//------------------------------// // Secret of My Excess // Story: How He Truly Feels // by N7_Spartan117 //------------------------------// “Oh can I guess who she is before we get there? Please, please, please, please,” begged Rarity as they traveled through time, passing a strange carriage with a young stallion driving and an older stallion beside him yelling something about eighty-eight miles per hour. Rarity was starting to get more and more excited to see the mare who won her little Spikey-wikey's heart. “Sure, knock yourself out,” said Discord as he rolled his eyes. He was starting to really rethink the idea of helping her. “Ok is it…..Applejack?” asked Rarity with the image of Spike trying to kiss her still in her head. The image strangely caused Rarity to feel a small pain in her heart that she could not identify. “No,” answered Discord blatantly, causing the pain in Rarity’s heart to go away for a bit. “Fluttershy?” asked Rarity, as the pain returned stronger. “No.” “Pinkie Pie?” the pain returned once more. "No." "Uh, Twilight?" Discord quickly put a paw to his mouth to keep himself from puking at the thought of Spike dating his sister. "NO!" "Rainbow Dash?" The pain returned yet again. “No,” said Discord in an irritated tone. “How blind is she? She will probably go through every mare in Equestria until she finds out it's her,” thought Discord, but sadly he was right; Rarity had gone through every mare she could think of by the time they reached their destination, Golden Oaks Library. “Discord why are we here again?” asked Rarity as she looked around the library. The only ones there were Twilight, who was re-shelving the library again, and Spike, who was polishing his Fire Ruby. Discord face palmed and shook his head in despair. “Just watch the door,” said Discord as he pointed to the door, and just as she turned her head; Rarity saw the pony in question and was shocked to see who it was. “ME!?” yelled Rarity seeing her past self. “I… Uh… Bwuah?” She started to faint due to shock, but Discord quickly grabbed her. “Oh no you don’t, you are not fainting on me,” said Discord as he stood her back up. “But it’s me! I would have never guessed it,” said Rarity, causing Discord to face palm once more, but this one was so hard that somewhere a star went supernova. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU NEVER GUESSED IT WAS YOU!?” screeched Discord at the utter stupidity he was hearing. He started to turn red from his tail to the tips of his horns and he had to resist the urge to rip his goatee off and burn it, “Who have I been wasting my time with showing these things to?” “I thought you were…” said Rarity before Discord interrupted her. “No! Do not speak! You will probably say something that will give me a migraine,” said Discord. “I have been wasting enough of my time doing this anyway. I’m really starting to think it’s not worth it anymore.” “Whatever do you mean? What is not worth it?” asked Rarity cautiously. “Never mind what I mean. That is classified, top secret, no nosey ponies allowed,” said Discord as he changed into an overcoat and slipped a large brown envelope inside the coat. “Besides we are here for you, not me. Do you remember what happened here?” “Yes, this is the day Spike generously gave me my precious Fire Ruby,” answered Rarity as she placed her hoof on her neck where the ruby would sit. “Given to you, or was it taken by you?” asked Discord with an accusing tone and a stern expression. “I did not steal it from him! Watch! He gave it to me willingly,” pointed Rarity to her past self and Spike. “You really like it huh?” said Spike as he looked at the ruby and then at Rarity. “Like it? It's magnificent,” answered past Rarity as she batted her eyes at him. Spike was conflicted about giving it to her. His stomach wanted to eat the gem while his heart wanted to please Rarity, but in the end his heart won the battle. “Then you should have it. This beautiful gem was meant to be with you,” said Spike as he placed the ruby in her hoof. Rarity was taken back by his act of kindness. “I don't know what to say... This is so thoughtful. Oh, my little Spikey Wikey!” said past Rarity as she kissed him on the cheek, causing him to pass out. “See, he gave it to me willingly,” said Rarity, proud to be proven right. “Oh really, is that what you think?” asked Discord sarcastically, Rarity nodded her head in response. He then conjured up a remote control and pressed the rewind button. “Let try this again,” said Discord as he cast his mind reading spell on both Spike and Rarity. “I really want to eat this, but look at her. She just too beautiful to resist,” thought Spike with hearts in his eyes. “I. Want. It.” thought past Rarity with the