Chapters Love for a Shattered Soul
A young man with white and green hair was running through the Everfree with blood pouring out of his body. He didnt have any strength to fight and his vision was fading fast and he could feel the timberwolf gaining on him. He tripped on a root falling to the ground more blood spilling onto the ground he looked up and saw the timberwolf tower over him. The wolf licked its chops and prepared to lunge. Suddenly something tackled the wolf off the teen. A scuffle broke our but the young man didn't stick around to find out who would win. The edge of the forest was in sight with the remainder of his strength. He ran out of the dark forest. This caused a tremendous amount of blood to spill out.
He collapsed to the ground his sight almost completely gone. He turn his head and something caught his eye that put a smile on his face. In the distance there was a lone cottage with animal stables and houses.
"F-FL-Fluttershy." He breathed finally losing consciousness.
A figure stood in all black stared down at the boy with a smile.
"Welcome home Spike Drake." It said before disappearing.
10 years ago....
An 8-year old boy sat at a desk inside the Golden Oaks Library. He was writing in a journal. He was interrupted by the phone ringing. He got up off his chair and walked over to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hey Spike it's me Twilight. Listen I'll be out a bit later than usual. I have a project me and the girls are working on. So I probably won't be back until early tomorrow morning. Remember to lock up the library and finish your chores." She instructed.
"Okay Twilight. Bye."
"Bye Spike."
After he completed his chores and made himself something to eat he went straight to bed. What he didn't know was that something was watching him in the darkness. A pair of piercing red eyes watched as the boy slept.
Around 1:00 am. Spike was awakened by noises coming from the library. He assumed it was Twilight and went to go tell her to keep it down.
Once he was outside his bedroom a bone chilling cold washed over him. It felt like death itself was in the hallway with him. Spike became extremely nervous. He crept down the stairs trying not to make a sound. Once he reached the bottom of the stairs he saw something that would never leave his mind.
A large black skeleton like creature was hunched over ripping through books searching for something. Spike took a step back to try and get back to his room and contact Twilight without alerting the creature. But he wasn't paying attention of where he was going and accidentally tripped on the stairs. The skeleton snapped it's head toward the noise. A sick and twisted smile crept onto it's face. It started walking over to the boy. Spike wanted to run to scream to do anything but it's stare pinned him in place. Once it stood over him It grabbed the boy by his neck and lifted him up and stared into Spike's eyes. And saw something. Something powerful. Something it wanted. Spike finally calming his nerves tore away leaving a slash mark on the back of his neck. He ran as fast as he could and locked himself into his bedroom. The creature was so caught up in it's thoughts it took it a few seconds before it realized what just happened. It dashed toward Spike's door and started clawing at it.
Spike had everything blocking his door from his desk to his bed. He was trying to call Twilight but he kept on dialing the wrong number. He finally was able to dial the right number.
"Hello?" Her voice answered.
"Twilight you need to get here right now there's some weird creature in the libary!! Please come home I'm scared!!" Spike cried.
"Don't worry Spike I'm coming!!" Twilight assured.
"Hurry!! I don't know how long my door will-" He stopped. The scratching at his door stopped. But in its place a feeling of emptiness filled him. His face went pale he looked down to the ground and what he saw horrorified the small boy. Instead of the wooden floor of his room he saw a swirling vortex of red and black and in the center a pair of red eyes stared back. He dropped the phone in horror. Suddenly two huge skeletal arms shot up grabbing him and dragging him down. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" He cried.
"Spike!? Spike!!?SPIKE!!!!!!??"
When Twilight and the girls made it to the libary they were met with a horrifying sight. All the books were tossed all over the place and furniture smashed. Wnen they made it to Spike's room they saw deep claw marks and cracks in the door. When tbey tried to open the door it wouldn't budge a inch after Applejack kicked it a few times it finally open. Once the door was open they saw that almost all of the furniture was pressed against the door. In the middle of the room lay the remains of a destroyed telephone. But the thing that caught their attention and sent shivers down their spine was a message written in a dark liquid. It was a simple message but the meaning wasn't lost on any of them. It said.
Thank You For My New Champion
Something took Spike... And it had no intention of giving him back.
Word spread fast about Spike's disappearance. And a major majority of the citizen of Equestria wanted to help in the search. But some found it pointless to search for a 'worthless welp' it was mostly high class nobles who felt this way. But the search continued for a solid two years. During the search it was discovered that someone was trying to sabotage it. Evidence went missing people stopped trying to help find Spike.
Twilight and the others were confused by this. Then one day the Princesses discovered something shocking. Their nephew Prince Blueblood was tampering with the files and bribing the citizens to stop looking for Spike. When they asked his reason for this he answered outright. His answer was infuriating to say the least. Apparently he was jealous. He was jealous at the fact noone was paying him no mind and focusing on some 'inferior peasant boy' enraged by the actions of their nephew the Princesses had Blueblood sent to death. After that they tried to continued the search.
Unfortunately so much was lost due to Blueblood's actions. Heavy heartedly they had to call off the search. Everyone was sadden by this but none as depressed and saddened by this than Spike's six closest friends.
Twilight didn't want to believe that Spike was gone. For days she would try and find out what happened that night and find out where Spike was taken. But when Tirek attacked and destroyed the Golden Oaks Libary all of her research and clues were lost but worse part was all the reminders of Spike were destroyed. With nothing left to go on and no other choice she had to move on and keep on going. But deep down she would never give up on trying to find her first and best friend.
Rainbow Dash tried to pretend that everything was fine and that she moved on but failed miserably. She couldn't hide the fact that she blames herself for not being fast enough to save Spike from what ever took him. She would go around Equestria and beyond asking everyone she came across if they knew anything. Day and night non-stop for months. But when Tirek escaped Tartarus. She had to give up and go back and help her friends protect Equestria. When it was all over there was to much destruction and things to do that Rainbow Dash couldn't leave she needed to stay and help her friends and had to convince herself that Spike would want it that way.
Applejack seemed to slack on her farm work more and more over time to the point where she barely got anything done. She would just stand around staring into nothing. And her friends and family would catch her talking to seemingly no one. When they confronted her about this she would just change the subject. On other occasions they find her trying to touch something that wasn't there. After awhile Applejack stopped acting strangely as far as her friends and family knew. When she was sure she was alone she would start talking to someone asking them questions like "where are you" and "when are you coming home"
Rarity would just lock herself in her room crying her eyes out. She closed the boutique and refused to make clothes for any reason. She would stay in her room reminiscing about everything she and Spike been through and all the times he had been there for her. She didn't want to believe that Spike was gone. To her Spike was always helpful and kind it was unthinkable that anyone would want to hurt him. Over the years she been able to move on. But she won't ever forget her little Spikey-Whikey.
Pinkie Pie was a strange case and not in her usual way. She just disappeared one day she didn't tell anyone where she was going or that she was leaving at all. And then she just appeared one day but she didn't seem the same. She was happier than when she left but still depressed. When her friends asked her where she went the party planner said something a little confusing. She said that she was busy planning a 'Welcome Back to Ponyville Party' they didn't know anyone that left that needed a welcome back party. When they asked her who it was for she dismiss their questions and say it's a surprise. Everytime they try ask her about it she would completely ignore the question and continued on whatever she was doing. It was unlike her to not tell others about parties she was working on. Tney wondered who the party was for.
Fluttershy was the worst. She would just stay in her room crying non stop. Ever since Spike and Twilight moved to Ponyville she became very good friends with the young Dragon Blood. Over time they became very close and spent more time together. Spike spent most of his free days helping her with taking care of her animals. They became basically inseparable. But when Spike was taken away Fluttershy fell into a deep depression and barely left her cottage and forget to feed her animals on multipule occasions. She would mope around barely talked to her friends. Over the years she been able to move on but not by much.
Present Day...
It was still dark outside when inside the bedroom of a cottage where an alarm clock rang at 5:30 am started ringing. After a few minutes a slender hand poked out of the bed next to the clock and switched it off. A women lifted herself out of bed with a yawn. She got out of her bed and started stretching popping a few joints back in place. She walked into the bathroom. After taking a shower and brushing her hair she walked out the bathroom and got dressed.
She looked over herself In a mirror that sat next to her dresser. She wore a green turtleneck sweater that hugged her breast tightly with a white skirt that went just below her knees. She fixed her long light pink hair with a crystal butterfly clip that she took out of a small box that sat on the dresser. She rubbed her ocean blue eyes they were a little red from the night before. Shaking her head from the thought she walked over to the curtains. The sun peeking out from the behind the horizon. The women opened the window letting the fresh morning air in. She stretched out her arms while also stretching her cream yellow angelic wings.
Turning back towards her bed their was a smaller bed next to hers. She walked over to the small bed and looked inside to see a sleeping bunny. She lowered her hands and picked the bunny up causing it to wake up. The bunny looked up at its owner with annoyance.
"Good morning Angel you hungry I could make some breakfast?" The women asked her bunny friend.
