The butterfly effect

by Sofocles the Drake

Rating: mature
Tags: Sex, Spike, Suicide / Self Harm, Dragons, Profanity, Violence, Twilight Sparkle, Sad, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rarity, Romance
Length: 23979

How a single dragon changed a society, and how a small even can change him.

Love is frail and volatile, but can also be strong and sturdy.

But just like a butterfly wing flap can cause a tornado, what can a simple event unchain in the love of a dragon and a mare? Of spike and Rarity? Find out in this fic

Published 2023-02-12 06:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2023-11-20 21:34:55 UTC

Society today

The world is a complex ecosystem, and as such it can and will be affected easily with a slight change. Most ponies, dragons, gryphons, you name it call it butterfly effect.

So, I the narrator will disclose to you this story , perhaps more of a warning of what happens when "the butterfly bats its wings" and you forgot you set it free in the first place.

We find ourselves in ponyville, one city of the wide domain in equestria, land of friendship, land of oportunity but most importantly land of ponies.

While its true that equestria seeks and has always had interest in "sinergy" with other species truth is that dragons where always interesting in this equation.

At first feared due to ignorance since dragon interacting with ponies was rare and as such their bad interactions resonated with strenght in the populus.

This fear thus qucly changed to lack of trust after twlight sparkle hatched spike's egg making her and celestia his adoptive mothers by chance thus making him a citizen in equestria bust most importantly adopted son of celestia herself.

Not long after this lack of trust changed into predjudice, marginating this innocent child at least fot a time. This of course after years brew spike's obession and devotion to knowledge and being of use to his sister, twilight. Not long after, this predjudice turned into patronizing seeing him more as a butler or a pet rather than a family member of the sparkle house hold.

(Take in mind this all hapenned when he was but a child, even younger than the story in the series.)

Of course being as he is, combined with years of interaction between both species growing, the economy blooming and most importantly his deeds being know to the public as well as a rumor or 2 helped; be it saving an empire, helping his friends to a fault, avoiding a war with dragons, making changelings a friendly species and an asset to the nation rather than enemies, making a name for himself and of course allowing more useful and general knowledge of dragons known to the public and thus making most ponies versed in dragons rather than afraid of them.

After all this development by the time he was but a young lad, dragons became actually respected, thanks in no small part to an increasing friendship bond between nations thanks to him and ember

This change for good however, soon got bastardized in many ways, one being that now not only dragons as a species but more specifically he himself became icons, be it of religion, of sex, or strengh.

To put it simply they became an object of desire, be it for power, lust, manpower, religious delirium and overall nasty things, wich i will leave to your imagination.

Hower this wave of fanatism and "dragon fever" thanks in no little part to the crystal empire did not change the fact that broad populi now accepted dragons as equals, or well perhaps as friends.

In this regards, this story as such is centered on spike the fist dragon introduced to pony society. This lad wich right now is laying in his now stallion sized bed.

Spike, the local dragon and most known dragon in equestria, brother in law to the local princess twlight, and now personal advisor rather than assistant is laying in his bed thinking about his 19th birthday

Not much has changed since their last adventure, when they deafeated Cozy glow and her goons, however one thing did change and that was spike.

His wings had gotten bigger as well as his tail, his torso, his head, his maw,his legs and his spikes.

He is now an adult, not that it was that long ago when he was but an adolescent in the show afterall.

His scales are smooth, with a translucent shine, one that if compared to anything was moist. His body now matured, his face now more imposing but still endearing, his features a lot more dragon like now but his size that of an adult pony, perhaps a little taller than average stallion.

In resume, this lad has a very generous glow up very fast .

*yawn* "man, i wonder if twilight get me a book a gain... hopefully not"

*raises from the bed* "well wont find out until i do" he said

He then went all fours down the castle stairs, directly to the entrance. This, not because he could not walk in 2 legs but because it was easier for him to do it in 4 legs now.

Opening the door and walking outside he looked at the now slightly more diverse populi, a gryphon here and there, a jack or two. The city, now bigger than ever was busting with life.

That was all he saw until one earth mare, of cream furr, with blue mane, a camera cutie mark and a small design black hat came trotting to him "Mr spike!, good to find you here!"

*sigh* "what do you need, creme a la moude? He said, clearly annoyed".

*she gasped* "Sir spike why are you so cold? You should just call me creamy like all my friends do!! She exclaimed.

"Well, sorry but im not your friend, i was your model for a a magazine ONCE and you have never left me alone since then"

"Why, of course afterall i need you to model for me more!!! I made good bits you know?. Besides i like you a lot in more ways than one" she said, moving her brows in waves, clearly flirting

"Well i dont!! Do you even know what has happened to me because of it!!? I LITERALLY ASKED YOU TO NOT SELL IT IN THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE!!!

"What? More mares and some stalions drooling over you" she said with a questioning brow " oh poor old you getting some attention from mares THE HORROR" she said in a mocking tone.

"A random crystal mare literally postrated herself in front of me in the middle of ponyville in a doggy sex style position while giving begging groans and pushing her flank on my maw" he said in a blank face.

" twilight still has nightmares of it from time to time, even i do"

*wide eyes* " uhhh... ummmm well... * cough* anyway i .... need you for a clothing commercial a-are you interested?" She said with a sheepish smile.

*sigh* i guesss if its just a clothing one.... fine . As long as its not another gig involving covering me in massaging oil and placing me in a somewhat compromising position its ok.... *grunt* faust do i bucking hate that massaging oil marketing gig.

"Great!!!!, oh and uhmmm h-have you considered what i told you after our last gig? " She said with glimmering eyes.

"....sorry but no. I just cant, ok?"

"Oh... i-i- i see..." she said as her smile and ears drop.

" ¿You still like her, right?" she asked in a whisper

"Look... i- i-i know you and me have NOWHERE near history as you have with her i know i have only known you for like 4 or 5 years now but... but i... i really like you and she... she will ne-"

"SHUT UP RIGHT NOW!!" He screamed.

The mare backed a way a step as everyone looked at them.

*Gasp* " IM SORRY!!! I did not meant to hurt you its just... she was saying until

"No, im sorry. I -i should not have screamed at you i am just im tired of everyone telling me its not gonna happen, its frustrating. *sigh* im really, really sorry.... forgive me creamy" he said as he looked to the side.

*gasp* s-spike y-you just called me... she said with tears in her eyes and a teary smile.

"Anyway, sorry but i have to go. I will see you for the details of the gig tomorrow." He interrupted her as he slowly walked away to sugar corner until he hear her say from the distance.

"Goodbye spike, just please ... think about it" , she then whispered a barely audible " i love you"

Spike stopped for a second in thought, then shaked his head and went to celebrate his birthday in sugar cube corner.

As he opened the door he...

A domino falls

....he got knocked back a step or two by loud screaming.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKE!!! They screamed as counterfeir and balloons flew everywhere

The next thing spike new Pinkie pie threw herself at him at such a speed it could even be a mach 3, knocking him to the floor.

*ugh* *cough* "pinkie.... *wheeze* chill i am not going anywhere" he said while regaining his breath.

*giggle* " of course you arent party boooy~" she said as she pressed her body and thus her lower and ample teats into his draconic body, moving in small circles.

"AHEM" twilight interruped

"Oh, hehehe..... fine i willl get off now." She said

*chuckle* phew pinkie if you where not... well your flamboyant ponysona id start wondering if you liked me that way.

"Of course not you dumny" she said as she got off of him.

"Why would i like a big, hunky, smooth, charming...." this made spike raise a brow.

*cough* " anyway, you are the party boy here soooooo, LETS PARTY EVERYONE!!!!"

The party started pinkie and spike being the party animals they are where playing music as dj's while eating pizza while they and everyone in the buildijg dances to the beat.

/Imagine this playing = https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YlFZI0BkkZw&feature=share/

As the party went further spike was combat dancing applejack, wich went as far as using a lasso as part of her dance stunt, shaking her curves smoothly while everyone cheered.

"HOLLY MOLLY DOES THAT MARE DANCE!... BUCK IM GONNA LOSE 50 BITS! *grunt* rainbow exclaimed from the apple cider stand.

THATS A LADY ALRIGHT!! said rarity

IS THIS BONDAGE DANCING OR SOMETHING? OH WHATEVER, DONT LOSE SPIKE OR NO MORE POWER PONIES FOR A WEEK I BETTED 50 BITS!! Said twilight

oh my.... fluttershy almost whispered with a tomato red face while pinkie pie just giggled like crazy.

"Yeeehawww partner, you are sooo gona lose" applejack exclaimed

*grunt " i did not want to use this but... buck it"
Spike said as he used his flames on the floor to make a small portal of wich he took out an oiling massage bottle.

And before you ask, yes he did that right now. I mean what did you think was bound to happen after he controlled teleporting fire magic? Of course not only send letters .

PINKIE, PUT THE SECRET WEAPON!!! He screamed.

AHOY, ON IT CAPITAN!! She screamed
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=w373tCGyLq8&feature=share

Everyone then stopped to look at spike who was pouring the liquid slowly in his body and then in the 55th second of the beat snapped his fingers making a small spark that put him in flames.

everyone but pinkie's mouth went wide open, while they witnessed a now two legged spike dancing in flames sedductevly swinging his hips left to right and doing poses until he finally just snapped his fingers making the flames go away. Perks of being a magical dragon.

*pomf* *pomf* *pomf* Twilight's, rainbow's and even FLuttershy got wing boners... kek.

The music just screeched as pinkine stopped it suddenly covering her mouth with a hoof for some reason.

"I think they got the point spikey, you clearly win."

OH HELL NAH,HE CHEATED!!

Did he applejack? Did he really? Asked a smug Rainbow dash. Or are you a sore loser?~

"OH COME O-....wait why do you guys have wing boners?" She said as she turned to look at RD with her voice lowering every word.

HORMONES, Y-YES H-HORMONES JUST A NATURAL REACTION!! Twilight desperatly screamed to justify her clear and wrong enthusiasm.

....fluttershy did not even said a word just got even redder.

Rainbow looked at her and everyone wings, the she smirked and said: "hey, save some for the rest of geez"

"RAINBOW!!!, that is so uncouth for a lady and also SPIKE this is NOT a pole dancing competition have more modesty for crying out loud!!!" Rarity said

"Although it WAS a interesting view" she mumbled

"Heh, sorry guys he said while rubbing his neck.... i just dont like to lose" he said

"Its alright dear now, lets... open the presents.. YES LETS DO THAT" Rarity said

They where then in the middle of the tables, everymare giving him a present.

The first one was twilight who gave him a small box, wich after he opened it there was a white book called "my very first marefriend"

Spike just blankly looked at it then at twilight and then the book.

"What? You know you are in that age already... and besides if you had a marefriend the whole crystal mare incident may have not happened in the first place...."

*sigh* fine thanks... twilight.

Next one was RD who just gave him a small bag of bits saying "heh you better not waste this puppies on a brothel stud, stick to your power pony fantasies"

RAINBOW!!! everyone screamed while she just snickered.

Then was flutershy who gave him a small collar made of jade and ruby of a butterfly.

"Shy... its beautiful thank you!" He said

"You are welcome, its a collar i made with the help of twilight it will sometimes even flap its wings and fly a little!!!, isnt it adorable? She asked with puppy eyes.

"Sure is, thank shy."

Applejack just went ro his ear and whispered "congratulations, you are now owner of 5 applecider barrels claim then whenever" she said

His eyes went wide "HOLLY SHI-... I mean... THANK YOU AJ" He said as he hugged her wich made her blush a little.

Everyone raised a brow at the scene but let it slide. Then was pinkie pie who just said "my gift was this party as a whole, you are welcome"

"Thank you ponks, you really are sweet" he said making her smile.

Finally it was the turn lf rarity who had a small box and with her magic slowly walked to him to give it to him. That is until....

*flap*

Huh? Everyone looked at the flapping butterly in spikes neck "oh its already doing it, how cute" rarity said until its flaps went wild making the butterfly fly, break the chain and go through rarity'direction wich the mare barely avoided in time before the butterfly crashed into a cider bowl, by dodging to a side.

"Well... that was weird i guess i need to correct the spell a little" twilight said, but as everyone looked back to spike, his eyes where wide, his breathing intense and his eyes shimmmering.

Then everyone looked at was he was seeing some tickets on the floor.

"Tickets... but where...*gasp*" the train of thought she had was broken with her gasp as she realized something... the tickets hidden in her mane since she did not have pockets fell off due to the impact... AND HE SAW THEM, OH MY CELESTIA HE SAW THEM!!

"S-spike you... you see i..." she started trying to explain to him, begging to celestia that he did not read the contents....

But of course his eyes since he is a dragon are powerfull and he could read them completely.

"Stop. Just stop" he said in the middle of a sob.

"Oh no... spike im so..."

"How?, how can you do this? ON. MY. BIRTHDAY!!!!? YOU KNOW!! AND YET... EVEN ON MY BIRTHDAY.... YOU SERIOUSLY ARE GOING ON A DATE AFTER THIS RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU BUCKING SERIOUS?" He went from whisper to screaming

"SPIKE, ITS NOT A DATE!!!! She implored

"THEN WHY DOES THE TICKET HAVE RESTAURANT NAME WITH THE TITLE "ROMANCE IN THE WOODS"" SIGNED WITH YOUR NAME AND A SO CALLED RED RUBY ON IT!!!???"

.....

I THOUGHT SO!!

Spike didnt say more, he just turned walked to the door as everyone watched in shock, specially rarity.

He then startet to pull the door handle to get out but then....

The rain clouds are forming.

... at the last second before opening the door he briefly looked back with tears falling from his eyes and an honest but modest smile indicating heartbreak and said " have a wonderful date, i really say it from the bottom of my heart... knock him dead" and then opened the door looking back as he walked out to calm his mind just briefly exclaiming " i need some air, see you guys later" before exiting.

