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// Spike's Story (Part 1) 
// Story: Library of Scary Stories 
// by XtraL1fe 
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Fright Twilight

KABOOM!
The storm roared outside the castle like lion that just woke up. Lightning was cracking hard like priceless China plates being dropped. The crisp wind was blowing like a young foal blowing out birthday candles (it was long, cold, and really wet). In layman terms, there was a thunderstorm outside, and the only thing that could protect Miss Rich Flower was the castle where she was spending the night.
Miss Rich Flower was a young fandango mare who was on her to her mother’s house with her fiancé when all of a sudden their carriage wheel broke off. Unable to find the wheel Miss Rich Flower, her fiancé Dr. Doctor, and their carriage driver had no other choice but to seek help in the nearby castle that was conveniently placed a mile away and also right next to an iHop. As they got closer to the castle, rain started to drizzle down and by the time they got to the front door, it was practically pouring. The owner of the castle was a stallion whose name was Count Dracula. The stallion’s skin was as white as snow, hair was as black as ebony, and his height towered over the three lost earth ponies. Dracula wore a white shirt, with black pants, a black jacket, and a long matching black cape to go with his attire. After introducing themselves and telling him their story, Count Dracula was more than happy to let them stay for the evening. After showing the three ponies to their rooms, Dracula invited them to have dinner with him which they happily agreed to attend.
Anyway, the three earth ponies were seated around a long table that was the length of eight Ping-Pong tables. Even though they were protected from the storm, the ponies could still hear the rain drops hitting the windows hard like skydivers who forgot their parachutes. The young mare shivered when she heard the crack of yet of thunder bolt.
“Is there something wrong, Miss Rich Flower?” the Old Count asked with a smile that could cut open those plastic cases that cover an action figure and are really hard to open.
“Oh nothing is wrong my dear Count,” the young mare replied, “it’s just that…this storm…it frightens me.”
“There’s nothing to worry about darling,” her fiancé smiled, “where are all safe in here. There is nothing to worry about, right Dracula?”
“Right…” the tall pale host smirked. The soon to be wed couple couldn’t help but look at each other and shrug after seeing the Count’s odd behavior. All throughout dinner the Count never even touched his food, instead he would just look at Rich Flower’s neck and lick his lips while mumbling stuff like, “I’m going to bite that neck and suck all the blood…I hope they can’t hear me whisper.” The two weren’t the only ones who noticed it, throughout the whole dinner; their cab driver had a suspicious eye on Dracula, watching him like a hawk.
After finishing her dinner, Rich Flower wiped mouth with a handkerchief and smile, “Thank you again, Count Dracula, for the lovely meal.”
“It was my pleasure, Miss Rich Flower.”
“Count Dracula, you have given us so much that I feel the need to repay you.”
“Oh there’s no need to repay me, my dear.”
“Oh insist! You’ve given us a place to stay and a wonderful meal! I’ll give you anything!
“Well if you put it that way, then I vould like YOUR NECK!”
“My what?”
“I vant…YOUR NECK!”
“Well if that’s all you want, then I’m more than happy to…WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!!??”
Count Dracula glided towards Rich Flower when all of sudden their cab driver tosses some sort of liquid at the Count which caused him to drop onto the dinner table.
“BACK!!! STAY BACK, YOU DEMON!!”the cab driver yelled while holding a small case that was marked ‘Celestial Water’.
“Vampire Slayer, what is he?” the doctor asked their cab driver.
“He’s a vampire!”
Count Dracula got up from the table and started walking towards the cab driver, “I should have known that you were a vampire slayer, Vampire Slayer!!!”
“Well you’re too late!”
“Am I?” the Count smirked as a bat came out of nowhere and knocked the Celestial water out of Vampire Slayer’s hoof. Vampire Slayer looked down at the broken glass in fear when all of a sudden something else caught his eye.
“STAY BACK, FOUL BEAST!!” Vampire Slayer screamed as he held up a slice of garlic bread.
“Ahhh!!!” screamed Count Dracula, “I knew it was a bad idea to serve spaghetti for dinner!!”
Vampire Slayer turned to his two companions, “Run!” And just like that, the three ponies ran out, but then Dr. Doctor immediately ran back in, “Dinner was delicious! Your servant is a talented chef.” After stated that compliment Dr. Doctor then ran to join the other two in escaping.