Angel perked up and nodded his head. Fluttershy giggled and carried Angel downstairs. She placed him on the couch and walked into the kitchen. She took out some vegetables grabbed a bowl and knife and started slicing the vegetables then stiring them into a salad. Fluttershy put some in a bowl for Angel and some on a plate for herself. She placed Angel's food in front of him and hers on the kitchen counter. She looked across the walls admiring all the photos of her friends and family. Her eyes landed on a photo.
It was of her and Spike. A single tear rolled down her cheek. She wiped it away. She walked towards the front door and opened it. Before leaving she turned her head back to Angel.
"I'll be back in a bit I'm just going for a little walk." Angel wasn't paying her any mind and just continued eating. Fluttershy shook her head and walked out the door.
Walking along the edge of the Everfree Forest the Pegasus Blood women was taking in the morning air. Suddenly, the smell of iron invaded her nose she stooped dead in her tracks. She looked around and her eyes locked onto a area of grass that seemed to be a darker color than the surrounding area. Deciding to investigate she walked closer the area of odd colored grass. The smell of iron growing stronger. Once she reached the center of the patch she looked down and what she saw horrified her. A young man with long green and white hair with a tank top and black cargo pants laid on the ground uncontious with blood seeping out of deep gashes on his arms, neck,chest, lower torso, face and legs. Fluttershy almost screamed at the sight. But calmed herself and dashed back to her cottage.
She grabbed a stretcher that she used for injured animals. She quickly rushed back to the young man and tried her best to get him on the stretcher with out causing more blood loss. Once he was securely on the stretcher she quicklt but also carefully hurried back to her cottage She rushed in through the front door startling a few animals. She placed the young man on the couch and rushed towards the kitchen and grabbed a first aid kit. She carefully removed his bloody shirt and pants and started cleaning his wounds and rapped them up.
After he was properly patched up Fluttershy put a pillow under his head and a warm blanket over him. She went into kitchen and put a dry towel under some cold water. Fluttershy placed the towel over the young man's forehead. She noticed his breathing became more stable. She gave a sigh of relief.
Fluttershy decided to call her friends and let them know what happened. But before she could reach for her phone the doorbell rang. A little confuse she went to the front door. She opened the door and was surprised to see her friends and the Princesses outside her door.
Twilight Sparkle was moderately short women but not noticebly so with a very curvey figure. But people wouldn't be able to tell. She wore a purple sweater with black sweat pants with some slide on shoes. She had purple bangs with a pink stripe and purple eyes. A lavender horn stuck out her forehead a pair of lavender wings were folded against her back.
Rainbow Dash seemed to be the shortest next to Pinkie, she had a athletic build. She had rainbow colored hair with scarlet eyes. There were cyan colored wings folded against her back. She wore a blue track suit a white t-shirt underneath a pair of white sneaker on her feet.
Applejack was the tallest out of the six she was almost as tall as Princess Luna, she had a very muscular build with naturally tan skin. She had blonde hair put into a ponytail with freckles and sap green eyes. She was wearing a flanel shirt with a Jean skirt. She also had cowgirl boots with a brown
Rarity had a very curvy body. She had royal purple hair that was styled into elegant curls with sapphire blue eyes. She also had a white horn on her forehead. Her attire consisted of a red dress with a sapphire ribbon around her waist and a pair of purple heeled shoes.
Pinkie Pie was shorter than her friends she was very plump but not overly so that she would be seen as fat. She had poofy pink hair that resembled cotton candy with bright blue eyes. She wore a pink t-shirt and blue jeans that were covered by an apron that was stained by flour,frosting and other baking supplies she also wore fuzzy pink slippers.
Princess Celestia was extremely tall she had the figure of an amazon women. She had long flowing multi colored hair that consisted of blue,green,pink and purple with cerulean eyes. She had a white horn on her forehead with a pair of large white angelic wings. Her attire consisted of a long white silk dress that hugged her body firmly with gold high heel shoes a gold crown with three purple gems sat comfortably on her head with a matching necklace around her neck.
Princess Luna looked quite similar to her sister but a bit shorter with more muscle. She had long flowing dark blue hair with blue eyes. She also had a black horn on her forehead with a pair of black angelic wings. She wore a long black silk dress with dark blue high heel shoes. And a charcoal black crown sat on her head with a crescent moon necklace hung around her neck.
"Girls? Princess Celestia? Princess Luna? What are you guys doing here?" Fluttershy asked in confusion.
"Miss Pinkie Pie informed us that something very important was happening here." Luna answered. Pinkie Pie nodded vigorously.
"Oh....well something did happen. See I was walking along the edge of the Everfree Forest and I found a young man uncontious with severe injuries. I took him back here and treated his wounds. He's currently still asleep. Do you want to see him?" They all seemed a bit surprised by this but nodded their heads Fluttershy led them inside.
When they reached the living room they were greeted by a shocking sight even Fluttershy was surprised. She didn't remember the teen being so..well big. His body could barely fit on the couch.
"Whoa. Shy how did you get this guy here he looks almost as tall as Princess Celestia." Rainbow Dash commented. The others agreed.
"He didn't seem that big when I brought him here. That's very strange." At that moment Angel jumped onto the young man's chest.
He was annoyed that someone took his spot. Fluttershy was about to remove the troublesome bunny. But before she could suddenly the young man swung his arms up pulling Angel into a soft embrace the bunny struggled to free himself. The young man shifted to his side. Angel kept on smuggling the young man started humming in his sleep, Angel stopped struggling he recognized the song the teen was humming it was something a young boy would hum to calm him down. Angel started to relax then he fell asleep.
Fluttershy and the others were surprised. Especially Fluttershy she couldn't calm her bunny friend down at times yet a complete 'stranger' was able to do it in his sleep...literally.
Something else caught their attention. After he turned on his side they were able to see his face clearly. The thing that they noticed right away was the red mark over his right eye and the second thing was the fact that he reminded them of someone very important. He turned back to laying on his back. They heard a grumble coming from him.
Slowly the young man sat up his head down causing his long spiky green and white hair to drape over his face. He tucked his legs under him to be more comfortable. Then he placed the still sleeping bunny on his lap and started petting him. The girls and the Princesses were stunned. By how Fluttershy described his injuries they thought it would be at least a day or two before he woke up. Twilight decided to speak up.
"Ahem." She cleared her throat. The young man turned his head towards them his hair still concealing his face. "Um.. Hello my name is Twilight Sparkle my friend Fluttershy here found you uncontious near the Everfree Forest." Twilight explained. The young man lifted his head straigh up his hair still acted as a curtain over his face. "Don't worry you're safe here. How about you tell us your name?"
The young man drew his right hand up to his face. Fluttershy notice something around his wrist. It was a bracelet made of black onyx with a green gen shaped like a dragon and yellow gem shaped like a pegasus. Her eyes widened only one person had that bracelet. The young man brushed his hair to the side letting it cover his right eye. With his hair out of the way the women could tell now that he had a bright beaming smile that was all to familiar and gleaming dragonic emerald eyes.
"My name is Spike.... Spike Drake."
Love for a Shattered Soul
"My name is Spike... Spike Drake."
His words slowly set in as it started raining outside. The women stared in disbelief. Fluttershy hesitantly decided to make the first move. She slowly walked over to him. Once she was right infront of him she timidly extended her left hand and reached for the right side of his face. Spike flinched at the sudden movement. Fluttershy paused for a spilt second before cupping his face in her hand. Spike seemed to calm down a bit at her warm touch.
"Is that really you Spike?" Fluttershy asked tears brimming her eyes. Spike gently grabbed her by the wrist and stared into her eyes with a smile.
"It's really me Shy... I'm finally home." He said with tears of his own brimming his eyes.
Fluttershy swiftly brought him into a tight embrace. She buried her face into his chest crying her eyes out. The others stared in shock. They couldn't believe it. Spike looked over towards them with a familiar smile. A smile that only one person could have. Next thing Spike knew there were six crying women hugging him. He gave a soft smile and hugged then back.
After a few minutes they finally let him go a bit ructantly though. But before Spike could even open his mouth he was tackled of the couch. The two princesses were balling their eyes out as they hugged him.
Celestia found Spike when he was just a baby. He was abandoned in the middle of the Badlands. She couldn't just leave him to fend for himself. So she decided to raise him as her own. She taught him everything he needed to know from how to read and write to proper edicit and how to play music. But because of her status as co-ruler of Equestria and Princess of the Sun. She couldn't reveal her relationship with Spike to the public for two very important reasons. First one was to keep the peace among her citizens. She knew that having a Dragon Blood son would be frowned upon by many. So she decided to wait until he was at least 18 years old to reveal his status as a prince to the public. Only a select few knew of his prince status her sister and the Bearers of Harmony being a few. The second and most important was to make sure he was safe. She naturally had a lot of enemies and the last thing she wanted was for them to attack her through him. Despite all this she spent as much time as she could with him and loved him with all her heart. But when he was taken she immediately dispatched all the guards at her disposal to go searching for him. But when they came back empty handed she was devastated. She locked herself in her room and refused to see anyone or eat for months.
