Daring couldn’t believe what she just did, she’d just given a dragon she had known for all of three days her first kiss. And to make things worse, she’d done it in such a shameless manner. Daring usually didn’t care about things like that, but this was different somehow. Next time she saw Zelshirska she would have a lot to say, she hadn’t even shared her secret infatuation with dragons with her own sister.

They were still kissing, without coming up for air, and it had been almost two hours. What was more problematic, Spike had started to messaging her plot, and she really liked it. Before either of them knew it, he was also fondling her left breast. Daring didn’t dare move out from the kiss, it was too enjoyable. But his massaging her plot and fondling her breast were both causing her elicit erotic moans.

She could feel his twin penises hardening under his attire, she had no idea why that sexually excited her so much she felt the need to give an erotic twist to her surprised smile. The only thing that would make this better, possibly for both of them, as if they weren’t in any clothes at all.

After another three hours, during which Spike alternated between massaging her plot and bosom with his surprisingly gentle clawed hands they both final broke form the kiss. A five-hour long kiss, which she had initiated despite having no kissing experience prior. “Was that as good for you as it was for me?” Daring said in a sensual voice.

“Yeah,” said Spike with a bit of disappointment in his voice, likely that it had ended, “and it ran pretty long too, that kiss had a lot of passion in it. You must be really experienced.”

“Actually, that was my first kiss, ever. I think something was guiding me in how to do that somehow, I feel like this is a prelude to something but I’m not sure what.”

“You had this notion about you that you want me to take things further, but I’m not quite ready for that yet.”

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The rest of the train ride was awkward, with both wanting to have another kissing marathon but not wanting to make a go at it again. The only thing of note was Spike sending a letter to Princess Cadance about wanting to know how long the longest kiss on record was, he initially had the plan of sending it to Twilight but decided that Cadance was the best authority for that sort of thing.

Cadance seemed to see through the question to what Spike was really after and sent a question of her own asking who it was Spike was crushing on. Spike felt embarrassed but decided to tell Cadance about the whole series of experiences with Daring Do, omitting some parts he didn’t want get into. Among the things he omitted was the erotic build up to the five-hour kiss, but completely told the juicy details of the kiss and its total length.

He also mentioned in his letter his reluctance to try for a repeat performance, despite his deep desire to do just that. When he got the return letter Cadance just said she was proud of him for finding somepony special. Spike sent a retort that he had only known her for a few days, he also mentioned her admission about giving him her first kiss.

Cadance’s response to him was something along the lines of that all being even better, along with something about them being a perfect match. She also made a quip about having met Daring Do once or twice, along with stating Twilight had told her about some things that had happened in the past few days. Cadance was eager to see the more youthful Daring Do, she also made a comment about how Flurry Heart was excited to meet Daring as well and was already prepping some Daring Do outfits for the whole royal family of the Crystal Empire.

The fact Spike couldn’t keep the letters away from Daring, no matter how hard he tried, was a testament to his adorably awkward side as much as it was to Daring’s surprisingly effective sneaking skills. Daring had her suspicions about her rather accelerated relationship with Spike, mostly having to do with her prior interaction with a certain ancient dragon goddess, but it wasn’t until she read Cadance’s letters to Spike regarding his growing relationship with Daring that she realized she really was having romantic feelings for Spike.

Daring remembered reading and finding lore stating that in the distant past, long before the concept of nations was even an idea in the minds of ponies, stating that many ponies had the natural ability to know exactly who their mates truly were, usually being led by the call of their own magic to their intended partner. Daring had also come to suspect that something similar existed for dragons, the ability to know almost immediately who their true mate was.

The notion was amusingly romantic, but for the most part, it was conjecture based on old works from the early days of writing. The accounts were likely written by ponies who were trying to make those primitive days more enticing in their boring lives. It was in the nature of sapient beings to romanticize earlier times, even if they were proven through lots of evidence to be terrible.

Spike was an oddity as far as dragons were concerned, being both hatched through pony magic and raised among ponies. This became so ingrained in his sense of identity he actually considered some of the most powerful and influential ponies in Equestria family members. Daring Do was a bit of an oddity as far as ponies were concerned, her general tendency towards loner behavior and outright refusal of most of what passed for standard Equestrian social norms meant she actually had more in common with dragons on a social and intellectual level. However, her antisocial tendencies were more of a result of her dedication to searching for answers regarding the loss of her sister many years ago.

Spike was noticeably younger, having a more picturesque growing up phase than many ponies. Daring had a much more standard upbringing, only entering into the series of events that led to her now-iconic personality traits during her teenage years. Spike hadn’t really had anything resembling those hardships, merely growing up as the only dragon among ponies in place that quickly became established as a place where things out of the ordinary happened on a regular basis for several years.

Spike didn’t understand her pain, but he was in a unique position to be able to more accurately imagine it.

Author's Notes:

Hope everyone is enjoying the story so far, and the build up is just keeping up. More Spike feeling awkward in the next chapter. His major issue in the next chapter, Camping with Daring.