hello, i am [retracted]

I have put together a mlp fim fan story and wanted to make it an audio video to be posted on youtube

I already have some people who will help me with the voices, but I still need more. I was wondering if you yourself could help or if someine you knew could help?

the list of characters in the story are
Twilight Sparkle
AJ
Pinkie Pie
Rainbow Dash
Fluttershy
Rarity
Apep - will explin in the story
Shining Armor
Spike - as a late teen early adult
Princess Luna
Princess Celestia
Big Mac

one of my friends NRG Pony wants to voice Apep and has an exceptional audio synthesiser that manipulates his voice into a very demonic sounding clip.

The story is below if yo uwant to review it it is long, aprox. 14 pages in a word doc (which i suggest you paste into for reading convienience)

I hope you enjoy and that you will be able to help

A dragon's heart
It was a cold winter's eve and Twilight Sparkle was enjoying the warmth of the fire inside her library. Spike lay curled around her chair; no longer a baby dragon he was several ponies in length and had finally grown a pair of wings. Even though he looked fearsome, in his heart he was still the loving loyal assistant that he had been since a hatchling. The wind tussled with the now bare branches of the library causing the tree to groan occasionally, but the peaceful night was unlike any other that Spike or twilight had encountered in a long time.
"Spike?" Twilight asks trying to initiate a conversation. Spike's eyes remain closed, and appears to be in slumber. "Spike I know you're not asleep yet, c'mon" she gives a gentle nudge to one of his now razor neck spines. He rapidly opens his two sets of eyelids revealing a large emerald eye and lets out a yawn revealing several layers of sharp ivory teeth. "What you go and do that for Twi?" he asks mocking a sleepy tone, "can't you let a dragon sleep these days?" he asks as he lies his head back down on his forepaws.
"I was just wondering," said Twilight, "Do you remember when we first moved to Ponyville?". "Of course I remember" spike replies, "You said that the future of equestrian did not rely on you making friends, boy were you wrong". Twilight chuckles in return, "Yes I was wrong, and I couldn't be happier with the home I live in or the friends I have made". She slips into a comfortable position in her chair and watches spike blow smoke rings until they hear the door to the library fly open, sending loose papers flying throughout the room,
In the door stands Big Macintosh, looking beaten and injured. "Twilight" says the usually quiet colt, "Something is going amiss, at the farm me and AJ heard several of our trees crashing to the ground, we thought it was just on account of the storm but then we all heard a noise. It was like nothing I have never heard before. I told everypony to stay inside while I go and check it out. When I got to the southern fields everything looked ok until a tree flew at me. Again I dismissed as the wind until three more trees flew at me with dead aim. After I dodged them I saw, well I don't know what it was, but it looked like it had the head and legs of a crocodile, neck of a snake and body of a serpent. Oh, and it could use magic!". "How do you know if it could use magic?" Twilight asks as she frantically rummages through her books. "Because when I charged it trying to scare it away, it just laughed at me and shot a red ball of magi... ...ah!"
Big Mac falls to the floor but spike is able to catch him and lower him down. When he is in the better light of the fire, Twilight and Spike can both see that along his left flank is an enormous wound that burned all the way down to Big Mac's hip. "What happened" Twilight asks in shock. "I couldn't dodge the fire ball he shot at me and it knocked me out" Big Mac replies. "When I came around the monster was gone. I limped home as fast as I could, seeing the family was safe, I ran here as fast as I could to see if you could help and..."
"Big Mac!" shouts the out of breath voices of Apple Jack. "What in tarnation is going on? You just stormed into the house, shouted as if you'd seen a ghost and took off without an explanation. I've been chasing you down for the past half hour and I want some ans..." Apple Jack stops when she sees her brother's wound and immediately runs over to him by the fire. "Big Mac, was there something in the orchards?" "Eeyup" Big Mac says between his clenched teeth while Spike dresses the wound. "Did it do that to you?" Apple Jack asks horrified. "Eeyup" Big Mac responds breathing shallowly. Apple Jack sits next to Big Mac comforting her brother in whatever way she can, "Do you know what it was?" she asks. "Nope" Big Mac says before drinking a pain killer that spike has made for him.
