Spike To The Rescue

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The folks of the town of Ponyville were either walking around town with umbrellas on hand or staying indoors and it was due to the fact that the pegasi were ordered to make it rain. Everypony was in a hurry to finish up their work and/or food shopping before the storm sets in. The Fall season was already beginning to kick in and the leaves were falling off their branches at a semi-rapid pace.

Same could be said for good ol' Spike the dragon and Fluttershy. Spike had volunteered to help care for Fluttershy's little animals and managed to help get the job done in half the time. He had grown up to be a young and handsome drake after all those times he helped his friends out in the many adventures across Equestria.

But as time went by for the young drake, he shrugged off his old crush on Rarity. Twilight knew about it and she felt sorry for her little brother for not getting a chance to at least go on a date with her, but he explained that she shouldn't be and that he'll one day find somepony who's willing to give him a chance, but for now, Spike just wanted to enjoy his youth while still giving his friends a helping hand. Twilight was willing to respect his decision and ended that little problem with a big hug.

Right now, Spike was filling up a tray full of chicken feed and slid it inside the chicken coop. The sounds of the chickens pecking away and eating their food felt satisfying for both him and Fluttershy.

"Thanks, Spike. I'm glad you came by to help with the animals. I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it in time before the storm set in, but now, everything is all taken care of thanks to you." Fluttershy says sincerely. Spike smiled at her and shrugged like it was nothing.

"I'm just happy to help, Flutters. If there's anything you need my help with, you let me know." Spike replied.

"Oh, no need to overwork yourself, Spike. You've done a plenty for me already. The animals are being well-fed, their colds are starting to slowly go away, and you even earned Angel's trust." she points down to Spike's left leg where Angel was nuzzling up to Spike's leg. Spike leaned down and patted the little rabbit softly on his head, making Angel smile at him.

"Yeah, no kidding. But you know, once you get past his difficult and stubborn attitude, he's not such a bad rabbit and can be pretty cool to hang out with." Spike replies. Angel nods in agreement.

"I can't really thank you enough for helping me out, Spike. Would you like to come inside for a nice cup of hot chocolate, i-if you want to, that is." Fluttershy offered.

"Sure, I could go for a cup. Thanks, Flutters." Spike replies.

"Okay then, come on inside." she signals the young drake into the house and opens the door. She steps inside right before Spike does and closes the door. The thunder could be heard from inside the house, but Spike wasn't worried about it in the very least. Fluttershy walked into the kitchen while Spike sat down on the couch and sighed in relief and relaxation, now that the work was done.

Spike soon felt a lot of things rush through his mind, mostly the things that happened to him, mostly back when he was just a little dragon. From the day he and Twilight met their new friends in Ponyville, he'd have his eyes on a certain fashionista and would constantly try his hardest just to earn her affections. But because she'd always ignore him, he just couldn't take the heartache anymore and just completely gave up on trying to impress her, and it was at that time when she finally took notice of him.

At first, she wanted to make things right with him by taking him out to dinner and such. But anytime she called him those nicknames back when he was a kid, he just didn't feel all that flattered. He told Rarity that he still loved her, but only as a friend and nothing else. Both him and Rarity felt like their hearts broke that day, but Spike felt like his heart was the one that was the most devastated. It devastated him because he had a crush on Rarity for the longest time and now he had to move on. He wasn't even in the mood to talk with the girls and just wanted some time alone after all was said and done.

He could still remember the day after he stopped chasing after Rarity that he'd always hand out by the lake, skipping stones or having picnics on his own underneath the gazebo. Nowadays, anytime Spike would see Rarity, he'd feel awkward and always be silent. Just hearing her name made his body tense up.

That was about 3 weeks ago, but nowadays, he slowly started hanging out with his friends more often and even started acting more independant. Of course, he'd spend most of his time helping out the girls with their girls, or hang out with some of the young stallions he had made friends with. One of them happened to be Thunderlane's little brother, Rumble. There was also Tender Taps, Apple Bloom's coltfriend and Button Mash, who's still trying to earn Sweetie Belle's heart.

His mind was interrupted by the smell of something hot. Spike looks to his left and sees Fluttershy walking into the living room with two cups of hot chocolate. She gives him one cup and sits down with him.

"Thanks, Fluttershy." Spike says. Fluttershy nods and smiles at Spike. They clink their mugs together and blow softly on their drinks before taking a few sips of their hot chocolate. Spike sighed happily. "This is some pretty good hot chocolate, thanks again, Flutters." he says. Fluttershy giggles adorably.

"You're very welcome, Spike." she replies. Fluttershy then brings up a certain subject, not to be rude, but just showing that she's concerned. "So, are you sure you don't want to pursue Rarity anymore? I mean, you've had your eye on her for so long and now you're giving up."

"It's for the best. Besides, I don't think she takes me seriously. Maybe one of these days, I'll find somepony else who'll give me the energy boost I need. But not right now. I want to enjoy as much of my time as a free dragon before I can really worry about finding a mare. Although, I do appreciate how you're so concerned about be, Fluttershy, so thanks for being a good friend to me." Spike explains.

"You're welcome, Spike."

But just then... *CRASH*

The entire ground shook and potted plants fell from Fluttershy's shelves. The chickens were panicking outside and probably running wild out of their coop. Spike and Fluttershy looked at each other and ran out of the house and into the backyard, seeing one of the chickens run off into the Everfree Forest.

"Spike, can you go and get her?! I'm worried she might get hurt!"

"Sure, you can count on me!" Spike says, looking determined. He spread out his wings and flew over to the entrance of the Everfree Forest in search of Fluttershy's chicken. He flew above the ground and scanned his surroundings, looking for any trace of the runaway chicken.

He could hear the chicken clucking and the sounds of its wings flapping. But he still didn't know where it was coming from, nor did he know if it was close or not. But he still flew deeper into the forest and kept pressing on with his search until he heard the sound of the chicken sounding even more panicked. He sees the chicken running towards him in an even more petrified state. Spike caught the chicken and was about to fly back, but felt some kind of strange scent hit his nostrils. It smelled like something was burning, making him follow the scent to find out what it was.

Spike flies deeper into the forest, following the smell of smoke. Soon, he comes up to a burning tree. He gasps and notice that the tree was not only on fire, but it had collapsed and got knocked down and had some sort of creature had gotten caught by it's massive weight and size and couldn't escape. Spike had no choice but to hold the chicken gentley with his tail and fly over to the creature that was stuck.

Upon closer inspection, the creature was actually an old enemy that almost took over Equestria. A certain former queen who lost her throne to one of her former soldiers: The changeling queen, Chrysalis. Spike gasped and flew down to help lift the tree off of her, but the tree was much too big and to heavy. Though he was trying his hardest, he felt like he wasn't going to make it in time. But then, some company flew in. Four unreformed changelings to be procise and all of them weren't even trying to stop Spike.

Him and the other changelings were putting all of their strengths into lifting the tree off of the former queen and little by little, they all felt the giant tree slowly roll off of the queen thanks to the sound of Spike tapping into his inner dragon and shouted out those two bone-chilling words. "SPIKE... WAAAAAANT!!!!!" Saying those, made his greedy growth spurt kick in.

His size grew and so did his strength, rolling the tree off of Chrysalis in no time. After she was freed, Spike grabbed his head and told himself in his mind to focus and calm down. His entire body had then returned to its normal size and allowed him to think more clearly. Spike felt like he had went through a tough workout and his arms felt like they were gonna fall off. The other changelings collapsed from the fatigue and the feeling of the intense flames beginning to grow closer to them.

Spike knew this was going to be an impossible challenge to rescue all 5 changelings all by himself. But luck and time was on his side thanks to a certain animal caregiver pegasus coming to aid him. "Spike, is everything al-- *gasp* Oh no, please don't tell me those changelings hurt you!" she says in a panic.

"No, Chrysalis is hurt and the others are gonna die if they breathe in too much smoke! Hurry, you take those two and I'll take the queen and the other two changelings." Spike ordered. Fluttershy wanted to talk, but the flames intensified and almost got near the changelings. But Spike went ahead and grabbed two of the regular changelings and carried them on each of his shoulders and carried her on his back. Fluttershy chose not to say another word and carried the other two changelings in each of her arms.

Despite being the shy pegasus she is, she was strong enough to carry them both and flew in the direction of the exit with Spike ahead of her. Spike it felt like an eternity before the two friends finally made it back to Fluttershy's cottage, in which the young drake put Fluttershy's chicken back in the coop. Fluttershy flew to her back door and opened it up, signaling Spike to hurry on inside. Spike did so and sat the two changelings he had in his arms on the couch, along with Chrysalis.

"Fluttershy, this might sound like an odd request, but I need you to go and get Twilight and have her come and help me get these five changelings to the hospital! After that, you go and get and Rainbow Dash and have her clear up the fire in the Everfree Forest! I'll stay here and keep the changelings safe here with me. And don't worry, I can hold my own if they end up turning against me." Spike says.

"A-Are you sure?" Fluttershy asks. She can feel a bit of self-doubt about Spike's decision.

"I'll be fine, really. Do you trust me?" Spike asks genuinely. Fluttershy paused for a second and nodded. "Then I definitely trust you, Fluttershy."

"Be careful, Spike." she replies, hugging her friend. Fluttershy ran out the front door and flew off into the distance and out of Spike's eyesight. Spike sat down on the rug in the middle of the living room, keeping an eye on the five changelings, hoping they're at least still breathing. He casted his fears aside and checked each of their heartbeats if they were alight. Aside from the smoke entering their lungs, the four changelings were alright, but Chrysalis was a slightly different story.

Spike could only guess that Chrysalis was severely injured from the tree crashing down on her and worried that the impact of the tree might have caused some heavy and severe bodily injuries. Spike didn't know what to do, other than to try and give her some air. He opened the former queen's mouth and gave her CPR, ignoring the fact that she might feed off his love if she ever wakes up.

Chrysalis was barely able to breathe after Spike's tenth try. Spike steps back a bit and waits to see if Chrysalis is going to sit up or not. The former changeling queen begins to stir and open her eyes. The moment she tries to sit up, she feels the pain jolt through her lower torso and her legs.

The other four changelings woke up, coughing and grabbing their chests. Each of them had different eye colors, which made it easy for Spike to tell the difference. The one on Spike's far left had light blue eyes, the 2nd one in the middle left had a darker blue eye color, the one on the middle right had green eyes and the one on the far right had red eyes. Chrysalis was sitting in the middle of the couch.

The moment the four changelings laid their eyes on Spike, they leaped off the couch and got in front of Chrysalis, trying to protect her. Spike raised his hands up in defense and backed up a bit.

"Hey, hey, EASY! I'm not gonna hurt you!" Spike said, almost scared. The changelings still glared at him, thinking the young drake was lying in order to save his own hide. They were only half-right. Spike might be afraid and want to fly out of there, but that just wasn't an option that he wanted to consider. His #1 priority was to make sure the changelings and their injured former queen was cared for. But first he had to wait for Twilight to arrive so she can help Spike carry the changelings over to the hospital and help her recover.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Spike looked behind him and then turned his whole body around and walked to the door, opening it. Behind the door was his good ol' friend, Twilight Sparkle. She was wearing the same clothes that she wore back when she first visited the human world.

"Spike! Is everything alright? Fluttershy told me you needed my help!" Twilight said.

"Yeah, Twilight. I need your help. Big time!" Spike replies, gesturing to the five changelings behind him.

Twilight gasped. "Spike, are you crazy?! You could've gotten hurt or have your love drained out of you! What were you even thinking, bringing those changelings into Fluttershy's house?!" she scolds.

"I didn't have a choice, Chrysalis almost got crushed and burned underneath a fallen tree in the Everfree Forest, so I had to get her out of there! I couldn't just leave her there to die!" Spike argues.

It seemed to be difficult to come up with some kind of arguement to match up with Spike's, but looking into his eyes and over at the changelings, who were guarding their queen, Twilight just couldn't say no to her #1 assistant if was doing what was right in his heart. Twilight sighed. "You can take Chrysalis and I'll take the other four, are you okay with this, Spike?" she asks him.

"Yeah. Thanks, Twilight." Spike replies, hugging her. He and walked over to the couch and got hissed at by the changelings, refusing to let him get any closer to their queen. "It's alright. I'm gonna help her get better, and then when she's done being treated for her wounds, you don't have to see me again." he reassures them. The changelings glared intensely at him, not buying what he's saying.

"J-Just let him." Chrysalis grunts from behind them. "What choice do we have?" she asks. Her remaining followers looked back at their queen with shock and glared back at Spike, sighing in defeat. They all moved out of the way and let Spike get through, which he gentely held Chrysalis bridal style. "Don't think this means I gotta like you or trust you or anything, you got that?" she asks. She wanted to raise her voice at Spike, but she was just too tired and badly injured to raise her voice.

"I understand." Spike nodded. Spike carried Chrysalis back over to Twilight and the other changelings followed him to the lavender alicorn. "Okay, Twilight. We're ready."

"Alright, but I think it's best if I teleport us to the hospital. If the ponies saw that changelings were among us, they'd freak out and take cover." Twilight implies. Spike nodded and stood close to her. Twilight concentrated hard on her spell just as the changelings walked up closer to them and in a flash of light, the group all ended up in the hospital lobby, which earned a gasp from the other ponies. At the very sight of the changelings, every one of the ponies backed up and wanted to scream in fear. "Everypony, calm down! These changelings don't have the strength or energy of be considered a threat, so you're all perfectly safe."

"She's telling the truth." Spike added. Everyone was just too scared to listen to reason and they backed away from Twilight and Spike even further.

Twilight sighs, feeling a bit annoyed. "Whether you all believe us or not, it's up to you. But right now, these changelings are badly injured. Come on, Spike, let's hurry up." she says. Spike walked with Twilight to the front desk, which the mare behind it was a bit shaken up. "These changelings need help." Twilight said.

"Their former queen got trapped underneath a tree and probably has broken bones and other bodily injuries and the other ones got a little weak from inhaling the smoke from the fire." Spike explained.

"W-Well... I-I-I'll see what I can do." The mare said. She pressed the button on her intercom microphone and everyone heard clearly over the monitor. "Paging Nurse Red Heart, p-please r-r-report to the f-f-front desk for five patients, one who is in need of some medical assistance for severe injuries... and fast?" With that said, at least now, Spike is relieved that at least Chrysalis might be in good hands.

A Place of Peace and Freedom

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With everyone in the lobby still too scared to approach Twilight and Spike, due to the "company" they were with, the young drake and alicorn waited patiently for the doctors to arrive. The sound of footsteps and squeaking wheels could be heard through the hallway on the right. Twilight and Spike looked and saw Nurse Red Heart running straight towards the group. She gets a bit scared when she sees the former changeling queen being carried by Spike, but her fear is tossed aside and Red Heart gestured Spike to place Chrysalis on the stretcher, in which he did so without question.

The other four changelings walked with Red Heart and disappeared into the hallway. Spike wanted to go after them, but Twilight stopped him by grabbing his tail with her magic. Spike looked back at his big sister who gave him a simple nod. "It's best thay you just wait out here, Spike. They don't trust you that well and plus you have to let the doctors do their job of helping them recover." she said.

Spike knew she was right, but at the same time, he just couldn't help but feel worried for Chrysalis and her unreformed changeling followers. He'd never felt so worried about an old enemy before. Nevertheless, he couldn't do anything, other than wait in the lobby until Chrysalis and her followers would feel better. Twilight also chose to wait patiently by reading a few books until there was nothing left to read, which took her 3 hours.

"Spike, we'd better get back home. It's late and I'm really behind on work. The changelings aren't going anywhere so you can come back tomorrow and check up on them." Twilight said.

"You can go back to the castle if you want, Twilight, but I'm gonna stay here and wait until visiting hours, or at least until the hospital closes for the night. Whichever comes first." Spike replied, not taking his eyes off the hallways where the queen was taken. He was too afraid to leave the changeling queen all alone, mostly because he was afraid that she might not make it out alive.

"Spike, I know you're worried, but you don't have to go through those kind of measures. You just need to have a little bit of faith in them." Twilight insisted

"I'm sorry, Twilight, but I'm staying right here." the drake persisted. "Whether you believe it or not, Chrysalis and her last few changelings need me. You can leave if you want, but I'm staying right here in this lobby until they're perfectly fine, okay?" Twilight thought Spike was just being stubborn, however, she knew that deep down, Spike was a good guy at heart and the fact that he's choosing to stay and wait for the changelings to recoverr shows that's grown more caring than ever before. She couldn't help but feel so proud of Spike and felt a smile form on her face.

"Alright, Spike. When you come home, I'll make sure to have some dinner prepared for you." Twilight said. She then walks up to Spike and hugs him. "Be careful when walking back home, okay?"

"I will, and thanks, Twilight." After exchanging hugs, Twilight walked out of the hospital and teleported herself back home while Spike sat in the lobby. Another 2 hours went by slowly, but Spike didn't even notice, for his mind was still set on the former changeling queen and whether or not she'd be alright. She and her army have tried to take over Equestria and feed off of everypony's love not once, but twice. Spike wants to believe that there's actually some good inside Chrysalis, but with the reputation she's built over the years, it's going to take a miracle for everypony to accept her and her last few remaining changeling followers.

Later on, Nurse Red Heart walked out from the hallway and saw only one single dragon sitting in the lobby and walked up to him. "Spike, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be home." Red Heart said.

"I'm just waiting to see if Queen Chrysalis is alright." Spike replied.

"Well, due to the multiple fractures in her body, she won't be able to walk for at least 3 weeks. But other than that, she's going to be just fine."

Spike felt a smile form on his face when he heard she was going to make it. "So then, can I see her?"

"Well, I suppose, but try not to ask any questions. But I will say this: What you did was very brave of you, not many ponies would go out and rescue Chrysalis and her four other female changelings."

