Queen Novo woke up in one of the guest rooms in the palace, her wings were stiff and going off the amount of light coming into the window, it was long past the time when she arrived. "Where am I?" Asked Novo.

"Hello old friend." Said a tall white alicorn with a 3 colored mane. Celestia walked over to the bed and gave Novo a hug. "Novo, tell me what happened?"

Novo took a deep breath. "Yesterday, a dragon and a unicorn with a broken horn arrived at Mount Aris in a Storm King ship. The dragon told us that the Storm King was gone, and that we could return to the surface. But I fear that was all a lie now, he was so kind, that I didn't even notice that we were playing right into his claws. But in our joy, we partied, and most of my guards were still celebrating, so I took it upon myself to escort our 'guests' back to the surface. But that's when he showed his true colors, he grabbed my baby girl and told me to tell you that it was Spike Drake. Celestia, why is this happening?"

Celestia sighed, she knew all too well why, and she was partially to blame. "Novo, you do not need to worry, as crazy as it sounds, Spike is a drake of his word." Celestia then pulled the queen into a hug. "Novo, please rest for a little while longer, I need to gather all parties involved with Spike Drake."

Novo nodded, she trusted Celestia, and as much as her mind was worried about her daughter, if Spike really wanted to hurt her, he would have killed Skystar the moment he had a chance. Novo laid back down on the bed and tried to rest. Celestia walked out of the room to gather everyone else. Thankfully ever since Spike went to the other side, she had a quick way to gather everyone.

Celestia walked to her bedchambers, headed for her personal desk, and opened a drawer, sitting in the drawer was a magic 8 ball of all things. Celestia grabbed the child's toy and gave it a good shake before dropping it to the floor. The ball rolled away from Celestia, then it split in half. A light was then projected from the ball's message ball and sitting in the light was Discord dressed as a secretary and doing his claws. "Hello, Discorp, how may I direct your call?" Asked Discord.

Celestia sighed. "Discord, it's Spike."

Discord groaned as he stopped doing his claws and started writing a memo to himself. "What did he do now?"

Celestia sighed. "He has Skystar, and Novo is here."

"Ok, but my records tell me that she is with her Aunt Flow. So, there is more to this." Said a second Discord holding a file that was taller than him.

Celestia nodded. "I believe so, can you gather the girls, Cadance, Shining, and Luna?"

A third Discord popped into the call. "Sorry no can do Tia, Sunburst is out of town, so Shining is watching Flurry Heart. But I can get Cadance before she leaves from her meeting with Ember, will that work?" Celestia nodded. "Very good, I'll send the memo to myself and the group will gather in the throne room in 15 minutes."

"No, get them now." Ordered Celestia.

"Tia, it's only 9:30 on a Saturday, if you want them now, you're going to see some soaking wet ponies." Said Discord.

Celestia groaned. "No, give them all a notice that they will be here in 15 minutes, I don't want a repeat of last time."

"Fine, now I got to go, a new guy just started in another reality, and we're coming together to make a manual of all things." Said the first Discord as he ended the call. The ball stopped projecting the light and the 8 ball closed itself, and then it rolled back to Celestia.

She picked it up from the floor and returned it to her desk, before taking a seat at her desk herself. "God damn it Spike, what is your endgame?" Asked Celestia.

15 minutes later, Celestia was informed that everyone was in the throne room, so she teleported herself there, and it was straight to business. She took a seat in her throne as Discord popped a world map of the planet in front of everyone. Twilight looked at the map. "So, what did he do this time?" Asked Twilight, she had been keeping track of Spike's movements for a while now, but this was the first led they had.

Celestia sighed. "Twilight, please calm down, I don't even have the whole story."

Twilight angrily groaned. "I don't understand him, he was so happy with me, then for no reason he goes off and becomes a villain."

A sky blue pegasus with a rainbow mane flew next to Twilight. "Twi, calm down, we can get answers from him, once we capture him." Said the mare.

Twilight took a deep breath. "Right, thanks Rainbow."

A yellow pegasus with a pink mane walked over to her friend Discord. "Discord, thank you for giving me that extra 15 minutes."

