The Nightmares That Form Bonds

by Ty The Draco

Rating: everyone
Tags: Spike, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Twilight Sparkle, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sad, Romance
Length: 5782

Rarity discovers she can change into her Nightmare form at will, but she needs help to control her new power. Lucky for her, a certain dragon is there to help.

Sometime after she was saved from near death by her friends, Rarity accidentally discovers she can transform in her Nightmare form at will. Terrified, she hides herself away from everyone. But when a certain dragon checks on her, it will lead to something new being born between the two.

But there is something Spike has been hiding. Sure, it was possible he would have nightmares after what transpired on the moon, but there was something else he was having nightmares about. All it will take is the comfort of a newly crowned lavender Alicorn to finally fix things. Especially when said dragon is about to hit his first growth spurt.

Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle has been having a lot of trouble of her own. She seems to not even flinch at the two bullies words, she seems to be doing worse in school, and she's even seemingly pushing others who try to help her away. And this all started after Rarity was saved. Maybe her sister is what the young unicorn needs to get her back on track.

Credit to DANMAKUMAN, Eddiedodoman, & fluffikitten, all on deviantART, for all 3 pics.

Published 2013-11-29 07:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2014-04-07 21:19:10 UTC

Dreamy Support

That night, Rarity had a strange dream. It was night time like it was in real life, but the location was different, yet familiar to her. It was the field where the diamond dogs kidnapped her.

"Why am I here?" asked a confused Rarity. She was wondering why she was dreaming of being in this place, especially since she had one bad experience with the diamond dogs herself. For that matter, how did she know she was dreaming? Somehow, it felt natural to her. That's when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She looked and saw it was her mane. It was flowing like it was when she was Nightmare Rarity. She quickly put two and two together and realized she was in her Nightmare form. Thinking back to what Spike said earlier, she thought about trying to return to her regular self, but when she looked again, she was still the same.

"Why can't I turn back? Is this part of the dream?" asked Rarity, even more confused now. Suddenly, she heard a scream. Rarity looked over and saw her sister running from a pack of diamond dogs. Rarity quickly ran after them, trying to protect Sweetie Belle. As soon as she caught up to them, she found Sweetie cornered by the dogs and there were two ponies up on a rock above her.

"Diamond Tiara! Silver Spoon! Help me please!" screamed Sweetie at the two ponies up on the rock. Rarity quickly realized the two ponies on top of the rock were the two most selfish ponies in all of Ponyville who also went to the same school as her sister.

"Ha, like we'd help a blank flank! Good luck getting your other blank flank friends to find you when your chewed to bits! HAHAHA!" laughed Diamond Tiara as the two bullies walked away. The diamond dogs kept slowly approaching Sweetie Belle with what appeared to be a hungry look. Sweetie Belle looked like she was on the verge of crying as she closed her eyes. Rarity, seeing her sister like this, couldn't take it anymore.

"Leave her alone!" yelled Rarity as she ran towards the group, getting right between her sister and the dogs, who looked alarmed at seeing her. Rarity, feeling the need to protect her sister, felt something growing deep in her as she glared at the diamond dogs.

"I can accept you trying to enslave older ponies like me, but to try and kill a young pony like Sweetie Belle is where I reach my breaking point! You will pay!" said Rarity as her eyes started to glow. Her long horn started to glow brightly as the dogs started to back away.

"You aren't going ANYWHERE!" yelled Rarity menacingly as she took aim and launched a huge blast of energy from her horn. Sweetie Belle, not knowing what was going on, slightly opened her eyes and was blinded by what looked like a bright light. The moment the light started to die down, Sweetie started to see the shape of a pony as tall as Princess Luna. She started to head for the pony, thinking it was the princess, but as soon as the light died down enough for her to see what the pony really looked like, she immediately stopped in her tracks. Rarity, as soon as her eyes stopped glowing, looked behind her and saw Sweetie Belle looking at her with a look of fear.

