Is all Hope Lost?

Spike continued crying and sobbing about the very scary situation he was dealing right now. Zecora and many others were trying their best to coax and comfort him, telling him everything will be okay, and they can fix this whole problem. Alas, it was to no avail, Spike would have to stop his crying on his own.

Discord was looking out at the cave to into the big, now red sky that painted evil all over it. He was ever so worried about his friends (Mostly Fluttershy) are under the command of this evil, beautiful mare.

It took a rather long time for the baby dragon to stop his sobbing, somewhere up to fifteen minutes for him to run out of his baby dragon tears, and when it was down, he took a few breaths. “Okay. Okay. I- i’m Calm now.” He admitted while wiping mucus from under his nose with his arm. Lyra gave him a box of tissues to help him blow his nose properly. “Thanks Lyra.”

“No problem. Spike.” The green unicorn replied warmly. “You feeling better now?”

“Well.... no.” Spike admitted. “All is lost.” And he bowed his head sadly with his eyes closed. “We’re all doomed. Roseblood is going to take coed Equestria with a whole army of mind-controlled ponies on her side, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Zecora gave him a very sympathetic look. “Nonsense, just because their is no the co,or of red in the sky, it does not mean we’re all going to die.”

“You have a plan?” Spike have her a look of hope.

“Well.... no.” Zecora admitted

And the baby dragon bowed his head in sadness again in an instant.

“But do not worry, very soon, Roseblood will reap what she will sow”

“How?” Said Thunderlane. “We’re very tiny comparing to Rosebloods. She’s probably even getting stronger and stronger right now.”

“Yeah, and what can we do?” Said Pip. “We can’t just all fight her, not in these numbers. It would be complete and utter suicide.”

"We will figure something out soon, Do not worry, I will think of a way to keep us from facing our future doom." Looking back at Spike, she said "There is no need for such sadness, I promise you that we'll all put an end to this madness."

"So do i." Discord said stepping up boldly. "Anything to help all my dear friends." he sounded more serious than he would usually sound like. It didn't take long for a few more ponies to step up and offer their help to Spike and pledge to free Equestria from this horrible nightmare.

"And so will I." said Cloudchaser

"So will I." Flitter said.

"Me too." said Bon Bon

"We'll help you Spike. We're your friends and we will help you stop Roseblood from turning Equestria into her own evil kingdom, no matter what." And all the other survivors stepped up and offered to help the baby dragon get his closest friends back and stop Roseblood at all cost.

Spike ever felt so grateful to hear those words from all of them. He felt like shedding tears again, not of sadness, but with hope and joy this time. And he had a sudden thought. "Zecora, how come you're not brainwashed like the others before you and Discord rescued me?"

"We zebras are immune to this dark magic, for we never suffered something so tragic."

"And I am a Drancequus after all." Said Discord. I am immune to a lot of sicknesses and diseases, including this evil mist."

"And it turns out, not all ponies are vulnerable to this evil mist going about." Zecora continued "it is now truly up to us, destroy Roseblood we must."

"You heard Pip." Spike reminded. "We can't all defeat her like this."

"True, but what else can we possibly do?"

Thinking deep in his head, Spike Suddebly remembered something that could be a great use to him and all his friends here. "Princess Ember and Thorax!" He exclaimed with hope in his voice.

"Yes, you're friends with the rulers of the Dragon and changeling kingdoms. With their help, they can help us stop Roseblood with an army of dragons and changelings and dissidents." Now it sounded like there was hope after all.

"And are all zebras immune to Rosebloods spell?"

"Of yes. The spell cannot affect us if it touches the face, it's a very intriguing feature for my race."

"Heh, you can say that again." Thunderlane agreed

"Indeed, why aren't there more Zebras in Equestria? For I am becoming a little more curious about them now." Fancy Pants remarked.

"Oh I flush." Said the Zebra "but stopping Roseblood is a bigger must."

"She's right." Spike said. "The sooner we stop her, the sooner we can get my best friends back."

"Right!" All of them said in unison.

"But wait," said Discord. "Of course te changelings and zebra from Zecora's beautiful home will help us, but what about the dragons?

"Ember's the new Dragon Lord, remember? Even if there are a lot of them that don't want to help us becasue ponies are weak, Ember will talk them around." And he thought of a small group of dragons that absolutely hate him and will do anything tI humiliate him and make his life hell. "Well, there's Garble and his friends." He added begrudgingly.

"Those are just a very small group of dragons that won't support us." Said Fleur De Lis. "And yoy are absolutely right, Spike, Ember is the new ruler of ze dragons, so almost all of them will have to listen to reason."

"And, Maybe it will show the dragons that we are cooler than many of them would think." Lyra added with an idea.

