//------------------------------// // Chapter One // Story: A Thorax In My Side II: Baby Days // by LaysPotatoChips //------------------------------// Chapter 1 The sun was shining, the air was crisp, and every pony in ponyville was having a rather nice day. It wasn't too hot, nor too cold. In order to celebrate this rare, but wonderful, day. Every pony in Ponyville took a day off. And when I mean every pony, I mean everypony. All shops and stores were closed for the day, this included the Sugarcube bakery (which was odd because that shop never closed). But, besides all of that, it was still a great day. This was especially true for Twilight and her friends. For Twilight and Starlight, this was a much needed day off. The both of them had been busy for the past week and a half doing nothing but friendship lessons, but now they finally had the time to relax at the spa for the day. And to make things all the better, all of Twilight's friends decided to join in on the fun. So for her, that was an added bonus. Now, normally, Spike would just hang out the castle and do , what he called, guy stuff. Specifically playing Ogres and Ogletts with Big Mac and Discord, or going out and digging for gemstones. However, none of those things where going to done that day. Why, you may ask? Well Thorax, a reformed Changeling that had left the hive many years back, was currently living with both Twilight and Spike in the Castle of Friendship. Not to mention that the two of them had gotten into a relationship not too long back, and they really wanted to spend some time with each other. Now, it's not the fact that they didn't get time to hang out, it's just that Spike usually had a lot of chores to do during the day ( of course Thorax would help him out). Because of that, they didn't really have as much time to really do anything fun together. But of course, with the day being a day off, they finally had some time to be together. Now, what would a Changeling and a Dragon do during a day like this? Go to the movies, the carnival, maybe a fancy restaurant? Nope, of all things, they decided to visit the Dragon Kingdom ( well, after much begging on Thorax's part that is). Surprisingly enough, it actually went by well. Nothing out of the ordinary was going on at the... "GET BACK OVER HERE YOU LITTLE PIPSQUEAK!" Never mind... Spike and Thorax were both practically running like hell from the offending dragons that were pursuing them. Those specific dragons where Garbel, Morton, and Squishy. Garbel was practically flying at a million miles per hour just to get towards the two who were running away from them. His eyes were filled with every kind of rage that could be manifested. His eyes were filled to the brim with fire (quite literally). To make matters all the creepier, his face was covered in burns and bite marks. He even had a piece of his ear missing. "Thorax why in the hay did you make me do that?!" Spike yelled as he continued to book it as Thorax flew over him "I don't know, it seemed funny at first." Thorax replied before swooping down and placing Spike on his back and high tailing it. "Maybe to you Thorax! But these guys are bad news!" Spike rebutted "Well how was I supposed to know that?" Thorax asked "Okay, I'll give you that! But still you didn't have to go that far!" "Hey, I didn't think that doing the old bucket of water over the doorway trick was going to make him that angry?" "Thorax, you made me fill up the bucket with lava! WITH LAVA PIRANHAS!" Thorax tried to make some kind of rebuttal, but he come up with nothing. The two of them kept on running until they both stumbled across a heavily forested area, most likely the Everfree Forest. Neither of them had any time to think, much less do anything, except run, run, and run some more. After what felt like hours, Spike looked back. Thankfully not seeing Garbel or any of his goons behind them. Although they were a rather far distance away, he could still here Garbel yelling. " WHEN I GET MY CLAWS ON YOU I'M GOING TO SKIN YOU AND YOUR LITTLE BOYFRIEND AND WEAR YOU AS MY NEXT WINTER COAT! I DON'T EVEN CARE IF EMBER IS THE DRAGON LORD, I AM STILL GOING TO SCREW YOU UP!" Neither Spike nor Thorax knew that they had much time to waste. They had to think of something, and fast. After a few seconds of looking around, Thorax found a large bush that he knew the two of them would be able to hide in. He didn't say anything, he just grabbed Spike and dived into the bushes. He even went as so far to cover both his and Spike's maw with his hooves to silence any kind of sound that might come out. It didn't take long for a large "WOOOSH" sound to be heard. They both knew that it was Garbel. The way they could tell, was that his other goons followed forth, although they looked practically exhausted from all of that running that they had to do. "Garbel, calm the hell down!" Morton yelled out as he gasped for air "Dude, let's just go." Squishy said panting even more than Morton All of their words were in vain. Garbel still kept on swooping up and down at top notch speed. Hoping to find both Spike and Thorax and make the both of them pay for what they had done to him. It didn't take to long for Garbel to start getting tired himself. Despite all of that, he gave out one final yell. " I SWEAR TO CELESTIA, WHEN I FIND YOU FREAKS. I WILL GIVE YOU HELL TO PAY! MARK MY WORDS!" And with that, Garbel flew off, leaving both Spike and Thorax alone. It took a few minutes for the two of them to actually come out of the bushes they were in, but once they knew they were both safe, they got out. It didn't take long for Spike to start scolding Thorax for the "prank" that Thorax made him do. "Thorax, what the ever living tartarus is wrong with you?!" Spike began "Out of all the crazy things that you could have done, you decided to prank a dragon. And not just any dragon, GARBLE! The meanest, craziest, and screwed up in the head, kind of dragon!" Spike waited for a reply, but he got none. "Thorax? Thorax, where are you?!" Spike yelled "Get over here so I can yell at you, and then make out with you for the next five or ten minutes, and then say sorry for yelling at you while we're making our way back home!" Still nothing. Spike was now starting to get pissed. He immediately made his way over to the bushes and pushed them aside. He was ready to give Thorax a verbal thrashing, but what he saw made every word that he was going to say vanish like smoke. On the other side of the bushes, Thorax was looking at something quite intently. Spike cocked his head a bit, and made his way over towards Thorax. "Uhhh. Thorax, are you okay? Spike asked "Look what I found." Thorax said whispering Spike looked over at what Thorax was looking at, and his jaw dropped at what was there. An Egg, and not just any egg. It looked like a dragon egg. The egg itself was a vibrant shade of yellow and orange, with little brown spots littering the top part of the egg. "Have you ever seen something so beautiful in your life?" Thorax said as he nuzzled the egg. "How, and where, did you find that egg?" Spike asked "I don't know, it was just laying there. Hey Spike, can we keep it?" "Thorax, I'm not sure that's such a good idea. I mean who knows what Dragon owns that egg, I mean we can't just take it." Spike said "If that was the case, why would this egg be out here in a forest like this?" Thorax questioned Spike was stumped at this question. Thorax did have a point, however he knew that it wouldn't be right to just up and take an egg from a crazy forrest like this. Who's to say, this egg might not even be a dragon egg. It could be an egg containing whatever kind of abomination in the world. "Thorax, we're not taking this egg with us." Spike said flatly Thorax's ears drooped, and his eyes started watering. "But Spike...This baby needs us." "How it that?" Spike asked "We can't just leave this egg here alone. I...I just..." Thorax cut himself off "Thorax, you have a very good heart" Spike began" But neither you nor I know how to take care of a baby. We don't have any experience with that kind of thing. It's best if we just leave it here." Thorax didn't say anything, he just lowered his head and said "Okay. I'll leave it here." Spike went up and gave Thorax a reassuring kiss on the cheek, and then made his way out of the bush, and back on the path. Thorax, however, after Spike had made his way a distance away from him, he quickly stuffed the egg into his saddlebag, and gave a sly grin. "That was too fucking easy."