Author's Note

Sorry for this being late, life and stuff sucker punched me. Anyway before anyone asks I might make more of this. These will be something I will probably do if I have an idea involving these stuck in my head or dealing with writers block. Until I make a concrete decision this story will stay complete.

A Special Hearts Warming Gift [Now Edited]

Over one Year Later/ The day before Hearts Warming Eve

Over one Year Later/ Hearth's Warming

A lot has changed since everyone's favorite dragon, Spike, met his....admirer. A few days later Slendermare appeared at the library in the middle of the night while Twilight was away. him more and more when he was by himself for a few hours. At first Spike was scared out of his mind, but after realizing that she wasn't going to hurt him he got to know her. She soon started to visit him more and more when he was by himself for a few hours. After a week or two he managed to work up the nerve to ask her why she had sex with him the first time they met. It was then she confessed her feelings for him and her desire to be close to him. While it did come as a surprise to Spike it did explain being watched feeling he was getting.

Now the drake had a tough choice to make. On one claw she wasn't somepony he had ever thought he would end up with and he has heard the stories about the demonic beauty. Having a marefriend who is a famous modern monster doesn't sound like the best idea. On the other claw she was quite beautiful in her own way and her fun, teasing, and loving personality she has when he is around was very cute in Spike's opinion.

Another issue to take into account was a white unicorn by the name of Rarity. She was a priceless gem that Spike has been trying to win over since the first second he saw her. And there was the problem, that had been practically four years ago. And it seemed like he isn't any closer to reaching that goal. The two may have grown closer as friends but that was it, just friends. The young assistant had done everything he could think of gain her love and express his feelings for her. He’d even baked a massive cake with both his and her faces inside a heart on it. She was either the densest pony in existence or she was just not interested. In Spike's opinion it was the latter.

Spike basically found himself at a crossroads. He could keep going after Rarity, who showed no signs of romantic interest after four years of trying, or he could go with the beautiful monster that was already in love with him and wouldn't harm either him or anyone he cared about. After much debate he decided to give the stalking mare a chance, after laying down a few ground rules, like ‘No hypnotizing him or anyone he cares about,’ and ‘No more killing ponies’. Slendermare was more than happy with those rules. She hardly used her mind control powers anyway. And she rarely killed ponies, even though the stories said otherwise. The ones she did kill were either murders or rapists. Plus she could still scare and mess with other ponies, so the demonic mare was happy with that.

And so the two started to see each other as much as they could, be it either in the dead of night, when the library was closed and Spike had it all to himself, or in the Everfree Forest. While they couldn't have normal out in the open dates for obvious reasons, Spike found himself falling for Slandermare more and more with every meeting. He was soon as in love with her as much she was with him, with each one influencing change in the other for the better. Spike was more willing to go outside and either spend time with his mare or just hang out around town. He even asked Twilight if he could get weekends off. It came as a bit of a surprise to the new alicorn and she wanted to have Spike around just in case she needed him around the library, but she chalked it up to him growing more independent and wanted more time to do his own thing. At the same time, Slendermare had found other interests than just scaring ponies almost to death or scarring them for life. She found she had a taste for music, mainly her dragonfriend's piano playing. She even took up playing a violin that Spike had given her, and was pretty good at it.

It took a while, but indeed as time went on Twilight and the others started to catch on that something had happened, mostly Twilight and Rarity. Twilight because she would at times notice a weak smell of something she couldn't place coming from Spike or the guest bedroom at times and how he would disappear from town for hours at a time, and Rarity because she started to see Spike less and less. Not going to her shop to assist her as much as he used to, not doting on her and at times refusing to help her, saying that he was busy. They have tried many times to follow him when he goes out to find out what he had been doing and the cause of his changes. But thanks to the sneaking and hiding lessons Spike got from Slendermare he would always lose them before meeting her. They soon decided to take the direct approach. After much pressuring Spike caved and told them that he has been spending time with his secret marefriend.

This came as a massive shock to the mares, especially Rarity. Everyone had tried to get the identity of the mystery mare but Spike was extremely tight lipped. Well... everyone except Rarity, her brain had crashed at the time and it took her a while for her brain to reboot. It turned out that she had feelings Spike due to his kindness, hardworking nature, and generosity towards her and everyone else. As well as he was started his first growth spurt and was not only slightly taller than her but also is growing quite handsome. The only reason as to why she never really acted on them was because she wasn't sure whether or not Spike was interested in her. That everything he has done for her was out of kindness and being a good friend. Disheartened and jealous of the mystery mare she ended up something of a slump for about week. Worried, the rest of the elements went to her home to see what is wrong. Rarity tried to put on a brave face but in the end has told her friends what she was going through and her feelings for both Spike and the situation.

