Chapters Spike You Got Some Splanin To Do pt.1
An hour has passed since Spike had fallen asleep on the train back to Ponyville, and right now the train was about a mile from the small town. But suddenly the train had to apply the brakes. This woke up Spike rather abruptly as he was flung out of his seat by the force.
All Spike could see in his first few moments of awareness was purple. The sound of someone groaning could be heard coming above Spike. Turns out Twilight was also unprepared for the abrupt stop, so much so that she was thrown on top of Spike in the event.
"Ugh." Groaned Twilight as she tried to look around the train cabin, looking for Spike. "Spike, where are you?"
"Umber mew." said Spike, his voice being muffled by his sister.
Twilight looked down and lo and behold Spike was right under her. She quickly got up from her rather uncomfortable seat, she then helped lift Spike up to his feet. "Spike, I'm so sorry, I didn't know."
Spike cracked his neck, trying to loosen up his stiff muscles. "Its fine, your nowhere near the heaviest thing that I've had on top of me." Said Spike. He looked at Twilight. "But your weight aside, what the hell happened?"
Twilight shrugged. "No idea. Lets go check if the others are ok."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, you take the back half of the train, I'll take the front. Meet up at the engine car, we can talk to the conductor there." Said Spike.
Twilight nodded. "Ok." Said Twilight as she used her magic to open the door to their cabin. The two left the cabin.
Spike walked over to the next train cabin in their car, it was where Rarity and Sweetie Belle were. Spike knocked, it was rude to enter a room of a lady with out her permission. "Rarity, Sweetie, you two ok?" Asked Spike.
He got no answer. This could mean one of two options. 1) Rarity and Sweetie Belle were not in their cabin when the train stopped, or 2) They were both knocked out or worse. Spike was never one to take anything lightly, and he could always explain why he went into their room, plus the train was getting older, it could use a new door.
Spike broke open the door to the cabin. He was ready to help his friends. "Rarity, Sweetie Belle are you ok?" Asked Spike as he barged into the room.
Thankfully they were not inside, but now he really didn't have an explanation for why the door to their cabin was destroyed. Spike looked at the door still in his hand. "Um..." Said Spike. He had a few options right now. Most would be rather bad to deal with. Most of them involved getting yelled at, by a few ponies, but mostly Twilight. "Nope." Said Spike as he quickly used his claws to write a small message.
Raven.
Now that his note was ready, Spike used his new delivery ability to transport the door to Raven Inkwell. Raven was his mothers personal assistant, and his teacher when he wanted to become Twilights assistant. Spike watched the smoke fly out of the train. Deciding not to be caught at the crime scene, Spike continued to check all of the passenger cabins to make sure no one was hurt.
Thankfully the worst that happened was a stallion who got a small cut on his chin, while he was shaving his 03:00 shadow. Everyone else was either fine or just had some small bruises.
Now that Spikes job was done, he headed for the engine car.
Five minutes later Spike had found the conductor. The conductor was a light bluish gray stallion, with a pocket watch cutie mark. He was dressed in a nice suit, with a ticket checkers hat that brought his uniform together. Lastly he somehow managed to trim his beard into a perfect mutton chop beard combo.
Spike walked up to the conductor. "What happened?" Asked Spike.
The conductor looked at Spike and bowed in respect to him. "Your highness, there appears to of been an accident on the tracks up ahead."
"What kind of accident?"
"It appears that a large shipment of lumber from a logging town in the east was making its way to Appeloosa. But the equipment that holds the lumber down during transit snapped, and up ahead is a rather tight turn."
Spike nodded. "Got it, the lumber got flung off the train and then it must of gotten stuck on the track."
The Conductor nodded. "Yes sir, but no worries, the company is making its way back here as fast as they can, and the mess should be settled in a hour or so."
Spike nodded. "Ok, but I talked to a few ponies on the train and they are needed for important meetings." Spike placed his hand on the conductors shoulder. "Um...Sorry I never got you name."
"All Aboard, your highness."
"All Aboard, I'm going to go out there and gather up all the wood, once I'm done, get this train going." Said Spike. "If I'm quick enough we shouldn't have to deal with a physics problem." Joked Spike. All Aboard gave Spike a dead pan look. "Yeah, sorry, but don't blame me, blame Twilight. She's the one with the bad sense of humor, and it rubbed off on me." Said Spike as he walked off the train and headed further down the tracks.
After five minutes of walking down the tracks, Spike reached a turn. The tracks were covered in massive piles of wood planks. "Yeah, thankfully we stopped, if we didn't, we could of derailed." Said Spike as he looked over at the tons of lumber on the tracks. Spike shrugged. "Lets get this going." Said Spike as he started to use his hands and his tail to gather large piles of the wood. He stacked them up on the side of the tracks, and went back to gather more wood.
This continued for a few trips until the tracks were clear. Spike waved to All Aboard, signaling that the track was clear. It worked as the train slowly started to make its way up to Spike. Once the engine car was right in front of Spike, it stopped, and All Aboard pocked his head out. "Thank you, Prince Spike. Would you like to get back on?" Asked All Aboard.
Spike shook his head. "No I'm good, I'll stay with the lumber, and help that train load up the wood." Said Spike.
Suddenly Twilight ran out of the train, ready to help Spike deal with the problem. "Spike everyone is ok, a little dazed, but fine." Said Twilight as she reached Spike.
Spike nodded. "Good, I got worried when I didn't get a response from Rarity or Sweetie. I'm glad to know they're ok."
"So what's the problem?" Asked Twilight.
"Just some lumber on the tracks. I handled it already."
"Really?"
Spike shrugged. "Yep, it was only about 30 tons of wood. It only took me a few trips."
Twilight sighed. "You know, I remember the days that you were too lazy to even walk down the street on your own, I used to carry you."
Spike chuckled. "Times have changed." Said Spike. "Twi you get back on the train and head to town. I'm going to stay with the wood to make sure nothing happens." Said Spike.
Twilight rubbed her eyes as she got back on to the train. "Fine, just send yourself back when your done, I'll be in the map room with the others." Said Twilight.
Spike nodded to All Aboard. "Ok All Aboard, we're good." Said Spike.
All Aboard nodded. "Yes your highness." Said All Aboard as he blew the whistle on the train signaling that they were getting back to the trip. The train started to move forward, and soon it reached the turn and disappeared around the hill.
Now that the train was back on track, Spike walked over to the pile of wood and got onto the top of the pile. "Might as well just enjoy the last of the summer weather." Said Spike as he started to sun bathe in the radiance of the sun. The only problem was that the sun was just to bright for his eyes. Spike sighed. "Mal?" Asked Spike.
"What?"
"Any chance dragons have a set of natural sunglasses that you can add to us?"
"They do, its called a Nictitating membrane." Said Mal as he changed Spikes body to allow him to have a nictitating membrane. "But for this we lost the gills. So once your done sun bathing, we get the gills back, their more useful." Said Mal.
"Fine." Said Spike. "One question, how the hell do I get them to work?" Asked Spike as the area around his eyes started to grow slightly to account for the new organ.
"Don't look at me, they're new to me as well." Said Mal.
Spike sighed as he tried to move the muscles around his eyes to figure out how the membranes work.
Spike spent the next hour trying to get the membranes to go across his eyes. Right now he was getting the hang of it. Spike had moved the membrane so they were right just about to close, but the sound of a train approaching broke his concentration. Spikes membrane shot back into his face. "Mom Damn it." Said Spike. He jumped down from the pile and waited for the train to stop.
The train was much shorter than the Friendship Express, but it made up for it with its ability to haul cargo. When the train stopped, a very familiar stallion with a cowboy hat and a vest, and a buffalo cow with a simple little head band and a few feathers weaved into it, jumped out of the train, followed by a few other stallions. They stallion and buffalo made their way to the wood and Spike.
The two walked over to Spike, unaware that it was him. "Howdy there partner." Said Braeburn.
"Greetings, dragon." Said Little Strong Heart as she bowed her head in respect.
"Long time no see guys." Said Spike as he pulled the two into a hug.
"What?" Said the two in shock, confused on why a dragon was hugging them.
Spike looked at the two, and he sighed. "Neither of you remember me, do you?" Asked Spike.
They both shook their heads.
Spike then smirked. "Well, Little Strong Heart and her herd kinda kidnapped me, and I played the piano during Pinkies 'You got to share, you got to care' song, but the only piano in Appeloosa ran on bits and was automatic. How is Sheriff Silver Star and Chief Thunderhooves doing?" Asked Spike.
The two looked at Spike in shock. "Well I'll be a buffalos uncle." Said Braeburn as he finally realized who he was talking to.
Little Strong Heart leaned over to Braeburn. "Sweetie you are a buffalos uncle, remember Little Dancing Winds." Said Little Strong Heart. She looked at Spike not fazed by the fact that he was there. "It is good to see you again Mister Spike."
Spike started to laugh. "You too Strongheart. But did I just hear you call Braeburn, Sweetie? I'm guessing I missed something while I was gone." Said Spike.
Strongheart giggled. "Well, we kinda got married last year. I help Braeburn run the apple farm and make sure that the settlers don't encroach onto our land."
Spike looked at Braeburn who was still shocked to find Spike here. " So Braeburn, for your sake, please tell me that Granny was invited?"
Braeburn tugged at his collar. "Well, Buffalo wedding ceremonies are suppose to be held in private, and...Um."
Spike sighed. "She has no idea, does she?"
Braeburn shook his head. "Noooo."
"What about AJ?"
Again Braeburn shook his head. "Noooo."
Spike sighed. "Well, your dead, good luck with that." Said Spike, he looked at his friends. "I got to go. Can you bring the herd to Ponyville on Wednesday. Me and Twi are holding a Q&A on what I went through while I was gone. Also I got some new tricks." Spike looked at Strongheart. "Drag him with you." Said Spike as he pointed to Braeburn. "The longer he waits, the worse it's going to be."
Strongheart nodded. "That's what I told him, but you know the Apples."
"Love apple trees, but just as stubborn as the roots." Laughed Spike. "But, next time make sure that everyone checks the equipment, I had to clear the tracks." Said Spike.
Strongheart gasped as she looked between Spike and the pile of wood. "But that was tons of wood, how did you do that alone?"
"Yeah, what's your point, I can lift over 10 tons." Said Spike like being able to lift 10 tons was nothing special. He shrugged. "But like I said, I got to go." Said Spike as he walked away from the two. "Also, don't worry, I'll be fine." Said Spike as he set himself on fire, sending himself back to Ponyville.
Braeburn walked over to Strongheart. "So, we're coming to Ponyville Wednesday, right?" Strongheart nodded as they watched the Smoke that was Spike fly to Ponyville.
To send a letter to his mother when he was in Ponyville, would normally take about 10 minutes, bearing rain. Rain had a weird reaction on his messages. But when Spike created the Delivery ability he made a few tweaks. First he changed it to not be effected by the weather, then he made it able to send living things, and lastly he made it so the Delivery speed was largely improved.
Because of these changes, Spike was able to pop right in front of Twilight and the others, who were sitting in the map room. But the funny thing was that this new mode of transportation was a lot harder than it looked, and depending on the rotation of the smoke, you would either land feet first, face first, and everything in between. And Spike had only been using this ability for 2 days. Guess which way he landed?
That's right, he landed on the map table ass first and it was not pleasant. Also Spike popped out of the smoke about 10 feet off the ground so the thud when he landed was rather loud and abrupt, scaring Fluttershy out of her throne, and making her go stiff as a board.
Spike groaned as he rubbed his now soar tail. "Note to self and Mal. Landings are a bitch to get right." Said Spike as he tried to sooth his tail some more.
Then Rainbow started to laugh loudly. "BWAAA HA HA HA. Spike you really need to watch were your landing." Said Rainbow as she pointed to the map. "You landed right on top of Mount Canterlot. What would your mother say? I don't know but I know Luna would be proud to know that her nephew decided to take after the moon."
Everyone gave her a sad but serious 'are you really that childish' look at the joke she just made. Even Fluttershy who had gotten out of her petrification gave her the look. Then Spike started to slow clap. "Wow Rainbow, you really are something. Is Tank at your house right now?" Asked Spike.
Rainbow stopped laughing and carefully nodded, unsure why Spike needed to know about Tank. "Yeah, I left him at my house. Why?"
Spike shrugged. "A few reasons, first I need to know so I have a point to send you to. Second, that joke was so bad that this is needed. And lastly, I want to test Delivery on someone who is not Pinkie." Said Spike as he shot a small flame at Rainbow and sent her to her house.
But before she was gone, she stared at Spike. "Hey, I'll get you for this half pint." Said Rainbow Dash as she was sent out of the room.
"I'm taller and older than you now, I'm not that much of a half pint anymore." Said Spike as the last of Rainbow was sent out of the room. Now that Rainbow as gone, but no doubt planning some sort of revenge at this very moment with her tortoise. Spike took a seat in his throne, as he was getting stares from the other girls, which he did notice. "What?"
They all sighed as Twilight facepalmed. "Really, was that necessary?"
Spike shrugged. "Probably not, but yeah, that joke was just that bad."
"But aren't you worried about her getting you back?" Asked AJ.
Spike shook his head. "Not really, aside from becoming really aware of my surroundings, It would actually be a good change of pace for me."
This confused all the girls. "How so?" Asked Fluttershy.
"I haven't had a day in the last 10 years where I wasn't shot at, attacked, punched, kicked, crashed, trampled, crushed, and pretty much anything that hasn't resulted in bodily harm. That was until I got back, and in retrospect it has been the most boring week of my life. Don't get me wrong, there have been some high points, Chrysalis being the high point, then my wings, Mal, and game night. Of course I'm glad to be back with you all, but aside from all that, this week had been really dull. With Rainbow gunning for me now, it gives me something to look forward to."
Everyone facepalmed at the statement. Then Rarity got up from her seat. "Well, I rather not get dirty because of your squabble, so I'm going to head back to the boutique and start on fixing your clothes, but I'm telling you this now Spike, it's very unlikely it's going to look the same, those horns were not easy to come by."
Spike shrugged. "Yeah, I'm good with that, Stranger would find it even more annoying anyways."
This confused all the girls again. "Why would not having horns on your armor be annoying to Mr. Stranger?" Asked Fluttershy.
Spike looked at her. "Because he cut his horns off. He told me that as a show to the steef elders, the steefs way, and to show that he still held some sort of honor, he willingly gave up his horns, as not to bring dishonor to the steefs. But that's all I know.
Everyone looked at Spike, but taking heed from his words, they decided to leave that one alone. Rarity sighed. "Very well, I should have it back to you before the Q&A on Wednesday." Said Rarity.
Spike nodded. "Ok Rarity, and how about this weekend we head to the caves and go on a gem hunt?" Asked Spike.
Rarity nodded as she smiled. "Sure, I can't Wait." Said Rarity.
"I need to go as well, Angel has been taking care of the house since we left. The poor dear must be exhausted." Said Fluttershy. Everyone sighed, it was no secret that Angel was the devil incarnate, the only one who didn't know was Fluttershy. 'That rabbit is probably resting on a throne of carrots, as all of the other animals were bowing at his little white feet.' Thought Spike.
Spike sighed. "Hey Flutters, would you like me to send you home?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy thought for a moment, but ultimately shook her head. "No thanks Spike, but thank you for the offer, I would rather the crowd outside not get scared by another trail of smoke leaving the castle."
Spike looked confused. "Wait, what crowd?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy looked worried, as she hid inside of her mane. She used her wing to point out of the room. "Um... the crowd of ponies wanting to see Prince Spike, outside of the castle." Said Fluttershy.
Spike dropped his jaw, he walked past the shy mare and walked out of the map room. Once he was inside of the greeting hall, he made his way to one of the large windows that would give him a great view of the front door. The moment Spike saw the size of the crowd camping out in front of the castle, his eyes rolled back into his head.
There were maybe 2000 individual ponies in the crowd, the rest were dragons, griffins, changelings, and before Spike lost his sight, he estimated that there was at least a total of 3000 creatures, camping out, waiting for the Q&A Wednesday. Mal sighed as he moved Spike's eyes back into place. "Hey dumb ass, get a hold of yourself." Said Mal. This helped get Spike back into the real world.
He ducked behind the wall, as he took a few deep breaths, 43 breaths are a few right? Spike was trying to focus. Twilight and the others walked over to Spike. They were worried, Spike has literally faced down an army, and seeing him in this state was concerning. Twilight got closer to Spike. "Spike? Are you ok?" Asked Twilight.
Spikes eyes shot to Twilight, and she stepped back. "Spike, are you ok? do you need a minute?" But Spike just remained silent. Twilight steeled her nerves, and got closer to Spike. "Are you scared?" Spike nodded his head. 'Ok, at least I know he's listening.' Thought Twilight. "Are you having stage fright again?" Spike nodded his head. Twilight sighed as she sat next to him. She wrapped her wing around him. "But what about last night, and at the opening ceremony, you weren't scared then, were you?"
Spike opened his mouth for the first time. "It's different." Said Spike in a quiet tone.
"And why is that?"
"I was far away and they could barely see me." Spike sighed. "This is like the games all over again, and you can't magic this to happen this time."
"But the Q&A was your idea. Why would you suggest it, if you couldn't handle it?" Asked Twilight.
"I only expected a couple of ponies to actually show up. Not all of them." Said Spike.
Twilight looked outside at the crowd. She winced at the sight. "It's grown even more." She looked back at Spike, she had a plan and hopefully it would work. "Spike, hear me out, I have an idea that could help you."
Spike looked at her, he nodded. "I trust you Twi."
Twilight smiled at him and she used her magic. She placed a tethering spell over Spike and all the girls. "Now you have a spell that connects you to all of us, if you feel scared, we will too, but it works the other way as well. If we feel safe, you will too." Said Twilight as her horn glowed one more time, but unlike normal, this was a spell Spike had seen many times before, it was a teleportation spell.
Spike shot Twilight a glare, but she just smiled innocently. "The best way to get over a fear, is to face it head on." Said Twilight as she teleported herself, Spike, and the others to right outside of the castle. Now Spike as face to face with the crowd. They were shocked to see Prince Spike, magically appear right in front of them.
Spike was scared. There was a lot riding on him right now. The ponies in the crowd see him as the long lost prince, the dragons see him as a legend, those with gold scales, were thought to be the descendants of King Bahamut, if only they knew the truth? The Changelings see Spike as their savior, thanks to him showing their king friendship, it paved the way for them to become free of Chrysalis, and adding the fact that he fought her single handed only increased his image. The only race in the crowd that was indifferent were the few griffins in the crowd, they were here to show respect for the alliance that the griffin kingdom and Equestria have held for the last 10 generations. But there were a flock of griffins that caught Spikes attention.
Spike slowly focused his attention on the four griffins. He opened his wings, and flew over to them. The crowd around them moved out of the way for him to land. Spike landed in front of them as the oldest of them bowed to Spike as he removed the fez that was on his head. This griffin was a older vulture griffin, his head was featherless, and from the look of his eyes, he had lost vision in one of them.
Before Spike had left, Rainbow and Pinkie had told him about their mission to the griffin kingdom, and thanks to Pinkie who had taken photos of everything, he was familiar with the griffin. "Greetings, Prince Spike." Said the old griffin.
"Greetings, Mr. Gruff." Said Spike.
Then Grandpa Gruff got angry, he started to yell at the other griffins with him. "You three, we are guests in this country, Griffins of old showed respect when personally greeted by royalty." Ranted Gruff.
The second oldest just rolled her amber eyes as she grumbled something under her breath, but she bowed. She was an eagle griffin with light purple highlights on her crest feathers. "Greetings, your highness." Said Gilda.
"Long time no see Gilda, how has your griffin scones stand been doing?"
Gilda sighed as she shrugged. "Thanks to Pinkie, its hard to keep them in stock, and even some of the ponies that visit Griffinstone are asking me to sell them in their towns."
Spike smiled. 'At least she isn't that same jerk she was when we first got to town.' Thought Spike. "I'm glad to hear." Spike looked at the next griffin. This griffin was blue, and looked to be about the same age as Ocellus, Yona, and Smolder. Spike smiled at this griffin. "And who might you be?"
The griffin bowed. "I'm Gallus."
Spike smiled. "Aw, yes, your one of the applicants for the school, aren't you?"
Gallus nodded. "Yes sir, we originally came here to check where the school was going to be located, but then Grandpa Gruff told us that we were going to show respect to you, so we joined the crowd."
Spike sighed. "I'm sorry. But I'm glad to meet another one of the applicants." Suddenly a apple fell from the sky. Everyone looked at the apple confused. Spike sighed as he picked up the apple.
I forgive you, and the castle should be safe. Also I will be coming to play bridge with C a little earlier this year.
Spike looked at the apple note and shrugged. He popped the apple into his mouth and ate it. He looked at Gallus. "I'll explain at the Q&A." Said Spike.
Gallus shrugged. "Cool."
Spike looked at the last griffin in the group. She looked very different from what she looked like two years ago, but her moderate turquoise eyes, and gray feathers hadn't changed, but right now she was crying. Spike smiled at her. "Hey Gabby." Said Spike. "Sorry I never replied to your last letter."
Spike was then glomped to the ground by Gabby, as she held on to his waist. Out of the 3007 creatures in front of the castle, 3005 of them all dropped their jaws. Spike started to laugh, he returned the hug. "Spike. I missed you so much."
Spike smiled. "I missed you too, Gabs." Spike then looked at a large number of open mouths, a few twitching eyes, and what ever Twilight was doing. Twilight was back in the fetal position, rubbing her tail, as she was trying to process this. Spike looked at Gabby. "Gabs, unless you want to be turned into an orange, I would get off of me." Said Spike.
Gabby looked at the state Twilight was in, and she remembered hearing about the fruity amphibian from Spike. She quickly let go of Spike. Spike looked around at the group of creatures. "Um..." Said Spike as he thought of a way to get past this moment. 'Ok, maybe not the best plan, but its the best I got.' Thought Spike. Spike shouted to the heavens. "FUCK YOU FATE, YOU WHORE!" Shouted Spike.
This was enough to snap out one pony, Pinkie, as she threw a cream pie at Spike. "Spike, why didn't you tell us about Gabby?" Yelled Pinkie.
Spike shrugged as he used his tongue to lick all the cream pie from his face and into his mouth. "Needs a hint more vanilla." Said Spike as he judged the pie. He then looked at Pinkie. "And what, I had a personal life too, I didn't need to tell you girls about this. Especially Twilight, who would of told my mom, who would then want to meet Gabby, and she would of embarrassed me so much I might die, and at the time I didn't know if I would of been brought back. Not to mention how all of you girls would of taken it." Said Spike as he waved around at all the creatures in shock.
Pinkie looked around. "Ohhhhh." She then looked at Spike. "Yeah, probably a good idea."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, Pinkie, I need a distraction. Plant a party bomb in the middle of the crowd. I'll take us to the one place I know we'll be safe, probably." Said Spike. Pinkie nodded as she ran off to her party cave to get the PB&J (Party Bomb and Jams). Spike looked back at Gabby. "Gabby, I need you to trust me and to not freak out, can you do that?" Asked Spike.
Gabby smiled at him. She gave Spike another hug. "I trust you Spike."
Spike smiled. He readied his crossbow and equipped Queen. Queen moved up his arm and onto his head as she took her seat on him. She started to buzz. "Spike nodded. Hey Queen, I need you to fly to the castle, I'll send some drones to keep you safe. Can you do that?" Asked Spike. Queen buzzed once. Spike smiled. "Thanks Queen." Spike then launched 24 drones in the air and they were awaiting orders. "Listen up, you are to escort Queen back to the castle. Land in the main hall and wait for our arrival." They all buzzed once. Queen flew off of Spikes head.
Gabby was watching and she had joined the crowd. Spike sighed as he closed her beak. "Gab's. Your going to get a stiff jaw. Listen to me, I have been through a lot, and I have made a lot of friends." Said Spike as he used his tail to pick up Grandpa Gruff, Gilda, and Gallus. He brought all of them over to the other girls, with Gabby following behind.
Pinkie got back with a small ring box with a string attached to the latch, she placed it into the center of the crowd. Pinkie regrouped with Spike and Gabby. "PB&J is ready and waiting, I got a 15 second timer set, it will start the moment I pull the string." Said Pinkie as she saluted Spike.
Spike Saluted back. "Good job, Captain Pie." Said Spike. Spike then thought for a moment as he snapped. "Hey, could you add a sign for Rainbow. She should know about this too."
Pinkie looked at Spike with wide eyes, as she pointed to a large sign that had appeared behind him.
Rainbow, we need to talk for a moment, meet at the old castle.
Spike looked at the sign. Then he looked to Pinkie, then back to the sign. "Please tell me that you did that?"
Pinkie shook her head. "I'm good, but not that good."
Spike looked at his hand. "Did I just?" Spike snapped again, but nothing happened, which was a relief to Spike, he shrugged. "Well never mind, I'm just going to chock it up to Discord." Said Spike. He sent the sign to Rainbow.
Now that everyone was informed. Spike looked at Gabby. "Gab's, this is going to get weird, but its really fun." Said Spike as he started to spit fire on to everyone that was going with them. Once only Pinkie, Spike, and Gabby were left, Spike nodded to Pinkie. Spike saluted her. "Captain Pie, you are a treasure to this kingdom." Said Spike.
A single tear fell from Pinkies eye, as she smiled at him. "It's been an honor Spike." Said Pinkie as she pulled the string. Spike grabbed Gabby and Pinkie in his arms and shot a large flame at his feet. Their bodies were sent off to the old castle. 15 seconds later the front of the castle was converted into a massive party that would make even the greatest party planners give up in life.
Author's Note
Hey. So yeah, it's back, and its going to be bigger than ever. I just finished rewatching the show, and I have pined down the time frame for my story, its 2 years after the middle of season 7. Like always, I want to know what you liked, what you didnt, and how I could improve.
Spike You Got Some Splanin To Do pt.2
After missing the greatest party ever thrown, Spike, Pinkie and Gabby materialized in the main hall of the old castle. The only problem was the landing, it was still a pain. They popped out with Spike being under his two friends, and when they landed, Spike was consumed in gray and pink. Pinkie was giggling and Gabby groaned. "Spike, where are we?" Asked the griffon, she was trying to stop the room from spinning. But Spike was unable to answer, his face, head, and upper back was experiencing the combined weight of one Pinkie and one Gabby.
Spike sighed as he tried his best to push his two friends off of his body without hurting them. It worked pretty well, Pinkie just fluttered to the ground lazily, but Gabby was not ready for the toss, she was thrown off of his body, but before she could land Spike caught her with his tail. Right now she was hanging upside down, with Spikes tail wrapped around her barrel. "Sorry about that Gabby." Said Spike.
Gabby looked at Spike, she took a deep breath. "Spike, can you put me down right now?" Asked Gabby.
Spike nodded as he put her on the ground, she nodded. "Good, now where are the others?" Asked Gabby.
Spike shrugged. "No clue, they should be here right now?" Asked Spike. Spike looked up. "Queen are you here?" Yelled Spike. Suddenly Spike heard the sound of buzzing from above. He looked up and noticed Queen and her escorts, they were hurt. Queen landed on Spikes arm. "Queen!? What happened?" Asked Spike. Queen buzzed as she pointed to right out side of the castles main gates. Spike nodded. "Got it, you did great, get some rest and heal up." Said Spike. Queen buzzed, she and her escorts flew into their tube. Spike sighed as he looked to Pinkie and Gabby. "We have a problem. There is something big in the castle, all of the others are outside the gates right now." Spike looked to his arm. "OK QUEEN IS HURT, WERE GOING IN!" Yelled Spike.
"We have our orders, nothing hurts our family without knowing how it feels to get hurt 10 times over." Said Alvin. Suddenly the whole crossbow started to shake.
Spike gulped. "This isn't going to end well." Said Spike as he equipped Banger and Wallop, he looked at the two, they were changed into their power mode. Banger squeaked some no doubt strong profanity and Wallop looked like he wanted to bludgeon something with his body. Spike sighed. "Ok, were going in there, were killing what ever hurt Queen, then were going to come back here and have a nice relaxing cup of tea." Said Spike as he looked at Pinkie and Gabby. "Pinkie take Gabby to the others, they're outside. I'll handle this." Said Spike as he smiled.
Pinkie nodded. "Ok Spike." She looked at Gabby and grabbed her hand. "Come on, I want to know more about how you know Spike." Said Pinkie as she dragged Gabby off before she could object.
Spike looked down the halls, it was now or never, he started the search for the creature. "Ok first stop: The garden."
Pinkie and Gabby walked out of the castle and they saw all the others, huddled together, right in front of the door. The moment they saw each other, the larger of the two groups pulled the smaller group away from the castle. "MOVE!" Yelled the larger group.
Pinkie and Gabby looked at their friends and family, all of them were scared, even AJ, Rainbow, and Gilda were scared. Gilda brought Gabby into a hug. "Thank Celestia your safe."
Gabby tried to push away from Gilda and ask what the problem was. "Gilda, what's wrong?"
"Chimera!" Yelled Gilda.
Pinkie looked over to her friends. "Really, is that all?" Asked Pinkie, she then looked to AJ. "AJ, you've dealt with a Chimera before, why are you scared?"
AJ shook her head. "I don't have my gear, and it's not like I carry ricotta cheese on me all the time."
Pinkie sighed as she pulled on her coat, revealing her actual coat, her top coat was just that, a coat colored pink. But the real question for the moment, was the fact that Pinkie's outer coat had a large amount of food stuffs, including a large glob of ricotta cheese in the pockets. She grabbed it and tossed it to AJ. "This is why I never leave home without my supplies." Said Pinkie as she returned her coat to normal.
AJ looked at the ricotta, then to Pinkie, but she just shook her head. "I don't wanta know." Said AJ as she took initiative and walked back into the castle.
Pinkie smiled as she looked to Gabby. "Ok, with that settled, Gabby can you please tell us how you know Spike?"
Gabby looked sheepish as she blushed slightly. "Well, you see, after I lied about getting my own cutie mark, I might have run into Spike as he was walking around town. He noticed me and offered to by me some Ice cream from Sugar Cube Corner."
"Wait, where was I?" Asked Pinkie as she pulled out a long list of things she has done, she looked down the list and couldn't find 'Gave Spike and his griffon friend Gabby ice cream.' She looked at Gabby confused.
Gabby shrugged. "Well, I think Spike said you and Applejack were called by the cutie map for a mission, so Mr. Cake served us."
Pinkie looked at her list again and right there she found it. 'Me and AJ heading home after map mission.' Pinkie shrugged as she rolled the list back up and placed it back into her hair. "Seems legit, so after you guys got ice cream what happened?"
Gabby blushed a little more. "We stayed in the shop for a while, and just talked. I told him how I wasn't like other griffons, I was never big into money, I was always happy and I was always talking, but instead of just dismissing what I said or taking off, Spike actually sat there and listened to me talk. We stayed like that for about 2 hours, all he did was listen to me, he knew I was feeling out of place, but time wasn't on our side, he had to go home. That whole time we talked and I didn't even catch his name, he didn't mind, all he did was smile and tell me not to worry. But I did, here was a great guy, who bought me ice cream, listened to me talk about myself for hours, and I didn't even know his name. I asked him if he wanted to talk again, but he told me he was going to be out of town for a few days."
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, I remember that, it was one of the few times a year Spike could spend with Celestia and Luna, he doesn't miss that for anything."
Gabby nodded. "Yeah, but then he told me he knew a unicorn that could enchant some papers that when burnt are send to a pony, all he needed was one of my feathers. So I gave him one, and that was the last time I saw him. But soon letters started to pop out of nowhere in front of me, I would reply on the back and burn them again to send them back."
All the girls awed at the cute story. "That explains so much." Said Pinkie.
Suddenly the door to the castle opened, but instead of Spike or AJ walking out, it was the chimera, it looked terrified as it hid behind Fluttershy. "Please call off the dragon and his demon spawn." Cried the chimeras tiger head. Everyone looked at the normally deadly beast and how it was acting like it was looking into the face of death.
Twilight looked at the chimera and walked over to it. "Um..."
"Where is she?" Yelled Spike as he and AJ ran through the front doors. The chimera yelped as she tried to make herself smaller behind the shy mare. Everyone looked at Spike, his arm was bleeding and AJ was trying to stop him from moving.
"SPIKE?!" Yelled everyone, but Spike wasn't listening, he was to focused on the chimera, who was doing a poor job at hiding.
Spike walked straight up to Fluttershy, he looked at her and smiled. "Shy, would you mind moving, I want to have a small conversation with our new friend?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy gulped, she was an animal lover and even if the chimera was dangerous, she had to protect it. She shook her head. "No."
