//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Vilify // Story: Life of a Dragon: Die for Metal // by MoshKing //------------------------------// The Mane Six stood in the throne room, not saying a word as Spike's rant continued to run through their minds. He said that they never cared about how what they did affected him, and they truly believed that he was wrong, but they knew that he had every right to be mad. They had never felt more horrible or more worthless in their entire lives. Suddenly, Celestia burst through the door, dressed in a long, white nightgown. "What's going on?" she asked Luna, "I heard yelling and someone destroyed a number of suits of armor throughout the hallways." Luna looked at her sister, and then back at the Elements of Harmony. "Guards... " she motioned towards her Lunar Guards,"Leave us." they bowed respectfully to the princess of the night and then left to continue their patrol elsewhere. Luna turned back towards her sister. "It was Spike, Tia. He destroyed the suits of armor and then he flew away from the castle." she said. Celestia looked confused as to why her son would do such a thing. "What?" Celestia asked, "I don't understand. Why did he leave? Luna sighed. "He ran away-- "--He ran away because of those six right over there." another voice spoke from behind them. The eight mares turned around too see Blueblood standing in the doorway that Spike had flown through only minutes ago. He was still dressed as he had been during his outburst at dinner, but the accent that he and so many of Canterlot's residents usually spoke with was gone. (A/N: I don't know how to describe his voice, so I'm just going to say that he sounds like Edward Kenway from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag) "I went outside to grab a smoke, and I heard everything." he continued, "You want to know why he ran off, Aunt Celestia? Your prized student and her friends finally pushed him over the edge. He was screaming about how he's always getting screwed over by them, and how they always leave him behind whenever they go off and do something together." Celestia turned towards Twilight. "Is this true?" she asked. Twilight didn't answer, and continued to stare down at the floor. "He even went on to list everything they had done to him since he and the slave driver over there first got to Ponyville." A list appeared in front of Blueblood and floated in front of him for a second before he grabbed it out of the air. "I added a few other transgressions that he told me about but left out himself when he was having a meltdown". Blueblood looked closely at the list before reading. "Okay, let's see... 1. They left him sleeping on a piece of ice in the middle of a freezing cold lake during Winter Wrap-Up. And when he woke up, he fell into the water and nearly froze to death while they stood back and laughed. 2. They abandoned him at the Grand Galloping Gala when all he wanted to do was spend time with his so-called friends. 3. They left him alone on his birthday to go see a Wonderbolts show in Canterlot. 4. They held Twilight's birthday in Canterlot and didn't invite him. 5. When Twilight was first learning to fly, she had been heading straight for the library with Spike on her back. And before she crashed, she teleported herself into the library, but she left Spike to crash headfirst into the side of the building. 6. The Mane Six rarely let him come with them when they are either going out to hang out or when they're completing a task given to them by Celestia. And when they do let him come, they have him cart around all their stuff(This is mainly true of Rarity). 7. Twilight forces him to complete an absurd number of chores while she sits on her ass and reads all day. She has also neglected to check to see if he needs medical attention a number of times when he has fallen off a ladder trying to get her a book. Even though she is fully capable of using her magic to get it herself. 8. Whenever Twilight leaves the library for an extended period of time, she usually leaves a huge mess for Spike to clean up. 9.Rarity has repeatedly used Spike's feelings towards her to get free labor out of him instead of telling him that she does not share the same feelings for him. 10. The Mane Six completely neglected the fact that Spike saved the Crystal Empire from the wrath of King Sombra, and instead broke out into a song about Twilight passing her test. 11. --And I want to add that this was the straw that broke the camel's back-- Twilight and Rarity have been engaging in a sexual relationship behind Spike's back for the last three months. And the only reason he found out was because he walked in on them when they were in the middle of doing it earlier tonight." The list disappeared with a pop as Blueblood looked at the Mane Six and his two aunts. Princess Luna was looking at the Elements of Harmony with utter contempt, while Princess Celestia stared off into space, her eyes unfocused and her face unreadable. The Mane Six had been left speechless. Did they really treat Spike that horribly? Blueblood looked at them with a mix of disgust and anger. "You six have fucked with my family for the last time. I'm going to look for Spike. And if I come back tomorrow and you're still here, I will throw all of you into the dungeon to rot for the rest of your natural lives." And with that, Blueblood's horn glowed, and his shirt that went with his tuxedo was replaced with a leather jacket over a black muscle shirt. And his dress pants and loafers were replaced with a pair of black jeans and black motorcycle boots. He walked out to the front yard of the castle. His horn glowed once more, and a motorcycle appeared in front of him. He climbed onto the bike and started it up. He looked back at the Elements of Harmony and the Princesses one last time before driving off, giving them the finger as he drove out of sight. As the Mane Six watched Blueblood disappear, they were all surrounded by a golden aura. They were suddenly pulled up into the air and were turned around to see an extremely angry Celestia. Her eyes were glowing, and her pupils had turned into slits. Her white nightgown was replaced with a set of golden armor, and she almost looked like she was surrounded by fire. "BECAUSE OF YOU SIX, MY SON IS OUT THERE. ALL BECAUSE NONE OF YOU GAVE EVEN A SHRED OF A SHIT ABOUT HIM. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HIM, I WILL ROAST EACH OF YOU AND FEED YOUR CORPSES TO THE DIAMOND DOGS." Celestia dropped the Mane Six roughly on the ground. The six mares looked back at Celestia to see that her appearance had returned to normal. But the anger was still in her eyes. She turned back around and walked back to her chambers. The Elements of Harmony felt crushed. Half of the wanted to go help look for Spike, but the other half was morbidly afraid of making the situation worse. They made their way back to their respective bedrooms. Rarity, instead of accompanying Twilight back to her room, made her way to her own room instead. When she made it to her own bedchambers, she closed the door behind her, and made her way over to one of the over-sized trunks that she had taken with her. she opened it up and grabbed the necklace sitting on top of the many clothes packed inside the trunk. It was the Fire Ruby that Spike had given to her nearly five years ago. She looked at the gem to see that the stone had turned almost completely black. A giant crack ran diagonally across the ruby. She sat on her bed and held the necklace close to her chest, as tears began to fall from her face.