Her friends' simultaneous facehoof was so loud it woke up Luna. Even Spike and everyone else in Ponyville felt the sudden urge to do so as well.

When Rarity asked why they did that, nobody had the heart to tell her that Spike felt the same for the longest but had probably given up on her since he wasn't seeing any signs of her being romantically interested in him. After a quick huddle and the green light from Pinkie Twilight told Rarity about the massive crush Spike had on her and basically that all of his acts of kindness was his way of getting the white mare to love him back. And Rarity's reaction to this information? Well let’s just say that Rarity would probably have brain damage from banging her head against a wall if her friends weren't there to stop her. That day she made it her mission to win Spike back from the cunning she-demon that took her precious Spikey-Wikey away from her.(A/N: If only she knew.)

She first tried to tempt Spike with her looks by wearing outfits, makeup, and dresses that would make any straight stallion stop dead in their tracks. Spike would stop to look only to tell her she looked great, ask if she was going on a date, or something along those lines and continue whatever he was doing. It was a bit of a blow to the fashionista's pride but didn't let that deter her.

Then, seeing how using her looks wasn't going to work, she tried a different approach. The white unicorn gave acts of kindness a try, but achieved the same results as Spike did when he did the same for her. Anyone in Ponyville who saw this could see the irony in it, though Spike wasn't as dense as Rarity was as he did wonder why the mare was being nicer than usual to him. The thought that maybe she actually liked him romantically or she was jealous that he has a marefriend went through his mind but was quickly tossed out of the window, figuring that wouldn't be possible for Rarity to be jealous of a mare just because they are together and if she was interested she would have acted on it years ago. Since plan B wasn't working Rarity decided to gather more information on Spike's marefriend and their relationship together.

She couldn't get any information on exactly who this marefriend, what she looked like, beyond she was beautiful in her own way, or where they exactly go on their dates. Though from she did get was that the mystery mare absolutely adored Spike and he’d grown to love her just as much. Rarity realized that Spike was going to be faithful to his mare and, unless something went wrong with their relationship or the mystery mare did something bad to the drake, Spike's loyalty wasn't going to change. The fashionista decided that, since she couldn't lure the drake to her and wouldn't be able to convince Spike to break up with his marefriend, she would have to convince the mare to break off with Spike. Though until she knew exactly who the mare is she couldn't do anything but wait for the perfect time to strike or for any bad changes in Spike's relationship.

As it got closer to Hearth's Warming, Twilight was pressuring Spike to bring his mare over for the holidays. Spike was worried about his friend’s reaction to Slender, but if they knew than it would be easier to for the two to spend time together. The drake had asked Slendermare if she wanted to meet his friends and older sister figure face to face, sort of, at the Hearth's Warming party they were planning. She gave it some thought and decided it was about time she met her lover's friends and the one who might be her sister in law one day. Slender agreed that she would meet everyone at the Hearth's Warming party for the gift exchange. Spike told Twilight and the others she was coming, but made them Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone who she was when they meet her. The Mane Six were excited to finally meet the mare, especially Rarity since this was her chance to...persuade Spike's marefriend that she weren't a good match for the dragon and should break up with him.

The days went by until it was Hearth’s Warming night. Everyone was either in the comforts of their own homes or either to going to or from a Hearts Warming party. That was the case for a scarf wearing Spike with a shopping bag in claw as he made his way to the party with just himself, the girls, and his girlfriend being held at the library. He opened the door to see the party was in full swing and everyone was there except his marefriend.

"Hey Twi, I'm back with more egg nog." Spike said as he closed the door behind him and hangs up his scarf.

"Thanks Spike." Twilight replied. "I'm surprised that we're going through the egg nog so quickly."

"It's egg nog, what do you expect?"

"Excuse me Twilight but there is a gift that hasn't been opened yet." Rarity said as she pointed to the small lone gift wrapped in red and black wrapping paper.

"That's my gift to my marefriend," Spike answered.

"Oh, I-I see." Rarity said with a small twitch in her eye. "And when is the...dear going to be here? I can't wait to meet her."

"Should be any minute now. Can you give me a minute, I got to put the egg nog in the fridge and bring out some more food." With that Spike walked into the kitchen.

The second he left the room Rarity picked up the dark present, she examined it and puts it to her ear as she gives it a shake to get some idea of what is inside.

"Uhm Rarity, what are you doing, if you don't mind me asking?" Fluttershy meekly asked.

"I'm figuring out what Spike is going to give his marefriend." Rarity spat the last word out as if it was a curse.

