Under the Purple Hood

The sun was rising over the horizon while a proud Discord waited smoking a cigarette looking out to sea.

From the line separating the sea from the sky, a speedboat emerged, approaching the beach where the Draconequus stood.

"There he is," Discord said with a prominent smirk.

Spike, at the helm of the boat, approached holding the Fire Ruby in one of his sore hands.

The nomag pulled up to the waterside, docking the boat a few feet from the shore. He stepped off and slowly approached Discord.

"I don't know if the Kulahaihuense were masters of war," Spike said in a weary tone, "But I'm sure, they were a bunch of motherfuckers."

"The important thing is that you're safe" said Discord laughing along with the nomag "And that you got it."

"Yeah" said the boy showing him the Ruby with a smile.

"Perfect" said Discord as Spike handed it to him.

"It's best you keep it" said the nomag "Just in case... you never know who might be after the Ruby. If it falls into the wrong hands, it would be the apocalypse."

"No doubt" said Discord putting the Ruby away "you should go get some rest Spike, you must be dead."

"A little" said taking a breath the boy "That's the thing about almost being turned into fried chicken and a thirty meter monster's dinner... gets tiring."

"No need to swear Spike" said Discord chuckling.

"Anyway...good night...or days" said Spike as he made his way to his cabin.

"Rest up boy" said Discord as he took a puff "Oh... and Spike... Happy Birthday."

Spike stood up and smiled at the Draconequus.

"Hell of a way to celebrate my sixteenth birthday huh?" chuckled the nomag "Thanks Discord, for remembering."

They each went their separate ways, unaware that Thorax was obvserbing them from some bushes.

" Damn, now I'll have to kill that old bastard" Thorax thought as he watched Discord leave.

Spike walked clumsily along the walkway over the sea towards his cabin.

Upon entering, he stripped off all his clothes until he was completely naked and made his way to his bed. Once in his room and with his eyes closed, he threw himself onto his bed.

As he fell, he realized that he landed on something softer than normal and with a different texture. His two pillows, tossing his head in between, were larger and rounder than normal.

He grabbed the one on the right with his hand and began to squeeze it to see what was strange, until he realized, his eyes widening abruptly, that they were not his pillows.

As he looked up, he realized that where he had sunk his face was the cleavage of two enormous breasts, covered by a white camisole.

Slowly he looked up to see that, who was there, was Fluttershy, who was looking at him red as never before.

" FUCKING SHIT!" she screamed from shock and embarrassment falling backwards and off the bed.

"Are you alright!?" said the pegasus getting up and going to him.

"Yeah... yeah... I just didn't expect it..." said Spike covering his private parts with his hands "What are you doing here?"

"I was... worried and couldn't sleep..." said the pegasus, still red with embarrassment and arousal, trying not to look directly at him. "So I came to your cabin to see if you were... I think I fell asleep waiting for you."

"If... I had known I wouldn't have undressed... sorry..." said the nomag crawling into bed and pulling the covers over his body.

"It's... okay... I can control it... I just noticed it, I didn't see it..." she said somewhat choppy with breath.

The pegasus then looked at the cuts on his face and hands.

"You're hurt..." she said going to him slowly as they both sat down on the bed.

"They're just scratches... I've been worse I assure you..." said the nomag looking at his wounds.

"Still...will you let me see please?" she asked looking at the boy worriedly and holding out her hand.

Spike left his injured hands to her, resting both of them in her hand.
With the pegasus' remaining free hand, she enclosed Spike's between both of hers as her necklace began to glow.

Spike couldn't help but stare into Shy's eyes as she, with her magic, healed his wounds.

A few seconds later, she released Spike's hands, which were completely healed and without any scars.

"There... as if nothing had happened..." said Shy smiling while Spike, due to her beauty, blushed on his cheeks.

"Tha...thanks Shy..." he gasped and looked away from her.

"You don't have to look away from me...after all...I am your girlfriend...one of them..." said Shy as she gently grabbed his hand.

"It's a whole new world for me...this feeling... to feel loved..." said Spike still not looking at her.

Shy moved a little closer to him and wrapped her wings around him, pulling his face close to her breasts and gently squeezing him.

"You're never going to be lonely Spike, I promise," the pegasus said giving him a kiss on the head as the nomag blushed from the kiss, the sweet words and physical contact.

Breaking the embrace, Shy stared into his emerald eyes, completely lost in his greenish irises.

The boy felt a little embarrassed so he looked down, unintentionally staring at her cleavage, and turned his head abruptly.

The girl began to giggle softly at the boy's embarrassment.

"You don't have to be shy Spike...I'm not going to eat you...at least for now," the girl said, saying that last sentence low.

"It's just...well...I feel pretty...inferior...if you know what I mean..." said the nomag embarrassed as he tried to cover his erection.

Shy, who was aware of this, gave him a kiss on the cheek, which aggravated his blushing.

"If it's any consolation... to me you're not inferior Spike... because even though you see me like that, a giant, next to you I feel very small... because even though your height isn't tall, the way you are, your heart and your courage... in my eyes, I see you as a huge god." Said the girl with a smile

The boy smiled and rested his head on her forearm.

"Thank you Fluttershy..." said the boy as if it was a sigh "It's strange for someone to tell me all those things... but it feels really good."

With her wing, Shy wrapped herself around Spike again, resting her head on top of his.

"You're welcome..." said Flutters after giving him another kiss on the head.

Pulling away from the embrace, Shy stood up and looked at the nomag.
"Well...I'll be going now...you must be pretty tired" he said as he made his way back to her cabin "By the way...I was wondering if...you'd want to go...scuba diving with me... I' m pretty scared of it, but...I think next to you...it'll be okay."

Spike smiled and nodded his head.

After the pegasus left, the nomag, no longer able with his exhaustion, fell plummeting on top of the bed, falling into a deep sleep.

As soon as she walked out the front door, Shy blushed and sighed in love, looking at the nomag's door. A throat clearing made her give a little bounce before she turned to meet the rest of her friends. Who looked at her in different ways, Rarity, Twilight and Dash with envious eyes, Sunset and Applejack with a naughty smile and Pinkie excited.

Shy was at a loss for words as he searched for what to say them in.

"It's not what it looks like," said the pegasus with embarrassment. "I...well...I...couldn't sleep and...I was waiting for him to...say goodnight."

" Of course" said Applejack putting her hat on properly and with the same smirk "Now that's what it's called."

"I didn't do anything!" she said covering her face with her hair.

"Hey, don't worry Shy...at least tell us how it feels" said Sunset teasing her

" Yeah! Details, details, details!" said Pinkie going to her.

" I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!" she answered her red with embarrassment.

"That's for sure" said Dash now with a mischievous grin "If you had, the hut would have been destroyed."

"Dash!" shrieked the pegasus in embarrassment.

"Deny me" Dash told her raising an eyebrow, causing Fluttershy to roll her eyes.

"Still dear, you could have warned us" said Rarity crossing her arms.

"I didn't want to wake you up either..." said Shy.

"Well anyway, let's go have breakfast" said Twilight calming down and smiling "Are you coming Shy?"

"Sure" she said smiling again.

The Harmony's started walking towards the main hall, but not before looking towards Spike's cabin and sighing.

At the lagoon, in the T-Wings' cabin, Thunder awoke abruptly in his bed, disoriented and confused.

" What the fuck?" he said to himself as he looked from side to side.

He stepped out into the hallway of the cabin, descending to the second floor, where all the T-Wings, with the exception of Sunbrust, were wearing sunglasses and holding their heads.

"Does anyone remember anything from last night?" asked Flash clutching his head with both hands.

"I have no idea..." said Cheese laying back on the couch and staring at the ceiling.

"I think we caught a good one...I remember absolutely nothing." Soarin said lying down sitting at the table they had in the dining room, along with a glass of chamomile tea.

"Me neither... god, what a hangover" complained Caramel half asleep.

"We had a good party last night, but we got drunk too fast." Said Sunbrust, who was in the kitchen making seven chamomile tea, having handed one to Soarin "We made it to the cabin by a miracle."

"I hope it would have been worth the party." Blueblood said grabbing one of the chamomiles and sipping it.

Sunbrust, noticed Thunder, who unlike the others, didn't seem to have signs of a hangover, just confusion.

"Oh, Thunder..." said Sunbrust as he handed him a chamomile tea "You're awake now. Here, it'll do you good."

Thunder grabbed the chamomile tea and even though it was burning, he gulped it down, set the glass down and grabbed Sunbrust by the scruff of the neck as he dragged him to the bathroom on the lower level.

The other T-Wings simply shrugged and continued resting.

"Ouch!" complained the unicorn after the other one let go "You know that hurts don't you?"

"Don't give me that bullshit Sunbrust" said Thunder angrily "We didn't go to any party last night and you know it."

"No... I don't know what you're talking about" said Sunbrust nervously as cold sweats started to pour down his forehead

"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about." Said Thunder facing him and cornering him "Last night... we went to get that shitty dwarf at his cabin. When we saw he wasn't there, we went after the Dazzlings and almost got our asses kicked by them and the Harmonys. From one second to the next, everything went dark, so tell me what the fuck happened."

Sunbrust, shaking like jelly, stared into the eyes of the pegasus, who expected an immediate answer.

"Maybe... Fluttershy... injected you guys... a sleeping drug... last night..." said the unicorn as he hunched over, as Thunder with every word he said, moved closer to him.

The pegasus just stared at him with a strange gloom in his eyes and said nothing. Pulling back, he grabbed the picture he had in his pocket and opened it so he could look at it again.

"No wonder they protect him..." the pegasus said in a strangely calm tone.
Sunbrust, rejoined and stood hesitant about what to do.

"Wh... what do you mean?" asked the unicorn.

"I guess like me... they don't remember anything... but they will, and they'll see that who they've always protected in the past, was always a monster." Thunder said before crumpling up the photo, putting it back in his pocket and walking out of the bathroom, now leaving Sunbrust confused.

The Harmonys were in a large restaurant above the water level, decorated as if it were a tribal hut, at a table next to a window, having their respective breakfasts. Luckily, since it was early in the morning, there was no one in the restaurant, since practically everyone was still asleep.

"Does anyone have any plans for today?" asked Pinkie as she sipped some of her coffee.

"Yep" replied Dash leaning back in her chair. "Spending the whole day at the beach doing nothing but relaxing."

"Sounds like a plan to me" said Applejack taking a sip from her cup.

"I think I'll go to the island ruins, I'm excited to see the castle and learn a little more about this island." Twilight said looking out the window.

"What about you Shy?" asked Rarity to her pegasus friend "Any plans for today?"

"I... have well... I proposed to... Spike if he wanted to... go scuba diving with me... and he said yes." She said a little shyly

"Wasn't it enough to say goodnight to him this morning?" said Dash teasingly but with present envy.

"For the last time Dash" said Shy holding his hand to his forehead "No. I''ve. Done. Nothing."

"Yeah, yeah, tell it to the judge miss" said Applejack continuing the joke making them all laugh.

Discord then appeared through the door and approached the girls.

"Good morning ladies" said the Draconequus.

"Hello Discord" they all said at the same time with a cheerful smile.

"Did Spike finally find the ruby?" asked Twilight.

"That's right." Replied Discord with a smile

"You wouldn't happen to have that beautiful jewel here by any chance?" asked Rarity with eyes lighting up.

"I have it in safekeeping" said Discord cheerfully " He's had quite a hard time getting it and it's quite dangerous in the wrong hands. We can't risk someone thinking of stealing it... or putting it on as an accessory to a dress."

This last she said looking seriously at Rarity as did the others.

"Oh please" said offended and crossing her arms the unicorn "What a reputation I have..."

"The one you've earned" laughed Dash making Rarity roll her eyes.

"I wanted to ask you girls a favor too" said Discord pulling up a chair and sitting down at the table with them

"What's wrong?" asked Sunset quizzically.

"Well..." said Discord clearing his throat and looking at all of them before continuing "First, don't be nervous and I say this especially for you Pinkie... but, today is a pretty rough day for Spike... I can't remember a year when today didn't cut himself..."

Frightened, they all looked at each other before turning their attention more to Discord.

"Today... it's a sad day for him... something happened a long time ago that affected him forever... today is his birthday." Discord said worriedly

"Wait...wait...WAIT!" yelled Pinkie getting up from the table "TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY AND NO ONE TOLD ME!!!?"

