Sludge might not have been Spike’s real father, but it turns out that there was more truth to his story than fiction. After an angry purple alicorn princess forces a confession out of him, Sludge reveals to Twilight that Spike’s parents really have been locked up by the Scale Collectors. After learning that his real parents are prisoners, Spike and his friends hatch a plan to find them and secure their release.

However, the Scale Collectors answer to nobody but themselves in their campaign against dragons and dragon society. Not even the Princesses are able to exercise authority over them. With no other choice but to take matters into his own claws, Spike has to find his parents and bust them out of there. Or else he may risk losing them forever.