When all else Fails

Once Spike and the others reached the bottom of the stairs the only source of light that they had were the lit torches on the wall. The area around them had an eerie darkness to it; the walls were brown and damp, the floors were slightly flood, and the dimly lit corridor in front of them was not making it any less creepy; just your average horror movie. “What type of sick and twisted fuck lives down here?” His statement was replied with a smack to the back of his head “watch your language.” Spike picked up a torch that was on lying on the floor and used another torch on the wall to light it. As they slowly made their way down the corridor they passed several doors, none of which would open. By the time they reached the end of the hall a dilemma appeared. There was a fork in the hall on path leading to the left the other to the right. “I’ll go this way you girls go that way.” Spike said as he pointed to the left then the right. Spike started down the left path until he heard Twilight call to him. “Spike wait…you can’t go alone take somebody with you.” Rarity stepped up to the plate when she said “I’ll go with him.” Everyone, even Spike, were shocked at this development “if any one’s going to go with him it’s me” she said in a very proud manner.

Rarity and Spike were both scared out of their wits while walking down the hallway. Every so often they would stop walking, but still hear the pitter patter of footsteps on the slightly flooded floor. Spike was in front of Rarity with the torch that was slowly dying in light and just their luck there were no torches on the wall anymore. After a few more steps the torch went completely out leaving Rarity and Spike in the dark. Once their eyes adjusted to the darkness they started to progress again. Reached another fork in the hall they were flustered on which one to take; they couldn’t get separated in a place this creepy. They had decided to go right. They slowly made their way round the corner and what they saw next caused a girly scream, but the girly scream did not come from Rarity, it came from Spike. After realizing what he had just done he cleared his throat and continued forward; Rarity was laughing at what caused Spike to scream like that, it was two barrels stacked on top of each other making it look like a monster in the dark. When Spike passed the barrels Rarity could hear him mutter “fucking barrels” which made her laugh even harder.

Rarity had taken charge after the barrel incident because Spike was a little too scared to go first. “You think we’re getting close?” Rarity didn’t answer she just looked at the ground and continued walking. Spike couldn’t help but notice Rarity’s state and feel guilty. Spike quickened his pace until he was right beside Rarity. “Listen, I sure that she’s fine.” Rarity stopped and looked up at Spike “you really think so?” He put his arm around her “I know so.” The last statement made her smile which made Spike smile. “Thank you Spike” she said as she pulled him into a hug.

Their touching moment was interrupted by the pitter patter that they heard every so often, but this time it sounded closer than ever. They looked ahead of them, but nothing was there. Spike instantly knew where the noise was coming form. He whispered to Rarity “don’t turn around and walk fast.” She didn’t know what was going on but it would be better to do than to question. As their footsteps began to quicken so did the others. Spike regretfully turned around to see what was behind them; it looked like the creature that Sweetie Belle had described in her dream. Spike couldn’t help but scream, this time making it sound a lot manlier. “Oh shit, that thing is scary let’s get the hell out of here” he said as they both took off down the hall. They must have been running down the same corridor for at least fifteen minutes now. They eventually stumbled upon a door; they didn’t have the time or the stamina to continue down the hall. They had put some distance between them and the creature, but not enough were they couldn’t hear it. Fortunately for them the door was not locked, but it was hard to open due to the rust on the hinges.

When they got the door opened they rushed in and closed the door. Rarity had her back up against the wall in the farthest corner away from the door. Spike had his ear up against the door listening to the footsteps of the creature. The footsteps stopped outside the door which made Spike hold his breath. Then progressed further down the hall “okay, I think it’s gone, let me check.” He grabbed hold of the knob and slowly twisted it trying not to make a sound; the only problem was that the knob stopped prematurely. He started wiggling the know hoping it was just stuck, it wasn’t. “Oh, damn it, were locked in” he said looking back at Rarity. Rarity looked up at him with worry in her eyes “What, how can we be locked in; use some of your super strength.” Spike raised an eyebrow “I’m a dragon, not Superman.” Rarity looked a little happy at what he said. “Exactly, so use that dragon power.” Spike looked at her as though she was going mad. “Rarity, look at me, I’m not Superman I’m a dragon; I’m not a grown dragon I’m a baby.”

