Equestria Heroes: The 3Ds (starring: Spike, Discord, and Big Mac)

Chapters

Discord's Grounded
Guys' Night to Guys' Fight
Canterlot Catastrophe part 1.
Canterlot Catastrophe part 2.
Appleloosa Rangers Part 1: Haggard and The Red Bulls
Appleloosa Rangers Part 2: Missing Sister
Appleloosa Rangers Part 4: Discord's Chaotic Musical
A New Pen Pal
Manehatten Mayhem Part 1: The Model and the Designer
Manehatten Mayhem Part 2: Monsters Unleashed
Manehatten Mayhem Part 3: Super Dudes Run
Discord Holiday (Winter Wonderland feat. John De Lancie)
Guys' Night to Guys' Fight (Again) Part 1: Gotta Fight Now
Guys' Night to Guys' Fight (Again) Part 2: Who let the dogs out?
Where Is The Hope I Once Knew?
The Story of Princess Porcina
The Great Dragon Egg Rescue Part 1
The Great Dragon Egg Rescue Part 2
The Great Dragon Egg Rescue Part 3
The Evil Song of Princess Porcina
Wherever You Are - Spike's Lament
Sunset Shimmer's Consultant
Whatever Happened to Queen Atta?
Ra-Ra Rescue in Las Pegasus – Part 1 (feat. Everybody's Kung-Fu Fighting)
Ra-Ra Rescue in Las Pegasus – Part 2 – On With The Show
Appleloosa Rangers Part 3: Ain't Home On The Range

Discord's Grounded

It all happened so fast. It was a beautiful, quiet morning in Ponyville. And all it takes was for a certain draconequus to ruin the moment.

"HELLO EVERYPONY!!" Discord greeted, as he pulled out a radio, switched it on, and a song was played as he began pulling pranks on every pony.

With a snap of his finger, Discord stopped time. Every pony were all frozen in place, helpless as Discord placed banana peels in front of them. With another snap of his finger, every pony were all unfrozen and they all slipped on the banana peels. Next, at a construction site, some ponies were setting up dynamites, only for Discord to come by with the dynamites in his claw and paw.

"Pardon me every pony," Discord began. "But, did you lose these?" Discord holds out the ammunitions as the ponies turned their heads.

"Oh, yeah," one of them began calmly. "Thank you very much." The pony quickly panicked, along with his colleagues, upon realizing what Discord was holding. Discord only gave a shrug, while the ponies all ducked behind a pile of pillows. However, as soon as the lit fuses went out, the dynamites all dropped like noodles.

"BOOOOOOOOOMMM!" Discord shouted, scaring the ponies, zipping away before coming back with a pot and ladle, banging them together over the ponies' head, before he disappeared in a flash, leaving the construction ponies shaking.

Later, at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie had just finished the batch for the cupcakes as she set them in the oven. Turning up later for her finished cupcakes, she was shocked to find Rainbow Dash, hogtied and with an apple in her mouth, in the oven.

"What the-" Pinkie shouted, before flash of light went off behind her. Turning around, she and Rainbow Dash frowned to see Discord, holding a camera.

"For shame, for shame, Pinkie," Discord said, showing the photo. "Kidnapping and baking your friend for cupcakes? Tsk, tsk, tsk. No wonder you can't spell slaughter, without laughter." A rimshot was played, by a clone of Discord.

"I didn't kidnap Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie cried in protest, before smokes began flying out of her nose. "And that joke is cruel! Even for you Discord!"

"Really? Then what would you say when I have this posted in the Equestria Daily?"

"Don't you dare!" Discord bolted away, leaving a trail of smoke. "HEY! GET BACK HERE YOU!!" Pinkie Pie shouted, charging after the draconequus like a bull.

After escaping from Pinkie Pie, Discord continued his pranking spree with the rest of the ponies, and donkeys and dragons, in Ponyville. He switched Cranky Doodle Donkey's wig with a porcupine. He replaced Spike's bouquet of roses with dragon sneeze flowers, just as the dragon was giving them to Rarity. He turned every single apples on Sweet Apple Acres into oranges and pears. He turned a public pool into a huge bowl of chocolate milk. The swimmers all let out a scream, while Discord joked, "Hey! Want some chocolate milk? Sorry, all out!"

For the rest of the day, there was nothing but chaos, with ponies screaming:

"My cart!"

"My leg!"

"My cabbages!"

"I'M ON A WHEEL!!" Trixie screamed, having been kidnapped by Discord and tied to the Dizz-a-tron that Discord had stolen from the Wonderbolts.

"I'M STUCK IN A CHIMNEY!!" Whoa Nelly shouted.

Ponyville was a shamble since that chaotic day. The whole town was in ruins. There were soaps littered on the streets that were turned into multicolored checkerboards, objects gaining limbs running amok, cotton candy clouds raining chocolate milk, and deformed animals. And the cause of it all, was sitting in court, right now, with anti-magic restricts placed on him.

"Discord!" Twilight lectured. "We thought that freeing you and having you reformed was a good thing. And we thought the use of your chaotic powers for good would be beneficial for all pony kinds, compared to that debacle you've caused as Accord."

Discord rolled his eyes, literally, in his hands, "Well can't I help it?" he asked, like it was no big deal. "It was all in good fun. Besides, it's Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's fault, since they're the ones who got me into this whole pranking stuff. And it was Applejack who wished for me to be Accord."

"Don't you drag us into this!" the said ponies angrily protested.

"Thing is Discord," Twilight continues. "We've had our fun. You've had your fun. But what you don't know is when enough is enough. Just look at what you've done to Ponyville."

With that, Spike put in some photo clips in a monitor, displaying some images on a screen.

"As of today, you're facing some serious charges for your reckless pranking, such as kidnapping Rainbow Dash, framing Pinkie Pie for cupcake murder, vandalism on Sweet Apple Acres, and for malicious destruction of cabbages."

"Off with his head," a random pony shouted. "One for each head of cabbages."

"I'll have you know, I only have one head," Discord countered. "Besides, your cabbages are infested with cabbage slugs. They're doomed to be destroyed anyway."

"GUILTY!!" the pony shouted angrily.

"You hear that?!" Discord stood up. "He pleads guilty for attempting to sell cabbage slug infested cabbages! Arrest him!"

"WHAT?!"

"Ooh! He's got a point," Pinkie whispered to Dash.

"Oh no Discord!" Twilight shouted, banging her gavel repeatedly. "Don't you try and change the subject!"

"I just hope Discord will get what's really coming to him!" Cranky shouted angrily. "I'm still getting migraines from that porcupine!"

"I want him sued for giving me a cupcake, instead of muffin like I ordered!" Derpy shouted.

"And don't forget!" Applejack shouted. "He turned ma brother into a burger!"

Everyone, except Discord, all looked at Applejack in bewilderment.

"A burger?" Twilight asked.

"He got better!" Applejack shouted. "Right Big Mac?"

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

Every pony all looked back at Discord with disapproving glare. as Twilight continued. "Therefore, as punishment Discord. We've decided, to put you on probation!" Twilight concluded. "Magic probation!"

"But you ponies need my magic! You won't survive less than a single chapter without my magics!"

"Sorry, Discord," Twilight stated, as she prepares her horn. "But the decision is...."

"WAIT!" Fluttershy called out. "We shouldn't take away, all of his powers."

"Oh, thank you, Fluttershy," Discord sighed in relief.

"Why don't we just take, half of it?"

"That's ri-Wait, WHAT?!" Discord's eyes bulged out, before glaring at the pegasus, "Et tu, Fluttershy?"

"Think about it," Fluttershy explains. "Half of his powers aren't all that bad. If we leave him with just a half of his powers, he can still do some goods, while at the same time learn some lessons."

"But then it'll be half the fun!" Discord whined, earning some glares from the ponies, donkies, and dragon. "But I suppose, living with just half is better than with nothing."

The Mane Six looked at each other before they got into a huddle.

"So Fluttershy," Twilight began. "What exactly do you mean, by leaving Discord with only half of his powers?"

"Um, well, I mean, only the powers necessary for the purpose of good," Fluttershy whispered. "I'm thinking maybe just limit him with the power of teleportation. So that way, he can still get around to places much quicker. And maybe his ability to create things. They're not all that bad, if the things he makes are.....y'know, strange."

"As long as he doesn't create a monster," Rainbow Dash whispered harshly. "Then I'm okay with it."

"Perhaps he could learn to put his creative power in the use of art and stuff," Rarity said.

"Ooh," Pinkie Pie began. "Maybe if he gets to keep his teleportation and creation powers, then maybe he can go and work for Cloudsdale to help in the production of cotton candy clouds with chocolate milk and whip creams!"

The mane six kept on their debate for what felt like hours. During which Spike and Big Mac are sitting in the room, playing a game of Go Fish.

"Do you have a seven?" Spike asked.

"Eenope."

After much debate, the Mane Six all nodded their heads, before Twilight resumed her place on the stand.

"Alright, Discord!" Twilight began. "It's been decided. We're leaving you with just half of the powers you'll be using to do some goods, for a week. Only by the end, would we deem if necessary to completely restore you to full power, or to prolong it."

"Fine," Discord grumbled.

With that, Twilight floated in midair, her eyes turned all white as she cast a spell on Discord, placing an invisible lock on half of his powers.

"This'll teach you to coexist with ponies, properly, without the excessive use of your magics," Twilight concluded, with a slam of her gavel.

"No need to tell me that," Discord grumbled as he was released from his restraints. "And what am I supposed to do then?"

"You could hang out with Spike and Big Mac, like you guys normally do, on your guys' nights."

Discord turned his head to the two boys in the room, and moaned, "Oh poo."

Guys' Night to Guys' Fight

It was a busy day for Princess Celestia, as she looked over some file, when a guard burst into the throne room.

"Your highness!" the guard shouted. "Urgent news from Las Pegasus!"

"Don't tell me..." Princess Celestia said grimly. "Another one?"

"Yes!" the guard panted. "The fifth one we've had this month!"

Princess Celestia gasped as she order some guards to be on their way, before writing a letter to Twilight.

That afternoon, Twilight and her friends were waiting on the platform, waiting for the next train to Canterlot. Spike was there to see them off with Discord and Big Mac.

"This must be very serious, if Princess Celestia is requesting that we all come to Canterlot, immediately!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Probably to send us off on another heroic, awesome, death daring adventure," Rainbow Dash said with confidence.

"When was the last time Princess Celestia would ever do that?" Rarity asked. "We've got the map to for that, remember?"

"Maybe it's something that's not a friendship problem," Rainbow countered. "My guess is that we'll be facing some pony eating monster, like that bugbear."

"Or maybe there's a bad guy on the lose that we need to capture and bring 'em to justice," said Applejack.

"Or maybe it has something to do with this!" Rarity cried, levitating a newspaper before the ponies, dragon, and draconequus, with the headline reading: Las Pegasus Tragedy: Celebrity Gone Missing!. Levitating the newspaper, Twilight reads, "By unknown means, Sapphire Shores, the pony of pop was reported missing, after she failed to show up at her concert. Her backup singers and stage manager have claimed to have no knowledge of Sapphire's current whereabout and were just as baffled at her sudden disappearance. Sapphire Shore's disappearance is hereby marked as the fifth case to have occurred this month. Equestria is called to be vigilant, as Princess Celestia takes immediate actions to have guards posted in every parts of Equestria."

"Wow!" Spike exclaimed, snatching the newspaper. "Fifth pony to have gone missing?"

