//------------------------------// // When somethings gotta give. // Story: The Lone Whelp // by Oneyearwarpilot //------------------------------// Spike’s Wanderlust by SpiketheCoolerDash Proof read By pony ninja Venom seeping into his heart, that's what it felt like. To see the pony of his affections, the mare of his dreams, the very reason for living kissing a stallion. It hurt it felt like the very world around him came crashing down his heart pounding; his mind barley able to comprehend what he was looking at. Spike, the little baby drake, stumbled and fell to the ground; missing the tree he was leaning against. His stomach curled and he fell to the ground. "Rarity" he whispered to himself before blacking out completely. Several hours later Spike woke up, and it was raining. His purple scales had an unhealthy pale color, his eyes were darkened, and the green spikes which lined Spikes back were slumped. Not feeling like going home Spike just stood there in the rain staring at absolutely nothing, his mind replaying the scenario which left him disheveled. It was 8 hours ago Spike had just come from Sugarcube corner with left over muffins that Mrs. Cake was about to throw away; luckily for Spike he managed to be walking by and persuaded her to part with them. They were so stale not even Derpy cared to take them. (The yellow eyed mare loved muffins almost to the point that her husband, Dr.Whooves, instead of forcing her to eat other foods just made different types of muffins to help her keep a healthy diet.) Having managed to get a day off from Twilight he then decided to go to the park. He had wanted to go visit Rarity, but he knew he didn't have the courage to reveal to her the feelings he felt since the first day he laid eyes on her beautiful face, gorgeous mane, and he dare say her stunning flank. "Not today." he said to himself "Maybe tomorrow.” He headed to the park, only stopping along the way to say hello to any passing pony, “Today is an amazing day.” he said, the sun was shining the sky was clear of clouds and the temperature was perfect, not too hot, but not too cold. It was almost as if Celestia herself was smiling upon Ponyville with a warm comfortable and satisfied smile of contempt. "Today nothing could keep me down" Spike happily humming the song “Parachutes” by his favorite band Coldhay. Reaching the park Spike saw it was empty "Hmmm strange" he said to himself as a cold breeze blew through him. Oh well Spike thought before walking over to a tree to sit down and enjoy a stale muffin. After a while of munching on the snacks he decided to take a nap, promptly closing his eyes and drifting off. An hour later he lazily regained consciousness I had the perfect dream he thought dreamily, me and rarity were walking through a land of ice cream candy and muffins "You're so beautiful" the voice of a stallion Spike heard the voice from behind the tree. He would’ve disregarded it if he didn't hear "Oh you're such a handsome and gentle stallion yourself." from a voice he knew all too well "Rarity" the stallion said as a sick sad feeling entered the little drake’s stomach. "Rarity, my love, please become my marefriend. I promise to love and never betray you or your emotions" the stallion grabbed Rarity holding her in a hug. A tear rushed down from Rarity's eye she returned his embrace "Of course I will Autumn Leaf!” Spike stood up and stuck his head around the tree to see what this stallion of Rarity's affections looked like, his fur coat was orange and his mane was a light red with a tint of yellow he was a bit muscular and well-toned. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ It was raining, and Twilight was pacing back and forth in the library. She was becoming more worried by the second when she gave Spike the day off she told him to be back by eight o clock, and it was nine thirty. "Where could he be?” she wondered “Oh when he gets back I'm going to give him such an earful!". Ten o clock rolled by and Twilight had enough she put on her raincoat and grabbed her umbrella and headed straight out the door to find her baby dragon. Twilight searched all around town asking everypony she saw if they knew Spikes was every time she had been given the same answer "Sorry, but I haven't seen him" (except for big mac of course who with an amazing vocabulary responded with well meant) "Nope". Twi was seriously worried now Spike was nowhere to be seen she had checked everywhere, "except the park!" She exclaimed as she dashed to the park looking around in desperation. Twilight had almost given up when a small foreign object entered her vision it was next to a tree covered in mud she grabbed a muffin she thought; it was stale just how Spike likes. She noticed somebody was lying on their back in the mud a few feet it "Spike!" Twilight screamed she ran over to the little drake. Spike noticed Twilight, but he didn't care; he just wanted to lay there till he was no more. He wanted the clouds to open and a great lightning strike to strike him dead, but it never came, so he just laid there wallowing in self-pity. He hated himself for waiting; every moment he had a chance to ask Rarity out or woo her had either failed or he cowered out. "I'm a coward, nothing but a coward" Spike spoke out to himself "and it cost what might have been my ultimate happiness.” Twilight heard him speak, and she was curious. She heard the bitterness in his voice, and the resentment in his tone. She walked closer to Spike. He had been visibly crying; his usually shiny scales darkened and covered in mud. Spike's eyes were red he looked tired physically and mentally. Her motherly instincts kicked in, and with her anger gone Twilight picked Spike up with her forearms and hugged him tight. He started crying again, and in between his sobs he would say something inaudible pertaining to how he lost her or he was too late. Twilight didn't care what he was talking about she could tell his temperature was cold, and she needed to get him home immediately. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ I decided to take a break from Auxiliary been listening to a lot of Coldplay instead of mastodon and war stories don't go well with soft music so hope you enjoy. A special thanks to pony ninja for proof reading this story.