|Shorty|

by PetalEmily

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 2351

Hi.

Shorty, yeah I'm back. You forgot about me. Spike. The dragon. You forgot about our memories of long ago.

((((Admin note: Sorry for mispells. I did this quickly while we were driving away from Hurricane Sandy on word pad :p)

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-11-04 10:40:01 UTC

Memories

MemoriesChapter 2

By PetalEmily

Topic:Memories ALIVE

I looked beyond the trees, snow sprinkled on my nose. I saw..Rarity. I saw Twilight, Fluttershy, AppleJack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash. "Shorty, shorty" they chanted together. "Shorty, shorty" "You were always to short for me! Although your interest in me humored me, you gave me things that I wanted. It was like heaven. I never liked you, when you ran away all I thought was good riddance. I don't miss you at all" Rarity laughed a laugh of pure evil. "You were the worst helper ever! I would have replaced you by now If Celestia, some one actually good, hadn't given you to me. As soon as you ran away I was so happy I almost forgot my schedule!" Twilight glared at Spike. " Ha, poor spikey wikey! Are you crying I see? Your just a shorty worty! Right Pinkiepie?" Fluttershy looked toward Pinkie Pie "Yeah, he's shorty worty. He's also the worst party guest ever!" "I second Fluttershy, he's just shorty worty Spikey Wikey!! an' I thought he was okay at first. He aint hardly okay. In fact okay doe'nt even justify him!" Apple jack snorted.

I awoke, sweat dripping down my face. I looked around, they were gone. Was my mind going? I stood and walked to a tree. Tree--tree-t-r-e-e Tree. I wasn't crazy, or at least I knew what a tree was. I leaned against the tree and fell to the ground. I closed my eyes, only to rest them. I heard Rarity's pounding voice in my head "Foolish suiter, you fell for a pony? Go find a dragon" Fluttershy "You jerky dunce!" I moaned and sat up straight. I rubbed my head.

"Oh, please Twilight! If you still care about me help me!" I yelled at the sky. It was the first time I'd spoken in months.

Twilight circled the table again "There must be a logical explanation for his dissapearance! Like he...he...went to get grocerys!" she thought out loud. "On his birthday 3 weeks ago?" Applejack looked at Twilight, her eyes saying the Twilight was getting quite dimwitted. "It's as simple as we did something he didn't like, and he--he ran away." Rarity's eyes teared up. "Do you think it was us calling him shorty? He didn't seem to like it very well." she asked. "yeah, that's probably it." Fluttershy whispered. "Well then, where do you think he went?" Rainbowdash asked, flying above her chair.

Twilight's horn glowed for a moment, and Twilight was completely silent. "Twilight, what---why---your horn--it--glowed..What happened, what did you use your magic for??" Rarity asked, nervously. "Spike, he's calling for help wherever he is! It must be the tracker I placed on him when I first got him! I lost the machine that says where exactly he is when Discord took over Ponyville, but I guess when he's in real danger I can hear him!" she exclaimed.

"What'd he say?" Applejack asked. "Something like 'Twilight, if you still care help me!', I believe I can communicate back, I'll ask where he is." Twilight went into a complete vacancy, like nothing was there around her. She looked dead. "I don't know, I think the Evergreen Forest, but I'm lost!" she murmered. "He thinks its the Evergreen For--" "We got it Twilight!" Fluttershy said, surprisingly loud. "Let's go save Spike!" Pinkiepie yelled bouncing off her chair.

All 6 ponies began to walk toward the large Evergreen forest.

I didn't know exactly whether she was actually there trying to save me, or if I was just looney but I swear I heard Twilight ask me "Where are you?" so I answered "I don't know, I think the Evergreen Forest, but I'm lost!" I said.

My head felt woozy, and I lay down in the cold snow. My eyes slowly closed.

I didn't know hardly what was coming.

Alive Memories

Alive MemoriesChapter 3

By:PetalEmily

Topic:Memories Alive

Twilight fell to the ground. "Augh" she grunted, and stretched up. Fluttershy screamed as the enchanted plants nibbled on her foot, she screamed and tried to pull away. I watched as vines tried to struggle around all 6 of my friends.

