“Man this bites!”

Applejack glanced up from her phone over to Rainbow dash who was slightly hunched over looking bored as She sat in the infirmary, by the time they had gotten back they had found out Pinkie Pie had also succumbed to a similar fate to Twilight and was laid out in one of the beds, and in addition to that the Nurse had seemingly stepped out leaving the trio alone with their two sick friends.

“Ah know Rainbow this ain’t the most ideal situation.” Applejack sighed glancing over at the form of Pinkie Pie with a concerned look.

“You’re dammed right it ain’t!” Rainbow dash growled folding her arms while glaring down at the floor before Fluttershy timidly spoke up.

“Um…sorry but the correct term is isn’t…sorry” Fluttershy squeaked out as Rainbow dash settled her with a flat look.

“Shy…there’s more important things right now then ‘proper’ grammar” Rainbow told her using air quotes before sighing and looking over at the sleeping forms of Twilight and Pinkie “I just can’t believe it…” she mumbled running a hand through her mane.

Applejack sighed and leaned over wrapping an arm around Rainbow to comfort her “Ah know Sugarcube ah know…” she began to gently pat her side a empathetic look on her face.

“I can’t believe Spike has super powers and he wouldn’t give me any!” Rainbow Dash suddenly declared as the look of empathy quickly washed away from Applejack’s face.

Pulling away from her girlfriend Applejack gave her a quick smack upside the head “Seriously Dash?!” She glared as the Pegasus rubbed her head in pain.

“Ow! Geez I’m upset about Twi and Pinkie too but come on!” Rainbow winced before turning to Fluttershy “Back me up on this-“ she began only to see the annoyed glare her childhood friend was giving her “Err…never mind.” She coughed glancing away.

A sigh escaped Fluttershy’s lips before she calmly walked over from the wall she was leaning against and sat down next to her other two friends.

“It’s…all so Bizarre…magic is one thing but that stuff Spike talked about it’s something else entirely.” Fluttershy admitted glancing down “And I don’t just mean the stuff about Stands.” She hinted and the other two shared a look.

“That Celtis guy…he’s a total dick but…is he right?” Rainbow asked glancing up at Applejack “I get that Non-Ponies don’t exactly get the warmest welcome around here but…not all Ponies are treating them like that right?” She asked hopefully.

Applejack in response adjusted her hat with an uncomfortable look “Ah’m not the best when it comes to this stuff darlin, Ah’m open minded but you know the Apple Family is pretty old fashioned. Granny Smith took a while to warm up to Spike the first day we met him.” She reminded.

“Well yeah but she did come around, plus what that guy said about Spike’s mom just ain’t true!” Rainbow declared before Fluttershy cleared her throat “Isn’t true.” She corrected herself with an eye roll.

“Ah’m not saying it is, but Ah think we have a tendency to turn a blind eye to this stuff at times.” Applejack admitted with a shameful look.

“Well…even if we do it wasn’t cool of that guy to just say that kinda stuff about Spike and Twi’s mom!” Rainbow glared crossing her arms “If I ever see him saying stuff like that again I’m gonna kick his ass!” She vowed before letting out a sigh and began to fan herself “Also the hell is with the AC? Im sweating like a pig!” She complained.

“Ah think that might be why the Nurse stepped out.” Applejack said as she got up and walked over to the wall mounted white box that controlled the AC seeing that the small screen display was blank “Eyup looks like it’s on the fritz” Applejack noted before she paused noticing something on the wall “What in tarnation?” Applejack blinked as she tried to scrap some green residue off the wall with her finger.

“What’s up?” Rainbow asked while using one of her wings to fan herself.

“There’s some kinda funky green stuff on the wall” Applejack answered causing Rainbow to make a face in disgust.

“Gross don’t pick at it with your fingers then!” Rainbow gagged causing Applejack to roll her eyes.

“You’ve seen me use manure to fertilize the farm back home and a little mold grosses you out?” Applejack rolled her eyes before walking back over.

ゴゴゴゴ…

However as she walked away she failed to notice the mold begin to fester and slowly grow…both on the wall and the finger she used to pick at it with.

