Spike's Fairy Tales

Twilight Sparkle groaned as she rubbed her head, trying to figure out what happened. The princess looked up and saw that she was standing in the middle of a sea of white pages stretching out with black ink making up words that formed under her hooves. The mare looked down at the sheets under her hooves with a surprised expression on her face and whimpered, "I'm literally in a book of some sort. Where the buck am I?"

The confused mare looked across the sea of pages and saw Spike was turned back to normal and was lying unconscious on the ground. The princess gasped and started to run across the pages of the book with a worried look on her face as she shouted, "Spike! Are you okay! Talk to me!"

The young drake groaned as he rubbed a claw on his face. "Ugh! What happened?"

Twilight looked down at the baby dragon with a worried expression and asked in a concerned tone. "Hey, how are you doing?"

The baby dragon continued to groan, slowly getting up grumbling. "I'm not sure? Am I a candlestick still?"

Twilight looked over Spike and making sure his body was normal and replied, "no, it doesn't look like your body is enchanted anymore."

The dragon took a good look on of his claws. "I think I'm doing okay... it seems like everything is back to normal."

The princess gave a nod as she turned around and looked at her own body over and seeing that the dress was gone and "It looks like my dress is gone and my mane is back to normal."

Spike sighed as he rubbed his head with his claw. "So do you have any idea on what's going on? Honestly, I thought we defeated Maniac and then somehow after that we got transported here?"

Twilight shook her head and looked around at the white pages surrounding them and replied, "It seems that we're still trapped in a book somehow. Did you take any other enchanted stories?"

Spike shook his head as he explained, "no, I don't think so! I'm sure I only bought this comic from Enchanted Comins in Canterlot!"

The two both squeaked in surprise as somepony exclaimed, "Twilight! Oh, thank Faust I found you!"

Both princesses squealed and turned around and to their surprise a princess alicorn with a dark yellow coat, a light purple mane tied up in a long ponytail as her tail was tied in a bun, who wore thick black glasses over her big brown dull-looking eyes, with a big book with a gold crown printed on the cover for her cutie mark sat squarely on her rump. The princess alicorn was stumbling about like a newborn foal trying to lower herself to ground. But the alicorn squeaked as she instead plopped onto the ground and slowly got up adjusting her glasses on her face as she grumbled, "I need to work on that.."

Twilight was beyond surprise upon seeing another alicorn even if she was quite clumsy and asked, "Who are you?"

The alicorn raised her wings and proclaimed, "I am the princess of the library! Librianaia and I'm here to help you escape this cursed storybook!" She squealed stumbling backward and falling on her rump again making Spike snicker. Twilight gave the dragon a cold stare, and he instantly gave a cough and looked away.

Twilight who was still quite surprised at what the alicorn said exclaimed, "No way seriously! This is crazy I thought Celestia, Luna, Cadence and I were the only alicorns!"

Librianaia stumbled about as she rose up on her hooves and responded, "oh, no! You're all real princesses I'm just using this form to seem more imposing."

Twilight has still infatuated with the alicorn fell to her knees and bowed as she replied, "oh great princess of the library. I do greatly appreciate everything you've done for me! I have a perfect record in returning every book I've ever borrowed! My picture is still hung up in the royal Canterlot library!"

The alicorn blushed and waved a hoof. "It's alright! Though...I do believe that your record could be wrong I'll have to look back at it. Actually, I really wanted to meet you! I never met a pony who loved the library as much as you!"

Twilight clopped her hooves together and squealed, "so! You live inside libraries!"

The alicorn blushed and adjusted her glasses as she explained, "well not exactly I just oversee every book ever made. But my main concern are enchanted works of literature. I fear that a cursed storybook locked away in this castle has connected itself with your enchanted comic book and has chosen your friends to play the roles of various princesses!"

Twilight gasped in surprise and asked, "so...wait are you saying that this book chose my friends and me? Why?"

