Moving this to the top, because apparently, people can't read all the way down:
To Whom It May concern, this is canon divergent, and the circumstances in this fic are but the best delivery for the situation that I wish to create. It is not an accusation fic, and those elements will be nothing but background to the primary events of the story. if you added it to one of those collections, please remove it.
He groaned as he woke, and he opened his eyes to the same dirt road he’d fallen asleep aside. Maybe it was the crying, or just the situation hitting him in full force, but Spike woke up exhausted, not even wanting to move an inch from his sleeping position under the tree. He layed in the grass, eyes half lidded, but awake, and he stared at the ground next to him, watching a band of ants trailing along to their anthill. He flinched as he felt a ladybug of all things land on his nose. He stared at it angrily, and given the reason he was out here, he felt it was well deserved. A twist of good birthday luck spurred on an instinct that he didn’t even know he had and a power that he didn’t even know he had turned his happy birthday and the next few days into the worst bad luck he’d ever experienced.
And if this ladybug was meant to represent good luck like ponies said it did, he really could’ve used it two days ago.
Still, his anger crumbled to pieces at a thought that he’d shied away from, because he wanted to believe more than anything that it wasn’t true, he had every reason to think it wasn’t true, but still, it cropped up, like an annoyingly persistent weed that the farmer of his field of thoughts had to tend to and yank up every few minutes.
Even if he hadn’t known this would happen, he could’ve stopped it. He could’ve stopped taking things, stopped trying to build a hoard and now what? He didn’t and he was paying the price for greed. What was the word Twilight used? Avarice. It was Avarice he’d had, and now he was paying the price.
It was all his fault, and he was stuck with the results.
Ponykind knows so little about dragons, and the Greed Growth incident came unexpectedly because of that. Spike, having the terrible magnitude of incident come crashing down on him, runs away from Ponyville, along the way meeting an eccentric Satyr, and encountering the Changelings, as well as whole cabal of powerful deities. Hoping to improve the condition of the Changeling Hive, and wanting a reason to stay away from the Ponies who know so little, and have so much to fear, he finds himself psuedo-adopted by the Changeling Queen. With new powers, a whole host of issues and conflicts to resolve, and friends to try and help from a distance, Spike's hands are more than full, especially with trying to stop Queen Chrysalis from starting a war.
Looks like we found ourselves a new twilight.
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She's stressed. She'll catch up eventually, pretty soon actually, but if you've ever caused a large mess, you've seen how parents act. They get real aggressive and generally hurt your feelings, even if it was an accident, but they usually come around and try to make amends, it's usually because you stressed them out in the moment and they needed to vent.
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PREACH TO THE FUCKING CHOIR MY GUY
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Honestly, I would have just brushed off anything twilight said. You also mentioned something it being the main 6’s fault, how is that?
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No, I mentioned how old they were to make a guess at how old Spike was. Unless there was something in the story that I forgot to cut out.
Edit: On the topic of brushing it off, Spike already felt pretty trash, and that's basically either his mom or his big sister that he's known forever, and they're pretty inseparable for most of the series. That'd be pretty hard to brush off.
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Oh. I guess you might have edited out.
I guess that’s a good point.
Honestly I don’t think twilight is THAT angry at spike I don’t think she meant to say those horrible things she’s probably upset that he didn’t come home is more than likely worried sick and is spending all day and night looking for him
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Absolutely she is. I got plans for that, don't worry.
I read the original, so im actually exited for whats to come. Also, just to know, does "J******" appear and the concept of the original (with spike and all that happens) still happens? Just curious. Also in one of the paragraphs, kip says he looks 13 and later, in another paragraph, spike says that kip thought he was 14, was that a mistake? Anyways, i can't wait to read what happens next.
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That was in fact a mistake. I back tracked and thought I fixed it. I should go back and edit that, but right now Ch. 2 is almost done, so I'm gonna try and finish that before making my edits. Also, yes, that all happens, I'm just trying to slow down. The last version crammed everything into like 3 chapters. I need some breathing room, so I'm gonna pad it out with more relationship stuff.
I actually don’t mind the shorter chapters.
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Awesome
I wonder if the princesses are mad at Twilight for her actions.
Keep up the SUPERB work.
Ok, so far so good. Keep it coming.
Why those two?
The what?
What does that mean?
Why is it working now?
Keep it up, you're doing excellent.
He can do that?
What’s so bad?
I thought Spike wouldn't encounter Twilight & her friends until later.
Okay, this is a very different turn of events. Im interested to see how this goes. So far so good.
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Which one? In any case, Achtung is a german word, typically translated to "watch out" or "Look out" as used in the song title Achtung Baby. In typical MLP fashion, place names are horse puns or horse related. Horse in german is Pferd. Pferd+Germany = Pfermany, and they speak Pferman.
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Thank
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I wanted him to meet with them now because I hate overdrawing things through circumstance. The tracking spell failed because he was in Kipkirui's Pocket Dimension house. Now he wasn't and he's in a forest like down the street from Ponyville, or less than a few hours away, and Twilight and Applejack were already there looking. Tracking Spell works, he's walking, they're running, and they're within a few hundred feet of each other. I'm not gonna come up with some ridiculous reason for them to not meet up now, it would just seem unsatisfying.
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Probably not but this story isn't supposed to be one hundred percent canon.
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Fair enough. It's just that the description mentioned the Changelings & I speculated Spike wouldn't see the main six until later during Canterlot Wedding.
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Well, he won't see ALL of them again until the wedding. For now it's just Twilight and Applejack.
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Fair enough once again.
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Oh ok
Authors note response: Nah its good, sorry you hated making this.
This chapter got me excited. I read the original so i know what to come.
And this is in the forest?
Why?
His spines add to his height?
What just happened?
You live and learn.
What are hardbacks?
Is that gonna be important?
YEEEESSSSSSSS
Nice Job once again.
I’m sorry, but I am so confused.
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Yeah we're in that wheelhouse. Alright, here's how it goes.
The greek gods do exist, most of the stories about them were written by random mortals and the gods usually didn't intervene because they like the drama.
They left their mark on the world in the form of nature magic, primarily harnessed by Satyrs and Zebras.
The gods are mostly active, but they do relegate some of their duties to mortals because it makes their jobs easier. Gods take on "Apprentices" and give them power in exchange for service, like a Warlock from dnd. Kipkirui is one such apprentice, serving the nature gods, Demeter and Pan, as well as Apollo.
Spike's gonna meet a god and...
Well that part is telling. Wait for the next chapter to see.
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I know that some of that, but it’s just a lot to take in.
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And now you know how Spike feels
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Yikes. Now I’m starting to feel sorry for him. Also, is any of this going to be important?
Well, interesting start. And that satyr is very friendly. The cynic in me assumes it's a cover for something.
Why do I feel this will end horribly?
That can only end well.
Well, that was surprising. Now I wonder how the rest of the events in the description play out.