To Die Another Day

A young adult dragon and mare ran through the destroyed city streets of the once proud dragon nation the dragon was wearing a sword as well as six necklaces and a pack on his back as they ran.

The two were running for their life from over a dozen foes behind them moaning in frustration and hunger as the milky white eye stared after nothing but still found their victims.

The dragon looked up and growled as he picked the mare up and shot down the street spreading his wings blowing past any other foes that popped out to ambush them.

"Spike go for that building over there before the flyers catch us!" The mare said over the rushing wind as the dragon now name Spike banked a hard right and flew into what looked like a old factory. He flew into a old office as the two ducked down and waited for the horde to pass groaning as they shuffled by trying to find the two.

Spike saw one of the flyers and gasped as he ducked down as the mare next to him wimpered. He brought a claw to his lips as he looked over the desk he was behind only to be eye to eye with the flyer.

Acting fast Spike grabbed the flyer and slammed it into the concreat while pulling a knife and thrusting it into the cyan flyers skull. The flyer instantly stopped thrashing and biting at him as he pulled the knife out, he growled as he felt a tear come to his eye.

"Fucking Rainbow. I figured we had lost you back in Equestria. Trixie its clear the others have gone." He said as he turned and saw her come out of the office she had a look of sorrow on her face as she came to stand next to Spike.

"Im sorry you had to do it Spike. I know she was a friend from before." She said as she put a hoof on his leg looking up at him. Spike looked down at Trixie and sighed as he ran a claw through her mane.

"It had to be done sis. Come on lets get out of here we're almost to the Griffon borders." He said as he smiled down at her as she nodded.

"Lets go then I dont want to meet anymore of those things." She said sighing as he continued to run his claws along her back.

"Ok lets move Mr X will be here soon Im sure." He said as she nodded.

"Right then lets move."

As the two headed towards one of the cargo doors Spike sighed as he thought of Rainbow Dash. It had been ten years since he last saw the mare at least alive anyway. All the other times he saw her she was stocking him and Trixie across Equestria, he sighed as he looked back one last time at the corpse of Rainbow Dash.

"Sorry Dash. I hope your in a better place now." He said as he made his way to the waiting mare.

"You sure your gonna be alright Spike?"

"Yeah lets just get out of here." He said as she nodded but then went wide eyed as she ran towards you.

"SPIKE LOOK OUT!" She pushes him out of the way as Spike rolls across the ground. He looks up in horror and sees Trixie impaled through the chest and into the back wall.

"Run Spike. RUN!"

Spike ground his teeth as he ducks an attempt to inpale him as well. He rolled across the ground and looked up seeing Mr.X as they call them. It was a mutated dragon its original face dragging on the ground as tenticals swayed around its body. Where its head used to be was now just a solid blood shot eye staring right at him.

It was covered in blood and god know what else from the smell coming off of it. Its claws had grown overly large that could easily cut him in half with one swipe. All along its back were either small mouths or eyes and spikes, while its tail pealed like a bananna in four ways and the bones looked to be as sharp as a spear.

Spike roared as he shot at the beast pulling a large sword from his back hacking through the tenticals that it sent at him. The monster screamed as Spike flew right into the eye stabbing it over and over into the pupil. It thrashed as hard as it could sending Trixie into a wall hard as she fell into the cold hard ground and didnt move.

Spike roared again in rage as he dug his claws into one of the stab wounds and started to pull it apart. The beast screamed in pain as it tried to run away but Spike wouldnt let up as he ripped the monsters eye open before taking a deep inhale and blew green fire into the gapping wound.

The beast screeched again as it used its tail and impaled Spike through the shoulder. He screamed as he grabbed his sword and blew his fire onto it turning it red hot as he raised it high screaming his rage as he buried it to the hilt inside the huge wound.

The beast garbbled and stumbled around as he threw Spike off of it finally as it tried run away only to fall to the ground giving one last strangled cry before it fell silent. Spike slammed into one of the support beams denting it from the hard impact. He fell to the floor with a hard thud next to Trixie.

He groaned as he got up and staggered over to the mare. As he got to his friend and sister figure he saw she was close to deaths door.

"I told you to run stupid. The great and powerful Trixie did not save her brother only to have him get killed before she said he could." She said as he gave a teary smile.

"You cant go like this Trix. You cant! You promised me we would both make it no matter what...You promised." He said as the tears finally came as he pulled the mare into his chest as she smiled at him while her vision started to blur.

"Sorry Spike but I dont think I can keep that promise. But you know what you have to do Spike." She said as he held her tighter shaking his head.

"NO! I.I.I cant Trixie! Your all I have left! Please you have to hang on!" He wailed.

"Shhhhh. Its ok Spike you know you have to do this. If you dont you know what will happen... Please Spike you have to keep your promises." She looked behind Spike and smiled as the grown dragon broke down holding her tight to his chest.

"Hey Spike your friends are here and they want me to tell you they'll take care of me and not to worry." She said as she pulled back and looked at the broken dragon pulling his head out of her mane. He looked up at her as she smiled.

"Dont worry Im going to a better home now, but you have to keep going Spike. Please Spike send me home." She said barely above a whisper as he layed the mare down on the ground as he raised the bloody sword above his head.

"Love you little brother."

"I.I.I love you to big sister. He said as the tears re-doubled as he swung the sword as hard as he could cutting in one smooth motion cleaving the mare he saw as a big sister's head off before taking in a deep breath of air and blowing the flames onto the mare until she was nothing but ash.

