Author's Notes:

After receiving some much valid criticism ( and rereading the chapter myself) this chapter has been rewritten to less stupid.

“Stargazer.”

Stargazer wasted no time. He charged at Spike revealing that shiny object in his hand to be a large knife. Seeing this, Spike quickly moved out of the way just as Stargazer went to stab him.

“W-what are doing?” Spike asked.

“Shut up lizard!” Stargazer yelled then move for another attack. Spike managed to dodge the second attack but in doing so he tripped and fell over. Taking this chance, Stargazer jumped and landed on top of Spike. He used both hands to bring down the knife but Spike grabbed them inches away from his body.

“It’s because of you!” said Stargazer. “She left me because of you!”

“What are you talking about?!”

Stargazer pushed down harder causing the knife to get closer to Spike’s body. Spike, using most of his strength, managed to push back and throw Stargazer off; dropping the knife. Spike quickly started to crawl to get to the knife, but Stargazer grabbed him a pull him away from it. “Me and Twilight had something beautiful.” he said as he picked Spike up. “We were going to have a big a bright future together, but then you came along and fucked it all up.” Stargazer threw Spike against a tree with a loud thud. Spike groaned in pain.

“I...I didn’t....d-do anything.” Spike said, feeling the pain.

“You exist.” Stargazer said as he started to gather blue magical energy in his right hand. Spike managed to move out of the way as the magical blast came at him. The attack hit the tree; cutting it in half and causing it to fall over. Spike was off guard when Stargazer charged at him; picking him up and throwing him next to the pond. Running over, Stargazer grabbed Spike’s head and dunked it in the water; hold him down as he struggled for air.

“Dammit, why won’t you DIE!” Stargazer yelled.

As Spike started to feel himself lose consciousness, he managed to get one of his hands on Stargazer’s and dug his sharp claws into them. The unicorn screamed in pain as he let go of Spike. The teenaged dragon raised his head from the water coughing and gasping for air. It was clear that Stargazer wanted to kill him. But why? What did Spike ever do to him? He alway made sure to keep a good distance away from him whenever he and Twilight got together, so why? Spike didn’t have time to think about that right now as he saw Stargazer coming back at him. Thinking fast, he took a deep breath and exhaled a wave of green fire; making a wall and stopping Stargazer in his tracks. Spike struggled to stand up seeing as how he was still recovering and his crutches were far away from and managed to slowly but surely get away. Stargazer used his magic to extinguish the green flames and noticed that Spike was gone. He growled in frustration then went to get his knife and started to look for the dragon.

Spike had made it to the entrance to ballroom; hoping to find somepony, anypony to help him. As he walked in he saw the debris everywhere, two large holes in the walls, a destroyed stage, and a wreck food table. “What happened?” he thought. Spike couldn’t stay there long seeing as how Stargazer was catching up to him. Spike leaned against the wall as he started to move forward. He didn’t get far when he felt a tremendous pain in his right leg that caused him to yell out in pain and fall over. Spike saw that he’d been stabbed with a glowing knife. Looking up, he saw Stargazer making his way towards him. Scared for his life, Spike tried to crawl away but Stargazer soon put a stop to that by stepping on the knife; digging it deeper into Spike’s leg causing him to scream out. Spike screamed ever louder when Stargazer violently pulled out the knife causing blood poor out. Stargazer then picked up Spike and then threw him into a pile of debris.

“Me and Twilight were going to have a bright future together, something beautiful.” he said as he started to walk towards Spike; his anger building up. “YOU TOOK ALL THAT AWAY FROM ME! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING! I’M GONNA KILL YOU!”

Spike slowly started to sit up but was soon kicked in the face. Stargazer managed to stab Spike in his left shoulder causing the dragon to scream out in even more pain. Spike tried to get away but Stargazer grabbed him by the neck and started to squeeze the air out of him as he got ready for one more attack. Spike moved his right hand to grabbed onto Stargazer’s arm in an attempt to pull him off his neck. Spike’s vision started to get blurry and he was finding it hard to breath. On top of that, he was losing blood from both his stab wounds. He could feel the pressure around his neck increasing each second as his eyes widen while he was desperately gasping for air.

“Nopony loves you, lizard!” Stargazer continued. “Not Twilight, not Celestia, not even you’re own damn birth parents. They just pity you. That’s the only reason they keep you around!”

“T-that’s a lie.” Spike thought.

