Left in the Darkness

Misty was currently in the library righting something in a book. It appeared to be a journal of some kind.

It had been quite a eventful week for Spike. He had quickly grown a liking to his new body. He was much taller and he seemed comfortable walking on four legs instead of two.

Misty made sure Spike was in perfect health just to be sure the spell had no weird side effects. He was fine mentally and physically. Misty had caught herself staring at Spike every once in a while, but just brushed it off as getting used to seeing him in his new form around the house, but she never took in account to what she was staring at.

Spike was so eager to learn magic. Misty and him would practice it every day and Spike seemed to be facinated by what he could do with his knew abilities. Not only was his magic far superior than a average unicorns, but it even seemed to surpass Misty's own magic. Misty had taught Spike lots of basic spells to start him off, but he blew through them like nothing. He had learned more spells in a day than a regular unicorn could in a month.

It eventually got to a point where Misty found something even more fascinating about Spike. Something she could barely comprehend. His magic was far superior to even her own magic. He could control his magic and output it much more efficiently then she could.

His magic also felt a lot different then her own. While Misty's magic was more calm and controllable. Spikes magic seemed to be more ravenous and full of raw power. Misty could only guess that since Spike was a dragon his magic was different.

Misty didn't know how to teach Spike at first. She had no idea how dragon magic worked, but she started with just the basics. Since Spikes magic was a combination of two different magic types Misty tried to take it slow with Spike so she could learn with him.

For almost the entire week at any point Spike had free time he would practice magic. Weather it be levitating something or teleporting a few inches Spike would try and perfect his magic. His enthusiasm and energy were relentless. He was so eager to learn and Misty was happy to help him.

"Hey Misty"

Misty surprised by the sudden voice slammed the book she was writing in closed and stood up with the book hiding behind her.

She turned around and saw Spike standing in the door frame.

"Uh sorry if I scared you but you didn't answer when I knocked. So I just assumed I could come in." Spike said looking a bit guilty for scaring Misty.

"I-its fine Spike I was just...focused on something else. I guess I didn't hear you"Misty said. She looked back at the journal she was writing in and picked it up with her magic before putting it on a nearby shelf that also contained many other books.

She turned back to Spike and moved toward while saying." So what's up. Do you need something?" Misty asked.

"No I don't need anything I was just hoping we could maybe do some more magic practice. I've feel like I could just be learning more than I already am. You know?" Spike said a small smile spread across his face.

Misty chuckled to herself."Of course Spike, but you don't have to be so shy when you ask me"

She trotted past Spike and went into the hallway." Come on follow me".

Spike quickly followed Misty. After about a minute of walking Misty suddenly stopped and Spike walked up net to her.

"What are we doing here? We usually practice magic in the lab." Spike asked.

"Not this time Spike. I think you've definitely proved yourself to be learning a lot faster than any normal pony. So I think we need a larger area for you to test your magic." Misty said. She turned back to the door and fasted a spell. Her horn flashed for a quick second and the door infront of them changed. Instead of being a regular oak door like the rest in the house. It turned into some kind of stone door. It was a very light grey around the edges and had a dark grew center.

Misty grabbed the door knob with her magic and twisted it open. The first thing Spike noticed when Misty opened the door was the change in air flow. Spike could tell there was a lot more air. The door lead to outside. Somewhere Spike had not seen in quite some time.

Misty trotted outside and looked up to the sky. The sun was shining nice and bright. It was a beautiful day. Spike took a step outside. The grass felt nice and soft on his scales. Spike felt a gust of wind hit him when his entire body was outside. He was now omly a few meter behind Misty who was still looking up to the sky.

Spike took note of his surroundings. Trees were around but they seemed far away. Spike could see grass go on for possibly miles. Spike took a deep breath and felt the fresh air invade his lungs. He felt so peaceful. It was so quiet, there were no ponies walking around, there were no monsters invading and trying to attack. It was just pure nature.

Spike thought back to one of his ponyville friends. Probably the closest friend he had among the main six. Fluttershy. He never understood the shy mare. She was easily scared and before Twilight and him moved to ponyville she was living on the outskirts of town not talking to anyone. Spike assumed she just liked being alone but being were he was right now made him think more about it.

