As Rarity traveled through time, all she could think about was what Spike had told Sweetie Belle. “He loves me. He really, truly loves me!” said Rarity with excitement. “How could I have been so dense? It is true? He really does everything I ask him to do without question. He even risks his own life just for me.” As the time spell wore off, Rarity was able to see that she had landed on the surface of the moon. She quickly found Spike, Princess Luna, and her friends as they searched for her past self.
“Thank you so much, Twilight,” said Spike as he hugged Twilight for eighth time.
“Spike, I said you don’t need to thank me,” said Twilight as Spike released her, “Why did you even bring that Fire Ruby anyway?”
“Because I think it will help save Rarity,” answered Spike as he held the gem close to his heart.
“Or maybe he thinks it will make Rarity see that he likes her,” whispered Rainbow Dash in Applejack's ear. Hearing this made Rarity’s heart sink again in regret. As she watched her friends search for her, Rarity noticed a large dark mist quickly rushing towards them.
“RUN! I have no power over the Nightmare Mist!” yelled Luna as the mist closed in on them. Although they tried to outrun the mist, one by one each of Rarity’s friends were caught in the cloud. Spike was the first to be pulled in.
“SPIKEY!!!” yelled Rarity as she watched the drake get pulled in. She quickly galloped into the mist to try and save him, forgetting she could not touch him. She was able to quickly find Spike, but he was on the ground crying. “Spikey? Spikey, what's wrong?” she asked him desperately.
“No…No….No…let her go,” mumbled Spike. Rarity quickly cast the mind-reading spell to see what was haunting him, but what she found was most…unpleasant. Rarity soon found herself back in Ponyville with Spike and a large, nightmarish creature holding her in its claws.
“NO! Give her back!” demanded Spike as he stood up to the creature.
“If you insist,” said the creature in a sinister tone. The creature released Rarity from its claw and placed her back on the ground next to Spike, but as soon as her hooves hit the ground, the creature began to stomp on her until she stopped moving.
“NO!!!!” yelled Spike as his tears started to roll down his face. As soon as the illusion Rarity stopped breathing, the creature disappeared.
“Spikey, it's okay, it's not real,” said Rarity trying to talk to him, but to no avail.
“Rarity, please wake up. Please…please,” cried Spike, but the illusion did not respond. Spike soon began to hold her lifeless body in his arms and began to rock back and forth.
“Please don’t go. Please don’t go.”
“Spikey….Spikey, wake up! It's not me! I'm alive! See?” asked Rarity as she walked in front of the drake, but like before, he could not hear her. Rarity began to worry as she watched Spike began to shake; it was as if he had lost all purpose to go on as he held onto the illusion. Rarity was on the verge of tears herself, until she heard the voice of Princess Luna calling out to Spike.
“Young dragon, this is not real. Your friend is still alive,” said Luna as she approached the grieving drake.
“No, she’s not. Look at her!” replied Spike as he showed Luna the dead body.
“Young one, listen to me. She is still out there, and need you to save her.”
“No, she’s not! She's dead! Don't you get it?! Gone! Dead!”
“No, Spike, she lives! But she will be gone if you don’t wake up!” said Luna. As Spike turned to look at Rarity; he saw that the body was no longer there.
“She…she’s not dead?” asked Spike as he looked around for the body.
“Of course not. Now please, wake up,” said Luna.
“Yes, please wake up,” Rarity repeated. Seeing it was all a dream, Spike began to wake up.
“I WILL SAVE YOU, RARITY!!!!” yelled Spike as he began to regain consciousness, loud enough for Nightmare Rarity to hear him from her palace.
“Spikey?” asked the small part of Rarity, still inside of Nightmare Rarity’s mind. With Spike now more determined than ever to save his love, he and Luna began to help wake the other ponies up. Rarity watched as Spike rushed to each of her friends with a stern expression on his face.
“Spikey never told me what had happened to him when they came to rescue me,” said Rarity, still in shock over what she had seen. “I understand why he chose not to tell me, but he….he… It’s my fault. If I had never let my insecurities get the better of me, he would never have had to face this nightmare.”
