Spike was not woken up by the sun, but instead he was woken up by it's handler. Celestia was trying to wake up her son. "Spike, its time to wake up, the train will arrive soon and you need to get ready." Said Celestia as she tried to wake up Spike.

"Nnnnn...no....sleepy...five more minutes." Grumbled Spike tossing and turning in his bed in an attempt to go back to bed.

Celestia sighed. "Dragons." Said Celestia as she rolled her eyes. She used her magic to teleport all of Spikes clothes off of him. Then she levitated the still sleeping dragon to a bath room, while turning on the shower. Once it was ready, she tossed the dragon into the water.

The moment Spike's body touched the water his eye shot open. He screamed in shock. "AWWWWWW."

Celestia was laughing at the display in front of her. "I remember doing this to you so many times, when you would refuse to get up in the morning. So much so you started to sleep with a bar of soap and a luffa."

Spike shot her a glare but started to laugh as well. "Don't forget about Sir Squeakers."

"That's right, Sir Squeakers, royal knight of the bubble bath." Said Celestia. "But now is not the time for us to go down memory lane, we need to get ready, the train will arrive in an hour. Get cleaned up and be down stairs in five minutes." Said Celestia.

Spike laughed. He used his tail to turn off the shower, this confused Celestia. "Spike, I said you need to get ready, why did you turn off the shower?"

"Simple..." Said Spike as he stepped out of the shower. "You see, dragons are fireproof, and unlike mammal's we don't sweat." Said Spike.

"This is common knowledge."

"Let me ask you, in the time the dragons were around did any of them actually bathe?"

Celestia thought back. "Actually no, a few would head to a lake and clean off their scales when they got dirty but never to bathe."

"That's because we can do this!" Said Spike as he proceeded to blow his fire onto himself. Celestia was shocked seeing her son set himself on fire, but more shocking was once Spike was extinguished his scales looked clean and shiny.

Spike laughed at his mothers shocked look. "Dragons don't need to bathe, because our scales don't trap dirt like fur does, so to clean ourselves, we just need to breath fire or take a quick jump into lava and we're clean."

"Then why do you?" Asked Celestia.

Spike shrugged. "Its relaxing, and rubber ducks can't survive lava." Said Spike. He walked out of the bathroom and headed to his room to get ready to leave. Leaving Celestia standing there.

Once Spike was back in his room he gathered all of his stuff, placed his extra set of clothes into his bag, put on his new armor, but he decided to place the helmet in his bag as well. Spike moved all of the ammo tubes to the built in crossbow mounting that Rarity had added to the armor, then Spike removed the crossbow from the old leather strap and moved it to the new mounting. Spike looked at the new home of his crossbow, he smiled at how cool it looks with the new armor. "Looks good, feels good." Said Spike. He placed his old mounting strap in his bag, it was just in case something happens.

Now that everything was packed. Spike put on his normal hat, placed the packed bag on to his back, and walked out of his room to get a quick breakfast before it was time to leave.

Spike walked down the stairs and looked at the main hall of the castle. There next to the door was a set of bags. All of which had the cutie marks of one of the girls including the CMC's marks. That was except for the 37 bags, 9 makeup cases, and three full sized wardrobes, all of whom donned Raritys cutie mark on each piece. No doubt, filled to the brim with the 'Essentials', and placed in a wagon that looks like it was about to break. Spike smirked. He shook his head as he walked past the bags. "Somethings never change." Said Spike. He opened the door to the kitchen. When he entered he was greeted to the sight of all the girls and to his surprise Ember.

"Morning everyone."

"Morning Spike."

Twilight then used her magic to levitate a hot cup of coffee to Spike who was just standing in the door way. Spike took the cup, sipped the life giving drink, and just drank it, not moving an inch.

Once half the coffee was gone Spike decided to addressed the elephant in the room. "So why is Ember here?" asked Spike. "Not asking annoyed, just wondering why?"

Ember walked up to Spike and punched him in the stomach without a moments warning. The action of the dragoness left everyone shocked. The next thing everyone saw was Embers fist still on Spikes stomach as he just took another sip of coffee. Spike cocked an eyebrow. "And what was that for?" Asked Spike, acting like he was just tickled by a feather.

Ember removed her hand and then clutched it in pain, before shaking it. "Um... just wanted to know if you could take a punch." Said Ember still holding her hand.

Spike took another sip and nodded. "Yes, I can take a punch. I can also punch back." Said Spike as he placed his coffee on the counter. Spike walked over to a wall and out of nowhere punched a door sized hole through the wall of the kitchen.

This left everyone in more shock, but Twilight was snapped out of it when she noticed the new door to the kitchen. "SPIKE!" Yelled Twilight in anger.

Spike looked at the mare and gave her a glare to calm her. "Twilight, first off you and I both know this isn't even in the top ten worst damage this castle has seen. Plus we both know that the castle will probably be completely fixed by the time we get back. And you know I would never hit a lady, not even Ember, who might of survived with a broken arm, so the castle was the closest thing." Said Spike as he looked that his sister. He then looked at the table and noticed that there was a box of donuts, Spike looked at Pinkie. "Are those chocolate?" Asked Spike.

Pinkie nodded and opened the box to reveal the worlds most popular morning sweet. "With sprinkles." Said Pinkie.

Spike licked his lips. In a flash of speed that not even Rainbow could follow, the box was removed from Pinkies grasp. Its contents were scarfed down by the dragon. The girls giggled at the display, Spike licked the last of the chocolate from his muzzle.

Once the laughing died down Spike grabbed his coffee and restated his question. "So again why is Ember here?"

"I was invited by Celestia and Cadence to be part of the fair this year." Said Ember.

Spike shrugged as he finished his coffee. "Cool." Said Spike, he then looked at Twilight. "Hey Twi who else is going to be at the fair?"

"A few others, Thorax and his student Ocellus, Prince Rutherford and his niece Yona, Ember as you can see, as well as a few other dragons that want to visit Equestria, and..." Said Twilight hesitating.

Spike groaned. " Prince Blueprick is going to grace us all with his presence, isn't he?"

Twilight nodded.

Spike sighed as the room became really cold for a moment, but then it went back to normal. "Sorry about that, Mal promises to be on his best behavior, but on one condition."

"And what are the terms?" asked Celestia who just arrived from the bathroom.

"Any time he insults me, or anyone for that matter, Mal gets to burn one of his suits and he has to watch."

"He deserves worse." Stated Rarity. Everyone turned to the mare, surprised at her attitude for this. She realized what she said. Rarity giggled. "Sorry, old grudge is all."

Celestia returned her attention to Spike and nodded to the terms. "Deal, it might actually teach him not to be..."

"Pompous." Said Twilight.

"Self absorbed." Said Rarity

"Egotistical." Added AJ.

"Racist." Said Fluttershy.

"Glorified." Said Pinkie.

"An overall Ass." Added Spike.

"A bleached piece of shit." Said Alvin as he popped his head out of the tube, shocking everyone.

"Um Alvin, why are you out?" Asked Spike.

"I hear the name Blueprick, and I thought you got drunk again and were complaining about the guy who locked you in a closet for three hours."

"HE WHAT!" Yelled all of the girls at once.

Alvin looked at Spike questioningly. "Um... bad time?" Asked Alvin. Spike nodded as the foul mouth rodent retreated back into his tube.

Spike looked at the angry looks everyone was giving. They all started to plan on what they are going to do to Blueblood. "Now everyone calm down, I got back at Blue for that, the next day when I changed out his shampoo with water resistant ink." Said Spike as he tried to calm down everyone. It didn't seem to get through to their brains. Spike sighed and the room fell cold again.

