//------------------------------// // The Blood. The Heart. The Love. For and By Rarity and Spike. // Story: Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust. // by FoxofRarity //------------------------------// Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust By.FoxofRarity Chapter.28 Disclaimer- Readers, if you'll be so kind please PM me if the link in the story doesn't work. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. The heads of the far right and left, rushed forward to bite hold of Spike’s arms. But Spike caught both heads and tried to bury his claws into their heads, but he had to suppress that action because the head that is always off cue wrapped its long neck around Spike’s neck. The remaining free head flashed its razor sharp fangs at Spike, it lifted up its head high and swung down to deliver its venom to Spike’s face. Spike breathed in and breathed out a stream of green fire to the head, stopping it from biting him. The free head turned around. Its face was black from the fire and it coughed out a puff of black smoke. Spike quickly kneed the hydra in the stomach, causing the off cue to unwrap itself from Spike’s neck. The fearsome dragon swung it long tail at the hydra, causing it to fall off its feet. Creating a huge splash that took the shape of a mushroom cloud. Spike quickly but cautiously approached the hydra. Suddenly a head shot out from the water and bit Spike’s left hand. *Yelp of pain.* The teeth of the hydra broke. Dragon skin is impenetrable. Spike noticed a boulder with a sharp flat edge next to him. He grabbed the rock and slashed off the head. The other three heads rose up from the water with looks of worry in their faces. They lost one of their flesh and blood. The off cue head started to cry until the headless stump started to shake uncontrollably. Spike remembered one of Twilight’s lectures after their run in with the hydra when they came to see if Fluttershy was safe. “Cut off one head and two will grow in its place.” Two new heads came out. The off cue head stopped crying at seeing its new brother and sister, he swooped in to wrap his neck around them as a way of showing how each head hug each other. But these two new heads had a different mindset than the slashed off head, when both heads saw the off cue head coming, the new duo growled at the off cue head making him stop and back away from them. The other two heads noticed that their new brother and sister have a totally different mindset. Spike saw this will be either be difficult or easy depending on how he come up with a strategy to deal with these two more dangerous heads, they do look angry and don’t seem to get along with the other three heads. “Of course, fire! If I get rid of those two misfit heads then I’m sure the other three will be so happy that they will leave me alone…or I could just do this.” Spike banged the far left head with the boulder, knocking him out. The head next to the far left received a powerful blow which also knocked him out. The off cue head smiled nervously at Spike and played dead. The two new heads lunged forward, Spike managed to grab the left head but the right head wrapped around Spike’s neck greatly impeding Spike’s range of motion. Undaunted and desperate, Spike buried his claws deep into the skull of the left head killing it instantly. With his left hand Spike grabbed the base of the head where the head and neck meet. Using his mighty dragon strength Spike ripped the dead head off and cauterized the stump with his green fire. He loosened the grip of the second head's neck and slipped out. Spike grabbed snout of the remaining head and forced the jaw open. “Open wide, so you can burn from the inside!” Thought Spike. Spike took a deep breath but he accidently breathed in some of the hydra’s bad breath causing his face to turn green in disgust. “Uh! Horrid breath, FIRE IN THE HOLE!” Green fire rained down into the throat of the hydra, the hydra’s neck started to become black as coal. After six long seconds, Spike stopped breathing fire into the hydra, he wrapped his fingers around the neck and squeezed. The charred flesh crumbled in his hands, like crushing dried autumn leaves. The head fell into the water and Spike with one mighty stomp, flatted the head for good measure. A few drops of the hydra’s brain fluid landed in the swamp, killing fish and whatever other animals living in the water. The off cue head opened one eye to see if Spike finished off the two heads, seeing the two headless stumps it smiled and turned to look at Spike. Spike snorted out some green fire from his nostrils prompting the off cue head to leave as fast as his legs can take him while the other two heads were still knocked out. Spike