Twilight is 27 years – Spike is 23 years

“Then you decided you’re not going to adopt?” Applejack asked, who was visiting her friends’ house: the dragon and the sorceress.

“Correct. At first we thought about it, but it wouldn’t be the same. Especially not after we were so close to have our own son” Twilight explained.

“Besides, though it’s something sad, it also means we will have more time just for us” Spike said, surrounding his wife by her shoulders with a hug.

“Well said. Seeing the good in the bad” Applejack said.

“What about you, Applejack? Anything new in your love life?” Twilight asked, who like the rest of her friends, she was starting to worry about the lack of love life of the farmer.

“Again with that?” She asked indignantly.

“I don’t want to disrespect you…”

“I know, but I don’t want to marry or be a mother yet, got it? I’m not a fifty year old spinster, got it? I’m still young. I’m just thirty years old. I’m in the prime of life, got it? I don’t need anything, got it?”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. We didn’t mean to offend you” Twilight said, shaking her hooves.

The cowgirl sighed wearily.

“It’s ok, I’m sorry. I know you had no bad intentions. It’s just I’m sick of everypony talking with me about that, or speaking bad behind my back about those rumors…”

“The ones that say you’re a lesbian?” Spike asked sarcastically.

Applejack simply stared at him like she was going to murder him.

“For your information, I’ve known a very lovely stallion who’s a farmer too” Applejack presumed.

“Really, AJ? Wonderful! What’s his name?” Twilight asked, very happy for her friend.

“He’s a stallion named Kirschwasser. Exotic, isn’t it? He owns a vineyard in Trotinheim. His great great grandfather earned the property in a gambling and the family has been working on the crops since then”

“A long story of a family of pony workers, huh? It sounds like he’s your special stallion”

“Calm down, Twi. He’s nothing but a friend. I don’t want you or the others to make crazy ideas. I have enough with Big Mac and Applebloom”

“I’m sure they do it because they want you to be happy” Twilight said.

“And for you not to be a spinster” Spike accompanied.

Twilight was going to scold him, but she was stopped by a laugh from the cowgirl.

“Don’t worry. I’m still strong, young and pretty. Trust me, ok?” She said optimistically.

Twilight is 28 years – Spike is 24 years

Though with a bit of struggle at first, Applejack ended up marrying Kirschwasser. After a year they were married, she moved to Trotinheim with her husband, leaving the farm in charge of Big Mac and Applebloom. Even so she visited them quite often.

Rarity had moved to Canterlot a year ago. She now lived there and her business had a great heyday. Rarity was still single at 31 years old. Spike was beginning to worry about the fashionista, wondering if he was the reason she hadn’t found her special somepony yet. But it didn’t depend on him. And though it did, now more than ever he was unable to do something that could hurt his wife. Rarity would have to learn to solve her love problems by herself or learn to live with them.

In any case, now there were only three Guardians of Harmony living in Ponyville: Fluttershy, Twilight and Pinkie Pie, who was still full of joy, positivity and energy… In other words, she was still crazy.

It was Nightmare Night. Spike was dressed like a centurion of the pegasus army of the era before Equestria. Twilight was wearing an outfit of an Umbran Witch. An outfit that made her look very sexy. At that moment, the mayor had an important presentation. He stood in front of the audience on the stage of the fair and started talking.

“Good night, mares and stallions, fillies and foals of all ages. You already know me. I’m Spike, mayor of this village. But on second thought, it stopped being a village before I was mayor” He joked, taking a few laughs from the audience.

“It’s my honor to be on this stage and be able to see you all again, enjoying this Nightmare Night. I beg you all dragon parents to look after your babies, for we don’t want another accident with the allegorical floats like the last year. But let’s not mortify ourselves for that and let’s receive the star of this night. She illuminates our night skies with the heavenly body her power comes from. She overwhelms us with her gentle darkness. She guides our nation with her wisdom and power. And she will eat all the children who have been naughty and haven’t given her sweets! Princess Luna! Nightmare Moon!” Spike shouted, stepping aside, giving way to an explosion of blue smoke with purple and white sparks.

From the smoke, a grim and menacing figure emerged and extended its wings with strength, revealing its true identity while singing an evil laugh.

“It’s Nightmare Moon! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!” Pinkie Pie’s voice was heard somewhere in the place followed by the screams of a group of foals who accompanied her and hurriedly ran away from the place.

The scandal of the confectioner didn’t prevent most ponies and dragons in front of the stage from receiving the owner of the night with cheers and applause.

“Good night, my subjects. Especially the youngest ones! I hope you have behaved well or I will come back home with a VERY full stomach!” She said threateningly, tucked into her character.

“She does it very well” Twilight told her husband.

“Yes. And to think the first time she came here, people didn’t even want to get close to her” Spike answered.

“Have you finished here?”

“Yes, the rest of the night is her matter. Now I’m all yours, my queen”

“Perfect. Come with me. I liked a stuffed animal at the stand of marbles and I want you to win it for me”

“Immediately” He said warmly.

The night continued wonderfully. They all feared and loved Princess Luna and her ‘alter ego’. The owner of the moon, as well as the happy couple and their friends could enjoy a wonderful night full of games, delicious food, dances and shows.

“A wonderful carnival, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations” Luna said, who was sitting next to the couple near a stand.

“Everything to celebrate the night about your power and glory as it deserves, Princess Luna” Spike said in that feignedly formal tone the princess knew so well.

“Where’s Celestia, Luna? I thought she was going to come” Twilight asked, who was hugging a relatively big stuffed animal with the form of a rabbit.

“I thought she would come with me too, but she had to attend the Nightmare Night in Canterlot” She explained.

“Let’s hope she has had fun” Spike said.

“Well, Luna, with your permission, we’re leaving” Twilight said.

“Of course. Goodbye, Spike. Goodbye, Twilight. I’ll give your regards to Celestia” Luna said goodbye to them.

Twilight climbed on Spike’s back and he started flying back home.

“Honey, you could bring me some water. I’ll go to our bedroom to take off my makeup” Twilight said once they entered the house.

“Of course, my queen” Spike said, going to the kitchen.

Twilight smiled and went upstairs with concealed hurry to prepare the surprise to her husband, but the surprised one turned out to be her when she opened the door of the bedroom and saw it had been covered with white petals. In the middle of the bed there was a tray of porcelain crockery, a gift from Cadence, with a wine bottle and two cups.

“Happy Nightmare Night, my life” Spike whispered to the surprised sorceress’ ear.

“Isn’t this a bit exaggerated? I know it’s Nightmare Night, but apart from that we are’t celebrating anything special”

“Every day I'm with you is unique and special”

She smiled when she heard those words and rubbed her face lovingly against his.

“Petals of white carnation?” She asked when she came closer to the bed.

“I thought using roses would be very cliché”

Twilight laughed a bit.

“How are you always one step ahead of me?”

“I’m sure you’ll find a way to make it up to me” He said mischievously.

“But first, how about a drink?” He said, sitting on the bed and taking the bottle.

“I’d love to” She answered, sitting in front of him.

They raised their cups. It was going to be a beautiful night to remember…

Twilight is 29 years – Spike is 25 years

Spike and Twilight were walking through the field on the outskirts of Trotinheim towards the farm where Applejack and her husband lived. The trees on the way to the farm road were very beautiful, but not as much as the white mansion at the end of it. However, the couple was surprised to see what looked like three bodyguards in front of the mansion.

“Good evening, Messrs. Can we help you?” One of the guards asked.

“Good evening. I’m Twilight Sparkle and this is my husband Spike. Is Applejack home? We’re friends of hers and we wished to give her a surprise visit” Twilight said kindly.

“I’m afraid Mrs. Applejack isn’t receiving any visits today”

“Why? Is she alright?” Twilight said with concern.