Mal looked at the display and sighed. He gave a ear splitting whistle that made all of the rooms occupants cover their ears. Once the plotting was over, Mal looked disappointed at them all. "Hey this was my plan of revenge on Blueprick, and lets be honest, its Blueprick. He's bound to piss more then one of us off sooner or later. So as the next ruler of the kingdom both I and Spike, hear by give all of you one pardon to punish Blueprick when that time comes." said Mal as he let Spike back in control.

"And before you say no, I remember reading that at the age of 18 I would assume all the power and responsibility that comes with my title as prince, and lets be honest, its Blueprick." Stated Spike.

Celestia sighed as she nodded reluctantly. "Technically what he says is true, and I agree, but I ask you all, what ever you do don't leave a mark."

Everyone nodded as they all grinned evilly.

Celestia smiled slightly as she noticed that the time was 7:38. The train would be here any moment, she nodded and informed the group of the time. "Everyone its time for us all to start making our way to the train station." Said Celestia.

Everyone nodded, finished off their coffees, and one by one walked out of the kitchen to grab their luggage.

Spike was the last to leave, and the sight that greeted him when he walked into the main hall was hilarious. Spike chuckled at the sight. Rarity trying to lift all of her luggage in her magic, but not even Twilight would be able to lift all of the bags. Spike walked up to Rarity still chuckling. "Need some help Rarity?" asked Spike.

Rarity shot him a glare in opposition as she again attempted to lift all of her stuff, but again she failed to do so. By this point Rarity was huffing in exhaustion as she nearly collapsed to the floor. Spike looked at the mare on the ground and sighed. Spike walked past the mare and like it weighed nothing, lifted the wagon. Rarity looked at the dragon and put up a fake smile for him. The same smile, Spike had seen her put up plenty of times before. "Rarity, drop the fake smile and tell me what's wrong."

Rarity played the innocent card. "I don't know what you mean dear, my smile isn't fake at all."

"Rarity!" Yelled Spike in anger of her closed off response.

Rarity looked down to the ground and started to mumble something. Spike couldn't hear her. "Say again."

She mumbled a little louder, but Spike still couldn't hear her. "One more time."

Rarity sighed. "I said, I don't want to make you feel like I'm using you again." Said Rarity as she was crying a little.

Spike sighed. He placed down her luggage, walked over to the mare, wiped away her tears, and pulled her into a hug. Spike held her tight. "Rarity, I don't regret doing what I did for you all those years ago, minus the time I gave you that spell book, and while yes, I admit I was a little over eager to please you, I did all of that because I wanted to. You didn't force me to do anything." Said Spike. He let her go and looked her in the eyes to show her his honesty. "And now is no different, I am your friend, and I saw you struggling to get all of you stuff. I decided help you, do you understand?" asked Spike.

Rarity sniffed and wiped her eyes but nodded in understanding.

Spike smiled. "I'm glad you understand." Said Spike. He then looked at the mountain of luggage. "How the hell did you get all of this stuff here anyways?" Asked Spike.

Rarity giggled. "I made five trips between here and my shop." Said Rarity honestly as she started to laugh at her packing job. Spike joined in the laughter, as the sad air of the room was replaced with laughter.

Once the laughter died down Spike tossed Rarity his bag. She caught it, but she looked questioningly at it and to Spike, wanting an explanation. "Um Spike, why did you toss me your bag?" Asked Rarity.

Spike looked at her as he lifted her stuff. "It was too heavy for me to carry, would you mind?" Asked Spike.

Rarity nodded as she strapped it onto her back. "Not a problem Spike."

"Thanks Rares." Said Spike as the two smiled.

Spike turned his head. He saw all of the girls in the room, they were crying a little because of the display of emotion. Spike sighed a little annoyed. "Take a picture, it'll last longer." Said Spike. Just then Pinkie pulled out a camera. She took a picture with the flash dazing everyone, and returned the camera to her mane.

"I'm not even going to dignify that with a response." Said Spike.

"But you just did." Said Pinkie. The score board popped into existence above the mare. Like the day prior Discords arm appeared next to it and added a mark. Totals are Pinkie 147.5, Spike 2. The board stayed above the mare for a moment, then it popped out of existence. Everyone watched the display, all except for Spike, who just grumbled and walked out of the castle. He was now heading for the train station. Soon after everyone had processed the possibility of the game between Spike, Pinkie, and Discord, which will never be truly understood. They all noticed that Spike had already left for the station. They quickly matched pace with the slightly annoyed dragon, it wasn't hard to find him thought. He's not exactly known for blending in, especially when he is the only one who was just casually walking around the town with a giant pile of luggage in his arms.

They all arrived at the station. But it was still early, so the train platform was empty, aside from a few night guards standing around a certain midnight blue alicorn. On the ground near the alicorn was a small overnight bag. Spike ignored the guards, and after placing Rarity's luggage on the ground, Spike took a seat next to Luna. But he was still slightly annoyed, so he just smiled at her. Luna looked confused at the normally not so quiet dragon, a little worried, but she was stopped from inquiring about it by her sister. "Lulu don't worry about him, he's a little miffed since Pinkie out logiced him." Said Celestia.

Luna looked at the mare in question. She looked between Pinkie, Spike, and Celestia, thoroughly confused. "What happened?"

Pinkie giggled. "Well he and Rarity were having a moment. He said take a picture it will last longer. So I did, here you go by the way." Said Pinkie as she handed Luna the developed photo. "And once the camera was put up, he just looked at me and added 'I'm not going to dignify that with a response, and I told him 'you just did'. Then everyone saw the scoreboard Discord made for us. I have 147.5 and Spike has 2, and now he's a grumpy pants."

Luna oh'ed for a moment then started to giggle. Celestia looked at the horizon, and over the horizon were puffs of smoke, that were growing larger every second. "Looks like its almost here, everyone cover your ears."

Everyone including the normally statue like guards, did as their princess ordered, as a ear piercing, brain melting, screech echoed in the early Saturday morning. The tale tell sign that the very fast, very shiny, Crystal Express, started to apply the brakes. After a few moments of pure agony, it was over. On the tracks, was the fastest known mode of train travel in all of Equestria.

Once the train was fully stopped, a set of doors on the train opened. Two guards walked out of the car, waiting at attention until it was time to depart. One was a purple crystal stallion wearing the signature Crystal Empire royal guard armor, and the other was a normal orange pegasus stallion, with blue hair, and he was wearing the standard solar guard armor. Cadence, Shining, and Flurry Heart walked out of the train to greet their friends and family. But they were stopped when they noticed Spike, more specifically the new armor, and new set of wings on his back.

Cadence slowly approached Spike with her mouth wide opened, but when she regained control of it she spoke. "Spike, wings, when?"

Spike chuckled, "I'll tell you on the ride, but first someone wants to say sorry, isn't that right Mal?" Said Spike. The area became silent, and Cadences face paled in horror.

"Yes, hello Cadence, long time no see." Said Mal.

Cadence jumped back and charged her horn, she was ready to attack Mal, determined to get Spike back. "No, I won't let you take him, he fought too hard and for too long just for you to pop up again!" Yelled Cadence. Everyone looked at the battle ready alicorn and the nonchalant dragon, thoroughly and utterly confused.

Mal chuckled as he looked at his cousin. "Seriously, all I get is more threats, this family is truly in need of some counseling." Said Mal as he shook his head. He looked at Cadence. "Look, all I wanted to do is pop out, say hi, say I'm sorry for being a annoying little ass, and to thank you for keeping my secret. Now that's all out of the way I'm going back to bed. Don't wake me up until its time to run for our lives Spike. Also you owe me for taking that punch." Said Mal as he swapped out with Spike.

The area went back to normal, as every one continued to look at Cadence and Spike in shock. "YOU KNEW?" Yelled Twilight, Celestia, and Luna.