sighed in relief, he got out of the swamp and just sat on some dry ground. His mind started to collect itself little by little. He looked into the water, but his reflection couldn't be seen due the many moving wrinkles. Gently Spike tapped the water with a claw, creating a ripple that made the water still. His reflection became clear. In his reflection he stood tall and happy. Next to him stood the most beautiful pony in all of Equestria, smiling at him while tenderly rubbing her head against his. Spike blinked a few times. The illusion disappeared. A fire ruby flashed in his mind, revealing his true reflection. Spike rubbed his forehead before thinking of Twilight Sparkle, his dearest sister. He loves her very much. Always there for him whenever he needed to feel loved…his family…true family. Twilight Sparkle. She knows him as he knows her. Unfortunately, he failed in knowing that she loved Rarity even though she knew full well of his feelings for Rarity. Spike couldn’t be mad at Twilight, after all she too wants to be loved. And Rarity, oh fairest Rarity. Accepting her choice to be with Twilight is something he’ll have to do if he wishes to see her happy, even though it will not be him providing her with happiness. “I will always be her Spikey-Wikey. I will always be there for her…Rarity; I wished I never laid my eyes on you if I knew heartbreak will be this painful and fearsome. But no matter what, you will always be in my heart. Because the heart of a dragon is mighty as its fire that runs in its veins and spirit. Rarity if Twilight makes you happy…than I’m happy.” Spike’s body slowly reverted back to its normal size. *** “Spike…” Rarity moaned. She stood frozen in her place, his voice and the hurt in his eyes caused tears to form. Twilight got off the bed and gently kissed Rarity’s motionless lips. “Well this is new. I thought Spike was at Sweet Apple acres lending a hand to Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh. I didn’t anticipate him to simply walk in to find me in bed with Rarity. Still… I know Spike and this not how he’ll suppose to react, there must a secondary factor in his out of character behavior. I need to look in to it, but all of that can wait because Rarity is mine for a whole day! Oooh this is going to be great!!” Twilight Sparkle and the Black Rose thought. Rarity came to her senses, if she’d acted earlier she could have stopped Spike from running out, but what can she say since Twilight is with her. Twilight will place words in her mind making her tell Spike that she is with Twilight and not Applejack. “Spike…NO! I will make this up to you, I must! I will find you and remind you that you’re always be my Spikey-Wikey!!” Rarity declared and for some odd reason a bright blue light shined behind her creating a very photogenic live scene. “How are you doing that!?” Twilight asked in awe. Rarity shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know! But I’m going to find Spike!” She said quite rapidly. “What!?” Twilight shouted. Rarity zoomed out of the library to go after Spike. Twilight quickly grabbed the collar of Dark matter and teleported outside to catch Rarity. Twilight caught sight of Rarity, her horn glowed with the intent of teleporting Rarity back inside the library. A sly satisfied smirk formed on Twilight’s lips. “Hahaha I have you no...OW!!” Something fell on Twilight’s head. Twilight looked down to see what it was and pretty much it was a flower pot…a glum look formed on her face. “Ooooooooh…this will not end well.” “OW!” A cast iron chandelier fell on her. “AH!!” Then a couch. “HELL!!” And lastly a grand piano. Derpy gasped, this is the second time she dropped a lot of uninsured furniture. Her boss slapped a hoof on his face. “Second time…second time! C’mon, I thought today will be a good day to watch my employees do an excellent job, but nooooo! You just had to drop a lot of valuable uninsured furniture. Do you know how much this will cost us along with the company's reputation!!! AHHH!” Scolded Derpy’s boss. Derpy can only smile embarrassingly. “He-he-he but sir Gold Sky didn’t show up today to help me, you know how both us always handle the heavy deliveries and I can’t do much without my partner.” Derpy replied. The boss just sighed. “You’re right…I don’t know why he didn’t show up today, that kid, err I mean gramps never misses a day. Anyway just finish delivering the remaining furniture and you can go home.” Derpy's face lit up with joy and commenced speeding up her work pace. Twilight crawled out of the wreckage with a huge bump on her head, she fell flat on her belly and threw curses at the cute cross eyed Pegasus. “Thanks a lot Derpy, now I don’t know what direction Rarity went and I can’t use my magic because of this huge headache coming on.” Twilight went back to the library. She placed an ice pack on her head, brewed some tea imported from the Griffon Republic, and she headed upstairs to place the collar of Dark matter back in the chest. But Twilight did not see a puddle of Spike’s tears on the floor; Twilight stepped on the tears and slipped back falling down the stairs. *Crack.