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Okay and finishing out the night one last MLP pic. Did a bit of fan art of Spike. What can I say I like the lil dragon! I have a plush of him even. ^^
Spike sighed as he pulled the bottom drawer of his dresser open and cleared away the cloths. Beneath them were several disposable diapers. He'd quietly bought a package of them a few days ago and had started wearing them at night. He'd been so embarrassed when he bought them but luckily the cashier never said a thing. Spike went through the process he'd been perfecting the last few nights. He got undressed and slid his tail through the back of the diaper and pulled it up into place. He pulled each tape snuggly into place and then grabbed a thing of powder that he'd grabbed from the bathroom and was about to sprinkle some into his diaper when the door creaked open. Twilight was about to say something when she stopped and just stared at the sight for a moment before finally finding her words.
"Spike... Are you..wearing a...d-diaper?" Twilight asked still not quite believing what her eyes were telling her.
"T-twilight? I..um...I..I can explain." Spike stammered blushing deeply and wishing the floor would swallow him.
"Come on Spike." Twilight said regaining her composure as she walked over to his bed and sat down. Spike still blushing walked over and sat down beside her still blushing deeply as he held the powder in his hands. "How long?"
"A...a few days." Spike answered softly, his eyes not meeting hers. "I...I...started w-wetting the bed not long after we moved into the castle."
"I thought you said this was the best sleep you'd gotten?" Twilight asked a bit surprised and a little worried. This starting not long after the move meant it was probably connected.
"I..I lied about that. I just didn't want you to worry." Spike explained stealing a glace at her face which showed the worry he'd expected. "I dunno why it started happening. It just did. I tried hiding the sheets and cleaning up but I was worried you'd find out."
"Spike you should have told me! This sort of thing is important. I could have helped." Twilight said putting a hand on the young dragon's shoulder.
"I didn't want anypony to know! I mean I'm not exactly the toughest around. What would people think if they knew the lil dragon started wetting his bed?" Spike said gripping the bottle of powder a bit tighter and sniffed.
"Have they helped?" Twilight asked gently as she pulled Spike in close and put an arm and a wing around him.
"W-well it keeps the bed dry and I guess I haven't been having as many nightm...." Spike trailed off mid word and cringed catching himself before he finished.
"You've been having nightmares? For how long? What are they about? Why didn't you tell me?" Twilight a bit more quickly than she'd intended. Worry and just a bit of hurt in her voice that Spike didn't feel he could tell her these things before.
"F-for a while now. The wetting happened once or twice before but didn't get bad until the move." Spike said answering the first question bringing his legs up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. He didn't want to say what they were about. Twilight rubbed his shoulder gently and gave him this look and he sniffled once and started again. "It...that vision I saw...the one in Sombra's castle. I've been dreaming about it more and more lately."
"Oh Spike." Twilight sniffed herself as she pulled the young dragon onto her lap feeling his body start to tremble as he forced himself to hold back tears.
"I know it wasn't real. T-that it'll never happen. You'd never abandon me. B-but it feels so real. And it wasn't just you. It was everypony! No matter what I did everyone just went away and then it always got dark and it felt like something was following me. I could feel it! I'd run but I couldn't get away! Its so fast! I cried for anypony but nobody came and..an....an..." Spike trailed off unable to finish as the pitch to his voice rose as he told her about the nightmare and he was finally unable to hold back his tears. He just broke down and couldn't stop crying.
"Shhhh. It's Ok Spike. It's alright. I'm right here. None of us would ever abandon you. I'd scorch Equestria before I let something hurt you." Twilight told him her voice turning form soft to firm as she spoke. And she meant it. Spike was her little brother. She was almost like a mom to him. Anything that would try and hurt him would regret it. Still she held Spike close and let him know she was there. After a little while the tears slowed and stopped and Spike managed to calm down.
"S-sorry. I didn't mean to start blubbering." Spike said sullenly still resting his head on her shoulder.
"It's alright Spike. That's what family's for." Twilight smiled down at him gently rubbing his back. "Tell ya what. Why don't you stay with me tonight? I'll make sure there are no bad dreams."
"Really? You don't mind?" Spike asked hopefully looking up into her eyes.
"Of course. You finished getting your PJs on and then come on." Twilight smiled giving his back a pat.
"Ok! Th-thanks." Spike smiled and blushed again.
Spike got to his feet and went back over to his dresser and got his PJs out and slipped them on. Twilight couldn't help but smile as she watched. With the colder weather Spike was wearing one piece sleepers and knowing what she now knew made him look all the cuter in them. She glanced tot he side and scooped up the plushie Spike had made in Rarity's likeness and tossed it to him. He caught it with a blush and cuddled it close. With that the two made their way to Twilight's room. Spike climbed into her frankly huge bed and curled up under the covers completely while Twilight got read for bed herself. She climbed int and Spike stuck his head out and snuggled up close. Again she wrapped her arms around him and cuddled him close. Spike sighed contently as he laid there in her arms. As long as she held him nothing could hurt him in his mind. Not bad dreams, not hydra, not some menace from a bygone age. He was safe. Admittedly he felt somewhat like a baby in his current state yet it didn't seem to bother him as much as he'd thought. He felt content. It wasn't too long before he drifted off to peaceful slumber. No bad dreams tonight but still likely no dry diaper in the morning.
Well hope you guys liked the pic and the lil story. ^^