"WHAT?!" Rarity screamed; her echoes bouncing off the walls of the castle. Twilight had just revealed to her that there's a possibility that Amethyst could be in Equestria due to the Draconian civil war that's currently taking place. Rarity's mind was now filled with images of the dragoness and how she hurt Spike. Twilight and the others felt the same way and wanted a second round with her, but by orders of Celestia, they would never get that chance. Rarity didn't want to go against the wishes of the princess, but at the same time, she was unsure if she could control herself if she ever saw her again. "Does Spike know?" Rarity asked worriedly.

Twilight nodded. "He said he can handle it, but I don't know." she said. "I know he's tough, but.....I don't wanna see him get hurt again."

"He won't." Rarity reassured. "Not I have anything to say about."

"Speaking of which, where is Spike?" Twilight wondered. "I thought he was with you."

"Oh, well, we were having breakfast, but then Rainbow came by and grabbed him." Rarity explained with a giggle. "She said it was time for round two." Twilight instantly knew what was going on. Rainbow had been in training ever since Spike dominated her, and the cyan pegasus wasn't going to let this pass, but that's not what troubled Twilight; it was the aftermath. Spike was definitely going to release her right afterwards, and that meant going into a depressive state once it was all over. She figured that after his little session with Celestia, he must've released her as well, so Rainbow would make her the fourth mate he's released within a few days. This was happening too fast. At this rate, there's no telling how Spike's mental state will be.

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At Sweet Apple Acres, Spike found himself being thrown onto Applejack's bed by Rainbow. Before he could ask why she brought him here, Rainbow had already started to remove her top. Seconds later, Applejack entered her room and witnessed Rainbow's action. "Didja have ta bring'em ta mah room?" she asked with a deep sigh.

"Oh, come on, babe, where else would I bring him?" Rainbow argued. "My parents never leave the house, and yours are always in the fields. It's perfect."

"What's going on, and why am I here?!" Spike demanded to know." Rainbow looked over at him with a mischievous grin before moving in closer to him.

"Oh, Spike, you have no idea what's in store for you." she said. "I'm gonna get you back for what you did to me." Rainbow placed a hand on Spike's chest and pushed him onto his back before moving to sit on top of him. It was then Spike started to notice the muscle tone of her body and how nervous he starting to feel. "As you can see, i've been training my ass off; preparing for when I get you back." Spike was both confused and scared; especially when Rainbow started grinding against him. He turned his attention towards Applejack in hopes of getting answers from her. Applejack sighed heavily before crossing her arms.

"Y'all see, Spike, the night y'all claimed us, y'all kinda dominated Rainbow here." she explained. "Ever since, she's been desperate to heal her bruised ego."

"I don't have an ego!" Rainbow said as she ground her hips a bit harder; earning a grunt from Spike. She leaned in and gave Spike an evil sultry grin. He tried to get away, but she held him down. "Before this day is done, Spike, i'll have clawing by back and begging for mercy, i'll have you screaming my name over and over, but most importantly, i'm....gonna....wreck....you."

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It was sunset when Rainbow was admitted to the hospital in Canterlot. The cyan pegasus laid in bed wearing a full body cast and in constant pain, but worst of all, she was sharing a room with Dizzy who had just healed up enough to have his head freed from his cast. The earth pony stallion simply looked over at Rainbow and gave her a look. "So.....first time, huh?" he asked. He was answered with loud muffled sniffles and crying. Outside the room, Applejack, Spike, and the others were met with the doctor who had finished examining Rainbow.

"Okay, mind telling me what the Tartarus happened?" he asked.

"Lets just say her ego got the better of her." Applejack answered.

"How bad is she?" asked Pinkie.

"Where do I begin?" the doctor said as he pulled out his clipboard. "Shattered ribs, a dislocated neck, two collapsed lungs, 60% of her bones broken, a case of pink eye, no health insurance, long story short, that pegasus is fucked!"

"Spike, what did you do to her?" Twilight whispered.

"She told me to give it everything I had." he defended. "I had no idea this would happen."

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Spike was in his room feeling extremely guilty for what he did to Rainbow Dash; even though she provoked it. Twilight decided to stay in Canterlot and use magic to attempt to heal her as much as possible, but with the injuries Rainbow has, Spike wasn't sure that magic was going to be enough, or at the very least, Twilight's magic wouldn't be enough. Spike wasn't the only one in his room, Rarity was right next to him. She could see that he was troubled by both releasing Rainbow and wrecking her and didn't to leave him alone; mostly because she was afraid of what he might do since he lost four mates, which was gonna to turn into five sometime soon. She had her arm around Spike which brought his head against her bountiful breasts. The softness of her chest caused Spike to stop thinking about his lost mates, at least for a while, as he nuzzled into them. "Feeling better, Spike?" she asked softly.

