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Dragon that Would be Pony Ch. 4

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Part 4: Sparky's Day Out

I DO NOT OWN MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC. IT'S THE PROPERTY OF LAUREN FAUST, AND HASBRO. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED TO THEM.

Spike woke up the next day feeling relaxed. He slowly got up from the guest bed and looked at his purple hooves. Spike was about to scream, but then remembered everything that happened yesterday. He placed a hoof over his mouth to muffle his yelp and not disturb Twilight. He looked at Twilight's bed and saw she wasn't in it. Spike smelled something cooking and figured Twilight was making breakfast. He got out of bed and steadied himself on his hooves. He slowly made his way downstairs and entered the kitchen. The purple pegasus saw Twilight flipping some pancakes and using her magic to pour some apple juice in two glasses.

"Hey there Twilight."  Spike said.

The lilac unicorn looked to see her assistant and gave a small smile. "Good morning Spike. Did you have a nice rest?"

"I did actually."  The purple pegasus said with a smile. Spike was felt relieved he didn't have another nightmare about Rarity or his friends. He still felt haunted by them and shuddered a little just thinking about them.

Twilight finished cooking the pancakes and placed them onto two white plates. She levitated the plates and glasses of juice to the table. Spike tried to pick up a fork with his hoof, but he had trouble in holding it. He growled in frustration as it kept slipping from his hooves. Twilight noticed this and helped him firmly grasped his hoof to hold the fork. The purple pegasus awkwardly tried to lead the fork to his mouth and slowly stuck the piece of pancake in his mouth. Spike gave a confident smile to Twilight about his success. She smiled in return and went back to her pancake.

Spike decided to break the silence when his pancake was gone. "So what are you going to do today?"

"Oh, I was thinking of what we should do in the library."  Twilight replied after finishing her pancake.

Spike gave a confused look at the lilac unicorn. "Uh...we? Twilight, I'm supposed to meet Rarity at the shop today and go have flying lessons with Rainbow."

"I'm afraid you can't do that Spike. You're going to have to stay here with me in the library."

"But why Twilight?"  Spike asked with a look of disbelief. "Rarity and Rainbow wanted to see me today."

Twilight shook her head and said, "Spike, I can't just let you go out there and risk exposing yourself. Don't you remember what happened with Applejack last night?"

The purple pegasus cringed at that thought. He was only a pegasus for a day and his secret was already known to the farmer pony.

"Twilight that was just Applejack and she promised not to tell anyway."  Spike said. "She pretty much knew who I was from the start anyway."

Twilight narrowed her eyes. "That's no excuse Spike and I won't let you do this."

"Oh, and I'm supposed to meet Rarity and Rainbow today. How do I tell them that I couldn't make it?"  Spike argued.

"I'll just tell them that 'Sparky' here wasn't feeling good and that he couldn't make it."  Twilight shot back. "Besides what if you accidentally tell Rarity who you really are?"

"I'm not going to make the same mistake twice, especially with Rarity."

"What if you do Spike? What if you do just tell her who you really are in an attempt to make her fall for you? You do have a tendency to get lost in her beauty and lose all thought control. It's for the best that you stay here in the library."

"But..."

The lilac unicorn cut her assistant off. "Spike, listen to me okay? I know it doesn't seem fair, but you just can't go out there by yourself. You may get hurt, or tell one of others who you really are and I won't allow that. Now after I clean these dishes we'll get started on cleaning the basement."

Twilight collected the plates and silverware using her magic to levitate them towards the kitchen, leaving Spike with his thoughts. He couldn't believe that after all that happened last night, Twilight was still going to keep him in the library to work. The pegasus looked to see it was nearly ten on the wooden clock hanging on the wall and panicked on what to do. He thought of how Rarity would feel that "Sparky" wasn't there and it hurt him to see his love like that. All of a sudden a thought popped inside the pegasus' head and smiled a bit smugly. He went to the kitchen to see Twilight cleaning the dishes in the sink.

"Hey Twilight, can I ask you something?"

"Well go ahead Spike."  The lilac unicorn responded while wiping a plate.

"I just wanted to know, what did you want me to do today?"

Twilight stopped cleaning one of the glasses and looked at her assistant. "Spike I told you that you're going to help clean the basement today. Maybe even help do inventory as well."

"Well where's Spike anyway?"  The pegasus asked with a sly smile on his face.

Twilight shot a confused glance at her assistant. "Spike, what in the name of Celestia are you talking about? You're right there."

"But my name is Sparky. I'm the new pegasus here in Ponyville."

"Spike that's just a name you came up with to keep your identity a secret. 'Sparky' is just a new name for you and just posing as a new pony in town."

Spike's smug smile increased a little more. "Oh, so Sparky isn't grounded?"

"Spike, how many times do I have to say it? He's just...a..."  Twilight stopped in mid sentence and felt like a book hit her on the head. She realized where her assistant was going with this. "Spike you better not do what I think you're doing."  Spike turned around and headed for the door. Twilight teleported in front of him and glared at her assistant. "Spike, don't you dare do this!"

"I don't know who you're talking about Twilight."  Spike said with a bit of smugness in his voice. "Spike is away in Canterlot on royal business."  The pegasus began to move towards the door again.

"Spike stop right now!"  Twilight shouted while trying to block the door. "I forbid you from doing this sort of thing!"

Before she could react though, Spike moved swiftly to Twilight's left side. He bolted out the door of the library. "Don't worry Twilight!"  He shouted while galloping away. "If you see Spike, let me know and tell him I said hello!"

Twilight watched in disbelief as her assistant galloped off towards Rarity's shop. She slammed the door and let out a scream of frustration. "That dragon erm...pegasus is as stubborn as Applejack I swear. He'll come back and realize that he shouldn't have done that before lunch."  Twilight sighed to herself and went into the basement to start clearing it out.



Spike laughed to himself as he hurried over to Carousel Boutique. He was happy with not only being able to start learning to fly, but also being with Rarity for a full day. His thoughts were full of things he could do with the white unicorn. As he approached the door of Carousel Boutique, a sudden thought hit him.

