Dragonkin

Spike, Ember, Torch, Agatha, and the girls hurried to the central plaza, preparing for battle.

When they got there, they were met with a big number of men and women ready to fight, you could tell many of them were part of the coin guard.

“Sir, me and my people are ready to engage!” said Jared.

“Right, then get ready to kill them!” said Torch.

“NOOOOOO!” said Ember, causing everyone to look at her in surprise, “I mean, no, if we capture them then we can question them who is really behind this attacks and then we can confront them head-on killing two birds with one stone.” said Ember.

“As expected of my daughter, you make me so proud.” said Torch.

“AHEM!!” said Dahlia and Agatha at the same time.

“Right, Right, Jared, you and Dahlia take 20 soldiers and go reinforce the South Gate.” said Torch.

“Copy, alright, you’re with me, come on!” said Jared as he and his soldiers head south.

“Girls, go with Agatha and set up defensive positions near the shelters, we must protect the injured.” said Torch.

“Sir, with all due respect, I don’t think anyone is going to get injured.” said Rainbow Dash.

“Soldiers, probably not, but we must protect the civilians.” said Torch.

“He’s right, so far we have 500 panic attacks, 3 heart attacks, and at least 300 injured civilians due to tripping, falling, or being crushed in the stampede, luckily we don’t have any deaths to report so far.” said a female doctor walking up to them.

“Marie! What are you doing here?!” asked Torch.

“I came to ask for some bodyguards to, well, guide them to the assistance centers.” said Marie.

“How many are there?” asked Twilight.

“4 but we have reports of injured civilians in the shelters as well.” said Marie.

“Well then, go with Marie, she will instruct you where you are needed.” said Torch “You too my dear.”

“Yes My Lord.” said Agatha as she headed towards the group of girls.

“Ok, Flash, you, Big Mac, Caramel and Cheese come with me and help me reinforce the east gate.” said Discord.

“We have a problem.” said Soarin as he landed.

“What is it?” asked Torch.

“They have split into 4 different platoons, 20 men each, and are trying to attack the 4 gates simultaneously.” said Soarin

“Dammit we don’t have enough people to help reinforce the north and west gates.” said Torch.

“Even more trouble! There is a fifth platoon!” said a soldier as he landed near the dragonlord.

“Where is it?” asked Torch.

“Above us sir.” said the Soldier.

“Just Perfect! Hom many enemies are airborne?” asked Torch.

“About 30 men sir.” said the soldier.

“FUCK!” said Torch.

“Even worst is the fact that each platoon has an alpha.” said Spike.

“A what?” asked everyone.

“An Alpha, a fighter with better abilities than most people.” said Spike.

“Great now what are we gonna do?” asked Torch.

“Mind if we join?” said a voice behind them.

“Jacob? Evie? Henry? What are the three of you doing here?” asked Spike.

“A small family vacation, oh but don’t worry Spike, we left Percy with my In-laws.” said Evie.

“I can’t believe I’m gonna say this, but I am so happy to see the three of you right now.” said Spike.

“Oh, come on Boss, you’re gonna make me cry.” said Jacob.

“Hope you don’t mind we brought some friends.” said Henry as a group of men and women walked up behind them.

“Well, the more the merrier, Jacob, Evie, Henry, head to the West gate, make sure that not even one of those soldiers enters or dies.” said Spike.

“Ah, the “Take prisoners” type of fight, excellent.” said Jacob.

“Ok, listen up, Rover, you, Fido and Spot, will be the last line of defense, you’re the only people here strong enough to lift a bull.” said Evie earning a nod from the three men.

“Snipers, head to the roofs, keep your eyes open, you see a flyer or a soldier getting too close to the city, you either shoot them down or make them piss their pants.” said Jacob.

“The rest of you are with us, remember, only knockouts, no deaths.” said Henry as they all started heading to the gate.

“Who were those people?” asked Torch.

“Jacob and Evie Black, twins, younger siblings of Enzio Black.” said Spike.

“Enzio Black!? The Assassin?!” said Torch.

“Yes, and the other man is Henry Donovan, Evie’s husband, as for the men and women that were behind them, they are the “Diamond Dogs” the best fighting gang in the world.” said Spike.

“And they’re your students, Discord?” asked Torch.

“They were, they graduated a few months back.” said Discord.

“So, are they like pay to kill or something?” asked Torch.

“Oh no, they work with the police in Canterlot, Jacob is actually a Sergeant, just like Evie, but she’s supposed to be on maternity leave.” said Celestia.

“Why, is she pregnant?” asked Torch

“No, she gave birth about 3 months back, around 2 months after I gave birth to Issac.” said Celestia.

“Oh congratulations.” said Torch, being interrupted by Discord.

“Well that clears the West gate issue.” said Discord.

“Yeah, but now we need to take care of the Sky.” said Torch.

“Maybe we can help!” said a voice.

Everyone turned and noticed Hanson and Terrence walking up to them followed by the Special ops students from Magma U.

“We brought plenty of volunteers.” said Terrence.

“Garble?” asked Spike.

“What you thought I was going to leave all the fun to you, as if.” said Garble.

“OK kids, split up into 5 groups.” ordered Torch.

All of the students quickly separated into groups, all of them following their specializations.

“OK, group 1, head South help the coin guard, group 2, West, help the Diamond Dogs, group 3, East gate, they have already made contact with the enemy, Group 4, prepare for take-off, Soarin, lead the way, as for the rest of you, you’re with Spike, I’ll go with group number 4. Discord anything to add? Supernova?” asked Torch.

“No, let’s head out.” said Discord.

“We’re not going Discord, we have to help defend the civilians inside the shelters.” said Supernova.

“Oh-, I wanted to have fun.” said Discord.

“Then ask Celestia later tonight, I don’t think she’ll mind.” said Supernova as he headed towards the Defender groups.

Discord turned towards Celestia, who just blushed and looked away and said “If you want to.”

“Oh, I’m lucky to have married you.” said Discord, who kissed her and ran off to catch up to Supernova.

Celestia turned and looked at Spike giving orders to the remaining personnel.

“Ok, when we get out there, stay frosty, we don’t know what these people are capable of when it comes to fighting.” said Spike.

“Gotcha, now I heard something about “stun not kill.”” said Garble.

“Yeah, we need them alive, we must know who is behind this attack.” Ember mentioned.

“Ok, you heard that guys, try not to spill blood out there.” said Garble.

“GARBLE!” said Spike.

“What? I’m being honest.” said Garble.

“So wait, you four are going to be our backup?” asked Ember.

“Yup… before you say anything, let me remind you that we are the best special ops students in Magma U.” said Garble as he pointed towards his friends.

“Hello, my name is William Brenden, but call me “Billy.” said the first Draconian.

“My name is Clifford Hermes, call me “Clump” and the first one to make a joke out of my name is as good as dead.” said the second.

“Fernando Amaya, call me “Fume.” said the last one.

“Ok, Fume, you and Clump, head to the gate, protect it with all you’ve got, Garble, you and Billy are with Ember and me, we’ll fight those things head-on, Ember anything to add?” asked Spike, turning towards her.

Ember was holding her stomach, and she looked like she was going to be sick.

