Spike was semi awoken by the sensation of something rubbing up against his scales, but after a long night of partying and the lingering thought of how the girls would react to the current state the old castle was in, hampered Spikes brain from truly achieving a deep sleep for hours. But much to Spikes annoyance the sensation persisted and even intensified in response to the dragon's unwillingness to awaken. This continued for a few minutes until Spike used all of his will and mental composure and opened his eyes to identify his soon to be dead, wake up call.

But when he did open his eyes, he was met with the sight of Fang nuzzling up against his cheek. Spike sighed and decided to fully wake up for the day as he gave the Fuzzle a scratch on its head, "Good morning to you too Fang." said Spike as his greeting was followed up by a playful lick to his cheek. Spike sat up, took notice of his surroundings, and noticed that he was the last one from the party to awaken, he saw that everyone's tents were packed and the remnants of the party were completely gone. Spike then looked to see everypony was sitting around the campfire chatting.

Spike pulled himself to his feet and walked over to the group of ponies. "Good morning everyone."

"Good morning to you sweetie, how did you sleep?" asked Celestia.

"Not too well, couldn't stop thinking."

"Aw, yes I had a feeling this was the reason why I couldn't enter your dreams last night, prey tell nephew what were you thinking of?" asked Luna.

"A few things, How I'm going to get attacked by the crystal ponies when they find out I'm still alive and thinking about Discord's job offer, among other things." Said Spike as he avoided mentioning his plan on how he is going to snap out Twilight once she sees the castle.

"Discord offered you a job?" Asked everyone other than Celestia.

"He did, he wants me to become his assistant god of Chaos, and I think I will agree to take it." Spike saw the looks everyone had from hearing the news as Spike quickly added "But not for a couple of decades." hearing this seemed to calm everyone down somewhat as Spike decided to ask a question that has been on his mind the moment he woke up. "So how long has everyone been up?"

"Oh we haven't been up too long darling, it's still only seven-thirty, but our friendly neighborhood bookworm princess woke us all up at the crack of dawn, she was so excited to see the old castle again it was like a foal on hearts warming morning." Said Rarity.

"No I wasn't!" yelled Twilight out of embarrassment. Everyone laughed at Twilights' outburst.

"...And now that you are up we can finally see what has become of the old castle." Added Rarity.

The group gathered their belongings and grouped around Twilight so she could teleport them to the castle, but she was stopped by Spike. "HOLD IT!" yelled Spike, "Twilight, which direction is the castle from here?"

"It's about four miles southwest from here, but why do you want to know?"

"I'm going to get there on foot, teleporting doesn't agree with the group and I don't want them to get sick. So meet me at Zecora's place in like ten minutes." Said Spike as he started running towards the forest, but before he reached the edge he dropped down to all fours and disappeared into the darkness.

Twilights face changed to one of sadness as she sighed when she lost sight of Spike. Celestia noticed the change in her student's mood. "I know what your thinking. I wish he was still the same little dragon he was before he disappeared too. We must not dwell on the past, but embrace the future, that is the only way to find happiness." Said Celestia in her mentor voice.

"I know, but I still feel like it was my fault, I know Spike is happy with his life but it still doesn't stop me from wondering what could I have done differently to prevent this from ever happening, does that make me a bad pony?" Asked Twilight who was on the verge of breaking down in tears.

"Twilight." The sound of her name being called made her look up to her mentor as she continued. "I have done many things that I regret, but I choose to bear that weight every day as I see what has resulted from that decision, when I banished my sister to the moon I was saddened, but I knew that one day she would return to me, and look what happened, You and the elements freed her from nightmare moon, you defeated Tirek and became a princess, Fluttershy reformed Discord, not to mention raising Spike so well that he allowed for the changelings to be reborn to what they are now and creating a treaty with dragons. Now imagen what would have happened if I was more aware of my sister's pain and stopped her from changing into Nightmare, The elements would still be bounded to the two of us, you might have never become my student, Spike might have been hatched by his dragon parents, you wouldn't have ever met your friends, and we would be living in a world ruled by chaos or all be in slaved by Sombra or Tirek. We all wish we could go back and change something from our past, but is it worth losing everything you have come to appreciate in life?" Asked Celestia.

Twilight wiped away her tears as she looked into the eyes of her teacher and slowly shook her head as she slowly started to smile. "Your right Princess, I should be happy that Spike was taken care of when he had nothing else, and even if things have changed between us as long as Spike is happy I wouldn't change it for the world."

Everyone was smiling at the heartfelt words coming out of the purple alicorns mouth as they all nodded in agreement, as everyone praised her for her words.

Twilight was fully composed now as she looked at her friends as she asked "Is everyone ready?"

they all nodded. Twilight then looked at Celestia and mouthed "Thank you." Celestia only smiled back as Twilight activated her horn and the group was enveloped in Twilights magic and teleported off to Zecoras hut.

During this time Spike was still running on all fours through the forest as he dodged around the trees and bushes that blocked his path. But as Spike was running he thought about what he could do during his week in Ponyville, 'So today is Tuesday, maybe after I finish showing the girls the castle, I could talk to Rarity about making me a new set of clothes, can't really show up to the crystal fair dressed like a bit less drifter now, can I. Maybe I can show her the picture of that old armor I drew, the one that ancient Steef guardians wore for the battle that the grubs showed me. I would like to honor my master's people in some way even though he would probably be against it.' Spike chuckled at his thought as he continued to think about ways to spend his time for the week. 'I have to get ready for this week's O&O game tomorrow, plus I need to get a copy of my nacho recipe ready for Discord, and I need to design a new character, Garbuckle the Wizard doesn't really fit me anymore. Maybe I should change to a rogue or bounty hunter, knowing Discord he will bring the game to life like last time and we can all play together. and if I ask the family if they want in, maybe Discord can pop them in as well.' Spike continued to dodge trees like it was nothing as he let his body run on autopilot as he continued to think.

'What about Thursday?' thought Spike. 'Maybe I can talk to big mac during the game night about lending a claw on the farm, I still want to see his better half and give her my congratulations, plus it would be great to see Granny Smith again, I just hope that I don't give her a heart attack when she sees me, maybe if I don't she will make me a genuine Apple Family Apple Pie', god I would kill to drink some apple family cider as well.' Spike jumped over an exposed tree root as he continued his pace. 'If Rarity could get my new outfit done by Friday that would be great because we are leaving first thing in the morning Saturday, and if I remember correctly it only takes the crystal express a few hours to get from Ponyville to the Crystal Empire, so I need to get all of the family ready to go the night before and when I get there I need to stay out of sight or I will ruin the surprise, I don't want that, so maybe I can spend some quality time with Flurry Heart during the afternoon and maybe teach Shining some moves.' Spike then slid underneath a fallen tree and quickly recovered back into his run.

