Revolution: Equestria

by The Fields of Ice

Chapter Three: The Last Day in Ponyville

“So, what you’re telling me is that you want us to go with you to Canterlot, because Twilight thinks she knows how to bring magic back? No offence Cadence, but I’m not exactly ready to run off after somepony who hasn’t even tried to tell me she’s alive it ten damn years!” Spike yelled bluntly.

Cadence averted her eyes from the young dragon. She had expected some resistance, but not this much. “Spike, she needs our help. She could die if she tried to do this alone.”

Spike threw his arms up as tears began to well up in his eyes. “So what!? Encase you haven’t noticed, that’s what I’ve been thinking for the past ten years! It wouldn’t make a difference to me!”

As Spike finished his rant, he felt somepony lay a hoof on his shoulder. He looked back to see Rainbow Dash standing behind him. She looked as though she had tears in her eyes as well, but she still had a look of understanding. “Spike,” she said softly, “Could you come with me for a second?”

Spike was so upset that he almost snapped at Rainbow Dash, but when he looked into her eyes, he quickly caught his tongue. He gave her a nod, which caused a tear to fall from his eyes. Spike was sure Rainbow Dash had already seen it, but he quickly tried to wipe it away regardless.

The sky blue Pegasus smiled halfheartedly at her scaly friend. She then looked over to Cadence and said “Could you excuse us for a moment?” the pink mare gave her an understanding smile and nodded.

Rainbow Dash then put a foreleg around Spike and began walking him into the next room. She could tell Spike was trying his best to hide his face from her.

As the pair walked through the doorway the young dragon walked out of Rainbow Dash’s embrace and leaned against the wall. “What?” he asked, with sorrow and agitation clearly visible in his tone.

The blue coated mare sighed a little and stepped closer to him. “Spike,” she said warmly, “We have to go.”

“Why?! Why the hell should I?!” he snapped. Once he’d realized what he’d done, he quickly put an arm around Rainbow Dash. “I’m sorry. I’m just… Go on.”

She nodded, ignoring his outburst, and looked into Spike’s eyes. “Because, if Twilight does know how to fix all of this, she could return the world to what it once was. No more violence, no more murder, no more rape. Spike, it’s not just you we’re talking about.”

The young dragon let out a sigh and broke eye contact. “What if she’s wrong? What if she was lying?”

Rainbow Dash smirked. “Then you can put a boot up her ass as many times as you want and I won’t lift a hoof. But until then, we need to go out on a limb for the greater good; not just ourselves.

Spike couldn’t help but smile. “Since when did you become so good at convincing me to do what you want?”

Rainbow Dash smiled as well. “Well, I’m not the stupid sports driven sixteen year old I was, ten years ago. And you’re not the same little girly thirteen year old you were.”

Spike laughed lightly. “Oh shut up,” he joked.

The blue Pegasus laughed a little herself and took a few steps back. “Okay, now you go upstairs and start packing. I’ll be up in a minute after I tell Cadence. Oh, and don’t forget to pack a lot of lantern oil.”

Rainbow Dash began to trot back over to Cadence, but before she was through the doorway, she heard Spike call “Hey Dashie.” She turned around and was met with a sudden embrace.

“I’m glad you stayed,” he whispered softly.

Rainbow Dash lifted her forelegs around the young dragon and whispered, in the same tone, “Nothing would ever make me leave you, Spike. Nothing.”

Spike smiled and tried his best not to cry. However, after a few more seconds, he broke the embrace. “Okay, I guess we better start packing.”

The blue coated mare smiled and tried not to cry herself. However her efforts weren’t as good as Spike’s. He could clearly see that she was only seconds from crying too. Despite this, she shrugged it off and added “Yeah, those bags aren’t gonna pack themselves.”

“Yeah,” the young dragon chuckled halfheartedly. He then turned and walked towards the staircase.

Rainbow Dash waited a moment, before turning herself and trotted over to Cadence. She could instantly tell that the Alicorn thought something was wrong, mostly due to the tears.

“Is everything okay?” Cadence asked with a concerned tone.

The blue Pegasus, who was still smiling, threw out a hoof. “Oh no, everything’s fine. It just took a little bit of talking to convince him.”

Cadence skeptically raised an eyebrow. “Is that all?”

