Twilight moans and whimpers as she begins stirring awake. Her eyes fluttered open, at first all she saw was white, a blinding light that was making her head pound. Her vision soon began clearing up, finding herself staring at the ceiling, noticing stars sparkling in designs on it with a star shape light casting above.

She recognized the pattern for those that were in the infirmary wing at the Canterlot castle. She tried to move her arm so she could rub her face but felt resistance.

Twilight looked and frowned deeply, seeing her right arm was in a white cast and in a sling. She tried to move her wings but felt something restricting one of them, she looked and saw bandages wrapped around her keeping the left wing closed. Pretty sure she also has some internal damages.

“Twilight!” She jumped when she heard Pinkie Pie’s voice squealing. Suddenly the pink pony bounced over to her, balloons and streamers and confetti exploded in delight. She jumped on the bed and hugged the princess.

“OW OW Pinkie that hurt!” Twilight yelped in pain as the other girls came in.

“Pinkie, confound it, get off of her before you hurt her more.” Applejack grunted as she, RD, Fluttershy and Starlight approached the bed. “Hey sugarcube.”

“We’re so glad you’re okay,” Fluttershy whispered. While everyone tried to keep it together, Fluttershy looked more physically distraught, ears flattened and her eyes red as if she was crying.

“Do you remember what happened?” Starlight asked her as Pinkie Pie peeled off of the injured Princess.

Twilight frowned, her ears pinned as well. “Yes.” She spoke in a soft voice. She remembered Spike hitting her and she crashed into a building, knocking her out. It seemed she got hurt more than she thought. “What happened to Spike?”

The girls went very quiet after that. Not knowing what to say.

“Girls, what of Spike? Is he still out there? Is he back to normal?”

Before anyone could give her a bit of bad news, Celestia and Luna both enter the infirmary. While Luna had a more serious expression, Celestia had a softened gaze.

“Twilight, I’m glad you’re awake, we came to check on you.” Celestia greeted.

“Good to see you in glad tidings, Princess Twilight.” Luna bowed a little for her but straightened up, placed her hands behind her back.

“Princesses, what happened to Spike?” Twilight asked them.

Luna turned to her friends. “You didn’t share anything?”

“She just woke up as we came in, we didn’t have a chance.” Rainbow Dash responded.

“Yeah, we just got in here.” Starlight said.

“Tell me what??” Twilight grunted as she sat up on the bed.

Celestia took in a deep breath before exhaling. “A couple of hours ago, we managed to stop Spike. He’s currently residing in one of our dungeon cells.”

“We are working to try and reverse the potion your friend forced the young dragon to drink. But it’s hard to reverse Fall Out’s Desire when she altered it.” Luna responded.

“F-fall Out’s Desire normally wears off, are you sure there isn't a way to speed up the process? ” Twilight asked. “He can’t stay there or remain that big.”

“Twilight dear, you know there isn’t really much one can do when exposed to that potion.” Celestia explained.

As the princesses were talking, there was a commotion going out outside the infirmary doors. As they spoke the noise got louder and louder.

“When Rarity altered the potion, it altered its effec~”

The Sun princess was cut off mid-sentence when the doors violently kicked open, and an extremely pissed off she-dragon emerges. “CELESTIA! LUNA!!!” Rachel roared angrily, tears just streaking down her face, teeth baring, her ears pinned back.

Twilight and her friends jumped and screamed out of surprise and fright as Rachel stormed up to the Sister Princesses, her tail rapidly lashing side to side.

“Where is he?!” Rachel demanded, standing five feet from them, balling her claws into fists, shaking in her hooves.

Celestia calmly leans to her sister. “I thought you said you had your guards handle her?” she whispered to her.

“I had my findest guards on duty.” Luna glared at Rachel. “What did you do to them?”

Rachel snorted before violently gesturing her hand to the swinging closing doors to the piles of bat pony and day pony guards scattered in the corridor. To everyone’s surprise, they were still alive but would need to join Twilight in the Infirmary.

“Rachel?!” Twilight gasped, seeing Rachel now in her new form.

“Sure as hell not the fucking mail pony.” She snapped at the injured princess before staring at the Sisters. “With the night I had, they are lucky I held back on them! Now where the fuck is my mate!?”

“Rachel, we know you’re upset about what happened, but we must insist you calm down~”

Again she cuts Celestia off.