"Big Mac, I am going to have to cauterize the wound until we can get you to a doctor" Spike says in a compassionate and gentle voice, "We can't risk it getting infected, I promise I will make it as quick and painless as possible". "Do it!" Big Mac says bracing himself between clenched teeth. "AJ, the elixir that I gave him will dull the pain a little, but the cauterization is still going to be excruciating, I need you to hold him down while I do this" Spike tells Apple Jack. She holds Big Mac down and try's to calm him a little. Spike angles Big Mac's flank as to make a clean burn and draws in a large breath. With precision and intensity he breathes a stream of green fire onto the wound. Big Mac's body tenses up from the pain and he grits his teeth trying to bear the secondary burn.
Spike immediately rubs a poultice of cooling herbs onto Big Mac's flank bringing immediate relief to his face. "Where did you learn medicine from Spike?" Apple Jack asks amazed. I studied under Zecora for a few years just as a means of learning. I had a feeling that it would someday come in handy" Spike answers while bandaging the wound. "I may be a healer, but I am no doctor, I am going to have to fly him to the Canterlot hospital where he can get immediate medical attention." "Thank you Spike" Apple Jack says tearfully and gives him a hug.
Spike holds Big Mac in his fore arms and prepares to fly through the gale to Canterlot when all heads turn to Twilight letting out a scream; she stands terrified with a book lying on the ground. Spike goes and picks up the book and opens it to the section that it fell on. "No!" Spike says his eyes in wide horror. "Spike, what is it?" Apple Jack asks worriedly. "It's Apep" Twilight answers snapping out of shock. "He is a demon of darkness, destruction, and chaos. He is like the big, big, BIG brother of Discord, much more ancient, and much more evil". "But I thought his physical form was killed and his spirit was trapped in the underworld" spike says frantically flipping through the book.
"It was, but his spirit must have somehow escaped the underworld and was reincarnated into the flesh" says Twilight frantically. "He is going to wreak vengeance on the entire world! Spike Send this letter to Princess Celestia and Luna, telling them we need the Elements of Harmony and their assistance" Spike immediately ignites the paper magically sending it to Canterlot. "Now go take big Mac to the Canterlot hospital". "No" groans Big Mac, "You're going to need Spike for the battle, I can manage until it's over". "I'll be back as soon as I can to help Twi" says Spike taking off before Big Mac can say another word.
Apple Jack and Twilight run through the howling winds to rally their other friends to help them get ready to fight the Demon and tell the residence of Ponyville to stay indoors and wait for the ordeal to end. "This is simply horrible" Rarity shouts, trying to be heard over the gale. "Will Spike be alright flying through this wind? I mean look at Rainbow Dash, she is grounded simply because of the force it is blowing" "Hey, I could fly through this wind no problem if I wanted to" says Rainbow Dash unfurling her wings simply to be knocked back by the sheer power of the Gale. Twilight rolls her eyes. "What Spike can't make for in speed he exceeds in endurance and strength. Don't worry, he will be fine Rarity" Twilight assures. "I certainly hope so" Rarity says distantly looking into the dark over looming clouds.
Over the past few years as Spike has been maturing, Rarity has been beginning to feel the same attachment Spike has always held for her. But as he becomes older, his pursuit for her has begun to fade. She fears that she has pushed him to far away now and that his feelings are beginning to disappear.
"So what exactly is Apep Twilight?" Fluttershy says, inaudible over the gale force winds. "What" Twilight shouts. "I said what is Apep?" "Apep is a demon from ancient times, he is the bane of darkness destruction and chaos, and he will probably destroy the world if we can't stop him" Twilight says. "Oh" whimpers Fluttershy.