Luna grew very fond of the young Dragon Blood shortly after she was reformed. She found his behavior around her cute. At first she was confused about who he was and why he was so unformal when he was talking to her. For instance instead of calling her "Princess Luna" he would call her "Aunty Luna" this confused her greatly. One day she brought this up with her sister Celestia reveal that Spike was her adopted son making him Luna's adopted nephew. This caused her to grow more affectionate towards him also making her a ittle over protective. When he was taken away she aided the guard in the search for him. Even after everyone else gave up she kept on looking for him. But after a few months she had to give up even though it broke her heart to do so.
For both of them it was complete and utter torture not having him in their lives. But now he was back. He was alive and in their arms. Where he belongs.
After a solid hour Celestia and Luna finally let him go. Spike stood up with help from Applejack. Once he stood straight up all eight women were able to see how much he changed. Spike was now a foot taller than his mother putting him at a height of 7.5ft tall. He also gained quite a bit of muscle he now the physique that would rival Big Mac. They could see his skin was now a light peach color.
Spike noticed that they were staring at him. This confused him so he decided to try to get their attention. He clenched his fist tightly with a burst of green and white fire surrounding his fist. He opened his hand and a small cyclone of fire rest in his palm. He stuck out his hand presenting the tornado to them. This caused all of them to snap out of the their dazed state and jump back at the sight of the mini flame tornado. Spike closed his hand exstinguishing the fire.
"Are you guys okay you were just staring at me?" Spike asked in confusion tilting his head to the side. This caused all their faces to burn red in embarrassment.
"Oh well you see Spike...we were just..." Twilight trailed off.
"We were just noticeing how much you've grown darling." Rarity quickly stated. The others nodded in agreement.
"Oh. Okay." Spike sat down on the couch placing a still sleeping Angel on his lap and started brushing the bunny's white fur.
"Hey Spike can I ask you something?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Sure Dash." Spike answered giving her a beaming smile.
"Where have you been?" She asked. The others seemed to want to know as well. But they didn't notice Pinkie Pie and Applejack frantically shake their heads while crossing their arms over their chests trying to tell the others to not ask that question.
Spike's smile faded into deadpan look no emotion was shown on his face. This made the women feel uneasy. They noticed a dark aura start to flow around him his eyes were slitted more than usual. All the animals started growling and were violently moving mostly in violent thrashing. But they weren't directed at Spike they were directed at the 8 women. Some of the more predatorial animals bared their fangs and claws they seemed to be prepared to attack. This caught the women of guard.
"That's not important right now." Spike stated his voice dark and full of malice. The aura disappeared and the animals calmed down and went on with their business Spike's smile returned. "What's important is that we're together now!" He cheered. They were all put off by his strange mood swing. But understood he didn't want to speak of what happened. At least not at the moment.
Suddenly their was a loud grumble. The women frantically looked around. Wondering where the sound cane from. They turned to Spike and saw he had a sheepish smile.
"Heh heh. Guess I'm a little hungry." He said with a blush. The 8 wome stared at him for a few seconds before they bursted out in fits of laughter at Spike's statement. After they calmed down from their laughter Fluttershy walked into the kitchen took out the salad that she made earlier, and put some in a bowl then poured some orange juice into a glass then she placed them both on a tray. She then grabbed a fork and napkin. She brought the tray out and presented to Spike.
Spike placed Angel on top of his head and sat the tray on his lap. He looked down at his food with curiousity. Picking up the fork with his right hand he started poking at his food. He stabbed the fork into the bowl and pulled out a forkfull of vegetables. Lifting his left hand he started messing with the vegetables that were on his fork. The women stared at him with confusion.
"Umm... Spike... What are ya doin sugarcube?" Applejack asked. Spike lifted his fork to his face turned to his friends and family.
"What is this stuff?" He asked tilting his head to the side.
"Umm its just a salad you know with vegetables and stuff." Rainbow Dash clarified.
"Vegetables? Does that mean I eat this?" He asked pointing at his food. They all slowly nodded. Spike lifted the fork to his mouth and took a small bite.
It didn't taste bad, but it had a weird flavor that he wasn't used to. He decided to just suck it up and finish the strange meal. Once he was done eating he lifted the glass of juice to his face with a curious expression. He started lightly shaking the glass watching the contents swish around. Putting it near his nose Spike started sniffing the liquid. Curiously he put the glass to his lips and took a sip. His eyes lit up in delight.
The liquid was something he never had before it was sweet a little bitter. Spike started gulping dow the rest of his juice. Once he was done a small hiccup escaped his lips. He covered his mouth with both his hands. The Princesses and the Bearers of Harmony started giggling. Fluttershy took the dishes into the kitchen and placed them into the sink to be washed later.
Once she returned to living room she noticed that Spike's bandages were a light pink. She assumed that it was because of the bandages soaking up his blood. Grabbing the first aid kit She took out the bandages and walked over to him. Spike stared at the bandages in Fluttershy's hand. Glancing down his eyes widen a little as if just now noticeing the bandages. His expression contorted into one of cold rage. He hated being patched up it reminded him of...them.
He started ripping them off. The women tried to stop him, but he ignored them. Once he was done with the bandages on his arms.legs,chest and neck he went for the bandages around his midsection. He stopped once he felt a pair of soft hands firmly graspung his own. His rage subsided as he looked up to see his mother giving a concern look.
"Spike calm down. Everything is okay you're home now." Celestia said softly. Spike slowly moved his hands away from the bandagesa. He folded his hands placed them in his lap.
Once everyone calmed down Fluttershy took look at Spike and attempted to bandage him back up but found that she didn't need to. Somehow his wounds had completely healed not even leaving a single scar. She stared at Spike in great con fusion. The others didn't seemed to notice and were confused when Fluttershy stood up and put bandages away without patching Spike back up.
"Is something wrong Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.
"No it's just that...all his wounds are healed. There aren't even a single scar!" She exclaimed. All of them turned to Spike who was casually petting Angel who finally woke up and comfortably resting next to Spike with a pleased expression on his face. The bunny was happy that Spike was alive. He was one of the few people who understood him. Spike was brought out of his daydreaming by Twilight grabbing his arm and lifting it up.
"All signs of any type of wound are completely gone!" She exclaimed. "How is this possible?!" She asked. Spike slowly took his arm back and stared at them with a semi sad smile.
"Well after a few years a couple events transpired and in a result of many my body developed a healing factor I can heal from any injury as long as I eat something. It doesn't matter how severe the wound is as long as I eat something." He gave a soft chuckle. "One time I got stabbed through both my eyes through my heart and brain and after eating some fruit I was good as new!" He said cheerfully with a smile as if retelling a good memory. He continued to pet Angel who wasn't paying attention. Spike didn't notice the looks of pure horror on the women's faces.
"WHAT!!!" They all cried out.
"Oof!" Spike couldn't react as a pink perjectile came flying at him next thing he knew Pinkie was in his lap giving him a hug.
"It's okay Spikey you won't ever have to worry about all that bad stuff ever again." She said hugging him tighter. Spike blinked a few times a little surprised but returned the hug nonetheless.
"Thanks Pinkie." He said hugging her back. Pinkie got up off Spike's lap she noticed something on his chest over where his heart would be.
"Spike you got a tattoo!?" She exclaimed causing the other women to gather arround him and stare at his chest and saw the image of a dragon with its wings spread open and on both sides of it were images of the sun and moon. The strangest part was that the marking was white in color. Celestia and Luna recognized the marking from a book but couldn't remember what it meant.
"When did this happen dearest nephew?" Luna asked. Spike shrugged.
"I don't know it appeared one day." He said. Suddenly his nose started twitching and his eyes narrowed. They all noticed this and seemed a bit concern.
"Is everything okay Spike?" Fluttershy asked. Spike gave a tired smile at them and yawned.
"Yeah I'm fine just a little sleepy. My wounds might have healed but I still had to run for a solid week without rest." He said with another yawn.
"Oh well you better get your sleep we'll be here when you wake up sweetie." Celestia assured.
Spike nodded and laid back down turn omto his side. After awhile they heard soft snores. Celestia pulled the blanket back over him and kissed him on the cheek. She motioned for everyone to go outside. Once everyone was outside she cleared her throat.
"Well me and Luna have something we must attend to. Please contact us if anyrhing happens with Spike." She stated. The six nodded in a flash the Princesses disappeared. Pinkie Pie started bouncing away towards town.
"Where are you going Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I got a party to finish!" She called back.
"Well I best be gettin back to Sweet Apple Acres I've got a lot work to get done myself see y'all later." Applejack said rushing off.
After awhile everyone else left leaving Fluttershy. The rain stopped and the sun shine down. Fluttershy went back inside and saw that it was near noon and realized she hasn't eaten anything all day. She walked into the kitchen and took out the plate of salad she made for herself and grabbed a fork and sat down on a chair across from the couch. She started eating her food as he slept. Once she was done she placed the plate and fork in the sink and headed for the door to get started with her work. But before she left she went over to the couch and gave Spike a quick kiss on the cheek and then went outside. She didn't notice the smile spread across Spike's face.