“Don’t you FUCKING DARE TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!!” the volume of Rachel’s voice got so loud, the curved triangle windows started crackling. “First my mate gets poisoned by that fucking cunt Rarity, Sombra kidnaps me and viciously mind fucked my head, I fought a Cerberus, outrun demons of Tartarus, slaughtered both man and pony to escape, then you two….YOU TWO COCK SUCKING WHORES! Fucking used me to trap Spike and took him away from me when I fucking had him! So I think I have the right to be pissed. I’m so fucking pissed, I’ve literally jumped over that edge and perpetually is still falling! Where is he?!”

The sisters looked at each other before Luna answered.

“You coming back when you did was unexpected but needed. Without you, Spike would’ve continued his rampage.” the night princess responded, unphased about her outburst.

“I had him! He stopped when he realized it was me.” Rachel huffed, trying to retain her erratic emotions but it was a losing battle. “He was big like this before, right? After he recognized a creature he turned back, that was happening!”

“We had no idea that would work,” Celestia spoke calmly but understood her. “Last time he turned, he got too greedy. Drinking that potion caused him to grow and we have no idea if he’d change back. And since we knew you’d be distraught, we had to send the guards to prevent you from barging in here after us.”

“But like always, Canterlot Guards are weak as they are dumbasses.” Rachel snorted. “Now we have that established, where did you take my mate?”

“They said he’s in the dungeons below.” Twilight responded.

With a grunt, Rachel turns on her taloned hooves and goes back out to get him.

“Rachel, you cannot go there.” Luna spoke loudly in a commanding voice. “He is too dangerous, and since we don’t know when he’ll turn back, we’re doing what we can to help him.”

Rachel stopped and turned back around to them. “Well? What have you done that could help him?? Of all your thousands of moons of knowledge, what have you two come up with?”

“Dear, it’s not as easy as it seems. Rarity had altered the potion to the point where it became something entirely different. Without knowing how much Spike drank and how long it’ll last, Spike is going to remain as is for the time being.” Celestia goes up to her to try and comfort her.

That’s when Rachel shoves her harshly away from her.

“What exactly is the point of magic if you can’t save the one you love?!” Rachel growled.

Luna took a step forward, about to use her magic when Celestia puts a hand out to get her to stop.

“The dungeons are temporary. It is until he changes back on his own.” Celestia explained before sighing deeply. “However, they won’t hold him for long, we had no idea the extent of his true strength until tonight. He'll eventually break out.”

“Which is why he has a time window. If he doesn’t change back on his own within five hours, we have no choice but to send him to Tartarus where he’ll stay there until he’s reverted back to normal.” Luna said.

“WHAT?!” Rachel and Twilight shouted in unison.

"This is Spike we're talking about! He doesn't belong to Tartarus!" Fluttershy cried out.

"He isn't Tirek or Cozy Glow! He wasn't in his right mind!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "This wasn't his fault!"

"Princesses please! Spike isn't evil! Don't send him away!" Twilight begged them.

"After everything he's done for us all, you repay him by sending Spike to Hell?!?" Rachel screeched.

"Poisoned by a botched potion or not, Spike is still responsible for the carnage he created during the rampage." Luna said. "We care for him too, but we have to think of the safety of our people. We're trying our best but there may not be anything else we can do."

"That's straight up bullshit! Fuck both of you!"

Celestia, losing her patience, straightens up. "If you don't control yourself, we will remove you from the premises, Rachel. You're angry at the situation, yes, but your outbursts have reached their limit. You're not allowed in the dungeons for your own good. If you disobey our orders we will arrest you.”

Rachel growled but didn’t make a move, her talons dug into the wooden floors, splintering the wood.

“We’re sorry, but it’s like this now.” Luna said.

“We’ll give you girls a moment.” Celestia said before walking away from the Infirmary.

It took everything the furry dragoness had to keep her planted in that room. Body trembles angrily.

“Damn them both….” She whispered.

"Spike can't go to Tartarus. He doesn't belong there." Fluttershy whispered before turning and hugging Rainbow Dash, crying into her shoulders.

"There's something we have to do. I don't want to throw a Going to Hell party!" Pinkie blabbed.

"Ah think most of us are heading there already, hon." AJ responded to that.

Twilight watched as her friends discussed this situation before turning to watch Rachel. Seeing her seething in anger and disbelief. She was also appalled that her own mentor and co-ruler would throw Spike under the bus like that.