'That still leaves Friday free, maybe I can take Mrs. Cake up on her offer and reconnect with them, yeah that sounds like a plan, and maybe I can use some of that time as training.' Spike retook control of his body as he finished his mental calendar for the week and noticed that the area he was in looked familiar. Spike stopped and noticed that he was only a minute's walk from Zecora's. So not to overshoot his target Spike continued to Zecoras at a normal walking speed.

Spike arrived at the witchdoctors hut and was surprised to see he was the only person there. "What the hell, where is everyone." 'Overreaction mode activated, Panic will begin in...3...2...1!' thought Spikes brain as he was slowly growing more concerned until it reached its breaking point. "OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, I SHOULD have WAITED FOR THEM TO TELEPORT BEFORE RUNNING OFF." Yelled Spike as he started to pace back and forth. Spike looked back in the direction of the campgrounds wondering what could have happened. "I SHOULD HURRY, THEY MIGHT NEED MY HELP, IF I BOOCK IT I CAN GET BACK IN FIVE MINUTES AND HELP." Spike continued to yell as he was about to punch it into high gear and get back to the campsite and help the girls. Spike was so lost in his panic that he was completely unaware that in the middle of his panic Twilight and the rest had appeared to the side of his pacing path.

Spike finished his panic as he quickly started to run back into the forest praying that he could stop whatever could be wrong with only the eight leaders. Spike willed his body to pass his limits in the hope of getting there before it was too late but for some known reason his body refused to move forward, but he continued to struggle in hopes he could finally get moving. Spike was still completely unaware of the fact that his body was being held in the magic aura of not only Twilight but both princesses and both Rarity and Starlight.

Spike was brought out of his panic-induced craze when he allowed for his ears to hear everyone yelling at him to stop.

"....SPIKE STOP, WE ARE RIGHT HERE!" Yelled everyone.

Spike blinked and fully returned to the real world as he stopped struggling and turned his head to see the worried looks on all the girl's faces.

Spike then gave the group a sheepish look. "Um, I can explain." Said Spike who noticed the mixture of worry and expecting a reason on everyone's faces. Spike was then released from the magical grip so they could hear the explanation. "So where to start?" asked Spike not expecting an answer. "I may have also forgotten to mention that during that time I was kidnapped and separated from the Family I may of letting my protective dragon instincts take over when I heard one of the guards tell me about using my friends for their target practice. I blacked out after hearing that and the next thing I remember was waking up with a bloody pipe in my hands and the guard was knocked out on the ground and the bars of my cell broken into pieces." Spike explained. then he looked at the group with the same look that they were giving him. "Now tell me how in the hell I was able to beat the literal embodiment of magic who was teleporting only a few miles while running in an unfamiliar part of the forest on foot." Asked Spike.

Upon hearing his question it dawned on them that it took twilight almost ten minutes to finally teleport them to the hut as they mirrored Spikes sheepish look. Celestia decided to step forward and answer his question in a subtle way as to not place guilt on either party. "Spike, Twilight was going through some inner conflicts that she didn't want to burden you with, so she confided in me and we were able to resolve it with a heart to heart talk, she will tell you what it was about in a time when she is ready but until then it would be best to not let it dampen the moment." Said, Celestia.

Spike nodded as he walked past his mother and the others to right in front of Twilight. Twilight was worried about how Spike took the explanation about the delay, but to her surprise, Spike pulled her into a tight hug as he tried to comfort her. "Twilight, I'm so sorry you had to go through whatever you did, but I want you to know that I am willing to help shoulder any burden you have, you don't need to tell me what happened and you never have to, just know I will always be there to help you whenever you need it." Said Spike as he continued to comfort his older sister.

Twilight returned the hug in kind and only responded with four simple words that carried two years of sadness far away. "I know you will." as Twilight thought 'what was I so worried about, truly the only thing that has changed was his size, no matter what he will always be the same kindhearted baby dragon on the inside.' Twilight then began to chuckle as tears of joy slowly ran down her face. "I love you, Spike." Said Twilight.

"Love you too Twi," responded Spike as he used one of his claws to wipe her tear-stained cheek.

Most 'awed' at the display, except for both Rainbow and Scootaloo who fake gagged at the moment of pure innocence in front of them. Which resulted in a head slap from both AJ and AB as they tried to save the pure moment. Spike noticed the interaction between the four and inwardly chuckled.

Twilight broke the hug as she looked at Spike with a wide smile feeling the last two years of guilt melt away. "I feel so much better now, but we are burning daylight." She then struck adventures pose and exclaimed "To the Castle of the Two Sisters!" as she had stars in her eyes.

This display completely killed the mood as everyone facepalmed at the eager bookworms' lack of tact as Spike muttered "Princess of emotional timing she is not."

Spike began to walk to the castle as he motioned for the rest of the group to follow along. "Come on, the longer she's like this the worse it's going to get." Said Spike.

Once the group arrived at the castle's bridge and the sight that greeted them was the sight of the still dilapidated castle. And to no one's surprise the moment Twilight took notice of the castle's poor condition she went into her own personal brand of freak-out. Her eye started to twitch rapidly, as some of her hair popped out of place, then her wings uncontrollably opened and closed, and to top it all off she grabbed her tail and pulled it in front of her as she went into the fetal position and began to stroke her tail and mutter some incoherent words.

Everyone looked worried at the mental breakdown of their friend, but Spike just gave her an unamused look as he walked over to her and whispered in her ear. "Discord turned all books in the castle library into extra cheesy quesadillas, and filled all the rooms with millions of ladybugs." Then he promptly ran as far as he could to avoid the inevitable 'Twibomb'.

Twilights mane began to smoke as her fur changed to a fiery white and her eyes changed to blood red until her mane was fully engulfed in fire. "WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM, I WILL BANISH HIM FROM EQUESTRIA, NO I'LL THROW HIM INTO A DUNGEON, NO I'LL BANISH HIM THEN THROW HIM IN A DUNGEON IN THE PLACE I BANISH HIM!!" Ranted Twilight.

