The next day, Spike wakes up to an empty spot where Rachel would usually be. He gasped and sat up, fearing that she might have actually left him in the middle of the night.

During the motion of him sitting up, something fell from his horn and landed on his lap. From the looks of it, it was a piece of paper with tape.

Hey babe, call me when you get up.

Spike looked over to where Rachel had previously dropped the duffle bag last night. He saw that the bag had returned to the closet, along with a few other clothes finally hanging.

Getting up from the bed, Spike walked over to see what she put up. Rachel had put on one of Spike's nice shirts(A Skullfang t-shirt signed by the actual members of the band. They had gone to a concert of theirs a couple of months ago and got to hangout backstage), his black leather jacket and jeans on the racks and his combat boots. The jeans had another note.

Challenge for the day if you choose to accept: You have until midnight to show me a good time as a way to make up for yesterday and as part of your punishment for your crimes :P

It was really Rachel's handwriting by the way she dots her I's; instead of traditional dots or hearts, she actually drew tiny skulls.

The way I will be rating a good time by a tally board. You have to get 10 tallies by midnight. If you reach 10, you will be forgiven by your dragoness.

But if the goals are not met, be prepared to sleep on the couch….for three days till you can try again…

Goddamn I even write like Twilight….

Courtesy of your badass, Supreme Overlord Dragoness.

RL

P's. Don't worry about the eyejab, I know it was an accident.

Spike nervously chuckled at this. He was freaking lucky this was all Rachel was going to have him do as for punishment.

Though in hindsight, if it was anyone else, he'd be in prison…

The dragon grabbed his phone and called her up. She picked up before the first ring.

"I'm guessing you are staring at the note." Rachel chuckled from the other side. "Morning."

"Morning. You want me to take you on a date?" Spike asked to double check.

"Knowing you, dude, you'll work yourself to literal death and a lot of kissing ass." Spike could hear that grin from hers through the phone.

"Aunt Rachel! Hold still!" Flurry Heart whined on the other side of the phone. "You gotta look pretty for Uncle Spikie."

"Where are you?" Spike asked confused, hearing his niece there.

"The tiny princess kidnapped me while we were sleeping and is deter-Ouch! My hair is human, not pony-cartoon mane! It doesn't go like that."

"I keep forgetting, sorry." Flurry giggled.

Rachel sighed. "I like your niece but when you can, please save me. That's when the challenge starts."

"Any rules or places you want me to take you?" Spike asked her.

"Your Empire, Spike the brave and bold, I'm sure you can figure out-Ouch! Okay Cadence, can you take her please?"

Cadence giggled on the other side. "Flurry, she's not a doll."

"Sorry mommy."

Rachel groaned in slight pain before continuing. "Rules: No violence, no spitting fireballs, and stay the fuck away from Blueblood for now on. I have a feeling we both had stirred up the hornet's nest with that guy."

Right….Spike actually forgot about Blueblood. He remembers the eyejab… but he doesn't exactly remember what at all happened during. He knows that he went after the prince for insulting and grabbing Rachel...and he remembers running into Shining's barrier….

He doesn't remember the moment when he lost control or the fact Blueblood shot him after Spike stopped chasing the prick.

It seems to be a recurring theme nowadays… him not remembering and losing control…

"No violence, no spewing fireballs… is candles out of the question?" Spike asked.

"As long as it doesn't roast others….that reminds me." Rachel waited a moment before whispering. "Did you...take a bite out of the guys? Brimstone said that the remains looked like chunks of their flesh were eaten…"

"Fuck no." that was way too fast to even be considered a lie. "I-"

"I don't want to know the gorey details. It's not a Saw movie."

The most goriest horror movie franchise the humans ever made. A few movies Spike came to watch when he was 15 after the humans and equestrians developed the trade businesses, and he actually enjoys it…

And it's Rachel's favorite movie series…

Spike smirked. "Now you wanna watch the movies, don't you?"

"Shut up." Rachel grunted. She didn't deny it.

He chuckled before that grin fell to a frown.

Maybe that wasn't a good thing in this situation.

"Yeah…." Even Rachel made that realization. "Tick tock, big guy, you got till midnight."

Spike nodded. "Midnight...I promise, Rachel, you won't regret what I got for you."

"Counting it. Now come save me.`` She then hung up.

Spike sighed heavily, shaking his head. He's got a lot of work to do…

At the moment though, his mind went blank.

What the actual hell does Spike give the best date ever before midnight? The young dragon moaned, facepalming himself.

"Oh I'm in trouble…" He muttered softly.

Rachel was right, this was his Empire. Spike could easily whip something up if he just asked the civilians here. But the ponies here saw a side he never wanted anyone to personally see so that was iffy. What could he do when he's up to his horns deep in shit he created?

Now if he had like a week, Spike could think of something elaborate… He glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 9:36 in the morning. He has to think of something in 14 hours and 24 minutes to think of something.

Maybe some advice would help.

Spike threw on the clothes Rachel had picked out for him - he had a feeling he won't get the tallie marks if he didn't wear them - he took off out of the room and right towards the training yard.