It was near midnight when Spike sat up his face was devoid of any emotion. He leapt up from his resting place there was no sound as he moved. Walking towards the door he noticed a few nontirnal animals stare at him. Spike put his finger to his lips as he walked out the door. Once he was outside Spike started running at sonic speeds towards Ponyville as soon as he was in his hometown He leapt atop the roofs and started running across them. He finally stopped once he was on the path leading into town he walked down it.
His footsteps made no sound against the soft ground. He stopped uphead a few kilometers away was a large group of men they were armed with various weapons. Three of then weilded buster swords about two others had axes. The last one had a scythe strapped to his back he also had a blue horn on his forehead. They all stopped walking when they noticed a very tall young man dressed in nothing but black boxer shorts with bandages around his midsection. Once a few feet away the one wielding the scythe stepped forward.
"Can we help you." He asked with a hint of annoyance.
"State your buisness near this town." Spike ordered his voice cold and dark. The man seemed even more annoyed then he noticed a sign a few meters behind Spike it read 'Welcome to Ponyville' a smirk appeared on his face.
"Guess we're near our destination. If you must know we came to this town on a mission you know the Elements of Harmony live here right three of them got little sisters. We're going to kidnap their little sisters and hold them for ransom." He stated a smirk still on his face. Spike's expression didn't change.
"I see." Spike said a small smile appeared on his face. The man turned back to his group.
"It doesn't matter though." He stated. "Kill him."He ordered.
The rest of the group charged Spike with their weapons ready to attack. One of the men wielding a buster sword swung his sword down were Spike was. But when his blade hit the ground Spike was nowhere to be found. Next thing the man knew he was punched so hard it sent him flying. The others realized what happened and frantically searched for Spike. But before they could locate him they all received a punch to the face sending them flying. They all scrambled to their feet and went back into fighting position. Spike was standing where he originally stood with a sadistic smile. The leader of the group gritted his teeth.
"You think your tough!" He growled his horn glowed as he casted a spell. "Take this!" The spell hit Spike a small explosion consuming his body in fire. The mercinaries started laughing at the sight.
"Is that all." A voice stopped their laughter. Suddenly the fire completely went out revealing Spike standing tall with not a single scratch on him. The mercinaries stood in complete shock. "Well I guess it makes sense." He said twisting his fingers together breaking them then snapping them back with out a single sign of pain.
The leader growled and fired a larger blast of energy Spike held up his hand and canceled the blast leaving nothing behind. The man cried out in frustration. He fired a massive ball of energy. Spike made no effort to dodge the blast. As soon as the attack made contact it created a large explosion engulfing Spike in a massive fireball. The merc collapsed to his knees and was panting heavily. He looked at the fire and weezed out a few laughs.
"Take that you bastard." He said with a smug smile.
His smile quickly faded when a pair of flaming wings ripped through the fire exstinguishing the flames. Spike stood with a smile on his face. On his back were a pair of ghostly reptilian purple wings surrounded in white fire. He held up his hand clenching it into a fist. His hand was instantly covered in green and white flames he threw a punch sending a stream of fire forward he directed the fire at one of the men that held a sword. The flames rapped around the man. Spike reposentioned his hand so it looked like he was holding the fire. He gave a hard yank pulling the man in close Spike place his other hand over where the man's heart was. With lightning speed he ripped the man's heart out of his chest. He then threw the man back. The merc quickly grabbed his sword that he had dropped. But before he could attack something caught his attention. It was his still beating heart. He dropped his blade in horror. He started stumbling forward.
Spike made his wings disappear. He watched as the man attempted to retrieve his heart. Giving a sadistic smile Spike started squeezing the organ causing the man to choke he fell to his knees with one hand reaching for his heart and the other holding his throat. Spike tightened his grip on the heart. Theman continued to reach for his missing organ. Spike released his grip on the heart then dropped it to the ground. The beating of the heart slowed down until it finally stopped the man's eyes widened before falling to the ground with one hand stretched out still reaching for what belongs to him. Spike picked up the heart he then walked over to the carcass and place the cold organ into its opened palm. The other five mercinanaries stood in horror they were completely frozen in fear. Spike beckoned for them to come at him. The four that we're still standing hesitated for a second before charging.
'No!! Don't do it!!" The leader cried out.
"Too late." Spike whispered.
He jumped up avoiding side slash from a sword landing on the edge of the blade. The merc tried to swing him off but accidently lodged the blade in the trunk of a tree. He tried to pull his sword loose. But before he could retrieve his blade Spike was infront of him crouched down and with a powerful punch his fist ripped right through the merc's body. His entire arm was suddenly coated in white and green flames. He quickly swung his arm up ripping the man in half but once he was split in half he continued to scream in agony as fire burned his body from the inside. Once the fire burnt out there was nothing left but chard skeletal remains and burnt flesh.
The remaining mercs continued to try and attack. Spike grabbed the wrist of one of the mercs who still had a sword he broke the man's wrist and redirect the blade so it would swing back decapitating him. He did a back flip avoiding a team attack from the remaining two who skillfully wielded axes.
Spike gave a child like laugh as he dodged the strikes. They tried to hit him from opposite sides but at the last second Spike jumped even higher causing the mercs to strike each other in the head. Spike fell back to the ground he landed behind the mercs he grabbed both of them by the head and smashed them together destroying their skulls and turning their brains into a mush. The entire time Spike kept his sadistic smile. He turned to the last mercinary who was finally back on his feet with his scythe at the ready.
"Don't pretend to have fire now when the game is almost over." Spike chuckled light heartedly.
He walked over to the leader who was shaking like a leaf. Once Spike was a few feet away the merc swung his scythe Spike caught it and took position of it. He made one swift slash blood spilled down the merc's forehead. He hesitantly looked to the side his horn was completely cut off.
"It's sturdy,sharp and reliable. I feel sorry for it. Fore it had a weak partner." Spike stated. He spun it in his hand then held the blade up to his face. "Don't worry promise I will be a worthy partner." He whispered to the blade. Suddenly in a burst of green and white fire the scythe transformed. The blade was now black with a crimson edge. The handle was a purple leather that resembled scales. Spile gave a fee test swings he smiled at the scythe. "One day hopefully you will reveal your name to me."
The mercinary was running as fast as he could but was grabbed by the neck. Spike turned the merc around to face him he shook his head. He them pointed at his clothes and held his hand out the merc quickly ripped off his clothes leaving him in nothing but his underwear. Spike let him go and propped his scythe against a tree and put his new clothes on.
Spike now wore a black leather trenchcoat that had green trim around the edges it exposed his chest but covered his tattoo. There was also a serpentine gold dragon on the back. He also wore black jeans with a white belt. On his feet were a pair of forest green steel toed boots. Finally a pair of python white fingerless gloves fit comfortablely on his hands.
He grabbed his scythe. Looking up the path he saw the merc running. Shaking his head. With a swing of his scythe the blade flew of the handle with a spiked chain connecting the two. A few kilometers away the mercenary ran but was stopped. The blade of a scythe connected to a chain wrapped around him the spikes dug into his skin. With a tug he was dragged back to Spike who wrapped his hand around the mercs neck.
"Who. Are. You." He choked out before Spike broke his neck.
Spike turned around and started walking back to Ponyville. He spun his scythe snapping the blade back in place. Then in a burst of fire it disappeared. He stuck his hands in his pockets and continued to walk.
l"The White Dragon of Death"
Author's Note
I apologize for the long wait I just want to make sure the story is the best it can be
Here's chapter 2
Love for a Shattered Soul
Author's Note
Here we begin Spike's long road of pain and sorrow.
How this will work I'll will write a few normal chapters then write chapters of what happened
Enjoy!!!
Days in Hell (part 1)
10 years ago....
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Spike couldn't see anything but darkness. He felt a pair of claws digging into his sides. Next thing he knew there was a loud thud. He looked around the darkness of his surroundings cracked with a crimson light. The skeletal arms that held him dropped him to the ground Spike quickly scrambled to his feet. He frantically scanned his unfamiliar surroundings. There was endless blackness for miles except for the sky wich was red with smoke black clouds. His eyes landed back on the creature wich was just staring at him. It slowly started approaching him. Spike backed away with fear.
"Wh-wh-what are you. What do you want from me!?" Spike asked sweat pouring down his face. The skeleton didn't answer it kept on walking near the terrified boy. Spike tripped over something and fell on his back. The creature stood over him, but instead of a repeat of last time it crouched down and stared into Spike's emerald eyes. The sound of footsteps approached from behind.
"Well what did you bring me this time Jare." A deep male voice said out of Spike's view. The skeleton started doing a mixture of non coherent mumbling,growls and roars. "Oh. I see well I have to take a look for myself." Suddenly a gloved hand grabbed the small boy by the neck from behind.
Spike was turned around to face the owner of the voice and hand. It was a tall man in a white suit. He had sleak black hair with pale white skin that seemed to blend with his suit. His eyes were an icy blue. But the most horrifying thing about him was the fact that he had no mouth no nose his face was featureless. But his eyes said everything .