“You ok, Ember?” asked Garble

“Yup, just the nerves of the first major battle, nothing to be worried about.” said Ember.

“Of course we have to, if your head isn’t on the game, you become a liability.” said Fume.

“I’m fine, trust me, now head to the gate and get into position!” said Ember pointing at the wall.

“GARBLE!” came a shout.

Everyone turned and saw Maar running up to the group

“Maar!? Is something wro…” was all Grable could say before Maar tackled Garble to the floor.

When Garble came back to his senses he noticed Maar kissing him “If you even dare to die on me, I will murder you.” she said as she got up, hugged him tight and left.

“I wonder who will wear the pants in their relationship.” said Fume.

“My money is on Garble, Maar is known to show this aggression in public.” said Clump.

“Hey, we ain’t here to talk about my love life, come on.” said Garble as they all runoff.

Ember was about to follow them out but was stopped by Spike.

“Let me go Spike, we have a battle to win!” said Ember tugging Spike’s grip.

“I’m not going to let you go out there like this!” said Spike.

“I told you I’m fine.” said Ember as she finally managed to free her hand from Spike’s grip.

“I don’t care if YOU are ok, I’m not putting IT in danger.” said Spike.

Ember and Spike looked at each other for a few seconds.

“You’re not going to stop me from fighting, and you know it.” said Ember.

“You do know I can knock you out right here and now, don’t try me!” said Spike.

“Argh, why are you so difficult!” said Ember.

“Cause I value everyone’s lives.” said Spike.

“Me too, that’s why I have to fight!” said Ember.

“Really? Cause so far you have ignored, what should be, the most important life form to you.” said Spike.

“ARGH!” Ember screamed as she turned around.

“Ember, would he endanger the two of you if he were here?” asked Spike.

Ember stayed quiet for a few seconds “No, he would do everything to keep us safe… but he would also understand the need to fight, to protect.” said Ember as she turned to face Spike.

Spike and Ember looked at each other for a few more seconds “Fine! But let me do this first.” said Spike as he started chanting “Come forth, holy magic, protect this life from harm, keep it safe and calm, till it can protect itself.” he finished.

“What was that?” asked Ember.

“A protection spell that Celestia showed me, she said I was going to need it in the future, still don’t know what she meant with that but, hey, a new spell, bring it.” said Spike

“Can he really be this dense, or he just retarded?” said Ember.

What are you waiting for? Let’s go!” said Spike as he ran off with Ember behind him.

NEARBY

Rarity had seen Spike and Ember’s argument, which made her feel uneasy for some reason, yet she decided to ignore it and head towards her friends.

“Ok, there are 4 major areas we most protect, The Saint Dracon Hospital in the east, the Special medicine and treatment clinic in the West, the Fire river general hospital down South, and the University hospital up north.” said Marie.

“I’ll head to the general hospital, they are in need of more doctors down there due to the explosions caused by the enemy outside of the gates.” said Dr. Whooves.

“I’ll go with you.” said Derpy.

“Ok girls, this is the game plan, Twilight, you, Fluttershy, and Sunset go with them, you are the ones with healing magic.” said Marie.

“Right.” said Twilight she was about to follow them when she arched forward and almost threw up.

“You ok there Twi?” asked Sunset

“Yeah, maybe it’s the nerves.” said Twilight as she composed herself and walked away.

“Hope she is right.” said Fluttershy.

“Staying on the topic at hand, I'm the only one who thinks Twilight should enter the gym right?I mean she’s eating way more than usual, and she’s starting to get fat.” said RD.

“Maybe you’re right.” said AJ.

“Ok that’s enough girls, get your minds in the game.” said Agatha.

“Whooves, when you get to the hospital, make sure to give Twilight a test.” said Marie.

“For what?” asked Whooves.

“Magic poisoning, she might have overdone a magic chant and that may be affecting her.” said Marie, winking an eye at him.

Whooves looked at her for a few seconds, before he caught up with her line of thought

“Ohh, of course, it will be done immediately.” said Whooves, walking off.

“Isn’t magic poisoning dangerous?” asked AJ.

“Only if you don’t have an affinity to it, other than that, as long as you get help, you will be fine.” said Marie.

“I hope Twilight’s fine.” said Moondancer

“She’ll be, trust me.” said Marie “Well, AJ, you, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, and Moondancer, head to the saint Dracon hospital, they need strong defenders there for reinforcements.” she finished.

“What about the Clinic and the university hospital?” asked Pinkie.

“I’ll take the University hospital, the students there are fierce, don’t worry about it.” said Tempest as she left.

“We’ll go too.” said Gabby as she and Vinyl followed Tempest.

“Ms. Belle, would you follow us to the clinic?” asked Agatha.

“Yes sure, but why me? I’m not the strongest fighter or magic-user.” said Rarity.

“We know, but, you’re the third strongest in the group, behind Twilight and Sunset.” said Marie as they walked away.

“Aren’t you gonna tell her?” whispered Agatha.

“She hasn’t realized yet, but I can tell she is about to.” answered Marie.

NORTH GATE MINUTES LATER

“What’s the status?” asked Spike as he and Ember arrived.

“Many of the enemies are down, but more and more are coming forward, it’s like there is no end to them!” said a guard

“Let me see.” said Spike as he and Ember went up the stairs and onto the city wall.

When they got there they noticed that the Dragon Guard was using cannons to shoot the enemy down.

“Garble! Why aren’t you out there fighting?” asked Spike as he saw Garble and the rest standing there.

“Going into battle at this moment is just reckless, not to mention suicide, we might be victims of friendly fire.” said Garble.

Spike just smiled and got up on the wall, made eye contact with everyone and said “Pussies.” and he jumped off the wall.

“Oh, he didn't.” said Garble as he jumped off, followed by Fume, Billy, Ember and Clump.

Once in the floor, Spike engaged into combat with some of the Canterlot soldiers

“What do you think you’re doing?” asked Spike as he disarmed the soldiers, what happened next scared him.

The soldiers broke down like if their bones had become sand.

“Dude, you said “don’t kill anyone,” said Garble

Spike sound him out, and picked up one of the soldiers masks, putting an end to the mystery

“They aren’t humans,” said Spike.

“What?!” said Ember

“They’re puppets!” said Spike

“If they are puppets, then there has to be a puppeteer.” said Fume.

“Yeah, but where?” asked Clump.

“Guys can you hear me?” asked Spike.

“Loud and clear.” said Flash.

“Present.” said Soarin.

“Affirmative.” said Jacob.

“Yup.” said Big Mac.

“We’ve made contact with the enemy, they’re puppets.” said Spike.

“We were about to say the same thing, but we have successfully captured the alpha of the East.” said Flash

“Doc, I can see your drone up there, are you receiving prisoners?” asked Spike sarcastically.

“Yeah, bring him to me, let’s see what we’re dealing with,” said Whooves.

“The West Alpha has also fallen, we’re bringing him in.” said Jacob.

“Excellent.” said Whooves.

“Say, Flash, Jacob, what ability did your Alpha’s have?” asked Spike.

“Mine was a Golem summoner.” said Flash.

“Mine was, rather weak actually, he seemed to prefer using his puppets to fight, and man, they were tough.” said Jacob.

