Persona chapter 4 The Beauty The Brains and The Beast

The market place was booming with life; much more so then normal or so Spike thought as he sat with Fluttershy, Pinkie pie, and Twilight outside ‘The Barn House Eat’em. Twilight sat across from Spike who seemed to do everything in his power not to look directly at the violet mare. While Twilight on the other hand never took her eyes off the young drake; her eyes filled with a mixture of disgrace and discontent.

“Um., Twilight. If you don’t mind me asking; I understand if you do and I’m sorry, but is there something wrong?” The tinted golden colored mare asked while trying not to hide behind her mane.

“Uhhhh, n..no not at all; why do you ask?” Her eyes never leaving the purple drake as she responded towards Pinkie pie instead of Fluttershy.

“Well maybe it is just me, and that’s entirely an option and all, but both you and Spike have been acting weird since we arrived here.” She was no longer able to stop herself from hiding under her mane.

Twilight closed her eyes before taking a deep breath. “Is that so…well I guess…” She released a sigh while opening her eyes and shifting her attention to Fluttershy.

“Oooooh, wait don’t tell me! You two were having a staring contest weren’t you?” Pinkie Pie asked as she moved into Twilight’s face.

“No we are not having a staring contest Pinkie Pie. How about we just say there were some events that transpired this morning that has me concupiscen… I mean laciviou…. No I mean flustered: Yes flustered is what I meant to say.” Twilight looked down while pretending to cough, and hope no one caught on to what she was originally about to say.

“So…Spike, if you don’t mind me asking…um how did your date with Rarity go?” Fluttershy asked softly as he turned towards the purple drake who was simply staring at Twilight.
“You too, Fluttershy? Please tell me who else knew about our date, because I thought Rarity and I had agreed to keep it quiet.” Spike replied still staring at Twilight.

“What silly? We all knew; after all she did consult her closest friends on how she should let you do…….” Before Pinkie Pie could finish her sentence the pink mare had a mouth full of Twilight’s hoof.

“That is correct, RARITY who is your SPECIAL SOMEPONY asked us for a little advice.” Twilight continued where Pinkie Pie’s statement while stretching certain words in her sentence.
“What is going on here; that is the sec…..Twilight? Pinkie Pie? Fluttershy?” The world around the young dragon seemed to slow down until it completely stopped. Ever direction the drake looked; the world was as still as a painting done by the masters of old. Spike jump to his feet and slowly backed away from the table just to bump into a large figure which appeared out of nowhere.

“Well hello there hatchling, do you like my work? It was so noisy here, so I decided to give us some peace.” Spike did not want to look back; he instantly recognized the voice from his nightmares. The little dragon sighed before he tilted his head back to look towards the sky, but only met a pair of draconic eyes looking back down at him.

“Damien! W…what are you doing here…wait, did you just say you did this? “Spike turned around and backed away from the black drake until he hit the table.

“Yes, this is simple Time manipulation magic; child’s play to one of Valtheerin’s bloodline. You think the Sun and Moon are powerful, but their magic pales in comparison to that of Valtheerin. If he would only will it then this land would return to our kin once more and even the ponies greatest of magic would be useless against us.” Damien’s eyes became sharp and sinister as he spoke; the ground around him started to shake.

“The Sun and Moon….wait are you referring to Princess Celestia and Luna? Also, if the Dragon lord is truly so powerful where is he now?” Spike did his best to stand his ground, and not let the fact that Damien was sending waves of fear through every nerve in his body.

Dragon lord, the hatchlings blood is starting to respond and I only tapped into it once. This will be more fun then I original thought… maybe we should speed this little game up a bit. The black scaled drake gave a deep chuckle as he raised one of his hands into the air. “Hatchling, how about we play a little game; it is called ‘Sensual hearts’. Now pick a number between 1 and 6 and choose wisely.

“Y..you want to play a game? What kind of game, and better question why do I have a bad feeling about this?” Spike’s voice started to grow weak as fear of what the drake was going to do next completely over took him. “And what is the significant of the numbers? You can’t expect me to simply agree to something I have no knowledge of.” Spike’s eyes shifted to Damien’s clenched fist which simply hung in the air.

“Hurry spike, pick one through six or I’ll pick for you! Tick, tock, tick, tock the time is winding down against you.” Damien’s eyes grew black as night while a dark mist formed around his scaly body.

