twilightpony | Refreshed

Spike was right as rain this morning, fully recovered from his return trip to the Crystal Empire Winter Festival. He said that the fire works had been spectacular and that he had stuffed himself silly on gems at the closing dinner. Sitting next to the festival princess and waving to the crowds all day and long into the night was tiring. I know what that feels like. So I took Spike to the spa with me, to get his scales waxed, his claws trimmed and what ever else he wanted. That turned out to be a lot of time in the sauna, but no deep muscle massage this time.

Rarity and Fluttershy arrived after we did and joined us in the sauna. I went for a soak in the hot tub, and Spike followed Rarity and Fluttershy to their seaweed wrap so he could continue recounting all he had seen and done in the last few days. I dried off, got my hooves trimmed and after the four of us had tea and cupcakes at Sugar Cube Corner, Spike and I went home. I feel refreshed and Spike is gleaming. I should have thought of the wax job before he went to appear at the Winter fair.