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Shahrazad


What are you doing wasting time reading a bio? Go read good stories. Isn't that what you're here for?

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Ponies grow up. They get bigger, stronger, smarter, and eventually they get their cutie marks. Dragons grow up too. He may not get a cutie mark, but Spike does get a talent of his own- one that can easily be abused. One day, he'll grow bigger than his friends. He'll grow stronger than the strongest stallion. He might even breathe real fire. That day might be a little closer than you think.

(Takes place after season 2)
Cover art by: TheNoodleFace

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 52 )

Spike's hitting puberty and he's getting mood swings. Twilight probably would know that if she looked through her books but then dragons are different from ponies. :eeyup:

Oh, no. Please don't let Twilight be angry with Spike too much if she feels that he done it, even by accident. :fluttershysad:

Oh geeze, odd story. MOAR! :flutterrage:

It's hope to fly not hope to die.

Why is spike acting like he is pregnant?

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You're right, I got it confused with the original :pinkiesad2: . Fixed now.

darn when i read the title i was hoping for a "Breath of Fire" crossover, but still not bad I'll have to keep an eye on this

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YES! Someone else has played that game! I was half way through writing this when I came up with the title and I was like "why does that sound familiar?" It's only been like 15+ years since I played it.

i only played like 3 and 4 but i really liked them

Well, I'm sold. I do agree with 2732374 that the caps shouting would probably be better substituted with italics, though I'm not really concerned about the characterization. Spike's a little nuts, but he was a little nuts when he had his greed-growth thing, too, even if it was in a slightly different way. Still, it's important to take care even when a character is acting OOC for a justified reason. His behavior does pass hormonal teenager and right into legit bipolar territory on a few occasions.

Just about to hit the hay :ajsleepy: and I'm looking at all of the bronies adding this to their favorite list :yay:. Nope, no pressure on me :pinkiegasp: .

If you liked the story, upvote, comment, favorite, or follow (or all of those if you're really nice) :twilightsmile:. I'd like to hear what I'm doing right.

If you didn't like the story, well :pinkiesad2:, downvote and comment anyway. If there is something you didn't like about the story I am open to criticism. I'm still pretty new as a writer and I always welcome feedback.

I don't want anyone to worry that this story will just leave you hanging, Breath of Fire is already finished. I plan to post the next chapter on Saturday.

Breath of Fire was an awesome series. Never did beat four, sadly, and never got the chance to even try Dragon Quarter. Obviously favoriting, and it may or may not happen, but rooting for Spike Twilight on this end.

Alright. You hooked me I'm hopeful for Sparity and not Spilight/Sparkling Spikes. But it's your story and you know what you're going to do with it. Looking forward to reading more.:eeyup:

Oh, pony. It is so good. Please, another chapter, yes?:pinkiehappy:

Saw Title.

Thought this was a crossover.

..I play too many games.

Asleep for a day? Can breathe fire all of a sudden? Seema to me that Spike might be beginning a Draconic hibernation.

Now this is a neat Spike story. *Eats Popcorn* MOAR! :flutterrage:

-Smothering is either Fluttershy's and/or Rarity's department.
-He needs to released all of this overheat flame so he can control it naturally.
-He needs to see his mom about this.

Oh, no. Now Rarity is going to hate Spike probably, and the others are going to be real mad at him maybe for this. I hope not though. Poor, poor Spike. :fluttercry:

Either he is going to take a long dragon nap or his fire is maturing becoming stronger and needs to vent it out.

I foresee Celestia waltzing in, declaring Spike a hazard to not just Ponyville but all of Equestria and banishing him.

I'm sensing a sad tag coming up. :applejackunsure:

You know, never before have I said this about Nurse Redheart, but... THAT BITCH NEEDS TO HAVE HER SPLEEN RIPPED OUT!!! Noone calls Spike an animal. Unless they're talking about his prowess in bed.

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No, no romance tag. This story is only 3 chapters long. A romance would make this story A LOT more complicated. My head cannon says Dream Rarity is pretty "accommodating" to Spike, but the real Rarity is much less so.

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That would be horrible! She would never do that...:trixieshiftleft::trixieshiftright:
....right?

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Nope, when I write stories I write them start to finish before I post the first chapter. There are some sad emotions, but I wouldn't call the story sad.

Final chapter should be posted next weekend. I'm shooting for Saturday again.

2763924 I LOVE YOU... wait :twilightoops: *cough* *cough* I Mean I love juice thats it :fluttershysad: I'll go stand in the corner :ajsleepy:

There's hardly any stories about Princess Celestia and Spike having quality bonding time like mother and son.

SO much D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Spike on a diet? Now this I gotta see. :rainbowlaugh:

You know this story isn't bad I just find the climax and resolution in the third chapter a bit quick for my tastes and dare I say it leaves me feeling like a having a complete meal but with an empty belly afterwards. I like the letter to Celestia and the epilogue as a whole. Maybe it's just because it doesn't feel quite fully resolved despite Spike wanting to do better..Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic and wanted a more Sparity resolution somewhere, but am I the only one who didn't feel like quite everything was wrapped up at the end? Might just be a bit of :ajsleepy:. Either way hope to see a bit more maybe continue in the same Equestria different time. :eeyup:

A great little story. Nice work. :rainbowwild:

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I appreciate the comments, both the good and the bad. I never intended for this to be a romance, so I apologize to anyone who was expecting/hoping for that. I did try my hand at writing a romance: Sweet N' Spicy which turned out fairly well. But that story was 45k words. And honestly that relationship is simple compared to the dynamics between Spike and Rarity. Were I to write such a story (and one day I might) it would be very complicated. It isn't that the romance is dead/alive, it's just one of the dynamics between Spike and Rarity that wasn't the focus of this story.

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The focus of this story was Spike. It's one of my quirks of writing: like the great Scheherazade of legend, I like to leave readers wanting more. Those "loose ends" are actually threads of stories I'm writing/thinking about writing. AJ didn't get much screen time in this story. My next story is probably going to give her a little more of the spotlight. But I'll remember what you have said. Next time, I'll expand the epilogue a bit, make sure every story thread is at least addressed.

I didn't mean romance, I meant the forgiveness aspect. They all love Spike that much to give up everything just to make sure he is safe. 2799171

We already know that Rarity's eyelashes are fake, the only problem I see is that, if the fire was any closer, then she would probably have to go to the ER.

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owwwww niceee

“Twilight, the Library is ON FIRE!”

...
looks at title.
reads story description.
...it was obviously going to happen

This story was great, but the ending felt weird for some reason.
:derpyderp2:

Spike didn't start the fire...it was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'

The biggest irk I have with this story so far is the actual chapter names. You don't go though the effort to even name them.

5265133 Why do they need to be named? Plenty of writers do the same thing... Why does it count towards to anything story-wise?

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This was written "pre-name-my-chapters-era." All my new stories now on have chapter titles. I could go back and name them... nahh, this story is finished. If you find a grammar/spelling error I will correct it; otherwise I think I'll leave it be.

If that's the biggest gripe you have with this story, I'd say I'm in good shape.

So basically, the moral of the story is to eat less and sleep less?

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