Spike looked to the right of the house where a stallion and a mare were attending a portion of the garden, apparently to plant more flowers. Since their arrival at the mansion, those ponies had been looking at them with expressions of concern.

Something is wrong Spike thought.

“We aren’t allowed to give information to anyone. Boss’ orders”

“Well… Could I at least see her through the window and give her this? It’s a present” She said, levitating a small gift box she carried in her bag.

“She can’t exit, but give us the box and we’ll gladly give it to her”

“But that’s no use. If we’re already here, what harm can it do to her to exit for a moment or that we enter?” Twilight kept complaining, trying to be reasonable.

Spike then noticed a figure peering discreetly behind the curtains of a window. An unmistakable figure with orange fur.

“Applejack, is that you?” Spike asked.

The bodyguards and Twilight looked at the window the dragon was staring at and the cowgirl instantly disappeared.

“Applejack, what’s wrong? Are you alright?” Twilight asked, running towards the window, but the bodyguards stood on their way.

“Stay away from the windows, please Mrs.”

“Very well! What is this all about? Why can’t I see my friend?” The unicorn asked frustrated.

Spike walked calmly to the entrance of the house, just to be blocked.

“Sir! We already said you can’t enter”

“I listened to you, but I’m going to enter the house and speak with my friend to make sure everything is ok” Spike said coldly.

“We can’t let you do that. Leave now or we’ll have to use the force” The bodyguards said, getting in battle position.

“I said I’m going to enter. Now stay out of the way before something bad happens to you” Spike replied, though without getting in battle position.

The bodyguards tried to attack Spike, but with a claw, he pushed them to the right with his telekinesis. The ponies who were watching the scene and the bodyguards then left without even hesitating…

After the shock, Twilight entered the house, followed by her husband.

“Applejack! AJ, where are you?!” Twilight asked while running through the house.

She stopped for a moment and casted her spell to see through walls.

“The top floor!” The unicorn shouted, climbing the stairs.

“Applejack! Applejack, open the door, please! It’s me, Twilight”

“Leave me, Twilight! There’s nothing to see here” She heard the cowgirl’s voice from inside.

“Applejack, please. I know you’re lying. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, Twilight! Just leave me alone!”

“But AJ…”

“Leave me alone, please! I’m fine, I swear!” She shouted full of anguish.

“What did that asshole do to you?” Spike asked, joining the conversation.

Twilight looked at Spike surprised and she got even more surprised when she heard no answer from the cowgirl. It was evident the dragon had hit the nail.

“Applejack, answer me. Did he hurt you?” Spike asked again without any response again.

“Applejack?” Twilight asked, afraid.

Frustrated, Spike took the doorknob with his claws and forced the door to open, breaking the gearing. He entered the bedroom with determination, followed by his wife, who wasn’t so sure. On the elegant king size bed, there was a lump under the blankets.

“Applejack, please. We’re your friends. Allow us to help you” Spike said warmly.

“Whatever it is, we’ll help you. It won’t change what we think about you” Twilight accompanied.

The lump under the blanket began to move to the lower edge of the bed and stood up, slowly revealing the figure of the pony, who kept one of the blankets to cover her face.

“AJ?” Twilight asked when she saw her friend had no intentions to talk.

Spike slowly got closer to the figure of the pony and extended his right arm to her face to remove the blanket that was covering her. Both he and Twilight gasped surprised and scared by what they saw. Applejack had many bruises on her cheeks and her forehead and her right eye was swollen. Applejack sighed with shame, revealing the rest of her body. She had more bruises on her forelegs, her back and her flanks where it looked like someone had hit her with some long and thing object. A whip or maybe a kind of rod.

Twilight covered her mouth with her hooves and her eyes began shedding tears, imagining the horrors her friend had faced.

“Applejack… By Celestia…” Spike muttered.

The farmer simply looked away from the dragon ashamed. Spike got closer to her and hugged her tenderly. The cowgirl didn’t resist, but she showed no signs of affection either.

“You should have told us… But you have nothing to worry about anymore. If he hits you again, I’ll burn that asshole” He whispered to her softly and with anger because of the hate he now felt for the stallion.

Applejack hugged the dragon desperately as her eyes shed buckets of tears. Twilight climbed into the bed and hugged her friend from behind to give her all the support that was possible.

“Twi… Twilight?” Applejack asked brokenly between her tears, breaking Spike’s hug to see the unicorn.

“What, Applejack?”

“Do you remember how the press used to talk bad about you when it said you were the Guardian of Harmony who married a monster? They were wrong. The one who married a monster… Was me” She said, tearing up and embracing her friend.

“Don’t cry, AJ. Don’t cry, please. Everything will be fixed… Everything will be alright” Twilight tried to comfort her, though she herself was dying of anxiety.

“It won’t be fixed, Twi… I’m pregnant” She answered, full of sorrow.

Twilight teleported them all to a hotel. Twilight called the reception, asking them to send a medical team immediately while Spike was writing a letter to Princess Celestia to inform her about the situation…

Kirschwasser had never loved Applejack. He only married her for the economic and social benefits of being the husband of a noble and having the support of the Apple family. As for his wife, she was just a trophy. A puppet from whom he had been trying to steal her essence, her strength and her dignity. And the worst thing is it had given results to him. Applejack trembled just by hearing her husband’s name and cried when she remembered the nights when he tried to ‘mold’ her, as he used to say.

Even so, with the support of her friends, Applejack sued Kirschwasseron multiple charges. It wasn’t difficult to prove his guilt. The authorities found his collection of videos of the sessions he had hit her… Among other things. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and pay compensation to his wife. He would also have to be paying her a pension for their child's spending until he was self-sufficient.

Applejack divorced her husband and came back to Ponyville and her home in Sweet Apple Acres, where she was received by her family. Nine months after, she gave birth to a lime green foal with a red mane.

“You did it, Applejack! You did it!” Big Mac said very happy, next to the hospital bed where her little sister was lying on with her baby in her forelegs.

“Lower your voice, Mac. My son is trying to sleep” Applejack said weakly, still tired by the childbirth.

“Sorry, AJ”

“How are you going to name your little one, Applejack?” Zecora asked.

“I think I’m going to call him… Green Sunrise. Because though his father was a big bump in my life and a nightmare, this little one is the promise of a new sunrise. A new chance to be happy” She said, hugging her baby lovingly.

“I think it’s an excellent name” Big Mac approved.

“Thanks, Twi. Thanks, Spike. If it wasn’t for you two, I would still be trapped in that hell and my baby would have had to be born there too” She said to her friends, who were on the other side of the bed.

“You have nothing to thank, AJ. That’s what friends are for” Twilight answered.

“The best friends” AJ said, slamming her hoof with hers.

Twilight is 31 years – Spike is 27 years

In a boutique in Canterlot, Rarity was walking through the main work area where several designers (ponies and dragons) were weaving, cutting and spinning passionately to create the most beautiful dresses and suits of all Equestria.

“Very well, everypony. Remember these designs are for a very important event, but don’t be pressed” Said happily the administrator and owner of the place.

“Lady Rarity, you have a visit” The receptionist unicorn said.

“You know I don’t receive visits when we’re in the final phase of production for a major event, Swing”

“I thought you would accept it. It’s Lord Spike”

Rarity’s eyes widened in surprise and hesitated for a moment about what to do.

“Ummm… You’re in charge, Samalia. Keep an eye on Double D, please. He’s been neglecting the small details in his seams since his marefriend broke up with him”

“Trust me, Lady” The green dragoness said.

Rarity trotted excited to meet her friend, who was in the lobby.

“Spikey Wikey!” The fashionista said happily, but the dragon remained with a serious expression.

“Spike?”

“Could we talk in private?” He drily asked.

“Of course. Follow me. Let’s go to my office”

Once they were in, Spike sat down on one of the chairs and Rarity sat down in front of him.