Discord smiled as he hugged Fluttershy. "Don't mention it Shy, I know that Saturday is cleaning day."

Suddenly a pink mare with large pink hair was setting up war time stratagem pieces on the map. "Hmm, I think he's going to head to the Dragon Lands, then to the Minotaur Kingdom, Diamond Dog's territory, then head back to the chunk of Manehattan that he broke off from the rest of the city that is now 16 miles from the coast." Said Pinkie as she was dressed in a general's uniform.

A white unicorn sighed as she used her magic to remove all the pieces from the map. "Pinkie, I highly doubt that is what he's planning." Said Rarity.

A pink alicorn with a gold, violet, and rose mane was sitting silently next to an orange mare with her blond mane tied into a low ponytail. "Princess." Said the orange mare.

Cadance smiled at her friend. "Applejack." Said the princess. That was all that was exchanged between them.

Suddenly the main door to the throne room was kicked open by the last of the meetings participants. A dark blue alicorn with a night time mane and baggy night clothes groaned into the throne room with a large mug of coffee in her magic, it was way past her bedtime, and having a meeting at 9:45 was like her waking up at 2 in the morning for everyone else.

"Ok, I'm here and I can't promise to be awake for much longer." Said the princess as she took a large gulp of her coffee. "What in the hell did Spike do this time?" Asked Luna, the very upset at the fact that she was woken up, Princess of Dreams.

"Luna, it's Novo." Said Celestia, that phrase was like a bucket of ice water being dumped onto Luna's body.

"Is she and Skystar ok?" Asked Luna.

Celestia nodded. "She is in the guest wing of the castle, and Skystar is with Ocean Flow." Luna sighed in relief. Celestia looked to Discord. "Discord, please bring Novo here so we may learn what happened." Discord nodded and he snapped his claws.

Instantly Queen Novo was standing in the throne room. "What, where?" Asked Novo, she wasn't used to Discords magic. But once she saw Celestia she calmed down. "Celestia, is it time?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes, but first, I must tell you the Skystar is safe with Ocean Flow."

Novo sighed. "Thank goodness. Spike kept his word." Novo Smiled. "Ok, I'll answer everything and anything that I can."

Celestia nodded. "Thank you, but first we must apologize for his actions. Spike used to be an equestrian citizen and it is on us for what he has done to you and your kind." Said Celestia and everyone else bowed their heads.

Novo was confused. "Wait, Spike is from Equestria, I thought he was from the Dragon Lands?"

Luna sighed. "Novo, long ago, my sister was traveling to meet with the Dragon Lord, and she came across an abandoned egg, thinking that it was dead, she then used it as a magical item in the entrance test for her school, where our second newest princess hatched his egg 21 years ago."

Celestia sighed as this was where it got complicated. "Yes, and the first 13 years of his life, Spike was tasked with being a normal child, he went to school, had some friends, but due to him not being a pony, they were few and far between. But he was happy. Then the day before my sister’s return would happen, I sent my student Twilight off to the nearby town of Ponyville, and the one decision I made that could've changed everything, I asked him to accompany her, just for a short time. Of course, I planned for my son to return to my side once Nightmare Moon was gone. But he asked if he could stay, and it was my blind judgement that got the better of me. I should have seen this coming, the 2 constants in his life were me and Twilight, but somewhere in that time until 2 years ago, the dynamic changed between them. I have seen what Twilight asked Spike to do on a daily basis, and it is quite shocking." Celestia was becoming angry. "He did the cooking, the cleaning, the washing, and that soon became common place between the 2."

Discord sighed and dropped a bucket of water onto Celestia. It took her a few moments to focus. "Thank you Discord." Discord nodded. "But 2 years ago, on a simple Tuesday morning, Spike was done, he tried to confront Twilight about his position in the castle where they lived, but she just dismissed them away. He never complained though, and what's worse is that I never questioned him about how his life was in Ponyville." Celestia huffed. "Now my son is a wanted criminal, and there is nothing I can do about it."

Queen Novo looked at Twilight. "Princess Twilight, what made these feelings of his grow?"

