Purple storm

"There he is!"

Run.

"SHOOT HIM!"

Run.

"Buck I missed!'

Faster.

"Come here you little shit!"

Don't stop.

Gritting his teeth Spike turned. Attempting to lose his lose his pursuers under the cover of foliage.

It didn't work.

The baby dragon screamed as an arrow soared over his head. Turning around Spike let loose a small barrage of purple flame. Only for the said flame to be blocked by a magical force field. Turning his head back Spike suddenly spots a small cave in the distance. Realizing that it was his only hope Spike headed straight towards it.

"Gotcha!"

Spike jumped/rolled as a pegue swooped down from the sky. Unfortunately said Pegues missed the baby dragon by only a few inches. For her troubles, Spike unleashed another wave of flame straight towards her.

The mare screamed as the flames engulfed her. Only to fall out of the sky as her wings gave out.

Jumping into a stream the dragon glanced over his shoulder. Only to realize that the remainder of the group was still hot on his tail. Turning his eyes towards the cave Spike did the only thing he could.

He ran.

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Painting heavily Spike knelt. The baby dragon has run into the deepest part of the cave. Luckily for him, he finally managed to lose the ponies. Unfortunately, that only left the baby dragon without any food and water. As if on cue Spike's stomach growled. Looking around Spike saw nothing but rocks. Sighing the purple dragon pulled his knees against his chest. Lowering his head Spike couldn't help but wonder where everything went wrong. Just a year ago he was with his family. Spending the day eating gems and wrestling with his siblings.

At least until the ponies showed up.

Growling Spike clenched his fist. Memories of what happened to him and his family replaying themselves in his mind.

Screaming.

Begging.

Blood.

So much blood.

Spike screamed. Banging his head against the wall with enough force to knock him out cold.

Laughter.

The pain in his sister's eyes as the stallion began to thrust.

"NO!" Spike screamed. His claws digging deeply into his skin. So much so that blood began to drip down his wrist. Spike couldn't take it anymore. He just wanted it to stop. He just wanted it all to stop. What could be worse than this?

As reading his mind some pony chuckled.

Spoke froze.

Slowly the baby dragon cast a look over his shoulder.

Only to see three ponies staring right back at him.

"Well, well what do we have here?" The leader grinned. Spike could do nothing but stare in abject horror. In response, the ponies laughed. The very sound itself was twisted beyond belief, and yet despite this Spike couldn't force himself to move. What was the point? It wasn't like he'll make it any further than he has already. Plus he didn't have enough energy to produce another flame. All he could do was lower his head in defeat. Of course, that caused the ponies to laugh even more. "Aww doesn't worry your pretty little head" one of them cooed. Said pony so happened to be a mare with rotten teeth. "I'm sure you'll make this up to us somehow." With that, the mare slowly began to lick her lips.

Spike couldn't help but shudder.

However, before they could do anything more a sound is heard. Said sound slowly began to get louder and louder with every passing second.

"What the fu-"

The ground beneath them collapsed.

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Spike awoke with a gasp. It only took the dragon a second or two to realize that he was no longer in the cave.

Sitting up Spike began to look around.

He was currently inside a room of sorts. Or at least what he assumed to be a room. Said room was large. It aslo looked to be made entirely of wood. All except for Spike's bed of course. Other than that nothing in particular ut to him.

All except for the pony currently standing beside the bed.

Spike's eyes went wide.

"Your awake" the pony stated. Her voice was beyond dull. In reponse, Spike quickly stood. Taking in a breath the dragon let out a small wave of fire. Of course, said the wave was immediately blocked by purple magic. This only served to increase Spike's ever-going panic.

"Are you done?" The mare asked. Her expression being impossible for the young dragon to read. Not wanting to make things more worse for himself he nodded.

"Understood."

The mare's horn extinguished. As such the purple barrier simply disappeared. However, that did little to cure Spike's unease.

"Are you hungry?"

He blinked in confusion.

The mare simply stared at him in response.

When Spike didn't immediately answer her question she repeated herself. Her lifeless tornadoes do not change in the slightest.

"Are you hungry?"

Slowly Spike nodded his head. In reponse, a large yellow gem drops onto his lap. The baby dragon stared at it in shock. Looking back at the mare Spike said the first thing that came to mind.

"Why?"

"Are you not hungry?" The mare asked in response. Not wanting to stave Spike quickly shook his head. Afterward, the unicorn merely sat on her haunches. Not looking away from the strange pony Spike slowly began to eat. After the first bite, the dragon wanted nothing more than to shove the whole thing in his mouth. However, he refrained from doing so. Mostly because he knew by doing so he was likely to throw up. After all, he hasn't eaten anything in several days if not weeks.

Once he was finished the mare spoke up.

"Are you a slave?"