Faster and faster the three ran, when all of a sudden the front door was seen! Closer and closer they got when all of a sudden they heard a high pitch shriek coming from a bat that was following them! They ran and ran when all of a sudden the bat reached his claws out and then-
“Boring!!”
“Quiet Dash!! You’re ruining the movie!”

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It was movie night at Ponyville’s library and Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike were gathered around the TV with all eyes on the screen.
“Oh come on Spike, you gotta admit that this is boring stuff.”
“Rainbow!” Twilight Sparkle stated, “Tonight is Spike’s turn to pick out the movie. You wouldn’t like it if he kept talking during your movies, right?”
“…I guess so.” Rainbow sighed as she continued to watch the screen. 
“Ahhh!! He’s got me!! Run Flower, run!!” Dr. Doctor screamed as Count Dracula bit the doctor’s neck. After the Count sucked the last drop of the poor doctor’s blood, he got up and looked right into Rich Flower’s eyes.
“It’s your turn, Flower…”
“Speaking of turns,” Pinkie interrupted, “whose turn is it for next week’s movie night?”
Spike let out a large obnoxious groan at Pinkie’s interruption as Twilight levitated a list to her, “Let’s see…a few weeks ago Rarity chose ‘The Notebook’.”
“That was boring…” the cyan Pegasus commented.
“Only to those who do not understand true cinema, darling.” Rarity added.
Twilight rolled her eyes as she continued reading, “Anyway, two weeks ago Pinkie Pie chose ‘The Kentucky Fried Movie’.”
“Ah didn’t really get that movie. What was the plot of it again?” Applejack asked.
“There was no plot silly!” Pinkie answered, “It was just a bunch of silly sketches.”
“Oh that’s what Ah thought,” the farmer replied, “but I’m the kind that prefers to watch movie with a plot in it.”
Twilight cleared her throat getting everypony’s attention, “And a week ago I chose that interesting documentary on magical spells performed during the middle ages.”
“Now THAT was boring!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
“OKAY! Is there anypony else that wants to make a comment?!” Twilight sarcastically asked, “Anypony!? Really? Nopony? Because every time I state something from this list somepony seems to have something to say…Okay anyway, this week Spike chose ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Steven Spielberg Production: Bram Stocker’s Dracula by Tim Burton, Presented By Lauren Faust, by M. Night Shyamalan’. Fluttershy’s turn is next week, then it is Rainbow’s, and then it’s Applejack’s.”
“Oh come on!” Rainbow Dash groaned, “I have to week TWO WHOLE WEEKS for it to be my turn!? Oh well, I guess I can wait…So what are you going to pick out next week Fluttershy?...Fluttershy? You there?”
The others looked around the room, but the timid yellow Pegasus was nowhere in sight. For a moment there, the group thought that Fluttershy had gone home until they heard a certain pink pony chant, “I found her! I found her! I found her!”
Poor Fluttershy was hiding under a small rug in fear. Rarity was the first to break the silence and to comfort their friend, “Fluttershy, darling, it’s only movie. It isn’t real.”
“Yeah Fluttershy!” Pinkie chimed in bouncing towards the frightened pony, “Vampires aren’t real!”
“But they’re still…sooo…scary…” the yellow Pegasus whimpered.
“It’s alright Fluttershy,” Twilight smiled as she levitated remote towards her, “we don’t have to watch this anymore.” And with her hoof Twilight clicked the pause button on the remote.
“But…but…TWI!” Spike whined, “Tonight was my night! That’s not fair!”
“Oh I’m sorry Spike,” the librarian apologized, “But it is getting pretty late and we don’t want our friends to go home after midnight now, do we?”
“I-I-I guess so…” the purple dragon frowned.
“Tell you what Spike, once our friends leave, we’ll finish the movie together. How does that sound?”
A small smile appeared on Spike’s face “Well…”
“And I’ll pop you more popcorn.”
“DEAL!”
The six ponies and one dragon then proceeded to the front door, each exchanging good byes to one another. When Rainbow then noticed one of her friends was still frightened.
“Hey Shy?” the rainbow mane pony said causing her friend to look at her, “Do you want me to walk you home?”
The shy pony smiled, “I’d love that, well…if it’s not any trouble.”
“It’s no trouble at all, Shy. Let’s go.” The Pegasi started to head outside only to be stopped by their other friends.
“If y’all don’t mind, but would it be alright if I also accompany Fluttershy on her way home? It is nearby the farm.” Applejack offered.