'You can't and I mean you can't show the one that you love yourself like this. If your friends knew about what you became than you would be cursed.'  Barry's voice rang out in his head.

'Spike, I can't just let you go out there and risk exposing yourself. What if you accidentally tell Rarity who you really are?'  Twilight scolded in his mind.

Spike suddenly realized the severity of the situation he was in. He couldn't just talk to Rarity like he did as a baby dragon and he couldn't tell her who he was. He swore to keep his identity a secret to Barry yesterday. Spike turned around from the door of Rarity's shop and back to the library to apologize to Twilight.

"Sparky, wait!"

Spike looked to his left to see Rarity galloping towards him. The white unicorn had a bit of a panicked look on her face that worried Spike. He put his other thoughts behind him to comfort her.

"What's wrong Rarity?"  The purple pegasus asked in a concerned tone. "Did somepony hurt you?"

Rarity regained her composure,and gave a small smile. "Oh no darling nothing happened to me. I'm terribly sorry for making you wait here in front of the door. Sweetie Belle left her lunch by accident this morning and I had to bring it to her school. When I saw how late I was, I hurried over here as soon as I could."

Spike breathed a sigh of relief, but panicked to find a reason to leave Rarity. "Uh...that's great Rarity. I just came by to tell you that I...I don't need a suit."

Rarity looked at "Sparky" in shock. "Darling, I insist that you let me make a suit for you. It's the least I can do to repay you for saving me last night."

"Well Rarity the thing is that I just um..."

"What's wrong darling? I'm quite sure I can help you out."

"Erm...well I just um..."

"Sparky, I understand you may be a little shy, but there's no need to be afraid. I'll make you something divine and perfect just for you."

"Rarity, wait I..."  Before Spike could say anything else, he felt himself being pushed. He looked down to see Rarity using her head to move the purple pegasus inside. As soon as he entered the shop the door was shut behind him.

Spike looked around the shop to see that caught his eyes. There was a small wooden stand with rolls of midnight blue and white fabric. A basket of gems of all shapes and sizes was next to a desk., The desk had a sewing machine on top of it with a picture of a naked ponyquin next to it.  

"Rarity, I-I really appre...appre...uh thank you for this, but I really don't need a suit."  Spike said with a nervous smile.

Rarity looked at the purple pegasus with a sad expression. "It's no trouble at all Sparky. I just wanted to get to know you better. We never got a real chance to talk to to each other. Won't you please stay with me darling?"

Spike looked hesitantly at the white unicorn giving a pleading look and stared deep into her azure eyes. He could see her bat her eyelashes and smile at him. He tried to not give in to her offer, but he felt his will break down.

"Well...alright I guess."  Spike hesitantly said. "I'll stay here until that suit is done."

Rarity gave a joyful smile and pointed to Spike to get onto the wooden stool. Spike gave a feeble nod and slowly moved onto it. Rarity used her magic to bring a roll of yellow measuring tape towards her. The purple pegasus was feeling very nervous being around Rarity. He cursed himself for not listening to Twilight.

'Keep it cool now Spike.'  The purple pegasus thought to himself. 'It's not like you're on a date with her and maybe she'll be too busy to talk to you.'  Spike felt something wrap around his chest area and jumped a little.

"Sparky, please stand still. I'm trying to get your measurements."  Rarity said.

Spike nodded and continued to stand still while Rarity mumbled some numbers and wrote them on the paper. He looked at the clock feverishly in hopes that he would have to leave soon. The clock though seemed to stop moving for him and was dragging on. The purple pegasus prayed to Celestia that things wouldn't go wrong at all.

'Twilight, if there was ever a time for you to come and get me now would be a perfect time.'  Spike thought to himself.

"So tell me Sparky. What part of Equestria do you hail from?"  Rarity asked while finishing writing the measurements.

Spike jumped a little, but Rarity was too busy writing the measurements to notice him. The pegasus scrambled to think of an answer to the white unicorn's question. He recalled several geography books he looked over when he had to help Twilight with mapping. He remembered a town Twilight loved to visit to see her aunt and uncle.

"Stableside, yeah um...that's where I'm from."  Spike said nervously.

Rarity gave a gentle smile at him. "Oh darling, I've been there several times and the town is simply marvelous with its beach. I could look at its clear blue waters and golden sand for hours on end. I've been meaning to actually go back there again and embrace its tranquility again. Was your family part of the Pegasus Weather Patrol for the town?"

Spike felt his heart stop in fear for a second. He remembered what he said last night to Rarity and the others about not being able to fly. "Well...um...It's..."  The purple pegasus' voice trailed off.

Rarity looked a little concern. "Is there something wrong darling? You look a little bit off."

Spike tried to think of something, but nothing came into his mind. He looked at Rarity and saw her raise an eyebrow. He surveyed the room to think of something. He saw in the corner of his eyes a large crate that had something called Farm Fashion Fabrics. An idea suddenly popped inside his head.

"Sparky, is everything okay?"  Rarity asked.

Spike nodded and said, "Yeah I was just trying to remember about my family. I haven't really seen them in a long time."

"So what's your family like then?"

"Well my parents are actually farmers."

"Farmers?"  Rarity raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah I was adop...adop...an orphan. I never knew my real parents. My family said they found me outside their door and took me in."

"What did your parents grow on their farm?"

"Uh..."  Spike looked around the shop again to think of something. He saw a crude looking cow drawing that was drawn by Sweetie Belle. "My parents made milk."  He gave a forced grin.

"I didn't know Stableside had a dairy farm."

"Um...they must've closed it then!"  Spike said in a panic. He noticed Rarity staring at him. "Sorry, it's just I haven't seen them in a long time. I can't even remember what they look like."

Rarity cocked her head and started at Spike suspiciously. "I see then. Well do you remember why you couldn't fly?"  She asked with hesitation in her voice.

"My family couldn't afford to send me to flying school. All I did on the farm was help milk cows."

"How about your cutie mark darling? How did you become a messenger?"

"I...I really don't remember how. All I do know is that I was just sending out some mail to a neighbor next door in the middle of some storm. Next thing I knew, I was in bed and told I was knocked out after giving the letter. It's kind of hard for me to remember it."