“The Summoner, and the Tactician.” said Spike.
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“Ours prefers stealth, he also seems to prefer luring his prey to him.” said Big Mac.

“The Chameleon, that only leaves the Bird of Prey, and…” said Spike

“Spike, there’s the Alpha!” said Garble.

Spike turned quickly and noticed that all of the puppets were down in the ground, there were even some of them falling from the sky.

“The Tactician was the puppet master.” said Spike

“Which means that?” asked Fume

“No puppets, means he has to get his own hands dirty.” said Garble.

“We have taken down the flier.” said Soarin.

“Ok, only he is left.” said Garble.

“We have your comrades, surrender, and we might let you live.” said Billy.

“Billy!” they all said.

“What?” he asked.

They all looked back at the last Alpha, who was taking a fighting position.

“Ha, he looks like he wants to fight.” said Garble as he and his friends got into a stance.

“Garble stand down, this guy is the…” started Spike but was interrupted.

“CHARGE!!!!” screamed Garble as he, Fume, Billy, and Clump charged the alpha.

They ran full speed towards the Alpha, expecting him to cover up and surrender, but much to their surprise he did anything but that, he charged towards them full speed.

Smashing against Fume, sending him flying towards Spike and Ember.

Spike skillfully catched him and stopped him from hitting the wall and, subsequently, from any further injuries.

“You ok, Fume?” asked Ember.

“Did you manage to get the license plate of the trailer that ran me over?” was all Fume said before passing out.

“I think his brains became moosh after the impact.” said Ember

“He didn’t have many brain cells left anyway.” said Spike as he dropped Fume on the floor.

Meanwhile Garble, Billy and Clump, we’re still fighting the Alpha, but losing miserably.

“Take this, you motherfucking monster!” said Garble as he launched himself forward, just to be stopped by the Alpha, grabbed by the neck, and punched back to the city wall, creating a wide crater when he landed.

“Oh, ok, that’s gonna hurt tomorrow.” Garble groaned as he got out of the crater.

“I was trying to say that this Alpha is known as the “Battering-Ram.” No need for me to explain why, right?” said Spike as he walked up to Garble.

“Fuck off… oh, ok, that hurt.” said Garble.

“I bet, Maar, would mind making you feel better later tonight.” said Spike.

“Shut up.” said Garble as both he and Spike turned.

“AAAAAAH!” someone screamed.

Spike and Garble then noticed Billy and Clump flying past them and hitting the wall falling to the floor unconscious.

“The “Battering-Ram?”” said Garble.

“The “Battering-Ram.”” said Spike.

“Let’s charge him, he can’t defeat the three of us.” said Garble.

“I beg to differ.” said Ember looking at the other fighters on the floor.

“Ok, maybe not, but we can tire him out.” said Garble

“Maybe not, but let’s go.” said Spike

“I’ll stay back, in case the two of you get your asses handed to you.” said Ember

“Thanks for the vote of confidence.” said Spike

“Like if that’s gonna happen.” said Garble

“You already had your ass handed to you.” said Ember.

“BURN.” said Spike.

“What are you laughing at you’re gonna get your ass handed to you by him.” said Ember.

“Maybe, maybe not, but one thing I do know is that I have a higher level than him.” said Spike.

“Yeah, but you forget that he has the abilities of at least 10 fighters with a level higher than 90,” said Ember.

“Can the 2 of you leave your bedroom talk for later.” said Garble.

“I’m not her/his boyfriend?girlfriend!” said Spike and Ember at the same time

And with that Spike and Garble attacked the Alpha.

The first one to jump into the fight was Garble who tried to land a punch in the Alpha’s head, which he skillfully evaded, and countered by trying to connect with Garble’s rib cage missing by a few centimeters, then he is tackled to the ground “rugby-style” by Spike who then proceeds to punch the Alpha in the head, only landing two punches before the Alpha knees Spike in the chest causing to arch back and then kick him off.

As soon as he gets up he is attacked by Garble landing various punches in the Alpha’s chest and gut, but they didn’t even cause him to flinch. After a few more punches the Alpha has had enough and grabs both of Garble’s arms, then he head butted him in the face, causing Garble to stumble backwards, giving the Alpha enough time to dive-kick him in the stomach and send him flying to the ground landing next to a frozen Ember.

Just before the Alpha has a chance to incorporate himself Spike kicks him in the head, making the Alpha roll onto his back and jump up.

“Ouch, I remember you had a hard head, but I wasn’t expecting this.” said Spike.

“...” was all that came from the Alpha.

With that Spike lunged at the Alpha who skillfully dodged all of Spike’s attacks, receiving the same agility from Spike as he too evaded every punch thrown at him.

“Just like the good old days.” said Spike.

“...” said the Alpha.

“Ok, time to end this.” said Spike as he lunged at the Alpha using one of his old, but effective, punch combos, but to his surprise, the Alpha, skillfully stopped all of them, until he grabbed both of Spike’s arms.

“I should’ve known you would’ve learned the combo, about damn time you did.” said Spike with a fake smile, before the Alpha, kneed Spike in the gut again, later elbowed him in the back and, once Spike hit the floor, kicked him all the way back to where Ember and Garble were.

“How...how the… hell, is one person, keeping up with 3… well 2 draconians?” said Garble as he got up from the ground followed by Spike.

“Simple, he ain’t a normal person.” said Spike

“What?” asked Garble.

“THAT, is a changeling.” said Spike.

“WOH, WOH, WOH, WHAT?” said Garble.

“Yup, he’s a changeling, and he’s using the abilities of at least 10 different people.” said Spike.

“Oh, that makes perfect sense, AND WHY THE FUCK IS PRINCESS LAVA FROZEN LIKE A STATUE?!” said Garble.

“Spike, you alive there?” came Whooves’s voice over the comlink.

“For now, anything new?” asked Spike.

“I wouldn’t be talking to you if it weren’t the case.” said Whooves.

“So, what’s up?” asked Garble.

“I found out that all of these people are being mind controlled.” said Whooves.

“So, how did we break the spell?” asked Garble.

“Let me finish, it’s a mind control spell, but different.” said Whooves.

“Different, how?” asked Spike.

“It’s a parasite spell.” said Whooves.

“A mind control parasite spell?” asked Spike in disbelief.

“Yeah, I know, it’s weird, I know, but I found proof that it’s a parasite spell.” said Whooves.

“So how do we break it?” asked Ember coming out of her trance.

“There are three ways, one, a very, and I mean VERY, strong blow to the head, for the parasite to die.” said Whooves.

“His defence is way too strong so that one isn’t gonna work.” said Spike.

“Two, holy magic.” said Whooves.

“Can any of you two use holy magic?” asked Garble.

“I can but I think there is more to it, right doc?” said Spike.

“Yes, you need an incantation that will kill the parasite but not the brain functions.” said Whooves.

“Know the name of it?” asked Ember.

“No, only Celestia, Luna, and Supernova know how to do it.” said Whooves.

“And what’s the last one?” asked Garble.

“It’s pointless, it’s not gonna work.” said Whooves.

“What is it?” asked Spike.

“Love.” said Whooves.

“What?” asked Garble.

“The power of love is said to be strong enough to kill this parasite.” said Whooves.

“Ok, yeah, that’s pointless, no one here knows who this person… where is she going?” asked Garble as he and Spike watched Ember walk slowly towards the Alpha.

