Chapter 7 Bring Back The Student

As Luna raises the sun so does Spike. Feeling happy and satisfied, he opened his eyes to see Scootaloo wasn't there...

"Scoot?" Spike called out in hazy but sleepy tone, all he got back however was a loud sound emanating from the bathroom like somepony was being sick. Spike got up and rushed up to the bathroom door before knocking on it. "Hey!" He knocked on the door once more, only to hear another vile sound from the other side. "Are you okay in there Scoot?" Spike asks worried,

He heard Scootaloo dry heave lightly before she replied. "What do you think?" Her voice seemed to be wavering every few seconds, as if she was fighting off another batch of puke. "Could you hear me outside at all?"

"That's why i was asking..." He droned in monotone. "Okay; i am coming in!" Before Scootaloo could protest Spike had barged into the room with little grace, almost falling over the appliances next to the door. "I should probably watch it next..."

Then Spike looked over to Scootaloo and frowned at what he saw.

Scootaloo was sitting on the floor her two front hooves placed on the rim of the toilet and her head was hanging over the toilet, Spike sits on his knees and puts his claw on Scootaloo's back and started to rub her back gently.

"How are you?" Spike asks concerned.

"Look I'm fine my soup was probably bad or something don't fuss over me go on go get Applebloom and Sweetie Belle let them know what we're doing today." Scootaloo tells Spike while getting up from the floor.

"Okay, if your sure." Spike got up after her and headed to the door when-

"WAIT! hold up can you get me Luna please?" Scootaloo asks suddenly, almost making him jump from the abrupt inflection.

"Sure what's wrong." Spike replied after regaining his composure.

"Nothing, just get her for me..." She pleaded.

"Annnnnd once your done talking to the girls please don't come back to the room. I need to talk to Luna on my own so go have breakfast ill meet you there okay..." Scootaloo ask with pleading eyes...

"Alright fine." Spike agreed grudgingly.

"Thank you!" Scootaloo quickly pecks Spike on the lips. Spike pulls her away after a second.

"You might wanna brush your teeth." Spike tells her smiling making Scootaloo giggle.

"Sorry see ya at breakfast." Scootaloo tells spike as trots to the bathroom

"See ya." And with that spike left the room.

Spike walked down the corridor, he saw Luna levitating a tray with breakfast on it as she see's Spike. "Good morning Spike how are we today?" Luna greeted way too cheerfully.

"I'm good thanks. Scootaloo wants to see you now if you can?" Spike asks.

"Now, is it that important?" Luna asks wanting to get back to Twilight.

"I don't know she wouldn't tell me but it sounded very important to me." Spike answered honestly

"Oh ok Ill be right there let me just give this to Twilight" Luna tells Spike, Spike opens the door using his magic

"Thanks spike good to see that you got used to that" Luna smiles and enters the room.

Spike continues to walk though the corridor Spike starts to think about how he's going to have go get Starlight and a handful of ponies and bring them all back to ponyville. "Thank Celestia I've got Scoot, Applebloom and Sweetie belle with me." Spike stopped thinking when he reached the room Spike knocked on the door and waited.

Spike heard somepony coming to the door. Sweetie belle opened the door just a crack. "Oh its just you Spike... What do you want?" Sweetie Belle opened the door fully Sweetie Belle's mane was all messed up and she was breathing heavily. Spike could see a red ribbon on the floor from Applebloom's mane

"Oh is this a bad time?" Spike was interrupted by Sweetie Belle...

"I know you can tell we've just had sex don't be so embarrassed ok Spike just tell me what you came here to tell me" Spike checks went red wow Applebloom has brought out the more straight forward pony in her Spike thought

"Anyway... I have to talk to both of you" Spike tells Sweetie Belle hoping

"APPLEBLOOM!" Sweetie Belle shouted.

"What is it, oh howdy Spike err what's up?" Applebloom comes to the door her all down and messy and very sweaty

"Well Twilight has got a mission for us to do" Spike answered

"Oh yah what's that then?" Applebloom asks

"We've got to go bring back Starlight glimmer and a handful of ponies" Spike tells them

"Is that it?" Sweetie Belle asks nervously but Spike being embarrassed about the two ponies in front of him he didn't even notice it.