"You certainly are an interesting individual you know that?"  Rarity asked.

Spike felt heat building up in his face. "Thanks Rarity, I'm sorry if you don't really know everything about me."

"That's quite alright darling. You're just trying to figure out your past. As a good friend, I'll gladly give you a hoof one day in finding out your past."

"Thanks Rarity."  Spike said with an even deeper blush.

"No trouble at all darling. Enough chitchat though, I need to be in the zone if I'm going to make this suit perfect for you."

The purple pegasus nodded and silently let out a sigh of relief.



Rarity spent the remainder of the time sewing the suit and said nothing to "Sparky". Spike felt his body and mind settle from avoiding a disaster and smiled to himself. All of a sudden Spike felt his front hooves be levitated off the ground and looked to see Rarity's unicorn horn glowing at him as well as the clothes she sewed.

"What's going on here Rarity?"  Spike asked.

The white unicorn stopped levitating "Sparky" and placed his hooves back on the ground. "Darling, I was just about to put your suit on you. I want you to close your eyes so I can make this a surprise."

Spike nodded and allowed Rarity to control his body once more. He felt his front hooves levitate off the ground and closed his eyes. He felt something covering the front of his body that felt like a soft fluffy cloud. He soon felt his body be given control back to himself again and was just about to open his eyes.

"Don't look yet darling. I want to make this suit a surprise for you. I just need to do one last thing to you, comb your mane and tail."

"C-comb my mane? I like my mane how it is."

"Nonsense Sparky, I can't let you be seen in that outfit with a messy mane as yours. Now stand still."

Spike nodded and kept his eyes closed. He felt a bit of a cold mist all over his mane and tail and shivered a little bit. A comb started to brush his mane and tail. Spike felt a bit more tranquil and at peace with what he was feeling and all his worries melt away. After what felt like only a few seconds, the brushing stopped.

"Okay Sparky, you can look now."  Rarity said joyfully.

Spike opened his eyes in front of a mirror and his jaw nearly dropped in shock. He was wearing a white shirt with a buttoned up midnight blue coat on him. There were three amber yellow gems on each side of the suit's collar. He saw that he had what looked like three napkins stuffed into his white shirt collar. A blue sapphire gem was in the middle  of the napkins  and being held by a golden chain. He saw that his wings were sticking out of the blue coat comfortably. His messy mane and tail was combed back as well as his tail.

"How do you like it darling?"  Rarity asked with a hopeful smile on her face.

Spike broke out of his trance and gave a slow nod to Rarity. "Wow Rarity, this is really great! I've never had such a beautiful suit like this before!"

Rarity blushed a little from the compliment and tried to hide it. She looked to see that "Sparky" was playing with the three napkins in his white shirt collar and felt alarmed.

"Please don't play with your cravat there darling. It took me a while to get the right amount of ruffles in it."

A clock went off near Rarity and Spike. They both looked to see a giant brown grandfather clock that had both of its hands pointing to twelve.

"Well now darling, I think that we've spent enough time with your suit. I'm feeling famished from all my hard work. How would you like to join me for lunch?"

'Say no Spike, just say no.'  He told himself.

"Sure."  Spike covered his mouth.

Rarity beamed at this. "Oh wonderful darling. I'll make each of us a fine hay and daisy sandwich with some tea. Now please give me a few minutes to get your suit packed up before I make lunch."  The white unicorn used her magic to once again levitate Spike. She slowly and carefully removed the outfit and folded it.

As Rarity packed up "Sparky's" suit, Spike facehooved as to what he said. 'Oh this isn't good at all.'  He thought to himself. 'I barely got away with that whole story thing. I can't think of what she'll ask me next.'

"Sparky, I'm going to go into the kitchen to make lunch. Would you kindly go sit down at that table?"  Rarity asked.

"Yeah...I guess."  The pegasus responded hesitantly. He moved towards a big white wooden table that had four elegant looking chairs and a bouquet of roses in the middle of the table.

Rarity placed "Sparky's" suit into a green saddle bag, turned her open sign to close, and went into the kitchen to make lunch. The purple pegasus' mind raced with thoughts on what to do now. He could almost hear her say that she was right about this whole thing. He prayed to Celestia that something or somepony come by and save him. He looked at the clock and wished he could speed up time to get out of here.

Spike heard a door open and looked to see Rarity with a smile and their lunch. The white unicorn was levitating a white tea set like the one she used a few days ago. There were two plates each that held two white bread slices with hay and white daises in between the slices.

Spike looked to see Rarity had begun eating her sandwich slowly and using her magic to levitate the tea cup to her to drink from it. The pegasus awkwardly picked up his sandwich but hesitated to take a bit from it. He never had a sandwich like the ones Twilight and the others ate. He only ate either gems or hay fries. He knew that if he didn't eat the sandwich it'd bring suspicion upon him and possibly hurt Rarity's feelings.

Spike took a bite and chewed his sandwich slowly at first. He tasted sweet daisies and crisp hay fries. The two ponies said nothing to each other while they ate, but Spike couldn't help but feel Rarity was watching him. After their meal, Rarity took the dishes and levitated them towards the kitchen. She came back out and poured some more tea.

"Do you mind if I ask you something Sparky?"  Rarity asked.

Spike shook his head. "Sure go ahead."

"Why did you leave your family's farm and come to Ponyville?"

Spike froze in fear. "Um...well...the thing is that I..I..."  His voice trailed off.

"Did it have something to do with your family's farm closing?"

"Yeah! Sorry just really having some memory trouble."  He chuckled in embarrassment.

"Do you remember why your family shut down its farm?"

The purple pegasus looked around the shop again to see a bag of bits sitting on the table. "Oh, it was just some bit issues."

"I'm terribly sorry to hear that Sparky. I'm sure your family were very nice and kind. It's a shame they lost everything. So where is your family now?"

"I...I don't know honestly. They told me that it was time for me to live on my own and gave me some bits to help myself. They said they were going to start a new farm somewhere, but I haven't heard from them."

"So how did you come to Ponyville then? Was there some sort of position here as a messenger?"

