Spike, what have you done...

Foreword: Again, sorry for not updating in a while. Got stuck with writer's block, but my friend gave me a suggestion for what could happen next. Started to write about it, but I ended going off on another tangent. Came out of nowhere, so i just went with it.

Scorch woke up the next morning to find himself looking up at... the floor? He started to flail around a little before realising, 'Oh yea, half dragon. So it wasn't all just one wierd dream?' He looked at his tail still curled around the tree trunk he had brought in the previous night.

'Note to self: tails are awesome'

He uncurled his tail and started to drop towards the floor. Just before he could hit the floor, he unfurled his wings to slow his descent. As soon as he touched the floor, he could hear clanging noises coming from what he assumed was the kitchen. When he got to the kitchen, he found Spike leaning over the stove, frying some eggs in a pan.

"Hey Spike, do you normally cook breakfast here?"

"Oh, hey Scorch. Yea I normally do the cooking instead of Twilight." He looked around to make sure that they were alone before leaning in and motioning for Scorch to do the same. "Between you and me, I'd say Twilight is the worst cook in all of PonyVille, if not all of Equestria. She manages to burn toast. Freaking toast! I mean, come on. How does somepony screw up making toast!"

Spike didn't realise it, but his voice had steadily begun to grow louder and louder, before his rant was interrupted by a very annoyed, and very sleepy Twilight Sparkle.

"Well excuse me if I can't cook. I find my time better spent studying than trying to learn how to cook."

Spike grumbled under his breath, "Wouldn't kill you to learn some basic cooking skills though. At the very least you could help me out."

"I heard that Spike!"

Spike's face quickly turned a deeper red than Scorch, embarrased that Twilight had heard his not so mental outburst.

Twilight turned to Scorch. "Hey Scorch, you do remember you promised to answer Lyra's questions today right?"

"Well... technically you volunteered me. I never actually promised her anything." Upon seeing the look of anger on Twilight's face, he quickly corrected himself. "I never said I wouldn't. I was only pointing out that I never personally said anything about it. You two just decided that behind my back." He said with an accusing stare at Twilight.

Twilight just looked at the ground. She knew she had promised Lyra that Scorch would answer her questions, but she had never thought about asking Scorch. She made a mental note later to apologize, and ask in the future.

She looked up to find Scorch was just inches away from her face, before she yelped and jumped backwards.

"Could you please not do that?"

"Do what? Look at you? Last time I checked, this was a free country... wait is this a country? Or is it a kingdom? Come to think of it, I barely know anything about this place."

"Well that's to be expected. After all, you've only been here for a day. Maybe before Lyra shows up, you could ask me some questions of your own."

"I'd like that very much, thank you."

"All right, ask away."

"Okay. For starters, exactly where am I?"

"Well, right now you're inside a library."

"You know what I mean. What is this world called?"

Twilight smirked before replying, "We are in Equestria, but to be more precise we are in PonyVille."

"All right, thats better. Now on to my second question. Why did you and the others come to the apple orchard in the first place? I was under the impression that I would be able to wait there for Lyra and Spike."

"We ponies have dragon radars implanted in our brains."

Scorch just gave her a deadpan expression before sighing and asking, "Can I expect a smart-ass comment for every question I ask?"

"Maybe."

He groaned and faceclawed before continuing. "Why is it that Spike is the only dragon I've seen here so far." He took a minute to look at his scaly arms and tail before adding, "Besides me of course."

"Actually, the reason for that is because besides you and Spike, you are probably the only dragons for miles. Dragons usually keep to themselves, away from ponies."

"Okay, then why is Spike here?"

"Because I've had him since he hatched. It's a long story."

"I got nothing better to do."

"Maybe some other time."

"Fair enough, anyways on to more questions."

Twilight and Scorch spent the rest of the morning asking and answering questions about Equestria, from dragons to alicorns, and everything in between. After Scorch was satisfied with the amount of knowledge he had gained from his little Q&A with Twilight, he looked up at the clock to see it was exactly noon.

'Wow, noon already. Where did the time go?'

Before he could do anything else, there came a loud knock on the front door, followed by someone shouting, "Hey Twilight, Scorch! I know you're both still in there. I need you guys to come out here real quick."

Scorch looked over at Twilight, asking her a question with his eyes that was clearly supposed to mean, 'Should we go see what she wants?'

"I suppose we should. She sounds rather excited, so it must be something important.

When they opened the door, Rainbow Dash burst in exclaiming, "Hey guys, something happened over at Sugarcube Corner! I need you to come help out. No time to explain, just move!"

As soon as she finished her sentence, she flew off towards PonyVille, leaving a rainbow trail behind her.

Scorch and Twilight each shoot each other a worried stare before Scorch transforms back into a unicorn, and they begin to gallop towards Sugarcube corner. Not knowing his way around PonyVille, Scorch follows Twilight as she twists and turns through multiple streets, all of which were surrounded by houses. It didn't help with the fact that every house looked almost the exact same, as did the streets.

After what felt like the 50th street that looked the exact same, Twilight spoke up. "All right, we're almost there. Sugarcube corner is just a couple blocks straight ahead."