"Yeah, well not even Queen Chrysalis deserves to go out like that, nor do any of her followers." Spike said, only for his eyes to widen when he heard what Red Heart said. "W-Wait a minute, did you just say Chrysalis' other changelings are all girls?!"

"Yep. Aside from the small amount of smoke they inhaled, they'll be okay. They just some need rest. Come on, I'll take you to them." she said.

Red Heart took Spike down the hall and passed up a few doors and made a turn to the right and approached the door first door on their right. Red Heart opened it up and let Spike in. He takes a few steps inside and notices Chrysalis at the end of the room, laying in bed and looking out the window. The other four beds showed the female changelings sleeping soundly into the night. Spike walked over to Chrysalis and stopped at the right hand side of he bed, getting her attention.

"What do you want?" Chrysalis asked, in a bad mood. "Did you come here to laugh at me and humiliate me even further because I've become nothing more than a weakling? You come here to rub salt into my wounds and say things like "This is what you get, Chrysalis" is that it?"

"No, Chrysalis, that's not it at all." Spike said, calmly, trying to hold her hand, but she swipes her hand away, "I just wanted to see if you're alright."

"Well, I'm breathing, now get out! I need not your pity!" she said, turning away.

"Chrysalis, whether you want to hate me or not, that's entirely up to you. But you have to understand that if I hadn't been there to save you, then you'd already be dead. But you're still alive today and so are your last few loyal changelings who still show their respect to their fallen queen. You shouldn't just look at the negatives all the time and moreso at the positives." Spike explained.

"You're right about one thing, I'm no queen anymore, just a washed-up bug who's of no use to anypony. You should have just let me die out there." Chrysalis replied in a low, slightly choked up voice.

"Chrysalis, don't say that! You know that's not true! Do you know why I saved you and your followers?" Spike asked, but got no response from her. "I saved you all because I care about all of you. Even though we've had a few bad times in the past, you still have a chance to change your lives for the better."

Chrysalis didn't reply. She just faced the window with the same blank expression. Spike didn't know what to do, other than to do the one thing that might be hazardous to him. He gave Chrysalis a hug and in doing so, offered her some of his love to help her get a little better.

"I hope you all get better soon." he whispered quietly to the former queen. He lets go of her and walks over to her other changelings and hugs them all as well. He could feel his energy being drained, but it didn't matter to him and once he was done, he exited the room and closed the door. After he had left the room, Chrysalis just couldn't stop quivering no matter how hard she tried. Whether she noticed it or not, tears began to form from her eyes and dripped down her face.

"T-That... cursed... dragon!" she grunted quietly, placing her hand on her head. Pretty soon, more tears flowed out of her eyes and she began to sniffle. "H-How dare he touches me!" Not long after she said that, she sobbed quietly to herself. She had never felt so humiliated in her entire life. Compared to the day when Starlight and Thorax took her throne away from her and failing to take Shining Armor in order to expand her army, being rescued by her enemy was even worse than those two failed attempts put together.

With her left alone with her changelings, Spike had flown halfway across Ponyville and was getting closer to the castle, still having thoughts about Chrysalis. She didn't really deserve to have that happen to her and neither did the other female changelings deserve to see their queen suffer like that. But thanks to the help his friends, at least now the changelings will be alright. Now all that mattered right now was to grab some dinner, and it was hard to concentrate when his stomach was empty and his mind was full. This was one of the same situations he was in when he had to get over his former crush.

He was so distracted by his thoughts that he bumped into the castle, snout first. "Ouch!" he yelled slightly, rubbing his snout and slowly floating down to the ground. He sighed and walked inside, seeing that the castle was completely silent, aside from the sound of the door closing. Spike walked down the hall and straight towards the door where the dining hall was.

Spike opened the door and noticed a plate of food and bowl of jewels being covered by a lid and a note. He picked up the note and read what it said.

Dear Spike,

If you're reading this, I've already gone to bed. I made sure to make you enough food so you wouldn't go hungry for the rest of the night. I can tell you were worried about Chrysalis and I don't blame you. I know she's the enemy, but I can say you did the right thing by saving her life. I've lost count of all the times when you were such a big help to everypony when we were in big trouble. Anyways, I hope you enjoy your meal and maybe tomorrow, we'll go check up on the changelings together.

P.S
I've invited somepony special so you wouldn't feel left out. I'm sure you know them very well.

Your big sis
Twilight Sparkle

"Somepony special? Who's she talking about." Spike asked.

"That would be me, darling." said a female voice. Spike's eyes widened when he heard that familiar voice, making him turn around and notice his ex-crush, Rarity, standing in the open doorway. She had on her usual light blue blouse on and long, purple skirt with three diamonds sowed onto it. "Twilight told me how you were worried about the changeling queen and how you rescued her from certain death. Would it be alright if I sat down and talked to you for a little while, Spikey-poo?" she asked, rubbing her arm.

"I, uhh... I suppose. Go ahead and have a seat." Spike offered, pulling up a chair. Rarity walked in and sat herself down and pushed herself in. Spike sat down next to Rarity, but then wondered. "So, are you hungry or did you already have dinner?" he asked.

"Don't worry, darling. I've already eaten, the food's all yours. Twilight did make it for you after all." she reassured, letting the young drake start eating. "Look, Spike. I know you said that you're finished with trying to win me over, and I can respect that as your friend, but are you sure it's a good idea to check up on Chrysalis, even after all the trouble she put us all through?"

Spike waited until he swallowed his food before he spoke to her so he wouldn't be rude. "She might have done ponies wrong in the past, but not even she deserves to go out like she almost did before, and plus, I want to believe that there might be some good in her."

"Spikey-darling, with all due respect, she's the changeling queen! For all I know, she might just end up using you to satisfy her hunger and I don't want to see you get hurt! I just don't want to lose you Spikey-poo, you're one of my most trusted and most generous of friends." Rarity placed her hand on Spike's.

"I know it's dangerous, but I'm taking that risk. And besides, I gave her and her changeling followers some of my love just so they wouldn't all go hungry for the night. Her last few changelings still have a high amount of respect for her, and I can't let them see their leader die." Spike said in a calm tone.

"Can I ask you something, Spike?" she asks. Spike nodded. Rarity avoided eye contact at first but then looked back at him and asked him, "Are you falling in love with Queen Chrysalis?" Spike's eyes widened when she asked that, but she wasn't sure if it means he does or doesn't. "Please, Spike. I just want to know. Do you love Chrysalis, or do you not love her?"

Spike sighed and looked directly at Rarity's pleading sapphire eyes. "I don't. At least... not yet I don't. Right now, I'm only staying focused on helping Chrysalis and her changeling followers get back up on their feet so I can help turn all of their lives around. After all, everypony deserves a second chance." he answered with a very kind and gentle smile.

Rarity just couldn't deny how much Spike has grown ever since he was just a baby dragon. All he cared about back then was winning her heart and affections, but now here he is, helping out others in their direst of needs and she knew she was never going to win Spike's heart as her lover. But at least she was going to be there for him as a kind and supportive friend, so without further ado, she leans in and hugs Spike, catching him by surprise and whispered in his ear, "You truly are a kind and generous dragon."

Spike smiled slightly and hugged his ex-crush back. Rarity felt like she wanted to melt away in Spike's arms, but she held it in and just mearly wiped away a tear from her eye.

Rarity and Spike broke the hug and Rarity stood up from her chair, stretching herself. "Well, I'd best be getting home so I can get some sleep." she said, walking towards the exit of the dining hall.

"You need me to walk you home?" Spike asked.

"No need to, darling. You can just go ahead and eat. You need your strength for tomorrow. I don't want to tucker you out at such a late hour. Good night, Spike." and with that, Rarity then walks out of the dining room and out the door on her way out of the castle. Spike sighed in relief, feeling like there wouldn't be any conflicts between him and his ex-crush. With that whole situation out of the way, Spike got back to eating his dinner, while still having thoughts about Chrysalis and the other changeling followers.

After finishing his dinner and washing his own dishes, Spike exited the dining room and traveled through the halls of the castle until he reached his bedroom. He enters his room and closes the door. He walks over to his bed and suddenly takes off his shirt before climbing onto his bed and covering himself up with the blankets and stared up at the ceiling.

The next day, after Spike had done his daily chores and helping out his friends, Twilight had once again took him to see the injured changeling queen at the hospital. Twilight wanted to make sure that Spike wouldn't get hurt, but he kept on insisting that he was going to be fine. Twilight didn't care if his hunch would be right, to her, Spike was still legally considered her younger brother. Whether he liked it or not, she wasn't going to let him see Chrysalis and her minions all by himself.

Once they got to the hospital, Twilight and Spike walked up to the front desk pony and asked her if visiting hours have started or not. She nodded and told the princess and her dragon brother where to find Chrysalis and the other changelings. Spike took Twilight with him down the hall to the right and took another right at the end, walking up to the first door on their right.

Twilight and Spike went inside the room and saw the four changelings and their leader, still in bed, resting their bodies, but none of them were asleep. The moment they all caught the sight of Spike and Twilight, they sat up and hissed at them to keep away from them. Twilight was trying to pull Spike back, but he shook his head at Twilight, letting her know he wasn't afraid of them. Spike walked casually at the still-hissing female changelings and stopped in front of their four hospital beds. They leaned against the foot of the bed and kept on hissing and glaring daggers at the calm purple dragon.

"What do you want, dragon?!" hissed the light blue-eyed changeling.

"Come to humiliate us and our queen even further?!" hissed the dark blue-eyed changeling.

"I don't care if I'm insulted, but leave our queen out of this!" hissed the green-eyed changeling.

"Give us one good reason why we shouldn't lash out on you now!" hissed the red-eyed changeling. Spike felt his whole body shaking, but at the same time, his heart was telling him to show them that he meant no harm and wants to help them out. He catches them off-guard by opening up his arms out wide. The female changelings looked at each other in confusion and at their queen, who looked back at them.

"You'll live a little longer if you feed. I don't care if he's offering it, love is love and you need it. Now FEED!" she ordered them but made sure not to strain herself.

The changelings looked at each other and back at Spike, who still had his arms spread out. They all glared and could feel the aching feeling inside them. They were hungry and needed to feed off his love. They signalled Spike to come a little closer out of annoyance. He did so and gave them all a warm, group hug. They wasted no time in feeding off of him, but Twilight wasn't going to let them use him as breakfast.

She glared and tried to pull Spike away from them, but to her surprise, she was pushed away, not by the changelings, but Spike himself.

"Spike, you can't be serious about this! Let go of them!" she said, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I know what I'm doing..." Spike said, sounding almost out of breath. Despite his whole body becoming weak, he still hung onto them. By the time they had finished, they pushed him off with ease, making him stumble and fall on his back, feeling all dizzy. Hee struggled to get up, but thankfully, Twilight helped him up and wrapped his arm around her for support.

"Spike, what were you thinking?! You know they feed off love!" Twilight tried to warm him. Spike let go of Twilight and slowly made his way to Chrysalis. "Spike, didn't you hear a word that I said?! Get away from her, even if she's injured, she's still able to feed off of you!" she said. But Spike didn't heed her warning, he just wanted to do whatever he could to help out the changelings and their queen.

"You know, your little princess is right. If you feed me, I can't guarantee your safety." Chrysalis said slyly, "How should I put this in a way you'll understand?" she asked herself, thinking and smiling. "Worst case scenario, you could easily get killed by me, Spike was it?"

Without hesitation and to her surprise, Spike grabbed one of her hands and wrapped his vacant arm around her, and gave her a warm, gentle hug. Chrysalis saw this opportunity and was about to feed off of him, but then suddenly, she got this strange urge to hug him back. She didn't know whether to feed or let him be, it was all so confusing for her. No one has ever showed her this much mercy, other than Starlight. What was weird was that something started pounding in her chest. Something amazing.

She didn't know what it was and before she knew it, her arms wrapped around Spike and her chest started beating faster and tears started to flow out of her eyes again.

Even Twilight was surprised when Chrysalis started hugging him. She thought Spike was a goner, but somehow, Spike was doing his best to prove that even the most dangerous of enemies can change. She felt scared for Spike's safety and proud of his bravery and kind heart. Before things could get worse for Spike, she walks over to him and places her hand on his shoulder, causing him to turn to face her.

"Spike, I know you're trying to help, and I'm very proud of you, really, I am, but sooner or later we're gonna have to tell Princess Celestia about this." Twilight said.

His body stiffened up at the mention of alerting the princess. "Twilight, if you do that, she's gonna take Chrysalis over to the dungeon and she'll never see the light of day again!" he panicked.

"We can't keep this a secret forever, Spike. She has to know."

"No! I won't let Chrysalis or her followers get thrown into the dungeon. They've been through enough!" Spike hung his head over, trying to hold back the tears.

"Spike, this is no time for arguing."

"Stop sulking over me, you pathetic crybaby." Chrysalis said, almost shouting. "Listen, I don't care if I'm sent into the pits of Tartarus or the princess' dungeon. There's nothing much for me to do and you saw how the other ponies looked at me with fear and panic. This kingdom's gonna rejoice when I'm gone." she turned her head away from Twilight and Spike, trying to hide her despair.

"What about your last changeling followers?" Spike asked.

"They don't need me. I've seen how strong my faithful rebels are, so I'm not worried. Besides, why are you acting like this is a bad thing?"

"Because, you're still a living being. And to see you get thrown in some isolated prison wouldn't prove that Equestria is a kingdom of peace and freedom. I won't lie, trying to take over Equestria twice was the wrong thing to do, but I want to help give you a chance to start over." Spike explained wholeheartedly. "I refuse to believe that Equestria isn't a world where all living creatures, good or evil, can't live peacefully. Please, Chrysalis, let me care for you and your changeling followers."

"Spike..." Twilight said in surprise, placing her hand over her heart. It made Twilight feel so proud of her little brother and how much he's matured over the years. There was simply no arguing with him at this point, so instead, she thought up a new suggestion. "I understand, Spike." she said. "If you feel this strongly about helping her, then how about I'll go ahead and have the princess hear you out."

Her dragon brother looked over at Twilight in surprise. "You'd do that?" he asked.

"Yes. I want to believe that Equestria is a place of peace and freedom, too. And to prove it, when we get back to the castle, I'll let you write the letter to Princess Celestia." Twilight said.

Spike felt relieved and let out a sigh, placing his hand over his heart. "Thanks, Twi." he said, smiling.

"Just looking out for my number one assistant and little brother." Twilight finished up with a big hug for Spike, which he hugged her back in return. Chrysalis wanted to roll her eyes at this embarrassing sight, but that strange beating deep inside her chest kept getting in the way. She felt like seeing Twilight and Spike hug each other in such a warm way made her feel so touched. She started to wonder if this is what it feels like for a changeling to experience real love and if she could learn to love like they do.

Coming To An Agreement

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Once he was scared for the changelings not being able to have their second chance. However, now Spike was relieved that his big sister, Twilight Sparkle would help him work something out with Princess Celestia so that Queen Chrysalis and the last of her changeling followers could stay. Chrysalis was still fairly new to the whole “love” thing, so as a result, she just rolled her eyes, still having thoughts about love being a weakness.

Throughout Chrysalis’ whole life, all she’s really cared about is draining the love out of others for the sake of obtaining the power to overthrow the princesses of Equestria and take over their land of Equestria. Now, here she was, in a hospital bed, being pitied in front of her own changelings by an 18-year-old dragon and his adoptive alicorn sister.

Chrysalis didn’t understand why he was being so kind to her, despite everything she had done that was considered a crime to all of Equestria. She was expecting the young, purple dragon to take her to the dungeons in Canterlot where she’d live the rest of her life in isolation. However, Spike has chosen to take a more merciful approach and save her from a life of misery. He even went so far as to take responsibility for saving her life and taking her to the hospital. To make things more weird for her, she just can’t figure out why her chest keeps beating.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of her changelings hissing in a hostile way. They didn't want to have anything to do with Spike or the Princess of Friendship. They feared for their leader's safety, even though Spike gave his word to not turn them in.

“Don’t think you can fool us, you lowlife dragon! You just want to use that as an excuse to send us and our queen off to the dungeons where we’ll live the rest of our lives in isolation!” hissed the red-eyed changeling.

“You ponies and dragons are all the same, you can't be trusted!” said the light blue-eyed changeling, as she glared daggers at Spike.

Twilight stepped in between the changelings and her little brother. “How dare you even think about saying something so unforgivable as that! Spike wouldn’t even think of throwing you in a dungeon! If he wanted to, he would have told me to contact the princess and bring the royal guards over. Instead, he chose to save your lives so all of you and your leader could hopefully reform yourselves!" she said, filled with anger.

“Bah! Why should we believe you?” snarled the dark blue-eyed changeling. “For all we know, you could have been coming up with a plan to lock us all up behind our backs. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Celestia’s guard was outside the entrance of this damn hospital right now.”

“As for that dragon,” said the green-eyed changeling. “All he’s good for is filling up our empty stomachs with love. The perfect meal wagon! I wouldn’t be surprised if he came back to feed us again. It feels so good to have a full stomach, especially when he never even puts up a fight.”

Spike felt a twitch of anger coming from Twilight, judging by the sparks emitting from her horn.

“Mock me all you want, I don’t care what you say about me. But when you talk about Spike that way, I will not forgive you! Now take back what you said about him, or else!” she shouted.

"Or else, what? You’re gonna throw us in the dungeon? How do you think your pwecious wittle bwother would feel if you did that?” the changeling with the red eyes changeling asked, infuriating Twilight even further.

Unable to take it anymore, Twilight gripped all four changelings by their throats with her magic. “I don’t make idle threats here, and don’t you dare try to send me on a guilt trip like that! Now, I’ll say this once more and only once more, take back what you said about Spike being your meal wagon, or I’ll send you all off to the dungeon on stretchers!" she threatened.

