Darkness, that was all Spike could see a expansive void of darkness where only spectrums of light could be seen chasing after each other leaving behind quickly fading trails of light-wait a minute.

“My eyes are closed.”Spike thought to himself in realizing as his senses began to return to him however he didn’t feel the fold hard stone walls of an alleyway in Canterlot like he had expected, instead he felt a soft sensation almost cool yet warm and comforting he felt oddly safe.

“…Please tell me I didn’t die.”Spike groaned before he opened his eyes and was momentarily blinded by a bright light”oh god dammit!.”he cursed before blinking rapidly and to his relief he saw his surroundings where that of a hospital room with him being laid up in bed”Oh thank god.”he sighed placing his hand over his chest before noticing an IV in his arm which was feeding a clear fluid into his veins”The hell happened to me?.”Spike muttered glancing around the room before his attention was drawn to the other end of the room seeing a light brown couch where a unicorn woman lay she was pale grey with a light purple and white mane, she was dressed up in a blue blouse and black jeans her eyes where closed but Spike could recognize the sleeping mare anywhere”Mom…”he said his expression growing soft.

There was no mistaking her Twilight Velvet mother of the three Sparkle siblings was sound asleep on the couch the sight was enough to bring a single question to the young dragons mind.

“How long was I out?.”Spike asked himself hand going to his neck to relieve a slight stiffness he felt before he felt his fingers trace across something, it was a bandage suddenly the events before he awoke came to mind before he looked away from his sleeping mother a expression of shame gracing his features”God what the hell was I thinking?.”he sighed.

“That’s what is like to know Spike.”a deep voice cut across the room drawing the dragons attention over to the door where another unicorn stood his arms crossed fur white as snow and mane a mix of dark and light blue wearing a red and gold long sleeved vest of sorts decorated with a golden aiguillette with light grey dress pants it was a standard uniform worn by the guard and Spike knew this particular guard very well.

“Hey shinning.”Spike said with a weak smile but the stern look on his elder brothers face made him wince”I take it you’re pissed?.”he asked already knowing the answer.

“Understatement of the fucking year bro.”Shining told him arms firmly crossed as he gave his younger sibling the sternest glare he could muster”You mind telling me what exactly you where thinking?.”he asked while advancing toward his younger brother till he was at his bed side.

Spike didn’t answer right away, rather he stared down at the white bed sheets that covered his body before his hand once again touched the area of his neck where he had been wounded wincing at the memory he finally found himself able to answer”I don’t know…I just saw Snips point out the guy and…it just felt like something came over me.”Spike explained looking up to meet Shining’s gaze only to shrink away once again seeing the firm glare had not left his features”After I attacked that guy i got this rush like it was awesome fighting a potential bad guy you know? Kinda like how you must feel when you make an arrest.”Spike told his brother who finally let out a sigh seeming to relax abit.

“You’re an idiot.”Shining told him reaching out and gently pulled Spike into a hug”But you’re MY idiot little brother.”he chuckled”I’m just glad your ok but don’t pull that shit again you nearly gave Mom and Dad a heart attack.”he told him before glancing over at the sleeping form of their mother”A day and a half.”he said catching Spike’s attention.

“Huh?.”Spike asked making Shinning look back at him.

“A day and a half that’s how long you where out, the Doctors said the arrow the guy stabbed you with gave you some kind of infection the whole time you where out you had this weird kinda fever.”Shining told him”Granted you where able to recover but the whole time you where out you had this huge spike in temperature and had these weird muscle spasms.”he sighed before glancing over at the sleeping form of Velvet”Mom refused to leave your side the whole time she was worried sick.”the older male informed making Spike look down at this information.

“…God Twilight was right I am an asshole.”Spike sighed however any form of self loathing was stopped as the sound of the boys mother stirring garnered their attention.

“Mmmhh Shiny what are-“Velvet said opening her eyes as she sat up recognizing her eldest son before she stopped mid sentence seeing Spike up and awake and without another word she sprang up and rushed to his side enveloping the drake into a tight hug.

“Hey Mom.”Spike said with a guilty smile before his mother hugged him tighter.

