Desires Chapter 4 Lessons

Spike awoke from his peaceful slumber, almost groggily, as the thin strings of solar light entered his room and ran across his face. Rubbing his eyes he yawned feeling relaxation coursing all over his body, he closed his eyes again trying to think of anything important for this new day. It wasn’t long before the reminder that this was their last morning at the hotel hit him, moving his head to both sides in search of the clock, one he found it he read it was barely past eight o’clock. Trying to stretch his arms and torso he soon found resistance, looking down a smile adorned his face the moment he saw the resting lavender alicorn on his chest, breathing peacefully as a small smile ran across her lips. Spike slid his right arm under the covers of his bed, slowly placing it over the mare who only hummed in response.

‘What a crazy week,’ He thought, ‘when was the last time I felt so good with myself and all those around me?’ He asked himself chuckling slightly, a few seconds of hearing nothing but her soft breathing Spike frowned a little. ‘Strange, I really enjoyed all we did together during our vacation…..but just having her around me makes me so incredibly happy,’ His hold over the mare strengthen a bit, softly caressing her side with his claws. ‘I mean, I know what she did was wrong but I can’t bring myself to hate her for it, Tartarus, I can’t even be mad at her, not in the slightest.’ He heard a soft sigh followed by a murmur that sounded very much like his name. ‘Then again,’ he smile, ‘How can I be mad at her when she is so beautiful?’

For a couple of minutes he remained motionless, content just to be holding his new marefriend close to him, Twilight began to move around until she woke up, with a yawn and a little stir she finally opened her eyes.

“Glad you are awake, sleepy head.” Spike said snuggling his head into Twilight’s hair, as she giggled tiredly against his chest. “It’s almost eight thirty, we leave in two hours.”

“I don’t wanna.” She said burying herself deeper into her drakefriend.

“Believe me, I don’t want to either, I would rather spend my time with you like this but we, and by we I mean mostly you, have many duties to attend to, my princess.” He said kissing her just above her horn, softly caressing her as he moved down the covers.

“No, don’t Spike, my breath stinks.” she said trying to push away his attempts of kissing her.

“Don’t care, yours will be as bad as mine.” Spike used one of his hands to hold onto her back giving him free access to her mouth.

“Says the dra---mmmpphhh.” She was cut off as a pair of lips sealed her own in a sweet lock.

After a couple of seconds the kiss ended, both looking at the other lovingly, they shared a small smile and decided to get off their bed, take a shower and get everything ready for their departure.

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“It was a pleasure serving you and your companion during this week, Princess Twilight, we hope everything was to your pleasure and we wish you a happy trip back home.” A mare, wearing the typical maid uniform of the hotel, said bowing before the couple, earning a big gem as her tip in the process.

“Thank you very much, we did find our stay very pleasurable.” Twilight told the mare before pulling out her miniature carriage out of one of her pockets, the maid mare missing the slight remark over the last word. “Ready Spike?”

“Just a second,” The drake answered, a small blush glowing on his face as he finished clearing enough area for the carriage to regain its normal size. “Ready.”

Twilight touched the miniature carriage adding a bit of her magic and then threw it to Spike. Catching it effortlessly he placed it on the ground and quickly stepped back. With just a little shake and a flash of light the carriage returned to its normal size once more, followed by ‘ohhhs’ and ‘ahhhs’ of the passerby’s. Spike moved to it, opening the door and placed all their luggage inside it.

Twilight turned around and waved her good-byes to the staff before entering the carriage, Spike waved too as he stepped inside closing the door behind him. No sooner had the door closed before a pair of purple downy wings appeared on either side of the carriage. Slowly they began to flap, each passing second increasing their speed as the carriage took off the ground, just a couple of seconds of simply hovering over the ground the carriage shot out to the skies, leaving a small dust cloud on the ground.

“Well, that’s that.” Spike said sitting next to Twilight, “Enjoyed our vacation?”

“You know I did, Spike.” She said looking at the view outside her port view. “Spike……..I know you must be tired of this but I’m really so--”

“Twilight, stop it.” Spike said with a tired voice and a soft sigh, sliding a claw over her shoulder. “So what if you were doing it for almost a year, you are sorry, I forgave you, WE are together now, let it rest in the past Twi.” He moved forward placing his chin over her free shoulder, pressing his cheek against hers.

Twilight pressed against his embrace, grasping his comforting hand on her shoulder while her other hand caressed his free cheek tenderly. “Still, I feel awful about it… For doing something so wrong to you, something against your will, just because I was afraid and stupid.” Twilight lamented, squeezing the drake’s hand.

“Can’t argue against that.” Spike said, receiving a smack against his cheek. “I’m joking, I’m joking!” He chuckled, leaning in to kiss her cheek softly. Contently he sighed, “Well, not really, anyone can do some pretty stupid things when they don’t know what to do, Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Derpy, Shining, even the princesses, no one is excluded from it.” He whispered, his teeth dragging against the nape of her neck.

“Maybe you’re right.” Twilight gasped turning her head slightly to the side, capturing her dragon’s lips for a small kiss “What about you?” She asked as Spike continued nibbling on his lover’s neck.

“Spikezilla, my quest to know what being a ‘dragon’ really means, not siding with you during the wedding of Cadence and Shining.” He spoke each example he present earned Twilight another snip in the neck, causing the mare to writhe in pleasure. “Beating Blueblood half to death for insulting you and the girls, be live bait for a pack of manticores, need anything more?” He said, before sucking against her pelt.

Twilight groaned as his sharp teeth bit into her flesh. Her hands caressing his head keeping him from moving away and silently begging him for more. “Well, you never tried anything sexual against anypony or anyone,” Twilight was enjoying this, Celestia was she enjoying this, but… she needed to know. “Not even against Rarity.” To her it sounded more like a question than a statement, if Spike noticed her didn’t show it. He just continued to lick and nip on her sensitive neck.

