A small baby dragon was currently standing near the fence that separated the fields that surrounded the known Apple family orchard. This dragon was gazing at the mare he had come to visit. The mare I'm talking about was currently pulling the plow needed to help make more openings in the ground for more seeds to get planted.

Spike let his gaze on the red coated, orange maned mare lay there as he held his face up with one of his claws. The look he was giving her would usually be seen for a certain fashion designer unicorn. To understand this whole thing, let us go back one week exactly.

(One week)

Spike ran. He didn't care who he bumped into, he just needed to keep running.

If one asked him why he was running while letting tears go, it would be because of one thing. Heartbreak. That's right, our young dragon had his little heart broken.

The day had started out normal. He did his chores, made breakfast, and decided on today to confess his feelings to Rarity. He had been eager to head over there and pour his heart out to her.

But sadly, when he got there, He was already too late. Before he had even knocked on the door, he heard talking inside. He went up to the window and stared inside to see Rarity talking with the stallion she had met in Canterlot. Fancy Pants if he remembers correctly.

He saw Rarity getting excited over something, but didn't need to guess what she was saying as he saw the ring he was presenting to her. Seeing how she had already made a decision, he turned and ran through town to get away.

After much running, he had found himself standing in front of Sweet Apple Acres. He sighed and walked over to the barn to lye and hopefully wake up from this horrible dream.

He had actually fallen asleep on the side of the barn, and was woken up by a gentle nudging. He slowly opened his eyes and was staring into the eyes of Big Macareina, the eldest sister of Applejack and Applebloom. She was slightly taller than her sister Applejack, and had a red coat with an orange mane that was tied at the tail similar to her sister. Her cutie mark was that of a green McIntosh apple that was cut open to show the seeds. She also had a single strand of wheat held in her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Macareina asked.

Spike just looked away as he didn't want anyone to see him like this.

Macareina brought her head back up and took a guess. "Is this about Rarity?" asked Macareina who was no fool when it came to knowing about the dragon's crush. With how much dedication he had shown to Rarity, everypony in town already knew about it. Heck, a few even began to set up a betting pool.

Spike could only nod in reply. Macareina knew Spike was in pain, and did the one thing she knew to do when one of her sisters were sad. She crouched down to Spike's level and brought her hooves around the young dragon in a hug.

Spike suddenly stopped his sobbing as he felt Macareina hugging him. If this was to try and calm him down, it was doing a pretty good job of it. He returned the hug and began to relax into the embrace as he felt the warmth from Macareina's body.

Both dragon and farm mare stayed where they were at as they were enjoying each others body warmth. Realizing their position, both quickly pulled apart with a noticeable blush on their faces.

"Uh, thanks, Macareina." replied Spike who was grateful.

"E-Eeyup." muttered Macareina who was too nervous to give a complete response. Seeing how the sun was beginning to set, both decided to call it a day.

While Spike was walking away, he couldn't help but hold his claw over his heart as he felt it beating fast. "Wow. Was Macareina always that cute?" asked Spike to himself.

Unknown to Spike, but Macareina was having similar thoughts about him before heading inside.

(Present)

So now we find young Spike watch the eldest farm mare work. For some reason, after that night, he actually felt much more calm about not having Rarity. Sure it hurt, but Macareina's comforting helped.

Speaking of said mare, She stopped her work for a moment and noticed Spike near the fence and moved her head away to keep the blush on her face hidden. For some reason, she had been thinking of the little dragon ever since she comforted him. She tried to brush it off, but she kept remembering how cool his scales felt on her coat, which caused her blush to glow brighter.

She shook her head to focus away from the nice, kind, and adorable dragon and put her head through the harness to pull the plow. Sadly, She wasn't looking where she was heading too and ended up tripping over a rock.

"Ahh!" Macareina looked at her hoof to see that it was sprained.

"Macareina! Are you alright?" asked Spike who saw her trip and rushed over.

"Nope." simply replied Macareina.

Spike took a look at her hoof and winced at the sight it was in. "That needs to get looked at." replied Spike.

"No. I need to get this field ready for the seeds." struggled Macareina with the harness.

Spike knew she wasn't in any condition to continue this. Suddenly, an idea popped up. "Wait, what if I did it?" suggested Spike.

Macareina gave him a deadpan look. "I know I'm not as strong as you, but there's not that many options. I could help you, or we try and get Applejack or Applebloom." suggested Spike who knew she would choose him.

Macareina knew the little dragon had a point. Applejack was working on a different part of the orchard and if she came to help, it would put them back quite a ways. Applebloom was currently hanging out with her friends, plus it would take too long to search for her, and get her to finish this field up. Looks like she had no choice.

"Alright Spike, you can help." relented Macareina who knew the little guy wouldn't be strong enough, but had no choice but to comply.

Spike smiled and instantly had the harness around his neck. It may have been smaller, but he had a good grip on the harness and began to tug it forward. He could barely feel it move, and turned to look at Macareina. She gave him a look as though telling him it was alright.

She looked at her sprained hoof, and that caused something in Spike to snap. He didn't want to seem like a weakling who couldn't help out when needed. He wanted to prove to Macareina that she could count on him. And that's what he intended to do.

Macareina knew Spike wouldn't be able to do the job, and was about to take it from here so she could finish, but stopped when she saw Spike beginning to put a lot effort into it. She stood there as Spike was actually beginning to sweat from all the energy he was putting into getting the plow to move.

Spike could already feel himself beginning to sweat, but didn't let that stop him as he moved forward with he plow opening the ground. Macareina saw the progress he was making and began to deposit the seeds as they worked together to get it done.

Soon, both stood near the fence as the sunset behind them. Both smiled at the work they got done by working together.

"We sure do make a good team." commented Spike feeling proud of the work they got done.

"Eeyup." replied Macareina.

Spike knew the day was drawing to a close, but mustered up the courage to say what he needed to say. "So Macareina, I was just thinking that, maybe we could, I don't know, go ou-" Spike was saved from finishing the sentence by the lips of Macareina on his. He just stopped whatever thoughts he had and closed his eyes to further enjoy the feeling of the farm mare's lips on his own.

Macareina pulled away with a visible blush on her face. "I'd love to." replied Macareina with a smile on her face.

Spike let out a smile wide enough to give Pinkie a run for her money. He gave Macareina a hug before turning and heading back home. He stopped and turned back around to give Macareina another wave goodbye while letting his mind go back to how this all began. At first, he had lost the mare of his dreams, but found another who showed compassion to him. Plus, it was an added bonus that she happened to be strong, and gentle. He was one lucky dragon.

Just so you all know, I changed only Big Mac's gender. Everyone else is still the same.