“My baby…thank god I was so worried!.”Velvet whimpered before letting go”Are you ok?.”she asked getting a nod from Spike”Are you hurt in anyway?.”she asked as Spike inspected himself.

“No I mean my neck is still kinda sore but other then that I’m ok.”Spike said giving his mom a thumbs up along with a reassuring smile.

“Oh thank god that’s good to hear.”Velvet smiled as she calmly grabbed a nearby newspaper on the table and proceeded to roll it up…and began to repeatedly strike her son with it”WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING?!.”she demanded between strikes in full on motherly fury as the dragon covered his head.

“Mom I-OW! Wait a sec-OW! I messed up ok!.”Spike groaned between each hit of the rolled up cluster of news articles it didn’t really hurt but still, Spike knew better then to make his mother like this.

After a moment Velvet seemed to calm down setting the news paper aside”Sorry.”she said after a long exhale”That was building up the past day, you really had me worried Spike.”she told him”Getting a call from a doctor saying my son had just been admitted because he was stabbed in the neck tends to make a mother freak out.”She said before giving her son another hug.

“Again I’m sorry.”Spike said returning the hug before glancing over at Shining”What happened after I blacked out?, did they catch the guy?.”he asked however Shinning only shook his head.

“No.”Shinning said”Not for a lack of trying but Your friends couldn’t give a description other then the fact he was a confirmed unicorn male, apparently after you got stabbed they tried to help you while the bastard took off.”as he spoke Spike noticed a certain aggression in his brothers voice no doubt a tinge of anger at the thought of the person who had attacked the stallions little brother”After the guard found the three of you they took you to the hospital as soon as they could while your friends where held for questioning.”he stated before adjusting his uniforms collar”Which brings the other reason I’m here, it’s not just to check up on you…well granted it is but in the likely hood you woke up…”he trailed off and Spike was able to guess what he was referring too.

“You need a statement from me?.”Spike asked getting a nod from his brother.

“I just need some confirmation on a few things it won’t take long.”Shinning spoke glancing at his mother who took the hint.

“Alright I had better let your father and sister know.”Velvet said giving her youngest son one final hug before getting up and leaving the room”Keep an eye on your little brother Shinning.”she said before closing the door behind her.

“I always do.”Shinning said before fully turning his attention to his younger brother”Alright, let’s get started.”he said before moving a chair over using his magic which he proceeded to sit down on before pulling out a pen and notepad from his pocket.

-

“This doesn’t make any sense!.”a voice shouted as we see the interior of a rather lavish looking home-well lavish was abit of a stretch a more accurate word would be tacky the room was decorated in a wide assortment of decorations from busts and exquisite looking furniture and other forms of decore the owner of the voice was a tall adequately built unicorn stallion in his mid twenties wearing a white tuxedo with a red tie his blonde mane was pulled back into ironically a ponytail the object of his ire was a familiar golden arrow held in his hands that he looked at with a great deal of confusion and mild contempt.

“You seem troubled Master Blueblood.”a voice said as the man stopped his intent stare down at the weapon and looking up to meet the eyes of his servant a pale blue earth pony male with a dull grey mane professionally styled back wearing a simple uniform of a white button up shirt under a black vest with matching black pants he looked to be roughly in his late thirties.

“You don’t know the half of it Virgil.”Blueblood huffed before turning back to glare at the arrow he held”I was so sure I had this blasted thing figured out when it guided me to that pegasus girl from the other day, however it just wound up killing her!.”he said with a groan”And on top of that I was ambushed by some commoner and his ruffian friends who tried to preform a ‘citizens arrest’ can you believe the nerve?!.”he asked his butler who’s expression remained neutral and unchanging.

“Master Blueblood if I may be so bold as to ask, what makes you certain the pegasus woman you struck with the arrow was the real target?.”Virgil asked gaining the unicorns attention.

“What do you mean?.”Blueblood asked with a frown as Virgil cleared his throat to clarify.