-

In all honesty Rarity was truly flabbergasted at how today had unfolded, at first they where just planning a simple welcome party for spike in the cafeteria which wound up being thrown out the window when Twilight contracted some odd illness that later turned out to be from a rouge stand attack that seemed to be specifically targeting none stand users.

And then she finds out Spike himself was also a stand user who then proceeded to accuse another student of being behind the aforementioned attack, granted said student was a stand user…just not the right one.

“FUCK!”

And thus the duos current predicament. By the time they had finished their interaction with Celtis. Florida Man had gotten away along with its user no doubt.

Rarity looked at Spike in concern as the dragon teen angrily slammed his fist into the stone wall beside him while being unsuccessful in damaging the wall at all while his fist was undamaged itself it seemed. Rarity would chalk it up to the natural durability dragons possessed, but that did not stop her from feeling concern.

“Spike…” Rarity took a hesitant step forward towards the frustrated dragon hand outstretched.

“It’s my fault…If I hadn’t been so sure Celtis was the stand user we wouldn’t have let that thing get away.” Spike sighed “I let my temper get the better of me, like I always do.” He glanced away.

The sight of her friend getting down on himself caused Rarity to sigh “Well…standing around and moping about it won’t help any.” She pointed out getting Spike to glance at her “We lost sight of the enemy, but we can still make sure Twilight is ok.” She smiled before walking past him.

“But I don’t think I can just drop looking for the guy, think about it Rarity. The guy knows you and I are stand users and for some reason they are targeting none stand users like Twilight…the whole thing just has me on edge.” Spike glanced away only for Rarity to speak up.

“I’m not saying we drop looking for him.” Rarity turned back to look at him “I’m saying you need to take a break to calm down, if you run yourself ragged it won’t do anyone any good. Besides, if the brute try’s to attack us or Twilight again we will be ready.” She pointed out.

Spike sighed and nodded accepting her point but remained silent as he walked past her.

Rarity dropped her smile for a moment and followed after Spike. With any luck Twilight’s condition might have improved which could put Spike at ease.

-

It didn’t take long to make their way back to the infirmary. Rarity noticed that on the way back none of the students had paid her or Spike any mind which normally wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but given the running around the two had done earlier one would think word would have spread fast, C.U was a school known for gossip in her experience so to see so many students they pass by not bat an eye and borderline going out of there way to ignore them was rather strange.

“Is it just me Spikey or…are other students pretending they don’t see us?” Rarity asked only for Spike to shrug.

“I don’t mind it. I’m too tired to get into another argument with another stuck up jackass.” Spike admitted while rubbing his temples “Honestly after today I just wanna check up on Twilight and then finally get to my dorm room and worry about Florida Man for later.” He said before he grabbed the handle to the door “I just don’t think I can handle anymore bizarre adventures for today.” He muttered before he began to pull on the door only for it to not budge an inch “The hell?” Spike frowned.

“What is it?” Rarity asked glancing over the dragon’s shoulder to see what was wrong.

“This door ain’t budging, I know for a fact it ain’t a push door so it should open up!” Spike said before he tried to yank the door open to no effect.

“Odd, the school prohibits locking the infirmary door while students are occupying it.” Rarity noted with a frown only for Spike to shake his head.

“It’s not locked, I can turn the handle fully but something has the door jammed pretty good.” Spike frowned before giving a final pull only for his hands to slip free and make him stumble back “Ok now I’m getting pissed!” He growled smoke beginning to rise from between his lips.

“If I may.” Rarity held up a hand as her stand aura flared up and the right sleeve of her jacket began to unravel with some of bejeweled segments of it actually having said jewels split apart before the thread like tendrils snaked their way between the gap between the door and its frame.

“I thought you said your stand only effected clothing.” Spike pointed out watching in awe as Rarity worked.

“Uptown girl works on things that can be worn darling, the jewels on my jacket are part of said jacket so they are technically being worn.” Rarity pointed out as the threads wove themselves together while between the door and frame taking on an almost crowbar like shape “Sometimes with stand abilities it’s like magic, the only limit is your imagination.” She said before the improvised crowbar jerked to the side and popped the door open.

