Spike was enjoying his day off from doing his chores at Twilight's castle, and walked around Ponyville to see what he can do. Finally, he saw the arcade, and decided to play there for a little while. He went inside, and got tokens to put in the machines so that he can play, he stopped to see Pip and his dad playing on one if the games, and he heard them talking

"Aw, you beat me." Pip said with mock sadness.

"Oh come now, lad." Said his dad. "It's just a game." He gently rubbed his hoof on his son's head playfully.

"I love you, dad. I am so glad that we are having time together." Pip said

"Oh, I love you too, Pip. I am glad that I am having fun with you, my son." His father replied. He and his son then hugged, very lovingly. The sight of that made Spike a little sad, and he would definitely like to know what his parents were, but sadly, his friends didn't know a thing about them.

Nevertheless, he knew that his friends were like a family to him, even though they are not dragons. He continued to the arcade and looked at what he would want to play. Finally, he saw Daring Do vs Anubis game, and decided to play that.

"You're going down, Anubis." Spike said. He played all through the game in less than ten minutes and many players were a little impressed to see him go like that, and decided to crowd around him. After that, he took out Anubis in the game without taking a single blow from him.

Everypony cheered for him as he succeeded his victory over the almighty god. The baby dragon was looking high and mighty for everypony. "Thank you, thank you." He said as they all kept on cheering for him

He looked for any game at might be available and decided to do the ski ball. He didn't always get perfect rolls. But he still won alot of tickets. When he was finished, he looked around him again, and saw the championship boxing machine, that makes ponies you are actually fighting with a magic headwear.

He decided to fight "Brass Hooves the Giant" as his first competitor. He lost a few times on the first two rounds, but he fought back with all his might, and finally he won. "Take that, giant!" He boasted with victory.

***

Spike decided to have enough of the arcade, and decided to look for any fun things that he might do, but sadly, no luck came to him, so he decided to go home. For the rest of the day.

While he was walking, he saw Fluttershy walking right past him walking Winona, Applejack's dog. "Hey, Fluttershy." He said to her

The yellow pegasus turned her head to him and she smiled for she was happy to see him."oh, hello Spike." She said happily. "How are you enjoying your day off?"

"Doing pretty good. I just had fun in the arcade, but then I grew bored at it, so I am just going to go back home." Spike replied.

He thought of his parents and and daydreamed about what they would look like. There were so many ideas for what he would think, but he couldn't put it directly.

"Spike?" Said Fluttershy. "What's wrong?"

"Wha? Wha? Nothing I.... I was just thinking about something." Spike replied, trying to ignore the though he just had,

"Are you sure, because you can tell me anything." Fluttershy said

"I know. I know. I... I just need to think. I'll find you when I want to talk to you, alright?" Spike said

"Very well. I would be more than happy to help you if you want to see me. Just find me in my cottage if you ever need my help." Said Fluttershy

"Don't worry, I will." Spike said. Then he continued back home, and he called out "see you later, Fluttershy."

"Bye Spike." She said back to him, then she continued to walk Winona. This time, nothing will stop hi. Now.

When he reached back to the new castle, he said "Twilight, I'm home." Very loud so that she could hear him.

There was no answer, but the sound of footsteps. It was Twilight, his loyal friend, and sisterly figure to him. "You're back already?" Said Twilight. "I thought you would take a day off?"

"Oh I am." Said Spike. "There wasn't something very fun for me to do today, besides the arcade, but I got bored with it."

"Oh I see. Well if you need me, I will be reading in my library. Let me know if you want anything" ah said with a smile, than she walked back upstairs and left Spike alone for a little while. He looked around the castle to see what fun things he can do at home

He went upstairs in his room, and found a comic for him to read. He began to read the newest edition to the adventures of the superhero, Iron Drake, the heroic dragon boy with powerful body armor that shoots lasers.

So far, he was really enjoying, mostly because he just started reading it today, because he was just so busy with the chores when he first got it, that he didn't have any time to read it at all. The boom wasn't very Lon, and it wasn't very short either, but still enjoyable.

It was nighttime, and Spike was just about to go to sleep, and he gave out a yawn. However, he still couldn't get what his parents were out of his head, but he said "ah, who am I kidding? Maybe a goodnight sleep will help."

Then he tucked himself in and he fell asleep in the still of the night

Spike's Nightmare

Spike was suddenly in a large, grassy plain with absolutely nothing, not even mountains, or clouds, and it was still nighttime.