"Yeah that's it we leave after breakfast." Spike answered...

"Okay see you at breakfast." Sweetie Belle closed the door on Spike, he walked off feeling weirded out by what just happened

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Down stairs

"Ah master Spike what would you like?" Luna's servant asks as Spike walks into the kitchen...

"Don't worry about it I've got it covered." Spike tells Luna's servant.

"Well if your sure then." And the servant left. Spike walked over to the cupboards and pulls out tub of jem's, he put them into a bowl and pours milk over the gems and grabs a spoon and walks into the dining hall and sits down at the table. Rainbow and Rarity we're already up along with Fluttershy and Pinkie pie.

"Good morning." Spike greeted.

"Good morning Spike." they all retorted.

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Spike's bedroom when he left.

Scootaloo was brushing her teeth when she heard a knock on the door, "who is it?" Scootaloo asks.

"it, is me Princess Luna." Luna answers Scootaloo spits out all the toothpaste clear's her mouth and trots to the door to open it.

"Please Luna come in." Scootaloo tells.

"Spike tells me you needed my assistance?" Luna asks as she trots in.

"Yes, but i need you to promise that you are going to say nothing to spike or to anypony at all." Scootaloo looks at Luna with a very serious look.

"I promise, what is it?" Luna asks worried.

"Is there a spell to check if some pony is pregnant?" asks deadly serious. "yes their is a spell for that, I am to assume that you would like me to perform this spell on thee?" Luna asks...

"Yes, yes please but how will it work? I mean how do you if I'm pregnant or not?" Scootaloo asks nervously.

"All we have to do is point my horn at your stomach scan it if my magic turns white then you are pregnant if my magic stay's the same colour then you are not pregnant my dear" Luna informs her

"Oh okay shell we do this then?" Scootaloo asks eager to know answers

"Stand side ways on please" Scootaloo turn side way's on, Luna points her horn towards Scootaloo's belly her magic stats to glow so does Scootaloo's stomach. suddenly Luna's horn starts to glow dark blue to white.

Scootaloo turns her head looks at Luna's horn Scootaloo's eyes turns to the size pin pricks, "WAIT does that mean i'm, i'm..." Scootaloo stutters

"Yes Scootaloo you are pregnant congratulations." Luna Smiles

"You can't tell spike Princess please I will tell spike just not now I need you to promise me you wont tell spike or anypony else PLEASE!" Scootaloo begs Luna.

"I promise but you have to tell him soon..." Luna tells Scootaloo.

"I will just not now, ...now I am going to trot down to the kitchen and have breakfast with my dragonfriend okay? Thank you for all your help princess" Scootaloo bow's and opens the door, Luna bow's and leaves the room with Scootaloo following.

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Spike hears the doors open he see's Scootaloo enter the room, "Hey, is every thing good." Spike hugs Scootaloo...

"I'm good so when we do we get going?" Scootaloo asks changing the subject quickly.

"As soon as we Applebloom and Sweetie Belle come down and have breakfast once they finish, we go, come on sit what do you want to eat?" Spike asks excited.

"Are you going too cook." Scootaloo asks surprised.

"I can cook, Pinkie taught me one summer." Spike explained.

"Alright Pancakes then?" Scootaloo asks.

"One batch of pancakes coming right up!" Spike smiled, and to got work. A few minutes spike come back with a stack of five well cooked covered with berries while Scootaloo ate spike talked.

Scootaloo was half way into her 6th pancake when Applebloom and Sweetie belle holding their breakfasts entered the room. "Okay, hurry up you two we have to leave soon okay?" Spike ordered.

"Okay Spike." Sweetie Belle replied, now eating as fast as they a could.

Once everyone had finished breakfast Spike, Scootaloo and Applebloom we're waiting by the front door of the castle for Sweetie Belle, "Where is she?" Spike asked beginning to get impatient of waiting.

"I don't know she said she had to go some where, maybe I should go find on her" Applebloom suggested.

"No its okay I'll do it I actually want to get going." Spike tells the mare's. Spike walked around the castle looking for Sweetie Belle until he bumped into Twilight.

"Hey Twilight have you seen Sweetie belle about?" Spike asks getting impatient.

"Yeah she's with me." Twilight tells spike.