Discord was eating his lunch when he felt his tail tap his shoulder informing him that his presents are required. Discord sighed as he placed his half-eaten plate back on the sandwich and with a snap of his claws disappeared.

Everyone was looking at the now furious alicorn until their attention was pulled to the appearance of Discord.

"Oh Discord, now is probably not the best time for you to be here." Said Fluttershy as she showed him the second sun flying around looking for her target.

Discord just sighed and snapped his lion paw and instantly teleported in front of Spike as he began to stare at the dragon. "Did you summon me? Did you pull me from my lunch? Did you cause that?" asked Discord pointing to the ranting ball of heat.

"Yes. If I did I'm sorry. It's worse than last time." responded Spike to Discords questions.

Discord just facepalmed. "What did you tell her?"

"You turned all books in the castle library into extra cheesy quesadillas, and filled all the rooms with millions of ladybugs," responded Spike.

Discord chuckled at Spike's response because he had planned to do that very same thing to her a week from next Wednesday. "I'll fix this mess for you but on one condition."

"Name it?"

Discord then magicked on a kilt and hunched over while holding a shillelagh in his dragon claw and answered. "I want your firstborn child."

Spike smirked, much to Discord's horror. "You got yourself a deal." Said Spike offering out his hand to seal the deal.

Discord was shocked to hear that Spike was willing to give up an innocent child just for favor as he began to sweat. "Are you sure? You're not even going to try to bargain with me?" asked Discord hoping Spike will change his mind.

"Nope, now do we have a deal?" Asked Spike with an evil look in his eye.

Discord was hesitant to accept but not wanting to look week grabbed Spikes hand and agreed. Once the deal was struck Discord snapped a washtub full of water and poured it onto the still ranting Twilight, extinguishing her.

Spike then started to laugh evilly as he stared Discord in the eyes and added. "Oh, there might be a problem with the whole firstborn thing."

"and what pray tell is that?" asked discord worriedly.

"You will have to fight through one pissed off grandma, her sister, two no doubt doting aunts, and a very very very pissed off cousin, and that's just the first line of defense, then you have six angry surrogate aunts and a well-trained uncle, and if you actually manage to get passed all of that, you will have to get past both a dragon who is willing to kill if it means protecting his family and worst of all you will have to take away a newborn from its mother." Laughed Spike. " And let's not forget I have the support of not one, not two, not even three, but four fully equipped and pissed off armies ready to take you down the moment you dare place one finger on the child. So ask yourself, do you feel lucky, well do you?"

Discord's face fell in horror at the realization that what Spike had said was without a doubt going to kill him, then he realized something, he got played and his jaw dropped to the floor.

Pinky then does a Pinky and pulls down on Discord's goatee and makes his jaw roll up like a pulldown shade as Discord continued to look at the dragon who played him. Discord then dropped to his knees and began to pray to Spike. "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy, I'm not wor-That's enough, how about this instead, since you already fixed Twilight, I not going to bring up the fact that you wanted to take away my kid and I take up the job you offered yesterday, but only on one condition."

"Name it."

Spikes shoulders then slumped. "Can you see if Big Mac can join us tomorrow, I haven't had the time to ask if he was up for it this week?"

Discord was shocked again as he stammered out "Th...That...al...all?"

"Yep." Said Spike mimicking Big Mac.

Discord then jumped to his feet and grabbed Spikes hand and started to kiss it repeatedly. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. You got yourself a deal, you start the first leap year of the next century, bring plenty of balloons, you get ten years off a millennium, plus we have great health and dental care, here's a key to your own personal dimension, sorry it's still under renovation and won't be ready for at least another fifty years, lazy contractors and all." Said Discord as he dropped a key into spikes hand. "Oh and most importantly here is your own personal brand of chaos magic." added Discord as plaid wisps of chaos magic transferred over to Spike. After the energy transfer was complete Spike had a confused look on his face expecting to feel different.

"Discord am I missing something here? I don't feel any different."

"Oh I knew I forgot to mention something, It will take the next hundred years or so for you to be able to use your new powers."

"That blows."

"You have no idea, I still remember when I agreed to become an assistant god of chaos all those years ago, my bastard of a boss only gave me a week off every two millennia and I couldn't use my powers for seven hundred sixty-two years and three months, thank god he was about to retire the next millennium, but I digress if you have any questions please refer to this small pamphlet, it will tell you everything you need to know about being a chaos god." Discord then pulled out a leather-bound book the size of Spike and dropped it on the ground. " I want you to have this whole book memorized by the time you start." Then Discord disappeared and reappeared dressed as a news host as he was sitting at a news desk floating in front of Spike. “And now for something completely different.” Spike became annoyed at all the references Discord was using.

"Discord, stop making all the references." Spike then realized something, he actually understood all of Discord's gags.

"One more thing," Said Discord like an old angry Asian man. "You now have access to multiple realities, I get my best material from them but be warned don't visit the reality where our lives are cartoons made for little girls and twenty-year-old men, it will mess you up." Said Discord shuttering in horror.

Spike was about to question Discord but was interrupted. "Have a nice day Spike, see you tomorrow and good luck carrying everyone back to town." said Discord as he slowly faded out of existence.

Spike threw up his arms and sighed, "Nope, this is future Spikes problem, not mine." Said Spike like the last five minutes never occurred as he walked over to the book and read the first page.

" Hello, and welcome to Discorp. You have been chosen to be the next god of chaos, good for you. But you need to make your way up the corporate ladder, so as of right now you are an assistant god of chaos, still, good for you. Your job is very simple, Help come up with fun and chaotic ways to disrupt life in your original dimension, reality, or plane of existence. And remember if the crazy mare with the baseball and screw cutie mark doesn't appear you not doing your job right, so kick it up another eleven notches. Thank you for choosing Discorp for all of your chaotic needs. Have a nice day. Written by Discorp founder, president, and CEO Discord Q Dreconaquis."

Spike then flipped the page expecting to see more information but to his horror, he was met with the sight of random photos of Discord in swimwear. Spike then screamed in horror and yelled to the high heavens "GOD GET THE BRAIN BLEACH, I CAN'T UNSEE WHAT I HAVE SEEN." As he ran in the opposite direction and running headfirst into a tree, as he tried to concuss himself in hopes of blacking out and forgetting the last few moments of his life. But being the badass dragon he is now his actions only caused the tree to snap in half. This also had the effect of bringing everyone's attention to the dragon after the fallout of the 'Twibomb' was finished.

