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Prologue: Stuck In Bed2,173 words
Chapter 1: Once Upon a Dream Come True3,644 words
Chapter 2: Secrets Revealed4,520 words

Prologue: Stuck In Bed

Hi, guys. I know some of you are waiting for No Love For a Dragon to be updated, but this idea just came to me when I was listening to a remix of "The Silent Forest", known as the theme for Enchanted Dominion in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. It left me wondering.... What if Spike somehow ended up in the world of Disney's Sleeping Beauty? And here's the result so far. Enjoy!

By the way, this is going to be written from Spike's point-of-view.

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The day started off normally for me and Twilight Sparkle. We started off by re-shelving the library and basically sweeping the floors like every other month. Don't get me wrong, I had no real problem with doing chores with Twilight. But once in awhile, it does tend to get pretty boring doing the same thing every now and then. Usually, Twilight and her friends ended up on going on amazing adventures and I end up staying at home. It's not their fault, though. They could ask me to go along, but I am still a baby dragon and I have had my fair share of a few adventures. Sometimes, though, enough just isn't enough. I really wish I could go on my own adventures, but I digress.

For the rest of the day, I was helping Twilight with her errands as usual. After we finished cleaning the library and ate our breakfast, we went to the market to pick up some supplies and food. When we weren't shopping for food or things like quills, ink and parchment, we ended up helping the other ponies, Applejack with a few of her farm chores, Fluttershy tending to her animal friends, Pinkie with cooking some cupcakes, training with Rainbow Dash and Twilight even modeled for one of Rarity's latest fashion designs. Now, Rarity.... Man, she was one pony I was willing to help out any day of the week. Embarrassing as it may seem, I've had a crush on her since I first met her.

Anyways, at one point, when Twilight and I were helping Applejack with harvesting some of the apple trees, I got a little hungry. I would have asked Twilight if I could have something to eat, but she would probably have told me that it would have to wait until after we finished harvesting the orchard and I knew I couldn't wait that long. Otherwise, I would probably starve.

Just then, I spotted a lone apple at the base of a nearby apple tree. Once I got to the apple, I looked it over once. The apple looked covered with a few bruises, but I didn't seem to care. At least it could hopefully tide over my hunger until lunchtime. Besides, I've managed to eat some of Pinkie Pie and Applejack's "baked bads" and didn't end up getting sick afterwards. I then chucked the apple into my mouth, ate it in one bite and swallowed before I patted my belly in satisfaction and continued to help with the chore.

To reward me for being helpful not only to her but also all her friends that day, Twilight brought me to the Ponyville Cafe for lunch. I ended up ordering some extra crispy hay fries and Twilight ordered a daffodil and daisy sandwich.

"That was delicious, wasn't it, Spike?" Twilight asked me about half an hour later, pleased with her meal.

By that time, I was starting to not feel like myself. I felt lightheaded and almost like I was going to collapse right there on the spot. My stomach was in knots and I was sweating like crazy. I felt like I was burning up, even though the weather wasn't scorching. Why was I starting to feel like this all of a sudden?

"Y- Yeah, the best." I replied, trying to cover up my condition to her.

The violet-colored pony looked at me in confusion, "Spike. Are you okay? You don't look so hot."

"What're you talkin' about, Twi? I feel perfec-."

However, before I could finish my sentence, I ended up doing something I never thought I would do in public. I felt my cheeks bulge as I brought both arms to my stomach and vomited right there in the open! Words couldn't describe how ashamed I felt as everypony was staring in my direction in surprise. If embarrassment were a disease, I'd most likely be dead of it by now.

Suddenly, I felt a hoof lightly touching my forehead, Twilight's. "Oh, Spike! You're burning up!"

"I... I'm sorry, Twilight!" I apologized, feeling dizzy and ashamed of what just happened.

Just then, I felt myself levitated onto Twilight's back before she trotted off back to the library. "No need to apologize, Spike. But you need some rest, badly."

That was the last thing that I recall happening before I blacked out...

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I don't know how long I was out cold for. All I remember was finding myself in my basket in the library. I sat up and looked around before I felt a sharp pain in my head before laying back down. It was then that it hit me. Somehow, I ended up getting sick or something. How did I end up getting like this anyway? I probably stayed up past my bedtime or eaten something rot-.

Oh, right. I remember now: I had that bruised apple back at Sweet Apple Acres. This couldn't be right, though. I ate a bunch of rotten cupcakes and never came down with a sickness. So why did a bad apple cause me to upchuck hours later when I could stomach just about anything, including gems of all sorts? Before I could think it over any further, Twilight came upstairs to check on me with a look of concern.

"Hey, Spike. How are you feeling right now?" She asked me, a reassuring smile on her face.

I only groaned, holding my stomach, "Not so great. I'm feeling really bad." I looked back at her with a look of regret. "Twilight, about what happened in the marke-."

"No need to worry about that, Spike. It's not like you meant to vomit in the square. It could have happened to anypony."

Somehow, that made me feel slightly better as I smiled a bit.

