Hey, King Spike Rules here and here is the next chapter to the Crystal Couple. Now, before this chapter begins, I must warn you. This chapter will make Rarity look bad, but it will work out.
Chapter 2: Unequal Love..
After planning it out and making the reservations with Cadence, the day for them to board the train had come. But inside Twilight's library stood a confused Twilight as she watched a busy Spike pack a last few minute things in his suitcase and she just smiled softly as she stepped closer toward him.
"Spike, are you sure you should be doing this. I mean, your not even a model." Twilight said as she looked at him with a worried look on her face.
"I know, but Rarity needs my help and I'll help her, even if that means modeling her clothes." Spike sid with a smile as he closed his suitcase and then lifted it off his bed.
"Are you sure it's not because you have a crush on her?" Twilight asked as she did not bye his reasoning for helping Rarity, and after a few minutes of sweating and looking around nervously, Spike answered her.
"Alright, maybe that is a small reason. If I help her, then she might finally see me as something more then just a friend." Spike said in a dreamy state.
"Spike, she could just be using your fame in the Crystal Empire to make other ponies to like her outfits better." Twilight said in a calm tone as she looked at Spike with concern look on her face.
"Oh Twilight, do you really think Rarity would do something like that?" Spike asked with a slight chuckle to his voice has he walked past Twilight and gave her a kiss on the cheek before he walked past her, Leaving a worried Twilight to chuckle slightly as she turned and followed him down the stairs.
Twenty minutes later, Spike and Twilight had finally arrived the train station, and saw the other Mane Six on the platform. Rarity was dress in her in normal out fit and she had nearly twelve suitcases around them.
"Oh, your finally here, Darling." Rarity said as she walked up and hugged Twilight, who hugged her back half heartedly. After that, she turn to see Spike with arms stretched out and she said, "Oh, Spike. Would you be a dear and put my stuff in our private car?"
"Umm, Sure." Spike said with a slight disappointed tone as he walked past the two mares and began to pick up her suitcases. As he was doing this, the others watched him and did not look pleased at what they saw.
"She could not even give him a hug?" Applejack asked out loud to the others.
"Apparently." Dash answered her as the two looked at each other and then began to help the poor dragon with his work. As this was going on, Twilight and Rarity watched them from the other side of the platform, and finally Twilight spoke up.
"umm, Rarity, could I talk to you in private?" Twilight asked in a calm tone.
"Oh, sure thing darling. Just be quick fore the trains going to leave soon." Rarity said as she turned with Twilight and walked a could feet away from the platform. After a minute or so, the duo were out of ear shot and sight from the others. And it was then that Twilight grabbed Rarity by the shirt and pushed her against the wall.
"Now lesson closely to me. We both know your not taking Spike , 'just to model', and you know how he feels about you. So, I'm going to warn you just once, if Spike returns with a broken heart, I WILL BREAK YOU." Twilight said in a strict tone as she stared into Rarity's eyes, who gulped from the threat and calmly tried to reinsure her friend.
"Now, Twilight. Darling. I would never use Spike's feelings for me to..." she was cut off by Twilight getting right into her face and gave her a death glare.
"Please don't act like I'm stupid. Treat him right, or else. Understand?" Twilight said and waited a few minutes until Rarity slowly nodded. After that, Twilight got out of her face and straightened up Rarity's outfit as she turned her around and said, "Now, we don't want you to miss your train. Do we?" And with that. the duo walked back onto the platform as Spike, Applejack, and Dash put the last suitcases on the train.
Once the train took off, Rarity and Spike walked to the last car in the train and were shock at what they saw when they finally arrived. The car was huge with two large, comfy chairs around an expensive wooden table. A large t.v. with a small frige near the king sized bed in the very center of the room.
"Wow, this stuff looks great." Spike said with a smile as he plopped down one of the chairs and took a ruby from a large bowl in the center of the of the wood table.
"Spike, what are you doing?" Rarity asked in an upset tone as crosses her arms in front of her.
"Umm, relaxing?" Spike said with a confused look on his face as he was not sure what he did that upsetted her.
"Well, don't eat those. They gave us these gems as gifts and are just going to eat them?" Rarity asked.
"Well, they did put this sign that reads. "For the Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious"." Spike said as he pointed to a note in front of the bowl.
"Well, fine." Rarity said as she walked past the table and sat on the bed as she stared to remove her boots. Once they were off, she began rub them and groaned on how sore they were.
"I could help with that?" Spike said as he looked at the mare sitting on the bed and she smiled back at him.
"Oh, would you Darling?" Rarity said as she put her foot out towards Spike, who got out of his seat and walked over to her. And then he dropped to his knees and began to massage Rarity's sore feet.
A couple of hours had passed since getting on the train and Spike was walking down the hall of the train as he arrived at their door with a large tray of food. He tried to reach for the door, but could not reach it with the tray in hand and so he knocked with the spade tip of his tail against the door.
"Rarity, could please open the door?" Spike asked as he tried to keep from dropping their meals and with in a few seconds, the door opened to reveal a green mask wearing Rarity as her hair was wrapped around in a towel.