Spike froze at the question. His heartbeat increased as he realized that the mare might simply give him away to some pony else. Having taken note of his silence the mare spoke one word.

"Understood."

"What?' The dragon was extremely confused. In reponse, the mare simply offered him another gem. This one is a dark blue color. However, Spike merely shook his head. "I can't eat too much unless I don't wanna get sick."

"Understood."

Spike raised a brow. "Is that all you ever say?

The unicorn didn't reply.

The baby dragon rolled his eyes, and here he thought that dragons were antisocial.

Most of them anyway.

Suddenly the mare produces a bottle of water out of thin air. Taking said bottle Spike was quick to quench his thirst. Once he was done the mare took a step forward. Only for Spike to suddenly tense up.

"Your afraid" the mare noted.

Spike didn't reply.

"Those ponies are dead" the mare stated suddenly. Once more sitting on her haunches. Her emotionless gaze locked onto Spike's. It was almost as if she was searching for something. Whatever that was Spike didn't know.

"Good" the dragon stated coldly. His claws clenched in apparent anger.

"I killed them."

Silence.

Spike stared at the pony in shock.

The unicorn stared right back.

Clearing his throat Spike spoke. Confusion is evident in his tone. "Why?"

"Twilight."

Spike blinked.

"That is my name."

"Oh," Spike mumbled to himself.

Silence.

Having said enough Twilight got up to leave. Just before she made it to the door however Spike spoke up.

"I'm Spike."

Stopping only monetarily the mare nodded.

"Understood."

With that Twilight left the room.

Spike sighed. Laying his head back he stared numbly at the ceiling. At that moment Spike knew that his entire life just changed.

Whether good or bad that remains to be seen.

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"Twilight I found it!" Spike hollered. Running over to the purple unicorn Spike held up the flower for her to see. The dragon having spent over a month with the mare. Within that month Spike learned two things.

One she's immortal,

And two Twilight is insanely good at checkers.

Looking over her shoulder Twilight saw the flower he was currently holding. Taking it in her telekinetic grasp the mare looked it over. Upon confirming that it was indeed the flower they were looking for she looked back at Spike.

"Mission accomplish."

"Finally!" The dragon groaned. "I've been hungry for the past hour!"

"It has only been twenty minutes."

"That's not the point and you know it."

Twilight wisely chooses to simply let the subject drop.

Grinning the baby dragon began devouring his meal. Said meal consisted of unknown meat that Spike found enjoyable. However every time he asked Twilight about it the mare choose to ignore him. Regardless Spike took his sweet time savoring every bite. The purple unicorn herself however merely watched.

"You know that's creepy right?"

"affirmative."

Spike merely shrugged in response.

"Why did we waste time on that flower again?"

In reponse, the mare began inspecting it once more. "This flower has unique healing properties similar to myself." Spike raised a brow, but why do you need it of all ponies."

Upon hearing this Twilight looked him dead in the eyes.

"I don't."

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Spike whipped. The purple dragon was currently curled into a ball under the safety of his bed. The sounds of a battle ensuing echoing in his ears. Spike didn't know what happened. Everything was fine until Twilight woke up in the middle of the night. The mare wasted no time in shoving him under the bed. Once she did she told him not to come out until she gives the signal.

That was twenty minutes ago.

The sound of a pony roaring in pain made Spike flinch. However, he took solace knowing that it wasn't Twilight. After all the mare herself couldn't feel anything. That includes pain itself.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Spike screamed as a massive explosion shook everything around him.

Silence.

In that silence, Spike waited.

And waited,

And waited,

And waited some more.

Until eventually purple hooves revealed themselves from Spike's hiding spot.

"Twilight!" Spike shouted. The purple dragon crawled out from under the bed. Smiling he looked up. Expecting to see the dead expression he was all too familiar with at this point.

Only he didn't.

That's because it wasn't Twilight.

The mare standing before Spike was Somepony he saw before. She looked similar to Twilight in appearance. Not enough to be an outright sibling, but enough to know that she was some way.

"Where. Is. He."

Spike took a step back. This was because he saw utter madness gleaning in the mare's eyes. That and an unbearable sense of grief.

Upon receiving no answer the mare threw her head back and screamed. A second later Spike felt himself being lifted with magic. However, this was different. Instead of simple levitation, Spike felt like he was suffocating.

"WHERE IS SHIN-"

The mare's head exploded.

Spike soundless gasped. At that moment the magic around him vanished. Sending the baby dragon plumbing towards the ground.

He never made contact.

Open an eye Spike comes face to face with his apparent savior.

Twilight Sparkle.

Levitating the baby dragon onto her back Twilight stared unblinkingly at the corpse. Clinging to her neck Spike couldn't help but shiver.

"Who was she?"

Looking over her shoulder Twilight simply spoke two words.

"The past."