Spike and Ember were walking through Canterlot. They both turned to each other and started talking in their native language so no one can hear them.

"Sīr īlon're lēkia se mandia?" Ember asked.

"Bona's skoros muñnykeā vestretan." Spike replied. Ember remained silent.

"Skoros iksos ziry?" Spike asked.

"Morgath." Ember said.

"Skoros bē zirȳla?" Spike asked.

"Gaomagon ao pendagon ziry's se hen ry bisa?" Ember asked.

"Kessa. Nyke gaomagon." Spike replied. Spike and Ember continued in silence until they reached the park where the others were waiting.

"What did Celestia want with you two and I see you finally lost the mask." Twilight said noticing Spike without the mask.

"Well we're both dragons so Celestia wanted some info." Spike lied.

"What kind of info?" Twilight asked.

"Just what dragons are weak to and their biology." Ember said.

"But I know dragon biology by heart why didn't she have me with you?" Twilight asked.

"I have no idea." Spike said. Twilight was suspicious. What were they hiding?

"We should get to Ponyville and check on the others. See if they're still in fighting condition." Spike said.

"Right." The others said.

"Let's take the train this time my magic is really getting drained." Twilight said.

"Okay." Spike said. The group walked towards the train station and hopped on the train to Ponyville.

As the group discarded the train multiple heads were turning in their direction, particularly at Ember. They have never seen a dragon in Ponyville apart from Spike which they were now starting to notice.

"It's Spike."

"Spike?"

"He's the assassin?"

"Impossible." Spike and the group continued walking through town until they reached Twilight's castle. They went in to see the remaining Assassins waiting.

"Twilight what the hell is going on? And since when did Spike stop wearing the mask?" Rainbow asked.

"One we have a bunch of dragons marching towards us intent on burning everything and two I don't know." Twilight answered.

"Why are the dragons marching towards us we didn't do anything." Rainbow said. She then took notice of Ember and launched at her with a knife. Ember was thrown against a wall and had a knife up against her throat.

"Maybe she knows. What do you want with us?" Rainbow asked angrily. Spike pulled Rainbow off and punched her hard in the face.

"She is not out to kill us and she is on our side. One thing is going to be made clear. You do not lay a hand on her!" Spike said angrily. Rainbow spit up blood and stood up.

"Your one to talk you traitor. I don't care what the others say I still think you're evil. You know what fuck this!" Rainbow said before angrily tearing off her robes.

"I fucking quit. I am not going to be led by this fucking traitor." Rainbow said before she stomped out.

"RAINBOW!" Twilight shouted running after her.

"Let her go. She has every reason to distrust dragons." Fluttershy said quietly.

"Fluttershy what are you talking about?" Twilight asked.

"A dragon killed her family when she was young." Fluttershy explained.

"What?" Rarity asked shocked.

"Yeah. A dragon viciously slaughtered her family while she was at flight school." Fluttershy said.

"I-I had no idea." Spike said.

"She doesn't like talking about it." Fluttershy said.

"Damn. That's heavy." Applejack said.

"Give her time to think. She'll come around." Fluttershy said.

"Okay. We should probably prepare the town for battle." Spike said.

"Right." The others said.

"Blood I need you with me." Spike said.

"What is it?" Blood asked.

"Just follow me." Spike said. Spike walked out the door followed by Blood.

"So what is it you need?" Blood asked.

"Do you still have ties to the Prance Army?" Spike asked.

"I do why?" Blood asked.

"Could you possibly fly down there and ask for some help?" Spike asked.

"Yeah certainly." Blood said.

"Good. And I'm going to need you to get some of the town to start building a wall as fast as you can once that's done fly to Prance." Spike ordered.

"Yes sir." Blood said as he shot off towards the center of town. All around people and dragons were going around preparing themselves for battle. Spike was looking around for Sweetie Belle and he eventually found her boarding up the Carousel Boutique.

"I'm not taking any chances of any savage,fire breathing,stinky,selfish,ugly dragons ruining my dresses...oh uh no offense." Rarity said to Spike.

"None taken." Spike said before he flipped Rarity off while her back was turned. Rarity and Sweetie Belle then finished up boarding up the Boutique.

"Come on we need to get to work on the wall." Spike said. Rarity and Sweetie Belle nodded as they got to work. In the distance Spike saw Blood flying off towards the east.

The entire town worked tirelessly on defending Ponyville. As the day went on more armies came in to aid in the defense. Night slowly started to fall. Spike was looking out over the fields when Twilight called him. Spike jumped from the wall and landed in front of Twilight.

"Shining Armor has arrived with his army. We have 1,500 more troops to spare." Twilight said.

"Good good." Spike said.

"Gods I hope Blood makes it back alright. The Prance army can give us 10,000 troops alone." Twilight said.

"Same here." Spike said. Spike looked at the moon and saw clouds rolling in before he smelled the smell of his own kind.

"They're going to be here soon. We should get into our positions." Spike said. Twilight nodded and went to where Shining and his army was as Spike climbed the wall and stood next to Sweetie Belle. Rainbow Dash then popped up next to him wearing her robes.

"I want to say I'm sorry for how I acted. I assume Fluttershy told you what happened." Rainbow said.

"Aye. She did." Sweetie Belle said.

"Well I guess now you know. But I took a vow to protect Equestria. And I will keep that vow and if we die today then I'll die alongside you." Rainbow said.

"Great to hear." Spike said. Thunder then cracked the sky and rain started falling.

"This is gonna be a long night." Spike said

Author's Note

And so the battle for the Bloodscythe is about to begin....