"I know," Discord said, looking at the paper, with Big Mac. "What are the odds?"

Suddenly, a train whistle was heard, as the train came rushing up the rail.

"Well, looks like we'll find out soon enough," Twilight said, as she and the girls all boarded up on the train.

"Good-bye you guys," Twilight said. "Take care while we're gone," Twilight's gaze shifted as she looks at Discord.

"Oh please," Discord rolled his eyes. "Even you know I can't hurt a fly when I'm like this."

"Relax Twilight," Spike assured. "Me and Big Mac will take care of Discord. Right Big M?"

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

Confident in Spike's words, Twilight enters the coach, waving her hoof, as the train pulled away.

"So, what shall we do in the meantime?" Discord asked, unamusingly.

The boys were later at Sweet Apple Acres, bucking the apples that were restored, after Discord's sentence was given.

"This isn't so bad," Spike said, as he carries a bucket of apples away.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed, after bucking an apple tree.

The two boys stopped suddenly when they saw Discord, wearing a football helmet, and doing some stretches.

"Discord," Spike began. "What are you doing?"

"I'm improvising!" Discord declared dramatically.

"Improvising?" Spike asked, looking at Big Mac who shrugged.

"That's right!" Discord crouches down on all four. "Watch the genius work of Discord before your very eyes! Hut hut!"

With that, Discord charged forward at full speed, head butting into the tree before him. Needless to say, Discord was left in a dizzy state, while only a single apple fell from the tree and into one of the buckets.

"Uh, Discord," Spike cringed. "Are you okay?"

"Oh sure," Discord groaned. "I'm fine. I like to headbutt into apple trees when I'm only half of what I used to be." Discord took the helmet off and pouted. "Oh who am I kidding? I'm a wreck! I'm pathetic! I can't do anything right when my power is cut in half!" Discord disappears in a flashes of light, randomly appearing in various parts of Sweet Apple Acres, as he continues to lecture, "All I'm every good now to every ponies is just disappearing and reappearing, going like what do you need? What do you need? What do you-whoa!" Discord yelped as he shook violently and fell from a tree branch he was in.

"You need to get a grip on yourself," Spike said.

"Eeyup."

"I wish I could," Discord continued to shake violently, as he struggles his way towards a tree. "But I think I can't." Discord wraps his arms around a tree, causing the tree to shake violently as well, resulting an entire stock of apples, and leaves, to rain down into the buckets. Discord poked his head out and said, "Hey! I'm so clever." Suddenly, Discord's pupils flashed red, as his eyes rang like bells. "Whoa, I'm getting something!"

"What is it?" Spike asked.

Snapping his claw, the leaves disappeared and were restored in the tree branches, as Discord started crossing his legs together, humming, "Om."

Spike and Big Mac shrugged to each other in confusion, before looking back at Discord who went completely white.

"Canterlot's in danger!" Discord shouted. "Fluttershy's in Canterlot! Fluttershy's in danger!" In a burst of light, Discord was cladded in a suit of armor, shouting, "Hold on Fluttershy! Discord's coming!"

With that, Discord disappeared in a flash of light, leaving Spike and Big Mac alone in the acres.

Spike and Big Mac both looked at each other, horrified, knowing what Discord's early departure meant, and they too went after the draconequus, shouting, "HEY! WAIT FOR US!!" Spike shouted.

Discord reappeared in a flash of light, as he scooped Spike and Big Mac up and they disappeared again.

In a flash of bright light, the three stood in the streets of Canterlot to find, utter chaos.

"What the hay?" Spike asked.

The trio looked to see ponies screaming and running in blind fear, buildings were on fire, windows shattered, and the worst, possible thing of it all, were the monsters that were running loose in the city.

There were flying monsters that looked like giant bats, fishes with bat wings, primate-like monsters that have bat wings for arms, and scary birds with sharp teeth and wings of dragon. The monsters on land are just as scary, as there are a wild bulls that breathed fire through their nostrils, giant ant-like creatures that carry swords and shields, and strange, armored, pig-like creatures that walked upright on their legs.

In the confusions, Spike could see the royal guards fighting off the monsters, while at the same time, helping the civilians evacuate the city. But from the looks of things, they're making little progress as more monsters kept coming and overwhelmed the guards.

"What's going on here?" Spike asked. "Where's Twilight and the girls? Where'd these monsters come from?"

"No monster attacks Canterlot, kidnaps Fluttershy, and gets away with it!" Discord growled, snapping his fingers. All of the monsters were soon trapped within cages.

"Haha!" Discord shouted triumphantly, before much to his and the boys' confusion, the cages disappeared. "What the hay?" Discord exclaimed in bewilderment, snapping his fingers again. But the results were the same as before.

"What's the matter?" Spike asked concernly.

"I was trying to put them in cages, and teleport them away to a zoo, or someplace, yet my magic doesn't seem to be doing that," Discord stroke his beard as soon as he was in deep thoughts. "Come to think of it, just as soon as we got here, it feels like my magic is further being suppressed or something."

The boys then heard a cry for help and followed it to a burning building.

"HELP!" the voice cried again. "Somepony!!"

Spike looked to see none of the guards were coming, and still no sign of the Mane Six. Without a second thought, Spike quickly rushed into the burning building with Discord and Big Mac calling out, "Spike! No!"

Inside the burning building, Spike was keeping his head low, to avoid breathing into the smoke, while calling out for the pony, "Hey! Where are you?"

"I'm over here!" the voice replied.

Spike followed the voice, and found a unicorn mare, with light cornflower blue coat, moderate blue mane with a light persian bluish gray stripe, trapped beneath a burning beam.

"Spike!" the mare exclaimed. "Am I so glad to see you."

"Feeling's mutual, Minuette," Spike replied, moving some of the rubbles away as he tries to lift the beam off of the mare.

Discord and Big Mac had followed Spike and were in the building, looking for the little dragon.

"Spike!" Discord coughed. "Where are you little guy?"

"Over here!" Spike called, as Discord and Big Mac arrived at the scene. "Guys! Help me get this thing off of Minuette!"

With their combined strength, Discord and Big Mac were able to lift the beam off of Minuette, whom Spike quickly pulled out. The four then looked up to see more of the house collapsing on them, as they quickly made a run for the exit. Just as the building was completely burned down, the four had made it out, just in time, covered in soot.

"Whoa," Spike gasped. "That was too close for comfort."

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

Suddenly, a guard arrived with some medical ponies.

"What happened here?" the guard asked.

Before the boys could answer, Minuette exclaimed happily, "My house was on fire. I was trapped under some rubbles, but these guys came to my rescue. Aren't they amazing?"

"Really? These three saved you?" the guard asked, smirking at the boys, who all looked sheepish.

"You bet they do," Minuette smiled.

"Anyway," Spike began, turning to the guard. "What just happened here? Where are Twilight and the others?"

"Wish I knew what just happened here, Spike," the guard answered. "We were all on patrol, and everything in the city looked normal, by the time Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends arrived in Canterlot. Next thing we know, monsters began to appear out of thin air and started attacking the city."

Spike and Big Mac both gasped in shock, while Discord, paying no mind to the guard's story, sniffs the ground like a dog.

"Hmm," Discord said. "Mhmm....hmm, brim stone.....slight whiff of poultry and....dog slobber?"

While Discord was off in Canterlot, sleuthing around for clues, Spike and Big Mac remained with the guard who continued, "Just moments ago, Twilight and the others were helping us evacuate the civilians and holding off the monsters. Last time I saw them was when they went into the castle to protect the princesses. And we haven't seen them since."

"Then that's where we're going!" Spike exclaimed.

"Eeyup," Big Mac said, supportingly.

"Be careful boys," the guard said, as he and his team escorted Minuette away. "And good luck."

"Bye!" Spike waved his claw, before he and Big Mac rejoined Discord, who was dumping a trash can empty. "Discord!" Spike shouted, catching the draconequus by surprise.

"I'm not littering!" Discord cried, snapping his fingers to clean up the trash. "I was looking for clues."

"And we've got a lead!" Spike said, grabbing the draconequus's attention. "If I'm right, Twilight and the girls are in the castle right now!"

"Then so are we!" Discord snaps his fingers together, disappearing in a flash of light, only to reappear a few inches away from where he was before. "Huzzah! Fear not Fluttershy! I'm....Hey what gives?" Concentrating hard on Fluttershy, Discord snaps his fingers again, but no matter how hard he tries, he's still not getting any closer to the castle. "Darn!" Discord groaned. "Looks like we're gonna have to do this the old fashion way boys."

"Meaning?" Spike asked, worryingly.

"We'd have to go through a horde of rampaging monsters, without my magic to teleport!"

The boys all looked down at the road that leads them to the castle, and the monsters that are running amok on it.

"Faust, help us," Spike whimpered.

"Eeyup," Big Mac whimpered.

Author's Note

The fire breathing bulls and the ant monsters are from greek mythology. They are called Khalkotauroi and Myrmidons respectively.

Canterlot Catastrophe part 1.

Spike looked down at the street between him and the castle, infested with monsters that are tearing up Canterlot.

"C'mon Spike," Spike said to himself, trying to put on a brave face. "You've got to do this! Twilight's in there, with Rarity and the others! They could be in trouble! They need me!"

Spike tried to run to the castle, but another blast of fire from one of the bulls was enough to make him yelp as he ran back to Discord and Big Mac.

"I can't do it," Spike whimpered. "What can I do to get there? I'm just a little dragon! They're giant, angry monsters!"

"And our friends are in the castle, surrounded by giant, angry monsters!" Discord began. "So what's it going to be? Let the monsters have our friends? Or charge in as heroes and save our friends? Besides, look at it this way, it's just like Ogres & Oubliettes."

"Yeah, but this time, the monsters are real!" Spike replied. "Not cardboards!"

"And guess what? So are we! Just keep telling yourself, 'I'm Garbunkle, the great and powerful!'"

Spike closed his eyes and repeated, "I'm Garbunkle, the great and powerful!" Each repeat of the phrase got him psyched, until his look of fear was replaced with a look of determination. "I'm Garbunkle, the great and powerful! I'M GARBUNKLE THE GREAT AND POWERFUL!!" Feeling pumped, Spike shouted, "FOR THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP!" With that, the young dragon charge forward into battle.

"Alright!" Discord began. "While he keeps the monster busy, you and I storm the castle and save Fluttershy!"

"Nope!" Big Mac shook his head.

"What?! Why not?" Discord looked at the stallion in bewilderment. "Oh! Don't worry! When we rescue Fluttershy, we'll rescue your sister and the others."

Big Mac shook his head as he pointed his hoof in the direction where Spike ran off to.

"Oh I'm sure he'll be alright on his own," an explosion went off, followed by the sound of Spike screaming. "Then again, maybe not."

"Nope."

"Well, a price to pay for the greater good. Right?"

"Nope."

"You're right. That's low, even if my intentions were good for Fluttershy."

"Eeyup."

"And I wouldn't be restored to full powers if I let something happen to Spike."

"Eeyup."

Another explosion went off, as Discord and Big Mac looked on in the blazes, while hearing their friend screaming.

"Hold on Spike!" Discord yelled. "We're coming!"

With that, the draconequus and stallion both ran after their dragon friend.

Spike kept on running through the chaotic street of Canterlot, not caring about the monsters that were chasing the ponies, and the buildings they were destroying.