Spike sighed as he used his tail to pick up Fluttershy, she epped as she was moved away from the beast she was protecting. Now that her protection was gone the chimera was helpless, so she did the first thing that came to her minds, beg for mercy. "Please, I'm sorry for hurting those bee things, I thought the place was abandoned, please don't kill us." begged the goat head. "PLEASE?" Cried the viper head.
Spike looked at the Chimera confused. "Wait, kill you, I'm not going to kill you."
All three heads looked at him confused. "Your not?"
Spike shook his head. "Of course not, I only kill things that really piss me off. You've only slightly pissed me off, but unless you want to walk away from this you are going to need to make amends with Queen and the others, agreed?" Asked Spike.
All three heads nodded rapidly, it was better than dying. But then the snake head opened its mouth. "But what about your arm?"
Spike looked at his arm. "Hmm, oh when the hell did this shit happen?" Asked Spike, completely unaware until this moment that his arm now had a set of scratch marks in the shape of a tigers claw.
"It happened when you grabbed my head, and my sister attacked you with her claws." Said the snake.
Spike shrugged. "Meh, I'll be fine, Mal, how bad is it?"
Mal swapped out with Spike. "Well, a few scales are broken, and we have a few cuts that drew blood, but nothing too bad."
All the girls gasped as they looked at the amount of blood flowing from the wound. "How is that not bad, that's a lot of blood?" Asked Starlight.
Mal shrugged. "Dumb ass decided to run around before I could patch us up, right now our heart rate is pretty high, so more blood is pumping through our body, more blood flow, more blood coming out. Now I'm going back in there and patching us up."
Spike looked at the chimera. "Ok, lets head inside of the castle and talk this out like civilized creatures." Everyone nodded as they entered the castle. They took a seat next to Spikes base camp as Spike lit the fire. The chimera was sitting as far away from Spike as possible, while everyone else was sitting as close to him as possible.
Spike sighed. "Ok, first off, you should know that if your attacks result in the death of any of my family, I will kill you." Said Spike in a serious tone. All three heads nodded rapidly. "Second, I would like to know why you are here instead of your normal hunting grounds in the Flame Geyser Swamp."
The tiger head sighed. "We lost our territory to a bunch of Timberwolfs, of all creatures."
Spike was surprised. "Timberwolfs in the fire swamps? That can't be right."
The goat head nodded. "Its true, they looked like they just went through a fight with a hydra, but they had a numbers advantage. There were like 6 or 7 of them, and we just barely made it out with our life, we followed their tracks and it lead us here."
Spike winced. "Yeah, that's on me. I might of drove off a pack of Timberwolf from the area last week."
The Chimera was now more terrified of Spike, they got over run by the pack, and they had three heads, but Spike drove them off alone. But Spike sighed. "Ok, I'm a drake that owns up to his mistakes." He looked at the chimera. "So, if you'd like, I'll go take care of them, or if you'd rather, you can stay here until you decide to leave?"
All three heads were shocked, they expected a lot of things to happen, but being asked if they wanted to stay was not on that list. They remained silent as they tried to process the question.
It took them a few moments to give Spike an answer. "Are you sure we can stay?" Asked the goat head.
Spike nodded. "I don't mind, I was looking for something that would keep this place standing while I'm gone." Spike was thinking of trying to train some local wildlife but this was easier.
The chimera smiled as it pounced onto Spike. The snake head wrapped around his tail, as the two heads nuzzled their new land lord. "Thank you." Said all three. The tiger head started to lick Spikes face, and in all honesty it was a weird feeling.
Spike was laughing as he tried to push off the three headed beast. "Ok, ok, let me go, we still need to talk about some stuff." Said Spike, but the chimera wasn't listening, they were still happy to know they weren't going to die. But a cats tongue was still a cats tongue, so Spike used his strength to pick up the chimera. "Ok, that's enough."
Spike placed the chimera on the ground and looked at the three heads. "First off, if you want to stay here, there will be some ground rules. The first of which is, no more hurting my family, that includes ponies and other creatures. Second, you can hunt for meat, but I want you to talk to Fluttershy first." Spike moved his tail to grab said mare and showed her to the chimera. "She knows about the animal population in the area. If she says its good to hunt, your clear."
All three heads looked at Fluttershy, as she was trying to hide from it. Spike sighed as he put the mare down. "Lastly, if you want to stay here your going to have to protect this place from other creatures." Said Spike.
All three heads thought for a moment. The castle was nice, out of the elements, they already found a nice room to sleep in. Sure they wouldn't be able to hunt ponies anymore, but with new prey to hunt, they could easily live without pony. There wasn't really a down side to this deal.
The chimera walked over to Spike, making the ponies that were trying to hide behind him run to the other side of the fire. But Spike didn't move, instead, he smirked. The two years he was alone on Modus, he had to get out of a lot of situations where violence wasn't the only answer, it was the answer that he liked the most though.
Chimera took a seat next to Spike. "Thank you Master." Said the heads. Spike smiled as he started to scratch the goat head. The tiger purred, the snake hissed, and the goat head hummed at the feeling of their new master scratching them.
Spike looked at the heads. "So do you three have names or is it just Chimera?"
"I'm Bella." Said the goat head.
"I'm Eve." Said the tiger head.
"And I'm Sophie." Said the snake.
Spike smiled, he was getting tired of just thinking of them as Chimera. "Well, welcome to the family Bella, Eve, Sophie." Said Spike as he continued to scratch the head.
All of the ponies and griffins were shocked at Spike, he just tamed the chimera. But Discord popped into the room and looked at the sight. He laughed and did a Pinkie. He closed all the mouths and smiled at his work.
He looked at Spike who was still scratching his new pet. "Hey Spike."
Spike looked at Discord, not shocked to see him here. "Hey Discord, you just show up?"
Discord nodded. "Yep, I felt a disturbance in the force, did you make a sign pop up?" Asked Discord.
Spike sighed. "So you didn't do that?" Asked Spike, Discord shook his head. Spike sighed again. "I guess I did."
Discord sighed as he was disappointed, and he had a feeling that this was going to hurt. "Hey Spike, remember when I told you about my boss from way back when?"
Spike nodded. "Yeah, pain in the ass, real jerk about your powers, a few days off. What about him?"
"Well, I never told you this, but it wasn't a guy, she was a she, and she might of not retired as much as she got maternity leave."
Spike gulped, he had a bad feeling about this. Discord handed Spike a photo of his old bosses going away party/ baby shower. Spike looked at the photo and his eyes fell on a younger Discord standing by a very familiar black dragoness with five colored horns and a noticeable egg belly. Discord chuckled. "Yep, turns out that you got chaos in your blood, that's why your powers are manifesting sooner than expected."
Spike sighed as he handed the photo back to Discord. Spike took a deep breath as he tried to process that his long dead mother was his predecessors boss. "You know what, I'm ok with this." Said Spike. "At least I'm in the family business."
Discord smiled. "Yep, but that's not the real reason I'm here Spike." Discord then pulled out a ring and showed it to Spike, the ring was black with a silver skull on it with a blood red ruby in the mouth of the skull, he placed it into Spikes hand.
Spike brought it to his face and looked at Discord questioningly. "Um... Thanks for the ring Discord, but if this is your way of telling me you have feelings for me?"
Discord sighed as he gave Spike a slap to the head with a disembodied arm that popped out of nowhere. "No you idiot, that's your pass to Death's office."
Spike looked at the ring then to Discord. "So I can?" Asked Spike.
Discord nodded. "Yep, but visiting hours are Monday through Friday, 2 pm to 6 pm."
Spike smiled, it was Monday and it was around 4. Spike smiled at Discord. "Thanks D, I'm going to test it out, why don't you play with Sophie, Belle and Eve while I'm gone?" Suggested Spike. He looked at Sophie, Belle and Eve. "Girls have fun with him, he's immortal." All the heads looked at Discord, they pounced onto him. Spike laughed, but he looked at all of the ponies and griffons. "See you guys later, I'm going to die for a moment." Spike smiled as he placed the ring onto his claw, his world went dark.
A few seconds later Spike was in the after life. Spike looked around but it was all white. "Hello, you must be Spike." Said a feminine voice.
Spike looked around for a moment but he couldn't see anything, so he nodded. "Yes, that's me, are you Death?" Asked Spike.
"Yep, that's me sweetie." Said Death. "Don't worry, no one around here can see me. I only appear to those who are actually dead. So Discord gave you the ring I see. Well its going to take your family some time to get to the entrance. Would you like something to drink while you wait for them?" Asked Death.
Spike smiled. "Thanks, but I got a lot of questions to ask you, do you mind staying until they show?"
Death giggled as she made a cup of coffee appear in front of Spike. "Spike, let me tell you, being Death is not what you think it is. Grim is the one who goes down to reality, I'm just a glorified help desk. Most of my day is spent helping mortals deal with the change, also where to find the best burger joint. It's on the corner of cloud 8794646 and Cherry lane, by the way."
Spike chuckled as he took a sip of coffee. It was great, not to strong, but not to weak, just the right about of bitterness but still sweet. "Ok thanks for the information." Spike looked around the office. "So, can you tell me why I don't seem to want to stay dead, I mean I've died 10 times now, but I keep going back?" Asked Spike.
"Well, you see, Boss gave your mother a special deal when he found out about you. The gods of chaos are prone to have disasters around them, many of which effect their loved ones, so long ago, before your mother was employed, and before I was Death, Boss made sure that anyone related to us would be given a chance to live on. All of his employees and our families are given a set amount of time that we are allowed to go back before its permanent. Tiamat gave hers up for you Spike, so did Bahamut. All together they had a long time stored up, and the majority of it was given to you to keep your egg alive." Spike felt horrible about that. "But if it helps, they gave it up willingly. As for you, you got about 754 years of overtime on your soul left, but to be honest, to a dragon, that's chump change."
Spike sighed. "I didn't know about that, but I guess they gave me so much and I didn't even know who they were until a few years ago."
Death laughed. "Spike, I talk to so many old creatures, and the one thing I know is that's what parents do, they give and give for their kids and never expect anything in return, and rarely do they ever get it in their life times."
Spike nodded at the words. "Thanks, Discord was right, you really are kind." He took another sip of coffee. "So, I got to know, and no offense to you, but this place seems kinda boring, you mentioned a burger joint but I don't see anything."
"Well, technically your in purgatory, your parents are upstairs along with Lilith, but the elevator should be arriving soon, as for what we have, it would take the rest of your life to tell you about everything. But my favorite points are the full service lava spa, the dance hall, Brew street, and the observation room."
Suddenly a door in the white space opened up and in walked a skeleton made up of many different creatures bones dressed in a hooded robe. A desk popped into the white space and the skeleton took a seat.
The skeleton looked at Spike, but to be more accurate he was looking to the left of him. "Hey mom, how are you doing today?"
Death giggled as Spike looked around him. "Um... no offense, but I'm not your mother." Said Spike.
"Spike, he's talking to me. Hey Grim, how was reality today?"
Grim shrugged. "Meh, it was ok, but we are expecting a few new arrivals in the next hour or so. Also, I know others can't see you, but can you at least wear something less provocative while I'm around?"
Death giggled. "Nope, this is how I get my kicks around here." Said Death.
Spike looked at Grim. "Do I want to know?" Asked Spike.
"Stockings, shoulder gloves, panties, that's it." Whispered Death. Spike blushed as he felt two warm and soft somethings on his back.
Grim groaned as he tossed a pencil at his mother, it hit her head, and the warm somethings on Spike were gone. "Stop that, he's only 22 and I doubt that he wants to have his first time to be with Death." Said Grim, he looked at Spike. "I'm sorry for her, the names Grim, its nice to meet you Spike." Said Grim as he stuck out his hand.
Spike smiled as he took the hand, it was creepy at first but not as weird as shaking a wing of a clakerz. "Nice to meet you too Grim. I got to ask, was she only wearing stockings, shoulder gloves and panties?" Asked Spike.
Grim sighed as he nodded. "Yep, Spike a little advice from one son to another. Never work with family." Said Grim. Spike laughed as he nodded. "Also your parents and grandmother are about to arrive. I'm going to take care of my mom, she and Tia don't have a great relationship, after she tried to give me a little brother or sister with your dad when he first arrived."
Spike nodded as it was probably for the best. Grim walked over to his mother and pulled her out of the office through the same door he walked in from. "Come on mom, I need a cup of coffee." Said Grim.
"No, I don't want to go, I want to see Tia and Bahamut and tell them that Spike was going to be part of the family." Grim sighed as he hit his mother in the head.
Spike looked at the very weird family leave as information on anime from the human world popped into his head. Spike sighed as he now knew how to process what he just saw. "I do not envy her at all, but they were warm and honestly nice." Said Spike.
Suddenly a large door opened out of the white space and out walked Bahamut, Tiamat, and Lilith. Spike smiled. "Hey guys." Said Spike.
Lilith was about to launch herself at Spike but she was stopped by Tiamat who sighed. "I swear, if you are dead again, I will send you to your new room for the next 100 years." Said Tiamat.
Spike laughed as he showed the ring on his hand. "Sorry to kill the punishment, but I'm here for a visit." Said Spike.
Tiamat smiled as she released Lilith. "SPIKE!" Cheered Lilith as she latched herself around Spike's neck and kissed his cheek.
Spike laughed as he just let this happen. "Hey grandma. I told Mom and Luna what you said." Said Spike, he looked to his father. "Hey dad, Ember is going to have some fun with the scepter, and I added my own blood to it, its called Delivery." He looked at his mother. "Also, I doubt that you know this, but I'm your successor." Said Spike. This made Lilith stop, Bahamut to drop his jaw, and for his mother to faint.
Spike laughed as he removed his grandmother from him, he closed his fathers mouth and got his mother to her feet. She looked at him. "So your an assistant god?" Asked Tiamat.
Spike nodded. "Discord told me about your job, and might I say, you looked very fat with me at your party." Laughed Spike. "But very happy."
Tiamat sighed as she was planning how to get back at Discord. "Yep, but that can wait for next time. This is the first time we actually have to spend as a family, lets not talk shop."
Spike smiled as he gave his mother a hug. "Of course mom, and thanks for the time, I promise to use it well." Said Spike.
Tiamat smiled as she returned the hug. "Make sure you find a mate first, I want grandwhelps."
Spike laughed. "So, Grim told me about what Death tried to do with Dad, she also tried to do the same thing with me." Spike was then squeezed tight against his mothers scales.
"That bitch, next poker night I'm taking her for all she has." Growled Tiamat.
Spike laughed, this wasn't the first time one of his mothers got protective, but this was different from Celestia, this was something that he had felt before, the sound of her heart beat, her warmth, it was so familiar. Spike smiled. "Hey mom, as much as I would like to see where she would end up if you two fought, I wasn't expecting to stay long today. I kinda got plans to explain to Twilight and the others why I'm good friends with a griffon named Gabby, plus I need to make sure Belle, Eve and Sophie are behaving." Spike then thought of a question. "Hey, are pets allowed here?" Asked Spike.
Bahamut nodded. "Yep, you might of not met Vincent before you were taken, but he was my pet lava hound, he's resting back at our cave right now, but once a pet dies, they are allowed to stay with their owners. Peewee will be here one day, but phoenixes are immortal birds, that will be reborn until they willingly give up their rebirth."
Spike faceclawed so hard that his face was now red. "Crap, I forgot to find Peewee." Spike looked at Bahamut. "Thanks for that dad."
"No problem son." Said Bahamut.
Spike looked at Lilith, he gave her a hug. "Love you grandma." Said Spike.
Lilith smiled as she returned the hug. "Love you too Spike, behave and don't get into too much trouble."
Spike looked at his mother and smiled. "Mom, we'll talk shop next time at the house, I want to see the after life, and maybe check out that burger joint Death told me about."
Tiamat smiled. "Sure thing, you got to try their gem shakes though."
Spike smiled. "Tell Death, thanks for talking with me."
Tiamat sighed as she nodded. "Fine."
Spike looked at his new ring. He removed it as he looked at his family.
Spike's eyes shot open as he took a large gulp of air.
Author's Note
So now Spike has a guard tigar, goat, snake. Spike got his visitor pass to see his parents, now lets get to the splanin.
Spike You Got Some Splanin To Do Pt.3
Spike took a few more deep breaths, trying to get the air back into his lungs. He looked at the room, the ring was on the floor, Eve, Sophie and Belle were playing with a massive ball of yarn, Discord was sitting in a floating throne as everyone was enjoying some soup. Spike blinked, he was trying to process everything he saw. "Um..." Said Spike.
Everyone looked at the now alive dragon. The trio of animals looked at their master and pounced on him. "MASTER!" Cheered the three headed beast. Spike laughed as he was getting licked by Belle's tongue, it wasn't as weird as Eve's, but it was still weird.
Spike sighed. "Hey girls, I miss anything?"
Sophie slithered up between their bodies and looked at Spike. "Sorry about them, Discord laced the ball of yarn with some strong cat nip and he somehow made goat nip as well and added it too. Their out of control right now."
Spike nodded. "Thanks for the update Sophie." Spike used his strength to pick up the giggling mess that is his new friend. He looked at the ball of yarn and shot a strong flame at it, burning it to ashes. "Sophie, can you keep them in one place for a while, until it wares off?" Asked Spike.
Sophie nodded her head. "I can, master."
Spike smiled as he put them down on the ground. Spike picked up the ring and walked over to Discord. "Hey Discord, it worked."
Discord looked down. "Good, I was wondering how you were doing. Did you meet Death or Grim?"
Spike nodded. "I did, a little heads up about her would've been welcome, but I got to know, what size is she?" Asked Spike.
Discord nodded as he pulled out a white board from his throne. "Well, I've never seen her myself, but from what I could gather, she's bigger then a C, but smaller than F."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, that tracks, but I'm leaning towards the latter, probably D cups bordering on E's."
Discord nodded as he added to his notes. "So how was everything else, how is Tiamat doing?"
"She's doing well, so is my dad and Grandma Lilith. Next time I go visit them, their going to be taking me around the afterlife, we're going to see the family pet, and their cave. But as for mom, she wasn't happy when I told her that Death tried to hit on me."
Discord laughed. "Yeah, that's nothing new for her. She was always protective of what was hers." Discord then gave Spike a extra bowl of soup and a spoon. "Here, dying is not easy work, you won't be doing that much for a while."
Spike smiled as he took the bowl. "Thanks Discord." Spike took the spoon and began to eat. The soup was great, it was thick like a chowder, but light like vegetable soup. Spike looked at Discord. "I didn't know you could cook."
Discord laughed as he gave Spike the recipe for the soup. "This is for you." Said Discord as he was now in a robe. He turned blue and became transparent, he started to fade out of existence. "Good luck and remember, life is meaningless, without a little chaos to spice it up." Said Discord, he was gone, leaving with the last words as echoes in the wind.
Spike nodded as he took a seat next to the others. "Hey guys, sorry about that, I was just visiting my parents." Said Spike as he took a sip of the soup. He looked at the others. "So what'd I miss?" Asked Spike.
"Well we know how you and Gabby got to know each other, and might I say, it's very sweet of you for listening to her for so long." Said Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "I just did what was right, she was upset and I just can't say no to a cute girl who's upset." Said Spike as he took a sip of the soup.
Gabby blushed, 'Did he just call me cute?' Thought Gabby.
Rarity looked at Spike and Gabby, and something felt off, but she brushed it away for the moment. "Yes, our Spikey Wikey has always had such a kind soul. I believe that came from his mother."
Spike laughed at hearing that, he looked at Rarity. "Rarity, if your talking about Celestia, then your right, but if your talking about my birth mother, then you are so far down the rabbit hole, you could say hi to Tirek in Tartarus."
Everyone gave Spike a confused look, "Really, Tiamat wasn't kind?" Asked Rarity.
Spike shrugged. "From what I know about her, I would say she's actually very nice, when she wants to be. But if you get on her bad side, she can make your life a living hell. For example, the second time I died, I was still trying to come to terms with the whole death thing. But that didn't last long, the moment she saw me, she started to pound my head into the floor, I was fine though, by that time I was in my prime and couldn't feel anything. Or how about the fifth time I died. I drowned in the sewers of the gambling town of Seedbank after I was done collecting my target. Well it turns out that if you drown, the water from reality goes with you into the afterlife, where you can get it removed. My mom did that when she kicked me so hard in the gut, that I emptied out my lungs in the living world. And just now, she's planning something involving Death and poker night." Spike smiled at the memories. "Aww, good times."
Everyone was shocked. The griffons were shocked to hear that Spike had died multiple times, and the ponies were shocked to hear that Death was a real person. Spike looked at the group, he was confused on what was wrong. "What?" Asked Spike, not really seeing the problem.
"You've died?" Yelled Gabby, Gilda and Gallus. Gruff was asleep, but he had a pass, he was in his late 80's, and griffons are greedy, they'll squeeze out all their time up to the last second, and not while asleep.
"Death is a real person?" Yelled the ponies.
Spike sighed. "Yes, she is real. In fact, she runs the afterlife with her son, Grim. she is very nice but also very promiscuous, so when I go back I'll be looking out for her." Said Spike, he looked at the griffons. "And yes, I've died 11 times now, but since my mother was a god, her boss gave her some extra time on her soul, the same with my father, since they were mates, they both got the same amount of time. In reality they both could of survived for another 10000 years or so, but after the final battle with Grogar, my mother, Tiamat gave up her extra time to keep my egg alive, and after my father, Bahamut reached the end of his natural life, he decided to do the same, because he couldn't find my egg. I also found out that I have 754 years of their time left." Said Spike, he took another sip of the soup.
He looked at the others and smiled. "So aside from dying a moment ago, I don't really have much more to tell, so lets get to the part where I was gone for ten years." Said Spike.
Gabby sighed as she nodded at Spike. "Spike, I read the newspaper yesterday, I have a lot of questions, but the real big one is, where were you?"
Spike laughed as he finished his soup. "Well, it all started 10 years ago, 2 years for everyone else. I was helping Twilight with a spell..."
One summery of the previous 10 years of Spike's life later. "And we just got back this afternoon, any questions?" Asked Spike.
All the griffons nodded their heads. "About 20000." Said Gabby.
Spike laughed at the answer. "Not as many as I thought you would have, but can we limit it to around 10. I need to go find someone today and I'm going to get a ear full from him." This statement confused everyone, but that didn't stop Gabby from thinking of her 10 questions that she wanted to know.
"Ok, how strong are you?" Asked Gabby.
"Well, I'm able to lift around 10 tons and I can punch solid rock, but that's right now. I haven't had time to test out the benefits of Valiant Mode, so that could go up." Responded Spike.
"So cool. How fast are you?" Asked Gabby, she was giddy to learn about the new Spike.
Spike shrugged. "Eh, no clue, on all fours I'm pretty quick, flying not so sure." He looked at Gabby. "Maybe next time your in town we can take a fly and see, how does that sound?"
Gabby blushed, but she nodded slowly. 'Did he just ask me out?' Thought Gabby. "Sure that sounds nice." Said Gabby.
Hearing this made Spike smile. "Cool, just tell me when and I'll make sure to be there." Said Spike.
Gilda sighed, she was more interested in hearing about Spike than her cousin's love life. "Ok, great, its a date, can we get back to the questions?" She looked at Spike. "Ok, so what are you planning on doing now that your back?" Asked Gilda.
Spike shrugged again. "Well, I'm still going to be a bounty hunter, I'll go around searching for criminals, helping towns in need, traveling to new places, that sorta thing, but not for a while. I'm still trying to reconnect with everyone first." Said Spike.
Gilda shrugged as she leaned back on the wall. "Cool, I guess." Said Gilda.
Gallus was curious about something so he looked at Twilight. "Um, Princess Twilight, is the name of the school going to change now that Prince Spike is not dead?"
Twilight looked at Spike. "Um, I'm not sure actually." She looked at Spike. "Do you want us to change it?"
Spike shrugged. "I don't really care, I'm honored that you decided to name it after me, but it really wouldn't bother me, If you did." Said Spike.
Rainbow Dash sighed as she was really getting tired of getting sidetracked. "Gabby, what else did you want to ask Spike?"
Gabby snapped out of her thoughts. "Sorry, right." She looked at Spike. "What about those creatures from earlier, what are they?" Asked Gabby.
Spike nodded. "Sure, that's easy to answer, but lets use the short explanation method." Said Spike as he pulled out seven ammo tubes except the Stingbees. He looked at the griffons. "Um, you might want to stand back, Fang can be a little over protective of me and their still in their Power Mode, so distance is the best option for everyone they don't know." Said Spike. He looked at Bell, Eve and Sophie, the former two had come down from the Nip ball. "Girls, you three need to stay as far back as possible, they might attack you on sight. With that being said, I will protect you from them, but they still want to get payback for Queen and the hive." Said Spike.
They nodded as they moved away from Spike. She was followed by the group of griffons, all of which didn't want to see the creatures that made something like a Chimera terrified.
Once Everyone was clear, Spike released the seven groups of creatures, filling the room.
Spike looked at all of the creatures, they were in their Power Mode. "Hey, eyes front." Said Spike, the whole room fell silent as everyone was looking at Spike for orders. "Ok, I know you have all heard about Queen and the hive."
"Yeah, where is that taxidermist fever dream? I still want to have a quick chat with it." Said Alvin.
Spike sighed. 'This isn't going to be easy.' Thought Spike. "First off, I have come to an understanding with them, they have agreed to apologize to Queen and the others they hurt. On that note, it was our fault that they were here in the first place. It turns out that the pack of Timberwolfs we ran out of the area, made their way to the Chimeras former home. Knowing this, I have offered to let them stay here with you all." Said Spike.
Char started to sign to Spike. He nodded. "Yes, I know its a stupid idea, and yes I know you are still upset about it. But have you met us, we practically live off stupid ideas, and they always turn out for the best." Said Spike. Char face palmed at Spike, she signed one more sentence. He started to laugh at her as he rubbed her head. "You know it, but you still love me Char."
Spike looked at the group. "Ok, with that out of the way..." He looked at Belle, Eve and Sophie. "Girls, you can come here and meet the others." Said Spike.
The sisters moved right next to Spike. They looked at the group of creatures that were all staring at them. Belle gave a nervous chuckle. "Um, Hi." Said Belle. "If it helps, we didn't know that you all lived here."
"It doesn't." Said Alvin.
Eve sighed. "Look, because of Master, we lost our home. We followed the scent the pack left and wound up here, and we looked around and found no one living here, the place was empty. We didn't expect to see a bunch of flying creatures here, we only attacked them, because we didn't want to lose another home."
Sophie sighed. "Yes, but thanks to Master, we have learned from our mistake, and we wish to apologize for what we have done."
All three lowered their heads, hoping for forgiveness. "Fine, but your on thin ice with us, you hear me." Said Alvin.
Spike nodded. "Good, now lets get the others here." Said Spike.
The griffons nodded as they walked over to Spike. "Ok, everyone, these are some more of my friends." Said Spike. "We have Gilda, Gallus, Gruff, and Gabby." Said Spike as he pointed to all of the griffons.
Gabby looked at the group of creatures with wide eyes. "Oh my goodness, they're adorable." Said Gabby.
After the meet and greet, everyone was sitting around the fire, Gabby was covered in a mixture of all the ammo, Grampa Gruff was asleep with Banger nuzzled up in his fez. Gilda was looking at Pinkie and Sparks trying to talk to each other, and Gallus was sitting around looking bored.
Spike laughed as he got up. "Well, I'm going to be right back, I'm going to go get my son." Said Spike.
This made the room fall silent. Twilight looked at Spike. "Yeah, tell him aunt Twilight says hi."
Spike laughed. "Sure, will do." Said Spike as he shot a flame at his feet, sending himself to Peewee's location.
Once Spike was gone. Everyone looked at Twilight. Gabby grabbed Twilights shoulders and started shaking her. "Spike has a son?" Asked Gabby.
Twilight sighed as she removed Gabby from her person. "Kinda." She looked to Rarity and Rainbow Dash. "Remember the phoenix egg, when Spike followed the migration?" Asked Twilight.
This cleared the confusion from all the ponies. "Aw, that's right, Spike did raise him from the moment he hatched didn't he?" Asked Rainbow.
Twilight nodded. "Yep, I was wondering when Spike was going to remember Peewee."
After a short flight, Spike reemerged at the base of a large tree. He looked around hoping to find Peewee, but all he saw was the tree. "Ok, so he must be in the tree." Spike opened his wings and started to ascend the tree looking for his little Peewee. Spike started at the base of the tree and moved up looking at each level of branches for some sign of a phoenix nest. Spike first stopped at a large bore hole in the tree and looked inside, there he found a squirrel feeding her little squirrel baby. She looked at Spike and got mad at the intrusion, she threw a acorn right into Spikes face, and chittered something that would of given Fluttershy a heart attack. "Sorry ma'am." Said Spike as he went to the next level.
He found a nest hanging on a branch, but it was way too small for a phoenix to live, seeing that normally phoenixes are over 3 feet tall when they stood straight up. This was probably meant for a robin or something the same size. But there weren't any eggs and it looked half built so unless he wanted to get his eyes pecked out, Spike moved on to the next level.
This continued for a few more levels, Spike ran into a owl that brought up some very annoying memories, and after questioning the bird for a few minutes, led no where. Then he found a family of chipmunks, thankfully these didn't talk back and cuss like no other. Lastly he ran into a rather rude racoon that gave Spike the bird and not the one he was looking for. Spike sighed as he reached the top of the tree, and sitting near the top was a fully completed nest, it was just the right size for a phoenix to live, but oddly enough Peewee was no where to be seen. Spike looked down into the nest and found a pile of ash sitting inside of it. Spike poked the ash and smirked at it. "Ok, your not Philomena, get back together and see your old man." Said Spike.
Suddenly the ash pile ignited into a large fire ball. Spike smiled at seeing the fire ball. When Peewee first hatched all those years ago, Spike had brought him to meet his mother's pet phoenix Philomena, he was hoping that she would teach him how to be a phoenix. She did and then some, Peewee decided to take after his new aunt's sense of humor. But thankfully Spike had grown up with Philomena, and became desensitized to the sight of a bird burning to ash, so the first time he saw Peewee do it, Spike only went into a small panic attack.
Once the ball of fire died down, standing in the nest was a fully grown phoenix, his orange and yellow feathers were pristine and well groomed. His crest feathers were slicked back and if he didn't know any better he might of looked like a prime male specimen for his species. Spike gave him a dead pan look. "You done?" Asked Spike.
Peewee shook his head, he then gave a cocky smirk. Peewee dropped the smirk, and smiled at Spike. Spike smiled back. "Hey boy, how you been?"
Peewee flew over to Spike and wrapped his wings around his fathers head. Spike smiled at seeing that Peewee was happy to see him, but he didn't have a place to sit, so he started to drop to the ground so they could talk.
When Spike reached the ground, he sat on the ground and leaned up against the tree. He pried off Peewee from his face and smiled at him. "Hey, aunt Twilight says hi." Peewee smiled, he flew to the ground and perched on Spike's leg and started to squawk and move his wings. Spike nodded. "Your telling me, also why didn't you come visit before hand, it's not like I could fly back then." Peewee squawked back. "Hey don't use that tone of squawk with me, I taught you how to lie, I can tell your hiding something, now cough it up right now." Said Spike.
Peewee slumped as he pointed to a nest in the tree, it was close to the top but just below Peewees nest. Peewee squawked loudly, and moments later a female phoenix popped her head out, she flew down and perched on Spikes other leg. She looked at Peewee and nuzzled his neck affectionately, Peewee hummed. Spike smirked at seeing his boy already had a mate. "So who's she?" Asked Spike.
Peewee blushed as he looked away. He squawked at his mate and she nodded. She flew back to her nest and disappeared. Peewee pointed up and flew up to the nest as well. Spike looked up. "No, really?" Asked Spike as he flew up to the second nest. Sitting in the nest was both phoenixes, but the female was sitting on something special, an egg. Spike dropped his jaw, he looked to Peewee. "And your the father, right?" Asked Spike. Peewee nodded as he got close to his mate and soon to be child. Spike smiled at seeing that his son had started a family. "Poor kid." Said Spike. Peewee and his mate squawked shockingly. "Calm down, I don't know about you mama, but Peewee has too much of me in him, he was snarky, sarcastic, witty, along with thinking he was great looking." The female nodded. She looked at Peewee and squawked. Peewee slumped and sighed. She giggled at her mate. "I'm worried that he will rub off on the next generation, so for me, give him a good swat to the head when he needs it, and if you ever feel like dropping by Ponyville or Canterlot, I want to hold my grandson." She nodded as she pulled out one of her feathers and gave it to Spike.
