A/N ok guys sorry I haven't updated this in ages but i finally got someone to help me edit and will repost all the new chapters when there finished thankn you for your patience
It was a cool evening over Equestria, the last of the suns rays dissipated on the tips of the hills and the small town of Ponyville was plunged into a soothing darkness. The street lights had just started to shine, when there was a shuffling sound and none other than Spike the small purple and green scaled baby dragon walked out of the town.
He started up the hill, the grass brushing lightly against his purple scales, 'what a long day, first I turn from a baby to an nearly fully grown adult then I almost destroy Ponyville! If Rarity hadn't been there to remind me of who I was, I might have destroyed everything'. Spike thought to himself silently as he reached the top of the hill. He turned around to survey the once beautiful town.
Suddenly Spike was struck by strong remorse he almost fell as he looked over at the huge hole in the roof of carousel boutique. A lone tear fell down his cheek and into the grass as he thought of the white pony with her glorious purple mane. The familiar feeling of his love returned whenever he thought of her, which only increased his feeling of guilt.
This is so lame, I mean no matter what I do I'm growing up right now, nothing but time is stopping me from turning into that monster again. I can't be around my friends knowing that I might one day ravage the town again, I have to leave so this place and my love will be in peace, he thought ready to leave, regretting that he would never see Rarity ever again.
However it was for the best at least he had confessed his feelings for her before he left and they weren't rejected. He was unsure how Rarity felt."Forgive me Twilight." He said "I won't be able to be your number one assistant any more."
As he walked away faster. Spike walked into something or someone landing on the soft grass, he looking up and saw an outline of a massive pony taller than big Mac himself.
"WAHH PLEASE DON'T HURT ME I'M SORRY" said Spike as the dark figure moved forward. Spike shut his eyes and curled into a ball defensively. He was expecting an attack, but instead he felt a soft embrace and he was lifted off the floor as a soft voice filled his ears.
"At ease young drake thou hath have nothing to fear everything's fine."Luna said, trying to calm the terrified dragon.
Slowly he stopped shaking and looked up, there wasn't any monster trying to get him, but the kind face of princess Luna holding him in her hooves her dark blue fur almost matched the colour of the night, but they were now bathed in moonlight so he could see her dark flickering mane and tail moving slowly in the night light.
She slowly lowered him to the ground "most are asleep during my night so I couldn't fail to notice you walking about. Why are you running from Ponyville?" Asked Luna.
No matter how hard he tried he couldn't bring himself to lie to the kind princess so he explained the whole story to her …
"I thought ponyville looked different, so that was you Spike".
"Yes." He replied tearfully. "I can't bear to stay, watching everypony fixing what I broke" he said.
"I'm sure thy friends shall forgive you, Spike I meet you before during nightmare night I have never meet such a caring and gentle creature in all my life." said Luna .
"I know, but I just can't stay when the town is like this" said Spike.
Luna thought desperately for a moment 'I can't let him walk away, it will only hurt him in the long run.'
Spike had started walking away from Ponyville, "Wait... Spike take it from someone who knows you can't run away from your problems you must face them. Tell though if all the buildings were fixed then would you stay?" Asked Luna.
Spike thought for a moment, with the main source of awkwardness gone it would be much easier to stay. "yes I would stay then, the main reason for me leaving is the damage to the town," said Spike.
"In that case I think I can help you" replied Luna confidently.
"that would be incredible, how?" Spike asked.
"The magic of an alicorn is much more powerful than you might think, if I can move the moon then I can fix this town" she concluded.
Luna walked over to the top of the hill and stood straight and tall. The tip of her horn began to glow with an eerie blue light. As all the damaged pieces of the buildings began to levitate until they were high above Ponyville, then they began to sort themselves into the right piles and once again lowered to the ground. Luna looked tired from using so much magic, after a quick break she once again lifted the different piles of broken roofs, walls, and streets lamps and moved them back to their original positions. When everything was in place she took a deep breath and her horn glowed brighter than ever and as the broken parts fused themselves back into place, the town was whole once again.
Princess Luna shuddered, breathing hard, she lay down on the hill. "You did too much at once princess, I've seen it happen to Twilight before, you need to rest, I'll send for Twi, she'll help get you to the library you can stay there and recover" Spike said.
Luna began to protest, but he ignored her "You just helped me the least I can do is give you a warm bed for the night," he said. He pulled out the paper and quill he always carried with him and began to write an urgent letter to Twilight telling her where they were. Once he had finished he rolled it up and focused on her, then breathed a small mass of green fire on the scroll dematerialising it as the smoke and ash raced toward the library.
meanwhile at the library
"SPIKE where are you its time for bed" said Twilight, the purple unicorn with her , purple, and pink striped mane had looked everywhere for her dragon assistant. 'Now where is that Little guy? He's normally in bed way before me,' she thought.