"We're here" Twilight says. "Princess Celestia and Luna should be here any mome..." A Blinding Yellow and Dark Blue Flash appears revealing the two princess sister accompanied by Shining Armor. "Twily!" Shining Armor shouts, "Is every one alright?" "Nothing has happened so far" Twilight answers. "Where's Spike?" Shining Armor asks. "He had to take my big brother to Canterlot for a doctor" Apple Jack tells him. "Too bad we could really have used his help" Shining Armor says. "Hopefully we won't" Twilight tells her brother.
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, I am so glad that you were able to come" "It is good to see you Twilight" Princess Celestia tells her. "How did you find time to come and help us with this, don't you have a lot of important things to take care of in Canterlot?" Pinkie Pie asks. "Apep is an ancient foe and he takes top priority at the moment" Princess Luna explains. "I have brought the Elements of Harmony as you asked Twilight, equip yourself and your friends and we will go and confront this monster together" Princess Celestia says while she hands the chest containing the most powerful weapon in equestrian to Twilight.
Twilight and her friends outfit themselves with the elements and assemble ready to face Apep and defeat him to defend the land they love. "Are you and your friends ready Twilight?" Princess Celestia asks, "We are ready" Twilight responds. Both Celestia and Luna step up together and in one voice shout "HEAR US OH DEMON OF THE ABYSS! FOR TOO LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FREED FROM YOUR FIERY PRISON, YOU WILL NOW CONFRONT US AND RETURN TO THE UNDERWOLRD FROM WHENCE YOU CAME! SHOW YOUR FACE YOU VILE BEAST OF DARKENSS, OR ARE YOU TOO COWARD TO FIGHT!"
The two princesses step back and wait for their call to be heard. For the next few minutes nothing happens, but then the ground begins to rumble, "He comes" Princess Celestia tells everyone. The rumble turns into a quake and then the ground itself rises and falls, tears and clashes, and in a fiery eruption from the pit of the earth a shadow of an enormous monster rises. It bears the fangs and neck of a snake, the head and legs of a crocodile, and the body and wings of a serpent. Its eyes are two crimson flames that burn with eternal hatred and lust for death and destruction. It hisses at its opposition extending a barbed black tongue. "Ah, Princess SSSSelestia, Princess Luna, I thought I recognized that ssssickeningly ssssweet voice. And what have we here, the Elements of Harmony? Now I am really ssssscared" says the demon monster. As he speaks his breath reeks of death and decay.
"Apep, how did you escape your prison? I thought that the Spells and Enchantments we cast would keep you forever" Princess Celestia shouts at the monster. "Oh, it wasn't hard; I just had to wait for the right time. Now, you have no power to stop me, none of you do!" Apep immediately lunges, everyone jumps out of the way just in time to regroup and prepare their counter attack. Celestia and Luna combine their power and focus it into a single beam of pure light and balance, this offence gives Twilight and her friends enough time to group and utilize the Elements of Harmony while Shining Armor throws lances of magical energy at some of the demons weaker spots. Twilight begins the magic and the Elements are activated.
Just as the Rainbow beam comes in contact with Apep he lets out a maniacal laugh and begins to corrupt the beam. The darkness travels all the way to Twilight and her friends causing a large explosion that knocks everyone including the Princess Sisters back. The Elements of Harmony are tarnished and black. Princess Celestia and Luna are unconscious and shining armor becomes weaker creating a force field protecting everyone from the assaulted of magic and fangs from Apep.
Twilight tries to use the elements again, but they simply lend more strength to Apep. Shining Armor's force filed fails and Apep takes a final lunge at everyone. Shining Armor jumps to protect his sister, Princess and friends but is swept aside with Apep's Sharp talon leaving a large gash across his chest. Twilight unleashes an assault of magical spells to try and ward off Apep but is to no avail. As a last resort rainbow dash dives in attempting a Sonic Rainboom to at least disorient the monster and help her friends escape, but is stopped by a beam of energy that has her come crashing down to earth.