Shining Armor was watching over the new recruits, making sure the new, current Drill Sergeant was training these new cadets properly.

The Prince Consort doesn't want another set of Canterlot guards to train. Those bloody bastards are just about as useless as a box of rocks.

As the prince was about to correct a cadet that was slacking off, Spike came up to him.

"Oh, there he is." Shining chuckled. He looked at the Drill Sergeant and motioned to the slacking cadet.

The Drill Sergeant nodded before she went over and corrected the cadet...in a way most military members would.

Spike winced the shouting as Shining walked up to him. "So...you survived last night then?"

The dragon sighed, scratching the back of his head. His cheeks blushed softly. "I don't know...maybe."

Shining playfully punched his little (bigger) brother's arm. "Hey, it was an accident."

Right… yeah.

"I still feel like an asshole." Spike said. "Now she is giving me a challenge to make up for it. I got until midnight."

"What's the challenge?"

When Spike told him, Shining raised a brow. "Well...it could be worse." was what he said after that.

It could have been much, much worse.

"If I had extra time, I'd give her the best date ever. But I need help." Spike looked at Shining.

"Spike, you are basically a prince of the Crystal Empire. I'm sure if you ask everyone, they'd be more than happy to help you." Shining said.

"After what side they saw of me last night, I kinda doubt that." Spike said.

Shining sucked in his teeth. He paused for a moment, contemplating on what to say. "Alright, I may have something that could help."

Spike sighed in relief. Before he could say thanks…

"Did I hear someone call for help?"

A red heart balloon materialized between the two brothers. The said brothers stared hard at the pillow, confused as hell.

The balloon started to spin, after a few rounds, Discord's eyes appeared, staring at Spike. "Trouble in the romance department I assume?"

Spike immediately pricked the balloon with a claw, having it popped. Discord's balloon pieces fell at their feet.

"Well, that was incredibly rude of you." Discord grumbled before pulling himself together into this draconequus self.

"It seems I need to update my anti-chaos magic barriers…" Shining grumbled, annoyed that the spirit of chaos was here.

Spike sighed. "What do you want now, Discord?" Spike asked him.

"Well!" A newspaper appeared in Discord's hands and showed it to him. "The Empire's greatest hero has shown his animal side at the Gala." Well personally I would have picked a different title but-"

Spike quickly snatched the newspaper from the Lord of Chaos and read it. "During the Empire's first hosting the Grand Galloping Gala, Spike, the Brave and the Bold, is seen showing his true self as he attacks Canterlot's Prince Blueblood. The victim gave the statement that he was viciously attacked for NO APPARENT REASON!?" Oh fuck no!" Spike snarled. There was a picture of Spike that some pony had taken during the event.

It showed a side of him even Spike didn't even like.

Shining grabbed the newspaper and read it himself. "Fucking hell. That little shit is really doing this?"

Spike moaned, his hands on his head as he shook it. "What the actual fuck?! That isn't what happened."

"It also detailed how your love life might be in jeopardy by what you did." Discord pointed out in the article.

It spoke about the part where Spike elbowed his mate…

And Spike could never even guess how much of a fucking piece of shit he could get till he saw this.

"When my best friend's reputation is in danger, I want to help." Discord giggled. "And of course your relationship with your human maiden." HE shrugged at that.

Facepalming, Spike moaned heavily. "No offence, but you tend to make things worse. And plus I thought you didn't like me dating Rachel?"

"I never said that. I said you spent more time with her than me. Do you know how gross playing our game has become when Big Mac decided to bring Sugar Belle? It became this weird fetish of theirs." Discord shivers.

Spike just glared at him. "What do you even know about romance?"

Discord giggled as he floated over to his dragon friend. "Oh I know a lot. Just because I play a couple of pranks on you two doesn't mean I don't want you two to be together. Quite the opposite in fact."

"Discord, with your track record, I doubt you do more actually any good." Shining said before Discord took his muzzle away. Shining jumped when he couldn't speak anymore and glared intensely at him.

He's ready to blast him away.

"Oh hush, princey, I am talking to the boy here." Discord said, patting Spike's head.

"Discord, give it back." Spike grunted.

Discord sighed heavily. "I am trying to offer my insight into romance and the opposite sex." He replaced the muzzle.

"So if you know all of that, how come Fluttershy is happily married to Soarin instead of you?"

Discord stared at Spike for the longest time before grunting. "Rachel made you mean."

"No, that is me being me."

Shining pushed Discord out of the way before looking at Spike. "Ok little bro, as somewhat of an expert of troubled romances, I can help you. Believe it or not, there are a few times I get in trouble with Cadence. About this newspaper, I'll take care of that as well...and Twily…"

Oh fuck, Spike forgot about Twilight….

He has to deal with a Twilight punishment when he gets home. No doubt she might have gotten a copy of this news article…

If he doesn't get the ten tallies from Rachel, he sleeps on the couch when they get home. But when he gets home, he gets a severe punishment either way from Twilight.

Either way, he's gonna be in trouble.

Shining clapped Spike's back. "Hey, lemme talk to Twilight and see if she doesn't explode."

"TOO LATE!"

Spike's wings dropped when he heard Twilight's voice.