I awoke, shivering. I screamed. "It's just a dream, just a dream.." I murmered trying to keep myself from crying. After all it was just a dream.

Right?

Twilight began to stretch her feet, that was the 5th time she had fallen. She continued walking until she heard Fluttershy scream. Twilight saw vines reaching up after all 6 of them, including her. She ran away, leaving her friends behind.

"Why did I just run awa--" Twilight began to ask herself. Fluttershy screamed louder, so Twilight ran back. All 6 of them were tied to a tree, unconsious. Twiligth slowly trotted forward, trying to be silent.

Her hoof hit a twig, and it made a loud crackling sound. She stopped, and stared around. Something sprouted out at her, and....

Nothing

My dream continued to haunt me through my search for food. I picked berries, and I even got a fish from a lake nearby. I leaned down by the lake and took a sip of water. I filled a cup made of sticks I had found with the lake water, and continued my search for food.

Afternoon brought fish into hiding, and all good day time plants shriveled back out of view in the darkening light. I stayed to a path I hadn't been on, and saw a peculiar sight. An old mine shaft. I walked forward slowly, there was a cart left outside of the mine. I looked up at the moon, half visible. I knew I needed someplace to sleep, for at nighttime was when evil things lurked in this part of the forest. I looked into the cart, seeing no reason not to I slipped silently into the cart, and crawled underneath the seats into a barley reachable place where I was invisible.

I slept in the cart that night, for tommorow I planned to go into the mine.

All 6 ponies awoke, tied to a cart going down an empty mine shaft. Twilight screamed as she saw their doom. The rails ended just down at the end of this tunnel. "Rarity, I need your help! Rarity! We must use our magic to get us out of here.

Rarity awoke, and both slowly became drowsy again. It was like...they couldn't stay awake.

The Memory of Zakora

The Memory of ZakoraChapter5

By:PetalEmily

Topic:Dreams

All 5 of the ponies trudged on, Twilight carrying Fluttershy's limp body up in the air with her magic. They made it to Zakora's cabin, but everypony felt something was..wrong. They walked into Zakora's house. "YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE!" Zakora yelled at the ponies. "But..we need help with Fluttershy!" Twilight dropped Fluttershy on the floor. Zakora barley move a finger and put together a potion. He fed it to Fluttershy, who bounced up immediantly. "Now go, you shouldn't be he---" He fell to the ground, a horrible gash. A shadow, screams.

"AAAAAAAAAAUGHHHHHH!!!" I awoke, I started to sit but remembered the mine cart seat and slid out from under it. I could tell it had been several days, and that somebody had left the mine. A pony. I saw the hoofprints. A quick flash of 5 of my friends, and Fluttershy being held by magic in the air. Them running out of the mine. I fell onto the snow sprinkled ground, I remembered it had been 3 days, I counted that to my original date. Dec. 25. Christmas. The day miracles could happen.

I shuddered and hoped pure hope that today a Christmas miracle would happen.

Twilight ran, the other ponies behind her. Fluttershy running as fast as her newly awakened legs could take her. Something was chasing them. They didn't know what, but something was trying to kill them. Zakora dangled over them, Rarity's magic held strongly around the zebra. Twilight had what was left of the healing potion up with her magic. The shadow followed them, looking more menacing than ever.

As they ran Twilight out of pure frustration yelled "Spike, help us" The shadow laughed at her scream.

I leaned against the outside of the mine, thinking, when a voice shattered my thought. "Spike, help us!" it yelled. I gaped, it was Twilight. I ran, I didn't even know where but my intution forced me to keep moving. Finally I found them. I sighedat the fact that all 6, including Fluttershy, were still alive. Yet, Zakora's dead body lying limply in the air wasn't at all pleasing. Out of thin air, I produced a raging fire that...broke  the shadow. It just shattered and disapeared as the fire spread around it.

"Spike!" all 6 yelled. Zakora and the potion dropped gently to the ground as they all ran up to me. Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity hugged me. Rarity kissed me gently on the cheek. "Guys, what about Zakora?" Applejack asked. Twilight fed Zakora the potion. Zakora bounced up and smiled at the ponies.