“I’m sorry for my strange behavior, but I wanted to ask you…” Spike put his claw in a pocket of the jacket he was wearing, for it was winter, and he took out a postal envelope with purple embroidery and drawings of marriage laurels.

“What is this about?” He asked severely.

“What do you mean? It’s all explained inside the envelope. It’s an invitation for my wedding” The fashionista answered somewhat uncomfortable.

“Will you marry Hoity Toity?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Yes. Is there anything wrong with that?” She asked confused.

“In fact, there is. You don’t love him” He said firmly.

“H… How… How can you say that? This is very rude of…!”

“Keep your dramatizations and cliché sentences for someone who believes them” Spike interrupted.

Rarity was shocked. Not only had he just discovered her, but no one had ever spoken to her like that. And certainly she never thought Spike would be the one to do it.

“Why do you this to yourself, Rarity? Even worse, why do you infect others with your sorrow? What will you solve if you marry somepony you don’t love?” He asked with a more empathic tone.

“It… It was Hoity who proposed marriage to me” Rarity said weakly.

“And what solves that you say yes to him?”

“I… I… I don’t know! I’m tired. I'm tired of being alone, of living in a silent and empty house, of sleeping on a bed alone and cold with no one to be with me. And besides… I’m… I’m not so young as before” She revealed with a lot of shame.

“You’re just thirty three, Rarity” The dragon corrected her.

“Maybe, but that doesn’t change the fact I’m getting older” She replied.

Spike looked at her for a moment, thinking about what he should say.

“And what problem will this fix?” He finally answered skeptical.

Rarity didn’t know what to answer. Though she well knew the right answer: no, it wouldn’t solve her problems. The source of her problems (according to her) was sitting in front of her.

“I wouldn’t have had any problems in the first if you had chosen me!” She shouted scornfully.

Spike gasped. Did she blame him? Did she really blame him for her fruitless, if not disastrous romantic life? Did she blame him for being about to marry a pony she didn’t love?

“Do you blame me?!” He asked outraged.

“One night! ONE night is what I asked you!” She scolded him.

“You wanted me to…” Spike stopped his speech and walked to the door, opening it with all his strength.

“Unless you have something important to say to me or Rarity, I WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE US PRIVACY NOW!”

Immediately after, all the ponies and dragons who until a few moments ago had been meeting close to the door, ran at full speed out of the establishment, pushing and bumping into one another. Even the employees evacuated the boutique.

Spike thought when he calculated how soon the gossips of his visit would be known by the media. He turned around to face the white unicorn again.

“You wanted me to cheat on my wife!” He continued.

“She gave you her blessing!”

“Because she was hysterical!”

“I needed you, Spike! I needed you more than anyone in the world and you abandoned me!”

The dragon’s frustration started to mix with anger.

“I abandoned you? I abandoned you?! What about you? What’s your excuse?!” He asked with the same anger than her a moment ago.

“Wah… What do you mean?” The unicorn asked surprised and somewhat scared by the attitude change of the dragon.

“What about when I needed you? What about when I was madly in love with you?”

“Spike, that… We’ve already talked about it…”

“Yes! You rejected me because according to YOU, you didn’t feel the same way for me. And I shed my tears for you. I suffered and I was angry. I thought there would be no future after that… But you know what? At the end I accepted that and I fell in love again. I cultivated that love, got married and now I’m happier than ever. I continued with my life!”

“But I didn’t!” She replied.

“And how is that my problem?!” He yelled frustrated.

Rarity covered her mouth with her hooves and started crying. The weeping managed to appease the wrath of Spike, but not so much his sympathy.

“You’re not my sister, Rarity. You’re not my daughter. And especially you’re not my wife. Thus, you’re not my responsibility. I’ve done all I can to… Help you and allow us both to carry on comfortably after… That day. I thought we had managed to do it. I thought we would be ok and you were still single because you were really trying to find your special somepony or dragon. But this doesn’t depend on me. If you have lived alone, it’s your fault. If you haven’t managed to carry on, it’s your fault… And if you marry someone you don’t love, it will be your fault and just yours. There’s nothing I can, let alone I must do”

Spike turned around to leave. He was tired.

“How did you do it, Spike? Why could you carry on, whereas I couldn’t” Rarity asked weakly.

“Because you never got your mind and heart to agree about the decisions you made. Because you never learnt to accept your mistakes or accept the only one who’s responsible for your problems is you” He turned around.

“And because you never wanted to recognize that when you give love, you’re not more important or fortunate than the pony who’s giving their love to you” He concluded, turning around again and hearing the weeping of the afflicted unicorn.

Outside the boutique, the employees saw him pass and slowly they came back to the establishment. Not very far, Cadence was waiting for him sitting on a bench.

“Did things go that bad?” She said worried.

Spike simply sighed at the same time he was sitting next to the goddess of love.

“Not too long ago, I was madly in love with her. I would have fought for her, suffered for her, killed for her, died for her. I thought she was perfect…” He muttered, looking at the sky.

“How stupid I used to be” He sighed heavily.

“Spike!” She scolded him.

“What?”

“And… What will you do now?”

“Me?” He asked derisively.

“I’m going home with my wife” He said, standing up.

“Rarity still loves you, you know?”

“Oh, please! That’s false and you know it” He said, looking at her with suspicion.

Cadence stared at him surprised and then she looked away.

“You know she doesn’t love me. In fact… I wouldn’t be surprised that she didn’t even know the meaning of that word”

“Spike sat down again"

“Now I understand. I finally understand everything. The reason she’s still alone after so many years, despite all her success and beauty. And the reason she ‘never forgot me’”

Cadence only remained silent.

“She didn’t reject those stallions because they weren’t good for her. She isn’t single because she hasn’t been able to forget me. She never fell in love with me. She fell in love with the way I loved her. I was a stupid kid who didn’t know what that word really meant. She fell in love with my way to flatter her. With my servitude. I was an idiot willing to do anything. Every whim, every desire, every need… I did it all solicitous and fast. I never complained, I never questioned her, I never asked anything in return… That’s what she loved about me. It’s what she had always been looking for and it’s what she never found. And how could she? How obtuse, ignorant and stupid would someone have to be to want to have a relationship like that, where the wind only blows to one side? That’s why she rejected all those suitors. Because none of them was willing to flatter and worship her the way she wanted… The way I used to do it”

Both of them remained silent.

“Am I to blame for her situation, Cadence?” Spike asked.

“No” She answered, looking at the sky.

“Rarity should have known that what she did was bad for you and for her too. But like a drug, she preferred to accept the seductive pleasure your cares gave her. And though she let you go, she never stopped looking for someone who treated her like you did. Something that, like you’ve just said, would never be possible”

“And now that she feels old, she’s beginning to understand she will never find someone like that. So she’ll have enough with the prototype of the influential and wealthy stallion she loved so much when she was younger” He continued.

“She still worships that prototype, but she was convinced she could find someone wealthy who also wanted to worship her as a goddess. But under the circumstances, she’ll be satisfied with only the first thing”

“It doesn’t matter. It’s a marriage without love”

“You could still help her if you help her understand the mistake she’s made” Cadence said.

“Do you really think that will help? What about you? Couldn’t you make her fall in love with someone else?”

“My magic only influences the existing feelings. I can’t force someone to fall in love with someone else just like that” She explained.

“Then she never loved any of her suitors. Great! Besides egomaniac, she’s a seductress who played with the feeling of dozens of stallions just to see if they were good toys”

“She was looking for you. She chose them because she saw something that reminded her of you”

“That’s disturbing”

“Why are you suddenly so cruel and rude?” She asked, somewhat annoyed.

“Why are you suddenly so condescending?!” He asked, very annoyed.

Cadence was surprised to see the dragon’s reaction, but she understood he had a point and especially, he had reasons to not give a buck about the matter.

