(Ponyville)

"Are you sure you're gonna be fine, Spike?" Asked Twilight in a worried tone as she looked at her surrogate brother Spike, who was getting ready to go to canterlot for royal business, which he recently had for a few weeks.

"Of course Twilight! After all I'll be near mom-I mean princess Celestia!" Spike said while accidentally letting out "mom", which made Twilight smile because she was one of the few that knew that her teacher was the one who raised Spike as her own son. "So don't worry, everything will be fine!"

But that didn't stop the newest princess from worrying a bit. "A-alright, but you better be careful to not disrespect anypony."

Spike rolled his eyes but still smiled before going out, "OK, I swear on my dragon's code. See ya Twilight!" And with that the dragon went up the chariot as the pegasus in it flew away towards Cantelot.

Spike smiled as he watched the clouds fly by as he waited for his destination. With how much work he and Twilight had been getting, he didn't get that much time to hang out with his mom. It had been at least a month since their last visit, so this would be great.

Spike soon spotted the city of Canterlot ahead and was jumping in excitement as the Pegasi that were pulling the chariot soon began to descend down near the castle.

Spike hopped off the chariot and began to walk along the carpet that lead to the castle while smiling at seeing the royal guards bow their heads as he passed by. This was the treatment for a prince like him.

He soon made it to the throne room and saw his aunt Luna sitting besides his mother, Celestia.

"Hello Aunty Luna! Hello Mom!" Spike beamed as he hugged the princesses whom he considered family, making the nearby guards think "awwwwww" because of the beautiful scene as the sisters hugged him back.

"It's a pleasure to see you as well, Spike." Celestia said more happy than usual because she had been feeling a bit lonely without her beloved son.

"Indeed young Spike." Agreed Luna, who managed to get along with her sister before noticing that she had some royal duties to do. "Well dear sister, enjoy your time with our nephew, for We have business to do..."

"Thank you Luna," Said Celestia as her sister went to do the royal duties, leaving her with her son.

Celestia let her gaze waver across Spike as they held their hug a little longer. She had always found his look always adorable. If he was cute now, he would be stunning when he grew up. Just that thought alone was enough to cause Celestia to blush a little with a smile.

"Mom, why are you smiling like that?" asked Spike seeing his mom give a goofy grin with a blush.

Celestia shook her head and gave a sincere smile. "Oh, it's nothing. Just remembered a funny joke." replied Celestia.

Spike raised his eyebrow, but shrugged his shoulders and left it at that. "So, what do you wanna do, mom?" asked the small dragon.

"Well, I was thinking we could go out and enjoy a meal at one of the restaurants here in Canterlot." suggested Celestia.

"Alright Mom!" Grinned Spike, which Celestia found more adorable as they headed out for the Restaurant, passing through several ponies whom knelt because of seeing their princess and the dragon prince, whom was more likeable than the arrogant prince Blueblood.

Celestia soon realized that she and Spike...'Could we be...on a date?!' She froze up before smiling while in her head she was cheering at the idea of going out with her beloved dragon!

Celestia and Spike soon made it to the restaurant and go an outside table with no trouble and sat down on the cushions. Celestia had ordered a daisy sandwich and Spike ordered a plate of topaz that the restaurant had bought from some buffalos so the prince could have something very delicious to eat.

While they were sitting and waiting for their meal, Celestia looked at Spike again and felt her cheeks heat up and her chest feel warm as she realized that this looked like a date. She felt like a little school filly!

She could tell some of the mares there were also looking at Spike with admiration which made her keep herself from sending them to the moon. To her, they were only interested in the status of being together with her son.

"Umm, Mom, what's wrong?" Spike asked as Celestia recovered her thoughts before she could send those mares to the moon.

"Nothing is wrong Spike..." Said the princess of the sun as she calmed down when their orders arrived. "So how have you been in Ponyville?"

"Been fine getting along with the others. Although I have to make sure that Twilight doesn't freak out to much about being a princess..." Celestia nodded, remembering how she was once when she started being a princess.

"Well, how have the others been?" asked Celestia.

"All of them are pretty much doing the same thing. I tried asking Rarity if she wanted to hang out, but she was real busy." replied Spike who looked a little down with not getting a chance to spend time with the mare of his dreams.

Celestia frowned as she began to feel angry at Rarity for brushing her son off. She may have her own business to work at, but if she can't make time for her son, who happened to be a prince, then that's a mare Spike didn't need. He was kind and considerate to where he could have any mare he wanted.

Then the alicorn stopped her thoughts upon noticing that she was referring to her son, the one she raised from when he was born...as a lover! Yet...she felt comfortable around that thinking!

"Don't worry Spike, I'm sure that somewhere, there is a pony that would love to spend time with you!" What Celestia said made him blush before he smiled.

"...Even somepony like you?"

Celestia was taken back by the question, but smiled nonetheless. "Of course, Spike. You know I will always care and love you." replied Celestia who felt her answer was more true than even she knew at the moment.

Spike's face grew redder at the answer as he tried to keep it calm. It was also a secret of Spike that he held a crush on Celestia. He never attempted to try and win her over as he was worried what other ponies would think. So when he and Twilight arrive in Ponyville, he tried to get over his crush for Celestia by winning the feelings of a mare who was kinda like her.

The fact they looked like they were on a date made his heart beat faster and was beginning to bring his old feelings back to the surface.

Shall we finish our food then, Spike?" Celestia suggested as she ate her daisy sandwich in an elegant way that made her more beautiful in Spike's eyes, and said dragon soon finished his food.

Then after paying the bill (even if the owner wanted to make it free to them, but Celestia insisted) they went to the park to watch how Luna set down the sun.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" suggested Celestia looking at the sunset, unaware of Spike's gaze turning to her.

'Not nearly as beautiful as you.' thought Spike who shook his head at that, but continued to look at Celestia with affection.

What Spike didn't notice was Celestia seeing him staring out of the corner of her eye.

'He looked at me...could it be that...' Celestia thought before blushing. '...he's in love with me...?!' She finished as she blushed even more.

"Spike..." She called, surprising the dragon as the princess looked at him. "I have something to tell you..."

"Really? Cause, I actually have something I wanted to say to you." admitted Spike with a bashful look.

"Well, how about we say what's on our minds at the same time." suggested Celestia.

"A-Alright." replied Spike as they faced each other.

Both of them were nervous, but counted down in their heads until they said it at the same time.

"I love you!" yelled both with a blush on both their faces.

That leaved both dragon and alicorn shocked before they looked at each other with huge blushes on their faces.

"D-do you really-?!" They both said at the same time before trying again.

"A-are you su-?!"

"Did you just-?!" They said at the same time before they laughed while embracing each other in happiness!

"Oh Spike, I'm just to happy!"

"Same here...Celestia..."

(omake)

It was a week before Spike and his mother, now lover, decided to get the wedding started. When Rarity heard of this, she rushed to Twilight.

"Twilight! Are you alright with Spikey-wikey marrying your teacher?" asked Rarity who had learned of Spike's status after hearing about the wedding and him being king after it was over.

Twilight blushed as she shuffled her hooves. "Well, Spike has proved himself worthy of being king by getting the permission of me, Luna, and Cadence." replied Twilight.

"Really? How?" asked Rarity.

"Nothing! Let's go!" rushed Twilight who didn't want to explain how Spike proved he was 'worthy.'

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