She tried to think of what to do to fix this to prevent the sisters from sending Spike away.

The more she thought, the more she stared at Rachel.

“I don’t know how you do it, Rachel…” Twilight muttered.

“Do what?” Rachel huffed, on the verge of breaking into a million pieces.

“Ever since the two of you got together, the very first day no less of when you and Spike met, you always have this calming effect on him.” Twilight spoke, causing her friends to stop.

“Ya know, that’s right. There’s a lot of moments when Spike gets heated up, Rachel has always been able to cool him.” Applejack remembered.

“Yeah, I know. I had him before the Sisters took him.” Rachel muttered. “If there is one thing Spike won’t do is hurt me. Even out there as big as he is, he didn’t hurt me. He snarled and bared his teeth, but once he realized it was me, he stopped.”

“Then you have to go down there.” Twilight said. “If he was starting to calm down with you before, it’ll happen again.”

Everypony was staring at Twilight with that.

“Excuse me?” Rachel blinks. “Didn’t you just hear from Celestia and Luna? I’m not allowed down there unless I want to get arrested and or kicked out of the castle.”

“Damn what they say.” Twilight grunted, which surprised everyone. “At this point, I don’t care what Celestia says, this is Spike we’re talking about. He was forced into becoming a monster, like you said, we’re all responsible for this happening.”

Everyone’s jaws virtually dropped to the ground.

“Twilight, are you suggesting disobeying Celestia’s order?” Starlight asked, pinching herself to see if this was a dream.

“They are going to send Spike to Tartarus, he doesn’t belong there. We’ll get through the aftermath of all this, but right now, he needs to change back.” Twilight said, her face not leaving Rachel. “I don’t know how this is possible, I don’t know how the two of you work, being from two different species. In a hundred thousand ways, the two of you shouldn’t have worked or lasted this long, but you two do. You have a special connection with him. It has to be you to help him.

Everyone stared at her disbelief.

“Twilight, fucking, Sparkle.” Rachel gawked before smirking. “Didn’t know you had it in you.”

“It’s Spike that we’re dealing with, not an evil being hellbent on taking over Equestria. He’s one of us. Rachel, you have to save Spike.” Twilight said definitively.

“We can deal with the guards while you handle the big guy.” Rainbow Dash grinned.

Rachel felt a bit of relief, but it wasn’t enough to calm her nerves. “If you guys remembered, the bigger the dragons, the dumber they become. Spike probably would be thinking I had betrayed him for setting the trap off. I won’t be enough.”

Then, a light bulb hit the pink party pony. “Maybe we can feed him that selenite crystal that you used to heal your sex injuries.” Pinkie Pie suggested.

Everypony turned to look at her.

“What’s a selenite?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“It’s a magical healing crystal. Maud had one.” Starlight said.

Though Rachel was blushing red when she reminded everyone that, she took large steps over to her, grabbed Pinkie by the face and planted a brief but a big ol’ kiss. “Pinkie Pie, you’re a genius!”

“Wait, would this crystal even work??” Applejack asked.

“It's what we got.” Twilight said. “Either way, We have to get Rachel in the dungeons, we got five hours. And judging how dark it is outside, you got until sunrise, so we gotta hurry.”

“Pinkie, you’re with me, we’re going crystal hunting.” Rachel said. “Girls, you handle the guards.” She looked at the rest.

“Oh yeah! Lets save Spike!” Rainbow Dash pumped her fists in the air.

“Good luck girls, please hurry.” Twilight said.

Digging around the mines underneath Canterlot, Pinkie Pie bounced next to Rachel - Pinkie wearing a miner’s helmet and Rachel carrying a blue blazing torch in her hands, lighting each other's way.

“You know Rachie, you picked a good pony to help since I grew up on a rock farm.” Pinkie giggled.

“Basically, I barely remember what the selenite crystal looks like.” Rachel responded as they crawled through the tunnel. “I remember it was clear looking, but there’s like a million different clear looking crystals.”

“Do you remember the magic word?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“I honestly don’t even remember what.” Rachel admits. “Do you??”

“Celestine.” The party pony chimed as they soon came to an opening. All over the walls and high ceiling was covered in a variety of crystals and gems, different shapes and sizes. A few looked good enough to eat for Rachel but her mind wasn’t even on stuffing her face and giving in her draconic instincts.

