Author's Note

Sorry for the long delay. But anyways, here's the first chapter of one of my Spike Shipping stories, and if there are any flaws in this, feel free to leave your constructive critisism down in the comment section below and once again, thank you for your patience and brony on.

Spike To The Rescue

The folks of the town of Ponyville were either walking around town with umbrellas on hand or staying indoors and it was due to the fact that the pegasi were ordered to make it rain. Everypony was in a hurry to finish up their work and/or food shopping before the storm sets in. The Fall season was already beginning to kick in and the leaves were falling off their branches at a semi-rapid pace.

Same could be said for good ol' Spike the dragon and Fluttershy. Spike had volunteered to help care for Fluttershy's little animals and managed to help get the job done in half the time. He had grown up to be a young and handsome drake after all those times he helped his friends out in the many adventures across Equestria.

But as time went by for the young drake, he shrugged off his old crush on Rarity. Twilight knew about it and she felt sorry for her little brother for not getting a chance to at least go on a date with her, but he explained that she shouldn't be and that he'll one day find somepony who's willing to give him a chance, but for now, Spike just wanted to enjoy his youth while still giving his friends a helping hand. Twilight was willing to respect his decision and ended that little problem with a big hug.

Right now, Spike was filling up a tray full of chicken feed and slid it inside the chicken coop. The sounds of the chickens pecking away and eating their food felt satisfying for both him and Fluttershy.

"Thanks, Spike. I'm glad you came by to help with the animals. I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it in time before the storm set in, but now, everything is all taken care of thanks to you." Fluttershy says sincerely. Spike smiled at her and shrugged like it was nothing.

"I'm just happy to help, Flutters. If there's anything you need my help with, you let me know." Spike replied.

"Oh, no need to overwork yourself, Spike. You've done a plenty for me already. The animals are being well-fed, their colds are starting to slowly go away, and you even earned Angel's trust." she points down to Spike's left leg where Angel was nuzzling up to Spike's leg. Spike leaned down and patted the little rabbit softly on his head, making Angel smile at him.

"Yeah, no kidding. But you know, once you get past his difficult and stubborn attitude, he's not such a bad rabbit and can be pretty cool to hang out with." Spike replies. Angel nods in agreement.

"I can't really thank you enough for helping me out, Spike. Would you like to come inside for a nice cup of hot chocolate, i-if you want to, that is." Fluttershy offered.

"Sure, I could go for a cup. Thanks, Flutters." Spike replies.

"Okay then, come on inside." she signals the young drake into the house and opens the door. She steps inside right before Spike does and closes the door. The thunder could be heard from inside the house, but Spike wasn't worried about it in the very least. Fluttershy walked into the kitchen while Spike sat down on the couch and sighed in relief and relaxation, now that the work was done.

Spike soon felt a lot of things rush through his mind, mostly the things that happened to him, mostly back when he was just a little dragon. From the day he and Twilight met their new friends in Ponyville, he'd have his eyes on a certain fashionista and would constantly try his hardest just to earn her affections. But because she'd always ignore him, he just couldn't take the heartache anymore and just completely gave up on trying to impress her, and it was at that time when she finally took notice of him.

At first, she wanted to make things right with him by taking him out to dinner and such. But anytime she called him those nicknames back when he was a kid, he just didn't feel all that flattered. He told Rarity that he still loved her, but only as a friend and nothing else. Both him and Rarity felt like their hearts broke that day, but Spike felt like his heart was the one that was the most devastated. It devastated him because he had a crush on Rarity for the longest time and now he had to move on. He wasn't even in the mood to talk with the girls and just wanted some time alone after all was said and done.

He could still remember the day after he stopped chasing after Rarity that he'd always hand out by the lake, skipping stones or having picnics on his own underneath the gazebo. Nowadays, anytime Spike would see Rarity, he'd feel awkward and always be silent. Just hearing her name made his body tense up.

That was about 3 weeks ago, but nowadays, he slowly started hanging out with his friends more often and even started acting more independant. Of course, he'd spend most of his time helping out the girls with their girls, or hang out with some of the young stallions he had made friends with. One of them happened to be Thunderlane's little brother, Rumble. There was also Tender Taps, Apple Bloom's coltfriend and Button Mash, who's still trying to earn Sweetie Belle's heart.

His mind was interrupted by the smell of something hot. Spike looks to his left and sees Fluttershy walking into the living room with two cups of hot chocolate. She gives him one cup and sits down with him.

"Thanks, Fluttershy." Spike says. Fluttershy nods and smiles at Spike. They clink their mugs together and blow softly on their drinks before taking a few sips of their hot chocolate. Spike sighed happily. "This is some pretty good hot chocolate, thanks again, Flutters." he says. Fluttershy giggles adorably.

"You're very welcome, Spike." she replies. Fluttershy then brings up a certain subject, not to be rude, but just showing that she's concerned. "So, are you sure you don't want to pursue Rarity anymore? I mean, you've had your eye on her for so long and now you're giving up."

