Arc One: Revenge - Chapter 6: Hostage

Spike trembled in fear as Shining Armor and Slither walked closer to him.

"Do I have to ask again?” Shining said.

"Go ahead, kill me to...I'll never tell you where Twilight is" Spike said as he stood his ground.

Meanwhile, doctor Skit just woke up from falling asleep at the doctor’s office. He walked outside and was confused to see that no pony was in sight.

"Um...did I miss something?” Skit asked confusingly, “Where is every pony?"

Skit walked around town aimlessly for awhile before finally spotting some ponies. He saw a Unicorn, a baby dragon, and a weird scary looking Pegasus standing by the Sugercube corner. Slither noticed him walking up and used his magic to teleport Skit in front of him.

"Who are you?!” Slither demanded, "why haven't you left Ponyville like every other pony?!"

Skit coward next to Spike in fear, "I...I don't know...I just woke up"

Slither looked over to Shining, "what do we with him?"

Shining sized up the cowering Skit, he saw his cutie mark, "I'm guessing you’re a doctor"

"Ye...yes"

"We'll today yours lucky day, cuz we need a doctor just in case one of us gets hurt on our journey"

"What journey?"

"Our journey to find someone very important"

Spike stepped forward, "Twilight will never forgive you for this!"

"Twilight?” said Skit, "you mean Twilight Sparkle? What do want with her? Didn't all her friends die or something?"

"Enough talking" Shining snapped, "where leaving now"

"This sounds like a lot of work" Skit said as he rubbed his chin with his hoof, "can I pass?"

"What? No you can't pass! You’re my hostage and you will do what you’re told or else you'll end up like Spikes friend...what was her name...Pinkie right?"

"I'll kill you for what you did!” yelled Spike with complete anger on his face.

Skit looked behind him and saw the two dead ponies

"I don't want to end up like those two!" Skit yelled in fear.

Skit tried to run away but Shining used a spell to freeze him in place. Just then out of the corner of his eye, Spike saw Rarity and Fluttershy riding a huge dragon. Spike saw his chance and booked it towards them. When Shining and Slither shot their magic at Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy hear and order the dragon to save Spike. The dragon flew in front of Spike and blew his fire at Shining and Slither who ducked for cover.

"We have to go now!" yelled Spike with panic.

Rarity looked at the trembling Skit, "but what about-“

Spike interrupted her, "we have no time! We need to get the Elements of Harmony back before it’s too late!"

"ok, common Flame, let’s go!" said Fluttershy.

The dragon named Flame flew off into the air away from Ponyville. He landed on the ground and the ponies got off his back

"Sorry I can't ride you feather” Flame said, “I need to get back to my wife who's going to give birth"

"Thanks for your help" said Fluttershy sweetly.

With that, Flame flew off.

"How on earth did you get a dragon to help you?" Spike asked with shock.

"We found him searching for food to give to his baby who's going to be born", said Fluttershy, "he's really nice...unlike many other dragons"

"Spike, what happened?” asked Rarity with concern, "why was Shining Armor attacking you?"

"I don't know, he said he was doing it for the good of Equestria. He also..."

"He also what?"

"He...uh...he killed Pinkie and Big Mac”

"WHAT!” Rarity and Fluttershy screamed.

"It's true...we need to find the others and get the Elements if Harmony back before more of us die"

Meanwhile, Shining and Slither got up from hiding under a ditch to see if the cost was clear. Skit was still frozen in place with a look of disbelief on his face. "Was that a...dra...dragon?"

"Yes it was" confirmed Shining, "but it’s gone now so where going to move”

"I can't believe he just left me...that's really rude"

Shining unfreezed Skit

"Common, let’s go" he ordered.

"Hey uh...will you let me go once you find Twilight?" asked Skit.

"Yes"

"I see...well...I have really good tracking skills so I could probably help you find that baby dragon and the ponies he escaped with"

"That's great! Common, let’s go, the faster I find them, the faster I find my sister"

"Twilight's your sister?"

"Yes"

"Why would you want to hurt your own sister?"

"I don't want to hurt her, I'm giving her over to my brother...he's really evil"

"So he wants to hurt your sister?"

"No...well...I hope not"

"Why are you helping him?"

Shining looked over to Slither in hopes of changing the subject but Slither flew off.

"Where are you going?!" yelled Shining.

"I don't need you” said Slither, “I can find them faster cuz I can fly"

Slither then flew off.

"Wow, "he's a good partner" Skit said sarcastically as he and Shining continued to walk.

"He's not my partner; I have to work with him"

"Why"

Shining sighed, "my family was tortured and killed in front of me and every pony in

Equestria (including you) will suffer the same fate as them unless I hand over the only family I have left...I don't want to do this...but one life isn't worth millions"

"I...I'm sorry for your loss...but was killing two of your sisters friends really necessary?"

"Can we please change the subject, if we’re going to be talking this whole time, we might as well talk about something happy."

"Ok...my life is pretty happy, we'll talk about that"

"Sure why not"

"Well...I love my life because I get away with so many things I should be getting in trouble for"

"Like what?"

"I learned a spell from a Unicorn that lets me change into a working earth pony and a normal earth pony. I use them to ditch my job and earn some extra bits. One time, me and some other ponies where carrying a mare in a carriage when all of a sudden, we got attacked by these other mares who wanted to talk with the one we were carrying. They offered us more bits to slow down, then the other mare offered us even more bits to speed up! It was a good day"

"Let me get this straight...you ditch your job to earn more bits?"

"Yup"

"But...you’re a doctor; some pony may really need your help"

"It's fine, they got other doctors"

"That's heartless"

"Your calling me heartless...you killed two ponies"

Shining growled at that comment.

"Besides” Skit continued, “I don't just do other jobs when I ditch work...I also host awesome party's. I was party king in Manhattan...before I had to go"

"Why did you have to leave?"

"I was caught and fired. I was then fired from every city in Equestria. Ponyville’s that last place left"

"Wow...you may be the worst doctor in the history of Equestria"

"Yea well I'm the best party host in Equestria!"

"I don't know about that"

"What? You know some pony better?"

"I do"

"What's his or her name?"

"It's..."

Shining remembered that he killed Pinkie.

"I...I forget her name"

"Her? There's no way a female is better at partying then me. I got to meet this pony"

Shining sheds a tear...he truly regretted killing Pinkie Pie and Big Macintosh.

"Do think there any closer?" Shining asked, trying to change the subject.

"I don't know, these tracks keep going and going and going...I'm sure we'll reach them before dawn"

"I hope so...I just want this whole thing to be over already"

"Sooooo....what happened to all the ponies in Ponyville?"

"Slither forced them to leave when he threatened to kill them all"

"So...is Slither like...a monster or something?"

"He's a Dark Race, there banished ponies...well there ancestors where"

"I see, that's uh....that's interesting"