“Can’t you use some fire on the door or something like that?” Spike had his eyebrows scrunched making a hold-on-I’m-thinking face. “Well, I guess I could give it a try, stand back.” While Rarity stepped away Spike inhaled for a big burst of flames. His chest could not build anymore, so he let all the flames out, but all that came out was air. “Wow, really the one time I’m out of flames, we’re stuck here.” Rarity was in so much shock as to what was going on she was huddled up with her knees against her chest. “How can you be out of flames you’re a dragon.” “Why do you think I eat all those gems?” Rarity looked at Spike “because they taste good?” Spike had to agree with her “well, there’s that, but it also fuels my flames; what about you, you’re a unicorn you have magic.” Rarity looked down at her hooves in humiliation “all I know is how to hold things with it though.”

Come to think of it Spike has never seen her do anything with her magic besides locating gems and holding fashion materials. “So I guess we’re stuck in here until somebody gets us out.” Spike slumped down on the wall and looked around the room. There was nothing in there besides a bookshelf that had been tipped over and a wardrobe with nothing in it. Spike picked up a rock and started tossing it against the wall over and over again every time it came back. “So where do you think the others are right now?”
Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow dash, and Pinkie Pie on the other hand were coping quite well with the darkness, Fluttershy was having some difficulty. She hid behind just about everything that was in those dark halls. “Fluttershy will you stop worrying there’s nothing spooky down here.” Fluttershy paid Rainbow Dash no attention because to her everything was spooky. “Yea, like I said before just laugh and your problems will go away; oh do I need to sing again.” Applejack didn’t want that happening, so she put a hoof over Pinkie Pie’s mouth. “There ain’t no need for that, darlin’.” “Shush, I think I hear something” the pack leader said. They all were quiet besides a muffled Pinkie trying to listen to whatever Twilight was talking about. They barely heard what she was talking about, faint sobs and crying. “That must be Sweetie Belle!” Rainbow Dash was the first one to bolt to the door that contained the crying.

She tried desperately to get it open, but it was locked. “I can’t get it to open” she said with one last tug at the door. “’cuse me” Applejack said as she scotched Rainbow Dash out of the way. With one swift buck of her legs the door was off its hinges and on the wall in the back of the room. They rushed in to see Sweetie Belle and Sparkplug sitting on the ground looking up at them. Sweetie Belle rushed to them with a twinkle in her eyes. “I’m so happy to see you guys…where’s Rarity?” They all looked at each other with a slightly worried look on their faces. “We thought she would be here by now.” Their faces lightened up a little “but don’t worry she’s with Spike.” Sparkplug stood up and walked towards them all. Twilight saw him and quickly put Sweetie Belle behind her. “Who are you and what do you want with Sweetie Belle?”

“Now, now calm down I don’t want to fight you.” Rainbow Dash zipped over to Sparkplug and got right in his face. “You should’ve thought of that before you kidnapped Sweetie Belle.” Sweetie Belle broke free of Twilight’s grip and got between Rainbow Dash and Sparkplug. “Please don’t fight.” Sparkplug had a very calm face unlike Rainbow Dash who was steaming like a kettle. “Let me explain myself” Sparkplug said making a gesture to the table. They hesitantly made their way to the table and sat down; they didn’t trust Sparkplug, but they trusted Sweetie Belle.

Some time had passed while Sparkplug told the same story to them as he did Sweetie Belle. “Wow…that’s…that’s some story.” Rainbow Dash still wasn’t convinced “that still doesn’t explain why you kidnapped Sweetie Belle.” “Well, you see I had to take her because if I didn’t she would have called the cops and then I would have never been able to get in.” “Why do you need to get into her house?” Sparkplug didn’t answer her question, just stood up and walk towards a wall with a piece of paper on it. “This is why I had to get in” he said pointing to the piece of paper. Twilight stood up and went to the piece of paper “it’s a map.” “That’s right, my grandfather told me a story of a stone that brings peace to whatever you want it to. One day he set out for an expedition to find that very stone, he did not return. He left this map to me before he left and I plan to use it to bring peace back to my town. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I do want control of my town. The stone was believed to be located in her house that is why I was there.”

“Well if we’re going to find this stone we’re gonna need to get moving” Rainbow Dash said running out the room. “We’re also going to need to find Spike and Rarity” Sweetie Belle said looking up at Twilight. “Which path did they take, North or South?” Twilight tried to remember which path they took “I think they took the…north one.” Sparkplug had a look of worry on his face. “That’s not good I have bots patrolling that side; they’re set to kill any intruders, we must find them and fast.” They all ran out of the room hoping that their friends were alright.