Twilight is hopeless; her friends are injured and incapacitated, Shining Armor lays bleeding to death and the Princesses have been overtaken by Apep's power. She looks up one more time to face her enemy as he prepares for the final blow. Apep raises his arm reciting an incantation of an ancient evil language. Twilight closes her eyes and takes in the feeling of the wind through her hair preparing to die. Apep now holds a monstrous crimson ball of energy snapping and popping with power waiting to do its evil task.
"Do you know what this is?" Apep asks triumphantly. Twilight ignores him trying to enjoy her last remaining moments alive. "This is a Carconic Orb of Devastation. This here will ultimately destroy you by bringing your greatest fears and nightmares to life. You will be tormented until you have no more will to live and I will engross all of your energy and magic. Nothing will be able to stop me now. Have you any last remarks?"
Twilight says nothing and lets a final tear roll down her cheek. "Very well" Apep says and raises his arm for the final blow. Apep lets out a monstrous war screech ready for the kill when an even louder roar shakes the earth. Apep has only enough time look up before a green inferno envelope him causing the Orb to die out. Following the flame Spike impacts Apep with enough force to throw him back several hundred yards. Spike recovers from the strike and stands defensively between the demon and his friends. He unleashes another roar and charges at Apep knocking him down again. The two embrace in a death roll neither one willing to break. Spike scales allow him to be protected from Apep's poisoned fangs but his wings are shredded and bloodied when they finally break apart. Spike and Apep circle each other hurling several mock blows and hisses.
Finally Apep speaks to Spike, in a cool and sinister voice "You are definitely unlike anything I have ever encountered. You are actually a challenge, I have not had a challenge in over a millennia. However fun it will be to destroy you, we could also be even greater together. What do you say, join me, help me take over this pathetic world, and I can grant you anything your heart desire" with a snap of his fingers Apep shows spike an allusion of a life he has always wanted, a life with Rarity. He sees their wedding day, he sees their children, and finally he sees them together, together forever. "Isn't this what you always wanted?" Apep asks. "Yes it is" Spike confesses.
"She can be yours, all you have to do is join me" Spike looks at Rarity, beginning to come back around from the explosion, their eyes meet for an instant and Spike makes his decision. He shouts and releases and jet of green flame that Apep dodges with ease. "Your choice, fool" Apep laughs, and with a back handed blow knocks spike back momentarily dazing him. Twilight seeing Rarity coming back around runs to her side and helps her up. "What happened how we are still alive?" Rarity asks. "Spike, he came back like he promised" Twilight responds. "He has been amazing; I've never seen him like this, he is giving everything he has to protect us". Rarity looks for him on the battle ground putting aside any and all doubt in her heart for Spike..
Apep takes this chance to deliver the final blow and summons another ball of red energy while spike is still disoriented. Rarity sees Apep cast the ball to Spike and shouts a warning to him. He looks around and sees the ball hurtling towards him and takes a breath in ready to deliver his final attack on Apep. Just before the ball hits Spike, Rarity jumps in the way and absorbs the orb falling to the ground with a final scream. 'NO!" shouts Spike catching her before she hits the ground.
Spike cradles rarity hot tears rolling from his eyes, "No, No, NO!" he keeps saying. Rarity opens her eyes weakly and looks up into spikes now tear stained face. "Yes Spike, I had to, you are now the only one who can defeat Apep you have to, for Ponyville, for Equestria, for me". Rarity begins to take shallow raspy breathes trying to gain enough air to say one thing more. Twilight, Rainbow, Pinkie, Apple Jack, and Fluttershy now all encircle the Spike and Rarity tears rolling down all of their eyes.
Rarity gathers up her strength and weakly says "Spike, I, I Lov..." Spike puts a finger to her lips like she did so many years ago and gives her one final kiss. Rarity slowly closes her eyes and takes her final breath in the embrace of the one she loves. A lightning strike fills the sky as Spike leases a mournful bellow and lets loose a jet of flame. Rain begins to fall on Equestria but Spike doesn't care. He holds his lost love for what feels like an eternity when is mourning is interrupted by the murderer.
