//------------------------------// // A New Day Part 1: Explaining to Mom & Dad // Story: Spike the Fairy // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// It's 8:00 in the morning at the Crystal Empire. Shining Armor groans while waking up. Princess Cadance is already up and tending to their child Flurry Heart. "I'm so dead. My mom is going to claim my soul when I tell her the whole truth today," Shining Armor gets out of bed and sees a note. He reads: Do not delay or no loving night tonight, Shining. If I find out you are delaying the inevitable, I will teleport your parents here. A Crystal Guard enters the bedroom. "Sir, Princess Cadance asked me to remind you of your appointment today at Canterlot." "I'm on it!" Shining Armor shouts angrily. He takes a deep breath. "I'm on it," Shining Armor goes to the bathroom to freshen up for the day. He imagines the rage burst his mother, Twilight Velvet, will have when she hears about losing her daughter to insanity. A Crystal Guard knocks on the bathroom door. "Sir, any problems in there?" "Are you freaking kidding me right now?!" Shining Armor gets angry at the Crystal Guard. "Sir, we have explicit orders from the Princess to ensure you're not stalling time to delay your appointment." "Son-of-a-" Shining Armor hears the door knocking. "Princess Cadance also gave us explicit order to ensure you are not using any of the curse words Earth Landers use from your experiences watching the Brave and Glorious Spike and his friends speak." "GET OUT!" Shining Armor commands; the Crystal Guard stands firm. Shining Armor leaves the bathroom. "Are you serious?" "Princess Cadance direct orders, Sir. Do not delay the truth." "Screw you!" Shining Armor angrily leaves his room. He trots down the corridors to see many Crystal Guards stationed and guarding any rooms that Shining may step into stall time. "Cadance isn't pulling any punches. I guess she's mad about me telling her to shut up yesterday." Two Crystal Guards walk beside Shining Armor. They are making sure Shining Armor doesn't try anything funny. Shining Armor leaves the Crystal Castle to see a wagon waiting to transport him to the train station. "You gotta be kidding me? I can walk to the train station!" "Sir, it's either ride the wagon like a big boy or the stroller like a baby," A Crystal Guard shows the stroller for an adult size baby. "Whyyyyyyyyyyy?" Shining groans while covering his face with his hoof. "Princess Cadance's explicit orders in case you happen to throw a temper tantrum, Sir." Shining Armor gets on the wagon. The Crystal Guards drive the wagon to the Crystal Empire Train Station. Twenty minutes later, Shining Armor gets off the wagon. He sees a train at the station. "Thanks for the escort. I'm off to get my ticket," Shining Armor said. "Here you go, Sir," The Crystal Guard gives Shining his ticket. "Thanks," Shining Armor rolls his eyes and takes it. "My mom is going to kill me. I'm so freaking dead. I'm so freaking dead." The Crystal Guards watch Shining Armor get on the train. Shining Armor sighs in relief and gets on the train car. "I'm glad I have some peace for the ride," Shining Armor sees his train car filled with Royal Soldiers. "D'oh!" The train leaves the Crystal Empire Train Station. Shining sits down and looks out the window. Princess Cadance sees the train leaving the station from the balcony of her castle. "That's for being rude to me, Shining," Princess Cadance smiles a bit wickedly. She turns her attention to Flurry Heart, playing with her for the day. Four hours later. The train arrives in Canterlot. Shining Armor leaves the train to see Royal Guards stationed. "Are you here on explicit orders?" "Yes, Shining Armor. Courtesy request from Miss Mi Amore Cadenza to Princess Celestia and Luna. Her instructions were simple. Escort you to your parent's house," The Royal Guard informs. Shining Armor angrily snorts and trots to his parent's house. He takes a long way, so he has time to think about what to say. He expects a rage-burst from her mother. A while later, Shining Armor notices that the Royal Guards aren't with him. He doesn't see any of them in the neighborhood. "I guess it would be more awkward for them to be surrounding the house," Shining speaks loudly to himself since no one is around. He trots to his parents' house and sighs heavily. "My mom gonna claim my soul after this." Shining Armor gulps and knocks on the door one time. "Well, I guess no one is home," Shining turns around to see his mom and dad with groceries. "Shining! It's good to see you," Twilight Velvet smiles. "I didn't know you were coming, son. What a nice surprise," Night Light opens the door allowing his wife and son to come in. "Crap. I was hoping to avoid this. My wife is getting what she wants. I can't avoid the inevitable." "So, Shining. How are things with you?" Twilight Velvet asks. "Anything regarding your sister, Twilight?" Night Light asks while putting the groceries away. "Yes," Shining Armor sits down and sighs heavily. Night Light and Twilight Velvet know what Shining has to say; they won't like it. "Mom, dad." "Yes?" Night Light and Twilight Velvet said in unison. They sound calm and comforting. "Mom, you're going to claim my soul after what I have to say..," Shining Armor said in distraught. Twilight Velvet laughs a bit. "Claim your soul? That's a new one." "Well, what is it that's disheartening. What's happening with our daughter, Shining?" Night Light asks. "You remember what I told you about her, right?" Shining asks to hear what they remember. "Our daughter has done atrocious things to Spike and has no value of Spike. Also, her friends are in the heap of trouble as well," Night Light replies. "Twilight has lost herself a bit before going to the School of Friendship to better herself. Also, Spike is a teacher at the school," Twilight Velvet said. "Well, I didn't tell you what transpired when all of Equestria was losing the magic. Something unspeakable happened. I'm here to tell you what happened then and what's happening now." Twilight Velvet