My Little Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Chapter 16

In the upstairs room that Applejack was placed in, Spike opened the door, and said "We've done it, Applejack! We've beaten them back! Come and see!" There was no response, so he looked at Applejack to see that she was not moving at all. He went up to her as he said "Applejack? Wake up! You're safe now!" Applejack still didn't respond, so Spike looked at her as he said "Applejack?" When he realized that she was still not moving, he muttered "Oh no!" He got a spoonful of water, and brought it over to Applejack while Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle watched with sad looks on their faces. Spike then poured the spoonful of water into Applejack's mouth to make her drink it. Unfortunately, it didn't work. Spike dropped the spoon in horror when he realized that Applejack is dead as tears ran down his face, and he muttered "Oh no." Twilight Sparkle slowly closed the door with her magic as Spike held onto Applejack's lifeless body, and cried his eyes out. As he continued to cry, Discord opened the door, and slowly entered the room while holding a dagger behind his back. He placed his paw on Spike's back as he said "You killed her." "It was my duty, horrible as it was." Discord said pretending to be sympathetic and caring. "I hope you can forgive me."

Spike didn't say anything else as he still held onto Applejack's body, and Discord said "There, there, Spike, I know it hurts. But now, the time has come to end your suffering. Forever." Spike looked up to see Discord's shadow holding the dagger up in the air, and gasped as he turned to see him preparing to stab him. He quickly grabbed him before he could stab him. They wrestled with each other, and with all his might, Spike pushed Discord to the ground. Discord backed away from Spike who looked like he was gonna stab him as he said "Now, now, listen to me, Spike." "NO, YOU LISTEN!" Spike said in anger as he threw the dagger away. "All my life you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place! But now, I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is creatures like you!" "Spike?" A voice asked. Spike turned around to see Applejack waking up, revealing that she wasn't really dead after all. He ran up to her as he said "Applejack!" As he picked her up with all of his dragon strength, Discord took out a sword, and said "She lives!" "No!" Spike said as he bolted out of the room while carrying Applejack in his arms. Discord followed, but went he got out of the room, Spike and Applejack were nowhere to be seen. He went over to the right corner, but they were not there. He looked left and right, and he looked over the edge to see Spike and Applejack hanging on a pony gargoyle head as he said "Leaving so soon?" Discord swung at them with the sword, but they dodged it, and jumped to another pony gargoyle head.

One of the pony soldiers looked up to see Spike and Applejack hanging on as he said "Look! Up there!" Discord prepared to swing again as Spike said "Hang on!" They swung off, and narrowly dodged a couple of Discord's blows. Spike then placed Applejack on the balcony as Discord cornered him, and said "I should have known you'd risk your life to save that earth pony. Just as your own mother died trying to save you." Spike stared in shock as he said "What?!" "Now I'm going to do what I should have done twenty years ago!" Discord said as he covered Spike's head with a cape. But as he tried to throw him off the balcony, the dragon pulled off, and almost fell off, but he caught the edge, and Discord hung from the end of the cape. Applejack quickly grabbed Spike who passed out as she said "Hold on! Hold on!" Discord grabbed onto another pony gargoyle, and stood on it as he chuckled sinisterly. As he prepared to strike Applejack who stared in fear, he said "And he shall smite the wicked, and plunge them into the fiery pit!" The pony gargoyle suddenly began to crack as Discord lost his balance, and clung onto it. Suddenly, it came to life, and roared as Discord who screamed. The pony gargoyle broke off, and fell, taking a screaming Discord with him. He landed in the liquid fire, and burned to death.

Applejack started to loose her grip on Spike as she said "Spike! Spike!" Spike slipped from Applejack's grip as she said "NO!" Spike almost fell to his death, but thankfully, AJ caught him in a nick of time, and Applejack ran to the floor below her. AJ pulled Spike onto the balcony, and he woke up. He smiled, and hugged AJ. Applejack ran towards them, and smiled. Spike went up to her, and gave her a hug. He then connected her and AJ's hooves together, and they shared a kiss as he smiled. They went down to the first floor, and AJ and Applejack walked out the door as the sun rose into the sky, and the crowd cheered. Applejack went up to the door, and nudged Spike to step out. The dragon stepped out as he shielded his eyes from the sun. Once his vison started clearing, Sweetie Belle slowly went up to him, and gently petted his face. They shared a hug, and they went into the crowd as Trixie said "Three cheers for Spike the dragon!" The crowd cheered as they lifted Spike in the air as they walked away to celebrate. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle smiled as they watched Spike go celebrate with the ponies. Some of the parasprites landed on Twilight Sparkle, and she shooed them away as she said "Don't you ever migrate?!" In the end, each of the outcasts helped one another to maintain their place of acceptance in Equestria, and within themselves.

The end.