Internal Fires of Creation

by Itc-33

Ch-3 Bad Books

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Spike takes another moment to look over Twilight a bit more in her new form. Her chest seemed to be a bit bigger than it was as a human, and her legs also seemed to end in her normal hooves instead of the shoes humans had. His own body looked a bit older, with his legs also looked and seemed to function more like Capper’s legs did, though he didn’t understand why.

Spike was pulled from his thoughts by Twilight tossing him a set of clothes. “Well, your body has finally cooled down, which is good. You get dressed and try not to speak too much until I get a chance to talk with Celestia or Ember about this” She says as she leaves the room quickly, not trying to think about what she had just done.

Spike stood up as he looked over the clothes. They were a pair of black pants as well as a gray shirt with the power ponies logo on it. Beneath both of them was a pair of underwear which seemed his size, probably from his own dresser or something, given how much the world had changed around him. He got dressed quickly, his body mostly running on instinct to follow what his false memories told him he was supposed to do.

Once he was dressed, he walked over to a window and took a deep breath. He knew this would be the best way to test if his powers worked, but given the heat that would come from it, he wasn’t sure it was worth it. He looked out into the midday sky as he gulped, trying to work up the courage to do it.

“Ok, Spike, you can do this… The sky is now red” He says, only to see no change. “Um, hocus pocus, red sky focus?” He tries this time, only to get met with the same results. “How about green?” He says as the sky turns red, as a familiar draconequus groans loudly.

“Seriously? I was sure I would get you by doing that!” Discord says as he pops into existence upside down, his horn falling downwards, followed by his wings. Spike then noticed that he still looked the same, and wondered if Discord had resisted the change. “So, mind telling dear old Discord why you were trying to change the color of the sky? Cause that’s more my thing then yours.”

“Well… Something happened, and just a bit ago I accidentally changed the world… Now everyone is more like humans! Well, except for you” Spike says, as he noticed that Discord either didn’t mention that himself, or he didn’t know.

Discord flipped upright as his horns and wings rushed up into the sky. “Oh? Well then, that’s interesting. Was it a snap of the claw that did it by chance?”

“No, it was a question,” Spike admits as Discord groans. Spike then watched him fold himself into a book and slam shut.

“Well, that closes the book on you gaining powers like mine then. Phewy, I was hoping to have a new chaos buddy. Oh well, Pinky is still an option.”

“What… Why are you here? Did you notice the change?” Spike as he felt his internal temperature beginning to rise. “... oh no”

“Duh, of course I did, like I wouldn’t feel something that big!” Discord says, despite the fact that he truly didn’t until Spike retroactively made him feel it.

“Ugh, great. In that case, do you know how I did that? Like, whatever is responsible, will it try to change me? Will I end up like those characters in those horrible novels Twilight banned from her library?” Spike says, as his mind goes back to the books in question.

It had been a few days after Twilight had returned the elements to the tree of harmony when they arrived. She had originally asked for them to help her understand how other ponies who had suddenly risen to immense power handled themselves, not reading too much into their descriptions otherwise.

They arrived all in a large, unmarked box which Spike brought inside. “Um, Twilight, there is a box here full of books.” He said, able to tell what they were by their smell by that time.

“Oh! Thank you Spike!” Twilight said as she opened up the box and took them all up to her room for a bit of speed reading, leaving one which Spike took to read himself.

The story had a stallion gain a magic book able to rewrite any rules. At first Spike thought it would be an interesting tale of him trying to change the rules to help him get away with crimes or have him try to make a better world with a group trying to oppose him. Then he saw the first thing he did was make incest not only legal, but required.

The rest of the story was much the same, this stallion altering all the rules to make himself a paradise while not caring about the consequences of everything else. He couldn’t stand to read more after the 5th chapter out of 20. Twilight had said something similar about the other, though of course not explaining in detail any of it, but by today Spike had realized it was the same for those ones.

Spike was pulled from his reminiscing by the heat growing inside his body and an awkward look from Discord, as he now realized his mistake.

“... Oh shit!” Spike says as he immediately ran downstairs to tell Twilight what happened, getting stopped by Discord before he got to the stairs.

“Look, calm down a bit Spike. First thing you need to realize is that that thing inside you, it’s not going to let you stop it.” Discord says as he puts on a pair of glasses and opens up an odd looking book. “The second is that it will twist your words if you are not careful. Luckily, I can help! I am planning something that, as long as you don’t say anything to mess it up, will be able to tear it out of you!”

“Wait, real-HURM!” Spike tries to say before Discord covers his mouth, as Spike realized his mistake.

“Yes, really. You just need to handle yourself until it is complete. Just don’t involve me, and keep cool by any means necessary.” The lord of Chaos says as he disappears to get to work, leaving Spike there, alone, and very, very warm.


Author's Note

Since I am new to all of this, I would love to hear your suggestions for what Spike ends up doing to Twilight to get her.

Also, here is a poll for who he ends up meeting next and changing-
https://strawpoll.com/polls/kogjv0JxPg6

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