//------------------------------// // Writing on the Page // Story: When I Cry // by Brony Hectic //------------------------------// After Dim Shadow finished reading he decided to do something really, really risky. He decided that this would either destroy his chance's with Sweetie Belle or ensure the one chance. He decided to draw a heart and next to that write the following "Sweetie I feel the same way about you. By the way I only read this page." Then write his initials D.S (If you made a Nintendo joke go into the waterfall of forgiveness.) Sweetie Belle had also decided to write something she too decided that it would either make or brake her chances with Dim Shadow. What she did was she drew a smiley and only wrote "me too" next to it, but then the second worst possible thing that could happen, happened. "Sweetie Belle, what are you doing?" Rarity asked. Sweetie Belle froze with fear. "Nothing!" She turned to Rarity and quickly put the journal under the saddle bag. But that didn't fool Rarity, she shoved Sweetie Belle aside, looked under the saddle bag and saw that it was a journal... and that Sweetie Belle wrote in it. "Sweetie Belle you know better than to look in other people's journal's let alone write in them!" Rarity yelled so loud that it could be heard all throughout the boutique. It was heard all through out the boutique. "Shhhhh! He might hear you." Sweetie Belle whisper shouted. (you know what I mean.) "He has every right to know what you did Sweetie Belle, I'm going to tell him." Rarity started to walk off ro her sister's room. "No you can't, you don't understand Rarity please, no!" Sweetie cried. "And what don't I understand dear!?" Rarity demanded. "Well there's no use in hiding it from you sis," Sweetie sighed "He really likes me and I REALLY like him, but I'm telling him by writing that, please don't tell him Rarity, please." Sweetie Belle pleaded, she wanted him to find about her love through the journal not through being ratted out by her sister. Rarity thought for moment, "I understand Sweetie, just don't do this again. I apologize." Rarity said and went off with her business. "Also, let me know how it goes between you two, I do love these stories." And with that she went off. "I bet he heard her yell, there's no way he didn't." she said with a frown and began to walk slowly to back to her room with her head down, she picked up the paper with the things to do. But assuming that Dim would be mad at her she cast a small incineration spell on it, one of the very few she knew, and the paper was reduced to ash. Hearing Sweetie Belle slowly walking back to her room Dim put the pencil and diary back under the pillow. "I guess you heard what happened back there." Sweetie Belle sighed "What happened, I got lost in my thoughts and it blocks out all sound. What happened?" asked Dim. "Really? I mean nothing, nothing at all. Anyways, I couldn't find the list, so, what do you want to do?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I don't know, what do you wanna do?" Dim asked. "I don't know, what do you wanna do?" Sweetie replied. They went back and forth with that question five times before they started laughing. (If you made a Sponge Bob reference, yeah, you know where I'm going with this, waterfall of forgiveness.) "Um, how about we get ice cream at Sugar Cube Corner? I'll ask Rarity." Sweetie said. Since she just told Rarity about, well the hopefully to-be relationship, hopefully she would let them go out and get ice cream. "Wait, but didn't she specifically say we had to stay here?" Dim asked. "I'll try and convince her," Sweetie said with a smile then walked off. "Rarity," Sweetie Belle called "are you there?" "What is it , did you tell Dim about-" Rarity got cut off by Sweetie Belle, she didn't want that situation to be talked or brought up again until she said so. "No, but I was wondering if we could uh," she chuckled "get ice cream." "Us? Now?" Rarity was confused. "What, no! I meant Dim and I." Sweetie Belle said. "Sweetie Belle, I specifically said you two have to stay here." Rarity said firmly. "Please Rarity, please." Sweetie begged. Rarity thought for a moment. "Fine, but only ice cream and only Sugar Cube Corner. Then immediately back here. Got it?" Rarity replied, she still thought that Dim had trouble right behind him. "Thanks!" Sweetie Belle said then ran out of the room and went back down stairs to tell Dim Shadow that they had permission to go to Sugar Cube Corner. "Dim, Rarity said it's all right. We can go." "Okay, I brought some bits with me, I'll pay." Dim said. "Great let's go." Dim said happily, walking out of the room and grabbing his saddle bag. "So how far is Sugar Cube from here anyway?" he asked. "Not far." Sweetie replied and with that they went out the door and headed for Sugar Cube Corner. "Sweetie Belle, when you first came back from the room, you said that you guessed I heard something. What was it, don't lie." Dim said with a little smile. "Oh, um, you'll find out later today, trust me." she said with a grin and blushed. "Okay then, how will I?" Dim asked, he was a little puzzled. "It's a surprise," she kept smiling "trust me, you'll find it and you'll love it." "Sweetie Belle... are you flirting with me?" Dim said with a smile. Sweetie