spike's new brother

by johnnyomon21


the brithday of sandness

Chapter 2 the birthday of sadness
Applejack could not believe the sight she was seeing, the only words that were running through her head were, 'what in the Sam hay is going on here!!'.

“Spike!? Spike!” , Applejack screamed. "Calm down honey, get it together, now why would you say Twilight doesn’t love ya like ah brother anymore?! From the years that ah’ve known her, she always talks about you a being her favorite brother, maybe even more than shining armor!”, applejack said reassuring him.

Spike managed to control himself while he dried up his tears, but he failed as he could not stop hiccuping between sniffles. He did the best that he could, but he was still upset.

“Well lately she’s been staying in the basement underneath the library, until she has to eat or to take a shower. however, when Twilight does this she completely ignores me.”, Spike told Applejack, as he felt depressed talking about it.

Applejack could not believe what she was hearing.

"Yesterday Twilight finally came out the basement, and she hadn't eaten or slept in four days. So, I decided to make Twilight her favorite sandwich with all the works.”, he said.

'Oh my Celestia, Spikes the most nicest guy in the entire land of Equestria’, Applejack thought while she blushed with a smile. ‘Oh who am ah kidding, if Twilight keeps treating him like this, then ah will claim this little fellow for myself. Any pony would be honored to have ah special somepony like him, kind; loving; will do anything for ya and make sure your happiness comes first even if it means giving up his happiness. If she keeps this up and doesn’t treat spike right soon, I'm going to a buck her in the face over and over to until she gets the point', Applejack thought as she had determination in hers eyes.

"What happened when ya went to go make the sandwich, how did it go?”, Applejack asked. Spike only cringed at the thought.

“Oh no”, Applejack said with worry in her voice. “Spike? What happened honey?” Spike only sighed and continued.

"she yelled at me and said”

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“Spike I have no time for your games or food. With the elements of harmony gone, Equestria could be attacked at any moment. Plus it's time for me to act like a princess, and it's time for you to butt out of official business that does not concern you, a dragon!”, Twilight told him with hate and resentment.
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Upon hearing this, Applejack jaw made a great attempt to just fall flat on the floor while still attached to her face. Spike was amazed and shocked, he didn’t expected so much reaction from Applejack upon hearing this.

"Why that good for nothing high and mighty, stuck up. Ya must not be talking about the same twilight!”, Applejack responded with disbelief. “This Twilight is worse than Trixie on her best day and worse day, she has the nerve to talk to you like that... oh when I get my hooves around her, I’ll teach her a lesson she won’t soon forget ... 1000 years’ worth!”.

Now if you were wondering what an angry cowgirl pony looked like. Lets just say... it is not pretty, including at this point. This was scaring Spike so, he tried to calm her down.

“AAP – Applejack its okay, she's just been studying so hard, she didn't mean too!!!”, Spike said as he tried to calm her down.

“Didn't mean it! Didn’t mean it! Spike, ah have known Twilight for at least 2 to 3 years now, and that's not how she usually talks to any pony! Now ah don't know what's Sam hay has gotten into to her but if she ever starts talking like that again when I'm in earshot, ya better hope Celestia and Luna are there to stop me!!!”, Applejack told him as she stomped her hoof down with a mighty thud! However, she realized she was making spike upset, so she tried changing the subject.

“Despite all that has happened, I was wondering when your birthday is, and what did you want me to get you. Now that you have control over your greed, it won’t be a problem to get you a present."

“Ah thanks, Applejack well... to... To tell you the truth my birthday is today.”

“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!! Spike are you kiddin me, it's tonight!? Ah thought ah had at least a week to prepare for your birthday at least four days but tonight!!!”

“Yeah,” Spike said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head with his claw. “You see I been worried about Twilight that it slipped my mind”

“Ooh buck, Twilight, you’re causing a young dragon like this to be worried about you for weeks on end”, Applejack said with a low growling tone in her voice, but Applejack did not want to upset spike more than he already is, so she tried to get herself under control and gave him a comforting smile, but her eyes said otherwise.

Spike was fidgeting with his toes and his tail was twitching nervously as well.

“You see, I was worried, and stressed out with all the work at the library since Twilight was always studying”, Spiked explained.