"Calm down Pinkie, he doesn't like to celebrate or be reminded." Discord said, though the earthling wasn't listening to him.

"I'LL NEED BALLOONS, CHAMPAN, RUM, GIFTS, CAKE!" she said hysterically as she jotted down in a notebook what she needed " HE WOULD LIKE CHOCOLATE!? STRAWBERRY!? BLACK PEACH!? MARIHUANA!? DO ANYONE KNOW WHERE THEY SELL MARIA BUDS IN BORA BORA!!!?

Applejack stood up and gave Pinkie a smack, reassuring her.

"Calm down and listen Pinkie" said Applejack sitting her back down.

"As I was saying..." said Discord after Pinkie relaxed a bit "Spike hates this day... obviously, I can't tell you why... so you can imagine... but, there is one difference between this year and the others... you girls."

"But, if he doesn't like to celebrate or be reminded of it... what can we do?" asked Sunset worriedly.

"Stay with him...don't leave him alone all day...I know him and I know what he's capable of doing...especially at 22:45...let's call it the black hour." Said Discord "So... if you can... even if you don't tell him directly, be with him celebrating, doing whatever... but don't leave him alone.

"I promise Discord that today he will have the best day of his life" Twilight said confidently as did all the others.

"Thank you... really..." said the Draconequus before getting up and going to breakfast.

"' He sure had it in for Spikey," said Rarity.

"How many does he turn out at all this?" asked Dash

"Sixteen, as far as I know" said Applejack "Same as my sister."

"So... he comes of legal age doesn't he?" said Pinkie with a seductive look on her face.

"Don't even think about it Pinkie" warned Twilight.

"Why?" reproached the earthling party girl "I'm his girlfriend! I'm entitled!"

"Hey, so am I" said Applejack crossing her arms "And the first one better be someone who knows how to dominate a rodeo!"

"And why does it have to be you darling?" said Rarity crossing her arms "The first time, it's something that has to be beautiful and elegant"

"You'll have ovaries... you want to string him up like a ham!" said Dash getting up.

"And you kill him with your butt and no one has told you anything." Said Rarity

"Wouldn't it be better to let him decide?" asked Sunset trying to calm the mood down

"That's true" said Shy "Let it be the right place, alone, like me going scuba diving with him today... that's a good gift for me, an activity with him and whatever comes up..."

Suddenly, the whole table fell silent and they began to throw complicit glances at each other, increasing a competitive atmosphere.

"Whoops..." said the shy pegasus, knowing that she had just opened the ban.

At that moment, each of the Harmony's, ran off in different directions, intent on giving Spike the best date of his life.

The nomag, meanwhile, woke abruptly from his nightmare, echoing in his head the muffled scream of the now usual little girl.

With a sigh, he realized that he was back in real life. He slowly got up, looking sadder than usual. Without a word, he grabbed his wallet and pulled out the picture of his siblings, standing obvserving the little Smolder as a tear slipped down his cheeks.

"It's been so long... and the helplessness still remains..." thought Spike sadly as he held the photo to his heart.

He put the photo back in his wallet and went downstairs to the pool area.

He made himself a cup of coffee at the coffee machine in the lounge area and stepped into the warm water of the pool up to the edge that looked out over the sea.

As he sipped from the cup, he gazed sadly at the horizon.

"It's been eight years already" thought the boy between sips "And it hurts like it just happened... it was my fault..."

Behind him, he heard as if someone was getting into the water of the pool and slowly coming towards him.

The boy pulled out a half-smile and sighed happily.

"These cabins are really cool... but they should get better at security... don't you think Twilight?"

Turning around, he discovered the alicorn approaching him.

"How did you know it was me?" asked Twilight curiously.

"Your shadow before you went into the water," the nomag said with a smile, though with a saddened look on his face.

The alicorn ruefully walked over to him.

"Are you okay?" she asked him gently as she softly caressed his face.

"Yeah... just... it's a bad day..." said Spike looking her in the eyes.

"I know...Discord told us..." she said catching his nomag's attention.

" Flip-flop-mouth" said Spike rolling his eyes.

"Don't be like that with him" Twilight told him laughing "If it were up to you, you wouldn't have told us anything."

"Neither... I didn't think it was that big of a deal..." said Spike pushing his hair out of his face a little.

"Sixteen years isn't that big of a deal?" asked Twilight rhetorically "It's a very important date."

"Well, I go from illegal to legal" laughed the nomag "Ergo, my life is in danger next to Dash, Pinkie or Shy."

They both burst out laughing.

" In short Spike" the alicorn told him "The girls and I... well, we don't want you to be alone today... so let's just say we're each, going to take you somewhere to have the best birthday of your life."

"Did you girls get organized or something?" asked the nomag curiously.

"Well... let's put it this way... rather... each of us is going our own way, so for sure, you'll have a couple of abductions today." Twi said somewhat nervously

"Let me guess, this is the first one isn't it?" said Spike raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, all the looks" said the alicorn smiling.

"So where are you taking me?" said the nomag curiously.

"You'll see" she said as she headed for the exit of the pool.

As she climbed the stairs, Spike noticed that she, like him, was completely naked.

As she climbed out completely, she propped her arm on her hip and looked seductively at Spike, winking at him and lashing herself on one of her great bubble buttocks, the movement of which left the boy mesmerized.

"Coming?" she said to him in a predatory voice.

Spike simply nodded and climbed out of the water after her.

A short time later, Twilight and Spike, disguised as Patriot, walked along a stone path on the coast of Bora Bora. As they walked, they could see different students strolling as well, going to the beach, swimming and generally having a good time.
The path narrowed until it reached the foot of an escarpment, where it turned into stairs down to the ruins of the island's ancient castle.

" The Hispanic's Castle" said Patriot looking up at the large structure atop the cliff "Built over four hundred years ago."

"It's impressive, isn't it?" said Twi excitedly.

"You're telling me, it's been through typhoons, pirate attacks, earthquakes, volcanoes and look at it, like it was built yesterday... just like the buildings of today" he said sarcastically as he started to climb the stairs

Twilight came up behind him with a smile and not being able to help herself, she grabbed his arm, causing him to blush, which she responded to with a smile and tender eyes.

Spike all he could do was smile back and keep climbing.

After a short while, they were in front of the stunning open gates of the castle. The place was completely empty. There were no guides, no visitors, no one.

"Well, you can tell the cultural tourism thing doesn't appeal to many." Spike said noticing that it was just the two of them.

"Better, don't you think?" said Twilight with a smile.

"No doubt," he said smiling and taking off his disguise, transforming back into Spike. "Would you be so kind as to accompany me to visit the fortress?"

Twilight, seeing the chivalrous imitation, laughed and bowed, continuing the joke.

"How could I not accept the invitation good sir?" laughed the alicorn as she hitched herself back onto his arm and they went inside.

They wandered all around the outer enclosure that formed the square courtyard that surrounded each of the stones that made up the castle wall.

They went fearlessly inside, exploring the various rooms and chambers that once belonged to the Spanish contistadors.

They arrived at an immense meeting room. That room was completely round and overlooked a gigantic stained glass window with a picture of Jesus Christ in it. It showed him crucified on the cross with the apostles and his mother, weeping under the saddened figure of the Son of God.

In the center, there was a huge table, with eleven hand-carved wooden chairs, one of which was larger than the others. The latter had its back to the large stained glass window and above it, there was a crown engraved with two crossed swords.

"It's amazing," Twilight said in fascination, looking at every torch that ran around the room and every shelf and vase there. "We are in the meeting room of Commodore Jimenez, the great conqueror of the Orient. Although others called him..."

"The Sea Devil" completed Spike with a serious tone looking at the stained glass window and gently touching the wooden table.

"Exactly and they didn't call him that for nothing. He was the most famous pirate killer in the world. He hunted down Blackbeard, Kidd...he finished them all off." Twilight said admiring the ancient Commodore's chair. "Some say that in order to conquer all the seas... he made a pact with the devil."

"I know," said Spike in a serious tone.

"Is something wrong?" asked Twi puzzled.

"No, nothing, just me lost in thought," said Spike with a forced smile on his face.

Twilight approached him from behind and hugged him tightly, followed by a kiss on the cheek.

"Come," the alicorn said softly in his ear as she took his hand and led him to a set of stairs on the wall.

They both climbed the huge circular staircase, which ended in the great tower of the castle.
At the top, they could see the vastness of the sea, the mountains of the island, the beaches, the lagoon, the resort, all below them, like little maquettes.

"Wow," said Spike admiring the view. "Now that's amazing...you're amazing."

Twilight blushed at that sentence and they both stood there looking into each other's eyes and smiling.

Spike went back to staring at the horizon while Twilight, couldn't take her eyes off the boy's face.

Spike noticing it, blushed a little and a small smile came out of his mouth.

"What's wrong?" he asked her in a sweet voice.

The alicorn continued to look at him with a smile then hugged him by the arm and rested her head on his.

"Nothing... just... everything is perfect." Twilight said with a sigh as they both took in the view.

From below the castle and hidden in the undergrowth, a figure watched the two of them as he clenched a fist and walked away.

Some time later, the two of them slowly walked down from the castle to the beach boardwalk again, holding hands and smiling happily at each other.

The two of them reached a set of stones on the beach, where they went to the edge, which went a few meters into the sea. Luckily, in that area, at that moment, there was no one around. It was a beautiful place where, above the cliffs, the castle could be seen and, looking ahead, the immensity of the sea could be contemplated.

Spike closed his eyes and took a deep breath of fresh air, feeling how every particle of air entered him and dissipated, relaxing his body.

Behind him, Twilight, looked at him happily as she pulled out of her pocket a small box wrapped in gift paper with a purple ribbon. Somewhat nervously, she moved a little closer to Spike, who was lighting a cigarette.

"Um... Spike..." the alicorn said with a blush.

"Yes Twilight?" he replied taking a puff on the cigarette and turning around, finding the alicorn holding the gift flushed.

"This... is for you..." she said handing him the box and he unwrapped it in surprise, unveiling inside a metallic ring with a green and purple pearl inside, which the nomag gawked at. "I know it's not much... and I've had to improvise a lot... but... I think that just as we have a pearl in our necklaces... you should have one... even if it's in a ring... and even if it doesn't give you powers... it's a way for you to... be part of us..."

Looking up, the alicorn found a completely motionless and shocked Spike with a tear escaping from his right eye and then his left.

"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly.

"Thank you... *sniff* it's the first time *sniff* in years... *sniff* that someone gave me a present..." he said looking at her with a smile while wiping his tears "Sorry... *sniff* I think I got a little emotional... *sniff*"

The alicorn grabbed him with her arms and wings and hugged him tight against her.

"You're welcome Spike...I...love...you..." said Twilight with her heart racing and giving him a kiss on the top of his head, still holding him close.

Spike was taken aback at those words, looking up and looking directly into her eyes, their gazes locked on each other.

"It's now or never" thought the alicorn as with her arms, she squeezed him tight and lifted him up, leaving the boy with no choice but to hang on to her like a koala bear, wrapping his legs around her waist.

With one hand, she caressed the nomag's face as she smiled at him and her eyes turned emerald green like his and slowly, they brought their heads almost unconsciously closer. Their lips were only inches away from each other, noticing the boy's altered breathing.

"Shhh... this gift will remain between us..." said Twilight in a seductive voice as she very slowly approached him and watched as the boy surrendered to her charms, closing his eyes. "Don't be nervous... with me you will always be safe... I promise you Spike... forever."

When Twilight, at last, was about to kiss Spike, she unconsciously looked up, and her look of love changed to one of worry.

In front of her, half hidden among some rocks next to the ones they were standing on, the figure that was watching them in the castle, hid when it noticed that Twilight had seen it.

"Something wrong?" asked Spike, concerned when he didn't notice a kiss.

"No... nothing" said Twilight returning her focus to the nomag.

They both turned to look at each other smiling and were slowly getting closer again. However, a gust of wind interrupted the moment, this gust being Rainbow Dash, who took Spike by the shoulder as if he were a sack of potatoes.

" DATE CHANGE!" shouted Dash as she flew away at full speed from Twilight.

"IRIS DASH I'M GOING TO KICK THAT FAT ASS SO HARD IT'S GOING TO FALL FROM YOUR BODY!" yelled Twilight at her as she watched them fly away towards the inside of the island.

Spike, watching the situation from over Dash's shoulder, could only roll his eyes and let out a small chuckle.