Many free-willed stallions and mares agreed with her.

"Okay, I think those are pretty good ideas, but what about the cave? What if princess Celestia, Luna, Twilight, or even Roseblood find us here?"

"Not a problem." Said the master of chaos. He snapped his finger like a pro and a gigantic boulder appeared in front of the entrance.

"Ah! I can't see!" Pip exclaimed

"Oops! Sorry, Pip." Discord said sheepishly. And he snapped his finger again, conjuring a small line of candles hung on the cave walls.

"Okay, I think it will be pretty convincing." Zecora remarked. "Now Spike, we must go talk to Ember and Thorax to help us free Equestria from this mare who is evil and conniving."

"Right." Spike sounded a little more bolder and braver than before, only because he knows that he is not alone in this fight against Roseblood. "All of you just stay here where it's safe."

"You don't have tell us that twice." Rumble said. "I don't wanna go back out there until this is all over."

"At least until we get all the help we need to turn Equestria back to normal." Pip added.

“Well then, we have no time to lose.” Said Discord. “Spike, Zecora, come with me.” The two stood close to the master of chaos and he snapped his finger for the third time, teleporting him and the zebra somewhere else.

“Okay Everypony.” Said Fancy Pants. “You heard Spike. It’s best if we all stay put here where it!s nice and safe. In the meantime, why don’t we all have a little supper for us to eat?”

“I got some cheddar oats for us to all eat.” Said Sprinkle Medley. Everyone else smiled and chattered amongst themselves in some random conversations, even if they were all in a middle of what could be one of Equestria’s darkest events yet.

***

Spike, Discord, And Zecora all made it to the Dragon Lands, which looked completely unchanged. Minus the blood red sky. All three of them looked around for Ember to talk to for help.

“Ha! What happened to you, freak?” Said a rude teenage dragon. He was pointing his sharp claw to Discord.

“Who are you calling a freak, tubby?” The Master Of Chaos replied. He snapped his finger once more and switched the teenage dragon’s face with his butt and tail. He guffawed in triumph at how ridiculous he looked in this state.

“Ahh! What happened to my face? I look stupid!”

“Now who’s the freak? Hahaha!”

“Discord.” Spike And Zecora scolded him with their eyes narrowed.

He looked down and sighed. “Alright, alright.” Snapping his finger, he turned the teenage dragon back to his normal shape as he was before

Feeling quite more intimidated by Discord, the teenage dragon ran away from the three to avoid being altered any further. “Spike do you remember where to find this princess Ember?”

“Yep. I know her well enough to know where she lives, Zecora” Spike Said. “Come on, and stay close, these fields have some geysers scattered around. Some of them even have lava.”

“No lava can ever keep a handsome drancequus like moi down.” Discord boasted. However, a small hissing steam erupted next to him, startling Discord instantly.

“Hahaha. Yeah, I guess even the master of chaos isn’t safe from lava.” Spike chuckled

“Shut up.”

Zecora And Discord followed the baby dragon to Ember’s throne, where she was promptly sitting on the overly sized chair where the dragon lord usually sits in. “Ember?” Spike called to her.

The blue female teenage dragon heard him call her name, and smiled seeing him againl she flew down with astonishing speed and landed in style. “Spike, nice to see you again, little dude.” And she hugged him in a rather awkward way.

“Ember, we have a very very big problem.” Spike Said

“What kind of problem, and... who are you two supposed to be?”

“I am Zecora. A proud zebra who, along with Spike is looking for ya.”

“Name’s Discord, the Master Of Chaos.”

“Why do you have so much animal parts attached to you?” Ember asked him curiously. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

“I never make sense. I’m the master of chaos. Tomfoolery, lolly-gagging, And is insanity are my specialties.”

“He’s a very tricky guy.” Spike whispered to the new Dragon Lord. “Anyway,” He took a deep breath and he rapidly said “An evil pony named Roseblood has taken over Equestria and brainwashed our friends into being her slaves, and if we don’t stop her, we’re all doomed! Doomed I tell you! Doomed!” And he collapsed on the ground, right on his back.

“Wait Wait Wait, an evil, magical mare named Roseblood?” Ember asked. “Let’s just recap; the sky just turned from blue to red and this evil pony is trying to take over the world with her magic?”

“Yep, you catch on fast.” Said Discord.

“Why can’t Twilight or the princess’ stop her?”

“That’s the thing, my closest friends are turned into brainwashed slaves by Roseblood to do her every whim whenever she wants to without question. Princess Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and her husband, Shining Armor have been brainwashed too.”