* Her teacup broke on her head. “Awwww…! I’m just going to going to say it…can anything else go wrong!” Snarled Twilight. “No.” Replied a soft voice. Twilight started to choke on her words, that vicious loving adorable voice can only belong to one pony. “Fluttershy…you never give up do you.” Twilight asked casually. “Nope and why would I? That bump looks really bad; I should apply some ointments and lotions to soothe it.” Twilight saw there is no way in getting out of Fluttershy’s nursing touch. But Twilight’s investigative and talented mind started to wonder about the absolute timing of Fluttershy’s arrival. Fluttershy reached into her saddlebags to get the ointments and lotions. “So how’s Spike doing?” She asked with a light twinkle in her left eye. “You! It was you who sent Spike here!” Fluttershy giggled. “Of course it was me, after all I had to do that in order to get Rarity out of the picture. Now hold still.” “Why di…” Twilight’s mind wrapped itself around the improbable possibility. “H-how do you know about Rarity being here!? Answer me or I’ll…” Twilight couldn’t finish due to a yellow hoof being placed on her mouth. “You’ll what!? Hm. You can’t do anything to me, Twilight. I am set deep into your mind, I became a fear to you. And I witnessed you allowing Rarity to take advantage of you..." Twilight cut her off. "You were watching me and Rarity making love last night!!!? What is the matter with you!? You never heard of the word privacy, you peeper! You sick, uh pervy, uhhhh pegasus!!!!" Twilight voiced angrily at Fluttershy. "Will if you put that way then I guess you're right. But you just had to enjoy the things Rarity was doing to you. Oh, I also freed myself from your mind magic. Now I’ll say it again stay still! Or…” Fluttershy had a thing for cliffhangers. “Or what.” Growled Twilight. Fluttershy got close to Twilight’s face with a serious expression. “Or Rarity will suffer and I know you don’t want that Twi.” Twilight wanted to burn Fluttershy with her magic but she can’t, fear told her to submit to Fluttershy. “Leave her out of this. Please don’t hurt my dear Rarity, please Fluttershy leave her out of this...I want to be her.” Twilight lowered her head in shame before Fluttershy and got on her knees before the yellow Pegasus. “I am a mare of my word Twilight and I will not harm Rarity, but that does not mean you’ll be with her. Because you will love me!” Fluttershy started to apply the medicine to Twilight’s bump. *** Rarity ran aimlessly through Ponyville she tried to look for any leads that can lead her to where Spike went. Rarity asked everypony around her if they saw Spike. Almost all of them said no, until she asked June Bug who told Rarity that she saw Spike running towards the Everfree forest. Rarity thanked the young mare and ran to the forest. Along her way she started to pick up Spike’s tracks, a smile shot across her face. The Everfree forest started to become bigger and Rarity felt her body going cold. She heard about the many dangers lurking around in the forest, the timber wolfs, hydra, the poison joke, cockatrice, and some green dragon who almost killed Spike. But nevertheless Rarity wanted to make things right with Spike, she loves him as a true caring and most kind friend. Consequently that is where the line has to be drawn between them. Spike is a dragon and Rarity is a pony. But truth be told there was one time when Rarity truly had deep emotions for Spike, however when she felt his scales rub against her coat she was reminded of their regretful differences. Still, Rarity marveled at Spike’s feelings for her, he has that stubborn everlasting hope for that one day. Even though most of time. Hope ends up being a cruel joke. The chilling atmosphere of the forest covered Rarity. “Keep going Rarity! You know how to fight and being a fine lady, those mean awful creatures won’t stop you from finding Spike.” Rarity told herself. Rarity followed his tracks; she noticed how each new set of tracks increased in size and distance from one another along with interval. The little sunlight that managed to pierce through the thick forest canopy commenced disappearing, gray clouds popped up in the sky. A silent flash of lightning shined above her. “Oh no!” Rarity gasped in distress. “I need to find him fast and also take shelter from this upcoming