ゴゴゴゴ…

The moment the door had popped open Spike suddenly clamped a hand over his mouth as he suddenly felt bike rise in his throat, Rarity was no different, the moment the door opened a putrid scent leaked out of the room and from the door itself. The source of the foul stench being from a festering green fungus like substance was growing on the other side of the door.

“What the fuck?!” Spike gagged stumbling back, Rarity didn’t answer instead she stepped away and began to dry heave and retch “What is this stuff?! and why the fuck dose it smell like the last time Shining tried to cook?” He grinned trying to keep the rising bile in his throat down.

“Spiiiiike…” A weak voice called from within the room making the duo freeze and slowly turn to the door as a hand slowly reached out from the darkness within the room…a pale purple furred hand coated with the same foul smelling fungus.

Instantly Spike put two and two together and rushed to the door in a panic “Twi!” He shouted reaching out toward his sister’s fungus coated arm intending to drag her out.

“I’m afraid I can’t allow that…” a disembodied voice growled causing Spike to freeze just as he got near the door.

ゴゴゴゴ!

Suddenly a familiar grey arm coated in red plated armor shot itself out from the festering fungus catching Spike off guard with a solid right hook, the attack managed to send Spike tumbling back and onto his back while nursing his now sore jaw.

“What the fuck?…” Spike groaned clutching his jaw his fingers briefly tracing his jawline and felt a trace of blood, that punch had actually managed to break his skin.

“I really did like you Spike, you seemed like such a nice guy.” The voice continued as the arm pulled itself further from the fungus and a more familiar shape stepped into view from the spreading algae, the figure being the very same Stand Celtis had summoned during Spike’s earlier accusation. And it was soon followed by its user much to Spike’s furry.

“YOU!” Spike shouted in rage forcing himself to stand up his expression fixed into a look of pure rage.

“Me.” Celtis said arms crossed before he began to tilt his Uber body to the right at an odd angle, his stand soon adjusting its own position taking a step forward with its fists resting in its hips before it bent its head back in a rather basic yet odd pose “And my Stand,「Infected Mushroom.」” he smirked.

“What the hell!” Rarity snapped after she managed to somewhat stop herself from reaching “You said you didn’t have anything to do with what happened to Twilight!” The fashionista snarled only for Celtis to chuckle.

“Ah yes, and I still don’t…well with her initial attack at least, but then I thought to myself after you left. How long am I gonna let these Ponies push me around?” Celtis asked allowed before glancing down at the weakened form of Twilight and roughly grabbed her by the wrist and tossed her out into the open “And then I thought maybe I should start using my power to put them in their place!” He cackled as Rarity and Spike became horrified at the sight.

Twilight Sparkle looked like hell.

Her fur was much paler then the last time Spike had seen her, her mane was messed up with the same dark green fungus growing in it and the rest of her body, but what was worse was the fact she looked almost skeletal now her cheeks where sunken in and her eyes looked blood shot.

“Truly revolting ain’t it? Fungi are a rather vicious life form, feasting off of their hosts not unlike a parasite.” Celtis mussed before he placed his right foot onto Twilight’s back and began to grind his heel into her making the unicorn whimper in pain “It was a stroke of luck that the AC in the nurses office was down, the humid air let my fungus grow rather rapidly on everything and everyone in the room. From Twilight to the pink one and your other friends.” He chuckled.

“Other ones?…” Rarity spoke before gasping in horror, she could see them inside the room. All of their friends Applejack Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were splayed out inside the room each on in a similar state of Fungi induced malnutrition.

Spike didn’t know when he started to approach Celtis but in truth? He didn’t care his anger had reached its boiling point.

“Undue your Ability.” Spike spoke his voice was fightingly calm which betrayed his emotions deep inside. He was only five meters away from Celtis now.

“Hmmm? What was that?” Celtis asked leaning forward and adding more pressure onto the downed form of Twilight causing her to whimper again.

Four meters.

