A Clone Gargoyle's Equestrian Tale

Starter Lessons: Owl's Well That Ends Well

S1 E24 Everypony! Party of One is up next!

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It was a big night in Ponyville since a meteor shower was coming their way. Applejack was packing up a bit of food they would share while Malibu had a telescope he was going to use, his eyes bright with excitement. Applejack chuckled at his face. "First time seeing a meteor shower?"

Malibu nodded, blushing red. "Yeah, me being raised by an evil clone maniac keeps me from seeing sights like that," He said, rubbing the back of his neck. Applejack nudged him in a playful manner. "Well, you'll get a firsthoof experience of it. It only happens every 100 years or so, you know." The gargoyle clone blinked. "Really?"

Applejack smiled. "Yup. So this is sometimes a once in a lifetime experience for us. Applebloom, ya comin'?" Malibu saw her running down. "Sure sis! Wouldn't miss it!" The trio then went out the door to join up with their friends.

They went out into the field near Ponyville where he saw the rest of the town gathered in groups to watch the meteor shower. It was a rather pretty night and he could see Spike and Twilight walking up with a saddlebag. Malibu also saw Rainbow Dash and he went up to her. "Hey," He greeted. Dash smiled at the sight of him and bumped his shoulder. "Hi, Mal. Gonna be quite the night!"

Spike had brought out the food he brought as well, a fruit punch bowl and a bunch of cookies. Malibu smelled them and they smelt good. "Spike, what are these cookies?" Spike grinned. "They are my freshly baked homemade triple-decker nut-crazy vanilla cream cookies!" Pinkie squealed at the sight of all those cookies. "Eee! They look amazing!" She grabbed one and ate it, munching noisily.

Malibu himself took one with his magic, and bit into one. It was nice and fresh, soft too. He never knew Spike was a good baker. "These are good, Spike." Malibu praised, making the dragon smile awkwardly. "Aw, gee." Dash ate some cookies herself and drank punch along with the rest of them.

"Wow, Twilight! You're lucky to have such a rad assistant. I wish I had someone to do whatever I told them," Rainbow said. Malibu saw Scootaloo jump up and down. "Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Me! I'll do whatever you want, Rainbow Dash!" She volunteered. Dash smirked. "Oh yeah, pipsqueak? How about taking out the trash?"

The prince raised his brow but was surprised when Scoot agreed to, taking up the apple core and running off. Rarity petted Spike's head. "Do we have Spike to thank again for this amazing spread? Isn't he simply amazing?" Spike smiled. "Oh, come on." He paused, looking around. "I said, come on."

Pinkie petted Spike too, making Malibu chuckle. "Little Spikey-wikey! Who knew that big ferocious dragon started off so cutsey wootsy?" Rarity pulled out a fancy sparkly bow. "Spike, you are such a little star, that I had to make a little bow tie for you." She placed it on his neck, causing red to appear on his cheeks.

"Gosh, you guys are embarrassing me, stop it!" He looked at Twilight. "Twilight, your turn!" Malibu couldn't help but use his tail to smack him. "Alright, over doing it there, dragon boy," He said, Spike rubbing his head as he nodded. Sweetie Belle suddenly pointed. "Look, everypony! The show is starting!"

Malibu felt excitement as he and the others ran to see the shower happen. The skies were lit up with all those meteors. Malibu's eyes lit up at the sight. It was like nothing he had ever seen before, tail swishing in happiness. Everypony else was oohing at the sight but he remained silent, until he felt Rainbow Dash's hoof on his shoulder.

"Uh, hey. So, you really have never seen a sight like this?" Dash asked curiously. Feeling sad all of a sudden, he shook his head. She nuzzled him and he felt a little better, but wanted to ask the question since the Gala was only a week away now. "R-Rainbow Dash? I-I wanted to ask you something." She glanced at him curiously.