“I did, I let you continue what you were doing for some time, maybe even more than I should have, because, well, it really felt good." He gave out a light chuckle. "I took advantage of you almost as much as you took advantage of me, if it makes you feel better, we raped each other in different ways, kind of.” Spike said. Breaking from his extended play with a smile gracing his face as he heard the disappointed whine from Twilight as her hands presented resistance to his movements. Still he wasn’t one to deny this beauty before him. His draped arm began slowly sliding down Twilights voluptuous form, making sure she felt every drag of his scales against her, until he came to her waist before forcefully pulling her closer to him. “So,” he continued, “Stop feeling guilty about it and let’s just enjoy ourselves for the time being, once we get back home we can worry about the next step.” He said as his hand traveled further south and gripped her firm and spongy flesh.

Twilight gave out a little moan and Spike took the opportunity to kiss her, deeply, passionately, in a way that sent a chills down the mare’s spine, but more importantly one that made her stupid as it dragged on. Spike, giving her a moment to catch her breath, was met with his lover’s question. “S-speaking of that, what are we g-going to tell our friends?” She stuttered, Spike tending to her behind was distracting in its own way.

“The truth.” He kissed her again. Twilight, so surprised, so shocked, was tossed into pleasure by Spike’s statement. The plainness, the pure sincerity behind those two simple words washed over Twilight as Spike broke the kiss once again. “Truthfully I’m actually more concerned about what princess Celestia might say.”

“W-why do you keep c-calling her like that? AHhhOh, that feels nice.” She moaned as Spike’s thumb started pressing against her plot hole.

Spike shrugged “Habit I guess,” He kissed her under her chin making her giggle a bit. “Oh ticklish huh?”

Twilight grunted a bit excited as she felt his fangs pressing against her throat tenderly. “I-I-I still d-don’t get, mmmmmmm, why go on with t-t-that charade for so lONgh!” Her arms found their way behind his head and caressed his spines and neck scales, pushing his head against her neck harder. “Why not end it wh-when I ascended?”

“Because,” Spike pulled his head from her neck, placing his forehead against hers. “I didn't, and still don’t, want to be apart from you or the girls, besides.” He said smiling, “I think I was far too young back then.” His thumb pressed a little harder literally stealing her breath away.

“If you say so,” Twilight panted as she smiled back, wondering when and how did they changed position with her now sitting on his lap “but why are you worried about what your ‘mom’ might say.”

“Well, believe it or not, mother is, wow that sounds a bit strange.” They both shared a short laugh. “Mother is very protective of me in the relationship department.”

Twilight tilted her head to the side, confused, and reasonably so. “What do you mean by that?” Twilight asked, only able imagine Celestia as a benevolent, levelheaded ruler.

“You don’t know this, but Celes-- I mean, mother is very picky, you know that very few ponies know about my real status and relationship with princess Celestia, right?” Twilight nodded. “Well, some of those who do know have tried to engage me with their daughters or any close relative of theirs ever since you ascended.” Spike’s expression turned grim, “Luna told me about the horrible nightmares and, in some cases, memories my mother caused on them after she was done with them.”

“That doesn’t see--”

“Twilight,” Spike voice was dead serious, even his playful ministrations came to a halt. “The only reason why mother didn’t banish Roseluck, Sunny Skies or any of the other mares around Ponyville and Canterlot that have tried to hit on me is because I asked her not to.”

Twilight’s mouth was agape, not even bothering trying to speak.

“She says I must wait until I find ‘the one’ and that she will make sure that no ‘unworthy’ female will come near me.”

“W-w-what about Rarity?”

“I was the one showing interest, not the other way around, still I got a scolding for ‘being too young’.”

Silence fell inside the carriage while the happy couple hung to each other closely, Twilight suddenly feeling a deep dread crawl up her spine.

“But,” Spike kissed her lips, softly tracing his tongue over them. “I’m sure if we speak with her about us she will understand………..omitting certain details of course”

“I hope you’re right, being banished to the moon would make an awful long distance relationship.” Twilight joked.

“I guess you’re right, hehe.”

Both looked at each other’s eyes and began to laugh for no reason whatsoever, after half a minute of laughter, it stopped slowly until silence fell between them again.

Slowly a deep blush began to burn into their faces as the gentle rock of the carriage began to register in their minds, though more in their body. Not sharing a syllable the two began kissing again. A slow, desperate, attempt to show their passions, exchange silent words, feelings that only such carnal activities could show. They could take their time though, after all two hours is a very long time… Anything can happen.

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*Canterlot Castle- Roughly two hours later*

If there was one thing that all those thousands of years alive had taught Celestia to be a master of, that would be patience, and it was a mastery that she showed almost every day of her life, dealing with nobles, wild creatures here and there, the occasional conflict with other nations, Discord and so forth made sure her mastery over her most powerful weapon remained sharp and steady. But right now that mastery was being tested to its up most limits by her own eagerness and desire to see her son and give him the news of his now official status in the royal family.

‘Finally, my Spikey will be granted the title he deserves and his rightful place at my side, no longer will he be the prince in the shadows but an actual prince of Equestria, one that will fulfill the role-model of loyalty, chivalry and righteousness.’ She thought happily as she waited on her chair, right in front of the royal aerial balcony. ‘Thankfully my company is as eager as me for their return.’

Celestia giggled as she turned her head slightly to the left to see the rest of the Element Bearers joking, talking and eating (in Pinkie’s case) as they waited for their friends arrival, who were ten minutes late as it were.

“I can’t say it bothers me, darling, but I must evince my concern for Twilight’s, how does she puts it?... Ah yes, tardiness, you know how much she hates to be late for anything.” Rarity said as she sat alongside Applejack drinking tea and discussing about their friend's lateness.