"N-N-Nightmare R-Rarity!?" said Sweetie Belle, who was even more scared now. Rarity looked a bit confused at first, but she then remembered Sweetie Belle had yet to see her in this form and only Spike had seen her like this. Rarity soon faced Sweetie Belle and lowered her head down to Sweetie Belle's level, looking her sister, who was still shaking in fear, in the eye.

"Are you alright?" asked Rarity, not wanting Sweetie Belle to know it was actually her instead of the actual Nightmare. Sweetie Belle was now confused as to why Nightmare Rarity was asking her if she was alright, but decided it might be best to answer.

"I-I think so. T-thank you I guess...this is one weird dream..." said Sweetie Belle. Now it was Rarity's turn to be confused. How did Sweetie Belle know this was a dream? In fact, how did Rarity herself know this was a dream? Unless...

'Am I in Sweetie Belle's dream?' Rarity remembered how the Nightmare forces were able to invade her and her friends' dreams, and came to the conclusion she now held the same power.

"But there is something I want to know...how can you be here? I thought Rarity was cured thanks to the Elements of Harmony?" asked Sweetie Belle. Rarity was now panicking since she had no explanation or even knew how to explain this to Sweetie Belle.

"Uhh...w-well...I-I guess y-you're still traumatized from the incident when your sister was, uh, possessed and y-you were probably wanting your sister's help, so, uh, your dream made me to, uh, come help you." lied Rarity, hoping her sister would buy it. Sweetie Belle looked suspicious at first, but then she seemed to think about what Rarity had said. After a little bit, Sweetie Belle looked at Rarity with a bit of a small smile.

"Okay. That seems logical. Well, thanks for helping me." said Sweetie. Rarity mentally sighed in relief, thankful her sister believed her and still had no clue it was actually her and not a creation of her dream.

"You're welcome. So who were those ponies who left you for dead?" asked Rarity, feigning ignorance to sell her story as she laid down next to her sister, ready to listen, even though she knew who those ponies were. Sweetie soon got a bit of an angry look on her face.

"Those two..." Began Sweetie, flinching a bit from thinking about their names, but continued anyway.

"...Their names are Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon...and they are the most selfish ponies in all of Equestria...they don't care if somepony gets hurt or not as long as they get enjoyment out of it...and they target me and the other Cutie Mark Crusaders the most. Me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo have been able to get one over them many times. But they won't stop...and today...they really got to me..." explained Sweetie. This confirmed Rarity's suspicions from earlier when she thought something was wrong when her sister came home before she went to Pinkie's party with Spike.

"Can you tell me what they did?" asked Rarity. Sweetie seemed hesitant to show it, but she soon nodded. Rarity expected her to say something, but Sweetie just turned around and showed Rarity her flank. On it, where a cutie mark appears when a pony finds their talent, was a burn mark.

"We were working on helping with fireworks for the upcoming Ponyville Festival when they set one off. It hit me right there and they told me a burn mark would work well as a cutie mark...since I seem to burn everything to ashes when I try to use magic..." said Sweetie, who let tears fall from her eyes. Rarity felt something growing deep in her...the same thing she felt when her sister was cornered by the diamond dogs. Anger. Those ponies had hurt her sister and even made fun of her for her bad use of magic. And Rarity also felt guilt for not knowing this before. How could she miss that burn?

'How dare they...those fillies hurt my sister...and I failed as a sister to not even notice my sister's pain...' silently thought Rarity. She felt the anger deep in her. It felt like a raging fire that was ready to burn down anything that would hurt something close to it. At least that's how it felt to her since she felt like doing the same thing. But then Rarity heard her sister sob a little bit. Rarity quickly pushed her anger back into her mind as she brought her sister into a hug. Sweetie Belle was surprised when Nightmare Rarity hugged her, but she was feeling so upset that she didn't care right now. The young filly started to cry into Rarity's foreleg as the older sister held her close, doing her best to comfort her. Sweetie Belle cried for minutes before she finally stopped, but Rarity still held her close.