Not looking where he was going, Spike ran into one of the pig creatures, and it squealed in anger, as it raises its mace, preparing to smash the dragon. Spike quickly rolled to the side, dodging the attack, before he took off, screaming. The pig creature quickly chased the dragon into an alley, cornering the dragon. Spike, out of fear, breathed fire into the pig's face, while unintentionally lighting up a nearby crate of fireworks that were conveniently placed, setting off the rockets, scaring the pig off. Spike smiled, before he heard the sound of bricks breaking apart from behind and a gust of hot air blew hard on the back of his neck. Spike slowly turned around to see one of the bulls up close. It stood, almost as big as a buffalo, with red blazing fiery eyes, giant bronze horns, cloven hooves, and teeth, through which fires can be seen spewing out of.

"Um, howdy?" Spike said, meekly.

The bull roared in his face, and Spike quickly took off screaming, with the bull hot on his trail.

Big Mac and Discord arrived later to see their friend being chased by the bull. Before the two could rush in to save their friend, they were stopped by more pig creatures and the flying monsters.

One of the pig creatures jumped on Big Mac, who ran around, attempting to buck the creature off, while at the same time, bucked some of the other pig monsters in the face.

Discord looked around among the rubbles, and an idea was formed.

"Well, at least I'm good for something," Discord said, as he revved his feet up like wheels, and in a cartoonish way, Discord speedily picked up the rubbles, and hammered them into place.

"Ta-da!" Discord said, triumphantly, presenting his creation, before whistling to some of the flying monsters, "Yoo-hoo! Polly want a cracker?"

The flying monsters looked, insulted, as Discord conjured a pack of crackers in his claw and pecking them like a chicken. Discord, seeing they took the bait, sidestepped at the last second, as the monsters flew past him and got caught in the rubber of his giant slingshot.

"Yo Big Mac," Discord shouted, just as the flying monsters were launched from his giant slingshot. "Hit the deck!"

Big Mac did just that as the monsters came flying and crashed into the pig monsters like bowling pins, and a red X magically appeared.

"Oh yeah!" Discord cheered. "I'm ready for you Angry Birds!"

Big Mac looked to see some more guards holding back some of the ant creatures from reaching some of the ponies. Big Mac looked, and saw a cart, filled with barrels that contained wines. Big Mac quickly bucked the cart, sending it rolling into the the ant creatures, scattering them. As the ants got up, they shrieked angrily, charging after Big Mac, who didn't hesitate, running for his life.

Meanwhile, Spike was still running around Canterlot, with any angry bull right behind him. Spike jumped up crates, barrels, and climbed up trees, trying to get away from the bull, but it was too persistent to give up its chase, and it was very strong, considering how it managed to charge through a two story building, which luckily, no pony was in it. Spike then passed Donut Joe's donut shop and grabbed some donut boxes from the shattered display.

"Sorry, I'll pay them back later! Thank you!" Spike called out, before he threw the donuts at the bull. "Here! Eat chocolate! Vanilla! Caramel! Jelly-filled!"

Big Mac was still on the run from the angry ant creatures, as he rounded a corner and bumped into Spike.

"Who's chasing you?" they asked, before they both answered, "Ants. Bull."

Spike and Big Mac looked to see they were both surrounded, before they embraced each other.

"What'll it be Big Mac?" Spike asked. "A bull's burger served extra crispy? Or an appetizer for an army of ants?"

"I don't know!" Big Mac whimpered. "I wish I can choose neither!"

"It was nice knowing you, Big Mac," Spike cried, embracing the stallion harder.

"Eeyup," Big Mac hold the little dragon closer. "Same to you little guy."

The boys closed their eyes, waiting for the inevitable, but nothing happened.

"Are we dead yet?" Spike asked, still closing his eyes.

Big Mac peeked one of his eyes open.

"Nope," he replied. "We're still alive. And look!"

Spike and Big Mac opened their eyes to see the ants fighting the bull, that was bucking, and roasting the ants that were piling on it.

"Whoa! What a fight!" Spike gasped.

"Eeyup."

"Let's get out while the getting's good," Spike whispered.

"Yup," Big Mac answered quietly.

The boys tiptoed away until, they heard a bellow. There stood the bull, bellowing in triumph over the ants.

"Don't look now!" Spike screamed. "He's after us!"

"Eeyup!"

The bull was about to resume it's chase, until Discord arrived on the scene and kicked its plot. The bull turned around to see Discord blowing a raspberry at it. It angrily charges after the draconequus, who quickly disappeared and reappeared, dressed as a matador.

"Though I can't teleport," Discord explained to the readers. "I do get to make a quick change in wardrobe."

Discord cleared his throat, before pulling out a red cape and shouted, "Toro!"

The bull charges toward the cape, which Discord quickly pulled away while shouting out, "Olé!"

"Toro! Toro!" Discord repeated, taunting the bull, before quickly pulling the cape away and shouted, "Olé!"

At one point, there was an anvil behind the cape, and the bull rammed its head into the object, leaving it in a dizzy state. Discord took a bow before all the ponies, who were cheering for him. Having enough of the draconequus, the bull furiously charges after Discord, who jumped out of the way just in time, for it to miss him and to run off a cliff, screaming.

"Well, that takes care of that bully," Discord smirked, as he went to rejoin Spike and Big Mac, who were already on their way to the castle.

"Thanks you guys!" Spike panted. "Couldn't have make it without all of you."

"No problem, Spike," Discord replied. "What're friends for? Besides, Twily wouldn't be too happy if we left her number one assistant unprotected."

"Eeyup."

"Now let's go save our friends!" Spike exclaimed, as the boys continue their way towards the castle.

The boys hadn't gone very far, when more ant creatures arrived and they surrounded the castle.

"Now how are we going to get in?" Spike asked.

The boys pondered for a moment, before a lightbulb appeared over Discord's head.

"Perhaps its time unleash the genius of Discord!" Discord declared dramatically, before he spun himself into a tornado, grabbing Big Mac and Spike, along with some other discarded objects.

Later, Big Mac stood, dressed like a football player, with Spike in his hoof, dressed like a football, and together they stood in the middle of a target's bulls eye, painted on a platform Discord had built.

"Okay," Discord said, dressed like a coach, instructing Big Mac. "Knees bent. Hooves up. Heads down. Neck straight. Stomach in. Shoulders back. Keep it in. Now go flying and scream like a girl!"

"Ee-wait WHAT?!"

Before they knew it, the two were sent flying, screaming when the platform sprang itself up.

"Ah Discord, you've outdone yourself," Discord said to himself proudly. "If Fluttershy could see me no-" Discord's eyes bulged wide open when he realized something. "Oh no! What've I done?"

Canterlot Catastrophe part 2.

Inside the castle, Prince Blueblood was hiding beneath a couch.

"Some pony save me!" Prince Blueblood whimpered. "I'm far too handsome, suave, and talented to be a royal meal for these monsters."

Suddenly, the ceiling broke as Big Mac and Spike came flying in, crash landed on the couch, unintentionally squashing the prince.

"Wow, just our luck!" Spike exclaimed. "We got blasted off, crashed through the castle roof, and landed on a big comfy couch."

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed.

"Now let's go find our friends!"

With that, Big Mac and Spike all left for the throne room, while Prince Blueblood, flat as a pancake, crawled out from the couch.

"I hope monsters aren't interested in pony pancakes," Prince Blueblood groaned, before he came face to face to a giant warthog. Next thing that was heard is the sound of a bloodcurdling scream.

As Big Mac and Spike ran through the halls, more monsters came bursting through the windows, ceilings, and the floor. Seeing the boys, the monsters let out a growl as they slowly advanced on them. Knowing they would have to fight their way through, Spike and Big Mac nodded their head as they went into battle mode.

Spike let out a huge burst of flame at an ant monster, who quickly defended itself from the flame with its huge shield, before it swung its sword, mace, and ax at the dragon with its other arms. Luckily, Spike dodged the attacks as he rolled beneath the creature and breathed fire on its abdomen, causing it to shriek in pain.

Big Mac, meanwhile, fought off some of the pig monsters, as they charged at the stallion, with their shields up, protecting themselves from the stallion's kicks. One of the pigs threw a lasso around Big Mac.

"Gotcha!" it snorted.

"Nope," Big Mac smirked, as he grabbed the rope in his mouth and started to thrash the pig around with it. Eventually, Big Mac began to use the pig as a makeshift flail, as he attack all the other pigs and ant monsters in the vicinity. "Spike!" Big Mac called. "Coming at ya, little feller!"

Spike, who was still occupied with the ant, looked up and saw a pig flying at him. Reacting fast, Spike jumped away as the pig smashes into the ant. Spike looked around to see more ant monsters flooding in.

"We're getting nowhere," Spike sighed, seeing the overwhelming number of monsters flooding into the castle.

"Nope," Big Mac said. "But I ain't going down like this!"

With that, Big Mac picked Spike up, and with his hoof out, Big Mac charged through the horde like a professional football player, knocking the monsters out of the way. Some ant creatures tried to tackle the stallion, but Big Mac was too fast for them as he made several sharp turns, dodging the monsters. Some of the pigs tried to catch Big Mac with some nets and bolas, but Spike quickly burnt them away. As Big Mac came closer to the end of the hall, the ant creatures quickly formed together a barrier, blocking the boys from progressing. Thinking fast, Big Mac threw Spike at one of the ants, knocking it out, causing the entire formation to collapse.

Spike came screaming as he fell back down to the ground. Luckily, Big Mac caught the little dragon just in time.

"Woo hoo! Touchdown!" Big Mac cheered, "Big Mac! Big Mac! He's our man! If he can't do it, no one can! Eeyup!" However, Big Mac was so into character, that he ended up thrusting Spike into the ground, forgetting he wasn't an actual football. Big Mac cringed as he looked at the Spike shaped hole in the ground, breaking a sweat as he called, "Spike? Uh, you okay, little fella?"

An angry Spike poked his head out of the ground, before answering begrudgingly, "Nope."

Meanwhile, with Blueblood, he had just gotten away from the warthog earlier. After that, he was in his room, packing his belongings, before making his escape.

"I've had just about enough of this place!" Blue blood exclaimed, running to the front door, levitating several suitcases. "I'm taking the next train to the Crystal Empire."

Suddenly, the front door burst open, and a fire breathing bull came charging in, snorting a stream of fire from its nostril. Letting out a girlish scream, Prince Blueblood dropped all of his suitcases as he ran through the castle, with the bull behind him, and Discord, dressed as a cowboy, galloping on a toilet plunger, behind the bull, hollering, "Hee-yah! C'mon, get on there little Rusty! Yee-Haw!!"

After charging their way through the monster infested hallways, Big Mac and Spike finally reached the throne room, where they find Princess Celestia and Princess Luna fighting the monsters.

"Princess!" Spike and Big Mac shouted, before they charged into the fight to help out.

"Spike!" Princess Celestia panted. "I'm so glad to see you and Big Mac!"

"Feeling's mutual princess," Spike replied, before blasting a flying monkey away with his fireball. "By the way, where are Twilight and the girls now? Some guard told me they would be here."

Before Princess Celestia could answer, she was blinded by a yellow slime, shot by one of the ants, who stood about the same height as the alicorn princesses, clad in dark red armor plates, while holding a long staff, with pincers on one end, and a sharp spearhead on the other end.

"Tia!" Princess Luna cried, rushing to her sister's side.

The ant was about to fire his slimes at the night alicorn, had Big Mac not interfered, knocking the staff out of its claws. Angered for the stallion's interference, the ant towered itself over the stallion, as it let out a bloodcurdling scream. Knowing he's in trouble, Big Mac galloped, with the angry ant behind him.

