Chapters Spike let out a sad sigh as he layed in his bed with a gloomy aura around him. He was home alone while Twilight and the others were at the Crystal Empire. He asked Twilight if he could go, but she replied that he needed to watch the library, which was pointless considering barely any ponies came to it.
He got up and decided to try out a new product that had been made in Canterlot. It was small and made out of granite. It had different gems embedded into the bottom part of it with the top part having a larger gem stone put in it. The creators described it as a laptop. This product had the ability to link up with other laptops using the magic that the gemstones had and had the ability to shrink down into a compact size fo easy transport.
"Well, let's see..." Spike said as he looked through the "computer", as it was called by the ponies whom made it, and saw a message from his friend Featherweight. "Hmm, how interesting..."
The dragon clicked on the message and saw the video image of his pony friend, "Hello there, Spike!" Said cheerfully Featherweight as Spike answered in a slight depressed way.
"Hey Featherweight." replied Spike with a frown on his face.
"Hey, what's wrong? Did you accidentally eat your secret stash again?" asked Featherweight.
"No, Twilight and the others just went off and left me here to watch the library, which I might add barely has anypony else come by." responded Spike crossing his arms with an irritated expression.
"Sorry to hear that, but I might know something that you'll love!" the screen showed a scroll to show a message before Featherweight's face came back on it. "Check the link out and follow the instructions."
Spike arched an eyebrow before sighing and hit the right keys before the scroll unfurled to show a link. After clicking on it, his screen showed what looked like a keyhole.
Spike then watched in awe as the screen went black before it showed what appeared to be a pink link hole with a 'z' on it. The dragon then watched as the screen seemed to go through the keyhole and he saw that he was looking at some other world with millions of weird figures floated through the air interacting with each other as there was a giant structure on the center with a figure that looked like a head with wings.
"Welcome to OZ, a virtual world where you can do anything you want and can do now. From buying insurance to interaction, OZ is able to translate to any language so you can talk with people from across the entire world. You can also enjoy a wide variety of sports with a big crowd at each one." A female voice said from apparently the site's introduction.
"Now please, design your avatar so you may interact." responded the voice as Spike was brought to a screen full of different parts. He rubbed his chin to come up with an idea, then snapped his fingers and filled out his necessary avatar. After it was done, it looked like Hazama from Blazblue but with a purple fedora and suit, a green tie and a orange vest.
Spike's avatar looked up and saw another avatar that looked like Carl from Blazblue, except for brown hair and a cream colored cape.
"Featherweight?" asked Spike's avatar.
"Yup, but in OZ, just call me Carl." replied Featherweight's avatar.
"Alright, well if we name out avatars, I'll go with Hazama." replied Hazama.
"Cool, now to show you the best part. The battle portion of OZ." replied Carl.
Hazama tilted his head before Carl jumped into the air and began to fly through it with Hazama following. They soon landed on a platform.
"Now just send out a challenge, and someone will come." replied Carl.
Hazama nodded and input the write message before a banner of challenge was shot up into the air.
Both avatars stood there waiting and didn't have to wait long as someone accepted it. Hazama pressed the button to start the match and saw his opponent was a simple samurai constructed avatar.
Soon a large electronic banner appeared that said 'Ready' before it flashed to 'Begin!'
Hazama backed up and didn't make a move as Spike was currently looking over his keys for the right one.
'Let's see. The basic key to defend should be..this!' Spike typed in the keys and his avatar brought his arm up and surprisingly blocked the blade by grabbing it. He looked through the instruction list and found the one for a basic punch and typed it in before watching as Hazama used his free hand and delivered a left punch to the samurai's armored cheek that pushed him back.
"This looks easy." replied Spike through Hazama.
The samurai was starting to get up and Hazama kept his grin on his face as he got into a basic fighting stance. The samurai charged with his sword at the ready and was aiming for his midsection but Spike did something that was surprising for all watching, including himself. He took a quick glance at one of the moves and ended up getting his avatar to launch himself into the air by pushing down on the flat side of the blade when it came close enough.
"Now I got him." Hazama pivoted in the air and waited til he came down before holding his right leg close to him and then brought it down in a kick that struck the samurai in the face with his steel-toed shoes. All movement stopped as both avatars stayed in that position before the samurai fell back onto the platform with the insignias for a knockout below him.
(Spike's Room)
Spike was naturally stunned at his victory before he grinned and did a victory dance before calming down and controlling his avatar again.
(OZ)
"WOW! Hazama, that was BADASS!" Carl/Featherweight yelled in awe as Hazama/Spike chuckled.
"You're welcome..." He said before smirking, "I think I'm gonna like this!"
(Digital World: ?)
On the dark area of the recently made digital world, where several viruses and undeveloped areas were there, a shadow blinked as it recovered from the damage it had.
"Where...am I...?" The shadow moaned as it green and black eyes shone darkly. "The last thing...I remember...was..." Then everything came back to it, how he tried to rule once again HIS kingdom where HIS slaves were, but then six mares and a GODDAMNED BABY DRAGON ruined it all by using that hated crystal heart!
"They will pay...ALL OF THEM...ESPECIALLY THAT DRAGON...THEY WILL PAY FOR GOING AGAINST ME, KING SOMBRA!"
(Canterlot)
Luna, princess of the night and dreams was currently browsing through the network that had been established due to this 'computer'. She stopped when she found an add for an online site.