“What I mean sir, is that the arrow based in your previous tests on you and myself is that it’s method of deferring who is worthy of the gifts we have can be rather random or convoluted…the boy you said that ambushed you tell me did you use the arrow on him?.”Virgil asked.

Blueblood paused for a moment glancing back at the arrow”Yes.”he answered rubbing his chin”You wouldn’t happen to be suggesting that the girl was just used as a pawn would you?.”he asked turning back to Virgil”In a arbitrary plan to bring who it was really looking for to me?.”he asked as his butler only hummed.

“I can neither confirm nor deny if that is what happened but it is what I think sir.”Virgil stated before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a golden watch attached to a chain”It’s almost time for tea.”he noted”But regardless of what i claim was the arrows intentions sir I highly suggest the best course of action for now is to lay low, the Royal guard is without a doubt going to be searching high and low for the culprit and while we where able to fix your nose and remove the blood stains from your outfit that won’t mean you won’t be recognized by the trio you ran into.”he stated before turning to leave.

Blueblood said nothing as he watched Virgil go before he looked back at the arrow one final time before sighing and standing up adjusting his tie.

“If that boy is in fact chosen by the arrow I will need to confirm it…in which case i’ll have to be ready for a fight.”the white unicorn thought to himself as a pale blue aura slowly surrounded him his expression turning to a serious glare.

“Sir? would you prefer prefer green tea or Earl Grey?.”Virgil questioned from the other room making the aura dissipate from Blueblood.

“Earl Grey I don’t like the taste of green tea!.”Blueblood answered back.

-

“Alright, I think that should just about do it.”Shinning said while he went over the notes however there was a noticeable frown still on his features that Spike was quick to notice.

“I take it you where hoping I could give a better description?.”Spike asked getting a sigh out of his brither in response.

“A white unicorn male wearing a fancy suit with a blond mane…this does narrow the search down little brother but only slightly, in Canterlot you can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a noble that fits that description.”Shinning informed his little brother before getting up”But that won’t stop me from trying to find the bastard.”he assured him as he got up”I think that’s everything.”he said as he began to leave.

“Hey Shinning wait a sec.”Spike called out to his brother making the unicorn stop”I kinda wanna ask you something.”Spike said getting his brother to turn back to face him.

“This about going to C.U?.”Shinning asked as Spike hesitantly nodded seeing this Shinning let out a sigh before walking back and sitting down in his chair again”Alright let’s talk.”he said leaning forward giving his brother his full attention.

“I know mom wants me to go but..honestly I’ve had my fill of some of the assholes in this town you know?.”Spike hesitantly said to his brother who only nodded”High School was fucking hell man with all these nobles and their kids around, and being a dragon was like having a target painted on my back and a school like C.U is gonna be no different.”Spike sighed looking back down.

“Shouldn’t you be telling this to mom?.”Shining asked his expression was neutral and unreadable”she is the one who helped you get your grades up so you’d get accepted.”he reminds which only made Spike wince.

“Yeah..but you know mom she was so happy when I got in same when you and Twilight got in but…you’re both ponies it must have been easy for you.”Spike said however hearing this Shinning shook his head.

“Couldn’t be more wrong about that little bro, C.U was hell on me, and you know what Twilight has to go through.”Shinning reminded”But again if you really don’t want to go you can’t let disappointing mom stop you.”he told him firmly”However at the same time you can’t let something like dealing with snobbish and racist nobles hold you back either as bad as it was for me back when I went there, a diploma from C.U opens a lot of doors all across equestria.”he said before standing up”but you don’t have to worry about that decision for a little while longer till you get discharged from here you have extra time to think things over but what ever you decide, it’s mom you have to talk to not me.”Shinning finished.

“…God.”Spike groaned running a hand across his face eyes shut tight before he gave his brother a defeated look”Why do you always have ti make a bunch of good points?, The conversation has barely started and already I know your right dude!.”he laced back in bed with an exhausted groan.

“Learned it at C.U.”Shinning offered a small smile only to get an eye roll from his little brother”I’m serious if you don’t wanna go I’ll back you up man but like I said a lot of doors around here get opened for you thanks to that place.”he said walking over and gently patted Spike’s shoulder”Think it over.”he stated before he turned and left.

