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// Poor Spike 
// Story: Dragon Sadness 
// by Lord Dico 
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As the others were about to leave, Spike, who was still by the door, started to hear Rarity talk about something. Or rather, someONE.

"I couldn't believe they got Spike involved with this," Rarity said, in an upset tone.

Spike's eyes then widened, as he turned and opened the door slightly, to hear better. Twilight saw this, curious about his actions.

"...I mean, the things I would have imagined him would've worked out, but NOO, he just had to go and RUIN everything! If I ever see that royal, no good, unforgivable, jerk, who had ruined my one chance at my happiness, yet it's wasted because of him!"

Spike was now in complete shock at what she said. Did the crash really get her mad at him too? He then started to feel a sharp pain in his heart, as his eyes started to well with tears, and bite his lower lip.

"Spike, are you okay?" she asked in a worried tone.

Spike's response however, was him running out of the boutique, passing by the others.

"Spike! Spike!" Twilight called, running after him, with Owloysius following behind.

"What's gotten into him?" Rainbowdash asked.

"Not sure, but I'm sure Twilight can deal with it, easy," Applejack said.

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As Twilight arrived back at home, she started looking for Spike, since he ran back here. She looked around, until she started to hear a sudden noise come from upstairs. It sounded like crying. She walked upstairs to her bedroom, to see Spike in his bed. He was sitting upward, curled up with something. Twilight moved in front of him, to get a better view of it.

It was the jeweled bow-tie that Rarity gave him. Not only that, she saw Spike crying heavily, as he held the bow-tie, wet from his tears. His cheeks were red and puffy, so it looked like he was crying a lot.

"Spike?" she asked, calmly, "what's wrong?"

The little dragon looked up at Twilight, still having the same heartbroken expression, and with tears still pouring out of his eyes. He sniffled, and tried to calm himself down enough, so he could talk.

"R...Rarity *hic*," he started, still sobbing and hiccuping, "...I heard...*sniff*...I started to hear Rarity *hic*...talk about me...saying I was...*sob*...said I was a complete jerk to *hic*...to her."

"What?" She said, kind of disbelieving it, "Why would she say that?"

"Be...*sniff*...because of the *hic*...crash..."

"Spike, she's not mad at you for that. Besides, I told her that you were blackmailed into it."

"You what?" Spike exclaimed, with wider and sadder eyes, "You told her my secret?"

"No, I said that you were being blackmailed. But even if I did tell, it's probably not going to make a difference, Spike. She just only looks at you as a friend."

"But you don't think I know that by know?" Spike exclaimed again, crying more, and startling Twilight, "You don't think...that I *hic*...already know, she's not returned my love by now? Why *hic* why do you think I kept trying all this time? But now..." he then started to calm down, and get back into his sadder state, "...*sniff*...now that chance is gone...this is the *hic* worst day of my life..."

After his little breakdown, Spike then went back to crying his eyes out, remembering the things that Rarity had said. Twilight couldn't help but feel sorry for her little dragon assistant.

"Say, Spike?" she asked.

"*sniff*...ye...yeah?"

"Is there at least anything I can get you?"

"*sniff*...could..." he then opened his arms up towards her, still very teary eyed, "could you...*hic*...hug me?"

Twilight looked into her friends incredibly sad eyes, and did as he wanted, wrapping her hooves around him, as he wrapped his arms around her. In the process, his tears were now soaking her shoulder coat wet. But she didn't let it bother her, as it did make Spike a little calmer.

"Th...thanks Twilight," Spike said, in a croaked tone.

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