The group was worried about the dragon's safety when they noticed him headbutting the tree and wondered what could have caused the chain of events. Then Fluttershy and RD decided to walk over to the still open book and hesitantly looked at the exposed page. Fluttershy passed out due to an excess of blood in the brain as she was redder than tomato and RD copied the actions of Spike as she screamed for brain bleach.

Spike was able to compose himself long enough to notice the effects the book from hell had on his friends as he slowly walked to the book and closed the cover, shielding everyone else from its horrible effects on the brain. And in an act of pure heroism and common logic Spike used his fire breath to ignite the book in an emerald fire as he stared into the flames.

Twilight then walked next to him in a mixture of both interest and horror at the sight of a burning book. "Spike, why did you do that?"

Spike looked Twilight in her eyes and with all the honesty of AJ responded "It was for the greater good." then he walked away not saying another word.

After the book was reduced to a smoldering pile of ash, RD and Fluttershy returned to reality and everyone gathered around the still silent dragon who was standing in front of the bridge leading to the castle. "So all in favor of forgetting the last five minutes of our lives raise your hand." motioned Spike as he raised his hand. Everyone followed as they all raised their hands.

"Good, and now that that is settled." Spike looked over his shoulder and looked at the castle then looked at the group of mares in front of him and added. "I know what your all thinking, yes this is the same castle of the two sisters, and you don't have to worry it is surprisingly still structurally sound and completely safe to enter." Addressed Spike as he began crossing the bridge.

"There is no way that the castle is safe, I have half a mind to get some ponies to declare it a safety hazard, having it demolished, and then getting a monument or museum constructed in its place." Said Twilight who was hesitant on entering the step up from a pile of rubble.

"We are inclined to agree with you Twilight, upon our return, our castle needed major repair, but seeing it now, we think it would be more in need of replacement. But I would like to see what has survived since our last departure." agreed Luna.

"Both of you need to stop jumping the gun, yesterday I was able to join Spike in the castle with the same apprehensions about entering it as you all." Said, Celestia. "But then he explained to me how his friends had improved the structure and I saw the old gardens, It was beautiful. So as of now let's stop thinking about demolishing the castle until we can agree with its current residents?" asked Celestia.

"Thanks, mom." Said Spike as the group reached the front gates. Spike then looked at the group. "Can you all stay outside for a few minutes?" They all nodded at the request. "Thanks, and if you see a large group of creatures flying around, just know that they are friendly and will not harm you unless you harm them first." Added Spike as he closed the door and pulled off his bag and looked inside.

"It's time for the main reveal everyone, go get your family and get back here in the next five minutes," ordered Spike as he opened the cover on his bag and all the heads flew and hopped away to retrieve the rest of their groups.

outside of the castle Twilight and the others were discussing the events of the last two days. "So, in the last two days, Spike has accepted a job from Discord, stopped me and Celestia from going on a rampage, located his friends, reconnected with them, and stopped a pack of timberwolves from attacking him and Celestia yesterday." Said Twilight as she just looked exhausted at how much has happened in the last two days.

"Not to mention creating panic in the streets of both Ponyville and Canterlot, starting the process of getting his death revoked and explaining his time on Modus to us, plus getting reconnected with the citizens of Ponyville and Zecora." Added Pinky.

"Yeah, that too." thanked Twilight.

During this discussion, the sound of thousands of wings buzzing was heard overhead drawing everyone's attention. When they looked up they saw a swarm of Stingbees flying around the castle and as soon as they appeared they flew inside, leaving a group of wide-eyed, jaw-dropped mares in its wake. Celestia was the only one of the group who was able to keep her composure at the sight as she giggled at the reaction of everyone around her as she then whispered to her student. "Tip of the ice burg."

Inside of the castle, Spike was sitting in the stone chair his mother had made the day prior, as he was waiting for everyone to gather in the main hall. He didn't have to wait long, a few moments of waiting Queen and her hive flew in from one of the holes in the roof, then Fangs cete hopped in to view, followed by Banger and his cloud, Belch with his surfeit, Char and her swarm, Wallop with his swarm in tow, Alvin and his regiment, and Sparks with his cluster. Spike looked over at his friends and gave a wide smile as all the leaders took their position on Spike's body. Queen landed on Spikes head spines, Banger perched on Spikes tail, both Belch and Alvin wrapped their tails around Spikes legs, Fang and Sparks took their positions on Spikes left shoulder, as Char and Wallop took position on his right. Spike gave a smile to everyone as he began to address the 'Family'. "Last night I informed you all that I and your leaders were to attend a meeting, long story short, the meeting went well. And because of that, I have brought with me the rest of the attendants, they are waiting outside. They are my pony family, and they are not as durable as everyone here, with that being said, I need all of you to be on your best behavior." ordered Spike. He looked at the Boombats. "Bats, no exploding." then to the Bolamites "Mites, no biting." Then to the Thudslugs. "Slugs, this is a no-fly zone." then to the Stingbees. "Bees, Queen trust them, don't piss her off." Then he looked at the Stunkz. "Stunkz, do your best to hold it in." Over to the Zappflys. "Flys, no zapping them." Spike then addressed the chipunkz. "Men, you will show our guest the highest respect you can, any sign of disrespect will result in a demotion and a three-week suspension, is that understood?"

"SIR,YES,SIR!!!" Resonded the chipunkz.

Spike then looked at the group of furry death machines and growled. "Fang has given them his approval, so no one is to attack them, Is that understood?" Said Spike angrily as he growled to show dominance.

All around Spike were the sounds of his ammo agreeing to follow his orders. hearing this caused Spike to smile at them all. Spike then walked to the front gate and opened it to allow the girls to enter. "Girls, everyone is ready and waiting to finally meet you all." Said Spike in a happy tone.

One by one everyone entered the castle. Once everyone was inside Spike walked in between the two groups and began the introductions.

"Girls, I would like to introduce you to the Family." Said Spike motioning to the group of creatures. "And, guys this is my pony family."

Spike was ready for multiple reactions he thought the group of mares would do after meeting the whole family. But as if the universe was giving him a middle finger, the one reaction he was not prepared for was all of the mares passing out from shock. Spike sighed and looked to the only other conscious person in the room, his mother, and gave her a look hoping for some help carrying them back to town as he muttered under his breath 'Fuck you Discord'. "Let's get them back to Twilights. You grab Aunt Luna, the CMC, and Zecora, I'll grab the girls and Starlight." Said Spike as he took off his crossbow and strap. Spike then looked at the room full of concerned creatures. "I know you are all worried about them, so we will continue this back in town, everyone gets inside," ordered Spike. The room was devoid of all non-dragon and non-pony creatures in less than a minute.