Spike smiled at seeing this. Celestia told Spike that to show the bond between a pair of phoenixes, they will exchange a feather. She had gotten a feather from Philomena when she grew close to her, and right before Spike returned Peewee to the wild, he had given him one of his feathers. Spike smiled at the feather, he reached out a claw and scratched the females head. "Welcome to the family. Would you mind if I gave you a name?" Asked Spike.
She shook her head. Spike hummed in thought, he was trying to think of a good name for a female phoenix. "How about Kenna, it means one born of fire and finely made."
She nodded her head, happy to have a name of her own. Spike smiled as he laughed. "I'm glad you like it, hey do me a favor and help Peewee live a long happy life, I have a place for him and you too when you guys think it's your time." She nodded as she draped a wing over Peewee. Spike smiled as he flew back to not set the tree on fire. "Peewee, don't screw this up." Said Spike as he sent himself back to Twilight and the others.
When Spike popped back into the castle, he landed on his feet. He looked around and noticed that most of the ponies were gone, only Twilight and Rarity were left along with all four griffons. Belle, Eve and Sophie and all the ammo were gone as well. Spike walked over to the group, and sat down on a stone. "So, how was Peewee?" Asked Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "Pretty good, I'm a grandpa apparently and he has a mate, her names Kenna."
Twilight nodded. "Ok, well, I was waiting for you to come back, I'm going to head back home and get ready for tomorrow's trip." Said Twilight as she teleported back to the castle.
Rarity nodded as well. "And I must get back to my shop and get started on fixing your outfit. I'll bring them by before the Q&A starts Wednesday." She walked over to Spike and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Don't stay out too late Spike." Said Rarity, she took a few steps back and teleported back to her home.
Spike chuckled as he placed his hand on his cheek. Gabby growled slightly at seeing that, so she tried to one up her. She walked over to Spike and smiled at him. "Hey Spike, it's a long flight back to Griffonstone, so we're going to head back." Said Gabby.
Spike smiled as he nodded at Gabby. "Ok, Gabs." Spike pulled her into a hug. Gabby smiled as she returned the hug.
When they broke the hug, Gabby looked at Spike and pushed up to his face and gave him a kiss on the opposite cheek. Spike was shocked as he watched Gabby walk back to her family. She turned around one more time and gave him a friendly wave goodbye. Spike watched Gabby and her family start flying back to their home. He sat back down on the ground, he just got kissed by his childhood crush and his pen pal and friend. Spike groaned, as he placed his head into his hands. "I'm not in the mood to have this major interpersonal debate right now. I'm going to head home." Said Spike. He pulled out the Stingbee tube and released the hive.
Spike looked at the hive, Queen and her escort were able to fly, but they looked beat up. "Everyone, take it slow, and get Queen and the injured back to the hive." Said Spike. The hive buzzed once and flew off with Queen and their wounded back.
Spike sighed, he shot a flame at his feet and teleported himself back to the castle. He popped up right in front of Twilight but he just walked past her, still trying to think about what happened to him moments ago. He walked himself up to his room and plopped down on the bed, falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
Author's Note
There we go, the first arch of the sequal is done. Sorry for the long wait, but I was trying to work on my other stories.
Tell me what you like, what you didnt like, and where I can impove and go forward from here.
The next day came and it was time for Spike and Twilight to head into the human world. Spike sighed as he looked at the portal, he then looked at Twilight. “I’m going to smash this thing if I’m still the same little dog like last time.” Said Spike jokingly, he wouldn’t destroy it, he just hated being a dog. To him it was degrading, he was a full sentient creature, but as a dog he was little more than a pet.
Twilight smirked. “Ok, but that means you won’t be able to get Rarity to carry you around, and no more dog treats.” Ok maybe it wasn’t all bad. Spike sighed as he picked up his sister and tossed her into the portal. Spike looked at the portal one more time. “Please don’t turn me into a puppy!” Yelled Spike as he jumped into the portal.
When Spike popped out of the portal, he looked around, nothing was different, the exit was still a horse statue in front of the school, he looked at Twilight, she was now in her human form.
Spike sighed as he tried to scratch his ear with his foot, he still had some muscle memory from his time here, but when he tried, he found it to be very hard. “What the hell?” Asked Spike, he looked at his back expecting to see a tail, he did, but it wasn’t his signature green fur tail. Instead, it was his normal dragon tail. Spike started to chuckle. “Ok….” then he freaked out. “Awwwww.” Yelled Spike as he looked at his paws, but they weren’t paws, they were now human hands. “Awwwwww.” He then tried to get up on his 4 legs. But when he did, he was standing up right on two legs. “Awwwww, wait this is actually nothing new.” Said Spike. He looked at the mirror finish of the portal and looked at his reflection.
Spike looked at his new face, he still had his eyes, they were still green, he still had his ear fins, and he still had from what he could tell, his normal dragon teeth, albeit now in the shape of a human jaw. But Spike was smiling at what was on his face, right around his face, was a goatee mustache combo, he looked up to his head, his spines were now a head of green shaggy hair. “Holy crap, I have hair.” Said Spike as he looked at his reflection. He looked at Twilight who was now shocked to see her brother not as a dog but, as a human.
“Spike?” Asked Twilight, she was shocked to see Spike like this.
Spike smiled at Twilight. “Twi, I’m not a dog.” Cheered Spike as he pulled Twilight into a hug.
Twilight blushed hard as she was pulled into the hug. She cleared her throat. “Spike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’re naked.”
Spike stopped hugging Twilight and looked down. Unlike Twilight, who was fully dressed in her human outfit, Spike was not, he was fully out there for the world to see. Spike blushed as he let go of Twilight and quickly ran to a group of bushes to hide. Normally dragons and ponies were naked, but who ever made the portal, must have had a real crappy sense of humor. The first time Twilight came through the portal, she was fully clothed in a light blue blouse, a lavender skirt with her cutie mark on it, and a pair of purple knee boots, and when Spike first came through he turned into a dog, he had fur to cover him.
But this time, he was not a dog. Spike popped his head out of the bushes and looked at Twilight. "Twi, when is Sunset going to show up, and how long will it take her to grab me something to cover myself up?"
Twilight sighed. "She said that she would be here at 8:30, and we crossed over around 8:20."
Spike groaned. "So, I'm going to be stuck in the bushes for ten minutes."
"TWILIGHT!?" Cried Fluttershy, or human Fluttershy, she still had pink hair with a butterfly hair clip in it. She was also in a pure white shirt, a light green skirt with glitter edges that had a trio of butterflies of differing sizes going from largest to smallest as they went up her skirt, and to complete the ensemble, she was wearing a pair of light green knee boots that had white soles with pink glittery socks showing over the boots. She ran over to her friend thinking that she was her Twilight, but she wasn't.
"Fluttershy!" Smiled Twilight as she pulled the girl into a hug. "It's so good to see you again after so long."
"Long? Twi, we saw each other yesterday. Has Princess Twilight crossed over yet?" Asked Fluttershy, then she got a better look at this Twilight. "Wait, Princess Twilight?"
Twilight nodded. "Yep, but seeing as it took you a minute, I'm guessing that this worlds Twilight has become a good friend with you girls?"
Fluttershy nodded. "She has, all of us have grown very close ever since the games."
"That's all well and good Shy, but I'm still in a weird situation here." Said Spike, still hiding in the bushes.
Fluttershy looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. "Spike, is that you?" Asked Shy, she then pulled out a bag of dog treats from her purse. "Where are you, do you want a treat?"
Spike sighed. "Fluttershy, listen, something happened, and unless you want to pass out, I think the treat will have to wait, I'm kinda different right now." Said Spike.
"Twi, where's Spike?" Shouted Sunset as she ran up to Twilight, she had a feeling that she should be here to greet the two, so she planned to be here a little early. But as it turns out, she wasn’t early enough. Sunset was still the same taller girl with red and yellow hair who was wearing a dark pink shirt under a short long sleeve leather jacket and had on an orange skirt with a yellow and dark pink stripe running down it, and a pair of knee high leather boots with a dark pink accent running up from the heel to about halfway up her leg.
Twilight looked at Sunset, the only other pony turned human around. "Sunset." Smiled Twilight as she pulled the girl into a hug. "He's kinda naked, right now, and in the bushes."
Sunset nodded. "Twi, he's a dog, he's supposed to be naked."
Spike popped his head out of the bushes. "I'm not a dog, I'm a dragon." Yelled Spike, shooting a small bit of fire out of his mouth, and setting the bushes on fire. They were turned to ash and left Spike standing in the middle of the schools court yard naked. Spike looked down, he was still naked, and he blushed when he saw the expressions he was getting from Sunset and Fluttershy. Spike moved his tail to cover his manhood and looked around for a new spot to hide.
That was when Rarity, AJ, Rainbow, Pinkie and the human worlds Twilight walked into view, they were here to greet their guests. Sunset told them that Twilight would be showing up with big news today. But they didn't know what it could have been. So, the moment all the girls noticed a naked man near the school, the first thing to come to their minds was a pervert, and the first thing that most girls do when they see something like this, is scream for help. "AWWWWWW!" Cried all the girls.
This caught the attention of the principal, and her sister, the vice principal. Both of which were walking the halls to make sure everything was in order, for the final week of school. But when they heard screaming, Celestia acted, and thinking that the safety of her students was much more important than a glass window, she jumped out of the window to help them. Luna sighed as she decided to take the door literally three feet away from the now busted window. "Girls what's wrong?" Asked Celestia as she rolled to not hurt herself.
All the girls pointed to Spike, he was stunned at what he just saw Celestia go, that and the fact that if he moved his could expose himself again, so he couldn't move. Celestia looked at Spike, and not knowing who he was, she tackled him to the ground. Once Spike was on the ground, Celestia shoved her knee onto Spike’s spine to keep him there while she forced his left arm into a hold. "HOW DARE YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD JUST WALK ONTO MY CAMPUS NAKED AND THINK NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN." She looked at Luna. "Luna, call the police and make sure that they lock him up and throw away the key." Said Celestia.
Spike sighed, he was tired already and just wanted to go home. "You know what, I'm done." Said Spike as he pushed himself off the ground with his free hand and sending Celestia off him. "Mal, you still in there?" Asked Spike.
"Yep, but it's weird, I can still do stuff, but most of it doesn't make sense." Said Mal.
"Can we get my wings?" Asked Spike.
"Um...I think so, but it might hurt."
Spike sighed. "Just do it, if anything it will stop all this." Soon Spike felt a horrible pain in his back. "AWW!" Cried Spike as he fell to his knees. Quickly two long protrusions sprouted out of Spike's back, then a leather like membrane started to connect the new joints to Spike's back. The protrusions went limp along with Spikes body. He was huffing in exhaustion and looked like he was going to die again.
"SPIKE!" Cried Twilight
Everyone else was shocked. "SPIKE?!"
Twilight ran over to Spike and tried to help him up to his feet. "Spike, speak to me, please speak to me and say something snarky so I know your all right."
Spike groaned. "I didn't think it would be that hard to get them up." Said Spike.
Twilight chuckled at the joke. "Spike, grow up."
Spike tried to laugh. "Twi, I'm over 9000 years old and I've been alive for 22 years." Spike groaned as he was starting to feel the pain subside. Soon Spike was able to get to his feet and looked at everyone looking at him in shock. "Yeah, do I have a story to tell all of you." He looked at Celestia who was shocked to learn that this was Spike. "Also, sorry about the toss off, but I didn't like the knee to the back Mom." He looked at Luna who was on the line with the police. "And Aunt Luna I rather not get thrown in jail today so can you please hang up your phone?"
Luna nodded her head. "Ma'am, please stay on the line and state your emergency." Said the operator. Luna hung up the call and put the phone back into her pocket, all while her jaw was dropped.
Spike sighed in relief. "Thank you, now the last thing I could use are some clothes or something to cover myself up with." Said Spike.
Celestia looked at Rarity. "Ms. Belle, could you go grab some from the theater's costume storage?" Asked Celestia.
Rarity nodded as she ran to go grab some pants for Spike. Celestia sighed, there wasn't much time left before the students arrived for their last week, and it would paint a real bad picture for the school if anyone saw this. "Let’s go to my office for now everyone, I'll let you all take your final exams another time." Said Celestia.
Rainbow cheered. "YES!"
Everyone else rolled their eyes at the outburst. Celestia started walking towards her office followed by the others.
When they arrived, Rarity was waiting for them with a pair of black pants and a green shirt for Spike, she had a feeling that this was where everyone was going to meet. She handed the clothes to Spike. "Here you go Spike." Said Rarity.
Spike smiled as he took the clothes. "Thanks Rarity." He looked to Celestia. "Mom, do you mind if I cut some stuff to fit my tail and wings?" Asked Spike.
Celestia nodded. "It's fine Spike, but why do you keep calling me Mom?"
Spike sighed. "That's right. This world's Spike is Twilight's dog, and I kept that secret for years. I'll tell you all when we get in to the office, ok?" Asked Spike, he was about to use his claws to cut the pants and shirt, but he remembered that he didn't have claws anymore. "Mal, can we get some claws without it killing me?" Asked Spike.
"Yeah, yeah, shut up, this place is a lot smaller than I remember, and it's a lot more cluttered. Give me a minute."
Spike sighed. "While he's rummaging around in there looking for my claws, can we go in?" Asked Spike.
Celestia nodded and opened her door. Everyone walked into the office and Luna closed it behind her. Celestia sat down in her chair and Luna took a seat on the desk. Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow took a couch that was sitting in front of a large wooden book case with Celestia's diploma and a lot of books on the shelves. Twilight, Twilight, Sunset, Rarity and Pinkie sat around the room where ever they could, and Spike, thinking it was probably a bad idea to stay standing, decided to sit against the wall cross legged. Everyone was looking at Spike, they all had the same look on their faces, they wanted answers. But, so did Spike.
Spike cleared his throat. "So, before we start, what did my Twilight tell you guys when I disappeared?" Asked Spike.
"Well, she wrote to us using the journal, that you got sucked into a portal while she was trying to create one, you got knocked in and you've been gone for two years. She told me to keep an eye out for two Spikes here, but I never saw you. Then she suddenly wrote to me a few days ago saying that you were back, so I wanted to invite you both to the human world." Said Sunset.
Spike hummed. "Ok." Spike looked at Sci Twi. "Twilight, what about your Spike, did he disappear at all while I was missing?" Asked Spike.
Sci Twi shook her head. "No.” Said Sci Twi, but then she shrugged. “Well, he did run away for a few hours last year when I took him to the vet to get fixed. But I got him back from the pound, and he was only gone for a little while, not an extended period of time."
"Don't remind me, Twi, I still have nightmares of winding up in that shelter." Said a voice in Twilight's bag.
Everyone looked at the bag questioningly. That was until a little black nose started moving the zipper. Soon a little purple dog with green ears popped it's head out of the bag, it looked at Pony Twilight. "Wait, when did you change clothes?" He looked at his owner. "And when did you finish the cloning machine?"
"SPIKE?!" Yelled Sci Twi. "What are you doing in my bag, I told you to stay home today."
Puppy Spike groaned. "But it's boring, and with Cadance bringing Flurry Heart over every day to spend time with her grandparents, it's dangerous for me, just yesterday she tried to paint my claws and dress me up in a dress. The day before, she carried me around by my arms, not letting me rest on hers, it hurt my back." Spike shuttered at what he was about to say next. "And today Velvet was going to the park with Flurry, that means she would have put me on the slide or the swings, no dog should have to go through that much in a week."
Spike sighed. "I feel your pain bro. Somedays it’s not even worth it to get out of bed."
Puppy Spike nodded. "True that, wait… why do you look like me?"
Spike chuckled. "Because I am you, sorta. I'm the Spike from Equestria." Said Spike.
Puppy Spike looked at Spike and gave him a serious look. "So, do you still have your balls or did your Twilight try to take them off as well?"
Spike laughed. "Nope I still have mine, almost didn't four years back though, who knew dropping off a sheer cliff to out run a pack of pissed off Fuzzles and landing on a rock 300 feet below, three inches from where they're kept inside, makes a dragon appreciate scales. What about you?"
Puppy Spike smiled. "Nope, I told Twilight when she got me back that I didn't want to get fixed or at least not until I had a litter with my girl, Ember."
Spike laughed. "Ember, what's she here, a poodle, a pug, a chihuahua?" Asked Spike.
"German Shepard." Said Puppy Spike simply.
"Dude, how would that even work?" Asked Spike.
"Well, Spike is a puppy Brittany, so once he grows up, he'll be a little shorter than her, but if a Maltese and a Great Dane can have puppies, I think it could work." Interjected Fluttershy.
Puppy Spike smiled at hearing this. "Plus, she hates the Bulldog next door, granted I hate him too."
Spike sighed. " Let me guess, Garble?"
Puppy Spike nodded. "Yep, he's always a jerk to me when we run into each other at the dog park, he stole my birthday bone last year, I only get 16 of them in my life, and he stole it from me." Puppy Spike looked at Spike's hands. "Hey me, why are your hands changing?"
Spike looked at his hands, his nails were being replaced by his normal claws. "Sweet, Mal found them."
"MAL?! You have him too, but how, every time he crops up and tries to make me pee on the floor or steal some food from Twilight, I usually yell at him to go away. I'm lucky the training school taught me how to control him."
Spike nodded. "Well, maybe that's why you’re still a puppy? You’re like, 2 years old now, right?" Puppy Spike nodded. "Well from what I remember, you should weigh over 35 pounds, but you barely look half that." Said Spike as he was using his claws to cut a tail hole in his pants.
Puppy Spike nodded. "I know, but after getting experimented on by Twilight for so long, I think I'm stunted, dogs are not supposed to talk you know?"
Spike nodded. "And Dragons aren't supposed to have gills, but I do, well did. Tell me Spike do you know who your mother or father was?" Asked Spike.
Puppy Spike shook his head. "No, all I remember was getting adopted by Twilight."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, that tracks, well, my mother was a god that pretty much controlled all the chaos in the universe, and my father was the first and most powerful Dragon Lord, but sadly they died before I was hatched. But I still talk to them every time I die, plus Death is helpful, so when it’s your time just ask her to take you to them, that or they'll meet you in purgatory."
Puppy Spike nodded. "Ok, maybe both were highly prized show dogs? That would show up that jerk Garble."
Spike laughed at the idea of his mother as a dog. ‘Note to self, got to see that when I go visit.’ Thought Spike. He looked at the pants and smiled at his work. The pants now had a tail hole for Spike and the shirt now had wings slits. Spike stood up and quickly put on the pants, he slid his shirt on and popped out his wings. "Finally, I'm at least covered."
He looked to see the others, all of them were blushing at him, even Celestia and Luna. "Um...guys what's up?" Asked Spike.
Puppy Spike sighed and walked over to his human dragon counterpart. He tapped his leg. "Hey dude, your zipper is down, you’re not wearing any underwear and it's kinda hanging out there." Said Puppy Spike.
Spike looked down and blushed. He quickly turned around and fixed his pants. Once he was fully clothed Spike turned around again. "Sorry about that everyone, I'm so used to having them stay inside of me, plus having only one is still new to me."
"Wait. Them?" Asked Everyone.
Spike nodded. "Yeah, I have two of them. They inflate and deflate at will and they're protected in my slit."
Celestia sighed. 'This is getting too far off topic; I need to reel it back.' Thought Celestia. "Spike, can we put the dragon anatomy lesson on hold for a while, possibly forever, and get back to the real important questions? Like, I don't know, why you don't look like yourself, why you called me mom, and why you said you died?" Asked Celestia.
Spike chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head. "Right sorry, let’s start with the easy one. My full name is Kenbroath Kilspotten Heathspike Solaris, I am the prince of Equestira and the adopted son of Celestia Solaris. Technically you’re my mother and Luna is my aunt."
All the girls dropped their jaws. Spike sighed, as he did a human Pinkie and closed all their mouths. "As for why I don't look like Spike down here, it's either because I've molted or something to do with Mal, or it’s a side effect of going through the experimental portal two years ago, that or it could be a side effect of Doc's teleporter, or maybe my chaos powers are reacting with the portal." Spike shrugged. "Fuck it, I'm going with all the above."
"SPIKE, I do not allow that sort of language in my school, dragon or not." Said Celestia.
Spike winced. "Sorry, mom. But to answer the last question, I have died 11 times now." Said Spike. This shut the whole room up.
Rainbow then started laughing. " Yeah right, there's no way you've died once, let alone 11 times."
Spike shrugged. "Shot in the chest and bled out, drowned, shot, poison, drowned, shot then bled out, blown up then bled out, electrocuted, shot, magic attack that made me bleed out, and magical ring." Said Spike as he counted off every time he had died. "But I got to say, the one that really surprised me, was being electrocuted. Normally dragon scales are nonconductive. But getting pumped full of 5 million volts can get past scales and mess with your heart." Said Spike as he laughed.
This shut Rainbow up, as she looked at Spike in shock, in fact everyone was looking at Spike in shock as they couldn't believe that he just said that. Spike sighed as he looked at his human friends. "I'll be right back." Said Spike as he walked out of the room, he wanted to go grab some stuff from back home. But before he was fully out the door, he looked back at the group. “Don’t worry, I’ll be quick.”
When Spike closed the door, everyone looked at Twilight, they all wanted an explanation of what the heck Spike was saying. "Heh, so where do I start?" Asked Twilight.
"Ms. Sparkle, how about from the beginning, and I mean the very beginning." Asked Luna.
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, so when I was like 5, I got into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, just like Sunset did."
Sunset nodded. "Yep, I had to try and hatch a dragon egg, I'm guessing that was Spike's egg?"
Twilight nodded. "So, as you can probably guess, I was actually able to hatch him. But I was still a filly, and my parents were really against the idea of me taking care of Spike, that and we were not ready for a baby dragon that couldn't control his fire in the house. So, Princess Celestia decided to take care of him until he was old enough to live with me. She loved Spike, so she decided to adopt him secretly when he was around 5 months old. That's how he became her son." Everyone nodded at hearing this.
"Ok, that explains that, now what about Spike being the way he is now?" Asked Sunset. "I remember when I crossed over, I was full pony or human, never in-between."
Twilight nodded. "Yes, well recently Spike has gone through a whole lot of stuff that I didn't think was possible. First there was the fact that he was sucked into a portal that was fueled by magic, then he used some races technology to teleport himself home and that could be what has caused this. But it could also be because he has molted, but unless Spike here suddenly turns human, I really think that's not the case, but it could be because of his situation with Mal."
Puppy Spike walked over to Twilight and tapped her knee. "Um... Twi...What is his situation with Mal?"
Twilight looked down at Puppy Spike and picked him up. "Well, dragons, and apparently dogs, seem to have two personalities. One like Spike, and one like Mal, when a dragon molts the two personalities battle it out to see who is in control."
"Oh... it's like Ember and Garble?" Asked Dog Spike.
Twilight shrugged. "Probably, I don't really know. But since Spike didn't molt when he was younger, in fact he just molted last week. Ember told me and the others that because of how long it took for Spike to molt, Mal became a separate dragon from Spike. But after a whole lot of weirdness, Spike and Mal, have decided to work together, something that is a rarity in dragons." Said Twilight as she placed Puppy Spike in her lap.
Puppy Spike walked around Twilight’s lap and plopped down on her thighs. "So, what else could have caused him to change?" Asked Dog Spike.
"Well, a few things really. So, a few days before Spike molted, he made a deal with Discord... I just realized that you guys don't know who he is."
"Annoying, rude, juvenile?" Asked Celestia.
"Horrible sense of style?" Asked Rarity.
"Hilarious?" Asked Rainbow.
"Nice, but a little short tempered?" Asked Pinkie.
"Goatee, yellow eyes with red pupils?" Asked Applejack.
Twilight was shocked to hear that they knew Discord. "Yes, but how do you know him?"
"Awe, Twilight, you wound me." Said a voice coming from behind Twilight. "But mirror portals are so last century." Said the voice.
Celestia sighed. "Discord, please come out and stop being so creepy, you know the agreement for letting you search here two years ago?"
Discord sighed as he popped into the room dressed in a horrible brown neoprene suit. But what was different was the fact that he was a very tall human. "Awe, a Tia in any reality is just as stubborn as mine." He looked at Twilight who was shocked to see Discord here. "Yes, yes, hello Twilight, surprised to see me here I'm guessing?" Twilight nodded her head. "Well, surprise." Discord then looked around for Spike and looked at the little dog in Twilight’s lap. "Well, I'm either losing my touch or our Spike isn't here." Said Discord as he picked up Spike from Twilight and looked at the little dog. He didn't say a thing, he just looked at Spike. Suddenly Discord pulled out a large black marker and put a giant P on his forehead. Discord then placed the dog onto human Twilight's lap and branded her with a large H on her forehead. Discord smiled. "There we go, now I won't get confused anymore." Said Discord.
Celestia sighed. "Discord, please stop marking my students."
Discord sighed as he made the marker disappear. "Oh, lighten up, Tia, it's washable." Said Discord as he took a seat on the ceiling and looked at everyone. "So long time no see guys, how has life been for you all?" Asked Discord, but before anyone could answer, Discord took it upon himself to answer. "Well, I've been good, I just hired Spike to be my assistant and my successor, I was just a chimeras chew toy yesterday, I talked to my sister, Fate, this morning, and I got called in by another me from another universe, something about a Spike needing an arm and a leg, but I won't bore you all with the details." Said Discord, he looked to Twilight. "So, where is our Spike?" Asked Discord.
Suddenly Spike walked back into the office, he was holding his journal, the ring, and eight tubes in his hands. Spike looked at Discord, who was sitting on the ceiling and sighed. "Yeah, I was betting this had something to do with you." Said Spike.
Discord nodded. "Yep, sorry for not mentioning it before hand, but long ago, I was bored and felt like having some fun, so I talked to Starswirl and we made this portal for shits and giggles one night. But I made some changes, ponies are humans, dragons turn into dogs, Diamond Dogs are cats, Yaks change into hamsters, and a whole lot of different forms. But those with chaos magic are kinda different. I can change my form while I'm here, kinda like you." Said Discord hinting at Spike's wings. "Also, don't worry, they should be fine and normal, we never added creatures from another world." Said Discord.
Spike sighed as he just walked past Discord. "I want a full manual, and a real one, not like the one you gave me last week, there is so much I don't know about my abilities."
Discord sighed. "Fine, I'll make a real one, you'll have it next week or so." Said Discord.
Spike smiled at hearing that. "Cool, you want to stay or...?" Asked Spike.
Discord shook his head. "Nah, I got somewhere to be real soon, good luck with all of this." Said Discord as he changed back into his normal form.
Spike nodded. "I've dealt with worse, see you later." Discord then disappeared from the room. Spike looked at the group of girls and smiled at them. "So, let’s start off with something cool." Said Spike as he showed the eight little tubes.
Twilight sighed. "Please tell me it's only the 8 of them?"
Spike nodded. "Yep, the others are at the castle." Said Spike, he took a deep breath. "Mal, you ready for some pain?" Asked Spike.
"Can't be any worse than the time we took that mortar to the face." Said Mal.
Spike laughed. "Oh, shut up, the tooth grew back." Said Spike as Mal started changing each part of Spike's body back into his normal dragon form. His skin changed into purple scales, his feet and hands changed into claws, his tail grew longer, and his scars came back. Spike groaned at the feeling of his body changing. "Ok, not as bad as before, but not pleasant either." Said Spike. He looked at his body and smiled when he noticed that it was back to normal. "Ok, so that works, good to know." Said Spike as he felt more comfortable in thick scales than human skin. Now for the problem, the clothes Spike was wearing got shredded because of his scales, so he was back in the buff, but the only saving grace was that they were still inside of him.
Everyone looked at Spike, and they were all shocked to see his new body. Spike smiled at the group of humans and his dog counterpart. "So, yeah, this is me." Said Spike as he showed himself to the group.
Everyone remained silent when they saw the state his body was in. Spike sighed at the silence. "Oh, come on it's not that bad. Right?"
Celestia sighed as she was not prepared to see something like this today. "Spike, no offense but no, it is bad. I may not be your Celestia, but that doesn't mean I'm going to make light of this revelation."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, I had a feeling. But in all honesty, we can wait to hear all about the scars I have. I have no regrets for what happened to me, and I was actually very happy with my life back on Modus, but what made it bearable were the friends I made while I was there." Said Spike as he showed the tubes again.
Celestia smiled at hearing that Spike made a horrible situation into a positive. "Well, I'm glad to hear that you found the good when you were faced with the tragedy that befell you. So, please, I would like to meet these friends that you say helped you through your time away."
Spike smiled as he pulled out the Fuzzle tube. Spike looked at the group, "Ok, I really don't know how this will go, but this guy is really protective of me, so no sudden movements." Said Spike as he released Fang.
Author's Note
First a Brittany is a type of meduim sized dog that is meant for small bird hunting, they normally have long fur tails and ears like Spike, normally 20-35 pounds by the first year, I'm thinking that Spike is on the lower end of that spectrum, at 24 pounds if he was normal, but I'm saying that he's around 13-14 pounds, because of Sci Twi's experiments. Second, I'm going to skip the introductions of the ammo to the human group, because it would probably be the same from the first time in the first story, just with a lot more screaming. Lastly, this is a two parter, so after this, something will happen in the human world.
After Spike finished introducing all the heads, they all took spots in the room where they felt comfortable. Queen, who was still flying a little funny after her injuries, decided to stay next to Spike. Banger was upset about being woken up so late, so he decided to take a nap in the bookshelf. Fang was snuggling with Puppy Spike on Sci Twi's lap; he loved the idea that his master was so fluffy. Char was hanging on the wall, she was looking over the whole group, but more specifically she was keeping most of her eyes on Rarity. Sparks, after a long-winded explanation of Spike's relationship with each human, had taken rest on Celestia's desk, he looked like a desk knick knack. Wallop was sitting on a shelf, all curled up from seeing so many new faces. Belch was scared about seeing the humans, and he was about to blow, but thankfully Fluttershy was able to calm him down before the school needed to be quarantined. Lastly, Alvin was tossed into one of Celestia's desk drawers, after he made some not so school appropriate comments about everyone.
Spike smiled at seeing that all the heads were calm about being in the human world. He looked at Celestia. "So, yeah, these guys and the rest of the family helped me through some real sticky situations." Said Spike. "I trust them with my life, because we've seen everything since I was on my own." Said Spike. Queen nuzzled Spike and buzzed. "I love you to Queen, how are you feeling by the way?" Queen buzzed again, which made Spike smiled. "Good, but I still don't want you in the rotation for a little longer, I'll let you back in after the Q&A tomorrow." Said Spike. Queen buzzed and gave his top spine a nuzzle, Spike nodded. "Cool, just take it easy." Said Spike, he looked at Celestia again. "Sorry Mom, she just got attacked by Eve, Belle and Sophie yesterday, and she needs to rest until she's all healed up."
Celestia nodded. "It's fine Spike, but who are Eve, Belle and Sophie?"
Spike shrugged. "Oh, they're just the Chimera I tamed yesterday." Said Spike like that was nothing new to him.
Celestia just sighed as she just couldn't understand how the little dog that she knew from two years ago, could possibly be the Spike in front of her. "I'm just going to leave that statement for later. Now please tell me, how you are ok with the fact that you've died 11 times."
Spike nodded as he showed off his scars. "Well, let me start off with the first time I died." He pointed to the large scar on his chest. "You guys have guns in this world, so I won't go into the specifics. But around 4 years ago, my master was coming back from one of his hunts. He was tracked back to our camp in the forest and while we were talking around the camp fire, I took a high caliber sniper round to the chest. It broke my ribs and damaged my lung, so the obvious happened, I bled out right in the middle of our camp. Stranger pulled me to cover and ran off to capture the sniper, and I passed on to the other side. That's when I first met my parents. Tiamat and Bahamut, where the first thing she did was complain that I never found a mate." Said Spike laughing at the memory. "Awe, good times."
Everyone looked at Spike like he was crazy, Spike shrugged. "Meh, it was still weird, but I only got to talk with them for a few minutes before I was brought back to life by Mal's changes to my body and the doctors work." Spike shrugged. "But that wasn't the first scars I got." Spike then showed off his legs. "These are from Fuzzle traps that Stranger set up to teach me how to be aware of my surroundings while on the move. I was pretty bad at it in the first month, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly, too bad it was after the damage was done." Spike shrugged as he showed off his wrist. "This one was from a lucky bastard that got me with a sniper round right here, it was a through and through, it still messed my arm up for a little while. But I got a good price for him and his crew. Took a month off after that and just traveled around. But I'll tell you all a great story about that later. So, after I got better, I went up against an outlaw that loved to use Stingbees, I took a few dozen of them in my back." Said Spike as he showed his back and his missing spine. "Shot my spine off, and got a few bees to punch through my scales, their poison caused the scars to form." Said Spike.
