Spike woke to his head pounding like there was a stampede in it. He opened his eyes to see Ember still knocked out, her eyes were nearly closed, but he could still see that they were still cloudy. He stood upright as a voice said, "You took your sweet ass time, I've been trying to wake you for the past half hour."

Spike stretched out his arms and said, "I know I told you to wake me up, but a stampede was a bit overkill, but since the sun still hasn't risen, I have enough time to get over to the farm before the rest of Applejack's family gets up for the day." Spike quickly walked out the library's door and headed towards the front door

The voice spoke up and said, "What if she takes the day off, one of her friends is in the hospital, and no one has heard from the others."

Spike shook his head and reply as he opened the door, "That doesn't sound like her at all. She almost doesn't take a day off from doing any work, just when she's out of town." The voice went silent and thankfully stayed silent as he flew over to Applejack's farm. He could see a few earth and unicorn guards on the ground, the pegasi must be running late or somewhere else. He was just glad that they weren't watching the sky.

As he came up on the farm. He could see Applejack just about to head into the orchard. He tried to land gracefully to not scare her, but it didn't work. She jumped and said, "Spike, can you not give me a scare this early? I was about to buck you.

Spike raised his claws in surrender and said, "Sorry about that, I was on my morning flight when I spotted you heading to the orchard, so I decided to stop by and say hi, even though we only talked yesterday."

Applejack sighed and said as she motioned to the casks peeking out of the slightly opened doors for the barn, "Hi, but I'm unable to talk, I'm letting Big Mac sleep in a bit once the curfew is lifted for the night to help sell cider. I have some made already, so I don't have to make a lot, but it's still going to take me a few hours to get the rest done."

Spike nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let you get back to work, will talk with you later." Applejack stared at him for a few moments before heading into the trees. He quickly slipped into the barn and quietly popped open one of them, he was tempted to drink some, but that'll have to wait. He looked around the barn and found a small rock, he grabbed it and placed it at the bottom of the cask. He wasn't able to see it clearly, but it was visible enough to give a slightly darker color to the center. He placed the lid back on and made sure that it was slightly off. Once he was satisfied, he ran off to catch Applejack before she get further into the trees

Spike called for Applejack, once she was in his sights. She glared at him and said, "I just told you that I'm busy, What do you want that it couldn't wait?"

His old self would shrink away from her yelling at him, but he straightened up and said, "Right after you left, I noticed that one of the cask's lids wasn't sealed tight, so I barely placed my claw on it and it moved, so I went and checked the others and they're all sealed."

Applejack sighed and muttered, "this is just what I needed. Come on, let's go check it out." He realized that she had bags under her eyes from possible lack of sleep. He followed her into the barn and she removed the lid before staring into the barrel, her expression grew to concern as she tried to reach in to get it, but the cask was almost the size of her, so her leg couldn't reach it.

Spike slightly walked up to her, while she was distracted with the rock in the cask, and pushed her head into the cider. She swung her front legs while trying to break a hole in the cask. Bubbles rapidly formed around her head. He looked at her hat that was in the dirt to make note of where it was so that it didn't get trampled later on.

When he looked back, he had to take a second glance to make sure he was seeing this correctly, the level of the cider was slowly lowering. He completely forgot that she was a good drinker, he quickly tried to push her head further into the cask, but her throat was already on the lip of the barrel. Once her head was mostly out, she threw her head, knocking him off balance. She turned around and slurred, "So you're the damn monster that put Rainbow in the hospital, how many others have you killed, I'm sure if the guards tear down that castle, they would find the other bodies that you killed already. Once I got you tied up, I'm dragging you to the guards for your crimes, once I get over there and figure which one is the real one." She started towards him, but was slowly stumbling about, even though her eyes were filled with rage, they were cloudy from drinking too much cider.

