Foot to hoof

So, first off, sorry for taking so long to release this chapter, and I thank all those who waited.

Spike let out a groan before opening his eyes slowly. As the light flooded in, he quickly shut them again and turned to his side.

He kept his eyes closed and yawned loudly, before stretching his arms out as far he could, the chirping of birds was all he could hear, well, that and the sound of his stomach growling loudly.

He groaned again before cautiously opening his eyes.

   "Uhh...T-Too much.."

He groaned as he turned.

He was now looking up, facing the wooden ceiling of the library. He was lying on an unmade bed with the pillows on the ground nearby.

There was a half eating gem sitting at the end of the bed, he stared at for a moment and groaned again.

He had just awoken from his slumber after having a whole day of binging on gems, with no Twilight around he thought it would be the perfect opportunity to go out and find some gems. Normally, Twilight would object as the gems are often in dangerous places, such as in the Everfree forest.

He still went, nothing too significant happened, except for the discovery of a massive cache of gems. Enough for Rarity's dresses. which he hoped she would have appreciated. Although when he did get to her boutique, she was not there, it looked as if nopony had been in it for days, he began to recall.

After a few minutes, he decided to return to the library, in the hope Twilight was still gone. He smiled, remembering as he walked into the library, with a wagon of gems behind him, and no Twilight.

Everything from there was a blur.

He finally got the strength to sit up fully and even get out of the bed. He constantly made groaning noises as he did so.

Spike reached the stairs and began his descent.

He walked began walking down the twelve wooden steps, with each step, in his mind, he descended further and further into a plunging hell of effort. What seemed like an adventure from one end of the world to the other, had ended as his small purple foot touched the solid ground. He stretched and yawned as he trudged into the kitchen, opening a cupboard.

    "Hmm..Nothing.."

He groaned to himself.

He glanced around.

    "Hey Twilight we need mo--"

It had hit him.

Twilight was still gone.

It had been days, and only now, after being consumed by greed and freedom, he had begun to worry.

The first thoughts to fill his mind went along the lines of being forced to put Cerberus back at the gates of Tartarus and

ending up being eaten, or worse yet, Discord had returned and was causing chaos and trouble all throughout Canterlot. It was in that moment he set himself a challenege, a plan, to rescue Twilight from whatever immense trouble she was in. After another nap that was.

Instead of heading upstairs, he just climbed onto the table and curled up. With his head banging, anywhere was okay, aslong as he got his recovery sleep. Perhaps he may have another ice cream dream, he thought to himself as his eyelids fell over his eyes.

   Fluttershy tossed and turned in her bed. Her purple bed-sheets were constantly moving, making small groaning sounds as she did, She was unable to sleep with all that had happened, her brain would not let her, she constantly feared for the creature's safety, she hoped it was okay.She was thinking how afraid it must be, how confused it must feel and how upset it must feel. Fluttershy almost cried at the thought of it, but manage to restrain herself. She pulled herself out of the bed, feeling trapped, both pysically and mentally. Gazing at the door she remained thinking, this time about defiance. She wanted to help the creature, she wanted to make sure that he would not be scared of every pony from the moment he awoke. Yet, it was Celestia's orders to wait until she gave the all clear. Fluttershy was seriously concidering breaking this rule, but was unsure if she had the nerve to.

A deep sigh escaped her lips as she walked towards the door, and began opening it. A short creeking sound was released from the door hinges as Fluttershy eased the door open.

She poked her head out to peek around, and to her surprise, there were no guards at all. She cautiously stepped out and slowly closed the door, her heart was racing, her mind was running and her legs were trembling.

What if she got caught? What if sometime went wrong and it would some how be her fault? She suddenly began feeling herself losing the desire to go through with the plan. She lowered her head, disappointed with herself. Her mind was in a conflict between what was right and what was wrong. It was there she began hearing the hoofsteps approaching closer and closer, a bright candle light was beginning to flood the  room as multiple ponies walked in from the outside corridor. Fluttershy threw her self across the room, knowing she would not have time to open the door and hid under the nearby table.

    "Anything?"

A deep male voice spoke as Fluttershy buried her face in her hooves, cowering in fear of being caught.

    "Not a single thing.."

A second voice spoke.

    "Alright...I'll get the west wing again?"

    "Yeah, fine."

The voices stopped and the sound of muffled hoofsteps began to fade away,

    After a few moments, Fluttershy began to regain herself and she hauled herself back up from underneath the table.

She stood on the spot, considering her options, and then recalling what she heard.

     "West wing.."

She whispered to herself.

    West wing...West wing...

It was all she could think about, she did not see any doors that she had not gone through whilst here, there is no west-wing upon first inspection, she thought. What if they were patroling the upper and lower floors...Hmm..Nah, they wouldn't.. She was stumped, tired and confused, so she decided to return to her room, some sleep would help.

About two hours had passed, and yet there was still no sign of Fluttershy recieving the sleep she so longed for.

It just would not happen, her mind was still being overwhelmed by her curiousity about what the guards had said.

   "Okay..Just go out..check..come back..Then sleep.."

She whispered to herself.

She wanted to calm her overactive mind.

After repeating earlier's movements, she was once again standing outside the bedroom door. To her left was a long narrow  corridor and to her right was the same, She remember that the guard who said it was going into the right wing.

She stared down it and her imagination began to overwork as she stared into what seemed like a dark abyss.

In her mind she was seeing manticores awaiting for her to walk into their den, she saw a rabid bear awaiting its next meal, although she knew it was all in her head, it scared her half to death still. She inhaled and began her terrifying peril into the dark corridor. Her eyes were useless, it was darker than Nightmare Moon's jet black mane. Suddenly she saw a light source moving towards from the far end of the corridor along with trotting sounds. She began to panic and started trying to find somewhere to conceal herself. She was rushing back to where she came, her hoof

on the left wall, it brushed along it as she walked. Her hoof had touched something that was protruding from the wall, despite the light advancing towards her she stopped for a moment and felt around for it, hoping maybe it was something useful. To her it felt like some sort of door-knob, she twisted it hoping for a door of some wort to open. By now the light was almost

lighting up her yellow coat. Fluttershy quickly turned and began moving again, she could see the main room infront of her. She moved faster. Hoping the guard would not have time to recognise her incase he got close enough. She just about to make it. She would have been fine if it were not for the other guard coming from the opposite corridor. Her instinct was telling her to just run for it, but she knew she couldn't, she was trapped, nowhere to go, nothing to do, she had to give up.

    The guard coming from behind her had now managed to get her in his sights.

   "Hey! You!"

He called out rushing towards the petrified pegasis.

   Fluttershy froze up on the spot, tears beginning to form,

The guard rushed towards her.

   "What in the name of Celes-- O-Oh, M-Miss.Fluttershy. Please excuse me."

The guard was not lowered onto his front legs.

   The second guard had also arrived by now, watching the situation.

   "Miss.Fluttershy, please forgive me, but should you not be asleep?"

He asked.

   Fluttershy was still feeling distressed about it all, she should never have left the bedroom.

   "C'mon, let's get you back inside."

I know this chapter is more, "off" than what I usually write, but it was more to show you guys I still care about this fic

and since I have some time off school, I will definatly be working on a larger chapter.

Thanks for reading~