However, before he could finish, a belch came from his mouth and a letter popped out from his green flame. Applejack and Spike were taken back for a few seconds.

“Spike, are ya going to read that letter?”, Applejack asked. “It's probably from Princess Celestia, wanting to talk about your birthday.”

"Applejack seriously?”, Spike replied, looking at her with one eyebrow cocked up.

"You think the Princess will remember my birthday when even Twilight couldn't. You really think she's a got a big old party planned at the castle for me with all the works”, Spike said with a sarcastic tone in voice, trying to have fun with her.

“Well I’m glad to see ya found your sense of humor back Spike”, said the cow pony with a smirk on her face. “Go on read it, you never know!”

Spike only rolled his eyes to the side “Okay I’ll humor you a bit”.

Applejack chuckled and waited for him to read the letter. Spike cleared his throat and began to read with a formal tone as he always did when got letters sent from Princess Celestia over the years. As he was reading the letter, Spikes eyes widened to the size of baseball's and his jaw dropped slightly, upon noticing this Applejack busted out laughing.

“Let me guess honey, it’s your mother Celestia and she what's ya to come to the Castle to celebrate your birthday”, Applejack said trying to control her laughter.

Spike only looked at up the letter to meet Applejack eyes and shaking his head in disbelief.

“Well”, asked the cow pony nudging her hoof into Spike’s side playfully. “Read it.”

Spike shook his head to concentrate, “Okay geez.”.

'Dear Spike my beloved son, I don't know why you or Twilight didn't tell me or haven't written to me lately. However, I am more shocked to hear from a source other than you or mostly twilight that today is your birthday. Now if you think I wasn’t going to celebrate my only son's birthday, the most important day of his life, then you are sadly wrong! Now I have noticed that many young and single mares have been keeping a great eye of interest of your growth spurt. Which I am glad to hear by the way and yes my son, this type of gossip can not get through me unnoticed. Back to my point, now that they know you are at the proper age to marry, dragon wise and you have become so handsome so fast that I’m surprised you have not married yet. I hope with what I’m saying will help you in finding your special somepony, marry them and make this princess a grandmother hint hint'.

Spike blushed at that last comment of his adoptive mother.

“For the love of Equestria, even she is starting to think this!”

Spike saw Applejack reading over his shoulder, and of course giggling under her breath.

“What did ah tell ya a few minutes ago sugar cube. Ya keep going at this rate and ah might just get hitched to ya and solve that little problem of hers”, she said, looking at him with bedroom eyes.

“You're kidding me right”, Spike said chuckling nervously, “right!? Applejack?? Applejack?”.

“Hmm, Ah wonder, maybe ah am maybe I'm not, Ah haven't decided yet”, she said, this time with her eyes batting at Spike fiercely.

Spikes scales stood straight up in an instant as his color turned from purple to red as the sun and all he could say and think was one word.

“WHAT!”

“​But seriously Spike, just continue the letter.”, Applejack told him.

Spike shook his head again, brushing off what Applejack just said, even if i was just a way of trying to cheer him up. Spike continued to read the letter.

‘This cannot stand. As your mother, and Princess of Equestria, I happily order you to come at 8 o'clock tonight, to celebrate your birthday at the Castle. Hope to see you and your sister Twilight soon, love, your mother, Princess Celestia. PS, I was not kidding about the marriage Spike, you are growing up, dragons at your age have already started to find mates. I also want to be a grandmother one day, and I mean soon, with many grandchildren, and I would love to hear the sounds of the hoofprints of my soon-to-be grandchildren... or in your case, claw prints, Love you bye! PPS, I would also love to be a great aunt you know, love your aunt Luna!’

“For the love of all equestria, I can’t believe them!!”, Spike yelled as he face-palmed himself after he read that letter. “Wait how did they know about my growth spurt? and-and”, Spikes face turned bright red, so red it would put a tomato to shame.

All Spike could hear and see was Applejack rolling back and forth on her side clenching her sides as she was laughing so hard she could barely breathe. Spike only looked at her with an angry frown on his face.

“Oh thanks Applejack, you are so helpful right now really.”, He mumbled under his breath while snapping his claws.

Just as that moment, he heard a group of the girls’ voices, one of them he knew very well in a Tom boy voice.

