Sweetie Belle was in her bedroom in her parents’ house, drowning her whimpers with her head buried in her pillow.

“Why? Why did he never have time for me? Why did I have to wait for so long? Why did he have to fall in love, just when I was about to declare him my love?”

Sweetie was angry. With herself, with her sister, but especially with Twilight. That evil witch had stolen Spike’s heart from her.

“She shouldn’t even have a relationship with him. She’s like his sister, or even like his mother. It’s not right! Besides she’s of age and he isn’t. That’s illegal!” She angrily shouted.

In that moment, an idea shone in her head.

“That is… That’s illegal, right?”

Sweetie Belle jumped up from her bed and went to her desk, where she took a quill and a blank sheet. She dipped the quill in her ink pot, but stopped just before writing with the quill on the sheet, which caused a drop to seep into the paper.

“But… Is it okay if I do this?” She tried to calm.

“Spike… He looks very happy with her… With her…” Her jealousy allowed her resentment and anger to return immediately.

“But he’ll be happier when he’s with me!”

Sweetie began to write so fast that her writing was being crooked, something that normally never happened, even less for a pony with calligraphy like hers. She ended up signing it with the name of an anonymous informer. She went downstairs and sought in one of the drawers, where she found some envelopes for mail. She folded her letter to put it in the envelope and closed it. But for the letter to reach its target, Belle would need something very special. She took a veil she had in her closet for cover and left home in the middle of the night, going to her sister’s house. She opened the lock with the copy of the keys that Rarity had given her and entered the dark boutique. But the house wasn’t all asleep. Belle got surprised when she saw her sister still awake and working frenetically on a coat worthy of a king of Equestria, probably the one she’d give Spike for his first date with Twilight. Belle climbed the stairs, being careful not to draw her sister’s attention and entered Rarity’s bedroom, where she could see Opal snore on the bed.

She went to the dressing table, which she had near the window, where Sweetie knew Rarity kept an envelope with some nobility postal labels. She took one of them and pasted it on the corresponding part of her envelope. Now she could be sure it would reach its target. She went downstairs being careful, but Rarity was too immersed in her needlework to pay attention to anything else. She left the house in silence and went to the closest mailbox, where she put her letter in. She sighed because of her victory and returned home without anyone knowing what she had done.

What she’d done would probably not remove Twilight of her way forever, but at least it would give her some time or at least a last chance to get close to Spike. Sweetie Belle smiled malevolently.

Twilight felt all the warm sunbeams on her face. Though the feeling was pleasant the brightness on her eyes was very annoying and she rolled over to protect herself. Wanting to sleep a little more, she snuggled a bit, but even in the current comfort, she noticed something wasn’t there. She opened her eyes slowly to see she wasn’t in her beloved dragon’s arms anymore. In fact, he wasn’t in any part of the room.

“Spike?” She faintly asked, getting out of the bed.

“Spike, are you there?” She asked confused when she realized she was alone.

She moved her head from side to side, confused as if she was going to find him somewhere. She didn’t, but she found a note on the nightstand next to the bed.

Good morning, my queen. I hope you’ve slept well.

The ancestors know I’ve never slept better in my life

I wished to be there and see you wake up, but Rarity appeared very early, knocking the door and she wanted me to go with her to her house so I can try on the outfit she’s made for me. Yes, it seems she has finished it. I wanted to say no to her and stay with you, but something was wrong with her. Her hair was a mess, the makeup on her eyes was dripping and she had big bags under her lower eyelids. I think she worked all night long, besides her voice gave off anguish.

I’ll try to come back as soon as I can. I already warmed the water in the bathtub. I’m sure you want to take a bath.

Sincerely yours, Spike

Twilight simply smiled and kissed the note like it was Spike’s cheek.