“TWILIGHT, STOP!” Spike shouted. He got in front of Twilight and put his hands on her shoulder. “Look I understand why you're so angry, but they’re just scared of what happens to Chrysalis.”

“I don’t get it Spike, why are you even trying to stick up for them? They said those terrible things about you and they don’t even bother to apologize for it! I can’t allow them to go unpunished like this!” Twilight insisted. But no matter what, Spike still refused to let Twilight do this.

“I’m well aware of the rotten things they just said about me, but I still want to help them. Nothing good is gonna come out of this whole situation if I don’t give them a chance,” Spike insisted.

Chrysalis looked over at Spike as he kept arguing with Twilight. She didn't say anything, but she was surprised at how the young drake was dedicated to this decision. Any other creature would jump at the chance to send her and her underlings off to the dungeon.

Twilight thought about it for a second and sighed in defeat. “I don’t think I’ll ever understand you, Spike. Then again, this is what makes you who you are,” she said shaking her head. Finally calming down, Twilight gently sets the four changelings on their beds, allowing them to grip their necks.

Spike approached them, only to get hissed at by them. He managed to close enough so that he was only a few inches away from the four of them.

“I’m sorry, girls. Are you gonna be okay?” he asked, genuinely. "You don't have to trust me if you don't want to, but I give you my word. I won't turn my back on you or Chrysalis. Everypony deserves a second chance, even you girls."

The changelings' stare went from a predatorial glare to puzzled and confused. But then... “Wait, hold on, Spike, did you just call them “girls?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, all of these changelings are female. Nurse Red Heart gave me the heads-up when I first paid them a visit to check up on them yesterday,” Spike explained before he turned his attention back to the changelings.

“As soon as your queen is feeling better, I'll make sure you all feel right at home. Although, I don’t think I ever got your names, would it be alright with you girls if you told me?”

"And just what is this suppose to be, an interrogation?" asked the red-eyed changeling, her tone just as hostile as always.

"No, this is what we usually call an introduction. I’m trying to prove to you that I’m not a threat,” Spike explained while raising his hands up out of self-defense. He was almost intimidated by the group of hostile changelings. Whether or not they actually trust him completely, the green changeling spoke first, albeit in a bitter tone.

“We do not have names, you overgrown lizard! Our queen has always told us names are worthless in the real world. I am called Tarantula, so there!” she scowled with a hiss at the end. The other changelings sighed in defeat and just got it over with.

"I’m known as Hornet, so don’t forget it!” the dark blue-eyes changeling said with an equal venom in her voice.

Spike then turned to the red-eyed changeling, gesturing for her to speak up. “Oh alright, I’m referred to as Arachnea!” she snapped.

“If it’ll get you to stop pestering me, I go by Aphid,” the light blue-eyes changeling said, turning away.

“Are you satisfied now?” Arachnea asked.

Spike nodded, hoping in due time, these four would warm up to him as long as he remained patient with them. He also made sure to keep the new changeling ruler Thorax in the dark about this for the time being. He also told Twilight not to tell Thorax about this, in fact, he made her Pinkie Promise.

“Are you quite finished with your little charade?” Chrysalis asked squinting her slit eyes.

“Yes, Chrysalis,” Spike made sure he didn’t roll his eyes at her, but her changelings got hostile for some reason.

“That’s “Queen” Chrysalis to you, scaly!” they said in unison.

“Okay, sorry! My bad!” Spike said, raising his hands up in self-defense. “Twilight, did you bring any paper with you? I want to make sure to send a message to Princess Celestia.”

“Yeah, I brought along a feather pen and some paper just in case,” she answered handing the items to her assistant.

Hornet walked up to Spike with a growl as he prepared to make his letter. “I’m warning you, don’t you try anything funny or the girls and I will drain you of your love until you look like a deflated whoopee cushion!”

“I assure you, there will be no funny business! Though if it makes you and the others feel better, I’ll ask the princess if you can join the meeting. I know you and the others don’t trust me, but that’s why I’m going through these great lengths,” Spike explained.

Twilight levitated the paper and feather pen to Spike after his little chat. Spike then wrote down the following:

Dear Princess Celestia

There’s something urgent I need to talk to you about. I want you to come down to the Ponyville Hospital. Recently, the fallen changeling leader, Queen Chrysalis was pinned underneath a burning tree and she’s recovering at the Ponyville Hospital, along with her four changeling followers. I wanted to talk to you in regards of letting them stay with me at the castle with Twilight. I feel like if I can help turn their lives around, Equestria won’t feel as threatened as it was before.

Yours truly,

Spike

P.S: It would be for the the best if you don’t tell Thorax and the changeling kingdom about this. I don’t want them to come after Chrysalis with hostile intent, especially since she has yet to make a full recovery.

With that, Spike rolled up the letter before setting it ablaze. Twilight opened up the window a bit and watched the magic stream drift outside. When it was completely out of view, the purple alicorn smiled and closed the window back up.

“Well, that takes care of that. Now we just have to wait for her response,” Twilight said. She walks over to one of the chairs and sits down while Spike sat in between the changelings and Chrysalis’ bed. Spike reached out to grab Chrysalis and Aphid’s hands, but they swatted him away from them.

“You’d better keep your filthy hands off of me!” Aphid hissed, making Spike to flinch and take a step back.

“I agree, I’m in no mood to be touched right now,” Chrysalis said, calmly but harshly. She didn’t want to risk making the pain worse for herself if she were to raise her voice. “But, I will show a little gratitude that you chose not to let Thorax know about this. I don’t ever want to see that disgusting traitor.”

Furrowing a brow, Spike really wanted to correct Chrysalis’ statement, but he kept his mouth shut to prevent another argument.

Meanwhile, in the Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia was going over her large pile of paperwork when all of a sudden, a message appeared in front of her. She a felt a wide smile grow on her face, as letters from Spike and Twilight almost always brighten her day. Almost always.

Unfortunately this time, the message she got from Spike was everything but something to be happy about, well sort of. She read the entire message and got a little worried. She feared for Spike’s safety and even had thoughts on bringing the royal guard with her.

However, Celestia calmed down and took a deep breath, trying to be to hasty with her decisions. She began to think it through carefully.

‘Hmm, the situation appears to be quite serious. Spike has matured quite a bit over these last few years. As the princess and his mother, I’m not sure if I should refuse or go along with his decision to care for them. Watching over one unreformed changeling is one thing, but four changelings and a queen is another. One thing I do know is that nothing will be resolved if I don’t confront him on the matter directly,’ she thought.

After Princess Celestia finished gathering her thoughts and making her final decision, she set her paperwork aside and rose up from her throne. The royal guards beside her saluted their princess as she descended down the steps.

“Shall we prepare a carriage for you your majesty?” the guard on the left asked, but Celestia shook her head.

“That’s quite alright dear guards. I think it’s for the best if I deal with this on my own,” she answered. Both of the guards bow to her as they obeyed her order.

With that, Celestia began to conjure up her magic, preparing to teleport herself into Ponyville. Due to her playful side, she works rather surprise her adopted son and former star student than let them know beforehand that she was on her way. As Spike has requested, she wasn’t going to let King Thorax know about this.

Back at the Ponyville Hospital, Spike was pacing back and forth waiting for his adoptive mother’s response. All the while, Chrysalis’ bodyguards wouldn’t stop giving him the cold shoulder since he told Celestia about their presence.

Right when they were about to tell him to stop walking back and forth, a bright flash appeared before them. Once the light had died down, the changelings minus Chrysalis, couldn’t help hissing at who had just arrived. Spike had expected a letter from the princess, but instead here was Celestia herself.

“Hello... mother,” Spike said walking up to the white alicorn to give her a hug. This action only disgusted the changelings, who had not stopped their hissing.

“Hello Spike. And hello to you too, Twilight,” Celestia greeted releasing the purple dragon from the loving embrace.

“Hi, princess,” Twilight replied before she gave her a hug as well.

Princess Celestia turned her attention to the injured former changeling queen, Chrysalis and got all wide-eyed when she saw the state she was in. As for the changeling bodyguards, they still kept hissing at Celestia. She hardly felt threatened by the four bodyguards. She stared at the fallen changelings for a little while longer until she turned her attention to Spike.

“Listen, Spike,” she began. “I know you’re a noble dragon who is you’re willing to do whatever it takes to help others and believe me, I’m very proud of you. Still, I just don’t know if it’s a good idea to let you care for them. You are aware that even though they’re still recovering, they can still drain the love out of you.”

“I know, mother, but this is something I have to do. I even offered to give them some of my love so they wouldn’t go hungry. I couldn’t let them starve,” Spike confessed. Celestia got more worried when he told her this.

“Spike, that’s dangerous!” Celestia scolded. “You know they are draining your energy as they feed off of your love! If you keep doing this, you’ll soon be at their mercy!” she raised her voice a bit, grabbing his shoulders. Spike gently took her hands off of his shoulders and held them.

“I want to prove to them that I’m somepony that can be trusted,” he said squeezing his mother’s hands. “I understand the dangers I’m getting myself into, but it’s worth it if it means that they get to start over. I refuse to believe that all changelings are evil. Thorax was the one who taught me that after all.”

Chrysalis could no longer contain the hiss that escaped her lips after Spike mentioned Thorax’s name. However she silenced herself when the young drake turned to look at her.

Celestia sighed as she approached the dethroned ruler, who glared at her. She returned the glare, as it was hard to overlook all the things the changelings have done.

“Whether we’re referring to a leader or a subordinate, I now know that there’s no such thing as pure evil. So please, mother. I want to look after the changelings. I’ve decided when I rescued them that I would prepare myself to take on such a huge responsibility, so I’m not backing away from it!” Spike shouted strongly, causing the sun goddess to look back at him impressed.

“If this is your final decision, then I don’t see any reason to prolong this argument any further than it already has. I can sense that deep down inside that big, strong heart of yours, you’re doing what you feel is right. Spike. Therefore, I will allow you to take full responsibility and look after these changelings.”

Queen Chrysalis quirked an eyebrow, trying to take in what she had just heard. ‘She can’t be serious about this! Me? Under the care of her misshapen son?! What an insult!’ she thought absolutely incredulous.

“Will that be a problem?” Celestia asked, turning to Chrysalis with an eyebrow raised. She didn’t have much of a choice in the matter. She and her subjects are homeless, she has no throne and going back into the Everfree Forest was only going to make matters worse. Chrysalis sighed in defeat and clenched her fist a bit and loosened it up 5 seconds later.

“N-No...” she answered begrudgingly.

“My queen! You can’t be serious!” Aphid said, slamming her fist on the bed.

“You can’t expect us to live with that disgusting reptile over there!” Arachnea added.

“SILENCE!” Chrysalis demanded. Unfortunately, her shouting caused a jolt of pain to shoot out through her body. Laying back down, she started panting heavily, waiting for the agony to end. Still, her yelling did the trick, as none of her bodyguards protested anymore. Though they did shoot some icy stares towards Spike and Celestia.

“The princess has made her decision. We don’t have much of a choice anymore. We’re at a dead end and her “son” is only chance we have left,” Chrysalis stated in a much calmer voice. By now her, pain has gone down.

“I believe it’s about time I take my leave. Spike, Twilight, I’m putting my trust in you to take care of these fellow changelings,” Celestia said firmly and they both nodded.

With that, the solar monarch lit her horn and disappeared in a bright flash.

Gaining Love In Another Way

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While King Thorax still is unaware that his former queen is in Ponyville, Spike had still spread the news to his friends. He was very clear when telling them not to jump to conclusions. The others had the same reaction as Twilight and Rarity did when they heard he was going to take care of the changelings.

Amongst all his friends, Spike could tell Starlight Glimmer was the most suspicious of Chrysalis. After all, in addition to rejecting the chance to reform herself, the defeated queen swore to take revenge on Starlight for removing her from power. That was definitely a humiliating experience that Chrysalis will probably never be able live down.

Of course, Spike’s relationship with the changelings hasn’t improved much, due to their hostility towards him. They still remained hostile to him even after they were all discharged from the hospital, but Chrysalis was far more calmer of the whole situation.

Because of their dangerous diet, Spike had to give Chrysalis and the girls his love so they wouldn’t starve. Naturally, Twilight always became uneasy whenever he allowed the changelings to feed off of him. However, she knew that it was pointless to try to talk him out of it.

Whenever it was time for Spike to do his shopping, he had to bring along the subordinates or possibly the queen alone. Hornet and the others still didn’t even remotely trust Spike whenever he wandered off on his own. They kept fearing he would just pick up something that’ll harm either them or their queen.

While her soldiers constantly doubted the young dragon, Chrysalis, on the other hand, slightly trusted Spike. She hadn’t adjusted to someone of Spike’s calibur, but she knows he won’t do anything to harm her. Because of his love, she could feel her strength returning to her for the first time in months.

Right now, it has been 3 months since the changelings were discharged. The changeling subordinates still refused to trust Spike, but Chrysalis’ point of view on Spike slowly began to change over time. Though she couldn’t say she trusted the others, especially Starlight.

Chrysalis and her bodyguards roamed around the castle, keeping themselves out of sight from the public eye and checking to see what they can do to ease their boredom. Sadly nothing they found that could peak their interest.

“Ugh! This place is starting to get boring!” Arachnea groaned, leaning up against the wall.

“What do you expect us to do, go out for a little stroll in town?” Aphid asked sarcastically. Of course, this caused Arachnea to glare at her fellow changeling.

“I am NOT going to show myself to these inferior pony pests!” she hissed.

“You seem to be forgetting that it was one of these “inferior pony pests” as well as that traitorous wretch of a changeling, Thorax, that took away our queen’s throne,” Hornet retorted.

“Are you trying to say that we’re the superfluous ones? Because I dare you to say that again so I can rearrange your face!” Tarantula threatened, cracking her knuckles.

Very soon the four insects were going at it, spewing out insults and threats to one another. Their constant bickering and arguing was starting to get on Chrysalis’ nerves. She emitted low growl and approached her bickering bodyguards and bonked their heads against each other.

“That’s enough, you fools! I’m ashamed of those pests having more power over us as much as you are, but if you don’t stop this nonsense, I’ll do it myself! I might be dethroned, but I’ve gotten more of my strength back, compliments of that dragon boy. So don’t... test me!” Chrysalis threatened in a low, scary tone.

Her underlings felt shivers going down their spines when they leader nearly snapped at them. They then got down onto their knees, bowing before Chrysalis.

“P-Please forgive us...” Hornet shakily begged as she kept her head down. Nothing else came from them after that, as they were awaiting Chrysalis’ answer. Calming down, the queen placed her hand on her subordinates’ heads one at a time.

“You are forgiven... this time,” she warned and they looked up at her with relieved expressions. “Now stand.”

“Are you guys fighting again?” asked Spike, walking up to the group. “Seriously, if you want to find something to ease your boredom, you can always go out and look around the town. You’re not prisoners in here, you know.”

“This conversation has nothing to-” Arachnea paused, worried that she might anger her queen. “What I mean to say is how are we supposed to go outside without raising a panic?” she said, gritting her teeth.

“You’re changelings. You can shapeshift into any living creature to hide your identities. You’ve done it before whenever you girls traveled with me to the store to buy groceries,” Spike shrugged, like it was no big deal.

“How can you fools not know something as basic as that?” Chrysalis facepalmed herself. “Honestly, it’s like teaching a bunch of amateurs.”

“Chrysalis, let’s not start something with each other.” Spike replied, resting a hand on her shoulder and causing her subordinates to glare at him. “Girls, relax. I’m not gonna hurt your queen, I was trying to prevent an argument.”

With that, Spike returned his focus to the task on hand, which was grocery shopping. Hornet, Tarantula, Aphid and Arachnea on the other hand didn’t just want to sit still so they did what their queen had told them and disguised themselves so they could go explore the town. Of course that meant they had to restrain themselves from feeding off of other ponies’ love.

Chrysalis stood by Spike as he did his shopping not making much conversation as she did so. She too had to change herself, especially since Equestria knows that she was the leader of the changelings that attacked Canterlot during Princess Cadence’s wedding. Spike noticed how she was staying silent and decided to change that.

“I know it’s a dumb question, but have you ever eaten anything besides love?” he asked, making sure no one else heard him.

“Unless it has a fairly similar taste to love, we changeling cannot feed on anything else. Our digestive systems are highly sensitive,” she whispered. She then glanced around making sure no one was listening.

“What does love taste like, exactly?” Spike whispers.

“It tastes like love, what else is there to say, other than it’s sweet texture?” she explained. Spike ignored the rather bitter tone she spoke to him with.

“Why are you so interested in changeling feeding habits?” she asked.

“I’m just making sure you girls don’t go hungry, I can’t bare to see you girls starve to death,” he answered with a warm smile. This answer definitely caught Chrysalis off guard.

‘Now he’s asking about my diet? W-What is it with this dragon?’ Chrysalis thought. ‘How can one simple dragon show so much interest in me and my last remaining subordinates? This just doesn’t make any sense!’.

Sensing the ex-queen’s confusion, Spike gently placed his hand on Chrysalis’ shoulder and smiled.

“Chrysalis, I know you’re probably wondering why I’m asking you all of this and I think you deserve an explanation. To tell you the truth, even though you caused a major crisis in Equestria a couple of times, you were just worried about your hive and your lack of food source. I don’t blame you, if I were in your position, I’d probably be doing the exact same thing,” he said.

It’s here that Chrysalis started to get a little irritated. “You don’t fully understand the concept about being a true leader! How can you even begin to understand the pain and suffering my hive and I went through all those years ago?” she asked with a hiss.

“I won’t argue with you there, I don’t know what it’s like to lose an entire hive, let alone know what being a leader is like. But I do know one thing: You care for those four girls who stuck by your side just as I care about my friends when they accepted me as their friend, despite my dragon heritage. My point is that friendship has no boundaries no matter what species you are or where you come from,” he explains.

