Spike and Pinkie's Clueless adventure: #1 The Truth Can Kill

Chapter 1
The incident

You know Spike and his school years. How he over comes his fear on his first year. How he saved Equestria. How he captured criminals. And how he stopped a mad man from destroying the town. Those years were his life he'll never forget. But Spike will have a much bigger challenge coming to him. This year, Spike was done with high school. He graduated and started thinking about what to do next. He has no plans, no future ahead of him. Until the night after graduation, he'll soon discover his true past.

It was a dark night. The school was completely empty. Quiet. A light shine through a crack in a door. There were shuffling noises inside the classroom. Discord burst the door open hesitating. He was huffing and puffing carrying his brief case. He walks down the hall hesitating. Sweat was running down his forehead. He kept looking back behind him. He stops and began hearing footsteps. He stops breathing, hearing where the footsteps were coming from. He turns quickly again to his other side. It came closer to him. The tapping made it louder and louder. Discord quickly turns around again. Then it went pitch black.

"If you tell anyone… You'll die," a voice whispered to him.

The next morning, Spike was snoring in bed. He was enjoying his sleep in till Shining Armor came in. Shining is his big brother. He sneaks up on Spike while grabbing the mattress.

"Rise and shine, graduate!" he cried out, flipping Spike out of bed. He moaned of sleepiness.

"Seriously?" Spike growled, still sleeping on the floor. "You do this every year."

"It's the most exciting part of the day," Shining pulls the window blinds, shining the light on him. "You get to have fun for at least 15 hours. So, what do you want to do first this morning?"

"Punch you in the face," Spike rubs his eyes, wide awake.

"That's cute. Come on," Shining left the room. "Mom made breakfast."

After a while, Spike and his family as down stairs. Velvet was cooking, Nightlight read the newspaper, and Twilight entered the kitchen.

"Morning!" she said. She took a glass of milk Velvet prepared for her and rinks it all up.

"Why are you up so early?" Spike asked.

"Is there anything wrong getting up early?" she said.

"You're right. You're Twilight. What am I saying," Spike chuckled.

She went into the room watching TV. She flip through channels till the news caught her attention. As she zones out, Nightlight talk Spike about college.

"Spike, where do you think you might go this year? College, I mean," he said.

"I don't know yet, I don't seem to have a special talent," Spike answered.

"How about soccer? You're good at that," Shining suggested.

"Nah. I want something I can easily achieve."

"You better think of something fast. Otherwise, you'll have to wait a year to go," Nightlight resumes on reading the paper.

In the living room, Twilight jaws dropped. The news talked about Discord how he got into an accident.

"Last night, a teacher name Discord was found on the floor in school last night," the reporter spoke. "He's still breathing but severely beating up. He fell down the stairwell of the school and broke his arm."

"Spike!" Twilight cred out.

Later that day, Spike, Twilight, and Shining Armor were all at the school surrounded by cops and ambulance. Spike spotted Celestia. Seeing her worried. He walks up to her to see what happened.

"Principal Celestia! What happened?" he asked her.

"Spike! Thank goodness you're here," she said with grief. "I see you brought Twilight and Shining Amor with you."

"Actually, Twilight brought us here," Spike corrected her. "But that's not the point. What happened last night? Is Mr. Discord going to be alright?"

Celestia looked really sad. She looks over at the ambulance driving off where Discord is in. He was alright for an old man. But she was still worried.

"It's best if you come to my house," Celestia spoke. Spike was feeling something inside. Inside, something told him that this accident was no accident. At Celestia's house, Spike and Twilight was in the living room. Celestia locked the doors and closed the window blinds. She finally sat in her chair. Spike and Twilight sits on the couch. Ready to hear the story of Discord's injuries. "It began when I was walking to school…"

I was walking down the streets in the morning. A medic car with the sirens going off dash through the streets heading to where I was going. As soon as I made it to school, I saw ambulance around the front entrance. That's where I saw Discord in the medical bed. I ran to him seeing if he was alright. Up close I saw him bruised up. A Black eye, nose bleed, and his arm broken.

"Discord! What on happened to you?" I said, worried.

The medics lead me into the ambulance with Discord. They left me and him alone. Discord started to stuttered. He turned to me and whispered.

