NOTE: Here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 2: Saving Spike
There comes a time in life when things take a turn for the worse, and it was riding up to farm at that very moment, Christine! She wore a black dress that went to her ankles and a black hat with a dark green feather on it. She rode her bicycle up to the front gate of the house and stepped off with a sneer on her face. Night Light was busy hammering on the fence near the barn.
"Night Light, is that you skulking by the barn?" Christine asked in an insulting tone.
Night Light was not amused with that statement. "I never skulked a day in my life, Christine. And I'm not about to start anytime soon. Now why are you here?"
"I want to see you and your wife right away about Twilight."
"Twilight? Why? What has Twilight done?"
"What's she done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg!"
"You mean she bit you?"
"No, her dog!"
"Oh, she bit her dog, eh?"
Christine slapped a palm to her face in irritation. Velvet came out of the house with a broom in her hands. Her cheerful expression changed to concern as she saw who was paying them a house call.
"Good afternoon, Christine," she tried to keep a straight face. "I've made a fresh batch of cookies if you have a mind to stay awhile."
"I'm afraid I've got no appetite, Mrs. Velvet," Christine replied. "In fact, I'm so shaken by the ferocious attack by your daughter's vicious dog, I may never eat again."
At that moment, the three farm hands came by and stopped to join the occasion.
"If don't eat, you'll soon waste away, and I'd hate to see that occur" Patrick spoke.
Christine turned and frowned at him with annoyance. "That must make sense coming from the idiot with the big belly."
Patrick looked down at his belly and frowned. Velvet turned and opened up the door to the farm house.
"Twilight, could you bring Spike out here for a moment?" she called, before turning back to Christine. "Now I'm sure if Twilight's upset you in any way, she'll be too glad to apologize the best she can."
"I'm afraid it's gone beyond apologies, Velvet," Christine shook her head. "I've laid an official complaint with the county sheriff."
"Now, this time, was he sober?" Bob asked, receiving a glare from the angry woman.
At that moment, Twilight walked out of the farm house door, with Spike held tightly in her arms.
"Twilight, Christine here seems to be very upset with you" Velvet declared softly.
Christine stepped back and pointed an accusing finger at Spike. "That mongrel is a menace to the community."
"That's not true!" Twilight protested.
"Young lady, as an act of public service, I'm taking that dog to the sheriff and make sure he's destroyed" the woman in black barked.
"Destroyed? Oh, you can't! Mother, father, you won't let her, will you?" Twilight asked with fear.
"Of course we won't. Will we, Velvet?" Night Light asked.
Twilight turned to Velvet with pleading eyes. "Please, mother, Spike didn't mean to. He didn't know he was doing anything wrong. I'm the one who ought to be punished. I let him go in her garden. You can send me to bed without supper."
Velvet smiled at Twilight, before glaring at Christine. "See how sorry the child is? Now surely you can give her a chance to prove herself—"
"If you don't hand over that little mutt this instant, I'll bring a damage suit that'll take your whole farm!" Christine snapped. "There's a law protecting folks against dogs that bite!"
"How would it be if she keeps on a leach?" Velvet suggested. "He's really gentle...with gentle folk, that is."
Christine took out a little slip of paper and handed it to Night Light, who read it with a look of concern and sadness. "Well, that's for the sheriff to decide. Here's the order allowing me to take him. Unless, of course, you want to take this matter to court."
"What does it say, Night Light?" Twilight's mother asked.
"Well, just what she says," he replied. "I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to hand Spike over, Twilight."
"No!" Twilight gasped.
"We can't afford a lawyer for a court session, honey," Velvet spoke softly. "I'm afraid poor Spike has to go."
Christine grabbed the basket from her bike, opened it, and held it out to Twilight. "Now we understand each other. Here's what I'm taking him in...So he can't bite me again."
"No, I won't let you take him!" Twilight slapped the basket away, taking Christine by surprise. "You go away, or I'll bite you myself!"
"Twilight Sparkle!" Velvet spoke in shock.
"Just get away, you wicked old witch!" Twilight tried to run away from Christine and save her puppy's life.
"Stop her!" Christine cried out.
Flash quickly grabbed Twilight by the arms. "Twilight, there's no use running."
"Flash...I thought you were my friend" Twilight gasped, feeling betrayed.
"He is your friend, Twilight. We all are" Bob spoke up.
"You can't fight the law, Twily. Some things are more important than any of us" Patrick added.
"Let me have him, Twilight" Night Light spoke gently, as he took Spike from her arms.
"Dad, please..." Twilight begged, quickly on the verge of tears.
"I don't want to do this, either. Believe me" Twilight's father hung his head in shame.