“Uhm, Whooves, prepare a room for us ok?” said Spike.

“Copy.” said Whooves as he ended the call

“OK, what the fuck is going on?” said Fume as he, Billy, and Clump started to wake up.

THE SPECIAL MEDICINE AND TREATMENT CLINIC

“Here we are, the special medicine and treatment clinic.” said Marrie

“Oh, why is it so empty?” asked Rarity.

“My clinic is only used to heal power fighters since the medicine I create is way too powerful for normal folk.” said Marie.

“Oh, that makes… BLARG…” was all Rarity could say.

“Are you ok dearie?” asked Agatha

“Yes, I… I don’t know…” said Rarity.

“What happened?” asked Marie.

‘Yes, it’s unlike me to do something like this.” said Rarity.

“Oh, don’t worry.” said Marie as she opened the clinic “Come on in.” she finished.

“Thank you.” said Rarity as she went into the clinic

“Take a seat, please.” said Marie as she grabbed a few bottles with some colorful liquids, which she mixed together in a glass.

“What is that?” asked Rarity seeing what Marie was doing.

“You’ll see soon enough dear, she usually tones out everything while working.” said Agatha.

“Ok, Ms. Belle, I know this is going to sound weird, but, I need you to spit into this glass.” said Marie.

“What for?” asked Rarity

“Please, just do it.” said Marie.

Rarity then did as she was told, and noticed that as soon as her spit touched the liquid it turned from a dark grey, to a blueish color.

“Just as I suspected,” said Marie.

“What?, what is it, what is that?” asked Rarity.

“It’s a pregnancy test.” said Marie.

“Wait what?” asked Rarity.

“Congratulations, Ms. Belle, you’re going to have a baby!” said Agatha.

“WAIT, WHAT?! I”M… I’M… GOING… TO…” was all Rarity said before she passed out.

“I expected another type of reaction from her.” said Jennifer as she entered the room.

“Jennifer, I thought you were in the castle.” said Agatha.

“I was, but feeling the life form of my future grandson or granddaughter near me… I just had to find out if it was true.” said Jennifer.

“I didn’t expect less from the top medic in the Dragonlands.” said Agatha.

“By the way… we should tell Mr. Sentry to get ready.” said Jennifer.

“Get ready for what?” asked Agatha.

“For the future, I mean, when I told Twilight, she went pale.” said Jennifer.

“Why?” asked Agatha.

“Well, Quintuplets aren’t exactly an easy game.” said Jennifer as she went over to Rarity to check on her.

“She really likes babies, doesn’t she?” said Agatha.

“As expected from my mentor,” said Marie.

“By the way Marie, when are YOU gonna give me grandchildren?” asked Agatha.

“MOM!” screamed Marie turning red.

EARLIER, AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

“I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with me.” said Twilight as she was sat down on a hospital bed by Sunset Shimmer.

“It may be a very bad case of magic poisoning.” said Sunset.

“No, magic poisoning is only felt, and harmful, to non-magical humans, and if that were the case, both you and me would also be suffering the same issues, and so far, I feel just right.” said Fluttershy.

“You’re right Fluttershy, this isn’t magic poisoning, it’s something much more… beautiful.” said Whooves as he entered the room.

“Then what is it?” asked Twilight frantically.

“Just give me a few minutes.” said Whooves as he went over to a group of bottles with different colored liquids, and poured them into a bigger glass.

“What’s that?” asked Sunset.

“That’s a…” started Fluttershy.

“I didn’t know that this hotel also sold drinks!” said Derpy, popping her head in the room.

“This isn’t that type of “cocktail” it’s not meant to be drinked by people, cause it could kill you,” said Whooves as he gave the glass to Sunset and went over to a passed out Fluttershy lying on the ground.

After a few seconds, Fluttershy finally came back to her senses and Whooves and Derpy helped her up and to a nearby chair for her to catch her breath.

“So, doc, what is this thing?” asked Sunset as she gave the glass to Whooves.

“Thanks, before I answer, Twilight, would you spit inside this glass… thank you.” said Whooves as he started to mix the content.

Everyone looked at the glass as the liquid changed color to a deep blue.

“Is that good or bad?’ asked Twilight looking at Fluttershy’s face.

“Depends.” said Whooves.

“Depends on what?” asked Twilight, getting scared.

“Depends, if you want to be a mother anytime soon.” said Whooves as he threw the liquid down the drain.

“W… WHA… WHAT!?” said everyone in the room.

“Yup, I gave you a pregnancy test, and it came back positive.” said Whooves.

At this point Twilight, Sunset, and Fluttershy remained frozen and silent, not knowing what to do.

“That explains all your symptoms, tiredness, food cravings... the weight gain.” said Whooves with a big smile.

Twilight then came out of her trance for a few seconds, and slowly moved her hands down to her belly, which was starting to get swollen.

“YAY! Congratulations Twilight, welcome to the Mothers-to-be club.” Derpy said as she lifted up her jacket and showed her swollen belly.

“Wait, YOU’RE PREGNANT?!” they all said.

“Not only her, but your friend Rarity is also pregnant.” said Jenny as she walked into the room.

“WHAT?” they all said.

“Yup, with my son’s child no less.” said Jenny

“How do you know?” asked Sunset.

“My eyes, they’re known as the “Eyes of life” which makes me one of the best doctors in the world.” said Jenny.

“Hah, that’s a relief.” said Sunset.

“Yes, but, I must admit, I never expected to see this in my life.” said Jenny

“Didn’t you say you had the eyes of life? I thought that pregnancies were common around here.” said Sunset.

“Yes, they are, but Twilight, you’re going to have quintuplets!” said Jenny.

The whole room went quiet, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy, Derpy and even Whooves, where standing frozen in place.

“You and Flash have been having a lot of fun by the looks of it.” said Jenny with a smug grin.

No word came out of the group.

“Oh well, I must head to the Clinic, I need to tell your friend about her new life.” said Jenny living.

As soon as she left everyone in the room started moving, Fluttershy fainted, Sunset just sat down on the chair that belonged to Fluttershy moments earlier, Derpy just layed Twilight down on the bed and tried to keep her calm for the sake of the unborn kids, and Whooves was called to another room, to take a look at one of the enemies.

BACK AT THE CLINIC

Rarity started to regain consciousness.

“Hey there, sleepy head.” said Yuki as Rarity’s eyes landed on her.