Ember was certainly shocked to hear that wicked news. “Are... are you serious?” She asked him

“Ember, Please. You gotta believe me Here.” The baby dragon begged her desperately. “I need your help to save my home fro Roseblood and restore harmony to it. Me, Discord, And Zecora can’t do this alone. We need a whole army of dragons to go against her.”

“That kinda sounds like a You problem.” Said another teenage boy dragon.

“Oh no it doesn’t.” Ember argued. “If my friend here needs my help, I answer his call.” She looked bold and proud to say a heroic thing like that. “Spike, as your friend, I promise to lend you support and help save your friends in any way possible. My claws are yours.”

The baby dragon felt so happy to hear that and smiled with glee. He even had the liberty of roughly hugging her like a python squeezing it’s prey to death. “Thank you Thank you Thank you.” He Said. “And i’m Going to ask Thorax the same thing I did you.”

“Are you sure?” Asked Ember

“Roseblood is far more powerful than you know. We’ll need more numbers to make sure she’ll reap what she will sow.” Zecora remarked.

“The more numbers, the better.” Said Discord

“But What about you’re friends?” She Asked him. “I don’t want to kill them.”

“Fear not Ember, we’ll help Spike be their savior.”

“How?”

“That, I do not know how it will work, but i’ll Be fast to thinking before things go from bad to worse.”

Ember sounded a little unconvinced by this. “Okay then.” She Said slowly. “But Wait, How Come you Guys aren’t brainwashed?”

“Dragons, zebras, and crestures like Discord are immune to the mist Roseblood is spreading right now. And some ponies are immune to it, too.” Spike explained. “Of we can combine ourself with zebras, Changelings, and dragons alike, we might have a chance against her.”

“Right. Should we just storm all of Ponyville and ransack it?” Ember suggested.

“No.” Said Discord. “Let’s not be irrational. We cannot just ransack the whole cities in Equestria.”

“He’s right.” Said Zecora. “For an action to properly rise, it requires the old element of surprise.”

“Oooh, I like the sound of that. I like you already.” Ember remarked.

“In the meantime, you all just remain in the adrsgon Lands. I don’t want you guys to suffer the wrath of Roseblood.” Spike Said. “Not the way I lost my close friends.”

The new Dragon Lord gave him a sympathetic look on her face and knelt down on one knee, then she put a hand on his shoulder for comfort. “Spike, everything will be okay. I swear, me and my subjects will do anything to help you.”

“You’ll talk to them about helping me, right?”

“Of course. I’m Dragon Lord now, and they’ll have to listen to reason. Everything will be just fine. Now, you might wanna go get Thorax and ask him for help. Me and the other dragons will prepare for battle.”

“Perfect!” Said Discord. “We knew we can count on you.”

“We’ll be waiting. We are glad that you are on our team.” Zecora Said. “Come along Discord, we need to see more recruits to welcome aboard.”

And the master of chaos wore a conductor’s hat. “Right. All aboard the hero train!” Then he, Spike, And Zecora teleported to the changeling kingdom through Discord’s magic.

Despite the sky being red, the changeling kingdom was just the same as before. The three went inside lied no problem, thanks to Spike and Discord being heroes and Zecora being an honored guest, and met Thorax in his throne room.

“Spike! Good to see you. And the same with you Discord, Zecora.”

“Thorax, I would love to chat with you, but we have an emergency. Roseblood, an old villain from the last has returned and she is going to take over Equestria!”

“What? Who is she?”

And so the baby dragon told him the whole story, including his scary encounter with all his brainwashed friends. It was so much for a Thorax to take in, for he sounded horrified to hear such awful news. Many other changeling citizens were murmuring amongst themselves in Worriment about a possible doomsday.

“Thorax, we need your help to stop Roseblood and save our friends!” Spike Said.

“Spike, that’s horrible! But how can we stop her if she’s as powerful as you all say she is?

“We’re working on it.” Discord explained. “But Right now, we are asking for your aid to help us stop her and save Equestria and our friends.”

Thorax promptly nodded his head. “Right. Don’t worry, Spike. You have my help.”

“And ours.” Said a female changeling proudly. All the other Changelings around her smiled and raised their hooves to show him the power they will give him.

Now Zpike was feeling more hopeful about a chance to kill and take down Roseblood with Help far beyond Equestria. Now they just needed to talk to the zebras for help to create an even bigger chance to stop Roseblood and her plans to turn Everypony in Equestria into her slaves and become the usurper queen.

“When do we even attack?” Thorax Asked them.

“Some things require the element of surprise.” Said Discord. “We do not know when we will strike against that evil bitch, but it will, be soon. In the meantime, you all have to prepare for battle for the upcoming conflict.”

“You got it.” Thorax Said. “We will do anything we can to help you all.”