An Adventure Gone Right?

The door to the Library shut with a soft click, turning around I looked into the town square with a breath of fresh air. “Looks like it’s time to finish my bonding” I spoke as a smile covered my lips, “I’m glad that they understand what is happening, even if they don’t completely like it, they at least now know my quest or whatever it would be called.”

I was about to begin my walk when a voice stopped my foot mid-air, the voice originated from behind me and was very familiar. “Who do you think you are” It called in a less than friendly tone, turning around I wasn’t surprised to see Spike standing there, puffing his chest out in hopes to look taller and more menacing.

“You think. You can just steal Rarity away from me?” He questioned with an evil look in his eye, it reminded me of a territorial animal when someone took something from it; and it scared me.

“Spike” I said slowly while raising my hands defensively, “I don’t want any trouble and I’m sorry for whatever pain I’ve obviously caused you.”

“Trouble? Pain?” he spoke with a toothy smile, when did he get such big and pointy teeth?. “Well you got trouble and I can promise you will have pain even more so” he almost laughed, his body began to morph into a much longer creature.

“Jesse!” I heard Twilight shout from inside the library, “RUN!” she screamed.

“What’s happening?” I asked while backing away from Spike.

“When you take something from a dragon, they will attack and kill whoever took it, they are extremely territorial and he considered Rarity his territory.” Twilight shouted as Spike grew wings and covered the window where she was looking through, from the other side I heard Rarity start complaining but was drowned out as a single thought formed in my mind. RUN! I screamed to myself before spinning around and beginning my escape as spike finished his monstrous metamorphous.

“GET BACK HERE” He roared with his voice much deeper and full of rage, behind him I could hear six different voices trying to calm him, and then I heard a large slam, then another followed by another. The slams just continued to assault my ears, they grew louder with each one and it took me longer than I’d like to admit to realize he was chasing after me. “I’M TAKING BACK WHAT’S MINE” He roared, his footsteps practically right behind me and causing me to bounce and falter whenever one landed to the side of me.

“Oh shit oh shit oh shit” I dove to the side as a gust of wind followed by a claw swiped past my previous location, landing in a roll I looked up just in time to see Spike’s other claw coming down on me. I braced myself for impact knowing there was no way I could dodge the incoming attack, I felt something hit me on the side of the face and a warm fuzzy feeling envelope my body. Then the claw came down although it was much lighter than I would’ve expected it to be.

Opening my eyes I noticed I was wearing AppleJack’s armour and my hands had moved up to block the claw coming down, I was now in fact holding the claw above my body; a small crater around the area where I stood from the bone crushing force. “Not as bad as Blaire” I groaned out in a southern pang, “But it still hurts” I threw the claw away from me and took the time to dive away, I was extremely glad to be able to use the elements and gave AppleJack a quick thumbs up as I noticed her far behind Spike twirling her hat in victory.

“Now we have a fair fight” I spoke with renewed vigour and made a single movement, using one of my hands I motioned for him to come at me. His roar more than answered my simple motion as he began to race towards me, I kicked off from the ground and began running towards him as well; I was planning on meeting him halfway.

Our bodies collided, my body dwarfed in comparison to his, but with my new strength I managed to shove him back a few feet before the wrestle for dominance became a thing. He wasn’t weak but then again neither was I, although I felt he was still much stronger than me; and was in fact toying with me like I was his food, I probably was.

I felt him step away from me and out of the corner of my eye I noticed his tail beginning to swing around, it was now elongated and held spikes that looked like they could impale an elephant with ease. I spun my own body and threw my hands out in an attempt to stop his tail, as it collided with me I felt my boots slide back in the dirt as if it were butter, I was losing ground fast and his spiky tail was beginning to near some of my skin.

What do I do? I thought in haste before an idea popped into my head, if AJ can throw things larger than her with ease, then maybe I can too. I immediately changed my grip and threw my arms around the end of his tail, a few spikes embedding themselves in my  toughened skin, blood leaking from them slowly. Using my strength I began to dig my feet into the ground and spin Spike in a circle, my feet were slipping from his great weight but I dug them in to prevent me from losing control.