“My dear Spike. Always wanting to make everyone around him happy”

Twilight went to the bathroom. When she looked in the mirror, she couldn’t help laughing at herself. Her hair looked a nest of rats with uneven hair strands in all directions and had evidences of what happened last night all over her body. The night Spike finally made her totally and eternally his. She sighed proud and happy for the decision she had taken. She opened the shower tap and went to bathe.

“It’s wonderful, Rarity. I love it. I’m sure only King Ragnarok has an outfit like this” Spike said happily, posing in front of the mirror in front of him.

“Do you really think so, Spike?”

“Sure! I think it’s the best male garment you’ve made”

“Thank you so much, Spike. It means a lot to me” Rarity asked, feeling the charge of her heart lighten a little.

“Rarity, is something wrong with you?” Spike asked while looking at the unicorn, who looked more than exhausted.

Rarity looked at him scared because she had been discovered, but got relaxed when she realized that would make things easier.

“Yes, Spike. And it’s not the lack of sleep”

“I know. Since I found you at the door of the library, I knew something was wrong with you and not just because the Rarity I know, in her right mind, would never have walked through the town with your mane looking like that. What’s the matter?”

Rarity looked at the dragon with eyes that were beginning to moisten.

Spike, I have something to ask you and it’s very, VERY important that you are totally and absolutely sincere. Don’t be afraid to hurt me, I must know the truth, understood?

Spike was confused. How could she ask him to do something that could hurt her? But he couldn’t refuse. It was obvious Rarity was totally serious, so he simply nodded.

“Spike, have I ever… Abused you?” Rarity asked, looking away and closing her eyes strongly like she was waiting for a slap in her face.

Spike stared at her for a moment, being unable to process the question.

“What… What do you mean?” It was all he could answer.

Rarity sighed, closing her eyes before looking at Spike again.

“Spike, you know more than anypony that there was a time when you used to do anything I asked you. Though you always played hard when it came to the reward, I always wanted you to know how much it meant to me all you were doing for me, being careful never to abuse your gentleness and your good intentions. But recently I’m not so convinced… I mean… There were times I was too upset by a deadline, when I got too much on an outfit or when I had a special request; and I got used so much to expecting a yes for an answer from you, for I don’t know if there was a time I did something like exploiting you too much or hurting your feelings” She said between sobs.

“But Rarity… I always did those things willingly. You never obligated me to do anything” He tried to calm her down.

“I know, Spike. But still, I need you to tell me the truth. Was there ever a time when I abused you? When I hurt you? When I didn’t treat you as you deserved?”

Spike didn’t dare to answer.

“Rarity, you…”

“Tell me the truth, Spike! I must know it!” She demanded him with her eyes full of tears.

Spike sighed heavily.

“There were times I remember arriving at the library totally exhausted. There were times you were so focused on your work that despite my best efforts, it seemed it only caused you more stress. But all of that didn’t matter to me, Rarity. You never obligated me to do anything. I did it willingly, because I wanted to help you, because it made me happy to see you happy and most importantly, because I was in love with you. I never got angry or thought badly of you because of any of that”

After a long while, Rarity finally smiled again.

“Actually, when you did hurt me was when you talked or fantasized about how your perfect stallion should be. Especially when you named someone specific like Blueblood or Fancy Pants. Sometimes it hurt me so much I spent days in my bedroom”

Rarity was again filled with shame and sorrow.

“Yeh… Yes, Spike. I remember it… I’ve made you suffer so many times. Will you be able to forgive me?” She begged while looking at the dragon.

Spike smiled and took her right hoof with both his claws.

“Rarity, there’s nothing to apologize for. No matter what happened, all of that is left behind. But I never reproached you anything, not even when you made me know our love wouldn’t work. You’re my best friend and I appreciate you. Nothing will ever be able to change that”

Rarity spilled tears of joy leaping into the dragon with open arms a moment later.

“Thank you. I love you too, my Spikey Wikey. I don’t know what I’d do without you”

“You’ll never have to find out, Rarity. I promise” He said, returning the hug.

They separated and Rarity took a handkerchief to wipe the tears.