"Sure let's go with...um I mean yes! I kind of wandered around Equestria doing small jobs for other ponies. I heard about some position opened here as a messenger and I came to live here. Twilight greeted me at first and we hung out together."

"I'm glad to hear that your life has taken a turn for the better darling. I'm sure wherever your family is they're proud of you."

Spike couldn't help but blush a little. Rarity was about to say something, but the grandfather clock went off again. She looked to see it was one in the afternoon.

"Oh my, our time together really went by quickly didn't it?"  Rarity turned to Spike. "I think it's time you headed for Rainbow Dash's house darling. Her house is on the outskirts of town and isn't that patient with waiting."

The purple pegasus gave a nod. "Oki doki Rarity, I'll get there as fast as I can."  The pegasus made his way to the door, but felt something weigh down on his back. He turned to see the green saddlebag from earlier.

"That has your suit in there darling."  Rarity said with a smile. "Just take it home before going to see Rainbow Dash. I'm so glad we could spend this quality time together."

Spike nodded and made his way out into the hot summer heat. "It was nice meeting you Rarity."

"It was good to see you as well darling. Come on by anytime if you need somepony to talk to."

"I will Rarity and thanks."  Spike beamed and felt his heart soar.

He and Rarity waved goodbye to each other and went their separate ways.



Spike let out a sigh of relief as he made his way to the library. He not only got to spend time with Rarity, but get a new suit from her. The purple pegasus felt more relax after being able to fool Rarity and smiled to himself. He made his way back to the Ponyville Library. As Spike approached the library he felt his smile melt and stopped in front of the entrance. He felt nervous about facing Twilight with what he did this morning and knew she was waiting for him.

Gulping a little, Spike opened the door to the library slowly and saw that there was nopony in there. A loud crashing noise came from below the library. Spike realized Twilight was in the basement cleaning it. He carefully made his way to his room and towards the guest bed. He pulled the saddlebag off his back with his teeth and put it under the pillow of the bed. Spike was making his way to the entrance of the library, but he suddenly heard hoofsteps coming from the basement. He panicked realizing Twilight was coming upstairs. Spike ran out the door and towards Rainbow's house before being seen by the lilac unicorn.

Unknown to Spike, a black unicorn stallion with a curly yellow mane had been watching him secretly and was now following him near the library. The stallion, Jordan, followed Spike closely, but made sure not to be spotted by him. He recalled the orders he got from Captain Sanderson last night.

'Remember Private Jordan.'  The brown unicorn warned. 'You are to observe them and keep an eye on them. Failure to disobey will result in "The Decapitator" from our Lord.'

Jordan shuddered at the thoughts of "The Decapitator" and remembered witnessing it several times by those who failed his Lord's orders.

'Captain Sanderson didn't say anything about not capturing them.'  He thought to himself with a smug smile. 'I'll bring a trophy back at the castle tonight and make my Lord proud.'

Spike kept running until the library was no longer in sight. The purple pegasus felt excited by being able to learn to fly from Rainbow and wondered what she would teach him. On the outskirts of Ponyville, Spike looked up in awe at Rainbow Dash's cloud mansion. He figured he got here a little early, but he looked around to see that Rainbow wasn't anywhere though.

"Uh...hello, Rainbow?"  Spike asked while looking around for the sky blue pegasus.

"Hey rookie, up here!"  Spike looked up to see Rainbow Dash lying on a cloud and waving at him. "It's about time you got here!"  The sky blue pegasus hoped off the cloud and glided down to the ground near Spike. She circled around Spike taking a look at him closely, making him feel a little intimidated.

"So you want to learn how to fly huh?"  Rainbow asked narrowing her eyes.

"Yeah I guess so."  Spike responded while scratching his head.

"You guess so!?"  Rainbow shouted and stomped her hoof. "Listen Sparks, when you want to fly there is no guessing so or something like that. The pegasuses are masters of the sky and are natural flyers! When you do want to fly you do it! So let me ask you again, do you want to fly!?"

Spike gave a fast nod and said, "Yes I want to fly!"

Rainbow gave a smirk. "Good rookie! I don't need anypony who will be training from me to have second thoughts. I do warn you that you won't be getting special treatment from me even if you are my friend. Are you ready?"

"Yes Rainbow!"  Spike shouted and saluted. 'What have I gotten myself into now?'

Rainbow gave a nod and looked around until something caught her eye. "Alright then, we're going to warm you up. I want you to run to that tree and back towards me as quickly as possible."

Spike looked to see in this distance a barren tree standing alone on top of a hill. "I don't know about this Rainbow I think..."

"GO!"  Rainbow shouted.

Spike jumped in shock and ran off towards the tree as fast as his legs could make him go. The hill was tiring for Spike to climb, but he kept on running up there. As quickly as he was up the hill, he touched the tree and ran back down the hill. Spike ran back to Rainbow Dash and collapsed on the ground to catch his breath.

Rainbow shook her head and narrowed her eyes. "Come on rookie! I could've run up that hill and back in ten seconds flat!"

"R-Rainbow...*pant*...this...*pant*...this isn't easy."  Spike said in an exhausting voice.

The sky blue pegasus facehooved. "Listen up Sparks. Part of flying is that a pegasus has to be just as fast on the ground as they are in the air. Speed is one of the major things when it comes to flying. We're going to keep doing this until you beat my other trainee's record of twenty five seconds. Think you can do it?"

Spike got up and gave a nod. "I'll do my best Rainbow."

Rainbow nodded and pulled out a yellow stopwatch, "Alright then rookie, go!"  She turned on the stopwatch.

Spike kept on running up to the tree and back towards Rainbow for a while. He kept on running up the same hill so many times that he lost count. Spike's legs were getting tired and strained from all the running.

'Whoever this other trainee is, they must be good at doing this.'  Spike thought to himself.

Rainbow allowed Spike to catch his breath after he failed again for what seemed to be the fiftieth time. He drank some water that Rainbow brought to him. He finished downing the entire gallon of water and gritted his teeth. The sky blue pegasus told Spike to get back to training after finishing his water. The purple pegasus narrowed his eyes as he prepared to run again.