"Ah, too bad, I warned you that your choice was foolish, now you see the repercussions. And you wanted to be with her so bad, you wanted her to love you, you wanted a life together and now you have nothing" Rainbow lets loose a cry and charges at Apep but Apple Jack grabs her tail and stop her. "No Rainbow, it's not worth it. I am not losing another friend today" Rainbow compliantly drops to the ground and begins to sob, something she has never before experienced.
Apep approaches Spike still holding on to Rarity and puts a hand on his shoulder. "At least you got to hear that she loved you, but oh, it was just too late, now you have nothing. My offer still stands join me and forget about all of this. You have nothing left you can start again as the most powerful being in all Equestria. What do you say?" After a while Spike mumbles something inaudible. "What was that brother?" Apep asks leaning in closer. Spike mumbles again "Spike want ..." "So you have finally chosen to join me?" Spike does not answer but simply says louder "Spike want..." "That's it Spike, join with me, take my claw and we will make this world suffer for all the sadness that you have been through, join me"
Apep puts out one of his claws ready for spike to accept his offer. Spike reaches forward, causing Apep to grin, preparing to accept his new minion. But to his surprise spike does not grasp his claw but his throat. "Spike want" he continues to chant, and finally opens his eyes, revealing two pupil-less emerald eyes staring with rage and hatred. Apep finally shaking the death grip steps back and shouts "Ssssssspike wants what?"
Putting Rarity down Spike stands to his full height, takes in a deep breath, and shouts "SPIKE WANT!" and in an enormous spout of flames the once decent sized dragon now stands over 40 feet tall. His eyes glowing green and smoke streaming from his nostrils. Apep leaps back in surprise and prepares to fight. "WHAT DO YOU WANT" Apep screams casting a red orb at spike. The ball shits spike in the shoulder and vaporizes harmlessly. With a thundering step, Spike advances. "SPIKE WANT" he continues to bellow. Apep now frantically attacks Spike. Apep originally twice Spike size, now is a whole head and shoulders below the Dragon.
At first Spike is taken off guard, but then is able to overpower Apep, pinning him down and crushes both of the demons wings with his mighty jaws. Apep screams in pain and spits venom into Spike's face. Simply closing is membranous eyelid Spike is unperturbed by this desperate attack. Spike raises his claw in the air and brings it down upon the earth with an enormous boom, the earth below splits in two revealing the fiery chasm of the underworld. Apep desperate bites Spike's throat getting out of his lock.
Spike begins to become weaker on the loss of air when he takes one last fiery breath that makes Apep let go. Spike having taken a serious blow now bleeds at the throat and begins to turn back to his original size. He lays curled up near the edge of the crack breathing hard when Apep looms over him. "You never answered me, what did you want?" Spike looks up at him and answers "Spike wants you to go to HELL!" and with one final assault he tackles Apep over the edge and the two of them plummet into the abyss.
"NO!" Twilight screams and she and her friends run to the edge of the crack. All she can see is the orange glow and tormented souls screaming below. Twilight lets out a mournful scream and collapses at the edge unable to take in what just happened. "Twi" Apple Jack finally says "You have to close the breach" "Maybe he will be able to fly back up, we have to..." Twilight tries to frantically explain. "I'm sorry Twi" is all Apple Jack can say. Twilight begins to let forth another stream of tears when she hears the earth rumble and a yellow and blue haze begin to close the void. Twilight looks back and sees Princess Luna and Celestia, now freed from Apep's influence, combining their power to forever trap him eternally. "NO!" begs Twilight "Please just give him a chance" she begins sobbing as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie hold her. A tear rolls down both Celestia's and Luna's cheek, "We are sorry Twilight" Luna tells her, we have to, it is what spike would have wanted"
Twilight becomes hysterical and watches the void become smaller, and smaller, and smaller until only a crack with fiery light still remains. Twilight buries her face in Fluttershy's shoulder and hears the loud boom of the crack closing. The rain begins to stop and there is complete silence. "Why am I the only one crying, Spike was all of your friends too, how can you just let him go" she buries her face into Fluttershy's shoulder again and redoubles in sorrow. Twilight then feels hand stroke her mane but is too depressed to look at her comforter. Finally she says, "Princess Celestia, I just want to be left alone".