Belle froze in place and her eyes widened. "N-n-n- no. Not at all." she stuttered. "Calm down I was joking." Dim lied, he didn't want to make Sweetie Belle feel uncomfortable. "Yeah, I knew that." Sweetie said with a small grin and fake laugh. "We're almost at Sugar Cube Corner, uh, what are you gonna get?" "I don't know what they have so I'll probably decide when we get there." Dim replied. "Okay then." Sweetie said, they turned a corner and arrived at Sugar Cube Corner. ************* "I'm so bored." Silver Spoon said in an annoyed tone. "Well what do you wanna do?" Diamond Tiara asked, she didn't want to hear Silver Spoon's whining. "I don't know, do you have any ideas?" Silver Spoon said, she really wanted to do something. "Well, it's hot as the sun and the stupid pools are closed today. We can get some ice cream if you want." Diamond said, trying to stop the other filly's whining before it got too annoying. "Like, at Sugar Cube?" Silver replied. "Where else, everywhere else in Ponyville sucks and it's like right around the corner, literally," Diamond said "also that place is air conditioned so we'll be cool and not sweat like pigs out here." "Okay then, how many bits do you have with you? I left my purse at home." Silver said. "I have enough, I'll pay, just pay me back." Diamond Tiara said, she didn't mind lending money as long as she got it back. "I will, don't worry about it." Silver Spoon said and they made their 47 second walk to Sugar Cube Corner. "Oh, look who it is." Diamond said to Silver Spoon. "It's those two, ugh, why now?" "Calm down Diamond, I have an idea just wait." Silver said with a smile. "I think I can help out with the making him cry thing, I just need to find out one thing." "And what would that be?" Diamond asked. "Just wait, you'll see." Silver replied said with a hellish grin. ******************** "I remember this place, you showed it to me yesterday." Dim remembered. They walked through the door and were met with a cool breeze. Dim observed the place an noticed a lot of baked goods like cakes and cupcakes. He turned to Sweetie Belle, "Sweetie Belle this place looks like a bakery, not an ice cream parlor." When he turned he back forward, was face to face with a pink pony. "We serve ice cream in the summer! Oh, I'm Pinkie Pie, who are you, I haven't seen you around, did you just move here?" Pinkie exclaimed. Dim nearly had a heart attack since he didn't see this pony anywhere in the building when they walked in. "Calm down, one thing at a time." Dim said to Pinkie, which really didn't matter since it was Pinkie Pie. "I moved here yesterday, my name is Dim Shadow, nice to meet you." Dim said really quickly. "Okay then what can I get you, oh hi Sweetie Belle, I didn't see you there." Pinkie said in her hyper voice. "Hi Pinkie, we're here get some ice cream." Sweetie Belle said happy to see Pinkie. "Sure, what do you two want?" Pinkie asked. "I"ll have a chocolate hay milkshake. Dim what do want?" She said. "Uh, what do you have?" Dim asked. Pinkie named at least 45 different flavors in under 15 seconds. "And we have those in milkshake, swirl, and combo." The pink pony said with a smile. Dim was dumbfounded at how fast she named all those different flavors and combinations in that short of a time. Did she rehearse that? He shook his head to snap back to reality. "Uh, I'll have what she's having." he didn't understand anything she said so he just went with what Sweetie Belle had. "Oki Doki Loki, coming right up." she galloped to the back room to make the milkshakes. She came back in a few minutes with the milkshakes. "Okay you two, here are your milkshakes but there's one thing, you have to drink them outside because I ran out of a few ingredients and the Cakes aren't here to watch the shop and now I have to go buy a few things." Pinkie Pie said. "Also, when you're done leave the cups on the table, they're store property." "Okay Pinkie we'll do that." Sweetie said. "Okay then." Pinkie said, and all three of them left the shop. Pinkie went down the road to the general market and Dim Shadow and Sweetie Belle sat down at a near by table. "So..." Sweetie Belle said try to start a conversation with Dim. "So...what?" Dim asked. Sweetie Belle thought of an idea. "Well, uh, me and the crusaders were going to go crusading tomorrow and uh there were some things we needed four ponies for that we really wanted to try and well, do you want to help us out?" she said blushing and not making eye contact. "Sure, what did you have in mind?" Dim asked Sweetie Belle taking a sip of his milkshake; since he didn't know what those three did exactly when it came to their crusading. "Well, we were gonna try, uh I don't remember, but we have a really long list of things that the three of us can't do alone. We keep it in case we get any new members." Sweetie Belle said then taking a sip her milkshake. "Whatever I'll just go with the flow depending on what you three are doing." Dim said. "Okay that sounds fair just be by Sweet Apple Acres around maybe 9:45 or so and-" Sweetie accidentally spilled her milkshake on herself, "darn it! I"ll be right back, I need to get this out before it makes my coat sticky. I'll be in the bathroom." Sweetie Belle said. "Are you sure you should go inside? Pinkie