Once a Necromancer Always a Necromancer

by ThatOneLittleBoy


Chapter 8 - Spike Joined the Party!

"Spike!?" Twilight yelled out in surprise, happiness, and joy all at once. A massive grin spreading across her face. She reached up and pulled her hood down.

"Hi Twilight!" Spike said, returning Twilight's smile. Twilight ran up to Spike and hugged him with all of her strength.

Spike's eyes went wide as the life was squeezed out of him. He grunted in pain and said breathlessly "Twilight, your killing me here!"

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I didn't even notice!" Twilight exclaimed as she stopped hugging Spike. She took a step back and looked at him apologetically. "It's just that it's been a long time since I've seen a friendly face," she looked at Spike with a massive smile "And I missed you immensely."

"I missed you too, Twilight," Spike looked up at Twilight and hugged her. Twilight smiled as she returned the hug, this time not as hard.

Twilight began to cry as she hugged Spike. Streams of tears fell from her unbelieving eyes. They weren't tears of sadness or anger but of happiness.

Twilight broke away from the hug and looked at Spike with a big grin "Why did you come here?" Twilight's smile faulted as she said "It's not that I'm not happy about seeing you it's just ... why do you care?" Twilight looked at Spike, her smile gone and replaced with a sad frown.

Spike looked up at Twilight with a reassuring smile "Because I love you, Twilight. You are my family and more important to me than anything else in this world."

Twilight's frown was turned upside down as she looked at Spike with a happy and caring smile. Twilight's eyes sparkled with happiness 'Finally, someone cares about me. Finally, someone loves me.'

"Thank you Spike. I-" she took a deep breath "-I needed that."

Spike looked back a Twilight with a smile "Your welcome Twilight." He then asked with a look around the clearing "Where are we going?"

Twilight turned around towards the mountain and pointed at it with her hoof "Up there, I-" Twilight looked down at her hooves, her face twisted into an angry frown "-I need answers. I need to know if all of this pain and suffering was worth it"

Spike nodded and looked at Twilight, when he did he gasped. "Twilight! There's blood on your leg!" he said as he ran to Twilight to try to help her.

Twilight looked down at her leg and just sighed. She has seen so much of her own blood it doesn't even faze her anymore. She took of her saddlebags and threw off her cloak.

Spike looked at where Twilight's cutiemark used to be with horror."I-Is your cutiemark okay?" Spike asked, his face beginning to turn green.

"No it's not," Twilight said with a growl as she unwrapped the blood-red bandages. "In fact it's completely gone. All that's left is a massive gaping hole where it used to be," she finished unwrapping the bandages and floated out new clean ones.

Spike saw the massive crater in Twilight's side. It was bleeding profusely and he could even see some bone. "H-how did it happen?" Spike asked with a shaky voice. He turned away, not being able to look at the horror in front of him.  

Twilight looked over at the green faced Spike and said with scowl "Celestia and Luna did it. Luna was the one who casted the spell but Celestia ordered Luna to do it." Twilight looked back at her flank and wrapped it up in fresh bandages.

Spike looked back at the wound, his anger building inside him. He balled his hands into fists, his pupils became snake-like slits, and he growled in anger. "How could they have done that to you! How could they betray you like that!" He turned around and with a yell of anger he punched the tree in front of him.

Twilight looked at Spike grimly as she put her cloak and saddlebags back on herself. "I know, I thought the same things. I don't know why they would try to kill me. And I don't know why they hate me so much but what I do know is that they aren't safe." Twilight looked over at Spike with a sad frown "I wish that I could turn back time and relive my old life. Relive the life where all of my friends and family supported me, loved me, and didn't try to kill me." Twilight began to cry. Tears rapidly flew down her face as she looked on in longing.

Spike ran over to Twilight and gave her a hug, Twilight returned the gesture. "All the girls are still your friends, I know that they would still be your friends no matter what you are doing or what you do," Spike looked up into the eyes of the crying Twilight above him "And even if the princesses want you dead you are still loved by your family and friends."

Twilight looked at Spike with a smile "Thanks Spike." She wiped the tears from her face and pulled away from the hug.

She looked up at the mountain with determination and a need for answers. "Are you with me?" Twilight asked Spike "Even if I have to do bad or even evil things?"

"Of course Twilight," Spike responded with a small grin on his face. He thought 'I'm finally with my family again!' He looked up at the cloaked figure of Twilight, her cloak flapping in the wind 'And she looks badass in that cloak of her's. Almost like a character in one of my comic books.' He laughed at the thought and said "I will be with you no matter what happens," He looked up at the mountain and asked "How are we going to climb it though?"

Twilight thought for a second, she really did not think about what she was going to do once she got to the mountain.

"Hmmm, we could fly up there," she looked back at Spike and frowned "But you don't have wings and I don't think I could fly up there with you on my back because of my injury." Twilight laughed a sad, broken laugh "The only reason I can walk right now without being in constant brutal pain is because I'm high on painkillers."

Spike looked up at Twilight with a confused look "That doesn't sound like something you should be laughing at."

Twilight looked back at Spike with a frown "I know." She shook her head and said "Come on, let's set up camp," she turned back towards the mountain and looked at it with determination. "I, no we, will climb that mountain and find out who or what is up there. Then we will find out why they want me up there," she looked back at Spike with a smile "And now I don't have to do it alone!"

Twilight layed down her blanket and curled on top of it. Spike took out a sleeping bag and slid himself into it.

Twilight smiled as she though 'Things are finally starting to look up,' her world slowly faded to darkness 'Things are finally starting to go my way.' Little did she know who she was going to find on the mountain and who she was going to have to fight and possibly even kill.