//------------------------------// // True Feelings... // Story: The mighty and the Sweetie // by ElCapoFimFic //------------------------------// The clock showed the 4-30 am when Spike got up. The life in the ORDER forced him to wake up even earlier that the Apple Family. He got up, exited his room and stand up in front of the hallway’s mirror, cracked his neck and sighed. ‘’So much happened yesterday, I don’t think I’m ready to face Sweetie Belle. Not now at least...’’ He said to himself. His session of loud thinking was interrupted when he heard Twilight’s soft snores from behind her door. Spike couldn’t help but laugh softly at this. ‘’And to think that a week ago this situation would feature you hearing me snoring from behind my door…’’ He looked at the window. The sun was still some time away from rise. ‘’Mmm…’’ He crossed his arms. ‘’I wonder whom will need some kind of assistance at this hour of the morning. It’s obvious that Big Mac will be reluctant to let me help in the farm. That’s his entire life after all…’’ Spike sighed in defeat. ‘’I guess I should use this time to make breakfast and maybe some warm-up’’ With his mind set, Spike went downstairs and began his task. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some time passed since Spike woke up and the sun unleashed another beautiful morning in Ponyville. Rarity was putting the dishes on the table, serving hay croquettes. Sweetie Belle’s favorite apart from cake of course. ‘’Oh Sweetie! Breakfast’s ready!’’ She called, but there was no response. ‘’Sweetie Belle! Breakfast!’’ She called louder, but the result was the same. No answer from her little sister. Rarity got frustrated and little scared so she went upstairs to see what was the problem with the lack of response for part of her sister. She trotted and opened the door with her magic only to find that Sweetie was not there…. Wait. What?! Rarity started to hyperventilate. ‘’Sweetie?! Sweetie Belle answer me! No response…….. ‘’SWEETIE BELLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!’’ ………………………………………….! ‘’I said I heard you!’’ A little filly walked into the room. ‘’Sweetie Belle!’’ Rarity jumped over her sister and hugged her so hard that she almost pass out. She let Sweetie out and glared at her. ‘’In the name of Celestia, just here in the world were you?!’’ Sweetie took a moment to recover from her sister’s sudden strangulation. ‘’In the attic, searching for Mom’s old jewels…’’ She said with barely any breathe left. ‘’But why did you ignored all of my calls?!’’ ‘’I did respond every call, you just didn’t heard me!’’ ‘’Don’t you care how much I suffered without a response?!’’ Rarity pulled a sofa and lied down it, a hoof placed on her horn. ‘’That was the WORST.THING.EVER!’’ Sweetie rolled her eyes at her sister’s drama show. Of course she could understand that Rarity loves her and that she was just worried but that last part was kinda…… too much. ‘’Man, is breakfast ready at least?’’ Sweetie asked a little bumped. Rarity opened her eyes and recovered her composure comically fast. ‘’Ahem, Yes dear. It’s ready’’ ‘’Alright, let’s hope we can forget this whole thing right away after this…’’’ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A really special kind of fuss was taking place in SugarCube Corner sometime later since it was no other but Pinkie Pie and Spike, trying to bake some sweets and giving entertainment at the same time. Pinkie made the mass for the cookies at her characteristic record speed, moving her hoofs like a pair of thunders. Once the mass was ready she would toss it to the air and call for the dragon. ‘’Ok Spikey! Show ‘em!’’ Pinkie screamed. Then, Spike jumped above everypony and with a single move of his claws he sliced the mass, making it uniform and with a variety of figures. After that, Pinkie catch all the mass pieces within a tray, adding chocolate and putting the plate away. And Spike would finish the show unleashing a flare from his muzzle that cooks the cookies at the time that melts the chocolate, sending a scent to the crowd, impossible to resist. Spike landed next to the counter were dozens of ponies were already lined up to order their pastries. ‘’Alright guys, there’s enough for everypony!’’ Then he looked at the extended line and swallowed his words. ‘’At least I hope so…’’ He muttered to himself. ‘’Oh my! It’s been a while since we had this many customers, thank you so much Spike!’’ Ms. Cake said with absolute glee. ‘’The pleasure was mine Ms. Cake, but I need to attend some other business so if you’ll excuse me’’’ He stopped in the door and looked at them once more. ‘’I really don’t need much time anymore to take care of the library so if it get busy around, don’t hesitate to let me know’’ ‘’I’m glad we can count with you dear’’ Ms. Cake told him with appreciation. With that said Spike rushed to the library to check on Twilight, but… An aerial rush made Spike to lose his balance and fall. When he looked up he noticed that a squad of Celestia’s guards were making full speed to the center of Ponyville. ‘’What the…?’’ THUD! Spike bumped into something and fell again, when he looked up, he recognized the stallion’s face. ‘’Flash? What are you doing here?’’ The orange Pegasus invested with a bronze armor looked at him with relieve. ‘’Spike! Thanks Celestia I found you, you need to come with me!’’ Before Spike could respond he used his shield to push Spike behind the library, and a little further. Spike got tired of the lack of answer to his question and stopped Flash. ‘’Ok, just what is going on? And where are you taking me? And most important where’s Twilight?!’’ ‘’There’s no time Spike, we need to….!’’ Flash could not keep forward. Spike was using his brute force to stop him. ‘’I’m not moving without an answer…’’ Spike glared. Flash could not comprehend how Spike could be so strong, but he couldn’t concentrate on the matter right now either. He sighed and started. Apparently a lot of wild dragons were making damages in the center of the town and near the elementary school too……. HUH?! Spike grabbed Flash from the armor’s flap and forced Flash to face him in anger. ‘’Why didn’t you told me that earlier?!’’ He roared in the guard’s face. ‘’Hey, don’t lash out on me! Celestia told me keep you safe!’’ Flash countered. ‘’I could not care less for that, Twilight might be in danger!’’ Spike shouted. ‘’And… Sweetie Belle…’’ Spike sighed. ‘’I’m sorry Flash, but now put your entire concentration on listening to me, I do not need protection, the foals do. If you don’t hurry they might get hurt… or something worse…’’ ‘’But Spike…’’ ‘’You go to the center, I’m heading to the school, tell Twilight that I’m ok’’ ‘’Are you sure about that?’’ ‘’Hey, just a moment ago I completely out-powered you, don’t worry’’ Spike waved Flash’s concern with a confident smile. ‘’Heh, little brat. I’m… no, we’re counting on you Spike’’ Flash put a hoof in Spike’s shoulder and smiled back. ‘’Got’cha!’’ That being said, Spike rushed to the hill were the school was. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘’Aaaahhhhhhrrrrgggg’’ Ms. Cheerilee roared, as she was smacking two dragons in the head with her personal chair. ‘’Stay away from my students!’’ ‘’Go get ‘em Ms Cheerilee!’’ Applebloom and other students cheered for their teacher. Bad thing that another three dragons were just behind her and knocked her out. ‘’Heh, thanks dude, that chick was a real pain’’ ‘’Don’t worry bro!’’ ‘’Hey, let me go!’’ A certain pink filly commanded. It seems that when they could enter Ponyville they made Diamond Tiara their prisoner. ‘’Aww, the poor little thing’s gonna cry?’’ The dragons broke up in laugh. ‘’This was not part of the deal, I thought that if I let you in, you were just going to get rid of Spike!’’ She protested. The dragons laughed again at her naivety. ‘’Welcome to the real world you worthless scum!’’ Diamond Tiara broke in tears. ‘’C’mon, we need to secure this ponies. After all, the more the merrier in tonight’s dinner!’’ The foals screamed with all of their lungs. All but 3 fillies. ‘’Just you wait until Spike come and you’ll know what’s good!’’ Scootaloo planted face to the ferocious beasts. ‘’Yeah, he’ll save us and break your ugly faces’’ Sweetie Belle warned. ‘’Oh really?! Then were the hell is he?!’’ The dragons roared, making the fillies even more nervous. ‘’C’mon Spike, we’re waiting fer ya…’’ Applebloom said to herself. The dragons looked around once more. No one was around. ‘’As I expected, your ‘’oh-so-mighty’’ lizard knight is not here!’’ ‘’Maybe he’s in a corner, crying like the good-for-nothing baby he truly is!’’ ‘’Excuse me, who are you calling that?’’ A male voice called from behind. ‘’What?!’’ The tallest and bulkiest dragon looked at the door. No one came. Suddenly a stone broke the only window in good state, catching their attention. ‘’Show yours….OUGH!’’ The most aggressive dragon felt a strong stun on his neck, before passing out. Spike stood menacingly upon the unconscious body of the aggressor. ‘’Whom of you, mob of clowns is next?!’’ He spoke, looking daggers to them. ‘’Spike!’’ The Cutie Mark Crusaders cheered in unison. ‘’Wait… It’s the punk who ruined the phoenix hunt last year!’’ The dragon with blonde hair recognized Spike from the dragon migration. Spike jumped from the knocked dragon and walked to the foals. ‘’Messing with my town while I’m around? Worst mistake you could ever commit’’ He said as he walked. The dragons could not believe such a short punk could K.O. one of their best units with one blow. ‘’Are you guys ok?’’ Spike asked. ‘’Wow, you sure took your time you know?’’ Scootaloo poked his shoulder. ‘’Yeah, but I knew you would come in my… OUR! I mean, our aid!’’ Sweetie stammers. Spike laughed calmly. ‘’Wow, you look so cute when you’re flustered. Sweetie looked at the other way, flattered. ‘’Hey, sorry to interrupt, but shouldn’t you take care of those jerks first?’’ Ditzy Doo pointed. Spike looked at the remaining for dragons. ‘’Oh, yeah. Sorry’’ He taunted his opponents as he adopted a ken-po battle stance. ‘’Why you?!’’ The dragons clutched their fists, getting ready for the fight. Spike was the first to move, approaching them with caution. Two of them made their tail’ spines sharper as Spike kept approaching. The blonde dragon tried to punch him, in consequence, Spike sprinted to grab his arm and arch it, causing it to force the dragon to crouch. The second tried to attack from the back, just to be received by a tail slap. The third saw a breach in Spike defense since he was dealing with two and planted a punch right in Spike’s vase. Spike got short in air, and flinched. The blonde dragon jumped to hit him, bad thing for him that Spike managed to hit his cranium with a car wheel, the talon of a dragon is terrible. Spike finished him with a grapple in the air, he grab the dragon with the legs and spine, smacking his head against the floor. ‘’Yeah Spike! Teach them not to mess with you!’’ Featherweight shouted. While things started to look good, the second dragon take advantage of the moment and tossed a chair while Spike was still in the air. It hit plain, thought the damage was minimum. He landed perfectly. ‘’What?!’’ They screamed in unison. ‘’Heh, nice try, but I’m afraid you’ll have to try much harder than that to beat me!’’ Spike cracked his neck and fists before adopting the battle stance again. ‘’Damn it…!’’ Spike take the initiative this time. He rushed at the dragon who toss the chair and landed a kick in the ankles, a loud groan was followed by the sound of Spike, stomping the dragon’s head in the ground. The two remaining groaned. ‘’He’s dangerous…’’ Spike looked at them, ready for any move. ‘’Ok. 3 down, 2 more to go... Huh?! Where’s the other one?!’’ ‘’Ahhhhhhhh!’’ A loud pitch scream echoed in the room, one of the dragons had Sweetie on his claws. ‘’What the…!’’ CRACK! The door was down, and behind the curtain of dust there was no other but Garble. The one behind all this, and with him, he had…Twilight?! ‘’No way…!’’ Spike grinned his teeth. ‘’Surprise, you damn rat!’’ The red dragon smirked deviously. The foals couldn’t do anything but see how this horrendous scene was progressing. ‘’Let her go…!’’ Spike’s eyes were furious red. ‘’NOW…!’’ ‘’Sorry, but you were just too much of a scum. You can only save one of them so pick wisely’’ Garble laughed maniacally. Spike could not believe he was in this situation, and as much as he wanted to avoid calamity, he had no other way but to choose. ‘’Well…?’’ Garble rushed him to answer. ‘’I….I…’’ ‘’C’mon, it’s one of them or no one at all!’’ ‘’Well, I say both!’’ A powerful voice could be heard by everyone. ‘’No way…’’ Spike’s lips formed a smile. ‘’Who’s there?!’’ Garble shouted in anger. ‘’The one who’s going to punish your sins!’’ A black smoke filled the entire structure, and in the middle a black, tall figure appeared. Lighting sparks flew from inside the hood of the creature… ‘’Master Bargus!’’ ‘’Master whUGH…!’’ Garble’s back was strike by a punch that seemed to come from the shadows. Bargus catches Twilight and placed her on the ground, then looked at Spike. ‘’It’s nice to see you again, my dear student’’ He saluted Spike. ‘’M-master, is that really you?! What are you doing here? I thought I was already a senior’’ ‘’Have you already forgot that while you solemnly swear to be my disciples and obey me, I did as to be your master, your guide, your guardian…’’ Spike was in the verge of happiness tears. ‘’Thank you so much master…’’ ‘’Ugh…’’ Garble stood up. ‘’You! The one with the filly, run!’’ He commanded. The dragon did so and fled with Sweetie still on arms. ‘’The rest, help me here!’’ As he said that, a large group of dozens of dragons came nearby. ‘’Spike! Help me!’’ Sweetie screamed in horror. Bargus looked at Spike. ‘’What are you waiting for? Go save that little girl, I can handle them alone and you know that’’ Spike seemed reluctant to let his master fight alone, but as Bargus said he could take care of himself. He was Spike’s master after all. Spike nodded and went after the dragon. ‘’Don’t let him escape!’’ Garble ordered his peers, like they forgot that they needed to take Bargus first, and that was nothing less than impossible. Bargus looked at the horde behind him, strong sparks coming from his fists. ‘’You’re not going anywhere you know…’’ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dragon reached the entrance of town, having to run desperately to avoid Spike’s tremendous speed. ‘’Stop right there!’’ The dragon could not be in a worst situation, he was in front of a squad of royal guards. That’s it, he was trapped between a dragon warrior and a bunch of soldiers. ‘’It seems that it’s a dead end for you’’ Spike told him from behind. ‘’You are under arrest for property damage and kidnapping!’’ A guard warned. The dragon panicked and used the only defense method he had left. He put a claw on Sweetie’s neck. ‘’Back off!’’ He shouted to them. ‘’Leave me alone or else she gets it!’’ ‘’Sweetie Belle!’’ Spike screamed. ‘’I warn you, I’m being serious!’’ The dragon pressed the claw closer to Sweetie. The poor filly was so fragile… There was no way she could be calm in the current situation so she started to plead and cry. ‘’Please…someone help me….!’’ Spike had enough of it. He prepared to exhale fire. ‘’Didn’t you listened to me?! Do you want to see this filly to reach the light before time?!’’ The dragon was at his limit. The guards were too scared to hurt Sweetie to even dare to try something. ‘’No…’’ Sweetie sniffed. ‘’I’m not willing to leave this world, not yet!’’ the situation that drive her to her limit unleashed her magic. Sweetie’s horn shoot a blast of green aura that blinded the dragon. ‘’Damn it, my eyes!’’ Spike didn’t waste a second as he knocked the last dragon out. He immediately went to see if Sweetie was injured. ‘’Sweetie Belle! Are you alright?! Did he hurt you?!’’ Sweetie stood up with quite the effort. ‘’I’m… still ok, just a little shaken…’’ Spike sighed as a signal of relieve. ‘’But, why…?’’ ‘’Huh?’’ ‘’Why did you risked so much for me…?’’ ‘’You know why… You showed me something new’’ ‘’Really?’’ ‘’You know, up until now, the only one who can tell me that she loves me is Twilight, and not in the sense I would want to hear, that made me think that maybe I didn’t really belong to Equestria. But you showed me how wrong I was. You were the one whom accepted me for who I am. You were the first girl to tell me… no, to show me that she wanted to be with me and that’s enough reason to me to risk my life for you Sweetie Belle…’’ Sweetie could not be happier to hear that. ‘’And I’m happy that you accepted me, ignoring all the jokes they made about me for not having my cutie mark. For not thinking I’m dumb or irritating’’ Spike raised an eyebrow. ‘’Who calls you like that? Tell me so I can plant a good punch right in the face!’’ Sweetie put a hoof on Spike’s fist. ‘’I don’t think that something like that would be necessary Spike. Don’t worry, you being by my side is the only thing I need to feel happy’’ Spike blushed a bit at those words. No matter how strong and bold he could be, he was still touched by Sweetie’s words. ‘’So… would you let me say it then…?’’ Spike asked impatient. In that moment, Twilight, Bargus and the others reached them. ‘’Shh everypony! They’re gonna say it!’’ Pinkie hushed everyone. Sweetie giggled. ‘’Well, if you’re gonna say what I think you’re gonna say, the yes…’’ Spike toke a deep breathe. ‘’Ok then, I love you…’’ Sweetie blushed as well. ‘’I love you too Spike…’’ Spike didn’t lost anytime. After hearing that he launched himself at Sweetie’s muzzle and kissed her in the lips. Sweetie obviously returned the kiss. They could barely hear the waves of cheers and ‘’awws’’ that came behind them. The town was safe, Sweetie was his girlfriend and everypony was ok with it and he could see Bargus once again. Yep, for Spike, life was good. And even more knowing that Sweetie will be there for him, and he will be there for her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO MATTER HOW DIFFERENT YOU ARE, OR HOW DO YOU LOOK, REMEMBER THAT LOVE IS BLIND AND IT CAN HIT YOU ANYTIME, AND COME FROM ANYONE! TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHOM TRAVELLED WITH ME TROUGH MY FIRST FIC… THANKS FOR READING! SEE YOU SOON!