Greetings. I am Vultarian01. Oops, did I say that the next chapter was going to be Rarity vs Applejack? My bad. Anyway you're not going to be seeing chapter 35 for a while because...V_V...I accidentally deleted it. This has happened to me before, but luckily I know it by memory. And don't panic because chapter 36 is still intact. But since I'm just getting back to college it'll probably be a while. Again, I'm sorry but hey, maybe I can improve chapter 35. Whatever, just get to the chapter. Danke.

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP or any of it's respective characters. NOR do I own episode titles, please don't sue me.

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Chapter 34

Meanwhile…

"I wonder what Twilight's doing right now…bet it beats having to deal with this," Spike thought to himself in fatigue.

"Spige! Cag I ged agodor disuse blease? I sound kige a sig persong agaig," requested Pinkie Pie.

Spike went over to Pinkie Pie's bedside to give her another tissue. Pinkie Pie took it and made a massive blow into the tissue before putting it in the garbage can next to her bed. "Thank Spike! I sounded funny for a sec there. Anyway, can you get me some more soup? My thirst must be quenched!"

"Sure Pinkie," said Spike as he left for the kitchen to make another bowl of chicken noodle soup for Pinkie Pie.

Another beautiful afternoon in Canterlot and Spike was stuck taking care of Pinkie Pie. Not that he minded taking care of Pinkie Pie. She's one of his, and Twilight's, closest friends in the whole world. He just wished he didn't half to do this as him being the bargain item of a bet. He loves his sister to death, but she can be really oblivious sometimes.

Pinkie Pie ended up calling him at 7 a.m. this morning to take care of her because the Cakes went out of town for a day and there was no one to take care of her. So Spike had to drag himself out of bed, get a face mask and vinyl gloves, and now has to wait on Pinkie Pie hand and foot for the rest of the day. Thank you so much, Twilight. Sister of the century you are.

After Spike had finished making Pinkie Pie's chicken noodle soup he headed back for her bedroom. He tried to keep his balance as he climbed up the stairs, keeping the soup bowl firmly gripped in his oven mitts. Once he reached the top of the stairs he stepped through an open door to enter Pinkie Pie's room. When Pinkie Pie rented this room its design was fairly simple with the walls and ceiling being white along with a plain, wooden floor. But Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie this wouldn't do. She had the walls colored, you guessed it, pale yellow (ha-ha, you thought I was going to say pink) and designed with small, red hearts rowed in a diagonal pattern. The floor kept to its dark brown wood, but had a noticeably large and fluffy, pink carpet in the shape of a circle. Still, the carpet was only one part of the room. In the center of the room was a bed. It was brown with the foot of the bed designed like any old bed, but the head of the bead was tall with a design of waves crashing into each other to form a heart. According to pinkie Pie, the room used to be filled with a ton of stuffed animals but she used them as the audience at the abandoned building. This left a lot of leg room for her. Spike had never actually been inside Pinkie Pie's room prior to this so the mondane-ish décor was a real surprise.

In the bed, lower body under the azure-colored covers, sat Pinkie Pie. She was in her blue and white night gown with her hair not as poufy as it usually is. Her face still had a smile on it, albeit weary, but you could see some of the mucus where she's been blowing her nose. Next to her bed was a trashcan filled with soiled tissues from the many hours of her blowing her nose. On her lap was a mini-table where her soup would await her.

Spike hurried over to Pinkie Pie and showed her the soup.

Pinkie Pie beamed her usual dimpled smile as the soup met her gaze. "Oooo! That looks GOOD!" Pinkie Pie cheered as Spike gently placed the soup on the mini-table. Pinkie Pie let the steam and smell of the soup hit her face before taking the spoon and scooping out some of the yumminess. Pinkie Pie gently blew on it and took a bite before quivering at the warmth flooding her body. "Mmmmmm…Delicious!"

Spike smirked from behind his face mask as he took off the oven mitts to reveal the vinyl gloves he had on. Pinkie Pie giggled at him for this.

Pinkie: "You don't need all that stuff, silly! My doctor said that my cold isn't contagious."

Spike blinked. "But Twilight-

Pinkie: "Don't worry, Spike. It'll be our little secret. Pinkie Promise!" Pinkie Pie said with a wink as she did the Pinkie Promise procedure.

Spike chuckled and nodded his head before proceeding to take his mask and gloves off.

Pinkie: "I just want to say again how super grateful I am that you're taking care of me! I know you probably had plans, but I'm still glad you got the time to hang out with me today!"

Spike: "Well, what are friends for?" said Spike, removing the mask and gloves to throw them away in another small garbage can. "By the way…how DID you catch a cold?"

Pinkie Pie furrowed her eyebrows and tapped her chin with a thoughtful smile. She remembered what happened like it was just yesterday…

*Flashback: Yesterday*

Pinkie: "TV!"