“If you don’t mind, I have to come back to the library as soon as possible”

“Of course. I was wrong to make you get up so early. Twilight may be worried about you. Speaking of that, I’ll notify you when her dress is ready”

“Thank you. But first try to sleep a little, please”

“Believe me, I will”

Spike rubbed his face against hers affectionately before leaving.

“When would I imagine Spike had become such a gentleman?” Sighed Rarity.

Spike quickly arrived at the library, but he didn’t find his beloved even in the hall or the kitchen or her bedroom. Finally, Owlicious guided him to the underground laboratory, where Twilight was experimenting with several chemicals.

“Spike!” She happily shouted when she saw him.

“How good you’ve come back” She said after they rubbed their necks.

“It’s good to be back. Forgive me for having left you alone, but Rarity was really very altered” Spike apologized.

“Don’t worry, that’s how you are. You never leave or abandon anyone who needs your help. Could you help Rarity?”

“Yes it’s… It’s already ok. What about you? Are you ok?” The dragon asked suddenly, very nervous.

“What do you mean?” Twilight asked confused.

“I don’t know… Are you alright? Do you feel alright?”

“Of course I do. I finally declared my love to the dragon of my dreams. We gave each other our first kiss and last night I had the most wonderful night ever when that dragon made me totally and eternally his. How can’t I be ok, Spike? Everything has been so wonderful that it’s hard for me to believe I haven’t gone crazy because of pure happiness” She said while jumping with joy.

“But Twilight…” Spike muttered, still very nervous.

Twilight’s smile disappeared when she noticed something was wrong.

“Spike, what’s wrong? Aren’t you happy? Do… Do you regret what we did last night?” She said while her ears drooped.

“No, not at all! I’m happier than ever, but… Twilight, I… I came inside you” He said emphasizing the last part.

“What will happen if you…”

Twilight finally understood what distressed the dragon.

“Oh! Ohhhh… It was THAT. Spike, I assure you that you have nothing to worry about. The fecundation of embryos with genes from different species is impossible unless there’s magical assistance or one of the two lovemaking participants is an adapted organism” Twilight said calmly.

Spike was puzzled for a moment before he could speak.

“Then… You can’t…”

“Nope. And we won’t have to worry about me getting pregnant either. You and I will always have total control about our family planning”

Spike blushed intensely.

“You’re going to want to have children, aren’t you?” Twilight asked a little uncomfortable.

“What if we talk about that after?” He said.

“Yes… I think you’re right”

“By the way, what do you have there”

Twilight turned around quickly to see her experiment where one of the substances was bubbling out of the flask.

“Oh no!”

Before she could get to the table, there was a green smoke explosion.

“Twilight” Spike yelled alarmed.

He found the unicorn covered with foam the same color as the smoke.

“Augh… How disgusting”

“Are you ok?” He asked very worried.

“Yes, I’ll be fine. But now I’ll have to have another bath”

After helping her get rid of the foam, they left the basement.

“Well, I’m going to bathe” Twilight said, climbing the stairs.

“I could…” He said, interrupting Twilight’s walk.

“I could, you know… Clean your back” He said shyly.

Twilight smiled at him.

“I’d love to”

And there they were. Twilight in the bathtub while Spike was soaping her back with such gentleness that it seemed he was cleaning an ancient relic.

“Ready” He said.

“Thank you, Spike”

“Well, if you need anything else, call me” He said, exiting the bathroom.

He started classifying the books on the shelves as usual until he heard Twilight call him again.

“Were you talking to me?”

“Yes, it’s that I wanted to have a bubble bath, but there’s no hot water. Could you warm it for me?

“Couldn’t you do it with a spell?” He said coming closer and raising an eyebrow.

“I could, but something tells me it’ll feel better if you warm it. Please?” She said, putting her sad eyes.

“I’m really going to have to learn to resist that glance of yours, one of these days” Spike sighed.