Meanwhile, Spike rushed towards the sun princess, helping her up as he asked, "Are you okay, your highness?"

"I'm fine," Princess Celestia replied. "I just can't see for the moment."

"Do not fret, sister," Princess Luna explained, casting a spell on her sister. "I'll get it off."

Suddenly, the doors burst opened, and Blueblood came running in, with a fire breathing bull hot on his tail, literally.

"Auntie! Help!" Blueblood cried, as he jumped behind his aunts for protection.

The bull was about to charge after the prince again, when Big Mac came with the giant ant from before. Seeing the bull charging in, Big Mac made a quick stop, sticking his hoof out, tripping the ant, who tumbled forward, crashing into the bull. The ant and bull were left in a daze, while Big Mac manages to get away, unscathed.

"Nice one, Big M," Spike said, bumping his fist with the stallion.

"Eeyup."

Prince Blueblood poked his head out, cringing in disgust when he took notice of Spike and Big Mac, "Oh great...as if suffering from a whole pack of monsters wasn't enough, I now have to contend myself with a filthy commoner...."

"Hey!" Big Mac yelled in outrage.

"....And a slimy reptile."

"Slimy reptile?" Spike shouted in equal outrage.

Before the two boys could give the prince a piece of their mind, the doors burst open again, and there stood Discord, clad in a super hero costume, while boldly declaring, "Never fear Fluttershy! For I, your savior, Discord, the talented, handsome, courageous, and suave lord of......" Discord soon took notice that Fluttershy was nowhere in sight. "Fluttershy? Are you there?" The only response he received was a series of blank stares from the princesses, the boys, and the monsters in the room.

"Great," Prince Blueblood broke the silence, unamused. "As if getting surrounded by the filthy commoners isn't enough, I now have to deal with a misshapen beast?"

Ignoring the prince's rude remark, Discord glared at all the monsters in the room as his eyes glowed red in anger, "Where is Fluttershy?" he growled. "I demand to know where she is!"

"I was just going to ask that Discord," Spike said, turning to Princess Celestia. "So um, Princess? Twilight and the girls?"

Before Princess Celestia could answer again, the giant ant from before finally got up, as he reclaims his staff, and with a buzz from his antenna, more of his comrades came flooding into the room.

"Why don't we talk later, after we deal with these monster?" Princess Celestia asked worryingly.

"Ok," Spike agreed, reluctantly.

"Well, if we must fight these monsters just to find Fluttershy, then so be it, " Discord grumbled turning to the monsters in question. "Now, if none of you losers are going to fight for Fluttershy, then I will," With that, Discord's feet revved up like wheels as he took off, screaming, "CHARGE!!"

Discord was nothing but a blurring tornado, as he repeatedly kick his legs, karate chop with his hands, and whipping his tail at the monsters, all the while saying random things like, "Take that! Take this! Let's go! Let's go! Look at my muscles! Heart of a lion, that's me! I invented float like a butterfly and sting like bee! You're no match for Discord power! Hiyah! Cowabunga!"

"You go, Discord!" Spike cheered, with Big Mac.

"Yup!"

After awhile, all of the monsters, except the giant ant, were soon defeated, at the time which Discord began to tire out, having pushed himself to his limit, until at last, he collapsed in exhaustion. The giant ant walked over to the fallen draconequus, with its staff raised, ready to plunge the sharp end into the draconequus.

"NO!!" Spike yelled, as he and Big Mac piled onto the ant, stopping it from hurting their friend.

Angered again for the interference, the giant ant swung its staff, blasting a ray of magic at the boys, who dodged out of the way. Big Mac jumped forward, bucking his legs out at the ant, who blocked every one of the stallion's kicks and punches with its arms, before retaliating with its staff. Spike, meanwhile, rolled beneath the ant, breath fire at its abdomen, causing the ant to scream in pain, before one its arms reached beneath it, grabbing the little dragon by the tail, and bringing him up to its face, while stopping Big Mac from coming to the rescue by firing sticky slimes at the stallion from its staff. The ant roared in Spike's face, showing its razor sharp pincers and several rows of teeth. Out of fear, Spike breathed a small fireball, into the ant's mouth. The ant tossed the dragon away as it went into a fit of cough.

Meanwhile, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Prince Blueblood, were attending Discord, with Prince Blueblood sneering, "For some misshapen freak who is all so determined to fight for this Fluttershy, you certainly put up quite a feeble display of fighting for your marefriend."

"Blueblood!" Princess Celestia scolded.

"Well I certainly take offense to that, Bluey!" Discord retorted. "At least I have some pony worth fighting for. All you ever did in this whole big mess was attempting to run away from Canterlot, abandoning your aunts, just to save your miserable life."

"I wasn't abandoning Canterlot!" Blueblood retorted. "I was out looking for reinforcements. Yeah that's it!"

"Liar liar," Discord taunted. "Pants on fire. If you ponies were even wearing any pants."

Back with Big Mac and Spike, the two of them continued their fight with the ant, who had just recovered from his cough fit. The ant doesn't seem to be backing down, when it heard a high pitch buzzing from somewhere.

"The signal!" the ant screeched.

"You can talk?!" Spike and Big Mac both gasped, as the ant shot a death glare at them.

With a twirl of its staff, the ant growled, "This is not over yet!" With a slam of its staff, there was a bright flash of crimson light, blinding Spike, Big Mac, Discord, the princesses, and the prince. By the time the light subsided, all of the monsters were gone.

Discord got up, feeling rejuvenated. Well, rejuvenated enough for his sentence. "What just happened?" he asked, turning to the rest of the boys, who were just as puzzled.

"Status on the civilians," Princess Celestia asked a guard.

"The evacuation was a success," the guard reported. "Everypony were all safe and accounted for. They're all a little shaken up. But nothing too serious."

Princess Celestia nodded as the guard was on his way. She turned her head to the throne room and was met with the sight of the boys, waiting anxiously for her.

"So princess," Spike began. "What just happened? How did it happen? Where are Twilight and the others? And what were those monsters? Where did they come from?"

"Yes, and most of all, where is Fluttershy?" Discord asked demandingly.

"And where's Applejack?" Big Mac asked in concern.

"I wish I knew," Princess Celestia began. "It all happened so fast. One moment, I was delighted to see my faithful student and her friends. Next thing I knew, those monsters came out of nowhere and attacked the city. And it's very strange, considering that one of those monsters were the Myrmidons."

"The what?" Spike asked.

"The Myrmidons," Princess Celestia explained. "They were once a colony of ordinary ants when they discovered magics in their kingdom, which made them grew strong and intelligent. The Myrmidons are brilliant craftsmen, having been able to construct their underground citadel in a matter of weeks. However, they can be very hostile when their domains are being threatened."

"So they attacked us because some pony made them mad or something?" Spike inquired.

"No," Princess Celestia exclaimed. "It couldn't be. I've known their leader, Queen Atta, for many moons. She was wise and benevolent and a dear friend of mine. I don't see any reason why she would ever want to attack us." Princess Celestia pondered, a bit as she said. "Come to think of it, I haven't heard a word from her in a long while."

"Yes, well moving on," Discord began. "Why don't we focus more on the fact that our friends are missing! And by friends, yes, I'm including Fluttershy!"

"Oh yeah, that's right!" Spike gasped. "Where are Twilight and the others?"

"I don't know," Celestia answered sadly.

"YOU DON'T KNOW?!" the boys gasped.

"I'm sorry boys," Celestia sighed. "Like I said before, I wished I knew. The last time I saw them, they had just arrived here in this very room, just as the monsters had invaded Canterlot. Then there was a great big flash of light, and they were gone."

"You mean, they just disappeared?" Spike asked, to which Celestia nodded. Now the boys looked even more worried.

"That officially makes a total of twelve ponies to have gone missing this month," Princess Celestia said sadly. "This is completely getting out of hoof for me. I was hoping that Twilight and her friends would be able to help us investigate these disturbing cases of ponies going missing. But now that they're the ones missing in action, I don't know who else to turn to."

The boys looked at the princess in sympathy. They understood how much Twilight and the girls meant to her. She was just as concerned as they are for the girls' safety. With a look of determination, Spike exclaimed, "I'll do it."

This caught Celestia and the boys by surprise as she looked at the little dragon. "Spike?"

"I'll go and find Twilight and the others," Spike explained. "After all, I am her number one assistant. And it's my job to help her whenever she's in trouble. Besides, something tells me that this monster attack is somehow connected with all these strange disappearances. So I'm going out there to find and rescue our friends!"

"Spike," Celestia gasped, smiling as she sense the honesty and love in his voice.

"Spike," Discord spoke. "If you're going out on a perilous journey of impeccable danger, with chances of coming back as the conquering hero," Discord smiled. "Then sign me up! For Fluttershy!"

"Eeyup!" Big Mac said as he joined in.

Spike looked at his two guy friends, smiling at their words, before sticking his fist out. The boys soon followed, before raising their fists up, shouting "For the magic of friendship!!"

Princess Celestia smiled at the sight of the three boys, vowing to find, not only the missing ponies, but also their missing friends and family.

"Thank you boys," Celestia smiled. "I can't tell you all how grateful I am for your decisions."

"You don't have to say a thing, your highness," Spike replied. "We're happy to help out."

"Eeyup."

"So, any idea where we should start?" Spike asked.

Discord rolled his eyes, before stepping forward, "Well, isn't obvious?" Discord asked. "We have a crime scene right here! And a fresh one at that! Now all we have to do is look for clues that can lead us to our friends and Fluttershy!" With that, Discord conjured up a bowler hat, and a magnify glass, through which his eye was sticking out of, as he scan the floor. Before either Spike and Big Mac could even take a step, Discord shouted, "EUREKA!! I got something!!"

"What?" the boys and princess asked.

Discord got down on all four, sniffing and licking the floor, analyzing, "A faint trail of magic residue. Teleportation. And judging by how warm it is, it was just used to make a quick getaway for the kidnappers." Discord licked the floor again, analyzing, "I'm also detecting a hint of apple sauce. Faint whiff of sugar. Applejack's quite the baker, so it wouldn't surprise me if this was her dirty work. Oh, wait, I also pick up the smell of earthy wind. And if I'm not mistaken, I'm getting a taste of turquoise."

"Appleloosa!" Spike shouted. "Apple scents. Earthy wind. Turquoise. It must've came from Appleloosa."

"Eeyup!" Big Mac agreed.

"Twilight and the girls must be in Appleloosa!"

"Eeyup."

"Then that is where we should start our search!" With that, Discord don up a Robin Hood costume, as he shouted, "Onward and yonward."

In a flash of light, the boys are gone, leaving Princess Celestia in the room, lowering her head as she whispers, "Hear my prayer mother. Watch over our heroes."

Author's Note

See you guys in 2017.

Appleloosa Rangers Part 1: Haggard and The Red Bulls

In a flash of light, the boys stood in the streets of Applelossa.

"Whoa," Spike groaned, rubbing his eyes, clearing his vision. "Applelossa!"

"Eeyup," Discord said, in a southern drawl, while donning himself up in a western attire. "It's Applelossa. The apple of my pie. Don't that make ya feel right at home there old friend?"

"Eeyup," Big Mac replied, while slightly amused with Discord's humor.

"Howdy folks!" a voice called out to the boys.

The boys looked to see none other than Braeburn, Applejack's cousin, trotting up to the three.