"Um, Happy crystal fair day?" Said Cadence. She was receiving a glare from the other princesses. Cadence sighed in defeat as she nodded. "I did. At first, I thought Spike was just being a normal baby dragon, I thought he didn't know better, but when I heard that you grounded him, I decided to go check up on him, like any good cousin would do. But when I got to his room, I heard him arguing with someone. He was saying 'But she told us to stay in the room', and 'I don't care'. I decided to talk to him about it, but when I walked into the room, 'They' looked back at me. I got scared, so I ran to my room. The next day, Spike dropped by and told me all about Mal. He assured me that he had Mal under control now, but he made me promise to not tell either you or Twilight." Said Cadence as she looked to the ground.

Spike smiled as he walked up to his cousin and gave her a hug. "Yeah, I got a lot to tell you." Said Spike.

"Oh you have no idea." Said Cadence. "But first lets get all of your stuff on to the train."

All the guards were loading the train the moment Cadence said so, as all of the passengers took their seats in the royal train car. Cadence looked at Spike. "You have as of this moment 4 hours and 23 minutes to explain." Said Cadence as the train whistles sounded and the train started to move.

"So lets start off with...."

4 hours and 15 minutes later.

"...And it turns out that I'm actually the oldest thing in this car, and my parents were actually badasses. So in conclusion, the last few days have been very, very eventful." Said Spike as he finished telling about his week.

"So, your actually the son of the first dragon lord Bahamut, an anchor that is preventing the release of a tyrant named Grogar. You and the others, saved a kingdom in a alternate reality. Then you started the molt, where you got eaten by a Roc, then you killed said Roc and ate it. You became the new assistant god of chaos, grew wings, and on top of all of that you have been lying to all of us about most of the stuff that happened to you on Modus. You technically have a massive, and might I say deadly army in the palm of your hand, made a deal with Discord to give up your first kid, stopped Daybreaker and Twilight from going on a rampage. Got revenge on your old bully, Garble, and your planning on punishing Blue if he insults anyone. And to top it all off, you some how made an agreement with your other personality. And you did all of this in a matter of days?" Asked Cadence, making sure she got all the major plot points of the story.

Spike nodded. "So, on a scale from 0 to 10, how believable does that all sound?" asked Spike joking.

"Coming from anyone else, it would be the ramblings of a mad man, but ever since you got back, normal has been thrown out the window." Said Cadence.

Spike chuckled. Spike looked out the window, and saw the top of the palace. "So how likely is it that I'm going to die?"

"Honestly, all of the guards have been notified of potential mobs, they are going to guard you and you alone for as long as the hype last. But they can do nothing if the ponies decided to storm you. So you got a 50% chance of saying hi to your parents today." Said Shining Armor.

Spike sighed. "Fine, I've dealt with worse odds. But if I do croak, I want to be buried surrounded by a massive pile of gems and all of my worldly possessions. Actually, you know what, its all in my will." shrugged Spike.

Celestia looked at him a little shocked. "You have a will?"

Spike nodded. "Technically I have three. One I wrote myself before I got to Mudos, one for when I was in Mudos not sure if I was going to get home, and as of Tuesday night, I got Discord to make another one for me, turns out he's a attorney." Said Spike.

"Just another perk you get to have when your immortal, law school was a breeze." Said a disembodied voice.

Spike smiled. "So you did make it, I was wondering when you were going to pop up." Said Spike, as Discord slowly assembled from all the dust in the train.

"And miss the big day? Spike, you wound me." Said Discord with fake hurt in his voice. "I even got the commemorative Spike the brave and Glorious souvenir cup." Said Discord showing a large cup with a model of Spikes head used as the lid and his tallest spine holding the straw.

"Hey, where did you get that, their not supposed to be available until tomorrow." Yelled Shining.

Everyone looked at the stallion, who shrugged. "What, you think financing a whole empire is simple, spoiler, its not. So we make as much as we can when we have events."

"Fair enough." Said Spike, he then looked at the empire and decided to cover his ears again, as the train started to slowdown, incapacitating everyone on board.

Once the train was stopped. Spike got to his bag and pulled out his new helmet, placing it on his head. He walked out of the train and was immediately surrounded by a platoon of guards. One of the guards spoke. "We know who you are. Don't say a word, and keep your head down, if you don't, there will be a mob." Said the guard. Spike nodded. "Move out!" Ordered the guard. The platoon and dragon quickly made their way to the palace.

Twilight was watching the events unfold before her. She looked a little worried. She looked at her brother. "Shining be honest with me, is Spike in real danger?" Asked Twilight only letting out a little of her true feelings.

Shining slowly nodded. "He is. Everyone thought he was dead Twi, there was a three week mourning period for everyone in the empire. Once they see he's alive, what do you think will happen?" Asked Shining Armor, just as worried for his little brother.

Twilight nodded as she watched the platoon of soldiers move Spike to the Palace. She then smiled. " Then we better be there with him. We're family and no two bit mob is going to lay a single finger on our brother." Said Twilight confidently as she used her magic to teleport all 17 of the remaining trains occupants directly to the palace.

All of the crystal ponies who were watching the odd display shrugged it off as just a very special guest, decided to visit for the fair.

Once Spike made it to the palace. He was escorted to the main balcony, where he would reveal himself to the world. But he was stopped in his tracks, when he spotted two familiar ponies walking towards him. But they didn't recognize him. Spike decided to interact with them, in hope of set his mind at ease. "Um, excuse me." Said Spike.

The two ponies looked at the dragon. They were a little shocked, but quickly let it slide. "Sorry, what can we do for you?" Asked the orange unicorn stallion with white fur limbs, raggedy dark orange mane and goatee, wearing a cape.

"I was wondering, are you Sunburst the crystaller?" Asked Spike. He then looked to the blue fur unicorn mare, with a white and pale blue mane, wearing both a cape and wizard hat. "And aren't you The Great and Powerful Trixie?"

"So, you have heard of me." Said Trixie in her usual smug tone.

Spike nodded. "You turned me into a ball after you went crazy from using the Alicorn amulet. I also know that your both good friends with Starlight Glimmer." Said Spike smiling.

Trixie was in thought as she tried to remember what she did in the past, but she came up with nothing. "Trixie is sorry, but she does not fully remember what she did when under the influence of that amulet. Might she have your name?" Asked Trixie.

Spike shook his head as he chuckled. "Nope, no offense to either of you, I just find it funny to watch ponies try to figure it out. So here's your next hint. Sunburst, I saw Princess Flurry Heart shatter the Crystal Heart, right after she was born." Said Spike.

Sunburst thought for a moment and then everything clicked into place. his jaw dropped. "Your..."

Spike nodded. "But lets see how long it takes her to figure it out." Said Spike as he pointed to Trixie.

Five minutes later. Trixie shrugged. "No clue, next hint please."

Spike facepalmed. "I was there when Twilight stopped the Ursa. I helped Starlight and Sunburst get reconnected. There's literally like two statues of me around the empire. Any of this ringing a bell?"

Trixie shrugged. "I didn't stick around for that, I usually tune others out until my name is mentioned, and I'm not into modern art."

Both Spike and Sunburst facepalmed at the mare. "I give up." Said Spike. "Discord, do the thing."

Suddenly a flashing purple and green neon sign with a giant red arrow pointing at the dragon appeared. One by one the words 'This is Spike, you idiot.' flashed to life. Trixie 'ohed' in realization. Then she shrugged and cocked her head in confusion. "Wait ,I thought you were dead."

Again both Spike and Sunburst facepalmed at the mares idiocy. "Really, no 'Oh My God your alive', or no 'The Prince has returned', or I don't know the fact that last time, I was shorter then you and now I'm at least a head taller and have wings?" Said Spike waving around his arms.

Trixie shrugged. "What do you expect, we were never that close, I mean I'm glad your alive, but I was never one for politics."

Spike sighed and threw up his hands. "I'm done. I might die in a few minutes and I rather not be wasting the last few moments of my 10th chance at life like this." Spike then looked to Sunburst. "If I survive the next hour or so, treat me to a drink and I'll tell you one hell of a story. But until then, either find a safe place to lay low, or get out of the castle." Said Spike.

