Morning came quickly and I woke up to a strange voice, Twilight isn't normally up this early. I forced myself up from the bed and started to walk towards the door. I opened it as silently as possible and exited to the corridor. It was unsophisticated with the exception of couple paintings. The noise was certainly coming from upstairs and I started to sneak towards Twilights room. When I was getting close to the door, I heard the voice even clearer. Now I was absolutely sure that the noise is from Twilights room.
I slowly creeped to her door and started to turn the door handle. It was not locked, and I silently pushed the door open. The things that I saw froze me to the place. I saw Twilight, my ex-best friend and slaver with Rarity, the love of my life together in bed. The sheets I had washed were completely wet from the sweat and there was a scent of something in the air.
I stood there in the doorway a while silently. A couple moments later my blood started to boil more than ever in my life, and because anger has a habit to erupt, it did.
"What the actual fuck?!" I roared still in shock. Only then they noticed me.
"S-Spike?" Twilight whispered completely terrified. Rarity stayed quiet. After a short, oppressive silence I continued.
"How long has this been going on?" I asked as calmly as possible. Again silent. "How long has this been going on?!" I repeated clearly more aggressive than before.
"F-Five months..." came the reply. It was Rarity. Then it immediately came to me. All the evading, always busy with her work, never wanting to go on a date with me. She just used my affection to reduce her workload. Oh how stupid I was! I should have seen through those lies, but I was too in love with her that I didn't even think she would do something like that.
I don't know how to feel about this. I've felt bad before, but this was just way too much. Enough is enough. I started running. I ran down the stairs to the outside world. Tears were rapidly falling down my cheeks when I sprinted through Ponyville. It seems nopony cared, nopony looked at me, nopony was concerned about me. I got to get out of here, but where?
Then it came to me. There was only one place where they wouldn't dare to come looking for me and it was the Everfree Forest. I trotted to the edge of the forest and gave it a final thought before entering. It was pretty early at morning, but because of the thick treelines the forest is still very dark. I just hoped I wouldn't run into any dangerous creatures, such as manticores or hydras.
Twilight and Rarity just stood still as Spike ran. They didn't try to stop him, they didn't try to talk to him. They just sat there in awkward silence until Rarity spoke.
"Twilight Sparkle. You said and Pinkie Promised me that Spike is over his little childhood crush, but I don't think that's the case. It seems that his love for me has only grown stronger over the years, and now he is out there, heartbroken and miserable because I trusted you." she finished.
For a while, Twilight just sit there completely silent before she started sobbing. Rarity continued,
"Like Pinkie always says, the fastest way to lose a friend is to lose a friends trust."
With that said, Rarity slowly walked out of the library slamming the door behind her, leaving Twilight alone in her misery.
While walking around the forest I started noticing something. The Everfree forest is very quiet and peaceful, not dangerous and full of crazy stuff that everypony talks about. Must be the town telltale Bon Bon who was making a big deal about bunnies or something.
I try to think something else, anything, but the big hole in my heart won't repair in a very long time. I just hope I will never see another pony in my lifetime! As I was wandering thinking about things, I came to a familiar hut near the center of the forest. It was Zecoras place. She, if anyone, will know how I'm feeling. After all, the towns people were scared of her before Twilight set things straight.
Again I was thinking Twilight. Somehow my mind just couldn't let it go, so I just gave up. I thought about the happy moments in Canterlot to our moving to Ponyville, and then everything I had been through, like saving the Crystal Empire, my quest to find out about dragons and of course the time my greed got the better of me. It was one of the happiest days in my life. I really thought that fire ruby ment something between me and Rarity, but I was very, VERY wrong.
Finally I noticed where I was, and I decided to give it a try. Maybe Zecora had a potion so I can forget about all this or a way to deal with my emotions. That's the only thing that comes in my mind now, which is a relief. After knocking on the door, it took couple seconds before I heard the door handle turning.
"Hello young Spike, what is that you seek? Coming for another gem stash peek?" Zecora asked with her accent.
"Uh, not this time. Could I come in? And can you speak normally for a while?" I answered.
"Of course you can come in, make yourself comfortable. As for my speech, it's impossible" Zecora said with a smirk.
The inside of Zecoras hut was decorated with old-looking masks and other tribe relics probably brought from her home land. There were shelves full of potions, herbs and other stuff that I didn't even dare to touch. On the center of the hut I saw a large cauldron bubbling with some kind of weird liquid, and let me tell you, that stuff smelled very bad. It was like someone threw sweaty socks in a trash bin and let it rot for a century.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I saw Zecora brewing some tea. I guess I needed to calm down before we could talk about what had happened. Trotting towards me, she gave me a cup of said tea which I gladly took. Sipping it a little, I noticed it was burning hot and almost burned my tongue! The cup slipped from my grasp and fell on the floor. Sheepishly I looked at Zecora who was not so amused about what just happened. She went to get some cleaning tools and used them to magically vanish the stain from the carpet.
After we finally sat down on her couch, the conversation started.
"You shall begin your story now, otherwise nothing I can know." Zecora stated with a deadpan expression on her face.
And then, I told her everything that has happened to me, more importantly during the last few days.
Pinkie woke up on a rather unusual way. Something was definitely wrong. Her Pinkie Sense was tingling the same way it did when they were visiting Appleloosa for the first time. "Is something about to fall? Nope, that can't be.... Is a door going to be opened? No, that's not it either..." Pinkie mumbled. And then she got it. Immediately she was ignited in bright orange flames and her demeanor changed. "NOPONY BREAKS A PINKIE PROMISE" was the last thing the Cakes heard Pinkie scream before she was out the door, almost flying towards her destination.