The alicorn stood over Twilight and replied, "Yes, this book has been possessed by an evil prince. Hundreds of years ago, a prince was obsessed with marrying beautiful mares and breaking their hearts. He was so obsessed with fairy tales he managed to place himself in a storybook in hopes of ensnaring mares in his clutches and forcing them to marry him in these stories for all of eternity."

Twilight's face grew a deep red with steam coming out of her nostrils and shouted, "seriously? That's horrible how dare he uses books for his perverted schemes! It's the greatest crime a pony could possibly commit!"

Spike just rolled his eyes. "I think you're over-exaggerating."

The alicorn princess shook her head. "Well, Twilight is right to be an angry prince is quite devious he's using ideas and memories from your minds and was manipulating Twilight into thinking she was a fairy tale princess."

Twilight whimpered as she asked, "wait...so this prince was trying to marry me!"

Librianaia turned to the princess and explained, "Yes, that was his goal, and everything you saw was an illusion of his creation to ensnare you.

Spike scratched his head. "huh, so I was never a candlestick?"

The mare shook her head as she pushed her glasses up her nose and explained, "no, it was all illusions, now he has your other friends trapped in their own stories. Your goal will be to go through each one and find them. Also, it seems there was a pony left in your original story. I'm assuming the Prince is holding him hostage so he can try to force you to become his wife."

Twilight stomped a hoof in anger and shouted, "seriously! How could somepony use books like this!"

Spike sighed and shook his head. He then turned to Librianaia and asked, "Can you at least tell us whose trapped in the Beauty and the Beast story?"

The alicorn princess took another book from under her wing and flipped through it with her magic as she nodded and replied, "The name that pops up here is Big Macintosh."

Twilight shouted, "what! That's Applejack's brother! We have to go rescue him!"

The princess nodded and replied, "that's right, you and Spike both are the only ones who can help Big Macintosh escape. But you will need disguises that are apart of the story as the Prince will know your coming."

Twilight gave a sheepish smile and asked, "I'm not sure about that, I'd rather not be transformed into furniture."

The mare chuckled and shook her head as she explained, "the Prince will be expecting that. I'll transform you two into some new disguises. You will have to go in unnoticed. If you disturb the story, it will cause the Prince to come after you, and you two will both be caught up in the story loop for all eternity."

Twilight twirled her mane back and shouted, "right, don't worry, we'll be careful!"

Spike nodded as he continued, "yeah, don't worry about us. We've handle evil ponies before."

The alicorn princess's horn lit up with magic as she exclaimed, "remember everypony else in this story is nothing more than a figment and aren't real! They are in league with The Prince don't trust anypony!"

They both nodded as a circle of magic grew around their bodies, and they suddenly disappeared in a burst of smoke.

Twilight groaned, rubbing her head as she slowly got up. She noticed something was off from the start seeing her hoof was longer. The mare looked behind her to see her rump was a lot bigger with her horsetail was a lot longer and asked in a curious tone, "huh? What am I!?"

The confused princess then slowly reached a hoof over her head and gasped feeling something was missing! "My horn it's gone!"

She squeaked stumbling about and shouting, "I became a bucking horse!"

"Calm down gir- I mean Twilight." A gruff voice echoed, and a big brown coated old looking earth pony, with a crop of bushy white mane and tail coming out of her rump, along with a set of goggles hanging around his neck, and a gear printed on his rump for a cutie mark. He slowly waddled over and explained. "It seems as if I'm some crazy old inventor...or that's what my mind is telling me and you're my horse."

Twilight stomped a hoof and snorted, "I don't care this is ridiculous! Also, don't go thinking you're going to ride me!" They then heard howls. Spike squeaked as he clambered onto Twilight back and shouted, "let's get out of here!"

He snapped the reigns making Twilight neighing loudly as she reared up and sped down the road at a blinding speed kicking up a trail of dust. However, the Timberwolves were howling and snapping at their heels down through the forest. They eventually made it to the old creepy castle, and they crossed a snow-covered bridge and up to the main doorway. Spike gulped quickly clambering down and waddled over to the door and gave it a few nervous knocks.

