A/N: Bonush Mini Chapter woo.
Spike flew over ponyville looking for his friends, he was worried about them, and for good reason. The chocolate rain clouded his vision as he looked down upon the town he loved. Some buildings were nearly demolished while some stood strong. He shouted in frustration and landed just outside the post office. Where he saw a familiar orange coated mare walking towards Sweet Apple Acres.
"Applejack! Wait!Where is everyone else!?" He exclaimed. A small fear in his voice after he truely looked her over, Cuts and bruises lined her body, clothes stained with blood and chocolate rain hung from her form, while a large gash bled across her left forearm. She turned and looked at him, her hat leaving a shadow to attempt to cover what appeared to be a large bruise on her cheek and a bump on her head. "Malachite..Don' worry 'bout me. Ya gotta go find Twilight 'n Rarity.. Don' go lookin' for Pinkie. She...Ain't right." Applejack spoke in a more hushed manner than he had ever heard from her. He ripped a strip of cloth from his shirt and wound it around the gash on her arm. "Applejack...Your family is fine. Theyre all right, but your house is partly demolished. Please..Be careful.I'm curious though, What happened? What do you mean Pinkie isn't right?"
Applejack took a step forward and limped a touch. "Ah' was walkin with Pinkie ta go to the Library when we saw Twilight with a bag, She locked the Library an' took off in her balloon. Pinkie an' I called out oer' and oer' again but she never looked back. Pinkie looked at the balloon an' I'm not sure what it was, but you could see somethin' change in er'. She looked at me and just..smiled... "She puts a hand to her forehead and shivers a touch. "Ah don' remember much after that.. Just wakin' up in a collapsed room I'd never seen before then. Pinkie wasn't there... But.. ah' know she did this.." Applejack touches her arms lightly. "Ah' gotta get back to mah' family. I'll make it on mah own. " AJ nodded to Malachite and limped off. Cloudchaser came up next to her and helped her along.
Spike stood there, dumbstruck. Pinkie had done what?! There was no way that the loveable goofy party pony could do something so... repulsive. Even by dragon standards, that was extreme. Simply mutilating somepony for the fun of it.. He leaned against the wall of the post office and lurched forward, vomiting up the bile and remains of his oatmeal breakfast. When he looked up again the sky had grown darker, the chocolate rain still poured from the pink clouds. All the while he could only hope and pray that Rarity was allright. So he regained his composure and flew off in the direction of Rarity's botique. He already knew Twilight had left, at least she was safe from the hungry earth that had eaten just under half of Ponyville.
When he had finally arrived at Rarity's he saw that her building was still standing strong, only her sign had fallen from the building and a column on the outside collapsed. He walked inside to find the place looked worse than ponyville. Anything that could fall did. Cloth was strewn about and knotted in some places while pictures, mannequins, and a sewing machine lay flat on the floor. " Rarity!" He called. No answer. "Rarity! Are you allright? SweetieBelle?"
He finally heard something, the sound of footsteps coming from upstairs. " Malachite, is that you?" He heard her ask. He smiled and realised that he must look like a cheeseball with that grin on his face. " Yeah, Are you allright? The town is a mess right now." He called out again. She trotted down the stairs and a wave of magic followed her, slowly organising the cloth and putting everything back in its rightful place. "I'm fine dear, however my boutique... My pillar outside is ruined and my sign fell off... Of all the things that could happen... My Spike had to leave and now this!" She stomps a hoof in frustration.
Spike held back until she began to cry. "All I wanted was to finish my project and help Twilight find Spike." She turned to him and put her face in his chest, crying her eyes out. Her mascara running and leaving black lines along Malachites fur. He gently puts his arms around her,and hugged her. "Rarity.. I.. I'm so sorry... " He chokes a bit. "If I hadn't... None of this... I'm just so so so sorry." He hugs her tighter to him.
A moment passes before she regains her lady-like a tear from her eye she speaks out. "You don't need to be sorry for anything. It wasn't your fault Spike decided to leave.."
"Rarity" He looks at her. Nearly scared to death. He wants to tell her. In a way he's sure she already knows. " Yes, Malachite?" She looks up at him. "I've always thought you were so beautiful." He smiles softly and wipes some of the mascara off her cheek. "Malachite!" She blushes deeply and backs away. " This isn't the tim-" "My name isn't the world going to Tartarus I might as well tell you what I'd hoped to tell Twilight first!" He inturrupts her, looking into her eyes, he balls his fists and holds them to his sides. "You know my name. But, I've been hiding. Everything that has happened is my fault. Spike Didn't leave to be with his own kind. He asked the Princesses to help turned him into a pegasus. And gave him a new name. " He looks at her, tears still welling up from his eyes. " Twilight isn't here anymore so I can't tell her. Rarity..I don't know how I can fix this." He looks to her for help, waiting for her to speak.
As she thinks on his words, she steps closer, a hand lightly running along his jawbone and over his chest, She looks into his eyes. "Spike..?" She says with hesitation. He simply nods,"Yes.." She looks as if she wants to cry again, "You jerk!" She yells and smacks him across the face. Then shortly after hugs him tightly. "We were all so scared. I'd even made another dragon costume to go find you again. So many materials and gems wasted.. Why couldnt you tell me? Haven't you learned anything from being around us all this time?" She looked up to him, realised how she hadn't let go, and does so.
"I was a baby dragon when the first of events had unfolded. I don't remember much, but you I could never forget." He smiles nervously, rubbing his cheek she had slapped. " Come on now Spike, help me finish cleaning and we can discuss a proper plan of action, Surely the others need to know of you."