In this chapter, Rarity and Spike never met the Diamond Dogs, which meant they easily got the gems without Rarity needing rescuing. Also, the female forms of the diamond dogs belong to atryl, an artist on deviantart. Pic: http://atryl.deviantart.com/art/Diamond-Dogs-320936567

Spike was walking through a deserted area outside of Ponyville while pulling his wagon behind him. He chose today to go out and hunt for gems in the same spot that he and Rarity went to in order to find gems for an order by Sapphire Shores herself.

Sure he didn't have the magic of Rarity or Twilight to help him, but he did have something better. He had trained himself to find gems by following a distinct scent they had. Sure they were minerals and barely had anything on them to make them smell good, but Spike was a dragon, which meant that the different taste of each gem meant each one had a scent he could track.

He held his nose up and began to sniff the surrounding area. He caught the whiff of what smelled like blueberries. Which meant a small cluster of sapphires were close by. He began to follow the smell and stopped. He knew they were in font of him and began to use his tail as a shovel to move the dirt aside. He drooled at the sight of the sapphires together, but kept himself form eating them as he swore to himself that he would save them up instead of eating each one he saw.

He dropped the sapphires in his wagon and picked up the scent of cherries. That usually meant rubies were nearby. He pulled the wagon toward the smell, not noticing the six pairs of eyes that followed his movement.

"He knows where to find the gemsss." commented the first voice.

"Gemsss." chorused the other two with the first voice.

"We shall introduce ourselves, then see how he finds them." replied the first voice.

"But what if he runs from us?" questioned the larger of the three.

"Then we chase him and make sure he knows we are not going to hurt him." replied the first figure as they turned and saw Spike dig up a handful of emeralds. "Let's go."

Spike put the large emeralds he just dug up onto the wagon and caught the scent of something else. It had a hint of lemon to it, which meant it was likely a topaz. But the scent was stronger, as though it was above the ground. He heard what sounded like rumbling coming towards him and saw three objects moving under the ground and towards him!

He grabbed his wagon and began to run from them, but one of them got in front of him and he found himself slamming into something that actually felt soft. He felt the towering object had fur and looked up to see some kind of creature with a red sleeveless and open vest. It also had grey fur and was larger than Spike.

"Hello there!" Said the grey dog before two more appeared before Spike, one was about his size with brown fur and a grey sleeveless and open vest while the other was the biggest of them all, with darker gray fur and black sleeveless and open vest.

"W-who are you?!"

"I'm Roxie." replied the one he bumped into.

"Me Fluffy." replied the biggest.

"And I'm Sophie." this came from the smallest one.

"We come here, for you." replied Roxie pointing at Spike.

"W-What?! But why?!" Spike asked in shock and surprise.

"Because you can find gems..." Roxie said happily.

"And we, diamond dogs, love gems!" Fluffy said in her booming voice.

"Also you're cute!" Sophie said with a smile.

Spike blushed at the compliment while Fluffy bopped her on the head for her slip of the tongue.

"Well, I could help. I've got lots of free time." replied Spike.

"Great! We show you to our home." replied Roxie picking him up and putting him on her shoulders. Spike blushed from the unexpected move and held on as all three of them walked over to a large hole int he ground.

"Hold on!" Roxie jumped into the hole with Spike hanging on for dear life with Fluffy and Sophie following.

Soon they landed in the diamond dogs' home, and Spike was surprised at the multiple types of gems, and his mouth quickly began to water before he shook his head and began to search for gems.

"He's very good..." Roxie said as she saw Spike find several hidden Sapphires.

"He has a special talent..." Fluffy said as Spike took some Emeralds.

"And those gems make him cuter than he is~!" Sophie's eyes became hearts as both her sisters sighed.

"Well, will this be enough?" asked Spike gesturing to the large pile of gems he gathered.

"Plenty." replied Roxie.

"Yeah, you did amazing job." commented Fluffy.

"Amazing!" cried Sophie who dove into the pile with gusto. Her jump had caused a few gems to fall down the side and tapped a weak point on a support stalagmite. This particular one was connected to the ceiling. The cracks on the weak spot began to grow larger until they reached the ceiling.

Spike happened to notice the cracks and his eyes widened at seeing the ceiling beginning to break.

"Look out!" cried Spike just as the ceiling fell down and brought the rubble down between them.

"Wha-?!" Was all that the dogs could say before Spike took them with his surprising dragonic strength and began to take them out of the cave as he carried Sophie while Fluffy followed him as she carried Roxie.

Eventually they all managed to get out in time as the cave fell in.

"You girls alri-" Spike found himself pulled into a tight hug by Fluffy with Sophie and Roxie joining in.

"Thank you!" cried all diamond dogs as Spike son found himself getting smothered in kisses form each one. Though Sophie seemed more excited than her sisters as she kept kissing him after the other two stopped.

"Now Sophie, calm down..." Roxie said as the mentioned blushed and Spike had a big grin upon his face as he thinked.

'Best day of my life...'

(Omake)

"What are we going to do!?" yelled Fluffy who was in a panic just as much as Sophie was, who was currently running back and forth with a panic looked. "We need to get ready, but we don't have any dresses for our date!"

"Calm down." replied Roxie thinking of a place. "We just need to find some before we meet up with Spike.

Luckily, the three sisters were walking by Rarity's place when they spotted three perfect dresses that looked about in their size.

"Those will do." replied Sophie as all three of them managed to sneak into the boutique and snatch the dresses. Rarity came back down at that exact moment, and seeing her work gone caused her to faint on the spot.

"Spike will love these." commented Roxie and she and her sisters headed to their date, completely oblivious of the unconscious unicorn.