Hello, King Spike Rules here and here is the next chapter to the fic, Heating. I won't give out what happens in the chapter for I feels it can ruin a plot twist and tender moment. Please enjoy, and leave review since it's my Birthday Thursday and reviews will help me make the story better. Thust, make the birthday a happy one.
Chapter 2: Buried Moment.
The four mare looked on in horror as they had just watched a large snowball crash into a pair of forts with two of the friends were trapped and now they were both buried in the snow as a cloud of dust like snow showered the area. As they continued to stare on in horror and feared for their friends well being, loud laughter could be heard from on top of the pile of snow as Rainbow Dash laid on the pile holding her sides while she was laughing out loud from what had did.
"Oh, yeah." she said in unknowing glee as she held her sides and continued to laugh as hard as she could as she continued in her gloating, "That was an end all move huh?" As she continued to laugh at her actions, the others looked from the pile to the laying friend and they each got a glare as Twilight used her magic to lift Dash from the pile and floated her down towards them.
"Dash, WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA WERE YOU THINKING!?" Twilight screamed at Dash, who was shocked and confused at why all of them were so mad and wondered why they were giving them glares for the snowball attack.
"What's got you guys all in a huff?" Dash asked as she looked at them confused as to what they were all worked up about and tried to free herself form Twilight's magic as they looked at her for a few moments before Applejack put her hand on Twilight's shoulder.
"Twi, you need to let her go." she said as Twilight turned to look at her in shock as Applejack kept a stern face as she continued, "She did not mean to do it and we are wasting presses time being all mad at her." Twilight looked at Applejack for a few moments before taking a deep breath and released Dash as she realized Applejack was right.
"What happened?" Dash asked as she sat in the snow and looked up at them as she wanted to know what got into them and mad at her.
"Your snowball stunt buried Pinkie and Spike alive in the forts." Applejack answered her and Dash's eyes widen in shock as she looked at her feet before looked behind her at all of the snow that was now covering their friends. It only took Dash seconds to grasp what she had done and she looked at the others with a look of sorrow.
"I didn't mean to do that guy, honest." she said as the other looked at her as she hung her head in shame and waited for my yelling. But what she got was Applejack grabbing her arm and pulled her to her feet.
"We know, but right now is no time for a pity party." Applejack said as Dash looked at her for a moment before nodding and she then turned to look at the others as she said, "We should get started on digging since we don't know if their okay or hurt." They all nodded and began to start digging up the snow that was around where their friends were while Twilight looked at her watch before turning the look at her friends hard at work.
"I just hope we can get to them before it's too late for Spike" she said to herself with a hard sigh before she walked over to them and started to use her magic to help keep them safe as they dug deeper into the snow.
Darkness, that is all Spike could see as he felt cold, sore, and tired all at once as he slowly opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly lit area as he sat up. It was then that he saw they were inside the basement part of Applejack's fort, which shocked him slightly at the fact she had time and wanted to put the effort in making a basement in a snow fort. As he looked around the area, he could see chairs and other thinks made of snow, which added to Spike's shock.
"When Applejack makes a fort, she makes a fort." Spike said as he continued to look around the basement as he tried to see if he could see any day light, but let out a sigh when it was clear he could not fine any hole from where they were.
"Ummm, what happened?" Spike heard a familiar voice from under him and his smile widen as he knew he was not alone in the snow as he remembered what he had done moments ago.
"Pinkie, i'm so glad your o..." Spike began to say as he looked down at her with a big smile on his face, but it vanished as he saw that one of his hands was firmly against her right breast. Spike quickly pulled his hand away and turned away as he hoped Pinkie saw him turn away from him and looked confused as she sat up while holding her head.
"Spike, is everything alright?" Pinkie asked him as she looked at him and wondered why he had his back to her, but she quickly forgot that as she remembered what had happened and she franticly looked around the room they were in as she asked, "Have you found a way out of here yet?"
"No, there's no light in view and digging up could cause a cave in." Spike said as he looked back up at the ceiling and began to hope that the others were on the way as he looked at his watch. This did not go unnoticed by Pinkie as she looked at him for a few moments while cocking her head to the side as she looked at him for a little bit longer then normal as she began to blush. "Pinkie, you okay?" Spike asked as he turned to look at her and held his hand as he was still blushing.
"Ummmm, yeah. I-I'm fine." she said still blushing as she looked at him and smiled as she looked down at the snowy floor as she had a thought on why Spike was holding his hand, and she really wished she was awake to have felt his touch. After a few moments of looking at her, Spike noticed her blush and looked at her curies.
"Hey Pinkie. You feeling okay?" Spike asked as he saw her red face and was worried about her health as she looked back at him confused at his question as she put her hand to her face, and instantly realized what he meant by his question.
"O-oh, yes. I'm fine." she said as she looked at him and gave him a big smile, which Spike happily returned as he looked back at the watch in on his wrist before starting to stare at the ceiling once again as he let out a slight shiver.
Back on the surface, the ground of mares have set up a set plan to try and dig out their friends with Dash and Applejack leading the digging as Fluttershy helped with the back cleared for more snow, and Twilight and Rarity worked on keeping the area on the sides from collapsing onto them as they worked. They had been working for nearly two hours, and it showed as Dash and Applejack were now moving slowly as the cold was getting to them.
"D-Dash. Y-y-y-you need a-a-a rest?" Applejack asked as she looked at her and smiled as she was shaking slightly from the cold as he hands were red from the snow, and was stinging heavily from having touched it for so long with out gloves.