takes a deep breath while Night Light is watching his wife's behavior. Knowing her, she may blow a fuse. "Go on, tell your father and me what you have to say." Shining Armor gulps. Sometimes when he sees her mother calm and collective, it can be terrifying for him. "Well, you remember Discord, the Lord of Chaos, right?" "Yes. We've seen Discord and came by to the Crystal Empire to celebrate Spike's birthday, remember?" Night Light answers. "Well, he was impersonating as Spike." "...what..?" Twilight Velvet replies. She still sounds calm, but it scares Shining Armor a bit. "Care to explain, Shining?" Night Light is confused. "The truth is.., Spike wasn't with us, to begin with, you see," Shining Armor explains to his parents about the night Spike wanted to be in a world where friendships are like family. To go on adventures, party, create new memories, laugh, and have fun. Spike vented with Discord, and Discord granted Spike the wish. Shining Armor went into full detail on what Discord has done as disguised as Spike. "I was kissing the head of a Draqonecuus on his birthday?" Twilight Velvet asks. She wants to be sure that this isn't some elaborate prank Shining Armor is devising. "Yes," Shining sadly nods. "For months, Cadance and I were taking care of Discord disguised as Spike." "So, what happened with Twilight? How did she take the news about Discord impersonating as Spike?" "Not kindly, dad. Twilight was going through a good recovery sequence when her mind snapped the moment Discord got exposed." "What is Twilight doing now?" Twilight Velvet calmly asks, which causes Shining Armor to sweat. "I haven't finished explaining the story, mom. So," Shining Armor explains what happened to Twilight the best he could. Twilight found out about Spike being in a different world, and all she wanted was to have a second chance with him. Shining explains the specific law to enforce Spike to come back home, regardless of his happiness. Shining Armor also explains the extreme lengths Twilight was willing to push. Then he mentions going to Earth Land to retrieve Spike. How amazing the world is, how the people are, and Spike's friends. Shining goes into full detail of how Spike earned his right to stay in Earth Land. "So, my boy is a Fairy Tale Wizard?" Twilight Velvet asks with tears in her eyes. "Yes," Shining Armor nods. "Spike is a Fairy Tail Wizard. He's known as Fairy Dragon. Twilight tried doing the unthinkable for her selfish desires." "What did our daughter do, Shining?" Night Light asks. So far, he's invested with the story about Spike the Fairy. "Twilight tried to erase his mind and everything he remembered before the night Spike left her during the two-on-two battle. However, Spike has a second soul within him. Protecting him from mind trickery, manipulations, and memory erase magic. Spike annihilated Twilight and spared her life." "Wait.., what?!" Night Light and Twilight Velvet said in shock. "I'll have to ask Discord to send you a movie project of Spike's memories in Earth Land. It's awesome, and his friends do treat him like family. He has a girlfriend now." "My boy has a girlfriend? What is she like?" Twilight Velvet asks in happiness. "Young, around his age, with blue hair. She cares so much about Spike." "That's wonderful, Shining. So, where's Twilight now?" Night Light asks. "Unfortunately, she's still in Earth Land. Twilight is still trying her hardest to bring Spike back to Equestria, no matter the cost now." "Noooo.., nooooooo...," Twilight Velvet shakes her head. "She's not losing her sanity like this. Can't she see that Spike's happy and the best thing to do is be happy for Spike?" "Sorry, mom. Twilight has lost all her sanity for the sake of her selfishness. I hate to say this but, our Twilight isn't coming back home. We have no idea how she'll come back. Discord erased his memory and blocked himself from ever going back." "That sucks," Night Light said. "I'll never see my baby girl again..," Twilight Velvet sheds a tear. "Now, I have other news to inform you." "You're having a second child?" Night Light asks. "No, heavens no. One Alicorn baby is enough. I'm not looking forward to a second Alicorn baby." "So, if not a baby, what is it?" Twilight Velvet asks. "Last night, the unimaginable happened. You remember the story Twilight told you about visiting the human world?" "Yes, Twilight had Spike write a letter for us to read. I still have it in my file of treasured story letters," Twilight Velvet replies. "Well," Shining Armor takes a deep breath. "Sunset Shimmer went to that world one last time since Twilight guilt-trips her to come back to Equestria. Apparently, something vile happened, and that world escalated within a night. As a result, Sunset Shimmer came back home with two inhabitants of that world." "Who, Shining Armor?" Night Light asks. "The human version of Twilight Sparkle and her pet Spike." Night Light and Twilight Velvet gasps in shock. Shining Armor nods. "Twilight Sparkle is a unicorn wearing glasses while Spike doesn't have his dragon wings." "Where are they?!" Twilight Velvet gets in front of Shining's face. "At the Castle of Friendship. They came last night during the Bar of Alliance Meeting I was attending." "Night Light! We're seeing our baby now!" Twilight Velvet uses her magic to put on her scarf. "On it," Night Light gets ready. "You're going now?" Shining turns to her mother. "Yes! This Twilight Sparkle may not be the one I conceived but, she is still my daughter at heart. She also has Spike, and I miss them both dearly. I don't care that they are not the ones I helped raise, but I need to be there for them. Whatever happened that night, they need familiar faces to cope with the pain. Let's go, Night Light!" "Coming, dear!" Night Light packs up some things and leaves the house with Twilight Velvet. "Shining, you coming or what?" Twilight Velvet asks. "Yea, I'm coming," Shining Armor follows his parents. They call for a taxi to pick them up. "I am so glad my mother didn't blow a fuse on me. I got all worked up for nothing."