As soon as Rainbow told him to go, he took off in an instant. He bolted up the tree and touched it as quickly as possible. He came down the hill fast enough to look like he was a blur or purple and green. Spike ignored the protesting pain in his legs as he bolted towards Rainbow. He stretched his legs out as he collapsed on the ground and panted heavily .

Rainbow looked at her stopwatch and narrowed her eyes. Spike prayed to Celestia that he wouldn't have to do it again. He didn't dare look up at his friend's face.

"Twenty four seconds flat rookie."  The sky blue pegasus said. "Not bad, but you're ready."

Part of Spike wanted to jump in joy, but his legs were feeling very sore. The pegasus gave a wary nod and smiled feebly.

"Come on Sparks, you can't be tired yet!"  Rainbow shouted. "You should feel proud that you broke my trainee's current record."

Spike was still panting a little, but managed to get some words out. "Who...*pant*...who is...*pant*...your trainee anyway?"

"Oh, it's a filly named Scootaloo. She really looks up to me and is learning a lot from yours truly. Oh course who else would not want to learn from the best?"

Spike felt a tinge of annoyance in him as he realized he was trying to beat a foal's record. He was about to say something, but Rainbow cut him off.

"Now that you've learned how to go fast on the ground, it's time to learn how to get the basics of flying down now. We're going to stretch those wings out and start flexing them."

Spike didn't argue and just nodded. The sky blue pegasus smirk.

"Your wings are like a muscle in your body that can be flexed. What I want you to do is flex your wing muscles and open them. Think you can handle that?"

"Uh...yes, I'll do it."  Spike said trying not to sound hesitant.

Spike closed his eyes and concentrated on his upper back muscles. He could feel some sort of tingling in his wing muscles and tried to flex them. He felt a strain in his muscles that quickly turned into a burning sensation. A mixture of pain and burning in his upper back coursed through Spike as he concentrated on spreading his wings. His body screamed at him to stop, but he ignored it and pushed forward. The purple pegasus could feel his knees buckle and used all his strength on his back muscles.

Spike suddenly heard the flapping of some wings. He opened his eyes and looked on both sides to see his wings were spread out. He couldn't help but let out a cry of joy and smiled. Rainbow stood to the side and nodded at her friend. She felt a sense of pride about her training methods paying off. The sky blue pegasus also was a little surprised that "Sparky" was progressing so fast. She found it a little strange that some pegasus who never flew in his life was learning so fast. She thought maybe it was because he was an adult and not a foal.

"Awesome job there Sparks."  Rainbow said. "Now I want you to do it again for fifteen more minutes."

Spike's jaw dropped upon hearing this, "F-fifteen more minutes!? You've got to..."

"Rookie, what did I tell you!? Do you want to fly or not!?"

"W-well course I do. It's just..."

"Then start spreading those wings for fifteen minutes. Keep on whining and I'll increase it to one hour."

Spike grumbled a little, but he did what the sky blue pegasus told him to do. The next fifteen minutes were some of the most painful for Spike. He battled the pain and burning of his body as he flexed his wing muscles. The pain seemed to decrease with each time he did it. It got to the point that the flexing felt numb and stiff instead of painful and burning. After fifteen minutes, Rainbow stopped her stopwatch and whistled at Spike.

"Excellent job there Sparks. You're really getting this stuff done fast for somepony who never learned to fly. Now it's time to take to the skies."

Spike couldn't help that despite all the hardships he went through Rainbow's training that this was worth it.

"Now spread your wings!"  Rainbow commanded.

Spike nodded and like a second nature to him opened his wings with a confident smile.

"Good, it's time to take off into the sky! You need to flex your wing muscles into flapping them up and down together constantly. Now show me what you got!"

The purple pegasus closed his eyes in concentration as he focused on flapping his wings up and down. The burning and painful sensation returned to Spike, only it felt worse this time. He tried to flex his muscles to sync together, but it seemed only one side was responding in making him lift off while the other didn't. He felt his body sink to the right and flew sideways. He concentrated more on the other and could feel his body cry out again as he kept pushing himself.

The purple pegasus felt his body lean back to its original position. Spike opened his eyes and looked to see both of his wings were flapping. He then looked down to see he was hovering above the ground. He beamed at Rainbow and saw her return a satisfied smile.

"Way to go Sparks! It seems you've really got this down. You've been able to get so much done in so little time. How would you like to learn to navigate today?"

Spike beamed at this and said with enthusiasm, "I'd love to Rainbow!"

Rainbow couldn't help but feel proud about how confident her new trainee was now. "Okay then, listen up! Navigating involves shifting your body weight. If you want to go forward, you lean forward, and if you want to go to the left, you lean to the left then. We'll just do the basics today since you are still a rookie."

Spike nodded happily at this and said, "I'm ready Rainbow!"

"That's the spirit! Lean forward and start flying forward!"

Spike nodded and leaned forward, but instead of moving forward, he did a somersault in the air. The purple pegasus stopped flapping his wings and crashed into the ground.

Rainbow laughed a little and said, "Easy now rookie. You want to lean forward a little not all the way. Now let's try again."

Spike nodded, flexed his wings, and hovered into the sky once more. The purple pegasus remembered Rainbow's instructions and leaned a little bit forward. At first he felt nothing, but soon he saw that he was actually moving forward a little bit on the moderate side. He continued to fly forward and picked up some speed as he did so.

Rainbow flew right next to her trainee. "Alright try to lean a little bit to the left and make a turn."

Spike nodded and leaned a little bit to the left. He saw that the field he was gliding across turn a little bit to his left. He quickly shifted his body weight to continue to fly forward.

"Now make a right turn!"

Spike moved his body weight to the right and managed to make a right turn. Spike flew forward moderately and reached a satisfied looking Rainbow. The sky blue pegasus decided to land on the ground and whistled for "Sparky" to do the same. Spike kind of stumbled a little with his landing and nearly tripped. He regained his bearings and gave a sheepish smile to Rainbow.

"Sparks, you've got to be one of the fastest learners ever."  Rainbow said. "You've only been training for one day and you already have got the basics down. I want you to come back here again tomorrow afternoon at two to continue training. Got it?"

Spike nodded and siad, "You got it Rainbow!"