"...Are you feeling any better?" asked Rarity. Sweetie Belle sniffed and rubbed tears out of her eyes before she answered.

"...Yeah...I think so..." said Sweetie. Her eyes seemed bloodshot from the crying, and Rarity wanted nothing more than to help her sister feel better in any way possible. Still, she couldn't do that much thanks to this funny feeling that she didn't have the whole story, and she didn't want to act until she knew everything.

"Good. Well, I better go." said Rarity, thinking it was best for her to leave her sister's dream. Plus she had a feeling the longer she stayed, the more of a chance she'll run the risk of Sweetie Belle finding out what's really going on. As she got up and began to walk away, getting ready to leave, Sweetie suddenly grabbed her hoof.

"Wait!" said Sweetie. Rarity looked at her with a confused look, wondering what Sweetie wanted.

"...Will I possibly see you again?" asked Sweetie. Rarity smiled as she came up with an answer to her sister's question right away without giving herself away.

"As long as you want me to appear in your dreams, I'll keep coming." said Rarity. Sweetie seemed content with that as she gave her a nod and a smile, happy to have made a friend in her dreams. Rarity then walked away and as soon as she was out of sight, she tried to use her magic to leave her sister's dream. Rarity closed her eyes to focus on doing so and she felt a small tingling sensation. After a while, Rarity opened her eyes and saw she was back in her bed and back to normal. She sat up and was met with sunlight coming off her mirror and into her eyes. She shielded her eyes from the light as she used her magic to push the mirror away. It was morning now and soon, her sister would be up. She knew she was going to talk about her dream during breakfast, but right now, she didn't care how boring it was.

"Well...better see what I can do for her..." said Rarity as she got up, hoping to give her sister a surprise this morning as she made her way to the kitchen. But as soon as she got downstairs, she saw a letter on the table. She used her magic to open the letter and immediately recognized the writing as Twilight's.

Come to my home as soon as you can Rarity. You have some explaining to do. -Twilight.

"Oh dear..." said Rarity quietly, hoping that this wasn't what she thought it was.

Late Night Disturbance

"Hmm...Spike...could you go see who's at the door making all that noise...?" sleepily asked Twilight. It was the middle of the night and everyone in Ponyville was sound asleep. Even Twilight, who usually stayed up pretty late reading, was asleep from everything that's happened in the past few days. But she was woken up by the sound of something downstairs and she waited for Spike to roll out of bed sleepily to go see who it was. However, she didn't hear the sound of small feet on the floor and it made her get a bit irritated.

"Spike, please...I'm trying to sleep..." Twilight waited for a response from her roommate, but didn't get a response. She finally rolled over, her eyes barely open, to look at the basket the young dragon always sleeps in, but to her surprise, Spike was not in his basket.

"Spike?" asked Twilight, her eyes more open now as she wondered where Spike was. After hearing more noise downstairs, Twilight figured now that she was up, she might as well go see who was making that sound. As she opened her bedroom door, she looked in the main room of the Golden Oaks Library, only to find no one there, except for Owlowiscious.

"Hi Owlowiscious, have you seen Spike? He's not in his bed." Twilight asked her pet owl.

"Hoo." Owlowiscious pointed at the door to the basement, where the sound seemed to be coming from. Now Twilight was curious. Was Spike the one causing all that noise? And even so, why is he up this late at night in the basement?

"I guess there's only one way to find out." said Twilight as she opened the door to the basement and walked her way down the stairs. The further she went down, the louder the sound got. Eventually, she saw Spike working on her own machine, as if he was trying to do something with it.

"Spike!?" questioned Twilight loud enough to startle the young drake, who quickly turned around with a look of fear.

"T-Twilight!? W-what are you doing down here?" asked Spike. The alicorn approached the baby dragon with a bit of a stern look across her face.

"I could ask the same thing. What are you doing up this late at night? And why are you messing with my machine?" asked Twilight with a hint of anger in her voice, assuming that her own assistant was down here to wreck her machine and ruin future studies for neglecting him ever since the moment they had at the Crystal Kingdom, which made her feel guilty inside as well for not paying more attention to the drake.