Sunburst nodded but then looked at Spike. "Wait you can drink now?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, I'm 22 years old." Said Spike as he left the two unicorns, and headed out to the balcony to face his fate.

Spike arrived at the large crystal balcony. He noticed that he was not alone anymore. There were now in total 22 different creatures from 5 different races standing there talking to each other. Spike looked at everyone and smiled. "At least I go out next to family and friends." joked Spike, catching the attention of everyone on the balcony. "So what up every one?" Asked Spike.

Spike was greeted by a few creatures. "Yak glad see purple dragon return." Said Rutherford as he bowed to Spike.

Spike bowed as well. "I too am glad to be able to see you again Prince Rutherford." Said Spike. He smiled at the rather large yak prince who was dressed in his finest clothing, with his horns covered in gold rings. Rutherford then moved over to show a smaller yak girl. Her hair was tied into hoops by a set of pink hair clips, but her horns were still poking out, and she was dressed in a formal light green dress. "And who is this?" Asked Spike.

Rutherford smiled. "This be Yona, my niece, Yaks proud of Yona for being true yak."

"Yona honored to meet Spike." Said Yona bowing to Spike.

Spike bowed. "As am I. Thank you for joining us on this special occasion." Said Spike.

Yona Smiled. "Yona so excited to visit Crystal Empire, this Yona's first time out of Yakyakistan."

Spike smiled. "Well, I hope you have a good time and make lots of friends."

"Yona will." Said Yona nodding.

Thorax and a small light blue changeling with a pink fin and wings, walked over to Spike.

Spike smiled at Thorax. "Good to see you could make it Thorax." Said Spike as he gave Thorax a hug.

When Thorax hugged Spike he gasped and looked behind Spikes back and gasped again. "You have wings?" Asked Thorax.

Spike nodded. "But that's not all, but we can talk later over a drink, Sunburst is buying." Spike then looked at Cadence. "He gets paid for his services right?" Asked Spike.

Cadence nodded, "He does, but we'll cover the bill, go have fun."

"Sweet I'm in." Said Ember

"Me too." Said AJ.

"Bet I can drink you under the table in ten seconds flat."

"Yak hope pony bar have yak drink, pony stuff to weak."

"Aw what the hell, I'm not planning on flying tonight." Shrugged Garble.

"I could go for a drink, I have the good stuff at my house." Said Discord.

Shining looked at his wife with big pleading eyes. "Can I go?"

Cadence nodded. "But I want you home before 12."

Shining smiled. "I'm in."

Then Prince Blueblood sighed. "If I must join these 'creatures' as a representative of the true royal family of Equestria, just to make a sign of good faith and to show them pony superiority, I guess I must go."

Everyone looked at the pompous white unicorn. A dark and chilling presence was felt across the balcony. Everyone who knows about Mal just facepalmed at Blueblood. But those who don't know about Mal, were scared and started to back up, Blueblood included. "Well, well, well, long time no see cousin." Said Mal as he walked towards Blueblood. "Not only did you just insult me, Ember, Thorax, Discord, and Rutherford by openly called us inferior, you just insulted Cadence, Twilight, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart by insinuating that they are not part of the royal family. But you almost causing an international incident, which could of resulted in a war as well, that's just low. So you have two options, and only two: You say your sorry to everyone here, then shut up for the rest of the fair, or and I would love it if you chose this option, I let you go..."

"I choose that option." Said Blueblood scared to the bone.

Mal Smiled. "I'm glad, but you should of waited for me to finish, I was going to say, I let you go and give you a ten second head start before I set my family on you." Said Mal just waiting for the punch line.

Blueblood laughed at the threat as he pointed to everyone. "And what do you expect them to do to me, I am the bridge between the nobles and the princesses." Said Blueblood.

Mal laughed harder and the punch line was almost ready. "And you are nothing but, a experiment that wormed its way into the heart of Celestia. You are no prince and you will never be, you worthless lizard." Ranted Blueblood.

Everyone was giving him glares a pure hatred and death.

"THATS IT! WE'RE MOVING OUT LADS!" Yelled a high pitched voice.

Everyone looked around to find the source of the voice, but they didn't see anything. Suddenly Mal started to laugh again. he looked at Celestia. "Mother can I show him the errors of his ways?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes you may, but don't kill him, he's still family."

"I can live with that." Shrugged Mal. He pulled out all eight tubes from his crossbow mounting and pressed the release button. Mal smirked as he watched the once smug Blueblood stand there helplessly. The whole of the balcony became packed with all of Spikes ammo. All of the heads took their spots on Spikes body. Mal smirked. "Everyone, Operation Blueprick is a go, but no killing him." Said Mal.

"You heard the Commander, show Blueprick why he shouldn't mess with our dragon." Said Alvin as he changed his form. All the ammo nodded as they changed as well, all while glaring daggers at the now whimpering unicorn. All the creatures that didn't know about the ammo, dropped their jaws when they saw all of them, as Thorax, Rutherford, Cadence, Shining, and Flurry Heart just started to gasp like fish at the sight.

"What are those?" Asked Thorax.

Mal looked at the changeling king and smirked. "This my friend is 'the family'. Spike will explain everything at the bar so hold all comments, questions and concerns till then."

"Auntie, stop this beast right now." Ordered Blueblood, who has had enough of this craziness.

Celestia just giggled. "Why? Blue, all I see is a simple family argument. I'm sure you two can talk it out yourselves." Said Celestia as she and everyone else just turned around.

Mal chuckled. "10...9...8...." Counted Mal.

Blueblood stomped his hoof on the ground. "I order you as the prince of Equestira, and as your superior, to stop this farce right now." ordered Blueblood.

"7...6....5....4....3" Continued Mal.

"Your only proving me right, all dragons are brutes-That's where your wrong Blue, look around you, notice those dragons having a friendly conversation with Celestia and the other ponies. Your in the wrong here, and should of started running by now." Said Mal.

Blueblood got the point and scrambled for a few moments, but he was able to ran as his legs could go, all while screaming like a little girl.

Mal laughed. "Operation Blueprick is a success, good job everyone." Said Mal.

The balcony was filled with happy cheers. They completed one of their most anticipated missions, flawlessly. All of the non ammo creatures turned around and were confused when they saw all of the ammo still there. Rainbow groaned. "What the hell, I thought they were supposed to chase Blueblood around, why are they still here?"

"Simple my dear prismatic pegasus, no where in my statement did I ever say I was going to hurt Blueblood. Spike on the other hand is in time out, he wanting to rip his spine out. He still has another few minutes." Said Mal as all the ammo returned to their tubes.

"Wait, Spike wanted to rip Bluebloods spine out, but isn't that your thing and all?" Asked Starlight.

Mal nodded. "Normally yes, but even I don't insult friends and family so blatantly. As where as I see everyone here as my treasures that I need to protect. Spike see's you all as his family." Mal then looked at Garble and the little orange dragoness with the magenta fin behind him. "Garble, is that the Smolder, Ember mentioned a few days ago?"

Garble nodded slowly. "She is."

"And what would you do to anyone if they tried to hurt her, physically or emotionally?"

"I would rip off their limbs and shove them down their throat." Said Garble without a moments hesitation.

"My point exactly." Said Mal. "Uh oh, Spikes coming back, make sure he doesn't go on a rampage." Chuckled Mal. "Good luck." The area went back to normal as Spike returned.

"Where is he, I need a new rug for my room." Said Spike in a calm but eerie tone as he cracked his knuckles.

Everyone looked at the evil side of Spike, that he was showing. For the first time in forever, they actually felt bad for the would be prince. "Spike, Blueblood has learned his lesson, so calm down and lets forget about him." said Cadence.