storm!” The white unicorn detoured off from the tracks. She looked for any hollow trees, abandoned shacks, or caves that can shelter her from the hard rain. Lucky, Rarity spotted a cave. So she quickly ran inside. Upon arrival a rainbow of colors shined brightly in front of her. There stood giant piles of gems, her eyes dilated with huge delight. “Spike must be here! He has to be here since there’s tons and tons of gems!” “Spike! Are you in here!?” “Spike are you in here, Spike are you in here, Spike are in here, Spike are you in here.” Her voice echoed throughout the cave. “Spikey-Wikey please answer me.” “Spikey-Wikey please answer me, Spikey-Wikey please answer me, Spikey-Wikey please answer me, Spikey-Wikey please answer me.” Suddenly Rarity heard a low rumbling noise coming from behind one of the huge gem piles. Rarity’s face lighted up with joy, so she quickly ran up on top of that pile and slid down to find her Spikey-Wikey. “Spike, thank heavens you’re here, oh my…!” Rarity discovered that Spike wasn’t the one who made that noise. A huge green dragon stirred before Rarity. It opened one eye and Rarity saw herself in the yellow iris. Her ears and her jaw dropped with rising fear. The green dragon smiled. “A nice little pony, hmm, I guess you’ll make a nice crispy snack.” The green dragon said lazily. Rarity ran out of the cave with the dragon hot on her trail. She tried to concentrate so she can teleport back home, but she no matter how hard she tried her mind couldn’t be cleared. The green dragon fired some fireballs at some thick heavy trees. The fireballs burned cleanly through the wood causing the trees to fall all around Rarity blocking all forms of escape. Cornered and with no means of escape, tears formed in Rarity’s beautiful eyes. The dragon stooped down to sniff its nice snack. All of Rarity’s life flashed before her eyes. This is the end…but her magic thought otherwise. Spike got up from deep thought. He decided to go back home and tell Rarity he’s glad that she found love with Twilight and tell Twilight he’s happy for her. However after taking his first step his ears picked up a scream southwest of where he sat. “RARITY!!!” Spike yelled. He sprinted to the source of the scream, more flashes of quiet lightning shined above him along with grayer clouds gathering. Spike finally arrived, he spotted a huge green dragon covering his eyes from the bright light being emitted from Rarity’s horn. Spike stopped his heart. He restarted his heart into beating solid single tone beats. So Spike jumped on the green dragon’s tail and sunk his little fangs into it, the green dragon gave a little shriek in feeling a sting. He looked to see what it was that stung him and moved his tail so he can find the cause. The green dragon saw that Spike was the little nuisance biting his tail, so the green dragon flung his tail like a whip causing Spike to fly off. Spike slammed face first into a tree. He quickly recovered and dropped down to the ground landing on his knees. Spike's right hand sunk deep into the ground, it started to enlarge. Spike's dorsal spines glowed and grew. The green dragon refocused its attention to the white unicorn. "I think I'll roast you, its been a long while since I had some juicy roast beef or in this case roast pony." Rarity's perception ignored the noises around her. It can only see and hear the green dragon getting ready to end her joyous and despairing life. "Good bye Sweetie Belle. Good bye Applejack. Good bye Rainbow Dash. Good bye Spike. Good bye Gold Sky." Rarity said to herself while nearby the crashing noise of trees being downed and birds fleeing never got picked up by her ears. The moment the green dragon opened his mouth to breath out his fire, a giant purple dragon broke through the trees delivering a powerful blow to the green dragon preventing him from killing Rarity. Rarity gasped at the sight before her. "NO! Another drag..." Something told Rarity to take a closer look. She saw the purple skin and green spines. "SPIKE!!" She screamed in realization. Spike stood in front of Rarity ready to protect her from this green brute. The green dragon rubbed his jaw as he got back on his feet. "That pony is mine! Beat it punk or I will have to teach you a lesson and have you for dessert!" The green dragon warned. Rarity looked at Spike. Spike opened his mouth, he started to make raspy wheezing noises but words came out! "B-br-b-bri-bring i-i-it o-on freak!" The green dragon popped his neck and extended his wings. Spike popped his knuckles as his hands turned into fists. The rain started to fall upon them. For a long minute they stared at each other, until a loud crack of thunder boomed above them. Both dragons charged at each