Once everyone was inside of the ammo tubes Spike walked over to the passed-out mares and using his tail picked up Starlight, AJ, RD, Fluttershy, and Pinky pie, as he picked up both Twilight and Rarity in his arms. Celestia did the same using her magic and the two made their way back to town.

Twilight woke up from her previous pass out expecting to still be in the old castle, but to her amazement, she was in her bed surrounded by all her friends who were still passed out. She decided it would be very rude to try and wake them up so she used her wings to fly over to the door and inquire on how they were back in her castle when she knows for a fact that they were all at the old castle. She walked out of her room and walked down to the map room hoping to find out what had happened.

Twilight arrived at the map room and opened the door, only to discover that it was filled to the brim with thousands of creatures all sitting there talking to each other. She quickly ducked out of the room and shut the door, as she began to hyperventilate, hoping that this was a dream. She then opened the door and stuck her head into the room hoping that it was all a figment of her imagination, but when she looked inside every creature was still there but now they were all looking at her. Feeling nervous Twilight did the first thing that popped into her head. "Um...Hi?" asked Twilight hoping for some reaction.

Then one of the Chipunkz responded. "Good afternoon ma'am, the commander is in the kitchen waiting for you and your friends to wake up."

Twilight smiled nervously as she responded. "Thank you." As she closed the door to the map room and walked over to the castle kitchen, looking for Spike.

When she arrived at the kitchen, she was greeted with the sight of Spike and Celestia sitting down at the counter drinking some coffee. "...And that's when I told him moles asses, since then every time I went into the shop he would give me crap about the proper pronunciation on the word 'molasses'." Said Spike.

Celestia laughed at Spike's story.

This exchange was completely lost on the now awake princess as she just levitated over a mug and poured a cup full of the bitter drink for herself as she walked over to the two and took a seat next to Spike, waiting for a time she could inquire on why the whole map room was filled with the creatures.

Spike looked over at her and smiled at her, "How did you sleep?"

"Well enough, but I have a few questions."

"Shoot."

"What happened to us?"

"You all passed out when I introduced you all to the whole family."

"How did we get back to the castle?"

"We carried all of you."

"Why is the map room filled with all the creatures?"

"They were concerned for your well beings so I brought them with us hoping to properly introduce you all to them, anything else?"

"Nope, I'm all caught up."

"Good, I can hear the others starting to move around meaning they're. I'll go greet them and bring them to the kitchen." Said Spike as he finished off his coffee and left the room.

After all the girls met up in the kitchen they were all informed of the events of the last two hours. Spike then looked at the group, "Are you ready to meet the Family again?" Asked Spike.

They all nodded. They then made their way to the map room.

Spike pushed open the doors and the room fell silent, as all eyes were focused on the group of mares walking behind Spike.

"Everyone, I know the last time we tried this it didn't go so great. But I want to properly introduce everyone, so everyone, this is my pony family, first, we have Twilight, Rarity, AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, Pinky Pie, Fluttershy, Starlight, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie bell, Zecora, and my Aunt Luna." Said Spike as he pointed to each mare. Spike then looked at the group of mares. "And girls this is the whole Family."

Everypony gave a smile as they waved at the group, as Twilight stepped forward and bowed her head. "Thank you all for helping Spike, without you, I don't what to even think about what could have happened to him." Said Twilight as the rest of the girls followed the princess's actions.

The room then became filled with the sounds of responses as everypony looked to see every creature greeting them in their own unique ways.

It took a while but over time the girls became used to the large mass of creatures in the map room. Fluttershy was talking with the Boombats and the Fuzzles. Twilight and Starlight were trying to decipher the Zappfly code with Pinky Pie acting as an interpreter, Applejack was holding Rainbow Dash back from attacking Alvin who said she looked 'super girly with her rainbow mane' as the CMC watched the commotion in a fit of laughter, Zecora was sitting down with Belch and his surfeit, as Celestia and Luna sat on the ground watching every group as Wallop and his cluster sat around the two princesses, and Rarity had taken Char up on her offer about providing high-quality spider silk for her use.

Spike decided to ask Rarity the question he wanted to ask her when he was running in the forest, seeing no better opportunity to do so. "Hey Rare's, can I talk to you for a moment?"

Rarity looked at Spike giving the dragon her full attention, "Of course darling, what do you need?"

"I wanted to talk to you about designing a set of clothing for me before we leave for the Crystal Fair, I don't want to show up looking like a bit less drifter, I may have been stranded for ten years, but I still know when I need to properly present myself."

Rarity's eyes lit up with stars at the thought of finally getting Spike out of that monstrosity of fashion that has plagued her nightmares for days, and with maybe a little too much enthusiasm Rarity got to her hooves and with a surprising amount of strength wrapped her arms around Spikes, dragging him off to her shop. Spike was surprised, to say the least, and by the time he had realized where he was, Spike noticed that he was standing at the front door of Rarity's shop.

Rarity opened the door to the shop and using her magic levitated Spike behind a screen as she levitated over a measuring tape from one of her drawers. "I need to take your measurements, Spike, so strip down." Said Rarity as she waited on the other side of the screen to take her measurements.

Spike didn't need to be asked twice, it wasn't like she was going to see anything, aside from his scars, as certain 'parts' of a dragon's anatomy stayed inside unless he wanted it out. Spike removed his hat and placed it on one of the knobs on the screen, Then he removed his backpack and placed it on the ground, Spike then removed his boots and placed them on the other side of the screen next to his bag for when he was finished, lastly Spike lifted off his poncho and draped it over the top of the screen. Spike looked at the three mirrors in front of him as he looked at his scars and how much they actually covered his body.

Spike looked at each scar and the memory of what happened brought a mixed array of emotions, some were from his time training with Stranger which always started sadly, but ended with the two laughing around their campfire. Others just brought back nothing but anger, like the time he was shot in the wrist. Then there were the scars he got when he first saved Queen and Fang, it may have resulted in a few scars on his back and him losing one of his spikes, but he wouldn't change anything about it.