"Yeah." he answered. Rarity giggled before holding Spike closer; bringing his face deeper into her cleavage. "Say, Rarity?" Spike started; catching her attention. "Did I ever.....dominate the others like I did Rainbow?" Rarity could tell by the tone in his voice that he was worried that he might've hurt them. He didn't of course, but he didn't know that. He needed some kind of reassurance that he didn't cause any pain to anypony while in that state of mind.

"No need to worry, Spike, Rainbow was the only one." she answered. "I know this cause for the past two months she wouldn't shut up about it." Spike slowly pulled away from Rarity to look at her. She gave him a soft smile before moving in to rest her forehead against his; minding her horn as she moved her hand over his. Spike enjoyed sitting in the company of Rarity. It was as if he was the same 12 year old who used to do any and everything just to get her attention. Of course, Rarity didn't miss a beat to take advantage every time he offered to do something for her; an act she regrets doing to this day and still thinks about from time to time. Their moment was cut short when they heard the loud sound of somepony playing the trombone....very badly. Rarity got out of bed and went to the window to see who was outside. She growled in anger at the sight of Pearl; covered in bandages and play a horrible sounding love song. Clenching her fist, Rarity stormed off to confront him for what she hoped to be the finally time. Spike, fearing the worst, decided to follow after her. Rarity's anger grew as she marched through the halls and down the stairs; ignoring Spike's calls to her. Her mind was filled with one thing; get it through Pearl's mind that it's over between them for good, and if that means using extreme measures, then so be it; he deserves no mercy from her. Rarity made her way to the front door and exited the castle; Spike, not wanting to add more fuel to this out of control fire, decides to stay out of sight, but was ready to jump in if things got to dicey.

Upon seeing Rarity, Pearl stopped playing approached her; believing that this time she'll hear him out. He quickly discovered that wasn't going to be the case since Rarity snatched the trombone out of his hands and broke it in half over her knee. "R-Rarity....." he said in shock at sight of the strength Rarity displayed. "Please, just listen."

"I don't want to hear it." she growled.

"Come on, Rarity, it's been two months already." he argued. "Haven't you calmed down yet?" Rarity answered by melting the two trombone pieces in her hands and letting them drip to the ground. "C-Come on, Rarity, think of all we've been through together."

"And how much of that were lies?!" she countered.

"N-None of it were lies!" he answered. "Everything we've been through was real!" Rarity didn't believe a word he said, and her facial expression showed it. Pearl started to approach her, but stopped when she started charging up her horn; preparing to attack if he got any closer. Pearl rightfully stopped and backed off a bit, but was still determined to get Rarity to hear him out; easier said than done. Rarity's horn powered down a bit once Pearl backed off, but she kept it lit up just in case.

"I'm going to say this for the last time, it's over between us." she growled.

"No, that's "him" talking." he said; referring to Spike.

"What the Tartarus are you talking about?!" Rarity asked.

"Look, don't listen to whatever he told you." he said. "He's just trying to convince you keep us apart." Rarity caught on that Pearl was talking about Spike as he continued. "If he can convince Pinkie to take Dizzy back, then he can definitely convince you to end things with me."

"Spike isn't convincing me of anything." she said. "Stop using him as an excuse and take some responsibility. YOU'RE the one who decided to use me, YOU'RE the one who went along with Stargazer's plan, YOU'RE the one who couldn't get over your petty jealousy, YOU'RE the one who tried to keep it a secret and hoped nopony found out about it!" Rarity's horn started glowing brighter as her anger grew. Inside the castle, Spike could see that she was about to do something drastic and came out to attempt to stop her. He hurried behind her and placed a claw on her shoulder. This caused her to calm down a bit, but not by much. Seeing Spike next to Rarity angered Pearl; convincing him that Spike was telling her to break things off with him.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" he yelled. "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE!" Pearl started to once again make his way towards Rarity, but was stopped when she fired a small beam at his feet.

"The next one won't miss." she threaten. Pearl knew that Rarity wasn't bluffing, the next move he made could be his last, but right now, that didn't matter; the only thing he saw was Spike next to his mare.