"Howdy Braeburn," Spike greeted the stallion.

"Well cousin Big Mac! Is that you?" Braeburn exclaimed.

"Yup!" Big Mac replied, as the cousins shook hooves.

"Shoot! I half-expected you'd still be back at Sweet Apple Acres, running the farm with cousin Applejack and Granny Smith. What brings you here cuz? Matter of fact, what brings y'all here?"

The boys were later at a saloon, each sharing a cup of apple cider, while explaining everything to Braeburn the events that occurred, prior to their arrival.

"And that's why we're here," Spike said, finishing the story.

Braeburn was at a loss of words, until finally he spoke, "I-I don't believe this....cousin Applejack....g-gone? Missing ponies? Monsters?"

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed solemnly.

"Speaking of," Spike began. "You wouldn't happen to see any of those monsters around here? Have you, Braeburn?"

"Or at least, Applejack?" Big Mac asked worryingly.

"Or Fluttershy?" Discord added, equally worried.

Braeburn shook his head sadly, "Sorry Spike. But I haven't seen any hair, nor hide of my cousin and her friends, or else I would've told y'all. And I certainly haven't seen any monsters around here. Well, not like the ones you boys encountered in Canterlot though."

Suddenly, a scream was heard, followed by the sound of windows smashing.

"Get away from me!" a mare's voice cried out.

"What the hay?" the boys turned their heads in the direction of the commotion, to see a young mare ran from behind the curtains, on the stage in the saloon, followed by a great big, brown minotaur, with two longhorn bulls accompanying him.

The mare was a unicorn, who looked almost like Fleur De Lis, with the exception of her color. She had a brilliant orange coat, with her muzzle and hooves colored white, with her mane and tail colored fiery red, that are long, with the mane don up in curl, and the tail was slightly ruffled. She had bright yellow eyes, and her cutie mark was three scarlet, colored leaves, surrounded by sparkles. For attire, she wore a dark brown stetson hat, with a rose embedded, a brown saddlebag, and a red bandana.

The minotaur looked much bigger than Iron Will in pony, with great big, long, curved black horns. For attire, he wears a black stetson hat, vest, and a large belt, with the buckle in the shape of a bull's head.

The mare kept on running, until she slipped on a littered empty bottle of apple cider and fell on the floor. As soon as she got up, she was already cornered by the minotaur.

"You see?" the minotaur grunted. "I told you, you can't run forever. Now be a good little pony and come with us!"

"Never!" the mare shouted. "I ain't going anywhere with the likes of you!"

The minotaur snorted as he and his comrades surrounded the mare, "Well that's quite a shame. Because you're coming with us, whether you like or not!"

The bulls got closer, as the mare backed up.

"Stand back!" the mare threatened. "I'm more than just a pretty face you know!"

Spike turned to Braeburn. "Tell me Braeburn," Spike began. "What you said about monsters, are you familiar with that one?"

"Yeah," Braeburn answered. "That's Haggard! The notorious minotaur criminal who has ever walked in these parts of Appleloosa. He and his gang, the Red Bulls have held a record for stirring troubles in certain parts of Equestria. Robbing banks, kidnapping, ransacking homes, stealing foods from our crops, you name 'em."

The mare looked around, before she took notice of the boys.

"Hey!" she called out. "Little help here!"

Confused, Spike looked around to see all the other patrons in the saloon were too afraid to confront the minotaur. Working up the courage, Spike got up from his seat and shouted, "Step away from the mare, and no pony gets hurt!"

"Get lost kid!" Haggard snorted. "We ain't taking candies from you!"

"No, you aren't," Discord smirked. "But we are taking mares from you." With that, Discord reaches to the side, pulling the mare from before.

Baffled, Haggard and his bulls turned their head to see the mare was no longer standing in front of them.

"Now, if you'll excuse us, we'll be leaving," Discord smiled, as the boys and girl tried to make their way out. "Good day."

But before the boys could reach the exit, the bulls slide before them, blocking their way out.

"Not so fast, boys!" Haggard snorted, stomping his way to the boys. "If you think you can just stand in between me and the girl who could be worth more than a million bits, then you've got another thing coming!"

"Just a minute partner!" Discord asked, eyeballing at the minotaur. "You can't talk to me like that! Them's fighting words!"

"Yeah them's fighting words!"

Discord conjured a small chalk as he drew it on the floor, while saying, "I dare you to step over this line!"

Haggard looked at the line curiously before snorting, "Okay, I'm a stepping."

"I dare you to cross that line!" Discord said as he drew another, with Haggard doing the same. "This one. That one."

The draconequus and minotaur kept this up, until.....

"I dare you to trip over this line!"

Haggard realize too late he was duped as he tripped over the said line, and fell down in the basement. Every pony all laughed, as they applauded to Discord, who bowed his head repeatedly, "Thank you. Thank you. You're all very kind."

The celebration was cut short, when Haggard came charging up the stairs, covered from head to tail with maple syrup and chicken feathers.

"Alright, that tears it you misshapen galloot!" Haggard fumed, furiously. "Y'all getting the horns now!!"

With that, Haggard charges after Discord, who quickly ran back to Spike and Big Mac.

[Boss Music]

"What the hay?" Spike exclaimed, as he, Big Mac, and Discord suddenly found themselves frozen in place, and time stopped completely around them. "Where'd that music come from?"

"Oh, it's my new boss music spell," Discord explained. "Whenever something like this happen to us, a catchy music plays. What better way to have a fight, than to do it, with an epic fight song in the background to spice up the drama. Am I right? Or am I right?"

Spike and Big Mac thought for a moment and answered, "It's kinda catchy. Strange, but catchy." Discord smiled when Spike gave him a thumbs up. "Okay Discord. Let's do this!"

"Eeyup."

With that, the boys were unfrozen as they turn their attention to the minotaur, who apparently doesn't take notice of the song. Haggard charges at the boys with his horns, but the boys quickly jumped out of the way. The furious minotaur couldn't stop in time as he crashes into the wall, getting his horns stuck.

"Oh, I hate it when this happens," Haggard groans.

With a snap of his finger, Discord conjured up three wood planks as he, Spike, and Discord all spanked the minotaur in the rear repeatedly.

"Hey! Stop it!" Haggard bellowed angrily, before he finally pulled himself loose and glared angrily at the boys.

Out of impulse, Discord fired a cupcake into the minotaur's eye, before his feet revved up like wheels, as Haggard chased him around the saloon.

With a rope in his mouth, Big Mac lassoed the minotaur, as Spike jumped on his back, holding him by the horn. With all his strength, Haggard pulled Big Mac by the rope, while repeatedly trying to buck Spike off.

"Yee-haw!" Braeburn shouted. "Ride 'em boys!"

Either Discord's sense of humor had rub off on him, or he was just caught up in the moment, Spike hollered, "Yahoo-hoo! Howdy, howdy, howdy!!!"

Eventually, Spike was thrown off, while Discord, after conjuring up a baseball glove, successfully caught him.

"Thanks Discord," Spike breathed a sigh of relief.

"No problem," Discord replied, before joking, "I do like a game of Dragon Balls." A disc scratch was heard, followed by a moment of awkward silence, before Discord broke it with an unamused, "Someone care to play a rimshot, please?"

After the boss music started up again, the boys resumed their fight with Haggard.

Haggard kept on charging and throwing punches at the heroes, who kept on dodging, jumping, and ducking out of the way. The heroes retaliated as Big Mac bucks his legs out at the minotaur in the face, Spike swinging on a chandelier thrusts his leg out to kick the minotaur, while Discord stuffed the minotaur in the face with a custard cream pie.

"And here's a glass of chocolate milk for you!" Discord said, conjuring up a glass of chocolate milk, dumping in the milk, but not the glass, zipping away as an explosion went off, leaving the minotaur in a daze.

"Alright you guys!" Discord shouted, holding the minotaur in place. "Let him have it!"

With that, Big Mac picked Spike up, throwing the dragon at the minotaur, who landed a punch to the face, while shouting, "COWABUNGA!!"

Exhausted from the fight, and succumbing to the wounds inflicted, Haggard fainted.

[End of fight song]

"Yeah!" the boys cheered, as they all gave each other a high five.

"Did you see how awesome we were?!" Spike exclaimed. "With the whole, Big Mac picking me up, throwing, and cowabunga stuff?"

"I know!" Discord added. "That's like our thing now! We totally have a thing now!"

"Eeyup!"

"Wow," the mare from before gasped. "You guys are amazing!"

Discord smirked as he don up a scarf and shade, "Yes, I know. I am incredibly courageous, handsome, suave, and talented, you don't have to say it."

Suddenly, a groan was heard, as the boys turn around to see Haggard, slowly catching his breath, getting back on his feet, snorting furiously at the heroes.

"You've got spunk, boys," he snorted. "I'll give you that!" Haggard quickly smirked deviously, "But...unfortunately for you, that means...." Taking in a deep breath, he shouted, "IT'S GO TIME!!"

The ground shook, and soon enough, the boys and their acquaintances, all found themselves surrounded by more longhorn bulls.

"Can we talk?" Spike asked, meekly.

"PUNISH THEM!!" Haggard shouted.

With that, the bandits all jumped at the boys.

"Guess not," Discord exclaimed, as he, the boys, and the mare all got out, unharmed. "What a bunch of maroons."

"Yeah," Spike chuckled. "C'mon, let's get outta here!"

"Eeyup."

With that, the boys all took their leave, along with their new acquaintance.

It wasn't a while later, when Haggard took notice.

"Huh?" Haggard shouted incredulously. "STOPPPP!!"

The bandits all froze in place, as their leader looked around, seeing the boys were nowhere in sight.

"Where'd they go?!? Huh? You! Dan! Pinhead! Did you see them? Did anyone?"

The bandits all bore questionable looks.

"AHH!" Haggard screamed. "They got away!"

Appleloosa Rangers Part 2: Missing Sister

After their battle with Haggard and the Red Bulls, the boys escaped into town, before taking shelter at Braeburn's house, with the mare following.

"Phew, I think we lost them," Braeburn panted, peeking from the curtains of his window.

Meanwhile, the three boys were getting themselves acquainted with the unicorn they had just saved.

"Thanks you boys," the mare exclaimed. "Y'all saved my life."

"Oh, it's nothing," Spike replied.

"Eeyup," Big Mac added.

"My name is Scarlet Leaves," the mare, now identified as Scarlet Leaves, explained. "And who might you boys be?"

"I'm Spike, pleased to meet you," Spike as he shook hoof with Scarlet, before turning to Big Mac. "And this is Big McIntosh. Or Big Mac for short."

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

"He's not much of a talker," Spike explained.

"Nope."

"And I am Discord," Discord announced dramatically. "Former lord of chaos and a fellow hero of Equestria, at your service."

"Nice to meet y'all," Scarlet smiled. "So what brings y'all to Appleloosa? No offense, but y'all certainly don't look like you were just passing through town by coincidence."

"Nope," Big Mac replied, as he continues. "We're here to find our missing friends and ponies."

Scarlet gasped in shock, "You're the rescue team? But I thought Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends were the rescue team."

The boys, including Braeburn, looked hesitant, before they explained the whole story to the mare. Scarlet could hardly believe everything she just heard.

"Princess Twilight Sparkles and the girls too?" The boys nodded their heads sadly. "Gosh, I'm sorry I asked."

"No need to apologize," Spike replied. "You didn't know."

"So," Scarlet began. "The three of you are looking for the missing ponies?"

"Eeyup."