True to what he just said, Spike had little experience with being a leader. Throughout his whole entire life, he’s always been the follower in the group and mostly the chore dragon. Even if it wasn’t as noble as being a leader or ruling an army, he knew that deep inside him, his duties were always helpful to his friends. Of course, he almost became one when he won the Gauntlet of Fire, but he decided to give it to Princess Ember. Things went disastrous when the Mane Six left him in charge of their pets all those years ago.

Spike was able to learn his lessons with dignity and is now proud of what he’s become. A strong and independent dragon who thrives to help his friends, no matter how difficult the task. He doesn’t care if he’s not a leader, because to him, there’s more to life than leadership. Even his friends think so too.

Once again, just what happened to her months ago, Chrysalis felt this weird thumping in her chest, but couldn’t understand why this was happening to her. Maybe it was all linked to Spike’s actions and his personality, which seemed absurd to her. She didn’t want it to get to her, so she tried to ignore it as soon as they arrived at the grocery store.

Upon entering the shop, Spike grabbed a basket before he began walking down the aisles. Looking for different types of food they’ll need to last them until next month, Spike went over the list Twilight made for him. While checking off every item he found, the purple dragon of course, also took note of what Chrysalis said about love having a “sweet texture” to it.

Spike made sure to purchase a few tubs of chocolate ice cream and some chocolate milk. He honestly didn’t know if the ice cream was sweet enough to fit in as a substitute for love, but he went and got them anyways. He checked them out at the cash register and paid the cashier the bits he had in his bag. But then, the cashier got a little nosey.

“Hey Spike, is this your new marefriend? She’s kinda pretty,” he asked. Due to him assuming such a thing, Spike began to blush and looked over at Chrysalis. At the moment, she has disguised as a unicorn mare with cream white fur, baby-blue eyes and a long light blue mane.

“Uhh, no she’s just a good friend of mine. R-Right?” Spike asked Chrysalis, chuckling nervously.

“Right... Of course,” she replied, deciding to go along with the act. In normal circumstances of course, it wouldn’t have been so easy to call herself Spike’s friend.

The cashier squinted his eyes, growing even more curious. Chrysalis was starting to get uncomfortable with the nosey pony gawking at her. Careful not to make a scene, she levitates the bagged groceries and grabs Spike’s hand, pulling him out of the store.

“We’re getting out of here... now!” Chrysalis demanded.

“R-Right...” Spike replied.

“Hey, if things don’t work out, just let me know and I’ll take good care of her!” he shouted out, waving good-bye to Spike. Unfortunately for him, he had no hope of a future with Chrysalis.

‘No way in Tartarus am I going to end up with that pathetic little wretch! His love isn’t even worth the trouble draining. To think that I actually lost to such a weak species,’ she thought to herself.

‘Well, it could’ve been worse,’ Spike thought letting out a sigh. Well at least the grocery shopping was done. Hopefully the sweet taste of chocolate ice cream will make Chrysalis loosen up.

Spike and Chrysalis had returned to the Castle of Friendship and brought the groceries into the kitchen. Every cupboard, cabinet, and even the fridge and pantry was completely filled by the time he was done. Spike prepared a chocolate ice cream sundae for Chrysalis after he finished putting the food away.

Chrysalis didn’t know what to think of this new food. It had the sweet aroma, but was not sure if it was going to damage her digestive system.

“What is this garbage?!” she snarled.

“It’s a chocolate ice cream sundae. I bought for you and your subordinates. I didn’t know if it was going to be a good substitute for love, but I did take note of how you explained love having a sweet texture to it. Go ahead and try it, it’s sweet,” Spike said.

Skeptic, Chrysalis takes another look at the sundae, still not sure if it was safe for her to drink it. She sighs in defeat and grabs the straw and brings it to her lips. She draws in the chocolate milk through the straw, taking a few sips of her sundae. The second it hit her taste buds, she pulled away and gulped down a few sips.

“Well... how does it taste?” Spike asked, crossing his claws behind his back. There was a long pause between them until finally...

“I suppose... this’ll do for the time being, but I’m not going to give up on love entirely, so I suggest that you don’t get comfortable. I won’t lie, this does taste similar to love,” Chrysalis admitted.

‘I’ll take that as a sign that says she likes it. Well, at least I found her another food source to keep her satisfied,’ Spike thought, letting out a sigh of relief. He watched as Chrysalis continued to sip the sundae, wondering if he should warn her about brain freeze.’

Sadly, Chrysalis’ eyes shot open and she put the sundae on the counter before gripping her head, shouting in pain. She glared at Spike with the intent to pulverize him.

“What in Tartarus did you DO TO ME?!?!?!” she snapped.

Once again, Spike raised his hands in self-defense. “Hey whoa, take it easy Chrysalis! I was just about to warn you that you can’t drink cold things like sundaes too quickly or you’ll get what we call a brain freeze. Trust me, I learned from that experience as well,” he explained.

Chrysalis glared at him for about 15 seconds before going back to her sundae. This time, she made sure to not take big gulps out of her drink. After she finished the milk, she was careful to consume the scoops of chocolate ice cream. For her pride, Chrysalis didn’t show any signs that she was enjoying her ice cream, but she still continued to eat. Spike can tell that she loves her new food. It’s only natural she wouldn’t show her emotions to anyone.

When she finished, she sighed and patted her stomach and let out a burp. She covered her mouth, blushing intensely. Spike laughed, earning an adorable, pouty glare from Chrysalis.

“How dare you laugh at me!” Chrysalis said, puffing up her cheeks in embarrassment.

“I-I’m sorry...” he said calming down. “I just thought that was a cute burp,”

If he had kept what he said to himself, he wouldn’t have heard four more hissing sounds from the kitchen doorway. His body froze and he looked to see Chrysalis’ bodyguards giving him the death stare and cracking their knuckles. Spike was in deep trouble. Apparently, her bodyguards don’t tolerate anyone disrespecting their queen like he just did.

“Better say your prayers, scaly! You just signed your own death warrant!” Arachnea hissed.

“Nopony, and I mean NOPONY laughs at our queen!” Aphid snarled.

“And anypony who does so gets the death sentence via massive love drain!” Hornet said, gritting her fangs.

“Any last words before you face your punishment?!” Tarantula growled.

Spike nearly trembled in fear when the four bodyguards threatened him like this. They charged at him when he had nothing to say, but before they could get close to Spike, Chrysalis got in front of Spike and stopped her subordinates using her magic.

“That’s quite enough out of you, you fools,” Chrysalis said. “Nopony disrespected me and I’ve told you a hundred times before to keep your attitudes in check! Remember, Spike offered to take me and you girls in out of the...” she felt weak when she strained herself to say the following, “...kindness of his heart!”

Her subordinates were left in shock.

“Y-Your highness... d-did you just...?!” Tarantula asked, stepping backwards.

“Don’t push your luck in having me say it again! Now apologize to Spike or I will drain out whatever amount of love you girls have stored away inside of you! And don’t say you don’t have any, I can smell it from a mile away! You drained the love out of some of the locals in town behind my back, didn’t you?!”

Tarantula and the others got onto their knees shaking in fear. After all, they had no other choice but to confess. They couldn’t hide anything from their queen.

“W-We admit it milady... w-we just couldn’t help ourselves...” Tarantula said keeping her head down. “Please... forgive us...”

Chrysalis was about to tell them off again, but she stopped as she saw Spike walk towards them. Stopping and kneeling down in front of Hornet, she looked up before the dragon embraced her.

“W-What are you doing l-lizard...?” she asked, but got her answer as she felt the power of his love. Instinctively, she began to feed.

Once Hornet got her fill, Spike moved on, doing the same with the other three. He was feeling a bit dizzy because of how much energy they’ve drained, but it was worth it.

“What are you trying to prove, dragon?!” Chrysalis asked, suddenly concerned. Though still dizzy, Spike managed to turn around and smile at her.

“T-They wanted to... find something... to eat... so I... gave them my… my love. I... I won’t let... any of them... starve to... to death,” he said, panting. Waddling over to the cabinets, Spike grabbed a cup and poured some water into it from the sink. He took a few sips from the cup and sets it down before he nearly collapses.

Chrysalis caught Spike and and held him in her arms, suddenly feeling more concerned. Ordinarily, she and her bodyguards would have laughed, but they were actually worried this time.

“Help me take him upstairs, we’ll discuss your disobedience later,” she said having calmed down.

“Y-Yes milady!” they said in unison. Doing as they were told, the four helped their queen carry Spike’s exhausted body back to his room. Not once have they ever felt guilt since the day they were hatched, but that was beginning to change. They now knew what it was like to take advantage of someone and regretted their decisions.

Upon reaching Spike’s room, the changelings gently laid the dragon in their arms onto his bed. Spike was barely managing to keep himself awake.

“Thank you...” he said with a chuckle. “After a good nap, I should feel a little better...”

“D-Don’t try to act so tough!” Arachnea scoffed, but Spike didn’t stop smiling. Seeing that one faint, bright smile, all four bodyguards felt a swift jolt pass through their entire bodies and experienced the same strange beating in their chests as Chrysalis did not too long ago.

“M-May we leave my queen?” Aphid asked turning to look at Chrysalis, who nodded. The four bodyguards all left in a single-file line. Chrysalis was about to leave as well, before Spike called out to her.

“Hey... Chrysalis come here a sec...”

She went back to Spike as he requested and was caught by surprise when he leaned up to her and kissed her on the cheek. He left his lips there for a few seconds before he pulled away with a smile. No words were spoken and Chrysalis just turned her head to look into Spike’s eyes.

“W-Why did you...?” However before she could get an answer, Spike had fallen asleep. Watching him snore softly, Chrysalis put a hand on the cheek he had just kissed and slowly backed away.

The embarrassed changeling turned to the doorway, placing her hand over her chest, which was still thumping. She sighed and walked out of Spike’s room, closing the door, pondering about whether or not if... she was starting to fall in love of if he was falling in love with her. Either way, something about this new feeling was making her feel more complete than she ever did in her whole entire life.

Questions of Love

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Spike yawned as the rays of Celestia’s sun shone through the windows. Smacking his dry lips, he walked to the nearby bathroom to take a drink of water. Letting the cold water rinse his throat, Spike still remembered what happened yesterday, but he didn’t mind.

Even though he was drained yesterday from the love he had given to Hornet and the others, a good night’s rest seemed to have done the trick. He knew he would have to find other foods to introduce the changelings to or he might have a problem.

He learned from what he saw yesterday that Queen Chrysalis seems to enjoy the taste of chocolate ice cream. Though he had a feeling it would be difficult convincing the other changelings to give it a shot. Nevertheless, Spike was going to try his best to convince them. But for now, Spike focused on rehydrating himself with a couple of cups of water.

After he was finished, Spike walked out of the bathroom and stretched himself before heading downstairs to check and see what he could eat. He was able to restrain himself from eating the gems of Twilight’s castle. He remembered all too well what happened when Dragon Lord Ember came to Ponyville for the first time.

Fortunately there were plenty of other options, especially since Spike had gone grocery shopping yesterday. Deciding on what to eat, the young drake got to work on fixing some french toast along with some hash browns. Focused on breakfast, he failed to realize who had come into the kitchen.

“Are you feeling alright?” Chrysalis asked, getting Spike’s attention.

“Oh, hi Chrysalis. Yeah, I was bit drained yesterday, but I’m back on my feet. Why? Is there something wrong?” he asked back. At the question, Chrysalis averted her gaze, thinking about what Spike did yesterday.

“Look, I… I apologize for what my subordinates’ behavior yesterday. But that’s not what I want to talk to you about,” she said, forcing herself to look at the dragon.

“It’s about the kiss, isn’t it?”

Chrysalis sighed, clenching her fist, but not too tightly. “Y-Yes... W-Why exactly did you do that?”

Spike shrugged as he put some bread in the toaster. “Honestly, I’m not so sure. Maybe it’s because I just wanted to be even more nicer to you or to show you that deep down inside me, my feelings are starting to grow stronger or something,” he explained.

Chrysalis quirked an eyebrow at Spike when he explained his actions. Still, recently after he kissed her last night, she wasn’t able to ignore the strange thumping feeling in her chest. Last night, when she went to her bedroom for some sleep, she kept tossing and turning, groaning in discomfort and frustration.

Spike returned his attention to the two pieces of toast, which had just popped up. Licking his lips, he spread some butter and jelly on the slices and sat down.

“By the way, how are the other girls, are they doing alright?” Spike asked, before taking a bite out of his breakfast.

“Hmm, glad you brought them up. All of you, get in here, now!” Within just five seconds, Chrysalis’ four bodyguards rushed into the kitchen. Spike knew that if it took so little time for them to get in here, they couldn’t have been far away before they were called.

“Y-Yes, my queen?” Arachnea asked poking her head out.

“First off, the next time you fools eavesdrop on me, all the love you’ve fed off of other ponies AND Spike will belong to me! So, you’ve been warned. Now get inside the kitchen and apologize to him immediately,” Chrysalis ordered.

“Y-Y-Yes my queen!” Tarantula replied, intimidated. The four changeling bodyguards walked inside the kitchen and approached Spike while he’s still eating. Spike gave the changelings his full attention. They didn’t like apologizing to their “inferiors,” but they didn’t have a choice.

Spike just chuckled after they had apologized. He found it impossible to stay mad at these four beautiful changelings. He accepted their apologies with a big group hug. Only this time, the bodyguards didn’t suck the love out of him. Spike was surprised that they didn’t seize the opportunity to do so, but even more surprised when he heard their chests beating rapidly.

“Your heartbeats are beautiful,” Spike whispered, unable to help himself. The moment was cut short when all four of the changelings backed away, blushing, but withheld their hissing.

“W-What did you just say?” Hornet asked, in denial of what he just said.

“I just said that your heartbeats are beautiful,” Spike repeated without a moment of hesitation.

“That’s absurd! We changelings do not have hearts! How can you say that our heartbeats are beautiful if we have no heart to begin with?!” Tarantula asked.

Spike wasn’t intimidated and shook his head with a smile. “I was able to hear it clearly during our group hug. I don’t see why you’re acting like it’s a bad thing.”

He reached over and gently started to stroke Tarantula’s cheek while she was still in shock. She blushed intensely and neither she nor the other changelings could find the strength to stop him.

Once he was done, Spike sat back down to finish his breakfast. Chrysalis and her underlings left him to his business. What was strange is that Chrysalis and her bodyguards weren’t as hungry as they were before. In the past few months, up until yesterday, they had no problems with feeding off of Spike’s love, but now, their appetites were deteriorating.

After Spike had finished his breakfast, he put his plates in the sink before leaving the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Twilight was coming out of the castle library with a couple of books and noticed Chrysalis and her underling changelings, sitting around in the living room, looking rather uneasy and confused. Twilight felt concerned for them, which was a shock to her, but she still addressed them nonetheless.

“Is... Is everything alright in here?” she asked as she walked into the kitchen. As the changelings their attention to her, Twilight was actually surprised how they didn’t hiss at her.

“Hardly. I don’t know what to think anymore,” Chrysalis replied. She didn’t even make eye contact with Twilight as she placed her hands on her head.

“Well, maybe I can help. I don’t know if I can be of any help like Spike is, but the least I can do is at least try,” Twilight sighed, knowing this will be difficult.

Chrysalis groaned as she let go of her head. “I can’t believe I’m resorting to this, but what choice do I have?” she sighed. “Whatever, I’ve got nothing more to lose and I’m out of answers. That assistant of yours is impossible to figure out.”

Twilight sat down on the couch next to Chrysalis. “Well, Spike has always been one to put other ponies needs before his own. It’s in his nature to help others when they need it most. I can’t help myself but worry about him every time he puts his life in danger. I’m not always going to be there to protect him and he knows it.”

“What does he hope to accomplish from doing something that reckless?” Chrysalis asked with annoyance obvious in her tone.

“He does it simply to be a good friend and to show that he cares. You’d be surprised of the bonds Equestria has formed because of Spike. He even showed it when he saved you and your bodyguards from that fire,” Twilight continued.

Chrysalis sighed and kept her hand placed over her chest, trying to hide the blush which has grown across her face. “What am I going to do? That dragon friend of yours has been making me feel... strange ever since he rescued me. I’ve been feeling these weird poundings in my chest and I just want it to stop!”

Hearing Chrysalis explain her situation, Twilight had a good feeling what all this meant. Even though the ex queen had covered her face, Twilight was able to faintly see the blush which had formed. While she could have taken the chance to tease Chrysalis, Twilight remained mature.

“Chrysalis, I think that’s because you actually have a heart... and what’s more is that you’re falling in love with Spike,” Twilight said. “I know it sounds hard to believe, but I think that Spike’s actions are starting to-”

“Y-You’re mistaken!” Chrysalis cut her off. “T-There’s no way a changeling can have a heart! I-It’s just not possible!”

“Chrysalis… I don’t think that’s entirely true. If you didn’t have a heart, you wouldn’t be feeling the way you are now. Plus... I even did some research on changeling history and there was actually a time when changelings actually used to have hearts.”

“Are you insulting our queen?!” Aphid asked, finally deciding to hiss at the princess of friendship.

“No, of course not. I’m merely saying that all changelings weren’t bad to begin with. In fact, I think you girls and Chrysalis are probably the only remaining changelings who were born with actual hearts. If you didn’t have hearts, you wouldn’t be feeling this immense love for Spike,” Twilight explained.

“But then... how come we’re starting to feel this now? Tell me... HOW?!” Chrysalis asked, still feeling frustrated.

“There’s only one reason why you haven’t been able to show them up until now. But first, I need to know something: Has there ever been a time when you were abused and betrayed when you were younger?” Twilight asked.