He introduced his claw in the water and closed his eyes. Just moments after, Spike touched the water with his other claw and removed the one that was already in, which was stained red.

“I think it’s ready. Check it”

Twilight got closer and introduced her right hoof.

“Perfect!”

“Well, if that’s everything…” He said, turning around, but Twilight took his left claw between her hind hooves.

“Enter with me” She said seductively, already being in the bathtub.

Spike blushed.

“Buh… But… Who will attend the library?”

“Peewee and Owlicious. If there’s a problem, we’ll exit here. Come on, nothing bad will happen” She said while poured the soap into the bathtub for bubbles to appear.

Not seeing any actual reason to not stay, Spike smiled at her and got into the bathtub after Twilight gave him room. Most of the water there was in it overflowed, but neither of them seemed to care about it. Twilight blinked alluringly in front of Spike and got her face closer to his so they could kiss. She put both her hooves on Spike’s chest and pushed him so he would sit on the bathtub. Then she lay on top of him, resting her head on his shoulder.

“Better than an aromatherapy bath at the Spa” She said with a sigh.

“So this was what you had planned” Spike laughed a bit.

“What did you think, you dirty boy?” She said accusingly.

“Oh, I’m sorry! But I wasn’t the one responsible for us losing our virginity”

“But you enjoyed it a lot, didn’t you?”

They looked at each other seriously for a moment before laughing out loud. When they finished, Twilight lay on top of the dragon, rubbing her face against the base of his neck. Spike hugged her and planted a kiss between her hairs.

“I really love it when you hug me”

“I love having you in my arms” He sighed.

Twilight let herself wrap by the sensations of her body. The hot water, the soft foam, Spike’s strong arms holding her. She no longer had anything to envy of Pegasus, who slept in the sky, for she had found her own piece of paradise in her own house…

Later, this time with Spike by her side, Twilight continued with her experiments in the basement. It was Saturday, so she didn’t have to worry about her students. In addition, she had been delayed with her study program for the time Spike was in the hospital. One would think that now that they were a couple, they’d have problems to work seriously, but it was actually quite the opposite, for it seemed they had never worked with better efficiency.

Hours later, the left the basement, laughing and comparing notes from the experiments, when someone knocked the door.

“I’ll open” Spike said, smiling.

He felt his already cold blood freeze when he saw from the other side of the door nothing less than the goddess of the sun, Princess Celestia.

“Good afternoon, Spike” She said cordially.

“Good afternoon, your majesty” Spike replied stunned.

“Is Twilight here?”

“Ehh… Yes! We were making some experiments in the laboratory, but we’ve now finished” He said, regaining his composure.

“I see, may I enter?” She said, getting more serious.

“Yes, come in, please”

Twilight got both surprised and happy when she saw the princess.

“Princess Celestia, I’m glad to see you. To what do we owe your visit? You almost never come without warning”

“I know and I apologize for that. But actually I’ve come to deal with an issue of extreme seriousness”

Indeed. Spike and Twilight hadn’t seen the princess so serious since the incident of Discord.

“What is it about?” Twilight asked.

“In order to speak of this, I’ll need to talk with you alone. Spike, do you think you could leave the library for a while as we speak?”

“Yeah, sure. I’ll see you later” He said, leaving the library.

“It’s been a long time since I saw you so serious, Princess. What’s wrong?”

“Twilight, my dear and most outstanding student; since the first day, you’ve been a great source of joy and pride for me. You’ve exceeded all my expectations, and even if you hadn’t saved Equestris from its sure doom in three consecutive times, I was always sure since the first day that your name would someday appear on history books”

“Wow… Thank you very much, Princess” Twilight answered, very flattered by her mentor.

“However, recently very disturbing information came to me and I’ve come to see if it’s true”

“Whah… What information?” Twilight asked nervously.

Oh my goodness! Does she know it? But how? The only ones who know this are Applejack and Rarity… It’s not possible for anypony else to know. And why would they tell the princess?