Spike sat there for what felt like forever as he stared at the scorch mark that was once had been his sister. He stood up on weak knees as rage took him when he heard the shuffling of hooves coming into the factory.

He looked up to see the horde from earlier coming towards him. He saw red as he screamed his rage and charged the horde holding his sword high above his head. He took in another breath of air before spewing deadly green flames at the monsters.

He turned many to ash as he charged in hacking and slashing everything around him and spewing fire to keep them at bay. He took down flyers that tried to attack from his blind spots with a quick fireball. His rage lasted until the last of his foes were cut down. He was breathing hard as he looked at the battle ground.

Bodies and body parts lay all around him along with patches of fire as he stumbled out of the factory and towards the East to the Griffon Kingdom.

(4 days later)

Spike stumbled across the valley that led to the griffon kingdom dragging the bloody sword behind him. As he walked he could see the bodies of walkers and flyers as well as many Mr Xs. He shuffled along towards the path that led to the High Kingdom. He moved in almost a trance as he stepped on the path to the Kingdom.

SUNK!

Spike stumbled back as he looked down to see a arrow in his chest.

SUNK! SUNK! SUNK!

"HURK!" Blood spilled from his mouth as three more arrows joined its brother. He looked up to see the smiling faces of griffon warriors as he fell to his knees.

"HA HA! We got another one!"

"Please."

The warriors stopped their cheering as they looked at the dragon in shock.

"SHIT! WE GOT A LIVE ONE HERE!"

They rushed to his side as he fell back onto the grass while going through his pack on his hip.

"IM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY!" Spike looked up to see a female holding his head in her arms as they started to remove the arrows.

"Dont waste your time." The griffons looked at him confused as he pulled out two vials of blood.

"This is my blood as well as anothers. It holds the cure inside." He said as he gently took the females claw and placed the vials in her claw before closing her fingers around them gently and patting her hand while smiling at her.

"I forgive ma'am you were just protecting your home. But could you do me a favor?" He asked as the griffin nodded with tears in the corner of her eyes.

"Could you turn me to the valley?" She nodded as she turned him to look at the beautiful valley. He took a deep breath as his vision got darker.

"Hm never would have thought I would meet you again Gilda, I guess it really is a small world. Ill tell Rainbow you said hi."

The females eyes shot open as she pulled her helmet off and chuncked it away as she looked hard at the dragon that was fading away.

"NO DONT GO YET! PLEASE STAY! DONT GO! I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!"

Spike looked up at Gilda and smiled and shook his head.

"She's gone. Im sorry." Those were his last words as he exhaled for the last time. It sounded like a sigh like it was a relief that it was finally over.

Gilda stared in shock at the dragon after he drew his last breath. She choked on a sob as her claws dug into the scales on his shoulder.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed as she saw the dragons body start to flake away. She tried to keep him and not let go of the only link to her long time friend and past as she desperatly tried to gather the soul flakes.

She watched as the flakes blew awak in the breeze before there was a great flash and he was gone. Gilda stared at the spot where the flakes flashed before she looked at two vials in her claw.

"Captain?"

"Round up the boys in R&D tell them we have the cure to this virus."

(In another Equestria)

"Come on Twi you can do it!" A eager young dragon said as he watched his mother figure concentrate on her new spell. It would allow her tap into an alternate Equestria and with it she wanted to see what could have been.

"Hnnnnnnnn! Ahh!" Princess Twilight Sparkle gasped as a jolt of pain went through her horn like a lighting bolt hit it. There was a flash and a bolt from her horn went through the side of her house and hit a cloud over the valley by Applejack farm.

The sky darkened as everyone ran outside while looked like a hole opened up. They watched in awe as what looked like glowing green and purple flakes. Twilight looked at the flakes and then her dragon assistant and saw his mouth on the floor.

"Spike?"

"Twilight do you know what that is?"

"Um no. Do you?"

"That is a dragon's soul Twi. Come on its over in the valley." He said as he shot off towards where the flakes were gathering.

"Spike! Wait!" Twilight yelled after the young dragon taking off after him.

(Some time later)

Spike came over the hill that led into valley as he heard Twilight come running up beside him.

"Spike whats wrong?"

He didnt answer her as he stared at where the flakes continued to gather before he started to hurry through the field as Twilight groaned.

"Wait Spike!" She called again she was ignored as she raced after her charge.

Even if he was small he was still pretty fast. She found him by where the last of the flakes were gathered and gasped.

It was another dragon. But thats not what scared her, it was the four arrows in his chest. As the last of the flakes touched down she went straight to action. She carefully used her magic to free the arrows as she checked for a pulse. She barley found in his neck. It was very weak and she had to act fast.

"Spike go get nurse Red Heart and the other staff and tell them to meet me in the library GO!" She said as she teleported all three to the tree as Spike shot out the door.

She ran to the bathroom and pulled some towels out as blood started to pour from the wounds. She saw besides the four holes in his chest his right wing was broken and he had a hole in his shoulder. She started to panic as she used her magic to pop the bone back into place hearing a fain groan from the green and purple dragon and went to get more towels.

When she came back she saw Nurse Redheart as well as a lot of doctors run in and to the dragons side as Spike came up to her tallking.

Twilight heard nothing but noice as her vision began to blur while she looked at her blood stained hooves before it all went black.