"There definitely is something there." It said.
"Who are you guys what do you want from me!?" Spike asked fear clear in his voice.
"That's rude haven't anyone taught you manners. You don't speak unless spoken to." The man stated wagging a finger at him.
"Shut up!! Take me home right now!" Spike demanded fear still shown on his face.
"Such disrespect maybe a quick lesson will teach you not to speak out of tern." He said tightening his grip around Spike's neck. He started slammming Spike to the ground repeatedly. Blood filled Spike's mouth as the rocky ground cut up his body. After what felt like forever the man stopped by this point Spike hung limp in the man's grip. "That should do it well seeing as you have calmed down I'll answer your questions. I am called Lex. That over there is my pet of sorts Jare I made him out of decaying bones. And what I want from you is to see if you have any potential at all." Lex said with a semi bored expression in his eyes. But suddenly his eyes went cold. "Now listen you belong to me now. I will do what I please with you until I decide to sell you. You don't speak unless allow you to do so. If you disobey me there wull dire consequences." He stated.
Spike didn't react he couldn't feel anything tears started rolling down his cheeks. He wanted to scream for help but he feared what this man would do to him so he kept his mouth shut and closed his eyes hoping this was all just a nightmare that his aunt would end any second. Unfortunately this was a nightmare he wouldn't be waking from for a long time. Lex seeing Spike close his eyes and silently cry took that to mean he understood. The man's hand glowed suddenly a collar connected to a chain appeared around Spike's neck he dropped the boy to the ground and started dragging the decrepit boy behind him Jare followed close behind.
During the journey to seemingly nowhere Spike passed out from the pain. He woke up when a bolt of pain shot through his body. His eyes snapped open the sky was now blue and be was being dragged through a desert the skeleton still followed close behind. The man turned his head to look at Spike.
"You're finally awake good. I have a few questions for you ." Lex said a tone that made his curiousity obvious. "First what is your name?" He asked.
"S-Sp-Spike D-Dr-Drake." Spike answered his voice shaky with fear.
"Such a interesting name. Next question how old are you?" Lex asked.
"I'm 8." The boy said timidly.
"So young with so much potential. Last question. Do you wish to die?" That made Spike go pale.
"No." He answered.
"Interesting." Lex went silent. "Well we're here."
Spike strained his neck to look behind him. There was a huge coliseum made out of sand. Lex yanked the chain up and grabbed Spike by the collar around his neck. He turned Spike to face the coliseum.
"Here you will fight to live. Millions will observe your strength and see if you're useful for anything. Jare take our new champion to the waiting until the patrons arrive." Lex ordered handing the boy to the skeleton. Jare started running towards leaving Lex to his thoughts. "What power I wonder what he will become. " The man thought.
Over a thousand miles away in icy mountains a village reside. On the edge a mansion sat in one of the rooms a man sat in a lotus position surrounded by candles. He wore a black sleeveless karate gi wit black gauntlets on his arms. He wore black pants and black boots. His hair was jet black and combed back and his eyes were an amber colored. He was sitting in deep thought when he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!" He said.
The door opened revealing a women with long silver hair and one sapphire eye the other covered by an eye patch. She wore the almost the same as the except for a few parts being white. She walked over to the. The man with a frown.
"Big brother Leo the others are waiting we must not be late for Lex's new champion fight." She stated.
"Our spies have informed me that this champion is nothing but a mere child. Such cruelty. But fine I'll be there in a bit." Leo said.
"Good. But you better hurry before father comes here." She said walking out of the room. Leo sighed with a swing of his hand all the candles went out. He stood up and started towards the door but before he he grabbed a sword that was hanging on the wall and slid onto his back then walked out the room.
Love for a Shattered Soul
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Kuro bared his wooden and bone fangs. A large pack of timberwolves crept out of the shadows there were around ten to fifteen of them. Once they saw Kuro they all snarled and growled at him all except the largest one who had a look of disguss and anger. The pack started circling Kuro and the young buck the lone wolf stood defensively over the fawn. The large wolf stepped forward earning a growl from Kuro.
"I'll only warn you once freak leave now. This is our territory and that's our kill find your own." A deep booming voice demanded.
"What reason do you have to kill this fawn? I highly doubt he could feed you let alone your entire pack ." Kuro snarled.
"We'll kill what's weaker than us obviously there is no better reason even an abomination like you should know that." He growled out. His answer only infuriated Kuro further his red eye seemed to glow ever so brighter.
"You are all nothing but monsters! " He snarled back.
Suddenly one of the wolves lunged at the fawn from behind. Only to have a bone claw puncture right through it's head and it's body slammed into the ground reducing it to nothing but splinters. At that all the wolves charged at Kuro. The black wooded wolf lunged forward snapping his jaws down on one of their heads. Spinning around he used the limp mass of wood to knock the rest of the wolves away. He then flung the timberwolf corpse that was in his mouth at the alpha knocking him back a bit. Quickly he grabbed the fawn by the neck and flung him into the branches of a nearby tree.
"Whoa!!-*oof*" The young buck exclaimed landing on a wide and sturdy branch. He looked down to the ground seeing Kuro prepare himself to attack.
The alpha threw the body of his dead comrade to the side with a snarl. He charged full force at the wolf. Kuro charged as well with his entire body weight. His red eye glowing even brighter with an ominous red light shining through the cracks of his mouth. There was a loud thud once they made contact Kuro smacked the alpha across the face causing his head to crack slightly from the impact. Kuro continued to attack not letting up for a single second. With every strike from his claws his red eye glowed brighter to the paint where it looked like a raging red flame was burning in his eye socket. The timberwolf alpha tried to fight back but all his efforts were proven useless as Kuro ripped through his body like wet tissue paper. The once proud alpha was reduced to almost nothing somehow he was able te remain standing at this point the red fire that burned within Kuro's eye socket now took up a fraction of the left side of his face.
"RRRRRAAAAAAAARRRGH !!!!!" Kuro roared in blind rage shaking everything around him. He opened his mouth revealing large billowing red flames that rested in his maw. With another mighty roar he fired a red beam of concentrated energy incerterating the timberwolf to nothing. Once Kuro finished with his attack he was left drained and tired the glow of his red eye seemed to almost completely diminish.
The wolves growled even louder not that Kuro notice he was left defenseless. He couldn't move or react to anything that was happening around him. One of the wolves started creeping up on the exhausted wolf from behind. Suddenly it lunged prepared to get the kill. But at the very last second...
*SUNK!!*
Everything seem to freeze out of nowhere a large sharp blade that seemed to be eight feet in length and a foot in width with no handle or any type of end to it, pierced right through the body of the timberwolf. The moon shined down revealing the blade's crimson color.
"Geez Kuro you need to learn how to get that temper of yours under control. That attack always leaves you wide open. Good thing I got here when I did." A soft male voice spoke up. Kuro glanced up and saw a figure in a black cloak standing on a branch directly above the one that the fawn was on. The figure leapt down to the ground and pulled out a match he flicked his finger against it lighting it up he then tossed it into Kuro's left eye socket causing a small flame to ignite. Soon after his eye went back to normal. "Take it easy I got this." The man spoke with a smooth and calm voice that had a dark tone to it.
He raised his right hand the blade that pierced the timberwolve's body started to float. He made his hand into a fist then opened his hand with the palm bleeding the blood started to form smaller blades that he shot at the wolf. Swinging his hand to the side he flung the blades into more wolves destroying them. The man then yanked his hand back quickly turning it to the right and clenching his hand into a fist the blades started spinning at high speeds. Winding his hand the mysterious stranger aimed the blades at the remaining timberwolves who were preparing to retreat, but before they could the man sent the blades flying right at the wolves shredding them to pieces. The man held his hand up instantly stopping the blades. Making a rotating motion with his hand causing the blade move towards him. Suddenly all the blades liquefied and gathered together creating a large crimson sphere that sat in the palm of his hand. With a fanning motion of his hand the sphere floated under his hood where a large gulping sound could be heard.
Turning around the man saw Kuro catching the fawn on his back. Kuro turned to the man with a curious expression the wolf walked over to the man with the fawn still on his back. He looked up at the man who just stared back. For about five minutes they where just staring at each other. Finally the man spoke up.
"So Kuro did you find Spike yet?" He asked.
"Do I know you ?" Kuro asked tilting his head. The man put hand over his heart and made exaggerated gasp.
"Kuro!! I thought we were pals." Kuro just gave him a blank stare. "Okay okay no need to be all serious it's just me." He said pulling down his hood revealing a fare skinned young man with bluish silver hair with scarlet slitted eyes.
"Zane? When did you get here ?" The black wooded wolf ask tilting his head to the side.
"I just followed Spike same as you." The man answered shrugging his shoulders.
"Does... he know you're here? If so you're deadman ." Kuro asked with a worried expression.
"I'm already a deadman, and no he doesn't. He's still recovering from when Spike escaped." Zane answered with a smirk. "By the way where is Spike? I've been looking for him." He asked.