As the door closed with a *click* the room was filled with silence.

Not one mare dared to say anything, they didnt know what to say, to who or if it would change anything.

After a small silence of a couple of minutes, in wich they gathered their thoughts the first sound was made.

"Well... *sigh* i need to go get ready, i will see you later ladies". Said rarity as she took her tickets from the floor, as well as spike's gift, the former being left in a table next to twilight in her way out.

As she too left the party, an even deeper silence took over. Eventually everyone without saying a word, thinking in their heads just up and left just after exclaiming: "good party, see you guys later"

There however laid forgotten the butterfly from the collar, still in the cider bowl until someone came to look for it.

As spike walked through ponyville with a look that could be only compared to a dead fish, he then went to his favorite soul food restaurant, Pony joes. Man did he need to eat to ease the pain.

*cling* "oh hello, welcome to pony joe's... wait ,spike? Whats wrong?" said joe, the owner.

"Sorry joe but i dont want to talk right now, just please give me food...lots of it." Spike mumbled

.....
....
"Sure, kid" and just like that plate after plate of food was places in front of him, spike eating spoon, after spoon, after spoon, after spoon, after the last one. He devoured each dish, faster and faster Trying to fill the void, trying to numb his pain.

This however needed to end eventually. After his 11th dish no more food could fit in his stomach. No more self medication of oxcitocin was posible. Without uttering a word spike put the money in the table and left. All of this while the clientele and joe watched in concern.

"That kid is going to kill himself someday with all the food he is eating, he should chill out" some randon stallion exclaimed

Pony joe however just said. " he didnt came here to eat though, he came here to numb himself, in any case... i guess yes, he is killing himself in a way".

Everyone pondered on his words, but eventually moved on with their evening.

Spike just walked, and walked and kept walking until the castle was visible. When he entered it, he went directly to his second coping mechanism, as always but this time... it was different.

His second coping mechanism, music. He took a sit in the piano of the library.

Slowly and steady he began to play:

*https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CReH9Cn8Pqs&feature=share*

After the first minute of playing he just closed his eyes, imagining his self in a mountain, alone, in the middle of nowhere. Only there he imagined straining his physical body himself crying and screaming. Harder, and harder and harder and even harder after each sound of the piano he produced. Because only there could he scream in full without scaring everyone, only there could he cry in solitude, only there could he more vulnerable.... only...in his own mind.

After the melody and his inner purge finished he got up and walked to his room, not noticing the mare behind the door of the library who just watched in silence silently crying for him.

"Spike..." she said, soft sobs reverbated among the castle. Not that spike himself noticed of course, being in his own mind and all.

Finally in his room, he looked at the pictures he had in his stand, of him, of him and his friends, of him and rar-...

"No, i dont want to think about it" he said as he saved the photo frame in a box to not see it for a while.

There, lying in his bed he looked toward the ceilling, holding his rarity plush in front of his face. Looking at it, just looking at it. As tears flowed through his face, he allowed it just this once

Just one moment of weakness, he would forgive himself this once. And so he took the plush in his arms put it next to his heart and hold it to sleep. Softly crying in silence until he finally fell asleep.

Meanwhile...

A bee seeks a flower

...meanwhile rarity was preparing herself for the date with the stallion in question.

She was wearing a blue dress with golden stars in the extremes and a blue bow tying her hair in a bun. In each of her hoofs lied a small butterfly bow of golden colour.

She looked at herself in the mirror and with a small smile said to herself in a whisper.

"Knock him dead huh, spike?..."

Shaking her head from unnecesary thoughts she said "No!, today is a day i planned for some time now. Yes, spike's birthday coincided... but my plans are still on, and Spike gave me his best wishes!! Right?... "

And so she walked out with this look that while she herself was unaware resembled a butterfly.

As she walked to the dark streets of the night, she could hear a faint melody being played from somewhere

"Huh? What a... beautiful and yet... sad? Melody."
I wonder where it comes from, oh well i have to arrive to the restaurant. A lady has to always be on time afterall!"

And so she walkes to the restaurant planned the name as in the tickets indicated.

As she arrived into the red carpeted building she could hear a faint symphony of violin and chello playing :

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Oip5CEl7VXE&feature=share

As she entered the building she could see the couples of mares and stallion, ocasionally mare and mare or stallion and stallion eating their dinner in white chairs with red cushions and crystal clear tables.

"Your name and business, madamm" asked a butler

"Rarity belle, im here for a date with red Ruby. Our reservation should be booked today". She said

"Well, let me see" the butler at the entrance said.

After a couple of minutes of checking the list he just said. "Oh, here you are. Go inside please"

"Thank you good sir" she exclaimed.

After being sitted in her table she waited for the stallion of her dreams, or so she believed. After a couple of minutes her date arrived.

His name being deserved, he was a ¿crystal? stallion, with red mane, red eyes and a soft black furr, now wearing a black and white tuxedo. He took sit at the table.

"Hello, Rarity good to see you could make it, you look nice. Like a butterfly even" he said.

"Oh dear.. such a flatterer, a butterfly you say? Such a imagination you have. ..Actually talking about butterfly's before coming here i...."
And so she became silent. As she recalled what happened prior.

For some reason remembering his face... that face he made...twisted her heart a little.

"Is something the matter?" He said

"No, of course not dear its just... i hurt a friend today a little. "

"Oh... would you like to talk about it?"

"Well.. sure.*sigh* I have this very precious friend that well... fancies me for quite some time now. I however have not felt like he does until now, so anyway... i had this date planned for today but being his birthday and all he got a little hurt when he found out that well..."

"Hold up." He said

"....yes, dear?." She said

"You mean to tell me..., the dude likes you for who knows how much time and... you go on a date the day of his birthday regardless of how he feels for you even in his birthday?" He said raising a brow

"Well yes but..." she was about to explain until

"You know what... *sigh* this is not gonna work. "

"W-WHAT?!" She exclaimed

"Look rarity, you are a fine mare and all but... truth is part of the reason i wanted to date you in the first place was because we could boost each others business by doing so but i also legitly was interested i you"

"THEN WH-!" She was about to scream again but

"BECAUSE if you cannot have simpathy or some kind of "loyalty" towards an old friend of yours who likes you even in his BIRTHDAY, Then what can i expect as a business partner? Let alone a lover?" He said

"What are you even insinuating!!?" What now?!! I need his permission to date someone now!!?!

NO! BUT THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT YOU DID NOT CONSIDER HIS FEELINGS AT ALL, AND IF YOU DID, YOU VALUED A NIGHT OF PERSONAL BUSINESS AND "PLEASURE" MORE THAN HIS TIME OF COMMITMENT OR HELL EVEN HIS FRIENDSHIP!!!. He almost screamed.

What do you-? She was about to ask until he answered.

"If you cannot delay gratification then you are not A trustworthy business partner, less alone a lover. If you could not delay your own satisfaction for 1 day, literally one day of a year so someone who loves you, reciprocated or not, could feel more at ease or less sad, or at the very least you told him before hand so you could soften the blow, inclines me to believe you did not take his feelings into consideration"

"So tell me, if you did not took your precious friend into consideration on his celestia damned birthday what is to be expected of me and my business?"

"...." Rarity was shocked, she did not know what to feel or say.

*sigh* "sorry to have screamed at you and wasted your time. But there is many beautiful business mares out there and what i need the most of them is that they are considerate of those near them. Afterall i need my partner and lover to be worried for me and my business if i want it to prosper aftefall, someone who has my back and not just pursues a dismare (disney of this world) version of love, goodnight".

And so he walked without another word.

Rarity was left without words as everyone just looked at her fuming and shocked.

So she decided to leave. They had not eaten yet afterall, so nothing has to be paid.

She took her leave with some maskara running through her face , mubling incoherent words.

As she did. A butterfly of black and white passed through her eyes softly flaping her wings , going somewhere she did not now.

She, with running mascara and a need not to go home for now followed the insect. She followed it slowly, after some time she could hear a faint sound.

"...its...its that piano again?, is this butterfly following it?"

As she continued following the butterfly she noticed the sound becoming clearer and louder, and was that... the castle?

"The castle?" She thought

As she got in front of the door the music was clear as day, even improving her mood a little. What was not clear was....¿who is playing the piano?

So she like in a trance took a tentative knock in the castle but found the door open.

"I guess twilight must have forgot with everything that happened today, well... guess i wil come in then".

And as soon as she entered she saw him. The kid who always met her with a smile, with hearts in his eyes, with a sing in his voice... now an adult, broken, crying with his eyes closed in silence as he played the piano, alone, with the exceptional mumble of "why", or "rariry"

*gasp* s-spike... *sob* spike you...

And so spike finished his concerto and went to the stairs to his room. Not noticing the soft sobs behind him that reverberated in the castle.

So he took to his bed, allowing one moment of weakness and holded his rarity plush tight to his heart one last time. One last time before letting go.

This time, letting go for good.

Moving on? Or moving backwards?

As the morning broke in ponyville, the castle was illuminated in a solemn light. One that woke up a certain mr emo from his dreams, or rather lack of.
Yes, he sleeped without a dream, as weird as that is in this situation.

And so he tried to block the soft sun with a paw exclaiming "5 more minutes mom" *yawn*

After a little struggle he decided to give up and woke up still holding his rarity plushir or at least what was left from it.

"HUH?!! WHY IS IT TEARED EVERYWHERE?!! WHA---oh.... whatever it does not even matter." He said with a defeated sigh and threw it in the trash.

"I dont know why is it broken but...it does not matter anymore. I dont seem to feel bad anyway." So he said living his room to wash himself leaving the mistery of the broken doll a topic for another time.

As he went downstairs, he could smell the smell of vegetarin beef... sweet food of the gods.

"Hmmm so good... WAIT! How is this smeel coming from our kitchen!!??"

So he rushed to the kitchen to uncover the mistery of why in a town of ponies would there be anyone with fake meat considering every living soul where hervibores, with the exception of a few new friends and citizens.

"Hello spike, good morning~" said a twilight with a little cook rag in her chest and ass covering her privates.

"Huh??!!" He exclaimed not understanding what was happening.

*sigh* "look spike, in case you are asking yes, im wearing an apron and yes, this is fake meat" she said

"B-but wh"he got interrupted

"Because you deserve it and you need it, dont ask me how and where i got the fake meat patties though" she said with a voice clearly denoting worry and love for him

"Twilight..(He got teary eyed) you know what?... THANK YOU, MOM!! (He exclaimed like a little kid)

"Agh" (she took a blow to the heart)"Y-yeah you are w-welcome spike" she said clearly hurt by being mom zonned unintentionally.

This fake meat was, in of itself a show of love. The reason being that while equestria indeed started accepting other more predatory species as citizens and friends meat and fake meat regardless of the origin was still a taboo for obvious reasons.

So the fact his mom, princess of friendship not only got him a food mostly appetizing for his senses and predator esque creatures only, she risked her own credences and social status by doing so, since despite being a princess being seen with fake or real meat while still being taboo even if it was for her son would raise a lot of brows from purists and scared ponies.

*sigh* with a resignated sigh for the time being , twilight hugged spike as he eated his food.

"I love you, please dont be sad. I heard you last night and it broke my heart" she whispered on his ear letting some tears fall on his arms.

"I love you too mom...in sorry" he whispered back.

After a breakfast in relative silence both spike and twiight ate their food, the former being a bowl of oatmeals and raddish.

"Well spike, i have to go to canterlot to see some terms of trade with gryphonia so i will be gone for a week or two... BUT... But you can come with me if youd like." She said worried but hopeful.

"Nah, dont worry. I will... find something to worry myself in" he said with a forced smile.

"...like what?" She said clearly doubtful.

"Like uhhhh..." *ding dong* he got saved by the bell

"gottagoattendthedoor" he said quickly as he runned to the door.

"HEY, COME BACK HERE MISTER!!" Twilight said annoyed.

As He openned the door however...

"Hello spike!, ready for some photos?!! Said creamy with a hopeful and happy visage on her face, that mare...the mare that looked like a mix of coco pomel and rarity for some reason stood there.

"Creamy? But why are y-...." *light bulb turns on* "EUREKA" he exclaimed.

"SPIKE YOU STILL HAVE NOT TOLD ME WHAT..you...are... gonna...be doing while i..." she said going from 100 to 0 real fast as she saw a mare on the door.

He turned to her with a smirk and said while hugging creamy from a side " i have a gig to tend to thats what".

"Abababababa" blabbered the mare clearly flustered.

Twilight from her point, just looked back and forth from him to the new random mare, clearly not remembering her bried meetings with her for spikes previous modelling gigs, slowly increasing her smirk as she started thinking of something.

"Oohhhh i seee~ spike... i never thought you would get over her THAT fast... chill out casanova~" she teased with a smirk.

This caused both of them to go red.

"Uhhh huh? Wait wha-?" She was starting do say but

"HEY!! YOU KNOW IM NOT LIKE THAT!!" He said clearly embarassed.

"Whatever, i know you will be ok now. So i can go without worries. As she walked outside she turned to see the mare and teased: "just bring him homw before noon missy~"

"JUST GO ALREADY!! " If dragons could look like tomatoes he sure did prove it could be the case with how red he was

Creamy just stood there red, hot and bothered with a slightly raised breath as twilight just giggled and teleported away.

"OH MY CELESTIA CREAMY IM SO SO-" He turned back and started apologizing but did not controL his strength as he girated his head so fast he didnt realize how close she was to him and basically almost kissed ber as now both of their maws where basically centimeters from each other.

Neither of them could say anything but their breath slowly raised as creamy started getting closer until spike got a moment of clarity and turned his head back again.

The heated mare after slowly realizing this let her ears drop to her head.

