Author's Note

Okay so I make up the info of the hippocampi to better fit my story. I'm not entierly sure of the mythology of them. And before anyone asks yes there are references to Equstria girls rainbow rocks. But it's really small.

Finding the Truth?

Spike had to say he was loving his string of luck so far. When he was leaving Ocean he was expecting to run into Twilight at any chance but, was pleasantly surprised to find her still at Zecora's house. Then when he joined them for their conversations it was just as easy to divert their question or lie right out of them. In any other circumstance he would have felt a little more remorse for doing so but, Ocean wasn't exactly the best influence. He just sort of guessed he was picking up a few bad habits from her but, nobody is ever perfect so why should he try to be. After saying their goodbyes Twilight and him started back to the castle. It was a pretty uneventful walk other than the flock of cockatrice they nearly ran into. Luckily they got out unscathed though it was sort of funny to talk about and joke with one another.

"Man spike I haven't had this much fun in a while." Twilight laughed as she opened the door to the castle.

"Yeah I can't believe we got out unscathed." Spike responded laughing as well. "Especially when you accidently tripped on that root."

"I'm telling you it came out of nowhere." she joked as they head towards the library.

Spike just rolled his eyes as he closed the door before following her. It amazed him how much the castle had changed from their first few weeks in it. There were more vases full of flowers and other simple decoration line the halls. It certainly made it more homely and he was glad Twilight didn't feel to out of place anymore. Though he still missed the old library he couldn't say he completely minded the change. He got his own room and a bit more freedom now, because he wasn't always taking care of the books anymore. Sure he still had a bunch of chores but, it wasn't anything he couldn't handle.

Noticing he was falling behind a bit he sped up his pace a bit. Twilight seemed to be lost in her own thought as well so he just let her be. If she desired to share her thoughts she most definitely would. He supposed that's why he like Ocean so much as well, she never held back an opinion with him especially if it was about ponies. Thinking back on Ocean he remembered how he wanted to ask Twilight about the hippocampi. Hopeful it might bring some answers to his endless amounts of questions.

"H-hey Twilight?" he asked a little nervous.

"Yes Spike?"

"Do you have any books about exotic beings?" he asked fidgeting with his claws slightly.

"Of course we do Spike," Twilight chuckled as she began to pull several books from the shelves. "What type of creature do would you like to research?"

Spike smiled as he joined her at the table she began to put the books on. "I was wondering if their was any um..." he hesitated a little bit unsure if he should use the word hippocampi, "if there was any like mer-ponies or something like that."

"Mer-ponies huh? Well I can't recall anything like that but, maybe it's in a book I haven't gotten to yet." she smiled at him as she opened a book to begin searching. Spike grinned back at her before opening his own book.

After about two hours Spike was ready to give up. Ocean had told him they weren't well know but, he thought there would be at least something. A legend, myth, pony tale, at least some whisper of them but, no he had found nothing. Until of course Twilight gave out a shout of excitement. Instantly he was by her side wanting to see what she found.

"Did you find something? Tell me! tell me!" he exclaimed bouncing all around her.

"Calm down Spike." Twilight chuckled at him before showing him the book, "It talks about these creatures called hippocampi. They're mer-ponies just like you asked. Actually it's quite fascinating, these creatures are very rare. So it's not much info but, it's something."

Spike just nodded to her as he began to read what was on the page. Twilight just shook her head as she continued to speak.

"They mainly stay in deep waters and out of sight but occasionally come close to shore. They have pony bodies but, the hind legs are replaced with a fishtail. This allows them a great deal of mobility in the water and are supposedly strong enough to smash though sunken ships." she smiled going into her teacher like voice.

"What's this about the Sirens?" Spike asked interrupting her as he pointed to a picture encompassed with text.

"Oh, apparently hippocampi have this power with their voices that allows them to entrance ponies. The sirens were three hippocampi that would feed off the chaos their voices would cause. That is until the absolute best unicorn ever got rid of them!" she proclaimed. "Isn't Starswirll amazing!"

"Sure whatever but, only the sirens did that right?" he asked nervously.

"Well...it doesn't exactly say. They aren't a well known species Spike everything here is mostly about the Sirens. Though if I was to make an educated guess it would make sense for other hippocampi to use their voices as well. It would just be the same as a unicorn using their magic. Hippocampi might have very well used their voices to lure food to them. The book makes a quick mention to them having meat in their diet from time to time."

Spike just slumped some unsure how he should react. Looking over the text again he snorted annoyed that it made hippocampi seem like just simple beasts. Ocean had expressed such joy talking about them. It wasn't like she would just lie to him.

What if Ocean had been lying to him?

Slowly just building his trust only to feed him to the hippocampi. The book makes it very clear they eat meat just as much seaweed. Gulping he looks to Twilight giving her a quick excuse as he ran out of the room. He had to get to Ocean he needed answers and he needed them now. No more dodging his questions, she would answer him or else.