“Fine, I pick five!” He said as he lowered his body looking for a chance to make a run for it.

“Good choice!” Damien slammed his fist into the ground and the world around Spike cracked and shattered. Through the cracks and openings, darkness seeped into the world consuming everything until the purple drake was once again alone in a void of darkness. Within seconds sound of a mare’s voice singing could be heard in the void; followed by light breaking through the darkness. When the darkness was finally gone Spike found himself sitting on Rarity’s bed in the living quarters of her boutique.

Spike turns his head towards the bathroom door as he hears the sound of running water stop and the singing slowly getting louder until the door finally opens. The first think to emerge from the bathroom was the steam that had built up while the shower ran; followed by a gentle scent of Roses. Finally Rarity slowly walked out of the bathroom; her eyes closed, her soaked mane fallen gracefully over her head and around her neck, and a towel wrapped around the bottom half of her body covering her hind legs and tail.
The young drake eyes stayed transfixed on the mare as time seemed to slow down once more, but this time not by the power of Damien; instead by Spike’s own perception of time. Rarity’s eyes slowly opened meeting Spike’s eyes causing her to stop and freeze in place for what seemed like hours.

“Spikey-Wikey….when did you get here? I didn’t expect to see you until later this afternoon.” The violet mane mare did not move an inch nor did she take her eyes off of her draconic love interest.

“Now hatchling, let the game begin!” Damien’s voice echoed in Spike’s head blocking out anything Rarity was saying. “You want it, and you need it; she wants and, and she needs it!” The purple drake begin taking deep breathes while taking a claw full of the sheets that covered the mare’s bed. With each inhale the mare’s scent grew stronger to the point he could no longer hold back.

“Spikey-Wikey, darling are you ok?” Rarity moved closer to the drake while using her magic to quickly dry herself off with a second towel.

“I’m fine… m’lady, but there is something I must ask of you.” He let go of the sheets as he hopped off the bed and onto his feet. “Rarity, do you truly care for me? I mean the way I care for you? I would give you anything I have including the scales off of my very back if you wished it. I would go anywhere for you; from the badlands to the caverns that the Diamond Dogs infest.” His wad was turned in the direction of the bedroom window, but it was obvious that his eyes never reopened.

“Where is this from all of a sudden? You know I care deeply for you Spike… I’ll emit that I have questioned our relationship and even my feelings for you, but after our date I can truly say that I am ready to give you my all my little Spikey-Wikey.” She continued moving closer to the purple dragon. “Spikey-Wikey, you’ve chased after me for so long and now you have me; do you fear that you are going to lose me to some noble stallion?” She said before she nuzzled against the dragons cheek.

Spike turned his head turning her nuzzle into a deep kiss. Rarity… why is her scent so intoxicating? Without even realizing it; the drake had wrapped his arms around the mare’s neck and was gently pulling her onto the bed. Her taste… it is… so exhilarating. Spike’s tongue twisted, turned and moved chaotically inside of her mouth until it finally settled down after coiling around Rarity’s tongue. His eyes finally peeled open revealing his blood red iris to her.

*****
“Spike?” The three mares stared dumb founded at the drake that was no longer there.
“Um, w…what just happened?” Fluttershy asked quietly, but her demeanor stated she was ready to make a run for it.

“Ohhhhh, how did Spike do that? Wait, can he disappear or are we going to play hide and seek right now? I love hide and seek I want to be it; quick you girls run and hide!” The pink mare screamed as she bounced up and down.

“No Pinkie, this is not a game! Something is seriously wrong here; Spike has just disappeared mid-sentence right in front of us! “Twilight said as she stood up and walked over to spike once was. The violet mare examined the area carefully.

“Well I’ve never heard of a dragon simply disappearing, but if you think about it. I don’t hear much about dragons outside the usually; they are greedy, monstrous, territorial, violent, easily angered, and so on. Spike is none of those things though, so maybe Spike is a disappearing dragon? Ooooo that would be a great trick at parties! Hey Spike, if you can hear me; will you do this trick at parties?”

Twilight paid little attention to Pinkie pie at this point. Her only thoughts were on finding out what happened to her number one assistant. “I’m going to look around this area first. He has to be somewhere around here!”

