Goodbye, Spike - April Fool's Chapter

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Twilight stood outside her castle, watching the sky, tears in her eyes.

On her back rested the hatchling Spike. Around her stood her friends, all of whom had come to give her comfort is this painful time.

After Twilight’s Spell changed Spike into a hatchling and it was clear the effects were irreversible, Twilight had sent a message to Princess Celestia, letting her know what had happened.

The reply, which had taken longer to get there as Spike no longer seemed to posses the ability to send messages via his dragon flame, was heartbreaking for the Alicorn.

“I can see the three of them!” Rainbow Dash called, looking up.

Twilight could see them to, though she honestly wished she couldn’t, so as to fool herself a little bit longer.

Within minutes, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna had landed in front of them. The third member of their party, however, caused the ground to shake upon landing and stood higher than Twilight’s castle.

It was a dragon with red scales and long leather wings that stretched beyond the size of a Canterlot Castle.

Two yellow dragon eyes looked down at the six ponies, all of whom huddled together.

“I am sorry, Twilight,” Celestia said, lowering her head. “With the spell you described being the cause of Spike’s new age, it is too dangerous to keep him in Equestria. King Yohan has agreed to take him in until Spike is safe to return to Equestria.”

“Though, judging from what I know of Regression Spells, that may not be for several centuries to come,” the large king boomed, his voice shaking the land around them.

Tears streaming down her face, Twilight moved out from within the huddle her friends had created, and walked up until she was with the princesses.

Slowly, she craned her neck back and looked at the sleeping purple hatchling resting on her back between her wings.

She sniffled several times, before leaning down and kissed the little drake on the forehead, before lighting her horn.

Surrounded by her aura, Twilight gently levitated Spike off her back and over to the dragon king, who delicately took the tiny dragon in his massive hand, before looking solemnly at the Alicorn.

“I am sorry, Princess Twilight Sparkle,” he boomed, though in a much gentler tone than before. “Never had I thought I would have to take a son from his mother in this land. I will return him when it is safe, I promise you that on my Dragon Honour.”

With that, the large lizard extended his massive wings and with just a few flaps, was airborne. He circled in the sky several times, before turning and flying off towards the Dragon Kingdom.

Twilight fell to the ground, wailing as if she had been physically injured.

Celestia moved to comfort her, but Luna held her back with a wing and shook her head. “Some pains cannot be lessened, sister,” she said with a heavy sadness in her voice. “I know this all too well. We leave this matter to her friends and hope that they can comfort this stricken mother.”

“I... I never truly thought Twilight saw him as son, and...” Celestia looked to her former student with sad eyes as her wails rang throughout the town. “I... I never meant for her to...”

Luna shook her head and motioned for the two to leave.

Taking flight, they both tried to push out the wails of a mother whom had lost her only child, though it would not free them from the cries that echoed in their minds.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER

“Twilight?” Applejack asked worriedly.

An hour after the princesses had left, Twilight just stopped making any sound, remaining still as she looked down at the ground.

The farm mare glanced at her friends, who each wore the same concerned expression as herself, though some showed unease.

“Sugarcube?” she tried again, nudging the still mare with her muzzle.

Suddenly, Twilight’s horn light and all five mares were engulfed in a purple aura.

“Ear flop, twingy ankle, shuddering tongue!” Pinkie Pie cried out in a total panic.

“NO!” Rainbow and Rarity cried, their eyes wide with panic. “WE HAVE TO GET AWAY!”

Right around the time Spike had been turned into a hatchling by the misfired spell, she had been with the two when this Pinkie Sense combo had happened and, with the aura surrounding them all, they had a good idea why that particular combo was happening again.

Twilight turned to them all hovering before her, her right eye twitching and a terrifyingly wide smile on her face.

“My son is gone. I can't see him for centuries. Centuries!” she giggled, the sound sending shudders down all five mares’ spines. “So, until I can have him back, I’ll be sure to take good care of his little sisters so they’ll be ready for when he comes back.”

The only time anypony had seen Twilight like this was the day she caused the Smartypants Incident, though she was ten times for terrifying now.

The five mares never got to cry out for help as Twilight cast the Regression Spell.

When the light ended, floating in the air were five foals, all of whom looked around in confusion and fear.

With a goofy smile on her face, Twilight levitated them all over to her and nuzzled each one affectionately, before turning and walking into her castle, the doors slamming shut behind her.

APRIL FOOL'S!

Author's Note

Yeah, i decided to finally get an April Fool's chapter for a fic done, and this seemed like a fun and creepy idea.

If you wanna write a fic following this inwhich Twilight is now caring for her daughters, feel free, just make sure to give me credit for the origins.

Later everypony