(4 days earlier)

Spike woke up in his bed. He rubbed his eyes and stretched for a second before looking out the window. The sun was already rising above the horizon. Today was quite a special day. It had been three full weeks since Spike had started living with Misty. Ever since he left his old life behind.

His thoughts were interrupted when spike smelt something in the air. It was smoke?

Spike got out of bed and tried to find the source of the smell. He eventually found Misty cooking in the kitchen. She was trying to make pancakes. Keyword trying.

The pancakes were... Well. They were on fire. Misty was trying to put them out before the fire could spread. She got some water from the sink and poured it on the pancakes putting out the fire. She sighed in relief.

Spike coughed loudly getting Mistys attention. She turned around with a grin trying to look as innocent as possible.

"Misty care to explain?" Spike said his eyebrow raised.

Misty dropped the innocent smile and frowned. Her ears flopped down and she looked at the ground avoiding Spikes gaze.

"I'm sorry Spike I know I should have waited for you to wake up but i wanted to surprise you so I tried making pancakes and then I used the wrong ingredient so the stove started to..." Misty started to ramble but was silenced when Spike put a finger over her muzzle.

"Misty it's fine. It happened to all of use. How do you think I learned to cook. It didn't just happen. It took practice, time and determination. I'm not mad, but next time just make sure I'm there to supervise you. Ok?" Spike said.

Misty nodded and turned back to the now burn't pancakes. She picked them up with her magic and threw them in the trash. Spike came up next to her and looked at all the ingredients she was using.

Flour, eggs, milk, all the right ingredients but somehow she still set the pancakes on fire. Kind of reminded Spike of...

Spike froze for a moment before continuing cleaning Mistys mess. He didn't like thinking back to Twiliht and the others. It brought back unpleasant memories that he would rather forget.

Once they both finished Spike began to make pancakes the correct way with Misty watching. Every since she had brought ingredients back from one of the nearby towns Spike began to cook all of the meals. Misty was fascinated by Spikes talent and wanted to learn how to cook herself. It would take a while but Spike could see her improving every day.

Once Spike finished cooking they ate. Misty had some thing to do and so did Spike.

For most of the day they seemed separated. They only talked again when lunch came and then when dinner came as well. Spike usually spent most of his free time either reading the vast selection of book Misty had or just doing anything he could to help Misty.

Lucky for Spike, Misty had some power ponies comics in her library. So he wasn't completely bored when he had lots of spare time.

After dinner was over Spike and Misty would usually talk or just play around until they were tired, but tonight seemed different. Spike noticed Misty had ate rather quickly and went back to her lab. She seemed glued to a book and was reading it even at dinner. Spike wasn't to happy about being ignored but wasn't very mad about it either.

He followed Misty to her lab and went inside with her. She went over to one of the desks and sat down still reading the book the entire time she was walking.

Spike eventually got her attention when he poked her side.

She looked at him for a couple of seconds before speaking." Oh Spike, your here I didn't see you come in." She said.

"I came in with you" Spike said.

"Oh, sorry I've just been really focused on this spell. It seems so strange". She said while looking back at the book.

"Let me have a look." Spike said. Misty handed Spike the book and he observed it. She pointed to the spell that she had been talking about and he eyed it with detail.

It read" This spell is dangerous but also effective. If used on a being could be defective, but to know you must try and to try you must know, but if you succeed the subject will change, its your choice to know if it's better then less."

"I think I understand what it means." Spike said looking back at Misty.

"Y-you do. How do you understand what it means?" She asked surprised that Spike could understand what the book said.

"I had a friend named Zecora back in ponyville. She lived in the everfree forest and for some reason she would always rhyme when she was speaking to someone. It was actually quite entertaining. The more time I spent with her the more I understood her rhymes and what they meant." Spike explained.

Spike looked back to the book and explained what the words meant.

"I think this is a altering spell. I think this spell can change someone or something into anything, but I don't know what everything else means. I think if you do the spell wrong it can have dire consequences" Spike said looking back to Misty.

"I think I've seen a spell like this before." Spike continued.

"You have?" Misty asked surprised.