“This letter came to me” She said while appearing an envelope and giving it to Twilight with her telekinesis.

“Read it, please”

Twilight opened the envelope and extended the letter, which contained a message in italics and a little misaligned. Twilight’s mouth and eyes were progressively opening as she read the text until she finally read it all.

“Do you… Do you… Do you believe THIS is true?” Twilight asked with an indescribable mix of feelings.

“No. If I believed that what there’s there is true you would be under arrest and Spike receiving psychological help. That’s why I’ve come, Twilight. Because I cannot believe something like this is true. But if it is, I’ll have no choice but to intervene in this. Is it true or not?”

“OF COURSE NOT!” Twilight shouted offended, furious and disgusted.

Celestia wasn’t fazed by her disciple’s reaction.

“Nothing at all?”

“Well… Not… Not everything is false” Twilight sighed.

Celestia frowned very alarmed about it.

“What parts are true, Twilight Sparkle?” She asked very seriously.

For a moment, Twilight was afraid of the princess’ wrath. But then it faded. This was what she and Spike had talked about. It was the first test of their love. Together, they both had sworn they’d fight to protect it, to defend themselves and for the right to be together. And here was their first great challenge, one she couldn’t afford to lose…

“The part that tells Spike and I are a couple. We started dating two days ago. But I didn’t seduce him or anything like that, but just the opposite. I was the one who, in the last weeks, was getting in love with him when I saw the dragon he had become. I’ve been for so long looking for the stallion of my dreams, but the experience of the hurricane made me realize I was wasting my time looking for that stallion. Spike is all I’ve ver wished”

Celestia looked at Twilight surprised.

“I don’t blame you if you think I’m crazy, Princess. I couldn’t believe it either, or it should be best to say I didn’t want to believe it, but I understood it was true. Spike is chivalrous, romantic, generous, smart, responsible, honest ... He’s a great poet who speaks about me like I was a goddess. We’ve only spent two days together, but never in my life have I been so happy. I don’t care about what Mother Nature may think. I don’t care what law says. I don’t even care what YOU may think! And there’s another thing the letter says that’s true: Spike and I have had our first sexual encounter. But it wasn’t this horrible aberration the letter describes! We didn’t fornicate either or simply have sex. We made love! He made love to me! And it was wonderful, magical. I never felt more alive and happy. What I want you to understand, Princess, is that I’m not interested in the strongest earth stallion. I don’t want the fastest Pegasus in the world. I don’t want the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. I like, LOVE Spike and want to spend the rest of my life by his side, with or without your blessing!”

Twilight took a deep breath at the end of her speech. The princess looked stunned without knowing what to say for the first time in centuries. She finally sighed and came closer slowly to Twilight. Fear stalked the unicorn’s heart while awaiting the answer from her monarch, expecting the worst, especially after how she’d shouted at her. Celestia smiled and without warning, she wrapped Twilight tightly between her forelegs, pressing her against her chest.

“My little one has become an adult and has found love. I’m so happy for you two” Celestia said maternally.

Twilight’s eyes widened when hearing that.

“Do you… Are you ok with this?” She asked stunned.

“Of course, Twilight. How couldn’t I? After all, you and Spike are the closest thing I’ve ever had to son and daughter. I wouldn’t do anything that could stand between you and your happiness. In fact… Somehow I always expected something like this to happen” She said looking away ashamed for a moment.

“Did you foresee this?” Twilight asked surprised.

“I didn’t, but… Well I guess I’d better explain it to you from my perspective”

Celestia released Twilight and sat down on the ground in front of her, who did the same.

“Twilight, my dear student. Do you know that there exist powers that are more powerful than the Elements of Harmony? That there exist magic sources that are more powerful than friendship?”

