The royal night guard rushed together toward the forest their rulers had commanded them to check.

The Royal guard looked like a red earth pony with black mane, red eyes, and orange armor.

"Spread out men. We must find the princesses student at once." ordered the head guard.

"ROGER!" Nodded the other guards, who looked exactly like him, but lacked the cape.

All of them darted around while we find ourselves back in the cave with Shining and the others.

"So where should we go now?" Shining asked his sister.

"We can't leave until Rainbow is completely healed." replied Twilight.

"Don't worry, our kind heals very fast..." Said Rainbow as she took off her bandages, showing her healed wounds.

That surprised Twilight as she and Scootaloo got up and stretched their limbs, just as Shining sensed something close by.

'This ki...it's very dark...' He thought as he could feel the dark ki coming near them.

"Heads up. We got company." remarked Applejack standing straight.

"W-who is it?" Asked Twilight nervous.

"Not sure, but there's several of them, and they're coming closer." replied Shining tightening the headband on his head.

"Can you get a look at them?" Rainbow asked as she cursed the fact that her scouter was destroyed.

Applejack narrowed her eyes as her energy sensor picked up the five figures with their power coming closer.

"Well Applejack, what did you see?" Asked Scootaloo.

"Five of them are converging on us." replied Applejack.

"Do you see what they look like?" Asked Rainbow.

Applejack took a closer look and cursed at the emblem on their armor.

"Shit! They're royal guards!" She said.

Rainbow cursed under her breath while Shining sighed. This would be tough.

Twilight went pale upon hearing that.

Soon the five guards surrounded the entrance to the cave.

"Do you feel anything here, general?" Asked one of the subordinates to his superior.

"A few energy sources." spoke the head guard as he narrowed his eyes at the cave.

The soldier nodded as he and the others got in fighting positions.

"For anyone in the cave, come out or we shall fire in the name of the princesses." called the head guard.

"Shit! What do we do?!" Scootaloo asked in panic.

"We fight of course!" cried Rainbow cracking her knuckles walking to the entrance of the cave.

"Ah agree with her." Applejack said as she walked alongside the pegasus.

Twilight was nervous as her brother and Scootaloo stood beside them as well.

Twilight felt a little more at ease as they walked out of the cave and in view of the royal guard.

"Twilight Sparkle, you're hereby under arrest by the princesses' orders." Said the lead guard. "Please give up and come with us without resistance, otherwise we won't be so careful about your health."

The answer he got was the guard receiving a punch to the gut before getting sent crashing into a tree.

"How's that for an answer? Rainbow asked with a smirk.

Everypony else was shocked except AJ, who looked humored, and Scootaloo, who had stars in her eyes.

"Fire!" commanded one of the soldiers as they all held their palms out and began shooting energy blasts at the group.

Shining acted quickly and made an energy bubble to protect himself, Scootaloo and Twilight as AJ and Rainbow Dash moved to fight the remaining guards.

Rainbow sent one of them flying with a punch to the jaw while Applejack blasted two back with a blast from both her hands.

The remaining soldier could only look at the two girls in fear, especially when they glanced at him.

"We can't let you tell the princesses." spoke Rainbow as they both held an arm out and shot a blast at the soldier together, easily disintegrating him on the spot.

"RAINBOW!" Cried Twilight in shock from what she saw.

"It needed to be done." spoke Rainbow crossing her arms.

“B-but..." Twilight tried to spoke.

"This is fighting for survival. You need to understand that sugarcube." spoke Applejack patting her shoulder.

Twilight flinched before nodding, hoping to find the elements soon and end the needless casualties.

"We better move before more of them find us." advised Shining.

They all nodded as they soon went away into the forest, as only the captain of the now deceased squad woke up from the attack he suffered thanks to Rainbow.

"Must..call....reinforcements..." groaned the guard holding one hand out as he shot an energy blast straight up.

"SHIT!" Rainbow cursed when she saw what the guard did.

"We gotta run." spoke Scootaloo.

Everypony nodded as Shining took his sister to his back and they flew away.

(Cave)

Now we find Spike resting after being given food by Rarity.

He was feeling a lot better than before and managed to get out of bed and did some stretches.

"Ahh~! That's better!" He grinned as he took off the bandages, revealing his healed scales.

Seeing how he was full of energy, he walked out of the tent to take a look around the place.

He saw some tents like the one he was in, but nothing interesting like Rarity.

He started walking around the spacious cave as it looked barren and gloomy like any other cave.

"Where is this cave located anyway?" He asked himself.

He stopped speaking as he heard what sounded like other voices close by.

Spike quickly hid himself in case they were enemies.

"I still can't believe we have to let that dragon stay with us." spoke the first voice.

"Remember, it's the boss orders..." Said a second voice.

"For all we know, he could be a spy!" spoke a third voice.

"Don't you remember how Rarity brought him? He was already hurt and knocked out." Said the second voice.

"Yes, but what if he's working for the princesses?" suggested the third voice.