other. Spike flung his tail at the green brute who managed to duck, but when he rose back up a powerful stream of green fire struck him point blank in the face sending him back a few yards. The green brute flapped his wings lunging forward at Spike tackling Spike and bringing him down to the ground. The green brute tried to punch Spike, but Spike quickly caught the green brute's fist in mid swing with his left hand. Spike moved his head to the right and let go of the fist which swung into the ground. Spike placed his left hand behind the head of the green brute and with great speed slammed his right elbow into the face of his adversary. The powerful blow made the green brute fall back allowing Spike to get back up. The green brute fired a fireball into Spike's face, temporary blinding Spike, giving the brute opportunity punch Spike in the stomach and then throw a tremendous left hook. A drop of blood landed in front of Rarity. She can't do anything but just watch. The green brute placed both hands on Spike's shoulders, he launched his right knee into Spike's stomach but Spike managed to catch the knee and throw it back down. Spike flung his arms up to get the green brute's hands off his shoulders. Spike head butted his enemy and swung his right fist. But the green brute caught his fist and he too swung back but Spike also manged to catch the brute's fist. Both dragons became locked in each other's strong grip. Unbeknownst to Spike. The green dragon was never raised with love like Spike was and he truly fights like a dragon. The green dragon lunged his head forward and buried his sharp teeth into Spike's left shoulder. Dragon skin can be only penetrated by an other dragon just like a diamond can be cut by another diamond. Spike roared in pain. For the first time in his life he saw his blood. Crimson red as the fire ruby he gave to dear Rarity, and thick like the molasses the Cakes' use.The green dragon tore off a chuck of Spike's shoulder and quickly backed away from Spike. Spike fell to one knee covering his severe wound. Rarity rushed over to him. "Spike are you okay!!! Please answer me! Are you okay!!" Spike responded by nodding at her and ever so gently placed one finger under her chin to look into her eyes. The green dragon breathed some fire on Spike's flesh to cook it. He then proceeded in eating the flesh slowly. "Hmmmm...I gotta hand it to you...you taste rather good!" Spike gently wrapped his tail around Rarity and placed her behind a tree. The green dragon rushed at Spike, now that he finally found a good meal that will actually fill his stomach and taste good. Spike figured now is the time to dig into his feral instincts now that Rarity is safely behind a tree and hopefully not see him fight savagely. Spike dropped low to swing his tail at the green dragon's feet causing him to fall on his back once more. Spike charged, but the green dragon kicked Spike in the groin. The green dragon jumped back up to its feet and leaped onto Spike. Spike using his right forearm struggled to keep the snapping mouth from biting down on his neck. "UGH! Not bad breath again!!" Drool started to drip on Spike's face. He knew he couldn't do this for long, this dragon weighs more than him and is driven by hunger to kill him and eat him. "Rarity...give me strength..." Slowly Spike pushed the dragon's mouth away from him. "E-eat this!" Spike snarled. Green fire went into the green dragon's throat, burning the pharynx and cauterizing the fire box shut. Spike's mind searched for any ways to stop this monster. Spike pushed the dragon off of him. "The Wonderbolts!" Spike grabbed the biggest dorsal spine that grew from his head. He took a deep breath and snapped it off. Spike jumped on top of the green dragon with the pointy part of his spine aiming at the wind pipe. The dragon tried to stop Spike's hand from coming down, but he saw the raging fire in Spike's eyes. "Look at me..."Spike finally spoke clear. "Look at me. This is your last moment of grace. Our fight will be the last thing you'll ever do. My hands will end your life, I will be that last thing you see... I, a dragon raised by ponies, a dragon who is in love with a pony, and a dragon who knows that his true family is his sister who is a pony. Witness your end for it is inevitable. For Rarity! For her I will shed your blood. Witness...DEATH!!" Spike plunged the spine into the windpipe and twisted the spine. The green dragon gargled on his own blood. However Spike did not end there, he took out the spine from the windpipe. He reached into the wound grabbing hold of the trachea. Spike looked in the yellow eyes of the dying green dragon. "Witness Tartarus!" Spike ripped out the trachea. Spike feral instincts took over. Rarity