“STOP RIGHT NOW!” I heard him bellow as I lifted him from the ground, his body began flailing in the sky as my spinning picked up its pace, I was nearing terminal velocity when a claw clipped my body and sent me fly into a tree just beside the library; Spike went the other way and slammed into a small cliff.

Spike was the first to recover and began his mad sprint to me; primal rage awakened in his eyes, the look to kill was ever present. I kicked off from the ground with a groan, fresh blood spewed forth from the small wounds that his tail had inflicted but I carried on regardless.

I was about halfway to him when he came to a complete stop and began to puff up his cheeks; I was unaware of this and just continued my mad dash towards him. Just as he finished puffing up his cheeks I heard a chorus of Ponies scream “Jesse NO!” and then I felt the burn of a thousand suns hit my body, forcing me to stop in my tracks and cover my face, I tried to scream but the fire entered my throat and scorched it causing my scream to morph into a plethora of gurgles and noises. As this happened lightning began to spark the ground around me as my armour began cracking and melting.

Once the flames subsided I noticed I was back to wearing my normal attire, although there were a few burn marks that scarred it, Rarity will be pissed was all that went through my head. I found that my sword was in my left hand and AppleJack’s gem was in the other, although AJ’s gem was burning itself into my skin.“What now? I asked myself with a groan of pain before looking into the town, I had barely thought before discarding the element and beginning to run through the town for whatever reason.

The town of Pony Ville was having a peaceful morning, stores were opening like every other day, Derpy was flying through the air with a hum while delivering mail. This however was interrupted when a solitary human ducked around the corner, a purple blur overshooting the corner and smashing into a set of trees, the human sprinted down the streets with sweat beginning to pour of his body.

Jesse who had just managed to escape Spike, although it wasn’t for long since he was sure the Dragon would get back up soon enough and continued the chase. As Jesse rounded another corner he saw a group of Ponies staring at him with a shock in their eyes, Jesse leapt over a flower stand, before rounding another corner with Spike in pursuit.

I leapt over another stand just after taking another corner and heard the wind brush past me before I felt a claw grab and drag me as Spike overshot yet again, he wasn’t used to such a big body but he was smart enough to learn from mistakes. I felt my bones groan in Spike’s grip as he stood up in triumph, “TEACH YOU FOR TAKING MY WOMAN” He bellowed with a toothy grin, his eyes were slits and I could see my reflection in them.

I smelt his breath and almost gagged, Just finish it before I die from your breath I managed to joke in my head, this didn’t amuse Spike; he seemed to know what I was thinking, but he seemed happy to oblige, raising me into the air above his gaping maw.

I was about to be dropped when I heard a voice shout “Drop him right now,” I felt as if my life was saved right then but then I heard added, “If you wouldn’t mind that is.”

Oh no its Fluttershy, she could get hurt was my first thought, “Fluttershy you need to run otherwise he could hurt you” I tried to shout but all that came from me were gargles and a wave of intense pain that made stars dance in my eyes.

My words were empty however when I noticed that Spike wasn’t moving an inch and instead seemed to be shaking like a leaf. What the I wondered while trying to reposition my body to get a look at what was frightening him so much.

I really wish I hadn’t tried to do that.

I set my gaze on Fluttershy, who was floating right in front of Spike; her gaze set on his own and seemed to be frightening him into submission. “She’s using the Stare!” I heard someone yell and although I was unable to tear my own eyes away from Fluttershy I knew that it was Twilight who was yelling to me. I was about to reply back with my series of gargles but I felt the claw gripping me begin to shrink, my response was then replaced with the thought Double Shit as I began to free fall from the sky, slamming into Fluttershy on the way down.

As I hit Fluttershy I felt her body crumple from the force of my body hitting hers at the speed I was going at, so I did what any well minded male would do as we fell. I grabbed Fluttershy and pulled her into a tight hug, flipped us over so I was on the bottom and braced myself for the upcoming ground; gasps echoing around me.

Needless to say I was going to need some R&R.