Boy oh boy, things were not looking good for these two lovebirds. Now that Spike and Mane-iac knew Camera Len's true intentions with the show, they all hurriedly went back to find Twilight and her friends. It was a good thing because They both saw all six of them coming out of the castle. There was also Big Macintosh talking with Fluttershy and Applejack.

"Twilight! Guys! We need to talk to you!" Spike shouted to them.

"What's wrong, Spike?" Fluttershy asked confusingly. Spike was panting as he was catching his breath from all the fast running with the Mane-iac.

"Camera Len, he- he-"

"He what?" Twilight asked him

"Come on, man! Speak!" Big Mac urged.

"What he is trying to say, Big Mac," Said Mane-iac "That Camera Len is playing us all for complete and other morons, and a bunch of savage animals."

The others were quite confused by this detail. "What? Pfft. How could he possibly be toying with us?" Rainbow scoffed.

"And how do I know that this is not another one of your victimless pranks?" Rarity asked. Her mane and a tail were still green, and she was still a little mad at Mane-iAd and Spike for it.

"You guys gotta believe us. We heard Camera Len and his camera crew talking about at the season finally, one of us will get kicked out of the show, and then humiliated so bad you can turn into a laughing stock."

Twilight, Pinkie, and their friends gasped in confusion and disbelief. "Are you sure?" Asked Applejack. "He really said that?"

Mane-iac's voice became a little more louder when she said "We were eavesdropping on him and his cronies, it is all true. Would I have ever lied to you? No! No! No! I might be a crazy villain, I am modest."

All of their friends thought of it, and since Mane-iac changed a lot since she and Spike are lovers, she has been a really goodmare than a homicidal psychopath wanting to kill every pony in a fictional town called Maretropolis.

Just like Discord, Trixie, and Starlight Glimmer, Mane-iac was a reformed mare that is living a new happy and better life with Spike as her adorable husband. Perhaps she wasn't lying after all, and neither was Spike. By the looks from both their eyes, they were not lying about this speculation

"Are you sure that Camera Len and the other camera ponies are just using us?" Fluttershy asks just in case.

"Yes. Look, I'll prove it to you all." Then Spike pulled out a tape recorder from behind his back out of nowhere

"Ooh, where did you get that?" Asked Pinkie

The baby dragon realized this and looked at the device in confusion. "I... have no idea." He said with uncertainty. "What's important is that we have proof." Then he pressed the play button and it was exactly right at the quote Camera Len noted about voting one of the main characters in the show.

Shocked, duped, and hurt on the inside, they felt like a circus troupe of idiots. Twilight was thinking about how she was right all along about this reality show being a not-so-good idea. "Well, I am not really one of gloat, but... I told you so, I told you so, I told you so!"

Spike was unamused and rolled his eyes back in irritation while crossing his arms. Mane-iac was just as annoyed by this as he was. They all heard her floating n doing a victory dance.

"Go Twilight! Go Twilight! Go Twilight!"

"Will you shut the hell up?!" Spike snapped at her.

"Okay okay, sorry." Twilight said, a little intimidated by the way he raised his voice at her.

"Look, we all need a plan to end this show and Camera Len's own dream of becoming a millionaire because of this, and expose him as the liar he really is."

Rarity thought of this and said "Mane-iac's right. We all just need to come up with a plan."

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed,

"I know just how to do it!" Then he pulled out a ton of knives from her tendrils, looking more than ready to stab Camera Len or any one of his co-workers behind this scam. However, Applejack stopped her and told her to out the knives away.

"Please, Mane-iac." Applejack begged. "I know how ya feel, but let's not go jumping to conclusions now."

The unhinged mare made a small growl of relentless and put all the knives she had with her away, and decided to go with another plan that soempony might as well come up with.

"Applejack is right." Said Fluttershy, shyly, and softly. "We need to do this in a civilized manner."

"Which is?" Asked Pinkie

"March straight into his office, and tell him we quit." Big Mac answered. The others all shouted in agreement. This might not work, but they will have to try and give it a shot to talk to the big shot producer behind the camera

Rarity stepped up by saying "but, do you think I can take a quick shower first? Green is definitely not my forte."

"No!" The others replied. Rarity jumped with a fright from that sudden reaction

"Alright. Alright."

"Come on, let's get that asshole a piece of our mind!" Rainbow said with enthusiasm

"Way ahead of you, Rainbow Dash. Let's give him a taste of Hell." Mane-Ian agreed.

"Remember, we do this professionally." Twilight pointed

"Oh right. Of course." The unhinged mare remembered.

In front of the office the camera crew was staying in, they all were more than ready to give Camera Len a piece of their mind. Mane-iac swung the door open with a mighty push from her mane combined into a large hand in a shape of fist. All of the camera crew and their boss looked to see a bunch of angry faces, looking like they went to beat them all to a pulp.

"Spike, Mane-iac, what a nice surprise" said Camera Len in his enthusiastic voice. "What can I help you all with?"

