It all happened in a flash, first, he was remembering something and then darkness. No matter where he looked or went, everything around him was pitch black. Spike tried to breathe fire to at least give him some light, but even that didn't work. He was getting a little worried, but the young dragon knew that he would find some way out of this black filled void. Just as he turned around something surprised him with both shock and curiosity. A single blue rectangular door with a simple yellow knob was now right in front of him. He thought about it for a little bit, but since there was nothing else around here he decided to go through the door. Just as he opened it a bright light came from the door, blinding him for a second or two. Once Spike's eyesight was back to normal he noticed that he was no longer in the void.

He was now surrounded by strange-looking statues, none of them were ponies. Some of them looked friendly and happy, while others just didn't give him a good feeling. As he walked down the hall the light seemed to be getting dimmer. As the dragon turns around he panics and starts running in the direction he was going. Everything behind was being engulfed in some kind of black slime-like substance. Even though it may look like slime, it was moving at surprising speed and gaining up to him fast. As he was finally at the end of the hall and right in front of the door, the tiles under him broke. He started to fall.

As Spike was falling down what seems to be an endless void, he starts seeing images in his eyes or mind. It's really hard to explain, but he was seeing things that weren't in front of him. But these things felt like they were actually happening in front of him. They were kind of hard to see, but it looked like a weird figure standing in front of him. This mysterious figure was not a pony, but it was standing on two legs and it had a really sleek and thin body. It was as if it had no bones inside of it, kind of like an empty costume standing on its own. It also had hands like Spike's, only much bigger and sharper. The thing that scared the dragon the most was the fact that the creature looked like it was made of that black slime from the hall.

Spike tried to get a better look at it so he could see it more clearly, but before he could get any closer the things blank face ripped open revealing it's piercing teeth made out of its slime. Its mouth was colored and steaming with this weird red mist coming out of the corners of its mouth. The thing that Spike will never forget are those eyes. It was as if the blood of a thousand tortured souls filled its eyes. Suddenly the creature lunged toward Spike as the dragon quickly closed his eyes, it was gone.

A new figure now took its place, but this one was different. It was as tall as Shining armor, colored a somewhat dark purple, and had four claws on each hand. Sure this one wasn't a pony either, but Spike felt like there was something different about this one. He doesn't know how or why, but he can feel that this creature was nice. The creature slowly walked towards the young dragon and reached out one of its hands to him. As Spike was reaching for it, he fell unconscious.

It had felt like an hour, but Spike finally got back to his feet. He was no longer in the void anymore, but Twilight's lab in the basement of the library. The only thing different with this one though was that there were no stair and a lot more gadgets down here. Once again the only thing Spike could do now was looking for a way out of here. As he began his search, he heard rustling coming from his left, no right, no behind him.

"What's going on here?!" Spike shouted in a nonspecific direction. "Show yourself! I have to warn you, I'm a dangerous fire breathing dragon!"

Just as he said that all of the lights in the lab dimmed, a strange mist appeared, and all of the machines turned on. The strangest thing about this was that the machines were in some kind of musical beat. Just then a mysterious figure popped out from behind one of the machines. It was another baby dragon! It looked a lot like Spike, except that it yellow with blue scales and had its spikes slicked back. He just stood there staring at Spike, until he did something Spike never expected. He started to sing in a deeper voice than Spike had expected him to have.

Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who cares
They
They betray
I'm your only true friend now
They
They'll betray
I'm forever there

He jumped back behind the machines as his shadow and two more dragon-shaped shadows appeared and sang along.

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true

Next thing Spike knew it another dragon came out of nowhere. This one was blue with white spikes and all of his spikes were put together in a single curved spike on the left side of his face. This one's voice was a little more uptight and pushy.

You
You're my mask
You're my cover, my shelter
You
You're my mask
You're the one who's blamed
Do
Do my work
Do my dirty work, scapegoat
Do
Do my deeds
For you're the one who's shamed

And just like before the dragon jumped back with the others and started to sing all together, but this time more intensely.

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true

Now things started to get strange, the lights got even darker and all of the shadows were gone as a new one came. This dragon was very strange, he was black with red spikes, his spikes were sharp and pointing forward. His voice was like all of the other voicing singing at once, making an extremely threatening voice.

Hate
I'm your hate
I'm your hate when you want love
Pay
Pay the price
Pay, for nothing's fair

Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who took you there
Hey
I'm your life
And I no longer care

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your truth, telling lies
I'm your reasoned alibis
I'm inside open your eyes
I'm you

In a flash of light it the black dragon turned into Spike. The young dragon fell to the floor, now with tears of sorrow and disbelief running down his cheeks.

Sad But True

Spike suddenly woke up in his bed, with a very concerned alicorn looking down at him. He just looked up at her, tears still in his eyes as he lunged to her and started crying. Twilight Sparkle wrapped her hooves around the sobbing dragon and tried to calm him down.

"Oh Spike, what am I going to do with you?" Twilight thought to herself as she continued to comfort the dragon in his time of need.

"Ha, thous plan has failed," Luna said in a victorious tone, as she watches Spike's mirror turn back to normal.

"Oh, my plan has not failed." The raspy voice said. "I have made my presence known. And now it is time for me to rest," The mysterious voice started to get quieter and quieter until it was completely gone.

Princess Luna returned her attention to the mirror as it showed Spike crying while Twilight is hugging him. A look of anger grew on her face as she looks even deeper into the mirror. "Just what did you show that dragon?"

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's Note

To see what happens next check out my other story "Equestrian Warriors" Coming Soon.