Dragon in the Cold
Chapter 10
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had already started flying South, back to Ponyville. Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie trotted home through the dense forest. They were heading South towards Ponyville.
"Why do you think Spike wants to get away from us so badly?" Pinkie asked breaking the silence
"Well, he is just going through a faze, he thinks that he needs to be with other dragons, but he really doesn't. He will figure that out sooner or later." Rarity replied, trying to calm Pinkie down. Rarity realized that Pinkie really did like Spike; she never knew they had such a good connection. Pinkie trotted, her head was hanging low.
"Eh Pinkie, lift yer head up! Spike is fine! We don't want ya to run into a tree do ya?" Applejack said trying to get Pinkie Pie out of her slump state. The 5 ponies continued their way back, Applejack had a good sense of direction, and she knew how to find shortcuts. They traveled for another 6 hours before they saw Ponyville.
"Well, welcome home." Rarity said, she was eager to take a bath.
"Yep, Pinkie wants me to take ya home? We will be going after Spike, but with more Pegasus, so we can find them." Applejack said, Pinkie didn't answer, she just nodded. Rarity departed from the group, heading back towards her home. Applejack led Pinkie to her home. Pinkie went inside, and thanked Applejack for walking her home. Applejack left Sugercube Corner; there was one mare that could catch Spike. And she needs to talk to her.
Spike woke up, Endeen was sleeping soundly on Spike's stomach, Spike slowly got up, trying to be as quiet as possible, and lay her head on the soft green grass. Spike stretched, yawned a little. He was surprised his pony friends didn't catch up to him. Friends? They were not accepting the fact that Spike needs to move on; this was the way things were supposed to be. Spike blew more fire into the fire pit, to keep Endeen warm. He left to go get some food. He walked out of the meadow, about half a mile ahead was tree land, if he could find some more berry bushes, they could have more food for themselves. Spike entered the forest, there were pine trees and a bit of snow here and there, he walked for another 5 minutes, he then saw a bush with blue dots on it. A blueberry bush! He harvested all the blue berries, and started to head back to camp. He reached the meadow again and saw Endeen, starting to stretch. When Spike got a couple feet closer she smile and headed towards him to help carry the berries.
"Thanks for helping me carry these berries." Spike said when they were back under the tree.
"Well, I do whatever I can to help. You did give me a fun time last night." Endeen said sexily smiling; Spike blushed and put his claw behind his hand.
"Yeah, I guess that was, fun." Spike replied
"Hey I have a question, who were those ponies that tried to follow us?" Endeen asked
"Well, they are my friends, I used to live in Ponyville, and I guess you can say, that I am going through heat, and I can't mate with mares, you know? So I set out to find one of my own species. And I found you. It makes me really happy when I am with you." Spike answered, he sat on the ground, he thought about all the good times they had together, he sighed, he loved Twilight, but he couldn't. This was the right thing to do. Endeen recognized the look on his face, if he was sad, she was sad. She sat down next to him, but her claw around him to comfort him.
"I just miss them, they were really nice friends. But they need to understand that it is dangerous for me to be in a village."
"I understand, but don't worry, I'm here." Endeen said
The two dragons sat next to each other under the tree, the wind was picking up, was their another storm coming in? Suddenly they heard thunder, and then lightning was seen striking down somewhere. Spike stood up, and held his claw up to bring Endeen up. The two walked from the tree, and headed down the meadow, looking for a better place to take shelter.
"You think there is a cave around here?" Endeen asked
"Probably, we just need to keep walking. So, where were you heading when we ran into each other?" Spike asked.
"Well, I was born 15 years ago, me and my parents spent time together a lot. It was really happy times. But one day, they went out flying to look for food, I watched them fly away. When they were a half of a mile away, lightning struck both of them. I cried for days, and I lived in that cave, I found jewels and ate those, and when I was 14, I decided to leave. I traveled for a year, and, I saw light coming from a cave. I came closer, but then you came out of that cave. And, I guess that's how we met. And I am really glad we did."
"Wow, I'm so sorry that your parents are gone. So you just set out in a random direction and took off?" Spike asked.
"Yep, I've been on my own since then" Endeen said answering Spike's questions. The two got into a rocky area, Spike helped Endeen around and over the rocks, they found a cave, it looked empty, about 15 feet by 20 feet. Plenty of room for them. When they got inside, it started to rain. All the branches Spike spotted were soaking wet, they couldn't start a fire now.
"Well I hope your warm, because I won't be able to start a fire, all the sticks outside are soaked." Spike said.
"Well we can always sleep together you know…"
Spike thought he knew where this was heading…
Applejack walked through the streets, she didn't have any plans to go back to Sweet Apple Acres, and she needed to see somepony that would get Spike, out of his funk. Applejack walked another couple of blocks and she was at her destination. She walked up the stone path, and knocked on the door to the library. She heard nothing, and the door was magically sealed. Applejack was tired of Twilights pouting. She backed away from the door, she thought about what she was going to do. Strength or magic? She shook the comparison out of her head, and ran full speed at Twilights door. She put her hoofs in front of her, and barged the door off its hinges, and broke into the library. But now she had a whole new challenge ahead of her, how would she bail Twilight out of house arrest? She walked to the left corner of the main room, she saw white floating box, it was Celestia's camera to monitor Twilight. Applejack stared into it, thinking of how to get Celestia's attention.