Spike then looked at the big scar on his chest and sighed in remembrance as he muttered "I thought I was going to die, I had so many regrets, not getting home, not seeing Twi's face one last time, not getting one last hug from mom, not being able to say goodbye." Spike was starting to cry at the memory but was brought back to reality by Rarity.

"Spike, I heard you talking but I couldn't quite make it out, are you alright?" Asked Rarity clear worry in her voice.

Spike wiped away the tears in the corners of his eyes as he calmed his breathing. "Yeah, sorry about worrying you Rares, I just lost myself in my own thoughts. I'm ready by the way." Responded Spike.

Rarity was calmed by Spikes reassurance and walked around the side of the screen, and was about to take the dragon's measurements, but the moment Rarity saw the scars on Spikes body she became very rigid in her movements.

Spike noticed her change, and it was clear what caused it. "Yeah, you never really get used to them, but they are a part of me, parts that bring back both happy and painful memories, and as weird as it is to say, this is the first time I actually noticed how much of my body has changed." Laughed Spike in a sad but accepting tone.

Rarity was very hesitant about talking about the scars and wanted desperately to change the subject, but Spike was able to read the room and decided to take the initiative. "So Rares, did you and Char agree?" Asked Spike.

Rarity was snapped out of her inner thoughts by the question and responded. "Yes we did, it wasn't easy but I agreed to put any request of yours at the top of the list in exchange for the use of their silk," responded Rarity as she unconsciously began to take Spikes measurements.

Spike and Rarity continued to talk like old times as the time flew by. Rarity finished writing down all of Spike's measurements on her notepad as she began to think about every single outfit Spike could need as he got dressed. "So now that is out of the way let's start thinking about what colors would complement your stature." Rarity then started to levitate rolls of fabrics. "Hum, Red...no it would clash with your purple scales, yellow... absolutely not, gray... very sophisticated, versatile and just screams for accent colors. what do you think Spike?"

Spike looked at the gray fabric and smiled. "I agree, besides I never liked the idea of bright colors on clothes, give me a snazzy black and white tux any day."

Rarity nodded in agreement, "Yes, I do remember you asking for a plain black suit, and I must agree darker colors best suit your color scheme. So do you have an idea of what you would like it to look like?"

Spike smirked. "I have a good idea for the design, but I need to know if you could enchant the fabric to be like armor?"

Rarity Smile and responded, "That is a simple request dear, by now Twilight has probably informed you about the army of dragons who stayed in Ponyville during the search for you."

Spike nodded.

"Well a large portion of them were tasked to protect the search parties that went into the Everfree forest, and most of the time the dragon's armor would be damaged or straight out useless, so I started to take requests from the dragons who needed a new set of armor. One thing led to another and I was very proficient in enchanting plain old silk and cotton with both fireproof and hardening spells while keeping the weight down."

Spike smiled at hearing this news. "Then I would like to commission the creation of a set of armor based on the ceremonial armor of the steef guardians in honor of both my master and his people." Stated Spike as he pulled out his journal and showed Rarity the drawing of the armor.

Rarity looked a the detailed drawing and quickly sketched out a design that would match Spikes bipedal nature and replaced the curled horns on the helmet with synthetic horns similar to dragon horns, she then added slits on the back of the design for Spikes spines. She then lightly shaded the areas where the gray would be used and would determine the accenting colors for later. Rarity hummed at her work and smiled. "I think that should do it." Said Rarity as she showed her design to Spike.

Spike looked at the fashionista's design and wasn't surprised at the level of detail Rarity added on her preliminary design as he smiled. "It looks perfect Rares, I know you will put your all into this, how much do you need to get it done before we leave on Saturday?" Asked Spike hoping that she would let him pay for the job.

Rarity may be the element of generosity, and without a doubt would insist on doing this job for free, but Spike knew that second to her friends, her businesses were her life, and he would feel like he was stealing from her if he did not compensate her for her effort. Rarity smiled at the dragon, "Don't worry about payment Spike, I would be glad to do it free of charge."

"No, I insist on compensating you for your time and effort." Said Spike.

"But I want to make it as a gift for you returning to us safely." Retorted Rarity.

"But I am asking you to design, sew, and fit, a full set of armor."

"I don't mind, it will be fillies play compared to some of the massive orders I have done in the past."

" All the more reason I want to pay for something, I know how bad those types of orders messed with you."

"Fine, but let me ask you one simple question, how exactly do you plan on paying for it?"

"I...I...I..." Spikes response died in his throat as he remembered the only form of money he had was Moolah and it was probably worthless, and the money he used for himself to buy comics, was only about nine bits, and he refused to go to Twilight or his mother for the money due to his dragon pride. Spike's facepalmed and sighed. "Fine. But, when I have time, we are going on a gem hunt so I can repay you."

Rarity Smirked at her victory. "That will be adequate compensation. Be back Friday afternoon for the final fitting." Rarity then began to shoo Spike out of her store so she could begin working.

Spike was now on the streets of Ponyville and it was only late afternoon, he had been with Rarity for the last hour and a half. Spike shrugged and decided to walk around the town that he missed for years.

As Spike walked through town there was a mixture of reactions to the fact that just a random dragon was walking around. Spike heard whispering from the townspeople. " Did the princesses finally allow dragons to visit pony towns?" Asked a random pony. "Doesn't he remind you of some dragon?" asked another. "I heard that that dragon was seen yesterday walking with both princess Twilight and Celestia. And that a lot of ponies were walking away from town hall yesterday smiling. Who do you think he is?"

Spike continued to walk in the streets completely unaware that he had made his way to the outer edge of the town. Spike stopped walking to survey his surroundings and noticed that he was almost at the schoolhouse.

Spike shrugged and decided to see how much the old school had changed. Spike walked up to the schoolhouse doors and knocked. He waited for a few moments and was about to leave figuring that the school was empty, but as he was turning around the door opened and a sweet voice was heard. "Hello, how can I help you?" Asked Ms. Cheerilee

Spike turned around and gave the teacher a sheepish smile. "Um, hey Cheerilee, how have you been?" Asked Spike.

Cheerilee was confused at the sudden appearance of a dragon at the school. "Um sir, do I know you?" asked the mare unaware of the identity of the dragon in front of her.

"Well, you used to. But I have been recently told that I resemble very little of what most ponies remember me as. It has caused a lot of confusion and I have only been back for a few days, but in all honesty, it is hilarious to see the reactions I get when ponies finally figure it out." Said Spike shrugging.

