I awoke about four hours before Twilight. I've been doing push-ups for two hours and jogged for an hour. For the last hour I dusted some of the books on the shelves. Twilight usually wakes up around seven. Before, she was always the first one up, dragging me out of bed when I desperately wanted to sleep in. Those were good times. Simpler times. I missed them. My dusting came to a stop when my stomach grumbled.

"Hmmm, wonder if we have any oatmeal?", I thought to myself.
I went to the kitchen and to my surprise, we have it. I love oatmeal. Almost as much as a jewel sandwich. After warming up my bowl, I made another for Twilight. It's the least I could do. She'd taken care of me for so long, I should return the favor.

Right on cue, Twilight walks into the kitchen around 7:02. Her mane is a mess and her eyes are tired. It's been so long since I felt tired.
"Morning Spike", she said hazily.
"Morning", I said back. She sat at her end of the table rubbing her eyes, trying to stay awake. I placed her bowl of fresh hot oatmeal in front of her.
"Please tell me we have sugar and coffee", she said smiling back. I smiled back pretending to be amused.

"Hang on I'll check." I opened the cabinet and pulled out a can of coffee. There wasn't any sugar. Note to self: While getting more tranquilizers, get sugar.
"Sorry Twi, we have coffee, but no sugar."
"Uuugghhh!"
I chuckled a little at her misfortune even though I don't mean it.
"It's okay. I'll get some later when I go town. In the meantime, just enjoy your sugarless oatmeal and coffee"
Twilight shot me a look. She never was a morning person until she got her coffee.
"What I don't understand is, how you eat that bowl of mush without sugar?", she said.
I shrugged. She rolled her eyes at me. In her eyes I'll always be that nerdy little dragon. And I have no intentions on letting her see behind my mask.

After eating we get to work. And by work, I mean me dusting, cleaning and sorting, while Twilight reads for her studies. It isn't easy being a princess. I don't complain. I like the the work. It gives me some time to my thoughts. I think of a lot things. Just random stuff. Like: "What should I have for lunch? Or the look on Thunder Lane's face last night, when I rammed my hatchet into his throat. You know, regular stuff.

Before I knew it, it was already 2:00. Couple of years ago Twilight made a schedule where I work from 8:00 to 2:00. I guess time does fly when you're having fun.
"Twi! It two o'clock! I'm heading out!", I shouted.
"Okay! Get some sugar while your out please?!
"Consider it done!", I shouted back before walking out.

It was cloudy today in Ponyville. My favorite kind of weather in the summer, when it's not too hot. Ponyville has gotten a lot bigger in the past six years. It got bigger around the same time when Twilight became an alicorn. When she turned, she became an icon. Thousands of ponies moved down here overnight, just to be near royalty. The phase died down now, but it was already too late. The ponies who already settled here, discovered that this was a nice town. It seemed like yesterday when the town had no more than 200 ponies living here. Now, there's more than 200,000.

I as walk through town, I see many new and familiar faces. One of those familiar faces is Fluttershy with her husband Big Mac. They both got married last year. I don't think I've ever seen her that nervous.

"Hi Fluttershy. Big Mac", I said kindly.
"Hello Spike", she said sweetly.
"Howdy", Big Mac said with his deep country voice.
"What are you two up too?", I said.
"We're taking Angel to the park", she said.
I leaned my head to the right and saw him right in the middle of her and Big Mac. Angel never liked me. In fact I don't think any animal liked me (except for maybe Pee Wee.) I think the reason Angel never liked me, was that he noticed evil in me. Animals have that ability. They're smarter than ponies give them credit for.

"Okay. You two have fun", I said happily (faking it of course.)
"We will. Bye," Big Mac said.
Fluttershy nodded her head. Well, this is a surprise. Here I was, going to visit my girlfriend and get some sugar. But this, is the icing on the cake.

I ran down to Fluttershy's house, but not to fast, that anyone would notice. I remember coming down here a lot. It changed a little. Instead of all the animals living inside with the two, they stay in a house like zoo right next door to the house. I made it to the front door. The spare key was under the mat (real original.) After unlocking the door, I knew where I needed to go.

Fluttershy opened a animal hospital in her house. Ponies would come from miles around, just for her to treat their poor animals.

After picking the lock to the medical supply closet, I grabbed what I needed. Tranquilizers. She uses these to help animals fall asleep. It has different effects on different animals. Say, for a rabbit, 5 hours. Dog, 3 hours. Pony, 1 hour. I don't take a lot. I take enough so nopony would notice. I grab four syringes and a plastic bag. Gotta hide these somehow and the plastic is thick enough so nopony can see inside.

I clean my tracks and locked the door behind me. After making back to town, I could a commotion up ahead. It looked serious. There was about five police carriages and an ambulance carriage. I could see tons of ponies standing behind the yellow tape, trying to see what was inside the cottage. My guess, murder. I get closer to the yellow tape like the rest of them. From looking at the yard, I could tell that whoever lived their, had a child. There were toys scattered all across the yard. My curiosity is killing me.

"Did you here?", a pony behind me said. "Somepony murdered the Graham's."
"Called it", I said quietly.
"Holy shit! How'd it happen?", another pony behind me asked.
"No idea. I all heard was a mailman was delivering a package and saw them through the window."