"Ya'll shoudn' be doing that Rare." Applejack warned. "It ain't yours."

"Don't worry Applejack, it'll only be a little peak." Rarity waved the warning away. Just as she was about to open the present the room suddenly got darker. Out a dark corner of the library a black tendril shoots out and wraps around the present in Rarity's hooves, yanking it out of her grasp. Everyone stood in horror a tall, lanky, and mare like figure appeared from the darkness with another tendril holding a purple and green box.

"I believe that is mine." The well dress figure said in feminine voice somehow without moving her mouth if she had one.

"Hey! Who are you and what are doing?!" Rainbow Dash yelled out as she, Applejack, Twilight, and Rarity confronted the monstrous mare, Fluttershy hid under a table while Pinkie stood on the sidelines while gulping down egg nog.

"I go by many names, but you might know me as Slendermare. And I'm here for Spike bec-" She tried to explain but was cut off by the gasps from the other mares.

"You're the Slendermare?!" Dash yelled out in shock.

"Yes I am but you don't have to wo-" The queen of shadows tried to explain again only to be cut off again.

"You're not going to harm a single scale off Spikey Wikey's head." Rarity said. While Slender thought it was a cute pet name for Spike she somewhat didn't like the fact that Rarity said like it was second nature. "And how dare you take the gift that should be mine!" And she really didn't like what she just said.

"What do you mean by that?!" She yelled. A few seconds later Spike out of the kitchen with a plate of food to see his marefriend trying to explain herself to Twilight, Dash, and AJ while also arguing with Rarity about something while most of his friend kept on yelling and arguing with his lover. Except for Fluttershy who was still under the table and Pinkie how was still drinking egg nog while resting on a lawn chair that wasn't there before. Spike sighed to himself as he placed the food on the table that Fluttershy was hiding under. He gets closer to get the mares attention.

"Girls," He tried but was ignored, "Girls!" He yelled but still no such luck. Seeing as being civil wasn't working the drake decided to use the dragon way of getting attention. Spike took in a deep breath and lets out an earth shaking roar. That did it as everyone stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to him. "Now that I have everyone's attention I would like to explain a few-"

"Spike!" Slendermare said in a happy tone as if she was a giggling little filly. Everyone watched in confusion and shock as she trotted over to the drake and nuzzled him affectionately. "Happy Hearth’s Warming Spike."

"Happy Hearth’s Warming Slender." Spike happily replied as he gave the demonic mare a quick kiss on her cheek, much to everyone's surprise. "I see you found your gift."

"Indeed, and I have your gift right here with something special planned later." The demonic beauty said the last part in a sultry tone.

"Umm, Spike?" Twilight asked with a confused look on her face as the both turned to face her. "What’s going on?"

"Sorry about that, everypony, this is Slendermare, my marefriend." Spike explained as put his arm around the still much taller mare as she pressed herself against him. The silence that followed was so complete, you could practically here the snowflakes outside fall on the ground.

"Hi, my name is Pinkie Pie!" But you can always count on Pinkie to get rid of any kind of awkward silence with the grace of a point-blank cannon blast to the face. "It's nice to finally meet Spike's marefriend face to face. Well sort of since you don't have a face. How does that work exactly? It would be pretty hard to kiss Spike, or give him blowjobs, without a mouth?"

While a bit off put by the hyperactive mare, the she demon was more than happy that at least one of Spike's friends was giving her a chance. "Actually I do have a mouth, it just almost impossible to tell when it's closed, and I can talk just fine without opening it." She opened her mouth to relieve her fangs. "See?" From there Pinkie went into her famous whirlwind of questions and comments, most of which had nothing to do with the topic at the time. While Slender was busy trying to keep up, Twilight motioned her little brother figure to come closer to talk about his lover.

"Okay Spike. What is going on?" With that Spike gave the highlights on what happened after the couple’s first real encounter, the start of their relationship, and how it progressed to this point while not going over their more heated moments. While Spike was talking Twilight secretly did a magic scan and didn't sense anything that would even remotely hint at mind control. From the couple’s actions, the way they talked to each other and from the look in Spike's eyes, whatever they were feeling for each other was true. "And you’re sure about this?"

"I'm willing to admit that I had my doubts at first, but over time I truly fell in love with her." The drake told Twilight. They both turned their head towards the chatting she demon trying to keep up word wise with the faster talking party pony, "Just as much she is in love with me."

She gave a hard look at the mare, then at Spike. While she wouldn't have picked the mare to be her little partner's lover, but as long as it was Spike's choice and he is happy, she would respect his decision. "Okay Spike. If you're sure, then the least I can do is give her a chance."