"Oh... i- its ok..." but then she remembered what twilight said " get over head that fast... get over her... get over... *GASP*"

She turned towards him again and with a trembling voice asked " d-id you g-got over h-her was what twilight said t-true?"

" what are you talking about? Got over her? Got over wh- ooohhhhh.... right..." he said gettinh all moody again.

The mare regardless of the bad taste couldnt keep it to herlself and just let out a girlish scream so cute and strong you would even claim it was as if raimbow dash and fluttershy's voices mixed as she exclaimed after her girlish sounds a massive "YEEEEEESSSS!! YES! YES! LETS GOOOOOO!!!" She screamed with her mellow voice rivaling fluttershy's.

"Ahem" *cough*

"Hmmm?" She looked towards him who was bybthe way very unamused if his cough didnt make it obvious but for some reason this time he was not mad but clearly annoyed with a raised brow with a look that bordered with interest.

Her ears dropped down again "oh... im sorry" she turned away about to walk away " i should probably go..." she started to. Say but

*sigh* its fine... * chuckle* " you where that happy huh... i guess i can understand that feeling..." spike said

"Thanks for that by the way rareS" he whispered to himself

As her ears perked up so did she and with a hopeful smile said: " thank you... so about the photos-"

"Actually before that i think i might... i might....(he was struggling to let go of his pride of eternal loyalty to rarity now not existent) may consider..."

"Yes?" He said expectant

"Well..." he tried stall.

"Yeeeees?" She was starting to get annoyed now.
.
*sigh* "t-the d-date thing i uhhh *gulp* ( oh buck it, why does it matter now who i date anyway) he thought. "I would like to accept your date offer... i think?".

The mare just got shocked for a second but then-

The wind starts to change

-but then the mare just got the biggest low key demonic smile a mare could muster pretty much a pinkie 2.0 and jumped him.

"So is that a yes casanova? ~" she teased him

"*cough* im getting remorseful now..."

"Well.. dont be dear, because today we shall have fun and tomorrow we shall have business!!" She said with a look that resembled pinkie pie

Getting entranced by her enthusiasm and happiness he lookeed at her eyes with a small smile as he thought " well.. her eyes and smile are beautiful when she is like that i guess.. i guess that..."

"Hmpf ...hehe... he... hahahahahaha" he just bursted out laughing while holding his stomach

"Hmmm? What is so funny?" She got all flustered and embarrased almost pouting.

" its ... its just that *gasp* that i think i probably looked as enthusiastic with her as you are with me now... hahahahahaha" he said and laughed.

The mare while flattered in a way just got confused and while still embarrased just asked: "hmmm what.. what do you mean dear?"

"Its just... in that sense we are the same.... we both have a very enthusiastic love i guess but until now we have been rejected.... so i saw myself in you and that just made me laugh. That being said... you actually beat me in that regard though.. *giggle* afterall i will go out with you as a test drive at least". He said with a smile in his face

As she processed his words she relaxed and lost all shyness and just smiled.

"I knew i loved you for a reason." She burst out but quickly covered her mouth with a renewed red tint.

Spike just stood there shocked and red first but slowly smiled and bursted out in a whisped "wow, i... i like this... a lot".

The mare seeing that her her straight forwardness instead of repelling him, claiming to his face (accidentally) that she loves him didnt scare or turn him off but rather excited him made her happy, he was the first male that she liked that was not scared off due to her "coming off too strong" as her girl friends said to her a couple of times she got a thing for a stallion or two but never as strong as with spike. She did wait for him for almost 2 years afterall.

"You... you like... liked it? " she said in disbelief but with a smile of satisfaction in her face

"Yeah... i think i did" he said with a smile at normal volume this time.

"In fact....

As all this converstion took over a mare, a mane 6 member was walking to the castle for reasons only she knows until she saw the scene and her spike talking to a mare she did not know.

"In fact i ...i think i love your intensity and personality. This... this might actually work" he said in disbelief himself.

Rarity froze. Just stared seeing the scene unfold and burning her ears, eyes and soul in slow progression.

"So spikey... *she started to play with her hooves in shyness* now that we FINALLY are gonna go on a date...

Rarity's heart stopped for a second and unconsciously let out a small barely contained growl.

Huh? Both creamy and spike said looking at the source of the distant sound but when they looked all they could see was the towns people of ponyville going on with their lives even in the morning. While rarity had small rapid breaths hidding herself between 2 walls relatively close to the castle.

"I could swear i heard a growl" they both said

"Might have been your stomach" he teased with a smirk.

Getting red in the face she teased back "we...well a gentledragon should not let a lady be hungry no?~"

*smirk* " oh. It. Is. On!, i am soooo gonna make you eat the entire town's best food" he challanged her.

"Oh yeah? What a dear you are. Lets make it all the food from the Crystal empire as well" ~ she challenged back in a seducitve teasing manner.

They now looking at each other with a look of good sport mixed with seduction and chemistry andjust went ahead.

*raising his left arm* "shall we go then.... my lady?"

A crack formed in rarity's heart.

"Oh but of course ... my spikey wikey".

The crack just became bigger and made roots. her heart barely functional now.

She just silently went back to her home after seeing them leave with a blank expression. Smacked the door and let herself fall on the drama couch, but this time not making exaggerated movements or poses or voices just whispering as she felt herself slowly drowning in Herself for some reason. "what just happened? I just walked to apologize to him after seeing how not thinking about his feelings in his birthday affected him and now... he...he forgot about me entirely?".

*the crack goes deeper*

"Just like that?" she whispered

A chill runned through her spine

"Just... like that?" Her voice raised a little

"JUST LIKE THAT?!! She started to scream now

"JUST LIK-" she was about to scream until she moved her head indignant and faced the mirror.

"-e me..." oh oh.

"Just... lke me" yup she realized now.

Her eyes widened. "Just like me"

"Just like me" she repeated again and again as ber brain processed everything and she looked everywhere but the mirror.

Her heart finally craked, as she looked through the mirror again

"Just like i did... as i do... all the time... to... him" she whispered lower and lower until.

"Is... is this how he felt... all this years?" She whispered while tears falled from her face.

Her heart is now in pieces.

No...no...NO....NO!!!...NOOOOO!!!!! She went from 0 to a 100 as she shook her head.

"No...." she fell to her haunches crying.

"Yes" a voice whispered in her ear...

Taking flight

--------------meanwhile----------------------
Spike and creamy true to their word were walking from restaurant to restaurant with smug simles for their respective foe. DINNER WAR WAS ON!!!.

First place was pony joe's where a new music box was installed a week ago, and spike being the ever gentle troll he is put a bit in and put the song "you might think" from marezeer a song that would be the background music for all of their date

See:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FSjZ7dZVi90&feature=share

As soon as a song was put , the patrons as well as Joe himself looked at spike, flaberghasted and open mouthed from the complete 360° change from the him from yesterday .

So he arrived at the table and looked at creamy both giving each other knowing looks and as they looked back at joe's they exclaimed "give me a hayburger and make it double!!". Next place was sugar cube corner where they got tended to by carrot himself. No place was too much nor too little, they even improvised a small picnick box outside sweet apple acrees with the cake they bought to carrot cake and some apple cider from spike's birthday gift.

To be honest though they played with the food more than anything...proof of it was the last food date place. The picnick where they laid now. Creamy with a innocent smile face palmed the cake and then kissed spike on the cheek wich left him shocked with a red tint in his face, while she just giggled and licked her face clean but left a spot she couldnt reach behind her ears, a place wich spike noticed with a grin after he recovered.

He got himself in a 4 legged position to chase her and followed her running claiming "come back here creamy! Let me help you out! With a grin in his face as she runned playfully giggling "hahaha, catch me if you can"~.

And so he chased her with the fading sun behind them as the moon was getting visible and they chased each other in a montage as the music and their date ended leaving them both panting and with a big smile on their faces.

As they both sit on their haunches they exclaimed " best... date.... EVER!!!" With sigh satisfied they sat down to see the moon rise for a couple of seconds.

"Wait... the moon?. OH NO!!! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN I DIDNT NOTICE IT GOT SO LATE!!!" creamy screamed in a panic.

"Hey, chill out. whats wrong?" Spike asked in worry.

"We had so much fun i totally forgot!! I had a meeting with Coco pommel today at 9:00 pm to get your clothes for the gig!!! , there is no way i can get to manehattan in 3 hours!!! The only way would be the train but i closes at 5:00 pm!!! *sigh* Said creamy as she fell to her haunches and had a defeated look.

Spike tought for a while and after some deliveration just nod and took a breath, inhaling and exhaling to calm himself from what he was about to say.

"You can arrive in time" no stuttering doubt in his voice.

"H-huh? What do you mean spikey? I already told you the train has already passed." She said still gloomy.

"I am not talking about the train" he continued.

"Then wha-" she was about to say until she saw spike laid on the floor prepared to carry her giving her a look that said everything she needed to know.

This of course got her all red but a little confused.

"I will fly you there" he said.

All doubt got away from her mind, her cheeks reddening more

"Thats so sweet but... i dont think you can fly THAT fast and... have you ever carried somepony like that b-before?"

"No.. you would be my first" said a little red himself winking at her " i never had the chance to take anyone even if i wanted to...and yes... im fast"."

*gasp* "Not even her?" She thought. Feeling even more embarassed and flattered than ever. She was gonna ride the dragon of her dreams something not even her ex rival had ever done. Oh the privilege was for now only hers. A shiver went down her spine. "Ohhhh only mine.... *huff* im gonna get addicted to this feeling...." she thought while getting more flustered.

"A-alright then..." she took step after step slowly getting on top of him and embracing his neck for hold to not fall, altough spike helped tying his tail around his torso, grabbing her tight wich made both blush as a song started playing in the background:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJR8tuO-mIU&feature=share

*cough* well... hang out tight... he said as he extended his wings. She just grabbed tight and closed her eyes in a little fear.

As soon as he said that he runned, jumped and took to the sky batting his wings more and more until he got high enough, breaking a cloud and vasking in a sea of clouds as the moon shinned in all its glory even reflecting in his eyes and scales. Making a beautiful scenary.

As she calmmed down, creamy opened her eyes and awed at the beautiful scene, gasping as soon as her eyes opened. One such wonder she could only dream. The wind in her furr, her lover in her hooves, his eyes and scales reflecting in a sacred white and the vast ocean of moving clouds as the moon shined bright, testimony to its power and beauty.

Overwhelmed with hapiness and awe , she just closed her eyes and hug him tight once again, ocasionally opening her eyes to observe the scene only posible thanks to spike.

Then-

A blow of wind

-then as time went by 30 minutes had passed in relative silence but as soon as Creamy was about to ask how close where they and as awsome as this was if they would ever arrive in time. However, spike beat her to the punch.

"We are almost there!! i recognize that mountain in the shape of a chair!", HOLD ON TIGHT!!!" said spike as he made his grasp on her with his tail tighter.

As soon as those words left from his maw, he started nose diving before she could even reply. She only managed to grab to his neck for dear life.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" she screamed in mild panic

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" he screamed pure adrenaline indused extasis

Before they could even hit the ground, spike did a rare manouver with his mouth, inhaling deeply and exhaling a potent burst of flames that acted as a vector force created cushion, that combined with his slowing speed gave him momentum to land smoothly like an airplane, making his claws slightly scratch the ground and creating a small cloud of dust in his way.

"WOOOOHOOOOOOO YEAAHHHHHH!!!!" He screamed having the time of his life.

"AAAAHHHMAAAZZING!!! She screamed now in an adrenaline state of extasis herself enjoying a drift only normally seen on Initial D cars ( Lmao references) altough this kind of extreme sport was more of a Rainbow dash thing.

As he finally deaccelerated he stoped and looked back at her. Now with a Dishelved mane, and a look that screamed "LETS DO THAT AGAIN!!" like a little child would after having their first run with a bicycle.

"Heh, you look cuter now" spike said smirking to her, clearly making fun of her mane.

"..."

"Creamy?"

"..." she didnt say anything just kept smiling wide and then without notice got down from his back, walked to his face and kissed his cheeck lowering her smile, now normal.

"Thank you, that was... amazing" she said the last part as a whisper in his ear making both of them blush intensely.

"..."

"..."

They were both flustered and didnt know what to say, so they just looked to the side and walked close hip to hip to manehattan.

As soon as they arrived, they could see the white and yellow lights of the streets. The tall and lean buildings that had windows made of colorful glasses, unlike ponivylle wich glasses were mostly untainted. The ground was soft and covered in a mixture of cement that Allowed ponies a easier walk instead of plain of dirt that got in their hooves.

The mares walked by with dresses various in color, shapes and sizes. Some of this dresses designed by rarity herself and even a couple of mares that had dresses similar to those made by Rarity for the gala but with a more city focus with meant to have less extravagant add ons. The Stallions most like the mares for the most part wore suits of black and white, some of caki, some of grey some used dress shirts and others just used something unique.

Colts and fillies had clothing made for young fellas, nonetheless somewhat formal. For example some colts had sailor suits, some fillies had "lolita" esque designs and looked rather cute.

One thing to be noted, was that none if any other species besides spikes where usually seen here. Not because the townsfolk were racist, quite the oposite. The reason was actually that most "new species" had not completely established a large enough sum of funds since besides canterlot, manehattan had the most costly homes and land.

In any case, as they walked in a direction that creamy indicated they noticed a small business with blue and cream colours, just like Creamy and Coco that was Called "Carrousel Fruit Basquét" wich Coco named that way in honour to her teacher and friend the element of generosity and a word play on her name "Coco" hence the "Fruits".

The design was similar to that of the Former Carrousel Boutique, however it had only 2 levels, had no pointy roof or the colour purple and yellow. Just the colours Pastel Blue and Cream. Giving it an appearance of a Blue and cream wedding cake.