Spike scrambled to his feet and walked around her. She tried to keep up with his movements, but her legs were possibly fossilized with how they didn't want to work. He grinned at the fact that she was completely drunk, and pushed her over. Applejack fell onto her side and she just laid there, while looking like she was just about to pass out. Spike walked up and said as he gave her a slap across the face, "Oh no my dear, there's no escape from this fate of yours." He grabbed her neck and dragged her to a different barrel since the first barrel is too short now, thanks to her drinking most of it. He didn't bother being careful with the lid and smashed it open, and dunked her head back in.

After what seemed like 30 min, Applejack's already slowed breath went to not a single bubble was forming. He released her head and it stayed in place. He looked at the doors to see that no one was about to walk in and started stroking her fur. It was soft, but he could feel her muscles outlined underneath. He threw her limbs on the cask keep her on it and sunk one of his claws into her pussy it was soaked, did she get wet from the idea of being killed, that was one question that wasn't going to be answered. He lifted her body more on it to keep her from falling to the ground and put the rest of it on his awaiting top dick. He nearly came just by sliding into her pussy, she was almost as tight as a virgin, he placed his claws right underneath her forelegs to keep her on the cask and thrust into her. He groaned moaned with pleasure and pulled her hair to lift her head out of the cider. Her half-opened eyes were completely dull, her tongue was loosely hanging out of her open mouth.

Right as he was on the edge, a piercing shriek made him jump. Standing in the doorway was Applebloom, her face shown with fear and disbelief. He pulled out of Applejack and said as he walked towards her, "Applebloom, don't do anything and we can have a peaceful conversation." It fell on deaf ears as she screamed and ran into the orchard. His eyes fell on a pitchfork and he quickly threw it like a spear in her direction. He didn't watch as he threw Applejack and her hat into one of the empty casks and slammed the lid down shut.

There was a sickening squelch coming from outside of the door. He looked out to see Applebloom pinned to a tree with the middle prong of the pitchfork threw her tiny neck. Her eyes were shown with fear as she tried to speak, but the blood just trickled out of her gaping mouth. He just left her there, it would be pointless to pull it out of her since he could see the sun starting to rise, which means ponies are going to be showing up, and the rest of the family will be awake soon. He was about to throw the lids onto the cask but decided to hide the one with less cider for a later time.

He sank his claws into the cask with Applejack in it and flew off before anyone could see him. If they didn't pin the death of Applebloom on him, they would get him for stealing.

By the time he reached the castle, the sun was fully out and he watched almost every guard hurry to the orchard. He burst through the front door and collapsed onto the ground while the cask rolled down the hallway. He gasped for breath while wondering how Ember does it so easily, carrying a cask and dead female was taxing for a dragon that hasn't been needed to carry anything heavy while flying.

The sound of claws clicking on the tiles made him look up to see Ember standing slightly over him, her arms were slightly crossed with a look that was a mixture of stern, disappointment, and amusement on her face. She said as she started walking towards the cask, "You couldn't wait for another day, you just had to rush to Sweet Apple acres to get a new prize. I'm guessing you got caught or almost caught and high-tailed it to here." She upright the cask and added as she yanked the lid off. "I would've been surprised if it was cider, but I was correct. There's Applejack's cute but dead ass. Sadly, none of your cum is leaking out of her." She grabbed her by the tail and pulled her out like a rabbit out of a hat.

Once Spike caught his breath, he said, " I was going to but Applebloom caught us and she screamed, but I don't have time. I'll finish what I started later tonight, I need to get Rainbow, even if there isn't a way to fix her, I'm not taking any chances." He stumbled to get up and decided to walk to the hospital since his wings felt like jelly.

The town looked even more gloomy than before, probably because there's been one mauling, one death, and there were rumors that ponies were missing. Ponies were skittish, looking around like something was stalking them, He wasn't going to get revenge on them, they didn't treat him like a slave at all, but the guards were a bit on the wary side, they just watched him pass by. He thought something was up, but shrugged it off, possibly because he's the only one that is different.

As he finally reached the hospital, it was mid-afternoon. The place seem deserted, only the minimal nurses and doctors were working. He walked up to the reception desk and said, "Hi, I'm here to see Rainbow."