"I'm sorry Twilight...you see...I..." began Spike, trying to think of a way to tell Twilight the deal he and Rarity made without revealing the secret only they knew.

"Well?" Twilight asked again, wanting a answer.

"...Okay, I'm going to be honest with you Twilight. When I went to Rarity's home earlier, I saw her feeling guilty over the whole incident not too long ago and thinking she might have been able to prevent it if she had been stronger. So I told her I would help her get stronger with her magic and I thought I could probably modify your machine to help unicorns or even alicorns get better with magic." lied Spike. In a way, he did agree to help Rarity, but not with her magic, but controlling her Nightmare form instead. Fortunately for him, Twilight seemed to buy it as a smile soon appeared on her face.

"Is that so? Well Spike, I'm glad you're trying your best to make her feel better. But you're going about this all wrong." said Twilight as she stepped beside Spike and started showing him all sorts of things about the machine and other things. Spike seemed more interested in this then he's ever been before since this was the first time he and Twilight spent some quality time together in a long time. He didn't care if this stuff was boring or not, he was glad he could spend time with somepony close to him. Twilight also felt the same way. She had been feeling guilty for not being able to spend that much time with Spike ever since she became an alicorn. The pain in her heart that she had been feeling seemed to be at ease for now, but she still felt like something seemed off. She shrugged it off for nor as she continued helping Spike with modifying the machine. Before they knew it, the sun was starting to rise and Twilight made the final touches to the modification.

"Alright that's it. We're done Spike...Spike?" Twilight looked over at the baby dragon, only to find him asleep on the floor. Twilight giggled as she lifted Spike off the floor and put him on her back before going back up to her bedroom to put the young drake in his bed so the two could make up for staying up almost all night. However, just as soon as she exited the basement, a thought crossed her mind. She began to wonder why Rarity wanted to get stronger in magic. Spike did say it was to help her in case they had to deal with another incident like the one they were in not too long ago. Twilight decided to write a quick note and, not wanting to wake Spike up, used her magic to send the note to Rarity's home instead.

"Alright, time to get some sleep." said Twilight, who yawned just shortly after saying those words. She trotted up to her room and started to bring Spike off her back, but she felt a small tug on her wing suddenly. She looked behind and saw Spike holding the tip of her wing close to him. She didn't know how Spike managed to do that without her noticing, but a smile soon spread across her face as she no longer cared. She quietly got in her bed and gently put Spike next to her, having her wing wrap around the baby dragon to keep him comfy as she closed her eyes and joined her assistant in slumber.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short chapter, I did my best to make up for not having a chapter in a while plus I wanted to just go ahead and get through with this, so this was kind of rushed. Plus this is my first time doing stuff like this, so I'm not expert like other people. And I'm also a bit in shock still from seeing the end of the Undertaker's Streak at WrestleMania XXX last night, so my mind is not coming up with much right now. I still hope you enjoy this short chapter.

The Prologue

"Phew, glad I'm done for the day. These orders from the Crystal Kingdom might have taken some time, but I am finished!" said Rarity as she put her latest creations up for delivery tomorrow. After doing so, she soon realized how late it was by looking out her window and seeing the sun setting. She let out a big yawn, deciding it was time for her to get her beauty sleep. It had already been a full week since she was rescued by her friends from the Nightmare forces and pretty much saved her life. As soon as the fashionable pony got to her room, she closed the door behind her. Before going to bed, she faced a mirror.

"I can't believe it has been already a full week since I was rescued... Almost feels like yesterday. I need to find a way to thank them." said Rarity as she closed her eyes and thought about that day. She got kidnapped and sent to the moon, she was forced to think her friends would abandon her for another pony, she hurt and imprisoned them, and she even was forced to hurt Spike. But the fact they never gave up on her gave her the knowledge that they would never abandon her. She even thought Spike was about to say three certain words to her, but she never got to hear them herself. But the young dragon proved himself to be the bravest on that day, being able to outsmart and trick the entire Nightmare army several times as well as resist her temptations.