"You know very well what you can help us with, Camera Len." Twilight said firmly.

"What are you talking about?"

"We're talking about you playing us all like idiots!" Rainbow said. "We know what you were really up to." the cyan pegasus smudged against the producer's face.

"Eeyup! And we want out of you're little Reality show idea!" Big Mac added. Camera was also quite intimidated by Big Mac's strength and sound of his deep voice. Him giving them the evil eye made it even more intimidating.

"What makes you say me and my friends are just using you guys?" asked Camera Len, playing innocent.

"Me and Spike heard all about you're true intentions on why you created this reality show!" Mane-iac said. "And give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you in two till your intestines or organs come out!"

"Easy Mane-iac." Twilight said

"Look, I never said anything about using all you guys. Besides, why would I even plan something as evil as that?"

"Because you wanted more money and publicity!" Fluttershy replied. "You only care about money, not about my romance between me and Big Mac, or if Rarity or Rainbow Dash got hurt from their fighting, only for the money!"

At this, the creator couldn't lie any longer. at first he was trying to come up with a pathetic excuse, but finally he said "Alright alright, you all caught me. It was all a ploy."

"Right, now, we want out of the show." Twilight said

"You can't." said Camera Len in a smug tone of voice. "You guys all signed a contract to he apart of the show, and a contract is something you just can't take back. It's a commitment, and you all have to honor a commitment."

They all looked at each other, realizing he wasn't lying about that detail. They all signed their names on that hellish contract, now they wished they never had to agree to be on this "Show" in the first place.

"Well.... you won't get away with this!" said Big Mac.

Camera Len smirked and removed his shades from his eyes. "I think we all know that I already have." he made an evil laugh of his own, a more dark and sinister one than Mane-iac's own crazy and maniacal laughter. Then his own crew laughed along with him. Spike, Mane-iac, Twilight, Fluttershy, and their friends were unnerved by this.

The baby dragon however, despite this, refused to give in to these agreements and fully regrettd this little idea as well. He may know that there is no possibly way to get out of this contract, he still wouldn't give in. He said "I can't accept this. Twilight, you're the princess of friendship, you can get it us out of this, can you?"

"Oh I wish I could, Spike. But he is right, a contract is like a commitment. There are things that even I can't do about it."

"And Come on, let's not be so.... irrational." Said Camera Len. "You guys are still getting money yourself, a lot of it. And for anypony who might get voted off, you'll still have as much fun on the show while it lasts."

"My money would be on Rarity." Said Applejack

"Hey!" Rarity exclaimed with offense. "I am pretty sure you would lose that bet, Applejack. After all, who could possibly resist my beauty and my glamorous dresses?"

The orange earth pony rolled her eyes away from her. "I know, I know. What am I even saying?"

"Look, I do not even remember signing anything about being voted off before."

"Well let me show you on the contract, Fluttershy, so I can show you, and the rest of you guys." Camera Len then gave them all the contracts they signed their signature on, and Spike noticed the tiny sentence that stated I agree on the term for if I get voted off in the season finale and accept it. The last sentence was a little too tiny then they others could look at that it almost looked like scribbles instead of perfect hoof-writing

Mane-iac looked at the director in a dirty glare while Camera Len himself made a smile on his face. "Really clever, making this last piece of the contract smaller than the rest. Well played." Then she threw it on the floor with disdain.

Camera Len made a chuckle "years of practice, my dear Mane-Ian, years of practice."

"I can't believe you would do this! You mean meanie pants!"

"Uh, I'm in show business, Pinkie. What do you all expect?"

"A knife down you're throat, perhaps?" Said Mane-iac

"Ah ah ah, I wouldn't do that if I were you, Mane-iac," the show creator lightly threatened

Big Mac "Why is that you slimy son of a bitch?"

"Because if you all try to lay a hoof, or claw, or a hair on me, then I will spread the news of how my own cast would hurt an innocent, and handsome director like me, or his wonderful friends, then all of your fans will sympathize with me, they will hate you, and you're reputation will go down the toilet."

"Well, you're not an innocent director." Rainbow pointed out. "In fact, you're slimy, sleazy, conniving, and dishonest."

"Oh call me what you all want." Camera Len spat "you're fans will not believe you if you say those things about me, anyway. Besides, I've been called worse, especially what you said, Mac. As a matter of fact. What kind of example is this for Spike here? A kid like him hearing such language?"

"Pfft, I'm okay with it." Spike said.

"And he is my husband, more than just a mere boy." Mane-Ian pointed, pulling Spike close to her

"Oh whatever, save me the romance and lovey-dovey bullshit."

"Bullshit?!" Mane-iac said. "I will show you who is bullshit!" The unhinged mare tried to attack him Nd possibly kill him, but her friends and husband were restraining her from doing so.

"Calm down, calm down!" Twilight begged. "Please!"