Rainbow Dash blushed slightly. “Well, we did talk about… Other things.”
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Spike was finishing up packing winter cloths and a few cans of oil, when he looked over to the small table next to his bed. There were two things on it; a small hardcover book and a picture. He walked over to it and lifted up the picture frame. It was a photo of him and all of his friends from before the blackout. As he looked at it he remembered what had happened to everypony.

The first pony in it was Pinkie Pie; she left with the Cakes for Fillydelphia a few years ago; something about Mr. Cake’s parents needing help. She hasn’t been seen since. Next was Rarity; she was visiting family in Manehatten with Sweetie Belle when the blackout happened. Again no pony has seen her since. Then Fluttershy; she went missing a few weeks after it happened. Everypony thinks she’s dead. Applejack was next. Things hadn’t changed much for her family, besides taking in Scootaloo after her parents went missing. Everypony thinks they died when Cloudsdale fell. Next was Rainbow Dash, whose story was already known. Then there was Twilight.

Spike quickly flipped the picture frame over and shoved it into his bag. He couldn’t bear to think about what she did. Not right now at least.

Spike shrugged it off and picked up the book. It was his old diary. He never hid it from Rainbow Dash, because he trusted her not to read it; he trusted her more than he’d ever trusted anypony in his life.

As Spike held the book in his claws, he thought about all of the past entries. The first few pages were about Rarity and how Twilight would always make him work. Usual things a teenage boy would talk about. But after the blackout, his entries took on a darker tone. Much of it was about death and loss. Never before had he written such awful things. However there was a light in the darkness; Rainbow Dash. Rainbow was the only good thing Spike would ever write about.

The young dragon remembered back to his first few entries about her. In one he talked about how they were playing together in the lake. In another they were hiding in the basement during a bad thunderstorm. Then he remembered one night, he had a dream about Twilight and started crying. Rainbow Dash held him all that night.

As spike thought about that last memory, his cheeks took on a light shade of crimson. Despite the fact that he was just a young boy at the time, the memory still made him kind of embarrassed, and, oddly enough, happy.

After a minute more, Spike leaned over and slid the book into his pack. After he was done he let out a soft sigh, and thought for a moment as more and more memories came back to him.

“Whatch ya doin?” asked the voice of a familiar blue Pegasus.

The young dragon wanted to nearly jump out of his scales. Quickly he turned around and saw that Rainbow Dash was standing only a few feet behind him. ‘How in the hell did she get in here so quietly?!’ he thought.

“Well?” she asked.

“Oh,” Spike replied, blushing harder than he already was, “Sorry, I was just thinking about this picture of everypony.”

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “You were? Because to me it looked like you were day dreaming with your journal. Were you mentally clopping to thoughts of Rarity again?” she joked.

‘Goddesses kill me now,’ thought Spike. “Oh for the love of the goddesses, I only had a crush on her when I was a child; I don’t anymore. Can we please forget about that?”

The blue Pegasus smirked playfully. “Never.”

Spike just rolled his eyes and sat down to zip up his pack. “Well, let’s give Cadence a place to sleep for now. I mean Canterlot is a pretty long walk.”

“Okay, you go tell her she can stay while I pack.”
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Spike turned a corner into the library and saw Cadence was looking over various books. “You read much?” he asked. Cadence almost jumped, not expecting anypony to be back so soon.

“Oh, yes. I used to read all the time in Canterlot. It was one of the reasons Twilight and I got along so well.”

Spike chuckled lightly. “Yeah, I can believe that… Hey Cadence, I’m sorry about earlier.”

The pink Alicorn threw out a hoof. “It’s okay Spike. I would have been pissed off if I were you too.”

“I know, but… I don’t know. I just kinda feel guilty.”

Cadence trotted over to Spike and made sure to make eye contact as she spoke. “Well, did you mean all the things you said?”

The young dragon sighed. “No, none of it. I love Twilight; I’m just pissed off about what she did.”

Cadence smiled and laid a hoof onto his shoulder. “And you think she isn’t?”

“Huh?”

“Spike, when Twilight got to Canterlot she was devastated, not by the walk, but because she couldn’t stop thinking about you the whole time. She loves you, probably more than you love her, and I can promise you that hasn’t changed.”