She trotted around the library, shivering slightly, it was colder than usual because of the large hole that was the doorway with chunks of the wall and door littered all over the place.
When suddenly all the broken pieces began rise up from the ground and heap them selves into large piles. Curious but slightly scared she walked over and poked the pile of rubble with a hoof, and it began to move. She jumped back with a squeak, as the pile of rubble rearranged itself back to its original position, and fused back into place, the library was fixed once again.
Twilight knew it was magic, but who could be strong enough to put the whole town back together? She noticed out the window that Ponyville was fixed again. She didn't have long to think though, as a cloud of ash appeared in the room and materialized into a scroll with a green flash, "why is Princess Celestia sending a letter this late I wonder" she mused. Twilight moved toward the scroll and lifted it with magic, and after reading a few lines she gasped and ran out the door.
Spike moved over to princess Luna and helped her to stand, she swayed and threatened to fall but held, which was good because Spike was only big enough to hold up one of her legs.
"Why did you fix everything, I don't understand? did you do this just to get me to stay?" asked Spike worriedly.
"I did what I had to you can't leave because of hasty decisions. You need your friends to help you through rough spots in life, I didn't want you to make the same mistake I made those thousand years ago. Please promise me Spike that you won't abandon your friends just when you need them the most" said Luna shakily.
After a moment of thought Spike made up his mind "of course princess, you have my word, now lets try to get down the hill". They slowly started moving down the hill when a very out of breath Twilight sparkle appeared.
"Princess" she bowed.
"Don't waste time with that now Twilight, help me she's heavy" said Spike heatedly.
"Of course we'll get you to a place where you can rest" replied Twilight her purple horn glowing, Spike felt the weight of Luna lift off him, as she was suspended a few feet off the ground. "Lets go, I don't know how long I can hold you up there princess" said Twilight they moved down the hill and into the town.
"It's a good thing the library is close" said Twilight the strain evident in her voice "princess, why did you fix the all of Ponyville at once, we could have done it ourselves over time" said Twilight, Spike started to panic he didn't want Twi to know of his former plan to leave.
"I just couldn't stand to see this beautiful town the way it was, so I thought I would save you all the trouble, but I underestimated the energy it would take. I'm very lucky spike was walking nearby or I might have been in real trouble" replied Luna sheepishly, Spike started to calm down.
Twilight spoke again " I was just going to ask why you were there and not back home" she said suspiciously. Spike started panicking again and thought wildly for an explanation.
"well considering what happened to me today I needed time to think, when was the last time you went from a baby to a grown up! It was very confusing" Spike muttered defensively.
It seemed to work as Twilight's expression changed, " you're right Spike I don't have any clue how that would feel I'm sorry" replied Twilight sincerely.
"Ah good I thought we'd never make it home" said pushed open the newly repaired door.
"Quick up stairs I don't know how much longer I can hold you" said Twilight desperately. They ran up to the bedroom and Twilight quickly deposited Luna on the guest bed, she mumbled a thanks then settled down to sleep. Twilight who was equally tired, also went to bed.
It had been an extremely long day and Spike also wanted nothing more than to curl up in his basket and sleep till dawn. He was halfway there when the familiar sensation in his stomach told him that there was a letter, he spat it out in a gust of green flame, "now who could that be this late?"
He tiredly opened the letter, then came fully awake when he read who it was from, the letter had been sent by no other than Rarity, he quickly read the rest.
"Dear Spike, we need to talk, come by my boutique tomorrow"
from Rarity.
His Heart was hammering as he remembered his confession and her undecided she knew it or not, her reaction could shape the future of the young dragons' life. He once again breathed a small plume of fire, burning the note so Twilight wouldn't find it. Then, stepping into his basket, he wrapped himself with his blanket and went to sleep, with thoughts of the pony he loved drifting into his dreams.
"Get up Spike its almost twelve" said Twilight.
He opened his eyes blearily and yawned loudly, what Twilight had said suddenly hit him, "wait twelve, you should have woken me ages ago, where is Luna, is she alright" he said in a panic.
"Calm down she left for Canterlot about an hour ago, she's fine. I let you sleep longer because you looked like you needed it." replied Twilight softly.
"Oh ok then, I guess I'd better get started on my late chores," Spike said.
As he began the usual process of cleaning up books and rearranging them in to the right places.
"Spike what's the rush," asked Twilight, " I've never seen you work this hard, is there somewhere you need to be?"
"What no. of course not, I don't have anywhere to be" said Spike with a fake smile,"you're going to bother Rarity again aren't you" said Twilight sternly.
