My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 12

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Spike & Rarity/Sweetie Belle:

Fire Lily

Spike deeply sighed as he laid in his bed. He stared up at the ceiling as he has always done for the past couple of days.

“I don’t know what to do with him.” Twilight whispered to Ash and Requiem down below. “he’s never been like this before.”

“well what did you expect? He had his heart broken, shattered, stepped on, and spit on by the love of his life.” Ash said. Twi and Req gave him a weird look. “What? I had experience.”

“right. So, what do we do with him?” Twi asked.

“I don’t know but we gotta go get prepared, Sparkle. They ain‘t gonna wait forever.” Req said as she looked at a imaginary watch. She walked behind Twilight and pushed her into the back room.

Ash walked in the opposite direction to a nearby bookshelf. “hmm… wonder if they have any westerns?” he muttered as he looked though the titles.

The main door jingled open. Ash looked and saw Sweetie Belle walk in with flowers and a box of chocolates. Ash found that suspicious.

Spike depressingly sighed as he had always done for the past 2 days. A knock came from the door, getting his attention. “who is it?” he asked.

Sweetie Belle hopped on in. “hey, Spike.” she sympathetically said. “how you doing?” Spike breathed smoke out of his nose before moving in the opposite direction away from her. “listen, I heard what Rarity did. That was real mean of her.”

“Go away, Sweetie Belle.” Spike gloomingly said. “I’m not in the mood to talk to you or any of your family.”

“oh, come on Spike.” Sweetie ran over to his line of sight. Spike just rolled out of the way. “I’m not like my sister. I’m honest.”

“highly doubt that.”

“Come on, Spiky. I brought you chocolates. With nougat in them. Your favorite. And I got you Fire Lillie’s.”

Spike got suspicious. “why are you doing this, Sweetie?”

“does anyone need a reason to do something?” Spike didn’t buy that and she knew it. “right. Well, I’m worried about you. Get over Rarity. Find someone else.”

“I’m not sure…”

Sweetie rolled her eyes with a huff. “Come on. Get outta bed.” Sweetie jumped over Spike and landed on the other side of his bed, grabbing his arms. “Me and Ruby Pinch have a idea on how to turn that frown upside-down.”

“I don‘t know, Swee-TAAAAY!” Sweetie pulled him out of bed and out the door.

Sweetie Belle used both her personal strength and her magic to pull Spike into the park. Ruby Pinch, Berry Punch’s daughter, was waiting for them both.

“finally. What kept you guys?! She asked.

“Spike was being stubborn.” Sweetie grunted as she finished pulling him up.

“I was not.” Spike gruffed. “Just didn’t want to leave.”

“Sure.” Pinch said. She rolled her eyes with a sneer, causing Sweetie to chuckle a bit.

Spike sighed. “so… what’s this plan you have for us?”

Both Pinch and Sweetie brought up a tea set. “Tea Party!”

Spike felt used and a bit peeved. “oh, joy.” he sarcastically said.

Half a hour later, Sweetie and Pinch were having the time of their lives. Spike, on the other hand, was BORED AS HELL. Sweetie noticed this and scooched over to him.

“Come on, Spike. Cheer up.”

“how can I cheer up, Sweetie? The love of my life just broke my heart.”

“Then find someone else. You know un…” Sweetie placed her hoof on his thigh. “I’m available.”

When Sweetie touched him, Spike felt a shiver go up his spine. And it was a odd shiver, too. Like… he wanted it. “un… S-Sweetie… what are you doing?” he nervously asked.

“Something I wanted to do…” she stood on her hind legs and leaned in close. “…for a long time.”

Pinch held her mouth shut as she watched what was happening.

Rarity walked on by with a depressed feeling. She felt bad what had happened on the hill but her mind was also trying to figure out why Spike freaked out the way he did. “I told Sweetie Belle to give Spike the letter that I would be out for a day, but how did he get me going out with him out of it?”

She walked down the path as normal but noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She looked and saw something that shocked her.