For reference imagine a cake like the one in the next link but turned into a "business" or in other ways addapted to look somewhat similar to carrousel boutique :

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-gee9-QDInzE%2FTyPYGBDi0mI%2FAAAAAAAAAOM%2FUS6enoNLHCM%2Fs1600%2Fblue-butterfly-wedding-cake.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=47a440d774cb007dc89d97a724310fa43c9f4362b3082d7532729464ba6a7d03&ipo=images

As they entered the store, a cling could be heard announcing their entrance to Coco herself.

"Oh, hello welcome to Fruits Basquéte where every design is of quality, soft and pleasing to the eye, what can i help you wi-" she started to say until she saw them.

"Spike!, Creamy!. Its so good to see you both!" So she claimed, and went to give them both a big hug, rubbing her maw with spikes cheek, nuzzling him. Something normally innocent, but still managed to annoy Creamy.

"Ahem" she interrupted with a quite unamused look.

"Hmm?" she stopped her affections

"What is it creamy?" she asked geniounely confused

"Nothing ...." she pouted

"She is just jealous, coco." said to Coco smirking, clearly teasing his date.

"SPIKE!" Creamy´s cheeks got all red.

"Jealous of what"? asked coco rotating her hed showing confusion.

"We are dating" mumbled Creamy not stoping her pouting.

"I didnt hear you dear, could you say it louder please?" asked the innocent coco.

"wearedating" mumbled faster but a little louder this time.

"louder pleaaseeeee" coco made puppy eyes.

"UGH" she made a noice from the emotional damage, too cute.

"We.. we...we are... we are dating ok?!, there i said it!" screamed a flustered creamy. Getting the attention of a 2 customers who were still left in the store.

"you and who?, and why would you be jeal-... OOHHHH! i get it now" Clumsy coco best coco.

"wait... O.M.C (oh my celestia) Im sorry i didnt knew and.." she started blabbering until spike and creamy just bursted out laughing

"Hhahahahaha!, oh my gut!" she was dying in the floor

"hahahaha, her face, bruh *wheeze*" spike needed some aritficial oxigen at this point.

This only made coco blush in embarassment meanwhile her clients just snickered at the scene.

Coco in her desperation to save face, thought and.... IDEA!!

"Right, spike´s Dress!, I will go get it Right now!" and there she went quick as it can.

"Here it is!" she had the clothes in her hooves

As soon as spike saw them he just blurted out "No"

"But spikey..."

"No"

"But..."

"No!, what is wrong with you?!, seriously? a HUM DRUM cosplay made of spandex?!, what is powerponies now?! an erotic manga?!"

and there it was, a hum drum suit made out of "spandex" tight to put empashis on his curves and now fully developed muscles. This of course would not be THAT much of a deal, if it was not offending spike in the scence that some random mare or stallion unironically is paying to make marketing for their clothing store or something by using the sacred names of powerponies and dragging it to the floor by semi-sexualizing it to get traction.

Imagine this dress but made for for well.. a more draconic body

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.0C4J-1CrLm1hMnxZx6NTsQHaGU%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=882f7676ea16a63f521bd8f9509f4b56ca9fe2552da99ba34f9916d6a816070e&ipo=images

"Please dear, i will make sure to reward you and... there is the bits too" she said in a flirtatious voice while she passed by him and flickered her tail to his noise.

he gulped, swallowing his pride and lump in his throat "I... i... im listening..." Well that is as long as male dignity and honour for his comics goes, cant say no to THAT level of semi-sexual tension.

"Good booyyy" she said in a motherly loving voice looking at him with a "dom mommy vibe" despite being pretty much his same age, perhaps 2 years older at max.

He gulped once again, i mean i will too. Holy shit is that hot.

Coco, couldnt handle the tension and just said "uhhh nice to see you guys, i will uhhhh go tend to the clients... you can pay me later creamy... adieu"

As such, spike and creamy got out of the store with the clothes in a bag. The rest of the night of course was rather tense but smooth, sexual tensual and all was tolerable anyway.

She rode Spike again back to her home wich odly now was in... ponyville?! And... a couple of streets next to Carrousel boutique too.

"Since when do you live here?!" asked spike surprised.

"Since i got enough bits from our last gig" she rofld hard after saying this.

"oh har har, very funny" he said unamused but hiding a smile.

"Its true tough! i bought it because i could contact my muse and working partner easier, a.k.a you and i also had the small hope that this would happen... that WE could happen..." her cheecks got that sweet cherry tint again.

Spike just sighed in ease and with a small modest smile looked at her and said "I guess in that sense the wind blowed your way... and... it may blowed away my heart away with it a little too"

she looking at his eyes blushed and aksed "what... what do you mean"

He just smirked and said "You blow my mind"

both of their eyes glistened in the moonlight, slowly closing the distance between their maws, closer and closer
and-

Breaking from the glass cage

and before their lips could meet they heard the breaking of glass from somewhere close to them.

"Huh?!" Both of their heads reeled back from the shock and in a moment of both curiosity and worry went in the direction of the sound.

"That crash was hard!, do you think somepony is hurt!" She said

" i dont know but whatever the case, we will think of something to do when we know!," he replied back

As they sprint towards the place the crash was heard another louder creshendo was heard.

This time a "thud" could also be heard. It was as if something fell from a second floor. This of course put them on edge, their love moment forgotten now only thinking about the origin of the noise but as soon as they turned left on the next house, they saw it.

Carrousel boutique, the window of the second floor broken, as well as the one from the first floor. A broken ponyquin in the floor in pieces and the inner mirror inside broken in pieces. This of course made their worry to panic, particularly spike, the former completely forgetting rationale.

"Aaaahhh!" She screamed in shock, and fear.

"Rarity!!! Hold on, im coming!! ,im coming!!! " he screamed rushing beyond Creamy.

"Spike, wait!!" She screamed at him, scared for his safety. Whatever happened here could spell trouble. However her voice was too late, since as soon as she ended saying those words spike broke the door open and runned to help rarity. Whatever was happening he would keep her safe.

However, as soon as he entered he could bet a tornado went by ponyville. Otherwise ¿how could the place be so trashed!? Glasses of wine were laid on the floor everywhere, broken. The mirror, before beautiful and large that rarity used for modeling her dresses was now just shards of glass near the stairs.

Her textures for clothes laid all over the place, not in an "organized chaos" but just chaos. In fact spike could swear something was off. REALLY Off in all of this, but he paid it no mind he only cared about rarity. Oh... if only he watched a little closer...

"Rarity! Where are you!?" He was looking everywhere until he heard a response in the form of a series of sobs from upstairs.

"RARES?!, IM COMING!!" as he got closer to her room the sobs became stronger until they stopped completely.

Spike, now stood before the door grabbing for the handle until a scream broke him from his trance.

"Who is there?!, get out!?" A mare screamed from beyond the door.

"Rarity?, did she not hear me over her sobs?" Spike thought for a second before answering her.

"Its me!, rares just tell me what happened!!, are you ok?! Tell me something!!!" He was rather worried.

"..."

"..."

There was a pregnant silence for half a minute until that silence was broken by the sound of hooves on wood coming closer to the door.

The next thing spike new the door was being opened, slowly revealing a broken rarity.

Mane?, dishalved and some pieces were cut. Eyes?, full of tears, you could still see mascara falling to the floor one drop at a time. Her furr?, full of scars that looked like small cuts, mainly in her forelegs and in her cheeks, were the cuts were deeper. Her room?, a mess. Her window broken, her bed unmade, in it a couple of broken shards tainted in blood as well as her sheets. In her neck the fire ruby spike had given her that fateful day. Her mouth in a flat line, she was a husk.

That is until she saw him. When that happened after the door was openned she just saw him for a couple of seconds as spike was shocked and got angry to the core, whoever did this to her was bucking dead meat!, in fact roasted would be a better term.

Rarity however seemed to regain consciousness and just sat on her haunches, eyes still crying and without saying a word, extended her fore legs to him giving an image similar to that of a child waiting for their mom or dad to pick them up to console them after they were bullied in school.

Spike just got somewhar confused but his protective instincts just made him respond to her silent beg hugging her and covering her with his wings and tail in a dome. So nothing touched her.

In the darkness of his selfmade protection chamber made of dragon scales he asked her in a whisper that he tried hard it didnt show distress.

"Rares? What...what happened? Im here now its all gonna be all right. Who did this to you? Are they still here?" He asked in a voice denoting strength and comfort for her yet worry thinking inside his head ( "just tell me where the bastards are so i can roast them to the bone").

"Honey...?" Said rarity, her voice craking.

(Honey? Spike thought.) Yeah?, What is it?"

"I..i..i....he...he tried to....rape me... and i... i just..." she broke down and started crying.

Spike's eyes were seeing red. "Were is he?, did he also did those cuts to you?" He asked in a sweet voice useful for preserving victims in calm, however his mind and hearth were everything but.

"...my cuts?... oh!.. no.. i... felt so dirty my cheeks.. my fore legs... my chest...and i... just could not help myself i tried to wash my body but i didnt feel clean so i started cutting with the glass i dont know why but it eased the pain in my heart... darling i... must look horrendous!, , im sorry... she said the last sentence her voice craking ans she broke down into a sob.

As spike grabbed her tight, she hugged him back like her life depended on it him carrying her wedding style, he turned back to the door to seek help but as soon as he did he saw applejack, Rainbow and pinkie pie who were not that near at the time to hear the crash but got called there by creamy when she looked for help and explained the situaion

"What the buck happened here spike!?" Demanded rainbow dash.

"Some vermint i bet, if i cath em they are dead!" Roared applejack

"Wich ever pony did this, guess what? The party is over! You hear me!?" Screamed pinkie pie in a "pinkamena" voice wich gave all lf the presents a chill in their spine.

As they all looked at him, they could all see spike holding a broken rarity as described prior while he had tears running from his eyes and a look that was so sad but also so fearful that all mares except rarity took a step or two back as soon as they looked at him.

His eyes where blood shot, veins popping in all of his extremities as if he was holding himself, his jaw clutched shot as if to not show fangs and instead of his usual green fire aura his nostrils were flaring a black flame that looked disgusting like black tar almost. This combined said to the girls that something happened to rarity and that spike was mad alright, furious was an understatement.

"Lets take her to the castle she will be safe there after i will make a letter to princess celestia or twilight to send some guards for the town" spike proposed, all mares looked at each other and nodded.

After that they all went to the castle for rarity's safety in order to be able to protect her and seek help both physical as in for example police or guards or psychological for rarity as in a therapist.

However before going off to the castle they castle they forgot a key detail: while they did not looked through the boutique for the culprit or clues of him mainly because the culprit might have had already escaped, there was no clue or proof someone was there beyond rarity saying so ...and there was also the question... why was the ponyquin from her room thrown away?.

In any case since they went to the castle and arrived there, not one second did rarity leave spike's side. This of her own free will, not even when it came to eating dinner or even going to the bathroom, the former spike being outiside the door to guard her of because she was asking him to do so.

Now, this did not bother him but it did annoy his now "lover" Creamy and raised a few brows of their mutual friends even fluttershy who now was there too after she was told what happened.

"We should probably sleep now its getting late, spike could you help leave rarity in our room please?" Asked fluttershy as sweet as always.

"No need, i... think i want to sleep with spike this night. Afterall his bed is next to twilights and celestia nows that is the best one in the castle. I think i need that bed right now, celestia knows i do." Rarity answered he as she used her magic to grap a mantle around herself and spike.

Uhmmm rares...not to be a douche or anything but...you almost got raped right? So... why would you wanna be near boys right now? Let alone sleep with them? No offense spike, its just that... im no psycholunist but it seems that her behaviour would be the oposite right?" Blurted out the ever undelicate dash

"Its psychologist and yes its seems a little weird no offense" answered back creamy.

"Hmphh what i feel i need is none of your concern, also who is this mare spike? A friend of yours?" Said rarity faking ignorance.

"Yeah actually i was about to ask the same question? Who is her anyway?" Said dash.

"Yeah ive never seen her berore.. i think.?" Wondered pinkie

"Uhhh a friend of his?" Wondered fluttershy.

"Seems like a foreigner ta me" said applejack

"Well she i-" spike was about to answer but

"Im creamy and im his mare friend" she interruped him as she puffed her chest.

Spike's mouth was left open and cheeks flushed red while dash, pinkie, applejack and fluttershy's mouth hung open wide and eyes widened as rarity faked a gasp playing ignorant again

After a little seconds of pregnant silence Rainbow broke the silence with a loud laugh literally grabbing her stomach in the floor.

See

https://youtu.be/U1UtRnGn5hc

For refefence

"Oh no no no hahahahahahah. She *gasp* said *wheeze* she said hahahahaha".

Pinkie and fluttershy were in shock for some seconds but for some reason applejack was now dead serious as she just kicked rainbow while saying.

"Thae are being serious idiot" with her farmpony accent.

Rainbow dash stopped laughing while fluttershy and pinkie's ears flattened and eyes widened more while rainbow pulled a "you serious?"

See the following Meme for reference.

https://youtu.be/BwSts2s4ba4

Then she stopped entirely and raised up

"Wow.. thats uhhh well... uhhhh damn". Rainbow was speechless.

"I will throw you guys a party!!" Said pinkie a little less happy than usual.

"...yeah you guys look cute together..." fluttershy whispered

Applejack just thought for a second and then looked at rarity to ask "you ok there rares? You are quietter than the farm in the night right now".

"Yeah, of course. As fine as i can be. I just... im surprised its all... i never knew her afterall or the fact that spike..." she didnt finish that sentence.

"Yeah sorry rares..." spike looked to the side a little guilty

"Sorry? For what dear? You found love that is... not something to be sorry about" rarity lied throuh her teeth. Right now fuming against creamy and him a little too.

"All right that settles it, you have the last word creamy, rares might need emotional comfort but spike sleeping in the same room that a mare he used to love... applejack startes saying

Rarity shot applejack a brief death glare..