"Well can you tell her we are going now?" Spike asks annoyed.

"W-well um she's um s-she's staying with me she's, she's l-learning m-magic, yes that's it she's learning magic with me!" Twilight told spike trying to not be suspicious. Totally suspiciously...

Spike didn't believe what Twilight was saying to be honest he was weirded out by her Spike knew she was hiding but he thought it was best to just agree with her for now. "Okaaay..." Spike replies.

"Now get going I want you to bring back Starlight back here quickly." Twilight orders Spike. Spike turn's around and starts to walk away, Twilight calls out to him Spike turns his head to look back at Twilight, "Be careful." Twilight tells him, spike nods and leaves.

"Did ya find her?" Applebloom asks as soon as she could see Spike up close.

"Kind of, I know where she is, Twilight and she told me that Bweetie Belle was with her." Spike told the mares they didn't say anything, they just nodded and listened to Spike. "And that she's not coming with us that she's staying behind to learn magic and that we've got to go with out her but the way that Twilight said it was weird she stuttered and um a lot like she was hiding something or" Spike started to think.

"Or what?" Scootaloo asks intrigued.

"Well the only time I know Twilight to be like this is if she in a situation that she doesn't know or if she in a situation that makes her feel uncomfortable." Spike explains.

"Well lets find out." Applebloom tells Spike.

"We will but when we come back okay." the mares nod in agreement. Spike open's the front doors using his magic and they leave one by one as they started to trotted to wards the train station. Spike could see rarity in a carriage being pulled away into the air by the royal Pegasus she was followed by other carriage's filled with ponies ready for battle, Spike could see that rarity see him he waves her off she waves back, "good luck Rarity!"

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On the Train Spike, Scootaloo, and Applebloom we're discussing the reason why Sweetie belle had stayed behind while Spike stared out the window.

"Maybe she's being picked for a top secret mission all by her self." Scootaloo suggested while tapping chin.

"Really, sweetie belle of all ponies yah think it would be her chosen for a top secret mission all by her self like." Applebloom said flatly.

"Yeah good point." Scootaloo admitted.

Spike got involved he too started to get bored. "Look well find out when we get back." Spike pointed out.

"Yeah but what is it though spi?" Scootaloo asks.

"Well for one thing I don't know and second of all did you just call me spi?" Spike asks.

"Yep I did get over it?" Scootaloo told Spike.

"Will do..." Spike answers surprised.

"Good." Scootaloo pokes her tongue at Spike.

"Anyway getting back to sweetie Belle im sure everything is fine I bet there's simple answer." Spike tells Applebloom.

"Yah right I should just relax." Applebloom agreed leaning her head back and closed her eyes.

"Its not like she's pregnant or anything." Spike joked.

Applebloom eyes shot open and her head shot straight up all Apple bloom said was "Oh no magic..."

While Scootaloo had felt horrible knowing she was keeping be pregnant a secret from Spike she tried to ignore it but doing that made Scootaloo feel worse.

The guilt built up so much Scootaloo just couldn't keep it a secret anymore, "Spike I need to talk you in private" Scootaloo got up.

Spike looked over at Scootaloo she looked serious. "yeah sure" Spike answers worried, Scootaloo trots towards the toilets.

"Wait I cant go in the mares" Spike tells Scootaloo.

"Come on" Scootaloo drags Spike into the mares toilet. once they were in Spike was standing in the middle of the room while Scootaloo paces up and down.

"What's wrong scoot? Just tell me I can handle it." Spike tells her moving from worried to scared.

Scootaloo paced a little longer while she Gathered her thoughts. "Right I need you to promise your not gonna freak out cos I don't think I can handle you freaking out on me." Scootaloo begs.

"I pinkie promise." Spike gave Scootaloo comfort look.

"I'M PREGNANT!!!" Scootaloo blurted out fast and loud. Scootaloo continued to talk while Spike just Stood there dazed. "And I know we haven't been a couple for long but I love you so much and I think it could work, no I know it can work, I don't love anypony else but you, and if you tell anyone what I just said I will hunt you down."

Scootaloo just look down kick the floor with her front hoof waiting for spike to start shouting, moaning and ranting but she didn't hear anything when Scootaloo looked up she could see spike smiling.