“Ah reckon they must have troubles with the hotel that’s all, no need ta’ worry about it.” The cow-mare said as she took a bite out of a piece of cake “Butsh Ah shleay--”

“Swallow first, darling.” Rarity reprimanded cringing away from scattering food stuff as Applejack grew a blush.

“Shorry.” She swallowed “As Ah was sayin’. Ah was really shocked. What princess Celestia told us about Spike, Ah mean, Ah was always curious about his relationship with tha princess but Ah was never really sure.” She grinned mischievously back at Rarity. “Ah bet you must be eatin’ yerself right now, Rarity.”

Rarity looked back as Applejack a bit confused. “I beg your pardon, darling? But whatever do you mean?”

“C’mon Rarity, it mus’ be eatin’ ya that Spike is a prince and that you lost yer chance to ‘snatch him away’.” Applejack smirked, the irony neither escaping her or the fashionista.

“I would do no such thing!” Rarity exclaimed, her face taking a shade of red as she did, “I am a Lady, ladies do not ‘snatch away’ princes’, gentlestallions or gentledrakes in Spike’s case, a lady must always use her charms and affection to win them over.” Rarity took another sip of her tea. “Besides,” she began, her shoulders slumping as she did. “Both you and I know that Spike… doesn’t look at me the same way he did before."

“I am happy that he has grown out of his crush, I knew it would happen eventually but still, a part of me feels sad that it ended.” Rarity gave out a light chuckle, looking down at her cup of tea, a frown still plastered across her visage. “At some point I thought it could turn into something real.”

“Sooooo, you do like Spike that way?” Said a voice from above them.

“Rainbow Dash!” Rarity half-shouted as she looked up. “You know it’s very rude to spy on other ponies conversations.”

“I wasn’t spying,” She said smiling at her. “I just happen to hear something interesting and decided to join in,” slowly she descended to the ground, sitting next to Rarity. “so, you like-like Spike?”

“I do not like-like Spike” Rarity said, her voice resolute and calm. “But I do find him very handsome ever since he grew up a few years ago.”

“If you call his hunkification growing up then I agree with you sister!” Pinkie said coming out behind the white mare, making her four friends jump in surprise “Don’t you agree Fluttershy?”

“I…..I…..yes” The yellow mare at Applejack’s side blushed as she covered her face with her hands, finally talking for the first time since their arrival.

“I’m with Pinkie on that part, Spike turned out to be a total piece of hunk,” Rainbow said grinning at her friends. “Oh man, if he ever paid me any attention I would have been totally over him.”

“Now that you mention it Dashie,” Pinkie said with a confused look. “Spike’s been acting funny for a while, hasn't he?”

“He has?” Rainbow asked her pink friend. “How’d you figure?”

“Ya’ll right Pinkie,” Applejack said, her face scrunching in concern. “Ah know somethin’ mus’ be wrong with him, ain’t normal of him to just drop his long crush on Rarity like that, I bet he’s hidin’ somethin’.” She said, her hands smacking against each other as she came to this realization.

“But what could it be, Applejack?” Fluttershy asked softly. “Oh, I hope it’s not something dangerous.” She said.

“Ooohh maybe he has a secret marefriend and she’s like supper super important, like Sapphire Shores or Daring Do!”

“Ha! I bet his secret marefriend is a snobby noble.”

“*gasp* I bet their secret relationship is so secret that they are actually lovers!” Pinkie exclaimed as Rainbow, Applejack and herself laughed a little at the thought. “But I don’t think so, Spike is not good at holding secrets like that, just imagine what Twilight would say!”

“Ummmm, girls, are things…” Poor Fluttershy question was drowned out by Rainbow exclaiming.

“Maybe his secret marefriend is closer to him than we think.” She said, her eyes squinting in deep concentration. “AHA! I bet his secret marefriend is Princess Luna!!” The cyan Pegasus squeed at the scandalous thought.

“Wouldn’t that be incest Dashie?” Pinkie asked a hand rubbing along her chin in thought. “Though they aren't related by blood so it might actually work! How romantic!”

“G-girls, I t-think you should stop that.” Fluttershy whispered, still not attracting the girls attention, suddenly afraid.

“I can just picture it!” Rainbow chuckled. “Spike and his secret marefriend going all smoochy and touchy an----”

*CRUNCH*

The sound of something being destroyed at their right side made their talk end and look at the direction of said sound, the five Bearers, except Fluttershy who was already bleached like a carcass under a desert sun, paled a little in fear when they saw the end of the arm-rest on Celestia’s chair, or what remained of them anyways, caught in the sun goddesses hands and her ethereal mane flashing quickly around her, almost violently, causing even her proud strong personal guards to step back due to the heat radiating from her.

Celestia turned her smiling face towards the five friends, her impeccable poker face betrayed by her shaking hands and her swirling hair.

“While I’m very happy for your company, I would appreciate if you reserve such thoughts about my son to yourselves, dear friends,” Celestia said in the same motherly tone she always seemed to talk, it only made the dread crawling from her words even more dangerous than what they really were for some odd reason. “Am I clear?” She opened her eyes slightly, her eyes threatening to smite them where they stood.

‘Motherly instinct’ Was the collective thought of the five mares and the two guards present, as they all nodded slowly.

“Good,” Celestia said turning her attention again towards her front, her eyes catching a glimpse in the distance, the personal carriage of her former student and now equal, Twilight Sparkle. Calculating the distance in her head she assumed they would arrive in five minutes or less. Celestia released the shattered pieces of wood from her grip and her mane returned to normal as her impatience returned in full force for her son’s and Twilight’s arrival.