*"I DARE you to try and freeze yourself…"*

Pinkie Pie activates her serious face. "You're on!" Pinkie Pie shouts as she bolted for the Cakes' giant freezer.

*"…with our new and improved Road-O-Rama Antifreeze! A car's best buddy!"*

*Flashback Ends*

Pinkie Pie's smile turned into an embarrassed half-smile. "…reasons."

Spike shrugged and walked back over to Pinkie's bed, but not before pulling up a chair and taking a load off. Pinkie Pie continued to eat her soup for a while before she lit up, presumed to have an idea.

Pinkie: "Hey Spike, I just thought of something! You know what else other than soup help fight off this mean cold?"

Spike: "Um…rest-

Pinkie: "TV!" Pinkie Pie suddenly took out a remote and pointed it at her TV that stood on a cabinet against the wall in front of her bed. Pinkie Pie pressed the power button and flipped through the channels.

Spike: "Pinkie, I'm not sure if-

Pinkie: "OMG! IT'S ON!" Pinkie Pie shrilled which caused Spike to cover his ears.

*"…I used to wonder what friendship could be! My! Little! Ponyyyyy!….then you all shared its magic with me…"*

Spike stared in disgust at what was on the TV screen. "What…?"

Pinkie: "I know, right?! This show is SO COOL! It's about these colored ponies that go on all sorts of adventures-

Spike stopped her right there. He only heard a three second rundown of the show and he immediately knew this was way too girly for him. Not that he minded Pinkie Pie watching it, but he was a guy. And what guy would ever take a show like this seriously?! No way. Regardless, Spike suffered through it (not like he had a choice since he's essentially Pinkie Pie's slave for the evening). After about an hour the show finally went off which left both Pinkie Pie and Spike in silence…until Pinkie Pie quickly broke it.

Pinkie: "Wasn't that fun Spike?!" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly.

Spike tried to come up with the best response he could. "Yeah…"

Pinkie Pie slowly nodded her head. "Yeah…I wonder what the girls are doing. Are they at CCPW today?"

Spike rested his chin on the palm of his hand and sighed. "Yeah…

Pinkie Pie cocked her head with a frown. "Are you okay Spike? From my experience whenever a person only says 'yeah…', has their chin on their hand, sighs after watching a TV show with a friend with a cold who they are also taking care of at the fault of another sibling it usually means that they're down in the dumps…or just hungry, but I'm pretty sure it's the first one."

Spike gave her a curious look but shook it off. "Nah…it's not worth talking about."

Pinkie Pie's mouth dropped in shock. "NO WAY! There is No reason NOT to talk! Talking is so much fun! Just ask me how much fun it is!" said Pinkie Pie before putting on a more serious face. "Ask. Me. Spike."

Spike suddenly felt discomfort. "How fu-

Pinkie: "A LOT!" Pinkie Pie yelled before granting Spike another dose of her excessively girly giggling.

Spike blinked. "Right…well it's just that Twilight doesn't want me in CCPW."

Pinkie Pie's jaw dropped even further. "WHAT?! Why would Twilight do that?!

Spike: "She said that she's afraid I'll get hurt."

Pinkie Pie's jaw retracted into a confused expression. "Wait, I thought that's what wrestling was."

Spike grimaced. "It is, but I can take it! If Twilight can take it then I sure as he-…heck can too! She also says that I would feel awkward wrestling girls-

Pinkie: "I can see why." Pinkie Pie said abruptly.

Spike's eyes widened. "Why?!"

Pinkie Pie shrugged. "Because you and Twilight are siblings, silly. It's not icky that you and Twilight would wrestle together, especially if it's for practice. Unless you like Twilight like that but that would be incest and that would be a little creepy. Okay SERIOUSLY CREEPY, but I'm sure Twilight's not your type. Anyways you and the other girls are only friends, so it might get a little weird with the wrestling, especially if you accidentally touch their-"

Spike blushed madly. "PINKIE!"

Pinkie Pie suddenly lowered her eyelids and smiled slyly. "ESPECIALLY…if it were Rarity. Like, you and her…grabbing each other…her body against yours as you two wrestle to the ground…Rarity pinning you down-

Spike: "QUIT IT PINKIE PIE!" Spike snapped. Pinkie Pie couldn't help but giggle and laugh at Spike whose head was now a very deep, crimson red. Spike crossed his arms and turned away from Pinkie Pie in a huff. Pinkie Pie finished her giggle storm after a while and saw that Spike had his back turned. Pinkie Pie frowned and put on a sympathetic face.

Pinkie: "Spike, I know what it's like to have an older sister. I have THREE for Pete's sake! And they all can be a little protective at times. Limestone and Marble took really good care of me when I was a little girl, but Maud was the one who took care of all of us, so we know ALL know what it's like to have big and little sisters. Maud is the oldest so she was usually the one telling me what and what not to do. Limestone and Marble did the same thing so I sometimes feel like they're just being meanies. But when I got a little older I realized that they were only doing it because they loved me. Then I remembered all the times where we would laugh and play together. All the memories we had on the rock farm…I wouldn't give that up for all the sweets in the world!"