"OZ?"
(OZ)
Hazama produced a spin kick and sent an anthro fish careening into the pillar and causing his health to drop and cause the winner banner to drop down.
"Is that all?" Mocked the now champion of OZ as he looked around to see if there were any opponents left.
"Not even close." called a voice as Hazama turned toward two new figures.
The one that spoke looked like a guy with orange-gray skin with a dark green, almost black, bodysuit with yellow streaks and had 4 giant lightning rods on a X Formation on his back.
The other one looked like a giant with green and orange armor that covered mostly his upper body and had a black bodysuit underneath.
(They're Elecman And Gutsman From Megaman Battle Network Respectively)
"Oh? And just who are you two?" asked Hazama with a grin.
"I'm Elecnips, and my minion is Gutsnails!" Said the smaller one as Gutsnails nodded before he registered what HIS minion said!
"Hey, I'm suppose to be in charge." argued Gutsnails.
"Yeah right!" Elecnips argued back and soon both opponents were arguing against each other.
Hazama scratched his chin at his supposed enemies for the round.
"I'll just finish these guys before I lose more time..." Said the champion.
Hazama rushed at them and delivered a roundhouse kick to both their chests, causing the avatars to fall off the platform.
Back in the real world, a certain pair of idiotic ponies by the name of Snips and Snails were blaming each other for losing.
"I told you to follow me!" snapped Snips.
"But last time we agreed on me being the leader!" Snails said back.
"Well I changed my mind!" replied Snips crossing his arms.
"Then for the next two games I'll be tge leader then!" Snails said back.
"Whatever." relented Snips.
(OZ)
"Well, that was too easy. I could still go one more round." sighed Hazama.
"Yeah!" A voice shouted as Spike saw a giant robot-devil like man with a lot of muscles, pale skin, yellow spiky hair, red glasses, a strong chin and jaw, and wore a sleeveless white and yellow jacket with white pants, gray armor and black boots. (Iron Tager)
"Alright, this looks promising. Who are you?"
"Iron Biceps, YEAH!" Roared the now named Iron Biceps.
"Alright, let's do this." grinned Hazama.
Soon Iron Biceps went running towards Hazama with a fist raised and then he hit...nothing but air!
He looked around in confusion, but Hazama landed on the ground behind him with a smile.
"Shi-ne! JAYOKU HOUTENJIN!" Iron Biceps turned around, yet it was too late as he was hit with a rising kick from Hazama that shot a green beam and thus he was launched 200 mph outside the ring.
Hazama watched as Iron Biceps fell down the air and away from the platforms before sighing. "Well, guess that's all for today."
But his day was far from over as he noticed his shadow seemed to get larger underneath him.
And soon he noticed a GIGANTIC CAT MISSILE HEADING TOWARDS HIM!
"What the hell!?" He quickly jumped to the side as it caused a big explosion on the platform.
"DAMN IT! I almost had you!" Growled a female voice as Hazama saw his newest opponent, who was a young girl with long rainbow colored hair in twin pigtails and still long enough to reach her back, maroon eyes, and wore a blue and white magical girl outfit with a staff near her. (Platinum The Trinity).
"Hello Platinum." sighed Hazama at the familiar avatar.
"Don't "Hello Platinum me!" Hazama!" Growled Platinum Dash, "This time I'll defeat you and become the champion!" But to her anger and disbelief, Hazama was eating a boiled egg instead of paying her any attention!
"Eh? You say something?" Meanwhile, a certain one-eyed ninja felt like laughing evilly.
"Don't ignore me!" yelled Platinum Dash sending another missile at him.
Hazama just yawned while he casually avoided the missiles sent at his way.
He popped another boiled egg into his mouth, even though the missiles were putting craters all around him.
"WHY YOU-!" Platinum then summoned a LOT of cat-shaped bombs from the sky to hit Hazama...who avoided them all WHILE FREAKING MOONWALKING LIKE FRIGGING MICHAEL JACKSON!
"Hee Hee." grinned Hazama definitely mocking Platinum by saying Michael Jackson's catchphrase.
AND THAT was what made Platinum snap as she ran towards Hazama as her staff became a GIANT hammer and was about to smash him as the latter wasn't even moving.
Then Platinum smashed the hammer on the place where Hazama was, making the whole place tremble and the girl grin...until she felt something behind her!
That something was quickly revealed to be Hazama, who was crouched and had his hands in a sign for a common ninja technique...until-"ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!"
Platinum's scream was so high, it didn't make a sound as she went sailing out of the ring while grabbing her butt.
"TROLOLOLOLO~LOLOLOLO! XD" Mocked Hazama as he laughed alongside every avatar that watched Platinum leave the place, making him win by default!
(In Real World)
"BUCK!" yelled Rainbow Dash hitting her desk. "That was the twelfth time this month!"
"H-how is T-THAT move even legal?!" Twilight asked as all the mares had a blush on their face after seeing Hazama's...technique.
They had all gone to Rarity's Boutique and watched as Rainbow was beaten again this month.
"Indeed Twilight! That...obscure action is. SO. INSULTING!" Rarity said over-dramatically as she fell on her infamous couch.
"But you gotta admit, it was funny!" yelled Pinkie laughing at the action.