“I would also like to partake.” Rarity said, “That is, if it isn’t any trouble, dears.”
“Yeah, me too!” Pinkie chimed in, “I want to join the fun!”
“Come on Spike,” Twilight chuckled, “we’re going too.”
“Okay!” Spike said while climbing onto Twilight’s back, “We’re still going to finish the movie, right?”
“Yes Spike.” Twilight rolled her eyes as she trotted out the doors with her friends. As soon as everypony was out of the library, the seven friends started to head towards Fluttershy’s house when all of a sudden something caught Pinkie’s eye.
“OHMYGOSHGUYS!! Look!” Pinkie gasped and pointed to the house that was to the right of the library.
“Pinkie, that house has been emptied for years,” Rainbow Dash groaned, “what’s there to look at?”
“Those ponies!” Pinkie said as she pointed at two earth ponies that were bringing luggage and other stuff into the once empty house. One of the ponies was a young pale stallion with a perfect dark black mane, whose cutie mark was blocked by a long black cape. The other pony was a young pale mare whose mane was brown, and her cutie mark was a white chess queen. The group couldn’t help but stare at the unexpected newcomers of Ponyville.
“Well what are we waiting for!? Let’s go meet our new frineds!” Pinkie shouted as she bounced to the strange new ponies.
“Now Pinkie,” Twilight said while running after her cheerful friend, “we don’t want to wake up the whole neighborhood.” The other four ponies followed Pinkie, Twilight, and Spike to the new ponies that just arrived, and of course it was Pinkie who broke the ice.
“Hey!” the pink party pony greeted the two ponies.
“Berry!” shrieked the mare while hugging the stallion tightly.
“It’s okay, spider-monkey. Everything’s alright.”
Twilight and her friends were just in time to witness the strange dialogue that was exchanged between the two new characters. After giving her friends a look that said “Yeah, I just heard him call her ‘spider-monkey’, let’s hope that that’s not her real name’, Twilight decided to say hi to the new neighbors,
“Hi! So my friends noticed you two putting stuff into that old house so we assumed that you two were new to the neighborhood, and we decided to drop by…”
The two ponies gave Twilight a look that looked that they were staring into space. Twilight decide it would be best to introduce herself and her friends, “Oh where are my manners? My name is Twilight Sparkle and on my back is my close friend and personal assistant, Spike.”
“‘Sup?” the dragon greeted.
“Over there is Applejack.”
“Howdy.” Applejack welcomed.
“Right next to me is Fluttershy.”
“Hello…” the shy pony smiled.
“On my left is Rarity.”
“Hello dears, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“And over there is Rainbow Dash and I see you have already met Pinkie Pie.”
“Wait!...” the pale mare paused while biting her lip, “Which one is Pinkie Pie and which one is Rainbow Dash?”
Twilight and Spike looked at one another in disbelief and then turned back towards the two ponies, “The pink pony is Pinkie Pie and the pony with the rainbow mane is Rainbow Dash.”
Oh…I…uh…knew...th-that…” stuttered the mare.
“I see…” the purple unicorn replied, “So anyway, who are you guys and where are you from?”
“Oh right, sorry.” the stallion apologized, “My name is Berry Crunch and this is my newly wedded wife, Tasteless Stutter.”
“Just…Stutter…” Tasteless Stutter responded.
“Right spider-monkey,” Berry smiled, “so anyway we’re both from Apploosa and uh….that’s our whole story.”
“You’re from Apploosa?” Applejack asked, “My cousin lives in Apploosa! Did you happen to know a pony name Braeburn while you were living there? Of course you did, it’s a small town. So how were things before you left?”
“These were okay,” the perfectly shaped pale stallion replied, “but things were getting a little too…crazy for us, so that’s why we left.”
“Well I’m sorry to hear that, dear.” Rarity said, “So you two were recently wed? Well congratulations! How long have you two known each other?”
“Less than a year!” Tasteless Stutter proudly responded.
“Less than a year!?” the group of friends asked in harmony.
Tasteless Stutter simply nodded, but she wasn’t looking directly at them. Rarity continued, “So um…how exactly did you two come acquainted with one another? It must be quite an amazing tale.”