Having her mind on one thing, and one thing only.

“Okay, how do we know which one is which and how big?” Rachel asked as she shined her torch on the many reflective surfaces.

Seeing her form through it, causing her to stop a moment.

A part of her doesn’t believe what she was nor believe how she ended up at this moment. One say she was in some crazy dream. She thought she would be upset not seeing her human form anymore, seeing this large creature before her.

But she knows it’s her. And oddly enough, she never felt more true to herself. This was the newest chapter of her life, and one thing for sure, she’s going to embrace her new life. And hopefully embrace it with her mate.

“Whatcha thinking about?” Pinkie asked her as she looked through the crystals.

Rachel let out a chuckle. “Just thinking about how fat I’m gonna get when I’ll be having Spike’s future babies.” She planned.

Rachel more than anything wants that life with Spike. Making her more determined than ever to find the crystal and save him. Focusing on that future and on him.

“Oooh! How many do you think you two will have?” Pinkie Pie asked, popping her head out of a massive crack in front of Rachel, causing her to shuffle back.

“What the fuck?!” Rachel yelped. “Okay, just how the hell are you doing that??” She asked, placing a hand over her racing heart.

“Oooh you don’t wanna know.” Pinkie Pie smirked as she just rapidly punched the crystal to expand the crack more and having her step out.

Rachel blinks. “Okay I’ll never understand earth pony logic…or Pinkie Pie logic.” she says in disbelief.

“No one does, isn’t that great!” Pinkie Pie laughs. “Anyway, I can’t find it. Oooh! Let's try saying the magic word!”

“Uh okay.” Rachel shrugged, but leaned away from the strange pony. “Celestine.” she called out.

All of the sudden, the two creatures had this healing effect washing over them instantly. Whatever injuries they had suffered during the night felt like they were healed, energy rejuvenated. Basking this chamber they were in a white light.

The two quickly followed the source up on the ceiling. A giant crystal that was the size of a city bus stared at them glowing before the light died, the clear crystal turning gray from usage.

“Bingo.” Rachel grinned.

“I got it!” Pinkie Pie uses her tail and bounces herself up. She goes to punch it but literally froze mid air. “How big do we need?”

“How big do you think is needed for a fifty foot dragon?” Rachel was not even going to question how she’s doing that.

“Hmm, pretty big.” Pinkie said, and as if somepony pressed the play button on her, Pinkie Pie began rapidly punching the crystal, thinking just how big it needed for Spike.

Soon a 10 foot chunk of crystal falls to the ground.

“Tada!” Pinkie says as she lands on the ground.

“Nice goin’ Pinks.” Rachel chuckled, grabbing it with one hand and easily lifting it up.

Pinkie Pie then gestured to her floofy pink mane. Silently pointing at her and at her mane.

It took Rachel a moment to realize what she was gesturing about. "Uh okay?" She takes the crystal and pushes it inside that mane of Pinkie's. Watching the thing disappear inside it.

"How?! Are you sure you're not in one way related to fucking Discord?!" Rachel asked, petting Pinkie's mane, still was textured as cotton candy and soft.

"That would make sense, wouldn't it?" Pinkie smiled in glee.

Feeling a migraine coming on, Rachel waved her hands. "Let's just go."

The two quickly backtracked out of the cavern and made their way back to the castle.

When they came back, the girls snuck their way towards the dungeons where they saw Applejack and Rainbow Dash dragging some guards that were bound by rope with gags stuffed in their muzzles into one of the empty cells.

"Hey guys." Rachel called out to them.

"Yo, you guys got the crystal?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Pinkie pulls out the large crystal out of her mane. “Got it!”

Both AJ and RD hushed her.

“Girl quiet, we still got guards roaming here.” Applejack said as she closed the cell door as the two walked out.

“Oh okay, we got it.” Pinkie Pie said in a loud whisper.

Rachel just watched her in disbelief before looking at the ponies, pointing at Pinkie’s mane.

“Don’t ask.” AJ and RD said in unison.

“You’d just get a headache if you do.” Dash said.

Soon, Starlight clops her way over to the others. “Hey okay, I got the keys.” She said, holding up a ring of multiple keys.

“Where’s Flutters?” Rachel asked.