"I think he went back into town where he lived in I'm not sure anyway I got to go I have to deal with this ." He said gesturing to the fawn that was still on his back who aeemed to be dozing off a bit.
"Well have fun with that I'll see you around." Zane said before vanishing out of sight.
Kuro sighed and looked back at the young buck who was now curled up into a ball letting out soft snores. With another sigh Kuro walked deeper into the forest. Not many creatures seem to notice as the wolf passed through. After awhile he found a dark cave he examined it for any signs of anyone living there. Finding no trace of anyone living there he laid down on the stone floor and curled himself into a circle around the fawn to keep him warm. With one final glance at the young buck Kuro let out one final sigh before falling asleep.
Ponyville
Spike was laying on a rooftop staring up at the moon. Suddenly he sat up and looked around he saw a hooded figure standing a few feet away just staring at him. Thinking fast Spike leapt up and in a burst of white and green fire he summoned a red tipped kunai he prepared to through it when he saw the figure start shaking violently. It didn't take Spike long to realize that the figure was struggling to stifle his laughter. Putting away his knife with another burst of fire Spike walked over to the man.
"What so funny?" He asked.
"Y-you should've seen your face!!-HAHAHAHAHA!!!-*BAM!!*" His laughter was cut short as he was punched squared in the face by Spike who had a small smirk on his face. Zane stumbled back a bit from the force of the blow.
"Shut up Zane so I'm guessing you followed me here too?" Spike asked with a smile.
"How'd you guess it was me my disguise was flawless?" Zane pouted crossing his arms like a child.
"You wore a black cloak that's literally all you did, and noone but you has that annoying laugh the pitch of your voice is also a dead give away." He stated. Even though his hood was still up Spike could tell Zane was rolling his eyes.
"I forgot you where sent away for five years to the... What were their name again?" He put a hand to his chin in thought.
"Shi no kaze." Spike said snapping Zane back to reality.
"Huh?"
"They were called 'Shi no kaze' or 'Winds of death' and it was five and half years." He clarified.
"Whatever." He turned his head to the side something caught his attention. "Hey look its almost sunrise." This caused Spike's visible eye to widen and his head to snap in the direction Zane was looking.
"Dang I guess I should be getting back." Spike was about to take off when he felt a hand on shoulder he looked back to see Zane now with his hood down giving him a sad smile. "Some thing wrong bro?"
"Hey I know your happy to be back home with your family, but promise me you won't forget about us y'know me and Kuro." Spike looked confused before smirking. He turned around to face him. Suddenly he gave another punch square to the face. "OW!! What was that for?"
"That was for being an idiot!" Zane was confused. "Like you said I'm home with my family that includes you and Kuro you're my family too dummy."
"Yeah yeah just promise me okay?" He bit the end of his thumb. "Promise me that we will remain family no matter what." Spike smiled and bit the end of his thumb as well.
"I promise." With that said they mixed their blood together.
Meanwhile
Fluttershy was currently freaking out. She woke up earlier than usual with a bad feeling in her gut. When she went downstairs to go check on Spike she found that he was gone. At first she just assumed he went to the bathroom or go find a snack . But for some reason she couldn't go back to sleep. Figuring it wouldn't hurt to check and make sure he was okay.
For half an hour now she was unable to find him anywhere she just about to call her friends when the door started to open. Turning to the door she saw Spike walking in wearing a long black coat that seemed to hug his body very tightly. He noticed her staring at him and just gave a small wave and walked over to the couch and laid down with his arms behind his head.
It took Fluttershy a good five minutes before she realized what just happened. Rushing over to the couch Fluttershy stared down at the Dragon Blood curiously she reached out a hand towards his face. But before she could he grabbed her hand and pulled her on top of him earning an 'eap' from the shy women. Looking down he could see she was sporting an intense blush on her cheeks.
"You okay Shy?" He asked.
"Umm.. Y-yes I'm fine but Spike could you let me go?" She asked looking to the side.
"You're comfortable right?" Spike asked giving her a warm smile.
"Well yes. Wait!! I mean no!" She exclaimed Spike looked confused.
"What's the big deal Shy. We used to do this all the time? But I think the roles were reversed." He chuckled causing the blush on Fluttershy's face to intensify.
"Well I guess you're right." A small smile spread across her face.
"So stop complaining and relax." He said wrapping his arms around her. He felt her squirm a bit before relaxing in his embrace. After a few minutes he heard soft snores he leaned down and gave her a kiss on the forehead and laid back down to fall asleep.
In Spike's mind
Spike was walking through the dark abyss of nothingness. Suddenly a small shop appeared in front of him. Opening the front door he enter a small cafe with noone in it but a tall pale skin white haired man. He wore a grey long sleeve dress shirt with a grey and black tie over that he wore a black vest. He also had one greenish grey eye with the other black with a red pupil. The man was currently wiping down a counter. Hearing the bell ring above the door he looked up. A thin smiled spread across his face as Spike walked in.
"Good to see you again sir the usual as always?" He asked. Spike took a seat at the counter and gave a nod. The man turned around started making something he turned back around and placed a small glass coffee cup that was on a glass coaster. Spike picked the cup up and took a drink from it. He looked around the cafe even though it was dark and nothing outside of it on the inside it looked like a sunny day in the middle of a city. Taking a look at a large flat screen T.V. that was in a corner above the counter he pointed towards it the man saw what he we pointing AT and took a remote from under the counter. "What would you like to see sir?"
"Hmmm how about my first fight in the colosseum." The man nodded and turned the T.V. on to play the memorie. Neither one of them notice the other patron that sat in the very back.
Love for a Shattered Soul
Days in Hell:(part 2): The first crack
It has been over three weeks sense Spike was place in this hell. He was locked in a dark clay and sand room with a single torch for light. His neck had a heavy metal collar around it with a short chain connected to the wall with shackles around his wrist and ankles, but the most eye catching thing about him was the large obsidian clamp that went through his rib cage that connected jus below his lungs and heart. Dry blood stain his dirty green T-shirt with some fresh blood dripping from the bottom. His once bright emerald eyes that used to be filled with joy and wonder, where now dull and bloodshot and filled with fear, confusion and sadness. Why? Was the main question that went through his mind. One moment he’s at home just thinking about his trip to Canterlot that was in few days the next second he’s being thrown into this room by a giant skeleton thing.
For the last three weeks that thing that referred to itselfi as Lex would come in and take things from him more specifically blood,flesh,hair and other things. Or as it put it “Gathering samples of the new subject. ” , but other timees it would come in and place down strange plants on the floor of the room everyday. The plants were lime green in color with soft electric blue and silver petals that were in the shape of water droplets. Spike didn't understand at the time why this would happen ,but the plants would randomly wilt then bloom back to life. Overtime he notice they would wilt whenever he was agitated and would come back to life when he would calm down. Curious he decided to try something, so one day he stuck out his left hand with his palm facing forward. Focusing all his negative emotions and dark thoughts that he had bottled up to this point to his surprise the entire length of his left arm was engulfed in black and green fire.
The flames started to form a clawed hand. The claws themselves seemed a bit disfigured with them being twisted in screw like fashion. The hand itself seemed to be incredibly muscular and bulky. At that moment the temperature in the room felt extremely cold,but to Spike it felt strangely comforting but with sense of authority. The plants started to wilt away and decayed with some parts even turning to dust. Cutting of his negative emotions he stared at the plants with his emerald eyes wide open. Blinking his eyes a few times he decided to try something else. Lifting his right arm this time and focused all his positive emotion his am was engulfed in white and green flames. And as he expected the flames form a clawed hand, but the hand looked more slender and feminem with the claws being straight and prestien.
The coldness of the room was replaced with a comforting warmth. Instantly the plants bloomed back to life and regained their beauty. Spike was in awe so much so that he forget to cut his emotions off from his arm and placed it on the ground. Suddenly the ground split wide open and six white blurs leaped out and landed in front of a shocked Spike. He then turned extremely pale when he realized that the blurs were a group of six ivory colored skeletons he flinched and went to cover himself, but stopped himself when he realized that these weren't the same skeletons that Lex commanded wich were usually very large and bulky and seem to use brute strength. But these skeletons were tall slender and looked like they made for speed. Another thing that was different them. That was the skeletons that stood in front of him were extremely spiky. On their arms they had long spikes that jutted out the top side of their arms and curved back. They also had spikes on the back of their legs that pointed back. There also multiple smaller spikes all over their bodies another key difference were their eyes while Lex’s skeletons had intimidating crimsons eyes these ones had gentle hazel ones. Before Spike could do any one of the skeletons actually spoke!!
“Child of The Goddess of Light why have you summoned us.“ It said in a calm and gentle tone. Spike couldn’t tell if the voice was male or female it’s not like he couldn’t understand what it said the voice just didn't have an exact gender to it. Then he realizes what it said. Child of who??? Was it talking about him? No it must be thinking of someone else. He nervously pointed at himself.
“M-m-me?” He asked shakily. Another one spoke in a more compassionate tone.
“Yes you young one you are the child of our creator.” It stated in a matter of fact way.