Iron Will opened the door and looked down at the old stallion and gulped. "H..hello! My na..name's Maurice... Belle's daughter?"

Iron Will scoffed, "I know you! You're the one who stole my rose! Your daughter is here paying for your crimes!"

The old stallion gulped and stammered, "I..I.I know that I do, really. I just wanted to make sure she was okay."

The horse that was Twilight nodded as Iron Will shrugged, "fine. However, your horse has to be kept in the stables."

Twilight whinnied and stomped a hoof and protested, "No bucking way! I'm not a dumb animal!"

Iron Will crossed his arms over his chest and scoffed, "that's the deal, or you two both can go and try facing those timber wolves by yourselves."

The howling from the forest made them both tremble as Iron Will eyed them and asked, "Well?"

Twilight rolled her eyes and relented, "fine, I'll go in the bucking stables."

She strolled off as Spike slowly entered the castle. Nothing changed since they escaped the first time with the gothic architecture reflecting everywhere within. The animated Feather duster that was once Fluttershy went about dusting things off while Rainbow Dash mop was still soaking the floors. They entered the dining room of which all ponies, a stallion was sitting in a lovely yellow dress with his mane done up in curls of straw-colored mane wearing fancy-looking yellow high heels and wearing a set of pearls around his neck was none other than Big Macintosh. Spike's mouth dropped and shouted, "wait...Big Mac is playing Belle!"

Everypony looked around at Spike casually waved a hoof and whimpered, "Oh uh..s..sorry...my mind slipped was all."

Iron Will shrugged and exclaimed, "well that's alright now! Sit down I had Pinkie Pie prepared us a meal!"

Maurice slowly sat down as a big pink oven bounded over clanking and banging metal. Her big blue eyes were on top of the oven, and the door of her oven was her mouth as she exclaimed, "welcome! I prepared an excellent dish for all of you! Blueberry pie!"

She then opened her oven door, and blueberry pies exploded from her belly slamming onto the plates of Maurice and "Belle," and one slammed right into Iron Will's face! The "Beast" stood there with pieces of pie crust and blueberry mush dripping down from his face as everypony burst out laughing as the minotaur wiped the mess from his face as he shouted, "Pinkie I told you to be careful with that seriously!"

The oven whimpered stepping back. "I..I'm so sorry master."

But Big Mac turned to the with a glare at the beast and scolded him. "What did I say about your temper honestly? You're not going to make any progress acting like that."

Iron Will blushed as he stepped back and apologized. "I...I'm so sorry...I didn't mean to act the way I did…"

The minotaur lowered his head as Big Mac rolled his eyes. "Pinkie can you give the poor Beast another pie?"

"Most certainly!" Pinkie Pie shot out another pie as it slammed down the beasts plate and Big Mac turned to "Maurice" "now dad, I know you're worried about me, but the Beast and I made up our minds, we...were going to be married!"

Spike spat out his pie coughing and gaging. "S..seriously!"

The beast roared, "You have a problem with that!"

Big Mac eyed his fiancée, and the beast stepped down, still grumbling under his breath. He turned to Spike. "Yes, dad, we are getting married. I know it's sudden, but there's a lot to the beast you don't see."

Spike got up, slamming his hooves on the table and shouted, "but he foalnapped you! He probably brainwashed you or something!"

Big Mac shook his head. "Ey' nope we love each other very much. "

Iron Will hugged Big Mac. "That's right, Belle will be my wife! Tonight we shall dance in my ballroom to celebrate!"

Big Mac blushed as the beast went for a kiss and Spike groaned making a bleh sound and then grumbled, "Well...I...guess that's okay with me…"

Big Mac got up "well Iron Will, and I are going to go dance. There's a guest room it's on the east wing three doors down to your right."