"Ya, it was in the crystal castles library. I think the book it was some kind of alteration spell." Spike said.

Misty put a hoof to her chin before speaking. "You mean this spell can turn you into something different. Like you can change a Gryphon into a pony."

"I think so. I remember Twilight and I tested the spell. I think the spell transforms your phisical and mental state, but it required lots of magic. I remember Twilight using the spell on herself. It was strange because she could use it multiple times. She turned herself into a stallion and even turned herself older. She eventually stop experimenting with the spell and put the book back.

"That's very interesting" Misty said. Her gaze shifted to the book then back to Spike. "Spike do you think this spell would be different with dark magic."

"Most likely" Spike said in a casual tone.

"Do you want to try it?" Misty asked with a wide grin on her face." I won't force you to do anything you don't want to Spike."

Spike didn't looked at her and didn't say anything. This was something he needed to think about. She wanted to test this spell on him but Spike trusted Misty. She was there for him.

"Let's do it". Spike said with a confident.

Mistys grin widened. She grabbed Spike with her magic and put him on her back. She went over to one of her test tubes and looked at it. She re-opened the book and looked at the spell studying the steps.

"Spike this could take a while. This spell requires lots of dark magic and it even require some regular raw magic. It might take me a day or two to get all of this so why don't you go relax and I'll tell you when I'm done". Misty said still looking at the book.

"Alright I'll see you later" Spike hopped off of Misty and went to the door. He looked at Misty already starting to work before he opened the door and left the room.

(About two days later)

Spike had still been waiting for Misty to be ready. She had stayed in he lab for almost two full days and Spike was getting a little worried. She would only come out if she needed to eat or use the bathroom. Spike decided to just keep waiting patiently. Even though he was starting to get bored.

Spike was sitting in the library reading when Misty walked in.

She saw Spike sitting on the floor reading a book. He seemed very concentrated on the book like he was trying to figure something out. Misty looked at the cover, she let out a small giggle. The book was a tale about a dragon on a quest and saving a princess. Misty had always enjoyed Spikes childness and he always seemed to be positive.

Misty was disturbed from her thoughts when Spike coughed. She looked at him before speaking.

"Spike I finally finished. We can use the spell. This could be a major brake through in dark magic. Come on let's go." She grabbed Spikes arm using magic and dragged him out of the room and over to the laboratory.

"Alright so what do I have to do?" Spike asked.

"....Spike I'm gonna be honest this might hurt. A lot, but this could also benefit you in the future. So I need you to lay on this table." Misty said deadly serious.

Spike looked at her. Her eyes showed only honesty. Spike had seen those eyes before. They were the same eyes as when Spike had meet Misty at the tree of harmony. Spike looked over to the table Misty was talking about. It was just one long metal table not very wide.

"........ I'm ready Misty. Let's do it" Spike said. He looked back up to Misty with a serious expression.

Spike went over to the table and laid on his back. There was a lightbulb above the table. Spike had to squint because the light was shining in his eyes.

Spike looked to his left and saw Misty had trotted up next to the table. She had something holding in her magical grip, Spike couldn't see what it was but he didn't bother to ask.

"Are you ready Spike?" Misty asked looking at Spike.

Spike looked at her for a moment before nodding.

"This might hurt for a second" Misty said.

Spike felt a sharp pain on his left arm. His hand had already turned into a fist. Spike looked and saw Misty was putting a needle into Spike. His scales could withstand the needle but Misty had put the needle in between one of the cracks that separated each scale.

Spike felt the pain for about ten seconds before it went away. His sight became hazzy and he felt a small fatigue growing on him.

Spike looked over to Misty she was eyeing his entire body.

"Is it working?" Spike asked worried something went wrong.

"..... No nothing's wrong. It's working" Misty said. She was still watching Spike intently.

Spies scales had started to turn complete pitch black. It only started happening about thirty seconds after Misty put the shot in Spike. The blackness seemed to be spreading to all of his scales. It started slow but began to multiply at a alarming rate. The blackness started on his left arm. It moved to his left shoulder then his torso and neck. Then half of his body was covered. His once light green scales were now a pitch black.

