Your Time is Up Chapter 1: Final Hours

"TWILIGHT!" screamed Spike as he ran up to Twilight who was stabbed by Starlight's magic blast to the chest.

The blood spilled over to the ground into the sand as Spike looked over at her dead body, tearing up before ultimately sobbing on Twi's now dead body with Starlight looking over laughing triumply.

"Why? Why did you do this?" asked Spike having tears of anger sting his cheeks as his fists clenched tightly.

The light purple unicorn walked past Spike then used her staff to take away Twilight's cutie mark.

"Why did I do this? Oh dear Spike you have to understand, Twilight has been a pain in my flank for far too long because now Time is on my side. Now as much as I want to engage in this conversation further I must bring in some old friends for a total Equestria Takeover so see ya dragon breath" explained Starlight as she disappeared through a portal.

All Spike could do was look at what Starlight did and couldn't believe that her best friend was gone.

"Don't worry Twilight I will find a way to stop Starlight I promise" proclaimed Spike as he closed her eyes leaving her there.

Spike began the long journey home.

12 days earlier

The morning birds were chirping as Twilight woke up yawning from a goodnight's sleep, looking over her side of the bed to see her most lovable assistant Spike still asleep cuddling his sewed up Rarity doll in his arms.

"Heh the poor dragon I worked him to the bone, he deserves this" said Twilight placing a light kiss on his forehead as she trotted out of the bedroom quietly letting Spike sleep for some more time.

Between Spike and Twilight it was as if they were like mother and son if that son happened to be a dragon. The purple alicorn laughed at the fact of all the adventures they spent together whether they be good or bad Twilight didn't really care as long as she gets to spend some time with her lovable dragon. She made some pancakes with some syrup along with blueberries Rarity picked out for them last week that Twi kept in her jar where she would put them in the pantry to keep them looking fresh. Spike woke up a few mins later and could smell pancakes from downstairs so he followed the lovely scent until he arrived at the table where a plate of blueberry pancakes sitting on the table waiting for Spike to partake in them. Twilight watches him giggling.

"Slow down there Spike I don't want you to choke not like last time" joked Twilight.

"You and I both know that was my mistake of having a cork in my mouth" said Spike.

"Ok I'll believe that" teased Twilight eating her pancakes.

The two of them enjoyed some well deserved pancakes until a scream was heard not too far from here and it sounded frantic. Twilight jerked a bit, grabbing Spike before trotting outside to the source of the scream which was at the Carousel Boutique where Rarity laid on her back hyperventilating from something.

"Spike hit her with this!" said Twilight giving her assistant a syringe.

Without any hesitation, he jabbed the syringe into Rarity's neck pressing his thumb down so the liquid could enter her bloodstream. This stopped the hyperventilation but regulated the white unicorn's heartbeat back to normal but was sweating profusely. Twilight levitated her onto a bed so she can rest up a little, normally this would be the time to get some answers from Rarity.

I don't think she has the breath to even talk clearly so I think it's best to not disturb her thought Twilight putting her hoof underneath her chin thinking.

"What do you think might of happened?" asked Spike putting a cool rag on top of Rarity's forehead.

"Good question, I'm sure Rarity isn't allergic to anything that isn't fashioned related so that leaves something else out" started Twilight trotting around the room to search for some kind a clue.

Looking around the room she stepped on a bunch of broken glass leading to the window as if someone broke in through the window.

Looks like a sign of forced entry but by who?

Twilight looked down to find a hair or some kind of weapon that caused Rarity to hyperventilate.

"Hey Twilight I found something!" shouted Spike from another room.

Twilight trotted quickly to where Spike was and investigated the scene as he showed her friend a piece of hair which was a light purple a lighter shade coat that Twilight had which means whoever did this left a nasty surprise behind.

"Who do you think could've done this Twi?" asked Spike curiously.

"I have a hunch of who it might be...Starlight Glimmer" said Twilight starting to frown.

"Uh oh I don't like it when you frown like that" said Spike backing away a bit.

Twilight levitated Spike onto her back then galloped out of the Boutique quickly darting through crowds. Starlight was the one who did this to get her attention so she darted back home to see Starlight standing there at the front door.

"Nice of you to come home Twilight Sparkle" said Starlight with a sinister smirk.

"You're not going to screw up time again" said Spike sternly as he stood between Twilight and Starlight.

The light purple unicorn kicked Spike away causing him to skid on the ground until he stopped with Twilight watching in horror then anger.

"Oops my hoof slipped" teased Starlight.