“T-That... That’s none of your concern!” the queen snapped as she stood up to take her leave. “Quite frankly, I believe I’ve heard enough out of you for now,” she scowled.

“B-But Chrysalis...” Twilight protested, but to no avail as Chrysalis left the living room without looking back. Once she was gone, Tarantula and the girls started to glare at the purple alicorn for offending their mistress.

“I think you’ve done quite enough damage to our queen, princess!” Arachnea hissed and the other changelings agreed.

“D-Do you know anything?” Twilight asked carefully. The four changelings’ harsh expression didn’t let up, but after a long pause, Aphid decided to speak up.

“No! It’s not our job to ask of our beloved queen’s history!” she answered.

Twilight tapped her fingers against the arm rest of her favorite couch, as many thoughts raced through her head. ‘What happened to her?’ she thought as she looked out the window. She wasn’t so sure how she could help Chrysalis and only hoped that Spike could think of a solution.

Wanting to get out of the castle, Spike had decided it would be nice to go over to Fluttershy’s cottage. At the moment, he was enjoying some nice hot tea and cookies that the sweet yellow pegasus had made for him.

“Mmm, these taste delicious, thank you Fluttershy,” Spike said, after gulping down on of the cookies.

“You’re very welcome Spike,” she said with a smile as she took a bite of her own cookie. “If you don’t mind me asking, why is it that you wanted to come see me?” she asked.

“Oh yeah, that’s right. Uh, Fluttershy, there’s something I gotta tell you regarding Chrysalis and her bodyguards,” Spike said before he let out a sigh. “You see, recently just yesterday, I went to get something for Chrysalis to eat so they wouldn’t have to resort to always feeding on my love. Recently their feeding has begun to affect my health. Yesterday I could barely stand and it was difficult to walk around the castle. However that’s not the key issue right now.”

“What’s the real issue, Spike? You can tell me,” Fluttershy assured.

“Last night, before I went to bed... I...” Spike stopped and took a deep breath before he continued. “I kissed Chrysalis. It was only on her cheek, but I still kissed her. I can’t explain it, but I think... I think I’m beginning to fall in love with her. What do you think I should do? It’s not like she’s going to say she feels the same way about me, she’s too insecure. She worries about what other ponies think of her and I don’t want to put any pressure on her or hurt her. I just don’t know what to do anymore.”

This news was quite a lot for Fluttershy to take in. “W-Well gee, I... I didn’t know you felt so strongly about Chrysalis. Do... Do you feel the same way towards the other changelings?” she asked.

“To be perfectly honest, I couldn’t help but feel attracted to her subordinates, too. But... I can’t help but feel like I’ll just end up making everything worse if I choose just one of them. That’s why I need your help, Fluttershy. How can I fix this?” Spike asked.

“Love works in mysterious ways Spike,” she began as she walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. “If you think you’re developing feelings for Chrysalis, you should go and tell her how you feel. There’s also something Twilight mentioned to me some time ago. She said that long ago, ponies and other creatures would practice what we call “herding.” Fluttershy explains.

“Herding? What do you mean?” Spike asked, confused.

“Well, basically, because of the population of mares being greater than stallions, the mares would all either date and sometimes marry one stallion, just to keep our species from going extinct and it’s worked out so well. If you’re experiencing these undying feelings for Chrysalis and her other, you might have a chance to be a part of their lives.”

Spike was left speechless as he took in what Fluttershy had just told him.

“But, what if they’re not ready for that kind of commitment?” Spike asked and then felt Fluttershy stroke his shoulder

“Not every relationship starts off nice and easy. There are a few bumps along the way. It’s good that you’re worried about such a thing. Maybe you should give them some time and allow them to open up to you in their own way. I’m sure that within due time, they’ll start to accept you and welcome you into their lives, just as you did when you took them in and cared for them.”

Spike felt a smile coming to his face as Fluttershy finished giving him advice. “I see. I’ll keep that in mind when the time is right for me to confess. Thanks, Fluttershy,” Spike said pulling Fluttershy into a warm hug. The timid pegasus hugged him back.

“Anytime, Spike. I’m just glad I was able to help,” she said rubbing his back. The hug lasted for a few more seconds before Spike decided it was time for him to take his leave. Fluttershy allowed him to take the remaining cookies in a small bag as he left her cottage.

He waved goodbye to Fluttershy and vice versa. With a smile on her angelic face, Fluttershy closed the door once had Spike flown out of her sight.

After arriving back at the castle, Spike headed straight for his room in order think things over on how he’ll be able to confess to the changelings. Of course, being the patient dragon he is, he chose to wait patiently and still keep up his usual routine, looking after the changelings and Queen Chrysalis. Speaking of which, Spike soon heard a knock on his door.

He looked up and turned towards the door with a questioned look. “Who is it?” he asked.

“I-It’s me,” Chrysalis replied from the other side. Spike got up from his bed and walked towards the door, unlocking it and opening it up. Chrysalis and her bodyguards all had troubled looks on their faces.

“Is something wrong, girls?” he asked, concerned. He placed a claw on the queen’s shoulder and she placed her hand over his claw.

“We need to talk.”

A Curse Is Lifted

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As the changelings led him up to his room, Spike had a feeling that he knew what it is they wanted to talk about. He didn’t say a word and allowed the changelings to enter his room. They walked inside, one by one until he closed the door and walked back over to his bed and sat at the edge.

“Whatever it is you want to talk about, I’m all ears,” he said. At first, Chrysalis’ bodyguards were hesitant to speak up, but their leader sighed and got it over with, sitting down next to Spike, but chose not to make eye contact.

“S-Spike, there’s something you have know and this is a rather personal subject. I want you to promise me that no matter what, you will not tell a soul,” Chrysalis said, slowly looking at him.

“Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,” Spike replied. Chrysalis was already aware of the “Pinkie Promise,” and despite how annoying it is, she’s relieved that he can keep his word.

“Very well then, here it is...” Chrysalis began with a deep breath. “Ever since you kissed me, I’ve been feeling this weird pounding in my chest and… your friend, Twilight says that it’s my heart. I thought that she was lying, because changelings don’t have hearts to begin with. But apparently, those books of hers told her otherwise. She said that long ago, there was a time when changelings used to have hearts. But, that was before...” she paused.

“Before what?” Spike asked, placing a hand on her shoulder. Chrysalis shuddered, clenching her fists.

“...Before my late mother became queen. Her name was Imperatrix. She was a vile, selfish changeling who changed the ways of our kind, bringing pain and sorrow to everypony in all of Equestria, thus, her actions caused us to be casted away by order of the princess. Every day, she caused me so much pain and agony that I began to lose all hope in life. When I was crowned queen, I had enough of my mother’s abusive behavior and... and... I drained her of every last ounce of love she had in that body of hers,” Chrysalis explained, gripping her hair.

“But, you still chose to walk down the path that Imperatrix put you into?” Spike asked.

“That’s right. I hated ponies so much! I was unable to feel anything but anger, hate, sorrow and even hunger. It was all my mother’s fault that I hated ponies! It’s ALL her fault! Even today, I hold nothing but hatred for my mother and I wish she were still alive so I could tell her how much of a heathenous wretch she was to me! She didn’t even care that I was suffering!”

By this point, Chrysalis was doing something that surprised her subordinates. She was... crying. Spike felt a pain inside his heart when both he and Chrysalis’s servants witnessed the queen shed tears for the first time. Naturally, being the kind-hearted dragon he is, he wrapped his arms around Chrysalis. Chrysalis hugged him back and sobbed uncontrollably.

“Now I believe I understand. You’ve lived a life of neglect and abuse for so long, you’ve forgotten what it really means to love,” Spike said, rocking Chrysalis left and right. The changeling bodyguards couldn’t stop themselves from crying either, but they didn’t hug each other.

Chrysalis wasn’t able to understand why she felt so comforted in Spike’s embrace. Ordinarily, if someone had tried to hug her, she would have either hissed or drained them of their love, but now, Chrysalis had no intentions of doing such a thing anymore. All she wanted now was the warm embrace of the only creature who’s giving her a chance to open herself up: Spike.

“S-S-Spike...” Chrysalis said, still choked up. Spike leaned his head back a bit just as Chrysalis did before they slowly leaned into each other, slowly closing their eyes and finally lock lips with each other. Chrysalis’ body soon started to glow and the changelings gasped. A moment later, Chrysalis’ body lifted up off the ground and shined brightly throughout Spike’s room.

The light quickly fades away just as it started and Chrysalis landed on the ground softly, but unlike Thorax and the rest of the changeling kingdom, Chrysalis stayed the same.

“Chrysalis,” Spike said, getting up and walking over to her. “Chrysalis? Are you alright?” he asked, holding her hand.

“W-Well, I guess. But I-I don’t understand. I’m supposed to be rid of this cursed body. I’m... supposed to be beautiful.”

“But you are beautiful,” Spike assured with a smile. His words touched Chrysalis deeply, making her place her hand over her chest. Chrysalis had never been shown true love and kindness over the long, long years she once reigned as queen of the changelings until now. And because of Spike, she was able to discover the true nature from deep inside her.

For once in her life, Chrysalis was happy to finally discover the heart that was buried away deep inside of her.

“S-Spike... thank you so much!” Chrysalis said, lunging herself into Spike’s arms and wrapping her arms tightly around him, crying tears of happiness. The other changelings smiled happily at their queen and joined in on the group hug.

Spike didn’t object to it and returned his affections to the 5 changelings. Naturally, even the other four changelings ended up glowing brightly and levitated off the ground. The light from each of their bodies shined brightly and then slowly dimmed as they floated safely back down on their hooves. Their appearances remained unchanged as well, but the aching hole in their hearts were filled to the brim with everlasting love and kindness.

“I… I don’t know what to say, Spike,” Aphid said.

“I do,” Tarantula replied, stepping forward. “Thank you… for always sticking by our sides, even when we were so hostile with you.”

“We… We’re really sorry, Spike,” Arachnea said, putting her hands behind her back, twisting her legs left and right. “We shouldn’t have acted so mean towards you, I feel like a complete jerk for putting you through so much pain.”

“Can you ever find it in your heart to forgive us?” Hornet asked, grabbing his hand.

Spike not only forgave them, but each changeling received a kiss on the lips. Chrysalis didn’t show any jealousy and allowed her subordinates... no… her friends to savor the moment as long as they could.

“Of course I forgive you, all of you. You’ve been living with this torment for so long. I always had faith in you girls in the vein hope that you all would be able to turn your lives around and you did. And now that you’re all feeling better, there’s one last thing I want to tell you all,” Spike said.

The changelings all leaned in close, as Spike peaked their curiosity. “Girls... I love you. All of you, from the bottom of my heart,” he said, making them feel surprised. “I had talked to Fluttershy earlier and she told me about how I should wait until the time was right to confess my true feelings for you girls. And I feel like this is the perfect time for me to tell you.”

“Tell us what?” Arachnea asked.

“I’ve recently fallen in love with you girls,” Spike began as he stroked Tarantula and Hornet’s cheeks.

“All of us?” Hornet asked as she felt Spike scratch behind her ear. He nodded and started to scratch Hornet’s ear as well, making sure not to draw blood with his sharp claws.

“Spike, I hate to break it to you, but I don’t think it’s possible for all of us to-” Tarantula was cut as Spike kissed her again.

“Actually it is. You see, girls, a long time ago, when ponies were on the brink of extinction, they’d practice this thing called “herding,” which involves multiple mares going out with one stallion. It’s still practiced today, thankfully. Though, I’m not sure if it applies to changelings, but I’m willing to give it a try if you’re comfortable with it,” Spike explained as he began to stroke Aphid’s cheek next.

Chrysalis and her friends looked at each other, unsure if it’s alright to accept his offer. While they could no longer deny their feelings for the drake, they still felt like they needed to sort this whole thing out.

“Um, could you give a minute, Spike?” Chrysalis asked, earning a nod from the kind drake as he got up and moved to the other side of the room to let them talk in private.

“It seems he’s really serious about starting a herd,” Tarantula began the conversation.

“I know, but, he only specified that ponies practiced that, he never said anything about changelings or dragons for that matter,” Hornet argued.

“Maybe not, but I honestly think it might be nice to experience what it’s like,” Aphid said.

“But, how will his other friends take this, like, are they going to be against this whole thing, or what’s gonna happen?” Arachnea asked.

“You’re looking at the negative effects too much, Arachnea. Spike loves us very much. I also love him, too. Do you girls love him?” Chrysalis asked. The others nodded. “Then that’s all that matters to us. Spike loves us and we love him, don’t think about what others may think. I’m willing to put our differences aside and be with Spike, no matter what.”

There was a long pause between the changelings, but then each of them smiled and nodded.

“If that’s how you feel, then so do I,” Arachnea said.

“Being a part of his herd might not be such a bad idea,” Aphid said.

“He thinks about our happiness, and it’s time we did the same,” Tarantula said.

“Then all in favor of joining our drake’s herd,” Hornet said.

“AYE!” the girls said in unison, before standing up and looking at Spike.

“Alright, Spike. We’ve all made our decisions and... we’d be glad to join your herd,” Chrysalis said, making their new drake-friend smile. He couldn’t help giving Chrysalis a small lick on her cheek, making her raise an eyebrow.

“Embarrassed?” he asked teasingly. Chrysalis’ eyes widened and felt her cheeks burn up from embarrassment, making her turn away.

“No, far from it!” Chrysalis shouted trying to maintain her dignity. She then lit up her horn and lifted Spike over to his bed. She climbs on top of the bed, giving Spike this evil grin and deep chuckle as she crawls towards him until she’s only inches away from his lips.

“You might have won my heart, but I won’t allow you to get the better of me! Perhaps it’s time I showed you how I work my own magic touch,” Chrysalis said, making Spike gulp. He was now regretting that he made fun of her and the girls snickered as they observed his predicament.

Chrysalis sat herself on Spike’s lap and grabbed the strap on her shoulder that kept her dress from falling off of her. She slides it down her shoulder and slowly pulls down her dress, causing her massive H-cup breasts to bounce freely from their prison. Chrysalis gets off of Spike and proceeds to remove her dress completely, showing off her gorgeous, naked, hourglass figure.

“Face it, tiger. You just hit the jackpot,” Chrysalis said, seductively, cupping her own breasts. Spike saw that her horn began glowing. His eyes went wide as her breasts began glowing as well, but not just hers. The the other changelings’ breasts started glowing as well. Each one had about a D-cup size, but when the light died down, their cup size had grown all the way up to F-cup. Chrysalis’ breasts jumped from H-cup to J-cup.

“Sweet mother of Celestia, those are huge!” he exclaimed, amazed by how she and the other changelings grew their breasts.

Chrysalis chuckled, “Are you going to stare at my bosom all day, or are you going to come up here and take a taste, big boy?” she asked, moving her breasts in circles. Embracing such an opportunity, Spike sat up and took Chrysalis’ lips, thrusting his long, forked tongue deep inside her mouth.

Chrysalis gasped, but she started to feel good and kissed Spike back. Feeling her tongue push against his own, Spike grabbed one of Chrysalis’ breasts. Chrysalis moaned into the kiss, stroking the back of his head.

“I get him first...” Chrysalis declared with a possessive tone after Spike pulled out of her mouth. His claws began to sink slightly into the skin of the changeling’s breast, making her gasp in pleasure. Giving the J-cup melons a couple of good squeezes, he began to tug on her nipples. As he did so, milk started squirting out of her which aroused him even more.

Spike wasn’t going to ask questions, instead he licked his lips greedily and latched onto one of the lactating teats. It was quite delicious, like a chocolate sundae, only sweeter. Chrysalis felt so much pleasure from Spike drinking her milk, she began to lose control. She allowed Spike to lay her on the bed and continue drinking from her giant breasts.

“Oh yes! That’s it, Spike! Drink your queen’s milk! Drink as much as you want!” she moaned loudly. As he did so, he reached down and gently began to massage Chrysalis’s curvy waist. She shivered as she felt the dragon’s claws tickle her sides.

The other changelings watched with jealousy as Spike took their queen and pleasured her. Due to her order, they would have to wait to have their fun with the drake. They couldn’t help but want to undress themselves and rub their own breasts and keep watching Spike pleasuring Chrysalis and taking her as his own.

Spike let go of his lover’s teats and smiled down at her. “How else can I pleasure my sexy queen?” he asked making her blush again. While she has been called “beautiful” many times, never before has she been called “sexy.”

“Perhaps you could first take off those clothes of yours. It’s not fair for you to be fully dressed while I’m completely naked in front of you,” she said, giving Spike her adorable pouty face, puffing up her cheeks.

“Aww, anything for you, cutie,” Spike said, pinching her cheeks gently. That’s another thing Chrysalis was never called before. She was glad Spike was always complimenting her, but then, her thoughts got more... kinky.

Now that his clothes were off, Chrysalis looked down at his huge erection... or “erections.” Of all those she has mated with, over the years, Spike’s size was amongst the greatest she’s ever encountered. Taking them into her hands, she couldn’t help drooling at the sight.

“My my, Spike... I’ve seen a lot of cocks in my life, but to see that you’ve got two big erections, I’m not sure if I can fit even one of them inside of me,” she smiled as she started to stroke him. “Though... that won’t stop me from trying.”

Licking the drool off of her lips, Chrysalis began to swirl her long tongue around Spike’s bottom penis. She then took it into her warm mouth, making the young drake gasp in content. As Chrysalis bobbed her head on his shaft, Hornet and the others began to snicker.

“Think you can handle our queen’s skills?” Tarantula asked smugly.

Spike was so overwhelmed by Chrysalis’ oral skills, he didn’t have the presence of mind to answer. Reaching down, he placed his hand on Chrysalis’ soft mane, encouraging her to continue. Feeling his claws in her mane, Chrysalis chuckled and quickened her pace, bobbing her head up and down on his shaft and humming.