Mane-iac started to let her anger die away, and took a deep breath. "I'm calm."

"Now, I suppose you should go back to enjoying your days off. Got a big day tomorrow, and more money to fill my pockets." Camera Len chuckled.

They all exited the building, bitter and angry at this big shot producer. Before she got out however, Spike stopped with Mane-Ian, glaring at him, and said "I am warning you, this is not over."

"Didn't I tell you? We both know that it is over" said Camera in a snobbish tone.

Then after the two wal,ed out, the door slammed shut behind them. "Know what are we going to do?" Said Applejack.

"Well, you heard him, we have no choice, we have to go through the show."

Then Spike had an idea. "No." he said

They all looked at him in a confused look on their face. "What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked. The baby dragon pulled out a pen and a piece of paper.

"I mean I have an idea. I'm gonna get some pony to help us with our problem." Then he begun writing down to whoever he might send it too.

"You mean get a Minotaur to beat Camera and his crew up till their mothers won't recognize them?"

"Even scarier, Rainbow. Even. Scarier."

"Nine-thousand nine hundred ninety-eight." Said Camera Len counting all the bits he made from this show. "Nine-thousand nine hundred ninety-nine," but before he could go up to ten thousand, the door flung open, causing his towers of golden bits to fall on the table and the ground. "Oh crud." He muttered

"Camera Len, we need to talk." Said a voice that sounded like Spike.

The director recognized the voice, and he sighed with irritation. "Now what, what do you guys want this time?" While turning his chair to face them again, he said "I told you you signed a contraAAAAHHH!" His heart fell to his knees inside what he was facing. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were with them now. They were not happy at all, as a matter of fact, they gave Camera Len a really angry and dirty look.

Camera Len gulped.

"P-p-princess Celestia and p-p-princess Luna!" He said, really intimidated. "What a pleasant surprise." Then he got off the chair and bowed to them in respect.

"Camera Len," said Celestia very sternly. The director was becoming more scared now just hearing her voice like this. "Spike wrote me a letter saying you and your crew have been using Spike, Mane-iac, and their friends to make a fool out of themselves on a reality show just for your own personal gain."

He looked at the baby dragon and glared at him "You sorry son of a bitch." Then Luna zapped him with her magic.

"How dare you call Spike such a horrible name!" Said the blue alicorn.

"Ow." He muttered, getting back on his knees.

Celestia continued by saying "now, is all of this correct?"

"No! That is a damn lie, he's just a kid! What does he know?" Then he was zapped again, this time by Celestia.

"I know you're lying. Spike told me exactly what you're sleazy plan was."

"And you believe him?" Said Camera Len. "Your majesties, you know kids and their wild imaginations. They don't even know what they're saying at times. Oh, and Mane-iac! She's crazy, one of the most evil mares in all of Maretropolis after all.

Spike, Mane-iac, and their friends were not buying this one little bit. His lying was simply horrible, considering the fact he was shaking under the feet of Celestia and Luna themselves. "I may be crazy, but, never lie." Mane-iac said

"Neither would I" the baby dragon added.

"We have known Spike for a long time, Camera Len, and he is the most modest and truthful baby dragon we know."

"Aww, thanks, Twilight."

"Camera Len, just tell the truth, and you're punishment will not be as bad." Celestia demanded. "Now."

The director gulped again. Out of ideas and options, he finally said "Alright! Alright! I confess! I admit everything, okay! It's all true!"

"That's all we needed to know." Said Luna. "Now, you can get Spike, Twilight, and the others out of their contracts and cancel this reality show." She zoomed in his face "for good." She added.

"B-but, a contract is like a commitment, and-"

"Who has real power over Equestria?" Celestia exclaimed.

"You." He admitted.

"Exactly. Now, terminate their contracts and this show, let Spike, Mane-iac, and their friends go back to their normal lives, or else."

"Or else what?"

Luna cleared her throat and said "You, and your crew will be thrown to the dungeon for six months."

Camera Len gasped with horror, and so did his cohorts, the camera crew.

"With stale bread and dish water for every meal."

Ultimately, he gave in and said "okay. What do you want me to do?"

"Terminate their contracts like we said, and you are going to give refunds to the everypony you swindled so it can support your reality show." Celestia stated. "And finally, you will be exposed as the scoundrel you really are."

Unable to do anything anymore, he had no choice. He bowed his head and said "very well."

"And you must never do this kind of activity to anypony ever again."

"Aww." He said in his head. Now disdain and hatred was building up at the ponies behind the princess'. "Very well."

"Now come with us so we can get started."

Camera Len followed them outside, and gave a look back at the others. He growled "this is not over."

"Oh, but we all know it is." Said Mane-iac "Waah, waah." They all laughed with her. Camera Len continued following after that so he can end this madness once and for all.

Author's Note

My oh my, I'd sure hate to be in Camera Len's position. Leave it to Princess Celestia and Luna to help make things righ in situations like this.