While the dragon and princess was having a family talk Rarity decided to confront the demonic beauty. As she made her way to Slender, she took in the sight of her rival. She would admit to herself, though she wouldn't even think of telling anyone else, that Spike was right to say that she was beautiful in her own way. While her features were otherworldly she wouldn't say they were outright scary, except maybe the two tendrils holding the presents. And she had to admit that her taste clothing was nice, though the spots of red on her outfit worried her a bit, and she didn't want to think about where they came from. All and all they seemly work together to give a unique feminine form. Though that didn't mean she wasn't going to give up the drake of her dreams without a fight. "Hello, Slendermare is it?" she spoke, gaining Slender's attention, "It's so nice to finally meet you. Spike has told me a lot of good things about you, even though he didn't say much."

Slendermare was a bit hesitant to talk to Rarity because of her comment earlier, but she was one of Spike closest friends. The least she can do is try to get along with her, "It’s not surprising. We both felt we should be wary of letting others know about our relationship, considering my reputation and all. You must be Rarity, Spike has told me a lot about you as well."

"I'm sure though I do admit that this is quite a surprise."

"What do you mean?"

"You just don't seem like the type of mare that Spike would be interested in."

'Oh I see where this is going.' "That is true, but love tends to work in mysterious ways and I can assure you that Spike and I are quite happy. Enough about us, though, what about you, is there anyone special in your life to love and be loved?"

'You want play hard? Fine then!' "I have someone in mind but there is an obstacle in the way at the moment. Though, with any luck, it shouldn't be in the way much longer."

"I'm more than confident that you will try your best. I'm just grateful that Spike and I are together, and he wouldn't be lured away by some pretty face." The two suddenly burst out in laughter. While it was pleasant, as if someone was telling an inside joke, for some reason it was unsettling more than anything. It also sent a shiver up Spike's spine, as if he just found himself in the middle of an all-out war.

The rest of the party was a happy and somewhat awkward event. With Twilight and Pinkie talking getting to know the infamous beauty, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, while no longer scared of being around Slender, were still hesitant about getting to close, Rarity occasionally glaring daggers at the demon mare, and Spike was either talking to someone or stuffing his face.

At one point the couple open their presents. Spike got a black wristband made of obsidian with an emerald shaped into a flame and a ruby shaped into Slender's cutie mark. Spike was amazed by his gift, putting it on as Slender explained how she made it herself and how long it took her to do it.

Slender's gift was a claw made gold necklace with a pendent made up of an emerald shaped like dragon and a piece of obsidian shaped like a tall mare. The two figures' heads were lovingly touching each other along with the tips of their tails, forming the rough outline of a heart. The mares stood in awe at the craftsmanship of the jewelry and the meaning behind it. With a shaking voice Slender asked her love to put the necklace on her. After Spike gently put it around her neck she took a moment to take in its beauty and sudden gave Spike a heated kiss that left the others either in cute awe, embarrassment, or in Rarity's case silent rage.

As the two separated, leaving the drake's eyes unfocused, Slender spoke in a loving tone, "Thank you for the amazing gift Spike. I was planning to give you you're special surprise later but I can't wait any more."

"Okay, but give me a minute to restock the table and get myself some more egg nog." Spike replied.

"Sure, meet me upstairs in the guest room for your surprise." With a nod Spike made his way to the kitchen. As soon as he was out of ear shot Slender turn her head toward Twilight. "Mind if I stay the night Twilight?"

"Um, sure," Twilight replied uncertainly.

"Thank you." The shadow mare turned her attention towards everyone. "Now I want spend some alone time with Spike giving him his surprise. You will probably not see us for the rest of the night. And if we are disturbed, well," tentacles burst from Slender's back, the threat seeming to hang in the air-

"You'll let us join?" Pinkie asked, seeming a bit too enthused as everypony stared at her, "What? It looks like it could be fun."

"Umm...anyway I'm sure you all got the hint." She made her way up the stairs and as she opened the guest room she said, "Oh and merry Hearth’s Warming." And with that she went into the room and closed the door behind her. Leaving four confused and scared ponies, with two ponies having a pretty good idea what the mystery surprise is and the pink one giggling at the treat Spike was going to get and thinking, maybe, she could join in next time.

All the while, the high class mare was grinding her teeth to dust in anger wanting nothing more than to rip the mare apart but knew she probably wouldn't beat Slender in a straight-out fight, and she’d probably lose her good graces with Spike. No, it will require tact and planning to get Spike back to where he truly belongs.