"It's for the best. Besides, I don't think she takes me seriously. Maybe one of these days, I'll find somepony else who'll give me the energy boost I need. But not right now. I want to enjoy as much of my time as a free dragon before I can really worry about finding a mare. Although, I do appreciate how you're so concerned about be, Fluttershy, so thanks for being a good friend to me." Spike explains.

"You're welcome, Spike."

But just then... *CRASH*

The entire ground shook and potted plants fell from Fluttershy's shelves. The chickens were panicking outside and probably running wild out of their coop. Spike and Fluttershy looked at each other and ran out of the house and into the backyard, seeing one of the chickens run off into the Everfree Forest.

"Spike, can you go and get her?! I'm worried she might get hurt!"

"Sure, you can count on me!" Spike says, looking determined. He spread out his wings and flew over to the entrance of the Everfree Forest in search of Fluttershy's chicken. He flew above the ground and scanned his surroundings, looking for any trace of the runaway chicken.

He could hear the chicken clucking and the sounds of its wings flapping. But he still didn't know where it was coming from, nor did he know if it was close or not. But he still flew deeper into the forest and kept pressing on with his search until he heard the sound of the chicken sounding even more panicked. He sees the chicken running towards him in an even more petrified state. Spike caught the chicken and was about to fly back, but felt some kind of strange scent hit his nostrils. It smelled like something was burning, making him follow the scent to find out what it was.

Spike flies deeper into the forest, following the smell of smoke. Soon, he comes up to a burning tree. He gasps and notice that the tree was not only on fire, but it had collapsed and got knocked down and had some sort of creature had gotten caught by it's massive weight and size and couldn't escape. Spike had no choice but to hold the chicken gentley with his tail and fly over to the creature that was stuck.

Upon closer inspection, the creature was actually an old enemy that almost took over Equestria. A certain former queen who lost her throne to one of her former soldiers: The changeling queen, Chrysalis. Spike gasped and flew down to help lift the tree off of her, but the tree was much too big and to heavy. Though he was trying his hardest, he felt like he wasn't going to make it in time. But then, some company flew in. Four unreformed changelings to be procise and all of them weren't even trying to stop Spike.

Him and the other changelings were putting all of their strengths into lifting the tree off of the former queen and little by little, they all felt the giant tree slowly roll off of the queen thanks to the sound of Spike tapping into his inner dragon and shouted out those two bone-chilling words. "SPIKE... WAAAAAANT!!!!!" Saying those, made his greedy growth spurt kick in.

His size grew and so did his strength, rolling the tree off of Chrysalis in no time. After she was freed, Spike grabbed his head and told himself in his mind to focus and calm down. His entire body had then returned to its normal size and allowed him to think more clearly. Spike felt like he had went through a tough workout and his arms felt like they were gonna fall off. The other changelings collapsed from the fatigue and the feeling of the intense flames beginning to grow closer to them.

Spike knew this was going to be an impossible challenge to rescue all 5 changelings all by himself. But luck and time was on his side thanks to a certain animal caregiver pegasus coming to aid him. "Spike, is everything al-- *gasp* Oh no, please don't tell me those changelings hurt you!" she says in a panic.

"No, Chrysalis is hurt and the others are gonna die if they breathe in too much smoke! Hurry, you take those two and I'll take the queen and the other two changelings." Spike ordered. Fluttershy wanted to talk, but the flames intensified and almost got near the changelings. But Spike went ahead and grabbed two of the regular changelings and carried them on each of his shoulders and carried her on his back. Fluttershy chose not to say another word and carried the other two changelings in each of her arms.

Despite being the shy pegasus she is, she was strong enough to carry them both and flew in the direction of the exit with Spike ahead of her. Spike it felt like an eternity before the two friends finally made it back to Fluttershy's cottage, in which the young drake put Fluttershy's chicken back in the coop. Fluttershy flew to her back door and opened it up, signaling Spike to hurry on inside. Spike did so and sat the two changelings he had in his arms on the couch, along with Chrysalis.

"Fluttershy, this might sound like an odd request, but I need you to go and get Twilight and have her come and help me get these five changelings to the hospital! After that, you go and get and Rainbow Dash and have her clear up the fire in the Everfree Forest! I'll stay here and keep the changelings safe here with me. And don't worry, I can hold my own if they end up turning against me." Spike says.

"A-Are you sure?" Fluttershy asks. She can feel a bit of self-doubt about Spike's decision.

"I'll be fine, really. Do you trust me?" Spike asks genuinely. Fluttershy paused for a second and nodded. "Then I definitely trust you, Fluttershy."

"Be careful, Spike." she replies, hugging her friend. Fluttershy ran out the front door and flew off into the distance and out of Spike's eyesight. Spike sat down on the rug in the middle of the living room, keeping an eye on the five changelings, hoping they're at least still breathing. He casted his fears aside and checked each of their heartbeats if they were alight. Aside from the smoke entering their lungs, the four changelings were alright, but Chrysalis was a slightly different story.

