Chapter 1: The Arguement
The sound of pages flipping and a quill scribbling was all that was heard in the library. Twilight was focused on her studies and paperwork. So many papers, so little time to complete them all.
"Twilight?" a familiar voice said next to her. However, Twilight was too caught up in the moment to turn away.
"Twilight?" the voice repeated. Twilight heard it that time, but she couldn't stop now.
"Hold on," Twilight replied, still focused on the papers she was doing. Whoever needed her attention just needed to wait.
"Twilight?" came the voice again.
"One minute please," the Princess of Friendship replied, now getting impatient.
"Twilight?" the voice said again. That's when Twilight got mad.
"I said 'one minute please'! Can't you see I'm busy here?!" the alicorn snapped as she turned towards Spike. In her anger however, papers went flying all over the floor. Twilight sighed.
"Great. And now I just messed up my work area. Spike, just give me a moment to clean up these papers," Twilight said as she started collecting the papers on the floor.
"Wait! Let me help- Waaa! Oof!!" Spike replied, until he accidentally tripped over his own foot.
FFFWWWWWOOOOSSSSSHHHH!!! A blast of green flames burst from Spike's mouth, setting the papers ablaze! However, this green fire wasn't like his normal fire; he wasn't trying to send a letter to Celestia at all! Instead, the papers were just on fire! Twilight quickly used her magic to grab a nearby fire extinguisher and put out the flames. What remained, were bits of paper and ashes from the fire Spike had created. Neither of them said a word for a minute.
"Twilight! - I'm so sorry! I didn't-" Spike began, but got interrupted.
"SPIKE! How could you?!?! Do you have ANY idea how long it took me to go through those papers?! WEEKS SPIKE!!! I was almost done, and now I need to start all over!" Twilight exclaimed, now more worried, and frustrated than before.
"It was an ACCIDENT! You just saw it happen! How is this my fault?!" Spike retorted back, defending himself.
"YOU were the one who burnt the notes and letters! Nopony can do that but you!"
"I said it was an accident! Do you not understand that?!"
"I KNOW what an accident is! But how could you have let it happen?! Why couldn't you turn your head away or something?!"
"I didn't know I was going to trip! And by the time I would have turned my head, it would have been too late! What?! Did you want me to burn the floor instead?!"
"At least the floor could have gotten fixed in due time! Papers like the ones you burnt take WEEKS to get back!"
"Why didn't you get copies then? As backup?"
"Princesses only get ONE copy Spike! Do you know how long it would take for me to look up a backup out off all THESE papers I have to do!!"
"At least it would've helped!" Spike pointed out, the anger building up inside of him too. As both alicorn and baby dragon glared at each other in anger, their conversation turned into a big arguement.
"Well I can't do anything about that now! Why do you even BOTHER me when I'm busy?! You KNOW I have work to do!" Twilight shouted.
"I just wanted to make sure you didn't need help with something else! I can get work done early too, you know?!" Spike retorted.
"Well you AREN'T helping NOW! You're just being a destraction to me!"
"Well I'm SORRY to upset you by trying to do something nice!"
"'NICE?!' You call THIS nice?!"
"No!! But you know I don't MEAN to cause trouble on purpose!"
"Well you certainly are doing a good job at BEING trouble!"
"How can I be trouble if all my problems are ACCIDENTS?!"
"BECAUSE YOU JUST KEEP RUINING MY WORK AND MY DAY!"
"ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS HELP YOU!"
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BUZZ OFF?!"
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET ME HELP YOU WITH SOMETHING?!"
Spike and Twilight had just about had enough of each other, and were steaming with anger towards the other. Twilight's horn was glowing a bright, big surge of magic, while Spike felt like he could have burnt a building or two down with his fire. Then, in a fit of anger, they both exploded.
"SSSSSSPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKEEEEEEE!!!" Twilight shouted in anger, her magic blasting uncontrollably at him
"TWWWWWWIIIIIILLLLIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHHTTTTTTTTTTT!!!" Spike also shouted, a big burst of green flames errupting from his mouth as he shouted.
The two sources of energy collided, stronger and pushing harder than could be handled. Then without warning ...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!! The conbined energy of both the fire and magic exploded in the library, causing both Twilight and Spike to go flying back, the shockwave sending papers and books everywhere! Some of them burnt.
"Great! Now look what you've done! Now I got to not only do my papers, not only do I got to re-recieve the papers you burned, but now I got to clean up the library and make sure none of the books are damaged! And if they are, I got to reorder them in, if possible!" Twilight exclaimed in a fit of anger and disbelief. She looked at the baby dragon with great anger, disappointment, and frustration. Then, she said the worst thing she could have ever said to Spike.
"SOMETIMES I WISHED I HAD NEVER HAD AN ASSISTANT LIKE YOU!!! You just make my life SO MUCH HARDER!" Twilight shouted in a burst of anger, her voice heard throughout the castle, and the ponies outside.
There was dead silence, then -
"FINE! I'll leave you alone!" Spike exclaimed before he turned away and walked out of the crystal library, carefully slamming the door behind him.
What Twilight didn't know was the hurt Spike felt, and the tears flowing down his face like a river. Spike ran. He ran as far away from the library as possible. He eventually reached an empty room, and jumped onto the bed, sobbing. His face was buried into the covers.
How could Twilight say those things to him! She knew that was his greatest fear! She knew how important him helping her was! That's all he wanted to do! And burning the papers was a complete accident! Yet she yelled at him as if he had done it on purpose! He knew life as a Princess was hard, but there was no reason for her to yell at him like that! What was worse, those last words she shouted at him hurt. And it felt like she meant it!
Holding back the urge to sob even more, Spike quietly started to plan on what he needed to do. And there was no turning back.
He was going to leave Twilight alone alright! He was going to leave her alone ... forever.