"Why would you want that Twi?" says a voice though once lost. Twilight turns around and sees to all the amazement of her friends Spike bloodied, burned and broken, standing there with a look o=of love and adoration in his tear filled eyes. Twilight immediately launches herself onto Spike and begin weeping for joy. "How did you escape? I saw the void close" she asks perplexed. "No you didn't, I escaped just before it finally closed. I had to make sure that Apep couldn't follow me back so I fought him as we plummeted down the abyss. Finally I defeated him and both his spirit and body were trapped in the underworld. But when I looked up I saw the crevice begin to close. I flew with all my strength and made it out just in time"
"I thought I lost you" Twilight says while still embracing Spike. Suddenly sadness returns to Spike and he lets himself out of the embrace he limps over to where Shining Armor now holds Rarity. Concerned for his injury spike begins to examine Shining Armor when he says "It's just a scratch, I'll be fine" he hands Rarity to Spike and walks to Twilight and her friends.
Spike cradles Rarity, her beauty still reaming after death, and a smile he hadn't noticed before gracing her lips. Tar flood Spikes eyes again and begins to weep uncontrollably for Rarity. Hours roll by when Spike finally looks up. His face has changed from sorrow into determination and he places rarity down on the ground. Before twilight can stop his Spike uses his claw to cut a gash on the left side of his chest causing him to growl and hot blood to drip to the ground. Everyone runs to help Spike when they see from his chest a pure white light emanating from his chest. A steady and rhythmic thud lets everyone know that his is Spike's heart.
Taking his claw Spike reaches in an transfers some of the light into his palm. He then recites "Half my heart to make you whole" and places the light on Rarity's chest. The light slowly absorbs into her and her entire body glows with purity and majesty. "I only heard in legend that this was ever possible" Princess Celestia remarks wide eyed and amazed. "What?" Twilight asks confused but her question is cut short when the glowing Rarity elevates into the air and finally in a blinding flash, opens her eyes and takes in a new breath of life.
"It is said that a Dragon can give half of his heart to anypony as long as it is pure and the Dragon's intentions are good" Princess Celestia explains. The heart can heal and illness or injury. The pony who shares a dragon's heart shares their every strength and weakness. And will only die when the dragon who gifted them their heart will die. They are united for eternity as one" Twilight looks at Spike still unbelieving of what had just occurred. Spike helps Rarity down to the ground and holds her in his arms. Looking into her eyes he tells her "I love you too" and they kiss allowing hope and love to fill their shared hearts.
A few weeks later, Twilight is back in her study by the fire with Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie listening to the howling of the wind. Since her battle with Apep, Shining Armor returned to his wife with new battle scars and fantastic stories for his friends. Big Mac returned with a clean bill of health and a fully recovered leg. But sadness starts to enter Twilights heart knowing that the group is incomplete when the door to the library swings open and the wind starts to scrape at the entrance. Rarity and Spike walk in together Spike shielding rarity from the wind with one of his wings.
"What are you two doing here?" Apple Jacks asks surprised. "You newlyweds should be together alone for a little while before getting back with your friends". Spike curls around the ponies and Rarity lays against his side sitting into a comfortable position. "Newlyweds we may be" Rarity tells them, "but that does not mean that we want to be away from our friends". Spike rolls onto his side revealing the scar that saved Rarity's life still not quite healed but looking as majestic and noble as anything. As a last adjustment he lays his head beside Rarity and shoots a flame into the fire making it grow to keep the warmth of the night continuing.
And the seven friends all sat together talking about old times, their own endeavors and comedic events that occurred in recently. The wind blew outside but it did not disturb them, with love in their hearts and laughter on their tongues the warmth of friendship kept the fire going all night long.

The End