Sweetie Belle leaned forward and kissed Spike. Rarity gasped in shock at the sight. She ran off before she could ask or even see Spike’s reaction.

Spike pushed Sweetie away and wiped his mouth. “what were you doing?” he asked.

“I-I was kissing you.” Sweetie said, wondering what she did wrong.

“Why?”

“b-because I love you.”

Spike was shocked to hear that. “y-you love me?” Sweetie nodded. Spike sat back and gave a gasping chuckle. He was in pursuit of one when another wanted him. But, he doesn’t want this. “Sweetie, I love you too…” Sweetie’s face lit up. He said he loved her. Mission accomplished. “…but…” crap. There’s a but. “…only as a friend. My heart belongs to Rarity, even if she did shatter my heart. Sorry, Sweetie.”

Like how Spike felt when he ‘found out’ that Rarity went back to Fancy Pants, Sweetie Belle’s heart shattered into a million pieces. Holding back tears, she ran off.

Spike felt horrible. “Sweetie Belle…” he got up and left for home.

A confused Pinch looked at the spots where they were. “So… does this mean the tea party’s off?”

“…I mean, I have no idea why I’m feeling this way.” Rarity said as she told the whole mess to Sora, Vinyl, Octavia, Derpy, Pinkie, Lyra, and Bonbon at the Hooderve restaurant(the one from Ticket Master). “I mean, it’s good that Sweetie Belle found love and Spike is hopefully over me, but… why do I feel bad?”

“Simple.” Sora said as she dipped her cookie in her milk. “You love Spike.”

“What?” Rarity exclaimed. “no no no no. there’s no way I can be in love with him. He’s much much younger then me, and he’s a dragon, and… and… he’s so masculine and handsome and…dreamy and…”

The girls looked at each other and giggled. She was in love, all right. “Rarity…” Sora interrupted. “you love him.”

Rarity chuckled in disbelief. “no. no no. I can’t be in love with him. I can’t.”

“Why not?” Pinkie asked.

“I just… I just can’t…”

Rarity got up and took a couple of steps.
Rarity:
♪if there’s a prize for rotten judgment,
I guess I’ve already won that.
No man is worth the aggravation.♪

The girls looked at each other and snickered.
♪That’s ancient history, been there, Done that.♪

Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Derpy, Pinkie, Octavia, Vinyl and (Rarity):
♪who’d’ya think your kidding? He’s the earth and heaven to ya.
Try to keep it hidden. Honey, we can see right though you. (oh, no)♪

Rarity walked away from the restaurant, tossing a couple of bits back onto their table.
♪Girl you can’t conceal it. We know how you are feeling.
And who you thinking of? (Oh…)♪

Rarity, (Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Derpy, Octavia, and Vinyl):
♪No chance, no way. I won’t say it. No no.
(you swoon. You sigh. Why deny it? Oh-oh.)
It’s too cliché. I won’t say I’m in love.♪

Rarity walked onto the bridge as the girls looked at each other, shrugging.
♪(Shoo-doo. Shoo-doo. Oooh.)♪

Rarity:

She looked over the edge into the water.
♪I thought my heart had learned it’s lesson.
It feels so good when you start out.♪

She looked up and hit her head before walking off.
♪My head is screaming ‘get a grip, girl.’
Unless you’re crying to die your heart out.♪

Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Octavia, Vinyl and (Rarity):
♪(Oh…)♪

Rarity glanced back to them, rolled her eyes, and walked back to her boutique.
♪you keep on denying.
Who you are and what your feeling.
Baby, we’re not buying.
Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling. (Oh…)
Face it like a grown-up.
When you gonna own up that ya got, got, got it bad…
(oh…)♪

Rarity, (Sora, Lyra, Bonbon, Pinkie, Vinyl, and Octavia):
♪no chance, no way, I won’t say it. No no.
(give up, but give in. check the grin, you’re in love.)
This scene won’t play, I won’t say I’m in love…
(you’re doin’ flips. Read our lips: you’re in love.)♪

Rarity sat down on a bench outside the boutique.
♪You’re way off base, I won’t say it.
Get off my case, I won’t say it.♪

Sora dropped a Fire Lily onto Rarity’s lap. She looked down and noticed it.
♪(girl, don’t be proud. It’s O.K., you’re in love…)♪

Rarity:

She grabbed the lily and looked at it.
♪oh…
At least out loud…♪

Rare smiled and held it close.
♪I won’t say I’m in…
Love…♪

She laid back on the bench and gave a heavenly sigh.