"Why don't we ask him then? We will be able to tell if he's lying..." Said the first voice.

Spike panicked as he heard the sound of footsteps coming and quickly ducked back into Rarity's tent and pretended to be asleep.

He discretely opened his eyes and saw three dog shaped figures passing nearby.

"He's still sleeping." remarked the largest figure.

"Seriously? Damn, he must be a heavy sleeper..." Said the smallest figure.

"Should we let him sleep?" asked the medium sized figure.

"Considering the leader hasn't called him at all...yeah." And with that, all the figures retired, leaving Spike alone.

"That was close." he whispered to himself.

Spike then got curious about the so called leader and wondered how he or she was like.

He double checked to make sure the coast was clear before silently making his way through the cave.

Then he heard a beautiful female voice singing, making him blush and felt at ease...

He tried to stay low while also following where the voice was coming from.

He eventually made it to near the outside, where he saw a female figure with a horn on top.

She sat on the rock while letting out a soothing melody from her fanged mouth.

Spike blushed when he saw how beautiful the mare was despite the revealing clothes she was in.

Chrysalis stopped her singing as she turned and noticed the dragon standing there.

She was surprised before she smirked, having an idea of what to do with him.

"It's rude to stare you know." teased Chrysalis.

"S-sorry!" Spike said with a blush.

"Feeling much better I see." smiled Chrysalis standing up.

"Yeah..." Spike said before asking, "Are you the leader around here?"

"Of course." smiled Chrysalis.

"So...do you know where Rarity is ?" Spike asked, curious about the white unicorn.

"She went out to scout out for anyone nearby." replied the changeling.

Spike nodded before he asked. "And those dogs are your allies as well?"

"You could say that." grinned the female.

Spike nodded before asking, "Sorry for not introducing myself, I'm Spike, and you?"

"Queen Chrysalis." smiled Chrysalis.

Spike nodded. "So what were you doing outside here?"

"I wanted to get some fresh air. It gets dusty in there." replied Chrysalis walking around him.

"Fair enough..."

"I was going to wait later, but I think now is a perfect time to ask for your help."

"Help in what?" Spike asked.

"You see, I want to find the elements of harmony to stop the tyranny Celestia and Luna have caused."

Spike's eyes widened upon hearing that.

"How do you know about the elements?" he asked with caution.

"I knew about them a long time ago, before the princesses became tyrants..." She answered.

Spike felt the answer was real and relaxed a little.

"Wait...you knew the princesses before they became...who they are now?" Spike asked surprised.

"Queen Solar Flare and Nightmare Moon." replied Chrysalis.

"Oh...I meant who they were before..." Spike said in embarrassment.

"A little. Let's just say we weren't the best of pals." remarked Chrysalis with a frown.

"I'm surprised, after all you're a good pony..." Spike said as she giggled.

"I wouldn't say that. I can be quite, naughty." spoke Chrysalis near his ear.

Spike blushed upon feeling her near him.

"Uh, maybe I should go find my friends." replied Spike stepping back from her.

"Now now, I think you should stay here awhile, just to make sure that you're not hurt." Said Chrysalis taking his hands with hers.

Spike blushed as she walked back to the cave with him behind her.

'She's right...besides I might see Rarity again...' He thought with a smile and blush.

That's when Rainbow, Scootaloo, Applejack, and Twilight frowned for some reason.

'Ah feel annoyed again...' Thought AJ.

'Why do I feel like breaking someone's skull?' wondered Rainbow.

'Why do I feel like using my magic to harm someone?' Twilight wondered.

'Why do I have the urge to break someone's kneecaps?' Scootaloo thought .

Shining yet again felt proud but sad about Spike.

Spike and Chrysalis made it back into the cave where the Diamond Dogs watched them re-enter the cave.

"Well then Spike, why don't I introduce you to the others?" Chrysalis said as he nodded.

Spike watched as she stood next to the dogs who stood at attention.

"So what are your names?" Spike asked politely.

"I'm Rover." spoke the medium sized dog.

"I'm sophie..." Said the biggest one.

"And I'm Spot." spoke the shortest.

Spike nodded, "I'm Spike, a pleasure."

That's when they heard Rarity's voice from the entrance.

"Darlings~! We have returned!" They heard.

'We?' thought Spike in confusion.

Spike's question was answered when he saw Rarity arrive with a younger unicorn mare.

The smaller unicorn had a white coat like Rarity and had light purple and pink mane and tail.

She wore the same clothes as Rarity, but in pink and purple colors.

"Oh Spike! Good to see you're up." smiled Rarity.

"Y-yeah!" He blushed before he asked "Who is she?"

"This is my little sister Sweetie Belle." smiled Rarity rubbing her siblings head.

Spike was surprised upon hearing that.

"Is it true? Are you really gonna help us find the elements?" asked Sweetie with a bright smile.

Spike nodded with a smile, making her cheer.

Author's Note

I know one of the Diamond Dogs has a different name, but it's for comedic purposes since he's the tallest one.