Destinies Intertwined

Spike slammed the door to his room, then plopped down on his bed. Thoughts continued to race through his head, disturbing thoughts of what might have happened. 'Please tell me this is just a nightmare and I'll wake up perfectly happy?'

Nope.

'Oh c'mon...'

This SUCKED.

‘Okay, so I go to visit Rarity, Rarity tries to rape me, and it turns out that the one I thought was Rarity is a changeling! But that was the one that wanted to rape me, so the real Rarity might not want to take it to the next level right? But what if the fake Rarity was the only one who wanted a relationship, what if the real Rarity wants nothing to do with me?’ He put a hand to his head. ‘Man do I have a headache!’

Spike pulled the covers over his body, and held them close, 'I knew it was too good to be true, nopony would date a dragon, especially Rarity, it'd be too 'uncouth'. I wish Twilight were here right now.’

******

"She seems perfectly fine to me," The nurse told Applejack, "But she'll need to stay off her feet and get some rest.”

"Alrighty,  Doc, thanks for checkin, ah was just concerned being a head injury ‘n’ all."

“You’re welcome,” The nurse smiled and walked out of the Apple household.

Applejack made her way back to where Twilight lay on the bed. “Doin’ alright, Twi?”

“A little annoyed,” Twilight answered.

“Yeah...sorry Twilight…” She sat at the foot of the couch, “It’s all mah fault.”

“No, it was just an accident, it was NOT your fault.”

Both girls remained silent for a few moments.

“Should I call Spike and tell him that I’ll be a little longer than I planned?”

“Might be a good idea, I’ll get the-”

Suddenly, the phone rang. Applejack walked over and picked up the receiver, “Hello?”

“AJ…” It was Rainbow Dash, “Is Twilight there?”

“Um...yeah...Do you need to talk to her?”

“Um..yeah, it’s important…”

“Uh...Okay…” Applejack picked up the phone, dragged it to Twilight, and handed it to her.

Twilight took the receiver, “Hello?”

“Uh...hey Twilight...listen...um...are you sitting down?”

“I’m laying down, does that count?”

“I guess that’s close enough… anyway…Um, you see, it’s about Spike…”

“What about him?”

Rainbow sighed…”Well...Spike was…”

“Yeah?”

“Spike was almost raped by a changeling.”

“WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!”

Applejack gave Twilight a funny look.

Twilight looked at Applejack. “Spike was nearly raped by a changeling.”

“WHAT?!?!?!”

“Exactly.”

Twilight bolted up to her feet, "Tell me where that bucker is RIGHT NOW Rainbow Dash," Twilight gritted her teeth.

“She’s in jail with Caramel and Lyra,” Rainbow Dash answered.

"I don't give a flying buck about them. I am going to KILL that changeling!"

Before Applejack could react, Twilight bolted out the door.

*****

Rainbow sat down in one of the chairs, it had been a long night of reporting everything and trying to convince the police of Lyra and Caramel's story. Needless to say, it wasn't working. "Guess I can't blam em," Dash confessed, "I'm not exactly Most Valuable Citizen or anything."

Rainbow looked to the seat next to her and saw Fluttershy, asleep. "Has been a long night."

Suddenly, the door to the police station opened, and a black Pegasus appeared. He wore a leather jacket, white t-shirt, jeans, and boots. He went over to the woman behind the desk, "I'm here to see Lyra and Caramel.”

“You mean the two changelings? You’ll have to wait until visiting hours.”

"I see, when will those be?"

"Tomorrow after 12."

"Well, then. I see that I'll have to spring them, how much is bail?"

“So far, there is no bail set for them. They haven’t calculated the amount yet. Besdes, it would be too expensive. I mean, you’re talking two changelings here.”

"But aren't they ponies  just the same?”

“Well ,they do have a pretty bad reputation. They claim the third one that was with them was a spy.”

"Nevertheless, one is my brother in law, while the other is my wife." The man stood straighter, "So I would like them, NOW!"

“Wait a minute,” Rainbow Dash said standing up, “You’re Urbi’s husband?”

“Wait, how do you know her name?”

"We helped her with capturing the spy."

"We?"

“Uh...yeah, me and the girl asleep in that chair.” Rainbow pointed to Fluttershy.

“Wait,” The woman behind the desk interrupted, “You were helping the changelings?”

Rainbow froze up, “Uh…”

Suddenly, the door flew open, and an infuriated Twilight Sparkle marched to the front, “Where is that little lowlife changeling scum?” She demanded.

“Which one?”

The stranger glared at the woman. "Watch it, Missy."

Twilight huffed, “The one that nearly raped my son!”

Rainbow glanced at Twilight, she had never heard her friend call Spike “her son”. "Um... Twilight..."

"What?!"

"Spike isn't your son...isn't he your assistant?"

"Still! He was nearly raped!"

"So... You want to press charges," the woman asked.

"No... I want to strangle him!"

