The Sphinx expected to wake up with Spike trying to get off her, but instead, she woke with every part of her body wrapped up like a mummy, she blinked the sleep out of her eyes and looked at the scene in front of her, Twilight and Discord where talking and she blinked awake, she was firmly tied to the wall in Magical wrappings, preventing her from doing any magic, she had a buzzing sound in her ears, it took her a moment to recognize that the Magical Contract she and Spike had was basically being magically burnt out of existence.

"How long is this going to take?" Twilight asked irritably "I need her gone before she tricks Spike into marriage."

"It was his idea," The Sphinx spat back, getting attention.

"Oh look the bitch is away." Discord noted absentmindedly "and to answer your question, should take 10 minutes or so."

"Your the one who imposed these Contracts on me you...," Sphinx started, only for Twilight to interrupt.

"Listen, you may think you've outsmarted me but I know for a fact that yours just using and Manipulating Spike, even if it was his contract your just using it to gain a position of power, as soon as your no longer bound under you magic contract you'll just use your powers to mind control him and have him Convince the Dragons and Changlings to go to war with Ponies, and if you think...,"

"Wait, wait, wait!" Sphinx interrupted "How could Spike start that?"

"He's close personal friends with their respective leaders," Twilight replied, the look on Sphinxes face notified her of something "You didn't know that did you?" She realized.

Before either could respond the same Wrapping that had Sphinx stuck appeared and wrapped around Twilight and she ended up with her face stuffed in the wall. "Discord you lying bastard!" She shouted angrily.

"Alright so maybe I twisted the truth, but she's a bitch and I traped her, now that I know Spike likes her I'm not changing him making another contract with the intent of keeping her in this world."

"Wait!" The Sphinx snapped when she realized something "Where's Spike?"

"Oh, I dunno he woke up and got pissy with me when he saw me kidnapping you, just snapped him away for a while,"

"You did what!?" Twilight and Sphinx screamed at the same time.

"Oh he's fine, no idea where he is, to be honest, but I'll bring him back once I've sorted out the..." Discord was interrupted by the feeling of pure terror running down his spine, he looked around for the cause when a soft knock sounded at the door, Discord looked back at it in silence when it began opening, Pure Terror shook his entire body as Fluttershy walked in the door silently.

"Hey, Discord." She said softly "Did you know that after Sphinx and Spike began dating we set up an emergency line?" Discord opened his mouth and was met with the stare, Discord chose option B and turned into a kitten with big baby eyes. "So I was getting tea ready when Spike sends me a message through this emergency line..." Fluttershy held up her hand and a ball of green fire ignited in it, and without warning, it turned into water and popped, "...and it's just a bunch of seawater." She looked at the Sphinx and Twilight, a look of relief spread across her face. "Please tell me he tricked you," She practically begged.

"Told me everything I wanted to hear," Twilight replied, "Now I have to Apology to...wait salt water?" Twilight ponded on that for a moment "Discord I swear to Celestia if you threw Spike into the middle of the ocean!"

"There was a ripping sound and then nothing the three looked at where the Sphinx had been and found she was gone. Twilight squinted at the ripped cloth and tried extending her wings, which tore through the wrapping like paper. "Oh look, their paper-thin when Discord isn't focusing his power through them,"

"To be fair...," Discord started when Fluttershy firmly pinched his ear. "...Ahhhh!" Discord screamed as he turned for a kitten back into himself.

"You are in so much trouble, no Desert for you tonight,"

"Fluttershy please I am the God of..."

"And no Midnight snack either,"

"What!? That's not...,"

"No Desert for a week," She added, Discord went limp and Fluttershy waved at Twilight. "Sorry," She said as she dragged the limp noddle that was Discord away. Twilight watched as she dragged him out the door, She used her magic to close it and just when it clicked shut is when a Vortex opened in the ceiling, a torrent of water flooded in and after a moment the Sphinx, now wearing her usual clothes, landed in the room with a Spike, now wearing the usual clothes she gave him minus the hoodie, lay on her shoulder with a set of teeth broken into his arm.

"Oh, sweet Celestia! Spike are you...?

"I am somewhat crossed with you," Spike said simply "As penance, I want a week of my diet," Twilight blinked at him.

"o...ok?" she replied.

"We good," He said, giving her a thumbs-up, "Now please direct me to the nearest Starlight so I may proceed to have these Teeth removed,"

"I can remove them," Twilight said confidently.

"Twilight I let you remove a Splinter and we ended up having to go to the hospital for stitched,"

"That was when I was 9!" She shot back.

"And I will never trust you to remove sharp objects from my body again," Spike replied as the Sphinx lowered him, "Oh and before I forget," he looked up at the Sphinx "I am in every way cool with having a three-way with Starlight," with that he turned, opened the door, and left for medical attention, calling back before the door closed "Tell Discord he's the Healer next Guys night if you see him before I do," The two Stood silently in the room for a moment.

"You know," Sphinx said simply as she sat down on a chair, in a blink Twilight found herself sitting at a Magical table across from the Sphinx "It had come to my attention that it's time for you and me to sit down and have a talk,"

"That's the first thing I've heard you say that I agree with," Twilight replied "Let's talk,"

Author's Note

this chapter was inspired by this comic Link