‘Honestly, these crazy rumors floating around are starting to become annoying. First it was how Spike was, eloquently put, riding my plot around the yard. Next how he was seducing the royal court to his whim. Now the paparazzi is spouting some such scandalous behavior he presented during their vacation. Alas the freedom of speech does sometimes lead to its abuse.’ She thought as the carriage came closer. Hearing Rainbow Dash shout her son and former-protégées arrival to her friends Celestia couldn’t help the giddy flutter in her wings as she waited. ‘Almost time to set everything into motion.’

As minutes passed the carriage approach until it was clearly visible to them, less than a minute away by Rainbow’s calculations.

Standing up from her chair Celestia began to walk towards the platform in the balcony, followed closely by the Bearers. “Guards, you may take the chair away now.”

“By your command.” Said both guards as they excused themselves with said chair.

“You are late, Luna.” Celestia spoke, confusing the Bearers as Luna was nowhere in sight, though one light thud and a burst of dust later Luna herself was present at Celestia’s side. “What took you so long?”

“Hello, your highness.” the five mares said simultaneously, dropping into a light bow.

“Hello dear friends.” She said waving at them before turning to her big sister. “My apologies, sister, but I had to prepare our gift for our young nephew.” Luna answered. Celestia could see Luna’s excitement at the surprise they were about to present Spike.

“Good, is everything ready?”

“Almost dear sister, we just need more time to finish final preparations. We do know how you and details mingle together.”

“Excellent, girls,” Celestia called to them. “Remember, you must take Twilight with you and explain the situation, we need her help to finish up in time.” The Bearers simply nodded in agreement. “Luna, I need you to take Spike and distract him.”

“Fear not, sister, for we shall assure enough time for the party to be ready,” Finishing that sentence Luna clamped her mouth shut as four mares and one alicorn turned their heads towards Pinkie in worry, surprisingly she was just as cheerful as always.

“What?” Pinkie asked noticing the stares on her. “It’s a ROYAL party, those don’t roll with me, they are super boooooringgggg!” The five mares sighed in relief. “Plus princess Momlestia paid me enough to not do it!”

For several seconds the group walked in silence until coming to a halt, ready to receive the ones inside the landing carriage.

“How much did you pay her, dearest sister?” Luna asked, whispering against her sister’s ear.

“Enough to reconsider paying her with frosting in any other occasion.”

Silence reigned again for several seconds until the carriage landed softly against the platform, the green wings on each side of the carriage stopped their movement as they began to shrink. Once they were nowhere to be seen Celestia readied her most sincere and heartwarming smile she could muster as the carriage door began to magically open, her visible eye practically scanning every little inch the swinging door offered of the inside as it moved, she took a step forward to welcome her son her excitement nearly bursting through.

“Welcome home my son, I ho---”

Then, the gleeful mother, froze at the scene the door revealed once it came to a halt.

At first she thought it was some kind of illusion, maybe a new malevolent force that would threaten Equestria, or a really bad joke. She knew better though, there was no mistake to it, Twilight was sitting on Spike’s lap, her son’s lap, and was just about eating his face. And neither of them seemed to notice their surroundings.

The seven mares watching the scene before them. They could hear, in detail, the ecstatic moaning of Twilight and the slurping sounds the pair made as their make out session went on. Spike was using his free hand to caress her left cheek lightly, making Twilight move her head to accommodate their kissing while their tails were wrapped around each other.

After half a minute both of them ended their kiss slowly, as they separated the private display inside their mouths was revealed, their tongues coiled around the other in what had been a loving dance, Spike’s tongue returned to his own mouth ever so slowly, granting their audience a clear view of just how deep his tongue had been inside her mouth.

The couple gasped for air lightly and pecked at each other one final time before falling into a silent embrace. Then they turned their heads to the now open carriage door, silence fell for a couple of seconds.

“........Told ya we should have stopped ten minutes ago.” Spike said to his lover, who was simply stunned, he turned to his mother and smiled nervously “Hi?”

The calm before the storm, the single lightning crack that had been the start of floods around the world, paled in comparison to the natural disaster released with but one simple word. Tartarus was unleashed.

“SPIKE DRACONE SOLARIS!” Celestia shouted using the royal Canterlot voice. Her mane exploded into a blaze of solar fire, her eyes shining white with pure energy, her wings, opened in full display, alight with miniature suns forming above each wing. Exuding such power that the very ground rejected her presence forcing her to float in front of the trembling couple. Celestia took a step forward, even with the distance between her and the ground, she cracked the floor beneath her hoof “EXPLAIN, NOW!”

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It was said by the royal guards stationed outside Celestia’s room that day that the scolding her royal majesty provided to her son and former personal student, would be the inspiration for a whole new generation of drill sergeants.

The ‘interrogation’ lasted for almost an hour of constant shouting from her part, some even swear the sun itself was brighter than usual during that hour, after it ended the royal chamber doors opened.

“And if you dare to arrive a second later after I’m done with my duties, Spike Dracone Solaris, I will make sure you won’t be able to eat a single gemstone for a thousand years, am I clear, mister?”

“Y-yes, mother.” Spike said, his head hanging low and his face still a little pale from pure fear.

“And Twilight Sparkle,” She said now turning towards her former student. “I will… Talk to you later, in private. Now, both of you, leave and don’t even think of running off somewhere else, I will know, believe me, I. Will. Know!”

With that said the pair were tossed (gently) out of Celestia’s chambers, a second later the doors slammed behind them.

Spike and Twilight simply stood there, mimicking the statues in the royal maze, the two royal guards behind them doing the same.

“Twilight?”

“Yes, Spike?”

“Was auntie Velvet as scary when she scolded the three of us, because I can’t remember?”

“Keep in mind my mother is not the goddess of the sun.”

“Still, she is a mother, of two.”

“...........not like this.”

“Figures”

“.............”

“.............”

“.............”

“.............”

“Princess Luna is waiting for you in her chambers, master Spike.” A guard behind then said.

“Your friends are waiting for your arrival in the royal mess hall, princess Twilight.” the other said.