Then all 8 of us walked down the path to Ponyville. Friends Forever.

Dead Memories

Dead MemoriesCHAPTER 1

By:PetalEmily

Topis: PHOTOGRAPHS are memories

There I stood, Twilight and the rest of the gang singing to me "Happy Birthday" I stood in front of my jem cake, the candle still burned into my eyes. I memorized it. Rarity leaned over and kissed my cheek "Happy Birthday, Shorty Spikey" she said. "It's just   Spike" I muffled. She didn't hear me. "Yeah, SHORTY worty" said Applejack tauntingly in Rarity's face. I hated being called Shorty, then I didn't know it just meant the 6 cared about me. I blew out my candles, and silently wished for no one to ever call me shorty again.

I put the picture down in the dirt lightly. I rubbed over Rarity's face. "I'm sorry" i murmered through the clogging choking caused by my tears. Sorry wasn't enough, I knew it. I made a big mistake, but now I couldn't fix i. I was in the unmapped parts of the Evergreen Forest, and today was my birthday, and I spent it cold and alone with only memories that remained by my side. The picture was all I had left of the life I used to live.

I began to eat berries I had picked earlier that day. Using my claw I drew a cake and put berries on top. I then recreated me and Rarity's old conversation "Happy Birthday, Shorty!" I murmered "Thank you Rarity" I choked. I blew the berries out wishing for my old life again. I ate some of the berries and fell asleep against my cave. My dreams were those of another life, when I hadn't messed it all up.

Rarity giggled as I ate the entire cookie at the Bubbletown fair. We walked down the busy fair aisles. We were alone. I smiled at her "Want me to win you a stuffed pony?" I asked. She giggled "If you can". I gave the man at the purple and white striped tent a quarter and threw one of the balls to the pins not knocking any pin down. I took the second ball and threw it at the pins, missing. I took the last ball, leaned back and threw it knocking down all three pins. I took down a stuffed pony and gave it to Rarity. She giggled and kissed me on the cheek./i]

I awoke in the darkness of the forest, snow lining my nose in a tickilish way. My tears were frozen onto my face, as I pushed the icicles off of my eyes I heard a howling. My eyes opened wide and I screamed. My memories were alive.

Memoir

MemoirChapter4

By:PetalEmily

Topic:Memoir

There I lay, under the seat in a mining cart. I awoke, confused over the fact I had no dream about my 6 friends. I had no dream, at all. I wondered why. Could I have gotten over them? Or could they have--have--died? No, nor do I care. Correct? Right.

Yeah thats right, like totally right.

Right?

Again I felt like a confused toddler, so..short. I deserved the name 'Shorty' now I was calling myself shorty. I swear in my head it's no longer 'it's okay spike' it's now 'it's okay shorty'

I wondered what my friends were doing now, and if they were okay. I drifted back to sleep, slowly.

Twilight awoke, and crawled out from under the dust and ash of the blown up mining cart. The ropes were gone, so she moved freely around freeing her friends. "Fluttershy?" Twilight yelled. No answer. Rainbowdash, using her nose, pushed up the cart. Fluttershy lay there, not moving.

"NOOOOO" I yelled. I was drowning in the sweat pool in the small place under the seat. I had a dream again.

They were all okay, but...but Fluttershy. And then this voice they didn't hear..it said..it--it said "1 down, 5 more to go" and then nothing! It's as if we got disconnected, like something between us flickered of when it wasn't me who was in pain. Speaking of pain, a gash on my right hand bled like a nuisance. I felt my sharpest tooth, and felt blood on it.

Had I...bitten myself? I sat up, but banged my head against the bottom of the seat and fainted backwards.

The ponies bitterly walked off to the entrence of the mine. Missing one. All didn't know what to say, or how to say it. Someone was hunting them. It wanted them.  They had to be more careful. They couldn't slip on mud, or trip over a rock or tttccchhhh (imagine pulling your finger across your neck here.)

They needed help. Rarity and Twilight worked together to keep Fluttershy (who was drifting in and out of consicounous) up with their magic.

They all planned to find Zakora, out in the wildest part of the Evergreen Forest, at night.

They walked right past Spike, still hidden under the seat of the mining cart sleeping.