“Well…” Stutter began, “It all happened about a few months ago…I was busy with uh-uh-uh-homework late at…night…when all of a sudden I noticed Berry standing out my window staring at me. I asked him what he was doing there and he simply said that he liked watching me all the time…It was then I noticed how perfect Berry was. He had a perfectly shaped head, with a-uh perfectly shaped body, perfectly shaped legs, a-uh perfect tale, a-uh perfect mane, and a-uh perfect flank. And his perfectly green eyes…”
“My eyes are topaz, dear.” Berry corrected.
“Right, I-uh, am sorry…Berry. And uh…that’s um…it.”
“That’s it?!” Rarity asked with a shock expression. She couldn’t believe the whole story! That can’t be love! There should be more to him than just a perfect body! Surely there must be more, “So, when did you know that he was the one?”
“When he said that he would never kill me.” Stutter replied. Rarity and the others just stood there in disbelief.
“I have a question!” Pinkie said while jumping up into the air, “If you’re from then Apploosa why are you pale?”
“Oh my gosh Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash groaned, “You can’t just ask why some ponies are pale!”
“Well,” Twilight interrupted with a nervous grin on her face, “we don’t want to waste anymore of your time and we really must be on our way.”
“It was very nice meeting you all.” Berry Crunch kindly said.
“Oh! And before I forget,” Twilight pointed right towards the library, “I live in that library over there; you and Stutter are always welcomed to come over if you need anything.”
“And I live over at Sweet Apple Acres,” Applejack announced while pointing towards her farm, “You’re always welcomed to come inside and grab some of the finest treats in Equestria!”
“And speaking of treats, you two are always welcomed at the Sugarcube Corner!” Pinkie pointed grabbed out a map of Ponyville and pointed at the Sugarcube Corner, “It’s located right here! Well…technically it’s not on the map but, it’s actually-“
“I think they get it, dear.” Rarity said while putting a hoof on Pinkie’s back, “You two are also welcomed at my boutique in case you need anything.”
“Well that’s very kind of you all, thanks.” Berry Crunch replied.
“Yeah, yeah, don’t mention it!" Rainbow Dash said impatiently, "Now come on guys, let’s go take Fluttershy home!”

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After dropping Fluttershy off at her house, Twilight and Spike headed home to finish their movie and go to bed, after they finished their movie Twilight was the first one to speak up.
“So what do you think of our new neighbors, Spike?”
“I’m not going to lie to you Twi, they seem pretty weird.”
“Yes, something about them did seem a little odd.”
“If you ask me, I think they both need help and that mare needs speaking lessons.”
Twilight giggled, “Now Spike, I don’t want you talking about them like that. They are our new neighbors.”
Spike sighed, “I guess so…”
“It’s really late Spike, you go ahead upstairs and put your jammies on; I’ll take of our popcorn bowl.”
“Really? Are you sure you don’t need any help, Twi?”
“I’m positive, Spike. Plus my laundry should be done in the drawer, so I’ll be able to change and meet you upstairs.”

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“Okay! Thanks Twi!” Spike happily said as he ran upstairs. Twilight smiled at her companion and then turned to her chores.
“And…done!” Spike exclaimed as he buttoned the top button of his green and blue plaid pajama shirt, which of course went along with matching pants. Spike yawned and stretched, and proceeded to the bed when all of a sudden he heard a tapping on the nearby window. The dragon ran to the window and saw it was Owlowiscious who was tapping on the window. Spike opened the window, welcoming in his owl friend, “Hey Owlowiscious, you’re just in time! Twi and I are just about to go to bed, think you can handle guarding the library?”
“Who.”
“Great! And keep an eye on Pee-Wee every now and then, okay?”
“Who.” Owlowiscious flew downstairs. Spike then turned to the window to close it, but then something caught his eye. A light was coming from a window of Berry and Stutter’s house and in it Spike could see two figures doing something strange. Curious to see what was going on, Spike immediately ran to the top of the library where the telescope was. Once he was at the top, the little dragon looked into it to see what was going on. Once he positioned the telescope correctly, Spike was able to see Berry and Stutter clearly. Spike’s eyes widened as noticed that they were…hugging and kissing each other? It looked like they were, but it also didn’t. The purple dragon tried to get a closer look as he saw Berry and Stutter playing with Stutter’s mane.
It was then Berry Crunch did something really weird. He opened his mouth really wide as if he was about to bite onto a large cake, except he was aiming for Stutter’s neck! Spike was shocked! He didn’t know what to do. Should he tell Twilight? No, there wasn’t enough time. Spike then decided to do the first thing that came to his mind.