"He was right." Pearl growled. "Stargazer was right about you!" Without even thinking, Pearl charged at the two of them; mostly at Spike. Rarity prepared for an attack, but Spike's instincts kicked in before she could do anything, and he pushed her out of the way and took the full brunt of Pearl's attack as he tackled him to the ground. Spike managed to kick the unicorn off and quickly rose to his feet just in time for Pearl to deliver a punch. Acting quickly, Spike caught it and using his dragon strength, pushed Pearl away. "You ruined everything!" Pearl growled as he lit up his horn and fired a blast at Spike which was blocked by a barrier conjured up by Rarity. That act only served to anger him more as he was sure Spike had stolen Rarity from him. "Why couldn't you just DIE!" Rising to his feet he charged at Spike; fist glowing with magical energy. Judging on how bright his fist was glowing, it looked to be enough to either seriously hurt, or kill Spike; something he didn't want to find out. Making a fist of his own, Spike knew he had to defend himself. Taking one step forward, Spike put everything he had into his attack and delivered the strongest punch he could to Pearl's face. The impact caused a small shockwave as Spike's fist slammed Pearl's body into the ground; burying his head into it. Spike stood frozen in shock as he was sure he'd just killed a pony. He had no idea where that strength of his came from. First, his aggressive attitude towards Pearl, and now this. Now that his cycle was over, was this some kind of side effect?

Spike didn't have time to ponder as Rarity walked passed him and grabbed Pearl; pulling him out of the ground. How his face wasn't broken after that punch was a mystery; maybe Spike held back a bit, who knows. Spike breathed a sigh of relief however; knowing that the unicorn was still alive, though not for long given the expression on Rarity's face. "Y-You're r-r-really c-choosing him o-over m-me?" Pearl struggled to say. "A-Are y-y-you really t-throwing m-me a-away?" Was he seriously doing this right now? Was he really trying to guilt trip Rarity in a last ditch effort? "Y-You know there's n-nothing h-he c-can do for y-you. You've t-talked about h-having foals o-one day, he c-can't give that to you." No, this was worse. He was shaming Spike for not being compatible with ponies.

"So what if he can't." Rarity spat. "Spike's done more for me than you'll ever know. He's never done what you did." Releasing him, Pearl's body landed on the ground with a loud thud. He made an attempt to get up, but the pain he was in was too much. He managed to lift up his head to see Rarity looking down at him with pure disgust. "Pearl, it's over between us." she said coldly. "I don't ever want to see you again." It took everything she had to not stomp on his head and do more damage to him that's already been done. Instead, she just turned away from him. For Pearl, the world seemed to move in slow motion as he watched her walk away. As she left him, he started to reflect on his past actions; starting to feel guilt for deciding to follow along with Stargazer's plan. However, those thoughts were thrown out the window once he saw Rarity walking towards Spike, then his whole attitude changed in an instant. He blamed Spike for everything, Stargazer's death, getting hurt, losing Rarity, EVERYTHING! It was all HIS fault that he was now at the lowest point of his life, and to make matters worse, Spike was now leaving with HIS mare. Pearl's anger rose so much that sparks started to shoot out of his horn as he glowed. It was right then and there that he decided that he was going to finish what Stargazer started and put an end to that meddling dragon once and for all. Gathering magical energy in his hand with what little strength he had left, he fired a blast off; hoping to hit Spike with his back turned.

It was Rarity that got the feeling that something was off, and turned around to see a magical beam coming right at them. She screamed which caused Spike to turn as well. Without even thinking, Spike shoved Rarity out of the way and caught the blast; throwing it back in the direction it came from. With his own attack now coming back at him, Pearl had no strength left to defend himself. All he could do was yell as loud as he could as his attack hit him; blowing him up on impact.

As the dust settle, Spike was frozen stiff as he tried to process what happened. Just how in Equestria was he able to do that? Did his cycle change him that much? Rarity was sitting on the ground in pure shock that Pearl would actually try to kill them. Her entire body started trembling at the thought of how close she came to death right now. Spike snapped out of his shock just in time to hear a loud roar coming from Rarity. He turned around to see the fashionista surrounded by a purple aura with her eyes glowing a bright red. Spike ran over to her and held her back as she attempted to to get over to Pearl. Try as she might, there was no way she was getting free from Spike's grasp; no matter how much she tried. Speaking of Pearl, there was now a small crater where his body used to be.

Author's Note

Pearl Lives