Luna gulped as she didn't think it could possibly get worse. "Is that all?" Asked the woman.
Spike nodded. "Yeah, that's all the scars, but nowhere the number of times I was close to dying or actually did. I got kidnapped and held prisoner, Mal broke us out from that. I drowned while stuck in the sewers of a city, then again in the same city, thankfully when I went back a third time, Mal found our gills so I didn't drown again. I've been eaten by a Roc and ate it in the same day, I fought off a pack of Timberwolves, led a rebel army, stopped Chrysalis from taking over the Crystal Empire, that time I did die but I won, and just yesterday, Discord gave me a pass to go see my parents whenever I want to, but only during visiting hours. Plus, I don't want to be one of those kids who annoy their parents, so I'm thinking of only visiting every week or so. Grandma Lilith might not like that, but I can't spend my whole life there."
Both Celestia and Luna looked at Spike. "What, mom's there?" Asked the two.
Spike nodded. "Well, at least the pony version is. Is she not dead here?"
They shook their heads. "No, she's in Florida enjoying her retirement." Said Celestia.
Spike sighed. "I'm going to ask Death how this whole thing works. Just to prove my point, someone check my pulse, it should stop when I put on this ring." Said Spike as he showed the ring. He then slid the ring onto his finger and his heart stopped and he fell over.
In the Afterlife, Spike was back in purgatory, he looked around for someone that can help him, then he felt two things on his back. "Well, I wasn't expecting to get a beefcake today, but I'm not going to complain." Said Death.
Spike sighed. "Hey Death, can you answer a few questions for me?" Asked Spike.
Death leaned in to Spike's ear frill. "I'm a 40 E, but I like to sometimes wear a D bra to make them feel tighter." Said Death. Spike sighed. 'I'll tell Discord.' Thought Spike.
Spike took a step forward and turned around. "Death, listen, can we not do this right now, I really have a few questions for you?"
Death sighed. "Ok Spike, what's on your mind?" Asked Death as she popped in a bench and a cup of coffee for Spike.
Spike smiled as he took the coffee and the seat. Spike took a sip of the coffee. "So where are mom, dad and Grandma Lilith?"
Spike then noticed a floating clipboard. The pages started flipping around. "It looks like Lilith and Tiamat are at the spa getting makeovers, nothing new for them, they do it every month to look young, and Bahamut is at the afterlife dog park with Vincent, once they get back, they will be notified about your visit." Said Death. "So, Spike, why did you pop in from the human world in your reality?"
Spike shrugged. "Me and Twilight are visiting some old friends over there. That's why I'm here, I got some questions on how it works."
Death sighed. "Spike, all creatures pass through here once it's their time, but many things are weird about how time works. The human Lilith is still alive and isn't supposed to move on for another 20 years. But your counterpart in the human world is going to live much longer than a normal Brittney because of the experiments his Twilight subjected him to."
Spike nodded. "Ok, that answers one question, second, are that Spike's parents alive?" Asked Spike.
Death sighed. "No, there were complications with Spike's birth and his mother died from it, his father lived a longer life by two more years, but he was put down recently, because he got too old and his owners decided it was his time, which was fine, because he didn't have more than a day until Grim was going to go get him. But he lived a great life of 15 years with his owners and he was surrounded by them when he passed. They're upstairs right now, and she is so excited to finally get to see her child."
Spike sighed at learning this. "Spike wanted to know if they were important or something that would show up his Garble."
Death looked at her clipboard. "Well, his mother was a German Shepherd police dog, that retired after she was injured during a drug raid, and his father was a Brittney and nothing special, he was just part of the family that adopted her."
Spike smiled at hearing this. "Well, that makes me feel a little better, I guess." Said Spike. "Thanks for telling me all of this Death. But I need to head back." Spike got up from his seat and rendered the empty cup of coffee into nothing.
"No problem Spike, my job is to help those who pass through here, informing them is just part of it." Said Death.
Spike nodded. "Tell Grim, I'm sorry I missed him. It was nice talking to you Death." Said Spike. He then felt a pair of lips on his cheek.
"That's for good luck, you’re going to need it when you get back." Said Death.
Spike sighed as he removed the ring.
Spike's eyes shot open and he sat up, he looked around. "Ugh, I hope that doesn't happen every time I use the ring."
"Stay down on the ground kid, and don't make a move or your dead." Said a man as he pointed a gun at the back of Spike's head. "Just stay in the costume and no one gets hurt."
Spike looked around and noticed what was going on. There were four men in the office with the girls all huddled into a corner, they all had guns and three of them were pointed at the girls. There was a large sack of money on Celestia's desk. 'Ok, bank robbers decided to flee into the school and use the girls as hostages.'
"Buddy you have three seconds before I probably break your arms and make you eat that gun." Said Spike.
This didn't sit well with the gunman. "Why you little punk." He then bashed Spike's head with his gun. But Spike didn't feel a thing.
Spike sighed as he felt like he was hit with a pillow. "Really, is that all you got?" Asked Spike. He looked over at his Twilight. "Twi, where are the others?"
"Spike, shut up, they have guns, now is not the time for chit chat." Said Twilight.
Spike sighed. "But Alvin's such a loud mouth, I thought he would have been the first one to get caught, not to mention his stomach, it sounds like a dragon's roar." Said Spike, hoping Twilight would get the hint.
Twilight gasped as she got the hint, she looked to the others and motioned for them to cover their ears. Spike smiled at seeing that Twilight got the message. "Hey, I'll try and make this quick, I don't want you guys to go deaf." Said Spike.
"Boss, what is this dumb ass talking about?" Asked a robber.
"I have no idea. But I'm not interested in finding out." Said the leader as he pointed his gun at Spike's head and shot him point blank. The leader smirked. "Should have kept his mouth shut, this should show the cops that we're serious."
Spike yawned. "Seriously pathetic, Modus gunpowder had a better kick to it, and what is this shit, you call that a bullet, I call it a pebble." Said Spike as he got to his feet.
All the guns in the room were then pointed at Spike. "What the fuck are you?" Asked the leader.
Spike hummed. "Oh, nothing special, just the dragon who's going to kill you all." Said Spike.
All the gunmen looked worried. "Shoot him!" Yelled the leader. With that all the gunmen opened fire onto Spike.
But nothing was working, Spike sighed. "Mal, how are we doing in there?" Asked Spike.
"Oh, we're fine, nothings even getting past our scales, I was doing a crossword puzzle we saw about 12 years ago. Hey, what's the national tree of Equestria?" Asked Mal.
Spike shrugged. "No clue, ask Twilight when I'm done with these guys."
"Eh, I've waited 12 years to finish this puzzle, what's a few more minutes. They're reloading by the way." Said Mal.
Spike sighed as he looked at the gunmen. "Guys, I was going to roar at you so you would drop the guns, but now this is just sad." Said Spike as he used his superior speed to punch the first man in the gut, making him drop his gun, Spike then used his tail to swat the next two gunmen in the head and moving the guns they dropped out of the way.
Spike looked at the last gunman. This guy was the dumbest of all, because instead of pointing his gun back at Spike, he decided to point it at Celestia. "Stop or the bitch gets a one-way ticket to hell."
Spike started to growl, as his eyes changed into full slits. The room went cold and Twilight looked terrified. "Spike don't!" Yelled Twilight.
Spike looked at Twilight. "Don't worry, I'm in control." Said Spike as he started to grow, and his features started to become more dragon like. His arms, legs, claws, and spines became longer, his muzzle became more pointed as well as larger and his teeth became sharper. When he was done, Spike was 8 feet tall and looked like a small version of his greed growth form. He looked at the gunman. "You have two options, the one where you live and the one where I turn you to ash." Said Spike as he showed the fire in his throat. "Move that gun off her and you live. Don't and I keep the fire right at the point where you feel everything, as your flesh burns away, and you beg me to step on your little head to end your suffering." Spike then smirked. "Trust me, you wouldn't be the first I've done it to."
The gunman quickly moved the gun from Celestia and placed it on the desk. "I give up, don't kill me." Begged the robber.
Spike smiled. "Good choice." Spike moved over to the gunman and flicked him in the forehead, but Spike used his full dragon strength, so the gunman was sent flying into the back wall and he was completely knocked out. Spike moved the gun away from the desk and looked to Twilight. "Twilight, give me Char's tube." Said Spike.
Twilight looked at Spike and found the one she thought was Char's, she tossed it to Spike. He looked at the tube and tossed it back at her. "That's Wallop." She tossed another, but it was tossed back. "Sparks." One more time, and she got the right one. "Thanks." Said Spike as he released the Bolamite. "Char, tie these assholes up." Said Spike. Char nodded and signed something. "Don't worry, I'm still me girl, I learned my lesson after last time." Said Spike. Char was satisfied with the answer, she leapt off Spike and started subduing the gunmen. Spike smiled at seeing that everyone was safe, so he started to shrink down to his normal size. He walked over to the group of guns that he moved away and started crushing them into cubes. "Seriously, this gun was the size of a single bullet back on Modus." Spike yawned. "Man, dying and then growing is a real pain." Said Spike as he looked at the group of men. He shook his head. "Seriously, you four made a huge mistake coming here today." Said Spike. He looked at all the girls and gave them a smile. "Are you girls ok?" Asked Spike.
All of them were crying, they thought they were going to die, and Spike just saved them. Twilight was the first to run to him and hug him. "Spike, that was the stupidest thing I've ever seen you do. You scared the living Celestia out of me."
Spike smiled as he returned the hug. "Trust me, this is like the 12th dumbest thing I've ever done, just right below eating that dark spell book when I was 11, but not as stupid as the time I decided to take a nap on the frozen lake during Winter Wrap Up. But if it helps, I was like 80% sure that I was going to be fine, I could tell by the smell that Modus gunpowder was much stronger than the stuff they were using."
Twilight looked at Spike. "Please don't do that again."
Spike smiled. "No promises." Twilight sighed as she released Spike. He looked to the others. "So, I'm guessing classes are canceled?" Asked Spike.
Celestia gasped as she ran over to the intercom. "Attention, the active shooter alert is finished, all students and faculty please leave the school immediately. The threat has been neutralized, and the police are on their way, please give a statement and leave, classes are canceled for the rest of the day." Said Celestia, she turned off the intercom and looked at Spike. "Spike, Twilight, you two need to hide, go with the girls and meet up later. Me and Luna will handle the fallout."
Spike nodded as he thought of how they could get away. Spike looked at Twilight and smirked. "Twi, if this works, I would be surprised." Said Spike.
Twilight looked at Spike confused. "Spike what are you going to do to me?"
Spike looked away and pictured a mini Twilight. He then snapped, and the next thing he heard was a high-pitched scream. "Awww." Yelled an 8-inch-tall mini Twilight. She looked at Spike. "Spike Solaris, you turn me back to normal, right this instant!" Yelled Twilight.
Spike smiled at seeing that his chaos magic worked. He looked at Twilight, she was the exact same, just smaller. He picked her up and handed her to Sunset. "Sunny, keep her in your pocket." He looked to his Twilight. "And you, keep quiet." Said Spike. He looked at Sci Twi. "Human Twilight, do you think you can handle two puppies in your bag?" Asked Spike.
Sci Twi was confused. "Yeah, but why does that matter?" Asked Sci Twi.
Spike sighed as he couldn't believe he was going to willingly change into a puppy. Spike's body started to change, he lost his scales as it turned into fur, his ear frills changed into dog ears, and he dropped to all fours. Spike groaned as he looked up at the girls. "Because, I need a ride out of here." Said Spike. He looked at his human world counterpart, Spike was taller than puppy Spike. Spike looked around and sighed. "Mother fucker, I'm full grown, aren't I?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy nodded. "It looks like it, but don't worry." Said Fluttershy as she picked up Spike and let him rest in her arms. "I'll carry you, and just say that you’re the animal management class's dog."
Spike shrugged. "Ok." Said Spike as he snuggled closer to Fluttershy. He looked to Puppy Spike. "Me, jump back into your Twilight's bag and keep quiet." Said Spike.
Puppy Spike nodded. "Ok, but did you see my parents when you died?"
Spike shook his head. "No, but I did find out about them, I'll tell you when we're in the clear." Said Spike.
Puppy Spike nodded. "Ok."
Spike looked at Char, she moved to the desk after she was done. "Char, get back inside, I'll give you the all clear when we're safe." Char nodded and moved to her tube that was left on the ground. Spike looked at the other girls. "AJ, grab my ring, and don't put it on, I come back, you won't. Rarity, can you grab the tubes? Rainbow, grab my journal, I'll show you some of the cool stuff I did while I was gone."
All the girls nodded and grabbed all the stuff. "Ok, the police have arrived, so each of you play innocent and give vague statements on what happened." Said Luna, she then looked at Celestia's computer. "Ok, it looks like the robbers deleted all the security video from the school's system."
Celestia groaned as she rubbed her head, she looked at Spike. "Spike, no offense but I really hate it when you guys show up. It always means more paperwork for me."
Spike shrugged. "Yeah, I have a habit of doing that, you destroy a few blocks of a city and your instantly banned from ever entering it again."
Celestia sighed. "Spike, not helping." Said Celestia as she pointed to the door. "Please just go."
With that said, all the girls and the two dogs walked out of the office and merged into the large crowd of students that were heading out of the school.
After giving the police officers a statement on what happened, all of which was a lie, about them not seeing what happened because they were in a classroom, the group made their way away from the school. Fluttershy, placed Spike on the ground so he could walk, and Twilight released Spike from her bag. The 2 dogs walked together, as they headed for the closest place to stay, Twilight's house.
Puppy Spike looked at Spike. "So, what did you find out about my parents?"
Spike smiled. "Well, your father was nothing special, but your mother was a German Shepherd police dog that took a bullet during a drug raid, she retired and got adopted by the family that owned your father, he was a Brittney and nothing real special." Said Spike. "Listen, I know how they died, but I won't tell you unless you’re sure you want to know." Puppy Spike nodded. "Your mother had some complications when she was giving birth to you, she died because of that, and your father was recently put down, by his owners, but he wasn't long for this world when they did it, he only had one more day until he was going to pass on his own." Said Spike.
Puppy Spike sighed as he looked sad at learning the fate of his parents. "So, I'm alone in this world?"
Spike sighed as he bumped the little pooch. "Nope, just like me, you got thrown into a family that loves you." He looked back at Sci Twi. "I thought about who my parents were for many years, but every time I look at my Twilight or my mom, I figure that I'm never alone in this world."
Puppy Spike smiled as he could smell his home in the distance. "We're here." Said Puppy Spike as he ran ahead.
"Hey wait up!" Yelled Spike as he ran after his puppy counterpart.
Both Twilights sighed. "Spike, don't run off." Yelled the two, but it was too late. Sci Twi groaned. "A Spike is a Spike, no matter who raises him. Let’s head inside of the house and explain what's going on." Said Sci Twi as she and the group reached the front door to her house. Both Spikes were scratching at the door wanting to be let inside. Sci Twi looked at Spike. "Spike, no clawing at the door." Said Sci Twi as she opened the door to the house. Both Spike's ran inside the house and straight through to a doggy door to the back yard. "Mom, Dad, are you home?" Asked Sci Twi.
"In the kitchen Twi. How were your exams? Wait, why are you home so early?" Asked Velvet as she was making lunch for her granddaughter.
Sci Twi and group walked into the kitchen and looked at an older woman in a simple gray and purple dress standing in front of the stove. "Aunt Twilight." Cheered a little human version of Flurry Heart.
Velvet looked at the girls, her mother senses were screaming that something happened. "What did you do this time?" Asked Velvet.
"Hey, I didn't do anything. A group of bank robbers stormed the school and held us hostage." Said the girl, then she thought about what she just said. 'I just realized I'm not even phased by that, my life has been so chaotic that I can say that with a straight face.' Thought the girl.
Velvet ran over to her little girl and checked her for any injuries. "Oh my god, are you ok, you’re not hurt, are you?"
Sci Twi pulled back from her mother. "Mom, I'm fine. Spike saved us from getting hurt." Said Sci Twi.
"SPIKE! Is he ok?" Asked Velvet as she started looking around for the little puppy. "Where is he?" Asked Velvet as she looked to the backyard and noticed that Spike was playing with a larger copy of himself. Velvet sighed when she saw Spike. "Good, he's fine...Wait, who's dog is that?" Asked Velvet.
Fluttershy stepped up. "Oh, he's just my animal management teacher's dog, I took him with me when we left." Said Fluttershy.
Velvet smiled at hearing this. "Oh, ok. Why don't you girls go upstairs and relax after the stressful day you've had. I'll bring up some snacks, once Flurry is done eating.
Twilight smiled. "Ok mom." Sci Twi walked over to Flurry and kissed her cheek. "I'll play with you in a while, ok Flurry."
Flurry smiled. "Can Spike play too?" Asked the little girl.
Sci Twi smiled. "Of course." Said Twilight as she and the rest of the girls walked up to her room on the second floor. Sci Twi's room was very much Twilight. A large bed with books everywhere, a desk with a mountain of papers on it, and formulas scribbled everywhere. All the girls pulled out Spike's stuff and placed them on the bed.
Sunset pulled out mini Twilight from her pocket and placed her on the journal. "I'm going to kill Spike the moment I'm back to normal." Said Twilight. She looked at Sci Twi. "Twilight, what are they doing outside right now?" Asked Twilight.
Sci Twi walked over to her window and looked out to the back yard. "It looks like Spike is trying to introduce Spike to Ember."
Outside in the backyard of Twilight's home, Puppy Spike was going to introduce Spike to his girl and next-door neighbor, Ember. "So, Ember is your next-door neighbor." Said Spike.
Puppy Spike nodded. "Yep, she should be outside right now." Spike looked at the fence and pushed a loose plank to the side so he and Spike could go visit. When the two walked through, they saw a large dog house with the name Ember burnt into the wood right above the hole. In the dog house was a large blue German Shepherd, she was laying down and asleep. Puppy Spike ran over to his mate and started licking her muzzle. "Babe, wake up." Said Puppy Spike.
Ember groaned as she turned her head. "Spike, not now, my owner couldn't sleep last night, and I stayed up with him. I'm too tired to listen to what Flurry Heart did to you."
Spike chuckled as he approached, but this was a bad idea as he got into Embers circle. She shot up, moved Spike behind her, and growled menacingly at the invader into her territory. "Whoever you are, you have to the count of three to leave or I'll bite you." Said Ember as she showed her jaws.
Spike laughed at hearing this as he got closer to Ember. "Trust me, your no match for me." This was the wrong move as Ember lunged to attack the unknown dog. But Spike wasn't going to have that, he started to growl loudly to show his dominance and the fact that his growling was strong enough to make a little earthquake, it worked.
Ember stopped in her tracks and took up a submissive position to this Spike. "I'm sorry." Said Ember as she flattened her ears and had her tail tucked between her legs. Spike sighed; he didn't think that was going to happen. He walked past her to grab Spike out of the dog house. Ember looked at the dog house. "No, please don't hurt him, I'll do anything." Begged Ember.
Spike rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt him." Said Spike as he picked up Puppy Spike by the scruff.
"Hey, not the scruff man, I'm not a newborn." Yelled Puppy Spike. Spike rolled his eyes again and walked back to Ember.
Spike looked at Ember. "Sit." Ember sat down. "Lay down." Ember went to her belly. Spike placed Puppy Spike onto Ember's back where he smiled and curled up. Spike walked back in front of Ember and laid down looking at her. "Your just like my Ember, hot headed, but she's a good dragon underneath." Said Spike.
Ember was confused on what was going on. "What or who are you?" Asked Ember.
Spike shrugged. "Not important right now. Long story short, I'm Spike, I'm a dragon, I'm tired, and I just had to see this for myself." Said Spike. He looked at Puppy Spike. "Spike, I'm going back inside to talk to the girls, good luck with her." Said Spike as he walked away and through the fence.
Ember looked at Spike. "Spike, I'm like 90% sure that I ate a mushroom and I'm tripping right now, how much of what he said was real?"
Spike smiled. "All of it, but I'll explain later, I had a hard day and your soft." Said Spike as she snuggled up more.
Ember sighed as she gave Spike's face a lick. She curled up on the ground to let the warm sun warm them up together. "You know I'm only letting you stay there because your cute."
Spike smiled. "Love you too Ember." Said Spike.
Spike walked back into the home and noticed that Flurry Heart was now playing with some of her toys in the living room. She looked at Spike. "Spike!" Cheered the little girl as she walked over to Spike. "You got so big." Said Flurry as she gave Spike a very rough pat on the head. She tried to pick Spike up so she could play with him, but she couldn't lift him. This made her upset, so she started to cry. "Spike can’t play with me!" Yelled Flurry.
Spike groaned as he was going to regret this. "Shhh, calm down Flurry Heart." Said Spike. "I still want to play with you." Said Spike.
This stopped Flurry's crying as she looked at Spike. "You do?" Asked the girl, not even questioning that Spike could talk.
Spike nodded as he gave her cheek a lick. "Yep, but only for a few minutes, I got important dog stuff to do." Said Spike.
Flurry smiled as she gave Spike a hug. "Yay." Spike sighed as he lifted the little girl off the ground and walked her back to her toys.
"Ok Flurry, what do you want to play?"
Flurry hummed in thought, she then gasped. "Princess!" She looked at Spike. "And you can be the dragon."
Spike smiled, but on the inside he groaned. 'Well, at least it's a role I know.' Thought Spike. "Ok, Flurry, I'll be the dragon."
10 minutes later: Flurry Heart had constructed a couch cushion and pillow castle. Spike was sitting outside of the castle with a pair of fairy wings that were part of Flurry's Halloween costume last year. She thought it would make him more dragon like, but instead it made him want to go visit his parents. Mal was watching all of it happen from inside of their mind. "Oh, I'm so telling mom and Luna when we go to therapy." Said Mal as he was laughing his ass off at the sight of Spike with fairy wings.
Spike groaned. "Mal, go die in a hole." Said Spike as he couldn't believe that he was being subjected to this shit. "Fate if your listening, give me a good flip, I don't know how much more I can take."
The world went still as Spike heard the voice of Fate. "Spike, you look so precious like this, are you sure you can't stay like this for a few more minutes?" Asked Fate.
Spike sighed. "Fate, please, I love Flurry, but this is just sad."
Fate huffed. "Fine, but you owe me."
"I'll make my seven-layer chocolate cake for your bridge game with my mother." Said Spike, he was hoping that would be enough.
Fate was silent... for a few seconds. "The one with the seven fillings?"
Spike nodded. "The very same, I only make it for my mother and me on days we can be together. I'm guessing you've heard of it?"
"Of course I have, Celestia mentioned it was the best cake she's ever had, I've been dying to a single taste."
Spike smirked. "I'll make you a whole cake, if you can get me out of this?"
Fate was silent, but then a male voice started talking. "Dang it, she left the phone off the ringer. Sorry for my wife, she just bolted out of the room, who am I talking to?" Asked the voice.
"Um... Spike Solaris, I'm guessing you're Murphy?"
"Yes sir, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" Murphy speaking. Also, please tell me you're wearing that for a bet?"
Spike sighed. "Nope, I got roped into it by a little girl."
Murphy started to laugh at the sight of Spike. "Wow, that's bad."
Spike groaned. 'Are all gods ass holes?' Thought Spike. "Murphy, shut up or I'm not going to make that cake." Said Spike.
"What!" Yelled Fate as she walked back into the room. "Murphy, keep quiet, I just got the opportunity of a lifetime, please don't ruin it for me." Said Fate. She took the phone back from her husband. "Spike, please forgive my husband. I'm the only one who can negate his effect, but only if I'm in the room."
Spike smiled. "Don't worry, I'm still going to make the cake. Is it all set up for me?" Asked Spike.
"It is Spike, Fluttershy will be coming down in a few seconds to get you." Said Fate.
Spike smiled. "Thanks Fate." Said Spike as he noticed that the world started moving again. He looked at Flurry. "Flurry, I have to go." Said Spike.
Flurry looked sad at seeing that Spike was going. "But why?" Asked Flurry pouting.
Spike smiled as he gave her a little lick. "Doggy stuff." Said Spike.
Suddenly Fluttershy walked down the stairs and noticed Spike with Flurry Heart. "Oh, there you are." Said Fluttershy as she removed the wings from Spike's back. "I was so worried, were you a good boy with Flurry Heart?" Spike nodded, because he didn't want to let the cat out of the bag. Fluttershy smiled. "Good boy." She looked down at Flurry. "Flurry were you a good girl?"
Flurry nodded. "I was Aunt Fluttershy, Spike was a good dragon."
Fluttershy giggled. "Sweetie, this isn't Spike, this is Spikie, he just looks like Spike."
"Oh." She looked at Spike and gave him a pat on the head. "Thank you for playing with me Spikie." Spike barked and gave the girl a lick. Flurry giggled. "Spikie stop, that tickles." Said Flurry.
Fluttershy picked Spike up. "Well, Flurry, I'm sure Spike will be inside sooner or later, but I need to take care of Spikie right now. Be a good girl."
Flurry smiled as she waved to Spike. "Bye Spikie." Said Flurry as she went back to her toys.
Spike sighed. "We never speak of what you saw ever again." Said Spike as Fluttershy carried him to Twilight's room.
Author's Note
Ok, change of plans this 2 parter is now a 3 parter. But after that it's back to normal.
When Fluttershy returned with Spike, the latter received a death glare from his Twilight. "And where have you been?" Asked the still 8inch tall Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "Dog stuff." Said Spike. He looked at Fluttershy. "Hey Fluttershy, can you put me down on the bed?" Asked Spike. Fluttershy nodded as she put Spike down on the bed. He walked over to Twilight and looked at her, he pictured her as her normal size and tried to snap. But Spike forgot that he was still a dog and he didn't have thumbs. Spike groaned. "Sorry, give me a minute." Said Spike.
Twilight groaned as she didn't like being the size of a doll. "Just hurry up, please."
Spike nodded as he pictured himself back in his dragon form. Soon his body started changing back to normal, his fur was swapped out with scales, paws with claws, and ears with frills. Once Spike was done changing, he smiled. "Cool, nothing hurts. I guess I've gotten used to it." Said Spike as he stretched out his body.
"Ok, can I get back to normal now?" Asked Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "Nah, I kinda like being the older brother for the first time. Maybe in a month I'll change you back." Said Spike, then he remembered Appletini. 'Hmm, I wonder if there's something I can call her that actually works this time. Twilight Sparkle... Tinilight Speckle? No, that's not it...' Thought Spike as he couldn't figure out a good name.
While this was going on, Twilight was determined to make Spike turn her back to normal. She jumped off the journal and started to climb up Spike to look him in the eyes. 'Oh, the moment I get up to his face, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.' Thought Twilight.
"Oh, how about Microlight?" Suggested Mal.
'Oh, that's good, but what about Sparkle?' Thought Spike.
Mal Shrugged. "No clue, but I think Speckle works too. Microlight Speckle... Hmm, it really doesn't, also she's yelling at you right now." Said Mal.
"Spike, I'm giving you to the count of 3 to turn me back, if you don't, so help me I'll tell everyone what you did when you were 4 years old and you begged me not to tell anyone." Threatened Microlight.
Spike looked at Microlight, she was on his snout and looking at him through his right eye. "Microlight... yeah doesn't roll off the tongue like Twilight." Spike shrugged as he grabbed her King Kong style and placed her back on the bed. Spike then pictured Microlight back as Twilight and he snapped his claws.
Quickly Twilight was back to normal and she pulled Spike's ear frill. Spike winced at the pain he was feeling. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please let go, it hurts." Begged Spike.
Twilight sighed as she released Spike's frill. "Fine, but you better not do that again." Said Twilight.
Spike sighed as he rubbed his frill. "Fine, no more chaos magic." He looked at all the girls, they were giggling at him. "Girls, I'm good with her, but I don't know how my magic would work on you. Keep that in mind while you keep laughing at me." Said Spike. Everyone stopped giggling. Spike nodded. "Good, now I promised that I would tell you all a story about my time on Modus. So, find a cozy place and listen to the tale of how a dragon became the owner of a casino." Said Spike.
Everyone took a spot around the room. Both Twilights and Sunset took a seat on the bed. Rainbow took a seat on Sci Twi's desk. Rarity took a seat on the floor. Fluttershy took the desk's chair. Pinkie, who somehow made a large bowl of popcorn was sitting on a beanbag chair that wasn't there a minute ago, and AJ took a seat against the wall. Spike cleared his throat as he popped open Char's and Sparks's tubes. When they looked at Spike, he smiled. "Char, Sparks, I'm going to tell them about Seedbank. Can you guys find it in the book?" asked Spike. They both nodded as Char and Sparks started to flip through the pages. Spike looked at the girls. "So about 15 months ago, I was on the hunt for a notorious robber in the gambling city of Seedbank..."
Spike was holding a wanted poster for the notorious robber. "The bounty store sure was light this week, the only guy worth anything is just a robber, and who likes the name Big Bucks Bunny Billow and is willing to keep it." Said Spike as he started walking down the main street of Seedbank. Spike looked around at the city he was in. "Kinda reminds me of Las Pegasus, just with more booze and hookers." Said Spike as he noticed a Clakker hen calling him over. Spike sighed, he knew that the locals knew more about his target and no one knew more than the ones that walk the streets. Spike walked over to the hooker.
The hen smiled as she looked at Spike. "Well and I thought I was exotic. You looking for a good time, I'll give you a good deal?" Asked the hen.
Spike shook his head. "No, I'm looking for Billow, you know him?" Asked Spike.
The hen shook her head. "Sorry sweetie, this place was built on money, nothing comes free. You pay and I'll tell you what I know, and just because I think your cute, I'll give you an hour on the house."
Spike shuttered. 'I fucking hate this city already.' Thought Spike. He pulled out his wallet. "How much?" Asked Spike.
The hen smiled. "Depends, a hen has to eat, and time is moolah, so depending on your size, I'll see if your worth it."
Spike groaned. 'I really fucking hate this city.' Thought Spike. "First off, I have two, both are 10inches and both have little barbs on the sides." Said Spike.
The hen's eyes lit up. "Follow me, I know a place we can have our little talk." Said the hen as she walked down an alley. Spike followed behind trying to figure out how to get this over with.
Everyone looked at Spike in shock. "Spike you didn't, did you?" Asked Twilight, she didn't want to find out that Spike lost his virginity to a hooker.
Spike sighed in relief. "No, I asked for the information upfront, then I used Sparks to knock her out. I let her keep the money though. I wonder how Clary is doing, I haven't seen her since I was last in Seedbank."
Once Spike and Clary the hooker arrived at a hotel room, Clary looked at Spike as she opened the door. "Please come in, I'll need a few minutes to get ready, so find somewhere to sit and I'll work with it." Said Clary as Spike walked into the hotel room and she closed the door.
Spike looked around at the room, it wasn't anything special and it smelled clean. Clary walked to a side room to get ready and Spike took a seat on the bed. 'Just don't think about where you are.' Thought Spike. "So, how long have you been in Seedbank?" Asked Spike.
"Oh, about 5 years. This your first time here sexy?"
"Yeah, first time here." Said Spike. 'And hopefully last time.' Added Spike but only in his mind. "Five years, pretty long to be a call hen isn't it?"
"Yeah, but I didn't start out as one, I was a bartender for 3 years then I got the boot."
"Sorry to hear that, where did you used to work?"
"Oh, just the Grain Farm. But times were tough, and my manager had to cut someone. I don't care, I have a good time, my clients have a good time, and I make triple the moolah I did at the casino." Said Clary as she walked back into the main room. She smiled at Spike as she gave him bedroom eyes. "I see you want me to undress you, I'm good with that." She walked over to Spike and pushed him down on the bed. "So, my rate is 1500 an hour, and I knock down a 100 every time I get off, but I add 200 for every time I get you off." Said Clary as she pulled off Spike's boots. "It'll cost you double if you want me to swallow." She then pulled Spike's poncho off. "I don't do pillow talk, kinky shit, or anal unless you have moolah to burn. Now let me see what your packing."
Spike groaned as he inflated his dicks to their full size. The moment Clary looked at them she dropped her beak. 'Oh, momma is going to have a great time tonight.' Thought Clary. She looked at Spike. "Listen since your new to town, I'll give you a great show for 1000 moolah."
Spike nodded. "Fine, but you might not be able to think straight after we're done, so tell me that info about Billow and I'll knock you out." Said Spike.
Clary hummed. "Show me the money and I'll do whatever you want."
Spike smirked. "My wallet is in my poncho." Said Spike, he used his tail to pick it up from the floor and grabbed his wallet. He pulled out 1000 moolah from it and gave it to Clary, she stuck it under her feathers. She looked at Spike as she started to work.