'He was really brave...but...how can I repay him?' thought Rarity as she opened her eyes. But when she did, she realized her legs seemed to be longer. Her room was already darkened, so it was hard to see even her own coat. But one thing that did seem different was her mane. It felt like it was flowing. Confused, she looked up towards the mirror as the moonlight finally gave enough light into the room. The only thing she saw looking back at her...was her in her Nightmare form.

All that could be heard from the Carousel Boutique was a loud scream.

========The Next Day========

"Where the hay is she?!" asked Rainbow Dash, who was annoyed about Rarity being late to the party all of them were having.

"Yeah, I totally wanted to hold a weekiversary party for us saving her to show her how much we mean to her!" said Pinkie, though she was still finding a way to keep the party alive.

"Don't worry girls, I know she'll be here soon. At least I hope so..." said Twilight as she stretched out her wings, which she was still getting used to since she got them two days after they had beaten the Nightmare forces and had been training how to fly since she came back from the other world.

"Ah hope so too Twi'." said Applejack, who had brought some homemade cider from Sweet Apple Acres for all of them to drink.

"Oh, I hope nothing bad has happened." said Fluttershy. After hearing these words, Spike, who was also there, immediately got up and ran towards the door.

"Where are you going Spike!?" asked Twilight. Spike only stopped for a minute to say these words.

"To check on her." said Spike before he took off in a hurry. Twilight began to go after him, but suddenly stopped.

'Well he's starting to mature after all...maybe I should let him do this by himself...but I wish I could do more for him...' thought Twilight, thinking about most of the times she and the baby dragon had done things together, which was not very much, causing the Alicorn to hurt a little on the inside. Meanwhile, after some time, Spike got to his location, nearly out of breath, but he forced himself to breath normally as he entered the Carousel Boutique in search of Rarity. Without Sweetie Belle, who was with the other Crusaders, there, it seemed quiet. But most of the rooms were lit except for one upstairs, which Spike did eventually find. He went to open the door, but as he began to, a voice suddenly came from the room.

"No! Don't come in here!" came the voice. Spike immediately knew who it belonged to.

"Rarity, is that you?! What's wrong?" asked a now concerned Spike. Rarity recognized the voice and spoke out again.

"Spike? Oh it's you...I'm sorry for that terrible outburst, I'm dealing with something...I thought I was done with." said Rarity. Spike then began to wonder what was bothering her so much, but then he decided on something.

"Rarity, I'm coming in." said Spike, causing Rarity to panic again.

"No! Don't!" but it was too late. Spike opened the door, only to find a large lump in Rarity's covers that was shaking. Spike knew the reason why and went over to the bed, then got up on it and placed a hand on the covers, unaware of the door suddenly being magically slammed shut, making the room completely dark again.

"Rarity, please tell me what's wrong. I want to help." said Spike. Rarity, who was still hiding under the covers to prevent Spike from seeing her in her current form, wanted him to leave so badly, but knew he would stay there until she finally spoke. She sighed before speaking out.

"Very well...Spike, I just can't go out. My current appearance would just...scare everypony. I don't want to scare them, so I've hidden myself away until I can find a way to fix this..." said Rarity, who let tears fall from her eyes. She couldn't bare to let Spike see her like this for fear of scaring him away and telling the others.

"...Rarity...you can't do it alone." Spike suddenly said, causing Rarity to grow confused. She was about to ask why she couldn't do it alone when Spike cut her off.

"You remember when I grew to that big size and nearly destroyed all of Ponyville. It was because of my greed that it happened...but it was also because I grew selfish. But it was because of you that I learned that it was better to give then get." said Spike as he looked at the nightstand beside Rarity's bed and saw the Fire Ruby there. The same Fire Ruby that he gave Rarity before his birthday as well as allow him to return to normal during his rampage. It got destroyed during the battle with the Nightmare forces, but was restored when Rarity was brought back to normal.