"For some sugarcube, but for others..." AJ said as she pointed to the now red-faced Fluttershy, "Well, ya get the idea..."
"Why are you so worried about beating him anyway?" asked Twilight.
"B-because he embarrassed me countless times before!" Huffed the pegasus with a blush.
"Really? Like when darling?" asked Rarity.
Rainbow Dash was about to answer, but Pinkie Pie beat her to the hoof, literally.
"Here you go! Top 10 Platinum Dash's Most Embarrassing Defeats!" Said the pink pony as the most recent video showed the worst defeats of Dash's avatar...which were ALL made by Hazama.
Platinum charged at Hazama, who easily stepped out of the way as she fell off the platform.
Hazama yawned as he held Platinum by her forehead with his arm stretched, keeping her flailing arms from hitting him.
Hazama sitting on her while browsing through a smaller window for clothes to shop for.
Platinum forfeiting after Hazama grabbed a hold of her hammer and was currently pounding her into the platform with it.
Hazama grabbing Platinum by the head and throwing her like a baseball before she hit a building.
Platinum being put in a bag before being stomped by Hazama as the latter walks away and throws a grenade on the bag, making it and platinum explode.
Hazama using his Astral Heat "Hungry Darkness Of 1000 Souls" on Platinum as a giant snake made on lesser snakes and chains devoured Platinum.
Hazama somehow using his own health bar to beat platinum in a massive combo before finishing by blowing her away and shouting, "FEEL THE LOVE OF THE HYPER COMBO!"
Hazama SOMEHOW using Shun Goku Satsu on Platinum as the screen goes dark before showing Hazama standing over Platinum's corpse.
And of course, the number 1 was Dash's most recent defeat via 1000 Years Of Death...which also became an internet meme XD
"What do you think? My favorite was number 3." Pinkie said.
Rainbow sighed and covered her head while Twilight had a questionable look on her face.
"Ah'...can't even say anything about this..." AJ said as Rarity went into dramatic mode and Fluttershy fainted yet again.
"But I wonder, who is Hazama?" wondered Twilight out loud.
"M-maybe Discord?" Fluttershy suggested.
"No, his avatar is another one..." Twilight told back.
"Whoever he is, HE SHALL PAY!" Rainbow roared in embarrassment and rage.
"Also, remind me why I let Rarity design my avatar." sighed Rainbow whose idea was far from having her avatar look like a girly girl.
"Because we wanted to make her happy AND avoid another mess like the one with the awful dresses..." Pinkie said seriously before smiling. "Even so, I LOVE MY AVATAR!"
Pinkie was looking at her screen which showed an individual with a pink colored cat-like suit on with long sleeves that kept her hands hidden, and with a cat tail behind her. (Taokaka).
"Why thank you darling!" Rarity said as she saw her avatar, who was a young girl with purple hair in ponytails remainder of a rabbit and wore a white gothic lolita dress with a cat-umbrella and a bat doll near her. (Rachel Alucard)
"Ah feel mine is pretty strong too." chimed in Applejack as her avatar was a young woman with short blonde hair with a white shirt that showed off a large amount of cleavage with an orange vest over it. She also wore a pair of short shorts with yellow colored gauntlet-like weapons on her arms. (Bullet).
"Y-yeah, thanks Rarity..." Muttered Fluttershy as she saw her avatar, which was that of a young girl with long pink hair hidden by a yellow beret hat, making it look like she has short hair, and wore a yellow coat over a yellow and white dress with detached sleeves, white stocks in yellow shoes and a pair of pink pistols. (Noel Vermillion's 1st Look).
"Mine is perfect for me." replied Twilight as her avatar was of a young girl with purple eyes like Twilight and had similar colored hair like the unicorn as well, but her body was covered up by an odd robe of some kind with golden crown object on her head. (Izanami).
"You're all lucky that your avatars aren't this small..." The cyan pegasus growled.
"Oh come now Rainbow Dash, your's is probably the cutest!" gushed Rarity with a smile.
"C-cute?!" Blushed Rainbow in embarrassment. "I want a strong avatar! N-not a cute one!"
"I still think using your avatar for fighting is boring when there's so much more you can use it for." replied Twilight who didn't fight with her avatar and merely used hers to browse around and marvel at the system.
"Ah come on, Twilight. The fighting was made to entertain some of the more...wild users and give a good sport." AJ said as her Avatar was punching a punch bag like a certain little boxer.
"I know, but all this fighting will just cause more trouble." replied Twilight.
"Seriously? But how?" Asked Pinkie as her avatar was rolling around on a GIANT yarn ball like a circus animal.
"Call it a hunch." replied Twilight returning back to her computer.
"Oh my, I hope nothing bad happens then..." Fluttershy said as her avatar was busy buying several panda dolls.
"What could possibly happen?" asked Rarity.
"Rarity! NO! DON'T TEMPT FATE OR THE AUTHOR!" Pinkie cried in panic.
All of them looked at her with a confused expression while she nervously looked at the ceiling.
Meanwhile, In The Author's Room...
"Hey, yugiohfan, Rarity Tempted Fate!" Element-OverLord, AKA E/O, called in amusement. "Should We Give Them A Problem For Our Amusement~?"
"F*CENSORED* YEAH! BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" E/O laughed evilly before pressing a Big. RED. BUTTON! That had the words "DO NOT TOUCH!", "TACTICAL NUKE!", "OH F*CENSORED*!", "WARNING!", "DANGER!", "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!", Etc.