"Uh, princess? Spike has, abandoned Ponyville, and we need Twilights help to get Spike back. Can you come here?" Applejack asked, minutes went by, at about 15 minutes a poof of white smoke appeared in the middle of the room. Celestia was here.
"I see what you are asking, Twilight has 12 days of house arrest left, and then she will be let go. So yes, she can help you. But it is up to you to persuade her to come out and help you." Celestia said, and with that she disappeared, she must have been busy. Applejack started walking towards the wood staircase that led to her bedroom; she continued up the stairs and was in front of the purple door. Applejack slowly opened the door. And saw Twilight in her bed, asleep, dried tissues were everywhere, and she looked so thin. Applejack walked slowly towards her bed. She put a hoof on her neck, and gently shook her awake.
"Princess… I didn't mean it…" Twilight mumbled in her sleep. Applejack continued to gently shake her awake.
"W-What! Applejack! What are you going here? How did you get in?" Twilight yelled
"Never mind that, Spike ran away! He is miles away from Ponyville, he also, uh…" Applejack couldn't get the last part out.
"What?" Twilight asked annoyed that her mid-day nap was interrupted.
"Well, he kind of, found a female dragon, who is, same size, same age…" Applejack backed away a little, she was expecting Twilight to be mad. Twilight only looked at the ground; she thought he had lost him.
"Well, can we go find him, please?" Twilight asked softly, tears were running down her purple cheeks.
"Of course sugar cube, we'll leave again in two days, are friends have been helping us, it just wasn't complete without ya. Glad your back Twi."
"So, am I released early then?" Twilight asked
"Well yes you are, you can go buy books, or whatever ya do. I got to go assist the Apple family. See ya later Twilight."
"Bye…" Twilight said, she felt awful, knowing that her friend, her dragon, was out there, with someone else. She thought they were a couple, he must of not of enjoyed the times they spent together. She thought he liked her, she thought they had there moment. She would not let this dragon get in the way of her Spike! She would go with her friends and stop at nothing to get her Spikey Wikey back. She lay her head back on her pillow, sighed, and slowly fell back to asleep. Two days passed and the 6 ponies set out on their quest for Spike.
Spike thought he knew what Endeen was going to attempt. But surprisingly, he was wrong, she looked so tired and beat, that she put her head on his chest, and fell asleep. Spike gently rubbed her back, trying to help her get a better sleep, she was warm, he was warm, and together they were hot. Spike put his head against the wall, and slowly drifted to sleep. He dreamed he was floating through space, so relaxing, nothing was going on. He floated for what seemed like hours, then there was a bright light, everything was shaking, he was suddenly being absorbed into the white light, he covered his eyes, and he gained sigh, Endeen was in front of him, shaking him awake, trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't wake up.
"Spike, I saw something fly over. Can you take a look?" Endeen asked
"Yeah, of course." Spike said, he was till half asleep, he casted an electric spell, the light blue sparkle glowed in his hands, he exited the cave and had a look around. It seemed safe; maybe it was just a big bird or something. Suddenly he got kicked in the chest; he fell on the ground, he saw white for a second, then he got his vision back to look at his attacker. She had lightly tinted silver mane and tail, blue body, a magician hat and cape with stars and moons on it. It was Trixie, she had resurfaced after she ran away after Twilight beat her in a magic contest.
"Trixie what the-"Spike started
"The great and powerful Trixie is not pleased with you. Trixie has been looking for dragon scales for a new trick, to get Trixie's career back up. You're scales are perfect. I am sure you will agree, would you not?"
"Let me go Trixie your crazy!" Spike said as he struggled. Trixie only pushed her hoof down order on his chest; Spike realized that his right claw was free.
"Trixie thanks you for you volunteering." Her horn glowed and a sharp knife came into sight. Spike casted the fire spells in his hand, and grabbed Trixie's leg, burning some of her fur. She yelped in pain as she backed away. She looked up, anger as pure as day was in her eyes.
"YOU do NOT DO THAT to TRIXIE!" She screamed she shot a ball of energy; it hit Spike and knocked him back. Endeen watched in horror, her friend was fighting off another pony. And she was completely horrified that this mare wanted to skin Spike, alive.
"You fool! Your magic is weak!" Trixie yelled
Spike shot a fire bolt at her, she got hit on her chest, he then attempted lightning to hit her on her head, she made a protective bubble to deflect his attempted strike. She shot a ball of energy, time seemed to slow down. What was going on? He had one chance, he got a purple glowing light in his hand, he held his hand up, a wall of see through purple went in front of him, time sped up and the energy ball merely disappeared into thin air. Spike took the forcefieled down, and shot a strong lightning bolt through his arm and out his claw; he felt electricity coursing through his veins, Trixie was taking all hits, unable to focus enough to cast a protective spell. Spike's magic finally reached her brain, and her brain was fried, she fell to the ground, she started to, burn? Suddenly huge 200 feet tall flames scorched out of her heart. He thought he saw a pony rushing up those. But then the flames disappeared. Spike fell on one knee, breathing heavily. Endeen rushed to his side.
"Spike, that was, amazing!" Endeen exclaimed
"Endeen... I-I need to take a nap." Spike said, he fell to the ground passed out, he was still breathing. Endeen chuckled, Spike used a lot of energy to defend them, and she picked him up, and carried him back to the cave. This time she lay down first and Spike rested his head on her chest. Endeen let out a sigh of relief, she lay her head back, and finally got some good sleep. She loved Spike, and hopefully he would love her to, until the end.