But before Twilight could tell her, Discord showed everything from the first day in Ponyville, to missing her birthday, not getting invited to parties, being asked to stay in the castle, all the cooking, all the cleaning, and with each view of Spike's face, the once happy smile he had was slowly fade into a depressed neutral expression. "That is what happened." Said Discord.

Queen Novo looked at Twilight and all the other ponies in the room. "Well, I can certainly see why he left, but not why he didn't return to Canterlot?"

Celestia sighed. "I ask that question every day."

Luna nodded. "But that was when he first started down the path he is on now. We just didn't think he would continue down this path to such a degree." Luna then used her magic to show some of the situations that brought everyone in the room together. "From what we can tell, Spike made his way to the small city of Mareistone in the west."

Spike was walking into the city; it's been 5 days since he left, and he had been denying any message that came through his fire breath. Spike was steadfast in his decision to leave, and aside from a few turns to keep on a road, he had been going in one direction. So far everything had been going well, he was a dragon meaning that he had stamina to spare, so constantly walking was something that came natural to him, seeing that he had no wings. Food wasn't a problem either, seeing as Equestria was pretty much a gem farm with ponies above the dirt. Water was simple enough to get, Spike was a dragon so even if he ran across a stream, he would just boil the water himself. The only problem was shelter, Spike had never been camping, and he lacked a tent, so he would normally sleep in a tree or on the ground. 'But hopefully not tonight.' Thought Spike as he entered the city. "So, I'll stay here for a while and see if there is a place I can get on the cheap side till I find a job."

"Reports from our guards say that Spike found a job working as a bouncer for a night club, being a dragon he was the perfect choice, that was until he got roped into a pretty big fight, and a local criminal by the name of..." Luna looked through the report for the name. "Cheap Trick, but he was going by the name Silver Note at the time, saw Spike's abilities, and offered him a job as a bodyguard for him and his 'family'."

Spike was getting a suit on for his new job in the small city. "Man, hard to believe it's been a month since I left, and Mr. Note, such a great guy, I still don't completely know what he does, but the money is good and the work is nothing compared to what she made me do."

"Cheap Trick, was one of the main underground fighter promoters in the kingdom. So, one night Spike was asked if he would like to make some extra bits, nothing too bad, a single fight, for 2000 bits." Said Luna as she kept reading the report.

"Hell yeah, that'll pay for my rent for 3 months." Said Spike as he looked at his boss.

Cheap Trick or Silver Note was your classic mobster, slicked back mane, fancy suit, large burly stallions behind him, and a silver coat to make his fake name work. "Good, and remember, just win the fight and you can keep the prize."

Spike undid his tie and removed his jacket as he walked down the ring.

"Turns out the fighter was using brass knuckles to win his fights. But Spike's scales were harder, the stallion broke both his hands, and Spike broke his jaw." Said Luna. "After that, Cheap Trick offered to make Spike his number one fighter."

Spike was sitting in a locker room getting ready for his next fight, it's been 38 days since he left Ponyville, and the night he would create a name for himself in the underground world. "Ok, just one more fight and you can afford to live in a home that is yours." Said Spike, trying to focus on his first goal.

"Spike, they're ready." Said Silver as he came to check on his ringer. "Oh, and tonight is a little different. You're going up against 3 other Stallions."

Spike nodded as he started taping his knuckles. "Fine, and thanks for letting me do this, it's a great stress relief."

Cheap Trick smiled at Spike. "Of course, that's what this is all about, entertainment and stress relief."

Spike nodded as he walked to the ring.

"Thankfully the fight was interrupted before anything bad could happen, but in the confusion Spike attacked one of his old fighters who we have locked up, but he was in critical condition: Spike was not happy about almost dying, so he attacked his ill prepared attacker and sent the stallion to the hospital. But this was enough to put out a warrant for his arrest, and since he was a dragon, he was pretty recognizable. Sadly, since he was a dragon, he wasn't going to get a fair trial either, a sad truth really, and even sadder is that Spike knew this all too well, so he went on the run. The report has eye witness accounts of a tall purple dragon appearing in Manehattan a week later."