“Yuki, what are you doing here? And if I may add, where am I?” asked Rarity

“You are at the Special medicine and treatment clinic,” said Marie

“And I came here after Jenny, told me that I’m going to be an aunt!” said Yuki full of excitement

“An aunt, that’s good… WAIT, SO ALL THAT BABY STUFF WASN’T A DREAM?!” said Rarity

“Rarity, you have to calm down, stress is not good for a baby,” said Agatha “Trust me, I had 3” she said

“Well all I can say is congratulations to you Rarity, I bet Spike will be thrilled to find this out,” said Yuki

Rarity however was frozen in place, a million thoughts running through her mind

“Rarity, are you ok?” asked Jenny

“Yes, I’m… fine… I guess,” said Rarity

“Are you not happy about the news?” said Yuki

“NO! No, I am, I’m really happy, it’s just…” said Rarity

“Nervous about your immediate future?” asked Yuki

“Yes, how did you…?” said Rarity

“Know? Well believe it or not, I got pregnant with Callie when I was 19 and in my first year of colleague,” said Yuki

“How did you…?” continued Rarity

“Graduate? Simple I asked for my courses to be mailed to me or be done online, actually I was one of the first cases of pregnant students receiving their classes online,” said Yuki full of pride

“Well, that’s a relief to that, but I still feel a bit… scared about this,” said Rarity

“About what?” asked Jenny

“Being a mom, I don’t even know how to be a proper big sister,” said Rarity

“I can see where you’re going, I felt the same way when I got pregnant for the first time, I had no experience whatsoever, I didn’t even have a family to turn to for help, but then Jenny came to me and stayed with me to comfort me in my early days,” said Yuki

“What happened to your family?” asked Rarity

“When my father past away, my mother remarried an awful man, but then again, I don’t even think she loved my dad that much, she didn’t even cry when he was buried, and 2 weeks later she told me she was getting married again, I was hurt I mean my dad had just died and I just found out that she was marrying another man, but then I thought, well maybe it’s best for us, she won’t be alone all the time, who knows he might even be nice, I was wrong, dead wrong, he was a druck, abusive, asshole,” said Yuki

“And your mom went along with this?” asked Rarity

“Yes, she honestly didn’t even care much about his attitude, only because he was rich and powerful, heck he used to bring other women into “his” house and involve my mother in his sexual plays,” said Yuki

“What a disgusting brute,” said Rarity

“And that’s not the worst part, one day, when I came back from work, I found him in the sofa, dead drunk, I ignored him and went to my room to rest for the night, I was about to get undressed when I heard knocking on my door, I went over to the door and opened it, and there he was, his whole body smelled like booze, what do you want, I asked him, his answered scared me, I just want us to have some fun, he said as he pushed me to my bed and he started touching me, I tried to get free, but he was stronger than me, stop fighting, we both know that deep down, you’re enjoying this, you’re just a slut, like your airheaded mother, I just buy her gifts and fuck her brains out and she’s puddy in my hands, like mother like daughter, it never changes. At that point I was enraged, and using the training I received in my fighting classes, I kicked him in his balls, he screamed in pain and fell of the bed, then I kicked him in the head to knock him out while I gather somethings in my backpack, and I left the house, 2 hours later my mother called me asking me where I was, I told her what happened and her answer was even worse, am I supposed to believe that, please girl, I can see the way you look at him, I know you want him, and I won’t let you have him, he is mine and mine alone,” Yuki narrated

“And then what did you do?” asked Rarity

“I told her that, if I went to the police and showed them the evidences left in my body, and lying about recording the incident in my phone and this phone call, both of them would be taken to jail, the thought of that scared my mom, she’s not as dumb as she sounds, she was a university scholar after all, so we reached an agreement, or me agreeing to never show my face around there again, and forget that I even belonged to that family, I didn’t have a choice at that point and so, I agreed, I thought that was going to be the end of it, but i was wrong, the next morning I received a call from my boss telling me I was fired, I asked him why, and he said that he had received an anonymous tip that I had been stealing produce from the shop, I told him it wasn’t me, but he didn’t care, he did however said he wasn’t gonna call the police, as a final favor, I knew my “parents” had told him to do that, he wasn’t really that thrust-worthy either, then my university called, I thought they were going to expel me, but my dean just asked me if everything was alright, I asked him what he meant, and he told me that, my “dad” had been there earlier to give them a letter that “I” had written and signed saying that was no longer going to participate in my classes, I explained everything and the dean understood the situation, he told me that he would put my attendance on hold while i got that mattered settled, I thought I would have it fixed soon, but, my luck ran out that same day,” said Yuki

“And what happened?” asked Rarity

“I was unable to get another job thanks to my “parents” and my former boss spreading nasty rumors about me, so I didn’t have choice but to live in the streets, I was homeless for about 6 months, until I bumped into Spike and Kallum, tried to hide my face but he recognized me immediately, knowing I had been discovered I didn’t have choice but to talk to them, Kallum was surprised to see me in this condition, and so i explained everything, I still remember the look on their faces when I told them everything, Kallum immediately dragged me to their hotel room and booked me in, he then asked for my measurements and left to buy me clothes, shoes, hygiene products, and even underwear, you can imagine how red he was when he came back from the store, he exited the room as I changed and took a bath, after a few minutes I opened the door and walked to their room, we talked for a long time while eating some pizza, then Spike had the idea of getting revenge on my “parents” and kallum supported him, I was exceptic about it but they convinced me, Kallum being a lawyer in the making and Spike being one of the smartest people alive, and so we did,” narrated Yuki

“And what did you guys do?” asked Rarity

“Spike used his hacking skills to gather information about my “step-father” and, boy did he find something, he was the owner of Wingex, one of the most important travelling airlines in the whole world, no wonder he was rich, Spike also found out that he had been stealing money from various insurances in the company by causing the “accidents” he was even doing tax evasion, but that wasn’t the worst part, oh no, there were at least 200 cases of rape and sexual harrasment against him, many of them from female employees in the company, and nearly all of them had been silent with large amounts of money, one of the employees had even tried to commit suicide, so we put together a plan to bring all of this to the public eye, of course, we also needed help from their dad, who was more than happy to help, and so we started sending emails to every news station and newspaper in the country, even to some that were outside the country, and now everyones eyes were on the company, at first my “step-dad” denied any claims, and so this made Spike really angry and he decided to contact all of the women who had been hurt by him, at first they didn’t want to come forth but Spike managed to convince them, to be honest only about a 10% of the women affected were draconians, the vast majority were pegasies, even a griffin, they all came forward and the case against him was reopened, the whole incident was known as the “Wingate” after all of the evidences were shown my “step-dad” didn’t have a choice but to confess, he was sentenced to 5 continues life-senteces,” narrated Yuki

“And what happened to your mom?” asked Rarity

“I gave her a plain ticket back to her country, my last act as a daughter, I called it, she took it, and I haven’t seen her ever since, as for the company, Kallum’s dad bought it and ran it until I graduated, and he gave it to me as a present, so now I’m the owner of the company, as for me and kallum, we got married almost at the same time as I got the company after a few months of dating, and the rest is history,” said Yuki with a smile

“Glad to hear,” said Rarity

“Yeah, it’s been awesome, I love Kallum, I think I always had, ever since kindergarten, and then we had Cassie and Joseph and I can be a prouder mother, what I’m trying to say Rarity, is that, it might be scary, and painful, but after those 9 months have passed, and all of the hard work during labour is over and you hear your baby's first cries, then you’ll know it’s all worth it, it’s the best moment in anyone’s life,” said Yuki

“I guess you’re right, but how will Spike react?” said Rarity

“He will probably pass out and hit his head on the ground,” said Yuki with a laugh

Just then the phone rang and Marrie answered

“Hello?... yes, we’re fine… they did?... excellent we… really, and just like that… the general hospital, got it,” she said hanging up

“What’s wrong?” asked Jenny

“Spike and Ember defeated the last one of the Alphas, but this one has been broken free of the trance and has regained consciousness, unlike the other ones,” said Marie