"So, you’re looking for Billow, he's at the Silo, the largest casino in town, but he's protected by a ton of goons. The only way to get to him is to show him that you’re a big player worth his time."
Spike nodded. "How much?" Asked Spike.
Clary shrugged. "Depends on the day, if he's bored, he gambles with 5 million per game, but on a good night he might do 25 million or more." Said Clary as she was about ready to get started.
"Anything else?" Asked Spike.
Clary nodded. "Yeah, he's holding a card tournament tomorrow, winner gets 200 million, but the buy in is 2 million, so only the best are able to get in."
Spike nodded. "Good." Said Spike as he equipped Sparks. "Listen, this is going to hurt a little. You can keep the money." Said Spike as he shot Sparks at Clary, he landed on her face and gave her a mild shock. Once Sparks was done, he hopped off Clary while she fell onto the bed. Spike sighed as he put his dicks back in his slit and pushed Clary off him. Spike groaned. "I'm going to take a shower." Said Spike.
"So after I got the hell out of there, I wondered around for about an hour to get the lay of the land, checked the local shop for some gear that I could use, and headed to the closest casino, because I had a lot of moolah to win." Said Spike.
"I'll see your 350000 and raise you 150000." Said Spike as he was playing the only game he knew how to cheat at, Appleloosa Hold'em or on Modus: Clakker Wing. Right now, Spike was in a hand with a pot worth seven million moolah, and he was looking for the sign from Char and Sparks for the all clear. They were acting as lookouts for Spike making sure he was going to win. Char looked at the last Clakkers hand, he had a pair of sevens, add that to the three queens on the table along with a six and ace of hearts, he had a full house. Spike had the last queen and the ace of spades. Char looked at Sparks and sighed for him to flash green to show Spike that he was going to win.
"I call." Said the high stake Clakkers.
"Thank you, gents please show your cards." Said the dealer.
The high stakes Clakker showed his cards. "Full house. Queen's over sevens." Said the Clakkers with a smug look.
Spike smirked. "Four pretty hens are giving me the moolah. Sorry bud, but you bust out." Said Spike as he scooped all the chips he just won over to him. The Clakker dropped his beak at the fact that he had lost his entire nest egg. Spike smiled that he was going to get his bounty with his winnings. He looked at the dealer and flipped her a single feather chip, she gasped as she looked at the chip. Seedbank had a gambling commission that centralized the chip amounts. There were ten values, a corn chip worth only 1 moolah, a seed chip worth 5, an egg chip worth 25, a chick chip worth 100, a hen chip worth 1000, a rooster chip worth 5000, a feather chip worth 25000, a claw chip worth 50000, a wing chip worth 100000, and the highest denomination, the solid gold Clakker chip with a sexy Clakker hen on it, worth 1 million moolah. The dealer looked at the feather chip, that single chip was enough to buy a home for her right outside of Seedbank. She quickly pocketed the chip and smiled at Spike.
"Would you like to exchange your winnings into a pile a little more manageable, Sir?" Asked the dealer.
Spike nodded. "Yeah, give me 5 Clakkers and 20 wings."
The dealer nodded and called the manager over to her table. "Of course, please follow Mr. Feather to the exchange booth and have a nice day." Said the dealer.
Spike smiled. "Thanks." Spike then whistled signaling for the two spotters in the rafters to come back discretely. Spike was escorted to a VIP exchange booth and given his winnings. He could exchange it for real moolah any time he wanted to, but right now the chips were just as good.
"So, I was rich and pretty much had my entry into Bunny's game. Now all I had to do was take him down, and that was not easy to do at all." Said Spike, but then his stomach growled loudly. Spike blushed. "Heh, sorry, I'm guessing all the changes have really emptied my tank." Said Spike.
Sci Twi giggled. "I'll go grab some of those snacks my mom mentioned. I'm a little peckish myself." Said Sci Twi as she hopped off the bed and walked out of the room.
Spike looked at the group of girls. "Not much else happened for the rest of the day, except for me almost getting married that is, but she wasn't ready and we both knew it." Said Spike like that was nothing new to him.
All the girls looked at Spike in shock. "YOU GOT MARRIED!?" Yelled Twilight.
Spike sighed as he looked at Twilight, she was furious. "No, I said I almost got married. I ran into Abigale while I was in Seedbank and I kinda got drunk with her and Farmer Beek's, to the point we headed to a chappal and got a quickie wedding, but before the vows were even mentioned she got cold feet, saying that she didn't want our love to happen like this." Said Spike as he shrugged. "I do wonder how Beek's and his farm are doing right now?"
"Hey, did you hear that McGraw escaped from jail last week, you think he's coming back for Beek's moolah?"
"No clue, but we're moving the moolah soon so we might just get lucky and miss him."
"Yeah, but we still don't have a new security guard to protect the caravan."
"Didn't you hear, someone responded to the add, he should be here soon."
"Cool, wait I think I see him." Said the guard.
A tall creature with a very familiar outfit walked up to the guards. "I'm looking for the road to Buzzarton."
"You must be the new security guard, go talk to the boss for your moolah." Said the guard.
The creature groaned. "No, I'm heading to Buzzarton, I don't have time for this." Said the creature as he started to walk away.
"Man, I wish Spike would have stayed, he made the caravan trip easy. I heard Abigale was crying her eyes out when she got Spike's letter to Beek's about leaving to go home."
This peeked Strangers interest. "Spike." Said the steef. He walked back to the guard. "Sorry, I must have got turned around, I'm the new guard."
"Oh, great go to the house and talk to the boss." Said the guard.
Stranger nodded as he walked into the farm. "I haven't heard from him in a while, you better be well you bag of scales."
Spike shrugged. "I'm sure everyone is doing fine." Said Spike. He looked back at Twilight. "But yeah, not married."
Twilight let out a breath she was holding. 'Thank Celestia, if she found out about that, no one could stop her.'
Sci Twi walked back into the room and placed down a bowl of chips and lemonade for the group to snack on. "Sorry I took so long, Flurry was asking to come play with Spikie again, but thankfully my mom was about to take her to the park. So, we can move to the living room if you guys want?"
Spike nodded as 8 girls in a room with a dragon was a little tight for him. "Yeah that sound's great. It's a little cramped in here." With that everyone moved to the living room and after finding a good spot to sit, Spike continued his story. "So, after my almost wedding the night before, it was time for me to enter Billow's game."
Spike walked into the Silo, a massive 60 story hotel and casino and the largest one in Seedbank. He walked over to a table with a large banner for the participants to sign up for the game. "Hi, I would like to sign up for the tournament."
The hen in charge of the sign in sheet looked at Spike. "Of course, I'll need your information and the 2 million entrée fee."
Spike nodded as he pulled out 2 gold hen chips and handed them to the hen. "Will this work?" Asked Spike.
The hen nodded. "Of course, Sir, you will be given 1 million when you start playing, the rest goes to the house as a fee."
Spike nodded. 'Nothing unusual.' Spike looked at the hen. "So, what game am I going to be playing?" Asked Spike.
The hen smiled. "Clakker Wing, Sir, with our fabulous owner acting as the dealer."
Spike smiled at hearing this. "Thanks, sweet beaks, take this and have a good day." Said Spike as he pulled out a wing chip from his pocket, he placed it on the table and walked away.
"So, this was how it worked. There were 64 contestants, 8 to a table, 8 tables. winner from each table would be granted a private game in the VIP dome on the top floor."
"Did you use Char and Sparks to cheat?" Asked Rainbow, she was really hoping that was how it went down.
Spike shook his head. "No, too risky, I had to employ a different tactic to win." Said Spike.
"Ok, this will be the last round of betting." Said Billow as he was overseeing the last hand of table 6. Spike and a high-class hen were playing against each other.
"I'm all in." Said the hen as she pushed her 4 million stack into the pot.
Billow looked at Spike. "And you sir?" Asked Billow.
Spike sighed. "I have no other choice, all in." Said Spike as he pushed in his 3.9 million into the pot. He was missing only one card to win this whole thing, the ace of diamonds. He had the king and queen, and on the table were the jack and 10. He hadn't been able to cheat his way this entire game and he was glad that Discord took him and Mac to Las Pegasus and taught him how to play.
Spike was sweating on the inside as he waited for the flop. Billow burned the top card of the deck and flipped the next card. "Ace of Diamonds." Said Billow as he looked at the cards.
Spike smiled at seeing the card. "Royal Flush." Said Spike as he showed his hand. The hen sighed as she only had a three of a kind with the tens.
Billow looked at Spike. "Congratulations, Sir. We will have the final round tomorrow morning, and for being a finalist please follow my guards to a private suite on the 59th floor, for tonight you are my personal guest with full access to the casino."
Spike smiled. "Thank you, sir." Said Spike as he was escorted to the 59th floor.
When Spike arrived at his suite, he looked at the large room in shock. His escort looked at him. "Is there anything you would like right now sir?" Asked the goon.
Spike nodded. "Yes, hard booze and the biggest hunk of meat you have."
The goon nodded and showed Spike to the well-stocked bar. "Here you are sir; we have a fully stocked bar for your personal use."
Spike licked his lips at the sight. "Thank you, have someone bring me my dinner soon."
"Very well." Said the goon as he walked out of the suite.
Spike smiled at the booze and pulled a bottle of his favorite drink on Modus. "Feather Fest, the cheap man’s high-class booze." Said Spike as he popped the cork off the bottle and started drinking.
"So, for the rest of the night, I drank, ate, had a good time until it was time for me to finally get my target." Said Spike. Spike looked around at the kitchen and noticed a bottle on the counter. He looked at Sci Twi. "Hey, does Night Light drink?" Asked Spike.
Sci Twi nodded. "Yeah, he has a bit of scotch after he gets home."
Spike smiled. He walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a glass for him. "Hey Twi, you want one?" Asked Spike.
"No, I'm good." Said Twilight.
Spike shrugged as he snapped, and his class became filled with Absolute. 'Booze magic, nothing greater.' Thought Spike as he walked back to the group of girls. They all looked at the glass of booze. "What is that?" Asked Sunset.
Spike shrugged as he took a sip. "Absolute or at least the closest thing I can snap into reality." Said Spike. "But let’s get back to the story, I'm about to die soon." Said Spike.
The next morning Spike was sitting in the Silo's dome sitting around the other winners. "Welcome to the finals of my tournament, you 8 are the best players to assemble in this room. But I'm changing the game slightly, just to make things more interesting. The winner of this game will have the honor of taking me on in a one on one game for ownership of the Silo. So, without further ado, let’s begin." Said Billow.
After three hours Spike had won it all and was waiting for Billows to return for the final game. "Congratulations Mr. Spike on making it to the final round of the tournament. Unfortunately, I have plans for the final round to be held in a different location. So, follow me." Spike nodded and followed Billow to his private elevator. Once he was inside, he and Billow were starting to head down. Very far down. "Mr. Spike, you see I control 90% of all the moolah in Seedbank, and every year it is boring for me. So, I started this tournament to get my kicks. But here we don't use moolah here, instead..." Said Billow as the elevator opened to an arena underneath the casino. There were all the other contestants in the stands taking bets on the outcome. "Here we use our lives." Said Billow as he pushed Spike out of the elevator.
Spike looked at Billow who was laughing maniacally. "I also want you to know that I don't fight fair." Said Billow as he nodded and the whole arena started to shake, then a dome was lowered onto the two of them. "We will have 2 minutes until this dome is filled to the brim with water. If you can make me submit before then, you will win, if not, you will drown."
Spike looked at Billow. "What about you, dumb ass, you'll drown too."
Billow laughed as he showed his neck. "I am a special type of Slug." Said Billow as he opened his gills.
Spike gulped as he didn't like how this was going. Billow smiled as water started to fill in the arena. "Bring it." Said Billow.
"Long story short, I got my tail handed to me, after I had to swim to breath." Said Spike.
Mal groaned. "Don't remind me, that was the most embarrassing moment of our time on that planet. Were just lucky that we didn't die back then."
Spike laughed. "Yeah, I know, at least you didn't have to take mom's kick to the gut, for someone who's been dead for 10000 years, she can kick." Spike looked back at the girls. "So yeah, I lost and died. But when they drained the dome, I emptied my lungs of water and I got back up. This shocked the whole arena, because I was underwater for a solid 3 minutes, but I took this opportunity to kick Billow's ass before he was able to really get a good punch in or they could refill the dome. Thankfully, he wasn't joking about the whole winnings thing, because once I beat him into a pulp, I got ownership of the Silo and 200 million moolah." Said Spike.
"Yeah, that's when I started to look for our gills. I have been in this idiot for so long, and there are only so many comic books one can take, so I started rummaging through his DNA seeing if I could have some fun, somewhere I remembered seeing something called gills, It took me a few months to actually find it again, but I wasn't expecting to drown again." Said Mal. "Then this dumbass decided to take another job in Seedbank, looking for a giant alligator in the sewers and we end up getting swept up in the current and drowning again." Said Mal in a slightly hostile tone.
Spike laughed. "Oh, don't go there, we did find Willy and he was such a good boy."
"He ate 1500 moolah worth of our gear." Said Mal.
"But he ate 3000 worth of goons." Said Spike.
"We never collected his 50000 bounty."
"But he was happy in the sewers, and he hadn't hurt a Clakkers, only Slug goons."
"He is not a pet, so stop treating him like one, he tried to eat you!"
Spike shrugged. "And Gummy tried to eat Pinkie, but he's a chill little dude, that can kill you if you look into his eyes for too long."
Mal groaned. "I can feel the braincells dying every moment I'm talking with you."
Spike shrugged. "So where were we?" Asked Spike.
"Seedbank, the Silo, wrap it up."
"Right, so yeah, I won the grand prize of Billow's tournament."
Twilight looked at Spike. "So, you own a casino?"
Spike shook his head. "Nope, I gave it away."
This shocked everyone. "Who did you give it to?"
Spike shrugged. "Clary, I found her when I was heading back to New Yoke to turn in Billows and gave her full ownership of the casino. I didn't want it." Said Spike.
"Man, I wish he let me fuck him just once before he left. I owe him so much for getting me off the streets." Said Clary as she sat in the 60th floor's office. "But I'm glad Spike isn't here, the poor dear would be a little out matched with that price on his head." Said Clary as she put down a wanted poster for Spike, wanted dead or alive for 25000000 moolah. Clary leaned back in her chair. "Still wish he let me go around with both of them."
Spike shrugged. "Well, that's pretty much how I became a gambler." Said Spike as he finished off his Absolute.
Suddenly Puppy Spike walked into the living room, looking like he just saw a ghost. Spike looked at his dog self and finally smiled. "Yeah, I was wondering when you were going to figure it out, too bad about your nuts though." Said Spike.
Twilight looked at Spike. "Spike, what's going on?" Asked Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "Ember's pregnant, meaning Spike's going to get fixed."
All the girls looked at Puppy Spike who was shocked. "She's having a litter." Said Puppy Spike as he was trying to come to terms that she even told him that he was the father. "I'm having a litter." Said Puppy Spike as he toppled over.
Spike laughed at the sight. "Bahamut did the exact same thing when my mom told him she was carrying me."
Twilight looked at Spike. "Spike, how did you know?"
Spike shrugged and tapped his nose. "I could smell it. The real question is when the hell did Spike and her do it?"
Puppy Spike blushed. He looked at his Twilight. "Um... Remember three weeks ago when I got sprayed by a skunk."
Twilight nodded. "Yeah, I gave you a bath, but mom wanted you to stay outside."
"Yeah, that was a lie, I found a stink bomb at the school and Ember was in heat. So, I broke it near you and blamed a skunk spraying me. Velvet tossed me out and I shacked up with Ember. I just didn't think it worked. I'm going to be a dad." Said Puppy Spike.
Spike raised his glass. "Cheers, also, unless you want to die, you listen to her and do everything in your power to not fuck up." Said Spike. "I learned that the hard way."
Everyone's attention was now back on the larger Spike. "What, I spent 8 years in a world where condoms do not exist, and after going to the doctors for as long as I did, I saw a few deliveries and even more roosters coming in with talon marks."
Twilight sighed in relief. 'Oh, thank the sun, I thought I was an aunt.' Thought Twilight.
Suddenly the front door opened and in walked Velvet and Flurry Heart. They both noticed the sudden double Twilight and dragon in the living room as everyone was looking at the toddler and her grandmother.
Velvet looked down at Flurry. "Flurry, you’re seeing what I'm seeing too right?" Asked Velvet. Flurry nodded.
Spike sighed as it was probably time to run. He looked at Twilight. "Come on Twilight, I think it's time we had home."
Twilight cleared her throat and nodded. She looked at Sci Twi. "Twilight, it was great to finally meet you, and I hope the puppies are healthy." She looked at the girls and smiled. "Don't hesitate to come to Equestria for a visit." She looked at Velvet. "Would you believe I was a clone?" Velvet shook her head. Twilight sighed.
Spike gave a weak chuckle. "Really that was the best you could do?" Asked Spike. He then pulled out Belch. "Belch, we need some memory wipe." Belch nodded. Spike looked at the girls. "Cover your nose and don't breathe until the gas has dissipated." Said Spike as he tossed Belch to Velvet and released a small cloud of gas, knocking her and Flurry Heart out. Belch hopped back to Spike and smiled. "Great job, we're heading home. We have a big day tomorrow." Belch nodded and went back into his tube.
Spike opened the back door and walked over to the fence. He found Ember laying on her side in the warm sun. Spike gave her a whistle. "Hey Ember, congratulations." Said Spike. Ember dropped her jaw at the fact that she just saw a purple and green thing next door.
She looked down at her belly. "Man, you lot better be fricken adorable, the hormones are making me see things."
Spike walked back to the group and smiled at his Twilight. "Want a ride?" Asked Spike as he extended his wings.
Twilight nodded. "Thanks Spike." Said Twilight as she was picked up by Spike.
They both smiled at the group of girls as Spike took to the air, headed for the school.
Sci Twi looked at her mother and niece and sighed. " Girls, I'm going to need some help moving them to the couch."
When Spike and Twilight landed at the school, there was no one around. So, Spike landed and released Twilight. She looked at the statue. "The name of the statue is Equestria." Said Celestia as she walked out of the school. "A fitting name knowing what I know."
Spike turned around and smiled at Celestia. "Well it looks like we're going back now, where's Luna?"
Celestia smiled. "It was a long day, and she needed to rest. I'm the only one here." She walked over to Spike and smiled at him. "Thank you for saving us today Spike."
Spike shrugged as he smiled at Celestia. "I love my friends, and I would risk anything to make sure that they get through everything."
Celestia smiled as she looked at Spike. "Well, you have some very lucky friends."
Spike smiled as he gave Celestia a hug. "Yeah, I really do." Said Spike.
Celestia smiled as she gave Spike a hug. She broke the hug and looked at her two visitors. "Goodbye Twilight, Goodbye Spike. Please come back and visit again."
Spike and Twilight smiled. "Don't worry, I got to see the puppies sooner or later." Said Spike as he jumped into the portal.
Celestia looked to Twilight for an explanation. She shrugged. "Your Spike got your Ember pregnant." Said Twilight. That helped clear up the confusion.
Celestia smiled. "I'm glad to see him back." She got close to Twilight. "Twilight listen, keep him safe."
Twilight smiled. "I'll do my best for him."
Celestia nodded. "Good."
Twilight smiled as she gave Celestia a hug and walked through the portal.
When Twilight walked out the portal she sighed. "Man, that was a pain in the flanks." Said Twilight.
Spike laughed as he walked over to Twilight. "Your telling me, hey Mal wants to know what the national tree of Equestria is."
"Cedar." Said Twilight.
"That works, thanks Twi." Said Mal as he finished the crossword puzzle.
Spike smiled at getting to finish it, but now it was time to get ready for tomorrow.
Author's Note
Human world is done, now it's time for the Q&A.
Spike was creeped out that Daybreaker was thinking of fucking him, and the fact that she probably has been thinking that for a little too long, Spike was a little wary of finding out what Nightmare was going to do. Spike walked over to Luna. "So, Aunt Luna, what do you have to say about this?" Asked Spike.
Luna blushed. "Well, Spike, I will not deny that you are a handsome drake, but ever since the crystal fair, many ponies have been dreaming about you in maybe not the most appropriate ways. But as far as I'm concerned, my sister's dark half is really out there."
Spike nodded. "Yes, wait... how inappropriate?"
Luna blushed. "The less it is mentioned the better."
Spike sighed. "You know what, just get Nightmare out here so I can get this done and Mal can delete this whole memory from our minds."
Mal walked over to Spike. "Trust me, I am still trying to accept everyone as more than my treasures, but seriously Celestia was the only one that I ever considered family, and that is just fucked up to know that Daybreaker is really into the idea of fucking us." Said Mal.
Spike nodded. "Yeah." Spike looked at Luna. "Ok, Aunt Luna, let’s get Nightmare out."
Luna nodded as a dark wisp started forming from underneath Luna. "Finally, you see that Celestia has never truly trusted you, that is why she will never truly give you the respect you deserve, it is finally time for us to take control and bring about the eternal night." Said the wisp as it separated from Luna and started to form a body.
Spike sighed as he walked over to the wisp and grabbed its tail. "Wait, what is going on?" Asked the wisp, it looked at Spike and somehow, it's eyes which were normally dark and lizard like, slowly became soft. "Spike, it is good to see you again, my little dragon."
Spike looked surprised. "Wait, how do you know me?"
Nightmare sighed as she finished forming her body. "Why wouldn't I?" Asked Nightmare as she gave Spike a hug. "I never thought I was going to be able to tell you how much it meant to me, that you talked to me."
This threw everyone for a loop, even Spike. "But, how did?"
Nightmare sighed. "Spike, do you know the conditions that were placed upon me while I was locked up on the moon?" Asked Nightmare. Spike shook his head. "I was to continue my duties as the princess of dreams, the only place I would allow Luna the ability to reside."
Luna nodded. "Yes, that was why I was so much weaker when I returned. 1000 years of using my magic to reside in the dream realm was draining."
Nightmare nodded. "But to do that, I had to have some connection to the planet to monitor the pony’s dreams."
Celestia sighed. "Yes, I remember Nightmare, since I was the only one willing to handle that responsibility, I was the anchor that allowed you to do your job."
Nightmare smiled. "Celestia, while I was not physically able to hear what Spike said about us, I did learn from your memories how Spike was the only one that was willing to talk to me."
Spike sighed as he looked at Nightmare. "Nightmare, I understand how you feel about being looked over, I had to feel like that for almost 7 years, but I do not condone how you went about making your feelings known."
Luna sighed. "Spike, please, it is pointless to talk about the past, what is done, is done."
Nightmare nodded. "Yes, I have figured out why you have decided to bring us all into this place." Nightmare then looked to Celestia and Daybreaker. "But seriously sister, he is your son, do you not have some boundaries?"
Daybreaker smiled lustfully at Spike. "With 2, 10inch pillars of dragon virality, not to mention the knots and barbs that would make any female a quivering mess. I may be an alicorn, but I'm still a female that has needs." Said Daybreaker, but since she had the tape on her mouth, she said it through her thoughts.
Spike blushed. "Ok, seriously, one more word about my junk and I'll...Wait that would get her off." Spike hummed. "I'll find something nice to do to you."
Daybreaker smirked. "Tie me up and I'll be a good little filly."
Everyone looked at Daybreaker. "Seriously, pull it back." Said Celestia.
Spike sighed as he looked at Nightmare. "Nightmare, I wish to talk about coming to a compromise between you and Luna."
Nightmare sighed as she looked at Luna. "Well, I do not hate the idea of it, but I do have a few conditions."
Spike shrugged. "I had a feeling, what do you want?" Asked Spike.
"I want the ability to swap out with Luna at any time we both agree to it."
Spike hummed. "Not a hard request, but what is stopping you from taking control fully?"
"I'm willing to limit the time I am allowed to stay out to one hour a day, but if the need arises that I need to stay out longer, we can work together."
Spike nodded. "Luna, and what kind of guaranty can you give Nightmare that you will honor her request?"
Luna sighed. "I cannot give her one, but I am willing to stake my honor as the princess on it."
Spike hummed. "Nightmare, is that acceptable?"
Nightmare nodded. "Yes, I have lived inside Luna for so long, that I know that she holds her honor high above many things."
Spike nodded. "Anything else?" Asked Spike.
"I wish to create a celebration to honor the stars and the night in general. So many holidays are celebrated in the day time, but aside from Nightmare Night there are none that celebrate the beautiful night that we work hard to bring."
Spike nodded. "That is something that can be accomplished very simply. I propose a star viewing holiday that is held once a year, right on the winter solstice, a mirror to the Summer Sun Celebration. It will be in the middle of winter, but there are many ways to counter act the cold, warm drinks, staying close to those we love, and watching the night sky. Twilight would be more than willing to approve this proposal."
Luna nodded. "Yes, I agree, and with so many pony holidays, no one will question the addition of another one."
Nightmare smiled. "Very well, there is only one more request that I have."
Spike nodded. "What is it?"
Nightmare hummed. "Can I get a nicer place to stay in our head Luna, preferably by the memories of Spike and Celestia, with direct access to our eyes. The very back of your subconscious is so dank that I would consider it a health hazard."
Luna gasped. "Nightmare, I had no idea it was that so run down back there. Of course, I will relocate you to the surface of my mind to allow you better interaction."
Nightmare smiled. "Good, then with the conditions met, I am willing to allow Luna to harness my power when the need arises." Suddenly Luna's body started to glow a dark blue light. This confused everyone. "Um, what is happening?" Asked Nightmare.
Luna looked at Spike. "Spike, please tell me this is your doing?"
Spike shook his head. "Nope, I'm lost."
Daybreaker then started laughing. "So, it’s finally going to happen."
Everyone looked at Daybreaker as Spike tore off the tape. "Daybreaker what is going on?"
Daybreaker looked at Spike. "Wait, seriously, you don't know?" Spike shook his head. "Spike, haven't you ever wondered who our father was?"
Luna looked at Celestia confused. "Sister, what is Daybreaker talking about?"
Celestia shook her head. "I don't know, our father was Cosmos, a very powerful unicorn that caught our mothers’ eye, when he was in his twenties, he died in his 60's when you were around 8."
Daybreaker looked at Celestia. "No, you know that is not true, or at least that is what you believe you know. But in truth our father was not a unicorn, but a dragon."
Spike looked at Daybreaker. "No, now I know your lying."
Daybreaker smirked. "Really, then explain me and Nightmare, awfully similar to Mal wouldn't you say?"
Spike nodded. "Well, yeah, but that doesn't mean that you guys are part dragon."
Daybreaker sighed. "Spike, look at our eyes, and our teeth. Ponies don't have fangs or slit eyes, what about our magical abilities, and our enhanced durability. Celestia was tossed through most of the old castle during her battle with Nightmare all that time ago. Then think about what caused us to be released, Luna wanted ponies to respect her night, and I want to control without restrictions, sounds a lot like greed, maybe not for treasure but not everything in this world is about money."
Spike gulped. "Ok, you make a few good points, but if so, who was your father?"
Daybreaker sighed. "The second Dragon Lord, Cosmic Night. Our mother wished to say goodbye to her friend when it was his time, there she was consoled by our father and soon they entered a relationship. But Dragons were still considered a dangerous species even back then, so to keep together, he added his blood to the scepter and created the ability to transform his shape, taking on the form of Cosmos to spend time with mother. Dragons are a species that can cross breed with almost any creature, so soon I came along, years went by and then Luna came as well. But unlike a pure dragon, they both looked like ponies. But me and Nightmare held our draconic features."
Spike nodded. "Ok, I believe you Daybreaker, so what, Luna and Nightmare are going to molt now?"
Daybreaker shrugged. "No clue, me and Celestia never came to terms."
Luna looked at Nightmare. "So, with the terms agreed upon, I think it is time for us to make our father proud, as well as our nephew."
Nightmare nodded. "I agree." Said Nightmare as she was glowing. The two walked closer to each other, then they fused into one, leaving Luna alone, but instead of staying Luna, she started to grow taller as a result.
Everyone looked at Luna in shock, she was now as tall as Celestia, and her eyes were slightly slited. "Oh, this is weird, but oddly comforting." Said Luna.
Spike walked up to Luna. "Luna, you there?"
Luna smiled at Spike. "Yes, dear nephew, I am here, and it appears that I am no longer small." Said Luna as she noticed that she and Spike used to be face to face, but now he was head to chest with her. Luna pulled Spike into a hug, shoving his head into her breasts. "Spike, thank you for helping us."
Spike smiled as he returned the hug. "Don't worry Aunty Woona."
Nightmare giggled. "I still love that little name, and thank you for moving me Luna." Said Nightmare.
Spike sighed as he looked at his aunt. "Aunt Nightmare, take some time to look around your head." Said Mal as he walked over to Luna and Spike. "I'm still looking around our head for new stuff."
Nightmare nodded. "Thank you Mal, now I think it is time for us to help Celestia and Daybreaker."
Spike nodded as he walked over to his mother and Daybreaker. "Ok, mom, Daybreaker, what will it take to make you two work together?" Asked Spike.
Daybreaker purred. "Give me a great night and I'll merge with her right now." Said Daybreaker. "I also like it rough and wouldn't mind a few red marks."
Spike blushed. "Ok, no. What else do you want?" Asked Spike.
Daybreaker sighed. "Spoil sport, but I'm well aware that you are thinking about it."
Celestia gasped. "SPIKE!?"
Spike blushed even more. "Well, I did always think you were beautiful, and I was one of the few people that actually saw you naked, plus those cakes go to all the right places, it's not hard for a male to find you attractive."
Celestia blushed. "But the time you got your first erections, I was getting changed for a meeting."
Spike nodded. "Look, mom. I was confused, I don't really know how I felt back then, I do love you, but now only as my mother. I'm not saying that you are not a beautiful mare, but to me you are just my mother."
Celestia sighed. "Thank God."
Spike sighed. "So, aside from sleeping with me, what do you want Daybreaker?" Asked Spike.
Daybreaker hummed. "Ok, I want to stay on the surface of Celestia's mind, I'll take the same amount of time as Nightmare, and just to sate my curiosity, I want to see how much 'they' have grown." Said Daybreaker. "Celestia does not have to see them, we can go to an alleyway, you whip them out and give me a good look. We come back and I'll merge with her right here."
Spike sighed. "Mom?"
Celestia sighed. "I agree to the first two terms, but the last is ultimately up to you Spike."
Daybreaker purred. "Come on, I promise to only look, unless you think I'm being a naughty mare, then you can spank me, but then you might want to make sure I learn my lesson."
Spike groaned. "I can't believe that I'm going to do this." Said Spike. He dreamed up a rope and used it to tie up Daybreaker. "Oh, I didn't know you were into this kind of thing Spike, but make sure to tie it tight, you don't want me to run away."
Spike sighed as he finished tying her up. Spike looked at Daybreaker. "I'm giving you 10 seconds, no more. I will not do this again, so you better burn these into your mind and keep them away from my mother." Said Spike as he carried her away to an alley.
Luna looked at Celestia. "Seriously, what is her deal?"
Celestia sighed. "I haven't had sex in 2000 years Luna. I'm really pent up, but Spike is not going to be the answer."
"Holy Shit!" Yelled Spike.
Mal snickered. "Yeah, I forgot to mention, the Molt also helps in finding a mate, we used to be 10inches."
"Sweet Me, Spike, I don't care about anything, I want those cannons in me right now, I want to feel those 15inch arms in both my holes and we can skip the lube, I'm wet enough." Yelled Daybreaker.
Luna blushed. "Ok, now I'm a little curious." Said Nightmare.
"Nightmare, he's our nephew?"
"What, it's not as bad as some of those forbidden text that you used to hide in your room. Remember the one between brother and sister?" Luna blushed at the memory. "And they were blood related, Spike is not."
Mal started laughing. "Well, I think I'm going to like having my full family around, even if it means me and Spike finally get laid." Said Mal.
Celestia and Luna glared at Mal. "Ok, well, I'm going to go now, good luck with all of this." Said Mal as he left the dream.
Spike sighed as he walked back with Daybreaker over his shoulder. She was giggling like a fool. "Please, I'll be a good filly, just let me be bad this one time Spike, I'll make you my king, plus as long as I'm the first in line, you can have as many mares as you want, I won't care."
Spike blushed but shook his head. "Seriously, drop this whole trying to get me to fuck you thing. I'm not going to do that, you are my mother, even if you are not the one who raised me, you are still her, I will not cross that line." Said Spike as he placed Daybreaker with Celestia.
Celestia looked at Daybreaker. "Seriously, I know we are pent up, but where do you draw the line?"