"Is definately able to cause you disturbance and or jelaousy and im not gonna risk a new born relationship of one of my bff because of it. So is it ok if she sleeps with him this night only creamy? She concluded

Rartiy shot her another death glare that changed into a sad visage when she looked at her.

So... what will it be "creamy?".

Creame

After some deep thought, creame also known as creamy came a to conclusion. "Sure, i will sleep in another room this once you seem really distressed Ms Rarity and besides..." she gave spike a quick glance "i trust him" she finished with a smile looking back at rarity.

A smile, an innocent one at that. Oh, how Rarity Hated that. That just made her feel worse if posible. After some mild talking among the ponies and dragons present, everyone went to a room while also agreeing to stay on rotative guard to protect the damsel in distress each with the obvious exception of Spike and Rarity, since the former did need the sleep afterall.

After spike opened the door towards twilights room with Rarity still in his claws he then with one claw closed the door still keeping his fair maiden close to his chest with the other.

No words were said as spike laid her gently in twilights bed, while he himself laid next to her, in this case in his own bed. A bed, that like his old basket was next to twilights.

After some minutes of silence, Rarity asked in a craking voice : "Spike can you... Can you please hold me as i sleep this once?" Spike, surprised but not convinced just looked back at her and he could see her. He could see the tears running through her face, the mascara stainning the sheets. "Please...." she insisted. Spike just... Just could not let her like that.

With a defeated sigh, he conceded obviously not totally onboard of being close to her in this vulnerable state for both his and her comfort. Afterall sleeping cuddled to the crying form of a person you used to love romantically while you currently have a loved one, is to say the least uncomfortable.

With a satisfied sigh, Rarity cuddled closer and closer, his heat.... She craved it, she craved so much in fact that she went as far as trying to intertwine their tails despite knowing spike's situation. He silently just pulled his tail back, a move that did NOT go unnoticed by her. "He...he rejected it?" she tought, covering her mouth as more tears left her eyes. As she was in deep thought she could not bare it anymore and so she asked

"Spike..spikey ...where.... No... How...when did you meet this mare?" he raised a brow briefly but relaxed and with a defeated sigh conceded. "Well... I guess i could tell you but...why now? I think its better if we just focus on sleeping for now, you had a rough day afterall" he answered with a tone that was full with concern and affection for the mare. Words from his lips, that to her ears felt like pleasure and her spine could not help but feel a tingle.

"Dear... I cannot sleep. If my mind gets distracted with a... Sweet story of love perhaps i can relax myself enough so i may sleep a little" she lied so convincingly to him.

"Well...

--------------------------------------------Back then: 4 years ago--------------------------------------------------------------------

"It all started after i gave you that fire ruby, on my 14th birthday and while it was true that i wanted to give it to you i was stil...dying to eat one, since well... They taste great and i did still owed myself a birthday gift anyway. However they costed money and the locals mines had none left.

"At least none of decent quality. So i tried searching for jobs. Tried playing the fire starter in a local blacksmith here in ponyville. It didnt work out, they paid so little it would take me at least 10 years to buy one back so i obviously noped from there. From there on out, i searched for multiple posible jobs here in poniville and in some i failed and in some i did got them but they didnt pay enough in my opinion so i kept searching.

One day however twilight, just like before on my current birthday was called for a meeting, this time in the Crystal empire regarding some trading agreements, since apparently apples, carrots and the such are a top priority in nation that basically has little to none "organic" vegetable and fruit growing lands, being it most compromised of "crystalized dirt" . So anyway i decided to go with her, to see if could find something to gain a bit or two there since i was a "local hero" there."

Having arrived twilight went to the castle and i just looked here and there, on how to make a bit. As i was starting to get annoyed at how crsytal ponies at the time just refused to give me work because of anti-child explotation laws claiming again and again "OH HEAVENS NO!!!, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE A ADOLESCENT, LESS ALONE A HERO SUCH AS YOURSELF WORK!!! But dont worry though, just tell us how much you need and we will help you out, its the least we can do but why do you need the bits sir spike? Oh... A sapphire ruby for your birthday you say? Well i would be happy to help" they always finished with a warm smile after that,changing very quick from 100 to 0.

"As my pride and fear of going all big and greedy prevented to take those bits, i was giving up that is until i met her"

"Creame?" asked rarity.

Yes, her. At the time that i was giving up on this task of getting money out of work in the crystal empire my last try was in a boutique of sorts, since i do have knowledge of tailoring and clothes, thanks to you that is. At the time creame was a... And exchange student of sorts from Dunk junction and she overheard my conversation with the owner of the establishment. She however did not took it well.

"Did not took it well?" asked rarity.

"Yes. You see i did not know this at the time but... This little "blank flank adolescent mare" needed money, a lot. Not only to cover her fees for learning all the way there but also her mother... Was ill and while they were not poor they were not rich either so they had trouble with bills, her father being dead and only having her mom as family did not help, that and apparently she at the time like a lot of ponies and families in equestria hated the idea of me a... Dragon an... "Outsider" to say it nicely to not only get acepted by ponies let alone be praised but was now also getting free bits if i wanted to?. She just... Lost it."

"HUH!?, WHAT THE HAY?!" she screamed in anger

"What?" asked in surprise both spike and the owner as they looked in her direction.

"THIS LIZARD HERE GETS STUFF FOR FREE?!!! JUST BECAUSE?!!!"

The owner gasped "CREAME LA MOUDE YOU WILL NOT INSULT SIR SPIKE IN MY PRESENCE!, APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW!!" The owner screamed in sheer anger.

"NO!!, I REFUSE!!, ITS ONE THING TO TOLERATE HIS EXISTENCE AMONG PONIES !!! BUT YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I SHOULD JUST PUT UP WITH HIM NOT ONLY BEING LOOKED LIKE A HERO BUT ALSO GET STUFF FOR FREE!!! ARE YOU BUCKING KIDDING ME!!?" she could not filter herself.

The owner gave an incredulus look and got so red veins started to pop in her face from the sheer anger "THATS IT, GET OUT AND NEVER COME BACK CONSIDER YOURSELF BANNED FROM ALL BOUTIQUES IN THE CRYSTAL EMIPRE!!!"

The filly was now regretting openning her mouth as she recoiled back shocked and scared "W-what? B-but, a-all? N-no please w-wai-" he stammered as tears started to appear on her face

"THATS RIGHT!! WHAT? YOU TOUGHT YOU CAN JUST INSULT THE NATIONAL HERO TWICE AND NOT GET PUNISHED FOR IT?!! MOST PONIES HERE LOVE HIM, IF IT WASNT FOR HIM WE WOULD BE SLAVES!!!, ONCE THE OTHER TAILORS OF THE EMPIRE KNOW OF THIS I BET YOU WOULD BE BANNED INDEFINITELY FROM ALL BOUTIQUES OF THE NATION!!! Having said that the mare just huffed indignant and turned to me. "Im so sorry you had to see that Sir Spike, please allow me to at least give you some clothers for your troubles wait for me here".

As i i turned back confused and hurt by all of this i saw her face.Iit was the most heart breaking scenery ever i had scene at the timem she was crying her eyes out in silence in a fetal position going back and forward like a foal being curled up in their mothers forelegs while she mumbled incoherent words.

"This is not real... This is not real.... Mom how will i.... No....no.... No....but i.... This lizard... I just... " And then she just started sobbing incontrollably and soon after the Owner returned. "Here sir spike, this are high quality tuxedos, they should fit you for a while until you grow larger" as the manager turned to her side she scowled at Creame "you are still here? Get out" she said death calm like an ice queen almost.

The young mare just looked at her and then at me, and implored her "im sorry, im sorry please... Please i need this this is my dream!! And it will help me get a job so i can my moms hospital fees!! Please dont throw me away im begging you!!" she begged.

"Get . Out" the mare remained firm.

I could almost hear her heart breaking as she despaired and just look back at me, slowly forming a scowl that turned into a growl "YOU!! ITS... ITSS.... ITS ALL YOUR FAULT, I HATE YOU BUCKING LIZARD!!! She screamed in despair as she just runned away from the store while sobbing.

"Im really, really sorry for that sir spike, do you want me to call the guards?" the mare sweetly asked but i... Was just paralized i had strong mixed feels about what i witnessed a lot of them but i just said "no", i did however asked "who... Who is she?" because for some reason she reminded me of you and i... Hated the idea of seeing you cry, the fact that... She had problems, real problems at that did contribute to my worry for her altough i did felt, hurt.

"Well i think it was... Creame la moude? But... Sir spike, you should worry not about her, a mare with those views, attitude and utter lack of respect towards you is just a waste of your time,as well as mine". As i just nodded to her, i took the clothes and went of the store to find the mare weeping in a pond near by.

Now, i know this next part will sound wrong as buck but hear me out. I curious but worried watched from a distance, and at some point she just "gave up" and went walking back to the train station going back to her hometown and house to try better luck probably so...i...asked some "fans of me" to follow her so they could find where she lived.

"What?!!

"ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK!!... Geez. I just wanted to help her so....i thought : "well she need bits, definately more than i do... But even if offered to help ...she would think im making fun of her or be disgusted at the idea of me a dragon helping her at all! So... I made a plan. In this plan in wich i would swallow my pride and "beg" for money to citizensthat i would collect and once it was a good amount and i knew her address thanks to my "fans" send it anonymously to her house.

"Oh!... Oh ok... I... Get it now. Still spike... Asking random ponies to follow a lady home even if to help said pony is... Very brow raising to say the least. But i get it, you were always such a dear afterall.

Yeah, so anyway they found the adress and i had the bits, so i asked one of the mare fans, to leave the money with my letter in the front door of creame's house or somewhere visible but that made sure no one took it besides her and it would all have worked out if... The mare was more cautious when she went back to leave the money. Turns out when she was about to leave the letter and money in her front door at night (so the money was not stealed away from some passing neighboor) she was... Discovered and well... Creame freaked out and recognized her as the "funny looking mare that seemed to follow me yesterday but went away so i didnt look into it too much but now is at my front door in the middle of the night almost stalking me with bags in her back" and basically beat her flank then proceeded to interrogate her cop style.

Only to find out about the money, my letter and the plan. But strangely enough according to the crystal mare she just started to cry while laughing at first from disbelief but then from happiness and gratittude said mare then came looking back for me all the way from Dunk junction to thank me. When she met me back the first she said was:

"I have no words for your actions. I-i just...thank you even after everything i did you... You just.... I thought dragons were scum but.... But you.... She was saying until she took a big breath to calm her nerves to say the next words if posible please... Let me take a photo of you!!

"Huh? come again?" asked present Rarity and Past spike.

"I want to take a photo of you and me! To always remind me, and my mother and everyone in dunk junctions hospital that dragons can be friends! and that you are a hero!! my mothers...no, my hero!!! she said with a resolute look and a blush adorning her cheeks i of course accepted and as soon as the historic photo was taken and we looked at it that same second her flanked glowed with a green and purple flash and a cutie mark of a beautiful camera of cream and blue just like her furr and mane appeared on her flank

Present rarity gasped: "She got her cutie mark because of you!? "

Past creame gasped : "Oh.... my.... Celestia!! You... my flank.... me.....i.... I LOVE YOU!! She then went and bear hugged me, kiss my face again and again and find her calling: photographs and social change. The rest considering the gig she and i have since 2 years now, you can imagine the rest.

Rarity was swooned by the romantic story but was also guilty and jealous because of what that mare had with him and what she was about to do now....

Kafka

What was Rarity going to do?: Well, before knowing what she is to do NOW we must first need to understand what she did PRIOR and the WHY. A good example of the "why" is perfectly explained by the Relationship of ying and yang or if you will Greed and altruism.

You see, she may be a being of "generosity" but like any living being she has always needed an anchor of greed, a balance if you will. This because, there is NO living being in this universe completely greedy or completely altruistic, otherwise risk self destruction.

Rarity for the most part has always had problems with excesess if her dramatic persona didnt told you that already. So, when this little child now an adult came to her, then dedicated himself to her, existed for her, cared for her, loved her, forgave her, helped her, HER, HER AND HER...you get it?, exactly. Spike allowed Rarity's greed to expand and have and for a while it was fine, it allowed a frail balance that sadly was not gonna last long, after all she could not predict the Nightmare incident.

An incident in wich the balance she had developed, broke. This inicendt gave birth not only to nightmare Rarity but to something deeper, to another personality of rarity or rather the part of her sjhe always suppresed. Saying it otherwise, a new existence was born all together. An existence wich as soon as the rays of the sun touched its eyes knew love or rather... desire, she knew... Spike.

And how could "it"not?, a creature wich love, devotion and obsession feeded her ego, her self steem, her GREED and thus allowed her more supressed being to be free was love at first sight.

Ever since the nightmare incident we learned something of importance. "Nightmare Rarity" did tried to Keep Spike by her side, or... did you actually thought the fact that Spike made Nightmare rarity contemplate to "release rarity" or even got to point of her offering Spike to be his King was merely a coincidence?, No of course not.

Truth be told, Rarity and "Nightmare Rarity" both liked Spike but in a different way. Nightmare for her Part Desired him, like you would a posession one that just casually coincided to be your partner or "lover" a very visceral desire. Just like a being compromised of water drinks it to survive, a being made of greed needs to survice that wich gives it agency. Rarity for her part needed him both as Her anchor and also as a safety net.

Yes, a safety net. She in her mind always saw him as an option as a in a "break glass in case of
emergency" scenario, afterall he loved her right? he was the most loyal and devoted male she had ever known right? so, she could experiment, she could try luck and if things did not go how she wanted...he was there, he always would... until it didnt.

Saying it otherwise, Rarity did indeed liked him back but there where 2 problems ,one being he was her anchor but also was her safety net. So when the net was gone she fell to the void of herself and saw the truth.

