Victim of the Virtuoso
“Oh, she is gonna pay!” Cadence whispered sharply. Her horn surged with energy. Its hum drowned out by the sound of the Crystal Heart firing through the Saphirum. Even then her husband and Rarity continued to kiss, oblivious to their lovers standing right outside the room.
Spike wiped his eyes and turned to face Cadence. His expression changed from sad to terrified at the sight of the fuming alicorn. He stood right in front of her lowered horn and shook rapidly shook his head.
“What are you doing?” He quietly asked
“Move out of my way, Spike. I’m gonna put a nice generous sized hole right through her head!”
Spike firmly grabbed her horn and yanked it upward, bringing her face up near his.
“No you will not.”
Spike’s claw started to heat up. The slight tingling feeling forced Cadence to lower her offensive. She knew that if she fired now, she would blow off Spike’s claw.
The dragon turned and faced his marefriend, and felt so betrayed.
How could she do this to me?
Shining Armor wouldn’t unlock his lips from Rarity’s, they slowly shuffled to the room’s right side, out of Spike’s view, pressing their lips hard against each other groaning as they went.
“Spike let me go! I cannot let that homewrecker just kiss my husband in my own home!”
“Yeah well imagine how I feel!” Spike replied, releasing Cadence. He turned and swiftly closed the door, holding them both tightly till the slight puff of air breezed out from between them. “But I can’t just go in there and set Shining Armor on fire.”
“I can,” the princess retorted back.
Spike stood still for a moment. The tragedy finally starting to hit him.
Rarity… she’s cheating on me. I don’t… I can’t…
His thoughts wandered.
Cadence turned slowly paced behind him. Mumbling unintelligibly to herself. Spike’s memories began to wash over him. He remembered when him and Rarity first met… way back when Twilight first went to Ponyville. He had worked so hard, over so many years to earn her affections, and when he finally did it was the happiest day of his life.
But now, it seemed to be all for nothing. He could feel the broken pieces of his heart falling into darkness as he thought about it. And if the tears pouring down Cadence’s face were any inclination, she was feeling the same.
Spike put away his sadness for the moment and gently tilted Cadence’s head to look him in the eye. “Look, we need to get away from the problem for the time being. Come on, let’s go back to my room and calm down for just a little bit so we can talk about it.”
The pink mare’s eyes darted between Spike and the Saphirum room for a few moments, before she silently nodded and followed Spike away from the heartbreaking scene.
The two slowly walked back to the guest room where Spike was staying and locked the door behind them. Cadence crashed herself onto the bed and buried her face in the pillows.
“What am I going to do? I- I can’t believe Shining would do this!” Cadence screamed, only for her voice to be muffled by the pillows and mattress.
“Look, I know this is bad,” Spike said, taking a seat on the bed. “But we have to think this through. If we act without thinking, it’s just going to end up being worse for everyone.”
“I know! I just.. It’s like.. I can’t… Ugh!” Cadence threw her hooves up in despair. “We can’t just let this go! I can’t let her get away with stealing Shining away like that!”
“Hey, how do you know this was Rarity’s fault?” Spike asked with offense.
“Well, I don’t, but… I have to blame someone, don’t I?” Cadence let out a deep sigh, and tears slowly started to streak down her cheeks. “I don’t know what to do! This is just too much to take in right now.”
Spike moved over to her and gently wiped the tears from her eyes. “Look, I know what you mean. I haven’t even really processed the situation yet. But, how about this. We go back to sleep in our rooms, and talk about the situation in the morning after we’ve gotten some rest. We’ll be able to think about everything in a different frame of mind, and hopefully come up with a plan. Does that sound okay?”
Cadence tilted her head to look over at Spike then drooped her head in defeat. “Fine. But if you wake up to find your marefriend has become the new den carpet, don’t be surprised.”
“Duly noted,” Spike replied with a curt nod.
“Well, good night, Spike. And… I’m sorry. I know this is hard on you as well.” Cadence wrapped Spike in a hug, before turning around and exiting the room.
“Ugh…” Spike collapsed onto the bed, thoughts of Rarity floating through his mind. “What are you doing, Rares?”
*****
The sun peered in through the most annoying hole in the curtains, directly on Spike’s eyelids. With a montage of annoying groans Spike tossed and turned to avoid Celestia’s harmful rays. As soon as the dragon found a comfortable spot away from the sun, there was an intense banging on his bedroom door.