"Oh, there you are Spike. Did they have them?" Rarity asked as she looked at his tray of food.
"Yep, and I got me some snacks." Spike said with a smile as he walked past her and placed the tray on the table. After placing it, he reached into it and pulled out a small bag of something.
"Oh, thank you Spike." Rarity said as she reached into the bag Spike gave her and pulled out a small, black mushroom. Once it was out, she screamed in glee as she ran into back into the bath room as Spike began to enjoy his own meal. After eating nearly the whole tray, Spike laid on the bed and began to rest his eyes. That was, until he suddenly heard Rarity's voice.
"Spike, what are you doing?" she asked as she walked out of the back and saw him.
"Umm, getting ready to sleep?" Spike answered in a confused tone.
"But we can't share a bed and a true gentlecolt would give the bed to a lady," Rarity said as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Wait, then how am I laying in here?" Spike asked as he was not sure if he liked how the whole thing was going so far.
"Oh, I arranged for you to have the booth nearest here." Rarity said with a smile as she looks sweetly into his eyes. Spike wanted to say something, but the way she looked at him just made him give as he stood up and grabbed a blanket as he walked out of the room with E=Rarity closing the door behind him.
It was early the next morning as Celestia's sun was just beginning to rise over the snowy fields of the far north as the train sowed over the tracks as it closer to the green fields that signaled the entering of the Crystal Empire. On the train, Spike was snoring away as he slept peacefully in a small bed. As he slept, he dreamt about starting a family with Rarity and enjoying a nice life in Ponyville.
"Spikey, time to wake up." Spike heard as he danced happily with dream Rarity and he ignored it. That was until his blanket was suddenly pulled from him and he was shocked awake. As he opened his tiered eyes and laid them upon Rarity dressed ina white robe with faux purple fur on the rim and wrists.
"Oh, what time is it?" Spike asked in a groan as he sat up and hit his head on the low hanging ceiling of the buck he was sleeping on.
"Early, but we must get started." Rarity said with a smile on her face.
"On what?' Spike asked as he was unsure of what was needed that could not have awaited until later.
"We need to get my out fit picked out and make sure my make-up is just right before we arrive at the Crystal Empire." Rarity said with a smile still on her face as she did a dramatic pose.
"But it is so early." Spike groaned as he looked at her with tired eyes and rubbed them as he let out a long yarn to follow it.
"Oh, but Spike. We must look our best if we want to make a great impression on the others there." Rarity then took a pause to look at Spike before she added with a shock look on her face, "'Gasp' Don't tell me you don't want me to look my best?"
"Oh, of course not. I always think you look great." Spike said with a big smile as he tried to comfort her as best he could.
"Great, now lets get started." Rarity said as she turned and headed back to her care with Spike following with a groan in his voice as he stretched out his arms and yarned as he closed the door behind him. And so, Spike spent the next few hours helping Rarity to pick out her outfit and make-up, all the while getting a crash course of the does and don't of the elite fashion someponies. after finally feeling great of her outfit and make-up, the train's whistle blow and it pulled into the station.
"Oh, goody. Spike, be a dear and get my bags?" Rarity asked as she turned and headed towards the door s a tired Spike stood up and walked over to a pile of suitcases near the far end of the room.
As the train puled into the station, a mob of crystal ponies of all ages and types crowded the platform as they had been waiting for this train, and one passenger in particular was what they were hoping top get a view of. As the train stopped and the doors began to open, the mob of ponies tried to charge forward in hopes of getting a picture of their hero. They would hve hurt many ponies, if it were not for the guards standing by to keep them at bay as the passengers quickly ran from the mob.
"Hurry, we most get Spike out of here." Shining Armor said as his men tried to keep the ponies at bay as he entered the train and looked around for any sigh of some pony to get past his men. When he didn't, he walked down the hall and arrived at the private car he and Cadence had arranged for Spike and Rarity. Once he was in front of it, he quickly knocked on the door and it was opened quickly by Rarity.
"Oh, Shining Armor. I didn't expect to see you so soon." Rarity said with a smile as she turned to allow the stallion in.
"Yes, well. I need to make sure Spike made it to the castle in one piece..." Shining Armor paused for a moment as he looked at Spike trying to carry six bags with two in claw, two under his arms, and two balanced on his back.
"Hey...Bro...How's Cadence?" Spike asked as he strained himself to try and keep the suitcases from not fallen. Shining Armor looked at Spike and then a t Rarity for a few seconds before turning back to Spike with an annoyed look on his face as he focused his magic into his horn.
"Hold on." Shining Armor said as his magic glowed brighter and with in seconds, a large ball of bright light expanded to fill the whole room and the trio vanished from the room along with the suitcases.
TBC.
Well, that was it for this chapter. I'm sorry for it being a little short, but I'm still feeling the lost form my great uncles and aunt. But I would also like to thank people for their support in my troubling times. Next up will introduce my oc that will be Rarity's rival. But that is after Saint's Row next chapter. So, please read and review.