//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: A Glimpse Into the Past // Story: The New Generation of Spike the Dragon // by Wrangle Wolfe //------------------------------// The New Generation of Spike the Dragon Chapter 3: A Glimpse of the Past By SonicMlpGamerandArtist Log# 1: “It’s been a week since we’ve found this diary. We’ve all been eager to see it, since our leader kept it private for some time. This was big deal for all of us. This could potentially give us more information about our enemy. The Captain has decided to let each of us read it to give different perspectives and ideas on it. If we find anything of worth, we’ll write it down. I can’t wait to delve into this!” There were a lot of papers shoved in between the pages in the diary. Further investigation proved to be helpful, as more of the papers were found not too far from the notebook. Apparently, there were a lot of notes that were based on the content, but weren’t completely related to it. I assumed they were side notes and thoughts for personal use. These notes weren’t related to Virtuous, but that’s not what I expected anyways. However, this could give us more information about what the enemy knows about us. This… this was Darkness’ old journal. I could faintly remember him mentioning it to me some time in the past. I recognized some names in here. The first familiar name was Twilight. The same Twilight that was in all of those letters he had shown me. I finally got to know of her relation to Darkness. The others were also familiar. I didn’t really associate myself with them, but it’s about time I did. They could offer a lot of knowledge about Darkness that I could never hope to learn on my own. I can also see that Darkness was once very insecure. He had sounded like a teen who was scared of dealing with the hardships of life.This diary… this was taking a glimpse at a completely different perspective. This was his past, all recorded in this diary. I frowned at the first sentence on the next page. This Twilight mare was definitely gone, and it had really affected him strongly. He seemed confident that she’d always be by his side. His self confidence, however, seemed pretty damaged. He also seemed to have mixed feelings about Twilight. He seems to care about her, yet he turns to say he’s her slave and she ignores him most of the time. This was an interesting diary, to say the least. I really would love to know more about Spike. That way, I’d get a lot more closer to doing what needs to be done.Sometimes, I wonder if what I’m planning would hurt him. But the more I know, the easier I can make it for him. It will also be much more effective too. I closed the diary. There would be plenty of time to read more when we got back to the castle. I put the diary and the papers into my saddlebags. “So, if this is Lord Darkness’ diary as you’ve stated…” Rapacity began with a look of confusion on his face. “Who is Spike?” “I don’t know.” I said. “But whoever it is must represent him in some way. I don’t know how, but I’m hoping to find out soon.” With that, we were on our way back to the castle. The walk back was very uneventful, and I’m sure you don’t care about the glares or anything. It’s very commonplace when it comes to The Adversary. Everyone expects and accepts it. We walk through the gates, into the huge double doors that lead into the castle. “Enjoy your trip?” Con asked as we entered. “I guess you could say that.” I replied, continuing to walk down the hall. He left his post. “What did you find?” “A diary.” “Ooh! Mind if I take a peek?” I sighed and shrugged. “Go ahead. Knock yourself out.” He took the book from my saddlebags. Knowing him, he’d make his own notes on the diary. It would be nice to have his input on it too. As mentioned earlier, there would be plenty of time for reading in the future. “Gosh, I’m hungry.” Rapacity mumbled. He reached inside of his hair and pulled out a chocolate bar. One that was in a brown wrapper. It was his favorite one, the kind with the peanuts and caramel in it. “There we go.” He said and took a bite. I shook my head. That doofus could pull out practically any food from his hair. For some reason, I could’ve sworn that there was somepony else like that, but I wasn’t sure who that crazy pony would be. “Going to go talk with Darkness again?” Con asked. I always checked in with Darkness often. He was really nice to hang around when you really got to know him a bit. “No. Actually, I might not really go and talk to him much today. I might wait until the evening.” Both of their eyes widened. “Really, I think I’ll go and talk to a few of the servants.” They both turned their heads to me. “He might want to go out to fly or something. Today I don’t really want to go back outside.” Con fell dramatically to the floor beside me and Rapacity stopped in his tracks. I looked at the two in confusion. “Uh… guys?” Rapacity put his half eaten candy bar in front of my face. “Eat this.” “Why?” “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” “But… I’m not hungry.” “But you ALWAYS want to go outside!” Con’s muffled voice came from below. “And you always want to talk to Darkness!” “Well, I know. Today’s just... different.” I said. Really, it wasn’t that big of a deal. Of course, these two didn’t care, they’d still be dramatic. So I just kept walking. Rapacity still held out his hoof, yet magically, his chocolate bar had disappeared, and Con’s face was still planted onto the floor I sighed and shook my head. Those two goofs were just a handful. After a while of walking, I finally found it. The one room that housed five mares.I knocked on the door, and after a moment of waiting, the doorknob turned and the door was opened. “Oh, heya.” Said a voice. The mare in front of me was was the orange one with the blonde hair. With that southern accent, I could only assume that that was the farmer. “Hello. Mind if I come in for a moment?” I asked. I didn’t have to ask them. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even have to knock. However, I just couldn’t help but be respectful. I know that they are part of the problem, as I remember one of them telling me before, but it didn’t matter much to me. “Of course.” She said and stepped aside for me to walk in. The room was smaller than my own room. About half the size of it. Yet this was supposed to house five mares together. It must be a tad cramped for them. But from what I know, they definitely haven’t complained. I walked into the room and sat in one of the few chairs. “I just wanted to ask a few questions, purely out of curiosity.” “Uh… what kind of questions?” The mare asked, frowning. Though I could see that she was a tad nervous. Which was a reminder that she had some scars on her body. It was clear why she was so nervous. “About Darkness.” I said, inspecting my hooves for a bit. “I just want to know how he was like before he decided to... destroy Equestria and rebuild it to his liking.” The country mare winced then sighed. “Well…. He was a little fella. Not even quite your height. That dragon was nice to others despite the world around him being harsh towards him. Even knowing that he was a dragon and all, and he could have went with his own kind, he stayed with up. Until even now, he never left any of our sides, even though he’s going through this right now. He’s great, but misunderstood.” She frowned. “We all regret what we’ve put him through… and that’s why he’s going to make us stay with him the entire way through. So we will always watch, and always experience this… for many, many years….” “Fluttershy. Could you please come down for a sec?” A voice said from the corner of the room. I hadn’t looked too much into the room. There were three other mares in here. A pink one with a straight mane, a cyan one with a rainbow mane, and a white mare with a messy mane. But… who else…? I looked up and saw the morbid image of a yellow pegasus hanging on a noose. She was…. dead, right? A gurgle came from her throat. “Because we have somepony here.” The same raspy voice came from the rainbow maned mare. The yellow pony on the noose flapped her wings and took the noose from around her neck. It had seemed as if her original plan had been to land gently on the ground, but her wings stopped functioning as a loud CRACK emitted from them and she landed on her face. That was… slightly disturbing. “...You should’ve went up there to get her… Dashie....” Said the pink mare in an empty voice. For some reason, that unnerved me a little. “You know it’s not gonna actually kill her.” The mare, ‘Dashie’ replied. “Still… it’s been an entire month now. Her wings-” “Yeah, I know Pinks.” These ponies were… emotionless, empty and just plain weird. Did they actually mean that the yellow one was up there for a month? I didn’t even bother trying to think about it logically. There was no point. “So… you want to know about Spike?” Dash said, frowning at me. “What’s your deal?” “Rainbow…” The country mare started. “And why the hell are YOU going around telling whatever pony that comes in everything?!” “She’s just a filly who wanted to know more about the one who’s holdin’ her captive!” “She’s a nuisance is what she is! And it’s not her business how he used to be. Those times are GONE!” “Dammit Rainbow, ya just can’t get over the past, can ya?! Ya can’t accept what’s happened, so you try to ignore it! And if someone mentions it, ya just can’t control yourself!” The two mares were face-to-face, the rainbow one letting out a few angry snorts. I kind of felt bad for these mares. They were a mess. “And you CAN get over it?! What type kind of pony ARE you!?” “The kind who can control themselves, that’s what!” “Um…” I attempted to interject. “Quiet you! You’re not in this!” “Shit, you really gotta be like that? Haven’t you got ANY self control!?” “Fuck you and your self control! You can shove it deep inside you shitty ass-” “QUIET!” There was silence in the room. A tense on. I frowned at the two formerly arguing ponies. “Thank you. Now, my purpose for coming here was to help out…” I looked at the blue mare. “There’s no need to be so hostile about it…” “I’ll be hostile If I fucking wan-” “I know you can’t die. However, I figured that, despite this enhancement, your physical body can still be... affected. Your nerves are your downfall. I can see why Darkness did this as it would enable a lot of pain, but no actual escape. Both mentally….” I took out a knife and slashed her face. She yelled as blood fell down her face “And physically.” I grabbed her by the throat and pulled her to me, forcing her to look me in the eyes. “I don’t have to play the nice guy, alright? You are to treat me with respect, or I can, and will, make your shitty life more of a hell than it already is, you understand me?” “...” She didn’t say a word. I pushed her face into the floor. “That’s what I thought.” I let her go and huffed.” Now then, it seems that I’m not quite wanted, huh? Ah, you all were never quite wonderful ponies anyways, were you?” I went to the rainbow maned mare once more. “You, you’re quite weak. “Not again”, you say? Well, it seems that you just can’t stop making others miserable.” Her eyes widened at my words. “H-how…?” “Now, the prettiest mare here? Hmm… I guess he means this pathetic one here. You like toying with others’ emotions?” I asked the white mare off to my left. “What…?” “He glorifies you… well, he used to. Now, he sees just how pathetic you all are…” I frowned at the group for a while. The frown then faded into a smile. “I’ll get you all out of this, no worries.” I giggled a bit, and walked out, not even looking back. “That’s one weird filly.” A southern accent commented as the door closed.