“Alright… Alright… You’re right, this isn’t your problem. It’s just that I thought that if there was someone who could help her, it would be you. But I guess it’s my responsibility… But especially hers, for she’s the only and true ruler of her destiny. Will you and Twilight go to the wedding?”

Spike looked at her for a moment. After a while, for the princess didn’t seem to take the hint, the dragon decided to talk.

“Do I really have to answer?” He said, raising an eyebrow.

“N… No. I guess you don’t” She said, finally understanding the dragon.

Spike hugged her by surprise and kissed her on her cheek.

“Farewell, Cadence. Say hello to Celestia and Luna, please”

“Of course. Say hello to twilight and the other girls” She answered, returning the gesture.

And so they left in separate ways.

Twlight is 33 years – Spike is 29 years

Rarity did marry Hoity Toity. It was huge and exuberant wedding at the palace of Canterlot, just as the fashionista had always dreamt. Somehow they looked happy. And together they had increased enormously each other’s career success. If Rarity didn’t love Hoity Toity, at least she couldn’t complain the stallion had made her very prosperous and famous, surrounded by all the luxuries she had always wanted, but was she happy? That’s what Spike and Twilight hoped. Because if not, it wasn’t their responsibility anyway.

Pinkie Pie was now the only member of the elements of Harmony who hadn’t gotten married. And it was evident she had no plans to do it. But not getting married wasn’t the same than not wanting to have a family, so she underwent a process of artificial insemination and she had two twins: Sugar Rush and Mint Bubble.

That summer, Twilight and Spike were in one of the main tourist centers of Ikaruga: the city named Hazama, which was famous for its crafts, culinary delights and because one of its beaches was one of the battlefields of the war of the Three Princes.

“If you look to your right, you can see the fangs of Leviathan!” The tour guide shouted from the cover of the second floor of the touristic steamboat the couple was in, who had come there at the invitation of Princess Luna.

The called Leviathan fangs were a series of rock formations like giant stalagmites, but instead of being circular, they had polygonal folds with edged that looked very sharp.

“It is said that using his control of the seas, Lord Leviathan created a huge tidal wave that swept his enemies, who when they impacted against the rocks, the water pressure left their bodies like wheat seed in a mill. Of all the rocks, they managed to find more than two hundred corpses who died by that wave. For a complete version of the story, don’t forget to check the local museum”

“It’s incredible, isn’t it? Celestia says I’m crazy, but sometimes I would want to have been born as a dragon or as a lycanthrope” Luna said very excited. Of course, she was wearing her dress of Moonbeam.

“Hey, Lun… Moonbeam. Weren’t we supposed to be… Well, that you were on a business trip?” twilight accusingly asked.

“I am, Twilight! I have barely learnt something about the military history of Ikaruga. And what better way to do it than visiting the same places where those battles took place? And if we can have fun in the process, much better, isn’t it? In fact I took the liberty to bring surf boards and equipment for all of us if there are good waves later” Luna said happily.

Twilight simply stared at her completely speechless.

“But you can’t surf!”

“No, but I guess it’s like cycling” She carefree said.

“In what sense is it similar to the cycling?” The unicorn asked confused.

“You don’t learn until you fall three or five times” She answered.

“Calm down, my love. These are holidays. Let's see what there is at the bar. I heard the pina coladas are delicious” Her husband tried to cheer her.

“Very well, very well. But if a crisis occurs in Equestria while we're here, I'll not carry the fault”

Later that same day, Twilight, Spike and Moonbeam were on the beach on their surfboards waiting to catch a wave, after receiving instructions from a lifeguard. Twilight, who was wearing all the possible lifesaving equipment, swallowed when she saw the huge waves hitting the water.

“Are you sure we don’t need fingers to do this?” She asked nervous.

“Come on, Twilight! You’re not going to tell me you’re afraid of water, are you?” Spike said.

“Actually, it’s a world of water!” She replied, feeling a shiver just by thinking what it would be like to fall from the tip of the wave and be crushed by it.

“Please, Twilight. Do you want me to tell my sister that her super star student couldn’t learn to surf?” She asked, hoping that would be enough to convince her.

“HAH! Twenty years ago, that trick of yours would have worked, Luna. But not this day, let alone when I may break my neck” She answered, having guessed the princess’ intentions.

“How about if we do it together?” The dragon proposed.

That was a hard proposal for Twilight to refuse.

“Come on, just one wave. I promise nothing bad will happen to you” He said, extending his claw.

In minutes, Twilight and Spike were reached by a wave. Spike stood up to take a position. Twilight did the same, but just to hug herself and comically scream in fear.

“Calm down, Twilight! It's simple physics dynamics. Now we balance our weight so that gravity prevents the water speed from making us fall”

That didn’t really help calming down his wife. Not with all the displacement forces that seemed to push her intestines to her throat and the salt breeze hitting her in the face.

“And now comes… The tube!” He said at the same time the huge wave gave rise to a majestic seawater portal.

Twilight contained her screams and let herself be amazed by the feeling of being in the heart of the wave. Too soon for her, they left the tube and a little after, Luna joined them.

“How was it, Twilight?” The princess asked, seeing the unicorn’s smile.

“Wonderful! Though I wonder how different real tubes are from an artificial one” She said, turning to see her husband.

“Did you notice it?” He said, scratching his neck.

“You had your arms and claws extended all the way, honey. And the circumference of the tube was too round to be true”

“Are you angry?”

Her answered was expressed with a kiss.

“Never with you”

Twilight is 35 years – Spike is 31 years

They were on top of the mountains far from Ponyville. On the shores of that lake where that familiar waterfall flowed. The place where so many years ago Spike had proposed marriage to Twilight. But they weren’t there with romantic purposes. Not yet at least. Actually, they were making progress in Twilight’s astral investigations.

“Very well… Elevation 75, not 79. These new models are great, though thanks to them my astronomy books will have to be reissued” She said between happy and discouraged.

“Well, at least the information will be more accurate, right?”

“Of course. All for science”

“You could also let other astronomers do the work and leave your books as they are” He proposed.

“And letting them publish their books and say: ‘hey, I proved you were wrong’? Never! If someone is going to correct me, it’ll be myself” She said proudly.

“Very well, as you with, my queen” The dragon answered.

“Can you locate for me Garuda constellation as I transcribe these notes?”

After a couple of more constellations, Spike took his baggage and set up a picnic with cupcakes for him and sandwiches for his wife. After their nice dinner, they decided to stay a while longer to just enjoy the stars.

“It’s a shame the stars don’t look like this in Ponyville. Right, Spike? It was easier to see them before all those big buildings” Twilight muttered, leaning on her husband and using his shoulder as a pillow.

“Yes, it’s true. But it doesn’t bother me. I see brighter lights every time I look in your eyes”

Twilight giggled.

“You’re always so romantic”

“Does it bother you?”

“I love it” She said rubbing her face against his neck.

“You know… It's a little cold and the shelter of your wing doesn’t seem to be enough” She began to rub her husband’s chest with circular movements of her right hoof.

“Do you think you could give me a little more heat?” She asked seductively.

“Here, you naughty?” The dragon asked eagerly.

“Why not? There’s no one else here but us and it’s been a long time since we did it outdoors. Why not do it in such a beautiful night like this and in this place so important to us?” She said seductively.

Spike smiled and kissed her softly, pushing her body to make her lie on her back on the picnic blanket.

“Listen… I noticed the water temperature is excellent”

She knew very well that was a proposal.

“Then what are we waiting for?” She said lustfully.

Twilight is 38 – Spike is 34

“Thanks for coming, Rainbow” Twilight said.

“Don’t even mention it, Twi. I was so glad you called me” The athlete replied, hugging her.