“Excuse me, Master Spike, but you’re late for breakfast,” the voice of a young crystal servant said through the door. There was a moment of awkward silence before the knocking continued.
Spike groaned once again, and looked up at the door with pure hatred. He had half a mind to burn the door down with a quick blast of fire, but he decided against it and replied to the servant.
“Alright! Let… Shining and Cadence know I’ll be down in a moment.”
Spike froze, and prayed silently to Celestia and Luna that Rarity was in bed with him. He slowly reached his claw over to her side and felt nothing. He could feel his heart getting heavier in his chest, letting the events of last night replay in his mind for a quick second.
“Rarity… what did I do wrong?”
His eyes locked on a frame that sat on his nightstand. The picture the frame held was one of Spike’s favorites. He had been sick earlier that year, and spent many days in the hospital. Twilight had come into his room one morning and found Rarity, hair a mess, laying at the edge of the bed. She had spent all night with her lover, reading books to him, holding his claw, and telling him everything was going to be ok.
“How about now, Rarity? Is everything ok now?”
*****
Spike didn’t bother to put on a nice outfit, or fix up the spines on his head. He barely had the courage to go downstairs at all. He was really close to just packing up his bags and going back home. The only thing that kept him from the doing the latter was Cadence. She was going through the exact same situation and needed him.
Spike couldn’t help but realize that he needed her too.
As he approached the doors to the dining hall, two crystal ponies bowed, and welcomed him. They both grabbed the handles and pulled the massive doors open.
His eyes quickly scanned the environment of the dining hall, taking in the setting before him. The table was set with bowls, spoons, and empty glasses, with pitchers of juice in the center.
It seemed alright, but of course, there they were: Shining Armour and Rarity, sitting next to each other, their laughs echoing throughout the dining room.
Oh lovely…
His face morphed into a scowl that could send Chrysalis running for cover, and he waddled his way over to his designated spot at the table by Rarity. With every step he took, he mumbled a few choice expletives that conveyed his true thoughts on the situation.
Taking his seat at the table, he turned his attention to the empty bowl in front of him. Before he could even lift a claw to question the lack of food in front of him, a crystal servant was at his side, pouring cereal and milk into it.
“Here you are, sir. One bowl of Cocoa ‘Splosion with 1% milk.”
“Oh, thank you,” Spike responded, waving off the servant.
Rarity swung around in her seat and enveloped Spike in a tight hug. “Darling, so good to see you up! How did you sleep?”
Spike turned his face away from the white unicorn. “Meh.”
“Umm, okay. Sorry I didn’t wait for you to come to breakfast this morning. I was simply famished!” Rarity threw her hooves up in dramatic fashion, only to be greeted with Spike stirring his cereal around in his bowl. “Um, did you have any interesting dreams, dear?”
“Meh.”
Rarity and Shining shared a brief awkward glance at each other.
“Is everything alright, Spikey? You seem dreadfully upset about something.”
Spike had to fight back every urge to retort with a few choice insults. He barely managed to succeed and just returned his attention to his bowl of cereal.
“...Meh.”
Before Rarity had a chance to respond, the dining room door burst into a flurry of splinters, wood chips and chunks of expensive materials. Standing behind the cloud of rubble was a pink alicorn who looked ready to snap at any second. Massive bags under her eyes, mane frazzled, and a frown that would have Luna running back to the moon in a heartbeat - she was a frightening sight to say the least.
One of the servants darted to her side, eyes wide as saucers. “Um, pardon Your Majesty Cadence, allow me to escort you to-”
“I know the way!” Cadence retorted, tossing the servant to the side.
She trudged her way over to the table, glaring daggers at Shining and Rarity the entire way, causing them both to sink into their seats. Upon reaching the table, she dropped into her seat next to Shining Armour, and dropped her gaze to the table.
“Good morning, darling. How are you?” Shining asked, cautiously taking a bite of his cereal.
“How am I? How am I? Well, let me tell—” Her potentially violent actions were swiftly brought to a halt with a nervous cough from Spike. “I’m… fine.” She flashed her magic over her body, straightening her mane and combing through it fixing all imperfections, her eye make-up was less streaky and more defined now. She approached her chair and plopped down.
“Just… had a bit of a nightmare last night is all,” she finished. Spike sighed noticeably from his seat.
Shining Armor lifted his hoof towards his wife’s face. “Oh no! Perhaps it’s best you get a little more rest, my love,” Shining offered, but Cadence only scoffed. A servant placed a bowl of the chocolatey cereal in front of Cadence, but she smacked it away with her hoof.