“And deep down, you know it’s true." Stargazer continued. “You were born alone, and you’ll die alone.” The unicorn was about to bring the knife down when Spike yelled out “NO” then grabbed a steel pipe and hit Stargazer over the head with it. Stargazer grabbed his head and screamed out in pain as he moved off of Spike. Spike coughed hard trying to catch his breath as he slowly rose to his feet. With the steel pipe in hand, Spike struck Stargazer in the back; sending the unicorn to the ground. As Spike was going for another attack, Stargazer quickly responded by firing a blast of magical energy sending Spike flying into the wall on the other side of the room. Forgoing the pain in his back, Stargazer stood up and prepared to fire another blast at Spike. Spike groaned and opened his eyes just in time to see a ball of magical energy coming at him at a fast pace. Spike quickly moved out the way as Stargazer’s attack hit the wall; blowing up on impact and sending Spike flying a few feet away. Stargazer used his magic to launch himself at Spike who quickly grabbed his steel pipe and swung with all his might; hitting Stargazer in the side causing him to crash onto the floor. Stargazer rose to his feet with his knife in hand and charged at Spike with hopes of stabbing him. Spike used the steel pipe to parry all oncoming attacks. Every now and then Stargazer would manage to get a few cuts on Spike’s hands but that didn’t satisfy him in the least.

Stargazer managed to grab hold of Spike’s steel pipe and ripped it out of his grasp by delivering a strong kick to the dragon’s chest; knocking him on his back. Spike quickly sat up and and blew a wave of green fire at Stargazer’s feet; stopping him from advancing further, but Stargazer quickly extinguished the flames using his own magic. Spike began moving to stand up, but Stargazer put an end to that by kicking Spike hard in the face sending him back on his back. Spike was going to exhale more of his green flames but Stargazer saw that coming a mile away. He stomped down on Spike neck; chocking the dragon so he can’t attack. Feeling immense pressure and pain, Spike struggled to get free by grabbing Stargazer’s leg and trying to move his foot but the unicorn just applied more pressure. Spike quickly moved his hand around desperately trying to find something, anything that would help him. He soon felt a sharp object and grabbed it. Using what strength he had left, Spike jabbed the object into Stargazer’s leg causing him to yell out once again. Stargazer moved his foot from Spike’s neck allowing him to breathe but then quickly kicked Spike on the head with his other foot as retaliation for stabbing him. After pulling the object out of his leg, Stargazer went back to Spike and began stomping on him at a furious rate. Spike quickly rolled over and curled himself up into a ball as Stargazer began to stomp on his head.

After a while, Stargazer levitated Spike’s body in the air then threw him across the room. Spike hit the wall hard before falling to the floor. Looking up, he saw Stargazer launching himself at him. With no time to react, Spike braced himself for the oncoming impact. Stargazer’s fist connected with Spike; sending him face first into the ground. Stargazer then grabbed Spike by the head and picked him; looking him in the eye. “Twilight would be better off without you.” Stargazer said with venom.

In one swift move, Stargazer grabbed his knife and stabbed Spike on his right side. The pain he felt was so immense that when he opened his mouth to scream, no sound came out. Stargazer yanked the knife out and blood started to pour out of the dragon’s body. Stargazer dropped Spike on the floor and kicked him on his back. “We’d all be better off without you.” Stargazer said as he looked down at the dragon holding his side and writhing in pain. “One less lizard in the world.” Stargazer prepared for the final attack.

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Princess Celestia had finished her fight with Dragon Lord Atomsk. As she turned away, the princess paused as her sixth sense kicked in. A sense she had gotten ever since Spike was hatched. Her mommy sense. “Spike.” she whispered as she turned back around to witness the dark aura. Wasting no time, she spread her wings and took off towards the kingdom; leaving the dragon lord.

Celestia flew faster and faster until she hit Mach 5 speed. The fear that her son was in trouble was too great. She had to get to him no matter what.

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Stargazer kneeled down on top of Spike with knife in hand. Using both hands, he raised it high above his head and smiled evilly at Spike. Spike’s eyes were on the knife as it started to come down. He squeezed his eyes shut as he wished one last time for somepony, anypony to save him.

*BOOM!*

A white beam of light crashed through the wall and in the blink of an eye Stargazer disappeared. The unicorn was now pinned to the wall on the other side of the room. He opened his eyes to see a very pissed off Celestia. Her eyes were pitch black and her pupils her as red as blood all while black lightning was surround her body. Stargazer wasn’t just looking at an angry princess, he was looking at death itself. Celestia held Stargazer up by his neck with her left hand while balling her right into a fist. Stargazer’s eyes widen as Celestia’s fist started glowing with black lightning surrounding it. Gritting her teeth, Celestia used most of her strength to punch Stargazer through the wall; blood splattering over her face as she watch Stargazer’s body fly all the to the other side of the kingdom.

Spike laid on the floor staring at the ceiling with no idea who it was that saved him as more and more blood started to leave his body. Seconds later, he saw Celestia, with tears streaming down her face, screaming at him and shaking his body. In his now weaken state, he had no idea what she was saying. Spike was finding it difficult to keep his eyes opened any longer. He slowly started to close them which caused Celestia to scream his name even more hysterically than she already was. Spike’s vision got blurrier and blurrier until his eyes finally closed and there was darkness.