Chapter 10
That power belongs to ME!
Flames of a sickening green pierce the clouds in the dark sky. Celestia folds her wings, allowing gravity to pull her out of danger. Far enough away she fans them open, catching herself back into midflight. Through the endless night, a ray of yellow light shines like a small sun, building from the tip of her horn. Aiming it at the fell-dragon, a cone of solar energy rips through the air, striking the skeletal beast in its side. A loud, angry roar is its answer, as the tendril wrapped maw stretch so that it can release another fireball. Again the princess avoids it, but it pummels into the city streets.
The night comes alive with fire, ponies run frantically out in the streets. Equestrian Fire Department rushes to the burning buildings, buckets of water saddled around them. As they start to put out the fire, a stream of emerald flames careen from above, incinerating three more houses nearby.
“Sister!” Celestia cries out. “We must stop him or innocent ponies will be in harm’s way.”
Luna joins her side, seemingly blending with the night, “He is after us, dear sister, perhaps we can lure him elsewhere.”
Black wraps about her horn as she shoots a beam of energy at the dragon, striking his skull against the cheekbone. Spike winces, but turns and lets out another furious roar. His emerald eyes find that the alicorn sisters have taken flight, becoming nothing more than twinkling stars in the blackened sky. Boned claws dig into the rock of the castle, pulling the dragon up out of the tower.
You flee from me? You flee from your subjects? Give back that power. It is mine. Mine. MINE!
Purple tendrils erupt from his spine, splitting into two arcs that fall on either side of his body. They twist and protrude, weaving and forming. Pulling himself out of the tower, the newly formed wings gust the wind underneath him, lifting him off the ground. The titanic dragon hovers off the ground just a couple feet. Another flap of his wings propels him higher as he gives chase after the princesses.
The sheer size allows him to catch up with only a few moments. Celestia looks back, and then quickly alerts her sister. Luna looks over her shoulder as well, gasping. Both sisters fly faster, trying to gain some ground. Behind them the air stirs, and tosses them about. A shadow loom over, cutting out the moon as a dragon claw comes down upon them, smashing them to the ground. They fall to the earth, being crushed between branches and the cold, unforgiving ground.
They manage to survive the impact, but are slow to get up. Celestia looks to her wing, find it twisted in a queer shape. Pain runs through it when she tries to straighten it out. When she looks to Luna, she finds that her sister has met the same fate.
“Can you still fly?” Celestia shouts.
“I might,” Luna winces, looking at her damaged wings, “But not for too long.”
Suddenly, the colossal dragon falls to the ground, causing it to quake.
There is nowhere for you to run. You will give me what is MINE!
Throwing his weight back, he comes forward and slams his claws against the ground. It causes a seismic quake that levels the forest. The sisters stagger, but remain hoofed. Spike lets flames loose onto the forest, setting the land ablaze in emerald fire. It singes the already fallen trees to cinders.
“He is relentless, sister,” Luna points out. “There must be a way of defeating him.”
Celestia looks over to the ferocious dragon snarling at him, “If he wants this power so much, then it is what he will get.”
“Sister?”
“Follow my lead…”
Celestia takes flight, and her sister chases after. Soaring trough the sky, they are bombarded by blasts of flames coming from their titanic enemy. Returning fire, the Princess of the Sun shoots beams, but they are blocked by the webbing of purple wings at his back. When he pulls his wing away to fire, he is unexpectedly hit by Luna’s spell, striking his mouth downwards to aim flames at his feet. The green flames snake across his body, making his hiss in pain, but he remains standing.
Suddenly, Celestia drops down low, flying straight on at him.
“Sister!” Luna shouts, “What are you doing?”
Celestia does not listen to her sister’s plea, as she seems to be focusing elsewhere. Her horn is aglow with its celestial light, even as she is being attacked by flames. Spiraling away from one fireball, she is nearly struck by another that singes her already pained wing. Wincing, she falls from the sky for a moment, but manages to stay aloft, drawing closer to the undead dragon. Just as he is about to charge another breath of fire, he sees a light breaking the horizon.
Night suddenly turns to day as the sun unexpectedly rises from over the plain. It is blindingly close, a colossal fireball only a few hundred feet from the lands of Equestria. Spike looks to Celestia, realizing she is the reason behind the sudden daylight.
“You want the power of the sun so badly,” Celestia shouts, her horn burning brightly. “Then take it!”
Throwing the sun, the ball of gas slams against the undead dragon. Spike roars angrily as he throws his claws up to intercept. Bones touch the sun, as he roars even louder, as he tries to force it back. It starts to singe his claws, turning them to dust. Claws turn to nothing, as the bones slowly start to dissolve. Even parts of his skull start to ebb into dust, startling with his upper jaw.
I will not be stopped. It belongs to ME! It is MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
Before the rest of his mouth his burned away, Spike opens his jaw and tries to bite down into the sun. The fangs are reduced to ash, but he still continues to bite down. Just before he is swallowed up by the sun, the great ball of fire explodes, shooting up dust that blinds the princess.
“Sister!” Luna cries, racing down to join her sister.
She hunts through the veil of smoke, until she spots a small shadow hovering above the ground. With tears of joy in her eyes, she joins her sister at her side.
“You did it,” Luna shouts in her equestrian voice.
Celestia smiles, “We did it sis—”
A suddenly huge shadow breaks through the smoke, and breaks the veil. The scorched skeletal jaws are opened wide ready to devour Celestia. But before they can consume the Princess of Light, her sister pushes her out of the way. Luna becomes a victim as she is devoured in one bite.