Spike shuddered and moaned softly as he moved his hand to play with her ears. Chrysalis blushed intensely from his claws playing with her ear and moaned as he gave it a light pinch.

Deciding she had sucked on his bottom shaft long enough, the queen pulled off and gave the other penis the same treatment. All the while, Spike continued to play with her ears and hair, enjoying the soft feeling of each.

Feeling devious from the treatment he was getting, Spike couldn’t help what he did next. Raising himself up, he reached down and suddenly spanked Chrysalis’ jiggly rear. Chrysalis’s pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

“W-WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING TO OUR QUEEN?!” Arachnea asked, getting defensive again.

“G-Girls, relax! This is normal! In fact, give it to me more, Spike. Spank me again!” Chrysalis urged him. Spike grinned and continued spanking her plump, round booty. Arachnea and the others dropped their jaws in shock that their queen was allowing this.

Meanwhile, outside of Spike’s room, Starlight was reading one of Twilight’s books when she heard the sound of loud slapping noises and moaning. She stopped a few feet away from Spike’s bedroom door. She lit up her horn and used an x-ray spell to peek through the walls to see what was going on.

Starlight gasped when she noticed Chrysalis and Spike pleasuring each other and a blush soon decorated her cheeks. For some reason, she couldn’t turn away from this. Not long afterwards, Twilight came along and noticed Starlight’s embarrassed expression.

“Starlight, what’s going on? Why are you blushing like that?” she asked before looking at the door. But upon what she’s witnessing, a huge blush appeared on her face when she witnessed Spike and Chrysalis going at it.

“Twilight, d-did you think they’d take it this far?” Starlight asked.

Rather than answer, Twilight begins to panic when she noticed Chrysalis spreading her pussy lips wide open. Spike prepared himself to enter inside of her, but then...

“SPIKE, WHAT IN TARTARUS DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?!?!” Twilight shouted, bursting into Spike’s room without warning. Spike nearly jumped out of his scales when Twilight barged in without knocking. He ended up falling out of bed head first, causing him to black out.

After Spike regained consciousness and getting dressed, he and the changelings were marched downstairs as Twilight demanded an explanation.

“Just what gave you the right to suddenly get down and dirty with each other, Spike?” Twilight asked, glaring at her younger brother. But, Spike had his own counter-argument.

“Twilight, before I explain, I want to know why you didn’t bother knocking in on my door. Were you spying on me with some kind of magic spell?” Spike glared back. Twilight’s glare left her that very instant and was replaced by a huge blush. “Why would you peek on me through the walls in the first place? You invaded my privacy... MY privacy!”

“S-Spike, wait!” Starlight intervened. “It was me who used the spell, not Twilight. I’m really sorry I peeped on you. I just heard smacks and moans coming from your room and... I got so curious and wanted to find out what was going on. I’m really sorry.” Starlight hung her head down with regret.

Seeing how guilty the light purple unicorn felt, Spike slowly calmed down. “Alright, I guess I can forgive you, as long as you promise not to peep on me like that again,” Spike forgave. Starlight nodded and received a hug from Spike.

“Now, as you for you, Twilight,” Spike said turning to the alicorn. “You shouldn’t be barging in on me like that. As far as what I was doing with Chrysalis, you shouldn’t get so uptight about it, for I’m not the same naive brat I used to be. Chrysalis, Hornet, Tarantula, Aphid, and Arachnea are all my lovers now and we can do whatever it is we love with each other..”

“He’s right, princess. We all love Spike with all our hearts. He’s been nothing but kind to us, even when we were acting so cruel towards him. In fact, it comes down to it, I will gladly lay my life down for him,” Chrysalis said, clinging herself to her draconic lover.

Twilight was no longer displeased, in fact Spike saw that she began to cry out of joy. The dragon that she has always treated like a brother has finally found the ones he wants to share his life with. Unable to contain herself, she ran up and hugged Spike.

“Oh S-Spike... I-I’m really sorry if I acted childish earlier when I invaded your privacy. And you’re right, I shouldn’t be treating you like a baby dragon anymore. If you’re old enough to make your own path, then I won’t stop you from doing so. But even so, just know that I will always be here for you in case you do need me,” Twilight said.

With a smile, Spike returned his best friend and adoptive sister’s embrace and began crying as well. As Spike kept his arms around Twilight, it was soon made into a group hug as Chrysalis and her changelings joined in.

“Spike...” Chrysalis whispered still hugging her official lover. “I think it’s time we sent a letter.”

“To the princess?” he asked.

“Yes, tell her to arrange a meeting with Thorax so we can discuss our plans. I’ve got a lot to talk about with him. I just hope he’s willing to listen,” Chrysalis said, a bit worried. However as she felt the warmth of Spike’s scales, the queen was able to push her worries aside.

A Night of Pure Love

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Chrysalis leaned on Spike’s chest while the two of them waited on the couch for Thorax. To ease whatever worries she might have, the drake softly combed his lover’s hair, making her sigh. Chrysalis nuzzled into Spike’s chest along with the other changelings. Spike smiled at all of his beautiful lovers and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek and sometimes the lips as well.

Sure enough, moments later, there was a knock on the door. The girls all gave Spike some space and allowed him to stand up off the couch and allowed him to stretch. With a sigh, he walked over towards the door and opened it up, revealing his good friend, Thorax.

“Hey, Spike. I got the letter from Princess Celestia. She told me that you ended up falling in love with Queen Chrysalis, is that really true?” Thorax asked.

“Yeah, that’s true. Come on in and we’ll talk more,” Spike invited. Thorax walked in and Spike closed the door.

“Listen Spike, you’re one of my bestest friends and have always been like a brother to me ever since I was given a chance to show that not all changelings are bad, but getting together with Chrysalis is just way too dangerous! She’s probably just using you to feed off of your love! Think about how your friends and family would feel if you ended up getting hurt!” Thorax warned him.

“Thorax, I know what I’m doing. I mean, yeah, they did feed off my love at first… but now they’ve all made a vow not to do that anymore. Because of me, I was able to help them change for the better. I gave them a chance to redeem themselves and they did so with time and a lot of love. I get why you’re worried, but there’s nothing to worry about, now.” Spike explained.

“Nothing to worry about? Why do you say that?” Thorax asked.

“Because as it turns out, changelings really do have hearts. Chrysalis just wasn’t aware of that at first because of her abusive mother. Her mother turned her into the cold, ruthless and scary changeling queen we all once knew. Now, she’s reformed and we’ve fallen in love with each other, same with her changelings followers,” Spike explained.

“If she’s redeemed, how come she still looks the same as when I last saw her?” Thorax asked, pointing out the obvious.

“Because it wasn’t her body that was cursed... it was her heart. But I helped her lift the curse by showing her nothing but love and affection: two of the basic acts of kindness she’s never been shown for over a thousand years. I love her, Thorax and I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make her happy. She vowed to do the same thing for me and so did the other changelings,” Spike explained more.

Thorax was just filled with utter disbelief from what Spike has told him. At first, he was against the idea of Spike being in a relationship with his former queen, but the way he explained all that had happen in the past months, Thorax had no other choice but to believe him. He could see the devotion in his eyes and the everlasting love in his heart to know that Spike was telling the truth.

By this point they have retired to the room where Chrysalis and the girls were waiting for them.

“It’s been a while Thorax,” Chrysalis said.

“Yeah... long time no see,” Thorax replied, awkwardly. “I uh… I heard the truth from Spike and I only want to ask... do you really feel the same way for him? Are you really giving up on feeding off of love?”

Spike decided to interrupt by this point. “Let me stop you right there. Did Chrysalis ever tell you what happened when she was young? The day she had the changelings attack Canterlot, did she ever tell you why?”

“No, she never talked about her past. Was it that bad?” Thorax asked.

Spike turned to Chrysalis and gave her a nod, signaling her to tell her story.

“I suppose I owe an explanation about all of this, so here it is: Long ago, my mother, Imperatrix, was the current queen of the changelings. We were once a peaceful hive before she became the tyrant I once knew. She brought so much pain and anguish to me, the hive... and the ponies of Equestria. She was the most vile, selfish changeling who ever existed!” Chrysalis explains close to crying.

“I… I had no idea,” Thorax said, shocked.

“It was because of her that we were casted out from Equestria as monsters. I felt like there was no hope in escaping from that wretched, foul monster! Because of her, I lost the ability to love and show kindness and was now replaced and anger and hunger. Even though I hated her, I foolishly walked down the path she did… until now,” Chrysalis explained. “But thanks to Spike, I’m finally free from that witch. And Thorax I just want to say that… I’m so sorry for all the years of torture and anguish that I brought to the hive. Can you ever forgive me?”

Thorax’s fear for Chrysalis had turned into sympathy and pity. He had never seen his former ruler like this. He approached Chrysalis and gave her the biggest hug.

“Of course I forgive you. I’m so glad to know you’re doing alright now, that’s all that matters. Just promise me that you’ll watch over my friend, Spike. He loves you very much,” Thorax replied.

“Everyone deserves a chance regardless of their past or species, you’re the one who taught me that, Thorax,” Spike said placing a hand on the king’s shoulder.

“I suppose you’re right, Spike. If I was able to change, then so can Chrysalis. You’re a really good friend, Spike. Never forget that,” Thorax said, patting his shoulder. “I’ll be sure to let the other changelings know about this wonderful news.”

As he stood up to take his leave, Spike politely showed Thorax to the door. However, he failed to notice the looks of lust that have appeared on his lovers’ faces as he got up. Especially when they were all staring at Spike’s butt and long, scaly tail.

“We’ll definitely enjoy ourselves when he comes back ladies,” Chrysalis whispered, causing her changelings to giggle. “After all, we need to show him our... gratitude.”

After Spike wrapped up his conversation with Thorax, he returned to the living room where he expected the changelings were still waiting. Only difference is that... the girls were all stripped down to their undergarments.

Spike felt his whole face turn red from the sight of his sexy lovers turning him on. Of course, this was all too obvious to the changelings, who began approaching him with lidded eyes.

“You’ve been so good to us Spike...” Tarantula cooed as she licked her lips. “And our queen says we have to show how grateful we are...”

Hornet spoke up next and her tone was just as seductive. “We had a bit of an interruption earlier... but that won’t happen again.”

“Well, gee, if you girls insist, then let’s take this up to my room so Twilight and Starlight won’t see us. Luckily, I’ve already warned them both not to barge into my room again,” Spike replied with a wink.

The changelings all giggled as they all followed the dragon back up to his room. As soon as they were inside, Spike remembered to close and lock his door before taking off his shirt to reveal his impressive package.

Spike was about to reach for his pants, but then Chrysalis used her magic to poof the rest of his clothes off of him. Spike chuckled and approached his changeling queen and wrapped his arms around her waist.

“I guess I should thank you for helping me out of those clothes,” he said making her giggle. Chrysalis pulled in her dragon lover for a full-blown make-out session, pulling her onto his bed. The other changelings pouted like spoiled foals from the attention their queen was getting.

Tongue battling for dominance, Spike proceeded to use his claws to rip the frame of Chrysalis’ bra off, allowing her beautiful breasts to bounce free. Chrysalis of course didn’t mind that Spike had ruined her clothing, she was enjoying the attention of her lover.

Pulling away from her lips, Chrysalis smiled and prepared the spell that she knew her dragon loved. As her horn lit up, it wasn’t long before the changelings’ breast had began to grow. Chrysalis once again had a J-cup sized bust.

Licking his lips, Spike latched onto one of her enormous breasts and sucked on her nipple. Chrysalis moaned loudly from the intense pleasure that coarsed throughout her entire body. Spike’s fangs were lightly pinching her nipples in order to tease her. She hugged Spike, panting heavily as he licked and sucked on her nipples more hungrily.

“L-Like I said... I-I get him first...” Chrysalis reminded her followers, who reluctantly nodded and stayed where they were. Having said that, the queen used up what little focus she had left to remove her panties before she lost all focus to her lover.

Like last time, Chrysalis began to lactate and Spike was going full throttle on drinking her delicious milk. Oh, how he loved the taste. While he suckled on one nipple, his claws slightly dug into the other breast as he continued his groping. Chrysalis felt like she was going to go crazy if Spike kept up with his amazing, pleasurable skills.

“S-Spike! I... I can’t wait any longer!” Chrysalis moaned.

Spike gazed into Chrysalis’ eyes with a teasing smile. “Ah, ah, ah. Good things come to those who wait,” he said kissing her cheek. With that he began to suck on the other nipple. However instead of using his hands to play with her other breast, it reached down... between her legs.

Chrysalis bit her lip as she felt Spike insert his fingers into her pussy. He took his time moving in and out of her slit while licking her nipple. Chrysalis’ legs started twitching and as the two kept going at it, the other changelings could only watch and pleasure themselves. They could only imagine Spike taking all of them and painting their insides white with his hot, dragon seed.

Finally, it became too much for them. Walking over to the bed, they knelt down and began to lick Spike’s shafts, causing his eyes to widen. Looking down, he saw that Hornet and Aphid were enjoying his top member, while Arachnea and Tarantula were licking the bottom.

“I-I thought I told you girls it w-was my turn?!” Chrysalis scowled before letting out another moan. Rather than feel intimidated by their queen’s tone, the changelings looked at her with a smirk.

“With all due respect, we just couldn’t sit still,” Aphid said before she went back to licking Spike.

“Besides... we’re doing you... a favor...” Tarantula said between licks. “He’ll be... nice and wet... when he’s ready to... take you.”

Spike’s body shivered in pleasure from the horny changelings’ impressive skills. It pushed him to pleasure their queen even more by sticking all of his fingers inside of her pussy, while his thumb rubbed her clit. He managed to maintain his focus despite the attention his penises were receiving.

Chrysalis, on the other hand, was spouting out gibberish with a goofy look on her face. Spike was really pushing her over the edge and he was loving the way she’s looking right now.

“Enjoying yourself, Chryssie?” Spike asked, nuzzling her lovingly. The queen smiled at his nickname and began to pinch his cheek. However when she stopped pinching, Spike noticed that the girls have stopped attending to his shafts.

“What gives?” he asked.

“Our queen is ready for you to take her. Don’t keep her waiting, lover boy,” Aphid replied giving Spike a kiss. True to what she had said, Chrysalis’ pussy was dripping wet, begging for the drake’s attention. However, her pussy... wasn’t the only hole which would be used.

As Chrysalis has said before, she has mated multiple times to build her nest, but she’s never done anal before. Well today, Spike would have the honor of being the first to insert his member in the tight hole.

Soon, Spike removed his fingers and grabbed both of his hard, wet rods, aiming them at Chrysalis’ pussy and anal hole. With one swift thrust, he inserted his top member into her pussy, however, he wouldn’t be so swift with her ass. With great care, the drake stuck the bottom shaft into his lover’s anus and slowly eased in.

As he expected, Chrysalis’s asshole felt quite tight around his member, so he made sure to take things slowly as it opened up. It took a few seconds, but soon Spike was ready to begin his rhythm.

“H-How d-does it... feel to mate with... y-your queen for the first t-time my sweet dragon...?” Chrysalis asked.

“It feels great, Chryssie. I’ll make sure to give your asshole a lot of attention since it’s your first time taking anal,” Spike smirked. As he thrusted, he felt a pair of hands wrap around his torso and turned to look at Tarantula. The green-eyed changeling looked at her lover adoringly before giving him a kiss, which Spike happily allowed.

Turned on by the sight, Hornet gave bedroom eyes to Arachnea, who raised an eyebrow. Before she could question her friend’s behavior, Hornet locked lips with her. Arachnea was shocked by the action, but decided to accept the kiss and even began to fondle Hornet’s breasts. Up until today, none of the changelings were into lesbian activity, but it was time to go beyond their boundaries.

Chrysalis looked and saw Hornet and Arachnea make out and it turned her on. She then looked over and Aphid who was left out of the fun.

“H-Hey Aphid... come over here... your q-queen needs you...” Chrysalis muttered before releasing another loud moan. Aphid walked up to her queen. Immediately as she leaned down, Chrysalis pulled her down towards her lips. Aphid’s eyes widened and then slowly closed. Kissing her lover was one thing, but Aphid had never had the privilege of kissing her queen.

Spike was getting turned on by the sight of his lovers’ affection for one another and began hammering Chrysalis’ holes even faster than before. He then turned back to Tarantula and pulled her back to his lips. And of course, he wasn’t able to resist the sight of the changeling’s breasts and reached around her back to grope one of them.

“You’re adorable...” he told Tarantula after pulling away to look at her. She blushed at her lover’s comment and smiled at him. She winked at Spike before they went back to their make-out session. Spike resumed his powerful thrusting inside both Chrysalis’ pussy and anal hole. Chrysalis moaned into the kiss with Aphid, enjoying the feeling of her draconic lover mashing up her insides.

Chrysalis had mated many times before, but this felt different. It wasn’t out of lust, or to just build a hive. No, this time, she was mating out of pure love and passion. What’s more is that she was also enjoying the close contact with her beloved changelings.

Tarantula yelped a bit as she was suddenly pulled away from Spike’s lips and looked to see it was Hornet who had did so. Of course, the green-eyed changeling was far from amused.

“What do you think you’re doing?!” she demanded, but Hornet just smirked.

“I can’t have you hogging our dragon’s lips all to yourself. He’s our dragon, too,” Hornet replied, staring into Spike’s eyes with her dark blue ones. Licking her lips, she invaded his mouth, moaning in delight as she did so.

Tarantula let out a growl and was about to tell Hornet off before she felt Arachnea touch her shoulder. “Oh, don’t be like that Tarantula,” she teased. “After all... you and I have plenty of time to get to know each other before we get our turn with Spike...” With that, Arachnea kissed Tarantula to calm her jealousy.