It wasn't long before an officer came to address the crowd.
"All right folks! Nothing to see here! Go away now, or we'll have you arrested", he shouted. I could hear moans and groans from the ponies behind. I followed the officer orders and walked away.

I continued to walk until i saw a familiar alley. I made my way through there, made sure nopony was around, and used the tape I had stuck on the bottom of the manhole cover to tape the bag to it. After I was finished, I had time to spare.

"Better visit my girlfriend", I thought. Me...with a girlfriend. Never thought that would happen. She was there when I needed somepony. It was before I became like this. I was upset. The girl who I had feelings for, told
me it was never going to happen. I was sad and angry. I was even planning on overdosing. Her sister caught me trying to do it in the library. She'd followed me home to check on me. She talked to me, told me I didn't deserve Rarity. She was right. At that moment I realized that she was the one for me.

And here we are. Dating for four years. I rarely feel anything. But if I could, it would love. For her and Twilight. I walked the Boutique, excited to see her. I'm started to scare myself. After knocking on the door, her sister, Rarity, answered. Can't believe I like that bitch.

"Afternoon darling", she said. "Come to see Sweetie Belle?"
I smiled. "You know me", I said happily. That time, I meant it. Okay, I'm really starting to scare myself. "One moment darling. SWEETIE!! Your handsome man is here!", she shouted.

Sweetie came trotting down the stairs. She looked so beautiful. She had on a dress (no doubt made by Rarity.) She walked towards me gave me a hug and a kiss on the lips. My face turned red. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!?

"What're you doing here honey?", she said with her beautiful voice. "I was in town and decided to stop by and see my girl", I said calmly.
"Aww!", Rarity shouted.
Sweetie shot her a nasty look. That was here 'get out of here, before I kick your face in' look. "Well, I'll leave you two alone. I've got some fall clothes to design", she said before walking out.

"Ugh, if we weren't sisters I'd move out", Sweetie said angrily.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be fine. You wanna get some dinner?", I asked.
Sweetie frowned.
"Sorry Spike. The restaurant needs me tonight."

Two years ago Sweetie discovered her talent: singing. She became so good, she got her cutie mark. Later, she found a job singing for the highest rated restaurant in town: Sapphires Corner. It was named for its owner, Sapphire Shores. It was perfect for Sweetie. She got to do what she loved and the pay was good.

"It's okay Sweetie. I understand. We can have dinner tomorrow. How about it?"
She leaned in and kissed me again (hmm? Is that tongue?)
"It's a date", she whispered in my ear.
Chills went down my spine. Was I getting turned on? This really doesn't happen. Sex has never been an issue for me or her. Sweetie made it clear that she wanted to wait until we were married.

She looked at her watch.
"Oh shit! I'm going to be late! See you tomorrow honey!", she shouted while she ran to her work.
"BYE!", I shouted back.

I looked at my watch and saw it was already seven. Twilight was making my favorite: Jewel Sandwich. Just the thought of that sandwich made me drool.

It didn't take long for me to make it back to the library. Hmmm, I can smell the jewels from here. I walked in and dusted my feet off. Twilight was sitting at the table, watching the new TV set we got a few months back. TV's became more than just a fad here. If you had one, you had to be one of the richest ponies in all of Equistria. Now, pretty much everypony has one.

"Spike. Did you get the sugar?", she asked.
I smacked my claw on my head. How could I have forgotten that?
"Sorry Twilight. I'll get it tomorrow."
"It's okay. Just check this out."

She pointed to the TV screen. The image was a familiar looking house that I'd seen today. It was the Graham's house. The words at the bottom of the screen said: Gruesome murder that has police baffled.

A news reporter came on screen to address the situation.
"Good evening, I'm Jared Locke. Today, a family was murdered in the middle of this quiet neighborhood. The victims have identified as the Graham family. The victims included: Will Graham, his wife Julie Graham, and their two children: Martha and Tommy."

Twilight looked like she was about to cry. I patted her on the back, gave her a hug, then I turned my head to hear the rest of the news.

"The victims were found, strapped to their chairs with rope. The police still hasn't discovered what the cause of death is, but when I interviewed the commissioner, he said and I quote, 'This one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life. We'll bring you more updates after this."

I turned off the TV. I could handle it, but Twilight looked like she was going to barf.
"You okay Twi?"
She wiped away her tears and answered the question.
"I...I'm okay. Who would do something this horrible?"
"I don't know", I said.

She got up from her seat and gave me a hug.
"Your dinner is in the oven when you're ready to eat. I'm off to bed. Try not to make much noise down here okay?", she said.
"I won't."
Before she walked upstairs I saw more tears fall down her cheek.

My stomach grumbled. I haven't even ate lunch. I reach for my sandwich and began to chow down.

So here I was again. Alone with my thoughts. The only thing I could think of is that there's someone out there who's just like me. A twisted soul.

I can't help but feel a little excited.

To be continued.......

Author's Note

Sorry if there are any misspelled words or errors. I was kind of in a hurry to finish this. Again, if you like this chapter, comment or like below. See you next time.