Iron Will stood up and fixed his blue suit. "Yes, Belle and I shall go and dance you go get some sleep."

The two walked out of the room as pinkie pie bounced over and chirped," So ya gonna eat that pie!"

Spike hoofed it over and got off as he grumbled, "this is bad, really bad. I need to tell Twilight that Big Mac replaced her as the princess!"

Out in the snowy stables, Twilight sighed seeing she was alone in the rundown stables with only some nasty oats in a trough. The mare groaned eating it and was grumbling, "go in the stables. I swear if we weren't trying to save Big Mac, I would have shown that overgrown minotaur a piece of my mind!"

She then turned to see Spike slowly walking into the stable with a worried look on his face. Twilight looked up and asked, "so you found him? How is he?"

Spike sighed and responded, "I have good news and bad news. What do you want to hear first?"

Twilight gulped and asked in a nervous tone." Uh...start with the good news."

Spike nodded and explained, "good news is Big Mac is here, and he seems to be doing fine."

Twilight gave a loud sigh of relief. "Okay, that's good...so what's the bad news?"

Spike gulped and whimpered, "Bad news is he's replaced you as Belle."

Twilight's mouth dropped and whispered," You're kidding me? Is..is he…"

Spike chuckle knowing exactly what Twilight was thinking and replied, "no he's still a stallion...but he's all dressed up in a dress, and he really does look like a fairy tale princess!"

They both burst into fits of laughter and Twilight stomped about and whinnied, making her squeak out in surprise. She wiped the tears from her eyes. "Okay let's wait until tonight and try to find a place in the castle where nopony can overhear you two. Convince his rump that we need to get out of here and then we'll jump over the cliff and escape this story tonight."

Spike nodded," good plan, however one problem, Big Mac seems to really think he's Belle like you were...how am I going to convince him?"

Twilight shrugged, "I don't know maybe lie to him or something. The longer we stay here, the bigger the possibility we'll be stuck in this story forever."

Spike nodded in agreement and replied, "Your right, your right, I'll do what I can." He looked around and whispered, "just be careful, I have a bad feeling that we're being watched."

Twilight nodded," I feel it too, I bet the Prince is waiting for us. That's why we need to get out of here as soon as possible."

Spike nodded and waddled off as Twilight sighed, "I really hope he knows what he's doing."

Later that night Big Mac slowly waddled back to his room grumbling quite irritably. Many of the enchanted pieces of furniture moved out of his way seeing he was as mad as the beast! The "Princess" stormed into his room and threw his shoes away and began undoing his mane as he shouted, "ugh, I can't stand my dad!"

Big Mac then went to his mirror and started washing out his makeup from his face. He slowly took a damp rag and removed the massacre from his eyes and removing the lipstick on his face. Rarity, the purple and white painted wardrobe with her big purple eyes and with a worried expression on her face she hopped over and asked in a concerned tone. "Something is bothering you, darling?"

The "princess" gave a long deep, exasperated sigh as he was washing his hooves with hoof polish remover and grumbled, "my dad is stubborn he doesn't like me marrying the Beast."

He then had Rarity use her wooden posts like arms to start removing the dress from his body as she cooed, "oh don't worry darling, I'm sure he'll warm up to him soon."

Big Mac was still quite irritated and grumbled, "I honestly doubt it you should've seen him at dinner. He even called me "Big Mac" for some reason! I don't even know a Big Mac!"

Rarity waved a post. "Oh darling he's old, I'm sure it was just a senior moment." The wardrobe then stored the fancy yellow ball dress into herself. Big Mac chuckled and gave the wardrobe a loving smile before rushing over and gave it a big hug making the wood creak as he shouted, "oh thank you Rarity! I'm sure he will!"

Rarity groaned hearing her wood crack and wheezed, "that's alright darling...now can you please get off me!

Big Mac blushed as he stepped then heard a knock at the door and opened it to see his dad Maurice outside as he grumbled, "what do you want?"