"no...." she had lost him, no longer hers anymore.

"yes... you lost him" a very familiar voice whispered in her ear

"But I need him!" She saw herself in the mirror screaming in desperation only to let out a shocked gasp

"I want him!" screamed her reflection in a window.

"I MUST HAVE HIM!" screamed another reflection from another window.

"HE WAS OURS, YOU IDIOT!" Screamed a nightmare version of rarity now in front

Rarity took a step back, in both confusion, sadness, frustration and fear.

"B-bu, b-but, But y-you... she stammared

"But what?! i must not exist?! of course i do, i may not be "nightmare rarity" anymore but im still you! im the part of you, you like to ignore! im your greed!!,.

.you just like to see me in this form, so you dont accept its you!!.

at this point "Rarity" could only spew unintengible words

"Oh. what a pathetic mare you are! . You ran away from him because you were comfortably numb having him as an option like a cheap whorse but you were also scared your "anchor" made you "lose yourself" and go all "nightmare rarity" again! oh poor me!, im the element of generosity so of course a relationship in wich my greed for my partner grows or my partner allows my greed to exist and grow would be wrong right?!, give me a break!" Said "nightmare rarity" as she made fun of "herself".

This made rarity furious "What do you know!!?, you are just a fragment of nightmare forces we apparently could erase!!"

"what?!, im you!! what are you talking about?! what? you mean to tell me you liked Spikey wikey being all lovey dovey for some whorse?!!" And also you think by keeping him at your hooves length you were being generous and preventing you became a greedy monster?? Well.. gues what?! You kept him at bay because of the opposite you were not with him but you didnt want to let him go!!

Rarity flinched at that "A lady never curses!! and i... would never do that to spikey... i wouldnt.." rarity tried to fool herself

"Why do you keep doing this to ourselves?" asked now a sad but serious "Nightmare rarity" as she turned herself into her non "nighatmare form" (for the next parragraphs we will call her Rarity 2 or R2 )

...Rarity did not answer, her feelings where in chaos.

"imagine it." R2 stated while she looked at Rarity with a nasty looking scowl

"what thing?" asked Rarity

"them. You caused this! You made him go away and now he is taken!, but you are ok with it right?! So go ahead imagining them together in lots of situations, it should not hurt you right?" asked R2 narrowing her eyebrows

"hmphh test me then" Rarity Huffed indignantly.

"be my guest" and so R2 forced Rarity to imagine it.

First it was them hugging each other, this caused mild discomfor to her but was not that big of a deal so far.

Now, it was them flirting a little like when she saw them outside the castle, this made rarity's heart hurt like a mild blow was blown directly to her chest, however it was not so bad as when se first saw them.

then... was the kissing, the passionate kind.His tounge and hers dancing with each other, as they grabbed their bodies and a trail of saliva ran down each others mouths. This made her heart felt like it was being suffocated and gave her a scolding rage that made her growl and unconsciously pushed her hoofs to the ground so hard she made an indentation on her own floor but then it was the breaking point for her...

They had sex...right on front of her. The mare was in Rarity's bed like she did not even exist as she postrated herself in a submissive position so spike could easily insert his now rock solid Fallus wich he was now rubbing with her buttocks as she moaned "ahmmmm" until finally some rubs latter he just impaled her hard, making both of them moan and scream in delight as Creamy's eyes rolled to the back of her head "NGHHHH AAAAHH" screamed creamy as Spike just gave a muffled scream as he grunted. This was it, Rarity could not take it anymore and literally vomited in the floor as her body combulsed from rage, disgust and sadness over and over at the scene playing in her head over and over.

However she was impotent to stop it, for even if she wished to scream to own mind to stop, she was to preoccupied with vomiting and combulsing .

that is until from one of her combulsions she broke a wine glass that was in her table and a shard got impaled in her in her skin

"AAHHHHH" she screamed in pain. " ughhh it hurts!, why did it i leave it there?! I knew i should have bought plastic ones!! but then in the middle of her tirade she realized something. She could think now!! she stopped vomiting and the scene stoped playing in her head. that is until as soon as the pain was resceding the image resurfaced and so her combulsions. so, she did the only thing she could think of to stop the trauma, she continued hurting herself with more broken glass, breaking new objects to have different length of shards and control the pain better so it was not agonizing but managable.

So it began, she throwed everything, everywhere, a glass of wine here, a window broken with a ponequin there, and so on.

Eventually her mind calmed and so did her body movements. Finally relaxing.

"So, what is then? you are ok with it? can i go on?" asked R2 inside her mind

"Heavens no!!!, i... I Admit it!!" Rarity started panting after her long exhertion in defeat.

"what do you admit?" asked R2 reflected in a shard of broken glass as tears runned from her face, as well as the real rarity.

"I love him!, I love him and i hate seeing him with anypony else! it makes me sick to my stomach, literally!

"So what then?, what now?" R2 asked in a sad whisper.

"I .. i dont know dear i guess... i realized to late i have been lying to myself and magic is not going to make spike forget this ever happened either" Rarity sighed after that. She then walked to the stairs since she was going to lie in the floor of her room all night to cry but then something happened with an electric shock both personalities started merging into one now that rarity accepted herself and with it more neutral version of herself was born, with it an almost evil scheme was also created,

"Lying and forgetting huh?" An evil smirk grew on Rarity as the first part of her plan was in her head and she was later about to put it practice as soon as spike came through her door.

"Honey...?" Said rarity, her voice craking

(Honey? Spike thought.) Yeah?, What is it?"

"I..i..i....he...he tried to....rape me... and i... i just..." she broke down and started crying.

And so, the first part of her plan was put in motion

Everything

And now. Lets resume to what she is to do NOW.

(((for ambience hear this soundtrack while you read the next part of the story: "Silent hill 2-The day of night slowed no rain extended 2 hours)))

Rartiy laid there, next to spike. Her tail curled to her tummy midslection like a little ball of fluff wich she hugged for comfort and also to give her the resove to carry on. But what could she do right now? Yes, she made herself the center of attention thanks to her self muttilation and claims of almost getting raped yet, the rape never happened and the supposed perpetrator was to be none other than Rarity's date the night prior. She winced at that. She cringed at how foolish she was, yeah he was an attractive stalion and had money, so?. Spike is an attractive male, at least he is now, he is the adopted son of celestia herself and has any qualities she could ever desire.

He could play beautiful music, he could cook delightful food, he could give massages that were "top notch" according to applejack since the dear did got a rub or two with his claws... She felt a shiver down her spine. Oh! how the danger of his claws exited her so, even though she knew he could not... hurt a butterfly.

Her mind continues to ramble "also he is incredibly generous even more so for a dragon... that fire ruby he gave me that time...even helped to save me from nightmare moon's parasite... actually come to think of it... where could it be right now? if i am correct i left it..." she was to continue on her rambling until spike interruped

"Rarity, i promise. I promise this time it will all be ok. We WILL the catch the bastard, even if i have to burn down ponyville to do so.This will not... this will not end like with the diamond dogs incident, i promise." Spike said for the first time in all of the night hugging rarity while he cried in silence so he could be comforted, by masking it to be about her.

"Spike..." she whispered. "He...he still blames himself about not being able to rescue me despite me being fine afterwards? even after all this years and... he cannot stop blaming himself?.... oh dear...you.... you... dummy" Rarity thought as she cried in silence tears of joy and sorrow. She felt so happy and yet so sad. Sad that he still felt guilt over not being able to be a hero years ago and Happy that he loved her so much even know that feared to not be enough to protect her and to repeat the trauma of "not being enough".

"Spike, dear. Can i ask you a question or two?". she asked to the void dark that was now the room hoping for answer.

"Anything"

"I just have two questions, dear" and she was not lying. His answer now would either break or make her final push to do what she "needed" to do.

"But, before anything. Let me apologize, Im sorry truly. I...I never thought of your feelings when i... when i planned that date..."

"Its fine" Spike said blankly, he did not want to dwell on it, not anymore.

"If it was then, why were you crying that night in the castle?"

"you saw... didnt you?" spike said in a very surprised whisper and stopped his hug now, turned to the side with his whole body to avoid looking at her or visceversa out of mixed feelings.

"Yes, actually more like i was forced to. That night i saw this beatiful butterfly black like night sky were her wings, and white was her body it was just so... mesmerizing that after my uhh disastrous.... "Date" i followed it to calm myself, and that led me directly to the castle".

"Your "date" you mean..." he stopped himself with a gasp as he realized what he was about to say not daring to potentially hurt her or recall her her almost rape situation with the stallion. Altough in reality it never happened.

He remained Quiet after that.

"Yes" she simply said.

"Its funny actually. We both were crying" that much was true "and yet... when i tried to escape the pain i just tried to distract myself, i followed beauty and..." she looked at his back with tears in her eyes "and... it led me to you"

Spike stayed silent.

"But now you feel so distant" she continued

Spike didnt want to respond.

"Its like ever since that night i... can see myself again... following that butterfly but instead of the butterfly i see you" she didnt want to shut up now.

No sound was made still from spike.

"But i cant catch you. You fly further and further and i keep trying to follow in the cold night while you fly to a light in the city, a light i cant reach and it... it feels... so... so lonely". She concluded.

"Beautiful poem really, but where are you going with this" he stammered scared the posibility was getting in his head.

"Those were the thoughts and feelings that came to me last night. Last night after my "date" ended in tears, and i followed the butterfly straight to your.... your crying yet dignified shadow." Then she let out a nervous and pained laugh, a laugh at her former self expense. "and then i realized just then, like a boulder fell on my head, the realization all at once. I knew then that exact feeling i felt was what you must felt all those years while i... just kept you at foreleg distance" she ended with a deep inhale as to recover her emotionally drainining explanation

"Rarity i... i dont know what to..."

"I havent finished, dear. Now for first question: "do you still love me?" she dropped a bomb

He gasped as his whole body shivered in a mixture of uncertainty, surprise and fear. "Why... are you asking this... why now?" he didnt understand.

"Because... Because now i see you. I actually see you. I See just..." she started to get closer to him looking into his eyes that now looked back at her trying to comprehend the situation. "What should i always have and never did. But now all i can grasp is..." she reached a foreleg to touch his maw but he backed off a little "all i can grasp is... nothing. Have i seen it sooner perhaps i could still..." Rarity looked into her hoof in thought and melancholy.

Spike just turned his back again and just said "Yes, i do" plainly.

Rarity gaspped and felt like life was entering her body but... "however not like before and besides even if wanted to be with you or liked you like i used to.. i cannot do it now. Créame she... she makes me happy and... i will not break her trust, its jut not right. Im sorry" Rarity felt like she had been thrown a cold bucket of watter directly to her heart and fell down to the bed sad and hurt.

"...i see. then for my final question: What did you love about me? and... why did you continue despite everything that happened all this years?" she needed to know. This will make or brake it.

"everything" he said simply.

"huh?" she was not prepared for this. She just let him explain further.

"Everything. Every single hair in your mane, every single smile you gave me, every single gem with dug together, every single dress you made, every single hour we spent together, every single time i looked at your eyes, your beautiful eyes that would make me tremble in happiness. Every single sniff of your perfume, every single mannerism you had, every single time i heard your voice, it just... calmed me. Like i said i could on all night but... the point is the same it was... everything, every single thing about you but one thing." he ended the answert to the first question.

"But one thing?" she asked in tears of hapiness and regret ¿how could she have been so blind?

"Yes. and that thing is part of the answer of your final question. The only thing i hated or rather hurted me from you was.... just how you would always go find love somewhere else and leave me alone, how you would claim i was a perfect "gentle drake" and not even consider the fact that i existed and that i loved you too. I hated most of all how even after i finally got "legal" 2 years ago you still did not look for me, you did not... even had me as real option. And how did i endure all this years?, well to be simple because love was stronger than my pain, and time was insignificant or at least i thought so at the time, afterall i was blinded by love. But then, yesterday i... could not take it anymore. To think that you went as far as not even taking a break from "dating stalions" in my birthday despite you KNOWING i loved you was... painful and the glass of my tolerance was filled. I mean, if you could not just... think of me... on my birthday is...*sigh* i dont know how to explain it but i just could not take it anymore.

"I see...thank you for your honesty, dear." She said in a barely audible whisper so he could not hear her sob.

"Well, its late so... we must sleep we have a busy day tomorrow afterall" he concluded

"Yes, dear" she answered

"Goodnight" both said simply.

Rarity however could not sleep and would not sleep, not afterall she felt before and what she heard now. Her determination was set in stone and after some minutes and spike fell asleep Rarity finally took action.

"Im very sorry dear, but... just this... just with you... if god can hear me... i beg your forgiveness but him i.... just cant let him go... just in him i will be greedy, just this once. Im sorry spike for everything.... but this time i... i will do it right" she whispered to herself and her sleeping beauty drake and so with tears running through her eyes she put her horn to his head and Casted a spell...

A breeze of wind

Ando so the spell was casted. Her horn's normal marine blue glow turned magenta and with it all memories of the past 2 days were erased from his mind. A sin that was not to be forgiven, specially since he could not be the only one, otherwise her sin would be exposed.

All of that being said, this spell did not come with out a cost. A spell, that was once tried but fail to be casted on her by none other than the nightmare force itself. A spell designed to make memories into dreams and eventually... when one was to wake up either forget them like it was a dream of last night or remember them blurrily but think of them as that, dreams. The cost however is that the caster is to lose a "fair" compensation of memories yo themselves.

The trade of was not entirely explained but according to the nightmare force that tried to posses her the reason it failed to erase her memories was that it had no "emotional memories" or
"culmination of memories" itself, since it was an evil force, but not an evil being itself.