Spike couldn’t help finding this to be amusing. Out of all of Chrysalis’ four bodyguards, Hornet was initially the most aggressive towards him. Now here she was enjoying a nice, loving kiss from the dragon she used to constantly threaten and insult. Of course, Spike had always managed to get over her behavior.

Pretty soon, Spike’s thrusting became quicker and more powerful. With his tongue still playing with Hornet’s, he slowly began to feel the pressure increase in his two members. Smoke started to seep out of his nostrils and he let out a growl into Hornet’s mouth.

With her experience in mating, Chrysalis knew that the increase in her dragon lover’s speed meant that he was close. She opened one her eyes to look up at him while keeping Aphid in lip lock.

Unable to hold back any longer, Spike broke the kiss with Hornet and let out a ferocious roar as he blew his hot load deep inside the changeling queen. She moaned into the kiss with Aphid as both her pussy and her ass were filled with Spike’s seed.

Breaking the kiss, Chrysalis looked down as her holes were overflowing with dragon seed. It felt much hotter than the release of any other creature she’s mated with. Though while it was a bit painful, Chrysalis felt far more pleasure than she ever felt before.

Spike kept his members inside of the queen for at least five minutes, occasionally giving a couple of thrusts even after he climaxed. This proved that the young dragon still wasn’t done yet. Pulling out of Chrysalis, the queen swiftly sat up and gave Spike a loving kiss.

“Spike, that was the most amazing sex I’ve ever had in my whole entire life! I might want to go for another round, but right now, I think it’s time you pleased the other girls. They’ve waited very patiently for you to rut them savagely,” Chrysalis said, after breaking the kiss.

“Unfortunately I don’t think we can wait long enough if you do us one at a time...” Aphid said with a playful whine. Spike stroked his chin and felt an idea pop in his head.

“Not to worry, I know exactly how I can fix that problem!” he said.

Spike grabbed Tarantula, who by this point has ended her kiss with Arachnea and Hornet. He then laid them both on his bed gently, with Hornet on top of Tarantula, facing her. Unfortunately, Tarantula was still mad at Hornet for ending her kiss with Spike and wasn’t going to submit to this so easily.

“Humph! I refuse to go along with this if this bit-” Her complaints her cut off as she felt Spike’s member tease her pussy lips.

“Sure you don’t want it?” he asked as he continued to brush against her hole. Tarantula shuddered and moaned, gripping the bed sheets and biting her lip. Hornet was about to start snickering, but she stopped when Spike began to tease her as well.

“H-Hey, d-don’t keep us waiting! Shove it in already!” Hornet stuttered.

“I’m still waiting for an answer from the one who I believe was objecting to this,” Spike said and continued with his teasing. “So Tarantula... any more complaints?”

Tarantula kept shuddering, trying so hard to keep her cool. Hornet was growing more impatient with her and let out a sigh.

“Look, Tarantula, I’m sorry okay? Now, please, for the love of Celestia, give him your answer so I can get fucked!” Hornet begged, practically in tears.

Now that Tarantula got what she wanted, she looked up at Spike with a grin. “Rut me, Spike! Make me your changeling like you did with our queen!” she screamed, looking up at Spike.

“Good girl,” he chuckled and ended his teasing. In order to keep themselves from going insane, Tarantula pulled in Hornet for a full-blown make-out session. Spike was loving the sight so much, he decided to not keep them waiting any longer.

He grabs his two shafts and guides each of them inside of their pussies slowly and steadily. He wasn’t aware if they were virgins, but he was considerate enough to start off slow so he wouldn’t hurt them. Both changelings could feel him insert his cocks inside of them. However he stopped when each of his members reached... the hymen.

Both changelings looked at him and nodded for him to push in more. Spike did so without another thought and popped both of their cherries. Hornet and Tarantula gasped as their virginities had left them for good. Spike noticed some small droplets of green liquid leaking out of their pussies, which he assumed was their blood.

“You okay, girls?” he asked, concerned. The two looked at him with tears eyes, but warm smiles.

“Y-Yes... a little sore... but w-we’re okay...” Hornet stuttered before her expression changed to one of excitement.

“Well... what are you waiting for lover boy?!” shouted Tarantula, whose expression had also changed. “Hurry up and rut us already or I’ll ride your two dragon dicks myself!”

That was all Spike needed to hear. With a mischievous smirk, he began to move in and out of the changelings and they were smushed together.

“Like I said before, you guys are adorable,” he said before leaning down to lick Hornet on her back. She laughed as his tongue tickled her and began to flap her wings.

“S-S-Spike...! T-That t-tickles!” she giggled, but that just seemed to encourage the dragon.

“Aww, is my pretty little changeling ticklish around her back area?” Spike asked playfully. He licks her back again and even gave her wings some attention, making Hornet yelp and giggle. Amused, Tarantula helped Spike by licking Hornet’s neck. However the licking only lasted for a few seconds, as Tarantula soon went back to kissing her.

Chrysalis of course was still tired from Spike’s work, but she still felt aroused as she watched him thrust into two of her bodyguards at once. She then looked down at her huge breasts, which were still leaking milk.

“Hey Aphid, Arachnea, your queen still has plenty of milk. Want a taste?” she said as she cupped both of her melons. The changelings couldn’t help drooling as they eyed their queen’s bust. They accepted her offer and latched onto her nipples, drinking her milk. Chrysalis moaned in satisfaction, rubbing the back of her bodyguards’ heads.

Spike paid no mind to Chrysalis as she breastfed her changelings, as he was too busy with the task at hand. He sighed in pleasure, as both Hornet and Tarantula’s pussies felt nice and tight around his members. Frankly, he would actually be disappointed if they were loose.

“H-How are you enjoying your f-first time?” he asked as he reached under and squeezed Tarantula’s sweaty rear. Going back to leaning on Hornet, he kept one hand on Tarantula while the other began to squeeze Hornet’s breast.

“Oh Celestia...! I-It feels so... good! You’re so big!” Tarantula replied, gasping as she felt Spike’s talons slightly dig into her.

“S-She’s right...! I... I don’t think even normal... stallions m-match up to you! I feel like I’m soaring high in the sky!” Hornet moaned.

Spike pulled his hand away from Tarantula’s rear and leaned up so he could get a good grip of Hornet’s butt next. She gave out a sultry growl and bit her lip and growled even louder when Spike smacked her ass hard as he kept up his wild thrusting. He would alter the spanking, smacking Hornet’s left cheek before moving to the right.

Before long, Spike once again felt his climax building up in his groin. Though this only made him hammer into his lovers at a greater pace. Hornet and Tarantula moaned like crazy and their boobs mashed together as they hugged.

“H-Hornet!” Tarantula moaned.

“What is it?” Hornet asked, moaning as well. Before she knew it, Tarantula had wrapped her arms around her neck.

“Bring those sexy lips of yours down here right now! I’m getting close!” the green-eyed changeling demanded, mashing her lips with Hornet without waiting for her response.

Spike’s willpower was strong, but he couldn’t hold it in anymore. Throwing his head back with a roar, he let loose and released another fresh load into the kissing changelings. Like Chrysalis, Hornet and Tarantula were completely taken aback by the heat of Spike’s seed. Their insides were overflowing with his hot, creamy, baby-maker release and they couldn’t get enough of it.

The pleasure became too much for the changelings to handle and soon they both passed out in each other’s embrace. Spike found it to be cute how they were still hugging as he pulled his cocks out of their cum-filled pussies.

“Rest easy, cutie-pies,” Spike whispered, kissing both of them on the cheek. He then looked over to the other two changelings, who were apparently reluctant to pull away from Chrysalis’ nipples. However, when they caught a glimpse of his two large sticks, Arachne and Aphid felt their bodies heat up.

Spike smiled, as he could tell that the changelings wanted his two large shafts and patiently waited for them to come over to him. Soon, Chrysalis grabbed their heads and pulled them both away from her gigantic breasts.

“That’s enough milk from me. Now go to your dragon and get some of his milk,” she ordered. At least ten minutes ago, they would have pouted, but now, they were overjoyed to finally have their turn with Spike.

Both, Arachnea and Aphid crawled up to Spike and were about to get into the same position as Hornet and Tarantula had when Spike stopped them.

“I just remembered, I haven’t gotten a kiss from either of you since this little party started, haven’t I?” he asked. Reaching over, he placed a hand on each of their cheeks and stroked them.

“Aww, we wouldn’t want to leave our stud of a dragon out of all the fun, now would we?” Aphid said, winking at Spike.

“You just can’t get enough of our kisses, can you?” Arachnea asked with a giggle.

“Guilty, you’re ladies are just too irresistible for me to not want more. Beautiful changelings like you girls deserve all the love in the world,” Spike replied still stroking their cheeks.

Having said that, Spike smiled and leaned down, locking lips with Arachnea first. She wrapped her arms around his neck, latching her fingers onto his hard, yet smooth scales. Spike slid his tongue inside of her mouth, dancing his tongue with hers. Arachnea moaned blissfully and felt her body twitch a bit.

Aphid patiently waited for her turn, and five minutes later her patience was rewarded. While Hornet used to b the most aggressive, Aphid showed the least hostility of all the changelings. Now that she has confessed her feelings for the young drake, nothing kept her from showing her affection.

During the liplock, Spike of course felt her tongue dancing with his, but not out of lust. She let out cute moans when Spike decided to give her a good spank. Aphid pulled away to look at her lover with a smirk.

“If any other dragon had done that, I would have ripped them apart, but you have every right to touch me like that. So, are you satisfied with the kisses you received?” Aphid asked.

Spike answered by pulling her back for one more kiss. For the next five minutes he took his time fondling and spanking the light blue-eyed changeling before pulling away. This time he allowed them to get into position, with Aphid getting on top of Arachnea.

“Are my two sexy little changelings ready?” he asked as he poked each of their openings. Just like with Hornet and Tarantula, he began to brush against them as he awaited an answer.

“P-Please! I want it more than anything! Give it to me, Spike!” Aphid begged.

“I’ve waited long enough, now hurry up and shove your cock inside of my pussy before I lose my mind!” Arachnea shouted just as desperately.

Unable to stand his beloved changelings’ suffering anymore, Spike granted their wish and entered into pussies. This time he wasn’t surprised to learn that they too were virgins.

“It’ll hurt, but just for a moment my sweets,” he assured, wanting to comfort them as much as he could. Though their expressions showed some nervousness, they gave him a nod, showing they trusted him to proceed. Spike nodded back and proceeded to thrust more inside of his lovers.

At first they cringed in pain as their hymens were broken and Spike saw the same green liquid as before. The two began to whimper and shake, trying to adjust to the feeling of losing their virginity.

“Just bear with it my dears...” he whispered.

After waiting a moment, Arachnea and Aphid stopped whimpering and instead moaned with pleasurable smiles on their faces. Both of their pussies squeezed his shafts tightly, as expected, seeing as how this was their first time.

“Thank you for comforting us Spike... Now go ahead and claim your prize!” Arachnea screamed.

“She’s right! You’ve treated us so well with your kindness and gentleness that we’re ready for you take us. Take us as your lovers!” Aphid added.

“Your wish is my command, m’ladies,” Spike replied, thrusting inside of his lovers. As he did so, he caressed their beautiful bodies, squeezing Aphid’s rear before moving under to grope Arachnea’s flank. Both of them shuddered in bliss as they felt his talons slightly dig into their skin.

“Tell me Aphid, are you ticklish like Hornet?” Spike asked and the light-blue eyed changeling knew immediately what he was up to.

“N-No, please! Anything but that!” she panicked, but to no avail. With a chuckle, Spike leaned down and began to lick Aphid, causing her to laugh.

“So you are ticklish,” Arachnea teased, however it wouldn’t last long.

“You’re gonna get it too, sweetie,” Spike said making her eyes widen. Before she could protest, Spike reached under and began to tickle her sides with the tips of of claws.

“S-Spike...! I-I’ll get you for t-this later!” Arachnea laughed, but Spike wasn’t scared.

“Oh, we’ll just see about that,” Spike replied before quickening his thrusts inside their pussies, driving them over the edge. After amusing himself with tickling for a few more seconds, he let up and kissed Aphid’s back.

“Did I go to far with the tickling?” he asked as their laughter died down.

“N-No... it felt... nice,” Aphid stuttered. She then let out a loud moan as Spike gave her and Arachnea an especially hard thrust. By this point their minds were turning into mush from all the pleasure they were getting.

“D-Don’t you d-dare... let up for e-even a s-second...!” Arachnea growled seductively. “I want you to pound us so hard, we’ll need wheelchairs!” she yelled.

“Alrighty, but I got two words for you lovely ladies...” Spike paused to close his eyes before opening them back up with his pupils slit.

“SPIKE... WAAAANT!!!!!” he roared. Grabbing both changelings, he slammed his cocks inside their pussies with so much power.

Arachnea and Aphid moaned out loud, hugging each other with their tongues lolled out of their mouths with goofy smiles. They turned to look at each other and began making out. This aroused Spike even further and he growled and grunted with each powerful thrust. Arachnea and Aphid were at his mercy and they couldn’t escape him, even if they wanted to.

“Oh s-sweet C-Celestia... H-Harder, Spike! Harder!” Aphid begged. Arachnea became annoyed that the light blue-eyed changeling had pulled her lips away.

“P-Put t-those... lips of yours back where they... b-belong you sexy bimbo!” she demanded. Licking her chops, Aphid did as she was told, screaming into Arachnea’s mouth as their ferocious lover gave it his all.

Soon, Spike felt the pressure building up in his loins and he thrusted as fast as he could, trying to get into the deepest parts of their pussies. Smoke once again began to seep out of his nostrils. Finally, Spike had reached his limit and let out a roar. Slamming his members into the deepest parts of his lovers’ pussies, painting their insides white with his seed.

Aphid and Arachnea screamed out of pleasure as they were being filled to the brim with their lover’s cum. Their legs started to twitch from the intense love-making session they enjoyed. After a few last thrusts, Spike pulled out of his changelings and the girls gave each other one last kiss before Aphid fell off of Arachnea, completely spent.

Spike had regained control over himself, and decided to take a little break as he crossed one leg over the other. Chrysalis walked over to him, seemingly amused by what she had witnessed.

“There’s quite a beast hiding behind this sweet dragon. A little sex is all it takes to bring him out,” she giggled, making Spike blush.

“T-Thank you?” he said, feeling awkward.

Chrysalis then turned to her changelings who had been filled with dragon seed before reaching in between her own legs. She licked her lips as she observed the treat Spike had provided her. However when she put it into her mouth and tasted it... she knew she had to have more.

“Get up Spike,” she commanded, confusing the tired dragon.

“E-Excuse me?” he asked, but gulped when he saw the lust in her eyes.

“We’re not finished just yet, my dear...” she purred before gazing over to her sleeping followers. Activating her magic, Chrysalis conjured up a blow horn and used it. Spike couldn’t help stifling his laughter as they fell off the bed.

“W-What time is it?” Tarantula asked as she pulled herself back into the bed. Chrysalis licked her lips at the question.

“Suffice it to say... it’s time for round 2,” she replied and the girls immediately got the message. Looking at Spike with hungry eyes, they noticed he was still hard.

Spike lost count of how many times he blew his load inside the changelings. Throughout the day, he had been taking his lovers in almost every position he could think of. Each of their bodies were drenched in seed and sweat from all the fun they’ve had.

Chrysalis was currently being hammered by her drake in a doggy-style position while the others laid around the bed, barely managing to keep themselves awake. After all, it was already nighttime and so far, Chrysalis had been filled with so much cum, her belly made her look at least 5 months pregnant.

“H-How many l-loads have... you released i-into me... S-Spike...” she asked as the dragon was leaning on her grabbing both breasts and chewing on her ear.

“I-I’ve lost c-count Chryssie...” he said before he stopped chewing on her ear and instead began sucking on it. One thing he did know is that his next release would be the last for tonight.

Teasing her nipples a few times, Spike could feel the all too familiar feeling in his groin.

He panted heavily, putting what little strength he had left inside of him into his thrusts. Chrysalis threw her head up to moan in ecstasy, giving Spike the chance to grab her cheeks and kiss her. Her skilled tongue danced with his, which then caused Spike to moan in her mouth, shooting the last of his semen inside Chrysalis.

Chrysalis moaned as he pumped her huge load in her deepest areas, causing her belly to grow a little more. He didn’t want to pull away from his lover’s lips just yet, so he held in the kiss a little longer, savoring every moment of it.

3 minutes later, he pulled away, panting heavily with Chrysalis. “I... I love you... Spike...” Chrysalis breathed out.

“I... love you, too... Chrysalis,” Spike replied in between breaths. “And the others, too. I love all of you.”

After that, Spike pulled his cocks out of Chrysalis’ ass and pussy, allowing the cum to leak out of her freely. Now, Spike was completely spent and possibly couldn’t go another round and so he went limp and fell on his pillow, exhausted.

The changelings giggled and snuggled up beside the dragon. He wrapped one arm around Chrysalis while the other wrapped around Tarantula. Aphid laid next to Tarantula, wrapping her arm around her and their sleepy dragon.

However Hornet and Arachnea went for another approach and went to lay down beside Spike’s legs. His two members still haven’t gone down yet and they decided to give him one last blowjob for the night.

Allowing the changelings between his legs to enjoy their treat, Spike sighed as he pulled the changelings that were in his arms closer to him as if they were teddy bears. Despite how tired he was, at this moment, he couldn’t possibly be happier. He had not one, not two, but five beautiful changelings who loved him with all their hearts.

“Spike...” Chrysalis began as she snuggled in his arms. “You are probably the best lover anyone could ever have. To think that when I was on the brink of death in that forest, you and your friend saved us and gave us a chance to starting over.

Hornet pulled off of the member she was sucking to speak. “Despite how disrespectful we were to you, you never gave up on us. We’ve never met anyone who’s more kind or more loving than you, Spike. I always thought that feeding off of love was all that changelings craved.”

