Spike and the Mane-iac 3

Mane-iac and Spike were having quite a good time in the joke shop of town. Spike was wearing Groucho glasses and the Mane-iac was wearin crazy, zany ones. "HAHAHAHA! Do I look even more crazy then ever, Spike?"

"Yeah! More crazy." Spike laughed. "What about me? Do I look really ridiculous?" He made a silly fave sticking his tongue out while crossing his eyes.

The Mane-iac laughed. "Very ridiculous as a matter of fact. And they called me crazy!" They both had a good laugh trying on the glasses or masks that was in stock. "Oh this is fun. I could just keep this up all day long. Hahaha." Then they were both finished with their horseplay and went to see the gags and prank stuff. "Ooh, invisible startch, turns you completely invisible and make everypony think you are a ghost." Mane-iac read from the label "warning: weakness is water and it stains clothes."

"Oh that would be classic." Spike said. "Scaring everypony with this thing. Oh imagine the look on their faces when we scare them pretending to be ghosts." He made an evil smile.

"What?!" The Mane-iac suddenly exclaimed. Everypony who was in the shop heard. It was loud enough for them to hear her. She blushed with embarrassment. "My apologies. It's something I do. Go back to your shopping or looking either way, what not."

Then they all minded their own businesses.

"What's wrong, Mane-iac?"

"The price of this is a little bit too steep for us." She replied

"Aww. That's not fair." The baby dragon complained "I thought it would be fun to have this with us."

"Don't be sad, sweetie. There are probably other pranks for us in opportunity when they happen."

"Yeah. You're right. Besides, I have you with me, that's what counts."

"Oh, come here." Then the Mane-iac gave him a kiss on his cheek. "I really thank you for having faith in me about wiping out the scourge inside of me from the princess'. Hopefully, it will work."

"Your welcome, my beautiful wife. And I am sure that they will help you."

"I know, my adorable, handsome husband." Then they both made a small kiss of affection on their lips. "So they should be here at any time now."

"Good."

Then they resumed looking at more stuff in the store and see if there was anything in particular that they would want besides that invisible spray that they noticed. Something cheap and not top of the line. So far, they didn't really see anything that might interest them.

"Hmm. This stuff looks a little boring and old school to me." Spike remarked

"Oh i know. Well, the Groucho glasses and the sneaky snakes in cans are definitely so many generations ago to be honest. So sorry if there is nothing you would like, sweetie."

"Ah, it's okay. I think I just wanted to look around anyway." The baby dragon smiled. "Besides, we got to see your new doomsday device go to action."

"Oh of course. Hahaha, you remember seeing everypony's faces when we unleashed the Hairspray Ray of Chaos across the city?"

"I know! Especially that mare when she was having a spaz attack and laughing at the top of her lungs, haha." Spike added.

"Priceless. It was very hilarious." The Mane-iac sighed blissfully.

"So I forgot to ask you earlier: how is High Heel and all her girls, doing?" the baby dragon asked curiously

"Oh marvelous. She said she misses you, and so do all her followers within her lair. They really look forward to seeing you again. They would really appreciate it."

"Of course. Maybe some time this week we can go back to Maretropolis to see her together?"

"Absolutely." Then the entrance bell chimed and Twilight came inside, possibly looking for the couple.

"Ah, there you guys are." the purple allicorn said. "Celestia and Luna are here, in the mansion." The baby dragon and the supervillain smiled. Help has arrived.

"Brilliant."

"Which room?" Spike asked

"In the living room."

"Perfect." they both said excitedly in unison. Then they both went back home with Twilight. Mane-iac was relieved that Celestia and Luna would help her out with her little problem, but was worried that it would not be enough to cleanse the evil insect within.

They reentered and there were the princess' right in front of them. Turns out they were waiting for her all this time and wanted to surprise her. "Ah, Spike, Mane-iac. We have been waiting for you." Celestia remarked.

"Yes, Twilight here told me that you, Mane-iac, have a little conflict within yourself and need our help to get rid of it." Luna added boldly.

The unhinged mare lowered her head in shame. "Yes, your majesties. It is telling me to kill Spike while he is vulnerable and helpless. But you must understand, I would never do that. You need to believe moi."

"Of course we believe you." Celestia said warmly. "We know how much you and Spike are meant for eachother." she gently placed her hoof under the Mane-iac's chin in reassurance. The Mane-iac smiled after. "We will do whatever we can to help you in any way."

"Thank you, your majesties."

"Now, have a rest on the couch and we can talk." Luna said

"You want me to keep you company, Mane-iac?" Spike asked

"That's really sweet of you, but I will be just fine, darling. Don't you worry."

"Are you sure?"

"I am."

The baby dragon looked at the co-rulers to make sure that it would be a good idea for her to do this alone."

"Don't worry, Spike." Luna reassured "she will be alright. In the mean time, why don't you go be with Twilight? Or practice on your guitar once again?"

"We promise it will not take too long, sweetie." Celestia added.

"Well, okay."

"Yeah, why don't you show me how good you are getting with your guitar playing? I would definitely like to hear you play."

"Okay, Twilight. Come on."

"Wonderful." Twilight smiled.

Then the two headed upstairs while the Mane-iac and the princess' went in the living room to start their little therapy with her. The Mane-iac crossed one front arm over the other, ready to begin cleansing the monster.

"Now, Mane-iac." Celestia began "what can you describe us about your little inner conflict?"

The unhinged mare took a breath, and answered "everytime I look in the mirror one in a while, I see this evil clone of me. "Well.... A loveless evil clone as a matter of fact, and it always tells me to strike at poor little Spikey-Whikey when the time is nigh."