As the guilt for her actions finally sank in, Rarity began to cast the time spell to her next destination. “Oh Spikey, you never should have come after me,” said Rarity in a depressed tone. “You do everything for me, and all I do is give you meaningless gems. What is it, Spike? What is it about me that you love so much?” As the time spell stopped, Rarity could see two of the Nightmare creatures holding Spike up to eye level to her wicked form—Nightmare Rarity.
“But…But Rarity, I lov…..I lov..” said Spike, choking on his words.
“Aww, poor Spike can’t even say it to her,” said Nightmare Rarity, mocking Spike. “Tell me, dragon, why do you think some self-respecting pony like her would ever love you?” Rarity was lost for words; she had never seen anypony make fun of her Spikey for his feelings.
“I don’t,” said Spike in an emotionless tone as he looked at the floor, taking Rarity by surprise.
“What was that?”
“I don’t expect her to ever love me,” answered Spike, now looking the mare in the eyes. “I don’t know if she will ever love me, and you want to know the truth? I am afraid, but not of you. I'm scared of what she will think if I tell her.”
“Spikey,” said Rarity with tears in her eyes. “I…I…you shouldn’t be afraid, Spike. I…I...lov-AHHHH!” Rarity was magically pulled to the next destination: Ponyville during her Nightmare self’s invasion, when her friends were trying to save her.
“That's it! Keep thinking of what made her special to you,” said Twilight as she and the rest of Rarity’s friends used their memories of her to save her. It was long before Rarity noticed Spike walking over to the weakened Nightmare Rarity, holding the shattered pieces of her Fire Ruby.
“I love you, Rarity. I love you so much,” whispered Spike, just quiet enough for Rarity to hear him. “You mean so much to me. You’re smart, generous, caring, kind, loving, and so much more. I love you! Please…..please come home.” Spike started to put the ruby to his head as he spoke, causing it to magically repair itself. As soon as the gem was fixed, Rarity started to appear out of the dark clouds, and was promptly pulled out by her friends.
As past Rarity reunited with her friends, Rarity stood amazed at what Spike had said. “He really thinks that of me?” asked Rarity, the tears returning to her eyes—not tears of sadness, but of joy. Never had anypony ever said anything like that about her. Most would say she was beautiful and talented, but all that paled in comparison to Spike’s words.
“Oh, Spikey, when I get back…..I promise I will never treat you as a servant ever again! I'll never take advantage of you, and I'll be sure to tell you that I lov—oh, I wish I could see you now!” exclaimed Rarity in frustration. As she continued to watch her past self and Spike, the scroll containing the mind reading spell unraveled, revealing a new spell.
“What is this?” asked Rarity as she began to study the spell. The new spell would allow her to travel to the present, but like the time traveling spell, nopony could see or hear her. “I suppose it’s close enough,” Rarity sighed, “At least I'll get to see my Spikey again.”
As Rarity started to cast the new spell, Discord was beginning to leave his friend Jean-Luc and return to Rarity, when he noticed he was missing a scroll. “Now where did I put that present spell?” asked Discord as he checked his red and white striped hat, pulling out a tall, black-and-white cat.
“Hey, that's my hat! I'll be taking that!” rhymed the cat as he disappeared into the future.
“Did I leave it with Rarity?” asked Discord as he scratched his head. He soon remembered that he did in fact write the spell on the same scroll as the mind-reading spell. “I did. Oh well, what’s the worst that could happen?”
It did not take Rarity long to travel into the present. Luckily for her, the spell took her directly to Spike, who was drowning his sorrows at Sugarcube Corner. “Spikey!!” yelled Rarity with glee, able to see his green spikes at the entrance of the shop. She quickly galloped over to him, only to be devastated by what she found.
The sight before her brought tears to her eyes. “No!” whispered Rarity in horror. Once again, tears started running down her face. What she had found was her Spikey-wikey kissing a violet maned mare.
Please tell me this isn't a chapter where Spike feels bad for breaking Rarity's heart and thus made to be a bad guy in it and Rarity starts being cold to him etc, that would really make the story suffer a major hit.
5157592 I see it more going as it being the chapter where they get together and the remaining chapters are them adjusting to their new relationship.
5157592 I agree it would be stupid to just put all the blame onto Spike
5157592 no, this is what happens to him after the prologue.
