//------------------------------// // Chapter Twenty:Pinkie's Fantabulously Amazing, Awesome Sauce Story // Story: Time Stops For No Dragon // by FluttershyLover55 //------------------------------// Time Stops For No Dragon Chapter 20-Pinkie's Fantabulously Amazing, Awesome Sauce Story "One day, Starswirl headed to his lab to work on his latest invention. On the way, he began to get very hungry. The kind of hungry where you'll eat anything, you can get your hooves on! While deciding if he should eat his hat or not, Starswirl entered his lab and got a big surprise! 'Oh my gosh, Cupcakes!' He squealed like a little filly, but in a slightly, manlier tone. Two cupcakes were on his desk, in all their sparkly cupcakey glory, courtesy of his best friend, Pinkie Pie. His fellow worker, Albert Moonflower, witnessed his devouring of the cups of cake, and he was jealous that he had no chance to partake in their deliciousness. So, while Starswirl's back was turned, Albert fired a bolt of lightning at him, wounding him, greatly. As he lay there dying, Albert said, 'Were those cupcakes to DIE for?' That was an admittedly awful joke, but you have to give him an 'A' for effort! He laughed at his own terrible joke in awkward silence, while Starswirl hatched a brilliant plan. Though I'm not sure how he hatched it, since it wasn't an egg. Or was it? I'm not sure. Anyway, he transferred his soul and magic into his horn, somehow, causing his horn to fall off. Albert took the horn and put it in a display case, as a reminder of his victory. And, hundreds of years later, he was released when he finally gained enough magical magicyness. And that's why you always need to share, or you'll almost die from a lightning bolt zapping your flank!" Pinkie looked around to see everypony's reactions to her story, but everypony was too shocked to say anything. "That's not exactly how it happened, but that's good enough, I suppose." Starswirl commented. Spike laughed and clapped, once he had recovered from the story's absurdness. "You always know how to cheer me up, Pinkie!" "Awww, thanks!" She blushed, and grinned from ear to ear. Starswirl decided he'd mess with the dragon some more, before getting rid of him. "You know, I couldn't have escaped without your help, Spike. I used magic from Twilight and Rarity to recreate my body using the DNA left in my horn, but all of the rest of my magic came from you." "What do you mean?" Spike asked. Starswirl smiled wickedly under the brim of his hat. "You mean, you really don't know? That every time you used magic, you were adding to my power? You probably thought that when the horn glowed, you were using ITS magic, didn't you? You were actually using the magic already inside you, and every time the horn glowed, I was absorbing it. Until you got me out of that case, I was just collecting dust. This couldn't have been possible, without you. How does it feel, to know that you brought about the destruction of your world, as you know it?" "Wha-Wha…I…" Spike stuttered, in horror. "Spike, don't listen to him! You didn't do any of those things, because we ALL know that you aren't like that. And, if by some chance, he's telling the truth, I know you didn't do it willingly!" Twilight yelled. Starswirl turned to the lavender unicorn and asked, "How can you be so sure, he didn't do any of those things? Maybe, you don't know him as well as you think you do!" Twilight was about to argue that she had known him all of her life, before being interrupted by Spike. The dragon turned to look at her, sadly. "He's right, Twilight. I'm not the same dragon, you used to know. This is all my fault. Just go ahead and kill me, Starswirl, I deserve it." Spike's head sagged, accepting defeat. "Hahaha! This is too rich! I'll grant your request, as a last wish!" Starswirl began charging a spell into his horn, a ball of golden light forming at the end of it, and steadily growing bigger. Right before it fired, a rainbow streak tackled the evil unicorn to the ground, disrupting the magic flow to his horn and canceling the spell. "Spike, I can only hold him for so long, so you need to get the HAY out of here!" Rainbow Dash yelled, as Starswirl struggled to push her off. Spike nodded, but there was something he wanted to do first. He ran over to Fluttershy. "I, uh…just want you to know, that I'll always love you. I always have, Fluttershy, you know? I should have told you, sooner." She smiled, as tears began to fill her eyes. "I…I love you too, Spike. Be careful, and good luck with this…whatever's going on." Spike leaned in and kissed her passionately, causing her to melt into his arms, which had wrapped her in a hug. This was fairly easy, since they had been nearly the same height now, for a while. "Oh, how I've missed this." He thought, before breaking the kiss, leaving her dazed. "I promise, I'll figure out a way to save you." Spike muttered, under his breath. He said the words that would send him to the future hastily, disappearing into a portal before Starswirl could break free. "This isn't how I expected Starswirl the Bearded to act, at all! Though I guess, I'd go crazy too, if I was trapped for hundreds of years with nothing to do and nopony to talk to." Twilight thought, watching as he finally pushed Rainbow off of him. Starswirl the Bearded snorted. "He should have just taken the death option. I have a feeling he'll much prefer it, to what I have in store for him." XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Should we do something, Sister?" Princess Luna asked, after watching the events unfold. "No, Luna. We mustn't interfere. His journey is far from over, and I wish to see if he lives up to his destiny. We will help out if need be, but not unless the situation worsens. For now, we must see how this story unfolds. I hope that he will be ready, when he has to make the most difficult decision he has ever faced." Celestia answered. "Do you think he will succeed?" Luna wondered. "Only time will tell, Sister. Only time will tell." Celestia replied. "Funny, how time is what started this whole mess, in the first place." Luna chuckled. "Quite." Celestia said, as serious as ever.