"Then, would it be alright if I come along? I'm looking for some ponies as well."

"Who?" The boys asked.

"Ms. Jubilee and my little sister, Amber," Scarlet set herself comfortable as she began recalling the events from before. "It went so fast. One moment, my sister and I were working for a living with Ms. Jubilee in Dodge City. Next thing I knew, there was a flash of light, fires, screaming, and before I knew it, my boss and my sister were missing. All that was left of my sister, was this...." Using her magic, levitating from her saddlebag was a burnt teddy bear. The sight of it nearly made the boys, mostly Spike, cry. "After I helped put out the fire in Dodge City, I found some tracks leading out of the city. They certainly don't look like pony tracks, so I followed them, hoping they would lead me to my sister and boss. But I lost their trail, after a run in with a tatzulwurm. I would've been eaten, had the buffalos not come to my rescue. After a few days of resting, I was back on my hooves and made it here, to make some missing pony report. But it's been more than a week now, and I'm really getting worried for my sister and Ms. Jubilee."

The boys looked at the mare in sympathy.

Finally, Discord, popping on a military attire, shades, stood up in his chair as he declared, "Well, Ms. Leaves, consider your sister and boss searched and destroyed."

"What?" Scarlet inquired in bewilderment.

Realizing his mistake, Discord chuckled as he sheepishly explains, "I mean rescued! Search and rescued," Seeing the awkward glances he is still receiving, Discord scowled, "Oh come on, it's a joke."

Spike cleared his throat as he began, "Um, what Discord means to say is, we'll definitely help you find your sister and Cherry Jubilee."

"You mean it?" Scarlet gasped.

"Eeyup," Big Mac confirmed.

"Count me in," Braeburn added. "Applejack's out there, and we members of the Apple Family just gotta stick together."

"Eeyup."

"I love you guys!" With that, Scarlet ran up to the boys and gave each of them a peck on the cheek, leaving them all with a shade of pink on their cheeks. Scarlet giggled at their reactions, before she asked, "So, where do we begin?"

"Well, didn't you say before, there were some tracks close by?" Spike inquired.

"Yes, I did," Scarlet replied. "But I don't want to go back out there and find them. Especially since there's a tatzlewurm out there," the mare shuddered at the thought of the tatzlewurm.

"Alright then!" Discord announced. "We'll do this, my way!" With that, he stared the mare in the eyes. Suddenly, Discord's eyes were caught on fire.

"Discord! What's wrong?" Spike asked. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I like setting my eyes on fire," Discord replied sarcastically, conjuring up a glass of water to dose the fire out. "Of course I'm not okay! This magical lock is preventing me from looking into her mind for clues!"

"Well, looking into somepony's mind is a direct violation of their privacy," Spike said. "So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that Twilight and the girls would put a restriction on that kind of power on you."

"Well couldn't they've just make an exception? I mean, we are trying to find them and all."

"Well, Twilight did say you have to learn how to help the ponies of Equestria without the excessive use of your magics."

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

Discord pounted, "Fine, why don't you ask her for a lead, if you think you can do it without my magic."

With that, Spike walked up to the mare as he asked, "Please Scarlet. The least you could do was try to not think about the tatzlewurm. Anything you have could be a clue that would help us find our friends and your sister."

"Eeyup."

"Alright," Scarlet breathed. "Don't think about the worm. Think about tracks," Then, it came to her. "Tracks, tracks....OH!" Scarlet gasped.

"What?" Spike asked. "What is it?"

"I remember passing by a tunnel with some old railroad tracks," Scarlet answered. "I was passing it while I was being chased by the worm."

Braeburn suddenly spoke up. "Hey, now that I think about it, a few days ago, the buffalos did once told me that they've seen some suspicious characters hiding out in one of the abandoned mines nearby. It didn't occur to me then, but it could be one of them monsters you boys ran into in Canterlot," Braeburn turns his attention to Scarlet, "Or perhaps whoever fillynapped your sister and Ms. Jubilee."

"Then that's where we'll go!" Spike exclaimed.

"Eeyup."

"Then what are we sitting around here for?" Discord asked, as he got down from his seat. "Let's get this show on the road!" With a snap of his fingers, the five all vanished in a flash of light, before they reappeared.......in the same room.

"Alright you dirty flea bitten dogs!" Discord said, while dressed in a cowboy attire, with an oversize hat, and holding two toy guns with corks in them. "Hand over Fluttershy! Or I'll.....I'll," Spike took the hat off of Discord, giving the draconequus a better look, he looked in bewilderment. "What the?" Discord snapped his fingers again, but the result was still the same.

"Guess we're gonna have to get there the old fashioned way," Spike suggested.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

"Oh, pooh," Discord moaned.

Appleloosa Rangers Part 4: Discord's Chaotic Musical

After their dramatic escape and entrance, the boys, accompanied by the buffalos, and their pony friends returned to town, where they entered the bar. There, Big Mac was treating himself with a cup of apple cider, Discord was having a cup of chocolate milk, while Spike was drinking a cup of apple juice.

"We really blew it guys," Spike muttered. "Some rescue teams we are."

"Eeyup," Big Mac replied.

Even Discord couldn't find it in himself to lighten up the mood, "Well, at least we're still alive," Discord spoke.

"Unless it's worth living for," Spike sighed. "We're never gonna find the girls, like this."

"Nope," Big Mac agreed.

Not standing to see the heroes in such miserable state, Scarlet Leaves went around back to get change. Then, she walked out on stage, in a red, filly dress, "Excuse me y'all," Scarlet said, catching everybody's attentions. "I'd like to sing a song to my new heroes."

Upon hearing her words, the boys turned their heads, to see the mare on stage, as she began her song.

Feeling the music taking effect, Spike and Big Mac both got out on the floor, as the both did a square dance, together with some other mares in the facility. Discord at first refused to join the fun, still depressed at the thought of never seeing Fluttershy again. That is until he heard the boys sang:

“Hope to see her someday! Hope I’ll find my way, back to the girl I left behind!”

This got Discord interested, as Scarlet continues to sing:

“So tell you will never roam?”

Spike and Big Mac: “We swear we won’t be roaming!”

Scarlet: “You’ll by your fireside!”

Spike and Big Mac: “We’ll all be home sweet home, and kiss her, kiss her, kiss her!”

Finally out of his funk, Discord popped on some western attires, as he joins in the dance with the boys. Braeburn too got in the festivity, with Little Strongheart. All of the ponies all joined in the festivity.

Scarlet: “So where’s the girl you left behind?”

Spike, Discord, and Big Mac: “She’s waiting for a sister! We won’t stop until we’re home, we’ll hug, and hug, and kiss her! I’ll find the girl! I’ll find the girl! I’ll find the girl! I’ll find the girl!”

Soon, both Scarlet, and the boys all ended the song together in a big triumphant, “All right!”

The ponies in the bar all blew whistles and cheers at the heroes’ performances.

Suddenly, a commotion was heard from outside, as the boys and their fellow patrons went out to investigate.

“Oh no, not again,” Braeburn grumbled, as the ponies looked to see King Haggard and the Red Bulls, capturing the ponies, and imprisoning them in a wagon full of crates.

“Hey!” Spike called. “Just what do you think you’re doing?”

“What’s it to you, kid?” Haggard snorted, angrily. “If I can’t have your filly friend! Then, I’m taking these ponies!”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it,” Discord began. “Back up. What did you say?”

“I’m taking these ponies?”

“No, before that.”

“I can’t have your filly friend?”

“You think she’s our filly friend?”

“Uh....yes? I mean, she’s a filly, and she’s your friend?”

“Oh,” Discord, Spike, and the ponies began together. “That filly friend. You that makes sense.”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac agreed.

“Glad we could clear that up,” Haggard smiled, before he shook his head in frustration. “You’re getting me off topic! Listen here ya varmints!" Haggard grunted. "This town at big enough for all of us!"

"It ain't?" Discord asked, before he looked around, and said. “Be right back.” With that, the draconequus conjured up some tools, and with some of his chaotic powers he had left, Discord spun himself into a tornado, as he went straight to work, building some more buildings, around town. “There, is it big enough for us now?” Discord asked.

Haggard looked in bewilderment, at the new buildings before him, before he frowned, “No it ain’t!” Haggard bellowed.

“Boy, you’re a hard guy to please,” Discord grumbled.

"Now prepare to meet yer maker, boys!” Haggard roared. ”And I don't mean Lauren Faust and Bonnie Zacherle!"

The boys looked at the minotaur for a moment before they shouted, "NEVER!!"

"Welcome to die!" Haggard shouted. "FIRE!!"

With that, the bulls all jumped out of hiding with cannons and fired cannon balls at the boys.

"Hey no fair!" Discord exclaimed. "Cowponies can't afford cannons!"

"Ya can't even turn cream into cheese in your sorry state either!" Haggard retorted.

"Now that just really hurts," Discord grumbled.

"Alright you pinhead galloots!" Haggard exclaimed. "Yer times are up!"

"Who are you calling pinhead?" Discord asked, having his head turned into Patrick Star.

Haggard soon stomped his way over, "And you'll be handing the unicorn over!" Haggard bellowed, pulling out a cannon.

"Oh no we won't," Spike replied, holding out a bigger cannon, courtesy of Discord.

"Ooh yes you will," Haggard pulled out a bigger cannon.

"Oooh no we won't," Spike pulled out a bigger cannon.

"OOOOOH YES you will!" Haggard pulled out a bigger cannon.

"OOOOOH NO WE WON'T!" Spike pulled out a small straw with a tag that reads "Pea Shooter."

Out of impulse, Spike blew into the straw, shooting a small pea out and into Haggard's nose.

"Ooh, right in the schnoz," one of the Red Bulls exclaimed.

"Shut it!" Haggard bellowed.

"You should've blown that one in his eye!" Discord shouted.

Haggard snorted furiously, as he pulls out his cannon, and shot it furiously at the little baby dragon, who quickly dodged out of the way.

"Dance dragon!" Haggard shouted. "Dance!"

With another cannon blast, Spike complied as he took out a bowler hat and cane and danced.

"Take it Haggard!" Spike shouted, turning to the minotaur to do his dance.

Caught off guard, the minotaur quickly did his version of the dance, with Spike and the ponies clapping. However, as soon as Haggard finishes it with a smile and a wave of his hat, he realized too late he was once again duped, when Discord and Big Mac tripped him down a well. A long falling whistle was heard, followed by a splash.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Poor Haggard the Maroon Minotaur," Discord said. "So trusting, so past his prime, so naive."

While Discord says this, Haggard hauls himself up from the well, soaked, and angrier than ever before. Haggard was so enraged, that his face turned completely red in rage, as he snorted a strong steam of smoke from his nostrils. Letting out an angry bellow, Haggard charges toward the boys.

"WAIT!!!" Discord shouted, as Haggard, Spike, and Big Mac all froze in place, while looking at the draconequus.

Discord conjured up a radio and a country music was played.

"Alright," Discord smirked. "Let's dance."

With that, another brawl between good and evil ensued. One of the red bulls charged at Big Mac, who quickly jumped out of the way, as the bull ran past him, and tripped on a rope, courtesy of Braeburn and Little Strongheart. Spike, meanwhile, was running with some of the red bulls chasing him, until he was saved by one of the buffalos. The buffalo took the young dragon, puts him on his back, and with a snort, the buffalo charged after the young dragon’s attackers.

“Yee-ha~” Spike hollered.