“I said…Undue your ability…now.” Spike seethed his Stand aura flaring up as DragonHeart materialized besides, his fists clenched so tight that it drew blood from his palms along with his user’s.

Three meters.

“….” Celtis leaned back tilting his head up slightly so he was looking down at the teen, his next words would determine how what happened next would play out “No.” he responded flatly.

Two meters.

“RAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUH!” DragonHeart roared out before swinging his right arm out in a slashing motion, fingers outstretched before the pointer and middle finger bound together and instantly transformed into the elongated form of the stand arrow.

Celtis jumped back off of Twilight to avoid the in coming slash however the tip of the arrow managed to get him leaving a long slash across his chest and cutting up the sports jersey he wore.

“That wasn’t a fucking request!” Spike snarled before he crouched down to check on Twilight while his stand kept an eye on Celtis “Twilight…she’s my sister.” Spike glared picking Twilight up into his arms gently cradling her “It was one thing when you said all that racist shit earlier about ponies…and I admit I jumped the gun earlier in accusing you of attacking her before but this? This is unforgivable…so I’m only gonna say this one last time…undue your ability…or else….” Spike locked eyes with Celtis a burning look in his eyes the sheer determination within his gaze sent a brief chill down the Fawn’s spine “I’ll kill you.” Spike finished his threat punctuating the end of his sentence by taking a threatening step forward.

Celtis while briefly intimidated shook his head before sending the Dragon a glare of his own “I refuse.” He said simply causing Spike to snarl.

“You don’t get to refuse!” Rarity snapped venomously before her own stand aura flared up and the threads of her clothing seemed to react almost like something was slithering between the threads “This..this goes beyond just bigotry! This is sick! Twisted and monstrous!” The mare spat in disgust “Just what in Faust’s name did Ponies do to you to make you go to these extremes?!” She demanded an explanation not caring in the slightest if her shouting would draw any attention their way.

“…What Ponies did to me?” Celtis asked taking a moment to gently touch the wound on his chest “They tried to take my home from me…and when my people rebelled we were the ones who were punished.” He admitted his look becoming down cast.

For a moment Spike’s rage seemed to subside “I…remember reading about that…it was years ago a tribe of Fawn living in Everfree forest…they warded off a group of Ponies that where tearing down sections of the forest-“ he began only for Celtis to finish for him.

“To build a theme park…not caring about the wild life they disturbed or hurt or the people that lost their homes…so my people retaliated.” Celtis scowled, memories of the past flooding his mind of Fawn driving off and attacking Ponies of various species “But in the end my people where painted as villains and the Royal guard was called to drive us out.” Celtis finished locking eyes with Spike again “I hate Ponies because they don’t care who they hurt, they don’t care who they have to step on in order to expand their stupid empire. The only reason I’m attending C.U is because it would smooth over relations between are kinds but I say fuck that!” Celtis roared his stand aura flaring up as a deep growl escaped his own stand.

“Oh dear…” Rarity said in shock taking a step back but Spike remained still his gaze never leaving Celtis.

“Fuck the ponies! For the first time since I got here I know what I want to do! I’m going to use this stand of mine to put these worthless Ponies in their place!” Celtis spoke out loud grinning “My mind is clear! My resolve is unshakable so!” He pointed at Spike a dead serious look on his face “I’m gonna tell you this only once, drop the unicorn and let’s you and me do what feels right and start a fucking pur-“ his rant was abruptly cut short as a glass shard whizzed past his face leaving a long cut across his right cheek causing it to bleed.

“What happened to you and your people was fucked up.” Spike spoke while DragonHeart floated by him arm raised ready to fire off another shard of glass if need be “However that dose not give you the right to do this…and frankly this ain’t like you, the Celtis from a little while ago was more composed than this.” He added taking a moment to eye Celtis who just glared at him in response.

“What dose it matter?” Celtis spat before Infected Mushroom took point in front of him “I gave you a chance and you’re throwing it away, that makes you my enemy!” He shouted before charging in at Spike.

However he didn’t get far as tendrils of fiber soon wrapped themselves around the irate man’s torso before quickly tossing him away.