“I’m… not… hungry…” she growled.
A disturbing silence fell over the table. Rarity’s eyes were glued to her dragon companion. “Is there something going on this morning? You both seem so, oh what’s the word... cranky?”
“Oh, no, we’re perfectly fine, Rarity,” Cadence snapped. “On that note, how did you sleep last night? Was it too hot in your room? We wouldn’t want you to suffocate while sleeping, now would we?!” Her eye involuntarily twitched several times, before she snapped out of her anger again.
Rarity stroked her chin and looked over Cadence for a moment. "Wait just a moment, I think I understand exactly what's going on."
"You do?" Cadence said, eyes bolted open.
"Of course, darling," Rarity replied, beaming. "Someone needs a relaxation date at the spa! You're coming with me right this moment!"
Before she could open her mouth, Cadence was pulled from her seat and dragged out the door by the white unicorn.
Rarity is going to die... Spike chuckled lightly then turned his attention to the pony he was now awkwardly alone with.
"So, Spike… how ya been?”
Spike looked up at the stallion across the table and let out a deep sigh. “Meh, I’ve been alright. You?”
Twiddling his hooves, Shining suddenly rose from the table and moved across to sit by Spike. “Actually, Spike, I kind of needed to talk to you about that. I, um, well, there’s something I have to confess to you.”
Spike was afraid that Shining would hear how hard his heart was beating against his chest.
Is... he gonna confess to me?
"What's wrong?"
"Things between me and Cadence... Well they haven't really been the best. With her princess duties taking up all of her time we never are together... And when we are, she is too tired or cranky to really speak to me... So I..."
Spike stood up abruptly. "You what?"
The prince's hoof was gently placed on Spike's shoulder and eased him back into his chair.
"I want to renew my wedding vows to Cadence."
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Um...
Wow there's really nothing to say here. AUTO SUGGEST, GO!!!
Nostalgia critic bad touch with contempt crossword puzzle jumping play star fox death camps in the Office crossword.
Heh, renew vows. The only vows I see here are brand new funeral ones.
And I forgive you, now please try to update faster?
EDIT : Maybe there's more to this than what we've seen... We can't be short-sighted, guys.
I have only one word to say.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You hypocritical, asinine, son of a bitch! You can eat a bowl of baby dicks for all i care!
Wow, I mean wow!
Dude, I don't know if I should curse you out for what you are suggesting after what you did or be impressed that you have the balls to even think that.
Too bad that you probably put yourself on the chopping block as soon as you tell Candance. At least Spike is being the calm one, he wants to get his facts straight before he does anything. Though as soon has he gets both sides of the story,(Or is it three or four side?) someone is getting a funeral pyre.
I very much love how maturely Spike took it. I suppose Cadance would have been like that. As for Rarity and Shinning. They got me very riled up just now. They are being so blatant about their affair and what Shinning said at the end got me even more riled up. I can't tell if he's being sincere, stupid, or ... I don't know, shameful, disgraceful.
Either way, I'd like to think I'd be mature about it too but most likely I'd probably slap her and say she's dead to me. I wouldn't know. Never had to deal with this problem before.
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You talking about Shinning Armor or the authors?
I am hoping we get to see some of Spike's rage soon. I mean how mad would a Dragon get if you wronged them lol. But they better do something soon because seeing them thinking they are getting away with it is really pissing me off lol. I wonder if Spike one word answers are his way of keeping from killing Shinning right there on the spot,hell I wouldn't be surprised if he grows alittle just so he can tower over Shinning to make him wet himself. love the story but waiting for them two to make them suffer is killing me.
Rarity...Being alone with Cadence might not be the best idea right now, especially in an area were you can have so many 'Accidental' deaths
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Hey, it might be a sign of guilt on his part, feeling sorry for what he's done to Cadance, even if she, to his knowledge, doesn't know.
Great chapter. Looking forward for more!
I hope this will either begin updating faster or having longer chapters. Other than that it's good.
FUCK YOU RARITY. FUCK YOU SHINING ARMOR.
I'm wondering if it isn't actually meant to be shining and rarity's marriage. since shining is already married they can't officially marry, but at least this way they could pretend that it there's and not shining and cadences ... or something like that^^
okay...they both cheat on Cadence and Spike,and now he is gone renew his wedding.
somepony is gone freaking die.
Spike's reaction?
A couple of Knife Party songs come to mind...
Brain confused. Wat.