End Song.

Rarity gently touched the lily as the girls smiled.

“Mission Accomplished!” they all cheered.

“And just in time, too.” Derpy said. “Daring’s dragging me somewhere. Gonna be gone tomorrow.”

“ ‘Kay.” the rest said. Derpy waved good-bye and ran for the train station.

“oh, what about Dinky?” Octavia asked.

“I have Applejack looking after her.” she called back as she kept running.

“yeah, we’re done.” Pinkie groaned as she cracked her back. “and now to deal with Marble…” she muttered as she walked off. Sora followed after her. Everyone else soon departed as well.

Spike grumbled to himself as he looked at the words he had made out of rocks: ‘you will be in my heart eternally, my one and only love.’

He gave a groaning sigh. “I was such a idiot.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say that.” Ash said. He walked up and sat down beside him. Spike just gave him a glance before looking down to the ground. “you were in love.”

“still am. And I’m a idiot for being in love.”

“no, you aren’t. there’s trials and tribulations in every relationship. Just look at Twilight and Halo.”

“is there a reason you came here, Ash, or are you just going to go on about this?”

“actually, there is a reason.” Ash reached into his pocket and pulled out the letter Sweetie gave Spike. He took it and read it. “this is the same letter that got me into this mess.”

“And this…” Ash interrupted as he pulled out another letter. “is the REAL letter Fancy Pants wrote to Rarity.”

Spike didn’t believe him but took the letter anyway. He read it and his sad frown turned upside-down. “Fancy Pants just wanted to talk to her about a business proposition?”

“yep.”

That was a relief to him… and also made him realize that he acted like a idiot to Rarity. But there was one thing still puzzling him. “but… if this was the real letter, then why would Sw--” he figured it out. He got up and walked away.

“where you going?” Ash asked.

“to find a manipulative Sweetie Belle.”

Rarity dreamily sighed as she messed with the lily. “me and Spike… how would that work?” she started to think about it but quickly dismissed it. “oh. It doesn’t matter. Not in the slightest. We’ll figure it out…”

Commotion came from the boutique, getting Rarity’s attention. She walked over and opened the door. What she saw made her gasp in anger.

Everything inside the boutique was destroyed; clothes ripped, mannequins decapitated, mirror’s cracked. Basically, it was a mess.

Rarity gasped. “who would…” A mannequin fell over and Rarity found her culprit: a super-angry Sweetie Belle. “Sweetie Belle! What are you doing to my boutique?!”

“Destroying it! What else!?!” she yelled.

“w-why?”

“For taking Spike away from me!”

“What are you talking about, Sweetie Belle?”

“I’m talking about you!” Sweetie stormed over, stepping on the mannequin’s head. “even though his heart was broken BY YOU, he still loves you! After everything I went though to make sure he’d hate you, he still loves you and…”

That last line got to Rarity. “wait, what did you say?”

Sweetie Belle stopped talking. “eep.”

“did you say you went to make sure he’d hate me? Is that why he’s going on about Fancy Pants?”

“un…”

“What did you tell him, Sweetie Belle?!” a forceful Rarity asked.

“she told me…” Spike said as he entered the door, holding up the fake letter. “… that you didn’t love me at all. That you were just using me.” Sweetie gulped in fear.

“What? I would never do that. And what’s that in your hand?”

“A letter… that Sweetie Belle went out of her way to fake.”

“what?” Rarity took it out of her hands and read it, getting angry as she progressed. “Sweetie Belle…” Sweetie got nervous and fearful.