“Well it's official, you have grown and became 50% more awesome.”, Rainbow Dash added, with a huge grin on her face.

Quickly turning his head around, he greeted them with a great big smile, as he had not had in many days. He looked to see the rest of his friends already in the middle of the doorway. Coming in one by one, all smiling like had a big secret, then it hit him.

“Applejack.”, He said in an evil playful tone. “You knew it was my birthday didn't you. You've just been toying with me”.

“Yes and no Spike.”, replied Applejack while turning her attention to Rainbow, with a little smirk on her face.

“Rainbow Dash!? You as well.”, Spike said as he looked at the cyan color pegasi with a rainbow colored mane.

"​You know it!”

As soon as she said that, she spun around so fast, she looked like a rainbow colored tornado and as quickly as she began, she stopped in a split second. Rainbow Dash was just showing off her speed, which she was so proud of.

“Come on big guy, who could forget your birthday.”, Rainbow Dash told him.

“I second that darling.”, Rarity added.

Upon hearing her voice, Spikes smile turned into a love-struck grin. His eyes, especially his pupils transformed into the shape of hearts when he saw it was rarity. The white unicorn, with her purple mane bouncing, as she came trotting towards him. She did it the one thing he waited so long for but never thought would come. He had given up on the idea long ago, as well as his crush on her, but it really happened. She trotted right up to him and kissed him on the lips!! Upon doing this, the rest of the main five gasped.

“Oh my.”

Spike heard from a distance. He looked around and saw where the quiet and soft toned voice came from. It came from Fluttershy, the yellow colored pegasus with her pink mane covering one side of her face. Spike also saw that she blushed so hard, you could see it through her pink mane. She fidgeted a little before went towards him and also kissed him on the lips, well to be fair, she forced herself on him. That got an even bigger gasp from all the other girls because fluttershy is usually so shy, they thought she wouldn't make a move. Well, this got Applejack attention, and something fierce grew inside of her.

“Hold on now, you a not getting ahead of me.”, she said in a shocked tone.

With​ In a quick motion she jumped up from the floor, raced over to Spike and planted a kiss of her own on the young dragon.

“Hey don't forget about me!”, said a hyperactive tone. Spike knew who it was almost immediately.

“Pinki–.”

But before he could finish, a pink blur rushed towards him tackled them to the ground. He felt the sunny warmth in place of a power pink lips meeting his. When the kiss was over, he sat up quickly.

“You too Pinkie Pie??!”, Spike said with a shocked look on his face.

Pinkie Pie was a pink colored pony that is very hyperactive and one of the happiest ponies in Equestria. You could not stop her from being happy and laughing, it was her goal to make other ponies and beings feel better about themselves with just a laugh, and have fun. And most of all she loved throwing parties. Did I forget to mention she was very hyperactive? Pinkie Pie bounced all around Spike numerous times, talking so fast you can barely understand what the hay she was saying. What always shocked the young dragon was, how does she keep talking so quickly, and so much time without having to breathe.

“Oh Spiky bear, of course I am here, after all, how can I be the queen of parties if I forget one of my dearest and most handsomest friends birthday party!?”, she said with so much excitement. “Did I mention you are handsome?” Spike only looked at the pink pony in confusion and in shock. Spike look towards Rainbow Dash, the only one that hasn't stolen a kiss from him.

‘Well at least I know she won't do that, Rainbow isn’t one to do romantic stuff, because she doesn't want to lose her swagger.’, Spike thought, but thought wrong! Rainbow Dash grew a smirk on her face, then it turned into an evil grin, yet not evil evil, but playfully evil.

“If you think my swagger is going to keep me from doing what you think I’m not going to do, then you thought wrong buddy!!!”

Just then Rainbow Dash moved so fast, that in a blink of an eye, she wrapped her hooves around Spike.

“It comes!!!”, she said with a big smirk on her face.

Rainbow Dash planted the biggest, most passionate kiss of all. It was so good Rainbow Dash lifted herself and Spike up into the air. After a few seconds, she broke the embrace, settled herself and Spike down to the ground. Spike had lost his balance because of the shock of the kiss and just sat on the floor of the library. Looking at the main five as he did, he opened and closed his mouth, raised his finger as if he was trying to say something. But Spike was so shocked he could not say anything, until Spike finally got up and brushed himself off chuckling.