“Stay back!” Rarity spat her outfit having unwoven in several spots giving her an abundance of fiber tendrils to use before she glanced back at Spike “Spike you need to get the girls out of here. Strong stands tend to have a range limit so if you can get Twilight and the girls far enough away you should be able to reduce the effects of this mold.” She explained before turning her focus back onto Celtis who had scrambled back to his feet.

Spike bit back a retort, he knew she was right so against his better judgment and pride he slung Twilight over his shoulders in a fireman’s carry and sprinted toward the door, there was no way he could carry all the girls even with DragonHeart’s help but of what Rarity said rang true then getting some of them out of harms way would prove to beneficial in the long run.

There was just one problem. Who could he choose to save?

The moment Spike reached the doorframe again he froze for a moment as his eyes landed in the fungus covered malnourished forms of his long time friends.

“I can adjust my hood on Twilight so I can carry her over one shoulder. That will let me carry one more and DragonHeart can do the same…but that means…I can only save four.” Spike thought to himself in horror as he did a brief headcount and felt his teeth clench hard in outrage.

Twilight.

Applejack.

Rainbow dash.

Fluttershy.

Pinkie pie.

As it stood he could only grab four out of five of the girls right now and hope he could rush back in time to save the last one but who dose he leave behind? How can anyone make such a choice?!

“I need to make a decision…dammit!” Spike shouted in out rage before he quickly hearted Twilight over one shoulder and rushed in his feat kicking up the moss that was growing on the floor as he quickly bent down and picked up Rainbow Dash.

“Spike….D-don’t.” The Pegasus girl weakly protested her voice hoarse.

Rainbow you need to save your strength don’t talk.” Spike told her before bringing out his stand which then floated over to the weakened form of the remaining girls meaning he would have to make a choice.

“D-don’t…touch…the moss…” Rainbow managed to wheeze out in pain.

-

“Fool.” Celtis muttered aloud with a confidant smirk causing Rarity to drop her guard and whirl her head around to see sweat was wrong.

To her horror she witnessed the moss that was coating both Twilight and Rainbow Dash begin to spread across Spike’s body in a rapid case already costing the majority of his jacket with the fowl smelling fungus.

“SPIKE WAIT NO!” Rarity cried out hand out stretched but it was far too late.

Spike instantly felt the strength begin to leave his body causing him to fall to his knees making more of the moss cling to him and spread further, he could barely register the boasting of his enemy.

“Fungus will always spread and cover its target to sap away its strength, my stand perfectly embodies that the humid temperature in that room coupled with the fact Spike is a dragon with an internal heat source means my moss spreads like a wild fire!” Celtis boasted with a laugh.

Rarity snarled before she had he threads burrow into the ground before she cocked her hip forward “Shut the hell up!” She bellowed out before she swung her body with a quick jerking motion the ground tearing up as a result as the threads where flung out of the ground wrapped around a decent sized rock in the ground which was now barreling toward Celtis’s smug gloating face.

“Get that weak shit out of my face bitch!” Celtis shouted before Infected Mushroom unleashed a flurry of blows obliterating the stone before it got to close to its users face “And while you’re at it.” He grinned as his stand roughly grabbed the fibers that had previously been wrapped around the stone “Eat moss and die!” He ordered before the stand tightened its grip around the fibers before it lowered its head and let out a deep hot breath onto its fist and the fibers.

In an instance the moss began to grow from the Stand’s enclosed fist and travel up the clothing fibers toward a shocked Rarity. However that feeling of shock only lasted a moment before Rarity’s horn lit up.

“I don’t think so!” Rarity shouted before segments of the fibers lit up with the magic of her horn before being cut just before the moss could reach her.

The severed fibers seemed to wither and writhe on the ground before going limp as Rarity backed up her outfit now having a few more holes and missing segments on it, a fact Celtis was quick to point out.

“You’re running out of clothing and accessories, if this keeps up it won’t be long before you wind up strutting around in the buff completely defenseless.” Celtis smirked cracking his knuckles “Aside from your magic that is but something tells me you aren’t the most gifted magic wise.” He sneered.

