Rainbow Dash never got that Sonic Rainboom to work. She never met five other ponies destined for the same great purpose she had. She never even heard of the Elements of Harmony.

All she remembers these days are the sudden appearance of the Crystal Empire and the constant war that rages between it and Equestria.

As King Sombra grows in power, twisting the Crystal Empire's innate magic for his own dark purposes, the Equestrian forces find themselves in a war quickly shifting in the enemy's favor. Against the encroaching tide of oppressive tyranny and darkness, even the stoutest of Equestria's heroes have begun to tire.

Second Lt. Rainbow Dash, Wonderbolt division of the EUP guard, has been sent to Canterlot, where a special weapon is said to be developed, a weapon that could save Equestria and put an end to the war.

Instead of a mystical sword or a massive cannon, Rainbow Dash returns to the battle front with a small baby dragon in her care.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Limited gore (i.e. blood, violent death) in later chapters

Written for the Fifth SpikeDash Competition: Alternate Universes.

Spike is unsatisfied with his life, and when Rainbow Dash gives him the opportunity to leave it all behind and start anew, he considers how possible it would be to just... leave. 

My first time writing pony and I don't really know what I'm doing. Just a short Alternate Universe friendshipping ish fic where Spike and Rainbow Dash are tired of living dull lives, written for the 5th SpikeDash competition. I was playing the song by the same name by Panic! At the Disco on repeat while writing this and I'm surprised I'm not sick of it yet. 

This is the tale of a drake craving freedom.

Spike wakes up every day to a nagging roommate. His days are spent doing chores he neither likes nor dislikes. And, to make matters worse, Rarity's heart is still as distant as ever.

So he stops caring for a day.

Spike Stopped Caring cover done by the wonderful, 2135D. Please check him out; his art is better than my stories.

Edited by gaming goof, Diamond Brook, along with the ever so mysterious, Silent Watcher, the new and improved, Obsidian Shard, and tea drinker, Vexy.

FamousLastWords calls the story: "Swag."

Warnings: Sporadic updates, long/plodding, backstory shipping

When Spike went to bed, he was a 162 year old dragon, war veteran, twice widower, and living on the outskirts of Ponyville. This morning, he wakes up to a voice he hadn't heard in decades on the eve of the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration.

Now, Spike must choose between the future he knows and a future he can make.

Luna and Celestia are bored, what better to do then mess with their beloved ponies, the only problem, Discord and Pinkie Pie want to help. Watch as Spike, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity are swept up by the forces of order and chaos as their love lives are turned upside down and revamped.
Will Team SpikeDash win the day?
Or will Team Twarity conquer all?
Or maybe even trickier pairings will emerge as the will of fate says lets just glue everyone together and see what happens.

It's Spike's 17th birthday and everyone is invited!

Upon blowing the candles, Spike receives a gift that speaks only to him. He decides to ignore it, however, until he starts doing things he would never do before.

The girls notice Spike's odd behavior, and confront him.

Shout out to Vexy & Monsieur Connoisseur for helping edit this.

Even the smallest change can entirely rewrite someone's mindset.

Long suppressed Depression could leave a long impact of a young adult mare, especially one whose been grieving for an entire year, the grieving process of an magically emotional Twilight is complicated.

That was made perfectly clear when the small community of Ponyville is killing each other off, by suicide. The rates of these self caused deaths are enough to raise the red flags of Twilight, but none to the concern of the guards.

Maybe Twilight is as crazy as they say.

It has been three years since Spike defeated the Dark Dragon King Galeek. Now a new and even darker evil threatens the land of Equestria. This new Madness sweeps across the land like a dark plague. Will Spike have the strength to defeat this new evil? Can he get back to the pony he loves?

Spike learns the amazing secrets of the ancient art of Dragon Magic. He will travel the land, making new friends and learning new things. In the end he will have to use the gifts he has acquired to save the land of Equestria from the return of the Dark Dragon King, Galeek

My first fanfic and not my cover art. Found it online

This story is a sequel to Dying Flame

A year has passed since Spike's furnace went out, and Twilight was forced to leave her adoptive brother in the care of Al'Mal'Gorath. The complete and utter silence regarding the fate of Spike has all but driven the alicorn into the depths of despair, only her friends support allowing her sanity to remain steady.

Deep down, Twilight fears what may be waiting for her - she fears that her brother, Spike, died a year ago and nothing but a corpse remains. But most of all, she fears the kind of monster Mal'Gorath could have shaped him into.

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Many thanks to ward282, MagicKnight55 and metallusionsismagic for proof-reading and editing the story.