Dark Times in Ponyville

Three days have passed and Spike was extremely bored, he kept on walking back and forth, reading Twilight's books, tried to talk to Twilight's pet owl and then he went to a counter to grab some spoons out of the drawer and started counting all the spoons;

"One Spoon, Two Spoon, *Gasps* Oh my goodness, this is amazing! *Sarcastic tone* Three Spoons Four Spoons, Five Spoons... oh this is so not entertaining! I can't take it anymore!!!"

It's funny, before the three days he had all to himself right after Twilight left, he would always come with various activities to do and have fun doing, but then after the three days... he had been reduced to counting spoons. After that, Spike started rolling down the stairs in order to achieve entertainment, but what he only achieved... was pain and lots of it. After his insult to injury, Spike thought that if he's gonna get entertained, he should go to some pony he knows that's very entertaining; so Spike had taken the liberty to go "Sugar Cube Corners" to visit Pinkie Pie.

So when Spike finally arrived to Sugar Cube Corners, he wanted to see Pinkie Pie in order to ask if she can come play with him or something entertaining of the sort, and then as she shows up, Spike asks Pinkie Pie if she wanted to hang out with her and do some crazy fun stuff together, but then Spike starts to notice something unusual about Pinkie Pie's behavior. She was rather gloomy and a bit bitter, and Spike was getting a little worried about her, and so he asks if she was alright and she started replying in a moody tone;

“Yes Spike, I’m real peachy. Why don't you do yourself a favor and-”

And then Spike interrupts Pinkie Pie by asking her if she and Spike wanted to cook some delicious sweets or pull some pranks or anything that says fun. But Pinkie Pie wasn’t in the greatest of moods to do anything fun with Spike, she also told him that she rather lick doorknobs than go have fun with an annoying chatterbox, called Spike. This got him disappointed and her rude remarks got his feelings hurt, and so he left Sugar Cube Corners and went to go find Applejack to see if she needed any help by plucking the apples out of the trees.

So, on his way to Sweet Apple Acres, Spike sets out to find Applejack and ask her if she needs help with her work. She found her and she was laying down on a tree relaxing, Spike walked up to her and asks if he can help her by plucking the apples and then she told him that she could use some help with the work… so now Spike is out plucking all the apples all by himself and Applejack continues to lay back and relax. After work, Spike was bushed and needed something to eat so he asks AJ that if he can have an apple and she responded; "Geez Spike, knock yourself out. Now, if you don't mind, I've got some sleep, so don't bother me.". So Spike just climbed up the tree, pick an apple from the branches, then he fell down on his back and furthermore... he ate the apple without her knowing because he was very hungry, after that he went to go see Rainbow Dash just to see what new and awesome stunts she’s learned today.

He kept searching and searching and so far nothing, he was getting tired of looking for RD, so he just skipped it and went to go see Fluttershy instead. Little did Spike know that she was doing what she always does… which is sleeping on the highest cloud. Anyhow, Spike went to Fluttershy’s cottage to see if she was doing anything productive and plus he went to her because she’s so nice and is always busy taking care of animals. Spike went inside, so far the inside of the house looked like that a tornado struck her home and without even striking the outside of the cottage. While inside, all the animals in her house were all afraid and Spike was getting worried about them and so he went to Fluttershy’s room to see what was going on with the critters, he went in and notices that her room was even messier the rest of the rooms in the house. And there she was, right in front of him, staring outside through the window... then Spike walks up and asks her;

"Uh, hey Fluttershy um, you do notice that your cottage is quite eh... messy right?"

Then he started chuckling nervously after he said what he had said. And he also mentioned that the animals that Fluttershy cater for are all hiding and quivering in fear and wonders why, then Fluttershy turns around and tells Spike; "Oh, is that so? Well then, I don't suppose you should clean it up around here. So make yourself useful for once and clean up my cottage. That's pretty much all you're good for."

Spike was kinda confused and a bit timid to Fluttershy's new behavior and as she kept going on and on about how soft, messy and weak the animals are, Spike tried to get away while she wasn't looking. After he left Fluttershy's home, he was scared of the fact that there was something definitely going on in Ponyville and it's not good, meanwhile Fluttershy was through talking bad about the animals and the ponies and then went back to the window that she was standing next to and resumed to staring the outside. And just right behind her, her shadow started to get darker and a little foggier and the fact that there was something ominous growing inside that shadow of hers...

Now back to Spike; he was just about to visit Rarity to see if she was okay and not completely out of it like the others were, but just in his way; Rainbow Dash was performing spectacular stunts for all sorts of other ponies who were watching. However they all didn't seem to interested, in fact they weren't even paying attention and as for Dash, she was still at it and believes that the ponies were watching and admiring her. Spike walked up to Rainbow and asked her that there something unusual happening in the town, she flew down towards him and said to him;

"No fooling, these ponies are at the least interested at what I give em I mean come on, I know that these are just stunts that worked on for weeks but they're not that old."

"That's not the point!" Spike Said.

And just as he said that, he also told her that the ponies in Ponyville and that included their friends were acting very strange, so strange they're not themselves he kept proclaiming. But Dash wasn't paying attention to what spike said, she was busy muttering to herself about learning some incredibly new and spectacular stunts for the folks to see.

"Hello, are you even listening to me!?"

Spike yelled out, then Dash replied;

"Sorry Steve, I gotta get back and come up with some new stunts to work on. But first... I need some rest."

"Wait, come back! I believe that there's something happening in... ...wait a second. Did she just call me Steve?!"

Spike yelled out in confusion and Rainbow was already on her way back to Cloudsdale and wished Spike or "Shawn" another name that she called him good luck on whatever he was doing. After that little mishap, Spike was totally confused than he was before and then he said;

"I said it before and I'll say it again... What in the name of Ponyville is going on here!?"

And after his commotion, he went to go see how Rarity is keeping up but he worries that Rarity might be as worse as the others he's tried talking to today. So as he arrived to Rarity's boutique shop, he took a huge gulp... wondering what will be waiting for him inside. He was inside the shop, and right at the moment as he turned around, the shop was a complete mess, well... more than it's usual share of messes of course. Spike was becoming more worried than he was when he visited Fluttershy's place, then as he got in further in the shop, he went into the other room and saw Rarity on the ground in gloom and despair. Spike walked up to her and asked what was wrong, and she replied;

"Oh my, this can't be happening... not to poor ol' Rarity! It's just awful, it's most tragic in fact... it could just be the worst possible thing!"

And after her little dramatic performance, Spike asks what exactly is the worst possible thing that's happened to Rarity, and she tells him that she has lost the ability to make dresses and also because she has lost her artistic potential, her inspiration and her materials. And even though Rarity still has all the materials needed to make dresses which was obvious to Spike, she still doesn't feel the need to make dresses. But then Spike tries to make her feel better in anyway possible and then he tried to encourage Rarity to make dresses again, he even said that he's willing to help her dig up and collect some gems for her and her new line of clothing. But alas, she still didn't want to because she is afraid that someone might actually hate her designs, or they'll say what she wants to hear but secretly, they dislike them and will not approve of them. This was unbelievable to Spike, even the one Unicorn pony that he loves most has fallen to pieces, all the more reason that he should worry, it was very convenient... Ponyville has been turned upside down. And while Rarity continues to have an episode, Spike leaves the shop to investigate what's going on in Ponyville.