“And that’s not it. Remember the Fire Ruby? It was in the trash when I discovered this. But now, I think she planted it there.”

“I think she did too. I would never throw something that precious away.”

They both turned their attention to the now tearful Sweetie Belle. “you have a lot of explaining to do, young lady.” Spike angrily said.

Sweetie, however, just broke down and ran upstairs, crying her heart out.

Spike felt sorry for her now and started after her. “Sw--” she was stopped by Rarity.

“Don’t. she needs a sister right now.”

Sweetie Belle cried her eyes out as she buried her head into her pillow. Rarity gently knocked at the door.

“Sweetie Belle…?”

“Go away!” she cried out, throwing another pillow at the door. Rarity opened the door anyway and walked in. “I said leave me alone!” she cried.

“Sweetie Belle. I just want to talk…” a gentle Rarity said.

“just leave me alone, Rarity! You got what you wanted!”

“a wounded sister? No, this is not what I wanted, Sweetie Belle.”

Sweetie sniffled. “then what did you want?”

“I just want you to be happy. I would happily help you get Spike, but…”

“but you love him too.”

Rarity paused. A smile formed on her face. “yeah. I do. And… I’m not sure if it’ll work but I want to give it a try. But if I knew you would get hurt in anyway, I’d stop right away. I care about you more then I care about Spike, Sweetie Belle.”

Sweetie sniffled again and wiped her eyes. “You really mean it?”

“really really.” she patted on the spot she sat at. “come on. Give your sister a hug.” Sweetie didn’t want to get up. She was still torn up but her body had other ideas. She got up and hugged Rarity, continuing to cry. “shh. Shh… it’s okay, Sweetie Belle. It’s okay.” Rarity then thought of a good idea. “hey. Remember the lullaby mom used to sing to you?” Sweetie Belle sniffled and shook her head no. “well, I think it went something like this.” Rarity cleared her throat and softly sang…

♪There’s a time when the moon
Reveals it’s face though the clouds.
I let out a sigh
And want to cry out loud.
But deep in my heart
I feel love so alive.
In the depths of my soul
I know we will survive.
I’m the one they would break
In their greed and their pride.
But deep in my heart
I feel love so alive.
In the depths of my soul
I know we will survive.♪

Sweetie Belle sniffled as Rarity finished singing.

“Thanks sis…” Sweetie chokingly said as she sniffled again.

Spike picked up a busted up mannequin and put it back. He heard hoof steps coming from the stairs. He looked to see Rarity and Sweetie Belle walk down.

“how’d it go?” he asked.

Sweetie Belle stayed silent. Rarity urged her on. Sweetie sighed as she walked over. “Spike… Rarity… I’m sorry for what I did. I shouldn’t have manipulated you two just so I could get Spike all for myself. I’m sorry for causing this whole mess. I’m so so sorry for everything.”

Spike lowered himself onto his knees and hugged her. Rarity joined in as well. “It’s okay, Sweetie Belle. I forgive you.” Spike said. Sweetie smiled as she hugged back. They all broke the hug. “but you should know that I only love you as a friend, not the same way I love…” he looked up at Rarity who slightly blushed. “… not the way I love Rarity.”

“I know.” Sweetie sighed.

Spike smiled and got up. He looked to Rarity. “So… what now?”

“I don’t know.” She replied.

Sweetie rolled her eyes. She knows what she would do in this situation. She walked behind Rarity and pushed her as hard as she could into Spike. Rarity yelped as she ran into Spike, causing both her and the unsuspecting Drake to kiss.
` both went wide-eyed but didn’t break it. Instead, they just smiled, closed their eyes, put their arms around each other, and continued to kiss.

Sweetie smiled for them both. She was sad that she wasn’t getting Spike for a coltfriend but you can’t win them all, no matter how hard you try. And she is willing to step aside and let Rarity have him. Besides, she might meet someone new in the future.

She walked to the door and stepped outside, leaving the two new lovers alone.

Author's Notes:
guess where the other song is from and win a cookie.