“Uh well, I am officially confused, shocked and embarrassed at the same time. Also, there is something I want to ask you all of you, now what was it? Oh yeah, WHAT IN THE NAME OF EQUESTRIA IS GOING ON AROUND HERE, WHAT IS WITH THE LOVEFEST!!!”, Spike yelled in confusion.

Spike looked at all the girls and noticed that they were blushing at the sight of him. This, of course, made Spike every nervous he was about to do what any guy would do in this situation, run for the hills. That is until he heard voice he had known all too well. A voice with compassion that he had known when he was just an hatch-ling.

“Calm down my son.” Celestia said in a gentle tone. “ I can explain everything.”

Spike quickly turned around.

“Mother, what are you doing here . The letter said –”

She rubbed the top of his head and giggled.

“I know what I wrote”, said Princess Celestia. “But that was just a little prank I pulled to keep you occupied with Applejack while I got the girls together so we can have the party here. Moreover, I have heard some disturbing news, about a student of mine, by the name of Twilight treating you wrong.” she said changing her tone of voice from a playful mother to a serious princess in command. “However, before I get ahead of myself, in the words of Pinkie Pie, let's get this party started.”

Then her horn glowed a bright yellow aura and in an instant, the library was covered with party decorations and streamers with a punch bowl, and a giant diamond covered cake with the words written happy birthday Spike.

At that moment Pinkie Pie turned around towards the front door and said, “Okay everypony come on in.”

Guests started entering the main door of the library, by the dozens Spikes jaw once again nearly dropped to the ground. Spike felt tears from his eyes as he smiled at the girls.

“Thank you all so much.”

“Come now, don’t forget about me, thou loving aunt”, said no other than Princess Luna, princess of the night.

“Happy birthday Spike.”

Spike began to wipe the tears from his eyes as best he could but failed as he ran to the main five as well as his family and hug them all. Celestia and Luna blushed as a mother and aunt, they felt the love coming from a son and a nephew. They looked to each other and smiled. Then Spike went to hug five of the main six, which after doing so, all had major blushes on their faces. But Celestia expression turned backed into serious one.

“Spike I have been hearing some nasty rumors about how Twilight has been mistreating you!? Though I find that hard to believe, but I must hear from you Spike.” However, this soon was to be interrupted by a door slamming shut behind everyone. The princesses, and the others turned around to see who it was, it was none other than Twilight Sparkle. Twilight was shocked to see her mentor and Princess Luna were at the library at this time of night. However, she used her magic to fix herself up and went over to Princess Celestia and the others not even paying attention to Spike. The others noticed this and did not like where this was going.

“Princess Celestia, what are you doing here?”, Twilight asked.

Before she could say anything, Twilight interrupted her with something urgent.

“Never mind, I need to talk about something important, I been studying lately and I’m really concerned about the future of equestria, now that the elements of how many are stuck in the tree.”

Celestia had one eyebrow cocked up with a bit of a shocked look... Luna also had the same expression on her face, Celestia then turned back to Twilight.

“Twilight?”, She said in a confused tone. “You do realize why we are here right? It’s about to spike!” Celestia said in a playful tone and excited tone. However, Twilight Sparkle didn't take it as such and believed Spike had done something wrong. And with that she lost it. She quickly turned and walked toward Spike, he tried to say ‘hi Twilight’, but before he could even get one word out she slapped him across the face. When that moment happened, the party music that was playing in the background stopped, every pony in the library turned around and gasped at the scene, including five of Twilights closest friends and the two princesses. They gasped in horror and in shock at what Twilight had just done, but what she was about to say would change everything between her in Spike forever!

“Spike what is going on here!!”, Twilight yelled in anger. “I’ve been trying to find out new ways to protect Equestria, now that we don’t have the elements of harmony anymore, and you decide to throw a party without my permission!! What were you thinking. All you do is play around all day!”

