Twilight moaned as she lifted herself off her bed. The pillows were soaked with salty tears once again. Every night since Spike had left the house in rage, and has yet to appear, Twilight sobbed in her sleep. Sometimes the crying continued as she awoke.
*flashback*
Twilight's nose was runny and her supply of tissues were low. She gazes out the window, Looks like a trip to market in the rain for a good morning's start. she thought. Slowly putting one hoof in front of the other, Twilight awkwardly walked downstairs. Her legs felt weak, her neck was sore. Even her horn seemed to be a bit dimmer when she levitated her rain boots onto each hoof. When she looked to the coat rack to find her coat, a pain shot through her heart. The lower rack, Spikes, was empty. Fearing the worst, Twilight found some inner strength to run upstairs only to find more sorrow.
Spike had taken his blanket along with certain objects. Twilight dug through his drawer and noted what was now missing. The gem Rarity had given him, his suitcase, some parchment, and a few quills. This of course was not what hurt Twilight. It was that Spike had left a old locket that she had given him when they were young. It was gold and the locket itself was a simple oval. Inside was a picture of him as a baby. Another one was added later of him and Twilight together, it was taken quite recently. Twilight was sure that Spike was purposefully trying to hurt her now. He had left a note inside the locket that read:The Twilight I knew. ~Spike The picture had, of course, been taken before, when she was still a unicorn.
The misery from that memory left Twilight in uncontrollable sobs. Lucky for her it was raining so she could better hide her tears. After she made her purchases in the market and dropped them off, she made her usual trip around Ponyville in search for Spike. Every day she would search for him in his favorite hiding spots and friends to see if anyone had seen him. Of course no luck on her past 8 searches so why would today be any different. Twilight has been balancing having hope to giving up so that if she never found him she wouldn't be crushed, but would still have motivation to still try. First the hiding spots, done. Then other friends, Cheerile, Bon Bon, Lyra, Roseluck, More like no luck thought Twilight. Now to her close friends.
Rarity was first, but of course she hadn't seen him. When I was curious to ask Sweetiebelle, Rarity said that she was out with Scootaloo and Applebloom. Next was Fluttershy, then Pinkie, and finally Rainbowdash. Nothing.
Twilight rounded the turn to Sweet Apple Acres. The sky had cleared up by the time Twiight reached the first tree of Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight trotted through the the many apple trees that surrounded the area. Each apple gently reflected the soft, afternoon light. A small breeze drifted through the orchard causing the leaves to flutter. Pulling herself away from the calming scene. She focused on holding in her tears, as the rain was no longer there to help.
She reached the barn and knocked twice, soft and slow. I few seconds passed before a tall stallion opened the door.
" Howdy Twilight."
" Hello Big Macintosh, is AppleJack home?"
" 'Fraid not. Is there somethin' ah can help ya with?"
" Not really, but if you see Spike anywhere do you think you could tell me?"
" Eyup,"
" Thanks, tell Aj I said hi." Said Twilight as she turned and started to walk home.
Twilight was just able to reach her pillow before she started to cry.
" Oh Spike, where are you?!" Cried Twilight as she sobbed in to her pillow.