Rarity bit back a retort and just glared at the arrogant Fawn “This isn’t good, I’m not used to using my stand in a fight.” Rarity thought to herself before she steeled her nerves “Using magic is just like using a stand!” She said aloud before her horn lit up while her stand aura surrounded her “A novice can defeat an expert so long as they are creative with what little they have!” She smirked

-

“C-creative?” Spike muttered as he could hear Rarity’s voice before he recalled what she had said earlier “My only limit is my…imagination.” Spike said between breaths before he weakly turned himself onto his back while his eyes were shut tight as he tried to think.

DragonHeart’s ability could allow him to eat any material without any ill effect and apply it to his body accordingly, but the moss was growing around everything too rapidly for him to just eat it off his friends.

“Ok I could word that differently but I’m to tired.” Spike thought to himself with a groan as he tried to think of something, he needed a way to deal with all the fungus in the room at once and he needed it fast, he was beginning to black out from how weak he was getting he was starting to see stars.

“Stars…that’s…it.” Spike mumbled before a weaker version of his stand aura began to flare up “A Starfish.” He grinned.

Nearby DragonHeart had also turned onto his back before weakly opening its mouth causing the Stand’s tongue to flop out onto the floor with a small amount of saliva.

“Itadakimasu…” The stand wheezed out before it began to cough and hack rapidly causing its throat to begin to bulge.

The Stand began to let out a serious of coughing and hacking sounds as the object in its throat seemed to expand while more of it began spill from the Stand’s mouth soon enveloping its head with a strange purple and black membrane like object that continued to expand and encompassed not only the entire body of the Stand but soon the surrounding area in the room.

-

“What the hell?!” Celtis suddenly shouted in shock his eyes locking onto the Nurse’s office only to witness as some odd blob like object began to spread and expand and from the looks of it the moment his Stand’s moss came into contact with the object it crumbled away into its mass “What the fuck is that thing?” Celtis demanded before shaking his head “No it doesn’t matter, I won’t let you do as you please!” He declared before making a break for the room.

“Don’t ignore me!” Rarity suddenly shouted before unleashing a few more threads that wrapped around the Fawn’s leg before Rarity gave a sharp pull tripping Celtis up and causing him to face plant into the ground.

Celtis let out a growl before he began to push himself up however Rarity wouldn’t allow him time to recover, the sound of a horn lighting up filled the air as a magical glow encompassed the threads binding Celtis’s leg.

“And stay away from my friends!” Rarity added her horn lit up before she gave another pull and was able to make Celtis airborne for a moment before tossing him overhead and slamming him into the ground once more on the other side of the courtyard.

A cry of pain escaped the man’s throat as he roughly slammed into the ground and before he could get up agian he found himself being lifted up once more only to be slammed back down even hard this time “YOU ARE STARTING TO PISS ME OFF BITCH!” He roared in out rage before his Stand once again took hold of the threads and began to spread its vicious mold up the strings however this time the fungus was traveling at a much higher speed then before.

Rarity made an attempt to cut her threads again but she was to late, the mold has already reached the threads of her jacket and jeans and where beginning to rapidly spread but that didn’t mean Rarity was out of options…granted this next one would be damaging to her pride for several reasons.

“I swear once this is over I’m going to kill you.” Rarity growled her cheeks lighting up before she shifted her magic and the sound of fabric ripping was heard before her jacket fell from her frame…along with her jeans.

“….Hello!” Celtis suddenly laughed at the sight of a now blushing Rarity standing there only in her bright pink top and black lacy undergarments in plain view “I know I said you’d be fighting in the buff but I didn’t think it’d happen this soon!” Celtis mocked his rage subsided for a moment as he openly laughed at the flustered Rarity’s situation.

Teeth bared and fists clenched Rarity did her best to cover herself while backing away from from her discarded clothing which was now covered in moss, yet oddly the torn clothes where not fully covered yet.