Spike could only guess that Chrysalis was severely injured from the tree crashing down on her and worried that the impact of the tree might have caused some heavy and severe bodily injuries. Spike didn't know what to do, other than to try and give her some air. He opened the former queen's mouth and gave her CPR, ignoring the fact that she might feed off his love if she ever wakes up.

Chrysalis was barely able to breathe after Spike's tenth try. Spike steps back a bit and waits to see if Chrysalis is going to sit up or not. The former changeling queen begins to stir and open her eyes. The moment she tries to sit up, she feels the pain jolt through her lower torso and her legs.

The other four changelings woke up, coughing and grabbing their chests. Each of them had different eye colors, which made it easy for Spike to tell the difference. The one on Spike's far left had light blue eyes, the 2nd one in the middle left had a darker blue eye color, the one on the middle right had green eyes and the one on the far right had red eyes. Chrysalis was sitting in the middle of the couch.

The moment the four changelings laid their eyes on Spike, they leaped off the couch and got in front of Chrysalis, trying to protect her. Spike raised his hands up in defense and backed up a bit.

"Hey, hey, EASY! I'm not gonna hurt you!" Spike said, almost scared. The changelings still glared at him, thinking the young drake was lying in order to save his own hide. They were only half-right. Spike might be afraid and want to fly out of there, but that just wasn't an option that he wanted to consider. His #1 priority was to make sure the changelings and their injured former queen was cared for. But first he had to wait for Twilight to arrive so she can help Spike carry the changelings over to the hospital and help her recover.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Spike looked behind him and then turned his whole body around and walked to the door, opening it. Behind the door was his good ol' friend, Twilight Sparkle. She was wearing the same clothes that she wore back when she first visited the human world.

"Spike! Is everything alright? Fluttershy told me you needed my help!" Twilight said.

"Yeah, Twilight. I need your help. Big time!" Spike replies, gesturing to the five changelings behind him.

Twilight gasped. "Spike, are you crazy?! You could've gotten hurt or have your love drained out of you! What were you even thinking, bringing those changelings into Fluttershy's house?!" she scolds.

"I didn't have a choice, Chrysalis almost got crushed and burned underneath a fallen tree in the Everfree Forest, so I had to get her out of there! I couldn't just leave her there to die!" Spike argues.

It seemed to be difficult to come up with some kind of arguement to match up with Spike's, but looking into his eyes and over at the changelings, who were guarding their queen, Twilight just couldn't say no to her #1 assistant if was doing what was right in his heart. Twilight sighed. "You can take Chrysalis and I'll take the other four, are you okay with this, Spike?" she asks him.

"Yeah. Thanks, Twilight." Spike replies, hugging her. He and walked over to the couch and got hissed at by the changelings, refusing to let him get any closer to their queen. "It's alright. I'm gonna help her get better, and then when she's done being treated for her wounds, you don't have to see me again." he reassures them. The changelings glared intensely at him, not buying what he's saying.

"J-Just let him." Chrysalis grunts from behind them. "What choice do we have?" she asks. Her remaining followers looked back at their queen with shock and glared back at Spike, sighing in defeat. They all moved out of the way and let Spike get through, which he gentely held Chrysalis bridal style. "Don't think this means I gotta like you or trust you or anything, you got that?" she asks. She wanted to raise her voice at Spike, but she was just too tired and badly injured to raise her voice.

"I understand." Spike nodded. Spike carried Chrysalis back over to Twilight and the other changelings followed him to the lavender alicorn. "Okay, Twilight. We're ready."

"Alright, but I think it's best if I teleport us to the hospital. If the ponies saw that changelings were among us, they'd freak out and take cover." Twilight implies. Spike nodded and stood close to her. Twilight concentrated hard on her spell just as the changelings walked up closer to them and in a flash of light, the group all ended up in the hospital lobby, which earned a gasp from the other ponies. At the very sight of the changelings, every one of the ponies backed up and wanted to scream in fear. "Everypony, calm down! These changelings don't have the strength or energy of be considered a threat, so you're all perfectly safe."

"She's telling the truth." Spike added. Everyone was just too scared to listen to reason and they backed away from Twilight and Spike even further.

Twilight sighs, feeling a bit annoyed. "Whether you all believe us or not, it's up to you. But right now, these changelings are badly injured. Come on, Spike, let's hurry up." she says. Spike walked with Twilight to the front desk, which the mare behind it was a bit shaken up. "These changelings need help." Twilight said.

"Their former queen got trapped underneath a tree and probably has broken bones and other bodily injuries and the other ones got a little weak from inhaling the smoke from the fire." Spike explained.

"W-Well... I-I-I'll see what I can do." The mare said. She pressed the button on her intercom microphone and everyone heard clearly over the monitor. "Paging Nurse Red Heart, p-please r-r-report to the f-f-front desk for five patients, one who is in need of some medical assistance for severe injuries... and fast?" With that said, at least now, Spike is relieved that at least Chrysalis might be in good hands.