"Hello?" He called "anypony here?" There was no answer, only the sounds of his own voice echoing towards him at a distance at where he threw his voice. "Hello?" He called out again, but sadly, there was still no answer. Al, of a sudden, a large flash appeared right in front of his face. He covered his eyes to keep it from blinding him like he was shielding them from the bright yellow sun.
He looked at saw two large, humongous dragons, a green male and purple female.

"Hello, son." The large male said

"Dad?" Spike said. The large male nodded his head a yes to say that it was indeed him.

"Hello, dear." Said the purple female.

"Mommy?" Spike said, with a tear streaming down his face.

"Of course it is me." She replied

"We are united now." Said the large male. "And we will never leave your sight." But, suddenly, they all disappeared in another flash without any trace of them to be seen.

"Mom? Dad?" Spike called, starting to become scared. He then knelt on his Knees, realizing how mean that trick was to do. "NOOOOOO!!!!!" He exclaimed in the night sky.

End of Spike's Nightmare.

Spike bolted up from his nightmare, and looked around. "I'm still in my room." He said. He might have been relieved, but he sobbed very silently about that torture of a do nightmare that was. He got out of bed, and to the kitchen to fetch himself a midnight snack.

He looked around the fridge and saw a green apple. He took it out, and closed the fridge, but before he could sit on the table, he heard a voice

"Spike?" It said. It was Twilight. "What are you doing out of bed, you should get some sleep." Her voice was a little groggy, mostly because she just woke up to see what the commotion was about in the kitchen. She saw the tears and realized that she was crying "wha... What's wrong?" She asked with concern.

"Oh... It's nothing." Spike said. Then he tried to go back to his room, but Twilight stopped him with her magic, levitating him and gently sitting him down in front of her

"Come on Spike. What's the matter?" Twilight asked

Spike gave out a sigh, knowing that she was too smart for him. "Alright." he said "I... I... I had a dream about my parents, and thought of what they looked like, but... as soon as I have met them." He choked as he was beginning to sob again. "Then they... vanished." then he sobbed quietly again, and turned away from her sisterly figure.

"Oh Spike." said Twilight. She then hugged the baby dragon from behind him to make him feel better. "I'm sorry if you feel this way."

"Who were my parents? Where did I come from?" Spike asked a little desperately.

"I don't know." Twilight said sadly. "I wish i knew, but... I don't." She couldn't stand to see her number one assistant suffer like this and she asked him in a motherly voice "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?"

The baby dragon thought of it, and he finally said "Okay. I guess that could help me."

Twilight gave him a sad smile and she said "Good. Come along." She held his hand with her hoof, to her room where she can go back to sleep, and this time, with his number one assistant.

The Next Morning

Twilight awoke with a yawn, and she saw her number one assistant sleeping very peacefully, softly snoring. She smiled warmly at that sight, for that was the sight she wanted to see. She gently rubbed his small body to wake him up. "Spike." she whispered. "Spike wake up."

the baby dragon woke up with a stir, and he yawned as he sat from the bed.

"Did you sleep well?" Twilight said

"Yeah. I did." Spike said, realized how he slept."

Twilight was so glad to hear that. "Good." she said. "Would you like another day off?"

"Yeah. I guess... I guess i can." Spike replied, making up his mind. He got out of bed, and decided to go out for the day. "I guess I'll just walk out in the fresh air for a little while."

"Good." Twilight said, accepting his choice.

Then as he got out of bed, he saw a really scary mask right in front of him. He yelped and hid under his covers by surprise. Then there was laughing and he peeked out with one eye. "hahaha! That was hilarious!" he recognized that voice. The mare took off the mask and it revealed to be Pinkie Pie, laughing and Twilight laughed with her.

Spike got up and gritted his teeth. "Pinkie, you scared me!" he said.

"I'm sorry, Spike." Pinkie said.

"It's April Fools day, remember?"

"What? oh no." the baby dragon suddenly remembered she was right. It was Pinkie's favorite holiday of the year. "It can't be."

"Oh come one, Spike. It was just a prank."

"Yeah, but... I really don't feel like getting pranked today. Alright?"

"Oh. Alright." Twilight said. "She was just having fun."

"I know. Anyway, I'm gonna do somehing fun for my day off."

"Okay. You do that."

"And guys, please promise me that you won't prank me anymore today. Please?"

"We promise. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Pinkie promised with her own Pinkie promise.

"Okay." then the baby dragon wen out. "And, we will meet the Hayburger, right?"

"Right." they both said in unison. The baby dragon smiled and went out the castle front door.

The two mares looked at eachother, and had sly grins on their faces. "You ready for today's big thing, Pinkie?"