Spike didn't turn. "Where are you going with this, Pinkie Pie?"

Pinkie: "I'm saying that Twilight's just looking out for you because she loves you. I remember you told me once that even though Twilight wasn't your biological sister you wouldn't trade her for anything. And there is no WAY that Twilight doesn't feel the same."

Spike pouted. "W-Well It's still not fair!"

Pinkie Pie nodded. "You're right Spike, it's TOTALLY not fair…but Twilight will realize that. Limestone and Marble did things that weren't fair to me and they realized it. And Twilight will too. You just gotta have a little faith." Pinkie Pie ended on an optimistic note.

Spike sighed. "Alright. I understand."

Pinkie Pie smiled (shocker). "Great! Now turn around and give me a 'thank you Pinkie Pie' hug!" Pinkie Pie shouted with open arms.

Spike: "But-"

Pinkie: "JUST DO IT!"

Spike: "Alright, alright! Jeez…" said Spike as he got out of the chair and went over and embraced his friend. Pinkie Pie sighed with joy and Spike couldn't help but feel a little better himself. He kind of felt tingly and warm inside. He could feel the warmth tingle his body all over like warm breathing. It almost felt solid as the warmth continued to breathe throughout his…leg?

Spike broke the embrace and slowly looked down, and what he saw made his face pale as all the blood rushed from his face. There, under Pinkie Pie's bed, was a small alligator. Its reptilian eyes looking up at him while its jaw nibbles at his leg. Spike then did what any other sensible person would do.

Spike: "GYYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Spike shouted as she fell backwards, the alligator's jaw still gripped on the skin of Spike's leg. "GET IT OFF ME!"

Pinkie: "Stop it Spike, you're scaring Gummy!"

Spike breathed erratically. "WHO?!"

Pinkie Pie leaned down from her bed and gently knocked the alligator on the snout. The alligator immediately released its jaw from Spike's leg, prompting Spike to pull back. Pinkie Pie then grabbed the reptile by its side and proceeded to lift it up onto her bed, his head resting on Pinkie's covered leg and facing towards a startled Spike. "This is my pet alligator, Gummy."

Spike's eyes bulged out as he tried to regain his heart. "Why do you have a pet alligator?! Are you INSANE?!"

Pinkie Pie Picked up Gummy and hugged him by the stomach. Kind of like what a baby does with a puppy. "No I'm not! And stop yelling like that. I said you're scaring him."

Spike: "I'm scaring him?!" Spike thought, trying to calm himself down.

Pinkie: "Gummy's just a baby alligator and he's been de-toothed, so he can't hurt nobody. Here, watch."

Spike watched in awe as Pinkie Pie let Gummy down on her blanket and held out her right hand. Gummy gave a sudden hiss which made Spike jump, but not Pinkie Pie. Gummy crawled slowly over to Pinkie's arm, opened his jaw, and clamped Pinkie Pie's entire hand. Gummy then began nibbling on it.

Pinkie: "Heehee! Gummy that tickles!" giggled Pinkie Pie.

Spike finally got his heart rate back to normal, but his eyes were still taped open as he scrambled to his feet. "S-So…what does it mean when he bit my leg?"

Pinkie: "It means he likes you...or he's hungry, I'm not sure which."

Spike gulped.

Pinkie: "But while you're up I think Gummy does need something to eat. Can you go get the special alligator food in the kitchen? It's under the cabinet right next to the refrigerator."

Spike: "A-Alright-

Gummy: *HISS*

Spike: "GAH!" Spike jumped back.

Pinkie: "Oh, don't worry sweetie. Spike will go get you some food. Now come to mommy…"

Spike gulped and quickly walked out the door while Pinkie Pie played with her alligator friend. Spike was glad that Gummy was toothless. But then he realized that alligator teeth can grow back, giving him a foreboding chill. Spike tried to preoccupy the possibility of getting eaten by remembering what Pinkie Pie had told him. Everything she said did seem to make sense for the most part. He guessed he really didn't have much choice but to have faith in Twilight. Twilight will probably let him in CCPW someday. He'll just half to stick with being her training partner till then.

Pinkie: "Oh and be careful which bag you get! One of them helps his teeth grow quicker and makes him even hungrier! K?!"

Spike frowned deeply. "Why does the universe hate me so?"

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Vultarian01: "Well that was a short but hopefully good chapter. What do you think, Spike?"

Spike: "Yeah, it was good. I'm just surprised you didn't put in a sexual inuendo for me at the beggining."

Vultarian01: "Hey. Gotta get the cloppers to read somehow." (No offense)

Spike: "Right..."

Vultarian01: "Anyway I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and I'll try my best to get chapter 35 (Rarity vs Applejack) redone and posted as soon as possible. So until then, arevoir."