"Now Back To That Doujin..." E/O finished while giggling.
(Back At Equestria)
"NOOOOO!" screamed Pinkie running out the Boutique.
"What's up with her?" Rainbow asked as everypony but Twilight wondered the same. And said alicorn alongside Luna, Celestia, and even Discord felt a disturbance. making the first 3 worry and the last one to get popcorn to eat when the chaos happened.
(Canterlot)
Luna was intrigued by this place called 'OZ' and found that she could make her own avatar.
Thus she decided to make one. And after a lot of trial and effort, she was able to make one that she felt comfortable with:
The avatar was a young woman with long blue hair like her, slightly tanned skin, green eyes, and wore a blue and black japanese military uniform with a grimoire. (Tsubaki Yayoi).
"There, now we will be able to interact with our subjects without leaving our home." smiled Luna.
'So. where should we go?' Asked Luna to herself.
She was browsing through the options and saw the battle tab.
"Battle? I wonder what this could be about..." Said the alicorn princess before accepting.
(OZ)
She watched as her avatar flew through an odd world that was swarming with all kinds of different avatars.
But suddenly Luna's avatar, named Moon Yayoi, found herself in an arena alongside a green haired, suit wearing avatar at her side as they faced against 2 cat-like robot twins painted in purple.
"Who are thou?" asked Moon Yayoi to the avatar next to her.
"Hazama, the current champion..." Introduced himself the green haired man with some annoyance on the champion part. "And you?"
"We are...Moon Yayoi..." Answered the girl while blushing a bit.
"Hey, we're here to fight, not chat." replied the first avatar.
"Yeah!" Followed the second.
"Oh, excuse me...who are you again?" Hazama asked, making both avatars go red with anger.
"I am Flimoyle." replied the first one.
"And I'm Flamoyle!" Said the second one.
"And we shall crush you!" called both robot-like avatars.
But to the cat's shock and further anger, Hazama didn't pay attention to them and was instead talking with Moon Yayoi, making her (and Luna as well) blush from his praises to her design.
"I must say, you must have excellent taste in clothing." complimented Hazama.
"T-Thank thou..." Replied the poor blushing girl.
"Hey! We're talking to you!" yelled Flimoyle.
"Geez, how rude. Couldn't you see I was talking to a lady?" Hazama said annoyed.
"Just fight us!" yelled Flamoyle.
"Well Milady, let's finish these idiots so that we can speak freely." Hazama said as Yayoi flinched.
"B-but...we don't know...how to fight..." She said.
"Ah, then just watch me and do what I do." suggested Hazama standing in front of Yayoi.
Soon both cats went against them before Hazama summoned his personal weapon: An ethereal chain with a snake head named Ouroboros, to catch both cats, thus stopping them.
Yayoi held out her hand just as Luna typed the right keys and a short red blade materialized in her hand.
"Izayoi..." She whispered before Flamoyle managed to get free and try to attack her, yet Yayoi struck first with her blade, which became a whip-sword and hit the cat.
Flamoyle bounced along the platform and Flimoyle slipped out of the chain and ran at Hazama with his claws aimed at his neck.
Hazama stood quiet until the cat in front of him was about to strike, to which he ducked to avoid the swing at his head and then attack with a "JAYOKU HOUTENJIN!"
The strike hit Flamoyle dead on and caused him to fly out above the platform and come crashing back down onto it.
"So, should we end this now, princess?" Hazama asked with a grin as Yayoi blushed yet again.
"We shall." nodded Yayoi as they turned to the avatars.
"Good, now..." Hazama then clapped his fingers as a circle appeared beneath Flamoyle, paralyzing him before he was grabbed by ouroboros and dragged towards Hazama, who had two knives and began to slash him at high speed! "ETERNAL COILS OF THE DRAGON SERPENT!" Finished the green haired avatar before pushing him away with a smashing attack with three snakes.
The cat avatar found himself flying towards his brother who had pulled himself up, only for both to end up falling off the platform as the banner for winners opened up above Hazama and Yayoi's heads.
"W-we won..." Moon Yayoi asked to herself in surprise before cheering happily. "WE WON! WE WON!"
Hazama grinned at Yayoi's reaction as that was proof that she was definitely a rookie at this, but he didn't make an attempt to stop her when she hugged him in happiness.
Yayoi realized what she was doing and jumped back while Luna herself was smacking herself for doing that.
"We're sorry!" She apologized as Hazama laughed.
"Don't worry about it. Everypony reacts their own way after their first win..." He said as Spike remembered his dance.
Yayoi breathed a sigh of relief while Luna wiped the sweat off her brow with her hoof.
"So what you're gonna do now?" Hazama asked.
"We shall go and learn more of this wondrous place." replied Yayoi.
Hazama nodded before he asked, "Do you mind if I tag along? Currently I'm free and I hve nothing better to do, so..."
"Of course." replied Yayoi right away, which made her feel shy at the immediate answer and kept her face hidden from Hazama.
"Someone's very hyped it seems..." Chuckled the champion before they went to explore OZ.
(Equestria)
Spike couldn't help but chuckle at Yayoi's nature, but also couldn't help but notice the familiar use of certain words she was using. Which sounded just like…
"PRINCESS LUNA!?" Spike realized in shock.