"Sir, I am in the middle of a lesson right now, I have three fillies absent and I have to make a makeup lesson for them. I do not know why you are here, but if you have finished your business with me, I would recommend leaving the premises, if you do not I will have to inform the royal guard." Said Cheerilee a little bitterly.

"whoa, whoa, whoa, let's not get the guards involved, I just thought I would visit an old friend since I was on this side of town. As for your absent students, I'm partly to blame for that, but rest assured they are safe and sound with the princesses." Said Spike as he raised his hands in a sign of peace.

The students in the class noticed the exchange and decided to peek in at the conversation between the pony and dragon. "I will give you one more chance to leave the premises or I will be filing a report to the guards informing them about a suspicious stranger outside of the school." Said Cheerilee almost at her limit, just then Spike burped out a scroll and snatched it out of the air, and began to read it.

Spike then looked at the scroll then to the teacher and back to the scroll. Spike then handed it to the teacher. "It's for you." Said Spike simply.

Cheerilee took the scroll and opened it.

"To Cheerilee.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I fear for the education of the children in your care, so here are a few hints, if you called the guards, you will be arrested for treason, if you take a good look at the dragon in front of you, you will notice a very specific color scheme, and if you think about it, how many dragons do you know that can receive messages.

Yours Truly. Discord.

PS. Don't tell Twilight I intercepted the letter she's worried enough as it is.

PPS. Tell Spike that Twilight is looking for him."

Cheerilee looked up from the scroll in shock and tears. "SPIKE?"

Spike gave her his signature goofy smile, "told you it was hilarious to see ponies reaction." Said Spike trying to lighten the mood and the tension between the two.

Spike was then enveloped in a bone-crushing hug. Cheerilee may not look it but she is still an earth pony so she has monster strength. "Spike, what happened to you? Where did you go? When did you get back?" Asked Cheerilee through her sobs and tears.

"Well the day I went missing Twilight and me were working on a new spell, it didn't work right and it opened a portal to a place called Mudos where I was trained by a bounty hunter called Stranger for eight years and when I was ready to start my journey home we went our separate ways. I then traveled across Mudos for the next two years biding my time until a scientist I called 'Doc' finished building a device that could teleport me home. Which was about three days ago. And before you gasp and say 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN TEN YEARS, YOU WERE ONLY GONE FOR TWO' we think that due to some time dilation or some weird magic and science thing I aged faster, If I stayed I would be about 14, but right now I'm about 22. Time is a pain in the ass when you're dealing with magic and science." Responded Spike, still with the goofy smile. "So how have you been?"

"Stressed, overworked, tired, take your pick.".

"Still worth it?" asked Spike referring to being a teacher.

Cheerilee looked back at the students who were all shocked at the revelation that the dragon at the door was the dragon that went missing years ago and giggled. "Yeah, still worth it."

"Good to hear, well I thought about asking if you and your class would like to join the rest of the town for a personal Q&A Twilight will be announcing when we get back to town next week, I think it would be easier to explain what happened to me in one go instead of telling my story multiple times. Plus it would get the kids a chance to interact with multiple races at once and possibly foster some friendships."

"That sounds like a wonderful idea, have twilight send me the information when she finishes hammering out the details and I will make up some permission slip forms."

Spike smiled at the response, "Hey do you mind if I just pop in and say hi to my old friends?"

Cheerilee shook her head. "Not at all, go right ahead but try and keep it brief, we were in the middle of a lesson." Then Cheerilee began to think and then she smirked. "Actually take all the time you need, if you don't finish before dismissal, I don't have to make the makeup lesson. Besides class will be over in like thirty minutes."

Cheerilee walked back into the classroom and noticed that the children were still shocked by Spike's return, then she had a devilish idea. "Everyone who was eavesdropping on the private conversation I was having, will now have to write an essay about why eavesdropping on other people's conversations is bad."

The class groaned in response as they were shocked back to reality by the teacher's newest assignment. This made Cheerilee giggle, "Or, if everyone behaves and is polite to our guest, I might just forget to write myself a note about the essay, how does that sound?"

Cheerilee looked at every one of her students nodding their heads rapidly.

Cheerilee smiled and looked at the still-open door where Spike was waiting. "You may come in now."

Spike walked into the class and took a seat on a chair as he looked at the students. "So, yeah I'm not dead, I'm very much alive, and it's good to see you guys again."

All the students dropped their jaws at Spike. And Pinky does a pinky and appears out of nowhere and one by one closes the jaws of all the students. "Thanks, Pinky, Tell Twilight that I am at the schoolhouse and tell the 'Family' I'm safe." Said Spike.

"Not a problem, also..." Pinkys mane then flashed green, blue, green, bright yellow, as she then walked out of the schoolhouse and disappeared.

"I will." Spike then smiled at the confused look he was getting from the class and explained, "She is learning to talk like one of my friends, she either said for me to 'have an exciting and nice day, or she said ' me and Rainbow Dash are calm about something white', so I think its probably the first one."

All the colts and fillies nodded slowly in agreement. "So where to begin?" asked Spike, "How about the fact that I'm not the same age as all of you anymore. right now you guys are like 13 or 14 years old right?"

They all nodded. "Well I'm like 22 years old at the least, about to be 23, and I know what your thinking, I was stuck in a place for ten years and it was only two years for everyone else." Everyone raised their hands hoping to get Spike to answer their questions.

"I have also asked Ms. Cheerilee about setting up a field trip for you all next week so I can tell my story in one go. So anyone interested in hearing the full story is welcome to join in. But for today, I don't mind answering your questions about my change in appearance."

Spike looked at the students and picked one. "Featherweight let's hear it."

"Why do you look so different? The last time I saw you, you were like two feet tall and were in all honesty a little pudgy."

"Ow, that hurt dude." Said Spike joking at the jab. "But, yeah I was a lot smaller and fatter back then. But after I disappeared, I was all alone until I was taken in by a bounty hunter from another world and he trained me to protect myself. And all of that training honed my body and in the first year I was three feet tall and all of my fat was changed into the first instances of muscles."

Spike looked at Silver Spoon and chose her. "Silver Spoon your up next."

"Did you get hurt?"

Spike took a sharp breath and was hesitant to answer so he looked at the teacher hoping for her intervention. "It's fine Spike when you first disappeared there was an army of dragons who were not shy about telling us about their past exploits, many of which resulted in very detailed stories about their collection of scars."