The pegasus descended into an empty cove on the other side of the island, landing softly on the sand.

"Everything okay passenger?" said Dash lowering him off her shoulder.

"Well, if you don't take into account that right now Twilight is planning your assassination, all good." Spike said with a smirk as he looked around.

They were just behind the mountains, in a cove of fine sand and crystal clear water, having behind them, apart from the big mountains, a big jungle.

"Nice place Dashie" said the nomag looking at her happily.

"Well, I thought a quiet place without people would be the ideal place for a date." Said Dash somewhat blushing.

"Also so you won't get done what you did to Twi right?" said Spike raising an eyebrow.

"Maybe..." said Dash looking up at the sky and scratching the back of his head with one hand. "And also... because it's the best place to start a route in... that."

The pegasus then pointed to two quad racers parked a few meters away from them, one was green and purple and the other multicolored.

"Well, well..." said Spike approaching them "I see someone is eager to lose a race."

"And I see someone talks too much." She said seductively as she took off her clothes in front of Spike, staying in her bikini and making Spike gawk

"I'm just saying, don't cry when you lose, little guy."

At that moment, Rainbow took a huge leap, flying over Spike and landing on top of the multicolor quad.

"Let's do one thing Spike, if I win...you'll give me a gift...and if you win, I'll give you one...a friendly race back to the hotel down that trail. How about it little one?" said Dash defiantly as she pointed to the start of a trail that went through the middle of the jungle.

Spike slowly approached his quad and climbed on top of it. He cranked the engine a little to make it roar. At that moment, he averted his gaze to Dash with a confident smile.

"Catch me if you can, Aphrodite." Spike said winking at her just before he shot off with the quad towards the trail entrance.

When he had gone a few yards, the pegasus grinned and began to accelerate.

"I'll get you, little Adonis in miniature." She said just before taking off after him.

The two began to race on the quads through the jungle. Spike had the lead, with him being a few feet ahead of Dash.

"Too fast for you Rainbow?" said Spike to the pegasus.

At that moment, Dash, obvserved a ramp-like rock to the right. Without hesitation, she steered the quad there and accelerating, jumped over the rock until she was ahead of Spike.

"You were saying something?" she said with a grin and looking back just before accelerating.

Spike accelerated as well, staying right behind her as the jungle vegetation got deeper and deeper and the path narrowed.

Spike saw how there was some space to the left and tried to overtake her.
Seeing him in the rearview mirror, Dash gave him a defiant look and started to close in on the side he was going to overtake her.

"I don't think so little guy." She thought as she shut him down and hopelessly came back behind her.

However, the boy, quickly, seeing that she had left a large gap to the right, went that way, overtaking her under her astonished gaze, skidding and winking at her.

"Too slow Dahsie." He told her as he pulled into the lead and sped up.

"So you like to play dirty? Perfect." She thought with a devilish grin as she sped up.

Slowly, they reached the foot of the mountains, where there was a tunnel, slightly wider than the road they were on, that went all the way through the mountain to the other side.

They both entered the tunnel at the same time, turning on the lights of the quads.
Dash was on the left and Spike was on the right. The two smiled defiantly as they tried to overtake each other.

An outlandish idea came to Dash at that moment and biting her lower lip, sped up to get in front of Spike.

"You do know that in a tunnel you can't overtake if there's no dashed line right?" said Spike to him surrendering "It's a crime."

Dash then, with an electromagnetic current made the quad steer itself and arching her back, removed her bikini bottoms, revealing her huge ass cheeks on all fours, leaving Spike hypnotized.

"This butt sure is a crime." She said in a seductive voice as she gazed hungrily at Spike.

With her hands, she pulled her bubble buttocks away from each other to show Spike her moist pussy.

"You like what you see shorty?" she said curling up and biting her bottom lip. "I could squish your little face between this huge booty do you know that? I could smother you in here..."

The pegasus spanked herself hard on the right buttock letting out a slight moan as the nomag, completely gawking, flushed and excited, stopped accelerating the quad, causing it to slowly slow down.

Rainbow Dash giggled and sat back down on the quad.

"Getting distracted behind the wheel is also a crime little guy...see you at the finish line." Dash said speeding up and overtaking Spike by a lot.

Shaking his head and coming to, Spike picked up speed again.

"Now you'll see Dash!" the boy shouted as he caught up a bit again.

The two left the tunnel at full speed, Dash ahead of Spike.

They ran down the hill, obvserving that below them, was the entrance to the hotel through the jungle.

"No one ever beats me" Dash thought confidently as she relaxed and let the electromagnetism drive the quad alone.

The pegasus leaned back on the vehicle, putting both her hands behind her head and looking up at the sky, however, a huge gust of wind blew past her, this being Spike who instead of letting the quad fall on its own, accelerated into the fall, coming in at a great speed.

"See you down Dashie!" the nomag shouted triumphantly.

"SPIKE LOOK OUT!" the pegasus shouted in alarm as she saw that he had veered off into the cliff next to them.

"OH SHIT!" cried Spike trying to turn, but it was too late.

At great speed, Spike tumbled with the quad off the cliff that led right into the lagoon, falling into the crystal clear water.

"SPIKE!" cried Dash in terror, stopping beside the cliff where the nomag had fallen.

The pegasus, jumped into the water after to rescue him.

As Dash surfaced again, she looked around in a panic, trying to find Spike, frightened not to see him.

"SPIKE WHERE ARE YOU?" she screamed on the verge of tears.

At that moment, the nomag, surfaced behind her.

"SPIKE!" she said just before lunging towards him, causing them both to sink.

Again, they both surfaced together, with a big puff of air.

The two of them, swam to shore and when they hit the lagoon beach, the nomag looked down the cliff where he had fallen.

"Whew... gosh, that was intense..." said Spike with a half smile. "To have killed us..."

Rainbow Dash ran to hug him tightly.

"Are you okay?! Are you hurt?! How could you accelerate while falling?!" she said to Spike as she scanned his whole body for injuries "Do you know how scared I got?!?"
"Hey Dash, relax, I'm fine" said the nomag reassuringly, grabbing her wrists "It was amazing actually."

The boy's smile and brave look reassured the girl.

"Yeah... it was great..." she said smiling again "But, don't jump off cliffs without telling me again."

"No promises" Spike said laughing as she did.

The same figure that had stalked Twilight earlier was now in the jungle undergrowth near the beach where they stood, watching them as they laughed.

As they both stopped laughing, their hands unconsciously slipped down to cling to each other.

When they noticed that they were holding hands, they both blushed as they looked at their intertwined hands.

Seconds later, they looked up until they were both gazing deeply into each other's eyes.

Dash's eyes, turned the color of Spike's and with a sigh, along with a tender smile, she tugged Spike's hand to pull him closer to her.

With one hand, the pegasus grabbed him as if he were a baby, sitting him on her forearm effortlessly and never taking her eyes off him.

"Mmmm... you're very light" Dash said jokingly "You're like a feather."

"Well it wouldn't be because of how I eat, because my diet is based on beer and pepperoni pizza." Said the nomag laughing.

"Doesn't sound like a bad diet to me to be honest" she said as she slowly pulled him a little closer to her face.

A silence fell between the two of them. They brought both foreheads together as they gawked into each other's eyes and smiled.

"Hey... and the race... it was a draw in the end wasn't it?" said Spike breaking the silence.

"Mmm... you're right" said the pegasus releasing him and running off at high speed, disappearing from Spike's sight for a few seconds, to quickly, return back to where they were.

When she returned, the pegasus had both hands behind her back.

"Let's do one thing... I'll give you a gift if you give me one." Said the pegasus looking at him flirtatiously.

"You had already planned to do this didn't you?" said the nomag suspiciously and with a smile.

"I had planned to win and then out of pity, give you the gift." She said laughing.

" Yeah, yeah..." said Spike laughing as well.

"Anyway... happy birthday Spike..." she said showing him a little box with a rainbow colored bow.

The nomag took the gift with a smile and opened it in front of the nervous pegasus.

Opening it, he found a ring in the shape of a dragon's head, with red ruby eyes.

"I saw you the shirt you always wear under your sweatshirt...so I thought if you liked dragons, this would be cool to give it to you." She said with a smile and pushing her short hair out of her face.

"I love it!" said Spike happily who stood obvserving the ring just before putting it on his ring finger. "It fits perfectly...thanks Dash."

"It's nothing..." he said with a blush and lowering his gaze.

"Well... now... I'd have to get you a present myself but, I don't know what to get you..." said Spike still looking at the ring.

"I have an idea..." said the pegasus in a thirsty voice.

At that moment, Dash grabbed him by the shoulders and knocked him down in the sand, scaring the boy a little.

"Remember when I accidentally fell on top of you at the dock?" said Dash seductively as she removed her bikini bottoms again, exposing her womanhood and buttocks. "You think I didn't notice your erection Spike?"

The girl, slowly sat on top of the boy, who was equal parts shocked and aroused.

Noticing the bulge colliding with the entrance to her vagina, Dash felt an electric current run up and down her back, causing a small moan as her hips began to twitch involuntarily.

"Also...uff... Applejack told me...uff...what happened on her date...uff...with you." Dash said without stopping to rub at the nomag's erection. "How she had that orgasm seeing you trapped under her... how intense it was..."

The nomag was still unable to move, totally engrossed in the pegasus' face, in her half-open mouth and lust-filled eyes.

Dash, grabbed Spike's hands and pressed them hard against the sand.

"So that's what I'm asking for...give me that orgasm Spike...give it to me...GIVE IT TO ME!" said Dash as Spike, out of fear and excitement, tears escaped his eyes.

At the sight of those two drops of water falling from Spike's eyes, Dash began to accelerate his rubbing at high speed, until, as if it were one of his lightning bolts, an intense orgasm caused her back to arch and her eyes to roll almost blankly, just as her muscles contracted and she pressed even harder against the boy's erection.

The pegasus began to snort loudly as her body recovered.

"God...that was the most intense...I've ever had" the pegasus thought as her eyes turned back to her color.

Spike was still watching her, from below.

"It was terrifying... and extremely pleasurable... damn, I'm a degenerate..." thought Spike who stood motionless before her.

Coming to, Dash quickly pulled away from on top of him in worry.

"I'm sorry Spike, I couldn't control myself..." apologized Dash feeling guilty.

"No... don't worry Dashie..." said Spike coming back to himself "The worst thing... is that I liked it... the feeling..."

"Re... really?" the pegasus asked him quizzically.

"Yeah... uff... the fear and excitement together... it's an adrenaline rush... like being on a roller coaster." Spike said laughing but still on the ground.

They both started giggling while blushing.

"We're going to get along just fine Spikey..." said Dash tenderly.

"I think so too Dashie..." said Spike, also tenderly.

The pegasus stared at Spike's lips, trying to resist the temptation to kiss them, but unconsciously she was moving closer to them.

"Dash... What?" said a stunned Spike as he squinted his eyes, wanting to be kissed as well.

"I'm sorry... but I can't control this either..." she said, determined to kiss the nomag.

Before they could do anything, they both heard a large rush of water, causing them to look to where the sound was coming from.

Then they saw how two jets of water, had grabbed Spike by the feet as if they were two ropes and that, from the water of the lagoon, was Pinkie Pie, who with a teasing smile, raised her eyebrows twice at Dash and started swimming at full speed to the other side of the lagoon, pulling the water jets.

"Oh god, not again..." said the nomag just before being pulled by Pinkie's jets into the lagoon at high speed.

"PINKIE YOU'LL SEE WHEN I CATCH YOU!" the annoyed Rainbow Dash shouted at her from the shore as she watched Spike pull away with Pinkie. "Damn it..."

Behind her, she heard a branch snap. She turned sharply and silently obvserved the jungle behind her somewhat frightened.

"Hello?" she asked bewildered "Is anyone there?"

Not quite sure, the rainbow-haired girl grabbed her bikini bottoms and flew off, unnoticed by the figure in the brush, holding the camera.

Pinkie dragged Spike across the lagoon, she skating across the water and the nomag sliding across the surface as if it were a water park slide.

At great speed, they were approaching some cliffs the lagoon had, almost looking like they were going to crash into them.

"Pinkie!" shouted Spike in fear.

"Keep your head down Spikey" Pinkie said with a chuckle just before diving into the water and dragging Spike after her.

They both then entered an underwater cave, shooting out to a small inner cove inside the land, lit by a large hole in the ceiling that led directly into the jungle.