Daybreaker giggled. "Oh, I remember the time you and Luna decided to..." Said Daybreaker, but Luna and Celestia used the tape to cover her mouth.
"That was one time, and we were in heat." Said Celestia.
Spike groaned. "Ok, Mal is gone, I have 15 inch long dicks and I find out that my mother and aunt had sex with each other. I don't think this night could get any worse."
Luna gulped. "Spike, I need to tell you the truth. Dragon mating season is coming up, and since you have molted, and are over 18, your free game for possible mates to fight over you."
Spike groaned. "Anything else that could go wrong?"
"Our heat is coming up soon." Said Luna as she blushed.
"Meaning that we might not be able to control ourselves when we have a strong male around us." Said Nightmare.
Spike pointed at himself and Luna nodded. "Ok, I'm going to just leave this conversation right here." Said Spike. He looked at Daybreaker. "I held up my end of the deal, now it's time for you to do the same."
Daybreaker smirked. "Very well Spike, I agree to the terms." Said Daybreaker as her body started to glow.
Celestia sighed. "I agree to the terms." Said Celestia, making her body glow. Celestia leaned over to Daybreaker as she disappeared into Celestia. Celestia didn't change in height, but the end of her mane and tail changed into colored flames to follow its pattern as her eyes changed to slits. "Wow, this feels like something so familiar, but odd at the same time." Said Celestia.
Spike nodded. "Yeah, I felt the same way when I got my wings."
Celestia smiled as she walked over to Spike. She leaned down to give Spike a kiss. "Thank you for doing this for us Sweetie, I know not all of this was desirable, but I believe that it was the right choice."
Spike smiled. "Yeah, I agree." But then Celestia's hand started moving down Spike's stomach. "Um... Mom, what are you doing?" Asked Spike.
Daybreaker giggled. "Oh, I'm giving your mother an idea of how much you've grown."
Spike sighed as he stepped back. "Ok, don't make me slap my mother." Said Spike.
Daybreaker purred. "Oh, this time, aim for my lower cheeks, Celestia would love it too."
Spike sighed. "Ok, I'm done, goodbye." Said Spike as he forced himself awake, forcing Luna and Celestia out as well.
Spike open his eyes; he was still in his bed. "I'm never going to do that again." Said Spike.
"Yes, I believe that is probably for the best." Said Luna, she was in her newer form. "But I must say, I don't mind having Nightmare on the surface of my mind, she actually is quite insightful."
"Why thank you Luna, and I believe that it is best that we take our leave with Celestia to make sure Daybreaker doesn't do something. We should announce the truth to our subjects tomorrow, so they do not freak out seeing our new appearance."
Luna nodded. "Yes, I agree that is for the best." She looked at Spike. "Spike, truly we are in your debt for helping us achieve our full potential." Luna walked over to Spike and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Please, forgive Daybreaker. Celestia, is to many ponies, something that is too pure to be defiled by the more cardinal needs, but she is first and for most, a mare. She has not found a partner in 2000 years, and that was with me of all ponies. It has been even longer since she had the chance to bed a male."
Spike nodded. "I didn't really need to know that, but how bad will your heats be?" Asked Spike.
Luna sighed. "Spike, truly we are unsure ourselves, we remember hearing stories about dragon mating habits, males become very horny, but the females become insatiable, and will jump any male that won't die. My sister and I have gone through estrus before, but seeing as we controlled ourselves back then, I have some confidence in our abilities. So, we should be fine."
Spike sighed. "Hey Luna, listen, if you do need help? I mean Daybreaker was right, we are not blood related."
Luna sighed as she sat on the bed. "Spike, truly you have a kind heart, willing to help us in this time of restrain. But I do believe that we have a better idea, that does not require you to sate us." Said Luna.
Spike smiled. "Well the offer is still there. I mean, you and mom are pretty much sex symbols everywhere."
Luna was surprised. "Really, how so?" Asked Luna.
Spike blushed. "Well, mom's tendency to eat cake, has left her with a figure that wouldn't seem possible, and you have, or had a smaller but still just as beautiful figure, but still held some muscles."
Luna sighed. "Spike, please, stop talking." Spike nodded. "Spike, we do love you, and this conversation is not done, but you must rest, and I must work." Said Luna.
Spike nodded. "Right, hey what time is it?" Asked Spike.
Luna hummed as she looked at the moon. "It appears to be 2am, so please return to a restful sleep dear nephew."
Spike yawned. "Ok, goodnight Aunt Woona." Said Spike as he went back to bed.
Luna sighed. "How long were you going to pretend?"
Celestia sighed. "Oh, not much longer, I just wanted to hear what he truly thought about me. I had no idea he saw me like that."
Luna smiled. "Well, I'm not opposed to the idea of us with Spike." Said Luna.
Celestia smiled at Spike as she sat on the bed with him. "Neither am I, but we cannot push him to that Luna, it would be unfair to him. He will always be my son first, a drake second. I want him to find someone that he loves, and not to give his first time to his mother and aunt just because they asked for help dealing with estrus."
Luna nodded. "I agree, besides there is always the fallback plan, has our island in the middle of the sea regrown?"
Celestia nodded. "Yes, but we have no idea how long this will last this time."
Luna hummed. "We could ask Nightmare or Daybreaker?"
Celestia sighed. "We should inquire, but for now, can we just drop this subject until we are not in the company of Spike?" Spike snored. "I don't want him to hear."
Luna nodded. "Very well, I will take my leave then." Said Luna as she teleported away.
Celestia looked down at Spike. "Please find someone that will make you happy Spike." Said Celestia. She was about to get up from the bed, but she was stopped by Spike grabbing her wrist, but he still snored, Celestia sighed. "Ok, mommy will stay." Said Celestia.
Spike hummed, Celestia got into the bed and smiled at Spike. "I remember sleeping with you when you were little, I guess some things never change." Said Celestia, she kissed Spike's forehead. "Goodnight my little ball of fire."
Author's Note
So yeah, I always thought that was a reason why Daybreaker and Nightmare were more dragon like. My full idea was a dark magic using dragon, but I like the idea of this. PLEASE FOR ALL THIS IS HOLY, do not flood the comments with comment about Spike X Celestia X Luna. I'm going to say this right now, Spike is going to get laid, but I will not tell anyone who it will be. Blame Freud.
When Spike woke up, he was face to face with Celestia, she was still asleep, but then it dawned on him that she was in his bed, and two things popped into his mind. 'Fuck!' and 'I fucked my mom!' So, the appropriate response to do is scream, reel back, and pray you didn't get her pregnant. With Spike doing all three at the same time. "AHH, please, please tell me I didn't sleep with my mother." Said Spike as he was back to the headrest with the bed.
"Eh, I thought she had a little more class than to sleep with her own son, but it's not like you two are related, aside from adoption." Said a voice.
Spike looked around for the owner of the voice. "Fate is that you?" Asked Spike as he looked to the heavens.
"Yes, and I'm not there Spike, I'm in the doorway." Said Fate. Spike looked at the doorway to the room and standing there was a... Spike was at a loss, there was no way to describe who he was looking at. Fate giggled as she walked over to Spike. "Here let me fix this, tuck this in here, go for a little bigger, and there." Now standing in front of Spike was a very tall woman, with long green hair, dressed in an elegant white gown that contained a heavenly pair of breasts. Spike dropped his jaw at the sight of the woman. "Well, it's nice to finally meet you, Spike, I'm Fate, and don't worry, nothing happened last night between you and Celestia, well aside from a bit of cuddling."
Spike sighed. "Oh, thank god."
Fate sighed. "Well, I wouldn't thank the big guy, it was more me, but I'm now wondering, what would have happened if your coin landed on good or bad instead of on the edge."
Discord then popped into the room. "Well, I had money that good would have seen Spike get laid, and bad he would have gotten them both pregnant."
Fate hummed. "Maybe, but I think the bad would have been he went on a lust-filled bender and fucked the two until they were pretty much his for life. Don't get me wrong, I love Murphy, but he's human, and Spike has 2 arms in his slit. Death is going to have a field day when he dies."
Discord hummed. "Oh, you think she'll let me name the little bone dragon?"
Fate chuckled. "Dream on Dissy, Death will probably have your head if you do."
Discord shrugged. "Probably." He looked at Spike. "Sup."
Spike nodded. "Discord, why are you here?"
Discord smiled. "Well, I just wanted to check out Celestial Breaker, I already talked to Lunar Night."
Spike was confused. "Who?"
Celestia sighed as she woke up. She looked around and noticed the two cosmic beings in the room and her son. "Ok, I'm not sure where this is going but, Discord leaves and Fate can stay."
Fate smiled as she puffed up a cup of breakroom coffee. "Hey Tia, drink this." Said Fate.
Celestia groaned as she took the cup of coffee. "Thanks." She chugged the drink down in one go and looked right a moment later. "Aw, much better, good morning everyone." Said Celestia.
Spike blinked. "What the hell?"
Fate giggled. "Temporal rift coffee, strongest known cup of mud in the world, one sit makes you feel like you got a full 8 hours, a cup makes you feel like you slept for a week, and a pot, allows you to transcend the physical plane and view into other realities."
Spike sighed. "I want my manual." Said Spike.
Discord shrugged. "I'm working on it, it takes time to write something that large."
Fate smiled at Celestia. "Tia, how is she doing?" Asked Fate.
Celestia sighed. "I had to tie her up in my mind, just so she wouldn't jump Spike in his sleep, please tell me she gets easier to deal with?"
Fate sighed. "Tia, I'm good at telling the future, but there are a few things that I cannot see. Like Spike, he only has one coin with Mal just tied up with his, you and Daybreaker share a coin. But even if I could tell her fate, you know I can't just tell you what's going to happen."
Celestia sighed, she knew fate was steadfast when it came to telling mortals the future, she can only do it as long as it's less than 5 minutes from happening, and only to a few creatures. "Very well, let me get cleaned up and we can play our yearly bridge games." Said Celestia.
Fate smiled. "Of course, I'll meet you in the gardens as always." Said Fate as she disappeared with Discord.
Spike sighed. "Well, I need to go to the kitchen and start making a cake for her." Said Spike as he got out of the soft confines of his bed.
Celestia looked at Spike, she was confused. "What cake?"
Spike sighed. "She may have gotten me out of a situation because I offered to make her my 7 filling cake."
Celestia smiled. "Oh, can I get a slice Sweetie?"
Spike smiled. "Of course, mom, now go get cleaned up, and I'll have the cake done before you leave." Said Spike.
Celestia nodded as she teleported to the closest bathroom. Spike sighed as he got out of the bed and made his way to the kitchen.
30 minutes later Spike was finishing the decorations on the cake that he worked hard to recreate after 10 years. "And there." Said Spike as he finished applying the last of the frosting flowers to the top.
Celestia walked into the kitchen and smiled at seeing that Spike was back in his element. She walked over to the cake and tried to get a taste, but before she could her hand was slapped away by Spike's tail. "Really mom, I worked hard on the cake, and you try to taste my back?"
Celestia giggled. "Well in my defense, it's been over 2 years since I last had a taste."
Spike sighed. "Well, you're lucky I decided to make 2 for today." Said Spike as he pulled out the second's cake from the fridge. He brought it over to Celestia who was giggling like an idiot at the sight of the second cake, it was a little smaller than the first, but it was already finished. "I made this as a practice cake, and it turned out as great as ever."
Celestia smiled at hearing that the cake will be great. "Thank you, Sweetie, I'm sure it will be as great as ever. So, do you have any plans today?"
Spike hummed. "Well, I want to go check on Wilhelm and the family. Make sure everyone is behaving. I might bring Zecora too, she told me that she can make a lot of strong potions from Hydra saliva and scales."
Celestia nodded. "Well, that sounds like a lovely day, and I hope it stays like that, but knowing you, it won't."
Spike laughed. "Yeah, it never stays like that, does it?"
Celestia shook her head. "No, but it always turns out for the best." Said, Celestia.
Spike nodded. "Yeah. Well, I'm going to head out. Don't eat both cakes mom." Said Spike as he walked over to Celestia, he wrapped Celestia in a hug. "I love you, mom."
Celestia smiled and hugged him back. "Love you too Spike, have fun."
Spike nodded. "Will do, have a good time with Fate."
Celestia released Spike and lifted both cakes into her magic. "I will, and if you want, come by the castle later, I and Luna might need your help talking to the citizens about all of this." Said Celestia as she motioned to her new form. "We don't want a panic."
Spike nodded. "Sure, and just to make sure, Cadance doesn't have one as well right, I don't remember her talking about her parents, and it would be really weird to find out that she is a hybrid as well?"
Celestia giggled. "No, she's all pony, I met her parents 50 years ago, when she was still a filly, but before she became an alicorn and gained the long life of one."
Spike sighed. "Good, I don't think I could deal with a lust filled princess of Love."
Celestia purred. "Really, I highly doubt that Spike, we both saw what you're packing, and dragons have great stamina." Said Daybreaker.
Spike sighed. "And now you just made it weird." Said Spike as he took a few steps back, he shot a gout of flames at his feet and sent himself to Zecora's.
Celestia sighed. "Really, I didn't need to see them as well."
Daybreaker smirked. "Oh, hush you, I was in your dreams last night, I saw the glances you shot at Spike's crotch, every so often."
Celestia blushed. "Seriously, stop making it weird."
When Spike reassembled at Zecora's hut, it was clear that something was wrong. The front door was wide open, books were scattered and open on the ground, and Fluttershy was carrying Zecora on her back. But it didn't look like Zecora, this zebra had large orange dots on her body, and her mane was covering her face, but he sent himself to Zecora. Meaning that the mare on Fluttershy was Zecora. Spike ran over to his friend and became worried. "Zecora, what happened?"
Zecora looked at Spike and he noticed the lack of energy in her eyes. "Spike, stay back."
Spike stopped in his tracks. "Zecora, what's wrong?"
Fluttershy sighed. "Spike, I asked Zecora to help me in the swamps, we found a tree with some very vibrant flowers and she got fit with some spores. I rushed her back to town so we could go to the hospital, we're just about to head there now."
Spike nodded. "Ok, let me help you, I still remember you teaching me about plant-based diseases." He took a look around the witch doctors' home, it was filled with more books than it was years ago. But it was easy enough to find some reference books. Spike carried a stack of a dozen books to the sitting room and started looking looked through them. "Ok, so you got it from a plant in a swamp, meaning it's not going to be desert-based or mountain-based. That leaves about 6 dozen possible illnesses." Spike tossed a few books aside that didn't contain what he was looking for. "How long ago was she exposed to the spores?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy thought for a moment. "Less than an hour ago, and her symptoms appeared rapidly."
Spike nodded as he ignored the diseases that needed a long time to show symptoms. "Ok, that leaves 3 possible illnesses." Spike groaned. "And going off of the symptoms, it's the one that I really wished it wasn't." Said Spike as he grabbed a book and found the illness in the pages. "She has Swamp Fever."
Zecora gasped and a few bubbles were coughed out. Zecora shook her head in despair. "No, no, no, no, no, no, this is very bad, it can't be Swamp Fever?"
Spike sighed. "Zecora, I'm sorry but it looks like it."
Zecora sighed. "But I had a long life ahead of me."
Fluttershy looked serious. "Then I'll go get the cure for Swamp Fever."
Zecora sighed. "Fluttershy, I wish it were that easy, but I learned about this disease from Dr. Horse. It has no cure, and the only reason it is so unknown to this day is that it was thought to have died away."
"Yes, long ago, there was an outbreak of Swamp Fever that plagued the lands. Many ponies were turned into the very tree that spread the disease. But I remember a story that mom told me about an herbalist that was able to help, the legend of the Mystical Mask." Spike hummed but then he came up with an idea. "I'm going to the hospital to get some help, but if there is any place that has some information it would be the old castle." He looked to Fluttershy and Zecora. "Zecora, you just stay calm and rest."
Zecora gave Spike a small smile as she nodded. "Thank you Spike."
Spike smiled as he sent himself to the local hospital to get some real medical professionals.
Sitting at the large receptionist desk, was one of the 2 dozen staff at the Ponyville Hospital. She was a pure white mare with a pale pink mane. "Red, your shift is almost done, do you want to knock off a bit early and get some breakfast with me?" Asked another nurse, this one was yellow, with her mane of gray and white.
Red Heart sighed as she was stuck with the night shift and it was completely dead, but she was dedicated to her job and stayed up for it. "Thanks, Snow, but I still got another 30 minutes."
Snowheart sighed as she joined her coworker behind the desk. "Fine, but maybe some company would be welcomed?"
Red Heart nodded as she yawned. "Yeah, just nothing about sleeping."
Snowheart giggled as she took a seat. "Fine, but it's not like something is going to happen in the next 30 minutes."
Red heart sighed the moment that came out of Snowheart's mouth. "Doctor Horse please be on standby." Said Red Heart through the intercom.
"Why did you do that?" Asked the mare.
"Wait for it." Said Red Heart.
Soon Spike flew into the greeting room of the hospital and popped back at his full height. "Hey Nurse Red Heart, Nurse Snowheart."
"Hello Spike, I'm glad to see you are back, but is there a reason you are here?" Asked the tired mare.
"Yeah, Zecora has Swamp Fever, I'm no medical professional, but I don't want to watch my friend turn into a tree, so I'm going to check my mother's old castle to find a clue about the cure. So, could you get Doctor Horse?"
Red Heart sighed as she nodded. "Doctor, we have a problem."
Soon a tall stallion with a large curled mane and a lab coat ran into the room to see the problem. "Ok, prep the O.R and get sterilized."
Spike smiled at seeing the stallion. "Doc, long story short, Zecora has Swamp Fever, I'm going to look for a cure. Can you look after her while I do it?"
The stallion nodded. "Of course, let me get my equipment ready." He ran off to get his equipment ready.
He soon returned with a bag full of his equipment. "Ok, let's go, Red, you and Snow are with me." Both mares ran around the desk and nodded.
Spike smiled at seeing the group of medical ponies. "Well let's go pick them up and then we'll go to the castle." They all nodded, and Spike shot them back.
Once the group returned to Zecora's hut, they quickly gathered the mares, and Spike sent them all to Bell.
The trio was just waking up for the day. Sophie yawned, her long tongue slithered out of her mouth. "What a great night's sleep." This woke up her sisters, and they agreed.
"Yeah, so much better than our old cave." Said Eve.
Belle nodded as she bleated. "Yeaaaah." She cracked her neck, and that's when she noticed the large plume of smoke enter the room they had made theirs. "Master?... Master!" Cried the goat when she woke up fully.
Spike and the group landed in the room and started his plan, he looked at the girls. "Girls, trouble, find Char." Said Spike.
The trio nodded and ran out of the room. Spike sighed and placed Zecora on the bed. "Zecora, rest for a bit, me and the family will go search the library for a clue."
Zecora nodded. "Very well Spike, but please do not run yourself ragged."
Spike smiled. "Sure, but right now, I'm perfectly composed." He looked to the medical ponies. "Can you guys do your thing while Shy and I search the library for a clue?"
Doctor Horse nodded. "Yes, we'll take great care of her, but please hurry, she might not have a lot of time."
Zecora smiled at hearing that she was being looked over and closed her eyes. Spike looked at Fluttershy. "Shy, we're going to the library, if we're going to find a clue, that would be the first place we should check." Fluttershy nodded at the plan. The two walked out of the room.
When they reached the basecamp, they found the trio with Char and her swarm. Spike walked over to the trio and rubbed their heads. "Good job girls." Spike looked at Char. "Char, Zecora is ill and we need to look through the old library for some information. Set up the web and look for any reference to Mystical Mask, or Swamp Fever." Char nodded at her orders. She turned around and informed her swarm about their orders. They all nodded at the mission. Char nodded and led her swarm to the library. Spike smiled at seeing the group set off to work. "I'm really glad I taught them how to read." Spike looked at Fluttershy. "Shy, we're going too, the more eyes we have, the quicker we'll find it."
When Spike and Shy arrived in the library, the whole room was already alive with the largest information web in Equestrian history. Char was forming a web on the main table, with each of her Bolamites attached. Each Bolamite was searching the shelves for medical books or books about Mystic Mask, while having a thread of silk attached to their legs. Spike walked over to Char. "Good going, Char, tell me when someone finds something." Char nodded. Soon the threads started to vibrate, meaning someone found something that related to the search. Char looked at the string, she then looked at Spike and signed where that Bolamite was located. "Got it." Said Spike as he walked to the Bolamite in question. When he arrived at the location, a Bolamite was sitting on a book. Spike smiled at the Bolamite and took the book. "Thanks, keep doing a great job." Said Spike.
Spike walked back to the table and noticed that Fluttershy was gone and another string was vibrating. "Char, did Fluttershy go grab the book?" Char nodded and Spike nodded back. "Good, I'll start looking through this book." Spike took a seat at the table and started looking through the book.
Soon more and more books arrived thanks to Fluttershy. But each of the books only mentioned Swamp Fever or Mystical Mask. Nothing helpful, but Zecora's life was on the line, so stopping was not an option.
Spike sighed as he grabbed his 17th book and started reading.
In ancient times, many plagues threatened the lands, many ponies sought the aid of the master healer Mage Meadowbrook, and her potions thought to cure any illness. Her aid was in such demand that she was given a mask in hopes of preventing the sickness from infecting the healer herself. Researchers have discovered the location of her workshop, it resides in the middle of the Hayseed Swamp.
Spike looked at the book. "Well, this is the best place to start, but why does the name Meadowbrook sound familiar?" Asked Spike, but he shrugged it off for now. Spike grabbed his next book and cracked it open.
It is thought that the Mystic Mask had a workshop where she crafted her healing brews, in the Hayseed Swamp.
Spike sighed. "Ok, Mage Meadowbrook was the Mystic Mask, or at least they were in the same location." Spike looked at Char. "Char, we have a lead, call them back." Char nodded and plucked all the strings, telling her swarm to return. "Fluttershy, I found a lead."
Fluttershy flew back to Spike and looked over his shoulder. "You did, great, where are we going?"
Spike pointed to the 2 books. "It looks like the Hayseed Swamp is our first stop."
Fluttershy looked at the book and grew a serious expression. "I'll get ready." Said Fluttershy as she took the book and flew off.
Spike walked back to Zecora in the trio's room. Sophie, Belle, Eve were watching over Zecora, as the doctors were checking her condition, just like Spike wanted. He walked over to Belle and scratched her head. "Girls, thanks for doing this for her. She's a good friend of mine." Said Spike worried for his old friend.
Eve purred. "She's someone close to Master, yes?"
Spike nodded. "Very, we share a strong bond, 2 creatures not from here and ostracized for just being different than ponies, who found each other and became friends."
Sophie hissed as she tasted the air. "She's not running a fever, but I'm not sure how long that will last."
Spike nodded. "Yes, girls make sure nothing happens to her." All three heads nodded, Spike walked out of the room, he needed to go talk to something really quick. Spike equipped Char and shot 6 other Bolamites. "Char, gather everyone, we're moving out, meet in the front." Ordered Spike. Char nodded and the 7 Bolamites moved out.
Spike walked to the front of the castle and took a narrow staircase down the canyon, he walked to the bottom and headed for a cave that housed something important. Sitting inside of the cave was a large crystal tree, Spike looked at the tree and sighed, it's been 3 years since he was last in the presence of the tree. He walked up to it and placed a hand on the trunk. "I'm not sure if this will even work, but we share a connection from long ago, I seek your aid now."
The tree started glowing as the area around Spike became a void. "So, you finally know the truth brother." Said a voice.
Spike nodded as he looked around the empty void. "Yes, are you the Tree of Harmony?" The voice remained silent. "Fine, I'm just going to assume yes. I need your help?"
Soon a figure was approaching Spike in the void, it was a pony, but this one was not normal. Her arms were crystal with the element of Honesty in her left shoulder, and the element of Laughter in her right. Her left leg had the element of Generosity, and her right had the element of Loyalty, but they seemed to be floating in the legs made of pure magic. Her body was normal with Fluttershy's element embedded in it, and her head was ghost-like with the element of Magic on her forehead. The mare walked over to Spike and looked at him. "You have grown Garyx, wait, no, you go by Spike. But that matters not, you have changed much in your time away, dear brother."
Spike looked at the mare. "Brother?" Asked Spike.
The mare giggled. "Oh, it seems you don't know it all, please allow me to explain. Long ago, Grogar wanted to control the world, but Lilith and your parents defeated him, sadly at the cost of you and Tiamat. But what our brother the Blood Stone did not reveal, was that I am in fact not what gave the elements life, but they gave me life. Long ago, before Grogar went mad with power, he was a just and fair ruler and a powerful magic-user. But he was dying, so he divided his power into 6 items that he believed were what made magic. Kindness: The desire to help others with the power, Honesty: The knowledge to help, Loyalty: To stand up for what is in the best interest of others, Generosity: Willing to spend everything to help others, Laughter: The ability to ignore the pain and move past hardships, Raw Magic: The focal point of all magic in the world, and the conduit of which he based his theory. From that, Grogar forged 6 items, the 6 elements, but in turn, he sacrificed who he was, as for when the last element was finished, Grogar the king did indeed die, only leaving Grogar the tyrant. Seeing that their creator was gone, they left to find a new master. They chose 6 different ponies, who would be the first generation of Element bearers. The Element of Magic was found by Star Swirl, Kindness went to a healer named Meadowbrook, Honesty went to a legend named Rockhoof, Generosity was gifted to Mistmane, Loyalty went to Flash Magnus, and Laughter went to Somnambula. But they were unaware of the element's meaning, it mattered not, for even the elements were unsure as well."
Spike looked at the mare. "Wait, why do I know all of those names?"
The tree mare sighed. "I would hope you would, but Blood Stone is terrible at telling the story. Spike, didn't he tell you that Star Swirl gave Lilith the elements to use in the fight against Grogar?" Spike nodded. "Good, he always forgets to mention them though. Spike the elements can freely change owners if the previous wielders desire. So, in times of such crisis, with Grogar's power threatening the world, Star Swirl and the others forfeited their elements to Lilith in hope of saving the world. For the first time since their creation, all the elements were together under a single bearer. At that moment, a single object was formed, a seed, my seed. Everyone looked at my seed and Lilith returned it to Star Swirl, ordering him to plant me where I am sitting now."
Spike nodded. "Ok, but what about Twilight's castle?"
The mare shrugged. "What, I wanted something cool. You can talk and move, Blood Stone can control dragons, all I have are rocks. Plus, Twilight was kinda homeless after losing the library, but I didn't want her living above me, she would be up all night and even if it doesn't look like it, I do sleep."
Spike laughed. "Yeah, that was the plan after the girls defeated Tirek, then you popped the castle into town. But what happened to the first bearers?"
The tree hummed. "I cannot answer that for you yet, just know that they will return."
"Fine, but the reason I am here, Meadowbrook, the healer, did she have a cure for Swamp Fever?"
"She did, but the answer you seek is not here but can be found in the Hayseed Swamp. There you will find her workshop, search for what you seek there."
Spike nodded. "Thank you, Harmony, and thanks for giving me a throne, but did you need to make it so small?"
The tree giggled. "Spike, if it was any larger you couldn't have jumped up to it, you were short back then."
Spike sighed. "Still, thank you for helping me."
The tree smiled as she wrapped Spike into a hug. "I finally got to hug you brother, I hope you find what you seek."
Spike smiled as he returned the hug. "Thanks, Harmony." The void disappeared and Spike was now hugging the tree's trunk. Spike released his 'sister' and walked away to get back on task.
30 minutes later, Fluttershy and Spike were flying across the sky, with the third wheel, Twilight. Spike looked at Twilight. "Why are you here?" Asked Spike.
Twilight shot a glare at Spike. "I'm here to help, Fluttershy told me what happened to Zecora."
Spike nodded. "Ok. I talked to Mom, and Aunt Luna, they have come to terms with Daybreaker and Nightmare, so be ready for when you see the change it brought to them, also they are half-dragons, so they technically molted, but I'll explain later. But first, it's going to take a few hours for us to make it to the swamp by air and I really need to tell you that I talked to the Tree of Harmony."
Both mares looked at Spike in shock. "You did?" Asked Twilight.
Spike nodded. "I did, she's my sister of sorts, I also know about the true origins of the elements and the tree itself. Grogar was the one who created the elements, and that was what caused him to change."
This caught both mares off. "But that's...How?" Asked Twilight, she wasn't sure if that was even possible.
Spike shrugged. "No clue, but the tree told me about how her seed was born from the elements being used by Lilith, so I'm betting since you girls are the current bearers, you should be able to learn the truth. But that can wait until we save Zecora."
Twilight nodded. "Ok, so from what Fluttershy told me, we're looking for a Mage Meadowbrook’s workshop, where we could find a cure for Swamp Fever."
Spike nodded. "Yep, turns out Mystic Mask and Meadowbrook were the same, and the tree told me that she did have a cure for Swamp Fever, so when we get there, I'm going to send Char to search. Twi you interpret what we can’t make sense of and Fluttershy, once we have a list ready, you and I are going to gather what we can. Once we get it, I'll send us back to Zecora to treat her. Once we know she's fine, you're going to show me where you found this tree, and I'm going to burn it into nothing. It's clear that if this returns, it could be devastating to the ponies."
Fluttershy nodded. "Right, but oh the poor tree, do we really need to destroy it all?"
"Shy, the library was very detailed, this isn't a virus, this is a plague, that killed thousands of ponies in a matter of years. Now account for how many more ponies there are now, and the fact that records only counted pony cases, think of the number of dragon cases, griffin cases, diamond dog cases, and the number jumps up fast." Said Spike.
Fluttershy gulped. "Right, there is too much danger for it to stay. Oh, I just hope it doesn't affect animals." Fluttershy started to cough.
Spike stopped flying and turned to Fluttershy. "Shy, are you ok?"
Fluttershy coughed more, but she nodded. "Yes, just fine." But soon Spike noticed orange spots on her fur.
Spike sighed as he used his tail to grab Fluttershy. "Shy, Zecora infected you, or you got a smaller dose."
Twilight gasped as she put a magical bubble around herself. Spike looked at Twilight. "Really? It's probably too late for you already."
Twilight sighed as she dropped the shield. "So, what are we going to do now?"
In Hayseed Junction, Spike was looking around for the healer’s workshop, and he was using his knowledge to narrow it down. 'Ok, a healer, someone who works with sick ponies, meaning they normally set up outside of the town, to ensure that they are less likely to get infected themselves. But it can't be too far from the town, or ponies wouldn't be able to seek them out. Ok, so we need to start looking right at the edge of town.' Thought Spike. "Ok, we can forgo searching the town, Mage's shop won't be there, so I suggest this." Spike then pulled out the Bolamite and Stingbee tubes, he released both swarms and waited for them to get ready. Char and Queen took their spots on Spike waiting for orders. "Char, have your group set up a short-range, 1-mile search perimeter around the town. Queen, you, and the hive are transportation to the other side of the town, then setting up a 2-mile search perimeter past Char's. We're looking for anything that resembles a workshop, so books, plants, anything that looks like Doc’s would have in his shop." Char and Queen nodded at the orders. "If someone finds something, report back to me immediately." Queen left Spike's head and picked up Char, the 2 then flew off along with the search teams to complete their mission.
Spike looked at Fluttershy. "How are you holding up Shy?"
Fluttershy gave Spike a weak smile. "I'm fine Spike, don't worry."
Spike laughed. "Shy, coming from you that shows me that you're fine, but Char and her swarm are the best at what they do, I'm sure they will find something quick."
Fluttershy smiled. "Thank you, Spike, and after this is over, maybe we can have some tea like we did back in the old days."
"Sure, I'll make some nice tea cakes for us, but we might need a lot of cups. Or at least one giant one for all the family."
Fluttershy giggled at the idea of all of Spike's ammo drinking tea. "I'm sure Twilight can make a teacup large enough."
Spike looked at Twilight. "So, once we find the workshop, Twi, you're in charge of preparation, I'll be gathering the ingredients." Twilight nodded.
Spike sighed as he looked to the edge of town. "I just hope we can find it."
5 minutes later and the first group of scouts started returning. Spike motioned them to land and report in, the Stingbee placed her Bolamite teammate on Spike's shoulder. "Report." Ordered Spike. The Bolamite started to sign what they had found. "Ok, so about 3 quarters out of town there is a tree with a door, windows, and a walkway. Did you look inside?" The Bolamite nodded and continued to sign. "A cauldron, books, plants in containers, and an old mask." Spike nodded, they just found their workshop. "Great job you two, get us there and then go get everyone." The pair nodded as the Stingbee grabbed the Bolamite. Spike looked to Twilight and Fluttershy. "We found the workshop." Spike used his tail to pick up Fluttershy, and Twilight was ready to fly to the location. So, with their destination set, the group started following their guides.