For example, say...you made a mare forgot the day her newborn was born, this would mean you made a mare forget the fruit months of pain,labour and eventually the culmination, the apex of unbeatable joy to give new life to your own kin. So, an equal exchange would be to lose you yourself:

1)an equal period time (months) of memories that also had an equal emotional and significant value to you.
2)The happiest memory of your life
3)The day you yourself were born
4)Your parents themselves would forgot you were born at all.

Now its not so attractive is it?

Basically the spell's trade of was the law of "equivalent" exchange.
/music for ambience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSqIJGQ4Ss&list=RDDulsAW4nVV8&index=5/

In this case however, Rarity rationalized since she would " only" erase 2 days wich most important and emotional events in both spike's mind and all of the mares in attendence would be 1)Spike's new relationship and 2) Her "almost rape" an equivalent trade off could be:

1) 2 Random days of her memories per individual
2) A day of joy of her life erasen per Spike and Creame, in other words 2 days of happiness that she felt equal to that Spike's and Creame felt when they started going out and until the end of the day.

Now you would be asking, why wouldnt she also forget a day of "worry for her friends" since her incident registered in her friends minds? well, this is because like what happened with Nightmare forces, this spell is not affected or does not affect "Fake" memories or memories created by "lies" and so since the memory of her friends "worry and anger" was not caused by a "truth" it had no "equal" value or trade off.

In case the worst happened, rarity before she was found by Spike and the gang writted all her most precious and worst memories in her diary as a "safe keep", a diary however that she left on the bottom floor of her house laid in the floor. A diary that if spike had been observant, would have found laid there, with all the details of her plan, and the memories she would like to keep, Basically preventing this all together.

Remember the text from a previous chapter that said "In fact spike could swear something was off. REALLY Off in all of this, but he paid it no mind he only cared about rarity. Oh... if only he watched a little closer...?" well, this was the reason, her plans where literally there on the floor, however this night was in her mane, hidden so after she did the spell she could see if everything was in order.

And so, the spell was finished and she slowly opened her eyes "....it.... it seems everythings normal? i... remember my plan, meeting spike, my parent, sweetie.... seems everythings alright?" she gave a quick glance to her diary "huh? nothing?.... thats weird.

Indeed it was, but she paid it no mind. Waiting for a bit to make sure he was still sleeping, so she could go on with her plans. Once she knew he was, she kissed his head with a guilty vissage and left the room with a whisper "Spike..."

She was out, and so she went from room to room, making sure her "prey" was asleep and not on guard for "her protection" by activating the spell one mare at a time.

Then, the last mare was... creamy? "oh you have to be bucking kidding me" she mumbled, frustrated as not only was her awake so it meant trouble if she found out, but also the "forget spell" could only be used if the target was sleeping. So she tried to get her way anyways.

As she walked to her last victim, she put on a mascara. "Hey dear, care to keep me company for a little bit?, Spike fell asleep and i still cannot "hit the sack" as they say" she let those words of her tounge so smoothly one would believe were actually honest.

"Oh!, Sure." She was too innocent as she put a foreleg into the spider'nest.

"Excellent, would you like to some tea darling?, i know i do and it would be pleasant if you could accompany me."

"Uhhh, sure. I really im not a fan of tea, but i get it. Tea makes it easier to sleep right?" she asked care free

"Exactly dear. now what would you like? green tea? lemon tea?, i myself would loooove some green tea."

"Hmmm" she was thinking until "Hold up." she asked raising a brow

"what is it, dear?" Rarity's forehead was filled with nervous sweat

"Who would cover my guard if i hit the sack?" she asked genuinelly confused.

"oh!... uhmmm" Rarity was racking her brain for an excuse. She did not think of that.

"Dont worry, ill ask one of the girls, give me a seco-" she was starting to turn back but rarity stopped her in panic

"N-no!" she almost screamed

"Huh?" Creame was confused

"uhh... i mean. No, please. I... i already have talked with... rainbow dash, she likes to sleep a lot so...." she was trying hard to lie "so... she will cover you know in exchage of sleeping the rest of the night" she concluded hoping she took the bait.

"uhhh, ok?" Creame asked reclutantly.

"Good, i will serve the tea. Please wait for me in the table dear" Rarity excused herself to prepare it

That being said Creame took her seat, Rarity placed the pots and took out from her mane a small bag of sleeping poweder for emergency uses "Oh dear am i sooo happy i bought that sleeping agent for my beauty sleeps, sure is helpful now." she mused as she set everything up.

Once the teapot whistled, she served her tea and Cream's ´putting the powder in the formers cup while mixing it with her magic.

"Vuala!, now lets drink some tea!" she exclaimed to herself in pride of her "victory"

As she sit down she did some small talk with cream as she slowly drunk for her cup, slowly but surely, drugging herself. Rarity could not wait until she finished and she fell asleep but-

"Hey... rarity?" she broke her thoughts

"Hhmm?"

"I know what im going to say next is wrong... but i need to say it. I know its the worst time posible but... i feel like... if i dont tell you now i will never have the courage again."

"Yes?" Rarity raised a brow and grew concerned.

"Im really, really sorry for what almost happened to you and what DID happen to you" she said as she pointed to the cuts in her body

"Oh!... uhhh thanks dear?" she said grateful but not entirely.

"However...." Cream looked to the side

"however?" Rarity raised her voice a little.

"From now on... i know he is your best friend but... i dont want you sleep with spike again, please." she concluded

"Huh?!" Rarity got angry at that.

"Let me explain please!" Cream implored

"Hmpff, fine" Rarity accepted huffing indignantly "Well, she is gonna forget she ever dated him so whatever" she thought.

"Look, i love him and... i am a selfish mare. I loved him for so many years. but he always...loved you" she said with a bit of venom in her voice. "I...never understood why he never looked any other mare's way or... female for that matter, i even thought he might be gay and his love for you may be a coverup but..." Rarity let a growl at that, she was making jokes now? Spike's love for her was a coming out cover up? oh! now she WAS mad.

"But?" Rarity said with cold in her voice. She better not screw up.

"But... it was real, way too much." Rarity relaxed a little at that.

"So much that it hurted me and also made me angry. To see him... cry for you... love you.... and yet i... was left alone and if i even dared to try to get close he... he would scream at me!" she said in frustration

Rarity winced "scream at you?, wh-why?" she knew why but still was surprised of Spike's outbursts.

"Because... im guessing... because he loved you and the mere thought of me implying you didnt... or that I loved him and he could look my way...made him feel unloyal"

"Unloyal?" Rarity thought to herself "that sounds like...." and she remembered what Spike said earlier in the night " i will not break her trust, its jut not right. Im sorry" that made her growl a little. So now he was loyal TO HER?.

"Anyway. I know he is loyal and i do trust him as said before. In fact... he saved my mothers life, how could i not?" she said in melancholy

Rarity faked a gasp, that much spike told him a while ago. "Yeah" creamy answered "He is the being that i trust and love more than anything in this world so... "She took a deep inhale "I know it makes me a bad mare, i know it makes me greedy but i will not have anyone else have him" she said dead calm as she slowly looked to Rarity's eyes as she said "That goes to you too, specially".

Rarity was now angry, oh she was but before she made a mistake she looked at Creams cup to make sure she could get away with it later. She finished "Good" she thought as she sighed in relaxation.

"Now... what are you implying here missy!?" Rarity asked with a vein popping in her head

"I heard you before" she said dead calm

Rarity gasped for real this time "Huh?! what... what do you.." she was asking but was interrupted

"Your conversation. How you "finally saw him now" and how as i expected he said courtly: no"

Rarity was paralized, now by fear "did she hear all of that?" she thought " does that means that she also heard..." her pupils became needles from fear

"So after that i was satisfied and i stopped being a peeping tom".

"You what!!!" Rarity screamed in rage but also was relieved since it meant she did not heard of her plan of mass memory erase.

"I know. What i did might "not be right" but like i said. I trust him but you on the other hand..." she continued

"What would you know?!, you barely know him!, you mean to tell me you know me so well that i....!!"

"Would try to steal him from me?, no i did not know. But i do now. Im sorry miss Rarity but Truth is i never liked you even before we met" she said

"Why you little...!!!" Rarity was gonna murder her.

"I mean, what? you think i should like the pony that made the dragon i love suffer?!, He told me all about you! you even used him as pin cushions!! bucking pin cushions!! are you for real!!??" she screamed in retaliation as she raised her hoofs to the table.

Rarity flinched at that "Well i...."Rarity now felt horrible, she new she acted wrong, but she was gonna be better now!, she finally realized her mistakes and the love of her life for Celestias sake!.

"And also you!...huh?" she was starting to get all drowsy now.

"What the..." she was starting to fall to the ground.

"Oh!, it worked rather fast" Rarity lost all animosity and relaxed.

"You... you drugged me?" she was getting more drowsy now.

"....yes. Im sorry, dear. Truly but..." she explain her sins but.

"You dont feel sorry at all!, buck you!!" she screamed in frustration.

"I dont know... what you...what you plan but...Dont you dare touch my dragon!!. She inhaled and with the last of her strength was about to scream for spikes help but was muffled by Rarity's hoof.

"He is NOT your dragon, HE. IS. MINE." she whispered in her ear as tears started to roll from Cream's face as the last thoughts she had before she waked up were "Spikey..." and so she fell to the ground with a thud or would have, havent rarity used her magic so she landed safely.

Rarity gave a deep inhale and exhale as she put her horn to her head. "...im sorry, but...just like you sadly... im a greedy mare." and so she casted the spell.

A butterfly with fake wings

///Music for ambience : Fake wings by Yuki kajiura ///

The next day, eventually came.

With it, came a glorious sun. The rays making Twilight's bedroom shine like if it was a aurora borealis due to the interaction of light with the crystal floor and walls.

The soothing scene however, would be only that. A scene, ragnarok was to come next. All dues must be paid.

Rarity, waked up as soon the first ray of the morning sun touched her eye lids. As she yawned and looked to the side of her, there laid spike in all his glory. His scales shining lightly with the light that covered the room. His wing like a soft cover was on top of her, protecting her from harm and keeping her warm. His breaths soft and cozy, breaths that stopped for a second when he still sleeping felt a hoof soft as silk touching his chest in slow circles, a touch that felt harder and harder progressively. This waked him up with a startle "Huh?!" he managed to say as he looked to the sides of the bed he now laid in.

As soon as his head went east he stopped dead in his movements. A intense wondering and expectant look expected him. The eyes of Rarity locked on his as she just looked at him with this sad but hopeful look on her. A look that you would give the person you love but you knew you hurt but you are hopeful he or she forgives you. Spike did not knew why she saw him that way, it was better that way otherwise what would be of rarity? She did not want to think about it.

"Huh!!? Rarity?! Wh-why are yo-" but he got interrupted as she pressed a hoof to his lips, getting closer to his own slowly as her eyes slowly closed and a tear was falling from her face "At last, i can reach you again" she thought as she was about to kiss him, he stopped her grabbing her by the shoulders. "Rares! Are you ok?... Why are you crying? And... Why are we in twilights bed? In fact... Better yet why are you sleeping with me?

"Huh?" she got back to reality. "Me?. Oh i- im fine, dear i just..."she shaked her head, none the matter. Oh! And about being in twilights bed well...." she needed to know how much he remembered. "You should not ask such a question to a lady you know?"she said as she gave a half true, half lie embarrased glance to the other side as her cheeks got pink

His cheeks did too " uhhh... Well i... I dont know... I really dont, i swear!" he was as red as a tomato. "I swear i dont!,oh damn... I slept in the same bed as one of my friends in my moms bed and i cant even remeber when, how or why it happened.... " He sighed as he looked down ashamed of himself.

Rarity noticed this and immediately relaxed. He did not remembered last night, but now the problem is he felt he did something wrong. What could he be thinking he did or...both did? . Rarity flushed red at that.

"S-spikey, dear d-dont worry!, we only shared a bed, you didnt do anything! Dont you worry your precious head you are a gentledragon and i know for a FACT you would never hurt me anyway. We just..." she needed to think of an excuse, fast "...we just got a little tipsy in the reception party for your new friend... Yes, your new friend.... Uhhhh creame i think? " Well, that was better than nothing.

"Creame? What abou-" but then he got a part of his memories back, those being blurry at best thanks to the spell. He vaguely remembered carrying Rarity to his bed, Creame and the girls following him to the castle and he also remembered having spent the hole day of yesterday doing something with Creame although he did not knew what it was. "Oh, right. I remember having spent the day with creame yesterday and then i remember meeting the girls and you while she was with me and me carrying you....to... The .... Bed....holy guacamole!. Did i...find your drunk self and a carried you to twilights room but i was to tipsy and then i fell asleep too!? How embarrassing.. He let out a groan of humilliation.

Rarity giggled at Spike antics. "It seems so, darling. Better hold your licor better next time" She was happy that spike bought her lie, but she needed to cover any posible red flag. "Also, since i wake up before everyone else, i took the liberty to clean the castle from all the wine and booze and i came back here to wake you up. That being said... You guys really trashed my place a little" she giggled.

She really had it all planned up didnt she? Eventa cover up for her fucked up house/business. Man, are all mares this calculating?

Anyway, Spike bought the lie but he still was confused. "Ok but why... Were you so sad a little ago and correct me if i am wrong but.... Did you just try to.... To... To ki-"

This was the moment she waited for, with a sigh she poured her heart once and for all.

"Kiss you?" she said

Spike stopped dead in his tracks as his eyes widened and his blood ran cold.

".... Spike i need to be honest with you, now" she continued , yet he did not dare to even move his mouth. He was paralized.

"Spikey, honey i...." she reached a hoof to his cheek and lovingly strocked it. He did not flinch or back away this time, it was a good sign.

"Truth be told, i am jealous" he gained a semblance of courage and was about to move his mouth but got interrupted as soon as he moved his lips.