Upon reaching the edge of the inner cove, Pinkie landed on her feet as she propelled herself out, Spike, however, landed face first on the sand.

Lifting his head, he shook out his hair to remove the sand that had been left in it from the landing.

"Are you okay Spikey?" asked Pinkie with a smile.

"I'm not too used to being dragged around like a herring" he said getting up and wiping the sand off his body "But yeah, I'm fine."

The nomag looked around. The cave they were in was gently eroded, having that small inner beach that overlooked what looked like a natural pool where they had entered. He was amazed to see that, thanks to the sun's rays, the place glistened from the minerals in the rock walls.

"Wow" he said obvserving the whole place.

"Yep, I discovered this cave this morning...I thought it would be the perfect place for a...date..." she said as she looked at him sweetly.

"Well, it's a very cool plac..." Spike couldn't finish the sentence as, looking at Pinkie closely, he realized that she was completely naked in front of him, exposing her lush breasts and private parts.

"You'll make me blush if you look at me like that," the earthling said flirtatiously as she moved closer to him.

"Pinikie... Why are you naked?" asked Spike trying to avoid looking at her large breasts, but unable to help himself.

"I like being naked" she said laughing "Don't you like it when I am?"

"No...uh...I mean...yes...but..." he said blushing and nervous at Pinkie's lustful look as she wrapped her pink hair around one of her fingers, waiting for the answer.

"Don't worry Spikey" she said with a soft giggle as she stroked his face "You're so cute when you get nervous."

The earthling took his hand and pulled him towards the center of the small beach.

"Come" she said almost as a whisper.

In the center of the cave, just above the hole, was a sort of crater with hot water inside.

"It's a natural jacuzzi" Pinkie said with a smile as she climbed inside "I guess it's hot water because of Bora Bora's extinct volcano."

Spike stood outside watching her smiling face and how she relaxed in the water.

"Are you going to stay out all the time or are you coming to get in with me?" asked Pinkie to Spike as she patted the surface of the water next to him a couple of times.

Spike then, somewhat nervously began to take off all his clothes except for his underwear, dipping a toe in the water to feel the temperature.

Pinkie, seeing that he was going in, stopped him using her powers to remove the water from his side.

"No, no... full integral..." she said with lustful eyes.

"Oh...well..." said Spike nervously as he blushed.

"I want to be the first of your girlfriends to see it...even though the Dazzlings already measured a description...I want to see it." She said smiling and looking at him tenderly. "Don't worry... trust me, I love you and honestly, I care that the mechanic is someone I love, I don't care what the tool looks like..."

Spike somewhat hesitantly, looked around to then look back at Pinkie, who with a smile, nodded.

Nervously, the nomag took off his underwear in front of the earthling, who, seeing him completely naked, was completely engrossed.

Under her vision, Spike's body, who was shyly covering his parts with his hands, blushing and looking away from her, was surrounded by pink with petals falling from above and hearts coming out of the bottom, while her ears were listening to love lyric music, leaving her with eyes wide as saucers and her mouth gaping open.

"Uh...are you okay Pinkie?" asked Spike somewhat worried as he saw her in shock.

Meeting his eyes, with the same vision, hers turned emerald green.

"You're... lovely..." she said gawking.

"Thank you..." he said with a small chuckle as he climbed inside the crater next to her "I guess it's not like it's the most amazing thing you've ever seen, but... if you like it..."

As he submerged himself completely inside the water, Pinkie with her powers, made him come quickly over to her, remaining seated on top of her.

"Like you?" she said completely in love "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!"

Spike smirked as his blush intensified.

"It's no big deal..." he said modestly "besides... I have a body full of scars..."

"I don't care that you have them Spikey..." she said stroking his face "Every one of those scars is something that happened to you... something terrible... and all I want is for them never to happen again."

"Easier said than done" said the boy leaning gently on the hand Pinkie held to his face as his sad gaze avoided looking at her.

"Look at me Spike..." she said tenderly and sadly.

The nomag, looked her in the eyes as she slipped her nomag's head just out of the water.

At that moment, Pinkie grabbed her from behind and made him rest his head in her cleavage.

"As long as I'm here, nothing will ever make you sad again, I assure you." She said seriously.

Spike rested his head under hers hugging fearfully, to which she responded by stroking his hair and leaning on top of his head.

Unnoticed, through the hole above, that person who had been spying on Spike all day was watching them motionless and with camera in hand.

Pinkie saw Spike underneath her, eyes closed, relaxed and nuzzling his face against her.

"Now that's happiness" Pinkie thought blushing "And no doubt, he has a better body than Cheese... maybe some part of him is smaller but... still... uff... it's starting to get hot here and not because of the water... oh god..."

The smile on the earthling's lips began to half widen as her hands began to slowly slide down Spike's body almost unconsciously. Both palms then gripped Spike's hips tightly, abruptly pulling him up to her face.

The boy, gasped in shock as Pinkie's eyes kept glued to his.

"Pinkie... what... what are you doing?" the nomag said nervously.

"Spikey...what part of my body do you like best?" the girl asked him as she engulfed his small body between her large breasts, almost trapping her entire hip in them.

"What...you mean?" said the boy almost in shock.

"Do you like my boobs Spike?" asked Pinkie directly "I can practically wrap you in them... Or maybe my ass?"

"I... I... I... don't..." said a very flushed boy as he noticed an erection begin to grow.

"Shhh..." said the earthling putting a finger on his lips "Don't say anything Spikey... just... let yourself go."

With the same hand she had silenced him with, Pinkie grabbed the nomag's face and began to bring her mouth close to his.

As they were breath to breath, they both closed their eyes, waiting for the sensation of their lips meeting. However, they didn't get to do so, as Pinkie, looked up puzzled, as she noticed that someone was watching them and thought she saw a flash of light.

"Is something wrong?" asked Spike as he opened his eyes.

"No...nothing...I thought someone was obvserbing us from the hole above...but there's no one...I think..." she said without taking her eyes off the hole

Spike also looked up to see if he could see anything, but it seemed to be quiet.

They both then looked down at them again and smiled.

"Oh... I almost forgot" the earthling said as she pulled a box with a pink ribbon out of her hair. "For you Spikey."

The boy, grabbed the box as the earthling looked anxiously for him to open it.

From inside, Spike pulled out a silver bracelet on which it said " My little dragon" in fancy calligraphy and gold lettering.

"Wow...where did you get this?" asked Spike fascinated by the bracelet.

"A magician never gives away her tricks" Pinkie said winking at Spike.

"Thank you...really Pinkie..." said the nomag as he put the bracelet on his right hand.

They both, turned to stare at each other and the boy, though fearful, approached Pinkie on his own and hugged her surprising the girl, who hugged him back.

"Happy birthday my little dragon." Said the earthling in his ear, causing Spike to blush.

Pinkie, then, as Spike looked up, gave him a kiss on the tip of his nose, holding his face with both hands.

When they separated, they both squinted to kiss each other, however, a hypnotic melody began to play causing Pinkie to suddenly begin to have an intoxicated sleep that ended up putting her to sleep without kissing Spike.

When the girl began to snore, Spike simply rolled his eyes and smiled.

"You know you're fish fry when she wakes up right?" said Spike turning around to find the Dazzlings sisters giggling as they climbed out of the water from the beach inside the cave.

"Bah, not that we haven't done that before," said Aria as she approached the boy and pulled his clothes closer to him to get out of the crater.

"Besides, if we didn't intervene we weren't going to make it to the reserve." Adagio said smiling as Spike climbed out of the water and none of them took their eyes off him.

" Reserve?" he said as he finished putting on his clothes.

"Well, we're in an amazing natural spot and the food is delicious, so lunchtime is ours." Sonata said smiling

"What better than a meal of friends to celebrate a birthday?" said Adagio

"How did you know?" said the nomag a little puzzled

"Let's just say Pinkie's not like really good at keeping a birthday secret" said Aria pointing to the earthling who was sleeping soundly.

"Makes sense" chuckled Spike as he watched her sleep "Hey, is she okay...won't she drown sleeping in there?"

"Nonsense, her element is water, besides it'll wear off in no time." Said Aria looking at her, just before she snored really loudly and scared Sonata "She should go look at that dying walrus snore though."

"Anyway, shall we go Spikey?" asked Adagio as he held out his hand.

"Do I have a choice?" said the boy jokingly.

"I'm afraid not," all three said at once with a smile.

Spike rolled his eyes and looked at Pinkie again, walked over to her and kissed her on the forehead.

Adagio then grabbed Spike from behind, they transformed and flew out through the hole in the ceiling all four of them.

Within seconds, Pinkie started to wake up and saw the three mermaids walking away with Spike.

" DAZZLINGS!" said Pinkie getting up and cursing them with her fist in the air.

The sirens were flying over the island at high speed to reach the restaurant as soon as possible. Aria, who was riding on Adagio's right, looked at Spike, who was being held tightly by her sister.

"How's it going, little guy?" asked Aria with a smile.

Spike admired the view with great happiness on his face and the air hit his face, blowing his hair in the wind.

"I always would have liked to be a pegasus myself actually... or a dragon, so I could barbecue on Sundays easily." He said with a smile

"You'd be cute as a dragon," said Sonata after performing a corkscrew in the air."I imagine you also as a super small one with a purple body, green spines and little wings."

"And also pot-bellied no?" said the boy following the joke and rolling his eyes.

"And why not? A dragon all tiny, all pot-bellied." She said laughing as did her sisters

"Ha ha ha ha" said Spike with sarcasm in his laughter "I'd rather look like a berserker dragon, about thirty meters, imposing..."

"Yet you'd still look cute Spike" Adagio told him with a smirk.

"If you say so" Spike replied as they began to descend towards Spike's hut.

Arriving at the cabin, he checked what he couldn't before, due to his tiredness. His entire room was disheveled with some broken decorations.

"I hadn't noticed this..." he said after the four of them landed in the pool.
The mermaids looked at each other worriedly not knowing what to say to him, especially Sonata.

The nomag wandered around the place, seeing everything destroyed, including his master bedroom where a few hours ago, he was with Fluttershy.

"Do you know who it could have been?" he asked the Dazzlings as he looked at the destroyed strongbox.

"Yes... the T-Wings..." said Adagio somewhat saddened.

"And Thunder took... well... that which must not be seen..." said Sonata as she waited for a desperate reaction from Spike, however, he remained motionless, staring at the inside of the strongbox.

"By the way... Spike... if you don't mind..." said Aria uncertainly as her sisters looked at him warily "Who is it... Tank?"

Spike didn't answer, his look turned completely saddened, seeing him, the Dazzlings' hearts almost stopped.

"It's...just something Thunder started screaming when...he saw what shouldn't be seen...Sunbrust told us" Aria said also saddened.

" You don't... you don't have to answer us... if you don't want to..." said Adagio with his head down "We know it might be something from the past and that we shouldn't know... but if you need to blurt it out..."

Spike still didn't say anything, just kept silent as he went to the balcony of his room and pulled out a cigarette.

The three sirens moved a little closer, still staying inside the room but next to the balcony.

"We're so sorry Spike...we should have taken the picture from them...I didn't take it from them so you wouldn't find out but...what a silly thing to do now really...I should have given it right back to you...I think I still left the picture with Thunder so as not to give you any more grief...Sunbrust promised us he would get it back to you...sorry...me the most..." said Sonata feeling silly for not having taken the picture from him when she had the chance.

Spike was still speechless, just taking repeated puffs on his cigarette.

The Dazzlings looked at each other and decided to leave him alone for a while, however, the nomag's voice stopped them just before they walked out the door of the room.

"Tank... his real name... was... Taylor Thunder..." said Spike leaving the sirens stunned "Thunderlane's little brother... and my friend..."

"Wait... what do you mean... your friend?" asked Adagio curiously and apprehensively

"In another life... he was my friend..." said Spike without turning to look at them.

"So what happened?" asked Aria looking at him pitifully.

Spike was silent for a few seconds before he flicked his cigarette butt and turned to look at them, resting both hands on the railing.

"Something that...shouldn't have happened...but I was a coward." Spike said as little flashbacks came to his mind of how he cold-bloodedly murdered Taylor and put him inside Ballon Boy.

"Spike...you don't have to say anything...but I see the pain in your eyes...if you need to say it...we won't say anything..." said Sonata waiting for an answer.

"I already told you Sonata... there are things that are better kept forever..." replied the nomag discouraged.

