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// New Beginnings 
// Story: Spike's Nightmare 
// by BaconBrony 
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"Now that you are mine Spike let me give you a gift. One I’m sure you will appreciate......the gift of shadows. Now let us go take care of that wench...the one who broke your heart into pieces, the one that turned you into the monster you are now."

Spike shouted at Nightmare, " I am not a monster! And most of all I'm not yours!!" The darkness that engulfed him turned from midnight black in to a dark purple hue which seemed to enter Spike's body sliding through his dark colored scales. Spike shouted in pain the magic entering his body was like 1000 needles stabbing his dragon body at once.

"Spike what have you done?! How did you alter my spell? No pony or dragon has ever altered my spell of shadows" Nightmare Moon said as she powered up a spell to examine Spike's body and saw that he changed the spell entirely, he took the gift of shadows, but instead of the shadows controlling him he took control of the shadows instantly and he transformed them in to something different entirely he now had the ability to use magic to cast and control the shadows and the color of his fire was now obsidian and his eyes glowed a ghastly purple.

"This power....it’s like nothing I ever felt before, maybe this is why Twilight loves magic so much? Anyways thank you Nightmare for this power. Of course i will have to thank you properly later...but for now i have some business to take care of, if you want to help me I would greatly appreciate it" Spike said as he flashed Nightmare a dastardly  grin. Nightmare stood there stunned as she nodded yes as her response.

With Spike unfurling his wings he said, " Then Nightmare lets fly through your beautiful night time sky and over to Ponyville."
"Well Spike this seems like it’s going to be an interesting night." Nightmare said as she powered up a teleportation spell for herself and Spike. "Trust me this is much quicker than flying, and if you need my assistance in torturing her feel free to ask I have a few torture spells that I have been meaning to try and perfect" Nightmare said as she flashed Spike a wicked grin, and in return Spike nodded and said," Thank you Nightmare that could be handy and also can you Teleport us just outside of town?"
"Of course Spike, but whatever for?" Nightmare asked tilting her head ever so slightly.
“To make sure that there is no witnesses to see us flying toward Rarity and maybe to warn her or the others." Spike said going over the plan in his head.
"Ah Yes you do have a point, you are such a wise dragon for someone so young as yourself"
“Well when you live in a library you have access to plenty of knowledge." Spike said preparing to teleport, “now if it isn't too much trouble can we go? We don't want to keep her waiting now would we?"

"You're right Spike we must hurry we haven't got all night either” Nightmare said as she powered up her magic and teleported just on the outskirts of Ponyville, just a little a ways from Fluttershy’s cottage. Nightmare seeing this hatched an idea, “Say Spike, Are you ready to prove you have what it takes to control this newfound power of darkness?” The dark mare said as she grinned from ear to ear.

Spike was taken back at this; he had to prove his power? The Question is what did she have in store for him? “Nightmare what did you have in mind?” Spike asked as the dark mare was grinning wickedly.

“My dear Spike I want you to help you in killing this heartbreaker Rarity, but first we must find out the location of where she is at this moment.” Nightmare taking charge of this mission they had to accomplish. 

“Wait she should be at her boutique, right?” Spike was wondering aloud, but Nightmare caught his attention by walking past him and brushing her tail across his face. “But Spiky didn’t she say that she canceled your date for another?” Nightmare said with disgust in her tone and hatred in her eyes.

“She did, but I know her she probably canceled that one to because she felt bad about canceling ours. Well then again she does love Canterlot and The elite; she might have gone to try and get even more famous and to gather more wealth. Knowing her that’s what we did without a second thought of me.” Spike said bowing his head to ground to hide the new forming tears in his eye, “Nightmare im ready to do anything to prove this new power.” 

“Good Spike, now I want you to go and see if can find out anything from your yellow shy friend in there, but first we need a way to wake her up and get her outside. Spike would you be a dear and go get her.” Nightmare said as she commanded him to the cottage. “Spike do anything you need you need to do to get the information out of her. Anything”

As Spike neared the house he started charging his fire breath, but as he did this Nightmare also wondered what she could do to join in in this fun. “Spike, how would you feel if I showed you a spell that only the two of us can do?” Nightmare spoke as she slowly walked over to where Spike was standing readying his assault, as Spike was just about to release the flames he canceled them eager to hear about this new powerful spell.   

Now that she has peaked his interest and has his attention she started putting on her best bedroom eyes and said to him, “But only to obtain this power spell you must become my partner for life and my lover.” Spike’s jaw dropped, his mind couldn’t even comprehend what she just said; did she just ask him to marry her? Well at least she had a sexy slim figure, which started to make his eyes wonder elsewhere. “A-hem, Spike my eyes are up here, but it is nice to see that you have in interest in me,” Nightmare said with a wink in Spike direction. “Well why not of course I will be your partner for life and your lover of trust me I will be the greatest lover ever” Spike said with a lustful look in his eyes and smoke flaring from his nostrils.  
“Calm down there Big Boy, we can save the fun for after we kill that Bitch Rarity and at least part of the Elements of Harmony, for now just give me a kiss, but not a little peck a lover’s kiss.” As she spoke these words Spike tackled her and pinned her down, and for a moment they stared into each other’s eyes, then they started to lock lips heat rose to their cheeks intensifying the kiss and started to heat up other parts of their bodies, but before they could go any further Nightmare broke the kiss. “As much as I would like to continue but we have a mission to accomplish remember?” She said her cheeks a very deep shade of crimson, as well as Spike’s, “Yes Nightmare you are right, let’s get this over with so the real fun can begin, so how do we do this powerful spell?” Spike asked confused as to what to do about this newfound magic, Nightmare got up off the ground and stood and waited for him to stand up as well. 

