After being forced to do stand up because none of his friends and marefriend wanted to, they forced Spike on the stage. Spike has a huge stage fright phobia. Sure, he did the Hearths Warming Eve play script but that was easier because it was planned. And he wasn't being made fun of by the town for it. He decides to leave the town and make new friends, leaving Starlight in the process.

(I'm not a huge shipper of Spike and Starlight, I ship Trixie and Starlight. I just want this story to be as sad as possible and what better way to make it sad than your partner leaving you? Comments are shut off because of rude and negative comments to each other. I don't tolerate that behavior nor do I tolerate negative likes because of that drama going on the the comments. Hopefully you all understand. I don't tolerate any form of disrespect to anyone, even if I don't agree with them.)

Spike wins the Gauntlet of Fire but decides not to give the Bloodstone Scepter to Ember for he has other plans in mind. Twilight and her friends are not thrilled to lose Spike but the Dragons welcome him. Spike discovers what Dragons are missing will lead them to prosperity.

Takes place during season 6 episode 5.

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After becoming a Wonderbolt, it's all Cloudchaser talks about. Wonderbolt this, Wonderbolt that and Flitter is getting sick of constantly being upstaged by her sister. It's like everything she does is overlooked by her sister and her achievements, especially in her parents eyes. Having enough and finally saying something, she decides to make her own mark in the world. She surprises herself when she finds a unicorn and a dragon on the exact same quest. Together, the trio faces obstacles and adversaries together and more.

At the very ripe age of nineteen Spike is still dealing with his dravyern blood. It made him strong, durable, he even has cool fire breathe and wings. The thing that sucked? He was still short. Due to his blood, he'd age physically differently from all his friends and family. So he was stuck shorter then most, due to this he'd get mistaken for a young teen despite being a legal adult. He even drove a car for god's sake!

The one who seemed to forget this the most was his sister Twilight who deemed that he'd need to be watched while home alone for the week or two she was gone. Despite his best attempts to argue he's stuck at home being watched by one of their mutual friends, Rainbow Dash.

She doesn't seem to mind just chilling for a few weeks, she was getting paid after all. But Spike is fed up with the way he's treated. He's at the end of his fuse when Rainbow Dash expertly starts a flashfire that ends unexpectedly.

Art by me.

Part of the Dravyern Verse that I will slowly build into multiple stories. No two Dravyern Verse stories line up with each other and there will be many differences between them. Constant things: there is magic but life is based heavily on modern-day, people humans with the subspecies being Soulsage[people born with magic], Skyborn[people born with retractable wings, Terrans[strong humans with tougher than average bodies, Alicians[people born with the traits of all three]. Other races represent Griffins[Griffman], Dragons[Dravyerns] and such as well.
Might bump rating later

Spike confesses his feelings to Rarity, but does not get reciprocated. However, after that, the dragon acquires something more than he could ever have imagined. He will understand a few particularly important things. Confessions after confessions and warm words.

This is a request story from Chazkopa, and is an alternate ending to Canterlot Wedding. It's based on this, but when Twilight's about to kill Chrysalis, the changeling queen creates a portal and escapes, realizing that with Twilight so powerful in dark magic, she'd be unable to conquer Canterlot.

The Mane 5, Shining and Celestia apologize to Twi, but it's too late. She doesn't forgive them. Twilight angrily turns to them, and broadcasts a recording of what happened at the wedding rehearsal. The wedding guests were furious. Also, when she broadcasted it, not only Canterlot, but all of Equestria saw. And then...

Why don't you read the story now?

This story is a sequel to The Villain: Total Eclipse

It has been three years since the Spike the Dragon was defeated in what is now known as the "Eclipse Uprising". The kingdom of Equestria has since healed its wounds, and has been rebuilt to its former glory. However, whispers circulate across the kingdom about the straining relationship between Princess Celestia and her former apprentice, Twilight Sparkle. Still, the kingdom has had a unyielding peace these past few years.

Unbeknownst to the ponies, a new threat is looming just to the south.

"Spike, dear? This isn't working."
"What isn't?"
"This, Spike. Us."

After a second date cut short, Spike spends a night out on the town (read: seedy bar) with Big Mac to commiserate the loss. After deciding that he wanted a final snack before bed, he heads to the best bakery in town to find something to take the edge off of his buzz.

Think of this as a spiritual successor to The Days Passed, in the same family as the premise of the first one: Who would Spike seek out after a break with Rarity? This time, instead of ending up on Fluttershy's doorstep, he finds himself at Pinkie Pie's. And this time, it will be more focused on the character growth of Spike while keeping up with the relationship growth between the ship. I hope it lives up to the standards that TDP grew to have, and I had for it

Cover is spliced together pics from TG Weaver , used with permission (careful with that link, while the pic is SFW the Twitter is not!)

EDIT: Already featured, 2-9-2021! Thank you so much

Starlight Glimmer had attempted to stop the Rainboom that caused Twilight and her friends to gain their cutie marks.

But what if during the battle, Spike had fallen somewhere and a threat more worse would force an awful future?, Worse then the one Twilight showed Starlight for her actions?

And a certain dragon must confront his past and future for the present...

Based on Danny Phantom: the Ultimate Enemy and Mlp the Cutie Re-mark

I don't own either these or the artwork. They belong to their rightful owners

A famous crime boss once had this to say about mafia life: “This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey, that’s great. But it's very, very unpredictable. There’s so many ways you can screw it up.”

Back when I was a young assistant, I never thought I'd end up a mobster. But now that I am, I can't help but feel this quote describes my life to a t. I bet you're wondering what I'm talking about, and why this story's called Mr. Smokes instead of Spike. Well, it's a long story, but it all started on the day Rarity broke my heart...

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