"C-Close th-the-the d-d-d-doors," he said in a weak and horrifying voice. I did what he said. After that, he looks up at the ceiling. Resuming his story. "It came to me… It told me not to tell."

"It? Who was it, Discord? We'll find that person and put him to jail personally," I said.

"I can't… I can't tell…" discord shook his head, crying. "It will kill me if I told you. It told me to call It that."

I sat there breathless. Nothing made sense to me. I never seen Discord scared before in his life.

"What happened to you?" I asked.

He gulped, clearing his throat. He told his side of the story.

"It was not too long ago…"

(47 minutes ago)

He stops breathing hearing where the footsteps were coming from. He turns quickly again to his other side. It came closer to him. The tapping made it louder and louder. Discord quickly turns around again. A mysterious shadow figure punches him in the face. Discord fell back. The mysterious figure kicks him in the stomach. Discord curled into a ball on the floor. Next, the attacker drags him across the floor sending him to the stairwell. The stranger kicks Discord down the stairs. He topple all the way down to the first floor and broke his arm. All the pain and suffering, Discord crawled for his life. The attacker slowly walks down the stairs following Discord. The attacker set foot on the first floor and walk towards him. Discord could almost reach the exit, but his leg was grabbed and was dragged back into the nightmare. The attacker kneels down near him and whispers into his ear.

"If you tell anyone… You'll die," the culprit spoke. "You call me 'It' for now. If you tell anyone my identity, I will find you."

The culprit took Discord's phone dialing 911. The attacker held it against Discord's ear.

"Tell them what happen… carefully," the culprit said.

"Hello? 911, what's you emergency?"

"…I'm hurt badly…I fell down the stairs and broke my arm," Discord said in pain. "Please send medics."

The culprit hung up the phone and set it down the floor gently.

"One more thing," the culprit said. "If a boy name Spike happens to ran into you. Tell him that I'll be waiting. I want him to find me. Give him clues of who I might be. When Spike figures out who I am, you're free to go. Remember, if you tell him who I am – or anyone else – you'll die. You lie… you live. You tell… you die."

"And that's the story how Discord is like this," Celestia finished her story. Spike and Twilight both gulped in fear.

"So… why does the culprit want from me?" Spike asked.

"I'm afraid Discord didn't said much," Celestia said. "But he did gave me a piece of paper for you."

She took a piece of paper out of her pocket and gave it to Spike. He saw what was writing on it.

Xe:R3
Te:L3
Hg:L3

"What do they mean?" Twilight looked at the paper.

"I don't know. Discord told me that Spike needs to figure out his clues," Celestia said. "He said that a couple of days ago, he scattered clues around the school."

"So we find his clues, we find the culprit," Twilight said.

"I'm sorry, Twilight, but I want Spike to go on his own," Celestia said.

"What! Why?" Spike got upset.

"Think about it; if Twilight helps you found out who the culprit is, she might be in danger," Celestia explained. "It's safe if you go in alone for now."

"I understand," Spike and Twilight sighs.

"Now, what's more important, is that a close friend of mine will be waiting for you at Sugarcube Corner. He's a cop," Celestia got off her chair and walks to a painting of roses. She swings open the painting revealing a safe. She enters the safe combinations. A small light turned green. She opens it showing cash and papers.

"What's in there?" Twilight asked.

"This is where I keep my wealth and the deed to my house," she explain. "Also the keys to the school building. But if you push in a wrong number three times, something bad will happen," She hands the keys to Spike. He took them and put it in his jacket pocket. "Now, Spike, I don't know what's been happening lately, but somehow this culprit knows who you are. Meaning it could be someone in town you know. Be careful and good luck."

"This is crazy, but I'll do it," he said.

"And before I forget, you need to log into my computer; my username is PRNS Celestia and my password is mlpfim – all lowercase. Remember that," Celestia said to him.

"Got it. Don't worry, I'll find out who's responsible for Discord accident," Spike walks out of the door, heading to Sugarcube Corner.

Celestia sighs heavily. Twilight watches Spike run off.

"Why would anyone want Spike for?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know," Celestia spoke, turning her back to her. "But I am certain it has something to do with his past. And I believe he'll soon find out the truth."