Thank you for doing a chapter on the Nightmare Rarity arc. Those scenes with Spike and Rarity really hit the feels hard, and you really made it work in this chapter. Finally, Rarity is starting to open her eyes. But is it too late? Dun, dun, DUUUUUUN!
I really hope Rarity turns into or does something that Discord has to find a way to stop before Equestria is doomed. I will serve him right for saying those words.
EDIT: At the very least force Discord to try and savage any chance of Rarity and Spike still getting together.
5157651 Personally, I hope it's too late. I want Spike with someone else. However, I know that isn't going to happen in this story.
...Wish I read the comic
Ten bucks says that is just Rarity after she gets back through her time look through kissing her. Time travel can get really confusing at times so something like that wouldn't surprise me.
5157681 All I have to say to Discord is this "Murphy's Law".
5157711 I wonder if Murphy is a dragonequs (or however the hell you spell it).
I have a suspicion that Rarity never actually made it back to the present...
I loved the Nightmare Rarity comic, it was like a Sparity fan's dream come true.
Who is that pony
5157776 who knows it could be Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, one of the mane 6 with a dyed mane, or Cadance.
I don't know about that first one
5157801 to that one pony from manehaten that was so mean to Coco
5157836 yeah her to. It could also be Moondancer.
5157845 this could go on from a school filly and to the population of mares in the Crystal empire
Dammit. I should have seen this coming.
Oh god, this is so much better than the last two chapters.
Twilight i presume is the violet maned mare. Spectacular twist ending by the way
Sweetie Belle? Nah, you said it was a mare... Twilight's mane is indigo. Which mare has a violet maaaane? D': I WANT MORE
5158049 I was thinking that too... Pretty sure that it's Twilight.
You kinda forgot to mention one of the most glaringly obvious reasons that Spike loves Rarity: Because, just like him, her biggest personality flaw is her greed, and her greatest virtue is her generosity. Spike sees in her not only a kindred spirit, but a standard that he can aspire to be like.
It's Twilight. Muwahahaha!
I say it's Berry Punch.
Unnecessary question marks are unnecessary.
5158360 I said mare to leave it up to your interpretation. She could be a mare or a filly.
Probably Amethyst Star or Twilight these are the only possible ones i can think of right now.
>mfw i read the last sentence
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I get the feeling it is Sweetie Belle
5159244 no i just looked up the color violet and it absolutely matches twilight
No matter who it is remember man:
Incest is nasty
5159037
how about moon dancer
5157707 Or it might be some kind of Rarity doll. (I mean let's face it, in 'Canterlot Wedding' he was fine with playing with the cake decorations, so maybe...) I hope not though, it would make him seem like too big of a wimp.
5159535 No it is not that at all! It is a living mare he is kissing.
5159602 Well, that's a relief. In the field of masculinity, Spike doesn't need any more handicaps.
I could see it being Twilight, depending on what your view of their relationship is. To me Twilight is more of Spikes mom or sister, so that would just be weird but you could argue other things too.
You may of had this already but...
she can't be hat smart if it took her this long to realize he liked her
Loved how 'the Cat in the Hat' made an appearance, I knew he and Discord came from the same world
My ideas about that last bit at the end,
I'm not sure who it is, but I think they're kissing him for comfort or something.
Remember the previous chapters?
May I remind you the times she abandoned her friends for the Canterlot richies?
Caring of her dresses that is.
To any stallion that even winks slightly at her
What I said avobe.
For once I agree on that.
5159244
Same.
Spikes drunk and somepony took advantage of him so his thinking about rarity and thought that was her!!!!!!!!!
5160940 Loyalty and Generosity ain't the same, mister.
It's like when Celestia says Twilight is a true leader, kind, generous, honest, optimistic, and all that. But she's just a big dork.
DUDE I NEED MORE YOU HAVE NO IDEA
OAO
5172753 Soon, and the mare/filly will be revealed.
Agh, that always happens! Someone realizes their true feelings right before the other person moves on.
Most excellent chapter.
To everyone who thinks it was Twi, ya dead wrong...
It was Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, he was number one
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So this spell is like the animus... interesting.
enjoyed this chapter a lot , now if only we could make it an episode..........