“Anyway, now that my place in the Wonderbolts is limited to office work, I don’t have a lot to do”

The place they both had decided to meet was a GYM established in Ponyville two years ago. The two friends walked through the place until they arrived at the treadmills. Rainbow dash was only carrying her bag with a thermos of water and some personal items, whereas Twilight was wearing the full equipment of sport bracelets on her hooves, an anti-sweat ribbon on her head, shorts and a lycra shirt for exercise.

“May I ask why so much enthusiasm to get fit?” Rainbow asked with a lot of curiosity, for if Twilight had some fame in sports, it was because she never practiced them regularly.

“My husband, Rainbow” She answered like it was obvious as she programmed the treadmill.

“Ehhhh… I don’t understand” The pegasus declared confused.

“I mean we’re not getting younger. Because of your age, you can’t make the most complex stunts of the Wonderbolts anymore. And I now have to use reading glasses or I have a headache after ten pages”

“But what does that have to do with us being in the GYM?”

“Just because we’re getting older doesn’t mean we must get less attractive. Spike gets old at a snail's pace. Sooner or later it will happen, but I want to keep my figure as much as I can for him. I don’t want people to see him with a fat and ugly pony”

Rainbow Dash looked at the sorceress impressed for a while before reasoning what she had heard.

“You know what? You’re right. If I neglect my appearance, any time I may see myself with wrinkles and flabby muscles. I can’t let that happen!”

“Besides, if we keep our figures, it will be easier and more satisfying for our husbands so we can still do our marital duties” Twilight accompanied.

“Duties?” Rainbow asked confused when she programmed the treadmill.

“On the bed” Twilight whispered.

“Ohhhh… Mmm, you’re right. Flying will always be my favorite exercise, but I can’t exercise the muscles of my legs and I don’t want them to get flaccid. Especially my flanks” She said, shaking them.

“Thanks to these two I managed to seduce him. What times… I remember Light used to take every opportunity to look at my flanks and every time I discovered him, he turned around and pretended that one of the flight instructors had called him. He was so shy, hahah… Whoa!” Without noticing it, Rainbow had leaned on the control panel of the treadmill, turning it on, which made her fall down.

“I’m ok” She said, standing up quickly.

“Didn’t you talk about this with the other girls?”

“I told Fluttershy, but she said she couldn’t due to her responsibilities. And as for Pinkie Pie…”

“She’s Pinkie Pie!” They laughed at the same time.

Twilight is 40 years – Spike is 36 years

“AHHHHHHH!” A dreadful scream of terror shook all the mansion.

Spike awoke from his sleep with a jump, hitting his head on the ceiling. He immediately ran to the door of the bathroom, where that scream had come from, but when he tried to enter, he discovered he was too big to walk through the door. But at least he had clear vision of his beloved and afflicted unicorn.

“Twilight, what’s happening?!”

“S… Spike… Look… Look at this! IT’S TERRIBLE!” She said, levitating the object of her affliction in front of the dragon’s eyes.

“It’s… A white hair”

“A white hair! I’m getting older. How awful!” She said, looking in the mirror, looking for more white hair with her hooves.

“I already had a few wrinkles, but so far I didn’t have any white hair… Oh my goodness, this is horrible. I’ll have to start taking vitamins for my hair. What if I start to get bald?!” She said in one of her typical panic attacks when she began to imagine the worst possibilities randomly.

Spike, who had already calmed down, turned around and with his powers he reached his Mahakala bracelet to shrink and enter the bathroom where his wife was.

“Twilight, Twilight, calm down. It’s just a white hair. You should be glad. You’re forty and you only have one white hair. I wouldn’t have believed that was possible. Sometimes you tend to be so neurotic that I was hoping you would be bald twenty years ago” He joked in the last part.

“That doesn’t make me feel better!” She replied very annoyed.

“It was just a joke, my love. Nothing is wrong. I actually have always thought you would look very exotic with white hair”

Twilight was surprised to hear that declaration and thought for a moment.

“Are you serious?”

“Yes, but don’t dye your hair. I love your colors. Nature isn’t wrong” He said, stroking her mane.

“Thank you, honey… Sorry I woke you up” She apologized embarrassed.

“Don’t worry. If you want, I’ll make the breakfast” He proposed, rubbing his face against hers.

“N… No, I’ll make it. Hot cakes?”

“Perfect” he said, kissing her on her forehead.

With Twilight out of the bathroom, Spike started brushing his teeth and polishing his horns, ready for another day in his imperfect and yet beautiful life.

Twilight is 50 years – Spike is 47 years

Twilight walked to the door after hearing the ringer of her house.

“I’m coming, I’m coming!”

She opened the door, seeing a young black pegasus and with a mane of cold colors.

“Hello, Sonic Boom” The unicorn said, happy to see her godson.

The pegasus simply sighed with displeasure.

“Aunt Twilight, for the umpteenth time: I am Sonic Blast! My brother is Sonic Boom. You’ll die and you will never have learnt to differentiate us. Blue mane and red mane. It’s very easy!” he explained frustrated.

“Hahahah. Calm down, boy. I know well who you are. I’m so glad to see you, Boom” She said, giving him a hug, which the pegasus returned.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came to give you this. It is an invitation to an exclusive event of the Wonderbolts Reunion. All the active and retired members of the team will meet in the training camps where where a great banquet will be organized. These tickets are only for friends and family”

“I see. Thank you very much. I suppose you gave invitations to your other aunts”

“Of course! Aunt Pinkie Pie almost choked me after I gave her hers”

“Hahah! Yes, I can imagine that. You can be sure you’ll se me and your uncle”

“I hope so. I haven’t seen you in a lot of time. The last time that strand of hair was still magenta. Now that it’s white it makes you look like a real Madame” The pegasus said mockingly.

“Shameless boy! For your information, people doesn’t stop telling me I look very young. How many mares my age do you know with curves like mine?” She shouted totally angry as the pegasus flew away at full speed, laughing out loud.

Twilight sighed, calming her anger to laugh a bit.

“Heheh. Just like his mother”

Twilight is 56 years – Spike is 52 years

Spike was in the hospital, opening his second pack of cigarettes. It was approaching noon. He and his wife had been there early. They came because Twilight had woken up with a big pain in her back and waist… Among other parts she didn’t want to mention. Swift Relief finally got closer to him with some several papers floating close to him.

“How is Twilight? What happened to her?” Spike asked.

“She’s alright. She will recover. The blow seems to have caused an inflammation in her vertebrae and muscle spasms in her lower back section” He explained, checking his papers.

“A Dr. Zecora’s balm and some pills of diclofenac will make her good as new” He said optimistically.

“But Spike…” Swift got closer to Spike like he wanted to tell him a secret.

“Twilight didn’t really get hit when she slipped in the kitchen, did she?” He asked accusingly.

“No” Spike answered, knowing it was no use to deceive his friend and doctor.

“Did you do it last night or recently?”

“Last night. Do you think that’s the cause?”

“I’m actually very sure it is”

“But how? Sex is supposed to be one of the most wonderful physical activities there are” The dragon replied.

“It’s true. A married couple who are in good health and have an active sex life can have sex until their seventies or eighties, but yours is a very special case. You’re a dragon, Spike. And your wife is a unicorn. A unicorn, who though has done an excellent job in preserving her good figure, certainly isn’t young as she used to be anymore. And you’re a dragon who is stronger than any stallion of your age. Do you see where I’m getting at?”

“If we keep doing it… Will someday crush her coccyx?”

“Not exactly. But more or less that’s the idea. I’m afraid that even with your bracelet, you’re too strong for her bones, which aren’t so young”

“Then… No more nights of passion?” Spike asked, terrified by the possible answer.

“Not necessarily, or at least not entirely. But I would suggest you avoid reaching the part of the penetration. Or you both could find a way to make you less strong with a spell or something to avoid the risk of you hurting her. It's about seeking options”

“Very well, but why do you say this to me and not her, who’s the patient?”