Spike was stunned as all the pieces came to place. New to the game, used 'We' instead of 'I', and had similar colors to his auntie. It all made sense.
"Excuse me Yayoi, can I ask you something?" Hazama asked to confirm his theory as Yayoi nodded, "Are you princess Luna's avatar?"
Yayoi immediately stopped as Luna had jumped away from the computer.
(Canterlot)
"Oh no, who could have found out about us?" wondered Luna who was too scared to answer.
(OZ)
"If you ask how I found out, it's because you have the same colors as her and you speak on a way similar to her..." Hazama deduced.
(Canterlot)
Luna was too nervous to fully answer as she was new to this online world, and did not want to be noticed as the princess just yet.
(OZ)
"But don't worry..." Hazama said, surprising her. "I'll keep it a secret because...I don't want to cause any problem to my auntie."
(Canterlot)
Luna's eyes widened at what Hazama just said and cautiously got back on.
(OZ)
"S-Spike?" asked Yayoi.
"What's up, auntie Luna~?" Grinned Hazama.
Yayoi was stunned if her face was anything to go by. "Spike, you're the champion of OZ?"
"E-Yup." He answered like Big Mac.
"Well, this we did not expect." replied Yayoi.
"Yeah, same here." Hazama answered.
"How did this happen?
"Well, it's a long story..."
"Well, It all started when my friend Featherweight sent me the link to this place." started Hazama.
And so Hazama told her about his battles against several opponents, including Rainbow Dash's avatar, until he got to the previous champion, which happened to be a monster attached to a weapon (Gigant: Take Mikazuchi).
Yayoi was impressed at what her nephew accomplished, but was confused on where Twilight and her friends were.
"So Nephew, do thou know where the element bearers are?" Yayoi asked curiously.
Hazama looked down and answered. "They're all at Rarity's. Twilight wanted me to stay behind and watch the library, again."
Yayoi noticed that now Hazama's tone was quite...resigned.
"Is something the matter?" asked Yayoi.
"Well...it's just that Twilight and the others tend to leave me behind a lot..." Hazama answered.
Yayoi gave him a confused look as he continued.
"Lately they've been leaving me behind more and more to go hang out while I'm stuck at the library." replied Hazama.
"That isn't good at all, nephew..." Yayoi said worriedly.
"Yeah, so I've just been fighting online. Only thing I'm good at.." muttered Hazama.
Yayoi couldn't help but feel worried and wondered how she could help her nephew.
"That's not true and you know it." replied Yayoi.
"Then what else am I good at?" Asked the green haired avatar.
Yayoi was silent as Luna mulled it over for a bit, but then she got an idea.
"Well, I can't say now, but why don't we find out tomorrow?" suggested Yayoi.
"Eh? What do you mean?" Asked Hazama.
"I mean, we can spend the day talking and finding out what you can do." smiled Yayoi.
"So...it's a date then?" Hazama said with total surprise on his voice.
(Canterlot)
Luna stopped typing at seeing her nephew suggest their time together tomorrow would be considered a date.
And soon she broke out into a myriad of emotions!
She felt shock at hearing it be called that, sudden fear from wondering if she needed to call it that, nervous like a little filly, and happy for some reason.
Finally, she managed to compose herself enough to answer:
(OZ)
"Y-yes..." She said.
"Cool." smiled Hazama getting up as he was ready to logout for the day.
"Well, see you tomorrow!" And with that, Hazama logged out.
That meant Yayoi was by herself, and seeing how she was still new to this world, she logged out as well.
(Canterlot)
Luna sighed and stretched out her limbs, not realizing how much they cramped up from staying in one place for so long.
"To think we would meet our own nephew there is surprising."
'And there's also our...d-date...' She thought before blushing.
She tried to cool herself down by splashing some water on her face before drying it.
"Calm down. We are merely spending the day with our nephew to brighten his spirits." muttered Luna to herself as she got ready for bed.
'And then what? Taking him to our chambers and proceed to make a new heir?' Suggested a dark, yet similar voice to hers in a suggestive tone.
"N-NOTHING LIKE THAT, NIGHTMARE MOON!" Luna screamed back to her other self with a huge blush.
'Aww, well then I guess I'll have to wait til you sleep and then show him the wonders of a full grown mare.' chuckled the voice.
Luna could only curse her alternate self and wished yet again that the elements had completely banished her.
'Oh don't be like that. Tell you what. When we go see our darling nephew, I won't jump him until after we get home.' suggested Nightmare Moon.
Luna could only "EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" In response.
Back with Spike, he stretched his body and thought about what he said, calling the next day a date between him and his aunt.
But unlike his aunt, he wasn't so freaked out since he still had a mind of a child, and thus believed that he was just gonna help her adapt to OZ, not any other double meaning.
"Although, she did seem kinda surprised." muttered Spike climbing into his bed.
'Well, it must be nothing...' He thought as Twilight soon arrived to the new castle.
"Spike? Did you finish those chores?" asked Twilight.
"As soon as you left, Twilight." Spike answered.
"Alright, well I'm heading to bed." replied Twilight.
'Thanks for asking how my day was.' thought Spike with a frown.
"Oh, and Spike..." Twilight called him, "Do you want to hang out with me and the girls tomorrow?"