Spike gave a nervous gulp as he shook about unsure of what to say as he asked, "Hey...um...Belle… I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier?"

Big Mac paused and asked, "no, it's alright I should've explained things when I sent you the invitation. I'm sorry I know the beast treated you harshly when you first came here."

Spike gave a nod and asked, "Your absolutely right! I was still angry at the beast for imprisoning me, and I was just concerned for your safety."

The princess squealed as he held the fat stallion in a big hug as he squealed, "oh thank you, dad! Your the best!"

Spike groaned feeling both uncomfortable and being squished by the oversized stallion. He had to wheeze out, "hey! Belle, listen!" Look I don't mean to be rude or anything but can we talk in private?"

Big Mac gave a nod and followed Spike down the hall and into an empty room. Spike looked around first to make sure they weren't followed then locked the door. He then gave the room an inspection as well making sure there was enchanted furniture around. He then turned to Big Mac and sighed before explaining, "alright, Belle, there's something I need to tell you."

The stallion turned around and asked, "What is it?"

Spike continued in a nervous tone, "t...tha..that isn't the beast! He's been foalnapped!"

Big Mac gasped as he placed his hooves over his face and cried, "what seriously! Then who was dancing all night! Who did I just kiss!"

Spike groaned knowing that was way too much information and continued, "yeah...the real Beast was foalnapped by the evil Enchantress and has put another Beast in his place to trick you. She wants you to marry the fake Beast to put you under her spell!"

Big Mac eyed Spike and asked in a suspicious tone, "that sounds convoluted, and it doesn't make a lot of sense. Also, even if that were true, how would you know anything about that?"

Spike stammered uncontrollably unsure of what to say, and then a familiar voice shouted, "it's because! The evil Enchantress turned me into a horse!"

They both blinked and went over to see the Twilight in the snow below, and Big Mac asked, 'Who are you?"

Twilight stomped a hoof in the snow and shouted, "I'm your sister, and I was cursed as this beast of burden to forever be enslaved to the Enchantress! Please, you must ride with me so we can find the true beast!"

Big Mac tore out his mane and cried, "this doesn't make any sense! I feel like this isn't apart of the story!"

The stallion blinked at what he just said and squeaked, "why did I say story! What's going on here!"

"What is going on here! Belle, sweetheart answer me!" Rarity shouted through the locked door. Spike took Big Mac by the hoof. "You just need to trust me on this!"

Just than Rarity smashed through the door and turned towards the two and shouted, "Raise the alarm! The princess is trying to escape!"
She then opened her doors, and pieces of clothes came out and snatched Spike who squeaked as he was pulled into Rarity's belly. He kicked and tried to fight back as he shouted, "seriously! If this weren't a life or death situation, this would actually be amazing!"

Big Mac squeaked as he took the hoof of Spike and grunted, "Hey Rarity! Spit him out!"
He was able to rip Spike out of the wardrobe and sent Rarity into the wall knocking her out All the while Spike was now back in his normal baby dragon from but he was wearing a frilly black and white maid's outfit complete with white frilly stockings mary jane shoes and a cute black bow tied around his spines. The embarrassed dragon squeaked as he pulled his dress down over himself and cried out, "seriously!"

Big Mac gasped, "dad! what happened to you! are you a dragon!"

Spike groaned and shouted, "I'm not your dad! But you need to trust me, and we need to get out of here!"

Big Mac turned to Rarity, who was getting up and nodded, "right!" He grabbed Spike's claw, and they both burst through the window and onto the back of Twilight. They galloped off into the snow. However, Pinkie Pie broke out of nowhere shooting pies at them shouting, "get them! the princess is trying to escape!"