"Anyways, it seems like you got stuck with the flu, which isn't anything too serious. However, I think it's best I relieve you of your duties for the time being."

"But... how will you get things done?" I asked her.

The lavender mare shook her head with a smile. "Don't worry, Spike. I can manage. Oh, that reminds me." She levitated something from behind her and placed it gently in my lap. "To keep you from dying of boredom while you're recovering, I got you this when you were asleep."

I looked over the item in my lap and couldn't help but frown a little. What I was looking at right now was a storybook that looked goldish in color and was decked out in all sorts of gems. I'd gladly take the gems over the rest any day of the week. However, the first thing about the book that caught my eye was the book's title, which read Sleeping Beauty. I knew the story too well. A king and queen have a baby, she's given many gifts by her countless fairy godmothers, except for an old hag who ends up laying a curse on her, which one of the godmothers switches around so that she won't die, but fall asleep, blah, blah, blah.

"Sleeping Beauty? Seriously, Twi? I know this story by heart already." I told her as I frowned.

"Oh, come on, Spike. This one's a different take on the story, I promise." She responded, putting on a convincing smile.

I only placed the book next to my basket before shoving it away and burying my head under my pillow. "Whatever."

"All right, all right." The pony I knew as my adoptive mother/sister turned to go before looking in my direction. "I'm gonna go to the Everfree Forest to get some herbal medicine from Zecora. Is there anything else you'd like me to get?"

"Some orange juice sounds pretty good," I told her, muffled by my pillow. Despite that, Twilight managed to hear me as clear as a bell.

"Okey-dokey, Spike. Anyways, in case you change your mind, I'll just leave this right here."

After that, I heard a light thud next to my basket. I looked out from underneath my pillow to see the Sleeping Beauty storybook right there, practically glaring at me. While I looked at the book, I heard Twilight call out to me, "I'll be back soon, Spike! And make sure you get some rest!"

The next thing I heard was the front door to the library being closed. I glanced back at the gold storybook, but scoffed as I turned away and clenched my eyes shut. The more I tried to get myself to fall asleep, though, the more the nagging thought telling me to read the story wouldn't leave me alone.

'Read me, read me! READ ME!!!' A voice seemed to echo in my mind.

After a half hour of trying to block out the voice, I growled in annoyance. "All right, all right!!! Grah!"

I snatched up the book, opened it to the first page and started reading. Needless to say, at first, it seemed to start off as the usual story I knew would.

"In a faraway land, long ago, lived a king and his fair queen. Many years, they had longed for a child." I read aloud, "And finally, their wish was granted. A daughter was born and they called her Aurora."

When I read that bit, I paused. Okay, this is sort of different. Anytime I read the story of the Sleeping Beauty, the princess was never really given a name. Shaking that off, I continued reading. Some parts were new or different, like the princess's father and his friend betrothing her to his friend's son, some guy named Prince Phillip or something. Whatever "betrothed" meant. Other part of the story turned out to be the same, like the day of the christening, the fairy godmothers (three of them named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather) blessing her with gifts of their own, the first two giving her gifts of beauty and song and the third fairy being interrupted before she could give her gift. Another part that seemed different was the role of the witch... what was her name, Malevolence? No, no. Maleficent. Her "gift" was the same, death on her sixteenth birthday by spindle.

What stuck out for me in the story was this: the three good fairies, despite Merryweather changing Maleficent's curse so that Aurora would fall asleep instead of die and be awakened by the kiss of true love, decided to raise the princess as a peasant girl, naming her Briar Rose, in a forest cottage in a glen while disguising themselves as peasant women so the curse would not be fulfilled. I was even more confused about finding that in the story, Maleficent and her goons were looking all over for the princess. I couldn't help but laugh at how the goons assumed they were looking for a baby all that time, hence one of them telling their mistress they checked the town, the forest, the mountains and even all the cradles. Yeah, that's right. They searched for the princess in cradles.

I would have loved to read on, but the more I did so, the sleepier I was getting. Just as I was going to turn the page, I was out cold, drifting off into dreamland...

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Awhile later, I found myself stirring as my eyes slowly opened. With a long yawn, I stretched myself. I noticed that I was feeling rejuvenated; maybe the nap helped me get rid of my flu. However, that wasn't the strange part as I looked around. The real strange part was that I wasn't at the library.

Instead, I found that I was somehow leaning against a tree somewhere in some sort of forest. Curious, I stood up and walked around the woods, observing my surroundings. For a second, I was assuming I was in a part of the Everfree Forest, but I don't remember any part of it looking like this. Everything looked as though it belonged in an extravagant painting somepony would usually find at the Canterlot Museum of Art. And I wasn't just talking about the trees, literally everything including the grass and cliffs looked almost like a painting.

Soon, I came to a cliff where a tree resided. From where I was, beyond the trees and past the valley, I could see an extraordinary castle standing among everything there. To me, it almost rivaled the elegance of Princess Celestia's castle in Canterlot. But since I was somewhere I had never been before, I confirmed my suspicions out loud to myself.

"Yep, Spike. You are definitely not in Equestria anymore..."

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