Spike huffed but nodded. "Fine, but I still want to burn his wardrobe with Mal. To really get my point across." Said Spike as he started to calm down.

"Better yet, lets donate it all to the ponies around the empire and watch his reaction of letting 'commoners' wear his high fashion." Suggested Cadence.

Spike grinned at the plan. "That will work, its more humiliating that way, but he could always just buy more clothes, so to make it funnier, lets make him wear rags while he watches, or maybe ban him from his favorite clothing stores, or make him only wear plaid for a year?"

"Ew, I like this side of Spike, fun and mischievous, but not all murdery." Said Cadence. "Lets go with all of the above."

"And that is why your the best cousin ever." Said Spike as he hugged Cadence. Spike then turned to see everyone staring at the two. "Um...lets pretend the last five or so minutes never happened, ok?"

Everyone nodded. Spike smiled. "Cool, and like Mal said. I'll explain everything to everyone tonight at the bar, so back to introductions." Said Spike as he returned to meeting the small changeling next to Thorax. "I'm sorry you had to see that, normally I have better control, and who might you be?"

"I....I'm Ocellus." Said The small changeling looking at Spike nervously. "I'm King Thorax's personal student."

Spike smiled at the changling and noticed that she was almost as shy as Fluttershy. Spike nodded. "Well you couldn't have a better teacher. Thorax is a great guy, and I know you will make him proud."

Thorax came up besides Ocellus and smiled at her. "She already has, she's compassionate, smart, and kind. I'm planning on letting her attend the new school." Said Thorax not noticing that behind Spike, Twilight was shaking her head and crossing her arms in a attempt to stop him from talking.

Thorax noticed the alicorns actions but was too late. Spike turned around to see Twilight doing the 'Shut up actions' and looked at her questioningly. "What did he mean by new school?" Asked Spike.

"Well I think you misheard him, what he actually said was letting her attend the new pool." Said Twilight.

Spike facepalmed and looked at the alicorn. "You forget dragons have great hearing. Right now, there's a Flugelhorn stand about 7 blocks away with a colt trying to play, he's actually pretty good, but I know that he said 'New School' so I want the honest truth."

Twilight sighed. "I was planning on starting a friendship school this year in honor of you. 'The Spike Solaris School of Friendship.' Where no matter what you are you can learn about friendship." She then glared at Thorax. "I was going to surprise you with the news after we got back, by showing you the location of the school, but thanks to Thorax, that's out the window."

Thorax chuckled and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry."

"It's fine, I just wanted to surprise him is all." She turned her attention to Spike. "So what do you think?"

Spike smiled. "I think it is a wonderful idea, and I'm honored you would name it after me."

"Well duh, who else could it be? You were my first friend, you became friends with both dragons and changelings and your friends with all the teachers."

"Wait, teachers?"

"Hi." said all the girls

"Oh, that actually makes a lot of sense, but who else is going to be attending?"

"Well, aside from Ocellus is she agrees to, of course. Yona, a griffin named Gallus, a pony named Sand Bar, and the dragoness standing by Garble, Smolder. Among other ponies who have already started sending in applications."

"Wow, you actually have this all planed out. I'm impressed that you haven't gone crazy yet." Joked Spike.

"Shut up, I am a mare of many talents." Said Twilight.

Spike laughed. "That you are, that you are." Said Spike as he hugged Twilight.

Cadence cleared her throat and announced that it was almost time for the announcement. "All right, we are about to start, everyone get to your places." Said Cadence.

Everyone nodded as they all took their spots at the edge of the balcony, but Spike was pulled back by Cadence when he tried to take a spot. "Except for you Spike, you will be the last to approach as we announce the arrival of the guest of honor. Then you will take off your helmet, show your face, and pray to Celestia that we aren't mobbed."

Spike nodded as all five Princesses approached the front of the balcony. With Cadence in the middle, Celestia and Shining who was holding Flurry heart on her left and Luna and Twilight on her right. "Attention." Yelled Cadence in the royal Canterlot voice. The load voice caught the attention of all the creatures who were enjoying the fair. "Ponies, Yaks, Changelings and Dragons. Today is the day all creatures come together in a sign of love and friendship. On this day, nearly 4 years ago, this land was only filled with sadness and despair, then came the hero of the empire, Spike Solaris, along with the aid of the Elements of Harmony. With their help we were able to free ourselves from the iron grip of Sombra." Said Cadence.

"Today we celebrate the unity of your ancestors who persevered and thrived in this hostile environment." Said Luna.

"Today we honor the continuation and creation of Friendships." Said Twilight.

"We honor all those who are no longer with us." Said Celestia.

"And strengthen all the bonds that we hold dear." Finished Shining in place of Flurry.

"Today, we are joined by Prince Rutherford of the Yaks, and his niece, Yona." Said Cadence as both Yaks walked to the edge of the balcony. "Dragon Lord Ember, her advisor Garble, and his sister Smolder, among other dragons who are in the crowd enjoying the fair." Ember, Garble, and smolder walked to the edge and gave a quick roar, which was followed by a few scattered roars from the crowd. "King Thorax of the Changelings, and his student Ocellus." Thorax and Ocellus walked to the edge. "The bearers of the Elements of Harmony. The element of Laughter Pinkie Pie. The element of Kindness Fluttershy. The element of Honesty Apple Jack. The element of Generosity Rarity. The element of Loyalty Rainbow Dash, accompanied by their little sisters Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootoloo, as well as the personal student of Princess Twilight. Starlight Glimmer. We also planned for Prince Blueblood to attend but he is currently unable to make an appearance." This was met by loud cheering. Everyone started to giggle. "But in his place, we have the god of chaos, Discord." who actually didn't do anything weird, logic defying, or obnoxious. "Here we stand together as friends and family. All of us may of met at different times or under strange circumstances but all of our connections were made possible by a certain dragon. Spike Solaris, Prince of Equestria, who disappeared 2 years ago. The day he was lost to us was the saddest day any of us had seen, and we soon lost hope of his return. for that reason, in his honor we had memorialized his life in the Spike museum and his memorial, along side the two statues in his image. I know you all are wondering why both the museum and memorial are closed. To be honest, that was a lie, 'the renovations' are not real, the real reason for the closure is so we can change them, for our most honored guest." Said Cadence as she nodded to Spike.

Spike walked to the edge and using his own Canterlot voice addressed the crowd, all of whom were getting angry as to why this guest would have the sway to close the memorial and museum of their hero. "Everycreature!" Started Spike. "I am sorry for the lies and secrets that your ruler had to make. But I asked her to, not out of spite, but just as a simple promise. In a moment I will share my identity to you all. But first let me tell you a story. I was jerked away from my home, trained for years under a harsh but kind master who trained me how to survive in his world. I traveled across a unknown land in search of a way home. There I went through many hardships, I have been injured countless times, I have been shot, bitten, kidnapped, held hostage, drowned, and I have died around 9 times in total, but here I stand before you all once again. I may look different from what I once was, plus the wings are a new addition from just this week." Laughed Spike. "But I have only been back for 6 days so far, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. Just standing here again brings back so many memories of that day 4 years ago. But with out any further delays, I think its time to take my rightful place in this world, I hope to make up for missing 2 years of being with my friends and family." Said Spike as he reached for his helmet, all of the rulers bowed to Spike in respect. "It's an honor to returned after 10 years to such a warm reception. But the truth is, Spike Solaris is alive." Said Spike as he revealed his face to the masses.

The sound of thousands of jaws dropping could be heard.

Celestia then stood up and walked over to Spike. She gave him a hug. She then turned to address the crowd. "I am proud and honored to announce the return of the lost prince, Spike Solaris."

The crowd was filled with cheers, roars, and cries of happiness, as a chant started. 'Long live the prince, long live the prince, long live the prince.'