"Put him in the basket, Night Light" Velvet held back tears, as she hugged Twilight comfortingly.
Christine chuckled with victory, as Night Light put the yellow Labrador puppy in the basket "That's more like it. That's more like it."
Night Light, Twilight Velvet and the farm hands all glared at Christine with anger and annoyance. She just didn't seem to care that she was making a poor teenage girl cry by taking her puppy away. Twilight broke free from her mother's embrace and collapsed onto the porch stairs, letting the tears fall to the white floorboards.
"Now see here, Christine!" Velvet glared at the woman in black, making her look up in shock. "Just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us! For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I think of you! And now...well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!"
Christine was taken aback by those words. However, to stick up to her reputation, she simply scoffed at Velvet's declaration and fastened the basket onto the back of her bicycle.
"Oh, but I can! So, if you'd rather not hear it, you better peddle your carcass off my land and never set foot around here again!" Night Light ordered harshly.
Christine mounted her bicycle and frowned at the farmer. "I don't take kindly to that kind of talk, Night Light. Just remember, I have friends in high places."
"Well, then why don't you just hop on your broomstick, and go visit them?" Bob spoke sternly, earning a bonk on the head from the woman in black, as she rode down the road and disappeared from sight in an instant.
Night Light turned to the farmhands. "You got the horses hitched to the wagon, yet?"
"It's nearly done, sir" Patrick answered.
"Nearly isn't good enough," the farmer spoke gruffly. "The sky's getting darker by the minute, doggone it!"
Velvet gently put a hand on Twilight's shoulder and used her other hand to stroke her daughter's hair.
"Come inside the house, Twilight," Velvet spoke softly. "I'll make you your favorite casserole for supper."
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Twilight growled, shoving her mother away. "If you really loved me, you wouldn't have let them take Spike away!"
"She had an order from the sheriff, honey!" Velvet spoke sternly in defense. "What would you have me do? Wave a magic wand and make it go away?"
"You still could've tried, at least!" Twilight fought back.
Night Light tried to keep peace between his family members. "Honey, maybe we should just calm down and—"
"And you!" Twilight barked at Bob. "You stood there like you were stuffed or something!"
"I just couldn't think of anything. I'm sorry" Bob apologized.
"One mean, old woman, and you were scared of her?!" Twilight turned to Patrick.
"I wasn't scared...I just felt that it wasn't my place to interfere" Patrick denied shamefully.
"And you were worse of all," Twilight glared at Flash with anger. "You stopped Spike from getting away! I just...I just hate you!"
"Oh, Twilight, don't say that," Flash spoke gently, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Those words make me feel terrible inside, those words really break my heart."
Twilight only slapped his arm away in hatred. "That's too bad! I never want to talk to you or see any of you ever again!"
And with that, Twilight ran into the house and slammed the door shut. Night Light and Twilight Velvet sighed sadly, before walking off towards the barn.
"Don't take personally, Flash," Bob spoke hopefully. "She'll come around eventually."
"...Did I do the wrong thing?" Flash asked, on the brink of tears.
Bob put a comforting hand on the blue-haired boy's shoulder. "I don't know, Flash. I just don't know."
"Well, you know the old saying: 'they love you and they dump you'" Patrick spoke, making Bob frown at him.
On the road, Christine was peddling her bicycle towards town, still shaken by the harsh words that were spoken about her. However, she was so focused on the road; she didn't notice that the other end of the basket wasn't locked up. Spike peeked his head out of the basket, jumped out and ran back to the farm.
Inside Twilight's bedroom, the purple-haired girl was sobbing uncontrollably at the side of her bed.
"Spike was the only friend I had in the world...except Shining Armor, my B.B.B.F.F. Now, I have no one to talk to and no one to play with. And I'll never see him again as long as I—"
Before she could finish her sentence, Spike jumped through her open window, landed on the bed and yapped happily. Twilight smiled and embraced her puppy, who licked her face in return.
"Spike, darling! You came back! Oh, I'm so glad!" she cried with delight.
Unfortunately, the celebration didn't last long. Twilight knew that Christine would eventually find out that Spike escaped from her and she would come back to look for him.
"Oh, Christine will come back to look for you any minute now," Twilight realized, before she got out her suitcase and began to pack her belongings. "But we're not gonna be here for that. We've gotta get away. We've got to run away! We need a bone for you and some food for me. We're running away and we're never ever coming back!"
Once Twilight was finished with her packing, she and Spike peeked their heads out of the doorframe, saw that no one was around, snuck out onto the main road and headed away from the farm grounds to start a new life for the both of them.
Well there's the second chapter of the story. Catch you later!