Scorch, hearing this, started to gallop faster towards Sugarcube Corner. When he got there, he saw a worried looking Rainbow Dash hovering out front.

"Finally you guys are here! Pinkie Pie is hurt around the side, and she's bleeding pretty badly! I didn't want to move her, in case I made it worse, and I figured your magic would do a better job."

Twilight looked up at Rainbow Dash and asked, "Wait, if you needed magic, why didn't you go get Rarity? She's closer than we were. And for that matter, why didn't you get a get a doctor?"

"Well, I was panicking. I wasn't thinking. Anyways, as long as you're here, maybe you could help Pinkie Pie."

Scorch sped off towards the side of Sugarcube Corner and saw a bleeding Pinkie Pie. He didn't know how to describe it. It wasn't gory, but she was almost completely covered in blood. he hurried towards her, but before he got to her, he felt the ground collapse from beneath him.

Scorch soon found himself in a giant pit, at least twenty feet deep. He looked up to see a giggling Rainbow Dash and... Pinkie Pie?

"What the hell? Rainbow Dash, what's the meaning of this?!"

Rainbow Dash just snickered before responding, "Well, I would think it's obvious don't you? It's a giant pit, and you just got pranked!" She then burst out laughing like a madmare.

Scorch just stared at her, before it hit him. But when it hit him, it hit him like a sack of bricks right across the face. His face contorted into an expression of pure rage that only lasted for a second, before it formed into a small smile.

"Okay, Rainbow Dash. If that's the way you want to play it, then let's play. I may not be able to turn intoa dragon and fly out, but there is one thing you overlooked."

"Oh yea, what's that?"

Scorch's hooves turned into sharp claws, before he looked back at her with a creepy smile. "Why fly out, when I can dig my way out? And I will remember this. I'll get you back for this, just wait and see." And with that, he turned towards the wall of the pit and started digging his way into the dirt.

While Scorch was digging his way out, Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. "All right, what's going on?"

Rainbow Dash looked up from the pit first. Pinkie Pie was still looking down into the pit, more specifically at the hole that Scorch had just disappeared into.

"Well, we wanted to prank Scorch, seeing as he's new here. We decided it was only fair of us to take it upon ourselves to be the first to prank him. Oh, and that's not blood on Pinkie Pie, it's ketchup."

Twilight began to scold Rainbow Dash, saying that it was irresponsible, and what if they did that next time if Pinkie Pie really was hurt. Before she could finish lecturing Rainbow Dash, she was interrupted by Pinkie Pie spastically moving about in place. First her tail swished side to side three times, then both her ears flattened against her head. Finally, her back right hoof started to jackhammer against the ground.

"Pinkie Pie, what is it this time?"

Pinkie Pie looked up at Twilight before responding, "I don't know. I've never had this combo before. Guess we'll just have to wait and see."

They sat there for ten seconds before the ground below Rainbow Dash erupted in a shower of pebbles, gravel, and dirt. Rainbow Dash was thrown about five feet to her right, and she looked back to where she just was, having guessed what had burst out of the ground. Standing right where Rainbow Dash had been sitting not five seconds ago, was Scorch. He had a mischevious grin on his face, and was clearly enjoying his payback for the prank earlier.

Rainbow Dash was still breathing faster than normal from the surprise when she spoke up. "Okay, you got your revenge. Happy now?"

Scorch looked over to her with a look in his eyes that stated all too clearly what he was about to say next. "Oh, but Rainbow Dash, I am far from happy. You see, I may have gotten revenge for the pitfall trap, but I still believe you deserve more. You have declared a prank war on me, and I intend to win. I'll see you later, but you won't see me." With that comment, he turned around and started to walk back towards the library.

All Rainbow Dash could do was stare at him as he walked away. For once in her life, she had no comeback.

Twilight looked from Scorch to Rainbow Dash, silently thanking Celestia that someone had finally gotten Rainbow Dash back at her own game. She had grown quite sick of Rainbow Dash and her pranks. She trotted away to catch up with Scorch, and started to walk next to him.

"I will tell you right now, that if you destroy my library in your prank war, there will be hell to pay."

"Twilight, what exactly constitutes as a prank here? Destroying property doesn't exactly sound like my idea of a prank."

"Well, knowing Rainbow Dash, I'd say that destroying my library would be the least of my concerns."

"Is it now? I believe things just got interesting around here. By the way, I'm going to need more lumber, so if you'll excuse me, I need to go see Applejack. I have a favor to ask her."

"What do you mean by a favor?"

"Oh, just need her help with something that I doubt I'd be able to do by myself or with you."

Before Twilight could say anything else, Scorch had dashed off towards Sweet Apple Acres. When she made it back tot he library, she burst in yelling, "Spike, emergency Rainbow Dash prank bunker, now!"

Spike came down from the second floor looking really worried.

"Did you do something to make her want to prank you?"

"Even worse Spike. Scorch challenged Rainbow Dash to a prank war."

"Oh Celestia, we're all doomed." Spike looked around before motioning Twilight towards the aforementioned bunker, before continuing, "You head down to the bunker, I'll go grab some snacks and meet you down there."