“LUNA!”
Spike appears motionless, his body covered in scorch marks. All of a sudden, his body is wrapped up in light and darkness. Celestia tries to get closer, but a shockwave sends her flying out of sight. The pained roars of the dragon slowly change, becoming fits of maddening laughter. And then, in one final explosion, he turns the land around in into a crater.
Standing in its center is a dragon of deep violet that it is nearly black. The wing on his left has dancing flames of the sun, while the other has the crystalized shards of moonlight. Opening his eyes, the pulse with power, a deep emerald gaze. Spike looks down at his claws, finding they are covered in scales again rather than bone.
“I am whole,” he smiles sweetly. “This is what has been meant for me all this time.”
He holds his claw aloft, as magic builds between his talons. Radiant light fires, illuminating the sky as it rockets into space.
“Thorn Eclipse has been reborn!” he shouts triumphantly. “And this is only the beginning. Equestria, for all the pain you have brought upon my family, I shall return it tenfold. You, Twilight Sparkle, shall feel the full force of my wrath. I will be the villain that finally takes her down.”
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that was freak'n awesome is it sad that I would of been mad if he lost again
but yeah so far this Spike or Thorn eclipse is one of my favorite villains from any story
this should be his theme song
OH FUCKING SHIT!!!!! NOOOOOOO LUNAAAAA! WHY?!?!?!?!
HOLY FUCKKKKKKKK HE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!
*sips tea*
That was a most enjoyable read.
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7427887 I would love to see an animation of chapter 10 with this playing in the background.
7428198 that would be awesome
This chapter's end in a nutshell
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that celestia THREW A FUCKING SUN at spike, and managed not to destroy the entire fucking planet!?!
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He causes more problem's than he's worth, and all Spike-based episodes feel like they are forcing you too like them. The only thing I like about him is his sarcastic attitude, perhaps if they made him grow up a bit and give him a better role, I could respect him more.
This was brilliant! I don't know why I didn't read this sooner.
Wow, 1000 views. I want to thank you guys for reading it.
7245754 That's BS. Just because you don't enjoy stories where Spike is made the villian after snapping for not being treated equally to the other ponies, it doesn't mean he's "playing" villian". Even if they don't treat him "horribly", he IS usually is overlooked and treated as less in comparition to other ponies. It been lessened lately sure, but its still applicable somewhat, and something that can be exploited to justify him taking a dark path.
Also,
"And if he really wants to play the villain, he should face the fate of a villain."
Which is what exactly? Being reformed, forgiven and offered friendship apparently.
Starlight was a villian, did horrible things, and got scot-free and now has the privilege of living in princess Twilight's castle, being her apprentice and be given even more attention than Spike. Discord as well.
But Spike should suffer even if he has more legitimate reasons for snapping than those two?
Simply because you don't enjoy him acting up on his frustration because of personal reasons?
Take your bias somewhere else please.
(In b4 insults)
Does Sombra appear in this story, or is this the cover art meaningful in some other way?
Before I read this, what is the Dark tag for ?
And how bad does it get ?
8152410 Some blood and death.
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And how bad does it get ?
8157031 PG 13 tops. But darker than the show
I'm hard pressed to decide what I think about thieves story.
Twilight and ponies as a whole have been portrayed as horrifically evil...
Yet at the same time, they're trying to save everybody.
Spike has been portrayed as the victim of a cruel world...
Yet at the same time, he does nothing but evil with his powers.
I don't like either side of the conflict. An explanation Spike hadn't heard of for the injustices to Spike and the corruption card to relieve Spike's guilt would land this story with a solid upvote, but based on what I've seen? I don't know if that's going to happen.
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That was explained perfectly.
Wow.
I'm going to be brutally honest.
i dislike your version of spike.
The fact that despite everything he and his friends have been through together you have him going crazy and becoming evil seeking to undo his friends and all of equestria for something as asinine as "she didnt let me be her student"
The real spike would have just proven her wrong by doing a spell in front of her not go crazy gain the powers of all the previous villains and ruthlessly try to destroy everything he had with his friends
Also why would he take the beef he has with Twilight and starlight out on everybody else specially his close friends and Candance?
The main Saving Grace of this story is that near the end of the second story he regrets his decisions and only continues to be the villain because he knows that in the end he'll lose and he still cares about twilight and decides to give up trying to expose the villainy of the princesses. so he decides to defend his Birthright to the end knowing that even if he gave it up celestia and luna would still kill him to silence a whistleblower who could use the secret of how they got their power against them.
In the end he did it for twilight. Not himself and that's what keeps me on this story with hope of finishing the last chapter that thorn will remember who he is and patch things up with his old friends and maybe even luna and celestia even though what they did was horrible.
This has been my speech
Also I have a theory
Is it possible that Spike is being influenced by Thorn? I mean he chose the cover name Thorn Eclipse.
Thorn (the name of the previous eclipse dragons son.) Eclipse (eclipse dragon) and not to mention Spikes sudden distaste for ponies (since the princesses stole the power that was rightfully his.) And finally Thorn becoming a separate being.
Also through him Spike could possibly remember his history which is why he sought to begin his railing against the princesses in the first place.
so in the end this may not be entirely Spikes fault. Though in the end he decided to continue being the villain to protect his power and spare Twilight's heart.
Am I wrong?
Very interesting story but I would've liked to have have seen Spike express himself to Twilight and every pony else for what he's been through and why he's doing this.
You started telling a different story over halfway through.
That is such bad writing that I cannot think of much else to say.