It has been a few hours since Spike went to take a nap, Celestia has walked over to his bedroom door and knocked on it. Expecting her son to be immediately up, she tried opening the door noticing it was unlocked. after 3 minutes of waiting for her son to open the door, When Celestia looked inside the room she saw Spike doing some pullups on a bar that was hanging from the ceiling. Currently, Spike was wearing a pair of grey sweatpants and a red t-shirt that was hugging his torso. Celestia smiled seeing how much her son had grown and knocked on the door signaling that she was there. Spike let go of the pull-up bar and turned around looking at Celestia.

"Hey Mom, sorry I was working out a little bit. Even if I am at home, I'd rather continue working on my strength and sword forms." Spike said grabbing a towel from his bedpost and wiping his forehead. Celestia nodded and turned out of his door into the hallway.

"I'm glad you are, Why don't you clean yourself up then we will have dinner. Your father would like to speak to you after dinner though." Celestia spoke softly as she started to walk down the hallway back towards the dining room.

Spike nodded to his mother's comment, he walked towards his private shower cleaning up after the exercise that he committed to. After being in the shower for fifteen minutes, Spike walked out of the shower looking toward his mirror inside the room. Spike sighed as he examined all the scar's over his body from the years of training he endured. He always endured the most pain during his practices all because he wanted to become a great swordsman to protect those who were around him. Including Twilight at the time, Spike cared for her and it showed. Spike took a deep breath and sighed as he turned around and got dressed in comfortable attire. This included a dark red T-shirt and blue shorts, Spike took care of his messy cobweb of what is known as hair. He soon walked out of his bedroom and towards the dining room where his family was seated.

Spike walked to the seat next to his father and sat down. "Hey, Dad! I heard you wanted to speak to me about something?"
Spike asked as he turned towards his father.

"Yes son, I did." Dorroth spoke in a hushed tone. "and I'd rather your mother not hear this. But after dinner, I would like to train you to unlock your dragon form. The reason I would not want your mother to hear about this is that I would rather her find this out as a surprise."

Spike nodded as he looked down at the food that was served to him while talking to his father. He smiled when he saw a rather large steak and Potatoes. As Spike started to eat his food, he started to think about the future of what could happen after this training. He never knew how his life would change, his mother being a princess, and his father being a noble knight. Could he live up to his parent's images and make them proud? This was eating him up inside as he heard a small voice in his head. It was faint so he was not able to understand what it was saying, but he knew it was there. Spike sighed and rubbed his forehead after he finished his main course and looked at his father.

"Dad? Have you ever had a voice inside your head before?" Spike asked as he looked at Dorroth.

Dorroth looked at Spike and looked surprised then looked at Celestia. "Well son, there is something that I need to explain to you. Us dragon people are known to have something called a familiar. A familiar is an entity sometimes in the shape of an animal or it could be a complete beast from mythical stories. But on the basis of everything, a familiar is a companion to us dragons. And when that dragon's familiar is ready to be called upon they will hear a voice inside of their head." Dorroth explained as he finished his food and put it on the cart to be taken away by the butler.

Spike nodded as he rubbed his head in confusion. He never knew anything about what a familiar was, or even the fact that they existed. He always thought that animals were there in the wild to exist, he didn't know that some of them are actually beings that dragons brought around their travels. Spike looked over at his father, confused.

"Dad, is there a way to find out who my familiar is even if it hasn't spoken to me yet?" Spike asked as he looked down at the table contemplating what he should do with all of this new information. He didn't know if he should try to find his familiar early or wait for it to call to him, and possibly find him on its own. As Spike was contemplating he felt a presence, it felt relatively close but still could not pinpoint where it was coming from.

Spike looked around the room as he felt this energy, Dorroth looked at Spike and was confused at what was bothering his son. "Spike? Everything ok, you sensing something?" Spike continued to look around until he heard a large squawk in his ears. Spike held his head with both of his hands as the loud sound was causing ringing in his ears. He knelt on the floor trying to ease the pain coursing through his head. After a minute of constant ringing, he panted and got up and looked at his father.

He then ran out the dining room doors and out the building, looking around more until he felt something in the forest to the east. Spike fully sprinted towards the said forest, the feeling of this presence becoming closer. After a few minutes of running, Spike came across a large cave the feeling of something there overwhelming his body. Dorroth soon stopped behind his son after his constant running.

"Is something here Spike?" Dorroth looked down at his son, as he asked. Spike turned his head to look at him and nodded. Slowly walking towards the entrance of the cave looking around at the walls, confused as to why he was lead here. Spike looked forward as a large orange beast started to glow as if it was surrounded by fire. In the large part of the cave, this beast stretched out its wings and tails, letting out a large scream as its fire spread out exposing what it was. A large orange and yellow phoenix the size of a 5 story building stood there in front of Spike and looked into the boy's eyes. The phoenix had a wing span of at least 100 feet and 8 tails swaying behind the beast.

An old voice entered his head as the phoenix continued to look at Spike, "I am the Great Phoenix Lord Ryze Solice. I have been waiting here in this cave for thousands of years waiting for the appropriate soul to be by my side as my master. You, Spike Drago, have been chosen to become this one such being. Do you accept this offer, in return, you will be able to summon me by your side whenever you shall please as well as have access to some of my power."

Spike looked at the phoenix and was confused, how is he the one this phoenix was waiting for? Is this really happening? Spike soon took a deep breath and nodded. "Yes, I Spike, accept your gracious offer Lord Solace and become your partner and master." Spike knelt on one knee in front of the phoenix.

The phoenix leaned his head towards Spike and blew a blue flame on top of him an orange line appearing around his arms and legs looking like the tails of the phoenix before him. After Ryze has stopped his breath, the phoenix shrunk down in size to the size of a normal bird landing on his new master's shoulder. "For now, I shall remain this size so as to not frighten anyone around us. If you so wish I can grow back into my original size."

Spike soon stood up and looked at his arms as the orange tails slowly faded away from them, as well as the markings on his legs. Spike nodded to the phoenix on his shoulder and walked towards the exit of the cave where his father was.

Author's Note

Well, here is the 2nd Chapter of Spike's training arc. Hope you enjoyed this, as well as what is planned next for Spike and his new familiar Ryze Solice. As always if you find anything or wish to relay your thoughts, the comment section is down below. Until the next chapter, The 11th Doctor Signing off!