"My Thousand Eyes Know Your Reading Habits..."
Twilight walked into the library of Canterlot Castle, her true home, the rest of the Castle just existed around it and regrettably had to be used.
“Spike?” she called.
The air darkened and a heavy presence filled the room. A purple mist appeared before her, filled with multiple fanged maws and rolling green eyes.
SPEAK AND BE HEARD, SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE… A Voice spake directly into the Alicorn’s mind.
Twilight rolled her eyes. “I just want a book to curl up with after a long day at work…”
Tentacles appeared, moving in and out of dimensions beyond the Alicorn’s ability to perceive.
ROMANCE? A HOW-TO BOOK? THE LATEST MAD SCIENTIST’S DIGEST? ONE OF THOSE WONDERBOLT FOLDOUT MAGAZINES YOU KEEP UNDER YOUR BED?
“H-how do you know about those?!” Twilight stammered.
I SEE EVERYTHING TWILIGHT… TIME AND SPACE ARE ONE IN ME…
Twilight gave a nervous chuckle. “Right…” Sometimes she forgot that she’d helped to raise an Eldritch Demigod. Though Spike had always proved himself incredibly useful to her and her friends. Twilight would never forget the day the baby Spike had torn his way out of a dead bird’s shadow… and looked at her with love in his hundreds of eyes before squeaking, Mama! It was an instant connection.
Back in the present as it was called by lower lifeforms with no real clue as to the true nature of things, Twilight said, “I guess just the latest Daring Doo…”
A technicolor swirl filled the room and a book was spat out of the void between worlds into her waiting hooves. Twilight’s eyes widened. “I don’t recognize this…”
IT WON’T BE RELEASED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, WHEN SHE COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT. I THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE A SNEAK PREVIEW; YOU’LL BE QUITE BUSY THAT WEEK…
“Oh. Thanks, that’s a very thoughtful gift!”
Spike didn’t have a face, but his expression was quite smug. I AM GOOD…
“Would you mind putting on a less horrifying manifestation?” Twilight asked before quickly closing her eyes. That didn’t block out the squelching sounds or the cracks of bones snapping into place.
You can look now, Twi…
Spike had put on his “handsome” Avatar, a sinfully gorgeous green and purple dragon. Every curve and plane of his body promised delights that would break your mind, his scales were polished to an oiled gleam, his muscles were chiseled as if from stone, his claws were mighty, his wings massive, his teeth painfully bright, his face supernaturally handsome, his voice a husky purr. This Avatar did cause mares and stallions to throw themselves at him, but it was better than driving them insane on sight. Spike was still a baby as Eldritch Horrors reckoned things, he only had so many Avatars to use.
“Got any plans for today?”
Spike shrugged. Just meeting the guys for an O&O session, I’ll put a bag over my head when I head out.
“Have fun!”
Spike did indeed cover his enchanting features; he’d learned the hard way to do that in this form. It didn’t prevent him from still seeing clearly in 12 dimensions.
Once he was a safe distance from any living thing, Spike ripped open a door in reality. It looked extremely organic, like he was crawling through something’s vein. Once on the other side Spike grinned when he saw his friends. Hey guys!
“Spike!” Shining Armor, Spike’s Uncle who was more of a Cool Older Brother tackled him in a hug. Well, he tried to. The white Unicorn simply bounced off the wall of muscles that made up Spike’s current physical form. Spike chuckled, picked the Unicorn up, and very, very gently hugged him. It still squeezed the air from Shining’s lungs.
Spike set his uncle down and turned to a red stallion. Hey Big Mac! The stallion nodded with a grin clearly showing.
Spike finally turned to a certain somepony. Don’t I get a hug?
A lanky brown Unicorn with a broken horn padded over to Spike and stood on his back legs to awkwardly give the “dragon” a hug. His cutie mark was a tornado in a swirl of colors, and his eyes were different colors, one a sunny yellow, one a cherry red. His mane and beard were black. “H-hey Spike…” he said softly.
Spike nuzzled the shy stallion. Hey, Discord.
Discord’s unfortunate name and cutie mark came from the fact he was so klutzy, he caused chaos wherever he went. He made basic physics weep. He’d never even had a friend before he moved to Ponyville and met Fluttershy.
Discord was also an impish prankster, and Spike had been instantly smitten when he and Twilight had first come to Ponyville. As an added bonus, Discord hadn’t run away screaming when they first met! They’d started dating once Spike got older, and during all of the crazy adventures the Elements had had together. Spike had even got Discord to come out of his shell. Mostly.
Am I going to DM again?
The other three males nodded eagerly, since Spike could bring the adventure to life.
They headed in and continued an epic tale of adventure and magic! Occasionally foiled by a spectacularly bad dice roll…
Spike didn’t sleep, but the others did, and so he eventually wound the night up for the early risers among the group.
Discord always tried to stay up late for him and tonight was especially eager to spend time with Spike.
As the clock began to chime midnight, the goofy stallion surprised him with a kiss. Spike felt … something flow out of him, and into the klutzy Unicorn, and the world seemed to momentarily turn inside out as reality reset itself.
Spike was coiled in the familiar embrace of his fluffy noodle of a coltfriend. Discord was grinning impishly. “So? What did you think? Enjoy a day on my level?”
Spike chuckled. “It was interesting, and it helped me know you better, but I think I’ll stick to just being me…”
Discord smiled. “I wouldn’t have you any other way...”
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That was... interesting.
I take it Pinkie learning restraint means that tomorrow, Spike only recieves a Congratulations On Being an Eldtritch Horror For A Day card?
Well, that was a lot of fun! The writing was playfully snappy ("It was an instant connection" was probably my favorite), Spike's youthful Eldritch-isms were very entertaining, and I liked how the introduction of Discord's deviations-from-canon led into the ending's twist; that was a particularly good touch IMO.
All in all, nicely done!
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Thank you!
I'll take that!
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Well, she definitely has access to Things Pone Was Not Meant to Know, so yes, probably....
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Thank you!
There's a novel pairing.
Now I kind of want to see everyone in Discord's social circle get the Eldritch for a Day service. Except Pinkie. She already got her turn after she nearly usurped the chaos dimension.
Definitely unexpected and quite delightful. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.
so true
aww, that is not what i expect Spike to be like!
i imagine Twilight balancing her romantic escapades with living with a child-dragon to be difficult enough in canon, but dang, that must have been way harder with this Spike around!
horrifying and cute at the same time, love it
honestly, this form sounds even more disconcerting to me than the swirling mass of maws and eyes! something about hyperstimuli and the Uncanny Valley
that what is underlying the skin of reality is something that looks organic certainly is disturbing to think about
aww, this is a great re-imagining of Discord that is as mundane as the canon Discord is not! it makes him seem actually pathetic, even, which i guess the canon Discord's personality would be without the powers to back it up. and it is fun that Discord basically becomes Troubleshoes here
ooh, what a twist ending!
and that is what i'd worry about! this story raises the exact same questions as "Magical Mystery Cure", with Twilight in the story having clear memories of an entire life where Discord's reality-bend was true
hehehe
though it is too bad, DiSpike was cute but a thousand words means that they only get about four sentences to develop, and that is an unexpected ship that would be interesting to see made to work.
loved all the descriptions of eldritch Spike, who i already find far more interesting than the Discord of canon whose powers seem to be limited to pranking ponies and making pop culture references instead of doing cool things like being genuinely horrifying to imagine. and augh, definitely would love to see more Twilight/Eldritch Spike interactions! so many possibilities there!
That sounds like Trouble Shoes.