“Uuuhhh I think you have me confused with someone else.” Spike mumbled. Another skeleton spoke in a joyous tone while shaking its head vigorously.
“Nope your definitely her child it’s clear as crystal as I stare through you!“ Okay, Spike was thoroughly confused. A. Skeleton that was slightly taller then the rest spoke up in a loving tone that reminded him of his mother’s.
“I think the young one is not aware of his parentage. Am I correct young one?” It asked, Spike nervously nodded his head. The last two spoke in unison with zero emotion to their voices. But it was clear that one was male and the other was female
“Then just explain it to him.“ They say.The calm toned one nodded its head...or would it still be called a skull? Anyway it was about to speak when it stopped and looked towards the iron door to his cell.
“It’s coming we must go young one remember to summon us when you can we’ll explained everything then.” All six skeletons suddenly lunged at the emerald eyed boy. Spike flinched away waiting for pain, but it never came. Slightly confused he turn too where the skeletons once stood. To his surprise and disbelief there was nothing, not even a grain of sand was shown to be out of place.
The metal door creaked open drawing Spike’s attention to it. There in the door was Lex stood with a chained linked leash in one hand and a needle in the other.
“It’s time for your first test.” It said with a monotone voice. He walked over to the shaking child and without warning stabbed the needle into his neck causing the Dragon Blooded boy to instantly fall unconscious.
First thing Spike noticed was that he was laying on something cold and metal. Cracking his eyes open he instantly shut them closed because of a very bright light. After a few seconds he attempted to open his eyes again after a while that felt like hours, but in reality were a mere ten seconds his vision finally started to focus. He looked around and took in his surroundings. The room resemble an operating room and a laboratory mashed together. The room didn’t seem to fit in with what he assumed to be a mostly sand and clay structure. The walls were grey with a metallic shine to them there were also tables full of beaker and tubes a large computer monitor hooked up to what looked like a red and gold cube that has purple glowing runes of sorts around it sat atop a tall cart. Finally, getting his bearings Spike realized he was laying on a operating table with all the restraints removed except for the large clamp allowing a slow stream of blood leaks down onto the table. He also noticed that his shirt was gone there were several markings all over his torso where his vital organs were he also felt something cold and moist on his right eye that didn’t prevent him from opening it though, and he could tell something was watching him. Slowly turning his head spike saw one of Lex’s skeleton standing by the double doors of the room. It wasn’t the same one that brought him to this place. This one was a dull white and had a blood red color on its shoulders and hands. Another difference was while he black one that brought him here had an obvious aura of apathy and malice the skeleton watching him had a hidden aura of pity and sorrow.
Shaking his head of these thoughts Spike attempted to sit up, but before he could the skeleton was by his side and gently placed its bony hand on his chest and shook its head. As quickly as it appeared next to him it quickly returned to its post by the door, not really seeing a reason to argue with a skeleton ten times his size Spike just laid down and waited. After several agonizingly long minutes the double doors opened and Lex walked in with a cart with many sharp instruments. He pulled the cart to the the side of the operating table. He picked up a syringe filled with a blue liquid.
“This is a numbing agent but don’t worry it wont put you to sleep it’ll just prevent you from moving around and screaming. Unfortunately, for you however it won’t stop you from feeling the pain so just bare with it.” He said stabbing the syringe into the poor boy’s neck. Spike istantley felt his body go numb and heavy. Lex picked up a surgical knife and placed it where his gut was.
Very slowly he began to cut into his flesh and carved around the vital areas. Spike’s mind was roaring at him to scream in attempt to drown out the pain. Sadly, his body remained unresponsive he squinted his eyes and gritted his teeth with minimum result.
“Silly me in my excitement I almost forgot to get a Opthalm sample.” At first Spike was confused until he felt two ice cold fingers force his right eye open. Terror quickly replaced his confusion as he found himself on the receiving end of a scalpel
“W-wait!”
He felt the cold steel touching the delicate surface of his eye.
“P-please...”
Lex applied a little pressure.
“D-don’t..”
*SQUELCH*
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!”
Spike sat in a large circular room that didn’t seem to have a visible entrance with torches along the walls. His tattered blood stain green shirt was replaced by a plain white tank top that hung loosely on his body the large clamp was also gone. Spike’s hair was slightly held down by white bandages that grow redder until they were completely crimson directly where his right eye should be and his left was red and puffy. If you looked closely you’d see more bandages around his torso that were also dyed in varying shades of red.
“Hello.” A calm and reserved voice said out of nowhere. Startled the poor boy shook and turned to see who the voice belong to. Turning his head to the left he saw a young man with spiky white hair that covered his left eye his right was greenish grey. The young man wore a dark grey button up dress shirt with a black neck tie and he also wore a black vest, shoes , and pants. His skin was ghostly pale he also had a blank expression on his face. Spike was a little scared, but also relief to see someone other than Lex or his skeletons.
“H-hi.” He said timidly. The man sat down bringing his knees up to his chest and hugged them closer to himself similar to how Spike was sitting.
“The wind says you're in destress. I’ve decided to come here and comfort you.” He said flatly. He than patted Spike’s head the way you would while petting a dog. Spike was a little confused by this, but still grateful for the gesture nonetheless.
“Uhh t-thanks my name is Spike by the way what’s yours?” The young Dragon Blood asked.
“Max.” He said his lips curving into a smile. His nose than twitched. “You have the deoxyribonucleic acid of a dragon.”
“What???” Spike tilted his head.
“You have dragon DNA.” He said simply.
“Oh. Umm yeah I’m a Dragon Blood i-if you don’t m-mind me asking what are you are you a Dragon Blood too.” He said wishing he had his mother’s large wings to hide in.
“No I'm a -“ Suddenly a doorway appeared on one of the walls. Having his attention drawn away from the strange man Spike. Looked towards the door and saw the same white and red skeleton holding a collar that has a relatively short chain.Turning back to where the man was only to see nothing. Shaking his head Spike looked back to the skeleton.
Slowly the skeleton walks toward the boy. The skeleton crouched down to the child and carefully fastened the collar around the boy’s neck. Yanking on the chain lightly the skeleton began to walk towards the exit. Not the biggest fan of being dragged around like a rag doll Spike walked closely behind the skeleton. The young drake follow it to a dark room with a little sun light shining in through a small window. It connected the end of the chain to a heavy metal ball. It then stood up and walked out the room, but before it left it spared one final glance at the boy then walked out. Spike just sat in the room and waited. After while Lex walked in with a set of keys. He than unlatched the collar.
“I’m placing you in a field test to see if your worth keeping around.” He said walking away. “Sense you’ve been so cooperative I guess I’ll wish you luck in the fight.” He said exiting the room. As soon as he cleared the entrance way it closed.
Lex was heading to the coliseum stands to watch the fight. The boy was very interesting he had massive reserves of ethereal energy coursing through him. The boy would be an excellent patient . Sadly, if the boy continued to live he could pose a problem down the road. Lex arrived at his seat in the coliseum which was located on the north side of the coliseum. The north side was different than the others because all the seats were replaced by steps that led up to five throne like chairs. His was located in the middle it was ivory white and had black cushions with a skull like design on top with the eyes being rubies. The one on his direct left was sky blue with white cushions with a lion head design on top with the eyes being amber. The one on his furthest left was forest green with black cushions and a bear head design on top with obsidian eyes. The throne on his direct right was black with grey cushions and a dragon design on top with pearls as eyes. Finally, the throne on the furthest right was bright orange with yellow cushions and a phoenix on top with copper eyes.
Lex took his seat on his throne and watched as people began to come in. Two men walked up the steps. One was bald and had a long white beard with cold black eyes. He wore a black kimono with silver swirls decorating it the man took his seat on the black throne. The other had short slicked back black hair with a short goatee his eyes were a vibrant green filled with pride and arrogance. He wore a black business suit with a light blue tie he took his seat on the blue throne.
“Korudo.“ Lex said referring to the man on his right. He turned to the man on his left. “Hokori.”
“Greetings Lex.” Hokori said pleasantly.
“Hello Oni.” Korudo said bitterly.
“Is Val or Chell coming?” Lex asked ignoring the tone of the old assassin.
“I don’t believe they are. Once they found out your new ‘champion’ was a child they lost interest in coming.” Hokori said crossing his legs over each other.
“I don’t blame them. Honestly Oni why did you pick a mere boy to be your new subject.” Korudo scoffed. Lex remained silent and decided get this over with and start the match.
Spike sat in silence dreading what he could only assume to be his impending death. He didn’t want die like this alone in a unknown place. He wanted to just wake up from this nightmare. His thoughts were halted by a doorway opening leading to the outside. Taking a shaky breath he stood up and staggered out into the open air. The sunlight assaulted his eyes he covered them. The young Dragon Blood continued to the center of the arena. Once he reached the center of the arena he looked around there was a lot of people murmuring amongst themselves. He saw Lex sitting on throne like chair in between two men on similar chairs. Quickly averting his eyes Spike just stood their and waited. Then directly across from him a huge doorway opened. Glowing red eyes glared directly at him. Soon a giant man walked out. He was absurdly muscular with a shaven head with medium sized ponytail hung from the back of his head. He wore arm braces and a loin cloth around his waist. However, the only thing Spike noticed were the four large arms that petruded from his sides. Up where the three men sat Lex remained silent while the two men’s eyes widen in shock. Hokori was the one to break the silence between them.