That last remark made something snap inside spike, he could not believe what she just said, not only she had been neglecting him for days on end, but she was treating him like a slave. After all the things he did for her; dust out the books, swept the floor, cook the meals and organize the books on the shelves. So, the one day of the year, when he has the right to enjoy his birthday, the day he was born, Spike cannot have it without her permission. If it were left up to her, would she even know it was his birthday a few months later or for all he knew not at all. That was the final straw, that just sent Spike over the edge. Flames came from Spike’s nostrils, in a split second Twilight was taken back as Spike stomped his way over to her, got right in her face and calmly but firmly said.

“Now listen here you arrogate stuck up slave driving pony, over last few weeks you have been studying, and studying for nights on end, and for what, some big threat that’s probably not coming. Moreover, no I have not been playing all day for the past five weeks, I have been cooking, cleaning, and doing most of your work like I have these last few months. Making sure when somepony checks out a book, they return it on time and the usual chores I ensured that for these past five weeks this library has been up and running as it should. I should have been like an average teenager and hung out with his friends, being outside enjoying life with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and my family, but no I wasted my time making sure you were fine. That you had food in your belly, I made sure you were washed and it was not fun for me, trust me. But what did I get for those 5 weeks, nothing but being ridiculed and lots of yelling. And let's talk about the upcoming danger that is supposedly coming, what is danger that you are talking about!!! I mean look, discord is a good guy now and sure he causes some chaos, but the fun kind. Equestria is safe, sure you and the others no longer have the elements of harmony but you guys are just as strong without them as you are with them.”

Every pony in the room were shocked at the way Spike was standing his ground.

"All I’ve done is try to be the best assistant and brother to you, but you won’t even let me be that!!! But that needs to stop." Spike told her with sorrow in his voice. "You want you know why everypony is here. Well it’s simple, it’s my birthday today did you even remember that!?? I remembered everything you wanted me to remember, yet you can’t make time out of your busy schedule to remember my birthday, your brothers birthday is that so much to ask?! What happened to you twilight! When we came back from a little adventure in the human world you were just fine. The last few months you completely turned into a paranoid maniac trying to prepare for some great danger that is never going to come. I don’t know where my sister Twilight Sparkle is, but I will say this, you’re not her, you've changed and it scares me. Do you at least you think of me as your family, at least an assistant or has that gone out the window?!"

Spike only looked at her waiting for her response, but the response he heard, hurt him to his core and soul.

"That’s what this is about?", Twilight replied, sounding as if she heard a stupid question. "Your silly birthday, Equestrias future is possibly endangered now that the elements are no longer with us. Moreover, you're worried about a silly little birthday. And no you're not my brother, how could you be, you are a bloodthirsty dragon that will one day grow up and become a mindless beast. If you feel so unappreciated, then you can find somewhere else to live, you’re no longer welcome here Dragon! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE AND LIFE!!!!”, Twilight yelled with so much hate and disgust.

There was nothing but shocked silence in the room, Princess Celestia, Luna, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy could not believe what they had just heard, and from whom it was said and even more so to whom she was saying it.

"Twilight how dare you talk to your little brother like that!!”

She turned around in shock to see her mother and father staring at her with disgusted horrified looks upon their faces not believing that this pony was their own flesh and blood, even after what she just said to the dragon that they had adopted as the own child.

"Twilight what in the world has gotten into you, you can't be my little sister. She would never say that to a family member ever!! Or treat them like that!!! What's gotten into you!!!"

She drew her attention at the front door of the library there stood her big brother shining armor using his magic to keep it the present he got for Spike in midair but dropped it when he heard those horrible words coming from his little sister. He closed his eyes and lowered his head, but when he opened them again they were filled with rage and hate, something that he had never felt before!

"I KNOW ONE THING'S FOR SURE, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT, COME HERE NOW!”, Shining Armor scream.

Shining walked over to Twilight slowly but cautiously, he didn’t know this Twilight Sparkle so he wasn’t taking any chances with her. As Caption of royal guard his instinct kicked in and he didn’t like. He didn’t like the fact that he had to use his training, even if he had to against his own flesh and blood but then again, he never thought his own flesh and blood would treat another member of the family, especially Spike with such disrespect and hatred.

"Brother this has nothing to do with, you I’m warning you!", Twilight said as she stepped back with fear.