"Im gonna be a dad, this is, well its unexpected to say the least but this is AWESOME!" Spike shouted excited, Scootaloo was shocked at Spike.

"Your okay then?" Scootaloo asks.

"Um yeah why wouldn't I be come here." Spike pulls Scootaloo into a hug, Spike gently strokes Scootaloo's cutie mark. Scootaloo looks up at spike and begins to do gentle pecks on the lips it soon turns into full tongue's.

Until Spike brakes the kiss. "wait I have questions" Scootaloo looks at Spike and gives him a nod to tell him to continue. "Is that why you wanted to see Luna this morning?" Spike asks.

"Yeah well I wanted to know if she had spell that could tell I was pregnant or not and I didn't want um freak you out..." Scootaloo answers.

"Okay and since your pregnant with my foal and I can't" Spike was cut off when Applebloom trots in.

"What have I told you about trotting in with out knocking." Scootaloo tells Applebloom angrily.

"Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt but we've arrived at the end of the tracks." Applebloom leaves smiling, Scootaloo turns to Spike.

"Come on Captain your leading this." Scootaloo tells spike as he leave spike just shakes his head and leaves.

As soon as Spike gets off the train as quick as flash the train started backing up leave the ponies and drake there stranded. "How do we get back?" Applebloom asks.

"I don't know I haven't got that far yet." Spike replies.

"Yah makin this up as yah go a long." Applebloom states.

"Yeah pretty much" Spike admits.

"So what are your orders?" Scootaloo asks.

"Right orders, well we to keep going that way until we get to a bridge, then we keep walking and then over a big rock hill is the small village where Starlight Glimmer is, then tell her about the impending doom, then we bring the whole village back." Spike orders.

"You make it sound so easy." Scootaloo tells spike flatly.

"That's because it should be." Spike adds.

"Yah should be doesn't fill me with confidence." Applebloom tells Spike worried.

"Come on." Spike calls the mares with they start heading out and-

One thought was going through all there heads please don't let there be any of king Sombra's ponies out there waiting. But it was different for each of them, Spike was hoping king Sombra's ponies weren't there because he had duties to take extra, care of Scootaloo and Spike knows that Scootaloo will be stubborn but if pushes just enough she'll listen.

Scootaloo just knew if they were out there she would have to leave spike and Applebloom to fight those ponies on their own and that scared her leave her Special somepony and best friend alone to fight.

But for Applebloom she was just scared that she would never see Sweetie belle ever again and she had question that need answering. But none of them talked at all, Spike just kept Scootaloo close when they reached the bridge they decided that it was too unstable to travel on so Scootaloo gave Applebloom a lift over. Once over they trotted up the rock hill when they saw the village was okay they started to calm down and laugh when they stopped they headed down to find Starlight.

It didn't take them long to find her she was in her old house. "Starlight I'm so glad we found you." Spike tells Starlight.

"Spike what are you doing here?" Starlight asks surprised, Spike turn's to Applebloom and Scootaloo.

"I want you to keep an eye out." Spike orders, the mares leave as soon as they were told.

"Spike what are you doing here?" Starlight asks again, "Twilight has sent me to come bring you back along with the village." Spike answers.

"What why?" Starlight was confused, Spike started from the death of Celestia up until now. When he finished Starlight was lost for words she didn't know to spike sat next to her in silence letting the news sink in. Starlight finally spoke up.

"So what's the plan?" Starlight asks Spike was about to reply until Scootaloo burst though the door.

"They've found us..." Spike runs out the door to find that he can see 6 ponies covered in black Armour galloping down hill that they had come down from not long ago.

"Do yah think they followed us?" Applebloom asks.

Spike runs to starlight. "do you think you can teleport all the ponies in the village?" Spike asks.

"What, all of them?!" Starlight states worried.

"Yes." Spike answers as bluntly as he could.

"Ok but they need to be touching." Starlight tells Spike the ponies start to gather into huge group.

"Remember go to Twilight s castle" Spike tells Starlight.

"Wait your not coming with us?" Starlight asks surprised.

"Nope somepony has to find out what were up against." Spike tells Starlight. Applebloom and Scootaloo stood next to spike when he finished talking.

"You lot are crazy" Starlight tells them.