"I see. And has this happened to you more than once?"

"Yes. As a matter of fact, it was going on for a few months now. You see, I was scared to go find help like you two, because everypony would just exile me from Ponyville, and you would throw me in the dungeon for life. Either that, or the funny farm."

"Hmmm. What would you do to ignore that little conflict?" Luna asked

"Well, every time I see Spike, and his friends, that always makes me better. Oh," she had an evil smile on her face and rubbed her hooves in a sinister gesture "and causing mayhem back in Maretropolis once in a while." She laughed evilly and her demeanor changed when she flatly stated "but no matter how hard I try, it happens time after time, again, and again."

"Well, that does sound understandable, and we both k ow how you feel right now." The both looked at eachother and then back to her. "We do know what kind of cure you need, but you might not like it so much." Celestia noted

"Is it going to be painful?" Mane-iac asked

"Oh no no. Of course not. Well, you might feel something when we do it, but no pain. It will help you." Luna remarked.

Mane-iac was starting to feel uncertain. One bing she knew was that many cures for certain things can be terrifying, but she also knew that it will help her, so it sounded like she has no other choice, but to go along with this."

"Alright." She said flatly. "What do we need to do?"

"Alright sister, together." Celestia said. They both glowed their horns, and aimed them at the Mane-iac. Then small bolts of magic painlessly went to her. Her eyes were glowing light, and she felt herself being teleported somewhere else through an unusual vortex.

She opened her eyes and it looked like she was in a dark green, eerie plain with patches of fog like in a swamp, except no trees, only stars, the foggy floors and green background. "Where..... Where am I?"

"You are inside your mind, Mane-iac." Luna said out of nowhere. It sounded like an eerie echo of some kind.

"Princess Celestia? Princess Luna? Is that you? Where are you?"

"Don't worry, we are not with you physically, but we can still help you guide the way to your solution." The princess of the sun instructed.

In front of her, a cloud of black dust started to form and it finally took the shape of the Mane-iac, except she was all black while black aura was floating around her. She also had evil, vermilion red eyes and smiled menacingly

The Mane-iac was a little scared, but realized that running away from this will not solve her problem. "Well, look who it is." Said the evil clone. It sounded just like the real Mane-iac. "Have you decided to kill that pathetic little dragon, I suppose?"

"Shut up. You know why I will never commit such an atrocious atrocity like you have keep telling me about."

The smile on the evil Mane-Iac's face disappeared and turned into an unamused frown "why are you so weak?" She said cruelly.

"I am not weak!"

"Then prove it!"

"This is the conflict you have been receiving." Celestia said. "It keeps telling you to go back to the life you were before you married Spike happily."

"It looked like me the last time I saw it"

"That was your reflection, this is the real evil within you." Luna said "do not let it win. You control what you should do in your life, not that other half that you are beholding."

The Mane-iac looked at at the doppelgänger with a serious glare on her face, pure hellfire burning in her eyes. "You look nothing like me, you demonic imposter."

"Imposter? I am you." The evil twin noted

"No! The real me would not even think about killing my darling Spike."

"You call yourself a super villain? Being all soft and finding love in an unusual way, is that it? A true villain never finds love. As a matter of fact, we don't need anypony with us."

"No! Even villains like me have friends and comrades, too."

"That's what you think. But do you know for sure?"

"Enough!" Mane-iac said "you are not me, I am the Mane-iac, not you! Now get out of my sight, you little imposter!"

The evil Mane-iac scoffed "your little threats do not scare me." She stated flatly. "But if you really want me to leave you alone forever, so be it. But I can promise you that marrying that little brat will be your greatest mistake."

"You trying to interfere with my life is your greatest mistake!"

"Grrrr! You cannot do this to me!" Then she started to fade away. "Goodbye, Mane-iac." Then she disappeared completely.

"You did it, Mane-iac." Celestia stated. "You conquered yourself."

The villain had a smile on her face. She felt so relieved about this, and was right to have the co-rulers of Equestria help her out. "Is it really gone?"

"Of course. You have been clean of this little corruption." Luna stated. "We will bring you out of your mind now." In another flash of light, the Mane-iac was back in the living room with the princess'.

""Is it really gone for eternity?" Mane-iac asked, never being more happier."

"Yes." Celestia nodded. "Now you will never have these type of conflicts ever again."

"Oh thank goodness. Now I am truly clean and purified. Alright maybe not purified, but my love for Spike will never be questioned again."

"Exactly. Now that this is taken care of, that little evil within you is gone."

"Oh, but I don't want all of the evil to go away. I love being bad."

Luna smirked while rolling her eyes "we know, Mane-iac. We know." She said

"So, what now?"

"Well, I think what is done is done. Now me and Luna should head back to Canterlot to fulfill our royal duties. Oh, and about your outfits, we really like them."

"Really?"

"Yes, they are rather stylish and comfortable. That's what we hear and see from every mare in town." Luna added

"So, we wanted to know if we can show all of Canterlot this brilliant idea?"

"Of course. I would love to spread my line of outfits. Wait, they are Rarity's."

"Yes." Celestia giggled "but you were the one who inspired her to create the fabric and the suit."

"Guilty as charged. Very well. You have my approval. I will ask Rarity to deliver them to Canterlot later in the day."

"Brilliant. Well, we might as well tell Spike and Twilight that we are leaving now." Then the princess' went upstairs to say their byes to the purple Alicorn and the baby dragon. Meanwhile, the Mane-iac felt like a very different mare now, and knew that nothing will ever come between her and Spike again.