Awakened
After calming down from his nightmare he sat shaking until the door to spike's bedroom was swung open by a purple glow and twilight came running into his room and rushed towards spike "spike are you ok!??" She asked with a worry laced voice,
"I'm ok twilight it was just a bad dream" the dragon replied but as he said this he had one sorrowful thought go around in his head. "I can't tell her if I tell her about my dream she will just keep asking until I’m forced to tell her about the whispers and she'll just think I’m losing my mind."
"Sure that's the reason" said the voice of that beast from his dream spike jumped at this looking around the room any sign of it twilight noticed him looking around the room with a look of fear "Spike what are doing?."
"I...........uh.......uh."
"I had a nightmare about Tirek."
"I had a nightmare about Tirek."
"Wait why did I just did that?" spike thought as he absentmindedly repeated what the voice said.
"Oh spike" said twilight as she pulled spike into a gentle hug "is this the first nightmare or have then been more."
"No this is the first one but really twilight I'm fine it just spooked me is all" he replied as he pushed himself free of the hug twilight would have accepted that response if it wasn't for the for the black scorch mark on the ceiling "that dream scared him so much it caused him to breathe fire out of defense"
She thought as her gaze went from the scorched ceiling to the dragon sitting in front of her. "Spike it's obvious that you are little more than spooked I think it be best if you took tomorrow off."
"Twilight I’m te-" the dragon was quickly interrupted by the purple mare putting a hoof to his mouth silencing him.
"Please spike I think this nightmare may have been caused by the stress from Tirek’s attack and getting this place in working order."
After hearing this spike gave up on trying to convince her, "Ok Twilight, I'll take tomorrow off from assisting you."
"Thank you spike, now then it's late you should get back to sleep." Twilight then left spike's room leaving him alone or so she thought.
"What are you?" Spike asked not really expecting an answer.
"I already told you, I am you and you are me!" The voice replied back.
"What do you mean by that?" Spike then looked down to the crystal floor and was shocked by what he saw in his reflection it was another dragon it had the same built and height as him but it's scales were a deep black with pure white ear fins and underbelly, it's eyes and spines were a deep dark purple "fine then let me explain"
His dark reflection said with that haunting voice. "I am your basic true self I am in a way your instincts."
"So that’s why you helped me with Twilight, but how come I haven't heard you before and why now of all times?."
"I don't know why I have finally emerged from your subconscious, it took me several days to emerge fully to be able to talk to you right now."
"So all those whispers."
"Was me trying to get your attention so I could emerge, and all it took was for me to cause that nightmare of yours."
The dark dragons distorted voice took a joking tone.
"But...but what was with that form you took you looking completely different now." Spike asked and stuttered while trying to come to terms with this knowledge his dark self smirked and gave an amused look "questions like that will be answered soon enough, all you need to know now is that you don't need to be afraid of me I'm here to help you."
"How can you help me?."
"What part of I am your instincts don't you understand I know things about you even you don't know about yourself, like for instance what kind of dragon you are."
"What? If you know tell me!." Spike nearly shouted.
"I could but as I said in due time I shall explain, you should get some sleep I promise I shall leave your dreams alone" the dark reflection started to fade away
"Wait when will I see or hear you again." Spike asked as the reflection continued to fade to his own with.
Only the voices head still showing.
"Don’t worry"
as it spoke it's distorted voice became a whisper "I'll come when you need me."
With those final words it disappeared leaving spike staring at his own reflection with nothing but unanswered questions in his thoughts he soon drifted into a dreamless sleep.
(The next morning)
Spike was walking through the fields of sweet apple acres he had woken up early out of habit he had recorded the conversation between him and the thing that was calling itself his instinct in his journal. After that he found he had nothing else do to so he decided to take a walk through Ponyville, but he decided to walk to Sweet Apple Acres instead with all of the tourists looking at the castle praising it and twilight and how she got it integrated into Ponyville that just got him angry he wanted to rip that ponies throat right then and there. That was his work, he worked his tail off organizing everything helping twilight choosing the guard's for the castle he had filed through the applicants for the staff and had chosen the best of them he had filled all the paperwork for the castle's insurance and the medical for the staff all his work yet she had always got praised for it.
Angry at the dumb pony he decided to walk around sweet apple acres where he could be alone with his thoughts about his encounter last night with that thing, "I need to think of name for him? I guess."
Spike continued his walk alone with his thoughts, that is until he heard the yelling of a familiar voice "I already told you rumble I’m not interested in you!!!!."
"I don’t care you orange penguin I want you so you are going to be mine."
Hearing this spike ran to see what was going on "I hope Scootaloo is okay."
He thought as he sped towards were he heard the voices.