When they arrived at the location, it was a large mangrove tree with a door in the trunk, right in the search zone that Spike set up. The group landed right in front of the door and without a second thought, Spike walked into the building. It was just as the team described it, the whole place was filled with potion-making stuff, books, plants, and an old chipping mask was hanging near the door. Spike looked to the team. "Get everyone back here." Ordered Spike. The team flew off to complete their task.
Spike placed Fluttershy on the ground, as Twilight walked into the workshop and started looking around for any clue for what they needed to get, there would be plenty of time for book worming later. "Ok, I'll start looking in all the books, Spike, for now, get the caldron ready." Said Twilight as she levitated 8 books around her.
Spike nodded as he walked outside to get some wood for the fire, but when he did, Spike ran into a large short older earth pony stallion, with a large styled mane and beard, an image of a pair of cattails crossed under a symbol of a sun, and a vest on his light brown coat, he was looking at Spike and he was not looking happy. "What do you think you're doing in my house?" Asked the stallion.
Spike gulped as he looked at the stallion. "Sorry, but we have an emergency, two of my friends have contracted Swamp fever, and we need to find Mage Meadowbrook's workshop for a cure."
The stallion's eyes went wide. "What, fine, introductions can wait, let me see." The stallion walked past Spike and into the home. Spike followed the stallion back into the house.
The stallion looked to Fluttershy and sighed. "Ok, your diagnosis was correct, as much as I wish it weren’t. My name is Cattail." Said the stallion, now known as Cattail.
"Spike Solaris, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy." Said Spike as he pointed.
"Greetings. Now, please listen to me, I am a descendent of Mage, and I have combed the entirety of her written knowledge, please tell the princess to return the books and get the large tombs in the cabinet." Said Cattail.
Twilight snapped out of her searching and heard the last bit of the conversation. Twilight returned the books to the shelf and used her magic to pull out 3 large tombs from a cabinet. "These?"
Cattail nodded. "Yes, they are my aunt’s personal journals, if the cure is anywhere, it's in there."
Twilight nodded as she started reading the journals, at bookworm speed. Cattail looked at Spike. "Go gather wood for a fire and be ready to gather everything we will need." Spike nodded as he walked out of the house to gather the wood.
When Spike got back, he was carrying a large pile of wood in his tail, he placed all the wood under the cauldron and set it on fire. "Ok, did you find the recipe?" Asked Spike.
Cattail sighed as he was looking through his aunt's second journal. "We got through the first one, I'm reading the second, and Princess Twilight is reading the last one, we need a little more time."
Spike sighed as he looked at Fluttershy. "So, I was thinking of raspberry tea?"
Fluttershy giggled. "Really, raspberry is always your choice, in your time away, didn't you at least try a new type of tea?"
Spike sighed. "Tea wasn't really a thing on Modus, it was water, booze, or coffee, but raspberry tea is still the best."
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "Black tea with sugar is nice."
Spike smiled at Fluttershy. "Sure, that sounds nice."
"FOUND IT!" Cheered Twilight.
Spike shot up and looked at Twilight. "Ok, I trust you, just tell me what we need."
Twilight nodded. "6 drops of Hydra saliva, the root of ginger, a feather of a male phoenix, can be used more than once, Flash bee honey, and lemon for taste."
Spike was surprised. "Really?"
Twilight nodded as she showed the notes. "It says so."
Spike sighed as he knew exactly where to get almost all of that. "I'll be back." Said Spike in a deep Austrian accent before he sent himself back to Ponyville.
Spike's first stop was the local Ponyville market and to the mare that has ginger roots. Sitting at her tea stand was a dark red-maned unicorn mare with white spots on her fur. She was looking around bored, not many ponies were into tea, but still, she had some loyal customers. But then she noticed a wisp of smoke coming for her stall. Soon Spike popped out in front of the mare. "Home Brew, I need some ginger root." Said Spike frantic.
Home Brew looked at Spike. "Spike, calm down, and tell me if you want it whole, dried, or ready for tea."
Spike took a deep breath and calmed down. "Whole."
Home Brew smiled at the dragon, she made all her tea by hand and so she had all the ingredients ready. She found her ginger and placed it in a bag. "Here you go Spike, I'll get payment for it later, you seem busy."
Spike grabbed the bag and blew it to Twilight. "Thanks, now I need to go see my hydra." Said Spike as he sent himself to Wilhelm.
Wilhelm was sitting in the castle's main hall waiting for his master to come to see him for the day. Spike flew into one of the many holes of the building and landed right in front of Wilhelm, who was happy to see his master. All 5 heads lunged to Spike and Spike happily accepted the love. "Hey Wilhelm, sorry about taking so long, but a few friends of mine are sick, and I'm helping them get better." Spike scratched the middle head lovingly. "Say, would you like to go for a walk?" Asked Spike. Wilhelm nodded his head and wagged his tail. "Good, now, we need to be good, no running off and no hurting anyone." Wilhelm nodded again. "Good." Spike shot Alvin onto the ground. "Alvin, go find Zecora and the trio, tell them that we found the cure, and we're making it right now."
"Ai sir." Alvin hopped off to inform the commander's allies of the newest development.
Spike smiled at Wilhelm. "Good, now let's go see Peewee and Kenna." Spike got on Wilhelm and sent them off.
Peewee was watching over Kenna's nest when he noticed the same smoke that Spike used flying towards him, but it was much larger than last time. Peewee squawked at Kenna as he flew through the smoke to investigate. Spike and Wilhelm popped out on the ground and Wilhelm was dizzy from the trip, 5 heads had some drawbacks. Spike looked around for Peewee. "Peewee, where are you?"
Spike could hear squawking coming from one of Wilhelm's mouths. "Wilhelm, open your mouth." The hydra opened all of his mouths and sitting in the second left head was a very confused looking, and very drenched Peewee. Peewee shook his head and quickly flew to Spike for assistance with the hydra that tried to eat him. Peewee was squawking frantically and tried to get Spike to help. "Peewee, calm down, Wilhelm is not going to eat you, you just flew right into the smoke, and that turned into his head." Peewee took a deep breath and calmly squawked, Spike nodded. "That's right, he's with me. But we need some help from you bud, Fluttershy and Zecora are sick, and the cure needs a feather from a male phoenix." Peewee nodded as he plucked out one of his tail feathers for his father. "Thanks, bud, and tell Kenna, hi for me." Said Spike. Peewee nodded as he returned to his nest.
Spike smiled at getting all the ingredients they needed. "Ok let’s head back." Spike sent them both back to Twilight.
Spike and Wilhelm popped out right beside the house. "Wilhelm, stay for a little until I can get a jar for your ingredient." Said Spike as he ran into the workshop and found the largest jar for Wilhelm's saliva. He ran back outside, and Wilhelm let some of his spit fall from his mouths, Spike collecting every drop.
Once the jar was filled Spike smiled at his friend. "Ok, go run around for a little while, but behave." Wilhelm smiled as he ran off into the murky water.
Spike sighed as he returned to the group. "One jar of hydra saliva." Said Spike.
Twilight sighed. "Spike, we just needed the ginger, and the Flash bee honey, everything else was here."
Spike groaned. "Really, what am I going to do with a gallon of hydra saliva?"
Twilight shrugged. "No clue, but right now, we need to get the honey."
Spike sighed as he placed the jar full of saliva on a counter. "Ok, so where is everyone?" Char and Queen both landed on Spike's shoulder and head. "Ok, get everyone back into the tube." Spike pulled out the tubes and watched as every Bolamite and Stingbee went back inside.
Cattail sighed. "I just have no words, and right now we need to head to the closest Flash beehive." Cattail walked over to a chest and pulled out a few masks. He put on a dog-shaped one, as he handed Twilight got a bird-shaped one, and Fluttershy got the old bird shaped mask. Spike looked at Cattail, expecting a mask. But he shook his head. "Sorry Spike, these bees are not fond of dragons, this is an ingredient that we must gather alone."
Spike sighed. "Fine but take Queen with you." Said Spike as he equipped Queen. "Queen, go with Twi and the others." Queen nodded. Spike shot her into the air, and she landed on Twilight's horn, adding more to her mask's look.
Spike looked at the group as they walked out of the hut to get the last ingredient.
When the honey group arrived at the nearby Flash beehive, Fluttershy gave the mask to Cattail and flew up to the hive to ask for some honey. Soon a large swarm of bright blue and yellow bees flew out of the hive and looked at Fluttershy. "Um... Hi, my name is Fluttershy, and I was wondering if you could part with a small amount of honey to help me and my friends?"
The bees weren't impressed they were annoyed at the pony, so they started to sting her. "Ow, I'm sorry, but I really need that honey." This seemed to anger the bees more, as the rate of their stinging increased. Fluttershy tried to reason with the bees but even her patience had limits. "That's enough, I don't like doing this, but I really need that honey." Said Fluttershy as she used her stare on the bees. But somehow, they seemed immune to its effects and buzzed even louder. Fluttershy gulped, that was her last hope, and now she had nothing. Fluttershy turned around and flew away from the angry swarm. "Twilight help!" Yelled the mare.
Queen buzzed angrily as she flew up to the bees to protect Spike's friends, the bees stopped flying after Fluttershy when they noticed Queen in front of them, but then they went back to Fluttershy and started pursuing the mare again.
Fluttershy noticed how the bees reacted to Queen and determined that something about her was able to calm the bees for a moment. 'Think, Queen was able to stop them, but why? She's female, but she doesn't match the colors, and bee's communicated by movements...That's it.' Fluttershy flew over to Cattail and quickly put on the mask. She looked at the pursuing swarm and watched in joy as they stopped chasing her and calmed down. "I figured out why Mage Meadowbrook was able to cure Swamp Fever, this mask must look like their queen, and mostly when a worker sees their queen, they become calm and passive, I don't know how long it will last before they figure it out, so please hurry." Said Fluttershy.
Twilight and Cattail ran over to the hive, and they found Queen was already inside, but now she looked different. Queen now looked like a large version of the Flash bees. "Queen, what happened?" Queen buzzed to explain, but without Char, it fell on defy ears. "Queen I don't understand you, tell us after we get the honey." Said Twilight as she stuck her hand with a jar into the hive and scooped out a jar worth of honey. "Fluttershy, we got the honey, just hold their attention until we get clear." Fluttershy nodded, giving Twilight, Cattail, and Queen a chance to run.
Once the group was clear Twilight singled for Shy to get back, she nodded. "Ok, why don't you all head back into the hive for the day?"
The bees nodded as they started flying back into the hive. Fluttershy sighed as she flew back to the group, but her flying was very off, but thankfully Twilight was able to catch her with her magic. Twilight looked at her friend. "Cattail, we need to hurry, she has a fever." Cattail nodded as the group ran back to finish the cure.
Spike was tossing a large log into the swamp, soon Wilhelm popped out of the water and used his heads to grab it. Spike smiled at seeing Wilhelm getting the log. "Good boy." Said Spike as Wilhelm brought the log back to Spike. Wilhelm had grasped the idea of fetch very quickly, and he seemed to love getting the log. Spike scratched the middle head when all the head's dropped the log next to Spike.
"SPIKE!" Yelled Twilight as she was running back to Spike.
Spike looked at Twilight, but more importantly at Fluttershy. "WE GOT THE HONEY!" Yelled Twilight.
Spike nodded as he walked to the door and opened it. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Cattail ran into the house to start making the cure. But Queen decided to stay with Spike. Spike looked at Queen's new appearance, but he wasn't worried. "So, you good?" Asked Spike. Queen nodded as she looked at her new colors. She started buzzing and to both his and her surprise, she was buzzing super-fast. "Queen, did you get powers?" Asked Spike. Queen shrugged, she was just as clueless as Spike right now. Queen crawled into the crossbow launcher and buzzed, Spike nodded as he readied the bow. "I agree, the best way to find out is to test it." Spike launched Queen and the crossbow snapped the moment she was gone. But Queen was flying the fastest she had ever been launched. "MOTHER FUCKER!" Yelled Spike as he was gripping his arm in pain.
"Fuck Spike, the hell did you do, our arm is broken in 3 places, it'll take me at least 30 minutes to fix." Said Mal once he noticed the broken arm.
Spike huffed. "Queen got an upgrade, don't know how, and I don't care." Said Spike as he grabbed his arm. Spike took a seat against the house Wilhelm looked at Spike worried. "Don't worry Wilhelm, I'll be fine, but could you go find Queen for me?" Wilhelm nodded as he licked Spike's body and swam off.
Spike sighed as he looked at his busted crossbow. "Well, fuck, any clue on how to fix this?"
Mal sighed. "Spike, I think it's time we build our own, clearly what happened with Queen caused this, and it was only a single shot."
Spike sighed but he nodded. "I know, but we've had this thing for 9 years, and Stranger trusted me with it." Spike detached the crossbow from his arm and looked at it. "9 years of memories, 9 years of hard work, 9 years of trying to get home, it's fitting I guess, little over a week after getting home, and it finally craps on me."
Mal sighed. "You know it's made from weak steel, crappy parts, and junk, right?"
Spike chuckled. "I'm pretty sure everything on Modus was made like that, but maybe we can make a halfway decent one."
Mal laughed. "Yeah, but maybe not tell Mom, she'd add a cannon to it if she could." Spike laughed at the comment. "But, maybe, we can piss him off more by doing that?"
Spike laughed. "You want to make our own Steef High Guard crossbow?"
Mal shrugged. "Might as well, besides, I'm pretty sure we would have earned it by now."
"Fine, just patch us up and I'll start looking for stuff." Said Spike.
Soon Twilight and Cattail walked out of the house and smiled. "Spike, we got it done." Said Twilight as she held a vile of the cure in her hand.
Spike smiled at hearing that. "Great, is Fluttershy doing better?"
Cattail nodded. "She is, her condition worsened because of the Flash bee stings, everything about them is quick, from venom to flight, they are quick."
Spike laughed. "You're telling me." Said Spike as he showed his arm and the crossbow. "Queen somehow got Flash bee aspects and I tried to launch her once, I broke my arm and Wilhelm is looking for her right now. Also, I'm kinda sure this thing is trash now."
Twilight got close to Spike. "Spike, are you ok?"
Spike nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine, just wasn't expecting my day to turn out like this." Spike looked up to the sky. "I wonder how Fate and Mom did?"
Fate huffed as she tossed her cards on the table. "How the hell do you keep winning?" Asked Fate.
Celestia smirked as she took the last slice of Spike's cake as her prize. "I bring the skill Fate."
Fate sighed, she had lost the cake Spike made on a game of gin, and she just lost the last slice. "I can't believe I lost my whole cake."
Celestia smirked. "My Baby's cake is worth more than bits."
Spike laughed. "Well, I'm sure everything is fine."
Wilhelm popped his heads out of the water and opened his mouth. Queen was sitting in the mouth and she looked normal. She flew over to Spike and worriedly buzzed. Spike nodded as he showed his arm and crossbow. "Yep, we're pretty much on break for a while until I can make a new one for me." Queen buzzed and wept, but Spike rubbed her head. "Hey, don't worry, it wasn't your fault." Queen buzzed again and Spike smiled. "Besides, I think this beats power mode." Queen sighed and Spike laughed. "Love you too girl, why don't you head inside, we're going to be heading back soon." Queen nodded as she went back into the tube. Spike looked at Twilight. "So, you want me to head back and give the cure to Zecora? I'm fairly sure I can get there."
Twilight smiled. "Sure, me and Shy want to stay here a little longer to learn about Mage Meadowbrook from Cattail."
Cattail smiled. "It would be an honor to talk about her to somepony, and to pass down her knowledge."
"Cool, Wilhelm we're going home." Said Spike. Wilhelm nodded as he let Spike get onto his back. "Twi, the cure?" Asked Spike as he stuck out his good hand, Twilight levitated it to him. Spike smiled at Cattail. "It was nice to meet you Cattail."
Cattail nodded. "The same to you, your highness."
Spike nodded as he was ready to get back. Spike blew his fire on Wilhelm and himself and sent them to the old castle.
After arriving, Spike walked up to the room Zecora was in, she was sweating but her eyes were open, her arms were turning into branches, and her mane was turning into leaves. "Spike, you're back." Said Doctor Horse.
Spike nodded. "Yeah, we got it done."
Spike smiled as he got to the bed. "So, how are you doing Zecora?"
"I'm a bit greener than I remember, but aside from that, I'm not doing so bad." Said Zecora.
Spike chuckled as he pulled the vile out of his wrist strap. "Good, I'm pretty sure, Swamp Fever won't be a problem anymore. But I prefer you to stay a mare, not a tree, so down the hatch."
Zecora smiled as she opened her mouth, Spike popped the cork and slowly gave it to Zecora. She gagged at the flavor, but she kept drinking it down, and once the last drop was in her system did, she voiced her opinion. "Dear Celestia, that stuff is the vilest concoction I have ever tasted."
Spike laughed at Zecora. "I don't doubt it." Spike watched as Zecora's spots disappeared. "But I worked."
Zecora smiled as she looked at her body, it was spot-free, and her energy was returning. "Thank you, Spike."
Spike laughed. "Don't thank me, all I did was get ginger, thank Twilight and Fluttershy."
Zecora sighed as she looked at her friend. "Spike, you're the one who found out about the cure, and because of that I can wake up tomorrow, so thank you." Said Zecora as she hugged Spike.
Spike smiled as he returned the hug. "Don't worry Zecora, I'll always help my friends."
Author's Note
Sorry, for the long wait. Here it is.
Q&A&T Pt.1 (Question, Answer, Theropy)
The next morning was hectic for many reasons, first was the fact that by the time Spike and Twilight had returned from the human world, the crowd outside of the castle had grown to rival the whole of Canterlot in size, making Spike nervous as all hell, meaning that Luna needed to knock him out just so he could get some sleep. Then when morning did come, it was not brought by Celestia, rather it was brought by a very exhausted white unicorn with a suit of armor on her back rushing into Spike's room and nearly getting a Thudslug to the face for it. Old habits die hard. But Rarity refused to let Spike put on his new armor without being clean, so she did a Celestia and tossed him in the shower. Which he did enjoy, even if he didn't have his rubber duck. So, once he was clean and ready, Spike donned his armor once again and smiled at the fact it was just as great as the last version of it. Spike looked at the underside of the left gauntlet and noticed that there was a little embroidery note on it.
To our favorite Spikey Wikey, guaranteed to be stronger than titanium, so if you come back with it broken, you better be ready to hang it up. Love Rarity, Celestia, Twilight, Luna, Starlight, Cadance, Shining and Flurry.
Spike smiled at the message as he got ready for the Q&A.
Then he saw the crowd again. Right now, Spike was looking through the window of the castle, at the crowd of ponies and other creatures. The Q&A was planned to be held at the steps of town hall, and the castle was the furthest building from it, but the sea of creatures made it feel like it was a million miles away. Spike was debating on running away from the Q&A or just calling it off. But right now, both would probably end in a riot. Spike gulped as he stood there in his new armor, it was the exact same, just minus the horns as he looked at the crowd, that had grown to over 10000 creatures. Spike was looking for something to distract his mind from this hell, completely unaware that Celestia was looking at him worried. She walked over to Spike and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Sweetie, I'll be right there by your side."
Spike shivered as he looked at the crowd, ponies, griffons, yaks, buffalo, dragons, changelings, all vetted by Thorax and Shining, and if Spike was right the whole Crystal Empire was here. Spike looked at the group of ponies, most of them were ponies he knew from way back when, Moondancer, Twinkle Shine, Minuet, Lyra, Fancy Pants, Fleur and Pony Joe were among the crowd. Gabby and her family were back, Rutherford and Yona were being Yaks and waiting the best, because Yaks best at waiting patiently. Strong Heart brought the whole herd to the town along with the whole of Appleloosa. Ember brought Garble, Smolder, and the real odd one out, Torch, along with a few of the dragons that fought in the gauntlet. Thorax was sitting with Ocellus and a purple changeling, along with most of his hive, all of them were wearing Spike themed stuff, and the whole front of the crowd was filled with the crystal ponies with most of them being mares that looked like they were waiting to tear him apart.
Celestia smiled at Spike as she gave him a kiss on the head. "Spike, do you remember what you used to do when you were scared?"
Spike took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah, but I don't think picturing everyone in clothes is going to work this time."
Celestia giggled. "Maybe, but all of us will be right there with you."
Spike smiled as he looked at the large stage that the girls had set up the day before. Twilight, Luna, Shining, Cadance and the girls were just waiting in the wings to make sure this goes smoothly, and so far, they were right on schedule. The only thing missing was the guest of honor. He looked at Celestia. "I want you to know something mom."
Celestia smiled as she started teleporting. "And that is?"
Spike smiled as they were teleported. "It's good to be home." Said Spike. The crowd cheered at the declaration and Spike. Spike looked at his mother and frowned. "I should have seen that coming."
Celestia nodded. "Yeah, you should have." She gave Spike a kiss. "Good luck Spike." Said Celestia as she walked to the side of the stage.
Spike sighed as he looked at the crowd. Everyone was looking at him, which was making him sweat. He pulled at the collar of his armor to help relieve his stress. Spike sighed as he looked at Ember. She was smiling at him, he smiled back. "Ember, would you mind?" Asked Spike.
Ember smiled as she released the Bloodstone. Spike smiled as he called it to him, shocking everyone in the crowd, especially Torch. Spike grabbed the scepter and looked at the gem as he started recounting its history. "Long ago, the world as we know it was very different, 4 powerful beings ruled these lands. One of these beings was a necromancer named Grogar, he craved power like no other, so he invaded the land. But the three others banded together in hopes of stopping Grogar. This is where I was laid." Said Spike as he laughed. "The three beings used three items of magical power to defeat Grogar. One was the Elements of Harmony, gifted to my grandmother, Queen Lilith, by Star Swirl. The second was crafted by the first Dragon Lord, Dragon King Bahamut, using his blood and the force of all the volcanos in the world. The last and most relevant was used by Bahamut's mate, Tiamat. She laid an egg and imbued it with her chaos magic, as she was the previous god of chaos, before Discord." Spike then looked at everyone. "I was that egg." Said Spike.
Everyone looked at Spike in shock, but the dragons looked outraged. "Lies!"
Spike sighed as he looked at the scepter. "For the creature of both you and I, I seek to speak to those who died, beyond the line where many fear, but the place where we are free." Said Spike. The gem started to drain its red color and turned a dark black color. A large light shot out of the gem and created a screen.
Suddenly the screen showed both Bahamut and Tiamat standing in purgatory. Bahamut sighed as he looked to the crowd. "Greetings, I am the first Dragon Lord, Dragon King Bahamut. This lovely dragoness is my mate Tiamat."
"Hello everyone." Said Tiamat.
"I had a feeling that Spike was going to use this spell sooner or later, but I'll make this brief, because it saps the life force from all who use it. Spike is my son, the one that was lost to all of time after he was taken. Dragon Lord Torch and Ember have seen into the history of the stone, as have Celestia and Luna. Hi girls, Lilith is busy right now but she's very proud of you both. But, back on task, Spike is getting charged a year for every minute. What Spike says is all true, he is my and Tiamat's son, he is the rightful heir to the Dragon Lord title, and if the dragon Garble is there, you better live as long as you can, because the moment you die, Tiamat is going to have a few words with you about calling him names."
Tiamat cracked her knuckles. "I'll be waiting."
Spike sighed as he ended the spell. Spike looked as the red color was returning to the scepter. He looked to the crowd, who were all gasping like fish at the fact that Spike just talked to the dead. Spike laughed. "Yeah, I know, this was used for dragons to talk to their ancestors in hope of learning from them." Spike shrugged. "But it can only be activated by a Dragon Lord, so there’s not much use. So, with that out of the way, I think it's time for everyone to be introduced to my family. All creatures look up and try not to breathe." Said Spike as he had been working on this plan for a few days now. He started gathering his fire into his mouth, adding a bit of chaos magic to it, plus a little bit of Mal meddling, and voilà, Spike has a signal fire ready. Spike pointed his mouth to the sky and shot a massive red fireball into the heavens.
Everyone who knew Spike had only seen him shoot green flames, never red ones, but they all became more shocked when the fire ball just kept going higher and higher and higher and higher, but then it finally stopped and began to fall. Everyone was looking at Spike who was ducking and covering his ears. Celestia walked over to Spike to find out why he was doing that. "Spike, what did you just do?"
"What?"
"What did you just do?"
"WHAT?"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO?"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU MOM, IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW!"
"BLOW?" Celestia looked at all the creatures and yelled in her Canterlot voice. "TAKE COVER!" Yelled Celestia.
Everycreature quickly ducked and covered their ears, the only one who didn't move was Discord, all he had was a carrot dog on a stick ready for it to get roasted. The massive fireball was quickly going faster, and faster on its decent. Soon it started leaving a contrail in its path and forming a sound cone as it quickly reached the speed of sound.
Discord smiled. "Aw, Tiamat would be so proud. Wait, I forgot the mustard, damn it." Said Discord as he made a bottle of mustard appear. "Ok, ready."
Once the fire ball achieved the speed of sound the resulting shockwave destroyed the fireball but created a red ring of fire that sped across the sky. Discord smiled at seeing Spike was having some fun with his powers, but he still needed to roast his carrot, so he grabbed some of the fire shock wave and started roasting.
In the Everfree, the whole family was waiting for the signal, and when they saw the red shockwave, they knew it was time for them to move out. The Stingbees grabbed all the Fuzzles, Stunkz and Chippunkz, then took to the air lead by queen who had Fang. Banger and his cloud following behind with Wallop and his swarm. Char and her swarm were the fastest on the ground, so they were keeping pace with them, while even carrying Sparks and his swarm on their backs.
Back with the Q&A group, Spike was smiling at how well that worked, but then he sensed an eminent ear pull, but this time he had an out. "Twilight, if you grab my ear fin, you better be doing it to Rainbow as well." Said Spike.
This stopped Twilight in her tracks, but it didn't make her drop her look. "What do you mean?" Asked Twilight.
"I've been thinking, I never remember hearing about Rainbow getting in trouble for causing a sonic rainboom, I did nothing different than her, there was no earthquake, no brain melting high pitch sound, no damage. So, if you yell at me, Rainbow better be getting a lecture as well, then you get thrown in jail because of Mom's declaration a few days ago."
Discord floated down, and handed Twilight the carrot dog, while Discord ate the stick which was on fire. "He's right you know." Said Discord. He then looked at Spike. "Not bad, your mother would be proud, but I think you needed a bit more Chaos in it." Said Discord as he burped up a small bit of the fire. "Plus, red doesn't really agree with my tummy. Try purple, it's very sweet."
Spike shrugged. "I'll try it later. You going to teleport somewhere?" Asked Spike.
Discord shook his head. "Nope, Celestia hired me to help out today, so you're stuck with me."
Spike smiled at hearing that. "Cool." He looked to the crowd and couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of everyone ducking for cover. "Hey, your all going to miss the show." Yelled Spike. This made everyone uncover their ears as they looked at Spike. Spike looked to the horizon and saw his army.
Then Ponies started screaming in fright as an army of spiders were walking through the crowd, towards the stage. Spike looked to the groups as they all converged on the stage and smiled. When all of them were on the stage, Spike looked to the crowd. "Everyone this is The Family." Said Spike as all the heads took their position.
Everyone was shocked to see the group of creatures.
Spike sighed as he was really getting tired of doing this, but he did a Pinkie and closed all the creature’s jaws, and even with Pinkies help, it took a solid 5 minutes. But, once everyone's mouths were closed, Spike started the introductions. "Ok, let’s try this again. Everyone, I was teleported to a world called Modus, there I was trained by a creature called a Steef, I never learned his real name, but everyone called him Stranger, so I did as well. He trained me how to survive in his world, using 8 types of creatures called Living Ammunition. Over my time there, I forged a bond with a 8 creatures, who lead the others. First is Sparks, he is a creature called a Zappfly." Said Spike as Sparks took position on his friend. "These little buggers are capable of producing electrical shocks that can range from static to lightning. They are able to communicate with their colors." Pinkie then ran over to Spike and handed him a piece of paper. Spike looked at the paper. "And apparently, Twilight and Pinkie Pie have created a handy guide to help everyone understand." Said Spike.
Spike looked out to the crowd and noticed that everyone had a copy of the guide. Spike shrugged. "Ok, next we have Alvin, and I give everyone permission to attack him if he insults you, and a little heads up, he can talk." Said Spike.
Alvin hopped over to the front with his scurry behind him. They all saluted to the crowd. "Attention. We are honored to make your acquaintance. I hope to protect all those the commander sees as allies." Said Alvin, but then Alvin looked at the large dragon in the back. "Man, and I thought a Clakkers was ugly, but not even a mother could love a mug that ugly."
Spike sighed as Alvin just insulted the second strongest dragon in the area, and the insult did not sit well with him. Torch growled as he looked at Alvin. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME, DRAGON LORD TORCH, LITTLE RODENT! WHAT IS STOPPING ME FROM CRUSHING YOU INTO DUST?!"
Spike sighed. "Dragon Lord Torch. Two things, me, and the fact that he is indestructible." Said Spike.
Torch looked at Spike. "DO NOT SPEAK DOWN TO ME WELPLING, NO DRAGON ALIVE IS STRONGER THAN ME!"
Spike sighed as he flew over to Torch. "Dragon lord Torch, how much do you weigh?" Asked Spike.
Torch smirked. "80 tons, now what do you expect to do?" Asked Torch.
Spike smirked as he started removing all the armor. "Give me a second, I just learned to do this, and I don't want to ruin my new armor." Said Spike as he sent the armor back to Celestia. Spike then looked to Torch as his eyes changed to slits.
Twilight face palmed. "Spike." Groaned Twilight.
Torch looked at Spike and started laughing. "Awe, what a poor little whelp, he thinks that just because he's Bahamut's child means that makes him strong." But Torch was unaware that Spike was tapping into his dragon heritage to grow into his greed form.
All the dragons in the crowd were shocked to see Spike grow, all the ponies were worried that Spike was going to go on a hording spree, and Twilight just sighed. When Spike was around 20 feet tall, only about half way up Torches leg, Spike cleared his throat. Torch looked down at Spike. "What, just because you have control of your greed, you think you are better than me? All Dragon Lords must train to control and harness it to show dominance. If I desired, I could easily exceed this puny pony town."
Spike sighed as he grabbed Torches leg and effortlessly lifted the dragon to the shock of everyone, even the dragon lord himself. "What, how is this possible?"
Spike shrugged as he lowered Torch back to the ground. "Training, by the time I was 13 I could lift a ton, by 18 I was lifting 8 tons, when I started my journey home, I was hitting 10 tons, and that was all without accepting my dragon heritage. Now that I have, I learned that most dragons are actually weak."
Torch looked at Spike. "I AM NOT WEAK!" Yelled Torch.
Spike sighed as he released more of his dragon greed, until he was 100 feet tall, half of Torch's height. "I'm only at 30% right here, I was at 10%." Said Spike as he used one hand to pick up Torch. "I don't want to go full out, because I would be too big to not crush a building by accident." Said Spike as he placed Torch back down on the ground. "Dragons are strong, I do agree, but we are weak in thinking that there is not a creature that is stronger." Said Spike as he shrunk back to normal size. "I Learned that long ago." Spike then looked at Celestia and sent himself back to the stage.
He cleared his throat. "Sorry about that." Said Spike, but everyone was silent. Spike looked at Celestia. "Mom, what's up? I don't have my twins out do I?" Asked Spike.
Celestia sighed. "Spike, no they are still inside of you, but you are naked, and everyone can see your scars."
Spike looked down. "Right, I forgot." Spike looked at the crowd. "Trust me, it looks worse than it is. But let’s get back to introductions. Next we have Char the Bolamite." Said Spike. Char crawled up Spike's back and started signing something. "Yes, but at least the mountain is still in one piece." Char facepalmed at Spike making him laugh. "Next we have Wallop." Wallop crawled up Spike's back and rested on his shoulder. "Wallop is a Thudslug. an insect like creature with a thick exoskeleton, that can punch a hole through a tree, and Char is highly intelligent and pretty much second in command of the whole family when I'm not around." Char then signed to Spike and he sighed. "No, he's always been a blow hard." Said Spike, Char nodded. She looked around at the crowd and signed something to them all. Spike dropped his jaw at what Char just said. "CHAR, you will not do that!" Yelled Spike. Char glared at Spike. "And I will not do that." Said Spike. "And I thought I raised you better than to use that kind of sign."
Everyone was confused at the interaction between Spike and Char. Celestia leaned over to Twilight. "Did you get any of that?" Asked Celestia.
Twilight shook her head. "Nope, I deal with Sparks and that was enough."
