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// Chapter 8. Dark Side Of The Shining Moon 
// Story: Bite-Sized Spike 
// by ShrunkenBro 
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"Uhh." Spike mumbled feeling a huge weight on top of him and an uncomfortable heat that made the poor dragon sweat he opened his eyes to see himself pinned under Shining Armor's left butt cheek Spike was half smother into the couch and smother into Shining Armor's butt he tried to push some of the massive weight off him only to have his claws sink into the soft plushy fur of Shining's rear. 


"Oh come on Shining get your big butt off me!" Spike growled continuing to push Spike could hear the muffled voices of Luna and Shining talking above him Spike tried to push with both his legs and arms trying to get the white giant's attention suddenly the massive rear moved and began to grind on the dragon Shining must have thought he was an itch.


At that point Spike just gave up trying to push he saw it as delaying the inedible and just let his arms go down letting the rest of him be smothered in soft cheek of the massive butt.


Spike growled in disgust as Shining's fleshy rear pressed down on his face making his face squish up against the butt cheek and the couch "I never thought my day would end up like this." Spike managed to say with his squished face.


Then the stallion’s rear lifted, Shining rising from his seat and walking off. That would have been good, in and of itself, if not for the fact that, thanks to the sweat on his body, Spike was a bit sticky, and thus, as the butt rose, he was carried along with it, rising up into the sky, and then watching as the Princess, one of the few ponies that might be able to help him, grew farther and farther away.


Of course, he didn’t take long to get depressed about that, as Shining’s body soon began to dry out, and he stopped being so sticky, forcing the dragon to grab onto a nearby hair to maintain his position, as below, the ground moved in a swift blur, huge hooves clacking loudly against the tile as Shining began to make his rounds. With a sigh, Spike settled in for a long walk around the castle with his big brother.


Spike watched the hallways pass by and other ponies passing Shining by watching the white pillars below him clacked loudly something told the tiny dragon that he should avoid that as much as he could. Spike looked up at the doubled white furred hills making him cringe suddenly a loud rumbling making the dragon jump coming from Shining's stomach Spike whipped some sweat from his brow then reach up grabbing tuffs of the white fur and began climbing up the side of Shining's rump.


Shining walked down the hallway waving at some of the ponies that passed him by "Afternoon." Shining Armor smiled at another guard pony and few fancy ponies were some monical's and some expensive looking suits and dresses as Shining walked down the tiled floor his ears flopped up when his stomach started to growl loudly. 


"Better get something to eat or that monster's never going to stop growling." Shining laughed under his breath Shining made a turn down another hallway "My apartment shouldn't be too far,..." Shining Armor jumped and froze in place then continued to walk but much slower feeling a tickling itch crawling on his left buttock. 


"Uhh man don't scratch in public." Shining whispered under his breath watching a few of the ponies pass him by Shining bite the bottom of his lip he walked awkwardly hoping nopony was watching him Shining looked back hoping nopony was behind him he spotted his blue tail sweeping back and forth and got an idea "I'll just use my tail." he whispered.


Spike kept crawling up the side of Shining Armor's rump it was like scaling up a fuzzy mountain only that it was softer and the mountain was moving Spike inhaled and exhaled almost exhausted from the beginning of the climb the poor dragon had done a lot of running this day not to mention avoid being eaten and stomped on. 


Spike kept hold of one tuff of the white fur and whipped his forehead once again pressing himself against the soft fur to keep him from falling Spike blinked twice not expecting Shining Armor's gigantic blue tail swiping at him hitting him like a sweep of broom Spike quickly grabbed hold of fur as a blast of wind tried to carry him away along with Shining's tail whipping pasted him and brushing against him. 


Spike could feel his grip slipping as the tail came back to swipe at him once more Spike gulped nervously. The giant blue tail came sweeping up at Spike he quickly let go feeling the prickly blue fur knocking him off the rear! 


Spike then reached out grabbing a hold of the blue locks of Shining’s tail and quickly found himself inside the tangled jungle of the blue tail Spike felt the tail beginning to stop swaying Spike sighed with relief and relaxed in the tangled locks he whipped his brow once again sweating from the humidity of blue hairs surrounding him Spike poked his head out of the tail watching the floor going past him once again Spike began his climb up Shining's tail.


After what seemed like a few hours to the tiny dragon he made it to top of Shining's rump and Spike felt a feeling of victory as he stood on what seemed like the top of the white mountain Spike looked over the hills to see Shining Armor's back what seemed like a huge field of white wheat or tall grass Spike puffed out his chest feeling determined to cross this white field he needed to get his brother's attention and nothing was going to stop him now.


The march over the back of the stallion proved far easier than one would think. This was for a couple of reasons. One was that Shining was a soldier, and so most of his muscles were firm and powerful, his back muscles especially as they tended to hold all the weight. This made for good terrain, and even as the hairs of his fur tickled at Spike's feet, he still had a good enough grip on what was underneath him to make good time.


The other thing that really helped was that Shining barely moved once he was at his desk, his magic tinkling away as he moved report after report in front of him, signing on a few lines, or scratching out something to be noted later. This focus on his task allowed Spike to climb over his shoulders, and then onto his neck without any problems at all. Of course, once he reached his neck, the stallion's mane proved to be a problem.


"Cadence is right, he needs a trim," commented Spike to himself, pulling his body up with the strands of hair, towards the top of Shining's head. His idea was simple at this point, just get over the top, and then slide down onto his muzzle. That should be easy, and would get him found the fastest. That didn't mean the climb itself was easy, as Shining felt each tug, and subtly moved his head a little with every pull, nearly shaking the young dragon loose several times.


Just as he was about to reach the top, Shining did something awful. He scratched at his head, his forehoof coming up and casting a shadow over Spike that caused the dragon to scream. 


“No! No! No! NOOOOO!” The stallion either didn't hear him, or just ignored him thinking him only bug, however, as the hard thing slammed into him, knocking the air from his lungs, and sending him tumbling off Shining's head, and down towards the desk below.

To Be Continued.