The nurse working there said without bothering to look up, "Up the stairs, take the first right, the second left, and it will be the third door on the right."

He was a bit confused about how she knew the exact room, but he chalked it up as the nurse was being bugged about her since yesterday.

He followed the nurse's instructions and came across her room. As he opened the door, it was almost pitch black, except for the window next to him. there were two beds, the bed next to her had its drapes closed. She looked slightly better than he left her, she had bandages wrapped around her ears and around her torso to keep her broken wings against her body, the dirt was cleaned up and her eyes were covered. He lifted her cover to see her eyes were still as cloudy and lifeless and tore the bandages around her ears off to see that they just healed the eardrum.

He grabbed her head and with a quick jerk, snapped her neck. quickly finishing her off. His dicks stirred at the sound and was about to take his stolen prize home, but a voice rang out, "I'm glad that my hunch was correct, but I didn't think that it was going to be you." He quickly turned to the bed next to them as it opened. Luna was lounging on the bed and glared at him with anger and sorrow.

He was mad at himself for not seeing the signs...again. He said as he started backing away to the door, "Hey, Luna, I was putting poor Rainbow out of her misery. Everyone was devastated about her being attacked. Including Pinkie, I found her covered in baking stuff and sobbing into some dough. So I was coming here to let her rest in peace, and now that I've done that, I'll be on my way."

His footsteps stopped against his will as Luna started approaching and said, "You can stop with the lies. I had my suspicions about the monster. Let's continue our discussion somewhere else."

The next thing he knew was a blinding flash of light and a sudden sense of cold around him. Once his eyes cleared, there were stone brick walls around him with metal bars on one side. On the other side of the bars was Luna.

He said as he grabbed the bars, "Why am I in a cell, all you saw me do is put one of my best friends out of her misery since magic could only do so much. There isn't any solid proof that I killed anyone else"

The voice finally spoke up with someone around, "Careful, just stay away from her."

Before he could respond, Luna spoke up as she drew closer, "Yes, I did, but another proof, just spoke up." Spike stumbled back and was confused about how she could hear the voice in his head. It didn't help the fact that the voice was screaming for him to escape and leave everything behind. Luna took advantage of the confusion and added, "If you cooperate and tell us where the other bodies are, then we could sweep most of it under by saying how a monster disguised itself as you or a small sliver on Nightmare Moon took control over your body and took revenge on everyone that got in the way of conquering Equestria. You would have to do some time in jail to avoid repercussions, but it's better than life in prison or death."

He was still in shock about the whole thing, he was a serial killer, and here's Luna trying to get him almost off free, but had to do some time. He shook his head as her horn glowed and felt magic wrap around him. The voice screamed, "Spike, get your ass in gear and help me. She's pulling me in.

The soul came out, and he could finally see it. It was dark blue. what looked to be a bunch of stars in it, and black strands wrapped around it. He finally moved once a chunk was in Luna. He grabbed it and said as he pulled it towards himself, "No, this is my spirit and I can do whatever I want with it."

Luna's face grew frightened, and her horn grew brighter as she yelled, "You don't know what you are doing. Let go and let me take it before you do something unfixable."

Spike yanked on it, making Luna stumble forward, "No, I've had this spirit for a long time, and it's mine to deal with."

Luna wiped the bead of sweat off her brow and said, "Can't you see that I'm trying to help you, please just-"

Spike cut her off and said, "I can see that you're trying to separate the spirit from me, but I didn't ask you for help." He reached claw after claw, pulling the soul and Luna towards him. He started walking backward deep into the cell. He looked down to see that the soul was wiggling towards him, which gave him more strength and he speed up grabbing the soul back from Luna. Her stumbling grew more noticeable and her eyes were rolling into the back of her head. He didn't care, she was trying to take the only one that's been on his side since the beginning before Ember became his slave.