They both waved to each other and went their separate ways. Spike went back to the library feeling confident enough to take any of Twilight's lectures and punishments.



Jordan popped his head out of a nearby bush. He watched as "Sparky" took off into the town and saw Rainbow was nearing her cloud house. The black unicorn decided it was the best time to finally get the sky blue pegasus. His horn glowed a black aura that made a dark storm cloud appear above him. Jordan used his magic to make the cloud move towards Rainbow.

A sudden rumbling caught Rainbow's attention and looked to see that in the yellowish evening sky that there were no storm clouds around. She heard another rumbling noise and looked to see the dark storm cloud near her. Before she could react though, a lightning bolt hit her.

"AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!"  The sky blue pegasus cried out in agony.

Spike was just about out of distance form Rainbow's house when he heard the scream. He looked to see that Rainbow was falling down fast from her house and not moving. Spike knew that he couldn't run there in time, so he tried the next thing, flying. The purple pegasus flexed his wings and took off. He watched as his friend fall down towards the ground and pushed himself to go faster, but he wasn't making much progress.

Visions of Rainbow dying or being severely injured flashed through the purple pegasus' mind. 'No...I won't let this happen to my friend!'  Spike thought to himself with a determined look on him. 'No...no...NO, I WILL SAVE HER!'

Something suddenly ignited in Spike that felt like a huge burst of energy. He felt his speed increase tenfold and everything became a blur. Spike narrowed his eyes as he got closer to Rainbow Dash's body and felt himself go faster and faster. The sky blue pegasus' body was just about to hit the ground hard, but Spike managed to grab the lifeless body with his hooves and landed carefully. He looked down upon Rainbow's body and placed his ear near her chest. He heard a heartbeat and shallow breathing from the sky blue pegasus.

Spike looked to see something that made him jump in panic. His body was emitting a glowing green aura around him. He felt no pain or burning around his body. He instead felt rather warm and had a lot of energy pulsing through him. He calmed down from the adrenaline and saw the aura faded away until it was there no more. The purple pegasus' head felt a tidal wave of questions in his mind.

Jordan looked in awe as he watched "Sparky" save Rainbow's life. He wanted to get out of here before he was spotted by the purple pegasus. He stepped out of the bush, but stepped on a branch that snapped under his hoof's weight. Spike noticed this and saw the black unicorn had jumped in panic. He put Rainbow Dash's body down and went over to him.

"Hey, did you do this to her?"  Spike asked with anger rising in his voice.

Jordan didn't say a word and turned to take off. Spike glared and flew after him.

"Come back here!"

Jordan picked up the pace more and headed for the Everfree Forest. He was about to hope over a creek, but he was tackled by Spike. He looked up to see "Sparky" had a furious look on his face and pinned him down.

"You're coming with me you jerk!"  Spike scolded him.

Jordan closed his eyes and his horn glowed "Excaecant mico!"  He shouted in a panic.

A bright white light flashed between the two ponies. Spike yelled in agony and covered his eyes. Jordan managed to break free of his captor's hooves and threw him off. He took one last look at the purple pegasus before heading into the Everfree Forest.

Spike felt his vision come back to him and looked around with a blurry vision. He saw Rainbow wasn't gone, but her body wasn't moving a muscle. He noticed that the black stallion took off, but he put those thoughts behind him to focus on saving Rainbow. He picked up the sky blue pegasus' body with his neck and carefully placed her on his back. He took off straight to the library.  

Unknown to Spike, a black hooded pony had been watching him in the distance. He didn't say anything, but his eyes were wide with shock from what he saw. He turned around and trotted away from Rainbow's house into an unknown direction.

Twilight paced around the library floor and looked at the clock frantically. She'd been worried all day about Spike since and wondering what was taking him so long. Just as the lilac unicorn was about to go out and find him, the door to the library busted open. She looked to see Spike with a look of fear and panic. Twilight then noticed to her horror that her assistant was carrying Rainbow's body.

"Spike, what happened!?"  Twilight cried out in fear.

"P...*pant*...please Twilight, we need to help Rainbow!"  Spike said with worry in his voice. "Somepony attacked her!"

Twilight looked to see Rainbow's body was smoking a little and was bruised. She nodded at her assistant. "Alright Spike, I'll take her to the hospital! You go get the others over to the hospital now!"  Spike nodded and both ponies went their separate ways.

In a pristine white waiting lobby with five blue sofas and a bookshelf full of medical and other various magazines, Twilight, Spike, and the others were waiting nervously to hear what had become of Rainbow Dash. Twilight and Applejack paced around with worried looks on their faces. Fluttershy was shaking violently on one of the couches and was on the verge of tears. Pinkie was next to Fluttershy and was holding onto her to calm the yellow pegasus down, but to no avail. Rarity tried to keep her composure, but she found herself tapping her hoof nervously and had fear in her eyes. Spike was just sitting down on the couch away from the other ponies with a blank expression.

The events of what happened to him played through Spike's mind again and again. He recalled himself flying almost as fast as Rainbow Dash, the green aura surrounding him, and the encounter with the black stallion. The purple pegasus remembered the sensation he felt when he flew to save Rainbow from falling and felt like he had a fire burning inside him. He didn't understand as to why it was happening to him since he wasn't a dragon anymore. A sudden tapping on his shoulder broke Spike out of his thoughts and turned to see Twilight with a worried look.

"Sparky, Nurse Redheart is here to tell us about Rainbow's condition."

Spike nodded and went over to where the others were standing. He recognized that in the group was a white earth pony with a pink mane and tail, and a hat with a red cross on it as Nurse Redheart. The pegasus saw that the nurse wasn't showing a smile or a frown, but instead a blank expression on her face. He looked at the others who had worried faces and were trembling a little.

"Well...is she alright nurse?"  Applejack asked nervously.

The ponies waited and leaned forward for an answer.

"She's in stable condition, but is still unconscious."  The white nurse said softly. "She suffered a strike of lightning to her back, but thankfully the bolt only knocked her out and left her with a few bruises. Miss Rainbow Dash should be able to wake up tomorrow and be discharged from here after spending tonight and tomorrow resting here."