Maybe she lived there because of the forest nearby. She had many animal friends and seemed to only talk to them. Or maybe she just enjoyed the silence. The experience of just watching nature.

Either way Spike felt at peace. He closed his eyes and felt the sun shine over him. He took another deep breath before opening his eyes. He saw Misty had stopped looking at the sky and was now staring at him.

When she realized he was looking at her she squeaked and turned around a blush spread across her face.

Spike had noticed the difference in Misty's actions. Spike would catch her staring at things for a indefinite amount of time. She would only stop when Spike got her attention. She was also blushing much more often, at first spike though she was sick. He thought she had some kind of fever, but she didn't show any other symptoms like coughing tiredness, but Spike did start noticin a pattern. He noticed she was always staring at his direction and blushed only when they had hugged or had made any kind of physical contact.

Spike was no idiot but he still couldn't be sure. So he needed to do one small test. When he was walking through the halls he made sure he would bump into Misty. If she had a blush then it would be pretty much confirmed. And she did. She blushed a lot more then he expected.

She ran off into her room stuttering. He felt bad making her feel that way but he needed to make sure. He needed to find a way to tell her that he liked her to but Spike wasn't exactly a expert on romance. He had a crush on Rarity that had long faded.

Spike was interrupted from his thoughts when he realized Misty had started walking into the forest. She was on a dirt path that seemed to go right into the forest.

"H-hey wait up" Spike said. He started running so he could catch up to Misty.

"Come on we only have about 4 hours of daylight. And your the one who wanted to practice so hurry up". She said walking into the forest. Spike was not far behind and soon joined her side for the long walk they would have to take.

(About 20 minutes later)

"Misty how much farther is it?" Spike asked.

"Come on Spike we're almost there. Just a little bit further" Misty said trotting ahead of him.

Spike saw Misty stop when she got about twenty meter in front of him. She was looking ahead but spike couldn't see what it was. He picked up his pace and joined Misty. He look at what she was staring at he could only stare himeself.

The forest had abruptly stopped and now only small hills and short grass could be seen. Spike could seen animals walking around eating or playing. It was quite peaceful.

"This is what I wanted to show you. There's enough space here to train and perfect your magic. So, you are ready to get started?" Misty asked.

"Let's do it" Spike said filled with confidence.

"All right I got a couple of spots we can use. Just rocks and dead trees we can use for testing some spells." Misty said trotting forward.

Spike followed Misty. While Spike was following Misty he looked around more. He saw a river with lots of animals drinking from it. He looked to his left and saw some birds in a nest together. There were eggs in the best showing what they were doing.

Spike came to a stop when he bumped into Misty. They had went over a hill and were now in a large flat plains area. They had gotten closer to the forest but it looked like the forest had been dead for years. There were a few big boulders next to the forest. Spike assumed Misty had got them from a nearby mountain or cave.

"Alright Spike now try and destroy this boulder. This will give me a good idea of what your magical capabilities are." Misty said.

"Alright" Spike moved about fifteen meters away from the boulder and closed his eyes. His horns soon began to glow a dark green. The glow soon became brighter and Spike began to sweat. A few seconds later a ball of green and black energy started to form in between Spikes two horns. It grew to about the size of a soccer ball before it stopped growing. Spike opened his eyes with a grunt and looked at the boulder in front of him.

He was trying aim his magic so it would hit the boulder dead on. Without warning the ball of energy blasted out a beam. When the beam was blasted the ball of energy seemed to rapidly shrink the longer the beam was being fired. It directly hit the boulder and made a hole that went through the entire rock. Misty trotted up to the rock and examined it.

There was one large hole that went through it. It wasn't very wide at all it was only a few inches. Misty was impress the boulder was very thick and the fact that Spike could pierce through the entire boulder was amazing.

Misty turned around when she heard something hit the dirt. Spike was laying on the ground breathing heavily.

"You ok Spike?" Misty asked.

She really get a answer just a grunt. She assumed he was ok, but quickly went over to him to make sure.