"You know it Twilight. Spike is going to fly right out of a chair when he sees this. he will love it." Pinkie replied.

***

The baby dragon was just walking down a path, then he was met by Rainbow with a huge smile on her face. "Hey Spike. What's up, little buddy?"

"Uhhh good. Thank you."

"No problem. So, are we still meeting at the cafe later?"

"Yep. I remember."

"Good. Hey, what's that over there?" she pointed at something at a long distance and when he was not looking, she quietly threw a banana peel on the road.

"well, I don't see anything." Spike said turning back to her.

"Oh. Oh well. I thought i did. must be my imagination." she lied.

"Okay, see you sooooOOOOOOON!! Spike slipped on the peel and was sliding down the road and he crashed to a brick wall. He collapsed on the floor, and tried to sit up, but he was too busy and saw swirling birds around his head, then fell. Everypony laughed at that moment, even Rainbow, who walked up to him and helped him up.

"April fools!" she exclaimed.

Spike growled quietly, and he said "That was.... very funny, but please. Don't prank me again. I... I just want to have a nice quiet day off this morning. Okay, Rainbow?"

"It was just a prank. That's all, Spike."

"I know but still. Please don't prank me again. I beg of you."

"Alright. See you at the cafe, Spike." the she walked away.

"Got it." while he wasn't looking, however, Rainbow also had a sly smile on her face.

Later on, when Spike saw his friends at the cafe, he smiled and he sat with them. He hoped that they will not prank him, but he knows that they are his friends/family to him. "Hey guys."

"Hi, Spike." they all greeted in a friendly tone.

"We were just talking about you." said Rarity.

"About what?"

"Well, we heard about what happened with Rainbow and Pinkie, and want to assure you that they are really sorry." said Applejack

"Yeah, buddy. We just wanted to have some fun."

"Yeah, sorry." said Pinkie

"It's fine. Really, it's cool."

"Good. We got you your favorite breakfast. an omelet with ketchup and cheese." Fluttershy noted.

Spike gasped and licked his lips, and took out his fork and knife. After he put a little bit of ketchup on it. Then to his surprised, the waiter said "Oh no! the ketchup has been poisoned with tape worms! whoever ha ketchup do not eat it!"

Spike looked at his bottle and knew that HE was drinking ketchup. He panikced and spit the omelet piece out of his mouth. "Oh! get it off of me! get it off of me!" then he noticed that everypony was laughing at that.

"GOT YA!!!" they all exclaimed.

"What?"

"hahaha. You should have seen your fave when you spat the ketchup out!" Rainbow laughed.

"Oh yes, it was most becoming." Rarity added.

"It was really funny." said Fluttershy. Even she was laughing about this. The baby dragon looked around in embarrassment and saw everypony around him was laughing. Then, a great rage built up inside of him.

He gritted his teeth and was steaming like a boiling tea kettle while his face was hot red. "SHUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPP!!!!!!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Everypony stopped laughing adn looked with confusion, and surprise

"Spike.... what's-?" Twilight asked, but she was interrupted by her angry assistant before she can finish

"Shut up! He walked up to Twilight with pure anger on his face and pinned his finger on Twilight's face. Hard. "I specifically told you all that I did not want to be pranked, but did you all listen? No! You just decided to make fun of me anyway! Well fuck you all of you cocksuckers!"

Everypony gasped and cannot believe that he said such foul language. "Spikey!" Rarity scolded. "That's no way to talk-"

"Oh shut the hell up you dirty slut!" he spited at her. She gasped and was heart on the inside.

"Come down, little buddy." Rainbow tried to help him relax, but was swayed by the baby dragon with his arm.

"Don't touch me you Wonderbolt wannabe!" Spike said. "What kind of a friends are all of you?" hen he began to have tears in his eyes. "First I have a nightmare about my parents, adn I don't even know who the hell they are! And now this?! How can it get any fucking worse?! ARGGHH!!! Don't bother coming after me!" he stormed off, and everypony stared at him on with disbelief, and guilt

"Spike please, i..." Twilight tried to sway him too, but was pushed away with mighty force. It was strong even for his size.

"Get the hell away from me!" he said meanly. Then he ran off into the woods. Everypony could not believe what just happened. Fluttershy looked the most worried out of them and regretted doing that prank more than everyone in town did. They all looked sad and guilty and wanted to apologize for what they did, but they decide to let him cool off and saw how angry and serious he was.

The baby dragon walked was pacing to and fro with anger and was thinking about horrible things to do with everyone who was in on this prank. "I can't believe it!" he kicked a rock out of anger. "My own friends pranked me even though I did not want to be pranked anyway? Fuck them.

