from Rainbow Dash, the group were dead silent.

But just when Spike was about to comment on Rainbow Dash's table manners, he was interrupted.

"Excuse me for being so late." Everyone looked up. It was Rarity. They all stared at her. Spike quickly looked down. He didn't want her to see him. She quickly took the only remaining seat next to Rainbow Dash.

"Where in the hey have you been?" Said Rainbow Dash. "Are you the queen of being late or something?"

Rarity seemed to not be paying attention. She was far too concerned about Spike. She was looking at him with an intensity normally reserved for sewing. She desperately wanted to catch his eye. But he refused to look up. After ten awkward minutes of silence she had had enough.

"Spike can I talk to you in private for just a second?" Asked Rarity.

"I guess so." Spike said to his feet before getting up. He followed her to a little tree by the cafe. As soon as they stopped Rarity turned around.

"We need to talk." She said.

"About what?" Asked Spike, more aggressively than he felt and taking himself by surprise. "You made it pretty clear last night."

"I know." Said Rarity. She looked up at Spike with tears glistening in my eyes. He regretted being so harsh. "It was the biggest mistake of my life!" She sobbed.

"I'm sorry." Said Spike.

"It's not your fault Spike. You were just an innocent dragon carried away in the trap of a silly old mare."

"How ironic." Said Spike smiling. "Last time I was the one doing the carrying."

Rarity laughed softly and looked at Spike. "I don't know how I ever thought I could deny myself you."

"So does this mean that… that…" stammered Spike. "You're my girlfr–"

CRACK.

With a loud snap the branch above them came down and landed on the ground next to them with a loud CRASH. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight all disentangled themselves quickly from the branch and straightened up smiling nervously. Spike and Rarity looked at each other and then at their friends with an annoyed look. "And just what were you all doing up there?" Asked Rarity.

"I told them you would get mad but they wouldn't stop! I really tried!" Said Rainbow Dash quickly.

"It was your idea in the first place!" Said Applejack.

"I don't know about that. But it was Pinkie who said we should be on the same branch!" Rainbow Dash retorted.

"Well anyway we're sorry. We had no right to intrude on your privacy." Said Twilight apologetically.

"No you didn't!" Said Spike annoyed.

"So are we cool?" Asked Rainbow Dash. Rarity and Spike exchanged looks.

Rarity sighed. "We're…ugh…cool." She said.

"Great because we have something way more important than Applejack intruding on your privacy!" Said Rainbow Dash excitedly.

"Now wait just a gosh darn second!" Said Applejack angrily. "Spike and Rarity are boyfriend and girlfriend! Together! A package! Going steady! A couple! A–" continued Rainbow Dash, not noticing Applejack's interruption.

"If you recall we don't know that for sure." Said Twilight. "As I remember we interrupted."

The ponies all looked at Spike and Rarity, leaning in and smiling while doing so. "Don't worry. Just pretend we're not here." Said Pinkie Pie cheerfully.

Spike looked at Rarity and gulped. This was a lot harder with everypony right here. Just then, another pony joined the group.

"Hello Mrs. Cake!" Said Pinkie Pie.

"Hello Pinkie!" Said Mrs. Cake smiling. She was carrying a large cake shaped like a heart with the word "Hurray" in pink icing. "I've got the cake you asked for." Everyone looked at Pinkie.

"I might have ordered a "Hurray Spike and Rarity are going out now!" cake to celebrate." She said smiling.

"But you just found out." Said Rainbow Dash puzzledly.

"I was really fast!" said Pinkie Pie, winking at Spike. He rolled his eyes. Just then an arrow zoomed past Fluttershy's head and hit the tree above. Fluttershy screamed and hid behind Pinkie.

"Sorry Fluttershy!" Said Sweetie Belle as she galloped up. "I'm still working on my aim."

"Everybody STOP!" Shouted Rainbow Dash. "Rarity is about to tell Spike she'll be his girlfriend!" Everyone stopped talking and looked at Rarity and Spike again. Rarity stuttered. She looks at Spike, looking nervous and scared. She looked at her friends, all looking excited. She looked at her sister, looking as though she might explode with joy. "I…well…I…"

Sweetie Belle was really excited by this point. She was bouncing up and down as fast as she could. She jumped so high she lost her grip on her bow and arrow. THUMP. Her arrow went straight into the heart cake. Everyone looked at Sweetie Belle impatiently. Everyone except Rarity. She looked at the quivering arrow in the heart cake. It still said SR on it. She turned to Spike. "Spike. Will you do me the great honor of being your girlfriend?"

"Oh course I will." Said Spike calmly. A second of silence fell.

Then Pinkie Pie jumped into the air. "YES!" Everyone looked at her. "Sorry!" She said, smiling sheepishly.

"Well I think that we should give them a little privacy." Said Twilight.

"But…" said Sweetie Belle.

"As a princess I command you all to give them some privacy!" Said Twilight with authority.

"Thank you Twilight." Said Spike. All of the ponies cleared out one by one except for Pinkie Pie. She just stood there smiling at Spike and Rarity. "Um Pinkie Pie?" Said Spike.

"Yeah Spike?" Said Pinkie.

"You all means you too." Said Rarity.

"Right. Privacy. Sorry!" Said Pinkie. She turned and left her friends alone. Spike and Rarity turned back to each other.

"So what do you want to do now?" Asked Spike.

"How about we go to my shop and put the finishing touches on my dress?" Asked Rarity. Spike rolled his eyes. "Or maybe we could we have another picnic?" Said Rarity, noticing Spike's expression.

"That would be great." Spike said smiling. Rarity smiled down on him and kissed him. A block away, Pinkie looked through her binoculars and smiled.

"Pinkie Promise kept." She said. "I wonder if I can still have some of that cake."