"What why would you think that?" replied Spike with a large stack of books in his arms.
"Because that's where you always go when you work this fast, and you're blushing bright red" said Twilight with a smirk.
"I am not" replied Spike.
"Don't think that I'm trying to hurt you Spike, just try not to get your hopes too high" said Twilight softly.
"And just what's is that suppose to mean!" Spike shot back angrily.
"Well" said Twilight, choosing her words with care, "since we first came here you've been trying to catch her eye, and from the time we've been here has she given you any reason to think she feels the same?"
"Yes she has, Yesterday when we were falling I told her how I felt." He said bravely.
" And how did she react, did she say yes" asked Twilight quizzically.
"Well no, she didn't really say anything, she was crying but smiling too, and she sent me a letter asking me to come over" he finished.
After a moments thought Twilight said once again "don't get your hopes too high Spike".
After finishing all the tasks' he had to do today, Spike left Twilight in the library and went to find his destiny. He walked through the newly repaired town, smiling at the surprised looks on everyponies faces, he also heard whispering
"Wasn't this place trashed last night",
And cries of joy... "Awesome now I don't have so spend ages rebuilding" but he paid little attention to them as he walked toward Rarity's boutique.
The pink and white building was the same as it had been last time he was here, with no sign of damage, he paused by the door to think. 'I hope this goes well, I don't know what I'll do if I'm rejected, he thought to himself. Putting all that aside he lifted one of his clawed hands and knocked.
"Come in" a musical voice called through the door.
He pushed it open and entered seeing Rarity standing with her back to him, staring at a ponyikin with an almost finished dress draped on it. The dress was made out of purple silk, with green feathers on the edges.
It suddenly struck him that the colors were the same as his scales, "Just a moment please, I'm almost done with my newest masterpiece" she said. This made Spikeblush, she made a dress the same as me, and called it a masterpiece, he thought to himself.
'One more thing, it needs only one more thing' Rarity thought to herself, She used her horn to levitate the large heart shaped ruby necklace that Spike had given her then placed it on the ponykin, "There perfect". She turned around to see the customer, and gasped as she saw Spike. Then she promptly hid her newest creation behind the curtains, 'how could I have been so thoughtless now that he's seen my new dress it will only make this harder' she thought.
"Hello Rarity" he said.
"Well Spike, I was starting to wonder if you were ever going to come over" she replied.
"Sorry, Twilight made me do extra chores" he said.
" I swear that pony works you half to death with all the jobs she has you doing" she said.
"Awww its not that bad, when you get used to it" he mumbled, "so is this why you called me over?"
Her happy face dimmed somewhat "no Spike I wanted to talk to you about yesterday"
At last here it is, the moment of truth, the decision between one path and another spike thought.
"I am honored to be the object of your affection, and I know how much you've done for me, how generous you are to me. But it wouldn't work out between us" she said sadly.
"So after all this time I've pursued you, you don't feel the same way" asked Spike with a tear in his eye.
Then he was knocked onto the floor as Rarity hugged him tightly. "Oh Spike, of course I feel the same. But you're a dragon, that means you will never grow old, while I will wither away. And you'll grow much bigger than this house, as much as I love you I can't put both of us though that it would be equally cruel " she replied with tears in her eyes.
"If I could I would grow old with you, and stay the same size" he said softly in her ear.
"I know" replied Rarity and kissed him gently on the cheek, "its good that you understand. I'm sorry that it has to be like this" she let go of spike with a gasp.
"what's wrong?" he said surprised as she pushed him towards the mirror, and he saw himself standing in the large mirror, except the Spike in the mirror had two large bumps on his back scales.
"I didn't hurt you when I hugged you did I?" said Rarity.
"No they don't feel painful, what's happening to me now !" he looked around the boutique and only saw the White unicorn next to him. "I'm sorry it had to be this way Rarity, I will always love you no matter what but I have to find out what this is about."
"I understand" she said with more tears dripping onto the floor as he ran out of the door.
'That was so poorly handled, why did it have to be this way she thought to herself. A desperate longing filled her heart, if only I could live forever then I could spend every second with him'. Sighing she went back to her masterpiece based on her true love.
Twilight, who had just started a fresh book and was about open it, was surprised to see Spike running towards the library door, assuming everything had gone wrong with Rarity, she opened it for him. As he ran through the doorway she used her magic to close it again, "So what happened, did she say yes?" asked Twilight hesitantly.
"Yes, well sort of but I'll tell you later, right now something strange is happening to me. There are these weird lumps on my back" said Spike in a panic.
"Not again, can't we go two days without something about your physiology changing" she sighed.