"Why? Of who?. Well, Dear to be honest i.... Always took your adoration for granted. Even the day before yesterday...your birthday, you...that face you made that day, it broke my heart. I however of course being as blind and self centered as i was, went to that stupid date anyway and obviously it was a flop... However something happened that night, while i was in my usual rambling i realized something. I realized how, the way i felt that night you must have felt.... All this years and then i just kind of...lost it a little but when i finally understood everything and i came looking for you...

Spike remained silent, he was speechless at what was happening right now.

"But when i came looking for you.... The you "introduced her to us" or rather "intruced her to me" i... Felt so sick to my stomach, i thought i was gonna vomit!"

Spike flinched at that, Rarity however did not notice.

"Every time she looked at you that way... Everytime you guys flirted with each other, hugged each other, how you looked at her... I" rarity made a face of disgust and indigestion, she seemed like she was gonna puke.

"I could not handle it. So

"All the more you and her intereacted together i... I felt worse and it was killing me!, finding you with another mare! The mere thought of the posibility sickened me! Even more so after i finally... Finally realized i....that i...." she looked deep into his eyes as tears came down like a flood through her eyes " that i love you and i though.... And i thought i lost you forever." Rarity was now sobbing and crying in the bed, covering her head with her hoofs as mascara stained the bed sheets.

Spike was now in shock, and tears ran down his face to the bed sheets.

Rarity regained some of her composure and then continued "So... I made up my mind" She looked back at him "And i decided that i would do anything in my power to not lose you, to anyone!, not even if it was celestia herself!" She inhaled and finished with "So, yes darling. My precious baby, i tried to kiss you. So, do you think you can forgive me?, me? This selfish, self centered and cruel mare? This mare that has kept you suffering all this time and yet is now asking... No begging! To accept her love?, Can you love me and only me Spike?, because i... I finally got it... The only one i ever needed, that i need is you."

She finished dropping the bomb, and then the room was filled with a pregnant silence. A silence Spike broke

"Rariy... I... I dont know what to say.... I....also what date are you talking about" his voice was weak and cracking

Oh Right, he didnt remember his birthday "incident" thanks to the spell...well... This works too, but still she needed to keep apperances "Oh, right i never told you. Well, in escense i... Got a little carried away and i planned a date on your late after your birthday party. I know it was selfish of me to not consider your feelings to tell you, specially since it was your birthday but... " She sighed. "Like i told you, i realized my mistake to late and i... I know im being selfish but... But i am so afraid of losing you spike. It scares me" she said looking back at him

"What do you even like about me anyway?" spike asked hestitant to believe her.

"I beg your pardon?" she said.

"Well, it just... Costs me to believe that you... like me now....after all this years..." spike was self hugging trying to comfort himself and ease his weariness.

Rarity thought for a moment, and remembered something Spike said the night prior. "everything, thats what he said that time" she thought. As the more she tried to think of her reasons, that word he said kept resonationg with her and so she answered honestly:

"Everything" she whispered

"What?" he said dumbfounded

"Everything" she said, now looking at him with a dead serious face

"I love every----

Von

....I love every single scale and scent in your body." at this Spike shivered with a mix of emotions amongs them being surprise, confusion, doubt, elation and fear.

Rarity's unyielding gaze now locked with his own trembling eyes as she let the doors of her heart open, now caring what got out. Be it darkness or light.

"....no, perhaps... Desire is the right word. ¿Perhaps both?... Anyway, The look you have gave me for all this years, the way you so tenderly helped me on every whim, the way your devotion reached a level of insanity to not so much care how many stallions i dated and yet you still held on..." Spike got really annoyed at that. Was she making fun of him now? What was her deal?

Rarity stopped for a second inhaling strongly and then letting a dreamy and also sultry sigh escape her lips, tainted with a crimson red lipstick. That exhale, slowly faded the pregnant silence of the room, as a smile with a malicious and also elated energy was slowly carved in her face while slowly saliva fell down her cheek, a visage you would see when a hunter had its prey on their plate, ready to eat. This look, energy and expressions highly put Spike on edge, so much in fact that for the first time of his life, he feared her,taking a small retreat in the bed from her.

This did NOT go unnoticed by her but she kept going as she gave him a smirk that unnerved him "Oh?, so now you are scared of lil old me? I thought you always hoped i loved you back no? well... now you will hear it spike" she teased as she giggled.

Spike backed away more.

"Dont run from me now... Dear" she whispered huskily in his ear frill, having him now laying down her frame, slowly as with everyword that came out from her mouth she gave a "step" forward in his direction.

"I have yet to tell you how i feel, just how deep the rabbit hole goes..." she whispered still in his ear as she now took a nibble or playful bite of his ear frill.

Spike let out a strained moan. "Ra-rarity!?, Stop already!!"

Rarity took a look on spike, his face now showed unfiltered pain, a look that a kid would look if their parents, friend or brothers beat them up senseless.

Rarity was horrified, her eyes going wide open. She decided to retreat a little and got to her side of the bed.

"...spike, i.... I know you feel scared about me now... Well... for Coming on too strong... But-"

"Coming of too strong?" he said in a small voice "that is what you call "coming of too strong?!" he raised his voice now.

Rarity fell silent, and let him vent. "You...you...Yoouuu!!" he started panting from exhertion

"You...you have never, not even once!- Not even once liked ME back!!" he screamed at her

She flinched, but kept silent. "and yet... the first time you ever... claim to like me at all, you....you... do this?!, Not only do you not explain the why, how, when or what feelings do you even have for me?! but you force yourself on me!? what is wrong with you!!.

At the last part Rarity realized he was right, she went from Giving him the reason of his now love for him or rather what she loved from him to Molesting him, as soon as he got "distracted" enough.

gasping rarity shot back "You are right... but-but-but i cant help myself!!"

Spike got annoyed, now snarling at her.

"Now YOU will listen to ME spike. I know what im doing is unfair, wrong and selfish but please listen to me!!" she screamed in desperation as more tears went down her eyes.

Spike frustrated but hating to see her cry, gave in.

"fine" he murmured

Rarity inhaled and exhaled and began her speech again "Like i said before i love AND desire EVERYTHING about you, spike. From your scales to your breath. From your musk to your voice. From your generosity, to your faults. Every single time you helped me at the boutique, every single dress we made together, every gem we excavated, every sweet word you said, every single time i hurted you and yet you stayed by my side... every single time your love held rendered me mute... i can still remember the sincerity of your words when you were ALMOST about to confess your love to me before i stupidly shut you up as we almost fell to our deads after the greed incident...an incident that both started AND ended because your love for me was so deep that you gave me the fire ruby you made for YOUR birthday just because i was charmed by it because of my own greed!.

"For Celestia's sake spike not only every facet of your being screams devotion, sincerity, kindness, beauty and many more virtues to anyone, specially to me, but i Desire you too!!, and i know, ok?! i know im absolutely horrible for not realizing it sooner!! for taking you for granted!, for making you suffer while i complained about not having anyone worth it, as i trampled your heart while i searched love anywhere and anyone but with you!! but then i realized everything ..and also realized i could have lost you!!, forever!! And i refuse!!, i refuse!, i refuseeeeeeeee!!!!. she creamed with all her heart as Spike's view on reality crumbled to the ground.

"I refuse to give you up to anypony! not a mare!, not a filly!, not a colt!, nor a stallion!, nor a dragon, not a gryphon, not a changeling, not bucking anyone!!. Rarity ended her tiraded panting tiredly.

"So please..." she was but whispering now. "So please... tell me you still love me... please tell me you will still be by my side forever. I could not live, not knowing you will stop being by my side just to be with another. Knowing all those beautiful memories you gave me, all the beautiful things we did, we do and could do, will stop. That this could... be it. Please wake me up from my own nightmare".

Then, just like that the room fell silent. All sound was gone and only shadows of 2 beings in deep thought and mixed emotions could be seen from the outside of the castle's window.

loose end.

"I need to think" spike whispered as he broke the silence.

As she turned to look back at him with a defeated look, rarity let out a sigh. "I get it, but please think about it, i do love you."

This made spike recoil, not in pain but he felt like he was slapped in the face. Didnt he heard this before somehow? "Deja vu?" he whispered, clearly confused.

After that, spike left the room in order to clean his face in the bathroom so he could calm down. While rarity, trotted down the stairs of the castle in order to help start morning breakfast. The stairs were made of a assorment of peridot gems with incrustrations of jasper gems that went all the way down in a half spiral.

After finally arriving to the first floor rarity looked around the place, relishing the beautiful desing of the castle the floor's made of amethyst that was in a design akin to flowers, while the walls were composed of quarz having an ocassional pilar here and there, giving the rooms a regal apperance. Meanwhile the roof' looked like a thin cloak of zaffire, almost see through, and yet it was resistant as it gets. Allowing spike and twilight to live up there afterall.

Going to the kitchen, that looked pretty much the same, except the add on of a normal looking stove, some chairs, a table and other cooking utensils and the such, rarity was woken up from her stuppor as she was surprised to realize she was not alone there.

Looking at her back hearing a noice of hoofs walking, creame who was already awake making hay sandwiches and boiled eggs (one of the limited sources of protein not looked down upon by society since ponies did not thought of chickens as sentient beings anyway) saw rarity standing behind here with a look of utter surprise.

"uhhh hello there . My name is creame a la moude or just creamy. I am a guest of spike here at the castle but i dont think we have met before?, miss.... uh-"

"rarity, dear. Nice to meet you too." rarity answered a bit too hasty.

"Oh!, you mean THE rarity!?.Oh, err- nice to finally meet you" creamed answered with a bit forced smile.

"yo!, something smells nice! i call dibs!" came trotting down rainbow dash.

"Rainbow, wait for a bit dammit, everybody is not here yet!" answered in a mother esque tone, the apple farmer pony.

"Its not nice to rush without waiting for our friends, dont you think?" whispered fluttershy as she came flying softly and landing beside Rarity.

"Its fine flutters, both me and rainbow are hungry fellas in the morning give her some slack". Spike noted as he came walking back in all fours in the kitchen after taking a bath.

Giving back an appreciating nod before taking a dish and starting to eat Rainbow did a double take and asked : "come to think of it, where is pinkie pie? she is the most hiperactive pony here, she would normally be here already".

"Now that you mention it, i dont really remember but knowing pinkie she went out earlier to do a party or something of the sort. You know how she is."

Everyone thought for a second and then nodded in a silent agreement. All but one pony, that being rarity.

"Wait a minute, pinkie? now that they mention it. I dont recall seeing her after spike took me to bed yesterday... nor do i remember using the spell on her... oh... oh!...oh no!" rarity though, realizing she messed up, likely due to the sheer nervousness and guilt over what she did. She must have forgot!, oh great!, now there was a loose end she had to solve. Fantastic. She however didnt let it show in her face or voice as she joined everyone to eat.

Not ignoring the occasional stares Spike would give to her, or creamy or how creamy would glance back at him too. It annoyed her, but she could do little right now. After all her, plan was basically to erase the fact spike started dating someone else from his and everyone´s memories so she could have a chance to woo him and not lose him. Knowing spike is way to noble and loyal to cheat on a partner even if they have barely started dating at all. No matter how much seduction came his way. She would know, she did notice afterall how many mares, changelings and the ocassional stallion flirted with him and yet he still stood by her side. It was reashuring in a way.

"So... spike about the gig i told you before..." stated the photographer pony while everyone looked at her and spike.

"Oh... right. The clothing thing. What of it?."

"Well, i dont really recall how or when i got the clothes ready but apparently i went to get them from coco because i have them all in my room right now. So, ignoring how i forgot when i got them... would you be ready to start later today?"

"Sure, where is the studio this time? in fact who is the client anyway?" answered the dragon.

"WOW!, WOW WOW WOW, HOLD UP DUDE!, you are modeling again?!, already forgot about last time?!, you Mr. Crsytal mare gigolo!?" exclaimed Dash, surprised.

"Oh my!" Fluttershy was clearly flustered.

"You never learn do ya, ya big doofus?" applejack was unamused.

"Huh?!, what are you girls talking about?" Rarity was at a loss here, what was the problem with him modeling? what were they talking about"

"Girls, please! its not gonna be like last time", besides its just to model some clothes!, its not going to be advertised in the crystal empire anyway!, right?... right?" Flustered like his scales suddenly had crimson stains he looked back to creamy with a questioning look and a stare that said "you better fucking not"

"O-of course n-not!" she stammered as she laughed in nervousness.

"You still have not answered me! what is the big deal?! spike models (not for economic purpose however) for me all the time! i need a male model for my stallion projects afterall!"

"the girls just looked at spike then among themselves and had smug grin except fluttershy who was covering her face with her hoofs) remembering the Fashionista was in canterlot at the time of the event, and no one saw fit to tell her, specially since Spike practically begged for them not to, or else risk dying from embarrassment (and then rainbow just walked slowly to rarity's ear looking spike back all the way.

"Rainbow"

she took another step.

"Im serious rainbow"

Another step.

"Stop already"

She was almost there.

"Rainbow!"

She just croached to rarity's ear.

"Rainbow i swear if you-!"

giggling, she whispered in her ear, as spike got more and more red and Rarity's face went from concentrated to surprised to shock, to embarrased.

With a grunt spike hit the table with his head.

"i swear to god rainbow, you are going to regret this".

"Sure buddy" she gave him a shit eating grin.

Rarity just looked at him with a look he had never seen before. It was a mixture of embarssment and anger.

"Spike, is what she said true?" she calmy asked in an icy tone.

"Well... i dont know what she said but..."

"SPIKE!"

Gulping, he looked back at her, she was not playing games.

"Uhhhh ta-da!"he exclaimed in a forced way, trying to lessen the tension in the room.

Meanwhile rarity got a blush so intense you could swear she was having a Ghost chilli pepper.

Opening her mouth she let out a very strong but none the less lady esque scream "SPIIIIIIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" While everyone else laughed at his expense.