Is all Hope Lost?

Now that the griffons were on the side of the good guys, there was an even greater chance that Spike and his friends could take down Roseblood and save Equestria from her horrible presence. It will only be a matter of time where Ember, Thorax, Imari, Savimbi, Silver Horn and Lighthoof, and other friends that were not affected by Roseblood's spell plan an all-out assault on Canterlot when the time is right. He and his friends were back in the hidden cave, sitting by the fire for the night.

It wasn't a very happy atmosphere, for everyone inside the cave was looking miserable trying to hide from Roseblood, Shining Armor, and their forces like this. Even though Discord conjured blankets for everyone to snuggle in to keep them warm in this area, it didn't help them feel completely better, for they all had friends and family out there in the outside world being slaves to this evil, demonic mare.

The big question everyone was wondering was: can anypony stop this Roseblood since she has Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Twilight under her full control and influence? Will there be enough help for them to stop her and bring harmony and balance back where it belongs in the world? The questions were rushing through Spike's head the most. Poor Spike was probably very traumatized by all of this happening, considering the fact that he and his two friends were attacked in Griffonstone just recently by the brainwashed elements of harmony. The worst part was that, they were after him, and no one else.

He just tucked himself under the covers, and tried as hard as he could to go to sleep, even though there were many scattered bonfires around this area.

Gustave le Grand was with them, and Zecora did her best to keep Spike company and comfort like this to help him fall asleep faster.

"You seemed seemed a little troubled." Said Zecora. "I understand how sad you are, Spike, but let's not think about these thoughts to make your worries doubled."

"I know, Zecora." Said Spike. "Do you think we'll win against her? Save our friends and get everything back to the way it used to be?"

The zebra didn't reapply say anything at first, but she ultimately replied "I honestly fo not know what to think. We cannot kill for trying, for we have a lot of number on our side with greater strength."

"True." Spike admitted.

"Let's try and see her and the others try to take down a large fleet of dragons as an aerial attack." Said Discord. "She'll never know what'll hit her."

"Well, for our sake," said Cloudchaser. "It wil ln help us against her."

"If we won't stop her, then who will?" Said Flitter.

"We need to try and give everything we got at her." said Lyra. "Everypony has a weakness, no matter how powerful and evil they are. Vampires: the sun, werewolves: silver. Something like that."

"That is a good point, Lyra." Bon Bin agreed with her best friend. "We just need to know what it is."

"I'll try and look into that." The Master of chaos volunteered himself. "I will need to be extra sneaky and crafty if I am going to uncover that kind of juicy information."

"Come on, with dragons, elands, kudus, hippogriffs and hippodromes on our side, Roseblood won't stand a chance against us." Said Pip

"We'll just have to see first thing tomorrow." Thunderlane remarked. "I don't wanna think about it too much."

"Agreed." Rumble remarked.

"So, Monsieur Le Grand," Spike said. "How did you escape from the brainwashed ponies in Canterlot?"

"It s a rather long, yet fascinating story to tell about." The Griffon chef answered. "I was lucky to get out of Canterlor alive." He cleared his throat, and wrapped a blanket around himself. He began his explanation by saying: "I was cooking Sweet Bread a la Celestia, and I was almost finished. Oh, it was one of my finest recipes yet."

"Uhh... Gustave, aren't you forgetting something?" Discord reminded him sarcastically.

"Right, right, Desole." And the griffon chef continued. "When I was about to finish the recipe by putting lemon frosting on top, the sky turned red, and some of ze guards came in with dark, evil, red eyes zat glown like lava in a volcano. Those guards were about to kill me, but then I was quick enough to throw a jug of lemonade at them, blinding them all, and it gave me a perfect opportunity to escape."

"Wow. Sounded like you got lucky." Said Lyra

"Very lucky. I could have died if not for ze lemonade jug. I looked all over for you guys, but I couldn't find you until now."

"Did any guards come after you while flying?" Spike asked.

"Fortunately, non. They didn't." Gustage replied. "It was a really good thing they didn't follow me, too."

"Hmm. Rather intriguing. Still, it sounds like something very traumatizing."

"Oui, I had no idea what was going on in ze first place. I followed you to Zebrica and I got information from ze elands knd zebras. It was then, zat I understand what was happening now."

"And what about our friends?" Apike asked. "I don't want to-." All of a sudden, he began shaking in freezing cold right now.

"What is it, Spike?" Asked Cloudchaser

"Apparently, dragons are cold-blooded c-c-creatures." And he began chittering his teeth. "Discord can you please get me a h-h-heating b-b-blanket for me?"

"No problem. One heating blanket coming right up." And worth a snap of his fingers a larger, and Dozier blanket that was meant for warming up the coldest creature appeared around the baby dragon's body. He was feeling better already. Not mentally, but physically better to say the least.

"Don't worry, Spike." Said Discord. "We will make it through this. I promise."

Spike honestly didn't see Discord's really soft and caring side before, and when he would show it, it would be towards Fluttershy most of the time.

"Discord,"

"Hmm?"

"Why are you being so nice to me like this?"

"Well.... you are my friend. We spend guys day out together with Big Mac once in a while. You know; before he turned completely evil like most of the ponies in Equestria." He sounded a little uncomfortable when he admitted the last thing he said.

"Heh. Right. But I understand if you are mostly doing it to save Fluttershy mostly."

"That is absolutely.... true." Discord sounded like he was trying to defend himself saying it wasn't true, but he just admitted it in defeat. "But of course, I still care about you and the rest of my friends that had come to accept me."

"Oui, you are a truly reformed Drancequus, mom ami." Said Gustave le Grand.