“Because she’s my patient and you’re my friend. And you’re her husband”

“Then you’ve just washed your hooves off” He accused.

“Of course. I don’t want to be the one to tell her the bad news”

“Thanks for nothing” He snorted, going to see his wife.

Spike entered the room where his wife was, who was looking forward to seeing him.

“What did he tell you?” She asked.

“We need to go a bit slower on our revolutions” He answered, sitting next to her.

“…Huh?” She answered very confused.

Twilight is 64 years – Spike is 60 years

It was night in the castle of Canterlot, but not any regular night. It was the night of celebration of "The Golden Dawn". That day forty years ago, Ikaruga and Equestria had finally established the long-awaited bond of brotherhood that would unite their peoples forever. There were shows, games, art, music and a lot of food, which represented the greatest of both nations.

At one table sat Spike, Swift Relief, Light Strike and also Murakumo and Durandal, two Spike’s friends from Shinto academy. They were all laughing while Durandal was telling a story about the misadventures of the three ex-cadets at the academy.

“And then Avalon ran with his arms extended like it was the day he arrived at the world!” Durandal concluded, laughing out loud.

“That was a day no one wanted to be in company of Captain Agnus” Spike accompanied, who was weeping with laughter.

“Oh, how disgusting! The tequila has come out of my nose!” Light laughed between laughter and sneezing.

“Wait, wait. I have a good one. Ehem… it’s the story when I was doing professional practices. The day I was left in charge of… The hospital morgue” Swift said dramatically.

At another table there were all the Guardians of Harmony. There was a unicorn named Cranberry Heal, invitated by Durandal.

“That stallion there… Doesn’t he remind you a little of Dr. Whooves? When we come back to Ponyville, I have to remember to go to his pharmacy for my mind pills” Pinkie Pie said.

“Ummm Pinkie… Dr. Whooves died more than forty years ago” Fluttershy said.

“Was he killed? How terrible. I never sent flowers to him. He was a nice stallion” The confectioner said anguished.

“He was a liar and a manipulator who manufactured drugs in his basement” Applejack replied.

“Then why did you mention him, decrepit old?!” Pinkie asked, switching to a furious attitude.

“It was you!”

“Hah, it’s true! How foolish of myself. Hahahah! See? That’s why I now take pills for my brain. Otherwise I lose track of what I'm talking about” She explained happily.

“And is that a novelty?” Rainbow asked Twilight with a whisper, causing the sorceress to laugh.

Suddenly, a loud laughter caught the attention of the guardians and the ambassador of Ikaruga.

“I’m… I’m sorry. I’m really sorry… It’s just that… You’re not really what I expected” Cranberry said.

“There’s no need for so much formality, Heal. You’re with your friends. Tell us a bit about you. I knew Durandal because of Spike, of course. But you?” Twilight asked.

“Well… I work as a nurse in the draconian department of the hospital of Manehattan. Durandal and his team were tracking down a criminal we thought he was hidden in the mountains near the town. They found him, but Durandal was injured during the confrontation and was sent to the hospital where we ended up knowing each other” She explained.

“Like guided by fate to meet each other” Rarity said.

“Oh my goodness! Does this mean you love each other? Are you dating?!” Pinkie asked, jumping on the circular table and getting dangerously closer to the nurse.

The other guardians still wondered how Pinkie was able to make those instantaneous movements. And the question had an answer: She was Pinkie Pie.

Cranberry wasn’t sure what to answer. She really had grown fond of the dragon. And she actually thought he was handsome… But did she love him enough to become the second pony in history to marry a dragon? She simply followed the indications from other guardians, who, behind Pinkie, were shaking their forelegs and making all sorts of signs that told her to give a negative answer.

“N… No, we aren’t”

“Ohhhh” She said disappointed, returning to her chair.

“Relax, dear. Love will come when it has to” Rarity said.

“Yes, you know a lot about that, do you?” Twilight said sarcastically.

Before rarity could answer, Fluttershy decided to change the topic.

“Listen, have any of you seen Cadence? I saw Princess Celestia a while ago among the hosts and Princess Luna hasn’t left the karaoke”

“Now that you mention it… No, I haven’t. How strange” Applejack said.

“Neither have I. Where may she be?” Twilight said.

A similar topic had appeared at the men’s table.

“Listen, have any of you seen where our king has gone?” Murakumo said, looking around.

“Well, there goes Agnus with a chicken leg in his claw. He always has fun bucking with ponies with that” Spike said.

“He must be inside or something”

At the top of one of the towers of the palace, very far from the others, two figures were watching the whole beauty of the city and the night sky.

“Since I was a child, this has always been my favorite place. From here… I feel like I can feel all the love there exists, not only in Canterlot, but in all of Equestria. It makes me feel so… I’m sorry, Excellence. I can’t describe it” The princess of love apologized with her hooves on the railing of the balcony.

“Don’t worry, Princess” The king answered.

“Now that I think about it, I haven’t visited your palace in all these years”

“The gates of Renes le Chateau are always open for you, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Just notify me with time and I will prepare a banquet in your honor to commemorate your first visit” Ragnarok said, making a gesture of lamentation.

“No, just the opposite. It’s all my fault” She quickly answered.

“Why do you say that?” He asked confused.

“I… Well, the thing is I used to read a lot of fairy tales when I was a child. They were all about princesses in danger who were prisoners of an evil dragon that was defeated by a brave knight. When we were young and my ex-husband enlisted in the Royal Guard I started having this crazy idea… This dream was about him saving me if I was captured by a dragon, but… Well, do you know what happened with my ex-husband, Excellence?” She said, looking at the prince with a melancholy look.

Ragnarok remained silent for a while before answering.

“I know he lied to you, that he conspired against the reign of Princess Celestia and Luna, that he tried to murder Spike and I know very well what happened to him at the end. I know it because I killed him”

Ragnarok had never spoken so seriously in his 553 years of existence. Cadence looked at the king shocked and somewhat frightened.

“Did you know it or not?”

“Y… Yes. Yes, I did. I asked my aunt Celestia”

“Is that why you didn’t want to meet me?”

Cadence looked away and looked at the city again.

“In those days ... My heart was a chaos. So many things had happened. The unicorn I had always been in love with since I was a child, the one I had opened the gates of my heart for, the one I thought I knew better than myself… Turned out to be a betrayer, a murderer and to top it off a xenophobic. Even so, when he died I felt very sad and for the first time in my life I felt hatred for the one who had killed. But in time I understood that was nothing less than the end Shining Armor had earned. After that I felt… fear. Fear to meet the one who had sealed his destiny. Fear that if I met that individual, it would be looking in the eyes of Lucifer” She explained ashamed and sad.

“Do you fear me, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?” He asked coldly.

Cadence felt a strong shiver in her back, but managed to maintain composure and took a deep breath before answering.

“No. No more. Now I see you’re a kind dragon. And how not notice it? You’ve done so well for the sake of your kingdom, mine and especially for my sister in law Twilight and her husband. Actually I’m very happy to meet you, Excellence. And please, feel free to call me just Cadence”

“If that’s your wish, I will, Cadence. You may also call me Ragnarok” He offered.

“I feel honored, Ragnarok. May I ask…? What about you? I mean… What do you think about me?” She said with some awkwardness, for she didn’t really know how to make her question.

Ragnarok was taken by surprise by the question. He didn’t actually think about that. Not seriously at least.

“I believe… I think about how wonderful what you represent and do must be. And it must be very pleasant to be able to feel ‘love in the air’ like you do. That’s why I don’t think you should keep lamenting the death of your ex-husband. Especially, with you being so young and beautiful” He explained without ever neglecting his courtesy.

Cadence smiled and looked at the city again.

“You know, Ragnarok? Even after the failure of my marriage, I still have that dream I know my prince charming and we live together forever. Isn’t that childish?” She asked, looking at him again.