"Ever since then, I've kind of wanted to be...well, a successor to your Element of Harmony I guess. I don't want to be like the other dragons who are greedy and cruel. I want to help others and be generous to them all the time...because of you Rarity. And when you were under Discord's influence...I wanted so badly to stop you from being so crazy about a certain rock." said Spike, with the mention of the rock made Rarity cringe.

"I thought we agreed to never speak of that again." said Rarity.

"I was busy throwing up scrolls from the Princess to be there for that agreement. But what I'm trying to say is...you've done so much for me. And even though I helped saved you...I don't think that's enough. Rarity, whatever it is that's bothering you so much, please let me help." said Spike. Rarity then thought about the times Spike had helped her. She then wondered if he took his help for granted in the past because of his crush on her.

'...Not this time...' thought Rarity as she quietly sneaked a peek at the Fire Ruby, where she was somehow able to see Spike's reflection in it. She saw something in his eyes that convinced her there was nothing she could do to stop him from what he had his mind set on doing.

"Alright Spike...but please, promise me that when you see me, you won't freak out..." said Rarity.

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." responded Spike, doing his best to do the motions of the Pinkie Promise. Rarity giggled a bit from seeing Spike do it through the reflection before sighing. She then started slowly lowering the covers while sitting up. The first thing Spike noticed as Rarity sat up was that her horn seemed to be longer and a darker color. This immediately gave him an idea of what was wrong as soon enough, Rarity was sitting straight up, revealing to Spike that she was in the form she was in not so long ago.

"Rarity..." was all said Spike. Rarity quickly tired her best to look away, letting tears form in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry Spike if I'm scaring you...I wouldn't blame you if you went to get the girls to-" said Rarity before she was suddenly cut off by Spike putting a finger to her mouth, making her stop talking as she looked at Spike.

"Rarity, if you were gonna say what I think you're gonna say, then don't continue. Besides, why would I do something like that?" asked Spike, knowing how Rarity was going to finish that sentence. Rarity only looked at Spike out of shock.

"You mean...you're not scared?" asked Rarity. Spike looked her in the eyes with a smile on his face.

"I have no reason to be Rarity. If you were still under Nightmare's control, I would be. But the way you've been acting because of this is all the proof I need. Rarity, I would never be afraid of you. You're my friend and I'll always be there for you." said Spike as he hugged Rarity, who looked even more shocked until a smile came on her face before she returned the hug.

'I just wish Twilight would do the same for me...' thought Spike suddenly, thinking about his past with the lavender pony. But the moment he felt Rarity return his hug, his thoughts were soon ended as his face turned a bright red. He had rarely been hugged by Rarity like this before and it felt nice. Meanwhile, Rarity had a small blush on her own face, grateful for the fact that Spike wasn't scared of her in this form. But she also felt something else and she couldn't quite put her hoof on it. All she knew that holding Spike like this right now made her feel more safe then she's ever been before.

"Thank you Spike. You really are such a gentledrake." said Rarity as she released the hug, while Spike did the same and backed away with a small blush on his face.

"Hehe, you're welcome Rarity. Now, let's try and fix this so you can come with me to Pinkie's party. How did you find out you can turn in that form in the first place?" asked Spike. Rarity started to think about what happened when she transformed in her Nightmare form.

"Well...I was thinking about what happened during the battle on the moon...and how I was forced to transform into this. And when I opened my eyes after thinking that...well, you can see what I saw next." said Rarity, sounding a bit sad. However, this somehow gave Spike a possible solution to the problem.

"Hmm...I think I know what to do. You turned into your current from when you apparently were thinking about the transformation...so how about you try thinking about turning back into your normal form." said Spike. Rarity nodded before closing her eyes and thinking about what Spike told her to think about. Suddenly, her horn glowed and her whole body was enveloped in a blue magical aura. Rarity then started to shrink a bit as her mane and tail slowly returned to normal and her dark purple body started to brighten until it was back to the marshmallow white. She felt a small tingling sensation of her flank as her cutie mark returned back to it's regular look. Soon, she opened her eyes and Spike noticed Rarity's eyes were back to the familiar looking ones he was so used to.