Spike just stood there wide eyed for a moment. “B-But how do you-“ Cadence cut him off there.

“She would never shut up about you, that’s how. Every single day she’d say something about you. Either it was how much she misses you or how she wished she’d never left.”

Spike couldn’t help but feel a little skeptic. After all, ever since Twilight left, he’d thought she hated him. So who’s to say Cadence wasn’t just saying something to make him feel better? “You’re lying, aren’t you?”

The pink mare made a very confused expression. “Why would I lie to you about something like this? Spike, you can’t even begin to imagine how much you mean to her.”

The young dragon could feel tears beginning to well. “Then why’d she leave? Why didn’t she take me?”

Cadence slowly put a foreleg around Spike. “You know the reason, Spike. It’s the same reason why we’re going to see her now.”

“Is everything okay?” asked a familiar voice. The pair looked up to see Rainbow Dash standing at the bottom of the staircase. It was clear she had a look of concern on her face.

Spike wiped away a few tears and replied “Yeah, we were just talking.”

“Something tells me you weren’t talking about Cadence’s sleeping arrangements,” she said as she began to trot over to Spike.

The purple dragon laughed lightly. “No, no we weren’t. It was about Twilight.”

Rainbow Dash made a very understanding expression. “Oh okay. Well Cadence, when you’re done talking, I just thought I’d let you know that you can use the shower. There’s no hot water, but it’s all we have.”

Cadence smiled. “Oh that’ll be more than enough Dash.” And with that she began trotting up the stairs.

Once Cadence was out of earshot, Rainbow Dash trotted alongside Spike. “So uh, what was that about?”

“Oh, she was just telling me about all that Twilight has said about me.”

“Is that good or bad?”

The young dragon chuckled, causing a few tears to break free. “It’s very good Dashie.”

Rainbow Dash smiled. “Well that’s great.”
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After what must have been an hour, Cadence came trotting out of the bathroom to see Rainbow Dash getting into bed and Spike laying out a mat and blanket on the floor. Spike smiled up at her. “Feel better?” he asked.

Cadence returned the smile. “Much, but Spike, what are you doing?”

“Well if somepony is going to trot all the way from Canterlot to get me, the least I can do is offer her a good night’s sleep.”

“Oh Spike, you don’t have to do that.”

“Yeah Spikey,” Rainbow cut in. “You could always sleep with me tonight, because you know how much I want it,” she said in a faked seductive tone.

The young dragon immediately shot her an angry scowl as his cheeks flushed bright red.

Cadence quickly threw her hoof over her mouth, but nothing could hold back this wall of laughter. “B’ahahahahahahahaha! What?!”

Spike face palmed as he shook his head. “I told Rainbow what you said earlier. I also told her you were joking and not to say anything,” he said in a muffled and monotone voice.

Cadence chuckled a little more as she trotted over to Spike’s bed. “Wow, I haven’t had a laugh like that in a while.”

Spike simply rolled his eyes and pulled the sheet over him. “Night,” he mumbled angrily.

Comments

[Roach of Wrath]

Please sir may I have some more?

[Colbalt White]

Well now looks like the future chapters are going to be fun
And if I can make a suggestion can you do a seperate story or whatever cause I'm kinda interested what life was like in ponyville for those last 10 years

[Theclockmaker]

Wonder what happen to pinkie...

[The Fields of Ice]

1875098 Assumed dead. No one knows.

[Inferno demon Dash]

Damn, poor Apple family and Scootaloo, makes me wonder what happened to Fluttershy though, I'm glad Spike and Rainbow are bonding so much, I really like it, but this is a bit hard to read, be sure to seprate your paragraphs and when others speak, other then that, very good job, be sure to caplize the g in Gods or Goddesses though, can't wait to see what happens next and as to why Twi left A few more errors but nothing major.

[The Fields of Ice]

1876583 No, scoot's parents are dead. Not the Apples.

[Calirolls]

Wait.. Did Fluttershy become the leader of the Monroe Republic Ponylitia?!?!
Where is my cookie for cleverness?

[The Fields of Ice]

1883156 no...

[Calirolls]

1883188
Aw, dammit! I thought I was about to become a physic!

[The Fields of Ice]

1888424 No wear close. She's the chick who blows stuff up. The rebel one.

[Calirolls]

1888727
Oh, that's even better!