The next morning, Spike woke up, took a shower, and got dressed in his poncho, boots, and hat before he walked down to the kitchen to make Princess Celestia, Twilight, and Starlight some breakfast.

Upon walking into the kitchen, however, Spike was met with the sight of a mountain of food already on the table and his mother making an omelet while Twilight was looking upset while she set the rest of the table with Starlight.

The sound of Spike's stomach growling caught everyone's attention, causing them to turn and see Spike blushing in embarrassment.

"You guys didn't need to do this for me," Spike said.

"We know but we wanted to," Starlight said.

"Fair enough, but why does Twilight look so upset?" Spike asked.

"She tried to cook you breakfast," Starlight responded simply.

"That explains it," Spike said, knowing fully well that Twilight couldn't cook even if she tried.

After the table was ready and all the food was made, the group of four began eating.

As they ate, Princess Celestia asked, "So Spike dear, what do you want to do today?"

"Well since I agreed to go to the crystal empire in a week, I think I'll stay in Ponyville and try to get back in touch with everyone until then," Spike replied before asking, "What about you mom?"

"Oh, I just canceled day court until after the crystal fair is over so I can spend time with you sweetie," Princess Celestia said like it was nothing.

"What?!" the other three exclaimed in shock.

"What?" Princess Celestia asked, "I planned to go anyways so day court was already canceled the three days leading up to the fair so last night I messaged the royal schedule keeper and said that Cadence needed me to help with the preparations since I attended the fair before Sombra took over, but what I really wanted was to try and spend the equivalent of the ten years I couldn't be by your side with you for the next week."

"Ok..." Spike said, unsure how to feel about his mother canceling her work just to spend time with him, "Well, I think the best course of action would be to go see Mayor Mare so that I can get my death rescinded, and, knowing how long that will take, it won't be official for about a week so no one outside of town will find out. After that, I was planning to go out to do some training in the Everfree Forest till nightfall, and I'm planning on staying there for the night too."

"Are you sure you want to stay in the Everfree?" asked Twilight, "It's very dangerous out there and I don't want you to get hurt."

"I'm sure Twi, I spent a large portion of the last ten years of my life sleeping outside surrounded by outlaws and thugs. So to me spending a night in the Everfree Forest is little more than a camping trip, besides if I do get in trouble I could always run to the castle of the two sisters or Zecora's," said Spike with a shrug.

After eating breakfast, the group exited the castle and made their way to the town hall to talk to the mayor, but as they were leaving the castle, Spike decided to also grab his crossbow out of habit.

"Spike, why do you want to carry that with you?" Twilight asked when she saw this.

"It's a force of habit," Spike explained, "Every time I go out, I would always be going out on a hunt or I would be attacked, so I quickly remembered to always carry my crossbow with me whenever I go out."

As they were walking to the town hall, the group was unaware that the rest of the towns ponies looked with utter confusion at the sight of two of the four rulers of Equestria walking with a taller dragon who was wearing a weird outfit that was obscuring his face and the student of the local princess all heading for a town hall.

Slowly, the braver ponies started to follow the group, thinking that the princesses were going to make a royal announcement and that they would hold it at a town hall, so as the group made it to the town hall, almost half of Ponyville was behind them.

As Spike was about to open the door to the town hall, he finally noticed the large crowd that has gathered around him and his family.

Since he didn't want to cause any more confusion, Spike turned towards Princess Celestia and whispered into her ear, "Mom, you and Twi go inside and get the process started, I'm going to head back and try to explain my sudden arrival to the crowd of ponies that's been following us."

Princess Celestia nodded in agreement before he did the same with Twilight, who nodded as well. The two princesses then opened the large wooden double doors and walked into the town hall to talk to the mayor.

Spike then turned to Starlight and whispered, "Starlight, I'm going to address the fact that I'm not dead to the crowd behind us, but I have a bad feeling that I'm going to be bombarded with questions. The second that you see me look overwhelmed, I need you to either get me out of here or get me some breathing room. Can you do that?"

Starlight nodded in agreement, causing Spike to take a deep breath before he turned to address the gathered crowd, wanting to loosen his nerves, Spike decided to remove his hat, displaying his green head fins and purple scales.

As Spike removed his hat, there was a collective gasp from the crowd as the sight of the long thought dead baby dragon had returned and has grown into the larger form that they see in front of them. Then there was silence. The silence was so thick that one could cut it with a dull butter knife.