Spike said nothing as he just listened to the sound of the door opening and being shut signifying his brother had left before he let out another sigh”God I need a drink or something.”he muttered placing a hand over his eyes to lessen the annoying strain from the fluorescent light.

Clink!

“Huh?.”Spike removed his hand eyes blinking before he turned to his bed side seeing a glass of water had been placed there much to his shock”Hello? Is someone in here?.”he asked sitting up again and looking around his room only to be met with silence of an empty room.

Spike glanced back over at the glass of water before picking it up and hesitantly sniffed it, nothing with wrong with its scent as far as he could tell seeing no other option he slowly took a sip.

“…It’s just tap water.”Spike sighed in relief but still kept a frown on his face before taking another drink letting the cook fluid trickle down his throat rehydrating him before he pulled the glass away letting out a sigh”Now if I could just find my phone I should call the guys and let them know I’m ok.”Spike muttered to himself turning to set the glass down on the table again.

ゴゴゴゴ…

Just in time to see his phone being held by a transparent arm before being lightly droped down onto the table with a small clatter as the strange limb vanished.

“FUCK!.”Spike cried out in shock dropping the glass on his hand making it shatter on the floor as he backed up to the edge of his bed gripping his chest the heart monitor on the side began to rapidly beat showing his heart rate had accelerated.

“Spike?!.”a voice shouted from outside before the door swung open as his mother had rushed back in clearly having heard his shout however she was not alone coming inside with Velvet where two other unicorns one being the familiar face of Twilight the other being a cobalt blue unicorn make with a dark blue mane dressed in a white dress shirt and pale grey khakis, his father Night Light.

“Son what’s wrong?.”Night Light asked instantly going to his sons side while Spike was still clutching his chest in shock while Twilight and Velvet joining him to check on the youngest of the family.

Spike didn’t say anything he couldn’t concentrate evident by the heart rate monitor beeping more rapidly his eyes where rapidly going across the room looking for any sign of the apparition that he had just witnessed.

“Is this glass on the floor?.”Twilight asked peering over the side of the bed seeing the broken remains of the glass alone with the small puddle of water.

“Honey what happened?.”Velvet asked placing her hand on her sons head to inspect if his fever had spiked up again.

Spike didn’t answer, his mind was racing a million thoughts coursing through his head trying to rationalize what he had just witnessed, Equestria was known for having magic sure, but that was unlike anything he had ever seen and his family was composed of some rather talented unicorns.

“What the hell?! was that an arm? is this some kind of magic curse or something?!.”the dragon man thought in a panic his hand left his chest so he could glance at it however the moment he did he was greeted to another shocking sight.

A faint light blue aura could be seen around his hand and looking himself over Spike could see the aura was around his entire body the sight was making him panic even further, something that did not go unnoticed by his family.

“Spike son you need to calm down.”Night Light said as he tried to calm his son he didn’t seem to notice the aura around the boys body.

Spike wasn’t listening still in fact it seemed like whatever was bothering him was getting worse as the boys eyes starred off to the far side of the room and suddenly he reached his breaking point.

“I…i can’t…I need to go…I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!”Spike suddenly shouted the aura flared up further the dragon man’s eyes became dilated before his hand went to his other arm and with a swift yank he had ripped the IV and other wires attached to him out of his arm, not minding as his own arm began to bleed as a result and in a panic before his family could even attempt to stop him Spike had jumped out of the bed and rushed for the door.

“SPIKE WAIT!.”Twilight shouted reaching out to stop him her fingers just barely grazing his hospital gown.

Spike didn’t stop, rather he raised up his arms to guard himself as he rammed against the door at full speed and to the shock of those present the wooden door was bashed clean open even getting ripped off its hinges.

Several hospital staff looked over in shock seeing a adolescent dragon male standing over the knocked down door panting heavily.

Spike’s eyes swept over the open space for only a moment before he focused on the hallway to the right of him mostly empty, and before anyone could say a word or attempt to stop and restrain the boy Spike took off in a mad dash.