Right when Misty made it over to Spike she heard something crak behind her. She turned and didn't see anything moving so she ignored it, but then she heard it again. She turned towards the forest thinking something was stepping on branches but nothing. The cracks soon became more rapid. Misty looked over to the rock to see small cracks coming from the hole Spike created. They spread through the entire boulder, the cracks seemed to be glowing some weird white energy. The boulder looked like it was shining when the cracks had spread through the entire thing.

Suddenly the boulder exploded sending pieces of rock everywhere. Misty quickly put a shield up to keep her and Spike safe. The rocks hit the shield but didn't bounce of it. They stayed there as if they were stuck to the shield.

When it was over the giant boulder was nothing. It seemed all that was left of it was some tiny pebbles on the dirt. Mistys mouth was wide open. Spike magic was far more deadly than she could have ever imagined. She looked back to him and saw he was starting to get up.

He quickly got back onto all fours and made his way next to Misty. He didn't say anything. He just stared at what was left of the boulder.

He turned to look at Misty. "So, what now?" Spike asked.

Misty stood there for about thirty seconds before speaking. "Well there's one thing I know for sure. It's that we have a lot of practice to do, and I mean A LOT of it." She said looking over to Spike.

There eyes met. Neither side looked away. Misty grew a small blush but quickly turned away when she felt her face heat up.

"Well w-we better get s-started right away" she said walking over to more boulders for Spike to test his magic on.

(3 hours later)

Spike was laying on the ground panting. Misty was standing next to him seeing if he was ok. Spike had been using his magic for almost three straight hours and had gotten exhausted. He was sweating and it looked like he was trying to take a nap.

In front of Spike was the boulders and dead trees had been practicing his magic on. All of them were either destroyed or burnt to ash. The sun had already set and the moon took its place in the sky. The moon brightly shined in the night sky creating lots of light.

"Alright Spike we better get going" Misty said.

Spike got back up onto all fours looked at Misty. His gaze shifted to the main on when he saw how bright it was shining.

"What a beautiful night" Spike said.

Misty sat down next to Spike and looked up into the sky with him. It was quite a sight to see. Stars were already out and the night sky seemed to shine in the dark.

"Yeah, it is quite beautiful" Misty said.

Misty turned her head to look at Spike, when she looked her eyes met his. She quickly turned her head looking away from Spike. Misty felt something touch her chin. She looked and saw Spikes claw. Spike moved Mistys head so she was looking back at Spike. They were both looking at eachothter again, but neither said a word.

Misty stared at Spike waiting for him to say something. He didn't moved at all. His hand was still touching Misty's chin and Spike didn't have any kind of expression on his face.

Spike slowly moved toward Misty. She seemed to move without thinking, she just moved closer to Spike. They both stopped when they were only a few centimeters away from each other. Neither ever broke eye contact. They just kept staring into each other's eyes.

Spike pushed forward slowly, getting closer and closer to Misty. She didn't move, a blush was still spread across her face. In one quick motion Spike closed the gap between them. His lips meet hers and they both seemed to embrace eachother without knowing it.

The kiss was passionate and hot. They both closed there eyes enjoying the new sensations they were feeling. Each side enjoyed the feeling of eachothers bodies. Misty enjoyed feeling Spikes dragon warmth pressed against her. While Spike enjoyed Mistys soft coat touching his scales.

Spikes hand went from Mistys chin to her cheek. He stroked it softly, Malik get Misty moan. Spike opened his eyes, he saw that Mistys eyes were still closed. Spike noticed Misty change in front of him. She changed from the beloved friend who was there for Spike at every turn. To the beautiful mare who had showed Spike affection and kindness no matter what.

They both eventually had to separated, a kiss couldn't last forever. They both took in breaths of air. Misty opened her eyes and they were meet with Spikes once again. The moon was still shining and it seemed to have gotten brighter in a short amount of time.

Spike got up on all fours and put a claw out so Misty could stand up as well. She grabbed his claw and pushed herself up. They were standing in front of each other, one staring at the other. The moonlight was shining brightly over them creating a light so they could see.

Animals had gone to sleep, no creature seemed to be out at this time. Neither of them noticed. They were to focused on each other.

They may have not talked but they were thinking in their minds.
'What a day'