"N-n-n-no, y-y-you?" she asked her back with the same smile on her face as she was also shivering from the snow on her hands and held them close to her as she was fighting any pain coming from this since it was her mistake that had caused this. The duo continued to look at each other and shiver as Twilight had noticed they had stopped working.
"Hey, you two alright?" she asked them as she looked over at them and her eyes widen as she saw their hands were beat red. She turned to Rarity and saw she was struggling to keep her side of the snow from falling into the others, and then she turned to Fluttershy, who was also shivering from using her body to keep the snow from clear of the end. Seeing all of her friends mad Twilight let out a long sigh and close her eyes for a few moments before opening them as she said, "Girl's we need to rest." Hearing those word escape from Twilight's lips shocked them as they turned to look at her for a few moments and then at each other before any of them said anything.
"N-no T-T-Twilight. W-w-we fine." Dash said as she and Applejack gave her a fake smile on their faces as tried to reinsure her they could continued, but Twilight was not buying it as she looked at the all of them once again.
"I know we need to hurry, the spell on Spike only has a few more hours to work on him." she paused as she let another long sigh as she continued, "But we need to rest and warm up if we want to really help him." The other's looked at her for a few seconds as they soaked in what she said and soon realized she was right in them needing to keep warm if they wanted to help their friends.
"My house is just over there, we can rest darlings." Rarity said as she pointed to her building being only a few feet from them.
"But what about the area?" Fluttershy asked as they all looked around the area and how far they had dug up, and began to fear that something could happen to their progress. Twilight suddenly had a thought and smiled as she began to focus her magic on the area, and then a large dome appeared around it.
"There, it's safe." Twilight said smiling as she turned to look back at her friends as she continued, "We can take a thirty minute break to warm up and get our heads clear." The others smiled back and nod as they headed towards Rarity's, still knowing there is a lot ahead of them to save their friends.
It had been over two hours after they had gotten buried, and both Spike and Pinkie were starting to get bored as she was laying on the basement floor relaxing as Spike was pacing back and forth on the floor as he was starting to get worried. He knew the others would be working their hands to the bones to get to them, but he knew it was a big snowball that was dropped on them and he remembered a part of the spell that was very troubling in that there was a way for the spell to ware off faster. As he was pacing back and forth with his mind on a plan to help them get out, he was also trying to keep himself warm as Pinkie turned her head to look at him.
"Spikey, your ware yourself out if you don't sit down and rest a little." Pinkie said with a caring smile on her face as she looked over at him and he looked back at her before blush appeared on both of their face, but Spike never noticed Pinkie's blush as he turned his head away from her and stuttered a little as he tried to get his mind clear of any dirty thoughts.
"Ummmm, N-no Pinkie. I'm fine." Spike said as he continued to try and hide his blush with his pacing around the basement floor as Pinkie sat up from her spot while she stared at him for a few moment.
"Spike, are you okay?" She asked as she looked at him and could see that he seamed to be slowing down in his pacing, and then noticed he let out a light shiver for a few seconds while also a slight stutter when he said he was fine just moments ago.
"Y-yeah, w-why do you ask?" Spike asked as he stopped in his pacing and turned to look at her as he gave her a nerves smile while she looked at him with a curies expression on her face.
"You seam to be getting slower and you just stuttered twice." she explained as Spike looked at her confused at where her concern was really coming from as she continued, "And you look flush to me." This statement was what helped Spike realize what she meant by everything she had just said and let out a loud sigh as he gave her another smile.
"Sorry Pinkie, I'm really am fine. I was just nerves." Spike said he continued to smile at her and secretly hoped she would not press for any more info as he really didn't want to tell her what happened.
"Nerves about what?" she asked him as she cocked her head to the side and gave him a cute expression, which made Spike blush bright red and gulped as he really didn't was to have to tell her. But as she looked at him and the more he looked into her blue eyes, the more he started to want to tell her what had happened. Spike quickly shook his head violently, which startled Pinkie as she asked, "What's wrong?"
"N-nothing really Pinkie. It's j-just ummmm, well..." Spike got even more nerves as he tried to figure out a way to tell her what had happened when she was out clod without her getting upset for what he had done. He looked at her and saw a sweet smile spread across her face and this made him feel better, but he still wanted to make sure everything was going to be okay as he asked, "C-can you promise me you will still be my friend after what I tell you?" Pinkie was taken aback from his question and began to be come even more nerves then maybe Spike as she sat straight up on the floor.
"I'll give you a Pinkie Promise." she said smiling as she lifted her hand up and began to speak, "I promise we'll be friends. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Hearing her say and see Pinkie do these things made Spike feel even better as he closed his eyes, and let out a loud exhale before he opened his eyes.
"I-I accidently grabbed your chest while when I woke up from our fall." Spike said as blushed covered his face and her looked down to the floor as he did not want to see Pinkie's face from his confession as the room filled with a long silence.
TBC.
There it is, the end of chapter two of Heating. I hope you enjoyed reading it and really hope you leave reviews, they help me make the story better. Also, I have an announcement. After this story will be my first Spike/Applejack fic and then I will go on a break from this to focus on Dragon Guardian. I'm sorry for you love fans, but I want my calendar free for the summer and the prequel, which will be AWESOME. Also, vote for which anime will take over for my action fic after Dragon Guardian.