“Tasteless Stutter, watch out!!” After shouting that out loud, Spike immediately covered his mouth with both of his hands. ‘Why did I just do that?’ he thought to himself, ‘I could have been heard.’ Although he was afraid to, the dragon thought it would be best if he would like into the telescope and there he saw Berry Crunch staring right at him with his green-, I mean, topaz eyes. And then something strange happened, Berry’s eyes glowed as if he was going to kill Spike.
Spike immediately jumped back in fear, it was then he decided to play it safe and hide in his and Twilight’s room. Spike ran as fast as his small legs could run, after entering their room, Spike immediately hid under Twilight’s bed, shaking in fear.
“Looking for something?” said a voice.
Spike screamed at the top of his lungs as a magical glow pulled him out from under the bed, “Ahhhhhhhh!!! NO!! NO!!! NO!! DON’T KILL ME!!” Spike closed his eyes, too afraid to look at the pony’s face.
“What are you talking about? I’m not going to kill you, Spike.” Twilight Sparkle said in calm confused voice. Spike slowly opened his right eye and then his left, and to his relief he saw Twilight standing there in her geeky star and moon printed pajamas.
Tears of joy popped out of Spike’s eyes as he hugged his friend, “Oh Twilight!! It’s you!!”
“Uh…yeah it is me,” the confused unicorn said as she hugged back, “who else would it be?”
Spike froze for a second, “Uh…nopony.”
“Spike is there something bothering you?”
“Well…” the dragon began to think, should he tell Twilight what he just witnessed? Would she believe him or would she yell at him for spying on their new neighbors? Spike decided play it safe, “No, nothing is bothering me.”
Twilight smiled and put Spike back on his feet, “Well I’m happy to hear that you’re okay; now come on, we have to get plenty of rest for our pet play-date tomorrow.” The unicorn then started to get into her bed leaving her friend standing there all by himself.
‘Rest!? How can I rest after what just happened?’ the dragon asked himself, ‘I’m too scared to sleep in my bed all alone…’
“Hey Twi…” the dragon spoke up.
Twilight turned her head to look at her friend, “Yes Spike?”
“Can I…sleep in your bed?”
“For the last time Spike, we are NEVER going to switch beds for one evening! Your basket is just too small.”
“No, I meant…” Spike’s cheek started to red, “Can I sleep with you?”
Those five words made Twilight sit up immediately, “Sleep with me? Are you being serious?” Too embarrassed to make eye contact, Spike just simply nodded at the question. “The last time you asked me that question was when you were litt-, well when we were much younger…Are you sure nothing is bothering you?”
“I’m positive, it’s just that…”
“Oh I get it.”
“You do!?” Spike asked in total shock and fear.
“Yes, that movie scared you, didn’t it?”
Inside, Spike sighed in relief, ‘Whew, I was worried for a second there.’ The young dragon simply looked at Twilight and nodded, “Yeah…that’s why I’m so scared.”
Twilight moved and patted a spot right next to her, “Come here you scaredy cat.” Twilight teased, “There’s plenty of room.” A smile came across Spike’s face as climbed onto Twilight’s bed and cuddle next to her. As he closed his eyes, he could feel two arms wrapped around him, “Oh Spike you silly dragon, all you had to do was ask. You didn’t need to pretend to act like nothing was bothering you.”
“I know…”
“Now don’t hog the blankets!”
“I won’t Twi.”
“Goodnight Spike.”
“Goodnight Twi.”
Twilight immediately fell asleep, as for Spike it was a different story. Spike lied there for hours thinking about the recent events. It was strange that he and Stutter were moving stuff into their house at night all by themselves. It also was strange how early, Berry seemed so welcoming but when he caught Spike spying on him it looked as if he was going to kill him. He also thought how strange it was that Berry was so pale even though he was from Apploosa, one of the sunniest places in Ponyville. He also thought of how Berry wore a long black cape and how it reminded him of the cape of…Dracula! It was then Spike was positive about three things. First, Twilight looked kind of cute in her pajamas. Second, he had bit of popcorn stuck between two of his teeth and that it will bug him until he gets it out. Spike then used one of his claws to pick at his teeth until he got out…it was out! And it felt good to get that bothersome popcorn piece out of his teeth. And third, Berry Crunch was a vampire!