“Come brothers!” Chief Thunderhooves bellowed. “Let us aid our heroes! Let us assist, He-Who-Dance-Good!” With some whoops, the buffalos all charged into the fray.

Meanwhile, some red bulls surrounded Discord, who eyed them all, menacingly, like a traditional western sheriff to criminals, “You’ve got to ask yourself, do you feel lucky?” With that, Discord conjured up several guns, as he asked, “Well, do ya, punks?” With frightened moos, the red bulls all turned yellow as they ran away in fright, and failed to see Discord pulling the triggers, resulting in some puffs of confetti, and flags with the words, “Bang.”

During the fight, Spike jumped at the wagons, as he helped to save the ponies who were trapped in the crates by Haggard.

“Shh,” Spike shushed. “Don’t worry. I’m here to save you guys!” With that, Spike went straight to work, breathing fires, melting the locks on the crates, as he quickly freed the imprisoned ponies.

“Let’s get outta here!” one of the stallions exclaimed in fright.

“Oh, we’re gone!” a colt added, as he and the stallion beat hooves and fled the scene.

Haggard took notice of the escaping ponies, as he bellowed, “The prisoners are escaping!” Turning angrily at the Red Bulls, he hollered, “Don’t just stand there you fools! Stop that dragon!” With that, the bulls complied, only to be stopped by Discord and Big Mac.

“You want Spike?” Discord began. “You’ve got to go through us!”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac agreed, standing his grounds.

The Red Bulls all charged towards the two boys. Discord snapped his finger, conjuring some anvils, and used them as a shield against the charging bulls. Big Mac bucked some of the anvils, launching them like cannons towards the bulls. The Red Bulls tried to counterattack with their own cannons, only for one of Discord’s anvil to be lobbed into their barrels, causing them to backfire.

“I’m surround by idiots!” Haggard bellowed, as he charged through the fray, knocking the bulls, buffalos, and the boys out of the way, before he reached Spike.

“Last one,” Spike panted, before he felt a hot snort on the back of his neck. Turning around, Spike stared, face to face with an angry Haggard.

“You lost little dragon,” Haggard sneered.

“Haggard!” Discord called. “You touch one scale on Spike, and you’ll get what’s coming to you!” Discord threatened. Haggard grabbed the dragon by the tail, unfazed at the draconequus’s threat, “Okay! I warned you!” With that, Discord took out a glass of water, cleared his throat, hum a few tunes. Then, before any pony knew it, Discord burst out yodeling. While doing this, all of the longhorns, buffalos, and even Haggard himself, where put in a trance.

The ponies and Spike all watched in a mixed look of bewilderment and amusement, as Discord had all the bulls and buffalos doing dances, acrobatics, other kinds of circus tricks.

Haggard was doing a square dance with Chief Thunderhooves, before they exchanged partners; Haggard with Little Stronghearts and Thunderhooves with another cow.

The buffaloes did the ballet, while the bulls all did the can can.

“Wow,” Spike began. “Just wow.”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac agreed.

While this show went on, one of the hypnotized bulls accidentally kicked some boxes, spilling out its content, revealing themselves to be a little orange unicorn filly, somewhere around the CMCs' age, with white freckles on her face, and Cherry Jubilee.

"Ms. Jubilee! AMBER!!" Scarlet cried, as she trotted over, untying her boss, and the little filly. The sisters both embraced tenderly.

Spike and Big Mac smiled, seeing they actually did manage to find a pony after all.

Discord kept it up with his yodeling, up until his voice went hoarse and he finally lost his voice. With that, the Red Bull bandits all snapped out of their trances, regaining their senses, and looking down to see they were stacked up, in the formation of an upside down pyramid.

“What the hay?” Haggard exclaimed, before he and the bulls all lost their balance, and collapsed.

“Yeah~” Discord cheered himself. “Go Discord! Go Discord! Go self!”

"Why didn't you just yodel in the first place?" Spike asked. "You could've saved us the trouble of fighting Haggard and the Red Bulls."

“Eeyup.”

"Uh, hello, semi-phenomenal and nearly cosmic?" Discord countered, while knocking Spike's head repeatedly. "Besides, admit it, you and Big Mac enjoyed kicking those bullies in the plot. Think about, it could be a big boost for your reputations." With that, Discord conjured up an article of the Equestria Daily that reads, "Spike, the brave and glutinous, and his faithful sidekick, Big Burger, brings cold stone justice upon Haggard and the Red Bulls!" On the newspaper, was a photoshop of Spike as a very fat dragon, and Big Mac as a burger, sitting triumphantly over Haggard and the Red Bulls.

Spike and Big Mac rolled their eyes, while Discord's face turned into a troll. Spike looked at the defeated bulls, before he noticed something among the wreckage.

Later

After the commotion was settled, Princess Celestia, along with some royal guards, came to arrest Haggard and the Red Bulls.

"Princess Celestia!" Spike gasped, as he bowed his head, followed by Big Mac and Discord.

"Well done boys," Princess Celestia smiled. "You've certainly did a splendid job, to bring Haggard and his Red Bulls to justice. And furthermore, you've actually succeeded in finding a lost filly."

"Thanks to Discord and his yodel," Spike smirked, as he and Big Mac turn their head to the draconequus, who quickly took the time to talk with the readers.

"You know, this all reminds me of the time when I once tried to audition for the role of that loony, musical butterfly in the 1982 movie, The Last Unicorn," Discord's smile quickly shifted to a frown as he scowled, "They never respected my geniuses!" With that, Discord turned his attention back to Princess Celestia, and the boys'.

"Yeah, we found some ponies alright," Spike began sadly. "But still, no Twilight and the others," Spike sighed sadly.

"Nope," Big Mac added in equal solemn.

"All we could find was this object," Spike explained as he hold out the glass ball.

Celestia levitated the object up close, "You did good boys. What matters now is that we finally have a lead on something."

"Spike! Big Mac! Discord!" Scarlet called out, as she, Cherry Jubilee, and Amber trotted to the boys. "I just wanted to say, thank you all for helping me find my little sister. You're all great heroes."

"You're my hero!" Amber squealed in delight, looking at the boys with sparkles in her eyes.

The boys all looked bashful, as they scratched the back of their heads, “All in a day’s work,” Spike replied on his and the boys’ behalf.

“Eeyup,” Big Mac agreed.

“Yes,” Discord began, looking sadly to the side. ‘If only Fluttershy was here to see this. She would be so proud of me.’

“I would also like to say,” Cherry began with a smile. “I wish you boys luck on finding Applejack and the rest of the missing ponies! I know that Equestria is in safe hooves, with brave heroes like you three boys.”

“Imagine that,” Spike smirked, before he let out a yawn, followed by the boys.

“But for now, you boys need some rests,” Princess Celestia spoke. “Even heroes need their sleeps.”

“Eeyup,” Big Mac yawned. “Let’s head back to Ponyville.”

“I’ll second to that,” Discord yawned, preparing to snap his fingers, when he took notice of Spike, looking at some posters, "You coming Spike?" Discord asked.

"Be there in a moment," Spike replied, before he turned back to all the posters of the missing ponies on the wall. Amber and Cherry Jubilee have been found, so their posters have just been removed, leaving:

Missing ponies:

Amethyst Star
Sweet Biscuit
Sapphire Shores

And the latest,

Princess Twilight Sparkle
Rainbow Dash
Fluttershy
Pinkie Pie
Rarity
Applejack
Starlight Glimmer

“Hold on girls,” Spike talked to the posters. “Wherever you girls are, we’re on the way. I promise.”

A New Pen Pal

[Alone again naturally ]

Spike woke up, stretching his arms out, before he got out of bed, exited his room for Twilight's.

"Morning Twilight!" Spike greeted. "Rise and sh-" Spike stopped, as he looked at the empty bed. Then he remembered, "Oh yeah. Twilight's missing, along with the girls, and Starlight. Which means I've got the whole castle.....to myself."

Chaosville

Even though Discord's powers were cut in half, he was still able to have enough strength to teleport back to his house, in Chaosville.

An alarm clock sounded a cow's moo, throughout his home, until Discord smashed it, with a mallet. The tired draconequus reached over to a drawer, and dons on the hairy caterpillars over his eyes, along with his sharp tooth, goat horn, deer antler, and goatee. Once the tasks were done, Discord got up, did some stretches, and bent his whole body from side-to-side, before he pouts miserably.

"Now, what to do," Discord asked himself, as he looked at his calendar, which was upside down, and the numbers were out of order. "Oh yes! Pop in on Fluttershy and...." Discord stopped himself as he remembered. "Oh wait. That's right, I can't do that, since Fluttershy is........gone." It wasn't long, before a loud wail echoed throughout Chaosville, as Discord cried, "WHERE IS MY FLUTTERSHY?!!!!!!!"

Sweet Apple Acres

Big Mac was bucking some trees, knocking the apples off of the branch and into the baskets placed below, when Spike came by.

"Hey Big Mac," Spike greeted.

"Howdy Spike," Big Mac replied.

"Mind if could, I don't know, pick apples with you?" the despondent dragon asked.

".....Uh.....nope," Big Mac replied.

With that, Spike gloomily went over to a nearby apple tree, and climbed into it, as he harvested the apples in his claws, before he carefully climbed back down.

Wanting to break the awkward silence, Big Mac was the first to break the ice, "Sure is quiet without the girls, isn't it?" the stallion asked.

"Eeyup," Spike replied.

"No Twilight, must be very.....quiet then."

"More than you think," Spike replied. "I'm her number one assistant. She's my first friend. No, more than my friend, she's like my mother, and my sister, all in one pony. She's my reason to keep going. My reason to keep working to do her, and every pony, proud. To lose her, it's.....it's....I feel kinda aimless without Twilight."

"I know what you mean, little fella," Big Mac replied. "It's the same with all of us on Sweet Apple Acres with Applejack gone," Big Mac let out a despondent sigh, as he added. "It's just like that time when AJ felt like a failure all over again. Granny Smith's even more depressed, and Apple Bloom isn't her usual spunkiness, as of late."

"But hopefully, we'll find them!" Spike said, as he tries to brighten the mood. "Hopefully, very soon."

"Eeyup."

Castle of Friendship

After some hours of helping Big Mac pick the apples, Spike finally returned to the castle.

"Well," Spike began. "Twilight or no Twilight. It's no reason to not keep this place in good shape."

With that, Spike took out a radio, and inserted a CD into the player, and a song was played.

Spike then begins doing the chores. He began with sweeping the floor, before he went to do some mopping, and waxing the floor. While doing this, Spike happened to invent a much quicker way of doing this.

Tying some scrubs to his feet, Spike started to skate around the floors, leaving a trail of waxes behind, while using his mop as his aid of steering. Later, he was in the library, dusting the shelves, top to bottom, and left to right.

'Twilight would blow up the castle if I ever forgot to clean out the library,' Spike said in his head.

Later, Spike checked the clock to see that it was 7:15 AM. With that, Spike took out some Power Ponies comics and reads them for enjoyments. Later, he went out to the farmers' markets to buy some foods. Spike also stopped by at Maud Pie's place, adjacent to Ponyville, where he and the earth pony explored more of her caverns while digging some gems, which he later dropped by at Carasoul Boutique, while taking a few for himself, to snack on of course.

Spike was passing through Ponyville, on his way back to the castle, when he noticed, Discord was at a restaurant, having tea, with himself.

"And then I said, that's no toilet plunger! That's Prince Blueblood!" Discord said.

"Hardy har har," the other Discord said unamused.