That surprised Spike before he remembered his date with Luna, and thus he said, "Sorry Twi, but I can't."
Now THAT caught the alicorn off guard. "W-what?"
"Yeah, tomorrow I'm on a date." He said before going to his bed, "Good night."
Twilight stared at Spike in surprise, especially at the word date.
(?)
In the dark place far away from such sites as OZ, the shadow being was recovering it's power enough for it to create an avatar, which looked like a man wearing a wing-like mantle, and a steel mask with a single gold coin over his left eye (in the Greek tradition of placing coins over the eyes of the dead, indicating that he is "half-dead"). His head still has a horn.
"It's a start, but it should do the job." growled the entity.
Then it found out a post with a certain website, "OZ?"
(Canterlot)
Spike rocked back and forth on his feet as he was outside of the castle waiting for his aunt.
"I wonder when she will arrive?" Asked the dragon to himself.
What he failed to see on his way here was the mane six trailing him.
Said mares happened to be discussing something between themselves.
"What is Spike doing, just waiting there?" whispered Rainbow.
"He told me that he was on a date." Twilight answered.
"Why is he waiting in front of the castle than?" asked Applejack.
"He must be waiting for his date." Giggled Pinkie.
"But why in front of the castle?" asked Fluttershy.
"Because his date would come here to pick him up." Rarity said.
That's when they spotted Princess Luna coming out of the castle.
"P-princess Luna?!" Twilight gasped.
"Wait, does this mean they're on a..." asked Rarity.
"Yup, they're on a date!" Pinkie said.
"But, she's his aunt." remarked Applejack.
"M-maybe they're going just as family?" Suggested Fluttershy.
We now zoom back to the aunt and nephew as they walked through the city of Canterlot.
"So what do we do now, Aunty?" Spike asked innocently.
"We felt a simple walk should suffice." spoke Luna.
Spike nodded as he and Luna walked around, unaware of their spies.
And with that, the mane six followed both alicorn and dragon, unaware of what was going to happen...
Spike and Luna watched as the citizens bowed to them as they walked by.
"So how you been, aunty?" Spike asked.
"Bored. I had actually been eager to go on this d-." Luna stopped herself there as she almost called this a date.
"On this what?" Spike asked curiously.
"N-Nothing." replied Luna with a blush on her face.
Spike looked at her before shrugging it off as some problem from being sealed a 1000 years in the moon.
'We must calm down. Young Spike doesn't know what this looks like, so we are safe.' thought Luna.
'For now~!' Chuckled Nightmare Moon.
'Quiet!' thought Luna with a frown as Spike and her stopped at a sweet shop.
"So wanna get anything to eat, aunty?" Spike asked.
"We would like that." smiled Luna.
And with that said, both dragon and alicorn went inside the store. Back with the mane six, they had to hold Pinkie from joining them in getting that much candy.
"Pinkie, control yourself." whispered Rainbow.
"But the sweets...they're calling for me..." Pinkie said in a trance.
"We must focus and figure out why Spikey-Wikey and Princess Luna are spending the day together." Rarity said.
"But how are we gonna spy on them without being caught?" Rainbow asked.
"We must blend in with the crowd so they don't notice us." spoke Twilight.
The other girls nodded, unaware that they would soon be the victims of much chaos.
Spike and Luna though had gotten a chocolate shake with two straws and took a table to enjoy it.
"Delicious~!" Spike sang happily as Luna blushed.
Luna sipped from her straw and saw several other couples near them doing the exact same thing. Then she saw Spike do the same as her!
'Oh dear, this really does look like a date!' thought Luna with a blush.
'Now you just have to take him to our room and I'll do the rest~!' Suggested Nightmare in a pervert tone.
'Would you stop! We do NOT see Spike like that!' she thought with irritation.
'Please, I know that you’re lying. After all, you have seen him like that ever since the Grand Galloping Gala, no~?' Nightmare retorted.
Luna blushed as she had to admit her nephew looked adorable in that tux on that fateful night.
'Regardless. We are here to brighten his spirits, not get him in bed!' she exclaimed in thought.
'You're right, one step at the time...'
"So Spike, is there anything you feel is a special talent you are good at besides fighting on OZ?" asked Luna.
"Well...there is also practicing my dragon flames..." Spike said with a embarrassed blush.
"Oh? Well there's something." smiled Luna.
"Yeah...but I haven't made much progress on it..." He said with a frown.
"Well, perhaps I can help you when you have free time." spoke Luna without realizing what that would mean.
Spike was surprised before he smiled, "That would be great!"
Luna blushed at his smile while the mane six overhead it all at their table.
"Did you hear that?" Rainbow asked.
"Yeah. Seems like Spike is down about something." replied Applejack.
"But what?" Rarity asked with narrowed eyes.
"Can't tell. They're too far." replied Twilight as the niece and nephew finished their treat and walked away from them.
"We gotta follow them!" Said AJ.
Before they could get up, the waiter came by with the bill.
"Excuse me ladies, but you must pay for our services..." The waiter said giving them the bill...which almost made most of the mane six develop heart attacks!
"How did we get a bill THAT big?" asked Rainbow to her friends. Then they all saw Pinkie devouring most of the sweets!
"PINKIE!" yelled all the girls.
"I was hungwy..." Managed to answer the pink haired pony.
"How are we gonna pay for this?" asked Applejack.