Twilight searched for hours occasionally picking up more and more of her friends until five of the six mares where helping her look for the little dragon. With each hour that had passed Twilight grew more and more worried about her little assistant.

“Well darn, he isn’t at Apple acres, the market place, and the library.” The cowpony said as she scratched the bottom of her snout wondering where else he could be.

“I did a surveillance of Ponyville, and he’s not anywhere outside from what I can tell.” Stated the cyan Pegasus who floated just above the group.

“W.well you know we haven’t seen Rarity all day; maybe she can help us. If she is not that busy that is.” The tinted gold mare stated softly, but just enough for the cowpony to hear.

“Y’know that’s actually a good idea Fluttersy; heck I wouldn’t be surprised if we find the little guy there.” Applejack said in a cheerful tone.

“RARITY’S BOUTIQUE! YEA, THAT IS WHERE HE IS!” Twilight rushed off without a warning to the others. Her worry for Spike had overtook her completely over half the day had gone by with not a single sign or trace of Spike coming up anywhere they looked.

*****

Rarity slept peacefully in the arms of her purple dragon companion who simply stared down at her with a small smile on his face. The mare cuddle closer into his underbelly; drawn by the warmth it radiated due to the flame that burns within him. Spike nuzzled her gently before laying his head down to drift into a peaceful sleep.

“I really hope he is here.” Twilight said to herself before knocking on the door of the boutique. Twilight continued knocking on the door; each hit getting louder and harder until she was now beating on the boutique’s door.

“Ughh, I’m coming..” Rarity said in a low displeased voice.

“Don’t worry sleeping beauty, I’ll get the door and see what they want.” Spike said placing his claw onto her hoof before she could fully get up.

“Thank you Spikey-Wikey, you are so considerate.” Rarity said as she laid back down in the exact spot she sat up from. “Hurry back, this bed is so cold without you Spikey-Wikey.” Spike climbed out the bed and made his way to the bedroom door.

“I’ll return before you know it.” When Spike looked at Rarity he saw her glow a radiant aura of purple and green. The aura slowly erupted into a green flame completely covering the mare’s form, completely vanishes when the drake hears another banging on the boutique’s door.

“I’m sorry, I’m afraid the boutique is closed at the moment, it will re-open tomorrow at the usual times.” Spike said as he open the front door of the boutique revealing the surprised faces of four out of five of the mares.

“Spike!” Twilight leaped forward grabbing the purple dragon in her arms. “What happened to you, and how long have you been here?” The violet mare held the drake tightly as she slowly started to calm herself.

“Told ya that the little fella might be here.” The cowpony said as she walk up next to the two. “I mean shoot, we should have come here first anyways; he haven’t seen Rarity all day.”

“Spike how did you do that disappearing trick anyways, can you show me?” Pinkie asked as she hoped up next to him.

“Yea, how did you do that Spike and why are you here at Rarity’s boutique anyways; If you don’t mind me asking Spike.” Fluttershy asked quietly under her breath, but before Spike could respond Rarity had called out to him.

“Spike darling, what is taking so long? The bed is getting very cold without you.” Rarity’s words had a sultry tone in them that sent shivers down the five mare’s manes.

Twilight looked down at Spike as she pulled away from him. “Spike, what is going on here?”

“Hey Rarity, there are more ponies down here then just Spike!” Rainbow dash called out. The cyan mare made her way to the staircase, but stopped before she ascended up them. “Oh dear Celestia, what is that smell? What have you two been doing Spike?”

“Well you see, ummm Rarity was burning some incense; yea incense that is what that smell is.” Spike said blushing as he took a couple steps back. “As far as me getting here… well that is a bit more complicated.”

“Please dear, do tell because I myself was wondering that too before our little event started.” Rarity descended down the stairs wearing a see through night gown. “Hello girls, it is always great to see you.” Rarity was once again surrounded in a green flame which seemed to gorw stronger the closer she got to Spike.

“Um, Rarity are you ok? Spike asked as he looked around at the others who seemed oblivious to the flame; including the mare herself.

“I’m fine, well actually I feel amazing my darling. With that said, you still need to answer Twilight’s and mine questions.” Rarity responded while nuzzling Spike’s cheek.

“Well Spike, tell us what happened this morning and how you disappear?” Twilight asked again.