Adagio walked up to him and placing a hand on his shoulder first, hugged him tightly.

"Whatever happened belongs to the past Spike... now only the present matters... who you are and what you've become," the siren whispered in his ear.

The other two sisters, looked at each other and went to hug him too, although he did not return the hug, he was staring at the floor with teary eyes.

When the three sisters hugged him, the nomag closed his eyes and returned their embrace trembling.

Breaking the embrace, the three mermaids smiled and Sonata, held out her hand for Spike to take.

"That picture will come back, if we don't take it first Spike...I promise..." she said confidently.

Spike smiled and took the mermaid's hand.

"For now, don't think about anything but enjoying your day...it's not every year you turn sixteen." Aria told her as they left the room.

"Besides... we have a surprise for you." Adagio said leaving as well.

"You scare me..." said Spike recovering his smile somewhat.

"We would be too" Sonata said pulling him and pulling out of the room.

In another part of the island, in a small villa among the trees and overlooking the sea, Discord was staring at the ocean from the balcony of his room, with a pina colada in his hand, smiling and triumphant.

At that moment, his cell phone began to vibrate, and when he saw Fancy's name on the screen, he picked it up.

"Fancy, old friend, what's up?" asked Discord cheerfully.

"Hey Discord, just calling to see how everything went" he answered Fancy through the phone.

"On wheels mate... we got the ruby" said Discord quietly as he turned around and went to the safe where he had the Fire Ruby.

"That's very good news" said Fancy also cheerfully "How is Louis? Today is a hard day for him, you know that."

"Well I guess he's getting a lot of love from certain girls" said Discord laughing jokingly.

"So it's true then?" said Fancy puzzled "He's back to being friends with the Dazzlings?"

"Yep... and not just the Dazzlings..." said Discord with a smile.

"Heh... I guess no matter how much time passes, the heart is the heart..." said Fancy "I just hope nothing goes wrong."

"Oh relax buddy, nothing will go wrong." Said Discord picking up the jewel and looking at it.

"I hope so Discord... I still remember those days with longing to be honest... when I still had Charlie with me..." said a little sadder Fancy

"Your daughter, what you call your daughter... she wasn't" said Discord leaning back on the balcony railing again and taking a sip of his pina colada.

"To me she was, even if it was by artificial insemination, she was my daughter Discord... and even if it wasn't mine the semen... she was everything to me and Fleur..." said Fancy wistfully

"Gabby will always be among you Fancy" Discord told him trying to cheer him up "Though only few remember her... she will live on in your minds."

"Heh... it's funny, Spike has always reminded me of her... I know you didn't get to meet her... but she was just like him... maybe that's why I'm so fond of that boy..." said Fancy a little more cheerful

"And aside from that because thanks to that little genius you're a multi-millionaire" said with some scabies Discord

"No, I'm telling you Discord" said the unicorn "That boy, from the day I met him, fresh out of the hospital, I've always been fond of him."

"That's very sweet Fancy" the Draconequus told him smiling.

"Neither... I don't want to start crying here" he said trying to hold back his tears. "Just... that... wish Spike happy birthday for me... and get back to Canterlot safe. Be careful with that jewel..."

"It's all under control Francis, don't worry. Goodbye" said Discord hanging up the phone.

As Discord put the phone back in his pocket, he heard a strange noise outside the room. He peered around the outside, looking strange and suspicious.

The Draconequus, not trusting much, closed the strongbox, pretending to put the Ruby inside, but in reality, he put it in his inside shirt pocket.

Shaking him out of suspicion, his door was knocked on and the director went to check who it was.

Behind the threshold of his cabin, there was a pegasus from room service.

"Director Discord?" asked the pegasus.

"Himself, is something wrong?" he said quizzically.

"You should come with me" explained the pegasus "There's been a problem."

Discord, thinking the worst, ran out after the pegasus.

From behind the undergrowth near the Draconequus' hut, Thorax came out, who, seeing him leave the place, looked at Discord's room with a smile.

"It's already mine" thought the Incubus as he flew inside.

In the main hall of the hotel, the Dazzlings and Patriot were walking towards the hotel restaurant to eat together. However, a group of local police officers as well as some students, room service and Discord himself caught their attention.

"What happened?" asked Sonata quizzically.

"I don't know," said Patriot as he headed over there.

Discord looked annoyed as he looked at some of the students.

"I don't care who it was" said the principal folding his arms "When we came here, I thought we were civilized."

Patriot walked up to Discord and looking behind him, obvserved the completely smashed souvenir store window.

"What happened director?" asked Patriot to the Draconequus.

Discord turned around, noticing the disguised nomag.

"Some joker smashed the window of this store and decided to steal a polaroid camera and some markers." Said the director in annoyance.

"Not to mention that the same one broke into the board meeting room and stole a slide projector as well." Said a unicorn member of the hotel.

"Really?" asked Patriot.

"When was it?" asked Adagio looking suspiciously at the broken glass.

"Before everything opened" answered a minotaur policeman "It seems that around breakfast time someone disabled the alarm and broke the glass..."

"And you don't have any recordings from the security cameras?" asked Aria.

"I'm afraid not, shortly before they broke in, the thief disabled them as well." Said an earthling employee "Right at shift change, he impersonated a security guard and knocked out his partner."

The earthling pointed to a pegasus, dressed as a security guard with an ice pack on his head and another, also a pegasus, who had another ice pack.

"We found his partner in a broom closet." Said the earthling.

Discord then confronted the students, looking at them very pissed off.

"This is very serious, the perpetrator better get out as soon as possible." Said Discord

"Hey, we didn't do anything" replied a unicorn student.

"I don't care" said Discord "The police will be here all day looking for the responsible person and I expect him to turn himself in on his own."

Patriot was still staring at the broken store while the police were inside looking for clues.

"What's on your mind?" asked Aria worriedly.

"The polaroid camera...the projector...the markers...it smells fishy to me...he could have taken the money from the cash register or something with more value...but those things...I think there's something more sinister going on." Said Patriot

"Like what?" asked Adagio

"I don't know, but nothing good comes of whoever did it." Said Spike just before a pegasus cop along with the minotaur came out of the store.

"He's also taken a baseball bat" said the concerned pegasus cop.

"He's armed" concluded the minotaur "I want a good display boys."

All the cops nodded and deployed throughout the hotel.

"Sometimes I hate it when you're right Spike" said Aria to Patriot.

The costumed nomag approached Discord.

"Do you think it could be him?" he asked whispering to Draconequus.
"Don Bruto?" said Discord worriedly "I don't know... we must be careful."

"Don't separate yourself from the jewel Discord..." said Patriot worriedly.

"I won't" he said patting his shirt pocket twice.

The nomag nodded and returned with the Dazzlings.

"Is something wrong?" asked Sonata.

"Nothing to worry about girls." Said the nomag trying not to make a big deal out of it "Well we have a reservation waiting for us don't we?"

The girls smiled and went along with the nomag towards the restaurant.

The table reserved for the four of them was somewhat removed from the main restaurant. It was located above the lagoon, at the end of a bridge connecting the restaurant to the table, on what looked like a small terrace with a round end table.

Calmly, the four friends each sampled a dish, Sonata's being a baked sea bream with salad, Adagio's a risotto, Aria's a triple cheeseburger and Spike's an entrecote with fries.

As the meal passed, Spike told them what the girls had prepared for him.

"It's bad luck already, really," laughed Adagio "Every time something spicy is about to happen, you either get kidnapped or they stop."

"To be honest I don't know if it would have really happened...I'm too much of a coward" said Spike as he cut a piece of the entrecote.

"How long have you been dating them? Almost two weeks and still not one measly kiss from any of them" Aria said after swallowing a bite of her burger "It's me and I'll kill you"

" Palace things, go slow Aria" said Spike rolling his eyes.

" One thing is to go slow and another to not detect movement Spike" replied Sonata "Next gal that kidnaps you, there can't be any interruptions and if she doesn't pounce, you do...don't you want to feel them?"

"Well of course I do... but..." said Spike looking off into nothingness somewhat saddened.

"You're still thinking about the past, aren't you?" asked Adagio worriedly.

"It's hard to part with it...look at Thunder...he's remembered and he's completely gone...I'm afraid it's going to happen to any of them or you." Spike said putting a piece of meat in his mouth.

"Our father, he once told us that, if you keep looking at the trees, you won't be able to see the forest," Sonata told him with a smile. "If you keep seeing the bad that can happen Spikey... you won't be able to see the good."

"It's just friendly advice" said Aria "Show that you're an alpha male, just a little bit...and the rest will follow."

"Easier said than done" replied the nomag with a smile "Besides I don't know if they're up for it or not..."

"Pinkie has literally stripped in front of you and Dash has rubbed herself on your body until she cums" Aria told him with a poker face raising an eyebrow. "Are you blind or is your mom Dora the Explorer?"

Spike simply laughed as did the mermaids and rolled his eyes.

"You know what I mean Aria" said Spike "When is the right time?"

"Trust me Spike" Sonata told him "Whenever it is, you'll know."

"And you'd better do it quick or the civil war they've got brewing is going to escalate." Adagio told her with a chuckle.

"More?" he asked rhetorically as the four of them laughed again.

As they laughed, unnoticed, a little way off, the figure with the camera reappeared, on top of a rock in the middle of the lagoon.

They continued with the food for quite a while, until Sonata looked at Spike curiously as she finished her plate.

"Hey Spike... What did you tell Discord earlier?" the little sister asked curiously.

"When?" the nomag replied a little lost.

"When about the store" Sonata said "You seemed worried...something wrong?"

Spike cleared his throat a little and looked at the three sisters, wondering whether to tell them what was on his mind.

"Remember the Incubus?" he said to the three sisters, who nodded. "His boss, Don Bruto Marequentis, had him kill me for the drug warehouse."

"It's me Don Bruto and I would have come in person to shoot you" Aria said with a half smile "Good thing we defeated him... well... Genormishy did."

"Yeah... that's right, we defeated him... the thing is... Don Bruto never leaves loose ends or debts unpaid... now that I have the Fire Ruby, we think Don Bruto may be spying on us and preparing an attack." Spike said seriously

"Do you think the store thing was him?" asked Adagio worriedly.

"I wouldn't rule it out... polaroid cameras are the only ones my chip doesn't affect as they have no digital technology beyond a small printer... if they take a picture of me with that camera and send it to Don Bruto, I couldn't hide, they would know who I am... I'm worried about that and because, if the Fire Ruby falls into his hands... I don't know what could happen." He told them the situation worriedly.

The three mermaids remained thinking for a while, until Adagio looked up and observed the sea in a strange way.

She could catch a glimpse, on top of the rock, of the figure with the camera, looking directly at them right after taking a picture.

"Guys..." said Adagio causing the remaining three to jump up from the table and look at the figure, who upon realizing he had been spotted, jumped directly onto a jet ski that was next to the rock and began to accelerate. "THAT'S HIM!"

Adagio transformed and began to fly after the figure.

The other two sisters also transformed and went after their older sister.

"Don't worry Spike, we'll get him." Sonata told him with a wink and took off towards the figure at full speed.

"Be careful, if he's a servant of Don Bruto he'll be very dangerous." Spike warned them nervously.

" We' ll eat the danger little guy" said Aria confidently "Leave him to us."

Once the three sisters were gone, Spike stood obvserving as they walked away and went after the thief.

"Good luck..." the nomag said in an almost whispered voice.

Left alone, Spike silently walked across the bridge, until he was in the middle of it.

Then, a sound made him alert, looking both sides of the place, however there was no one there. Then a voice made him look toward the water.

"Spike?" said the voice turning out to be Fluttershy, who was in the water, just showing her head "Are you okay?"

She asked him tenderly, relieving the nomag.

"Yeah... well... now worried..." said the nomag looking back in the direction where the Dazzlings had gone to chase the mysterious figure.

"I've heard it all and relax... they're sure to catch him... do you really think it's Don Bruto?" the pegasus asked him.

"I don't know... I just hope they'll be careful... by the way what are you doing here?" he asked trying to calm down.

"Oh... I... well... it's just that we had... planned to go scuba diving... well... just if you want to and you feel like it..." said Fluttershy shyly and with a big blush.

Spike just stared at her with a smile at her shyness.

"Sure I do... it's a bad time... well we can postpone it... or whatever you want... I..." said Shy trying to finish the sentence, only to be stopped by Spike, who jumped into the water with her.