Within seconds his scales were all fully black. Misty stepped back in astonishment. She had never seen something like this before. She stared at Spike worried for her friends safety. She got closer to him when all of his scales were finally done changing.

All of a sudden Spike began to scream. His eyes shot open. Instead of his green slits for eyes they were now dark black. His entire eye seemed to be black the only hint of color in them was a tiny white dot in the center of the blackness.

Spike was still screaming. Misty could tell he was in agonizing pain. His screams said it all. She could practically feel the pain. Spikes arms and legs started spazzing out. They were shaking seemed to be trying to grab something. Misty used her magic to lock his arms and legs to the metal table.

Spike was still screaming but his screams of pain seems to die down after a couple of minutes. Mistys and Spikes breathing were now the only noises in the room.

Mistys ears shot up when she heard something. It sounded like. Dripping water? She turned her head around and looked for the source nothing seemed to be moving.

The noise became louder and faster. It sounded like multiple faucets where dripping water all around her. Misty turned back around to Spike and gasped at what she saw.

Strange liquid started to leak out from in between Spikes scales. Black thick liquid started pouring out at a alarming rate covering the metal table. It started covering Spikes small body. The liquid looked like it was forming a cocoon around him the black liquid covered his entire body not leaving any spots of spike left. Misty could only watch until the process was over scared for her friend.

For almost five minutes nothing happened. The cocoon didn't move and Misty didn't move. Only Mistys breath could be heard in the laboratory. Misty was worried for her friend but she knew if she tried to stop or interrupted the process it could hurt him in a very dramatic way. So all Misty could do is wait.

(A hour later)

Misty was pacing back and forth across the room. She had been waiting for a whole hour for the spell to finish. She was afraid for her friend and wasn't sure what to do.

A million thought were going through her head. Would Spike be ok? What will Spike look like now? How much longer would she have to wait? Questions she wanted the answers to, but answers she didn't have?

Misty kept pacing back and forth. When she was about to pass by Spike again but then a scaled arm popped out of the cocoon. Misty took a step away from the cocoon still frightened from the arm looking out. It surprised her more than anything.

Once the arm popped out so did another arm. It seemed to be ripping the outer shell that covered Spike. It shredded the black liquid with ease. The two arms that popped out had very sharp claws, they looked like they could cut diamonds. Soon Misty started seeing more of what seemed to be Spike. His legs were now free and so was his torso and his upper body. Then he removed the black ooze that was covering his face. Once he ripped it off he took in a large deep breath. He seemed to be out of breath.

Misty was still standing on the sidelines watching. Her jaw hit the floor when Spike started to sit up out of the cocoon. He put his arms on the metal table and pushed himself up. His back had some ooze still attached to the cocoon. Spike used a single claw to break them. Once he sat up his breath returned to normal and he looked around the room.

His eyes locked with Mistys. Neither seemed to move a muscle.

"S-spike?" Misty said her eyes never moving from his own.

"Hey, long time no see" he chuckled a little she did as well. His voice sounded much deeper, but you would still be able to tell it was Spike from the enthusiasm in his voice.

Spike shifted himself to one side of the table and dropped himself onto the floor. He gave a small groan before lifting himself up. Instead of being on his two feet. He felt more comfortable on all fours. Once he was finally standing up he looked down at his own claw. It looked so much different from what Spike remembered.

Misty scanned Spikes body. He had certainly changed quite a bit in the last hour. Spike was now above the size of a full grown stallion. He looked as big as Bigmac. His scales still were still pitch black but his underbelly seemed more of a dark green. The spikes on his head grew sharper and his had seemed a lot sharper as well. His torso looked a lot more defined and it looked like he had muscles on his arms and upper torso.

'He certainly looked stronger' Misty thought to herself. Misty couldn't help but stare at Spikes new look. Misty activated her horn and scanned Spikes body. A red line scanned Spike from top to bottom it covered his whole body before returning into Mistys horn.

The scan actually gave Misty a lot of new information about Spike. It gave his height, his weight, and it also gave a complete list of his health and it showed the amount of magic in Spikes body.