The ponies let out a huge cheer and hugged one another in happiness upon hearing this. Nurse Redheart smiled a little at this and turned to Twilight, "I'll let you know when she wakes up tomorrow Miss Twilight, now please excuse me I have other patients to attend to."  The lilac unicorn nodded and the nurse pony turned and went through two double doors into another ward.

"Oh this is so exciting!"  Pinkie shouted while hoping around, "I'm going to throw a big welcome back from the hospital party for Dashie when she gets out!"

Spike felt a sense of relief wash over him as the others cheered as well. He even felt like joining in the celebration, but was interrupted by a hoof poking him on the back. The purple pegasus turned to see Twilight had a bit of a worried look on her face.

"Sparky, I need to ask you something. You said that Rainbow was attacked by somepony when you brought her to me. Do you recall who it was?"

Upon hearing Twilight's question, the other ponies stopped cheering and approached Spike with looks of concern on their faces. Spike felt a little bit flustered and nervous as his friends looked upon him. Something clicked in the pegasus' head when he thought back to the stallion.

"I think I know who it is."  Spike said with a tinge of nervousness in his voice. "He looked like that stallion from the party."

The ponies looked a little surprised at this and Applejack stepped forward, "What in tarnation are y'all talkin' 'bout Sparky?"

"Well remember that stallion at the party Rainbow crashed into? I think it's him. He looked the same and even had the same curly yellow mane."

"Can you tell us what happened?"  Twilight asked.

Spike could see his friends looked a little scared and slowly nodded. He explained how he heard Rainbow Dash's scream and flew there just in time to catch her. He told of what the black stallion did to him and ran off. He didn't want to say anything about the green aura around him since he was afraid that it would scare his friends more. When he finished, Spike saw his friends have a mix of bewilderment and fear on their faces. No pony said anything for what seemed like hours.

"This is quite strange."  Rarity said breaking the silence. "Why would that pony kill Rainbow over some minor mishap?"

"Are y'all sure it was him Sparky?"  Applejack asked.

Spike nodded and said, "I'm sure of it, it was that stallion from the party."

"Pinkie, have you ever seen that stallion in town?"  Twilight asked.

"Nopie dopie! I've never seen him before in town, but why didn't I have a twitch like with Sparky here when he came to Ponyville?"  She suddenly let out a big gasp. "What if he came on the same day as Sparky? He sure isn't getting a welcome party for hurting Dashie. I mean who would want to throw a party for such a meanie pants like that? I wouldn't even..."

Twilight placed a hoof on the pink mare's mouth. "I think we need to think this more tomorrow. How about we all meet up at Rainbow's to check the place out?"  Twilight's friends nodded in agreement. "Then it's settled, we'll meet up first thing in the morning. Come on girls, we need to let Rainbow rest up.

The group left the hospital and said goodbye to each other as they went back to their homes. Twilight and Spike were left outside the hospital by themselves. Spike didn't really want to look at his unicorn friend. He knew that he was in serious trouble with what he did this morning. However, no lecture came from the lilac unicorn's mouth.

"Spike, I want to talk to you about earlier."  Twilight said softly.

Spike gulped a little and looked at Twilight expecting an angry look. She instead had a mix of remorse and worry look on her. The pegasus couldn't hold it back anymore and blurted out, "I'm so sorry Twilight. I didn't mean to do what I did this morning and should've listened to you."

Spike expected the worse, but instead felt Twilight embrace him. They stayed like this for a few minutes before Twilight broke the embrace.

"Spike...I'm sorry as well. I shouldn't have tried to keep you on such a tight leash like I did this morning. I was just so worried about you and wanted to look out for you. I've been really foalish with how I act. If it wasn't for you, Rainbow might be...be..."  Twilight couldn't get that word out of her mouth and tears streamed down her face.

"I've just been so worried about you ever since you turned into a pony."  She said in a cracked voice. "I don't know what I would do without my assistant and friend. I'm sorry about how I've treated you. I promise that for the remaining time you are a pony that I won't stop you from seeing the others. You can even see Rarity."

Spike looked to see Twilight was about to have a breakdown and hugged his friend. "It's okay Twilight, I forgive you. I just want you to know you'll always be my friend."

Twilight made a tearful smile and returned the hug. The two friends stayed embraced for a few minutes.

"Ahem."  A voice came out interrupting the two ponies.

Spike and Twilight broke the embrace and looked to see Applejack with a gentle smile on her face. "Don't mean to interrupt this touchin' moment here Twi, but Ah need t'have a word with Spike."

Twilight nodded and pushed Spike towards the orange mare. The pegasus couldn't help but feel a little intimidated even with Applejack's small smile.

"What's wrong Applejack?"

"It's alright sugarcube, y'all ain't in trouble at all."  The orange mare said in a reassuring voice. "Ah just want t'say thank ya kindly fer saving Rainbow from that fall. Secondly I think it's time y'all did mah favor."

"Well what is it? Bucking some apple trees? plowing some fields with your brother?"

Applejack gave a small smile and said, "Do y'all think ya can take care of some foals tomorrow? Ah was gonna watch them tomorrow, but then this whole mess happened."

Spike thought it over, since he'd never foalsit before and had no experience in it. He did remember that Twilight had a few books on foalsitting, He even had experience in helping take care of Owlowiscious. The purple pegasus gave a wary nod to Applejack.

"Oki doki Applejack, I'll do it. So how many foals am I going to look after?"

"Uh...three sugarcube."  Applejack said with a bit of uneasiness in her voice.

"Oh okay..."  Something popped in Spike's head and felt a bucket of ice drop into his stomach. He looked back at Applejack. "Did you say three foals?"

Applejack nodded, making Spike freeze in fear. "N-no y-you don't mean them do you?"  The pegasus asked with fear in his voice. The farmer pony nodded again. Spike turned around and ran for it, but was tackled by Applejack.

"Spike...Ah know how ya feel about them, but please ya got to do this."  Applejack tried to keep the purple pegasus pinned down. "Ah need to help look fer this stallion who attacked Rainbow. Ah need ya to take mah place fer tomorrow."

"No way Applejack! I don't want to even be close to them at all!"  Spike struggled to break free.