Spike sighed at Char. "Char, I'm going to stop talking around you, if you take my words out of context." Char giggled at Spike as she signed one more thing. Spike blushed. "Well yes, I know that they are all cute, that's a given, but I rather get to know them first before we even think about that." Said Spike. Char was about to sign again, but Spike stopped her. "Hold up, you sign one more word and you’re going into your tube." Char sighed as she lowered her legs. Spike smirked. "Clever girl."
Spike looked at the crowd. "Um... Sorry, it got a little too personal." Said Spike as he blushed at what Char signed about him and the army of mares in the front rows. Spike took a deep breath and sighed. "Ok, next we have a little fella, that will either pass out, or knock you all out, so Fluttershy is going to be on standby." Said Spike. "Belch, I need you to hold it in until we move on, I know it's going to be hard, but I believe in you." Said Spike. Belch hopped over to Spike but kept behind his leg, trying to hide from the crowd. Spike looked down at Belch. "Belch, you can do it." Belch chittered and Char sighed. She then signed to Spike, he nodded. "Sure thing little buddy. I know they all would love to help you." Said Spike. "Guys, he wants his family to help him." Said Spike. All the ammo nodded as they gathered around the little Stunkz and gave him words of encouragement. "Everyone this little guy is named Belch, he is a Stunkz, a skunk like creature that can change his spray, to non-lethal compounds, that range from knockout, to memory loss, but he's a little nervous around crowds."
Belch nodded as he chittered one thing and ran right back behind Spike. Spike sighed as that was going to be the best he was going to get from the little chemical weapon. "Ok, that's the best he can do, next we have a nocturnal creature, with highly sensitive ears. So, everyone please be quiet for a little while." Spike then moved his tail in front of him and let Banger hang on it. Banger looked out over the crowd, he then squeaked and nodded. Spike smiled. "Oh, come on old bat, I wanted to show you guys off."
Banger squeaked and Fluttershy blushed. "Banger, language." Said Fluttershy. "I'm happy for you two but there is no need for such explicit words."
Spike looked at Banger confused, then he looked at Shy. "Fluttershy?" Asked Spike.
Fluttershy flew over to Spike and told him what Banger said. Spike blushed as he looked at the little rodent with wings. "Ok, I didn't need to know that about Boombats."
Banger snickered at Spike. "He said, 'Oh, come on Spike, you’re a young male, and we just clicked, I don't see a problem with it." Said Fluttershy.
Spike sighed. "That's not what I'm talking about, I'm happy that you and her are happy. I didn't need to know the other part." Said Spike.
Banger shrugged and went back to his nap; he had a long night and he was spent. Spike looked at the crowd. "Trust me, you don't want to know." Said Spike, everyone nodded. "Next we have the leader of the Stingbee hive, Queen of the Stingbees, Queen." Said Spike. Queen flew over to Spike and took her seat on his head. She looked at the crowd, there were too many for her to give her trust, so she buzzed. "Ok, everyone to show that she will trust you, she normally lands on the tallest point on a creature, but since there are so many of you, she is going to task the hive with doing it. They all have strict orders to not sting, so anyone with a bee allergy, you should be fine." Said Spike, making sure that Mr. Cake and others with the allergy remained calm. Queen buzzed, telling her whole hive to go, they left the stage and flew over to the crowd, where they started landing on horns or heads. The only one who stayed was Blink.
Once the hive was finished, they all returned to the stage. "Ok, now as a little warning, if you brake that trust, the whole hive can sting you, for anyone that is not a dragon, you will die in a matter of stings. Dragons, I took around 50 to my back and they broke my scales, so unless you want to take the chance, don't piss her off." Said Spike. "Ok, lastly we have a very protective and aggressive little ball of teeth. His name is Fang and he is the reason why the stage is so large, he is a Fuzzle, an ambush predator that will enter a fury if they are threatened. We have talked about controlling it, but it’s a process." Spike brought Fang over to the front as everyone awed at the little death machine. Spike sighed, that was everyone's first responds, even his when he first saw a Fuzzle, but you learn quickly that looks are deceiving. "Fang, show them." Said Spike.
Fang growled as he showed his sharp teeth. That shut up the awes rather quickly. "Trust me, these little guys are very dangerous, and just to show you I have prepared a demonstration." Said Spike as he walked over to the wings and pulled out a large pile of bones from the Roc. "This is a Roc that I killed, their bones are hollow, but even hollow, they are just as thick as a pony’s full bone." Said Spike, he placed the bone in front of Fang. "Fang, chomp." Said Spike. Fang growled and destroyed the bone in no time flat. "Fang, stop." Said Spike. Fang went back to normal. "That is how one of them dealt with the bone, normally they work in a group of 5 to 12." The whole crowd backed away from the stage in fear of the little death machine. Spike picked up Fang and placed him on his shoulder. "That is the family, I saved them from situations that would have killed them, and in turn they have saved my tail hundreds of times. I trust them and they trust me, and they are how I survived ten years in a world where I was stuck. With that said, it is now time that I tell you all the story of my ten years on Mudos."
3 hours later and Spike has finished his ten year journey on Mudos. "And with all of my goodbyes said, I walked back to Doc's lab and he sent me back." Finished Spike. Everyone was shocked to hear such a tale, and how unbelievable it sounded. "Now, I know that you all have a lot of questions, so I will try and answer as many as I can, but I also have a journal where I captured everything saw in drawing, and thanks to our resident god of chaos, I will be able to show it all to you." Said Spike as he grabbed his journal.
Once Spike had his journal, it was time for the Q&A to start. "Ok, now let’s start with some questions." This was met with a lot of raised hands. Spike sighed. 'This is going to take a while.' Thought Spike, he looked out to the crowd. "Ok, lets kick this off with the crystal mare in the second row."
The mare was a purple mare with a white mane, but the moment she got picked she was blushing, making her look more red than purple. "Um... are you still a virgin?"
This made every creature turn to her in shock, even Celestia was looking at her, she was surprised that someone would even ask that in such a public event, in front of his whole family, his friends, and powerful beings of cosmic proportions. Spike blushed at the question, but he sighed. "I did say I would answer all questions today, but I was not expecting that. Yes, I am still a virgin. But can we keep the questions a little less personal?" Asked Spike.
He looked to the crowd, many of whom were still raising their hands. Spike pointed to a black and white stallion with a red mane and a reporter hat on. "You, the news reporter that looks like a sunburned penguin."
The stallion stood up and brought a note pad up to ask his question. "News Print with the Canterlot Times, I'm the one who wrote the article about your return. There were mass reports of weird dreams one week ago. In those dreams, ponies were teleported to a world they knew nothing about, but also did. But a single figure was seen by almost everyone. A tall purple dragon with green accents, going by the name Sentinel Flame. Many dismissed this as memories of your loss, seeing as the anniversary of the day you disappeared is only a few days away, is there any correlation?"
Spike nodded. "Yes, and much of that is due to Discord. On Wednesday, we arranged to meet for an old tradition that we used to do before I left. But before that, I had to make a deal with Discord to make sure that we were not all killed. So, I offered to make him the one in charge of the meeting, and he agreed. So, on Wednesday, we met up and teleported to a land that was under the thumb of a tyrant named Sekto."
A lot of ponies gasped and figured out most of the story. "SPIKE!" Yelled a pair of unicorns as they pushed their way to the stage. "I'm going to kill you!" Yelled a tall light pink mare with a very pissed off face. She teleported to the stage and started punching Spike's chest.
Spike laughed. "Hey Fleur." Said Spike as he just took those punches. "Oh, I got to know, are you pregnant?"
Fleur slowed her punches and started laughing. "Yes, and you’re the uncle." Soon the punches stopped, and the mare wrapped Spike into a tight hug.
Soon her husband walked onto the stage and sighed. "Fleur, you can't just crash the event."
Spike laughed. "Hey Fancy, but it's fine, it's good to see my old friend again." Said Spike as he returned the hug. "I missed you Lissy."
Fleur giggled at the old name. "Stop that Spade, I'm not a guard anymore."
Celestia smiled as she walked over to the group. "Captain De Lis."
Fleur blushed as she let go of the dragon and saluted Celestia. "Princess, please forgive my outburst, I had no intention to harm the prince."
Celestia smiled. "At ease, now I think it is time for the truth to come out, Fleur, or we might have to throw up some shields?"
Fleur blushed as she smiled. She walked over to Spike and rubbed his back. "Well, I guess I kinda let the cat out of the bag."
Spike nodded. "Well, I was going to ask you to stay afterwards, but this was on you Lissy."
Fleur sighed. "Hello, everycreature, many of you know me as the fashion model Fleur De Lis, but I was originally one of Princess Celestia's royal guard captains. Tasked with protecting those closest to her. My equal was tasked with protecting Princess Cadance, that was Shining Armor. The rest of us were tasked to tolerate Prince Blueblood, but I was tasked to protect the young prince. I was sworn to secrecy about his identity until the day he would be announced. But I spent my early 20's standing by his side when his family was busy. I must admit that I was shocked to find out that he was a dragon, but he was such a good little dragon, unless he wasn't."
Spike sighed. "Yeah, Lissy, I never told anyone, but we dragons have two personalities that swap in and out and take control of our bodies when we are younger. Every time I was a pain, that was Mal. Remember that time I 'accidently' cut your tail?" Asked Spike.
Mal swapped out with Spike. "I remember you running around crying about your tail." Said Mal as he smirked and used his claws to make a scissor motion.
Fleur looked at Mal. "So, I wasn't crazy, you weren't Spike?"
This made Mal look at Fleur in surprise. "How the hell do you know about me?" Asked Mal.
"I was tasked with watching you all the time, I saw you call Celestia a bitch, I'm the one who informed her about the guard that was complaining about is mare friend. I saw Cadance walk into your room then run out moments later, and I saw you crying when you got to the princess's room. I saw all of it." Said Fleur.
Mal shrugged. "Well, I guess I wasn't that sneaky."
Fleur giggled. "No, you were not, but I don't care, it was a long time ago, and my tail grew back."
Mal sighed. "Wow, I was just waiting for you to mention seeing me stare at your flanks when I was 9." Mal went silent the moment that went out of his mouth.
He gulped as he was getting a glare from the mare. "You what?"
"Um... Spike, save me." Yelled Mal.
Spike sighed. "Fleur, please calm down, and don't kill Mal, I kinda need him to keep me alive most of the time. Besides take it as a complement, even back then you were beautiful, and to be honest, my first kinda crush."
Fleur sighed. "Spike." Said Fleur.
Spike chuckled. He gave Fleur one last hug. "Hey, I need to keep going, so Fleur if you want to stay after were done here, I would love to talk more."
Fleur smiled as she walked over to Fancy Pants who helped her back to their spots.
Spike sighed. "Ok, back to questions." Spike looked around and noticed that now even some of the dragons were wanting to ask questions. "Ok, pink dragoness in the back."
"Well, I wanted to know, what was the strongest thing you fought while on Modus?" Asked the dragoness with a slight purr in her voice.
Spike hummed. "Ok, there was Willy..."
"But we didn't fight him, he kinda just tried to eat us, but decided he would probably die if he did." Said Mal.
Spike sighed. "Right, but he is still a good boy, for a 30 foot gator. How about those trio of outlaws, Jo Boy's? They did shoot off my spine."
"Well maybe, but that's really it, and they did that because they had turrets, that Banger and his cloud blew up after one shot."
"Oh, how about that time we had to stop a train robbery?"
"Not stronger, we were outnumbered by a hundred."
"Well, we could talk about..."
"We agreed to never talk about that one."
Spike nodded. "Right, so what, after we got our footing it wasn't that hard to get by?"
"Well, what about our last fight with Billy Goat Bitch Face, that was a hoot to watch."
"For you, and don't call him that, you know how hard he can hit."
Mal laughed. "Yeah, but I like that one, plus I think everyone is wondering if you've lost it, so tell that one." Said Mal.
Spike sighed. "Fine." Spike looked to Discord. "Discord, first page, and make it big." Said Spike.
Discord nodded as he looked at the first page of the book and showed a large copy of the drawing of Stranger, using his left eye to copy and his right to project in color.
Spike smiled at seeing his master. "Ok, this was the man I consider my master, he is a Steef, a guardian race that protected the world, but one day and I don't know the reason, he removed his horns and left his kind. But when he found me, he trained me for a hellish and great 8 years. This is the story of how most of my training fights went.
For the next ten minutes everyone winced at the thought of Spike getting tossed off a cliff, running into a tree, falling in a hole, blown up, bludgeoned, tied up, and insulted.
"But when I was 20 years old, I was still with him. One day he wanted to see how I was doing, so we went into a nearby clearing with some boulders that I put there, and we talked about what we could use. I took the Zappflies, Stunkz, Boombats and Stingbees, all of which had very little effect on me, but a huge effect on him. While he took the Bolamites, Chippunks, Fuzzles, and Thudslugs. We started on opposite ends of the clearing and first one to get a solid hit won."
"Ready, you old goat?" Asked Spike as he was taking cover behind a boulder.
"Come on lizard, I'll die of old age before you ever hit me." Said Stranger.
Three seconds later creatures started flying. Spike launched a volley of Stunkz into the area where Stranger was, hoping to gas him out, but Stranger knew Spike's skills and used a Bolamite to make a mask for him. So, in retaliation Stranger launched a very loud and very annoying Chipunks over to Spike, while laying five Fuzzle traps out in the area that separated them.
"Oh, here is that fucking lizard again, I swear I'm going to make a belt out of you one of these days, but then again, I remember you talking about a bitch named Rarity that would have just tossed it because it wasn't fashionable enough."
Spike growled at the annoying little rodent and ran out of his cover to get away from it. This gave Stranger enough of an opening to launch a few Thugslugs at Spike. But thankfully Spike wasn't that clueless, and he dodge them all. "Come on, it that the best you got, I think you need some glasses." Yelled Spike.
Stranger growled as he moved up. Spike took this opportunity to shoot his Stingbees at the Steef. But he was too fast for them. Spike groaned, but then he came up with an idea. Spike removed his Zappflies and gave them their orders. He then launched his Boombats towards Stranger hoping to empty his crossbow and get ready for the win.
Stranger dodged all the bats and was just waiting for Spike to use his Zappflies. "Come on Spike, all you have left are Zappflies, and I still have most of my ammo left. This is over."
Spike smirked. "I couldn't agree more." Said Spike as he tossed his crossbow over to Stranger. "Also, I told them to keep it at a nonlethal voltage."
Stranger was confused until the fur on his body felt staticky, he looked up and noticed that 20 Zappflies were charged and about to unleash an attack. "Oh, Mother Fucker." Said Stranger as he tossed the crossbow away. But he forgot that he also had a hunk of metal on his arm.
Spike smirked. "You lose old goat." Then Spike was hit in the head with a Thudslug the moment Stranger was hit with the electric attack.
"We both woke up in the clearing, I had a broken snout, and Stranger developed a twitch from the shock." Said Spike.
Discord shut down the projector eye as he looked at Spike. "Spike, that is crazy. I'm so proud that I chose you."
Spike laughed. "Why thank you." Spike looked at the crowd. "Ok, next question?" Asked Spike. Less hands shot up but there were still a ton. Spike looked around and hummed. "Chief Thunderhooves, it's good to see you and the rest of the herd by the way."
A large dark brown Buffalo nodded in respect. "Thank you, Mr. Spike, I am glad to have been able to attend. I ask a simple question, you only talk about a select few creatures, were there more?"
Spike nodded. "Oh, you have no idea how many creatures." Spike looked at Discord. "Discord, page 12, 15, 16, 25, 29, 43, and 63 please." Discord nodded. "Well I have talked about Grubs, Slugs, Steefs, Clakkers, and Vykkers, but that only touches the surface. We have Sligs , Glukkons , the Mudokon , the Gabbit , the Interns , the Gloktigi , and the Wolvarks . The Mudokon, Gabbits, Steefs, and Grubbs are all natural living creatures that depend of the land to live, while all other species are industrial centered that have nearly out run the others to keep expanding."
Chief Thunderhooves sighed. "A sad reality that many deal with it seems." Next to him was Sheriff Silver Star, a brown stallion with a mustache as he nodded. Spike smiled at seeing that the two of them have seen the faults of expansion, but the respect to accommodate it.
Spike looked out to the crowd again. "Anything anyone wants to toss into this question?" Asked Spike.
"Yes, Spike, did you become friends with any of these creatures you spoke of?" Asked Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "Mostly, a few were more acquaintances, and we all know the Vykker. But I did meet a Mudokon named Abe when I was helping them take the Glukkons. The Glukkons were using the Mudokon as slaves to work in their factories. I wasn't going to let that stand, so I rallied a bunch of them, and we took over the largest factory in the whole operation. Then we got word that a group of Vykkers had found a endangered creature, a Gabbit named Munch, apparently Gabbit females were over hunted for their eggs or Gabbiar, which is a delicacy, causing the males to die off as well. So, I organized a group of my Fuzzles, led by Fang, to infiltrate the Vykker lab Munch was being stored in. So, we broke him out and found out that there was a single can of Gabbiar left in the whole world. It was going to be sold in an auction, and that in one week’s time they would be eaten. So, me, Abe, and Munch tracked down the can, I joined the auction, Abe stole all his people’s artifacts that the Glukkon had stolen during the oppression, and Munch got the can. Plus, I stole a shit ton of Moolah, from the safe that Glukkons were going to use to restart their empire. We got away after a pretty big fight, but the last I saw of Munch was he was going to fertilize those eggs and hopefully restart his kind. Abe stayed with me for a little longer, just to make sure that the Glukkons were finished hurting his people, but last I heard, the Mudokon have pretty much taken over the company that hurt them, but are making it more fair, even letting some Glukkons work there. As for me, I was stupid rich, no new wounds, and a kick ass estate in the middle of nowhere, So I took some R&R for about a week."
Celestia facepalmed. "Spike Solaris, tell me how many revolutions you have been a part of, or so help me I'll make you have a guard assigned to you at all time."
Spike sighed. "Fine, it's not like I didn't help them at all, but 7, with 6 of them led by me."
Celestia sighed. "Spike, from this moment on you're the new minister of defense as well as crown prince."
Spike shrugged. "Nah, sounds boring, let Shining keep his job."
This sparked a new set of questions that need to be answered. Spike hummed. "How about you, the adorable death inducing filly with wings." Said Spike as he noticed that Flurry Heart was above him. Spike used his tail and grabbed her. "What's up Sweetie?" Asked Spike.
"Um... Uncle Spike, are you going to leave again?" Asked Flurry.
Spike hummed as he thought. "Well, yes. But I'm going to go help others where I end up."
Flurry pouted as she hugged Spike's neck. "No, I don't want you to go."
Spike sighed. "Flurry, I'm not going to be gone forever, I'll drop by a lot, just to see you."
Flurry wiped her eyes. "But what if you don't come back?"
Spike smiled. "Well, who says I won't? I'm your cool uncle, Prince Spike Solaris, dragon Bounty hunter, assistant god of chaos, 74th Dragon Lord, son of the late, Dragon King Bahamut, and god of chaos Tiamat. Plus, my mother will probably kick my tail back to life if I do." Said Spike.
Spike then smiled at the crowd. "I'm not planning on going anywhere for a long while, I have a duty as not only the prince of Equestria, but as an ally to all creatures gathered here. I do not wish to be stuck in a throne like my mother, aunt, and cousin. But I will travel the lands, talk to its creatures, help them where I can and when it is my time to take over for Discord, a little warning, I'm probably going to be a lot worse." Said Spike as he grew an evil smile. "Or not." The smile was gone.
Everyone was smiling at the little declaration. "Will you teach me how to be just like you Uncle Spike?" Asked Flurry.
Spike looked at Shining and Cadance, both were shaking their heads. "Um... maybe when you're a little older. Now I think it's time to go back to Cadance."
Flurry nodded. "Ok, can you send me?" Asked Flurry with puppy dog eyes. Spike's only weakness aside from food.
Spike sighed. "Fine, ready?"
Flurry nodded as Spike shot a flame at her sending her to Cadance. Spike smiled at the happy face Flurry was making. "So, lets hit some more questions." Said Spike.
Now that all the questions were answered, there really wasn't much more to say. But suddenly an apple dropped out of the sky and landed in front of Spike. Spike groaned. "Yes, I said I was going to explain that. Everyone, as we all know, Discord is a real being, well he's not the only one, there are many beings that oversee the world, one of which is Fate, she is the one who watches how things happen in life and she is the one who dropped this apple, apparently she likes to use them as a message system." Said Spike, he looked at the note.
Spike, a little heads up, the old castle is about to be attacked by a hydra, and the chimera is kinda in trouble. I know you can deal with it, good luck.
Spike sighed as he looked at Celestia. "Mom, a hydra is attacking the castle, I need to go deal with it." Spike looked at Pinkie. "Pinkie, distract them." Said Spike.
Celestia nodded. "Ok, be good."
Pinkie saluted as she got Maud and a microphone and placed them both on stage. Maud looked at Spike. "Hi Spike."
Spike smiled. "Hi Maud, thanks for doing this."
Maud nodded. "No problem, but you should get going unless you’re a spherical hunk of sedimentary stone." Said Maud.
Pinkie laughed at the joke like it was the funniest thing in the world. Spike shrugged as he flew off to deal with the hydra.
20 minutes later and Spike was coming back, but unlike when he left, Spike was riding on the back of the hydra, with Belle, Eve, and Sophie. Everyone looked at the odd display, worried that Spike was leading the hydra to town. But the hydra was happy and calm. Celestia and Twilight looked at Spike riding the hydra. "Spike, what happened?" Asked Twilight as she flew over to Spike. But the Hydra was protective and tried to lash out at Twilight.
Spike growled. "No, bad Wilhelm." Said Spike as he gave the hydra a glare. Wilhelm whimpered as he saw the glare using one of his heads. Spike sighed as he gave the middle neck a loving rub. "Hey, it's ok, but you need to wait until we know what's going to happen." Said Spike. He looked at Twilight. "Hey Twi, I got a new friend." Said Spike.
Twilight sighed as she rubbed her eyes. "Spike, why is there a Hydra in town?" Asked Twilight.
Spike shrugged. "He's going to be staying in the castle with the girls when the Family is out, and I thought he should learn what is bad and what is not." Said Spike. Spike then pointed to Twilight. "Wilhelm, this is Twilight, she is nice, what do you do when we see someone nice?" Asked Spike.
Wilhelm leaned all his heads to Twilight and looked at her with his ten eyes. Then the middle head gave Twilight a full body lick. "Ew, why did he do that?" Asked Twilight as she tried to get the hydra saliva off her coat.
Spike laughed. "Well, that's how he says hi." Said Spike, he looked at Wilhelm. "Good boy, who's the good boy, you are, that's who." Said Spike as he started scratching the Hydra's back. Wilhelm's tail started wagging around happy to be getting love from his new master.
Twilight sighed. "Spike, how did the hydra that was attacking the old castle, become your pet?"
Spike shrugged. "Well, he lived on the other side of the forest, thinking he was the strongest creature in it, but when he caught wind of the girl’s scent, he wanted to investigate and show his dominance."
"Yeah, we weren't having that." Said Eve. "So, we decided to show him that this was master’s place, and since we are tasked with protecting it, we had to fight back."
Spike nodded. "Yes, thankfully I showed up before they did anything, and I won him over."
Twilight sighed at the fact that in the last three days, Spike has tamed two of the most dangerous creatures in the world. "What's next, are you going to tame the yeti in the north?"
Spike hummed at the thought, but he was slapped in the back of the head by Twilight. "SPIKE, THAT WAS RETORICAL!" Yelled Twilight.
Spike shrugged. 'Meh, maybe next time I'm in the north.' Thought Spike. He looked at Twilight. "We'll talk later." Said Spike as he jumped off Wilhelm's back. "Girls, Wilhelm, this is Ponyville, this is where you can find me if something happens, and if I'm not here, tell Twilight and she will get into contact with me or she will handle it." Wilhelm nodded all his heads and gave Twilight another lick. Spike laughed. "Wilhelm, the girls know the rules, but you cannot hurt ponies, the river that we passed should have plenty of fish for you to eat." Wilhelm nodded. "Ok, now be a good boy and follow the girls back home. I'll drop by tomorrow." Said Spike. Wilhelm nodded as all the heads looked at their older sisters.
"Come on Wilhelm, I'm hungry and we can have fish tonight." Said Eve.
Belle sighed. "Can we pick up some hay before we leave town for me?"
Eve sighed. "Fine."
"What about some birds?" Asked Sophie.
"We had that last night, we get fish and hay." Said Eve as they walked Wilhelm home.
Spike looked at Twilight. "So how are the rock jokes?" Asked Spike.
Twilight sighed as she just teleported Spike to the stage.
Back on stage, Maud was holding bolder. "Then I said that's not my father that's a chunk of hardened obsidian."
Pinkie was crying as she was hitting the stage trying to hold her laughter back. "Hardened obsidian, a classic." Said Pinkie. "Oh, Spike's done." Said Pinkie. She walked on stage. "And this has been a Pie sister’ distraction, thank you." Said Pinkie as she pulled Maud off stage with a comically long pole.
Spike looked at the crowd, they were a little upset that the comedy act was finished. "Come on, everyone a round of applause to Maud Pie." Said Spike. The crowd erupted in a massive round of applause.
Once the cheering died down, Spike looked at the crowd. "Sorry for leaving, I just had to deal with a hydra, but he's a good boy." Said Spike like that was something that he had done a hundred times before. "So, it looks like the time is running out on this fine day. I wish all of you a safe journey back home." Said Spike as he took a bow.
Everyone cheered for Spike and Maud as he walked back stage. Spike smiled at everyone. "So glad that is over, I was going to die from fright." Said Spike.
Twilight smiled at Spike. "See, I told you that spell was going to help."
Spike nodded. "Yeah, but now it's time for a different kind of Q&A." Said Spike as he cracked his neck and yawned.
"Well, not before I get a hug goodbye." Said Fleur as she and Fancy Pants walked to him.
Spike smiled. "Well, I don't want to make Fancy mad."
Fancy smiled at Spike. "Just don't look at her flanks, Spike old boy."
Spike sighed. "That was Mal. I have some self-control."
"How many times did you stare at Rarity's Flanks?" Asked Mal.
Spike blushed. "Hey, I'm not the one on trial."
Mal laughed. "If I'm right, over 700 times right."
Spike huffed. "Get your numbers straight Mal, we both know It was 873 times.... I said that out loud, didn't I?" Everyone nodded as Rarity blushed.
She cleared her throat. "Well, it's perfectly healthy for a young drake to take in interest in those kind of thoughts." Said Rarity.
Spike blushed. "Well, before I die from embarrassment." Said Spike as he hugged Fleur and Fancy. "I need to settle a few things with a few ponies." Said Spike as he grabbed Celestia and Luna's hands and sent them to the castle, but the weird thing was that he didn't need to shoot fire, they just disappeared.
Everyone looked at Discord who was eating popcorn kernels with a hard candy drink. "What?" Asked Discord.
"Did he just?" Asked Twilight.
Discord nodded. "Yeah, a little heads up, it takes a whole lot of control to keep chaos magic in check, it still does what it's told, but can happen without thinking. Here have a taste." Said Discord as he dropped his control.
Twilight groaned as she was now a chicken, AJ was a kiwi the size of a pony, Rainbow's colors were inverted. Rarity's hair turned into mouths, Pinkie was a normal pony, Fluttershy was the size of a wagon, Cadance was turned into a Yak, Shining was shrunk down to a mouse, and Flurry was an adult. "Wow, I'm big, cool, does that mean Uncles Spike will teach me how to be cool like him?" Asked Flurry.
Discord smirked as he regained control. Everyone turned back to normal. "See that is what happens when Chaos magic is released freely. Now tootles, I need to see someone about making me a fire hydrant that can shoot grape soda." Said Discord as he teleported away.
Twilight sighed. "I'm never going to have a peaceful day again, am I?"
Spike, Luna, and Celestia were all in the sleepover room, ready to go to therapy. Spike was laying down in his bed that Celestia teleported. Celestia was using the bed that came in the room, and Luna was just going to do her thing. "Ready." Said Spike as he yawned.
Luna nodded. "Sister?" Asked Luna, but Celestia was already out like a light. Luna sighed as she brought Celestia and herself into Spike's dream.
"Um... wow, I wasn't expecting it to be so..."
"What, I have to admit, it's an old memory, but why change the classics." Said Spike as he walked into his dream of the power ponies’ issue #1's Maretropalis. "The artist were new, and they didn't draw that many background characters." Said Spike.
"Yeah, I always felt a little disconnected when you read them, I thought they could have used more violence." Said Mal as he walked next to Spike. He was an exact copy of Spike, just more muted colors. "But man does it feel good to finally take a real form after so long. I haven't had a spine in 21 years."
Spike laughed. "Yeah, those were the good old days, sleeping with mom at night, playing with Twilight."
Mal sighed. "Tormenting Blue Prick."
They both sighed. "Good times."
"Ok, down to business." Said Mal as he clapped. "Mother I think it would be best to get you out of the way first." Said Mal.
Celestia gulped as she slowly released all her control. "Awe, I see you finally decided to let your guard down Celestia, I was wondering when that would happen, now I can finally take my rightful place as Queen of Equestria." Said Daybreaker as she slowly started to form a body in the dream.
Spike sighed as the moment Daybreaker was solid, he grabbed her neck and started bitch slapping her repeatedly. "Hey...Stop...That...Spike...That... Hurts....Mommy." Said Daybraker as she tried to speak.
Spike just kept slapping his mother’s other half. "Daybraker, I want to talk, no evil." Said Spike. "I'll stop slapping then." Spike started slapping her face harder and harder.
It was after about five minutes that Daybraker had enough. "ENOUGH!" Yelled Daybraker as she used her solar magic to shoot Spike. But all that came out were bubbles. "What?"
Spike sighed. "We're in my dream. Meaning I'm the one in charge." Said Spike.
Daybraker growled. "Let me go Spike, or your grounded, and you don't get gems for dinner."
Spike sighed as he looked at Celestia. "Mom, let her fully out, I see too much of you." Said Spike.
Celestia gulped as she lessened her control. "LET GO OF ME YOU WORTHLESS WHELP, I WILL BOIL YOUR INSIDES AND USE YOUR SCALES FOR A HAND BAG!" Yelled Daybraker.
Spike was a little surprised. "Wow, she's nuts, but still a little too easy." Said Spike, he looked at Celestia. "Mom, I said fully out."
Celestia looked at Spike. "But Spike, I'm not holding her back anymore?"
Spike hummed. "Really, then something is really wrong?" Said Spike. He looked at Daybraker. "Seriously this is all you got?"
Daybraker was shocked. "What, how are you not in pain, I changed the area around us to rival the surface of the sun?"
Spike shrugged. "Mal?" Asked Spike.
"Well she's not lying, but I don't really feel anything." Said Mal.
Spike shrugged. "Dragon stuff." Said Spike as he looked at Daybraker. "So, unless you want me to snap your horn off, you sit down, shut up, and maybe, just maybe, we'll find a compromise, that doesn't involve you spending the rest of your life in the back of her head." Said Spike releasing a lot of his anger.
Daybraker blushed as her wings popped open. Spike looked at her in shock. "No, I'm not going there, you are my mother."
Daybraker purred. "But, not by blood, and imagine the terror we could make, the two of us together, besides every queen needs a king and who better than a prince." Said Daybraker.
Spike looked at Celestia. "Seriously, please tell me this is her, and not you?" Asked Spike, really hoping that she wasn't secretly wanting to fuck him.
Celestia shook her head in disgust. "No, nope, hell no, I changed your diapers, I gave you baths, I even let you nurse on me when you were first hatched and didn't have teeth, after I found a spell to help with that. "I do not see you as what she sees you as."
Spike sighed. "Wow, what a relief." Said Spike, he looked at Daybraker. "So, what's your deal?"
"What, I'm an all-powerful alicorn, I could get anyone to fuck me, but being the weak one is actually hot." Said Daybraker.
Spike sighed as he just released Daybraker. "First off, gross, second, behave." Said Spike.
Daybraker growled. "If I do, will you spank me?" Asked Daybraker.
"He's our son, what the hell is wrong with you?" Asked Celestia shocked that her other half was thinking of fucking Spike.
"Oh, don't go there, you remember when he asked us what was happening to him when he got his first erections."
Celestia sighed. "Yes, I told him to sit down, and wait for them to go back in, and that I would explain what happened later."
Daybraker laughed. "Yes, but I was more interested in..." Said Daybraker before Spike dreamed up some tape and used it to close her mouth.
"Yeah, I'm now really regretting this."
Author's Note
Here is therapy in a nut shell. "It's fucked up."