"Oh my, it worked! How did you figure that out so easily Spike?" asked Rarity, completely impressed with Spike figuring out how to solve her problem so easily.

"Well, when you live in a library with not much to do between breaks and naps, you sort of become a bookworm yourself." said Spike, giving off a bit of an embarrassed laugh.

"Well it paid off. How can I repay you Spike?" asked Rarity, feeling very grateful.

"Well...c-could you walk with me to Pinkie's party. J-just as friends of course!" said Spike, his face becoming a bright red again. Rarity only giggled, but then she gave Spike a warm smile.

"Of course Spikey Wikey. But please promise not to talk about what happened here. I don't want the other to know about...you know." said Rarity, flinching a bit at the thought of the others possibly finding out about her new form and possibly rejecting her.

"I promise Rarity. Now let's go." said Spike. Rarity soon pushed the thoughts she was having back into her mind as she nodded. However, as soon as they left the room and to the door, Sweetie Belle suddenly came in, looking a bit sad for some reason.

"Oh, hello Sweetie Belle! Did my sister enjoy school today?" asked Rarity, but Sweetie just looked at the ground.

"Yeah...I kind of did." was all Sweetie Belle said. The tone of her voice however, made Rarity concerned if something was wrong.

"Sweetie Belle, is something wrong?" asked Rarity. Sweetie Belle just shaked her head to respond.

"Don't worry Rarity...I'm just tired..." said Sweetie, hoping Rarity didn't find out she did have a bad day at school thanks to Diamond Tiara. Today, she kept on bothering her and the other Crusaders about all sorts of things along with Silver Spoon, who seemingly held back for some reason. Rarity seemed to buy the lie though as she just nodded.

"I see. Well I hope to see you at Pinkie's party." said Rarity as she and Spike made their way to the party. Sweetie went to her room and just laid there, thinking about the day she had and had one thought.

'What would Rarity say if I told her the truth? I'm trying to deal with this alone...but...' thought Sweetie before sleep overtook her.

That Night

Rarity was still up as she looked at her mirror, thinking about what happened in the past few hours. It may have been a lot to take in, but she was thankful Spike was not scared of her new form and didn't tell anypony else about it. She thought about her new form for a little bit, feeling herself change into her Nightmare form as she looked at herself in the mirror. True, she was scared of this new form at first, but she was now starting to get use to it.

"It will take a while...but I'm sure I'll be able to be not be scared of being like this in due time..." said Rarity. She was about to change back into her form when suddenly, she heard something at the door. She quickly looked over at the door and saw a note near it. She used her magic to bring it over and open it to read it.

Hey Rarity, I know this may be sudden, but tomorrow night, can you meet me in Twilight's basement? I promise I can help you learn to be better with your new form. -Spike

"Hmm...I really hope this is not some cruel trick..." said Rarity as she turned back into her regular form. She then put the note down and went to bed. But as she laid in bed, she began to wonder what Spike wanted her for. His note said he could help her with her new power. She hoped it was not a cruel trick, but deep down, she trusted Spike and knew he would never trick her. She smiled a bit as she fell asleep.

Author's Note

The first chapter of my new story that I will be doing along with Pokemon; World Collision. After I read the comics and remembered Luna could take on Nightmare Moon's appearance, I got the idea to make a story where Rarity could take on Nightmare Rarity's appearance, but still remain herself. And as you all can probably tell, this is a Sparity story that also focuses not only on a romance between Spike & Rarity, but also focuses on Rarity's relationship with Sweetie Belle and Spike's relationship with Twilight. Trust me when I say by the end of all this, at least someone will die of cuteness. lol jk jk. Anyway, hope you like this.