"Her," Rainbow Dash corrected.

"Whatever!"

"Twilight, you might want to calm down."

"I'm not going to calm down! I'll calm down when that perverted bucker is DEAD!"

"Twilight, I'm trying to help you, go home and calm down.

"I will not!"

Fluttershy was just now waking up. "Wh-What happened?"

*****

The cell door to Caramel and Lyra's cell opened, revealing a police officer, followed by the stranger, Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy. "You've got thirty minutes."

The officer left the quartet, closing the cell door behind her.

“Got ya selves in a mess, huh?” Rainbow asked.

Caramel grunted, while Lyra merely stood up, “This was NOT a part of the plan, we didn’t think Qr- a...civilian would blow our position.”

“I see…” The stranger rubbed his chin, “Well, I’m doing all I can to bail you out, but the police aren’t being reasonable.”

“I see… Wait a minute… Khai?”

“Hello Urbi,” The stranger grinned.

She instantly hugged the stranger. “Am I happy to see you!”

“I am, too, my beloved.”

“Okay, what is going on here,” Twilight asked.

“Um…” Rainbow began, “Lyra and Caramel are really changelings...and they’re the ones who caught the spy that tried to rape Spike, but the police arrested them with the spy.”

“Oh...Well, thank you, I really appreciate it.”

“All in a day’s work,” Lyra replied, “We’ve actually been searching for these changelings for two years.”.

Twilight gasped, “That’s when I came to Ponyville! Are you saying-”

“No, that does not mean that the Rarity you knew was a fake.”

Twilight breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

“Yes...We believe this spy took Rarity’s form a few days ago.”

“Oh...So where’s the real Rarity?”

“She’s at home,” Caramel explained, “Recovering from an...incident with a pack of Diamond Dogs.”

Twilight facepalmed. “Not again…”

“Again?” Caramel and Lyra asked at the same time.

“She was captured by Diamond Dogs before.”

“Oh…”

The stranger, Khai, sighed loudly.

“What’s wrong, Khai?” Lyra asked.

“I...had hoped the people of Equestria would be different, perhaps the ‘incident’ with the Siyah made it more difficult, but-” Khai sighed again, “Perhaps it won’t work out after all.”

“What won’t work out?” Twilight asked.

“We were hoping to one day show all of Equestria that not all of the changelings are bad.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

“Because we weren’t exactly popular to before Chrysalis went rogue.”

"True..." Twilight confessed, she wanted to help them, they had saved Spike from being abused, but how could she know that their intentions were true?

“All we want is to live as equals.”

Twilight sighed, "Girls? I'm gonna step outside for a bit..."

"Uh, okay, Twi." Rainbow said.

*****

Twilight paced around the station. There was too much going on in one day for her to think straight, so many things were flooding her mind. First, she meets someone, then she hits her head on a branch, Spike was nearly violated, and now she is being told there are changelings that are good!

Twilight slumped down to the floor, rubbing her head. 'Why is this happening? And all now? I-I just-'

Twilight felt something touch her shoulder. She looked up and saw Fluttershy, "Are you alright, Twilight?"”

“Oh. Um… Yeah, I’m fine. I just have a lot to take in.”

Fluttershy sat down next to Twilight, "I...I wish I could help..."

"Um...there is something I could use..."

"What?"

"A hug."

“I think I could take care of that.”

Fluttershy wrapped her arms around Twilight, holding the unicorn closely.

“Thank you.”

"You're welcome."

Twilight sighed after a few moments, "I think I know someone else who needs a hug." Twilight stood up, "I'm going home, I think Spike needs someone to hug him."

“I think that’ll be a good idea.”

*****

Twilight knocked on Spike's door, "Spike? May I come in?"

No answer.

“Spike?”

Still nothing.

Twilight opened the door to Spikes room and stepped inside. “Spike?”

Spike didn’t answer.

“Are...you okay?”

Still no response.

“Sorry...that was a stupid question…”

Still nothing.

Twilight sighed, and sat down on the bed next to him, “Do you need to talk about it?”

“What is there to talk about?”

“Well… I just didn’t know if you need to maybe get something off your chest.”

“Please! Don’t mention body parts.”

“O-oh, I’m sorry,” Twilight bit her lip, “Do you want to be left alone?”

“Yes!”

The word surprised Twilight, but she couldn’t blame him, she wouldn’t want to talk about something so...horrifying herself. “Well, I guess I should give you some time, but I do want you to know this.”

Spike soon felt Twilight pull him into a hug. “I love you Spike, ever since that first night we spent together. We may not be related, or even the same species, but you’re like a son to me, and I want to do everything I can to help you through this, Spike.”

Spike remained silent.

“I have to go back to the jail, but-”

“Wait,” Spike said.

“Yeah?”

“C-could you maybe stay here? I-I changed my mind, I...just need someone here.”

Twilight grinned, “Of course I will.”