The couple said nothing and simply moved towards opposite directions.

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As the royal guard had said her friends were indeed waiting for her at the royal mess hall, the moment they saw her they simply stood up and grabbed her, dragging her outside the hall and the castle until they arrived at Pony Joe’s donut shop, taking a table big enough for all six of them they finally let go of Twilight and each took a seat.

For a few minutes only silence reigned between the six friends, pony Joe knowing from experience something was amiss decided to just leave them alone. Finally the silence was broken by Rainbow Dash.

“So… how was it?” Her friends, except Twilight, looked at her confused. “The scolding, I mean.”

“Celestia is not done yet, next she wants to speak with me, in private.” Twilight said almost robotically, the slight shivering all over her body only served to worry her friends more.

“It couldn’t have been that bad……..right?”

“She melted two of her crowns without even touching them, jewels and everything, just during the first minute.” Silence. “Can we please talk about something else?” Twilight asked her friends as she looked down the table, trying hard not to remember something horrible.

“Of course darling, we can talk about, oh I don’t know, your secret relationship with Spikey-Wikey?” Rarity asked, a bit of anger mixed with disappointment in her voice.

“Yeah! How long have you two being together and why didn’t you tell us before, I could have thrown you a big ‘Spike and Twilight are now a happy couple’ party!” Pinkie pouted.

“Ah guess you have been together for some time now, ain’t ya Twi? Ah mean, A’m pretty darn sure I saw his tongue moving inside yer throat while ya two lovebirds eat each other faces off.”

With whatever color finally returning to Twilight’s face was quickly tainted with a red blush and a happy smile. She was about to answer them when she remembered what they had discussed on the carriage.

“To be honest, we got together during our vacation.” She said smiling and sighing at the same time. “I totally didn’t expect it.”

“You have to be joking.” Rainbow said, Twilight shook her head side to side. “seriously? During your vacation? How the buck that happened!?”

“It happened during our second night, we were out on a restaurant, we laughed, we talked, we danced-”

“YOU danced?” Rainbow asked raising an eyebrow.

“--he was leading me,” Twilight said embarrassed while her friends gave out a unison ‘Ohhhhh’. “We had a great dinner, it was almost like a date……...he even asked me about Flash.” Rarity gasped in horror.

“But darling, how could he ask about that brute during your dinner, even he knows how hurt you were.” Rarity said truly concerned, her previous anger forgotten in favor of her friend sake.

“Maybe, but he didn’t know how he hurt me, so I told him, Spike deserved to know the reason.” Twilight sighed. “After I told him I was just about ready to cry but,” a big warm smile cross her face. “With just a single touch, a few words from him and the pain just disappeared, it made me remember why I fell in love with him.”

“Uhmmm, Twilight?” Fluttershy said “W-when did you fell in love with Spike?” Fluttershy asked as Pinkie and Rarity sighed almost wantonly.

“Almost three years ago, give or take a month, I don’t even remember when it was exactly, one day he was just my number one assistant then the next I had a massive crush on him.” Twilight blushed. “After his growth spurt he changed so much, it’s almost like he just, just…”

“Hunkified?” Pinkie offered.

“Yeah, that” Twilight sighed again. A drunken smile accompanied by enamored eyes exemplified just how far their friend had fallen for the dragon. “You can’t lie girls, all of you noticed it too, he changed so good!!” All of her friends nodded with a faint blush over their faces. “I have always loved Spike, at first I thought it was like a little brother and I’d be lying if it wasn’t the case when he was much younger, but after he turned sixteen I developed feelings for him, once he turned eighteen and ‘hunkified’ it only got worse, I couldn’t hold more than two months before I fell totally for him.

And not just by his looks, he was now more mature, more intelligent, more dependable, so caring, so chivalrous, so…..so…….so dreamy.” Twilight sighed alongside three of her friends in the same manner.

“Yes, I understand that darling, we all do, but why during your vacation? Did Spike have feelings for you too before that?”

“I’m getting to that” Twilight coughed softly trying to compose herself. “After our dance there was an accident in the restaurant, a failure with a mobile cooking table, the table fell to the ground and exploded sending skewers at us and the rest of the dancing couples up there.” all five mares gasped in shock. “I ducked and then I heard the skewers clashing against something, I looked up and I saw Spike hit by almost all the skewers.” she looked down for a second, shaking. “I felt so scared, I thought he was injured, I thought he had died!” she semi-shouted.

“But then the skewers fell to the ground like they were nothing, Spike turned around and he was safe, I jumped at him angry and happy and crying and everything” Twilight smiled as her body trembled. “After that I don’t remember much until we were back at the hotel, we went to our own rooms but I, I couldn’t leave him, I was so afraid he was really hurt and not wanting to tell me or worse.” Twilight stopped trying to collect her thoughts. She had gotten hysterical, even she could see that.

“Why did Spike do something like that?” Rainbow asked.

“He did it to save a griffon couple.”

“H-he wasn’t really hurt, was he?”

“No, he wasn’t Fluttershy, his thick scales saved him and that couple.”

“As touching as yer part was Twilight, what Spike did was very brave, reckless but brave.” Applejack said nodding slowly.

“Sooooooo, what happened next?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“Well, at first I tried to sleep but my worries took the better of me so I went to his room, he was still awake and he offered me space to lay with him, we just laid like that for a while, him hugging me, then we started to… talk.” Twilight gave a quick glance towards Applejack without her noticing, she knew she had to be very careful with her next words or Applejack would detect the lie.

“Talk about what?”

“Well…...uummmmmm”

“Oh, C’mon Twilight, spill it already!”

“Yeah, and don’t forget the naughty parts too!”

“Rainbow, Pinkie! Don’t rush Twilight like that, I’m sure she can explain perfectly.” Rarity looked at Twilight giving her a very serious glare. “Won’t you, darling?”