Spike smiled. "Please stop for a moment!" Said Spike holding out his hands. The cheering stopped, everyone was waiting to hear what Spike wanted to say. "As your prince, I promise to protect all creatures no matter what they are, and let it be known that anyone who dare's to threaten my kingdom, and it's allies, will know the full wrath of my fury." Said Spike.

The cheering erupted again at Spikes declaration. Spike smiled even wider. "One last thing." Yelled Spike. The crowd fell silent once again. Spike smirked. "And as my first order as prince, I order all in attendance to have fun, today is a fair is it not, and your all just standing there." Said Spike as he watched the crowed slowly disperse and return to the fair. Spike turned to look at every one behind him. He smiled as he wiped his brow in exhaustion. "For the record, if I die and come back, someone else is in charge of giving my return speech, that was the most stressful thing I ever did." Said Spike exhausted, but still smiling.

Everyone laughed at the pile of scales about to collapse to the ground. "Well then, I guess you aren't interested in checking out all of the food stalls then?" Asked Twilight. She was smirking at the fact, the moment the word food was mentioned he seemed to have the same level of energy as Pinkie.

"Well, if your offering, who am I to deny the hospitality." Said Spike. He then looked at all the creatures on the balcony. "Who's up for some food?"

Everyone shrugged or nodded showing that they could go for some food. Spike smiled. "I'll take all the non flyers with me." Said Spike as he used his arms to grab Rarity, and Applejack. Spike looked at Yona and smiled. "Want to see what its like to fly on a dragon?"

Yona gasped and nodded excitedly. Spike smiled and lowered his back to allow for the Yak to climb on. "Yona ready, Yona be best at flying with dragon."

Spike nodded as he used his tail and wrapped it around Rutherford as he lifted the Yak like it was nothing. This earned a yelp from him. Spike chuckled as he looked at the yak. He was about to take off. But he was stopped when he felt a tapping on his side. Spike turned his head and saw the CMC standing there, looking at him with puppy dog eyes. "Spike... Can we get on as well?" asked all three at once.

Spike sighed but nodded. "Just be careful of the spines on my tail."

All three cheered. "Yes, Cutie Mark Crusaders Dragon Riders!" as they high fived and climbed on to Spike.

Spike smiled as he looked at everyone but then he noticed that Pinkie was already gone. "Um...where's Pinkie?"

Twilight pointed down. "She is already down stairs."

Spike shrugged. "Cool." Spike then looked at his passengers and smiled. "Welcome to the first passenger flight of Spike Air, we are happy to announce only one crash on record, weather conditions are perfect today, the sun is bright, and no clouds in sight. Todays flight will not be long but it will be very fun. Please keep all arms, legs, heads, tails, and other appendages inside the aircraft to ensure our safety, and thank you for choosing Spike Air." Said Spike.

"Wait, we had a choice?" Asked Rarity, who would of been able to teleport to the ground.

Spike looked down at the unicorn and shook his head. "Not really, just always wanted to say that." Said Spike as he unfurled his wings. He started to flap them, and soon Spike as flying in the sky, carrying a group of cheering ponies and yaks, while one of them was screaming her head off.

Spike decided to make the most of this flight, instead of flying straight down to the ground, Spike instead used his wings and flew to the top of the palace. There he circled it for a moment and then started to spiral down the outside of the structure. All while the sounds of cheering was blasting back to Spike.

Spike soon arrived to the ground. One by one he let his passengers disembark. "Thank you for choosing Spike Air, I know there are a lot of other methods of flying, and I'm happy you choose me." Said Spike.

Once Spike was passenger free he smiled for a moment as his stomach rumbled. The sound was so loud that it caught the attention of a few passing crystal ponies. They all started to mob the dragon, asking for autographs, giving praise, hell one even tried to steal a scale for his Spike shrine. Spikes stomach growled again and the mob gasped and dispersed only to return with all manner of food stuffs, there was crystal corn on the cob, heart shaped crystal fruit, frozen north ice cream, crystal wheat bread, and even just a large plate of crystals. Spike thought for a moment but decided against just taking the hand out. "Thank you everyone, but I'm not going to be like Blueblood, I appreciate the free food, I really do, but all the same, I would like to actually walk to a stand, pay for some food, and enjoy it." Said Spike. He saw the saddened look on the ponies faces, then he smiled. "But, who am I to tell you all, that you couldn't just offer the food up to our visiting royal dignitaries. All of whom, must be starving, especially after having to travel such a long distance to join the celebration." Said Spike.

All the crystal ponies nodded and started to offer the food to everyone else. Spike just laughed as he watched all the ponies trying to push the food onto everyone else. But Spike was still hungry, so he snuck away from the others and made his way to a small food stall that was being run by a yellow crystal mare with her mane done up in a bun. Spike smiled as he approached. "Hello." Greeted Spike.

The out of nowhere greeting scared the mare for a moment, but when she looked back, she smiled at Spike. "Oh, hello what can I get for you?" Asked the mare.

Spike smiled as he thought about what he wanted. "How about a slice of crystal berry pie?"

The mare nodded and pulled a piece of the pie from under the counter. "Here you go sir, that will be 2 bits." Said the mare smiling.

Spike started to laugh, his laughter grew louder and louder, but then it stopped abruptly. Spike looked at the confused mare. "Is there something wrong?" Asked the mare.

Spike nodded. "Yes there is." Said Spike as he pulled the mare out of her booth and threw her to the ground. Everyone watching gasped in horror at Spike hurting somepony. Spike took a step closer. "Your cover is blown by the way."

"I don't know what you mean." Said the mare scared.

Cadence saw the commotion and became worried as she started to run to Spike, followed by all the others.

"Also drop the act. I noticed that something was wrong the moment I greeted you. Instead of gasping at the sight of me, the normal reaction for a crystal pony who sees me, all you did was say 'hello and what can I get for you'."

"And what's wrong with that?"

"Not five minutes ago did I announced my return, do you know how much money a crystal pony would spend to just talk to me for a moment?" Asked Spike.

The mare shook her head. "Cadence told me it was 4783 bits just to spend 10 minutes with me, and do you know how much restraunts bid for me to just eat there once?"

Again the mare shook her head.

"the last winner got me for 10458 bits. Of course I ate there because they asked me to. But when I insisted I pay for the meal, I had to tackle the waiter just to see the check and it was only 8 bits in total, and you just casually asked for 2 bits, from the dragon who saved this empire twice, that was your second mistake."

The mare was starting to sweat, Spike took another step towards her. "So here's the deal, you could either drop the act and be taken in for questioning, or and I really hope you don't choice this option, you could try to attack me, triggering a hostile attack on this kingdom, and getting to be the first one who dies, what's your choice?" asked Spike.

The mare then started to hiss at Spike as her body was engulfed in green fire, her fur was replaced with black chitin and her eyes changed to all blue. "How dear you intervene with the queens plans." Said the old changeling.

Spike sighed and took a shot in the dark. "Let me guess, Chrysalis is planning on taking control of the empire by feeding on all the love that the crystal heart stores, which can only be channeled by Flurry Heart... One second." Said Spike as he readied his crossbow and equipped Char. He then shot her at a crystal pony that was near Shining and Flurry, the only one who was completely ignoring the confrontation that stopped the fair. Char then tied the pony up as it changed back into a changeling as it fell unconscious. Spike returned his attention to the first changeling. "Sorry about that, over protective uncle. As I was saying, you plan on kidnapping Flurry Heart and making her channel all the love that the empire has into Chrysalis, so she could grow in power and take over Equestria. Am I right, oh please tell me I'm right." Said Spike as he equipped Queen and aimed her at the changelings head.

The changeling was stunned seeing as the whole plan was deduced so quickly. It attacked Spike hoping to get rid of the obstacle, it tried to bite him and drain him of his love. But it broke all of its fangs when it tried to bite Spikes scales. The changeling was on the floor grabbing at its mouth in pain. Spike laughed at the changeling. "Sorry should of mentioned the fact that almost noting can puncture my scales."