Iron Will then burst out of a window roaring however Twilight was able to gallop away just as all the pies slammed into the Beast's face until he was covered entirely in blueberry mush and pie crust making him slip and fall right into a pile of snow. Pinkie Pie burst into fits of laughter falling over in the snow. Big Mac however wanted to go back to help Iron Will who was wiping the mushy pie off his face. Spike held onto the big stallion's back and shouted, "don't! He's not real! We need to get out of here!"

Big Mac's eyes filled with tears and held onto the horse, galloping down the snow-covered road. It wasn't long until they came upon Nightmare Moon with her mane flowing around her body as she shot magic at them. Twilight was slowly turned into wood her body shifted and morphed becoming rigid and smelt of pine, all the while long curved beams of wood grew between her hooves. Spike and Big Mac cried out as they were thrown off the rocking horse and fell into the snow with the evil Nightmare Moon laughing maniacally with her wings spread out and her horn was glowing. "Fools! You have fallen right into my trap!"

Big Mac cried out," th..this isn't how this story was supposed to play out! What's going on here!"

The Enchantress reared up and shouted, "oh Belle, you were betrayed by these fools! They were trying to trick you into believing that the Beast was keeping you at the castle, but it was I the Great and Powerful Trixie!"

She continued to laugh maniacally as Spike stood up brushing the snow from his maid's outfit and shouted, " We're lying to him! Your the ones who's messing with his head!"

Nightmare Moon continued to shout, "What are you talking about? we're here to help Belle become the princess she was always meant to be!" Magic poured out of her horn and gold tendrils of magic wrapped themselves around Big Mac. The stallion kicked about as the tendrils started transforming him into a mare. His body shortened as his tail and mane grew out around his body, and the stallion cried out in pain as his head shrank and his bones cracked as it rounded out. As the stallion was wobbling about in his new mare body, a golden dress slowly formed around her body. He squeaked as he pressed his legs together and brushes and combs fixed his mane again while makeup hit his face. All the while big red wings grew from her side, and a horn grew out from his head. He squeaked and cried out as his body morphed and change into that of an alicorn all the while the Enchantress was laughing maniacally and exclaimed, "I finished my Prince! Your princess is ready!"

The Prince then came out as he patted Trixie on the back. "Well done," The Prince then turned his attention to Big Mac, Twilight and Spike as he explained. "You see we actually set this up to catch these two they were trying to foalnap you."

Big Mac stepped back and turned to Twilight and Spike and then turned to Prince and Nightmare Moon. "I...I…"

The Prince slowly strutted over and asked in a sinister tone. "Your beautiful and gorgeous we had a wonderful night tonight dancing the night away. I have no idea why you would want to run away? Isn't this what you wanted?"

Big Mac gulped and quivered as Spike slowly got up fixing his maid's dress and shouted, "don't listen to him! Your real name is Big Macintosh! your Applejack's brother!"

The Prince came closer and whispered in the mare's ear. "Don't listen to him, you know this is real and that these two have lied to you. How can you trust them?"

Big Mac gulped as he squeaked as the Prince pulled the mare into his embrace "Come on, you know me to remember the wonderful night we had?"

The stallion who was now a mare whimpered and kicking about in her dress. "I...I...do love you."

The Prince's eyes flashed a dark red as he looked up at Twilight with a sneer, "So, Twilight... are you jealous?"

Despite being made of wood, Twilight's face turned to that of anger as she shouted, "as if! you can kiss my rump you pompous jerk! You make Blueblood look generous!"

Big Mac snuggled into the Prince's embrace as he chuckled evilly. "Now, now don't get so feisty that you failed so miserably now you have two options. One, you stay here in this story and remain my princess forever. Two, this big idiot takes your place, and I'll turn you into furniture forever! It's your choice."

Then all of a sudden Big Mac slammed the Prince aside and blasted the Enchantress with her horn shrinking Nightmare Moon into Trixie squeaking and stumbling back. Big Mac screamed, "take that, pompous asshole!"

Big Mac then snatched Spike and Twilight into her magic and zoomed through the air and over a cliff and tearing through the sky as if it were made of paper.