His weight had only grown because of his new body size. He was 140 pounds. His health was complete normal and his internal organs were fine as well, but what really caught Misty off guard was the amount of magic in Spikes body.

There was so much. His entire body seemed to be flowing with magic. Streams of magic went through this body like blood. The magic Misty had scanned in Spikes body was something she had never seen before. It was some new type of magic. Misty got interrupted from her thoughts when she heard Spike talking to her.

"W-what did you say Spike? I was.... thinking" Misty said refocusing on Spike.

"I said what did you do with your magic?. Some weird red thing came off of your horn and went up and down my body like it was looking for something." Spike asked confused.

"Oh sorry, I did a scan on your body to make sure your alright. By the way. How do you feel?" Misty said.

"I have a headache but other than that I feel fine. But there is this weird feeling I have. I'm not sure how to describe it." Spike said. He looked at his claw and closed it into a fist before opening it again.

"Well your phisical body is fine and your mental state seemed perfectly normal but you seem to have a lot of stored magic in your body". Misty said looking back at the results from her scan.

"Well what does that mean? Is that bad?" Spike asked worried.

"No it's not bad or good, but since you have so much stored magic there might be a way for you to use it" Misty said.

"Wait so your saying.... there might be a way I can use magic. Like levitate stuff and cast spells like you do." Spike said.

"Possible" Misty said looking at Spike.

"Awesome this is so cool. I grew bigger I feel stronger and I can do magic this is awesome. Thanks Misty" Spike gave Misty a full on huge.

"U-uh your welcome S-spike I only did it b-because you said I c-could" she blushed from Spike hugging her.

"Spike before I let you go I want to do one more observation of your new body" Misty asked looking into Spikes eyes.

"Alright sure, go ahead" he said letting go of Misty so she could observe him.

Misty started by looking at his legs. Then his lower torso, then moved up to his upper torso and shoulder. She checked for anything that would be wrong on his scales. Any cracks or fractures in his scales could be fatal. Misty didn't see anything wrong. Once she moved to his head she realized she had missed something. She didn't even notice it when Spike changed. Two horns had grown on his head.

They were both on the top of his head. They were parallel to eachother and went backwards unlike a unicorn horn. The horns looked like they both went straight backwards they didn't curve or bend at all. There color seemed to be a dark purple that stopped halfway before stopping and turning into a dark green.

"Misty is everything alright? You haven't stopped looking at my head for quite a while." Spike asked.

"Ya.... everything's just..... fine" Misty said still shocked that Spike not only had changed dramatically in the past ten minutes but could now also do magic.

"Spike I think you should see this" Misty said. She summoned a large mirror and pointed at Spike. Spike stared at the mirror for almost a full five minutes before speaking.

He moved his right arm up to his head. His claws touched the two horns that were on top of his head. He touched and felt them, studying them. He looked shocked.

"W-wow so this is the new me" Spike said still staring into the mirror.

"What do you think?" Misty said. She peeked her head from behind the mirror and looked at Spike.

"I'm not sure what to think. This is everything I've ever wanted.... but now I feel even more.... alone." He said looking back at his own claw studying.

"Your not alone Spike. I'll always be with you. No matter what". Misty said a small smile adorned her face.

Spikes serious face showed some happiness. He had a small grin while looking at Misty.

"Thanks Misty. I'm glad there's at least somepony who can be there for me... always." Spike thought back to s couple of bad memories but he quickly refocused on what was going on.

He moved forward and gave Misty a small hugs again. This time she hugged back.

"Uh actually Misty one more thing." Spike asked.

"What?" Misty asked confused.

"Where's the shower?" Spike asked.

Misty looked at Spike and saw that he still had some ooze left from his.... cocoon thing and it seems to be mostly on his back.

"Your gonna have to take a long shower Spike. A LONG shower" Misty said.

Spike chuckle as Misty lead him out of the lab and to the shower.

Spike had gone through quite a change.

Author's Note

Possible flop in next chapter.(if I feel like it)
Also mostly story for next chapter. The plot will thicken.