"It's taken me 10 years, and tons of moolah but now it should be ready. Time to talk to Doc."

"Doc, where the hell are you? You said it would be done today." Yelled Spike as he walked into the lab of Doc. Today was an important day that meant the world to Spike, today was the day he could go home.

"I'm here." Shouted Doc, a small 3 legged Vykker, who walked into the room, on his large head was his top hat, and in one of his pincer-like arms was a set of blueprints. "And before you ask again, yes it's done, let's get this over with so I can finally get rid of you and focus on my other clients." Said Doc.

Spike smiled at hearing the news. "Great, I have everything I need for the trip. I turned in the last of my bounties just in case it wasn't time, and I loaded up on my 'living ammunition'. I'm ready to finally leave this place and see my family again." Spike said with a hint of happiness.

Doc sighed as he shrugged. "Fine by me, step on the platform, and standstill." Ordered Doc.

"Ok." Said Spike as he got onto the platform. Spike looked at Doc who was fiddling with some knobs and typing something on a keyboard. "Let's get this over with before some scum bag decides to come running through the doors looking for me." Said Spike.

Dock sighed. "It will take a few minutes before the machine can isolate where you were before you got stuck here Shithead, and according to my calculations, and accounting for the time it will take for you to get back to your home, some time will have passed. I have no idea where you will land, but when you get there, there is no telling how long you have been gone to them. But as long as your gone and I'm left alone, I couldn't give a shit." Said Doc.

As the teleporter powered up, it was about to send Spike home, so he shouted one last thing. "Doc, if a person comes in needing a procedure, wanting to lose some extra parts, don't be an ass and jack up the price, I owe him one." Said Spike as in a flash he was gone.

Seconds later the bell above Docs shop doors rang, the person who entered was a large bipedal man dressed in a pair of large boots and a ragged poncho. The man spoke in a deep gruff voice. "You Doc? I need a procedure done, I'm looking to lose some extra parts." Said the man.

Doc shrugged. "I'll see what I can do, but it'll cost you." Said Doc as he rubbed his pincers together.

Skies over the Everfree forest: Early morning

There was a large boom that shook the skies, as a lone figure began to fall very fast. Right now Spike was that figure plummeting to his doom. "AWW CRAP!" Yelled Spike. After a couple more seconds of yelling profanity and cursing Doc, Spike landed with a large thud, face-first onto the ground. Spike stayed face down on the ground for a few minutes, but after getting the energy to move again, Spike got up. He was tired and was about to fall asleep. But after spending many years around the woods it was clear that he was in the Everfree Forest, so falling asleep was not a good idea, Spike decided to get up and find his gear. Spike got up and dusted himself off and began to look for his gear.

After looking around his surroundings, Spike found his bag, the only problem was it was up a tree, it had a rip in it, and all of his living ammo was running away except for his Zappflys. Spike groaned. "Great," Spike said sarcastically. "Well, now the Everfree will have some new species. Hope they don't wreck the animals too much or Fluttershy is going to kill me." Spike shrugged. "Doesn't matter right now, they should be fine. Right now I need to get my bag and get out of the forest." Said Spike.

Spike began to climb up the tree to get his stuff, but suddenly he heard the sounds of hoofs against the dirt ground. Spike using all of his past experiences as a bounty hunter, decided it would be best to grab his gear and wait in the treetops to determine if the newcomers were safe.

Spike quickly scrambled to the top of the tree where his bag was, and he quickly pulled out his arm-mounted crossbow. Now that the crossbow was ready, Spike equipped the Zappfly to the right slot, ready to use it if needed.

As time passed, Spike was slowly listening for any sign of an ambush, but nothing happened. Seeing that nothing was coming for him, Spike slowly lowered himself to the dirt floor. Spike was about to leave to get out of the forest when out of nowhere he was tackled by a pink missile hitting him on the back. This attack knocked Spike onto his stomach, face-first into the dirt ground. But unlike any normal missile, this one was yelling "Suspicious" and holding him down. As this was happening, six other figures approached the pink figure, determined to help their friend stop whatever she had cornered.

After the initial surprise of the tackle, Spike was going to force the pink figure off of him, and to escape, he would aim his crossbow at the pink figure and shoot a Zappfly into its face, but another voice yelled out. “Good job, now we need to tie him up, and see who we have here.”

As if on cue, an orange figure in a hat, walked over to the still face down Spike and hogtied him to the point he couldn't move. “Don’t make this worst for yourself and hold still.” Said the figure.

As Spike was getting tied up he growled. “You got about 3 seconds to let me go or I will zap you so hard, that it'll make a Zappapple shock feel like static cling. And once I knock you all out, I will go see my friends, who I haven't seen in ten years with all of you tied up nice and cozy in my bounty storage. When I go see my friend Twilight Sparkle, you might know her as the Princess of Friendship and our friends, the Elements of Harmony, we'll see how much I can get from the royal guards for your heads." Said Spike. "3.....2.....1...0" Counted Spike.

When he reached the last number, he used his claws to cut the ropes. Now that he was free, he forced the orange figure off of him, jumping to his feet. Right now he was outnumbered, so Spike decided on the best course of action, he knew there was no getting out of this without a fight, so he aimed his crossbow in the direction of where the orange figure came from. Spike fired his loaded Zappfly, to at the very least, escape from the group, but a purple figure used her horn to create a shield that protected herself from the incoming projectile.

Seeing no other way to get away, Spike decided to use his last resort. He took a deep breath and unleashed a torrent of green flames towards the ground in front of the group. But before the flames hit, the leader summoned a larger shield to protect her and her friends, all of which had shocked expressions from what they just saw.

Soon the flames died and the shield was lowered, everyone was silent. Thanks to the glow of the fire, everyone could see who the mysterious figure was, the same figure that had another one of those projectiles aimed towards them, the same someone who went missing 2 years ago, and someone they never thought they would ever see again.

"Spike?" Yelled the group.

"How do you know my name?" Yelled Spike.

Author's Note

I'm going back. Tell me if it's better then the origanal.