“Spike!.”His family cried after him but it fell on deaf ears he was to focused on getting away from what he saw.

“I need to get away is it still following me?! What the hell was that?!.”Spike thought in a panic glancing back only for a moment.

And he regretted it as he saw not far behind him keeping an even pace with the boy was what he had seen at the far side of the room, a tall humanoid figure looking to be only a few inches taller then Spike himself it’s body was coated in dark violet skin of some sort with light pink and dark blue armor it’s feet where clawed almost like a dragons a long purple tail trailing behind it ending in a pointed tip it’s chest was coated in a purple blue and pink cuirass that seemed to be bejeweled with a series of gems, similar armor was around its legs in the form of bejeweled greaves and on its five fingered hands it had armor protecting its arms with its right arm having a strange dragon head decoration on it but what truly frightened Spike was its face, a round helmet resembling a dragon themed biker helmet with red compound eyes hidden behind a metal visor with a series of slits and a mount guard designed to resemble a wide toothy smile.

“WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?!.”Spike shouted like a madman at the thing chasing him his mind only briefly dwelled on the fact no one seemed to panic when the thing came out after him but he didn’t have time to think rationally on his situation his instincts where focused on survival by kicking in his fight or flight response and clearly his body picked the later.

The being following after Spike gave no answer it just continued to follow him not showing any signs of slowing down even as Spike in his panic tossed over empty gurneys to try and slow down the monster it was no use as he saw it calmly walk through them it’s legs literally phasing through the solid matter.

“Are you kidding me?! It’s a fucking ghost!.”Spike thought in a panic as he continued to run pushing his way through a pair of doors and into an empty hallway however in his panic Spike had wound up tripping over a wheelchair and crashing into the floor as a result making the dragon groan out in pain before for he scrambled away flipping onto his back as he watched the specter approach him.

The being was only a few feat away from him now and was slowly walking toward him as Spike backed up only to press himself against a wall, it had him cornered.

“S-stay back I’m warning you my brother is a member of the Royal guard!.”Spike stammered in shock eyes still wide in panic as the strange corporeal being continued to advance slowly lowering its body to the point where it was crawling on all fours to be at eye level with Spike”I mean it I’m not fucking around!.”Spike shouted and much to his horror the mouth guard of the creatures helmet opened up and a long forked tongue slithered out between the helmets ‘teeth’ the sight coupled with the stinging pain of the wound on his arm finally catching up to him was sending the poor boy’s sensory into overdrive seeing no other option Spike shut his eyes tight as the thing was mean inches away from him fully accepting his fate.

“Hey you’re not scared are you?~.”a voice asked cutting the tension Spike felt as he heard it the voice was rather deep yet scratchy somewhat like his own and it had…an almost teasing tone to it.

“H-huh?.”Slowly opening one eye Spike looked at the creature that was now mere inches away from him, had he heard it speak?.

“Oh my god you where!.”The creature actually spoke at it leaned its head back with a laugh tongue hanging out of its mouth while it let out a barking laugh”Relax dude! No way in hell was I actually gonna hurt my user it was just a joke!.”it told him still laughing yet somehow was able to speak at the same time leaving the young man even further confused.

“A…a Joke?!.”Fear instantly turned to rage anxiety to annoyance and flight be came fight as Spike gained an enraged look as he reared his fist back”YOU ASSHOLE!.”he shouted and clocked the being across the face with a strong punch cutting off its laughter and seemingly knocking the being out cold.

However Spike wouldn’t have time to further punish the specter or question the situation as nit a moment later a similar force struck him hard in the face knocking him to the floor in a heap.

Feeling a stinging sensation spread across his face Spike had only one thought on his mind as he began to black out while he noticed the rapidly approaching form of hospital staff.

“Good grief, what the hell is happening to me?. ”the drake thought before he finally blacked out on the floor not noticing as the specter he had struck vanished from sight just as the the staff had reached him.

…To Be Continued.

Author's Note

Welp here’s chapter two hope you all like it =3

Sorry if this seems a little more rushed compared to chapter one, I’m still just testing out my style.