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Curtain Rise!
Act XIII: The Game
After the curtains closed, Sweetie Belle nuzzled Spike lovingly, feeling his warm, strong muscles beneath those gorgeous purple scales. She looked so happy with that adorable smile on her face. She put her hooves on his cheeks and looked into his eyes.
"We were meant to be together, Spike. Don't you see?" Sweetie Belle said. She then pulled Spike in close until their noses were touching.
"NO!" Spike shouted as he suddenly jerked away and scrubbed his snout with his claws.
Sweetie Belle looked surprised at first., but then she smiled, "Aw, come on Spike! Don't fight it! After all, Rarity isn't interested-."
"Don't give me that!" Spike shouted suddenly, causing Sweetie Belle to frown. "You can't fool me. You pretty much gave me your answer during that sleepover. Dumb move Sweetie Belle! You made Rarity stop loving me with your magic singing!" Spike said accusingly.
Sweetie Belle shook her head, "No! It wasn't my singing! I gave her a potion-." The filly quickly shoved a hoof in her mouth, but it was too late.
"YOU WHAT?!" Spike exclaimed.
Fear entered into Sweetie's eyes, "No! Well, yeah, but. ..Look Spike, it was for your own good! Rarity was too old for you! She abused you! It would never last! You have to believe me!"
"Why should I?" Spike said bitterly, green sparks flying out of his mouth as he spoke, "You drugged your own sister so you could steal his boyfriend-,"
"It was just a harmless anti-potion! And you two weren't compatible!"
"-And then you tried to bewitch me with your singing!" Spike said angrily as stomped his feet in anger.
"I was NOT trying to bewitch you!" Sweetie Belle squeaked with rage, pink sparks flying from her horn. Sweetie Belle suddenly leapt forward and tackled Spike in a hug, showering him with pink sparks. "Please, Spike! You have to understand! Rarity's too uptight and she works too much! She's too old and no fun! We can have tons more fun together! And I'd never use you like her! You're my hero, and I love you more than-."
"That's not gonna work," Spike growled as he reached out and gripped Sweetie Belle's horn tightly. Sweetie Belle squeaked with surprise at the touch pulled off of Spike, but the dragon didn't let go just let. As the filly squirmed, Spike glared angrily at her. "How would you like a taste of your own medicine?!" Spike said angrily. He lifted Sweetie's head up slightly by her horn and held her at arms length as he addressed her.
Tell me exactly what am I supposed to do?
Now that I have allowed you to BEAT ME?!
Do you think that we could play another game?
Maybe I can win this time?
I kind of like the misery you put me through.
Darling, you can trust me COMPLETELY!
If you even try to look the other way,
I think that I could kill this time.
"Rah! Rah!" Spike threw Sweetie Belle back with a heave. "Rah! Rah!" he shouted as he tossed the filly to the ground, empowered by the Draconian swear that was being pulled out of his subconscious by his anger. Her eyes filling with tears, Sweetie Belle whimpered and tried to get up, but then Spike pinned her to the ground and got in her face.
It doesn't really seem I'm getting through to you.
Though I see you weeping SO SWEETLY!
I think that you might have to take another taste,
A little bit of Hell this time.
Spike got off the filly and backed away from her. He closed his eyes as he began to shake from all the negative emotions inside him. Rage, anger, heartbreak, regret.
Rah! Rah!
Lie to me!
Rah! Rah!
Lie to me!
Spike turned away and buried his face into the curtain. Wiping the hot tears from his face, Spike breathed heavily and quickly.
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now,
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?!
Is she insane?!
Will she now,
Run for her life now that she LIED TO ME!
Sweetie Belle turned away in sadness, her heart breaking at the nightmare taking place right before her eyes. She was suddenly alerted by the loud smash. She turned fast to see that Spike had punched the sound system, denting it in his anger. Spike gave her and cold stare, flames coming out of his mouth with every breath he took.
You always wanted people to remember you.
To leave your little mark on SOCIETY!
Don't you know your wish is coming true today?
Another victim falls tonight.
Spike paced around in frustration, looking angry to point that he could barely talk.
Rah! Rah!
Lie to me!
Rah! Rah!
Lie to me!
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now,
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?!
Is she insane?!
Will she now,
Run for her life now that she LIED TO ME!
Spike fell down to his knees and starting crying, overcome by everything that was happening.
"Spike. . ." Sweetie Belle whispered.
"Keep away!" Spike growled out through his furious sobs.
Sweetie Belle flinched and stepped back a bit, but then she frowned and felt anger well up inside her. "NO! You don't get it, do you?! You're supposed to be in love with me! Not Rarity! I'm your perfect special somepony! NOT RARITY! And you weren't Rarity's perfect special somepony either! This was for your own good! When I'm happy, everyone else is happy! When I sing, everything is perfect, because I control ponies' Fates! All of them! Don't you get it? I was given this power, so that means I am always making the right choices when I change them! That's just part of the gift!"
Spike suddenly stopped crying. He then slowly looked up at Sweetie Belle, his eyes completely dry. His inner eyelids blinked, scaring Sweetie Belle back a few steps. He looked at her in an almost surprised, disbelieving expression. He asked aloud no one in particular as he stared.
"Is she really. . .
telling lies again?
Doesn't she realize. . .
she's in danger?"
. . . .
"Eeeeeeeyow!" Sweetie Belle screamed as a green fire ball the size of a baseball whizzed right by her and struck the curtains. They instantly caught fire and fell down, setting fire to the stage as well. Sweetie Belle jumped off the stage and into the safety of the now panicking crowd as Spike shouted after her.
"That was for me and Rarity!" Spike shouted in anger as he jumped off the stage. He then turned and watched it burn and collapse.
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now,
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?!
Is she insane?!
Will she now,
Run for her life now that she LIED TO ME!
Spike struggled with all his might as he was taken away. He desperately tried to escape the strong hold of Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Big Mac, Rarity, Sweetie Belle's parents, and perhaps a few other ponies he didn't know. All the while he shouted at the top of his lungs as his heart was filled with regret and betrayal.
The little witch, she went and she told
A LIE!
Now she will never tell another.
A LIE!
The little witch, she went and she told
A LIE!
Never ever,
LIE TO ME!
Spike sat locked in the basement of the Library, waiting for the next morning.
"Rarity. . ."
Curtain!