“And they have him at the general hospital?” asked Agatha

“Yes, they’re asking us to head over right now,” said Marie as she headed for the door

“You go, I’ll stay here with Rarity and talk for a while,” said Yuki

“Ok, if anything happens call me, I’ll rush here as soon as possible,” said Jenny exiting the clinic

“By the way Yuki, how did your father die?” asked Rarity

“My father was a soldier in service of the Dragonlands, Lt. Ichiro Kamikaze, he was one of the members of the Super Squad who entered the portal to Tartarus and, as you know, they never returned,” said Yuki

“Oh, I’m sorry,” said Rarity

“It’s ok, but let’s stop talking about me, and let’s start,” said Yuki

“Start what?” asked Rarity

“Brainstorming names for your kid!” said Yuki as she started to give names, but Rarity didn’t eve put attention, everything her mind could think of right now was

“Motherhood, I wonder how will it be,”

THE GENERAL HOSPITAL ROOM 6661

“Oh, where… where am I?” asked the Alpha

“Fire river general hospital, room 6661, Dragonlands,” said Spike

“Spike? What are you doing here?” asked the Alpha

“Saving your butt, again,” said Spike

At that point the Alpha sat up, and looked around the room, his eyes going wide, and tearing up, when he made contact with Ember

“Ember?” he said

“Thorax!” Ember choked as she jumped on him and hugged him.

“What’s going on?” asked Thorax

“You, your brother, and another 3 unidentified Changeling soldiers attacked the Dragonlands for about a month in a continuous basis,” said Spike

“Are they ok?” asked Thorax

“Nothing serious, except the fact that you were all victims of a parasite mind control spell,” said Whooves walking into the room

“A what,” asked Thorax

“A spell known as Defenotum Infernictum, or a modified version of this dark art’s spell,”said Whooves

“Oh, crap, we didn’t injure anyone, right?” asked Thorax

“No, well at least nothing serious, just a lot of confusion, well, I just wanted to check up on you, I’ll let you rest now,” said Whooves as he left

“How did you break the curse?” asked Thorax

“The power of love, I guess,” said Spike

“I don’t get it,” said Thorax

“Well, I’ll let the 2 of you talk about it,” said Spike

“Spike!” said Ember “Don’t tell anyone,” she begged

“I won’t, but I think someone else should, once again, good to have you back Thorax” said Spike as he left.

A few seconds later Spike turned and saw Ember place Thorax’s hand on her belly, Thorax then hugged Ember tightly.

“A new happy family” thought Spike as he walked outside

GENERAL HOSPITAL GARDEN

Spike was walking around the massive garden of the hospital when his phone started ringing.

"Hello?" Spike answered

"Spike, what's all this about an armed attack on the Dragonlands everyone is talking about?" Said Blueblood

"Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to release any type of information, but don't worry Discord, Celestia, and Dragonlord Torch will give a press conference soon," said Spike

"Ok, glad to hear everyone is ok," Blueblood said

"Yeah, not much to report on my side, except that we won," said Spike

"I can't believe I missed all the fun," said Blueblood

"By the way, how did it go?" Asked Spike

"Thanks God, everything went fine," said Blueblood

"And how's she doing?" Asked Spike

"Fine, fine, just tired, as you can expect," said Blueblood

"So what did you name him?" Asked Spike

"Chester, Chester Rowe Blueblood," said Blueblood

"Well, congratulations on your new addition," said Spike

"Thanks, we're still in shock but, this feeling we have right now, this happiness, I wouldn't trade it for nothing, well have to go check up on Trix and Chester, see you soon Spike," said Blueblood

"Yeah, goodbye, good luck, oh and give Trixie my congratulations," said Spike hanging up

Spike then headed over to one of the benches which was being used by none other than Garble.

“Hey,” Spike said

“Hey, who are they doing?” asked Garble

“They’ll be just fine, Celestia said she won’t hold this against them,” said Spike as he sat down

“Well that’s a relief, hey by the way, is Ember… you know…” said Garble

“What?” asked Spike

“Pregnant?” asked Garble

Spike froze, he had promised not to tell anyone, and he knew that Garble liked to spread rumors like if the were gold coins

“Your silence confirms it,” said Garble

“Garble, I know, you like to spread gossip but, please, you have to keep this a secret if not Ember will hunt both of us down and it will be the last time we’ll ever be seen,” said Spike

“I wasn’t planning on saying anything, I’m happy for them, I mean it was obvious that Ember and Thorax loved each other, to the point that it was annoying,” said Garble

“You know, Celestia and Torch are about to give their press conference,” said Spike

“Got my phone right here,” said Garble as he got into the Dragonlands news media site

“Good evening, citizens of the Dragonlands and the rest of Equestria, please welcome her Highness Celestia Sola- sorry Curdem, ruler of Canterlot, and his Highness Lord Soren Fafnir,” said one of the guards

“Hello, thank you for coming here in such a short notice,” said Torch

“We’re here to answer the questions you might have regarding the current attacks on the Dragonlands and the subsequent capture of the people responsible,” said Celestia

“Hello, Pricilla Dubois, from the New Colt times, the continued attacks on the city of the Dragonlands were targeted or just randomly done?” asked one of the reporters

“I must say, that at the beginning we suspected that the attacks on our city were a plot to begin war, until we noticed a pattern,” said Torch

“And what pattern was that?” asked the reporter

“Every week, the attack was done by a different army, today’s attack was no different, the only error this people made was attacking the city while the royal family of Canterlot was here,” said Torch

“Gurpreet Singh, from the Vanhoover Metro, is there a possibility of more attacks in the near future?” asked another reporter

“For the time being no, with today's victory I could say that we’re safe for the time being,” said Torch

“Mindy Xiu from the Canterlot Post, Queen Celestia, has there been any advances on finding out what caused the people involved to attack the Dragonlands?’ asked another reporter

“Unfortunately, we do not know for sure why they attacked the Dragonlands, what I can tell you is that the people involved where all under the control of a Parasite mind control spell, the 4 men and 1 woman involved were victims of the spell for over a month, when they arrived at the hospital, they all showed signs of torture, mall nurishment, and many other complications, luckly we have successfully we have stableized their condition, and they are now out of danger,” said Celestia

“Susan Belle Faison, from the Phillydelphia Chronicle, have the soldiers involved disclosed who was behind the brainwashing?’ asked a very young reporter

“No, none of them can seem to remember what happened before today, in many cases, they didn’t even know where they were,” said Celestia.

“You ok there Spike, you went a bit pale,” said Garble

“Yeah, I just realized that that reporter is Rarity’s little sister,” said Spike

“So?” asked Garble

“Wherever she goes the other two go,” said Spike

“Which other two?” asked Garble

“Alisson Smith and Stephany Lopez, the Cutie Mark Crusaders,” said Spike as a cold sweat ran down his forehead

“You’re afraid of teenage girls?” said Grable

“Only 2 of them,” said Spike

“Let me guess Alisson and Susan,” said Garble

“Yeah, how did you know?” asked Spike

“My little sister told me something about those girls from her school,” said Garble

“Oh yeah, I forgot that she goes to Phillydelphia high,” said Spike

“Yeah, and trust me, you should add my sister to your “fear” list,” said Garble

“Wait what?’ said Spike

“The kid’s obsessed with you, and when I say obsessed, I mean OBSESSED!!!!” said Garble

“Oh, just great,” said Spike

“You’re not going to screw her right?” said Garble

“For the last fucking time, I’M NOT INTO LITTLE GIRLS!!!” said Spike

“She ain’t little she is 16,” said Garble

“Still, she’s under age,” said Spike

“Dude, we’re both 20, I fail to see how a 4 year age difference is illegal in this situation,” said Garble

“Are you trying to hook me up with your own little sister?” said Spike

“N-no, what makes you think that?” said Garble

Spike was about to continue when.