Applejack narrowed her eyes. "If ya don't do this, Ah'll tell Rarity who ya really are sugarcube, got it?"

Spike remembered the promise he made to Applejack and unwillingly nodded. The orange mare released him and gave him a sad smile. "Ah know ya don't really want t'do this sugarcube, but yer the only one who can help me out."

Spike said nothing and looked away from the orange mare.

"Ah'm gonna come by tomorrow and git ya t'come down to the farm sugarcube. A'll see ya then sugarcube and don't worry they don't even know ya."  Applejack took off for her family farm.

Twilight approached him. "So what was that about Spike?"

"Let's just say Twilight that tomorrow is going to be a nightmare."  Spike said bitterly.

Before she got a word out, Spike took off towards the Ponyville Library. The lilac unicorn followed suit and began to think about what was going on.



Inside the throne room of a castle, there was a crowd of ponies standing in a line. The room had dark blue banners with black trimmings lining against the walls. The banners lined against tall windows that allowed Princess Luna's moonlight through. There were stallions from unicorns to pegasi lined up with shining dark blue armor and had stern looks on their faces. They were all lined up against a black carpet that extended to a giant throne. A hooded unicorn with an all black robe covered his body and face sat on a pitch black throne with silver arm rests on it. The giant brown doors to the room suddenly opened to reveal a furious Captain Sanderson bringing in a levitated Private Jordan.  

The brown stallion released the magical hold on his captive and dropped him to the ground. "I have brought him here as you commanded Lord Sandro. I think you'll get a laugh out of what his excuse for failing was."

The hooded pony looked to see the black stallion had a look of fear in him and was shaking violently. He then turned towards the other unicorn stallion. "You have done well Captain Sanderson."  He said in a deep sinister tone. He turned towards Jordan. "You better have a good reason as to why you disobeyed me private. Do you know what happens to those who disobey my rule here?"

"N-now wait a minute! I was just trying to bring back one of the six ponies."  The black unicorn said in a panic.

"I gave you no such order to do that!"  Captain Sanderson barked. "I told you to watch them only! You were seen doing this heinous action in daylight and you were nearly caught! What the hay were you thinking!?"

"Wait please! That pegasus who saw me acted strange when he saved the rainbow colored one. He was glowing a green aura and going faster than anything I've ever seen. He could've pulled off a Sonic Rainboom with how fast he was going."

Captain Sanderson laughed coldly at this. "You see my Lord!? This is his so called excuse! Any pegasus could do that in their sleep most likely. I for one..."

"Still you tongue captain."  Lord Sandro scolded. Captain Sanderson gritted his teeth and bowed. "Go on and tell me more about this pegasus private."

Jordan nodded and said, "Well h-he was new in Ponyville and I heard he never learned how to fly, so the rainbow one offered to teach him how to. He was only a novice, but he managed to get the basics down in a few hours. When he went to save her, he was flying like he was a Wonderbolt. He was out of distance from his friend's house and yet got to her in an incredible feat of time. I saw that he had a glowing green aura around him and looked surprised at it as well. I know this sounds strange, but there's something to this pegasus my Lord."

The hooded pony only looked at Jordan and thought about what he told him. "Private I must know one more thing. What is the name of this pegasus?"

"WHAT!? You're going to believe this tall tale Lord Sandro!?"  Captain Sanderson saw the hooded unicorn turned his head at him. Even though the eyes were covered, he still felt a powerful glare penetrate him. Sanderson didn't dare argue and stepped back.

"I-it's Sparky my Lord."  Jordan said feeling a little more calm.

"Private Jordan, I am willing to make you a deal. If you can bring me this Sparky alive, I'll let you live and promote you. If you fail, it's 'The Decapitator' for you. You are not to go after any other ponies, just this pegasus only. Do you understand?"

Jordan nodded furiously and said, "Yes my Lord, it shall be done."

"One more thing, you have only one day to do this and one chance only. I think that should be more than enough motivation to prevent you from failing."  He saw the black unicorn shake a little and smiled to himself. "Guards, leave us at once. I'd like to have a word with Captain Sanderson alone."

Jordan and the stallions who lined the carpet bowed. They all left in an orderly fashion until only Captain Sanderson and Lord Sandro were left alone.

"I know what you're thinking Captain Sanderson. You must think I'm crazy for pursuing this am I right?"

Captain Sanderson was taken aback by this, but he slowly nodded. "Forgive me Lord Sandro, but this is a waste of effort. All we have is just Private Jordan's word only; it's all baseless conjecture that's all."

"What if it isn't Captain?"  Asked Lord Sandro. "What if you're wrong? What will you do then? Will you simply continue to deny the fact that it exists, or will you just simply leave us?"

Captain Sanderson looked in shock by what the Lord said to him. "My Lord, do you honestly believe that it exists? We lost everything about our research on it a decade ago."

"Captain, I was able to look over some of the details and there should be a lost one that has been hidden for over a millennium. The spies I had sent out around town reported seeing those tablets somewhere close to where we are. Where they are now, I have no clue. I need those tablets to figure out how to use the lost one for our purposes. This Sparky would be no good without those tablets."

"Shall I continue searching for them my Lord?"

"Yes Captain, but be wary as you hunt for them. I have no doubt that it's being guarded fiercely."

"Yes my Lord."  Said Captain Sanderson as he bowed.

"Good, now then I have business elsewhere. I will be back tomorrow night to see whether Jordan caught Sparky or not. You are dismissed Captain."  The brown stallion bowed and left the throne room.

Lord Sandro stood around for a couple of minutes thinking to himself. 'Well Sparky, let's see if you really do live up to what my subordinate has told me.'  The hooded stallion thought to himself with a sinister smile.

His horn glowed a black magical aura. In the blink of an eye, Lord Sandro teleported in a blinding flash and out of the castle.

TO BE CONTINUED
A rewrite of chapter 4 of my Sparity story. I hope you all enjoy it.

I DO NOT OWN MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC. IT’S THE PROPERTY OF LAUREN FAUST, AND HASBRO. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED TO THEM. STORY IS MINE.

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You should have said is there somewhone behind me your talking to.