"I'll pay..." Said Twilight with a sigh.
After paying the bill, the mane six resumed following the two of them.
Meanwhile, Spike and Luna were looking around until they saw an arcade and went inside.
"Shall we play?" asked Spike.
"Of course!" Grinned Luna at the idea of playing several new games.
Both of them went to play on the same game with the girls close behind them.
"An arcade? Sweet!" Rainbow grinned but was held back by Twilight.
"No games." whispered Twilight.
"But why?" The blue pegasus moaned.
"We need to find out the reason for them to be out like this." replied Twilight.
"A-aren't they merely catching up?" Fluttershy asked as everypony looked at her. "I-I mean, since they're family but are in different homes..."
"Maybe, but we need to be absolutely sure." replied Rarity.
"About...what?" Said Pinkie as she was still feeling the effects of eating all those candies.
"We need to find out why they are out like this when I heard Spike say he had a date today." revealed Twilight.
"Maybe he didn't know the meaning behind that?" Suggested AJ.
"Hah! I got ya Aunty!" cheered Spike at blasting her ship.
"T-thou got lucky!" She stammered back.
"Two out of three?" asked Spike.
Luna nodded as they went to play the game again.
While that was happening, they failed to notice some of Luna's magic make it's way into a game near the girls.
"What are they saying?" Twilight said.
"I can't hear them." replied Fluttershy as the magic coursed through the game near them and exploded near the girls.
"W-what was that?!" AJ screamed as Pinkie paled.
"Girls, look!" exclaimed Pinkie pointing a hoof at what was in front of them.
The girls turned around, and paled when they saw a giant yellow circle/head with an open mouth.
"Waka waka waka." it spoke.
"I-It's..." Twilight began in a shocked voice.
"Pac-man!" screamed Pinkie as the girls ran from the game character who started chasing them.
A hidden Nightmare was just watching her work with a grin on her face. 'That should teach them not to interrupt a date.'
Spike and Luna were unaware of what happened as they focused on the game.
"Hah! I win again!" grinned Spike.
"Oh come on!" Moaned Luna.
"Wanna go to the beach? It’s a beautiful day today." asked Spike.
Luna thought about it when Nightmare said, "And we can show him our body with a new swimsuit~!"
'Quiet!' thought Luna. "We would enjoy that very much." smiled Luna.
As the two of them headed to the beach, the mane six were running from Pac-man.
"HOW DO WE ESCAPE FROM THIS?!" Shouted Rainbow in panic.
"Pretend to be ghosts!" chimed in Pinkie.
"Seriously?!" Questioned Rarity.
Pinkie stopped and faced Pac-man and began wiggling her hooves in the air to try and look like a ghost.
Shockingly enough it worked as Pacman died like it does after being hit in a game.
"I can't believe it worked." spoke Rainbow.
"Told you so~!" Chuckled the pink pony.
"Come on, we need to catch up with Spike and Princess Luna." spoke Twilight.
"A-are you sure?" Fluttershy asked, just wanting to rest after such a day.
"Yes." replied Twilight as they trotted off towards the beach where they were last seen.
Meanwhile, Spike and Luna were making a sand castle that looked like The royal castle from canterlot.
"This is looking great." smiled Spike.
"Indeed." Luna agreed.
Spike walked away to get more shells while Luna could hear Nightmare in her head again.
'Now it just needs a king and queen and it will be perfect.'
'NIGHTMARE!' Luna cried with a blush.
'What? I didn't say anything about you two walking up to the top floor as he carries us and drops us onto the bed and has his way with us.' spoke Nightmare with a little bit of drool at the picture.
Needless to say, Luna's face now resembled a miniature sun from the heat she was feeling. She frowned and focused hard enough to where a mallet appeared next to Nightmare and flattened her.
"Awww~! Why are you so mean~?" Nightmare cried out.
'Keep it in thine own head.' growled Luna as Spike came back with some shells.
"Hey auntie, I got some good shells!" Spike said showing the mentioned shells.
"Very nice indeed Spike." smiled Luna.
Spike just smiled as he blushed in embarrassment.
'Even his blush is cute.' thought Luna.
‘Told you~!’ Said Nightmare.
As they continued on the castle, the mane six were watching them behind a sand dune.
"It seems that they're enjoying their time together..." Twilight mused.
"Seems like a regular date to me." remarked Pinkie.
"Of course, after all they're family." AJ said, unaware of the double meaning.
"I meant in the other sense." replied Pinkie.
The girls made a confused look before understanding and blushing.
"Pinkie! I highly doubt Luna would see this as a date for a couple." hissed Rarity.
"But then again, w-wasn't she sealed a thousand years ago? M-maybe dating was different back then from what it is now..." Said Fluttershy.
"What? That's crazy. You're basically saying it was okay for nephews and aunts to date back then." spoke Rainbow.
"Well...Granny Smith said that in her youth that was still legal..." AJ told them.
"But they can't be doing that now, could they?" spoke Rarity.
"M-maybe they don't know the double meaning?" Fluttershy suggested.
"Yeah, clearly they don't see this as a date at all." spoke Rarity.
'I'm losing it on this date.' spoke Nightmare Moon.
'Thou shut up!' Luna thought back.
"What if one of them does see it like that?" Pinkie unknowingly dropped a bomb.