Twilight gulped before preparing herself to speak. “We talked about our feelings, he started by confessing he already knew I was in love with him, for quite some time actually, he hadn’t told me exactly for how long though, he also said he was a bit freaked out in the beginning but as time went by his own feelings changed, he said he had always seen me more than a friend or a big sister figure but it was a little over six months ago when he started to fall in love with me too.” a very quick glance at Applejack assured her she was still safe.

“Why didn’t he say anything then?” Fluttershy asked, a fierce blush adorning her face.

“Because he was in love with Rarity…...or at least he thought he was, until he began to notice how, and I swear he was the one who said it, sexy and hot I am.” The blush on Twilight’s face was so intense Applejack thought she was going to morph into an apple.

“After that I just, ermmm, proceeded to show him my affections with a kiss”

“You tackled him and began to eat his face out, didn’t you?” Pinkie said with a big smile.

Twilight covered her face with her hands and nodded rapidly.

“What happened next? What happened next!?” Rainbow asked excitedly.

Twilight removed her hands revealing an even more intense blush. “W-we just talked and kissed, a lot, until we fell asleep on each other embrace.” She smiled to herself giving out a very dreamy like sigh “I was so very happy.”

Her friends looked at her for a moment before turning their gazes towards Applejack, silently asking her the same question.
“She’s telling the truth.” Applejack said with a small smile.

“Seriously!?” Rainbow shouted. “You had that fine piece of dragon hunk and you didn’t do anything, really!?”

“W-well the next days we played a little you know, like going behind the changing rooms to make out a little, sleep in the same bed the rest of the week, we even took a shower together.”

“Shower together so fast? Why Twilight you should play hard to get, a lady must keep a few secrets from her mate after all.”

“Uhhhh, Rarity, Spike and I have been together since he was seven, we have few to no secrets between us, I know him better than I know Shining Armor and that’s saying something, besides, it’s not like I have something he haven’t seen before or vice versa anyways”

“He has seen you totally naked and you have seen him?” Rainbow asked surprised.

“Ah can vouch for ‘er Rainbow, living in the same house tends to lead to some awkward and embarrassin’ moments, more so if ya share the house with a stallion, I have seen Big Mac naked many times and he has seen me too, it’s a tad bit embarrassin’ but there is no illness on it.”

Pinkie and Twilight nodded in agreement.

“While I do understand that Applejack, darling.” Rarity turned to Twilight. “A lady must always be able to keep a secret or two in the shadows from their special somepony, well, somedrake in this case, my dear.” Rarity said with a smile.

“Weren’t you angry at Twilight for hooking up with Spike?” Pinkie asked a bit confused.

“Good gracious, no! I am happy for them, I was just preoccupied that Twilight might have done something… unladylike to Spikey-Wikey”

“Ha! As if Twilight could ever do anything bad to Spike, or anypony else for that matter” Rainbow snickered.

“Y-yeah, he he” Twilight smiled nervously playing along. “Totally absurd.”

“I think it’s very romantic.” Fluttershy said. “You make a very cute couple, ohhhh, I’m so very happy for you, Twilight. I just know you two will be so happy.” She squeed smiling at her friend.

“Me too!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“As are we.” Applejack said followed by the nods of Rarity and Rainbow.

“Thanks girls, you are the best friend a princess could ask for.” Twilight smiled at them as they returned the sympathy.

A couple of second later the conversation turned to other topics, such a daily life, possible love interests and so forth, but Twilight was not entirely in the conversation, part of her mind was stuck with the words Rarity had said, and while they were unrelated to her actions they still tug at her heart and conscience.

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Almost three hours later the sun began to hide over the horizon and slowly give way to the night, after spending some time with her best friends Twilight had being called to put the final touches to Spike’s surprise coronation party, nothing like her own coronation day of course but she knew it would be very meaningful to Spike and she was very happy for him.

Right now though, she wanted nothing else but to spend a couple of minutes with her dragon, so she was heading towards Luna’s room.

“Spike, Luna, are you in there?” She said knocking at the door, after a couple of seconds of silence she knocked again, after a few more tries and seeing there were no night guards nearby she decided to enter the room, half surprised to see it was illuminated, not very much but just enough to let her see without troubles. “mmmm, seems like they aren’t here after all.” She was about to turn around when she saw a book resting atop a desk, open, alone and forgotten, just begging to be read. ‘No, bad Twilight.’ She mentally reprimanded herself. ‘That book doesn’t belong to you, that may as well be Luna’s diary… but if it isn't… just one quick look won’t hurt, I guess.’

Twilight walked cautiously at the desk, having an inner battle and arriving at a simple decision, she would only read the title of it, if it sounded important or personal she would leave it alone but if didn’t she just read one or two pages, she had a dragon to find after all.

“Life Cycle and Power of Dragons- by Draco Fire” Twilight read aloud. “Uhhhhh, this should be interesting, maybe I can find some tips inside here.” Twilight giggled pervertly as she sat down on the desk and began to read.

As she began to read the index of the book she found the information within ranged from diet to illnesses to growth cycles to their very migration, sadly it didn’t cover the different species of dragons “I’ll have to ask Luna to lend me this book later on when I have some more free ti--Hello!” she thought as she scanned the index, finding something of interest “Mating Cycle huh? I think I have enough time for a very quick read.”

"

Dragon Mating Cycle-

The mating cycle of dragons is a very unique and delicate process, it is far more complex than that of any other intelligent living being and has a set of rules to it, even if it seems short and simple. The starting point of this cycle varies for each dragon, it may start in their childhood years or in their adulthood, in some rare cases it may start in their hatchling years.
The first thing anyone must know about this cycle is that dragons may fall in love severals times in their lifespan, but they can only have 1 viable mate, be it female or male. The gender of the mate does not matter.