"Spike." said a voice that he never heard before.

The baby dragon looked around to see what he just heard from his ears.

"Yes, you." it added.

"Who's there?" Spike asked, becoming a little scared.

"Follow the sound of my voice." it said in a ghostly tone. The baby dragon did what he told him to do and he got off the bench. "Now go to the left, and then follow the sound of my voice. Let me light the way for you." then, all of a sudden, a large green blob of light appeared, and it motioned to the path where Spike needed to go.

The baby dragon followed the light, and into a forest, and finally, after he was far away from Ponyville, the light stopped all of a sudden, and then, it disappeared. Spike waited for a moment, and finally, a large green male dragon appeared out of nowhere. Spike gave a small yelp, becoming scared, for he remembered what happened the last time something like that happened, as in the time he ran away from home, because of Owlicious. The large dragon had yellow eyes, and had long, black hair, which was kind of unusual for a dragon to have. He wasn't quite as big as an adult male dragon, but still big.

"No need to be afraid, little one." the large dragon said. "I will not hurt, and or eat you in any way." He bent his head down, and gently touched Spike's small body with his nose.

"Who are you and... what do you want from me, and how are you magical?" Spike asked.

"Thy name is Emerald Fang. I have been watching you for quite some time, Spike. As for my magic, Dragons can possess such magical powers like min, but it is a very rare thing to happen. I have been watching you from the moment you hatched, till this very moment, and do forgive me for spying on you, but I wanted you here, because I know who your parents are."

Spike was very surprised. Did he really know who his parents are? There was only one way to find out. "You do? Where? Where."

Emerald Fang, then gave a sad look. "I wish I can show you, but.... They... they are not here." he said sadly

Spike's face turned from a smile to a frown to hear news like that. "but... why?" he asked, saddened.

"There is something I would want to show you. Come with me." said the large dragon. He walked to a similar direction with Spike following behind him. He worried that the large dragon would draw attention, and would scare all of Ponyville, but surprisingly, nopony has noticed him in any way. Of course he wanted to get back at them, but he was just one dragon against all of Ponyville, and knew that it wouldn't really work.

It was a long walk, but they made it to a large cave in the forest.

"Here we are." Emerald Fang said.

"Finally." Spike said, trying to keep his legs up. "My legs are killing me." Then, he followed the large dragon in the cave and while going deep inside, their were a line of torches to light the path. When they reached the end of the cave, their was a collection of broken dragon eggs, and shattered paintings of famous dragons, and other types of personal belongings for one. "What... is this?" Spike said, completely shocked to see such a sad sight like this

The large green drake gave a sad sigh, and he replied "These, or the remains of the former united dragon kingdom."

"United dragon.... kingdom?" Spike said, a little confused.

"Yes. they were a proud race that treated every creature with kindness and compassion. Your parents were.... King Green Claws, and Queen Purple Scales."

Spike couldn't believe what he just heard. "A king and a queen?" he said. He was quite surprised that his family came from royalty.

"Yes, you're father and mother were the greatest rulers of our kind. They were very kind and humble to their people, and not just other dragons, but they also helped other types of creatures in their time of need."

"What... happened to them?" Spike asked

"Let me show you." Emerald Fang said. "It was all thanks to that wretched Celestia and Luna." he became a little angry now. He poofed up a magical screen that showed him the magical kingdom. "It all started one thousand and fifty years ago. Our kingdom was very peaceful as ever, and we were once allies with Equestria." then, he showed Spike his parents and what they were like.

Flashback

Oh my queen, isn't it a lovely day today?" said the king

"Oh yes, Greeny." said the Queen. It is always a beautiful day in Dracotropolis." The queen replied.

The two rulers walked over to their piles of eggs, and they both caught the eyes of a very special kind of egg. It was Spike's egg, his embryo was resting so peacefully as he waited to hatch.

Queen Purple bowed her head to the egg, and said to him. "Oh Spike. My little baby, you are going to be the future ruler of this land someday. Yes you are, yes you are." she began baby talking at the egg playfully.

Green Claws came in, and ended the playfulness from his wife, and he said to the egg "We will always be there for you, we promise. He noticed the queen looking a little worried about something "What might be troubling you, my dear?" he asked with concern.

"Well, we do get along with Equestria, but... I am a little concerned about Celestia and Luna." said Purple Scales.

The king gave a sad sigh, and he said "I know, but... they seem like good rulers over the ponies as well. Look.... we'll see what happens in the future, but for now we have got to prepare for the meeting with them for the fate of our lands.