Spike was hiding in an alleyway in the large metropolitan city, his face was all over the kingdom, and it wasn't going to end well if he was caught. "Fucking asshole, it's not my fault that he couldn't take me." Said Spike as he was starting to feel hungry. "I need to find something to eat." Spike walked down the alley, using the main streets was going to get him caught, but soon Spike ran into a group of cut throats looking for some poor mare to shake down for bits, and seeing the wanted dragon, they could get a great payday for him.

"Hey, it's that wanted dragon, we should grab him and turn him into the guards for that reward." Said the first goon, who saw and recognized Spike. The 2 other goons smirked as all three pulled out knives.

"Spike had robbed them, cut them with his claws, and broken both arms and legs on all three stallions. But Spike was nowhere to be found till he solidified himself as one of the most dangerous and most powerful criminals in the kingdom." Said Luna.

Spike was standing in a warehouse full of criminals, and for the most part, they all feared him. "Hard to believe that in just 3 weeks since I came to Manehattan, I would be the leader of all of the city's criminal underground, and tonight is the night that I make it known to the whole Kingdom that I will not be taken lightly." Spike then gave his orders. "Half of you, start the evacuation of the cut off street. The other half of you, start moving the devices along the outer borders of the city and make sure to cut off at 110th street, I want that park."

Queen Novo gulped. "What did he do?"

Celestia sighed. "Well the devices were created by a brilliant unicorn that was a master of gravity spells. He created devices that in theory if used in a large enough group, could allow a single creature to lift a city. But we shut his research down almost 3 decades ago. Well turns out that Spike had found the scientist and asked him to prove his design to the world, by creating 200 of these devices." Celestia sighed as she rubbed her head. "Sadly, we found out that the devices worked perfectly, when reports of most of Manehattan were being stolen by Spike. Buildings and my ponies were safe, but the city's power and sewage were kinda destroyed. Right now, the part of Manehattan Spike stole is 16 miles from the coast, and he has set up his empire there. But recently Spike hasn't been seen in what is now Macro City for almost 3 months."

Novo was shocked to hear that in little over 2 months Spike went from normal dragon, to super villain. "Celestia... I don't know what to do?"

Everyone sighed. "Neither do we, but any information you can provide would be helpful in apprehending him." Said Twilight.

Novo nodded. "Of course."

Spike was sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee and reading a paper that he stole, and of course most of it was about him, but there were also some buckball stats, and puff pieces that are usually mixed in. Tempest was sitting across from Spike with her right hand sitting oddly to the left of her, he was a short hedgehog with a dark gray coat and his spikes were done into a mohawk. Spike didn't even need to look away from the paper. "Grubber, would you mind checking to see how far we are from the Dragon Lands?"

Grubber swallowed his mouthful of breakfast. "Sure Spike." Grubber hopped off his seat and walked over to the helm, Grubber was gone for a few moments, but when he came back, he reported. "We've arrived at the border."

Spike nodded as he took a sip of his coffee. "Good, tell the crew to stop here. Dragons rarely come this close to the border, and if we just fly up to Ember, they will not hesitate to attack." Grubber nodded as he moved to relay the orders.

Tempest looked at Spike. "Ok, so what’s the plan?"

Spike shrugged. "Nothing much, we just walk in there, we have a nice little talk with her, and if need be, I'll make her submit the bloodstone to me."

Tempest groaned. "Spike and how do you expect to win?"

Spike raised an eyebrow at the lack of faith. "Tempest, remember when I asked my doctor to start working on that power armor?"

Tempest groaned. "So, he finally got it working, without it snapping the wearers spine?"

Spike nodded. "Yep, and he should be sending it any moment." Suddenly the whole ship tilted to the side for a single moment before correcting itself. Spike smiled at feeling the ship. "I'm really good at timing that." Said Spike in a cocky tone, he finished his coffee and folded the paper. "Let’s go see what new toys we got."

Author's Note

Please note that this isn't all the crimes Spike has committed , so I'm going to list them off here. Larceny, assault, weapons trafficking, embezzlement, a few that are so out there, that Discord found them to be crazy, and the worst of all, burning a book.