“Okay Spike I will start charging up my fireball spell and you charge up your fire as well and channel it into the ball I am forming. Got it? Let’s try it out on the yellow one’s cottage. Now start charging up your fire, and give me a moment to form the fireball.” As Spike stood there charging his flames, Nightmare Moon was forming a small swirling ball atop her horn. At first it started out a light blue color but as spike started to apply his now black flames it seemed to turn a demonic dark purple and kept growing lager as the flame grew more and more from Spike. “Now watch my beloved Spike,” Nightmare said as she shot the giant ball of flame which was about five times the cottage itself. The Flames started to consume everything in its path, the grass, dirt, and the various animals in the way, not it was on the tiny little house burning uncontrollably, and now the audible screams and cries of tiny little woodland creatures can be heard. This was a sweet symphony to Spike and Nightmare, except some of the creatures started to escape, this was not what they wanted so Spike decided to put up a wall of flames around the tiny cottage, “Now that’s better don’t you think Nightmare?” Spike spoke as a wicked smile came across his face and was approved in Nightmare’s nod as she spotted a certain yellow pegesus as she tried to fly with a bunch of tiny woodland creatures. “No No No Flutters you can’t get away that easily” Spike shouted at the yellow figure in the sky with was now being pulled down by Night mare’s magic, Spike flew up to “greet” her by slicing one of her wing with his extremely sharp claws, which now were stained with Fluttershy’s blood and it felt good to Spike which his eyes started to glow a ghastly emerald. Fluttershy started a sharp decent muzzle first in the dirt. 
As Fluttershy was starting to recover from the fall as well as the initial shock that she and her little friends were bring attacked, as well as her house was up in a blaze of black flames. With tears in her eye she managed to squeak out,”Why are you doing this to me I have never done anything to you. Wait I don’t even know who you are, but why are you working with Nightmare Moon?  

“Well I can’t believe you don’t recognize me Flutters, it’s me Spike, and as for Nightmare she is my bride to be and she is helping me get revenge on Rarity for breaking my heart.” Spike now enraged his green flames around him started to turn the same demonic purple as the flames from the house. 

With even more tears in her eyes and now fear in her heart Fluttershy wailed at Spike, “Im so sorry Spike I had no idea that she did that to you, al she has been talking about was her date she is going on in Canterlot.” With this new information Spike grew from enraged tom blood thirsty in a matter of seconds, Spike grew quiet and started to grab the yellow mare by her throat, “What was the Fluttershy? She still went on that date still? I will rip her limb from limb then im going to crush her heart like she crushed mine. Nightmare just stood there motionless and speechless at this new information she started thing of a place to hide if this got out of hand. 

Spike was lifting the mare into the air furiously asking where Rarity was and all the mare could say is she wouldn’t tell him, “Well Flutters big fucking mistake! I know you and Rarity are very close, I also know they are in Canterlot. Tell Me!” Spike shouted as he started to slowly close around her throat watching the life fade from her body. "No Spike I can’t tell you! I am not going to let you hurt any more of my friends!"  Fluttershy tried to fight against Spike as his grip grew tighter and tighter around her throat, but she refused to tell him where she was, but couldn’t fight it anymore all she did was whisper some final words.

“Im sorry Spike, I hope you’re happy going down this path just know I love you and all my friends,” And with a smile on her face she looked up to the sky and closed her eyes. 

“Goodbye Spike, I’m glad you and all my other friends came into my life.” Fluttershy spoke with her dying breath.

Now with a limp body in his grasp Spike started to notice his own tears flowing down his face as he realization of what he had just done, “No Fluttershy wait! No Please don’t go! I’m Sorry Fluttershy! Please Come Back to Me! Please!” Spike was shouting at the lifeless body with freely flowing tears and deep regret.This was the Fluttershy that helped out when he was sick or comforted him when he was down. One of the closest friends he had in all of Equestria. And he killed her with his bare hands.  Now he questioned why he wanted revenge in the first place, But as he started to question himself Nightmare trotted up next to him and begin to nuzzle him and kiss him. Nightmare spoke gentle words to him, “I’m sorry my dearest Spike I know how important she was to you, but her death will not be in vain, now we know where we can find that bitch named Rarity. Now dry up those tears and let go her some revenge. Because in the end the only one you are going to need is me.” 

“You know what you are right Nightmare, no need for crying right now not ever I will get rid of Rarity, and I shall be hurt no more, I will feel no more pain. I can spend the rest of my life taking over Equestria with you my love.” Spike said as he wiped his face of past self and he started take steps into his new life.

“Now let’s go pay Rarity a visit shall we?”