The rest of the girls didn't have a single response to that.
Back with Spike and Luna, the former was curious as to why the latter was having a red face.
"Aunty Luna, is something wrong?" asked the dragon.
"N-nothing is wrong!" She answered.
"Then why is your face red?" pointed out Spike.
"I-It's just...that...this is very hot!" She excused herself.
"Need some ice?"
"Y-Yes, please."
Spike rushed off to get some ice while Luna was trying to keep Nightmare calm.
'Please Nightmare, stop!' Begged Luna.
'No! Seeing his cute face makes me go crazy! I have never seen a more cutesy face, and I must have have him!' she screamed as Luna's eyes started to shift into the eyes of Nightmare Moon.
'P-PLEASE! I...I don't want him scared of us...' Luna begged as Nightmare flinched.
'........fine, but if I see ONE mare go near him, eternal darkness a around!' she yelled before calming down.
Luna nodded.
That's when Spike made it back with an ice pack in his claws.
"Here you go, aunty!" He said.
Luna smiled and accepted the ice pack. "Thank thou, nephew." She said putting it on her head.
Spike smiled as we go back to the girls.
"What are they doing now?" Pinkie asked.
"Spike grabbed some ice, but I don't know why." replied Twilight.
"Maybe because Luna wanted to eat them?" Suggested Rainbow.
"That's silly. Why if it was me, I'd want ice cream." smiled Pinkie licking her lips.
"Ah want an apple with ah good ol' lemonade." Said AJ.
"Ssh, I can't hear them." whispered Twilight.
But unknown to them, a certain mist went to the ocean and modified a certain beast to...scare the spies.
As the girls kept an eye on Luna and Spike, Fluttershy noticed some shaking beneath them.
"G-girls..." She tried to warn them.
"Ssh." came Rainbow's reply as the shy pony spotted a fin in the water moving towards them.
"G-girls!?" Fluttershy tried to call them again.
"What is it darling?" asked Rarity.
"L-look!" The shy pegasus said as the mares turned and saw the fin going down...before it rose out of the water and was none other than a freakin shark with a CHAINSAW!
"HOLY F*CENSORED*!" Screamed all girls as they ran away with the shark following them!
Spike and Luna were oblivious as the mane six were chased by a bipedal fish wielding a deadly weapon.
"So what now?" Spike asked.
"We believe that is enough for one day." spoke Luna.
Spike nodded as he saw the sun settling in.
Soon they left the beach as the mane six were still running from the shark.
"WHAT DO WE DO?!" Rainbow screamed in panic.
"I know just the thing!" screamed Pinkie breaking off from the group as the shark continued to chase them.
"WAIT! PINKIE!" Cried out Twilight as the pink pony soon left.
"JUST KEEP RUNNING!" screamed Rainbow.
The girls did as told as they saw the shark near them.
But Pinkie arrived out of nowhere with a sniper rifle.
"Smile, you son uva b*CENSORED*!" She growled as she shot the shark...only for it to block the bullet with the chainsaw! "What?!"
"Ya missed me, ya dried up douchebags!" It said as it threw the chainsaw, which hit Rainbow Dash on her wing.
"MY LYMIA!" She shouted.
The shark was about to chop the mares up, but Pinkie pulled a rocket launcher out of nowhere and fired at the fish. This time the attack was effective and thus the shark was killed.
"Who wants sushi?" grinned Pinkie.
"I'll pass." All mares said as one just wanting to forget the awful events that they had today.
Pinkie Shrugged as they all spotted Luna and Spike walking away.
"Where are they going now?" Twilight asked herself.
"Probably to the castle." spoke Rainbow.
The rest of the mares nodded.
They finally caught up and spotted Spike and Luna in front of the castle.
"Told you." Said the Pegasus.
"We have a great day with you Spike. We're just sorry we couldn't help lift your spirits." Luna looked away in slight shame.
But to her surprise, he merely smiled as he said "It's alright, Aunty."
"But, we didn't help you at all." spoke Luna with disappointment.
"You did help me!" He said, surprising her. "You showed me that I actually could do things I didn't know I could before!"
"Like what?"
"Like defeating you in video games~!"
"I-I let thou win those!" Luna said, yet Spike could see through her.
Luna pouted at that, but felt her control shift as her eyes shifted to Nightmare's.
"Well here's something that will leave you speechless." grinned 'Luna' as she held Spike up with her magic and placed a big kiss on his cheek.
Spike's smile was replaced with a shocked look before he blushed brightly.
"Thanks for the date~!" sang Luna turning and walking back up into the castle.
Spike watched as his aunt walked in with a slight wisp to her walking before he got a loose grin.
"Wow." spoke Spike before he turned and headed to the train station to head back home.
He wasn't the only one shocked though…
The mane six were a stunned at what just happened.
"W-W-W-Wha..." Twilight's mind just ended up fried.
"Who the...what the...." muttered Applejack.
"B-B-But...he...I-I..." Rarity tried to mumble out.
Fluttershy fainted with a bright blush on her face.
Rainbow's jaw hit the ground.
Pinkie held up a banner with Spike and Luna's faces in a heart with a smile.
"Spiluna wins...for now~!" She declared.
(OZ)
The mysterious figure (Raven from Guilty Gear) smirked as he finished absorbing several avatars that dared to fight him.
"Soon, my revenge shall be complete."