“Found you,” said a female voice which scared Spike

“Oh Maar, it’s just you,” said Spike sitting back down

“Of course it’s JUST me,” said Maar as she sat down on Garble’s lap

“He thought you were someone else,” said Garble

“Who, your little brat of a sister or her highschool friends that call themselves the Cutie something,” said Maar

“Both,” said Garble

“Why, is he afraid of little girls… is that Cowgirl actually a teenager? her boobs are bigger than normal?” asked Maar

“Cowgirl?! Where?!” said Spike looking around

“Wow, so you’re not afraid about jumping head first into a battle but you’re mortified of an overdeveloped girl?” said Maar

“You don’t know what she’s capable of,” said Spike

“Let me guess, little Ms. Cowtits and Ms. Reporter-wannabe, have a mad crush for you and are trying to get into your pants at any cost, to the point of ignoring public decency?” said Maar

“Yeah, how did you know?’ asked Spike

“I overheard, Smolder and Ms. Cowtits, fighting over who is going to bear your children, just for Ms. reporter to interrupt saying that she was already chosen by you, before a cat fight started,” said Maar

“Well you’re mighty popular aren’t you Spike, almost like me with the ladies,” this comment made Maar look at him in such a way, even Spike scooted away from her

“By the way Spike, what’s up with the other girl, Scooterloo?” asked Maar

“Oh, you mean Scootaloo, I don’t know, what’s up with her?” asked Spike

“She was sitting by herself in the park while the other girls were fighting, she had a dorky grin in her face and was rubbing her belly quite a bit,” said Maar

As soon as she finished saying that, the three of them froze up, and added the dots

“She can’t be, can she?” asked Garble

“She’s only a kid,” said Maar

“I have to do a phone call,” said Spike rather angrily

“Good idea, call the FBI, ASAP,” said Garble

“No, you idiot, I’m calling Rumble,” said Spike

“Who?” asked Maar

“Rumble, Scootaloo’s boyfriend, they’ve been dating since middle school,” said Spike

“How old is she?” asked Maar

“About 16 almost 17… Rumble, hey I have a question,” said Spike as he put the call on loudspeaker

“Yeah, was’up?” asked Rumble

“I know that this question is going to sound out of place, but have you guys been using protection?” asked Spike

“Another idiot,” said Rumble

“EXCUSE ME?!” said Spike

“She ain’t pregnant, she has been having daydreams about trying the Dragonlands food for a long time, man even my parents thought I had impregnated her,” said Rumble

“So wait, you haven’t had sex with her?” asked Spike

“Both of us don’t believe in sex before marriage, so we’re gonna wait till the honeymoon,” said Rumble

“WAIT, DID YOU POP THE QUESTION?” asked Spike

“AH-, well… we exchanged promise rings,” said Rumble

“Oh, congratulations, well We just wanted to know what was going on,” said Spike

“Wait, WE…” said Rumble before Spike hanged up the phone

“Well, that’s a relief,” said Garble

“Yeah, hey Maar, I was meaning to ask, but how did your relationship with Garble go from complete strangers to fiancees in less than a second?” asked Spike

“Well, truth is, I’ve been in love with Garble for a long time now, but he never paid much attention to me, or at least I thought,” said Maar

“Yup, actually I liked her a lot, but since I was set on the old dragon ways, I forcefully ignored her because she was really… distracting,” said Garble looking at her

“Oh, that makes sense,” said Spike

Just then Maar grabbed Garble’s hand and pulled him away rather quickly

Spike noticed the look on Maar’s face and only one thought came to his mind

“Have fun, the two of you, it looks like the next gen. Is finally here,” Thought Spike

Just then Spike’s phone rang.

“Spike good, you answered, listen Discord wants all of us to head to the hotel and get some rest, we might have to stay here for a while” said Flash

“Copy, I’ll head over now,” said Spike as he hung up the phone

Spike then started to walk towards the hotel until a memory came back to his head

1 MONTH AGO

“So, you’re heading out for a special mission?” asked Spike

“Yeah, my squad has been called to do a search for missing people’s case down south,” said Thorax

“Anything in particular?” asked Spike

“Not really, my guess is that some drunk idiots or adventurous kids went into the woods and never came back, at this point I think that the families just don’t want to accept the fact that they’re dead, no one can survive more than 3 months in those forests,” said Thorax

“Talk about negative,” said Spike

“I’m not a negative thinker, it’s just reality,” said Thorax

“So, new question, when are you going to stop copying my every saying?” asked Spike

“When I become smart enough to think about them personally,” said Thorax as both he and Spike burst out laughing.

“How did Ember take it?” asked Spike after his laughter died down

“She didn’t take it to well, but she understood that service comes first,” said Thorax

“She really idolizes soldiers doesn’t she?” said Spike

“She idolizes honor, and that’s why I love her,” said Thorax

“By the way, where are you heading to exactly?” asked Spike

“A place called…” said Thorax as Spike’s memory faded

Spike stopped in his steps and ran full speed back to the hospital.

“Thorax!” said Spike as he entered his room

“Spike? Is everything ok?” asked Thorax

“Where’s Ember?” asked Spike

“She went back home, she’ll be back later,” said Thorax

“Oh, good,” said Spike

“Spike, is something wrong?” asked Thorax

“I need you to do me a favor,” said Spike

“Sure, anything,” said Thorax

“I need you to tell me where did you go exactly,” said Spike

“I told you, before, my team was sent to death valley to find some missing backpackers,” said Thorax

“Yes, I know the lie, I researched the incident, and I couldn't even find anything, not even a news article,” said Spike

“Spike you know I can’t, for safety reasons,” said Thorax

“You said “anything” I thought you were a man of your word,” said Spike

“Fine, we did go down to the death valley, but once we arrived, the mayor of Panteon told us that the backpackers had been found and were all safe, then he told us that our real mission was to explore a cave circuit nearby, when we asked why the major said that that cave had some very strange activity going on, he said that people could hear demonic laughs, they could see shadows, and even smell sulfur,” said Thorax

“Sulfur?” asked Spike

“Yeah, we went to the cave to explore it, after a few hours we found a wall that said “Unlock muri mihi quod non potest intelligi sine ingressu ad somnia incipiunt descendere,” and after that the wall opened and we entered a chamber, it looked like Tartarus, but it was way different it was… scarier, that’s when this figure attacked and it went dark, then I awoke in the fields outside the kingdom,” said Thorax

“Unlock this wall, show me the truth that can not be understood, allow entrance to my nightmares, begin the descent, that’s what the scripture said,” said Spike

“What was it? Enochian?” asked Thorax

“No, it’s latin, if it were Enochian you would have entered Tartarus,” said Spike

“So then where did we go?” asked Thorax

“You were teleported to… Hell,” said Spike

“What?!” said THorax as he went pail

“And that’s where I’m headed next,” said Spike as he got up and started to leave

“Spike wait, it’s suicide, you may not comeback,” pleaded Thorax

“Maybe not, but I think I know who is behind all this, and why she’s doing it, bye Thorax, rest,” said Spike as he walked away.

HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOM

“THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN!!!” said Discord

“Discord it’s the best way to put an end to this,” said Spike

“I’m with Discord in this kid, it’s to risky,” said Supernova

“Yeah, I agree to,” said Torch

“This might be our last chance to defeat this enemy before they get to powerful,” said Spike

“Stop arguing Spike, It won’t help you,” said a male voice entering the room

“Shining Armor? What are you doing here?” asked Spike

“Good to see you too Spike, I’m here because the 5 Changelings saved here today, were all under my command, I had to come here and make sure they didn’t cause harm to anyone or themselves,” said Shining

“Shining, you have to admit that Spike has a solid point, this is a prime chance,” said Flash

“If I were you, I would concentrate on taking responsibility for what you did!” said Shining

“Shining, not now,” said a female voice

“Princess Cadance,” they all said as they vowed

“That isn’t necessary, Spike, I know you want to put an end to all this but there must be a better way,” said Cadance

“Well, I’m open to suggestions,” said Spike

The whole room went silent

“That’s what I thought,” said Spike

“Spike, don’t do anything rash,” said Cadance

“Honey, let us talk about this, you go and check up on Twilight, Luna, and the girls,” said Shining

“Ok, please don’t let them do it,” said Cadence as she left

“We’re not planning to,” said Discord

“We won’t get another chance,” said Spike

“You do realize that what you guys plan to do is suicide,” said Torch

“No sacrifice to great,” they all said

“THIS ISN’T THE TIME FOR MILITARY LOGIC!” said Discord

“Kids, more than ten years ago, I sent 11 brave soldiers to their doom, trying to achieve the same goal, I won’t make that mistake again,” said Torch

“And we almost lost 5 more do to my rashness,” said Shining

“I’m sorry Spike but our decision is final, now go get some rest,” said Discord as and Torch left the room

“Don’t listen to them Spike, we’re with you,” said Caramel

“Yeah, your idea, although risky, is our best shot at winning,” said Cheese

“I think that Discord, and Torch have become soft over the years,” said Jacob

“What your mouth Jacob, Discord is still way more powerful than you,” said Supernova

“What is he so afraid of?” asked Flash

“He is afraid of losing all of you,” said Supernova

“Why?” asked Big Mac

“Discord hate the thought of losing anymore students, I understand his pain, over the last 10 years both my academy and yours has lost over 50 students in deployments,” said Supernova

“I understand that, but WE signed up for this, we knew what we were getting into, it was our decision, like this one,” said Caramel

“You must respect our decision,” said Spike

“There’s nothing we can do,” said Shining

“Well, actually there is,” said a male voice as he entered the room

“Whooves, finally out of shift,” said Cheese

“More like forced out, oh yeah, I found some friends,” said Whooves as Sunburst and Neon Lights came into the room.

“When did the two of you get here?” asked Flash

“An hour ago, hello, by the way,” said Sunburst

“What’s this we’ve heard about a trip to “hell” cause I want in,” said Neon

“Back of the line, bro,” said Jacob

“No one is going anywhere,” said Shining

“It’s not your call Shining, remember that you aren’t our principal,” said Caramel

“True, but…” said Shining

“But nothing, you need to accept it,” said Caramel

“Ok, that’s enough, fighting against ourselves isn’t gonna get us anywhere,” said Spike

“Like I was trying to say, we just need a caster and a dark art’s magician,” said Whooves

‘For what?” asked Spike

“To open the gate to “Hell” said Whooves

With that everyone turned to Supernova and Shining Armor

“Oh no, I’m not gonna send you in a suicide mission,” said Shining

“School contract section 15 paragraph B,” said Spike

Shining remind silent for a few seconds before admitting defeat

“You just had to read every single paper didn’t you?” said Shining

“Yup,” said Spike

“Ok fine, but not here,” said Supernova

“Let’s head to the park, it’s late no one is going to be out there now,” said Big mac

On the way to the park Shining walked over to Spike and started to talk

“Spike, are you really sure this is worth it?” he asked

“Like I said before, It’s not about being worth it or not, it’s the right thing to do,” Spike said

“Spike, I know you want this evil to disappear, but it’s mission impossible, you take out the one villain two more will appear,” said Shining

“Well, if I can at least grant everyone here 1 peaceful day, I know it’ll all be worth it,” said Spike

“Ha, 20 years old and hasn’t changed a bit from when we were kids,” thought Flash

“By the way, is Twilight ok? I heard she had some sort of poisoning,” said Spike

“Oh yeah, she’s fine, both Twilight and Rarity are, it was just a scare, maybe something they ate,” said Shining

“Wait, RARITY WAS ALSO SICK, AND NOBODY TOLD ME!” said Spike getting anxious

“She’s fine Spike, she only ate something that didn’t sit well with her stomach, that’s all, but don’t worry, when Cadance and I got to the hotel I saw here eating some food, so trust me she’s fine,” said Shining

“Ok, I hope you’re right,” said Spike as he walked off

“What I’m I doing, I’m lying to him about Rarity… well she is ok, not to mention that she was eating when I saw her, despite it being a Draconian diet,” Thought Shining

He then looked at Flash and Spike who were walking away

“I know I promised both Twilight and Rarity to keep my mouth shut, but it’s harder than I thought, they might die down there not knowing about them,” thought Shining

Shining then looked at Flash

“I do hope you come back to Twilight and your kids, Flash, or I’ll personally go down to hell or heaven, and drag your ass back here, you too Spike, don’t let your fear come true,” he thought.

DRAGONLAND’S CAPITAL PARK

“SO how does this work?” asked Spike

“Well, Supernova and Shining must work together to summoned the gate to hell,” said Whooves

“How?” asked Flash

“Well, Flash, Supernova has to create the same conditions as in the cave, and then Shining must use his magic power to summon the gate, I must tell you it’s a very dangerous spell, it will be really unstable,” said Whooves

“Well, no risk, no reward,” said Shining as he started to chant the spell

“Spike, we’re ready to go,” said Flash

“No, not all of us can go, we can’t leave our friends without backup,” said Spike

“So then who should go?” asked Caramel

“I’ll go, Flash, Caramel, Soarin, Neon, you guys come with me, the rest of you stay here,” said Spike

“SPIKE! THE GATE IS OPENING,” said Whooves

“Ok get ready, we don’t know what will happen inside there,” said Spike as he walked towards the Gate

“We’ll keep it stable, but I don’t know for how long,” said Supernova

“Ok, if anything happens, I’ll call you, and I want you to close the gate no matter if we’re inside or not,” said Spike

Supernova and Shining looked at Spike

“Promise me you’ll do it!” said Spike

They both nodded and Spike and his friends walked towards the gate

“Here we go,” said Spike as he entered the gate