Another Showcase! · 2:49am Sep 4th, 2012

Yep! That's right, I've decided to showcase another story! Oh, but what story could be so mind numbingly awesome so as to deserve a spot on MY blog? (egoboostftw.jpg) Why, only one of the most arguably awesome stories out there! (in my opinion anyway)

The Dragon's Notebook by Arby Works. This is a [ROMANCE], [TRAGEDY], [DARK] and [CROSSOVER] story. It is rated [Teen].

This is, basically, a story about what would happen were the Death Note from the series, 'Death Note', were to be placed in the ~~hands~~ ~~hooves~~ claws of ~~best pony~~ our favorite dragon, ~~Spyro~~ Spike. It starts off normally enough, with a scene of Spike talking with the lovely ~~Fluttershy~~ Rarity, or that is, Rarity telling him about her most recent colt friend, Blackhoof. We see that although Spike doesn't approve of the fellow, he let's him off the hook simply because he makes Rarity happy. After some conversation, he decides to head back home to the library. Well, on his way home, after crying his eyes out because he sees his love for Rarity not returned, he finds the Death Note. He sees it, reads its rules, which are as follows, 'The pony who's name is written in this notebook shall die,' 'If the cause of death is specified within sixty seconds, you have six minutes and forty seconds to add details. If the type of death is not specified, the pony will die of a simple heart attack,' and (at least, as far as this story tells us at this point,) 'You must know the name and face of the pony,' with other small rules dealing with details. A lot of people will be turned off simply because of the fact this is based off of Death Note, and (don't bake me alive for this) I, personally, do NOT like the series. Regardless of this, I decided to give the story a try. I do not regret that decision. So, the story then continues to show that Spike, amused by the notebook, and thinking it was some elaborate prank, decides to write in it. Specifically, Bluebloods name. With a particularly HILARIOUS death. "Accident; he slips on a bar of soap in his royal bathtub in the morning of Saturday, 12th, 1002 ANMS, and dies from the fall." I STILL find myself laughing at that. Just the thought of the big posh prince dying from something like that.. Wooh! Anyway, it then goes on to show the conflict Spike has to deal with as he finds out that not only did the book work, he realizes he just killed somepony. From there, it goes on to show him trying to be the protector of Rarity. I would recommend this story to anyone who loves seeing crossovers, people who love seeing Spike stories, and people who love the whole idea of Spike being Twilight's son.

My overall thoughts?