came out from behind the tree. A feeling of total relief came over her when she laid her eyes on Spike. As she trotted over to Spike a large piece of blood covered bone landed in front of her, Rarity gasped in horror. She teleported to get in front of Spike. Her eyes widened at the terrible sight. Spike was tearing the dead green dragon apart. Blood covered the ground and trees. Spike tore off the right arm and threw it into the swamp. He tore out the heart and crushed the head of the dead of dragon. Body parts landed anywhere in the everyfree forest. *** "AHH! Who caused a finger of a dragon to crash into my humble adobe, ruining my ceiling and breaking my hold in my concentration of melting gold!" Zecora screeched. "Call for Twilight Sparkle I must, for her help I am in dire need." *** "SPIKE STOP!! IT'S OVER!!" Rarity screamed. Spike turned to Rarity, the fire ruby flashed in his mind at seeing the horror in her face. He looked down at the dismembered mess he created, the crimson blood that covered his hands slowly washed away in the rain. Spike sighed. Rarity saw what he was doing and lucky she stopped him before he gave in to the urge of eating the dead dragon. Spike got up and took a couple of steps away from the body. The rain washed away the blood covering his body and cleaned his severely wounded shoulder. Spike looked up into the sky. Lightning flashed above him. Spike roared with the thunder. But that didn't satisfy him, so Spike breathed in deeply and as loud as he can he roared as many flashes of lightning and claps of thunder boomed. His roar caused every bird in the Everfree forest to fly away in fright. Spike got down to both his knees and placed a hand in front of Rarity. She looked at him with a slight feeling of unwillingness, but Spike moaned softly at her. His eyes told her he did what needed to be done to ensure her safety. Rarity got on Spike's hand. Slowly Spike rose up and covered Rarity with his other hand so the rain will stop hitting her. Both of them made their way to the former home of the green dragon. Spike carefully placed his hand close to the ground so Rarity can jump off. Rarity noticed Spike collecting a fistful of gems. "Are you hungry Spike?" The purple dragon shook his head. He brought the gems close to his mouth and breathed fire upon them, until they became red hot. Spike's left hand made a fist while his breathing increased rapidly. "Here we go!" Spike quickly placed the handful of red hot gems on his shoulder wound. He groaned and his face became tight in trying not to yell. The wound closed and stopped bleeding. Spike turned to Rarity, he just needed to hear the two words that will prompt his mind to flash the fire ruby again. So his pupils dilated along with his ear dropping. "Spikey-Wikey I hope you're alright." Rarity said. The fire ruby flashed in Spike's mind. His body reverted back to its normal size. Rarity quickly ran up and took Spike into a tight embrace while making sure to place her head on his right shoulder, tears ran down from her eyes at feeling his scales. "Spike...! Thank you! For saving me from that dragon.Thank you!" Spike listened to Rarity's thankful voice, he remembered the words he said to the dragon before killing him. " A dragon who is in love with a pony!" He hoped Rarity didn't hear him when he said that. Spike knew those words will not matter in any form or way, since Rarity is in love with Twilight, but at least Rarity is safe and sound. Rarity let go of Spike when she felt that he didn't hug her back. Of course she remembered why and didn't want to think but had to think that Spike only saved her because she is his friend and only did so on that merit. Otherwise he could of left her to be eaten by the green dragon after finding her in bed with Twilight, if he had the if I can't have her then neither should you mentality. "Spi..." His hand covered her mouth. "Why did you come here Rarity?" Spike flatly asked. A tight jolt ran through Rarity's chest at hearing the way his voice sounded, he is still hurt. "I came here to find you Spike. I was really worried about you." Spike looked away before looking back at her. "Were you really worried about me or was it just out of pity that you came here." Rarity opened her mouth to talk but Spike raised a finger to make her stop. "Think about it Rarity, I want you to think before you answer." Rarity started to enter deep thought...she remembered the deep emotions she had for him once. "Spike I came here for you. I really care about you, is just well...I-I...I..." Fessing up about the deep emotions she had for him will make or break everything between them. "Rarity, breathe and tell me what you want to say." Spike voiced passively. "Spike