“Back with Twilight. Those guys are gonna try and figure out how to distract the Princesses while we’re here.” Starlight said before tossing Rachel the keys. “I took care of the rest of the guards, I’ll take you where Spike is being held.”

Rachel caught it before grabbing the crystal from Pinkie Pie. “Thank you. All of you for helping me out.”

“Don’t sweat it, yer one of us now.” Applejack smiled.

“Just change our boy back.” RD said.

“YOU GOT THIS!” Pinkie Pie cheered before being collectively hushed by everyone.

Starlight nodded before walking up to Rachel. “Ready?”

“As I’ll ever be.” Rachel said, readjusting her hold on the crystal.

Starlight then grabbed her shoulder and the two teleported.

Soon reappeared somewhere deeper in the dark, dank dungeons. Appearing right in front of this intensely large purple double doors with gold carvings and designs. The two could hear large movements and chains rattling from inside.

“You got a plan?” Starlight asked.

“Uhh, don’t die?” Rachel quipped. “Feed Spike the crystal, say the magic word, trying not to get eaten along the way.”

She really hoped that didn't happen. But if she knows anything about Spike, large or not, he never wanted to intentionally harm her.

Rachel turned to Starlight. “I’m gonna try to go by myself. Gimme….thirty minutes, if you don’t hear or see anything, come in.”

“I got your back. You sure you don’t want me to come in with you?”

The dragoness shook her head. “No, it’s better if one person goes in first.”

“Well, you better hurry, you got,” Starlight holds out her phone to check the time. “It’s currently 3:45, you have two and a half hours left, plenty of time. No rush.”

Rachel inhaled and exhaled sharply. “Okay…game on.”

She walked up to the doors, taking a moment to look through the keys. There were over a hundred keys on the key ring, it was obvious to find the right key - it looked more medieval and bulky like with a six pointed star pattern on the teeth, matching the lock. She took the key and inserted it in the lock and turned. There were sounds of many gears turning before the door opened. It was rather pitch black and ominous looking.

With a deep breath, Rachel muttered a prayer - though she rarely prays, it’s kinda needed for what she’s about to do, grabbed the torch next to the set of doors and stepped inside.

Inside was a large cavern of sorts. The ceiling was quite huge to the point Rachel only saw darkness above even with the torch. A lot of perches and crevices, no window to the outside world.

The doors suddenly closed behind her, causing her to jump and turn, finding herself in the dark dungeon.

A part of her couldn't believe she's doing another dungeon break less than a span of twenty-four hours..

Rachel gulped as she turned the torch around the cavern. Her ears flickering to the sounds inside, sounds of chains and frantic moving.

She followed the sound, waving the torch around to get a better look. She looked around before catching a dark purple shimmer.

A deep, growl reverberated through the cavern as she noticed the large spade tip tail shifting around..

Her ears flickered as the growl got louder, hearing heavy steps crawling up behind her.

Rachel turned and stiffened, now staring up at the large dragon. And he was not pleased.

He snarled and lunged at Rachel.

The dragoness leaped backwards, trying to dodge his claws as he narrowly misses her.

Rachel kept running, ultimately dropping the torch as she leaped up on the perch.

Spike got as close as he could before being pulled back. Snarling and in rage, pulling at the chain that was fastened around his neck with a metal collar.

Rachel watched him before following the large chain to a large rock spike embedded in the wall mount.

"Big bastard..." Rachel uttered under her breath before raising her voice. "Spike, Spike baby it's me." She called out to him in a calm voice as he continued to tug. Worried he might hurt himself.

She breathes quick bursts of fire, getting his attention.

Spike snorted before turning his gaze back at the small furry dragon.

Rachel held the crystal in her hands, held it out for him. "Lookie look what I got?" She sang a little, waving the crystal.

Spike glared at Rachel before his eyes shifted at the crystal. The growl of his stomach was loud.

He came as far as the chain allowed him, giving them a good ten feet distance between the two.

"Hmm, yummy yummy gem." She taunts him, holding it out for him.

Spike sniffed the air, noting both the smell of the crystal and her scent, but his focus was on the crystal.

Rachel gulps before hoping down from her perch, landing on her taloned hooves. The dragon watched her every move.

"Good crystal," she says as she places the crystal down just in reach of him and backs slowly.