The Master of Chaos was touched to hear that. "Merci beaucoup, monsieur le Grand." He remarked.

Many bonfires were going off, either because the firewood is becoming used up, or they have been put out by the surviving ponies.

They were all getting ready for bed, and they tucked in their covers and or sleeping bags to sleep the night away.

Spike was the one who fell asleep last, or at least, he was trying his very best to sleep. Worriment was still flowing through his head about the fate of Equestria if Roseblood is not stopped in time.

It wasn't until 2am that he finally fell asleep in the dream world. He dreamt of everything back to the way it used to be before Roseblood came and corrupted many pony minds in Equestria.

Two hours passed and something awoken him. He heard voices in the night, something outside of the cave he was hiding in. He decided to go and see what was up in the outside world.

"Discord." He tossed and turned the master of chaos as he was sleeping upside down. "Discord, wake up."

Discord began to stir and looked at Spike in a groggy expression. "What do you want, kiddo? Do you have any idea what time it is this time of day?"

"I know. I know. But I heard voices outside. I think it's a couple of pony survivors you missed when you warned me about Roseblood in the first place." Discord was ultimately reluctant about this, but he also, ultimately agreed to go outside and see what the so-called commotion was all about.

Sighing, the master of of chaos said to him "Very well, but if we get ambushed by any of the evil ponies, you owe me big time for it." then he quietly snapped his finger to poof him and Spike out of the cave, and looked around at his surroundings. It was dark in the sky as night should be, except for the moon shining down on the earth.

Looking around, spike and Discord didn't really see anything evil or suspicious outside, just heard the sound of wind rustling against their bodies in the night. "Hmm, I don't see anything out here." Spike said. They both stayed out for a little longer, and waited for something to happen.

It went on for a long time, somewhere around thirty minutes or more, and they were cautious on their feet at anything that might jump out and jump-scare them by surprise. Still, there was nothing to be seen or heard from afar. At last, both of them decided to give up and go back inside the cave to get some sleep for the attack and invasion.

When Discord was about to snap his finger and get him and Spike to safety in the cave, something blasted him away into a large tree with a loud thump, and the tree collapsed on Discord's body

"Oh no, Discord!" Spike shouted desperately. He ran as fast as he could to try and get the try off of him, but he knew that he couldn't lift the tree up even if he wanted to, but, he didn't want another friend to fall. He tried with all his might to lift up the tree, and get Discord out of there, and even used his wings to boost his strength, but to no avail.

A faint evil laughter was heard, a female laughter echoing in the woods. Spike stopped trying to lift the tree, and looked around at his surroundings again. He knew he heard something out there from before, and looked cautiously to see if anypony was there to surprise him. The laugh gave a chill down his spine as it was heard once again. He backed away in fear, for he was becoming more scared every second.

He backed up into somepony behind him, who was far taller than him, and slowly turned around to see who it was. It was a beautiful mare that was as tall as Celestia. "Ah, hello." she said in a cruelly warm voice. She bared her teeth that looked similar to Nightmare Moon's the last time he saw her. This mare looked so much similar, except her mane and tail were red, and her skin was a more sinister, darker black, like the color of death. "Lost, little dragon?"

Spike yelped, and fell back, trembling in fear. "You're... you're..." he was too scared to even finish his sentence.

"Roseblood is my name." Said the mare. "And I have heard so much about you, Spike."

"How?"

"Your friends told me about you of course." Roseblood smeared. "You are the most adorable baby dragon I have ever seen before in my life."

"Please don't hurt me." spike pleaded for mercy. "please."

Roseblood let out a cruel chuckle from herself and swisher her tail two times. "ssshhh. Just relax and sleep." She whispered. "Sleeeep." She pulled out a snoozing mist out of her horn, and it made Spike tired, and fell asleep on the ground "at last." Said Roseblood. She picked the snoozing baby dragon up with her magic, and placed him on her back.

It was just then when Discord regained consciousness, and got the tree off of his body from crushing him to death. "Oh no, Spike!" He noticed the baby dragon about to be taken away from Roseblood, and flew towards her to stop her from taking the baby dragon with her.

However, Roseblood was more powerful and easily pushed Discord aside with another powerful force of magic, but this time, Discord recovered just in time, and try to charge ar her again. At the last second, before he could touch her, she disappeared into thin air.

"No." Discord shouted. "Nooo!! I failed!!"

He suddenly went back into the cave and woken everyone up. "What is the meaning of this, Discord?" Said Discord. "Oh my word!"

"Sorry, but Spike has been captured by Roseblood." said the master of chaos.

"Whaaaat?!!" Everyone exclaimed in horror.

"Roseblood came and abducted him. I tried to stop her, but she was too powerful for me to handle. It's all my fault that he got captured."

"No. She just caught us by surprise." Zecora understand. "We will figure out a way to save him, for it will not be long for the upcoming sunrise."

Everyone was completely worried about Spike's safety since he just got captured by this evil mare.

Sunrise had came two hours later, and Spike was being cuddled by somepony really soft like a pillow or a teddy bear.

He was now half asleep. And he wanted this to last much longer, because it felt so warm, cozy, toasty feeling.

At last, Spike awoken full, and he was in Celestia's bedroom, and right next to him was Roseblood.

"Ah! Oh no!" Spike exclaimed.

"There there, Spike." said the demonic mare evily. "I will not kill you. No, I have special plans for you."

The baby dragon never felt so scared before in his life.

He saw his friends that still looked quite evil and sinister, and he was surrounded by the sound of maniacal laughter.

Spike felt like fainting of horror, for this was so much for him to handle. Can anyoomy save him now? What will Roseblood do to poor Spike? Will she kill him or do something more sinister to him?