what I am going to say, you can choose to believe me or not. But my words are true. Spike there was a time in which I said your name to myself and ended up saying I love you at the end." Rarity stopped there. Spike's eyes blinked rapidly, his lips moved, and he swallowed whatever saliva he had in his mouth. "Y-you really thought of me like that?" He asked. Rarity got close to him. "Spike look into my eyes, you know I will not lie to you. I really loved you once, I truly did. Saying your name made me smile, seeing you made me feel happy to be your friend and hugging you...well, it made the world stand still. But when I felt your scales rub against my coat, the cold truth hit me. That night I cried, because I realized you're a dragon and I am a pony. I wish we could be together. I even asked Twilight if there is a spell that can turn me into a dragon, Yes, I wanted to become a dragon so I can be with you. But don't ask Twilight what I told you right now because I forced her to make a Pinkie Pie promise in never breathing a word about this. But I loved you, I really did. So I vowed that I'll make sure that nothing bad happens to you, that is why I came looking for you. Spike, we can't love each other as husband and wife. I wanted to so badly. But our differences won't allow it, you will always be in my heart Spike. You always will, I just hope I can be in yours." Spike's eyes watered up...Rarity loved him, she truly did with all her heart. He too must face the facts about their differences. Because if Twilight couldn't find a spell in making Rarity a dragon then there is no chance in there ever being a spell that can turn him into a pony. "Rarity, I-I don't know what to say..." Spike's voice cracked with sorrow and peace. Rarity placed her forehead against his so her eyes can be close to his. "Spike I heard what you said to the dragon, I thought your feelings for me was only a simple crush and not love. But I was proven wrong. Thank you...Thank you, Spike." Rarity rubbed her nose against Spike's nose. Spike smiled at Rarity she appreciates him and even though she may not show it in hugs and kisses, she shows it by the way she looks at him with loving eyes. "Does Twilight know you're here?" Spike asked. Rarity felt a twinge of anger run through her body at hearing that name and Spike unknowingly asking her that question. Rarity wanted to tell Spike that she is really with Applejack and not Twilight, along with telling him the whole vile truth about that gutless wretch. But telepathy is a damn pain in the mind. Rarity decided to answer Spike's question with something she always wanted to do with Spike. "Spike let this answer your question." Rarity wrapped her arms around Spike's neck and slowly moved in to kiss him. Spike started to blush into the brightest shade of red...this is happening. He closed his eyes and Rarity did the same. Their lips meet and locked with one another. The love between them finally got set free. Spike felt Rarity's love rubbing against his tongue. "I am the luckiest dragon in the world." "I am the luckiest pony in the world...for Spike, Applejack will understand." The kiss ended. Rarity and Spike just sat in the cave looking at each other, their relationship became solid as rock once more. Rarity stroked Spike's face and Spike smiled. "Rarity, I am blessed to have and love you as a friend." Differences can't hinder the power of Friendship. "Spike, you took the words out of my mouth." Rarity replied. Both of of them went quiet for a couple of long seconds to truly absorb the kiss and words exchanged between them. "Again?" "Again?" They both said at the same time. Rarity pushed Spike to the ground so she can lay on him while they made out once more. They couldn't hear the booming of the thunder. Because both were entranced with each other. For this one and only time both of them expressed their deep love for each other through the loving kiss. *** Rarity saw how close Spike cuddled close to her as he slept by her. She smiled at seeing the cute innocence Spike will always have. "I have my Spikey-Wikey and I will never let him go." Rarity nuzzled Spike on the head and with loving generosity kissed him on the forehead. She placed a arm over Spike to bring him closer to her so she can feel his body heat and he feel her's. She laid her head down and went to sleep as the rain and thunder gave testament to their once hidden love. --- Spike and Rarity deserve a chapter. Doing this sudden move will not affect the storyline so no worries, and again if you'll be kind please PM me if the link doesn't work. Bonus commentary- I originally wanted Rainbow Dash to save Rarity. But seeing Secret of my excess for the third or eighth time changed my mind.