But he didn't pay her no mind, he wanted know what was going on, and out of fear Twilight shot a magic bolt at him, strong enough to hurt him but enough room to get away. Shining armor, however, was the strongest magic unicorn in the entire guard and countered it with a magic blot of his own, their two magic’s collided. But his was stronger, mostly built for combat unlike his sister which was mostly for study and rarely used it for combat, thus his magic overpowered hers and hit her head-on, knocking her to the ground. While on the floor Twilights' body glowed a dark aura and a few seconds later the black aura disappeared leaving her a little disoriented. Twilight rubbed the back of her head with her hoof and got back up and looked at her brother, when she did she was shocked and horrified to see the angriest look on his face. she had never seen him that way before. But then she shook her head and looked around to see every pony that was in the room but all she saw were horrified and disgusted looks on every pony’s face.

"Wait, Brother, mom, dad, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna? Every pony in ponyville what's going, what's today, where is Spike??”, Twilight asked.

Just then a terrifying realization came to Twilight, with a sharp pain in her head jogging her memory of the past few weeks including to what she had done tonight. Twilight had tears forming in her eyes, so much they look like they were about to turn into tears of blood. She had just realized what she had done to the most caring being she had ever known, somepony who was with her through thick and thin. Even more so, he put his life on the line to save an empire of ponies from certain doom and he was a dragon. He was always at her side when others weren't. She looked around at every pony and then noticed the very same young little dragon, but to her surprise not little anymore. In fact, he had gone through a growth spurt. This upset Twilight very much, whatever spell she did, which was supposed to help with Spikes birthday had backfired big-time, she hoped and prayed that she didn't hurt him, but alas she did. However, Twilight didn't waste any time as she raced toward Spike who had walked into a corner and remain there taking back basically all he had heard from her, the pony who he thought he could trust more than his mother Celestia. There he stood in the far left corner of the room, his head lowered down not making a sound. She tried to plead, beg, whatever she could do to make it up to Spike.

"what have I done.", Twilight began with tears in her eyes. "Spike, these last few weeks, I didn't mean-, I never mea-"

Shut the hell up you sorry, good for nothing, ungrateful piece of filth!, Spike yelled at the top of his lungs. "I have never known throughout my life, somepony who could be so self-arrogant, and I have met a good many. And here I thought that you were my sister!”

Spikes aura turned pure black as night, forcing Twilight to back up from him dramatically and fearfully. She had never seen her little brother like this, and all she wanted to know at this point is what did she say or do in that state of mind for him to be like, this well she got her answer.
“So, I’m nothing but a mindless beast, not your brother, not even your number one assistant, so basically I was a slave to you. And now, your high mighty princess, you say don’t need me anymore!? Then guess what, I don’t need you either, I don’t want see you again for as long as Equestria would let me live!!!!"

Hearing this, Twilight's hearts sank to the deepest, darkest pit of her soul, the memories from weeks before tonight slowly came back to a sharp pain in her head. All the months of Spike breaking his back to make sure Twilight had everything she needed while she studied, only to have him treated like a slave and ignoring him. Yelling at him, not even to thank him for all the things he did while she was in that state of mind, then the most shocking weatherization came to her which she horribly remembered, every single word, every single sentence. How she ruined his birthday, how she acted, calling him nothing but a mindless beast, a creature that he had no place in her life, she had disowned him in front of every pony in Equestria. She pondered on how she was able to break this state of mind. That's when she realized it was a basic case of a reality check from her brother Shining Armor and his magic spell.

"What have I done?", Twilight said as she covered her mouth with her hoof, while fresh hot tears were falling from her face. "Spike please listen I'm-"

“Shut your damn mouth NOW!!!”, Spike replied with an almighty roar of Spikes adoptive mother and father.

The princesses, Shining Armor and every pony was shocked. as he did this, especially to Twilight. As he continued, he began clenching fist, his claws gripping so hard, blood started to trickle down.

“As of this day Twilight, you are no longer my friend or family you stupid horse, goodbye, but know this I loved you Twilight, by Equestria's soul I loved you!”

Without missing a beat, Spike ran out the door on all fours running as fast as he can at a speed that even matched Rainbow Dash on her best day. At that moment, every pony knew, especially twilight that a long life of family and friendship might have been to destroy in one night.