Guys' Nights New Additions

One night, while Twilight and her friends were off on another friendship mission, Spike was watching the sky, through a pair of binoculars, counting, "3......2.....1," the sun sets over the horizon. "I declare tonight's guys' night, open!!!" He cheered.

"Yeah!!!" Discord and Big Mac joined, as they all did their dance. "It's guys' night! Eeyup! Oh, yeah! Eeyup! Having fun now! Eeyup! Oh yeah!"

"Do we really have to do a dance like that, every time we begin guys' night?" Thorax asked.

"Well yeah," Spike replied. "I mean, it's all part of the festivity."

"Kinda absurd if you ask me," Pharynx grumbled, before he received some stares from the other boys. "But, if that's how it is to have fun, then, alright. Whatever."

"So, what type of activities does one do in a 'Guys' Night' to be exact?" Stygian asked.

"Well, my fellow former baddy," Discord began. "We would just spend most of our days, here in the castle, playing a game of ours called, Ogres and Oubliettes!"

"Ogres and Oubliettes?" Stygian whimpered. "We have to battle monsters for fun?!!"

"Oh, don't worry," Spike reassured. "These monsters aren't like the one you...uh," Spike almost brought up the Pony of Shadows scenario they had recently dealt with, before he finishes, "Um, the ones you've studied with Starswirls."

"Eeyup," Big Mach smiled, as he cracks a wide smile, together with Thorax.

"Exactly!" Discord joined in. "The monsters we'll be fighting in this game, are nothing like the one you were," In response, Big Mac quickly elbowed Discord in the side.

Wanting to avoid some negative feelings, Spike quickly spoke, "Look, let's just get this guys' night started, okay?" When he sees Stygian still looking unsure, Spike went over, "Don't worry. C'mon, we'll show ya."

Later
[Ram Jam - Black Betty]

Spike, together with Discord, Big Mac, in their gaming personas, were running for dear life, as they struggle to outrun several cannon blasts, courtesy of the Squizard's evil henchmen.

"Captain Wuzz!" Spike shouted. "Fire an arrow in the air! I've got a plan!"

"On it, Garbunkle!" With that, Discord fired an arrow in the air, which Spike fired a spell at, causing the arrow to explode into a dazzling display of bright lights, blinding the Squizard and his monsters.

Elsewhere, Thorax, Pharynx, and Stygian, who were also in their own gaming personas, were standing at the top of a tower.

"Now's our chance!" Thorax said, as he and Pharynx loaded Stygian into a cannon.

"Ready! Aim!" Pharynx aimed the cannon, before he screamed. "FIRE!!!" With that, Stygian was launched out of the cannon, and straight towards the Squizard, and bopped the villainous squid on the head.

"I will survive!" the Squizard moaned as he retreated. "And plot my revenge!!" With that, the squid took his leave.

"Yeah!!!" the boys cheered.

"Wow, that really was fun!" Stygian smiled.

"See, I told ya," Spike smiled.

"Eeyup," Big Mac replied.

"It's kinda like having an adventure of your own," Stygian exclaimed happily. "Only you're doing it, without the ponies you've looked up to, for your whole life!"

"I know, right?" Spike asked. "It's actually a nice feeling to be a hero of your own story for a change."

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.

Stygian frowned, as he looks down to the floor in shame.

"What's the matter Stygian?" Thorax asked. "Aren't you having fun?"

"Of course I am," Stygian replied. "I just wished I realized this, before I ended up trapping myself, and my friends in a limbo."

The rest of the boys looked to each other, before Spike walked over, "Hey, look, the past is the past," Spike spoke. "We don't let that weigh us down, from moving onto the future."

"Eenope," Big Mac spoke.

"Easy for you boys to say," Stygian muttered. "You guys never did anything foolish that almost destroyed Equestria."

In response, the boys looked to each other, before Spike spoke up, "Actually, we kinda did."

"Oh really?" Stygian asked. "What's that?"

Spike was the first to start, sweating a storm, "I...uh, may have experienced my first greedy growth spout, and turned into an out-of-control titanic dragon, pillaging all of Ponyville, and if worse, the whole world."

"We were once evil changelings commanded by an evil queen," Thorax spoke, on Pharynx's behalf.

"And though I didn't do anything that threatens Equestria," Big Mac spoke. "There was this one time where me and AJ, almost.....uh, put the sake of our Apple family's business tradition on the line, when AJ kept making lies."

"Really?" Stygian asked, before they all turned to Discord.

"What? You've never heard of me?" Discord asked. "Well, I'm absolutely offended!" With that, Discord pouted, holding his head high, before he blinks an eye open to see the boys weren't going to leave him with the subject. "Alright. I used to be some chaotic maniac who once tried to take over Equestria."

"And?" Spike spoke.

"And I've turned Ponyville upside down and made it the chaos capital of the world."

"And?"

"And I've once drove a wedge between the girls, before they reformed me."

"And?"

"And while we were having this conversation, I draw a mustache on Princess Celestia's plot, and named it, Butt Freaky."

Meanwhile, in Canterlot

Princess Celestia was happily eating some cakes, when she heard some giggling behind her.

Celestia looked behind her, seeing some of the ponies, failing to suppress a laughter.

"What?" Celestia chuckled. "What's every pony laughing at?" She was completely unaware of a face drawn on her flank, courtesy of Discord.

Princess Luna was passing by, when she saw her sister's flank, and couldn't help but laugh, "Tia!" she laughed. "You're so sunny!"

Back with the guys

"Look, the thing is, not all of us are perfect," Spike spoke. "We've all made mistakes, big and small."

"Eeyup," Big Mac replied.

"But it's from those mistakes, that we learn how to be the better creature we are today!" Thorax spoke.

"I'll say," Pharynx spoke. "I may act all tough, and not like my wimpy little brother here, but I still care for him, and the hive. And admittedly, I've had a few bumps to realize that."

"And all I had to do was flood Sweet Apple Acres, before I realize that I'd be risking the friendship between Fluttershy, and the ponies of Equestria," Discord spoke.

"So you can plainly see, Stygian," Spike began. "Not all of us are perfect."

"Nope," Big Mac agreed.

"And sure, not all of us are heroes, like Twilight and the girls," Discord and the two Changelings shook their heads, while Spike continues. "And some of us may not have powers. But after all these years of working as their number one assistant, I know one thing. As long as you have good friends at your sides, we'd be able to overcome any obstacles in our way."

"YEAH!!" the rest of the guys, minus Stygian cheered.

Stygian smiled, feeling his spirit rising up, thanks to the boys' encouragement.

"So what do you say, Stygian?" Spike asked. "You with us?"

Stygian, looked at the rest of the boys in the room, before giving his answers, "I think so," he said hesitantly. "I mean, yeah!"

"Yeah!" the other boys cheered.

The boys looked, seeing Bulk Biceps in the room, "Sorry. Wrong address," With that, the bulk pegasus stallion took his leave.

Stygian turned to the rest of the boys, "So, what else do we do on Guys' Night?"

The boys pondered, before Spike's spikes started to glow, same with Thorax, and Pharynx's, horns. Discord's body twitched uneasily, while Big Mac and Stygian's cutie marks glowed and vibrated.

"The map's calling us?" Spike asked, as he and the boys ran to see the map, bearing symbols of the boys, hovering over Canterlot.

"Looks like there's a friendship problem that requires all of us," Thorax noted.

"Oh yeah!" Discord cheered. "Let the fun begin!"