These Are The Days Of Our Lives...
The document softly landed on the hard wooden floor of the bedroom, the results came back positive. He didn't know how to react... Him, Spike The Dragon, had contracted the now almost unstoppable AIDs virus that was sweeping not only his town, but his entire home country of Equestria. He slowly sat down on his bed and sobbed, he didn't want to die, he had so much to live for. His amazing mother figure Twilight Sparkle and his absolutely incredible friends he grew up with, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.
He couldn't leave them to grow old and live their lives without him, he refused to allow that to happen. He had to fight this, and fight he will.
After a crying session and pep talk with himself that lasted an hour and a half, he thought it'd be time to reveal the devestating news to not ony his friends, but the royal sisters, whom of which hooked him up with another pony that got him in this mess to begin with... A double confession you might say
“Before I admit it, there's one thing I must do first”
He grabbed a pen and some paper and wrote the situation
'Dear Princess Celestia,
It's me, Spike. Listen, the results finally arrived... and I'm sorry, They came back positive, I'm not going to be here much longer but trust me, I will fight. I will fight this for as long as I can. Just do me two final favours, in my last weeks I will be sending a note of grave importance. Do not reveal it to my friends until my last breath has been taken, and my second wish is.... please, do not tell Twilight or any of the others, let me do that in my own time. I don't want to wake up tomorrow and see Twilight and the others sobbing for me
This might be the final letter that I normally do, but until my note comes through in my last weeks, please, act like you didn't see this. Act normal. Act like nothing happened.
Thank you, thank you for everything. In these past 19 years I have learnt so much from you, if it wasnt for you.. I don't know where I'd be other than an egg donation trash bin. We may have had our differences, but it was all worth it, I know your intention hooking me up with DJ PON3 wasn't meant to come to this, I don't blame you. We all didn't know she was infected until last week.
Sincerely, your friend and your subject, Spike”
He rolled up the letter and discretely hung his head out of the window, he blowed softly and just like that. His final formal letter to his teacher was sent.
Spike slowly made his way down the clean and shiny staircase of the Ponyville castle, he never really got a good look at the cleanliness and beauty of the castle until now, he always kind of looked past it, taking it for granted in a sense.
“Here we go, Spike... it's time”, he walked into the kitchen where Twilight was busy making some fruit salad.
“Oh Spike!, Briliant, that's the man I wanted to see” Twilight greeted.
Spike smiled and embraced this time, knowing that this is probably the last time he would see Twilight talking in her usual, cheerful tone.
''How did the results go?, I bet twenty bits that you're healthier than… uh.. the healthiest thing in the world!”
Spike frowned and tears started to well up in his eyes, he didn't say anything, he couldn't. He couldn't even muster a simple ''Twilight'', He couldn't give Twilight the pain of the truth, not yet
“Y-Yeah!, results came back n-n-negative. Healthier than…”
He stopped in his tracks, he couldn't lie. Not to her at least… or to anypony for that matter. He looked straight into her purple eyes, she started to well up tears along with him, she knew
''I'm so sorry, Twilight, I have only 12 months to go on''
Twilight didn't know what to think, she didn't even know what to feel. She didn't know if she felt sad, confused, angry or grief. But she knew she had to hold him close and cry with him, within seconds they were both on the cold tiled floors of the kitchen
Spike held Twilight in his arms, silently crying into her mane, all the while Twilight was screaming and hysterically crying into his chest
“S-Spike, no!, no please. Not you!, anypony else but you!. It has to be a mistake… it has to be!”
deep down, Twilight knew that someone she knew since she was a filly was going to pass away before her, not only from something that was incurable, but from something her own mother passed away from.
''I'm sorry, Twi… I'm so sorry, it's true''
for hours and hours, they just cried in each others embrace, never wanting to let go, but eventually they ran out of tears to shed and words to say
''Y-You need to tell the others… they need to know too'' Twilight sniffed
Spike helped her off the floor, where an actual puddle of tears was formed
''Yeah… I know, give me a few days.. I don't want them to know yet.'' Spike said, slowly walking to the living room, all the while Twilight followed him
Once they reached the couch, Spike took a deep breath in and said something that seemed to come from the deepest depths of his soul
“Let's not let this ruin all of us, okay Twi?, I want my final year to be a happy and regret-less one. I want to do everything on my bucket list, I want all seven of us to go to dinner and make good memories, I want to spend every waking moment with all of you equally so that when I take my final breaths, you will all remember me as a man, who in his last months was a happy and brave man who didn't fear death”
They stayed in each others arms as they lied down on the couch, they soon fell asleep in each others embrace
however, the last thing Spike thought of before going into his deep sleep is.. 'how will the others react?'
The sun started to rise over the quiet and peaceful town of Ponyville. Ponies were going about their commute to work or school. Some even looked depressed, just waiting for the day to be over. So they can go back to their beds.. well, Spike was one of them. He was sitting on the couch he fell asleep on the night before, he was looking out the window, watching, waiting for his friends to arrive so he can break the news. The news that will change not only his life but their lives too. After an hour of waiting, the inevitable was about to take place. The front door slowly creaked open and 6 mares who he had known for so many years came into the shiny and clean castle, all with smiling faces except for Twilight, who had a slightly somber expression. Spike didn't like seeing someone he associates as his mother to be like this. But it was understandable given the circumstances of the situation.
Applejack and Rarity sat down on the couch, while Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie sat on the reclining chairs. Fluttershy just sat on the tiled floor
Spike looked over at Twilight
''Have you told them why they're here?”.. Twilight looked uneasy at Spikes question and nodded a simple 'no'. Spike sighed and just let it out
''Alright, everyone.... The results came back from my AIDs test that I took a few days back..''.. Spike stopped and instantly looked somber, he couldn't muster the words of ''I'm dying'' or ''I have this thing'', but Fluttershy got the hint and suddenly burst into tears, she was screaming and crying hysterically just like Twilight was the night before, she ran up to spike and wrapped her hooves around him. It wasn't long before Applejack caught on. She pulled her hat down to her chest and her ears folded back
''I-I'm sorry, But I have one year left... I got it from DJ PON3.. last week'' Spike said, he was crying again. Face in his hands and all
''S-Sugarcube... Ah'm so sorry'' she whispered into his neck as she walked up and hugged him, never wanting to ever let go, meanwhile Spike just hung his head and closed his eyes tight, he didn't like seeing them in this state. Rainbow, Pinkie and Rarity eventually caught on with tears forming, Rainbow Dash was obviously trying to hide her own tears. But she failed and started to wail and cry, and they all proceeded to sprint up to him and take up any remaining space on Spikes body to snuggle. The room was silent except for Fluttershy and Rainbow's wailing and sobbing, but even that was muffled because of the tight grip they both had on Spike as they cried into his shoulder
''W-What do you mean by a year?'' Fluttershy sniffled, still not letting go of Spikes arm, of which she was clinging to thinking that if she let go he'd fade into nothing
''I mean, one year, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8760 Hours.. 525600 minutes'' Spike confirmed, his voice cracking with every number. Time was ticking and his time was running out.
''Sugarcube, Ah promise. We'll be here ta take care of you'' Applejack said, she, much like Fluttershy, was clinging onto him for dear life and never wanting to ever release him from her grip
''Thank you, all of you. I want to make this the best year of my life, not just my final one'' Spike whispered to all of them, he was determined to do everything he wanted to do, he was determined to take one final wave to the world when his time comes, he wanted his final Christmas to be one that his friends will never forget when he departs into the cosmos and most of all. He wanted nothing more than his final weeks to be filled with love, comfort and friendship.
As the saying goes... ''Friends Will Be Friends''