"No wonder Flutters-" Discord was quickly silenced by his other self, who covered his mouth.

"Don't say her name!" Too late, another Discord popped his head out of a trash can and entered a crying fit.

'Discord sure seem to take things really hard,' Spike said in his thoughts. 'Can't blame him though.

Castle of Friendship

Spike sat on the couch, and heaved a heavy sigh. Just then, a certain journal, on a nearby desk, was flashing red, and vibrating as it did so. This caught Spike's attention, as immediately went over, and cracked the journal open, and finds a message that reads:

'Dear Twilight,

I'm sorry it's been awhile since I last wrote to you. The girls and I have been using our powers, but I've started to feel we are becoming too dependent on them. Just wondering, should we limit our powers to a minimum, or should we just stop it all completely? And would that put a strain to our friendship?

Your friend,

Sunset Shimmer'

Spike took a quill, dipping it in some inks, as he wrote back in response.

'Dear Sunset,

I regret to inform you that Twilight's not here. She's gone.

Signed,

Spike'

After a few minutes passed, another reply was written.

'Did something bad happened? Is Twilight alright?' Spike dipped his quill in another pot of ink, as he wrote everything that had transpired, in response, 'Oh dear,' Sunset replied. 'I hope you'll be alright.'

"You and me both Sunny," Spike muttered.

'Is there anything I can do to help?' Sunset wrote.

'No, thank you, Sunset,' Spike replied. 'Just stay where you are! We don't want to lose you, after we've lost Twilight and the others. And whoever or whatever's kidnapping ponies, we don't need to let it know there are more in your world.'

'Okay,' Sunset replied. 'If it's for the best,' After a few minutes have passed, Sunset wrote another message, 'Now about my problem.'

Spike hesitated, for the moment. Nobody's ever asked him before on resolving a friendship problem. And even if he were to be the one to do so, it usually doesn't go well. Especially since the time he abused Twilight's title to get everything he wanted.

'Spike? Are you there?'

Nevertheless, Sunset is counting on him. And if she needs his help, he has to do it. Especially since Twilight is no longer there to do her work as Princess of Friendship.

After some times have passed, Spike wrote his last piece of advice of the day, and finished it with a triumphant smile.

'Thank you so much, Spike,' Sunset replied. 'I'm really glad you could help me out. And Twilight is really lucky to have you for her Number One Assistant,' Spike couldn't help but blush modestly, 'Sayonara.'

'Um, sayonara,' Spike wrote.

Manehatten Mayhem Part 1: The Model and the Designer

One afternoon, Spike was busy dusting some shelves in the library. He was moving some books when, "Discord?" Spike asked, taking notice of the draconequus, lounging in a mini couch, in the shelf. "What the hay are you doing here?"

"Just thought I'd move in," Discord replied. "And feel more at home, with Fluttershy," He gestured, to a nearby photo album, that was opened up to a page where a big picture of Fluttershy was shown. "Oh, Fluttershy, Fluttershy. WHERE ARE YOU MY DEAR SWEET FLUTTERSHY?!!!!!!!!" Discord wailed, while shaking the whole album, despite his miniature size.

Spike couldn't help but sigh in sympathy with the draconequus. Just as the Apple Family were taking it hard on Applejack's absence, and Discord was longing for Fluttershy, the little dragon was taking it the hardest. To him, the girls were more than just his friends. They were his family. The only family he'd ever knew, with him being their best friend, number one assistant, and little brother. Without the girls, the little dragon feels rather aimless.

After climbing down a ladder, and slumping into a couch, Spike stared endlessly at the ceiling, just when Big Mac walked in.

"Howdy," Big Mac greeted nonchalantly.

"Howdy," the boys replied in the same tone.

"How's the apple business?" Spike asked. "Still selling the Zap Apple Jams?"

"Eeyup," Big Mac answered.

"Bucking apples as usual?"

"Eeyup."

"Still making deliveries?"

"Eeyup....and nope."

"What do you mean?" Spike asked.

"Well, there's only one of me, and Granny Smith," Big Mac replied. "Without AJ, we're not making much deliveries than we'd normally do."

"Speaking of who," Spike began. "How are Granny Smith and Apple Bloom? How are they holding up?"

"....They're doing okay, I guess," Big Mac frowned, lowering his head. "Granny Smith's been walking out in the orchards, with Grand Pear. Apple Bloom.....she's just not as spunky as she used to be."

"I don't blame em," Spike replied. "Practically all of Ponyville's miserable without the girls. Scootaloo's not out doing scooter tricks, like she used to. Sweetie Belle's staying with her and Rarity's parents, but even they're just as miserable as her," Spike sighed, "Pinkie Pie's not around to brighten the mood. Fluttershy's not caring for the animals and every pony. It's a sad day for all of us."

"Eeyup."

Discord, who happened to be listening in on the boys' conversation, finally had enough, "I can't take it anymore!" With that, Discord disappeared in a flash of light, before he reappeared with the boys. "We can just spend the rest of our days, lying around here feeling miserable because the girls aren't here! Or we can just go out there, and find them again!"

"And how do we do that?" Spike asked. "We ain't even got a clue on where they are now. They could be anywhere."

"Eeyup."

Before Discord could reply, he suddenly stiffened up, before his whole body waved around.

"Discord?" Spike asked. "You feeling okay?"

"My chaos senses are tingling!" Discord said, before his eyes suddenly turned into radar, and his pupils flashing repeatedly, while emitting a pinging sound. "I'm sensing trouble!"

"Trouble?" Spike looked at Big Mac, who was just as bewildered as the little dragon is. "Trouble where?"

In response, Discord was pulled straight towards the map room, where he was hovering over the friendship map, with his tongue pointing to, "Manehattan marks the spot!" Discord said.

"Then let's go!" Spike declared.

"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, Spike," Big Mac ushered, holding his hooves up. "Shouldn't we just inform Princess Celestia about this?"

"Oh, right," With that, Spike whips out a scroll, and makes a quick note to the princess, before he sends it away via dragon breath. "Now let's get to Manehattan!"

"Wait!" Big Mac continued. "Why don't we just let the princess take care of this?"

"No way, Big M!" Spike replied. "Princess Celestia and the guards might not make it in time. They've already got their hooves tied with the missing ponies. Besides, if Twilight and the girls were here, they'd just answer the call for help, right away!"

"Ooh, so you're saying, with the girls gone, this is our chance to be the main casts for once!" Discord smiled. "A chance for us to steal the spotlight!"

Spike and Big Mac looked to each other, unsure of how to answer the draconequus, "Well...."

"Then off to Manehattan!" With a snap of his fingers, Discord and the boys disappeared in a flash of light.

Manehattan

In the busy streets of Manehattan, the ponies were simply going about their days, when the boys appeared in a flash of light.

"Whoa, head rush," Spike groaned.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed, before both he and the dragon shook the daze off.

"So, where do we go?" Spike asked.

"Let's see," Discord got on the ground, licking the street with his tongue, eyeballs sticking out of their sockets, before he took a whiff with his nose. "This way!" He pointed in one direction. "Hold on, Fluttershy! I'm coming!" With a rev of his feet, Discord was literally gone in a flash.

"Hey! Wait up!" Spike called, as he and Big Mac ran after the draconequus.

Later

In a huge building, a fashion show was taking place, with a variety of beautiful mares, strutting down the runway, showing off the clothes and accessories they were don up in.

"Alright every pony!" the announcer called. "Now it's time for our mane attraction, here she is mares and gentlecolts! The elegant Fleur De Lis!"

With a loud series of whoop, applauses, and cheers, the said unicorn super model stepped on the runway, while showing off the dazzling new dress and accessories she wore.

"Yes, simply fabulous!" the judges all applauded. "Ms. De Lis, certainly knows grace and poise. And that lovely dress simply compliments the magic she brings to this show today!"

"I say both the model, and the designer, have done well!" another judge spoke.

After giving off several more poses, Fleur De Lis heads back to the curtains, where she met up with her partner for the day.

"Wow, you were simply amazing!" Coco smiled.

"Merci, Ms. Pommel," Fleur replied. "And I'd say, this dress you've made is simply, c'est magnifique."

"It was an honor working with you, Ms. De Lis," Pommel blushed.

"Oh, darling," Fleur began. "Just call me, Fleur. We are friends, no?"

Just then, Discord came through the door that lead backstage, with Spike, and Big Mac, following.

"Sacrebleur!" Fleur exclaimed, along with Coco, both mares taken by surprise.

"Discord," Spike panted. "Can you at least try to slow down for us, before you go off, saving Fluttershy?"

"No can do, Spike," Discord replied. "Every seconds count, and the more we waste, the more Fluttershy is missing and in the evil clutches of the goons who kidnapped her!"

"Hey, I want to save Fluttershy too," Spike replied. "But if we're ever going to be any help, finding her and Rarity. Then-"

"I say," Fleur spoke up, as she and Coco walked up to the boys. "You boys know Ms. Rarity?"

"Know her?" Spike asked. "We're actually friends of her!"

"Eeyup," Big Mac added.

"What they said," Discord replied.

"Oh!" Coco exclaimed, as she walked up to Spike. "I remember you! You're their dragon friend!"

"Yep, Spike the Noble Dragon, that's me!" Spike smiled in confirmation. "And these guys are Big Mac, and Discord."

"Howdy," Big Mac greeted.

"Why hello to you, ladies," Discord bowed his head.

"My, my," Fleur commented, looking at the boys in amusement. "Ponyville's quite bigger than when I last visited it, with Fancy Pants. So, what brings you boys to Manehattan?"

"We sensed trouble," Spike answered. "And we came here to make sure every pony is okay."

"Eeyup."

"Actually, we're here for something else," With that, Discord conjured a huge missing poster of Fluttershy, and held it up to Coco, and Fleur. "By chance, have you ladies seen the pegasus in this photo? About yay big, long pink mane and tail, quiet voice?"

"You mean, Fluttershy?" Coco asked.

"Ugh, do I have to spell it out?" Discord asked, irritably. "Where. Is. Fluttershy?"

"Uh....sorry, but I don't see here around here," Coco whimpered.

"Discord!" Spike said harshly, as he pulled the draconequus back, by the tail. "Sorry about him. As you can see, he's very anxious with looking for Fluttershy and the rest of our friends, since they went missing."

Fleur and Coco were shocked, "Oh dear!" Coco gasped. "Rarity and the others too?"

"That's just awful," Fleur spoke.

"Eeyup."

"Tell me about it," Discord rolled his eyes.

"But we're doing whatever we can to find them, and all the other ponies who've gone missing," Spike replied.

"Eeyup."

"Oh, how chivalrous," Fleur said in amusement, before she realized. "Oh wait! I did read the Equestria Daily this morning, saying something about a rescue team of three, foiling the Red Bull Gang, and bring them to justice. You boys wouldn't happen to be those three, would you?

"Eeyup."

"Looks like our reputation precedes us," Discord said to Spike.

Getting back on topic, "Anyway, while we're here," Spike began. "Have you ladies seen anything suspicious, by chance?"

"Yeah, like any suspicious looking character, snooping around? That sort of thing?" Discord asked.

"Well, not that we don't know," Coco replied, with Fleur shaking her head in response.

"Hmm," Discord pondered, stroking his goatee. "But I'm sure there's trouble brewing here. My chaos senses were tingling."

Little did the boys know, trouble is indeed brewing, beneath their noses.

Manehatten Mayhem Part 2: Monsters Unleashed