“L-lex what the hell you usually send a Tarkatan or one of your skeletons for the newbies, not a god damm Shokan!!” The man exclaimed.
“Why am I not surprised at this?” Korudo mumbled to himself bitterly. Lex just sat their and watched the impending carnage.
Back down in the aren Spike just stood their in terror completely frozen. He was broken out of his thoughts by th creature letting out a roar and charging at him. Thinking fast the boy dodged out of the way and start to run away. The Shokan gave chase and began to throw punch after punch at the child as it stomped after him. Spike started to get tired and his short leg began to give out. Suddenly, a large hand grabbed his right leg and began to slam Him into the ground repeatedly. Finally, the behemoth threw at a wall causing the young Dragon Blood to cough up some blood. Falling to his hand and knees the boy coughed up more blood and breathed heavily, but before he could do anything the man kicked him in the side sending the boy rolling across the arena floor. Throwing up a large glob of blood out onto his chest Spike slowly turned his head to the side he watched as the large reeled his head back and leg a stream of fire flow towards him. Closing his eyes tight Spike let a stream of tear roll down his left cheek.
“This is it...”
”How pathetic.”
Spike snapped his eye back open and found himself standing In a plain that looked somewhat like space with stars and astroids floating by. Suddenly, loud booming footsteps echoed through the plain. Spike heard them coming from behind quickly turning around he saw something that garnered multiple reaction. There infront of him stood a humongous dragon. It’s body was made of royal purple scales with a forest green underbelly and spikes that went down its head to its tail. It’s wings seemed to be made of white flames while its arms and legs were coated in black flames. One of its most defining features were its eyes they were black with glowing white slit in the center. Spike wasn’t sure how to react one part of him was in awe of the magnificent creature while another part was petrified by the massive creature. He was snapped out of his thoughts as the dragon snorted.
”That’s it!?“ It growled as it lowered its head down to the boy.
“Huh?” The boy tilts his head to the side.
“You’re just giving,up!?” it said angrily. Spike furrowed his eyebrow.
“What can I do I’m no strong like Twi or mom I’m just an assistant not a fighter!” He said sadly. The dragon slammed its claws down and growled louder.
WRONG! YOU’RE A DRAGON!! WE GRIT OUR TEETH AND BARE THROUGH THE COLD STEEL OF THE WORLD AND ROAR THROUGH IT ALL!!” Its voiced boom out shaking everything around it.
“B-b-but-“ however he was cut off as the dragon roared out again.
“NO BUTS!! Let me put it this way what makes you think after you die that thing will stop after that. What’s stopping it from going after one of your friends.” Visions of his friends being subjugated to even worse procedures started playing through his head. ”Or even your family.” Then more vision’s of his mother and aunt being mutilated in horrific way played through his head. Hot tears began to stream down his cheek. The dragon seemed to grin menacingly. ”So what will you do boy. Will you roll over and die like a dog, or will you raise your head and roar like the dragon you are.” More tears began to roll down his cheek. He balled his fist up and looked down.
“No. I won’t let him touch them.” He raised his head and stare dead into the dragon with a fire blazing in his eye. “I don’t care what I have to do I won’t let him touch them even if I never get to see them again I won’t let him touch them. “ He said firmly. The dragon’s grin grew wider.
”Then roar!!” It said breathing a large blaze of green, black , and white flames on the boy. Back in the arena no time had passed as suddenly the down boy’s body exploded in an inferno of green, black, and white flames. Slow.y, the boy staggered up to his feet and threw his head let out a roar that shook the entire coliseum.
“RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! “ Spike roared as flames spewed from his mouth.
While everyone was in a stupor the Shokan wasted no time in rushing towards the boy and slamming his fist towards him. However, to its surprise the boy countered his punch with his own that was covered in flames. The bandages over his left eye began to unravel revealing a new eye with black sclera was black with a white slit. In anger the giant man pushed the boy back causing him skid back. Spike growled and looked to his side and saw an old rusted spear. Picking it up Spike charged towards the man aiming for his chest. Throughout the coliseum there was one collective thought that ran through everyone’s mind.
“He won’t follow through.”
*SQUELCH!!*
Spike eyes widen as he felt something dripping on him. He realized the spear was More than halfway through the man’s chest as his dripped on him. He let go of the spear and backed up in shock he looked around everyone was staring at him. However, he did feel scared or disgusted with himself for killing the man. He felt exhilarated it was so much....fun! Watching as th light fade from the man’s eyes. He heard the dragon from before chuckling in his head.
“That’s right boy savior the kill revel in their sorrow draw joy from their screams.”It chuckles insanely. Spike let out a ew Weak chuckles of his own before passing out. He woke up a few minutes later in a prison cell with a bed with thick medal bars. He heard footsteps approaching him sitting up straight Spike saw the bastard himself standing in front of him. He slid a tray with a cup of water and a few slices of bread under the the bars.
“You did adequately. I have a feeling you’ll be one of my favorites.” He said walking away. Spike could feel his mocking smile. Spike just sighed and got up. He walked up to the tray and sat down while nibbling on a piece of bread.
“He’s wrong you did fantastic.” Spik jumped a little and turned his head to see Max sitting on his bed.
“Uh thanks.” He said unsure how to responded. Max got up and walked over to the boy and took a seat next to him.
“The wind tells me you’re confused why?” The man ask tilting his head.
“Um you still haven’t told me what you are.” He said
“Oh I’m a-“ *static*
“That’s enough for now.”
Love for a Shattered Soul
Author's Note
This chapter will be relatively short. And just a heads up the next chapter will cut ahead a few months that’s all. Enjoy!
Secret Scars
Spike just sat in his seat sipping his drink while Max continued to polish off a glass. The young man knew his aunt was watching he could feel her horror and sadness rolling off her. How the simple fact that she could enter a persons dreams slipped his mind he would pin that one on old Father time. He could erase her memories and kick her out of his head, but he would never do that especially to his aunt that he loved deeply . Also, it wouldn’t be a good idea to hide what happened to him from those he loved at least for to long. If he did they might get curious and try to pry it out of him, and one of the many things Spike Drake gained through his journey of hell was a significantly shorter temper even if it didn’t seem like it externally. Deciding it was time to talk to her he sat his cup down, and raised his head slightly.
“Aunty why don’t you join me for a drink?” He said with a playful tone tilting his head all the way back with a childish smile on his face. His single visible emerald eye stare directly into his aunts dark blue tear brimmed ones. Not even five seconds after he said that Luna got up from her seat in the back of the cafe, and took a seat at the bar on Spike’s left. She seemed shaken and was fumbling her words trying to say something. Spike just smiled softly at her and wrapped his arm around her waist bringing her closer to him. “Calm down Aunt Lulu it’s in the past and I’m okay now.” He said soothingly. She took a shaky breath.
“We understand that but we just wish you would have told us and Tia.” Luna said sounding a bit hurt. The dragon blood young man just snickered. Then quicker than she could blink he grabbed her and placed her on his lap while wrapping his arms around her.He then began to stroke her raven blue hair. The Princess of the Moon blinked and found herself sitting on her nephew’s lap as he stroke her head. Her cheeks flared in a intense blush.
“Why ruin our reunion with useless information.” He said caressing her face in a loving manner. “Besides, I doubt I could calm dow eight hysterical women at once. Three I might add could level the planet if pushed to far.” He said squeezing her a bit tighter with a chuckle. Luna sighed and decided now wasn’t the time to talk about what she saw, but one question demanded to be answered.
“Did you plan on telling us eventually ?” She asked with a roll of her eyes. Spike took a thinking pose before answering.
“No, I’d probably erased the fact that I was gone in the first place and have Max implant memories of me being here.” He said with a shrug. Luna’s eyes widen to a comical degree. “I’m kidding!” Luna let out a low sigh. “Max can’t impact memories.” You could practically see the patience in The Moon Princess’s eye wilt away.
“It’s good to know you haven’t completely changed our dear nephew.” She said with slight irritation. Spike snickered and brung her closer to his body.
“But seriously don’t tell the others especially mom. I’ll tell them myself okay?” He said while gently rubbing her back.
“Fine, we won’t tell them, but you better do it soon or we’ll do it for you!” She said sternly. Spike just chuckled and gave her a soft kiss on her cheeks causing her to blush a dark red.
“Okay, well Shy is waking me up so I’ll see you in a bit. Also, even though I’ll be awake this place will remain so feel free to stay for awhile Max will give you whatever you want. One more thing don’t try to ask him to play more of my memories that only works when I’m here. See ya later.” He said placing one more kiss on her cheek before fading away Luna just sighed and turned to the white haired man who has just been quietly watching from behind the counter.
“Uh do you by chance have any wine?”