As he surfaced again after diving in, he approached the pegasus with a chuckle.

"Where do we start Shy?" asked Spike as he tried to stay afloat.

"Maybe... by putting on swim clothes," the pegasus said with a slight giggle.

As they both laughed, Spike almost sank under the weight of the wet clothes, but Shy, quickly grabbed him tightly by the waistband and kept him afloat, causing them both to blush.

"Sorry." She said somewhat embarrassed "It was instinct..."

"No... don't apologize..." the boy told her with a smile, causing her to smile again as they began to swim.

Meanwhile, the Dazzlings, across the lagoon, chased the mysterious photographer at full speed.

"You won't get away that easily" thought Adagio angrily as she approached flush with the water to catch up with it.

The rider, looking back saw Adagio on his heels, sped up the jet ski, however, in front of it, the other two sisters, Aria and Sonata, were cutting it off.

Knowing for sure that was trapped, thought fast and began to accelerate at full speed at the two mermaids in front of it.

Braced for impact, both Sonata and Aria crouched down slightly and opened their palms, being in the same position as a quarterback before receiving the ball.

Adagio, on the other hand, was almost touching the jet ski with his fingertips, but just before it hit the two sisters and the older one could reach him, the biker, using his body, turned the jet ski 180 degrees, at such a speed and driving the nose of the jet ski into the water, that a powerful wave blinded the two younger mermaids and caused them not to see the older one, crashing all three and falling into the water, leaving the biker who, without warning, jumped off the bike and spread its wings, revealing itself to be a pegasus.

As the three sisters climbed out of the water, with hatred, they watched as it quickly zoomed off into the sky.

"At least we know now that you're a pegasus, you bastard." Adagio said as her other two sisters approached her.

" Let's go get it." Said Aria coming out of the water along with her sisters.

The mermaids soared with their wings to a great height to try and see where it had escaped to, however, they couldn't get a glimpse of it anywhere.

"Let's split up" said Sonata "It will be easier if between the three of us we comb the whole island."

"Agreed" said Aria cracking her knuckles "If necessary, I'll drag every pegasus on this damn island across the ground."

"I'll go to the ruins and the village, Aria, you go to the beaches and you Sonata, to the hotel, if necessary, rip every door off every room to find it." Sonata said with determination.

The mermaids, nodded and went in the various directions they had been sent.

The pegasus, however, tucked in the ocean water, behind the mountains that enclosed the lagoon, watched as each mermaid divided and a smile appeared on it. Then, passing near by, noticed a small white boat, where Fluttershy and Spike were on their way to the coral reef surrounding the island.

The pegasus, seeing this, sank under the water and began to follow them.

In the boat, Spike was putting on his wetsuit with some difficulty, as he was unable to get into it properly.

The pegasus, seeing him, let go of the tiller and dropped anchor.

"W-would you...would you like me to...would you like me to help you into the suit?" the pegasus asked him as she timidly approached him.

Spike, looking up with a smile, nodded.

Fluttershy, reached behind him and grabbing the collar part of the suit, pulled it taut so that the boy, in one leap, fit snugly into it. As she jumped, the pegasus' fingers brushed the boy's back, making Shy's heart race as she felt the warmth of his body.

After being tucked in tightly, Shy zipped up the suit and Spike began to walk with it as if he were a penguin.

"My goodness, how tight this is," said the boy looking himself up and down as the suit clung to every part of his body, squeezing and marking it. "I won't look ridiculous will I?"

The nomag looked at the girl, who, had been mesmerized by the way the suit squeezed Spike's body and in her mind, lewd images of the nomag invaded her imagination.

"Ridiculous isn't that the word I would use." the pegasus said almost unconsciously, on the verge of spittle running down her mouth and her eyes beginning to turn purple.

Realizing what she had said, she blinked twice and blushed, causing Spike to laugh.

"Easy Shy" laughed the nomag "I'm tight enough here without putting more strain on the suit, if you know what I mean."

The girl started laughing at the comment as well.

"Silly you are when you want to be" Shy said with a giggle.

"Well...it's better than being sad don't you think?" said Spike walking over to the oxygen canister and placing it on his back.

"No doubt" she said helping him put it on.

Slowly, Spike sat down on the edge of the boat and put on his diving goggles.

Shy, sat down next to him and fearfully, looked back at the water. Spike grabbed her hand, making her look up at him.

"It'll be all right Shy," Spike said, winking at her and putting on the oxygen mouthpiece.

The pegasus, trusting him closed her eyes making her amulet begin to glow and throwing them both backwards into the water.

Once they were in, Spike looked at the girl as he began to swim a little with the help of his fins.

The girl then began to cause gills to appear on her neck, allowing her to breathe underwater.

The boy, seeing this, was impressed and nodded.

Both of them, holding hands, began to swim towards the bottom, where the coral reef was located.

When they reached the bottom of the coral reef, the marine animals began to surround the couple and gently caressed each other's hands, leaving Spike impressed and excited.

"Do you like it?" asked Shy as she petted a sea turtle.

Spike, unable to speak because of the oxygen tank, simply nodded smiling.

"Well you haven't seen the best yet," said Shy.

The pegasus, at that moment, flashed her amulet as she closed her eyes.

Some ultramarine noises began to sound, slightly disturbing the nomag, who looked around to obvserve what it could be.

In front of them, a huge blue whale of about thirty meters appeared, almost shocking the boy.

Shy, with a smile, lightly stroked a small part of the animal's snout, who let out a sound of joy.

"Come on up," said the girl as she swam up onto the whale's back.

Spike somewhat fearfully, followed Fluttershy up to the top of the whale, where she, had placed herself in a surfing position.

"Don't be afraid Spike" she said in a sweet voice "Hold on to me and enjoy."

The nomag, hesitating a few seconds, hugged the pegasus' waist, trying not to rest his head on her ass cheeks, since they were at the height of his head.

Feeling him hug her back, Fluttershy felt a shiver run through her and a thought that quickly, dissipated when she grabbed the boy's hand firmly.

"Hold on tight," Shy told her just before the whale started swimming at high speed.

It began with a large, almost plummeting dive to gather strength as it propelled itself back upward.

On top of the whale's back, Spike and Fluttershy stared in amazement at the reef below them. Under their eyes, it was like being on top of an underwater airplane, traveling over every coral below them at high speed.

Spike couldn't take his eyes off the seabed, which formed a unique aquatic spectacle, mixing different colors of animals such as turtles, dolphins, fish, moray eels, octopuses... They all seemed to come out of their marine homes to greet the couple traveling on top of the huge cetacean. Shy looked back only to see Spike, happy, clinging even tighter to her to avoid letting go of the whale's speed. The pegasus, seeing his happy face, couldn't help but smile.

Hiding behind a large red coral and having stolen one of the oxygen cylinders that Shy and Spike had on the boat, the mysterious pegasus was staring at the two on top of the whale.

This time, however, the mysterious stalker seemed angry, clenching its fist with great force. After taking a picture of them with his camera, which had a water resistance warning on the side, the pegasus looked around, grabbed some rather sharp, spearhead-shaped coral and began to swim away.

The whale slowly descended to a sandy area in the shape of a circle, surrounded by red and yellow corals, where the two teenagers descended from the animal.

"Thank you very much Mrs. Whale for the ride, you have been very kind," said Shy to the whale, who said goodbye to them, waving one of its fins as if to say goodbye as it moved away through the blue horizon.

Spike impressed with Shy, looked her up and down without her noticing.

"Shows you are is the alpha male, just a little bit...and the rest will come on its own" Spike remembered the phrase Aria said to him earlier.

Boldly, Spike grabbed Shy's hand firmly and made her look up at him.

Shy, completely flushed, stood speechless and watched as the boy climbed up to eye level and as his arms went around the pegasus' neck. Slowly, he began to bring his head together with Shy's until their foreheads were pressed together and their eyes were gazing at each other, wrapped around each other.

"Spi...spike...I..." the pegasus gasped, not knowing what to say, only to be silenced by Spike's fingers placed on her lips.

The girl, calmed and with her eyes turning emerald green, she exhaled a smile.

"I love you too Spike," the girl told him, who with her hand, was about to remove the mouthpiece from the cylinder to kiss him.

Spike, ready and prepared for it, closed his eyes ready to take a big breath of air not to drown, however, as he took a breath, he realized that, he had no oxygen, which made his body start shaking.

"What's wrong Spike?" said a bit worried Shy, until she saw Spike start to convulse "Spike!"

Shy, looking down at his oxygen tank, saw that, the coral that the mysterious pegasus had grabbed, had gone through the tank like a dart and filled with water.

Looking towards one of the corals, he saw the figure of the pegasus move away from there and how he had created with two red corals and an elastic seaweed, a kind of slingshot with which he had propelled the sharp piece at great speed.

"GET HIM!" she shouted to two barracudas nearby who nodded and quickly went for the pegasus, while she, looked at Spike, who had fainted from swallowing so much water. "NO!"

At full speed, Fluttershy headed for the surface with Spike unconscious on her back.

Reaching the top, she swam with Spike clinging to the boat. She pulled him aboard and took the canister from him.

"Spike! Spike! Wake up please!" the frightened pegasus said as she began to rcp him. "Breathe Spike! Breathe!"

After two more rcp's, Spike breathed again, expelling all the water he had swallowed and started coughing.

"Oh my gosh Spike!" the girl said as she hugged Spike tightly "You don't know how scared I've been!"

"*cough* *cough* Shy... I... can't... breathe..." said the boy, who was running out of air from the force of the hug.

"Sorry..." said the girl releasing him and allowing himself to catch his breath.

"What happened? *cough* *cough*" said Spike trying to pull himself back up, helped by Shy.

" I...I don't know...someone was down there and shot a sharp coral at your cylinder." Said the girl worried and looking out to sea.

" What?" said the worried boy, knowing that surely, it was the thief.

"Calm down... I've sent two barracudas to go after him..." the girl told him seriously. "He won't get away unpunished."

Inside the water, the barracudas searched everywhere for the mysterious pegasus, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Both animals arrived at the entrance of a subway cave. They both looked inside before slowly entering.

In the darkness of the subway cave, flashes of white light suddenly began to stun both animals, making them nervous and irritating their eyes, forcing them to run out of the cave.

Seeing them leave the cave, the mysterious pegasus looked at them, angrily squeezing the camera.

On the other side of the island and with the sunset beginning to shine with the last hours of sunlight, Discord was walking back to his hut after spending the whole day on the beach and watching the youngsters to see if he could discover signs of the thief.

As he passed by, he encountered the T-Wings, who looked puzzled and searching for someone.

"Where the hell can he be?" asked Flash to the others.

"A muscular, handsome-faced pegasus with a lush hairstyle? Not that it narrows the circle much really..." replied Cheese to him as he lifted a small stone that was on the wooden path they were walking on and looked underneath.

"Excuse me guys" Discord interrupted "Who are you looking for?

The T-Wings looked at each other before Sunbrust answered.

"Thunderlane" the red-haired unicorn replied "He's been missing since this morning. No one has seen him or knows where he is."

"He's missing?" asked Discord quizzically.

"Well that's what it looks like, he's not even answering his cell phone..." said Flash trying to call him back. "See? Nothing, he doesn't even give a signal."

"Maybe he's gone to the village or he's at the beach," said Discord.

"No way, he's planning something..." said Caramel in a weary mood.

"Planning something?" asked the director.

"Let's just say he has a certain score to settle with an individual, Mr. Director, nothing you need to worry about... if you don't mind, we'll keep looking for him." Blueblood replied, combing his hair with the aid of a hand mirror and in a condescending tone.

The T-Wings left leaving Discord with a bad taste in his mouth as he returned to his cabin, unaware that hidden in the trees were the Dazzlings, who were on their way to the beach when they saw them talking to the director, deciding to hide and spy on them.

"Well, at least we know who the mystery pegasus is." Aria said worriedly.

"We have to find Spike." Said Adagio to which his two sisters nodded.

Arriving at an uncrowded beach, Spike and Fluttershy were in the boat, which was being steered by the pegasus while the boy was leaning on the railing admiring the view of the setting sun melting into the sea water.

Fluttershy, looking at him in love and sighing, while a small macaw perched on her hand and stared at her. After a few seconds, the macaw nodded its head at him and gestured for Fluttershy to go and talk to the boy.

Shy, sighed and left the bird on top of the rudder as she headed towards the nomag.

"It's beautiful don't you think?" said Fluttershy to him as she leaned on the railing by his side.