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"Sorry for the wait Slender." Spike said as he entered the guest room and closed the door behind. "I had to fight off Pinkie so I could d-d-d..." He couldn't finish his sentence because he was busy burning the image into his brain. The room was dark with the only light coming from a few scented candles here and there. What really made Spike's brain come to a complete stop was what was on top of the guest bed. It was his marefriend laying on her side in a very tempting position in an even more tempting red and white outfit, with red silk knee-socks, a form fitting suit and short skirt, and red hat all with white fluff at the ends (A.N. Just think of a sexy Santa suit.). While she may not have eyes Spike could practically feel the bedroom look she was giving him. All of this already caused his second tail to come out of hiding.

"Don't worry my big dragon," Slender said in very arousing tone, "why don't you come here and enjoy your surprise."

Spike didn't need to be told twice. He made his way onto the bed in the blink of an eye, giving his mare a long passionate kiss. Their tongues gently dance around each other in their mouths. There was no actually force put into their actions, just simple yet arousing displays of affection between lovers. The she-demon decided to try something new. She puts her hoofs on Spike's second tail peeking out from between his scales and gently messaged it, rubbing the along the length that had gotten slightly bigger since their first time together. The dragon moaned loudly into the mare's mouth as her hoofs rubbed his mini Spike. Her warm, gentle hoofs covered in those soft and smooth silk sock was just plain amazing to feel and combine that with how she was rubbing his shaft and how sensitive it was making almost impossible to think through the haze of pleasure.

As the two separated Slender pushed her lover onto the bed with her standing over top of him. She turned her body around so that Spike was facing her marehood and she was staring at her dragon's second tail at full mast while still messaging it. "It seems like you like my first hoofjob." She said in sultry tone with drool dripping a little from her open mouth, "And it looks like you got something special for me as well.”

Without further delay, the two lovers dove face first into their respective tasty treats in front of them. Using their long tongues they both pleasured the other while the enjoying each other’s' taste. The sounds of licking, slurping, and sucking bounced around the room as the two lost themselves to the taste on their tongues and pleasure shooting through their bodies. Soon the floodgates open, unleashing their essences into each other’s mouths, both making sure to drink their lover's juice to the last drop. After they were done both demon pony and dragon came up for some much needed air.

"I hoped you enjoyed it love," Slender cooed, even though she knew Spike was very happy from the look on his face. She moved to the other end of the bed, laying belly as she raised her rump a little into the air, "Now it's time for the main event." That was enough incentive for Spike get back on his feet and his little solider to stand at attention. As the assistant griped her flanks and aligned his dragon his mare looked back over her shoulder, "How about we try something new?"

The drake raised his eyebrow at the question, "Maybe, what do you have in mind?"

"I was thinking something along the lines of you plowing my backdoor like there's no tomorrow." The she-demon somehow managed to say in an innocent tone of voice while giving her rump a quick wiggle in her dragon's claws.

A sly and devious grin spread across the dragon's face, sending a pleasurable shiver to crawl up her spine, "Looks like someone is feeling a bit daring. Luckily for you, I'm the type of dragon to give his mare what she wants if it's within my power." With that said Spike aimed his second tail at the tight entrance under the base of her tail. He thrusts forward, going slow to due to the extreme tight of her backdoor. It was taking a lot of effort not to cum right there. He was extremely thankful that the cum and saliva on his mast made it easier for him to move inside her. Once it was all the way inside they both take a minute to get use to the new pleasure and pressure they were experiencing. After taking a few moments to adjust to the new sensations, they began, franticly moving their hips in sync with each other. Both of them were really enjoying this new position, the tightness and fullness they were respectively experiencing was a nice change of pace. With each thrust Spike balls slapping against Slender's dripping marehood while the drake gripped and occasionally slapped the monstrous mare, causing both to moan loudly. Once they reached their peak, both climaxed, their essences spilling out like a waterfall. Spike's cum filling up Slender's backdoor to the point of overflowing while Slender sprayed his balls and his legs. One they fell out of the lust filed haze the two separated with a pop, Spike falling down on the bed with Slender crawling over to him a moment later, the lovers falling into each other’s embrace.

"That was amazing Slender." Spike said, love and gratefulness filling every word. "Thanks for the awesome surprise, and for being my marefriend."

"And thank you for giving us a chance Spike,” She replied in an equally loving tone, “I love you."

"I love you too Slender. I hope Twilight didn't hear us."

"Don't worry, love, I put a shadow spell on the room to make it sound proof."

"Man, one of these days you got to teach me some of your tricks."

"Soon, dear, soon, but for now, let’s get some sleep." Slender sighed as the two cuddled closer to each other, feeling sleep taking over as one thought went through both of their minds.

'Best Hearth’s Warming ever.'