"Maybe we are now get going." Spike pushes Scootaloo into the crowd, "I'm sorry scoot." Spike tells her as they disappear.

"What yah do that for spike?" Applebloom asks.

"I have my reasons." Spike replies.

Spike and Applebloom are stand in the middle of the town, Spike can see the ponies getting closer he turns to look at Applebloom "Are you okay?"

Applebloom looks at spike with a fake smile. "I'm good"

Spike frowns "Is I'm good special apple family code for really not okay at all?"

Applebloom looks at Spike weirdly, "Why?" Applebloom asks.

Spike smiles warmly at Applebloom "Because I'm good too."

king Sombra ponies enters the village and break Into two groups three ponies after Spike and the other three after Applebloom, the pony in middle charges at spike as the pony gallops towards Spike.

Spike builds up fire in his mouth and blows the fire as soon as the pony gets close enough to melt his helmet the spike throws a punch up at the pony hitting him in the jaw knocking to the floor. But what he doesn't see the other two ponies charging into him making him fly back super far bouncing off of Starlight's old house and hitting the mountain off to the side.

Spike lays there unconscious when spike finally starts coming round he starts to get up he suddenly stops when he up he can feel the pain of every cut and sore on his body. "Aaaaah, ugh those are gonna leave a mark."

Spike looks round to see the ponies standing waiting for spike to make his move. "How did they do that?... They are super strong I cant fight them!" Then it clicked in Spike's head. "I hope they can feel pain..." Spike thought But had to find out if they felt pain like every other pony.

Spike picks up of the ponies and lifts him far into the air while the other pony watches and bring fast down on to the pony watching they shout out in pain Spike smiles. He picks up both of the ponies lifts them into the air and smack them down back no to the floor fast Spike repeats it over and over again until he is happy he throws both of the ponies into the distance.

Spike rest for bit until he realizes Applebloom was with him, Spike starts spread out his wings slowly he winces while he does it he looks at he's wings two holes in his left wing. He starts to flap he hurts him at first but he soon gets use to the pain and flies off to find Applebloom.

He glides over the village no sign of Applebloom all he saw was blood but Spike didn't know if it was he's or Applebloom's Spike flies over the hill he can see a trail of blood leading all the way too the bridge. When Spike final reaches the bridge he can see Applebloom hanging off the gap the bridge had been broken King Sombra ponies were trying to make her fall. Spike lands quietly behind the two ponies and bashes their heads together hard knocking them out.

"SPIKE HELP!" Applebloom screams in fear as she loses grip, Spike grabs her hoof in time as she began to scream.

"Gotcha ya" when Spike finally got Applebloom she had lost a lot of blood where one of unicorns had stabbed her repeatedly with their horn she collapse in spike arms. "Hey Applebloom, APPLEBLOOM, APPLEBLOOM" Spike screams in fear he starts to cry Spike carries Applebloom and starts to fly off back to Twilight's castle.

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Back at the castle

When Spike finally reaches the castle he shouts the guards in fear while he had tears. "HELP! I NEED HELP SHE'S INJURED HELP!!!" The guards run inside to get Twilight and some nurse's and a doctor, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle follow. they bring in a stretcher out Spike puts Applebloom on the stretcher she instantly gets pulled into the castle Sweetie Belle follows Applebloom.

Twilight and Scootaloo gallop over to Spike whose kneeling on the floor in pain "What happened?!" Twilight asks worried, "They were so strong." Spike replies. Scootaloo slaps Spike hard against the face and burst's into tears and hugs Spike tightly and buries het muzzle into her neck. "DON'T you ever, ever send me away again you stupid dragon." Scootaloo mumbles.

"I was only thinking of you and the baby..." Spike whispers into her ear. Scootaloo kisses Spike deeply while Spike arms wraps around Scootaloo hugging her deep while Twilight stood there blushing Scootaloo pulls away and Whispers back.

"I know..." Twilight clears her throat to get attention they both look at Twilight.

"But are you okay? No real injures?" She asks worried.

"Nah I've got a lot of cuts and I've got two small holes in my left wing but nothing to go hospital with."

Twilight Smiles. "Well that's a relief at least your okay as bad as Rainbow...." Twilight frowns as she thought about Rainbow.

"Why?... What happened to Rainbow Dash?..."