Spike had been in Port Regal for about a week, and he had become affectionate towards Lucy. Even though they weren't properly married, or even engaged, Lucy agreed to go with Spike after the treaty with Marleybone was finalized.

Spike had just awoken in the quarters of the HMS Pinafore that Twilight had let him use. He walked out into town, heading to the local library, which was a favorite place of his, he enjoyed reading.

As Spike walked through town, his Orichalcum eye glowed for a moment, and as it did, he heard a faint but familiar voice, "Son... hear me..." The voice who he heard wasn't his mother, it was his father, Braveheart.

Spike was shocked that he was hearing his late father's voice, but he shook his head and said to himself, "I must be imagining things..."

Braveheart's voice spoke again, "My son... find me... find my grave... El Dorado... Bahamut's legend..." before fading completely.

Spike shook his head again, until he heard the voice say "El Dorado... Bahamut's legend..." He headed back to the docks, looking for Twilight. When he couldn't find her on the ship, he assumed she was at the library. He headed back to the library to see Twilight sitting in a chair reading, "Of Rats and Apes" He went over to her and whispered, "We need to get back to the ship. We're not leaving, I just need to ask you something without prying ears."

Before Twilight could answer, Spike grabbed her arm and pulled her to the ship, after returning the book of course. When Twilight pulled her arm back and said, "For Faust's sake Spike, if you're that horny, I-"

Spike interrupted her, "First of all, it's not that. Second, why do you think I brought Morgan on this trip?"

Morgan yelled out from one of the nearby quarters, "I heard that!"

Twilight sighed, "Ok, then why did you drag me back to the ship?"

Spike explained, "I heard my father's voice, he told me to find him... and he mentioned Bahamut's legend, El Dorado, the lost city of gold."

Twilight was shocked to hear that Spike heard the voice of his late father. She couldn't think of a way to explain it, before noticing that Spike's Orichalcum was red instead of the standard green ones. "Spike, did you ever notice your eye? I always remember Orichalcum eyes being green, not red."

Spike raised an eyebrow before looking in a mirror and noticing it was true. Orichalcum Eyes are made from a magic crystal called the Orichalcum Stones. They were more than just eyes, they enhanced one's natural vision, and through an Orichalcum Eye, you could even see things nobody else can. But Orichalcum Stones were always green, nobody had ever reported about seeing other colors in the mines.

Twilight thought for a moment, "Maybe the reason you heard your father's voice has to do with your unorthodox Orichalcum Eye."

"That would explain it, but not to a full degree." before taking out his necklace and contacting his mother, "Mother, I was wondering, is there anything in the Royal Archives regarding Orichalcum Eyes? I've only just noticed that mine is red instead of the green we're used to seeing."

Luna had heard the conversation and walked over, "The Archives aren't exactly the Ponyville library, it could take us weeks, if not months to find information on the existence of a red Orichalcum Stone."

Celestia nodded, sighing. She then thought of an idea and said, "I'll be back in a moment, I'm going to ask the matron that did the surgery, maybe she knows." before going to the castle's infirmary and asking the matron she recognized as the one from when Spike lost his eye, "Do you know anything about the Orichalcum Eye you gave my son? The stone is red, not green. I've never heard of red Orichalcum Stones."

The matron seemed just as confused and replied, "Your majesty, I'm afraid I don't understand either. I just grabbed an Orichalcum Eye from our storage, I was paying more attention to properly getting it into place than I was to the color of the Orichalcum Stone."

Celestia nodded, but she still seemed a bit upset, "I understand. Forgive me if I came off as disgruntled." Before returning to her crystal ball and telling Spike and Twilight, "The matron says she was more focused on properly getting the eye into place than she was at the eye itself. I'll be having some of our researchers and alchemists look into the possibility of a red Orichalcum Stone. If anything else happens with the effects of the eye, let me know."

Spike nodded, "Yes mother." He didn't have the heart to tell her that he heard his father's voice and disconnected the call. As the call ended, Spike sighed. "Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place."

Twilight smiled, "I have the perfect way to relieve some stress. Morgan, you in?"

Morgan stepped out of her quarters and smiled, "Merci Twilight, I would love to help the Captain relieve some stress."

One Sex Scene Later...

"Hey, wait a minute! Why are you just doing a time jump? No detail on the sex? Explain!"

What, do you expect me to write out an entire sex scene for something as simple as stress relief? I have more important things than that.

"Like what?"

Coming up with a way to introduce Penelope into the harem, brainstorming what happens when the Monquistans realize that their Valencian allies are really clockworks in disguise, coming up with an extension that picks up from when Blueblood was arrested. Need I say more?

"..."

That's what I thought. Now, where were we? Ah, yes.

Spike, Twilight, and Morgan were laying next to each other in the bed with the sheets covering most of their bodies. They each got dressed and shared a passionate kiss before returning to the deck of the ship. Spike headed back into town to take a look at things he hadn't gotten to see while he was with Lucy.

Lucy was walking out of a shop when she saw Spike and waved to him, "Spike!" before walking over to him, "It's nice to see you again. I was wondering if you'd like to see the design I sketched for the tailors. If I'm going to be one of your wives and crewmates, I thought I should look the part."

Spike kissed Lucy's cheek and said, "That sounds great, I'd love to see what you came up with." He looked through Lucy's sketchbook and saw the design and smiled, "I think you'll look great in that Lucy."

Lucy blushed but smiled, "Thank you Spike. You really know how to charm a girl." before kissing his cheek and saying, "I must be going, my mother get upset when I miss supper. Would you like to join us?"

Spike shook his head, "I'd love to, but I've recently been expecting a message from a liaison to the Minster of War, so I have to get back to my ship."

Lucy was a bit upset she wasn't able to spend a bit more time with Spike, but smiled anyway, "That's fine, we can schedule something that doesn't get in the way of our daily lives. I hope the Minister's liaison has good news." before heading back to the Govenor's mansion as Spike went towards the docks.

And so, Spike has received a cryptic message from his father. But his father is dead, isn't he? How can you get a message from a dead person? Spike's uniquely colored Orichalcum Eye may have something to do with it, but nobody has ever seen an Orichalcum Eye, nor the Orichalcum Stones they are made from, in any color but green. Does his red Orichalcum Eye have different powers?

Find out next time!

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