The Cutie Mark Crusaders burst into the tree house, Applebloom pushing against the door.

"That was the worst idea you have ever had!" Scoot-a-loo smiled a fake smile. It was a terrible idea.

"How was I supposed to know that a dragon lived in that cave?"

"It was a cave full of gems. Who'd ya think it belonged to?"

"I didn't know. Sheesh." In retrospect, maybe trying to get their cutie marks in treasure hunting wasn't a very good idea this time of day. By the time they had actually gotten back to the tree house, it was already dark. On the bright side, that meant they could soon start a fire and make Smores. Applebloom had gone and gathered logs for the fire earlier in the week, so they wouldn't have to go in the woods to find some when it got dark. Like it was now. Because they just had to go treasure hunting.

Anyway, they had the fire wood, so all that was left was to start the fire. Unfortunately, here's where they ran into a problem. See, while they had the wood, none of them had matches. Not one of their sisters trusted any of them with matches. So here they had a bunch of logs, piled up in the center of a circle of stones, with no way to light the fire. They all sat down on a blanket Sweetie Belle had brought. Just sat down and thought. Applebloom sighed.

"I wish Spike was here. He'd just be able to use his fire to light the fire." Her friends nodded.

"Yeah." Sweetie looked all around her, hoping to find something to light the fire. Then she had an idea. "Why don't we just ask your sister to light the fire?" Applebloom and Scoots looked at her. "What?" They then looked at each other and groaned.

"Why didn't ah think of that?" Applebloom groaned. Playfully, Scoot-a-loo poked Applebloom.

"Because you were too busy thinking of Spike." Meant as a joke, there was no serious meant behind it. Spike was their friend, and he could breathe fire, so of course Applebloom would think of him when they needed to start a fire. It was something he was good at. So, when Applebloom blushed and got angry, Scoot-a-loo was caught off guard.

"Ah- ah was not!" Sweetie Belle and Scoot-a-loo looked at Applebloom.

"Calm down Applebloom. I was just kidding." Applebloom pushed ahead of the two.

"Come on, ya'll. Let's go get mah sister to light the fire." She stormed off towards the house. Scoot-a-loo held Sweetie Belle back, who looked like she was gonna cry.

"Why did she act like that?"

"Aww, come on Sweetie. Don't look like that. I'm sure she'll get over it. Though it is a bit odd, how Applebloom reacted…" Unknown to them, Applebloom had developed a crush on Spike. See, it all started last summer…