I have come to 2 conclusions.
1. The Shining Armor and Rarity Spike and Cadence saw kissing were changelings/enemies hoping to get those two frazzled
2. Rarity and Shining are really good actors!
4678783 Like Internet Friends?
4678854 Or maybe Centipede?
HOLY BALLS!!!
Welp rarity and shining armor are dead meat.
4678717 i totally agree with you
Stupid Rarity. Stupid Shinning armor
4678863 I was thinkin' Bonfire...
i just can't wait until they finally confront the two
Huh, I'm surprised. I'd have expected Spike to be incandescent with fury and Cadence being the sad, wounded one, not vice versa.
...Cadence is not a good actor.
I wonder if Shining feels genuinely sorry for what he did last night? Rarity does not seem repentant at all. Honestly, with her personality... I'd be extremely surprised if she wasn't the instigator of the affair. We know she's a flirt, and she's got high-society dreams and notions of romantic princes coming to sweep her off her feet.
What the hell is going on here!?
...I've gone straight past incensed to intrigued. What is Shining Armor's game? Was that really both Rarity AND Shining in the Saphirum? Are they both mega-scoundrels, or is there a misunderstanding or some sort of justification for this? Hard pressed to find a good justification for this.
Shining is either really confused, or there's a changeling Shining Armor and Rarity situation, or Shining is simply a dirtbag X2. Either way, unleash the Pinkamena:
What did chrysalis do what was so bad? And i am amazed cadence did not break down the door with an axe and shou HERES CADDDEEEYYYY
Damn... It's about to get REAL!
Shining, you are a prince....you are betrothed to a pincess. (Is that the right word and place for it?) The Princess of Love, as a matter of fact. I'm pretty sure that she's the princess of Lust as well considering that lust could be a derivative of love. Maybe not, it seems that Luna is better suited for the carnal arts, since they took place primarily at night...hmm..
Rarity, you have Spike, where, all things considered, is a prince and national hero to the Crystal ponies. Not to mention you yourself are a hero and a elite VIP (very important pony).
What in Celestia's great grace would allow even a thought of infidelity between the two?? What happened? Cadence doesn't put out enough, Shining? Spike's not big enough for you, Rarity? The two of them happened to mention that they have significant feelings for each other, then proceed to kiss on the lips, right when Cady and Spike witness this.....and I have to assume that kiss led to fucking.
Fucking in the SACRED SANTUM!!!! Really, the sex was so bland and lifeless that you just decided to let the dick and cunt speak for them?! Even when it is somene else's dick or cunt that is not you respective special somepony???
And to top it off......Shining and Rarity have the balls to just play it off like nothing happened?? Rarity offers a Spa trip for Cadence, knowing that the Princess is your recent affair partner's wife???? I don't know whether she's brave as hell or if the recent dicking by Shining fried some circuits and makes her gleefully ignorant of what has just did. And on the other side, Shining is claiming to want to renew his vows to Cadence. Things will be FUBAR when the santum doesn't respond to Shining like before. Shit meet fan...
Finally, Spike.....I am seriously scared for Shining as well as him.....Spike's just taking this cool as a cucumber......TAKE COVER!!!!!
Anypony think that the Crystal Princess needs a real Crysal Savior?? Because the discovery of an affair by the current Crystal Prince could possibly tear the empire in half....
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That's low, even for Rarity. If all she wanted was some royal cock, she could have actually have Prince Blueblood before. And to twist the knife. Spike's a Prince in my eyes...doesn't matter if he's the adopted son of Princess Celestia or Princess Twilight.....and she wouldn't even bat an eye....
Again, shit is gonna get real.
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That would've been cool, someone should edit a crazed Cadence into that scene from that movie
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Ok so either:
A) Changelings
B) Sombra is back from the dead and being a major dick
or
C) Both Shining and Rarity deserve each other. Given that the Crystal Heart seems to be in the same league as the Elements, Cadence can arrange for them to spend their life together. On the moon.
There is a special place in hell...
4679409 i agree!
The only thing that really tickles my anger here is the blatant lack of guilt. Everything else is merely pomp and circumstance.
All this controversy... all the rage.
Spike is swaggin!
I wonder what will happen next!!
Oh wait. I'm one of the writers... I do know what'll happen next.
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You'll see me again soon
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Lol, that makes one of us.
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4679661 What if I told you, I've already opened a Doc for chapter three?
Why isn't this updated more? It is so good and the premise is so unique.
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Someone is going to die.
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