Hearing this calmed Spikes nerves and answered the fillies' question. "Yeah, a bunch of times." Spike removed his crossbow mounting and showed the students his sniper wound. "This one was pretty bad, I was on a job and some outlaw decided to try and take me out, he missed my heart and head, but he shot me through the wrist." Spike then turned around and showed his back to the students. "The round wounds were from me taking multiple hits in the same spot and it broke through my scales, I also lost one of my back spikes in that fight." Spike then turned back to the students and revealed his chest wound. "This one was the worst and the closest I was to dying while not on a job. I was shot with a high caliber round and it messed up one of my lungs and I was bleeding a lot, but thanks to my teacher, I was able to pull through. But I rather not talk much more about it so let's move on to the next question."

Spike looked to the two numbskulls in the class. "Snips, then snails."

"Why do you dress like that?"

"Well, in the part of Mudos I was transported to, it was mostly dry arid valleys where it was common for sand storms to hit towns for days on end, so I tried to wear the most comfortable clothes I could find. My master made me this poncho before I left, and after he was tracked back to our camp one time, he got me a pair of boots so I didn't leave tracks that my enemies could follow back to me. As for the hat, it was very sunny and when I first started on my own, the sun was always in my eyes and that threw off my aim, plus I think it looks cool."

"What is that thing on your arm?"

"This is my double crossbow, it can fire creatures called 'living ammunition' at high speeds and depending on the ammo type, in quick secession."

Diamond Tiara was the next to ask. "What do you mean by 'living ammunition'?"

"There are eight types of creatures that were used as a form of attack and defense for years. But on Mudos they developed this thing called gunpowder, which when lit, causes a small explosion, and when it is placed in a small confined space, can cause a lot of pressure to push out a projectile at very high speed. So the use of living ammo died out quickly and they rapidly spread across the area. But my master was from a race of noble and honorable creatures, who trained him in the use of living ammo, and when he started to train me, he taught me how to collect and utilize their abilities in combat to give me the edge, especially when I was up against outlaws who relied heavily on the use of guns."

Rumble was the next to ask. "Do you have any of these' living ammunition' with you?"

"I do to a degree, when I was about to return, I was prepared for the possibility of being stuck on Mudos and after years of training, I learned to never leave the safety of a town unprepared, so when I was teleported back to Equestria I had in my possession a large amount of each type, but there was a problem, the device that teleported me back home had problems with its calibrations and I was teleported back about one hundred feet above the Everfree forest. I fell hard, my backpack was snagged on a tree and ripped open, with my ammo disoriented from the trip, they wandered off. But just yesterday, I found out that they made their new home in the old castle of the two sisters after they drove out a pack of Timberwolves. But I don't think it would be for the best for everyone if I just came out and addressed the fact that I have an arsenal of destructive creatures that follow my command right now. So when I get back to Ponyville I will have Twilight and Celestia organize the Q&A in the middle of town for all interested parties to hear my stories."

There were still a few questions in the air but before Spike could hear them Cheerilee interrupted. "I'm sorry class, but it looks like the school day is finished and it would be rude to ask Spike to take any more time out of his day to answer your no doubt hundreds of questions. But before we dismiss for the day, what do you all have to say to Spike?"

"Thanks, Spike, and welcome back to Ponyville!" Responded to the whole class in unison.

Spike smiled at the students as he took his leave from the schoolhouse.

By the time Spike arrived back at the castle it was almost five in the evening and when he walked into the map room he noticed that the only ponies left were Twilight and his mother, plus the massive pile of ammo in the corner asleep, and in usual Twilight fashion, she was in a nervous panic pacing around the map.

Spike walked up to his mother who was just watching the younger alicorns panic as it was running its course. "Hey mom, sorry about earlier, Rarity kinda dragged me off with her when I told her I wanted to get a proper outfit for the crystal fair." Spike then looked at his frantic sister. "Do I want to know?" Asked Spike.

"I had a feeling that was the reason for your abrupt departure and as for the display in front of us." Said Celestia motioning to the lavender pony, "She sent you a letter almost three hours ago and she never got your response."

"That's weird, I told Pinky to tell her I was at the schoolhouse talking to Cheerilee and the kids. Didn't she tell Twilight?" Asked Spike in confusion.

"She did but by the time Pinky got back, Twilight was already in this state and she wouldn't listen to reason." Spike shrugged and walked over to the pile of ammo asleep.

"Guys it's time to wake up." Said Spike as the pile started to rustle.

The mass of ammo slowly woke up and they all looked exhausted as Spike gave them all an innocent smile. "Sorry about the wake-up, just wanted to tell you all that I was home, why don't you all head into your tubes and get more sleep, we might have a fun-filled day tomorrow." Said Spike as his ammo retreated to their ammo tubes.

Spike returned to his mother's side who was still watching Twilight. "So do you want to stop her, or should I?" Asked Spike.

"I'll do it, it stopped being funny about an hour ago, I just wanted to see how long she could keep it up," responded Celestia. She then used her magic and levitated Twilight so she would face Spike.

It took only a moment for Twilight to recognize the form of Spike and the next moment was filled with a rainbow of emotion. First, she was angry, then calm, next came worry, then was confusion, and it ended with annoyance. "And where have you been?" Asked Twilight in a very overprotective sister voice.

"Well, I was dragged to Raritys when I told her I wanted to get a new outfit for the crystal fair, that lasted about two hours. Then I walked around Ponyville for a while until I reached the schoolhouse, where I talked to Cheerilee and talked to my friends who asked me a few questions. Then I got home and found you trying to pace a ring in the floor. Also, I talked to Cheerilee about getting her class to come to the Q&A about me next week so when we figure out when to hold it tell her."

"But I sent you a message, why didn't you send a reply?"

"The only message I got today was from Discord and then Pinky showed up out of nowhere, I told her to inform you about my whereabouts."

"This is the first I have heard about this."

"Mom told me that when Pinky showed up to tell you, you were already in the middle of this." Said Spike motioning with his arms at the room.

Twilight sighed at the dragon and alicorn in the room. "I'm going to bed, wake me up for breakfast." Said Twilight as she walked out of the room and proceeded to her room.

Spike looked at his mother. "So you up for dinner?" Asked Spike.

Celestia shrugged. "I could eat."

Spike and Celestia enjoyed a nice dinner and they decided to head to bed.

Author's Note

Comment which reference you liked the best. Looking for a new editor to help me out, PM me if interested.