“However, you taught us that there’s more to love than just taking it. You taught us that it’s more satisfying to spread the love. And now, here we are,” Arachnea added giving Spike another lick.

“From now on, perhaps we can all try and help spread the love across Equestria and bring peace to everypony around the world and fix the damage that was done in years past, maybe then we’ll be welcomed back,” Aphid said hopefully.

“Of course, we won’t be able to do this without your help. There are still ponies out there who are still afraid of us and we’ll need your help to let them know that we’ve changed for the better,” Tarantula pointed out.

“I’ll need some time to consider it,” Spike said, as it was a big move leaving Twilight and the others behind. “For now let’s get some sleep my lovely changelings,” he said.

They all nodded and cuddled up to their dragon lover, closing their eyes and letting out cute snores while Spike was lost in thought. Once, he and his friends had fought against the changelings long ago, but now, he had a bunch of them cuddling against him. One thing he did know, there would be a lot of questions about his lovemaking tomorrow morning.

The Start of a Brand New Beginning

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Spike slowly opened his eyes as the sunlight hit his eyes from outside his bedroom window. He yawned and stretched out his body, or at least tried to, as his lovers were still laying on him. All of them were peacefully sleeping, nuzzling his body like he was their teddy bear.

“Girls, time to wake up,” Spike whisper, moving his body a bit. The girls all groaned, still tired from last night.

“Just a few more minutes, Spike...” Chrysalis muttered, snuggling closer into his scales and admiring the warmth. “Mmm, so warm...”

“I’m not kidding, we need to get cleaned up if we’re going to have enough time for breakfast. Last night was great, girls, but all the sweat and sex has to be washed away now,” Spike said, moving out of bed a bit more, waking everyone up.

“Morning, lover boy,” Hornet giggled before letting out a cute yawn. Tarantula stretched her arms out and then rubbed her eyes, tiredly and adorably. She then looked at Spike before giving him a hug.

“Did you enjoy ramming us last night?” she asked, causing the drake to chuckle as he wrapped his arms around Tarantula’s waist. Even though none of them seemed to care how messy they were, it was something Spike would have to point out.

“Without a doubt, though I think it’s time you ladies get cleaned up. Come on, I’ll get you girls some towels and show you to the bathroom.” Spike replied, before booping Tarantula on the nose, making her giggle.

Spike got out of his bed and headed on over to his closet where he picked out a couple of towels from the top shelf. He takes the stack of towels and gives them to his changeling lovers and then leads them out of his room, walking down the hall and approaching the bathroom.

Bathrooms back in the Changeling Kingdom weren’t nearly as nice as the one they just stepped in. Like most of Twilight’s castle, the walls and floor were made of crystal. There were three nice showers, big enough for two in each of them.

Arachnea and Hornet called dibs for the first shower turned the water on. They waited for the water to get warm enough before they stepped inside.

“Ahh, that’s the stuff! It’s a lot better than washing underneath a waterfall,” Hornet sighed as she relaxed in the warm water. She began to leaned against the wall, enjoying the pleasant feeling of the warm shower water dancing on all over her body.

Chrysalis went over to one of the showers and smiled as the nice, hot water washed over her body. She made sure to wash herself thoroughly, removing Spike’s dried sperm from her hair and fur as she scrubbed. However she failed to notice the same dragon sneak up behind her and grabbed both of her breasts.

“Gotcha good, didn’t I?” Spike asked, earning a giggle from Chrysalis.

“Easy there, lover boy,” Chrysalis retorted playfully, but the young drake refused to let up. Feeling him pinch her nipple, Chrysalis moaned softly and reached behind to grab and stroke one of her dragon lover’s cocks. Because of his groping, Spike had become erect again.

Aphid and Tarantula grumbled as they watched Spike have his fun with the queen. Unlike Chrysalis’ shower, their shower was the one in a glass box, which wasn’t exactly comfortable, but the steam from the hot water was enough to keep anyone from peeking in on their naked figures, like their lover.

As Spike continued to groped Chrysalis, he remembered her proposal of leaving Ponyville to spread love to other places. As wide as Twilight’s friendship map was, there were still many places outside of its view. Many of the them are places that were once ruled by the Storm King. No doubt even the tyrant is dead, civilians are still suffering from the effects of his reign.

Chrysalis of course had noticed how her lover had begun to slow down and raised an eyebrow. “What is it Spike?” she asked releasing his shaft to place a caring hand under his chin.

“Well... I’ve been thinking about the whole “spreading the love across Equestria” idea and I think it sounds like a pretty good idea. There are still places outside of Twilight’s map that even it doesn’t now about. Many of them places where the Storm King laid waste to and there are ponies still suffering out there. I feel like we should go through with this plan. If we’re lucky, everypony might start trusting the old changelings again,” Spike explained.

“Do you think your friends will accept this?” Chrysalis asked. Spike let out a sigh and held the changeling’s hand.

“It’s not going to be easy, but I think I can convince them. I’ve known them ever since I was just a baby dragon and I’m sure they’ll understand if I explain it to them carefully.”

Spike returned his gaze to the queen’s bust and licked his lips hungrily. “But for now...” He gave both breasts a rough squeeze, earning a lewd moan from his beautiful queen. “...I think you need to be washed properly.”

“Mmm, you naughty dragon you,” Chrysalis giggled as she leaned into Spike, allowing him complete access to her breasts. She made sure to return Spike’s playful behavior, teasing his large cocks with her dripping pussy and asshole.

In no time at all, the sound of moans echoed the bathroom as Spike and Chrysalis went for another round.

After a nice shower and an even nicer round of sex, Spike made his way downstairs with the changelings right behind him. After all the fun they’ve had, a good breakfast was definitely in order.

Spike stopped in the kitchen when he saw both Twilight was already at the table with a knowing smiles on her face.

“I take it you had fun last night, Casanova?” Twilight asked with a raised eyebrow.

Watching Spike blush, Chrysalis saw the chance to embarrass him even further. “Oh, we had a lot of fun. In fact, Spike here was the best I’ve ever mated with in my whole life,” she said. The other changelings all group hugged him. Spike hugged them back for a short while before he got started on making breakfast.

Spike decided to prepare some pancakes for all of the changelings. Now that none of them had to feed off of love anymore, they were able to eat normally.

“It’s almost ready my dears,” Spike announced to his changeling lovers as they all take in the delicious smell. Chrysalis and the changelings walked to the table and took their seats. Spike gave the pancakes a good flipping and then tossed them onto the plates before serving them to his lovers and Twilight.

Spike got his own plate of pancakes and brought a bottle of syrup with him to the table. Everyone in the room ate in silence, but Spike knew a conversation would start eventually.

A few minutes after he finished his breakfast, Spike looked at Twilight with a serious expression making her curious of what he has on his mind.

“Spike, what’s the matter?” Twilight asked.

“Twilight, I need to talk to you about something. It’s about my lovers and me. You see, we’re...” Spike paused, as he realized this was going to be even harder than he thought.

“Spike, whatever it is that you want to tell me, just spit it out. You don’t have to keep it a secret,” Twilight reassured as she leaned over from her chair and placed a hand on his shoulder. With a sigh, Spike felt the pressure leaving him a little bit.

“As we both know Twi, love is a very powerful thing. After what happened last night, I’ve begun to think about how many creatures out there who’ve never experienced what love is truly capable of. That’s why... the girls and I have decided to go on a journey across the world and spread the love to as many creatures as we can,” Spike explained.

“W-W-What?!” Twilight asked absolutely flabbergasted by what she had just heard. Of course, Spike wasn’t surprised by her reaction.l

“I know, it sounds like a crazy idea, but I talked it over with my lovers and we’ve decided to embark on this journey. But, before anything, I was hoping you could gather the others so I can at least tell them goodbye,” he said with a sad smile.

“A-Are you sure about this, Spike? The world is pretty big and it’s not going to be easy-” She was cut off as Spike wrapped his arms around her. Though she was struggling to hold back her tears by this point, Twilight still returned the hug.

“I know it’s difficult Twilight, but if we don’t bring peace and love, so many will continue to live in despair and sorrow. Even as we speak, a poor soul out there is crying out for help, begging for the love that they so desperately seek. What good is it for me to experience if it’s not shared with the rest of the world?” he asked.

“W-When... did you become... so mature?” Twilight asked, getting choked up.

“I have the best big sister who was there to help me become the dragon I am now. Because you and the others have educated me so well, I’ve developed the courage and smarts to make my own decisions and grow as a better dragon. And as a plus... I’m not alone,” Spike said wholeheartedly as he glanced to his changeling lovers.

“Truer words were never said, Spike,” Chrysalis agreed.

Seeing Twilight sob quietly into her little brother’s shoulder, the changelings felt themselves getting choked up and began crying quietly.

After Twilight had calmed down, she let go of Spike and said, “I’ll make sure to get everypony together so that we can all see you off. I’m so proud of you, Spike. You’ve made me the happiest sister no pony has ever imagined.”

Just then, Starlight came walking into the kitchen, still in her pajamas, yawning from exhaustion. She was completely unaware of the big news that Spike had just delivered.

“Morning everypony,” Starlight said with a yawn as she took a seat at the kitchen table. Things quickly became awkward when the light purple unicorn saw what was going on.

Twilight was still sniffling and trying to wipe any remaining tears from her eyes. Turning to the changelings, Starlight noticed how they were crying as well. Whatever it was they were crying about, Starlight could tell it wasn’t anything bad because of the smiles on their faces.

“What’s going on?” she asked.

“I’ll tell you later, but first, I need to send out a few letters to the girls,” Twilight said, calmly with a sad smile and sniffle.

Later that day, Twilight had sent out the letters to her friends and told everyone to meet her at the entrance to the castle as soon as possible. Twilight only explained that Spike has something important to tell them. Right away, some of her friends finished up their daily chores and then headed over to Twilight’s castle.

About 7 minutes later, after everyone arrived, the girls all got curious of what Spike had to say to them that was so important.

“Go ahead, Spike. Tell them what you have to say,” Twilight said. Spike gave Twilight a nod and approached the girls.

“Everyone... the changelings and I have decided... we’re gonna leave Ponyville and spread love all around the world,” Spike said. Just like Twilight, the girls were completely taken aback by the young dragon’s confession. It’s not every day when a good friend of theirs is gonna go on a long, long journey around the world.

“Y-Ya bein’ serious here sugarcube?” Applejack asked as she took her hat off.

“Yes, AJ. And so are my changeling lovers,” Spike replied as firmly as he could. Rarity was the one who spoke up next.

“S-Spikey, what made you decide to go on such a journey? Surely you must know how big the world is and that it’s no easy task! Are you sure this is really what you want?” she asked, concerned for Spike.

Spike took a moment to look up at the ceiling, admiring the beauty of the shining crystal. True to what Rarity just said, the outside world could quickly prove to be a harsh place as compared to the comfortable and safe life he has in Twilight’s castle.

“I know it’s a big world out there, as places outside Equestria’s borders have it a lot harder. However, that’s precisely the reason why I feel like I have to do this. You see, even as we speak, so many creatures outside Celestia’s rule are suffering because they don’t know what real love is like,” Spike explains clenching his fists tightly. “We... can’t turn a blind eye.”

Spike’s speech had left the others in shock. It wasn’t until after at least five minutes passed that Fluttershy broke the silence.

“You must be really feel that strongly about leaving. I really don’t want to see you go, Spike. But I understand why you’d want to take such a huge step like this. It warms my heart to see how much you care for those around you more than yourself. And the proof is pretty obvious judging by the smiles on your lovers’ faces,” Fluttershy said, placing a hand on Spike’s shoulder.

None of the girls could hold their tears back. After Spike leaves, things just won’t be the same.

“Spike, bud. Please tell me you’ll be back one day! I know how much you want to get out there and help others, but Ponyville just won’t be the same without you. You’re like the coolest little brother I never had!” Rainbow choked up. “D-Damn... N-Now I’m acting all sappy!”

“And when you do come back, I Pinkie Promise to throw you and the changelings the biggest and most wonderfully, fantastic “Welcome Home” party no pony has ever seen! I’m really gonna miss you, Spike,” Pinkie said as she ran up to him and hugged him tightly. He could feel Pinkie’s body shaking from her crying.

It was finally Spike’s turn to cry as he returned Pinkie’s hug. The rest of the girls all huddled up and hugged Spike together, crying over their life-long bestest friend. They all know this has finally arrived, but they all wished it didn’t have to happen so soon.

Soon, after everyone had calmed down, the Mane 6 all let go of Spike, allowing him to breathe. Surely however there would be more tears, as there were still many others who he has befriended over the years who are unaware of his imminent departure.

While it didn’t take much more than an hour to notify all of Spike’s friends about the news, it took longer to negotiate a time where they would all get together to see him off.

Shining Armor and Princess Cadance have long forgiven Chrysalis despite her actions during their wedding, and were the first to receive Spike’s letter. As the savior of the Crystal Empire, he would be dearly missed but they weren’t going to stop him.

After learning of Spike’s affection for Chrysalis and her bodyguards, the rest of the Changeling Kingdom had eventually come to forgive their old ruler. Thorax would never forget the day Spike became his first real friend when he rebelled against Chrysalis and the rest of the hive. The way Spike listened to him and began to slowly trust him made Thorax feel like he could befriend anyone, just so long as he could keep his feeding habits under control.

Spike’s caring and understanding nature really made him feel more welcome than anyone he had ever come across.

Next, Twilight sent out a letter to Dragon Lord Ember, who had not known about Spike’s relationship until today. Nonetheless, she couldn’t help tearing up a little from a complicated combination of happiness and sorrow. While she was happy her good friend was going to spread his knowledge of love, she would still miss him greatly.

She wasn’t alone about the fact that she would miss him. Practically, just about anyone he has ever befriended all across Equestria was going to miss him. But Ember knows exactly why he’s going through with this plan and she completely understands it. Now, the only thing she had to do was get herself ready so she could travel to Ponyville and see him off.

As painful as it is to send these letters, Spike deemed it completely necessary. Wiping his eyes, Spike prepared the his final letters which were to his friends that lived in Canterlot, especially Moondancer. For as long as he could remember, Spike had thought of Princess Celestia as a mother and she in turn loved him like a son. Princess Luna was always like an aunt to him and she loved him like he was her own nephew.

It came as a surprise when both princesses heard of Spike about to leave on a worldwide journey to spread the love to all those who never experienced it.

Such a feat seemed nearly impossible for Spike to do on his own. However, the princesses felt a sense of relief when they heard about his changeling lovers giving him a helping hand when they take off. To be honest, Celestia had never expected Spike to fall in love with a changeling, much less five of them since she always thought he’d end up with his lifelong crush. But that has long since changed when she remembered how he gave up on his pursuit for Rarity.

When it came time for packing, Spike made sure only to grab the essentials. An intelligent and resourceful dragon, Spike would surely find a way to get employment, even in a harsh environment. Though, he still packed a decent sized bag of bits.

At around 5 o’clock, everyone had gathered around in Ponyville where Pinkie Pie had set up the biggest “Going Away” party with a banner on top of town hall that said “See You Soon, Spike.” Everyone from all across Equestria whom Spike befriended was there. Everyone celebrated what little time they had left with their favorite dragon, talking about the good and bad times that happened to them.

As the party finally settled down the next morning... it was time to head out.

Spike’s friends had accompanied him to the edges of Equestria’s borders to see him and his changeling lovers off.

“You really have grown up into a fine and mature dragon Spike,” Celestia said as she wiped her tears away. “Take care of yourself and your lovers out there.”

“Spikey-wikey? I know how you’ve grown out of that name, but… I just want you to know that I’m sorry for all the times I never took your feelings seriously. I hope you can forgive me and I hope you’ll make it back home safely when you’ve all accomplished your goal,” Rarity said before she hugged Spike.

Luna stepped forward and bowed her head. Like her sister, she too had tears in her eyes. “We’ll be waiting for your return, dearest nephew. We only wish we had more time to spend thou,” she said, hugging Spike.

Ember, who was standing beside Thorax and his changeling bodyguards gave Spike a thumbs up. She was wearing the same armor she wore during the Dragon Lord tournament, something that brought back memories. “See ya, squirt. You watch yourself out there and let me know when you’re coming back, okay?” she asked.

Thorax nodded in agreement, “Like Luna just said, we’ll all be waiting for you,” he said with a wink.

“Thank you all for your support. I’ll be sure to write to you all about what’s happening. I won’t let you guys down, I promise,” Spike said.

Once the goodbyes have all been said, Spike took one last look at all of his friends who were waving at him. He waved goodbye to them with a sad smile and a tear dripping down his face. He turned to look at his changelings lovers and unfolded their wings. With one big leap, they all took to the sky and flew away.

As soon as they were far away enough from Ponyville, Chrysalis flew up close to Spike, as did her bodyguards.

“Spike, I think maybe now’s as good a time as any to tell you something important,” Chrysalis began, getting his full attention. “Do you remember how we pleasured each other that night?”

“How could I possibly forget?” Spike replied, making them all laugh.

“Good, then you’ll probably be surprised when we tell you this...” Chrysalis looked at the other changelings, who nodded at her.

“Spike... we’re all pregnant,” they said in unison.

The look of astonishment and joy on Spike’s face clearly meant he was liking the news. “That’s great, girls! I can’t wait for the day when we see our new children,” he said, bringing them into a hug. “I love you girls so much.”

With smiles on each and every one of their faces, Spike and his changeling lovers continued onwards towards their first destination with high hopes of bringing love and peace into the world... as well as bringing new life into their lives. This was really the start of a brighter and better future.

The End

Changing For The Better

by Israel Yabuki

Spike To The Rescue

A Place of Peace and Freedom

Coming To An Agreement

Gaining Love In Another Way

Questions of Love

A Curse Is Lifted

A Night of Pure Love

The Start of a Brand New Beginning