“Not at all” He answered immediately, getting closer to where she was.

“My father used to say: Hold fast to your dreams, for without dreams, life is like a a bird with broken wings, unable to fly” He said.

Cadence looked at him surprised and felt surprisingly comfortable to be with the fearsome dragon.

“What a beautiful thought” She muttered.

“My father had a million of those. My mother said he should have been a writer instead of king”

They remained silent for a while until Ragna spoke again.

“I think we should come back down” The king proposed.

“But… We have just started to know each other. Couldn’t we stay a little longer?” Cadence said.

“If that’s what you wish, Cadence…”

Back down with the guests and the festivities, the men were still exchanging stories until someone interrupted them.

“Good night, Sirs”

“Good night, Princess Luna” They all said.

“Would you like to be with us?” Swift said.

“I’d love to, but I only came her to notify Lord Spike his wife seems to be falling asleep”

“Really?” Spike asked.

“Yes. You had better take her back home”

“Very well. I was expecting that. She worked very hard all the week. See you later, my friends. Murakumo, I’ll see you on Tuesday. Don’t forget it”

“Don’t worry. Good night, Spike”

Spike walked back to the table where he found his wife almost sleeping, Rainbow laughing uncontrollably, Rarity drinking wine as she talked with Fluttershy and the rest of them speaking of Celestia, only they knew why.

“Good night, ladies”

“Have you come for your wife, Mr. Spectral?” Rainbow asked, her breath smelled of… many things.

“Yes, my lady. May I take her home?” He said comically.

“Of course. You may take her. She’s falling asleep anyway”

One by one, Spike and Twilight said goodbye to their friends with a hug, except Rarity, who they only said goodbye to with a hoof and claw gesture. Except Cranberry, they all knew the reason of this. But no one said anything. Twilight tenderly rested her body on her husband’s arm and then they left by walking.

“I’m sorry” Twilight muttered after they both left the castle.

“Why?” Spike asked confused.

“You told me not to work so much so I could come refreshed, but I didn’t listen to you. And now you’ve had to leave early because of me” She sadly said ashamed.

“Don’t talk nonsense. It’s almost two o’clock. It’s not good for you to stay up late at…” he didn’t end the sentence.

“At my age, you meant” She ended the sentence for him.

“Twi, I…”

“I’m getting older, Spike. I know it very well. It’s no use I try to disguise it or that you pretend not to notice it. Not even all the magic in the world can prevent it. Age spells are purely cosmetic. You will be able to turn an old pony with only one day left into a ten year old child, but the next morning, Malpha’s reapers will have to come for their soul. Sooner or later I will…”

“Stop” He said, stopping their walk.

“Huh?”

“I don’t want you to talk like that. Yes, you’re old. But you’re wrong if you say I do something to not notice it. And you’re even more wrong if you think I love you less than thirty years ago when your body was… Perfect. If you’re worried about the party, forget it. Murakumo was about to start with his stupid ‘knock knock’ jokes. But the most important thing is I’ll be able to go to a party like that until I die or until Equestria and Ikaruga break their bond. But at your side I’ll be able to be… Another forty years if things go well. And of those years I plan to spend as much time as possible by your side. So don’t even think for a second I suffer or I claim something to you if choose to be with you instead of doing anything else”

Spike took a very needed deep breath. Twilight looked at him stunned until she finally smiled and rested her body on his.

“One of these days I hope to learn not to doubt myself and that I’m still worthy of your love” She sighed.

“That concern is the way you show how much you care for me, right?”

“Of course”

“Then it’s fine”

He took her chin with his claw and planted a loving kiss on her lips, which she returned gladly.

“Spike, could you take us flying home?”

“Of course. Climb aboard, my queen” he said, making him float to his back with his powers.

She held her husband’s neck and she gave him a signal so he would fly. Twilight felt she shared a paradoxical relation with the city. Whereas she withered more and more, the city seemed to become more and more beautiful.

Twilight is 76 years – Spike is 72 years

Her mane no longer shone. Her fur had lost its luster. Her eyes no longer shone like gemstones. The curves of her body had gone years ago. And however, she was beautiful to her husband. Enormously and inexplicably beautiful.

“Hydrolyzed collagen for my hair, fur and hooves. Visione for my eyes. Astragalus for my breathing. Glucosamine complex for my bones. Omega 3 for my body’s defenses and Ginko Biloba… Ginko Biloba… My love! What’s Ginko Biloba for?” The unicorn asked her husband, who was in the living room.

“Your nervous system, honey” The dragon answered.

She always left that one for the end and she always forgot what it was for.

“Maybe I should get a medicine for Alzheimer. I’m starting to forget things” She said, returning to the living room and sitting next to her husband on the sofa.

“Tomorrow we’ll go to the hospital and see what they recommend you, ok?”

“It sounds good” She said, snuggling next to him.

“The harvest of this year looks great. I want to taste those hot cakes with Zapaaple jelly you always prepare me”

“Yes. And some new recipes I want to taste”

Twilight is 80 years – Spike is 76 years

The marriages between ponies and dragons were becoming more numerous. There were more than one hundred and they were increasing. And from that union, a new race had been born. They called them Kirins. Magnificent creatures that blended the aspects of both races. The kirins that were born from mares were ponies with normal mane and fur, except they had dragon horns. Whereas their hind legs had hooves, their forelegs had dragon claws. The kirins born from dragoness eggs had the shape of a pony, but scaly skin with voluminous mane. All the kirins couls fly and exhale fire. They were the living proof of the eternal union between ponies and dragons.

“Luna!” Twilight shouted happily when she saw the ruler of the night.

“Hello, Twilight. I’m glad to see you. I haven’t come at a bad time, have I?” She asked, entering the house.

“Not at all. Come in, please. Spike has just gathered the grapes from our garden. They’re delicious!”

“Politician, writer, farmer… Hahah! You won the lottery with him, Twilight” Luna joked.

“Tell me something I don’t know” She answered, very proud.

“Where is he?”

“He’s in nursing home of Ponyville”

“Why?” Luna asked confused.

“He’s visiting Pinkie Pie”

“But what about her daughters, or her sisters?!”

“Pinkie said she didn’t want to be a burden to her family, so she wanted them to intern her there. Besides, she said she could still make the ones close to her happy. Don’t be depressed. She’s fine. Grapes?” She said, showing her a tray with delicious red seedless grapes.

“Thanks”

In the nursing home, Spike was well known. Not just by his political position, but because he visited the place at least twice a week to visit his old friend.

“Hello, Pinkie Pie” The dragon said to the withered confectioner, who was sitting close to a water source on a wheelchair.

“Hello, Mr. dragon. How do you know my name?” She asked both happy and confused.

“You’re one of my best friends, Pinkie. How wouldn’t I know your name?”

“And what’s your name, Mr. dragon?”

“I’m Spike, remember?”

“Spike… Spike… I once knew a dragon named Spike! He was a very nice and kind dragon who then became a very handsome and strong one!”

“Really? And what happened to him?” Spike asked in a curious tone.

“You should know him. He’s very famous. He was the first dragon in history to marry a pony! Do you really not know him?” Pinkie Pie said stunned.

“I’m afraid I don’t, Pinkie. Could you please tell me that story?”

“Of course!”

Pinkie Pie suffered from senile dementia. She was unable to recognize Spike, Twilight or any of her old friends or even her relatives. But she seemed to remember each and every one of her adventures when someone asked her. She would often miss the train of dialogue and she ended up changing the subject in an instant without realizing, so it was difficult to maintain a decent communication with her. Besides, she had the idea she was still young. Her daughters visited her very often, even when she had asked them not to do it too much, for she was ashamed if they saw her in that state.

“Sorry, dear. What were we talking about?”

“What would you like to talk about?”

The confectioner yawned heavily.

“I’m tired. I want to sleep. Could you please cover me with my blanket?”