Spike nodded with a smile.

"After a day of kidnappings and attempted murders by mysterious beings, it's nice to be able to see a show like this." He said with a chuckle, drawing a smile from Shy. "Thank you...for saving me earlier."

"You didn't think I was going to let you die did you?" the girl smiled at him as she placed her hand on top of Spike's, making him blush.

"You're one of the best people I know Shy...I'm glad that...well...you're by my side...that you're all by my side." The boy told her smiling.

For a few seconds, they were both silent until they decided to look out into the sunset again. However, the squawking of the macaw made Shy look at it and nod it head again.

The girl took a breath and went to where the oxygen cylinders were, except for the one stolen by the mysterious pegasus.

From among them, she picked up a small yellow box with a pale pink ribbon and shyly addressed Spike.

"Spi...spike..." the girl said to him somewhat embarrassed and blushing.

Spike turned around and saw her holding the gift.

"I...I know today...isn't a very nice day for you...but...I wanted to make it up to you a little, with this...I hope you...like it." She told him holding up the small box with both hands.

The nomag, with a pleasant smile, walked over to her and took the gift, opening it and discovering an anklet made of shells.

"I... made it myself... I went early to the beach and took the nicest shells I could find... they are tied with a small string and I think... it would look good on you..." said the girl somewhat afraid that he would refuse it.

"It's beautiful" said the boy smiling with joy as he put it around his foot. "It's great... you're great..."

The pegasus, filled with joy, hugged him tightly against her, to which the boy, after the shock of the beginning, was accepting the hug back.

"Happy birthday Spike..." the girl whispered to him in a sweet tone, to which he hugged her tighter.

Pulling them both out of the intimate moment they were having, the macaw hissed and squawked at them, catching both of their attention.

"Wow, we're already getting to shore...and they're already there." Shy said with a smile looking down at the beach.

The boy looked as well, noticing that, carrying a cooler, were Rarity, Sunset and Applejack.

"Last destination, triple date." Shy said with a smile.

"At least I didn't get kidnapped this time." He said laughing and eliciting a chuckle from Shy as well.

The boat reached the shore where the three friends waited for Spike to disembark.

At anchor, Spike went down a small bridge that the ship had until he reached the sand.

"In a few hours we'll all be here girls, until then, all yours." Shy said lifting the bridge and heading the ship towards the harbor, not before winking at Spike and waving goodbye to them all.

The boy turned to look at the three friends.

"Cooler and wooden sticks...are you girls going to try to get me drunk? Remember I'm immune" Spike said jokingly to which the three of them laughed.

"Well, we'll just try a little." Said Applejack grabbing a beer from the fridge and passing it to Spike.

"And also, watch the sunset with three beautiful girls who love you." Said Rarity winking at him.

Sunset put the pile of sticks she was holding in her hands in the sand and set them on fire with a small flare.

"What do you think of the idea?" asked Sunset as she walked over to the fridge and grabbed another beer.

" Fucking great" said the boy picking up the can as she did.

While the four of them were having their soiree on the beach, Discord was approaching his cabin still somewhat concerned about what the T-Wings had told him.

"Where the hell would Thunder be? Please Louis, be careful..." thought Discord as he opened the door to his cabin.

As he entered, he noticed that it was completely trashed, the furniture was thrown around, sheets were on the floor and the walls were torn.

After the shock of the moment, Discord frowned and slowly closed the door.

Right then, he heard something shatter upstairs, where his room was.

Silently, the draconequus, generated a ball of dark void in his hand and slowly made his way upstairs.

After scaling the stairs, he glanced slyly, at the half-open door to his room, unexpectedly finding Thorax tearing up the floor of the room.

"WHERE THE FUCK IS IT!" the Incubus said angrily as he continued to rip up the wooden tiles.

Discord slowly opened the door and pointed the dark ball at it.

"Looking for something Incubus?" he said catching his eye and causing him to slowly turn around raising his hands. "A ruby perhaps?

"And don't tell me old man... you've got it..." said the Incubus angrily as he stood up.

"Are you species truly so stupid that you thought I would leave something so valuable alone?" said the Draconequus about to shoot.

"No..." said Thorax as he saw a greenish blue glow in the hallway "But thank you for the clarification."

Suddenly and without warning, Discord was launched through the air into the cabin's pool, through the wall of the room, by a fireball generated by Pharynx.

The two brothers looked at each other and grinned evilly.

Discord came out of the water in a hurry and generated two dark void balls, one in each hand.

Thorax and Pharynx, they burst through the wall of the room and stood mere feet away from the Draconequus.

"What is this, two for one?" said Discord threatening both Incubi with the spell.

"May I present my brother Pharynx... he is like me, but lacks my disposition and dialogue." Thorax said malevolently.

"So tell us where the Ruby is, and hopefully, we'll kill you quickly." Pharynx said as they both summoned their scimitars.

"You dare to face me?" said Discord threateningly to them.

"With your chaos god powers so lowered? Yes, we dare." Pharynx said snickering.

"Very well, bring it on" said Discord just before the three of them began to fight.

On the beach, as the campfire crackled, it was overshadowed by the laughter of the four of them, who, while sipping beers, livened up the growing night by talking.

"A rabbit are you saying?" asked Sunset to Spike, as they talked about his experience on Rubi Island.

"Yep, thirty meters, made of stone, I swear, the kulahaihuea may be the biggest goats in traps, but they had no shortage of imagination." Spike said, taking a puff on the cigarette he had lit.

"You should have let us go Spike, I would have lassoed that rabbit and served it for dinner," Applejack huffed.

"I don't think you liked the taste, besides it had pretty tough meat." Said Spike laughing as did they all.

"You were saying it had music in it too, weren't you?" asked Rarity.

"What's worse, it was catchy... it was like... tumtururum tumtururum tumtururum turum tam tam" she said imitating the rhythm of the island monster song. "It sounded like a pillbox disco, I swear."

"Hey, save the beat, you might make a hit with that song" Sunset told him drinking some beer.

"Nah, at best it serves as battle music in a horror video game." Spike told her as he finished smoking and tossed the butt into the campfire.

"Don't discount it." Applejack told him.

The nomag then, laid down for a bit and began to browse the night-blackened sea.

"You know," Spike said catching their attention "It's been a few days where I've been on the verge of death on several occasions and one straight up dead...but it's been the best vacation of my life...and what can I say, the best birthday in a long time...I'm glad you girls are in my life...really.

The three girls looked at each other and smiled and nodded.

At that moment, Rarity slowly approached the nomag, neither of them realizing that, behind them, in the undergrowth, the mysterious pegasus was taking pictures of them.

"We're glad you're in ours too... really" said the unicorn looking at the sea as the boy "And we don't know what happened that birthday and even though it was a horrible thing... time makes you better... and now you're not alone, you're never going to be..."

The unicorn then placed her hand on top of his, making him look into her purple eyes.

"We wanted to... give you each a gift... this is mine" Rarity said as from the fridge she pulled out a little box with a dark purple bow on it

"No... you didn't have to" said Spike excitedly.

"Hell no" said Applejack with a smile.

"Come on open it" said Sunset looking at him, like the other two, tenderly.

The nomag began to unwrap the box, finding a white heart-shaped diamond inside.

"It's... a little accessory for your changing belt... it goes in place of the watch hand... I've been carving it all day..." said Rarity as she pushed her hair aside and put it behind her ear, to immediately, give the nomag a kiss on the cheek, blushing him.

"This is mine" said Applejack, pulling out from behind her, another box, slightly larger than the others he had been given that day, which was green with an orange bow.

Spike, upon opening it, found some black gloves, with a drawing of a berserker dragon and on the knuckle part, it was coated with a hard part.

"Some biker gloves, customized a bit... they are very light and if you get into trouble... which you will... they will come in handy to give you some edge... it's not just a fancy design courtesy of a girl here" said AJ referring to Rarity who helped him with the design "But a must have next time you want to take on a thirty meter rabbit."

The boy chuckled as he looked lovingly at the gloves and diamond, not expecting again, a kiss on the other cheek, from Applejack.

"And there's only one left," Sunset said as she stood up and approached Spike as the other two did, holding an orange box with a red bow. "Mine's a little special..."

Spike opening it, pulled out a small strip of paper, which had seven different colored heart-shaped rubies drawn on it. One purple, one pale pink, one red, one green, one white, one blue and yellow, and one red and yellow. Below the red, green and white, which happened to be in the middle of the other four, were three small heart-shaped diamonds, one was orange and purple, one was white and violet and the last was yellow and red.

"Extend your forearm... the one you prefer..." said Sunset, to which Spike, amazed by the drawing and by the girl accepted, extending his left forearm.

The girl then, placed the paper on top of the forearm and with her magic, began to transmit heat to that part. After a few seconds, she pulled the paper away, discovering that the drawing, had attached itself to his skin.

"It's a tattoo... I know you like them... so I thought it was a nice idea to make you one myself... each ruby represents each one of us and the three diamonds below are the Crusaders... I hope you like it..." said Sunset, as she leaned in to give a kiss on the boy's forehead, who was speechless and engrossed by the whole situation.

"I... I don't know... I don't know what to say girls... I really... I don't... I don't deserve any of this." Spike said completely out of breath and on the verge of tears.

"Of course you deserve it Spike, all of this and so much more." Said Rarity looking at him lovingly "For years, you have protected us behind a disguise, you have always helped everyone you could...you have been and are my best friend for years...all of this, each and every one of us, know that you deserve it...it's about time we returned the favors Spikey."

Spike looked at the three girls and lovingly squeezed the gloves and the diamond, smiling from ear to ear, as Rarity, AJ and Sunset hugged him, one from one side, one from the other and the last from the back.

"I love you all" Spike said letting a tear of joy escape his eyes.

"And we love you too" the three friends said at the same time.

Looking at the adorable scene, the mysterious pegasus, which was enraged, tried to back out, making noise by stepping on some branches on the ground, drawing the attention of the four of them.

"Who's there?" said Applejack.

The pegasus, stood somewhat motionless, not knowing what to do.

" It came from the undergrowth." Said Sunset quizzically

"I don't like this" said Rarity who at that moment, spotted a shadow moving quickly in the direction of the hotel.

From behind them, the Dazzlings appeared almost out of breath.

"Girls!" said Adagio "It's the mystery pegasus that's been following Spike all day."

"What!?" said the three of them startled and making Spike tense up.

"It's Thunderlane!" said Sonata "He's been following all of us and photographing us like a paparazzi."

"Gotta get him," said Aria cracking her neck.

The six nodded and looked where the shadow was going.

"You stay put Spike, the others will be here soon" Sunset told him "We'll take care of that bastard."

"We'll take the beach and you take the brush, we'll surround him and get him before he gets to the hotel" Adagio said in a leader's voice.

"Good luck girls" said Spike looking at them confidently to which the six of them smiled and started running towards the pegasus, no one realizing that the camera had been left lying where it was along with all the pictures, which, a shadow picked them up.

Going towards the beach, Rainbow, Fluttershy and Pinkie were chatting while Dash was having a cigarette.

"And what does he look like naked?" asked Dash curiously as she exhaled the smoke from her cigarette.

"Top secret" said Pinkie with a smile "You'll have to find out for yourselves, I'll just say... it's like unwrapping a piece of candy, all you feel like doing is sucking on it."

"Don't be so descriptive or someone I know won't sleep all night" said Dash prodding Fluttershy who just rolled her eyes with a half smile.

"I get that the one who won't sleep is you Dash, after the wiggle you gave yourself" said Shy laughing.

"I can't deny you the truth" said Dash raising her arms as if she had been caught by the police.

"Will they all be there already?" said Pinkie hesitantly.

"Twilight was on her own and the others were with him, so possibly." Dash said taking a draught.

At that moment, the three of them heard a rumbling sound coming from a secluded hut, this being Discord's.

"What was that?" asked Shy fearfully, only to be answered the second as Discord shot out of his hut arriving at the girls' feet.

The three of them, completely in shock, looked at the hole he had shot out of, where Thorax and Pharynx, looked at the draconequus and then at the girls, drawing a malevolent grin from both of them at the sight.

"Oh fuck..." said Dash exhaling the smoke from the puff she had just taken.

Away from everything and with the campfire almost out, Spike was sitting on a rock, looking out to sea and the reflection of the moon that was hovering over it, with his hood up.