The process to find or decide to have a mate is a rather important issue in any dragon's life, for once they make their choice they can never turn back nor can their chosen mate if it is another dragon. This process is known as "Soul Bounding".

Soul Bounding can only happen once in a dragon or dragoness life, what other species call 'virginity' or 'first time' to dragons it means the very essence of love and eternal fidelity, once it is granted in the coitus act the dragon leaves part of his soul inside his/her chosen mate, marking him/her as a sign of eternal devotion, fidelity, love and loyalty.

After the Soul Bonding concludes it will take a period of between one and two years for the dragon to leave behind all his previous romantic feelings towards any other being aside from his mate, this doesn't mean the dragon will stop feeling other kinds of love, such as friendship or familiar love, what this really means is that the dragon will only be able to feel love, desire and lust towards his/her mate. The dragon's anatomy, such as size and physical form will transform, adapt and mold to that of his/her mate if said mate is not a dragon if necessary, this in order to be able to be close to him/her at all times.

It is to be noted that their behaviour also changes but only towards his/her mate. If, for example, the dragon tends to be brash, aggressive, greedy or even hateful this changes entirely towards the chosen mate, the dragon will act benevolent, caring, understanding, protective, loving and sharing, please keep in mind that this change will only be showed towards his/her mate and no one else. Of course this effect varies from dragon to dragon, in some cases this effect is barely noticeable.

All this information may sound romantic and even charming in many aspects, but it also holds a dark path in some aspects.
If the mate of the dragon is not another dragon then said mate is not bounded by the Soul Bonding as the dragon is. This means that while the mate is marked by it the mark holds no power whatsoever over him/her and if he/she so chooses to leave, betray or simply stops loving the dragon then the mate can do so freely. This however has a devastating result on the dragon, in the best case scenario the dragon will die of sadness or commit suicide, in the worst case scenario the dragon may enter into a blind rage state, destroying everything in his path until he/she dies. There is no "accepting" or "negotiating" over this with the dragon in this case.

The other downside is that if the mate dies due to time or by any kind of tragic accident, the dragon will be forced to live alone, sad and isolated, in some extremely rare cases the dragon may be able to continue his/her normal life but will be doomed to never know love ever again, not even from another 'virgin' dragon for when a dragon loses his/her 'virginity' it becomes impossible for another dragon to perform the Soul Bonding with him/her.

Note: If the mate was assassinated or executed, may all the gods protect the one(s) responsible, for there is no escape from the rage of a broken dragon.

A ritual of love and fidelity for some, a sad and terrible curse for others. The Soul Bonding was one last terrible downside, one that, in the dark ages, was employed by almost every kingdom.

This last downside is that dragons can be 'enslaved' by others simply by taking, through force, seduction, or other debauchery, their 'virginity', for the Soul Bounding occurs once the coitus acts begins, it does not matter if the dragon wants this or not, once it is done the dragon will see the one responsible as his/her mate.

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Twilight closed the book gently with a shaking hand, got up and walked towards the exit leaving a trail of tears on the floor, she didn’t made a noise, she only let her tears fall from her eyes freely, feeling a terrible turmoil inside of her, a turmoil driven by shame, guilt, disgust and a nagging feeling to vomit all over the floor. She continued on walking without any real direction, somehow she managed to find the way to her bedroom. With a touch of magic she locked the door, the windows and placed a sound proofing spell inside the room, Twilight walked towards her bed, grabbed a pillow and covered her face in it as she let out a powerful scream, barely muffled by said pillow.

She began to scream against the pillow without care, dropping to her knees as she did so. Soon enough she started to hit the floor, the bed and anything she could reach with the pillow, never stopping to scream unless it was to take in more air. The pillow was discarded in a matter of seconds, replaced by her magic and her own fists, spell after spell fired out from her horn turning to ash anything it touched as her fist slammed against the floor. The pain on her hands ignored as she continued, saying to herself every insult she could muster.

After ten minutes of thrashing around and screaming, Twilight finally stopped, half her dress was gone, torn to pieces or ashes in various places, her crown forgotten on the floor and her hands covered in her own blood, some bones were broken, she was sure of it.

‘Hurts? Good, you deserve it.’

“SHUT UP!”

‘Why? You deserve so much more than this little ‘punishment’, just wait until he finds out, OH! Silly me, even if he finds out he won’t be able to do anything bad to you, Spike won’t even be mad at you.’

“FUCK YOU!”

‘Fuck me? Heh, why should I? Fuck you, Twilight? You can easily do that now that you have a slave all for yourself.’ Her conscience laughed. ‘Isn't it great though? He will never, ever, think of cheating on you, using you or anything of the sort, he will always be your little puppet and nothing more.’

Twilight couldn’t say anything, she just grabbed her head and cried as her conscience laughed at her darkly. She just laid there on her knees, crying and sobbing without control or comfort.

Suddenly a click was heard and the door of her bedroom was open, a purple dragon walking inside the room “Twilight are yo------”

Spike took a quick glance at the destruction inside the room before focusing his attention on the crying mare. Time seemed to freeze between the dragon and the mare, for the longest time they simply gazed at the other until the mare vanished in a flash of light, re-appearing with another in front of the dragon she tackled him, hugging him tightly as her tears wet his scales and her incomprehensible words were muffled against his collarbone. The dragon in response wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly, whispering sweet nothing at her ear while she just kept on crying.

“Master Spike, is everything……” a night guard entered the room, for a second he examined the room and its damage, his eyes fell upon the dragon and the princess. “……...alright?”

“Yes, everything is fine, close the door, we are not here, understood?” Spike commanded without turning around, holding the sobbing mare in his arms. “If anypony, Anypony, is looking for us tell them we are at the gardens.”

“As you command, master Spike.” The night guard bowed and then closed the door of the room, leaving them alone once more.

After what felt like ages Twilight spoke “I-I’m sorry, s-so, sorry!!” She said in between her sobs. “I’m so, so sorry!”