“Yes, I know it very well, Princess. Powers that are so big or so unstable and erratic that they can’t be used safely or can’t be contained in a physic form like the relics that hold the power of the Elements of Harmony. Some of them are considered illegal and forbidden in most reigns because of the terrible danger they represent, either for those who use them or those they use them against” Twilight answered very serious.

“Very well. Could you tell me which the most known ones are?”

“Well, there are Bliss, Sadness, Hope, Hatred... Chaos” Twilight whispered.

“Ah yes, Chaos. Everypony in Equestria has suffered its terrible power” Celestia muttered, remembering his terrible holder.

“Which more?”

“Well, there’s the power of Wrath. Though it only was used once, but left its mark on history”

“Correct, that’s a great story. Do you remember it?”

“Well… It all started thousand years ago when the three breeds of dragons fought for land power. Quetzalcóatl, leader of the snake dragons. Leviathan, leader of the sea dragons. And finally Shenron, leader of the ‘pure’ dragons. The war lasted for several centuries until a powerful the sorcerer from the breed of the pure ones called Asura appeared. The legend says he had formed a weapon made with the wrath of the soldiers and families who had died or lost their loved ones during the war, which gave it a power without equal. He called that weapon ‘The Brahmastra’ and with it, he unified the three clans, putting himself as the King of all the dragons and the newly formed Ikaruga. Thereafter he was known as ‘Asura, the Executioner of Samsara’”

“Correct again, Twilight. A sad yet epic story. Curiously, after the death of King Asura, the Brahmastra was lost and its whereabouts was never known again. Thousands of creatures of all species have gotten lost while traveling to the ends of the earth looking for its whereabouts. But we have one last power left, right, my dear student? Don’t you remember which it is?”

Twilight thought for a moment.

“The power… The power of Love” Twilight finally concluded.

“That’s right, Twilight: Love. The one my niece and your sister in law protects: Cadence. The one that managed to defeat the Changelings when not even you and your friends could”

“But… What does that have to do with me and Spike?”

“Until now, Twilight, I haven’t been able to decipher how and why you could give Spike life that day in the academy. That egg… It had been lost for years, but you gave him life somehow!”

“What are you talking about, Princess? That we and Spike loved each other since before knowing each other? Even before he was born?” Twilight asked skeptically.

“Haha! If you say it like that it sounds very bad. But isn’t it romantic? It’s like he’d been born to love you!” Celestia answered happily.

Twilight was looking at her mentor shocked to see for the first time that side of hers.

“Well, of course I cannot assure it was the magic of Love what interfered in that day. But something is sure, Fate united you two. That’s why when I decided it wouldn’t be prudent that I kept taking care of you Spike, I couldn’t think of anyone better for that task than you. And if this has been the result of the union that was formed that day, I couldn’t be happier for you both”

“Princess Celestia…” Twilight said, getting closer to her mentor and hugging her-

“You must be strong, my little one. The path you both have chosen won’t be easy, but never hesitate you will always have my eternal blessing and support”

“Thank you, Princess” Twilight said with tears of joy.

“I guess you haven’t told your parents yet, have you?”

“N… No. In fact the only ones who know it are Rarity and Applejack… That’s why I can’t imagine who could sent that horrible letter to you” She said, recovering some of her fury when she looked the letter, now on the floor.

“Do not worry about that crap anymore. Whoever did this is someone who’s not happy about the relationship you and Spike have formed. But if they try to cause problems to you, they’ll publically have to deal with me”

“But Princess… Spike is still a minor and he and me…”

“Oh Twilight, calm yourself down. To dragon standards, Spike will be an adult when you have the age of Granny Smith” Celestia joked, but Twilight didn’t take the joke as a comic one.

“Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry, it wasn’t my intention…”

“It’s okay, Princess” Twilight interrupted her.

“I know I will not live anywhere near as long as Spike. That’s why I want to make the most of all the time we have” She smiled melancholically.

“And you will, my little one. Believe me you will” She said, rubbing her face against her cheek.

“And I will look after you two” She whispered to Twilight.

Author's Notes:

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