Deciding to take the chance to resolve the issue Spike, decided to address the crowd.

"Um, hi," was all Spike said before all the ponies in the crowd rushed up the steps of the town hall to tried and talk to Spike.

Seeing the stampede of ponies rushing to Spike, Starlight chooses to throw up a force field to separate her and Spike from the mass of sobbing ponies. As the bubble of magic surrounded them, Spike saw the looks on the ponies faces, all of them had the looking as if they were seeing a dear friend for the first time after being years apart, this brought a smile to his face, knowing that the news of his death had caused a lot of emotional distress to the citizens of Ponyville.

"I missed you all as well, but I can't answer any questions while you all are crowding me, so everyone take a few steps back and I'll answer any questions you all have Deal?" Spike asked.

Everyone in the crowd nodded before they took a few steps back. Spike then looked at Starlight and nodded his head, seeing Starlight dropped the force field so Spike could answer the crowd's questions.

"Ok, let me start with the obvious, yes, I'm not dead, so let's go off from there..." Spike said before he looked to the crowd of ponies who all had their hands up so they could ask a question, "Let's start with Carrot Top."

"Spike, where have you been, and why do you look so different?" Carrot Top asked.

"Well as for where I was, I was transported to a place called Mudos, as for why I look so different, it's because I'm not the same baby dragon who disappeared two years ago," Spike responded, "For me, it was ten years, and in that time I grew up a lot."

"How did you survive alone for ten years?" Cheerilee asked.

Spike saw that this was going to take a while, so he decided to sit on the top step of town hall's stairs and responded, "I spent nearly eight years with a person I consider my master. He trained me to survive in his world, and after he said I was ready, I packed all my stuff and headed out on my own to follow a rumor about someone who could get me home. And on my own, I met a lot of people who supported me and encouraged me to continue so I could get home."

"What is that thing on your arm?" Cloudchaser asked.

"This is my double crossbow, I got it from my master when he was teaching me how to survive," Spike replied.

After a couple of questions, Spike decided it was time to go check on Princess Celestia and Twilight.

"Guys, I'm here to talk to the mayor to have my death rescinded so I need to go, so if any of you guys have any more questions, come by the castle and I'll try to answer them," Spike said to the crowd before he stood up and waved to the crowd before he turned to Starlight and nodded at her.

The duo proceeded to open the wooden doors so they could rejoin the two princesses.

After Spike and Starlight entered the main lobby of the town hall, they started to walk up the stairs towards the mayor's office. After they reached the top of the stairs, they turned to the right and walked down a long hallway and soon reached a large oak door with a picture of a rolled-up scroll tied with a cobalt blue ribbon. Spike then knocked on the door and waited for permission to enter.

After a few moments of waiting, the duo heard someone say from the other side of the door, "Please come in."

Turning the door's knob, Spike opened the door and was met with the sight of Princess Celestia, Twilight, and an older mare sitting at a large wooden desk.

The older mare had a beige coat of fur, a deep silver mane, and a pair of deep blue eyes who Spike identified as Mayor Mare.

Upon seeing Spike, Mayor Mare got up from her seat and walked over and hugged him.

"It's good to see you again Spike," Mayor Mare said happily.

"It's good to see you to Mayor," Spike said back before they ended the embrace.

"Princess Celestia and Twilight have already informed me on your current situation and I'm proud to say that we can resolve this issue in about a couple of weeks," Mayor Mare said, "We have completed most of the paperwork, so all you need to do is fill in the information that we couldn't fill in and then sign the forms and it'll be ready to be sent to all the towns and cities in Equestria where they will archive it and in a week your file will be changed to show that you are alive. And, knowing how quickly gossip spreads, it'll be public knowledge by the time the crystal fair starts."

Spike walked up to the desk and wrote in the information that has changed like his height, weight, and age before he signed the form and handed it to the mayor.

Taking the paperwork from the dragon, Mayor Mare folded the paperwork and placed it in a folder. Turning back to Spike Mayor Mare held out her hand, prompting Spike to take the outstretched hand in his own.

"Spike Solaris, it is with great honor and happiness that I will be the first to officially welcome you back from the dead." Mayor Mare announced happily as they shook hands, making a proud smile form on Spike's face.

Author's Note

I'm just putting it out there, I do not know how to fix the issue of revokeing ones death.
Like always please comment on how I'm doing and where the story could go.
Special thanks to my new editors kanemc98 & castroedgar316 for helping me get the chapters out faster.