The changeling used its magic to shoot Spike. He was about to defend from the attack, but instead of blasting Spike the changeling shot up a flare. "Well, shit." Said Spike as he watched hundreds of changelings dropped their disguises and revealed themselves. They all flew away to regroup with the main force. Spike then looked at the changeling still in front of him who was just smirking.

"It's all over now, the queen is coming and its only a matter of time till- Not going to happen." Said Spike as he shot the drone in the head with Queen, killing the drone.

Spike was calm. He looked at his friends and family, as he started to give orders. "Mom, your the highest ranking pony here, take Flurry and start gathering all the civilians, tell them to head to the palace. Luna, Cadence, and Shining are on shield spells, make sure the palace is safe. Rutherford, Yona, Ocellus, Smolder, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle are to go to the palace and stay there. Rutherford, make Yak's proud to be yak's by protecting your allies. Thorax your in charge of spotting any changeling who thinks they can pass off as a normal pony and sneak in. Twi, you, the girls, Ember, and Garble are going to stay out side of the shield and protect everyone."

"Not going to happen." Said Rainbow Dash. "I want to be on the front lines."

"I'm with her, why am I sent to defend when I can help?" asked Ember.

"Because, Chrysalis has pissed us off." Said Spike and Mal at the same time. Their scales changed colors to be all gold, shocking everyone. "Trying to take Flurry, tryin to hurt my subjects, trying to take over my home." Said Spike as he unfurled his wings and in one mighty flap, he was sent into the sky. "SHE WILL PAY!" Yelled Spike.

Everyone looked at the fast, golden dragon, flying off. Then they looked at Celestia, wanting to know what to do. "Um... don't just look at me, you heard him, everyone get to the palace." Said Celestia as she took Flurry heart from Shining and teleported everyone back to the palace.

As instructed. Luna, Cadence, and Shining immediately put up three layers of shields around the whole palace. Celestia was using her royal voice to order all creatures to head to the palace. Thorax was making sure all the creatures were really them, and those who weren't, were thrown to Twilight, the girls, Ember, or Garble.

Spike was waiting until all of the streets were clear. He knew full well that this was going to be a war zone. Spike sighed and yelled at his crossbow. "Its go time!"

"Yes sir!" Yelled Alvin from his tube.

Spike started to hear buzzing from the west, he pulled out his binoculars. When he looked to the west, for the first time he actually was worried. In front of him was Chrysalis and behind her was a massive army of drones. "Well, fuck." Said Spike, as he hovered in the sky, waiting for Chrysalis's arrival.

He didn't have to wait long. "Greetings, I am Queen Chrysalis of the Changeling Hive, your new master. Might I ask the name of the pest in front of me?"

Spike laughed. "God not even Queen Chrysalis can recognize me, that's just sad." Said Spike, he looked at Chrysalis. "Here's a hint, I was at your wedding, hell I was part of that wedding, I helped Thorax become king..."

"That grub is not King!" yelled Chrysalis in anger.

"Hey, its rude to interrupt." Said Spike

Chrysalis snarled in anger. "Enough of these games, drones, kill him." ordered Chrysalis.

Spike sighed. "Well your no fun." Said Spike. He used his fire which was being enhanced by Mal, who enlarged his flame glandes, and eradicate most of the drones. Chrysalis was shocked at the power of the dragon. "Well, let me tell you who I am then. I am the son of Tiamat, and the first dragon lord Bahamut, adopted son of the embodiment of the sun, Princess Celestia, nephew to her sister. Luna, cousin to the princess of love, brother to the princess of magic, friend to both dragons and true changelings, and right now, I'm the very pissed off long lost prince of Equestria, Spike Solaris. but I'm still a nice dragon, so I'm going to give you an out, you can turn around with what's left of your army and we can try to find a peaceful compromise, or we fight until only one of us can still stand. And to make sure you know what your getting into." Said Spike as he closed his wings and stared to fall to the ground, picking up speed as he fell. Once he was near the ground, Spike did a 'superhero landing' and the shock wave was so powerful that it made the whole empire shake.

Once the shaking stopped, Spike returned to the sky and waited for Chrysalis's reaction. "Also, I promise not to kill you." Said Spike.

Chrysalis laughed at the display. "Is that the best you can do?"

Spike smirked. "No!" Said Spike as he rushed Chrysalis and tackled her, sending the two to the ground, causing a massive crater to form. Spike started to punch Chrysalis's face in hope to end the fight quickly, but he was kicked off of her and sent flying out of the crater, and through a few homes.

Chrysalis looked at her still remaining changelings and yelled. "I want that dragons head, kill him."

The drones nodded and started to fly towards the dragon.

Spike groaned. "Mal, did you get the number of that train that just hit us?"

"No you idiot, now get back in the fight."

Spike shook his head to refocus and nodded. Spike was about to speed back to Chrysalis, but he was stopped when the remaining drones surrounded him. Spike sighed as he looked at the group of changelings approaching him. This was not the first time he was completely surrounded. Spike pulled out the Fuzzle tube and equipped the Zappflys, and the Stunkz. Spike smirked as he released all of his Fuzzles, who in turn also surrounded Spike in a protective line. All the drones took a step back in hesitation, not knowing what Fuzzles are. Fang hopped to Spike and gave him a nuzzle. "Hey Fang." Said Spike as he pointed to a random changeling. "See that creature over there?"

Fang turned and noticed that Spike was surrounded by a lot of them. He nodded. "Good, were doing the Block, Belch, Bang." Said Spike. He placed Fang on the ground, and watched as Fang and the other Fuzzles hopped towards the changelings. they acted all harmless. Spike looked at Belch and Sparks. "We got ourselves a triple B, you know what to do." Said Spike.

The changelings looked at the Fuzzles in confusion. A dumb drone decided to get closer thinking that they were harmless, the poor bastard didn't even make it a step before he was attacked by two fuzzles and killed. This triggered a chain reaction as all the fuzzles started to attack the first group of changelings. Spike meanwhile was shooting a large number of Stunkz into the crowd of changelings. Once all the Stunkzs were out, they filled the area with their gas, and retreated back past the small wall of dead changeling bodies and Fuzzle line. They took cover for the last part of the play.

Spike smiled as he pointed his crossbow into the air and launched Sparks. Spike then dropped to the ground and waited for the- *BANG* was what happened when Sparks ignited the massive cloud of highly flammable gas. The heat of the explosion was so powerful that all of the changelings were instantly cremated.

Chrysalis arrived soon after to see if her drones had gotten their job done. When she saw only Spike and his ammo standing there, she became furious. "HOW DARE YOU STAND BETWEEN ME AND MY GOALS!" Yelled Chrysalis as she charged at Spike. Catching him off guard, sending him through another set of building, and the rubble knocked his crossbow off of its mounting. Spike landed in front of the buildings, now with a new doorway through all the walls, on the ground.

Spike coughed up some blood. "Yep, at least one of my ribs are broken." Said Spike as he fought through the pain and stood up. But that didn't last long as he was tackled by Chrysalis and pinned to the ground.

"THIS ENDS NOW!" Yelled Chrysalis as she charged her horn. She aimed it at Spike. But before she fired, Spike used his tail and tossed Chrysalis off of him, sending her through a store.

Spike coughed up more blood, as he got up from the ground again. "Yep definitely broken." Said Spike as he stumbled to where Chrysalis landed. The only problem was, she wasn't there. Spike turned around and was instantly shot by a magical blast right in the leg, sending him to the ground again.

Chrysalis laughed in triumph. "You only delayed the inevitable." Said Chrysalis, as she got closer to Spike.

"Hey would you hear out a dying dragons last request?" Said Spike as he coughed up more blood.