told us to stay out here." Dim reminded her. "I don't think she'll mind. She trusts me. Her and my sister are really good friends." she told Dim. "Okay then." Dim said then Sweetie Belle went into the shop. Dim started to think to himself She's so- his thoughts were interrupted by somepony. "Hey!" it was Silver Spoon. "You know, you have a lot of nerve thinking it's a good idea to talk to me after yesterday. You seriously do, what do you want?" Dim said in an angry tone. "So, you like that blank flank Sweetie Belle don't you?" she said with a grin, circling him. "What's it to you? It's none of your business to begin with." Dim said still pretty angry. "Of course you do, you've only known her for a day and you're already getting ice cream together." Silver Spoon said, mocking him. "You know, your coat and mane look really nice, looks pretty expensive to keep it that way." Dim said with a sarcastic smile. "Uh, I only use top of the line so-" Silver Spoon stopped talking when Dim tossed most of his milkshake on her. "You-you- just, you know what!" Silver Spoon punched him in the face. He smiled and laughed and didn't move. "That's the last straw!" she shouted and walked off back to Diamond Tiara. "Silver, did he really just do that?" Diamond said in an extremely surprised voice, eyes widened. "It doesn't matter, I have an idea, it may sound crazy but listen." Silver said. "Okay, what is it?" Diamond asked. Silver Spoon whispered in her ear what she was planning on doing. "WHOA! You would go through with that?!" Diamond couldn't believe what her friend just said she would do. "Anything to see him shed a single tear. Anything at all." Silver Spoon said in an insane voice and they walked off. "I'm back-"' Sweetie noticed Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara walking away. But, more she noticed that Silver Spoon was covered in milkshake. "I left you alone for two minutes," she chuckled. "So, what happened?" she asked. "That doesn't matter, but I think we shout probably get back to your place." Dim said in worried tone. "You're right, Rarity might start getting a little suspicious." she said "Lets get going." it was a few minutes before either of them said anything. "Hey, what was it like back in your old town?" "Well, it wasn't the nicest area, but not that bad. But, it did have it's fair share of bullies, almost every day with different ponies. But each one that needed help, got help and each one that needed to be taught a lesson, got taught a lesson. I was respected by most ponies." Dim said with pride. "Dim, did you ever have to fight another pony?" Sweetie was curious about Dim's life in his old town and how he dealt with other bullies. "Only when I needed to but sometimes when it came down to that I would fight." Dim said. "How do you decide when you have to fight somepony?" Sweetie asked. "Usually they start to attack me but every once in a while they'll say something that makes me snap and go all out, but that rarely happens. You'd have to say something pretty bad to set me off." Dim said with a little chuckle "Like what?" Sweetie really wanted to know more about him. "It depends, I can't say for sure but again it has to pretty bad." Dim reminded. "Well it looks like we're here." They opened the door and was immediately greeted by Rarity. "And where were you two?" she asked in a stern voice. "Sugar Cube Corner, why?" Sweetie asked, they weren't gone that long were they? "For an hour?" Rarity asked. "Oh, what happened was that we got milkshakes and the glasses were the bakery's so we couldn't leave and walk back with them." Dim said, he need Rarity's trust if he ever got into a relationship with Sweetie Belle. "And if I ask my friend Pinkie, she'll say they same?" Rarity asked with a strange look on her face. "She should." Dim replied. "Okay then, sorry for the false accusations." Rarity apologized. "It's fine, which reminds me, I need to quickly go get something from my house. I'll be back in a few minutes, okay Sweetie Belle." Dim said, honestly he didn't need to get anything, he just needed silence for a little while. "Sure go ahead." she said just staring at him with a smile while he walked off. "You really like him don't you Sweetie?" Rarity said in a charming voice. "Yeah... when do you think he'll read what I wrote?" Sweetie asked Rarity. "Probably some time later tonight. He might take the time to write a little something quick when he gets to his house." Rarity said with a smile. That gave Sweetie Belle the idea to write in her diary. "Rarity, I'll be in my room." Sweetie Belle walked over to her room and got her diary from in her pillow case. She flipped to her last page she wrote on and noticed writing, but not her's. It said "Sweetie I feel the same way about you. By the way I only read this page." -D.S. At that moment, her heart stopped for a second and had the biggest smile she ever had. She then ran out of the room as fast as she could to try and catch up with Dim. She slammed the doors behind her and ran as fast she could. She ran for a little and finally saw Dim walking to his house, she gained speed and was right behind him. She tackled him to the ground, pinned him, and began to kiss him uncontrollably over and over again. Dim didn't know what hit him.