"Sure Spike, but first I have to write a letter to Princess Celestia. There's no telling how long we'll be down there, and I don't want the princess to think something bad has happened."

"Um, isn't that the reason we're going into the prank bunker anyways? Because something bad could happen."

"I know that Spike, but I still need to write a letter to Princess Celestia telling her what's going on."

"Fine, but I'm locking the bunker door in ten minutes. After that, you're on your own."

Spike went to fix some snacks for the two of them, even though they had enough supplies to last them weeks in the bunker. He still wanted to grab some extras. Meanwhile, Twilight was busy writing a letter to Princess Celestia.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I just felt that i needed to inform you, that Spike and I will be hiding in the emergency prank bunker for a while. A new friend of ours, which I can't write about right now as I'm not sure how much time until the pranks begin, has challenged Rainbow Dash to a prank war. I don't think I need to remind you what happened last time that Rainbow Dash got in a prank war. The memories still haunt me. Anyways, you probably won't hear from us for a while. I will send you a letter explaining everything when this is over, but for now I have to hurry.

Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle

Twilight rolled up the letter before grabbing another piece of parchment and began to write another letter.

Dear Scorch,

Spike and I will be hiding in the emergency prank bunker. The last time Rainbow Dash got into a prank war, it didn't end well. I won't be telling you where the bunker is, but just call out to us when you and Rainbow Dash are done with your prank war. We'll hear it.

Sincerely,
Twilight Sparkle

Twilight placed the letter for Scorch on the table before walking away towards an unkown location. As soon as she reached the prank bunker, she found Spike waiting by the door. She had him send the letter to Princess Celestia and locked the door behind her.

Meanwhile, Scorch had just made it to Sweet Apple Acres. He looked around the farm, but couldn't find Applejack anywhere. He made his way back to the front of the barn and spotted a rather large red stallion with caramel colored hair.

Scorch walked up to him and asked, "Hey, do you know where Applejack is?"

The new pony just squinted at him before asking a question of his own. "Who wants to know?"

"Um, me? I thought that would be obvious, considering I'm the one asking the question."

Several seconds of akward silence followed as each pony tried to stare the other into submission. Fortunately for the other pony, Applejack walked out of the house at that second. She looked over to where Scorch and the big pony were having a staring contest, before walking up to the big one.

"All right Big Mac, no need to get hostile here."

Without looking away, Scorch spoke up with a smirk, "No Applejack, let him get hostile. I'd welcome the challenge."

Big Mac continued to stare at Scorch for a couple more seconds before he burst out laughing.

"Hey, what's so funny? What, do you think I'm bluffing? I will take you on, and I will win."

Big Mac stopped laughing long enough to reply, "You challenged me to a fight. That shows me you got balls kid. You're all right in my book." After that he walked away towards the house, before going inside.

Applejack looked over at Scorch and said, "Don't worry about him, he's just protective is all."

"I wasn't kidding you know. I would fight him, and I would kick his ass."

"I don't doubt that. But don't you think it'd be a might unfair? After all, you're a dragon and he's a pony. A very strong pony, mind you, but still a pony."

Scorch rolled his eyes before saying, "Anyways... I came here to ask you a favor."

"What kind of favor?"

"Well, I need to grab some supplies from the Everfree forest, and I'd need some help carrying them back to the library. I figured you were the strongest of your friends, considering you work on a farm and all, so I thought you could help."

"Ah could help, but first answer me this. What exactly are you bringing back to the library?"

"Oh, just a lot of lumber. I need to set something up at the library."

"Does Twilight know about this?"

"Oh yea, she was there when I told her."

"Fine, but exactly how much lumber are you going to be bringin' back?"

"In order to save time, I'm just going to say a lot."

"Well then, ah might need Big Mac's help for this. He's even stronger than I am, and if I asked him to help, he probably would. Besides, I think he's takin' a shining towards ya."

"Okay, but we'll need to have him stay outside the forest until I'm done cutting down the trees. I doubt he knows I'm a you-know-what."

"Ah see where you're comin' from. All right, that could be arranged."

Applejack went back inside the house to fetch Big Mac and Scorch sat there, just planning pranks for Rainbow Dash.

'Oh Rainbow Dash, you have no idea what you've gotten yourself into.'

On the other side of PonyVille, Rainbow Dash suddenly felt a shiver go down her spine.

AN: This took me quite a while from start to finish of writing this chapter. I also tried to lengthen the chapter to make up for the time spent with writer's block, but i felt that here was as good a place to stop as any. One thing that helped, somehow, was listening to music on my PS3. Don't ask me how it works, because I have no idea either. Also, the reason this chapter took me so long is because I went brain dead for a short while, just staring off into space. Anyways, don't worry about Twilight and Spike. I don't intend to drag the prank war out for very long. You'll probably see them again in another chapter or two. This prank war was just my way of getting the creative juices flowing. One more thing before I forget. Lyra's absence for questioning Scorch will be explained by the time I bring Twilight and Spike back, so I do have a plan for that.