Chrysalis thought for a moment.' He's defeated, and he is unable to move, might as well, it's not like I was actually going to honor it.' "Fine. Lets hear it."

"Look behind you." Smiled Spike.

Chrysalis laughed at the silly request. "And why would I do that?"

Spike smirked. "You should at least know who knocked you out. Bitch."

Chrysalis laughed again. "Your delirious from all the blood loss." Said Chrysalis as she charged her horn to strike the final blow to Spike. "Let me end this little..." Was all she said, before she was hit in the back of the head by Wallop, making her launch her final attack into the sky.

Spike groaned as he tried to get to his feet, but collapsed the moment he took a step. "Well shit, I can't move." Said Spike.

"Statement of the year, we have about 20 seconds till we lose consciousness, what do we do about her?" asked Mal.

Spike looked at Wallop, who was worried about Spike. "Wallop I need you to get back to the bow, pop open the Bolamite tube, and get them back here to tie Chrysalis up. Once that's done, get to the palace and get Celestia." Said Spike as he passed out and his scales turned back to normal.

Wallop nodded. He flew as fast as he could back to the crossbow and as instructed, he opened the Bolamite tube, releasing all the Bolamites. He informed them all of what has happened, and he led them back to Spike. But Chrysalis was gone. Worried, Wallop decided to send out the Bolamites to search for Celestia, not wanting to take the chance of the enemy trying to kill Spike now that he's knocked out.

Spike was in a place of all white, a place that was familiar to him. Spike facepalmed. "Well fuck my life, I'm dead aren't I?" Said Spike.

"Yep, seems like it." Said a voice from behind Spike.

Spike Smiled at hearing the voice and turned around. In front of Spike was a massive green and purple dragon, next to the dragon was a smaller black dragoness with five different colored horns, one was black as her scales, one was blue, another was red, next was green, and last was white. "Good to see you son." Said Bahamut.

Tiamat sighed, as she rubbed her eyes in annoyance. "What happened this time?"

"Chrysalis attacked the crystal empire, we fought, I lost a lot of blood from my broken ribs and a broken leg."

"Awe, that sounds like the night me and your father-NOPE!" Said Tiamat but before she could finish Spike stopped her.

"Please for all that is holy, never ever mention what you did that resulted in me, ever!" Said Spike.

This made both Bahamut and Tiamat laugh. "Fine, but I was going to say, the first night we became mates. you were had when me and Bahamut were..." continued Tiamat, as Spike covered his ears in an attempt to not listen.

"Send me back, send me back, send me back. "Said Spike as he pounded his head on the non existent floor.

"...And that's when I knew your egg was alive." concluded Tiamat, but when she looked at her son repeatedly headbutting the after life she started to laugh. "Oh sweetie it wasn't that bad of a story." She looked at her mate. "Was it?" asked Tiamat.

Bahamut shrugged. "I wasn't listening, I was watching Spike the whole time."

"Seriously, between the two of you." Said Tiamat shaking her head. When she stopped looking so disappointed in her mate and son, she noticed that Spike had stopped headbutting the floor. It was time for the awkward part of the conversation. "So, Dragon Lord Ember told you about your origins?"

Spike nodded. "Why didn't you guys tell me before, your my parents."

"We wanted to, but the first time we saw you, we wanted to get to know you, hear about what you were doing, and just spend time with the son we never got to meet." Said Bahamut.

"Yes, these moments we get to see you Spike, are wonderful, and through them we are able to see what has happened to our little Garyx."

"Garyx?"

"Yes, Garyx was the name we wanted to give you when you hatched, no offense to Twilight, but Spike is the name of a dog, not a dragon."

"Hey, its not my fault that dragons didn't want to stay allies over the millennium, if they did, I'm pretty sure that he would not be called Spike." Said a tall white alicorn with a red mane.

Everyone looked at the alicorn. Then Bahamut sighed. "I get it, don't let a boulder brain take control after you, but how was I supposes to know, this was where they were going to end up?"

"I don't know, maybe ask Fate. She doesn't have problem telling us the future, now that we cant influence it." The alicorn turned her head and looked at Spike who was confused to as who this was. She then sqweed and ran up to Spike. "SO YOUR SPIKE!?" Said the Alicorn as she kissed Spikes face.

Spike looked at his parents and looked scared. "Mom, dad, help, stranger danger." Yelled Spike, but all they did was laugh.

The alicorn stopped kissing Spikes face and looked saddened. "Hey I'm not a stranger, I'm your godmother and your grandma."

Spike gasped. "Your Lilith?"

She nodded. Spike sighed and looked at Lilith. "Ok, I'm sorry for the stranger comment, but knowing your name before jumping into doting grandma mode is important."

Lilith nodded. "Sorry, but yes I am Lilith, mother of Celestia and Luna, and your grandma."

Spike smiled. "See, now I know who you are, and its not strange for me to do this." Said Spike as he pulled Lilith into a hug. "Hi grandma."

Lilith laughed at Spike. "You remind me so much of Tia when she was young."

"Thanks." Said Spike, he then looked at his father. "So dad what was with the whole gold scale thing?"

"Aw, I was wondering when you were going to unlock your Valiant Mode."

"Valiant Mode?"

"Yes, a mode that is only available to dragons who have merged personalities. But since you and Mal still worked together to protect your family, you two activated the mode."

"Oh, cool." Said Spike.

Bahamut sputtered for a moment. "Wait that's all I get, no 'what does it do', or 'how long does it last', no nothing?"

"Nope, if you told me it would ruin the surprise."

"Oh, now your like Luna."

Spike started to fade out meaning it was time to head back to the world of the living. "Whelp, looks like its time for me to go. Mom, Dad, as always I love you guys." Said Spike.

"And we're so proud of you. We love you Spike."

Spike then looked at Lilith. "So anything you want to say to mom and Luna?"

Lilith nodded. "Celestia needs to eat less cake, and Luna needs to find a date."

Spike laughed. "I'll tell them, but if I show up in the next few minutes its on you. It was great to finally meet you grandma."

"It was nice to hold my grandchild for the first time as well, take care of yourself, and tell the girls mama is proud of who they are."

"Will do."

"Spike, before you go, I need to tell you something." Said Bahamut.

Spike looked at his father. "The Bloodstone was suppose to be yours, upon my passing. I know you don't want to be Dragon Lord, but if Dragon Lord Ember ever uses it to summon you or give you an order, all you have to do, to stop the itching and glowing is say the phrase. 'As the son of your creator, I deny your call' and it will stop.

Spike nodded. "And there is the required Bloodstone user guide lesson." Said Spike. "I'll try it soon, might freak Ember out though." Spike looked at his everyone. "I got to go. Love you guys." Said Spike as he finished disappearing.

Wallop was still with Spike. Everyone ran up to the dragon with tears in their eyes. "SPIKE!" Cried Celestia. She held her son and shook her head. "No,no no no no no no no, I'm not losing you again." Cried Celesta even harder.

"Then make sure he gets all the Power Pony comics that he missed."

Celestia looked at her son and she cried even more when she saw him giving his goofy grin. "Of course."

Spike smiled. "Sweet. Mom and Dad say hi by the way. Turns out Lilith was going to be my godmother from the start, she also says she's proud of who you and Luna are."

"You saw her?" asked Luna.

Spike nodded but then regretted doing it when he groaned. "Yep, tall alicorn with a red mane, very affectionate, I call her grandma." laughed Spike.

"What else did she tell you?" Asked Celestia.

"For Luna to find a date, and for you to eat less cake."

Both princess sighed "That's her."

Spike then coughed up some blood, scaring everyone. "Well shit, I'm still bleeding, would you mind getting me some where comfy for a while so Mal can keep us alive?"

Celestia nodded. "Of course." Said Celestia as she kissed Spikes forehead. He passed out again with a smile on his face.

Author's Note

One, two part chapter left.