“You read the book, didn’t you?”

“I… Yes.” She pressed her head against him harder, hot tears wetting his suit and scales even more “I’m s-sorry!” She said almost choking on her own words.

“Shhhh, it’s alright.”

Twilight pulled away from his embrace and got up. “Alright? Alright!? No, it’s not alright, Spike!” Her hands hurt but that didn’t stop her from clenching her fists in anger, her crying coming to halt as rage filled her. “I literally made you my slave!”

Spike got up, his face showing uncharacteristic seriousness. “Do you see me complain?”

“That’s because you can’t.” She sobbed. “No matter what I do you won’t be able to hate me!”

“I see no reason to hate, you haven’t do---”

“I FUCKING RAPED YOU, SPIKE!” She screamed as hard as she could even with her throat being sore from her previous screaming session. “I raped you because I was weak, I took advantage of you because I felt lonely…...worthless.” Her gaze slowly began to fall until she was looking at the ground. “I was jealous,” Her body began to tremble. “I was jealous of all the attention Rarity was getting from you, ‘Rarity this, Rarity that, Rarity is the most beautiful mare in the world’, I---I wanted to feel like that, I wanted to feel loved, truly loved. And I always had to swallow my jealousy along-side my anger every time she used you.”

“Rarity never used me.”

“Maybe, maybe not, but she never returned any of your affections.” Her fists gave out and brought her hands up until they were in front of her face. “I wanted to walk up to her and slap her for wasting your time and your love on her, I wanted to just grab you and kiss you there and then, but every time, every bucking time I did nothing, I simply stood there doing nothing, just like the worthless coward I am.”

“Twilight--”

“And then I couldn’t take it in anymore.” Her tears began to fall from her eyes once more landing on her hands, mixing with her blood. “It took me only a week to use that damned s-spell after I l-learned it.” She started to sob. “I knew it was wrong, I knew I was sick *sob* and I f-felt awful for it but I *sob* I always c-came back for m-m-more.” She hugged herself. “It made the l-loneliness g-go away.” Her tears began to fall harder against the floor. “I am a worthless, selfish, perverted and weak coward.”

“Twilight--” Spike repeated, this time his voice carried anger.

“I w-was so happy!” She choked. “I was so h-h-happy during our va-*sob*-vacation, I felt l-like everything was g-going to be…...just fine.” She hugged herself harder, almost painfully. “Th-then I read the b-book, m-maybe it was d-destiny?” Her trembling increased. “I should have known……….I really should have known that no stallion…..or m-male would ever…….love me for who I am.”

“Twilight, shut up.” Spike said, his arms shaking in anger.

Twilight didn’t listen. “I took away your chance to be happy, I took away your free will.” Twilight choked again, sounding almost like a chuckle. “It really makes sense as to w-why you lost your crush on R-rarity like that, it explain fucking everything.” She said angrily. “I’m the worst, I’m nothing but a worthless, selfish, horrible monster!”

“Twilight!” Spike shouted walking towards her, smoke puffing out of his nostrils.

“I should just die!!”

*SLAP*

The echoing sound of a slap made the room silent, Twilight had her eyes wide in shock as Spike breathed heavily, clearly furious. Looking up and straight to him Twilight saw small tears falling from his eyes and his right hand still in midair, she brought up her left hand up and placed it against her left cheek, it burned in pain. Confused she locked her gaze with Spike.

“Don’t you EVER say that again, Twilight, not ever again!!” Before Twilight could say or do anything else the dragon embraced her, hugging tightly as he kissed her left cheek.

“I won’t let anypony harm you, not even yourself, you know why Twi?” He kissed her cheek again. “Because I love you, I love you with all my heart.” Twilight wrapped her arms around him, softly hugging him back. “W-when I was younger, you…..you were my first crush, Twilight.”

Twilight looked up to him, hope filling her eyes, “R-really?” She asked softly.

“Yes, really.” Spike smiled at her, “I didn’t really know how I felt at that time, I just wanted to be near you always, no matter what.” He kissed her again. “Remember the nightmare door?” Twilight nodded. “My biggest fear is to be away from you, to not be loved by you, Twi.” Spike pulled away from her a little to look at her, he smiled and leaned in to kiss her, their lips locked for just a second before parting “I love you, my princess.”

Twilight cried harder and hugged her dragon as she sobbed against his neck and shoulder for a couple of minutes.

“I’m sorry.” she finally said.

“Don’t be.” he hugged tighter.

“.......I...I love you too, my prince.”

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Spike was waiting patiently for his mother to finish her speech about her ruling, the secret she held for years, himself and the change his title would deliver to Equestria, he wasn’t nervous,he always knew the day would come and he couldn’t be happier. Not because his mother was arriving at the end of said speech but because the mare he loved was holding his hand tightly at his side, smiling at him with a cute little blush that only served to make her even more beautiful, in his opinion at least.

He heard his name followed by the new title he would be carrying from that day onwards, the curtains open more to reveal him as he walked hand in hand with his princess. Whatever would happen in the future he was sure he could confront it and beat just as long his love was at his side.

“Yes” he thought “no matter what happens.” he smiled broadly, smiling at the numerous nobles in front of him, including most of his friends and family, even Discord was there smiling broadly at him, holding Fluttershy close to him “I owe him a lot, hopefully he can keep what he saw and heard a secret.”

Spike turned his head to face Twilight, who did the same almost at the same time, both of them smiled and then kissed but not before saying “I love you”.

End.

Author's Note

Well, sorry for the LONG overdue, but here it is, the final chapter of Desires...........actually no, there's gonna be an Epilogue after this.

Next Chap´ter of Spike's Destiny is coming next!

Special thanks to you all who take time to read this!

Special thanks to Bennet001 for proofreading and minor editing, so give her love!