"You... you're right." said the queen, then they walked next to eachother in the really large, colossal sized castle.

End of Flashback

Spike couldn't hold his tears any longer, and really began to missed them. "What... what happened to them?" he asked, choking on his sobbing.

"Celestia and Luna wanted all of the land for themselves, and they double-crossed our glorious rulers during the meeting for peace on both lands, killing them both in battle in the conference room." Emerald Fang sounded a little angry, for he hated the princess' with a passion. "They stole you from them so that they can raise you to slave away."

"But... But... Twilight, Fluttershy, and the rest, are my friends." Spike said. "They wouldn't treat me like a slave."

"Of course they would say those words of honey, like you are their friend, but they would just say that to keep you working harder until your spine breaks. Think about it, remember the time they laughed when you fell in the cold lake during Winter Wrap Up day? Or the time that the great Princess Twilight didn't invite you to her birthday party?"

Spike believed those words, but not completely. "I... I don't know if I believe that. can.... can you please show me some... evidence?" he asked

"I would be glad to." said the larger dragon. He shown Spike some memories of what the other ponies thought about Spike.

"I'm so glad that you didn't bring that loser Spike with us to our birthday party, Twi." said Rainbow in a memory.

"I know, what good it would do to have my slave come here and ruin everything." Twilight said, very cruelly. After that, Spike felt his heart breaking, and Emerald showed him the next memory. The one where they go to see the judge at the Equestria Games at the Crystal Empire, Ms. Harshwhinny. that did kind of hurt him when Cadence didn't invite him and left him to take care of all his so called friends' pets while they were gone.

"And who can forget what happened today?" Emerald added. He showed him everypony's sneakiness from him about pulling that prank, and it came to him. Pure heartbreak.

At this, Spike began to cry even louder. "My life is a joke!" he exclaimed. "Everything that i do is a lie."

Emerald Fang laid his wing over him to comfort him. "there there, youngling." he said in a soft voice. "No need for tears. I understand how you feel. You must understand that when Celestia and Luna killed your parents, they took over our kingdom, and turned all of the other dragons into mindless animals that care nothing but gems and gold. I have came to you, because you need to know the truth. Now, You can have your revenge and try and finish what your parents have started. Are you interested?"

Spike stopped his sobbing, and his tone changed from sadness into anger. He was fed up of the ponies giving all these chores while his so called friends have all the fun. He really wanted the two princess' dead now. "Yes." he said. "I will avenge you." he said to himself. "I PROMIIIIISSSEE!!!!" he shouted.

"Good, now. I have a small army that can help us, but we must not strike just yet, we have to wait for the right time to come." said Emerald Green

Spike was extremely bummed, but Emerald was right. He must wait where there are no witnesses or some time of event will happen. "Okay." he replied.

"Oh, and I almost forgot." He went into the pile and pulled out a cool looking sword with an emerald green blade, and a long cross-guard to protect his hand if he would use it. The scabbard was black, and it had a feather on it. "Your father wanted to give this to you when you were old enough as a child to use it."

Spike was really impressed, and he took the sword, even though it was a little heavy, he can still carry the large blade. He swung it a few times, and did a couple of tricks to flaunt with it. he even did a spin attack too.

"Impressive. I had no idea you were capable of using a sword." said Emerald Fang.

"Well, yeah. I do have many talents after all. What do we do first?" Spike asked.

"Let me show you around here, and we will get started." said Emerald Fang. He showed Spike downstairs in an underground room. He snapped his finger and revealed a large, majestic hallway and torches lighting the way, even though the room was enlightened with magic.

Spike was truly amazed, for their were old dragon paintings, a set of swords as weapons, and red drapes covering parts of the walls down the path.

"Let me introduce you to... our army." said the large green dragon. He led Spike to a large room down the hall to the left, and their were a couple of dragons, minotaurs, griffons, and diamond dogs in the small battalion. They all saw the baby dragon, and were kind of happy to see him

"Ah, here he is now." said a female griffon.

they all gathered around to meet him, and it made the baby dragon a little nervous, but he decided to go with it. "Hello." he said a little sheepishly.

"These allies will help us with our cause, for they hate Celestia, and Luna with a passion." said Emerald Fang.

Spike smiled at the idea, and evil thoughts began to come to his head. He really hoped that these allies would help him and not treat him like an employee than a friend.

Rights for this song go to Black Label Society

Author's Note

Spike now knows what he is know, and now he feels ashamed. Will he be able to set things right, now that he has turned to the dark side against his so called friends? Find out on the next chapter