“What on earth?” Rarity wondered allowed as she eyed the moss for a moment as Celtis continued to laugh at her “It couldn’t be…” she trailed off looking from the moss to the still laughing enemy before her and a smirk over came her features “So that’s your weakness.” she thought before she glanced at her own state of dress and frowned “But that bit of info dose not help my current situation. she blushed.

“HAHAHAHAHA OH GOD MY RIBS!” Celtis laughed as he held his sides rolling on the ground while Rarity felt her blood boil “I-I CAN’T BREATH AHAHA SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE!” He barked out between laughs and wheezes.

“Yeah you probably should call him an ambulance Rarity.” A familiar voice spoke up the tone it held conveyed a great deal of barely constrained fury.

The moment the voice Spoke up Rarity turned around and Celtis had stopped laughing, not because of the voice no, but because DragonHeart had its hand clamped around his neck causing the Fawn to gasp in shock.

“Y-You!” Celtis gagged out as he saw Spike standing before him, a noticeable lack of moss on his body and clothing which Celtis was quick to notice “B-but how?!” He demanded in outrage.

“Fun little marine biology fact, a Starfish captures its prey by actually spitting up its own stomach.” Spike calmly told him his expression was fixed into a glare “i did a paper on the Starfish back in high school, got a pretty nice grade on it to…granted I still think it deserved an A and not a B minus but that’s neither here nor there.” Spike shrugged before glancing at his stand “Let him have it.” He ordered.

“With pleasure.” The stand growled before swinging its fist into the deers face just as he released his neck.

The result was Celtis being sent sailing back a few feet and slamming hard into the brick wall of the school causing him to crumble onto the ground however he was not out yet.

“Damn you…” Celtis snarled as he slowly forced himself to his feet blood dripping from his maw “All I wanted to do was show you the light…but you just had to be stubborn! So I had to teach you a lesson and you still resist the truth so tell me why…WHY THE FUCK DO YOU SIDE WITH THESE FILTHY PONIES DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT THEY’VE DONE?!” He demanded.

“…You really wanna know?” Spike asked with a sigh taking a moment to remove his hat “They raised me…Twilight Velvet Sparkle and Night Light Sparkle raised me not to be a slave…but to be their son…you honestly think I haven’t asked the big uncomfortable question before?” He asked back looking at his hat “When they found my egg they didn’t see a potential threat to equestria or anything like that…they saw an unborn child abandoned and left to die for who knows what reason…and they took me in…they hatched em taught me right from wrong…and I’ve seen a side of ponies most others of my kind refuse to see.” Spike smiled to himself.

“And what would that be?” Celtis snarled before taking a step forward only to freeze as Spike sent him a glare.

“The good side…I get it…ponies do fucked up stuff to other races all the time but this shit is not black and white case and point you are doing all this to a group of my friends who have never done anything to you simply because they are the same race as the people who wronged you…you are every bit as racist and bigoted as them.” Spike finished.

“How…DARE YOU!” Celtis snapped before charging in “YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH!” He roared taking a swing at Spike his stands fist overlapping with his own as it neared the Dragon’s head.

“Don’t I?!” Spike snarled before he ducked to the side grabbing the man’s wrist and quickly bending his arm behind his back “You think that after all this time I’ve lived in Canterlot of all places I don’t get hazed and shunned?!” He demanded “I do! And I hate it! I hate this school! I hate Canterlot! But I don’t hate ponies!” Spike snarled before he kicked Celtis forward.

“Bullshit! I call bullshit!” Celtis snarled before bringing out Infected Mushroom again his stand aura flaring up much more violently than before “Im done giving you any more chances or lessons Spike! Im gonna-“ he began only to freeze along with both Rarity and Spike as the trio heard a series of voices in the distance.

“What the hell is all that racket?”

“I think it’s coming from over here…”

Celtis scowled before he took a deep breath and dispelled his stand “Seems we’ve run out of time.” He growled while he glared at Rarity and Spike “Make no mistake…Pony lover!” He spat out with a glare “You’ve made an enemy today…one who won’t forgive so easily the next time we fight…I’m playing for keeps.” He promised before he turned tail and ran.