His watch, then, began to beep, reading 22:45. The moment he saw the numbers, the boy began to cry silently, letting tears begin to roll down his cheeks. His whole body began to tremble as he hid his head between his knees.

"Elizabeth..." he said whispering as he couldn't stop crying "I'm sorry... it was my fault... it always was..."

Behind him, a shadow began to slowly approach him. The nomag, sensing the presence, turned around quickly, fearing it was Thunderlane, only to be met by Twilight.

The alicorn, somewhat saddened and without a word, approached Spike.

Silently, the girl sat beside him as she looked at him with affection and empathy.

"Elizabeth...is that what your sister's name was?" she asked him almost whispering Twi, to which he nodded slowly. "Today...it's not just your birthday is it?"

"No... it's... the... anniversary... of her death... eight years ago now..." the boy said as he wiped away tears.

Twilight leaned on his shoulder gently to which Spike agreed and leaned on top of the girl's head.

"I can't imagine what you must be going through Spike..." said Twilight as she gripped his hand tightly.

"Well... it could have been worse" said the boy still sadly "It could have been like all the other birthdays I always ended up trying to... you know... at least, it's been the first birthday since that day that... I have something... to go on living for one more day..."

They both tightened their hands and closed their eyes, sheltering in the silence of the night.

"Where are the others?" asked Twilight, looking around.

"They won't be long in coming... I guess..." said Spike looking up at the light emanating from the hotel. "We're alone for now..."

Twilight, looked at the hand holding Spike's making him look at her as well.

The alicorn slowly raised her gaze to the boy's, as did Spike.

"Thank you...for giving me the best birthday of my life." Spike said, a smile breaking out on his face.

Both of their hearts began to race, Twilight's heart racing the most, as her eyes lowered to Spike's lips.

"Twilight...are you okay?" asked Spike innocently as he saw her almost breathless and her eyes almost narrowed.

At that moment, Twilight could only sigh one thing.

"Sorry... in advance..." said the alicorn with emerald eyes after blinking.

Without warning and surprising the boy, Twilight, kissed him on the lips, her eyes closing and Spike holding them open wide in complete shock.

The alicorn's lips, fleshy and soft, separated for a second from Spike's, until, both, completely defeated, came together again, this time, between opening their mouths, letting each other's tongue pass, finally closing Spike's eyes and letting himself go.

The alicorn, with each tongue kiss she gave to the nomag, made her spinal cord stretch out, causing her wings to involuntarily spread and she lay on top of Spike, who couldn't breathe from the deep kiss she was giving him and rushed in, thrusting her tongue into the nomag's mouth, who was futilely trying to get control of the kiss.

The boy, grabbed the huge buttocks of the girl, who, noticing the touch of the nomag, made a small moan come out of her.

The more she kissed him, the more Twilight fell into a kind of sleep that, in the end, she could not control.

Falling uncontrollably into an immense darkness Twilight screamed as she felt herself falling into the void without being able to take flight. Eventually, all the darkness subsided until she realized she was on the floor of a huge room illuminated by the orange light of a chimney.

"Where am I?" wondered the girl as she stood up and looked around her.

To her right, she could see a huge window through which the entire city of Canterlot could be seen and just below, a huge grand piano.

When she looked in front of her, she was in shock, as she could see a sofa and some mattresses, where sleeping, were all her friends and the Crusaders, however, the shock was due to the fact that, when looking at them, all of them were very young, as if they were ten or twelve years old and the Crusaders were eight.

" What the fuck?" she said completely in shock.

At that moment, she heard a voice talking to someone, sounding like a phone conversation.

Somewhat afraid and in complete silence, she approached towards the door where the voice was emanating from, it being a huge kitchen.

Looking through the half-open door, she contemplated how it was her, ten years old, talking on the phone.

"It's a memory," Twilight said to herself in complete amazement.

"Yes... yes, I understand, Mrs. Afton," said the Twilight of the past on the phone. "Don't worry... I will take care of him... we all will... and once again... I join you in... the sentiment..., good night..."

The Twilight of the past wiped a tear from her eye and walked out of the kitchen, passing through the adult Twilight as if she were a ghost.

"Where is he?" the little Twilight asked a figure standing in the hallway, in the shadows, smoking a cigarette, unveiling a boy of about fifteen, this being Michel, Spike's brother.

"Upstairs...on the roof... He didn't want to see anyone..." the boy said seriously as a tear fell from his eye.

"I'm going to try to talk to him..." said Twilight determinedly.

"Good luck shorty." Said the boy with a smile as he put a hand on her shoulder.

"You should get some sleep Garble... Louis is not the only one who has had a bad day..." said Twilight saddened.

"But he's the one who suffered the most..." said the boy as he took another puff on his cigarette.

The older Twilight followed the little girl upstairs through the huge mansion-like house. As she followed her, she noticed that she had no wings, no horn, no horse ears, she was a nomag.

"When did this happen?" she asked herself in complete bewilderment.

Little Twilight, looked up at the door at the top of the stairs and opened it. It was an attic, which was full of blueprints, scientific tables and technological laboratory devices.

One of the blueprints caught her attention, being that of a giant animatronic bear with several notes on it, the strangest words being the name of the robot "Fredbear" and a word that was repeated a lot, being "Springlocks".

Little Twilight then opened a window and climbed out, to which big Twilight followed her.

Finding herself at the very top of the house, she realized that she was on the hill above the Ponyville neighborhood and that the entire island of Canterlot could be seen from any point.

"Wow..." said the older Twilight as she watched the nighttime spectacle.

The smaller Twilight, however, was looking at a tiny figure sitting on the roof ledge, gazing up at the moon.

"Spike..." said the adult Twilight as she recognized the purple hood of the nomag.

The Twilight of the memory sadly approached the Spike of the past.

"Louis... Spikey..." said the little girl to get the boy's attention.

"I don't want to *sniff*... see anyone Twi... *sniff* go away *sniff*" the boy said crying uncontrollably.

The petite Twilight slowly walked over to Spike and sat down next to him.

"If you don't want to... don't look at me Spikey... but I'm not leaving your side... I'm your best friend..." said the little Twilight to the boy, to whom, she pulled off her hood, revealing her brown, tousled hair. "And friends, always be with each other..."

Little Spike, collapsed, rushed forward to hug Twilight, who lovingly hugged him back.

"It's my *sniff* fault *sniff*" Spike said tearfully, making both Twilights cry "The *sniff* springlocks *sniff* were defective *sniff* I'm to blame... *sniff* I killed my sister *sniff*"

" Hey *sniff*" said the Twilight of the past somewhat seriously "Look at me Spike *sniff*"

"I don't wanna *sniff*" replied Spike sadly as he refused to let go of the hug and look at her.

"Look at me! *sniff*" the smaller Twilight shouted at him, causing him to raise his eyes to hers. "You're not to blame for anything Spikey, for anything *sniff* you're the prettiest, nicest person in the world *sniff* don't blame yourself... *sniff* it's not good, not healthy *sniff*"

"But... *sniff* if I hadn't... *sniff*" Spike was trying to engage in speech helplessly.

"You, are not, to blame." Said the smaller Twilight seriously, causing the boy to stop crying and both marveled at the look on the other's face.

At that moment, Twilight smiled as did Spike and they hugged.

"Thank you Tamara...really" Spike whispered to Twilight, eliciting a smile from the older Twilight who watched them like it was a movie.

"Do you want me to give you something to calm you down?" said Twilight to him in a playful voice.

"What?" said curious and innocent Spike as he wiped a tear from his right eye.

"One last birthday present, but you have to close your eyes." The girl told him in a good girl tone.

" The eyes?" asked little Spike quizzically.

"Yep, close them" said little Twilight happily.

"It's... okay..." said the boy, closing his eyes softly.

The Twilight of the memory waved her hand around his eyes to check if they were closed. When she saw that they were, she changed her gaze from joy to tenderness.

The little girl then, leaned over the little one and gave him a soft kiss on the lips that lasted a few seconds.

Opening his eyes, Spike was in shock and Twilight giggled.

"Twi.... You just..." said the boy in fascination.

"Yep...I like you Spike...since forever...well...me and the others...so, don't tell them any of this or...the one I'm falling for is good." Said Twilight laughing "It'll be our secret."

"The secret of the roof." Said Spike smiling "Cross my heart, hope to fly..."
"Stick a cupcake in my eye..." completed the sentence Twilight as they both started laughing in the moonlight.

As that was happening, the older Twilight began to watch as everything started to fade again and she was waking up from the memory she had just regained.

Back in the present, Twilight, coming to her senses, was still kissing Spike passionately. She stopped for a second and opened her eyes, which were still under the influence of Kara Sevda.

"Is something wrong Twi?" said Spike a little concerned as he saw her slam on the brakes.

Then Twilight got a smirk on her face and forcefully pulled him off the rock they were standing on, falling to the sand and the girl being on top of him.

The alicorn kissed him again, this time, being much more dominant than before. The girl, broke the kiss, leaving the stupefied Spike beneath her.

A smile came to his mouth at the sight of the boy's erection. She, with a huge giggle pulled her hair into a ponytail and took off her glasses.

"Twi... what... are you... doing...?" asked Spike excited and scared at the same time.

Twilight, having finished her ponytail, lay down between Spike's legs and began to grab his pants and slowly pull them down.

"Shhh...it will be our secret...the secret of the beach" Twilight told him in a seductive, hungry voice.

As Twilight was about to take off his bottom, ready to eat him whole, a loud bang brought both young ones out of that hot situation.

An explosion followed by the screams of people had been committed in the hotel and from there, smoke and flames started to come out.

"What the fuck?" they both said as they stood up abruptly and watched as the plume of smoke climbed into the skies.

"Fuck, Spike stay here!" said Twilight as she took flight "I'll be right back, stay here, you'll be safe."

The alicorn flew off in the direction of the hotel while Spike could only watch as she flew away.

"Bloody hell..." said the boy in shock.

A few minutes before the explosion, the Dazzlings, Applejack, Rarity and Sunset were chasing the mysterious figure that had been able to reach the lagoon, right on the beach where hours before, Rainbow and Spike had been.

Catching up to him at last, AJ, pounced on him, rolling him over until she was on top of him.

"I finally got you motherfucker!" said the earthling as she got a good look at his face, revealing that it was indeed Zephry Breeze "Zephry?!"

The other five arrived where they were and looked completely confused to see Zephry and not Thunderlane.

"Are you out of your mind?!" yelled Applejack at him.

"Look who went to talk!" defended Zephry rabidly trying to get out from under AJ "Some whore fucknomags!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" snapped Adagio.

"Don't fuck with me, I've been watching you all day you all fucking disgust me, especially my sister, you'll see when those pictures come out on the internet, you're going to drop you FUCKING SLUT BITCHES!" Said the pegasus with fury. "And besides my Dashie has also fallen under the sway of that bastard! But when I kill him, she'll come back to me..."

With a headbutt, Applejack knocked him unconscious.

"Fuck, I can't stand him I swear." Applejack said getting up from on top of him.

"Nice hit." Said Rarity seeing him passed out.

"Yeah, nice hit, but he doesn't have the pictures or the camera." Said Aria as she searched him.

"The question is... Why did he take pictures of us? And mostly... Where's Thunderlane?" said Sonata hesitantly.

After a few seconds of silence, Sunset realized something.

"Wait... the camera... it will be where he took the pictures of the three of us, on the beach, where Spike is... where Spike is alone..." said the unicorn, realizing that Thunder might be there.

"We have to get back to the beach and fast!" said Rarity alarmed, all six of them being about to leave for there, except that suddenly, the hotel hall exploded into the air.

"FUCKING SHIT!" they all shouted at the same time after the shockwave that threw them to the ground.

On the beach and watching as the screaming and fire continued, Spike looked around and pulled the gun from his pocket, which he had taken when he went to his room with the Dazzlings.

"I'm not leaving them alone..." he said boldly and determined to head that way.

However, a deep, angry voice stopped him in his tracks.

"I told you to watch your back, you filthy nomag," said the voice emanating from a shadow behind Spike.

"Thunderlane..." she said almost whispering just before turning to defend himself from it.

However, the nomag could do nothing, as he turned, Thunderlane, lashed out with the stolen baseball bat at his head, falling to the ground and dropping the gun, while an overwhelming rage was forming in Thunderlane's eyes.

In Spike's mind, as it faded, all he could hear was the terrible scream and wail of the little girl, who was no one but the last thing he heard from his sister before she died.