The tug of war for the soul ended with a loud snap. He flew back against the back of the cell and Luna fell backward. He rubbed the back of his head and groan. He yelled at no one, "Hey, say something, you fucking spirit."

The voice just said, "What the hell were you thinking getting close to her like that? I specifically told you not to."

Spike covered his ear to no avail and said, "Fuck off, like I knew she would yank you right out of me." He stood up and felt a bit off. He looked around to see Luna still laying on the ground. He walked up to the cell door and was about to yell at her, but the door fell forward and took him along with it.

After Spike stood up, he noticed that Luna hadn't moved at all. He walked up to her, while the voice was just yelling at him just to run away, and stopped a couple of feet away from her. He took a deep breath, grabbed a piece of broken board, and prodded her. When she didn't respond to that or have the board smack her on the horn or it jabbed into her feathers, he dropped the board and continued walking up to her. Even the voice was silent with confusion. Her eyes were piercing, but lifeless, and she wasn't breathing at all. He grabbed her horn and pulled her up to get a better looking while yelling, "What the hell did you do to her?!"

The voice spoke for the first time in a scared tone, "I don't know, all I know is that one minute, I was fusing with her soul, and the next I was back inside you."

Spike sighed and said as he threw Luna onto his shoulder, "We'll discuss this later, Right now I need to drop Luna at the castle and go pick up Rainbow before anything else happens."

The voice said something that made him stop, "Why not stay and rule from here? I mean, it's a good spot to hide and start planning for the future. Wasn't there a map of Equestria around here?" He paused for a moment to consider it and decided to have fun with her, right after telling Ember to go pick up Rainbow from the hospital.

As he passed the throne on the way to the library, he threw her at the chairs without checking on if she even landed in one of them. He was glad that it wasn't that far. He threw the door open to see that the library was the same as it was left, including a piece of parchment and a writing tool sitting on the table in the middle. He quickly scribbled a note telling Ember to pick up Rainbow from the hospital, don't be seen, and get the others ready with a cart outside.

Once he had sent it, he walked back to where he tossed Luna. He was surprised that she landed on the chair perfectly. Her head hung limp as she drooled down her front and her legs were limp at her side like someone went and clipped her strings. He couldn't take it anymore, her body was way too inciting to be ignored. He walked up to her, grabbed her neck, and lifted her soulless body so that he could sit in her chair and fuck her body until he was satisfied. He got her positioned on top of him. He dug his claws into her hind legs and slightly tipped her back to keep her on him. He groaned in pleasure with how tight she was. He would think that with how she probably helps with dreams, and possibly some dirty ones, her pussy would be looser. He dug his claws further in and started using her as a massive fucktoy.

After a couple of pumps into her pussy and ass, he settled for using her mouth to clean him off while deciding on what to do next, that's when Ember walked into the throne room and said, "Master, everything is ready for you."

He sighed with defeat that he couldn't get another load off before, but he did cum countless of times. He tossed the dripping body of Luna onto his shoulder and headed out the door to be greeted by five ponies in cloaks and two trunks in the back of the cart. When he didn't see a movement at all as he walked up to the cart, he pulled out of the hoods down to see the lifeless eyes of Rarity staring back at him. Ember spoke up as she flew in front of the cart, "you told me not to be seen, so I hid them in plain sight and while you were away, I decided to snoop around and found a bunch of potions that will make anything rigid for a time limit. I accept all types of punishments."

He walked straight up to Ember and said as he dug his claws into her ass, "I'll hold you to that after we get out of here." He handed Luna over to her and took his place in front of the cart. It was made for ponies to pull around, but it was easily fixable to have him use it. Ember hurried behind him and with the distinct creaking sound of Twilight's old chest being opened and closed, he knew that she just tossed Luna into the second one

Once she was done, Ember hooked herself in next to him and said, "Everyone's ready, where are we going."

Spike looked at the bitch's hideaway and said as they ran to get the cart flying, "Next stop, fucking Canterlot."

Author's Note

The next chapter will either be the last or second to last chapter of the story.