“H-hey!” Rarity shouted “Get back here! Spike we can’t just let him get away!” She tried to say only for Spike to quickly remove his jacket and wrap it around her.

“We don’t have time.” Spike told her before he picked her up and made a break for the Nurse’s office much to Rarity’s dismay.

“Wait the moss!” She tried to protest only for Spike to shake his head.

“Trust me it’s fine.” He told her before they crossed the threshold into the room before Spike quickly shut the door with his tail just as a few students made their way into the clearing.

“Huh…could have sworn I heard something.” A Pegasus student rubbed his chin in thought.

“Someone really should fire the grounds keeper.” An Earthpony student frowned scrunching jo her nose at the sight of the field “This is downright shameful work.” She huffed before turning and leaving the way she came.

-

“Ugh…my freaking head.” Twilight groaned as she sat up eyes shut tight “What the fuck hit me?” She grumbled taking notice of her surroundings. She was still in the nurses office but it was noticeably lacking any form of carnivorous mold like before “Was it all just a dream?” She muttered to herself looking at her hand and to her relief she was not in the skeletal state she was before.

“Oh it was no dream…but it’s kinda a long story sis…but I’ll try to explain as best I can.” A voice said causing Twilight to turn her head to see a nervously smiling Spike standing in the room holding onto Rarity who was clad in his jacket.

“…” Twilight just stared in shock while nearby another familiar voice was heard groaning.

“Oh fuck me my head.” Rainbow whined as she sat up running a hand through her mane and nearby her the rest of their friends could be seen passed out within the Nurse’s office “I feel like I got hit by a-“ she began only to freeze once her eyes landed on Rarity and Spike.

“…Hey Rainbow-“ Spike began only for the mare to bust out laughing.

“OH MY GOD RARITY I WAS JUST JOKING!” Rainbow laughed as she fell back while Rarity blushed “YOU TWO ACTUALLY HOOKED UP!” She grinned folding her legs together and leaning forward “Detail please~” she teased.

“R-rainbow! It’s not like that!” Rarity stuttered her face flushed red.

“Then what is it like then?” Twilight spoke up her tone very calm and rational…which unnerved the two to no end once they saw the stern glare she was giving the two…well it was more directed toward her fellow Unicorn “Go on…I’d love to know EXACTLY what’s going on.” She frowned.

“…Good grief.” Spike groaned with a sheepish look.

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“Well that could have gone better….”A voice said as we go to a hoodie wearing figure standing atop the roof of the school looking down on the field where the battle had just taken place, besides the figure stood Florida Man who remained silent as it hovered by the man indicating it may be it’s user.

“That’s one fucking way of putting it.” A female voice spoke up before the sound of wing beats where heard as a Pegasus girl wearing a hooded jacket landed besides the figure and delivered a solid punch to his shoulder.

“Ow!” The male figure hissed rubbing his shoulder in pain and sent the mare a glare only to flinch back when she shot him one right back “Okay yeah I messed up.” He chuckled nervously his red eyes leaking out from the darkness of his hood.

“You think! I know you just got your stand but that was the most boneheaded thing you could have done! Pulling pranks on other students is one thing but you could have ruined everything with this little stunt!” The mare huffed crossing her arms “But moving past that…there are more stand users amongst our fellow students besides our little group.” The mare pointed out.

“So it seems…that Dragon boy seems to actually be in possession of one of the arrows.” The man spoke before he cupped his chin and Florida Man vanished “What do you wanna do?” He asked turning to the mare who shook her head.

“We tell the others before we make any other moves and then…we just observe them for now…till then YOU have a mess you need to clean up” the mare pointed out before unfolding her pale white wings and flying off.

“…Right…good grief.” The man sighed before he turned around and walked off “All this to overthrow those two in the castle.” He grumbled to himself.

Author's Note

Here’s the next chapter and the next set of stand stats

Stand name: Uptown Girl

Stand master: Rarity

Power: D
Speed: C
Range: B
Precision: A
Durability: C
Development: C

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Stand name: Infected Mushroom

Stand master: Celtis

Power: A
Speed: C
Range: C
Durability: B
Precision: C
Development: B