Warming Up
Spike was watching Applejack from the balcony of one of his tower using his super vision, she was a hard worker and very athletic, her frame was slender but toned and firm.
He went into the kitchen and conjured up some ingredients, he mixed them in made a crust and cooked it with his breath but this time he didn't burn it.
"Much better than my first time" Spike smirked he then walked out.
Applejack was working when she smelled something sweet, she turned and saw Spike with a pie "Apple pie" she said.
"Here thought you met be hungry" Spike said walking over to her "I know it's not like yours but it will do" he smirked.
Apple took a bite out of a slice it was delicious and still warm "That is really good" she moaned in joy.
"How do you like those apples" Spike smirked, Applejack looked at him with a smile.
"So yer telling catchphrases now" she smirked
"better eat up or they'll take a bite out of you" Spike replied.
"And telling jokes" Applejack replied.
"A bit out of practice, it was hard getting that out" Spike told her.
"We'll work on it" Applejack smirked hitting his shoulder with a hoof playfully.
"So are you happy here?" Spike asked.
"I am all because of yew" Applejack replied then went flushed at that.
"Well as long as yer happy it's good enough for me" Spike said "So you still think I can redeemed?" he asked.
"Well ah forgive ya, ah guess even as yew went bad ah still believed there was still good in yew and from how you treated me'h ah was right" Applejack said.
"Well I'm surprised" Spike replied.
"Why is that?" she asked.
"Well you know the Bringer or you can say Lord of the Apocalypse isn't really a good thing and some how you've forgiving me" Spike said.
"well if it was another creature that brought the end that ah didn't know and they were trying to change, they'ed be working long and hard to regain my trust" Applejack replied "But see how I know you I can forgive yew, especially since yew never once harmed my home" she said.
"I see well if only other ponies saw me like you do" Spike said.
"In time they will" Applejack smirked.
"I don't expect them to because lets be fair they did do terrible things to me" Spike spoke "and I know what your thinking, I done even worse things but you have to understand why my darker side was born" he started.
"From pain" Applejack finished.
"Partially yes but there was more, there was rage and hunger for revenge" Spike told her.
"well ah lost Ma and Pa at a young age but ah got through with my brother, Granny Smith and Applebloom" Applejack spoke "But you didn't have anyone yew got lost and saw a road that would make the pain go away" she said.
"So it's the afternoon, how about I help you finish the apples and we can have a picnic" Spike said.
"ah would like that" Applejack smiled "well lets get to work" she said.
Later the two filled baskets and carried them to the side of the castle.
"Well that's it" Applejack smirked "all done thanks for an extra pair of help" she said.
"Shall we?" Spike offered.
"We shall" Applejack replied.
Spike and Applejack were sitting under the shade of the trees eating lunch, some apple fritters and haybacon sandwiches with lettuce and Spike had gems in his.
"So Spike?" Applejack spoke.
"Yeah" Spike answered.
"ah now we never got to really know each other" Applejack said.
"What are talking about we know each other, your the Element of Honest, your very dependable, helpful, and most of all a good friend to others" Spike said checking the items off.
"You know me yes from the sidelines" Applejack said "we never really looked at you and when we did, you became" she said.
"Rotten to the core, cold and hard as stone?" Spike smirked "It's okay your not wrong" he said.
"because we weren't there, I want to fix a mistake ah did" Applejack said "And I don't know your story" she told him.
"Well I really have one" Spike said.
"Just tell Me'h" Applejack told him "Don't be lying" she said.
"Well I was hatched by Sparkle, raised by Celestia and giving to Twilight as her assistant but to be honest it felt like I was treated as a Slave, always picking up after her after the messes she makes, be her and Celestia's little letter taking and a personal toy to them" Spike spoke "but as I was growing in Canterlot I was giving looks of fright and disgust because of my looks" he said.
"But Celestia said before as she was raising me, I kind of tossed a sickened look towards ponies" Spike told her "But that aside, I was called a beast, or a little heathen or the Devil incarnate because some ponies believed the devil turned into a dragon" he said.
"Thats hogwash" Applejack spat with shock.
"Then life got better after a moved to Ponyville where I met you and the others, saved the Crystal Empire twice, befriended a changeling of course we all know how that went" he said "Then I went bad because of my losses, turned to stone but let free by you and here we are" he said.
"Quite the tale" Applejack admitted.
"It is and fate and destiny plays wondrous ways" Spike smirked "Made you one of the Mane 6 and then me, turned me into the Apocalypse" he said.
"You don't have to be a force for destruction you can do good with your power to" Applejack told him.
"But then again looking back it was my own actions and choices that made me become the Apocalypse, not fate or destiny" Spike said.
days later the Dragon and Pony grew closer.
Spike was walking down the hallway with Applejack walking beside him "Why are yew bringing me'h here" she asked.
"there is something I need to show you" Spike said as he lit up the stairs to the middle tower.
he led her up the stairs and opened the door.
"Forgive me if it's trashed but then again I was bit moody" Spike said with a sad smile, Applejack walked inside with puzzlement, the room was clawed with deep scratches and a smaller version of him slashed with and then a gray marble image of a changeling.
"I know if you think I destroyed these because I wanted to forget my past life but I did it" Spike said.
"Is that?" Applejack started looking at them statue.
"Yep it's Thorax so I can always remember him" Spike smirked slightly.
"You didn't destroy them to forget, you destroyed them because you hated the dragon became" Applejack said then embraced the sad dragon tightly standing on her back legs and this time he hugged her back.
"I'm so sorry" Applejack said quietly.