ruby being the only thing she could think about. “Typical, you were greedier then he was when he went on that little rampage,” said Discord. “He gave it to me willingly! Everypony knows he did,” protested Rarity in anger. “Really?” asked Discord as he snapped his talons and took them to the day of Spike’s birthday party. He then focused his mind reading spell on everyone in the room as past Rarity showed off her new Fire Ruby and cape. “Cheap move Rarity, stealing his birthday gift,” thought Rainbow Dash. “That no good varmint, she scammed him right outta it,” thought Applejack. “Poor Spike, giving his gem away to her. Oh I hope I can find him a new one,” thought Fluttershy. “Rarity that was a meanie pants thing to... Hang on, itchy tongue, dry throat, and rumbly tummy? Discord, stop listening to my thoughts! Oh but before you go, please, please make it rain chocolate milk,” thought Pinkie Pie, somehow able to know that Discord was listening to her thoughts. “Did I really take it from him?” asked Rarity quietly in disbelief. “I don’t know, but it doesn't matter. Spike made you happy and that’s all he could ever ask for,” said Discord. “You know when he was turned into a full grown dragon, a tiny part of him was still thinking of you.” “Really?” “Yes, why else do you think he foalnapped you when he was on his rampage?” asked Discord as he transported them back into Spike’s brain and to the cabinet marked ‘Rarity’. Discord opened the cabinet and quickly found what he was looking for and showed Rarity what he had found. It was an image of Spike as a full grown dragon lying in a cave with all the stuff he had collected off to the side, but Rarity was the only thing he held close to himself. “Was this what he was going to do if he had reached the top of that mountain, horded me instead of this stuff?” asked Rarity as she studied the image. “Yes, and he would have protected you from anypony that dared to come near you,” said Discord as he teleported them inside the image. They now saw Spike sleeping while holding Rarity gently in his claws, and piles of charred pony skeletons at the entrance of the cave, but there was one particular pile that caught Rarity’s attention. A pile of skeletons made up of two alicorns, a unicorn, two pegasi, and two earth ponies. “But why me? Out of all the mares in Equestria, why am I the one he likes?” “What are you disgusted by the idea of him being in love with you?” asked Discord sternly in an accusing manner. “No never!” said Rarity, flabbergasted at the accusation. “I am flattered, truly I am, but I am also quite curious to know when he started to like me,” said Rarity. Hearing this was the last straw for Discord as a tiny expanding mushroom cloud appeared over his head. After all his efforts it seemed that Rarity had learned nothing, absolutely nothing. “Ok, that it I am done,” said Discord in an irritated tone as he brought Rarity back to her file. “I have been trying to get you to see that he loves you and when I finally do, you start to question when it all started!?” yelled Discord as he started to become infuriated once more. “If you can't see how he feels with my help, then maybe you be better off figuring it out on your own.” “What do you mean? You're just going to leave me here?!” asked Rarity in a mixture of anger, shock, and fear. “Yes, I can, I will, and I’m just about to. So here’s the list of places to go and here is the mind reading and time spell,” said Discord as he handed the scrolls to Rarity. “I will be back in a couple of hours. Please do try to figure this out while I am gone,” said Discord before he disappeared, leaving Rarity alone and confused. “Ha-ha. Discord very clever, now come on out,” said Rarity thinking it was just another one of Discord’s pranks, but Discord did not respond. “Discord, come out this instant!” ordered Rarity, but still no answer. “Oh dear...” said Rarity as the reality of the situation finally sank in. “How can one pony be that blind, it’s impossible!” thought Discord as he traveled to his next destination. “Of all the ponies to choose from, I just had to pick her,” moaned Discord, “If I had known it would be this hard I would have picked somepony else. Well at least this next pony should be easier to deal with,” Discord finally reached his destination and saw the pony he was talking about, a bald middle aged earth pony stallion with a red coat and black and gray tail with a black hole in his chest, standing in a white void. Discord quickly changed into a unicorn form, wearing a solid white robe, and approached the confused stallion extending his hoof to shake his. “Welcome, Jean-luc. You're dead,” said Discord with a straight face. “D!?” said Jean-luc, surprised to see him.