Spike made some grunting sounds as he crouched low. He leaned close to the crystal, giving it a good sniff and licked it. In comparison it looked like a ruler compared to his size. His tail began thumping, and Rachel knew when that tail gets to moving, he's in a happy state.

He grabbed it with his tongue and pulled it in his mouth and began munching.

"Celestine!" Rachel shouted the word.

As he crushed the crystal up with his teeth, the crystal glowed white. Watching the glowing bits go and disappear down his gullet. Rachel saw a brief white glow consuming Spike's body, and disappeared as quickly as it appeared.

But Spike was still big.

"No no no no," she repeatedly whispered as she saw it wasn't working.

She bravely approached him. "Spike?" She asked.

That head of his swung like a wrecking ball and smacked against Rachel, sending her flying into a rock mound, the impact shattered the rock.

"Fuck!" Rachel snapped, trying to get up quickly.

However, Spike was in her quickly, slamming his clawed hand down on her, her chest up was exposed between two of his digits before pressing his hand down on her, pinning her down and crushing her.

Rachel let out a pained scream as a lot of his massive weight was near bone crushing.

"Spike, it's me, Rachel!" Rachel cried out, it was getting hard to breathe. "Baby please!"

Her heart was pumping hard and tears began streaming as she saw Spike lowering his head towards her, teeth baring, earfins pinned back. She couldn't move and she couldn't bring herself to think anything that would hurt Spike.

Oh God, I'm going to die! This frightened thought came to her.

Spike got up real close to her face, mouth opened, going as he was going to take a bite when he found that he couldn't bring himself. Her scent was really confusing him.

He then began sniffing her more, his large snout pushing her hair. Rachel was holding her breath because his breath was really, really gross. Smelling of sulfur, rotting meat and something foul.

As he sniffed, Spike began trembling. Rachel watched as the pupils began dilating. His lips trembled as she saw literal tears forming in his eyes.

And this deep, rumbling voice heartbreakingly spoke. "R-r-rachel…?"

Rachel gasped loudly, hearing him speak. "Yes! Spike, it's me, it's me!" She cried out.

Spike began breathing rapidly, shaking his head. "No...NO NO NO NO NO!" Spike panicked as he lifted his claws off of her and backed away from her.

He kept saying no repeatedly, shaking his head. His words mixed with snarls, having two halves of himself trying to get control.

Rachel saw him paced around as she got on her hooves, stepping out of the way when he got too close.

Spike then turned and began ramming his head against the cavern wall. Ramming it several times before letting out a loud roar that shifted to a loud cry. His body began shrinking!

The cries continued as his body shrank and changed back to how he was before, the large collar dropped to the ground with a metallic bang, circling him as he was laying on his knees, face buried in his hands as he sobbed. Wings sagged in defeat on the ground. Since his clothes were destroyed during the change, he was bare naked. "What have I done...what have I done?!?" He shouted.

Everything that transpired hit him all at once, seeing the destruction and blood shed, the death of one of his friends, Twilight, his mate just now, broke him.

Rachel vaulted over the large collar, one hand over her aching ribs. "Spike, it's going to be okay," she assured him. "Babe, it's going to-" as she went to place a hand on him, Spike fearfully pushed her away.

"Go! Leave!" He cried out. "Don't come near me, just go Rachel, just go!" He heaved, his stomach twisted as he began throwing up. "Oh Celestia, what have I done?!"

Rachel shuffles back from the push, bumping against the collar. She stared at his sobbing, seeing this massive amount of guilt for his actions radiating off of him.

"Spike, what happened here wasn't your fault." Rachel whispered, slowly making her way to him. "You're not responsible for this, you were poisoned." She says as he continues to wail. "You're not alone in this, we'll get through this. " She raised a hand out when she got close. "I'm not leaving you." Her voice trembled and cracked when she placed her hand on his head.

He looked up at her through the barrage of tears, whimpering and blubbering, reached out, wrapped his arms around her waist and pressed his head against her abdomen and heavily sobbed

"I'm so sorry baby, I'm so so sorry!" He cried.

Unable to stand on her own, Rachel got down on her knees, wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She cried too but she didn't make much sound. Shushing him softly. "Shhh, there, there, let it out… Let it out. " She comforted him, kissing his head, closing her eyes as she silently sobbed with him.

Though this nightmare was over, she knew things will never be the same after this.

Author's Note

One more chapter left!

Spike! I'm glad you're okay!

I'm...I'm not okay...