“Don’t you want me to take you to your bedroom?”

“No, thanks. I like it here, where I can listen to the singing of the birds. Birds like my friend Fluttershy had”

Spike comfortably covered the pink pony with the blanket and then she yawned again.

“Thank you so much, Spike” She muttered.

“You’re welcome, Pin… Wait, did you just call me by my name?” He asked surprised.

“Of course I did, you silly. What other name would I call you with, Spike?” She asked between laughter.

“Well, you…”

“Thank you for everything, Spike. I love you so much. You have always been a great friend. Say goodbye to Twilight from me and tell my daughters that… I love them… Thank you…”

Pinkie Pie sighed of satisfaction and with that she left this world.

“Pinkie?... Pinkie Pie? Pinkie?! A doctor! A doctor, please!” Spike yelled.

At eighty two, Pinkie Pie had gone to Jerusalem. The first one to go had been Fluttershy, who died of respiratory complications. Consequences of having spent so much time with wild animals. Now there were only four Guardians of Harmony left.

Twilight is 87 years – Spike is 83 years

Warming Hearts' festivities were everywhere in Ponyville. However, two soul mates were at peace far from the festivities, just enjoying the warmth of their home and each other’s company. Though his house had been a party place earlier that day, when they received the visits from Princess Celestia and Luna, as well as Rainbow Dash, Applejack and their respective families. Even Rarity, with whom Twilight had finally reconciled after the death of her husband three years ago. But now that they all had left, Spike and Twilight were in front of the fireplace, roasting marshmallows.

“It was a wonderful night, right honey?”

“Yes, definitely. For a moment I felt like a filly again” Twilight said, resting her head on Spike’s shoulder.

“Your body may be old, Twilight. But your spirit is still young” He answered and then he ate his marshmallow.

“Twi?” he asked, turning his head to see his wife, who was sleeping peacefully.

Spike turned to see the clock and was surprised it was almost midnight. He smiled and very carefully stood and carried his wife to their bedroom.

“Now that I think about it… Cadence didn’t come to the party”

Inside the chambers of the king of Ikaruga, two figures were lying on the royal bed, which was a completely mess. The princess of love woke up when she heard how the owner of her love sighed deeply.

“How is it possible you haven’t been able to sleep after our night? What worries you, honey?” She asked, raising her head to rub her face against his head.

“Nothing, just… I’m just thinking” Ragnarok muttered, who was looking at the ceiling.

“No one thinks after making love unless they do it without love, they are cheating on someone else or they are dissatisfied” Cadence joked.

An instant after, her eyes widened and stood up, resting her hooves on her lover’s chest.

“Wait a moment!… Are you dissatisfied?!” She asked very worried.

“What? No! What makes you think that? This is the best night I’ve ever had”

Cadence sighed with relief.

“Thank Aphrodite. Well, if you aren’t dissatisfied and nothing worries you, why are you still awake?”

Ragnarok sat on the bed and took Cadence’s hooves with his claws.

“Cadence… I never told you this because it’s something you should already know well. Before you, there were many ladies who visited this bedroom and who I shared my bed with” He explained with some embarrassment.

Cadence smiled.

“I know, but I don’t care. Remember I haven’t been able to give you my first time either”

“But I can say with certainty that this night, for the first time in my life I’ve made love”

Cadence looked at him surprised for a while before laughing a bit.

“Oh honey. That’s the cheesiest thing you’ve told me since I know you”

She got her face closer to his.

“I love it” She whispered, kissing him.

“This was the best night of my life too, my heaven. Thank you” She said, ending the kiss.

“Better than your wedding night?”

“Puff! That night was a disaster. Shining Armor would have been a powerful sorcerer and the glorious captain of the Royal Guard, but he suffered from premature ejaculation”

Ragnarok looked at his lover stunned for a moment before they both burst out laughing.

“Is that why you were so worried about me being dissatisfied?”

“Yes. You don’t even imagine the amount of orgasms I had to fake when I was with Shining”

“Ouch!”

“Exactly”

“Well, don’t worry, my love. You’ll never have to fake one again when you’re with me” He presumed.

“I count on it” She said, kissing him again.

Ragna rested his body on the bed again and Cadence snuggled against him again.

“Ragna, when will we make it public?”

“Tomorrow”

“Heh… Are you sure?” She asked somewhat nervous.

“Yes. I already have made the preparations. It’s time for Ikaruga to know the face of its future queen”

He gave her another kiss and lay down to finally sleep.

Twilight is 95 years – Spike is 91 years

Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Queen Cadence and her husband King Ragnarok, as well as a huge number of friends of the only remaining guardian of Harmony had gathered to say their last goodbye to her, for the old sorceress felt that at any moment she would go to the realm of Jerusalem to meet again with her parents and her friends and wait patiently for the arrival of her husband.

One by one, the guests went to the bedroom where Twilight was lying on her deathbed. Gradually the mansion overflowing with ponies and dragons was emptied until there were only she and her beloved husband. Spike finally entered the bedroom where she was waiting for him with a warm smile. He sat down on the bed in silence and took her right hoof with both his claws. What could he say that hadn’t been said already before an endless amount of times? To his surprise, she did have something to say.

“Spike…” She muttered weakly.

“Yes, my queen?”

“I want you to promise me that when I leave, as sad as you may be, as loyal as you are towards me, as afraid as you are of what I may think or feel from the other world… Promise me you’ll seek love again. Promise me you’ll be happy again. Promise me you won’t hold back from seeking happiness in another pony or dragoness, happiness like the one you found in me“

“But Twilight… How could I…?”

“Look at Cadence, Spike. She married again, didn’t she?”

“Yes, but her first marriage ended…”

“Yes, it was a total disaster. I know it. That’s what I mean. Even with her heart broken, she looked up to the sky and found someone who decided to give her love again. And now she’s happier than ever. You can do it too. You must do it too. I don’t want my death nor my absence to cause you sorrow. Promise me, Spike. Promise me that… You’re going to be happy” She begged, almost close to tears.

“I… I… I will try…” He replied.

“Fine” She said happily.

She made her horn glow and suddenly a drawer on the other side of the bedroom opened where appeared a box Spike knew very well: it was Twilight’s jewelry box. Twilight brought it where she was. She opened it with her hooves and pulled out of the case a beautiful red ruby Spike knew very well.

“And when you find that special one that makes you happy. The one you decide to give your love to and give yourself to her in body and soul, give her this” She said, giving him the fire ruby.

Everything had been said. Everything had been expressed. And however, what couldn’t they stop the sensation there was still so much to be done? Probably because that’s how it was. There was still too much to be done, but there was no longer enough time. Twilight decided to exploit one of the small pleasures of life. One that she and her husband had learnt to enjoy over the years.

It was a song. A song Spike loved and he would gladly sing with his wife.

The song had a very special meaning now. It was like a prayer. A portrait of their lives, their love. But especially, it was a promise. A promise they would see each other again in the other world.

The song ended. They looked at each other’s eyes, happy and proud of their performance. Spike got closer to his queen and kissed her lovingly on her withered lips. It was night. Twilight was tired.

“I’m so tired, my life” She muttered weakly.

Spike slipped into the bed and carefully embraced Twilight so she could use his chest as a pillow.

“I just regret that my ears no longer work good enough to listen to your heartbeat”

“But you still feel my caresses on your mane, right?”

“Yes… Magical hands” She muttered, snuggling against his arms.

"I love you, Spike. With all my heart… And I will forever"

“I love you too, Twilight”

“Good night, Spike” She whispered, falling asleep never to wake up again.

“Goodbye, Twilight. My queen. I’ll see you again, someday”

Author's Notes:

I hope you've enjoyed this fic. I think My Little Dashie is a happy comedy with a happy ending compared to this. Please, people, post your reviews and wait for the epilogue.