CAMPUS PARKING LOT…

“Stay out of this you 2. The problem is with him, not you… for now, that is” Said Evie.

“I honestly don’t mind the attention of 2 lovely ladies” commented Jacob in a charming accent.

“Shut it, Jacob, don’t start with your imbecilities!!!” Evie screamed at her brother.

“CAN YOU 2 MUTT HEADS STOP YOUR LOVERS QUARREL, IT'S GETTING ANNOYING. AND YOU 2 PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IS THIS TERRITORIAL CRAP YOU’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT!!!!” Screamed Spike.

“First of all, my friend, this isn’t my wife, it's my twin sister. Second of all…” Started Jacob

“Really, but you fight like an old married couple… now that you mention you do look alike” Spike said

“To answer your question Spike, for the last 10 years there has been a… dispute over the city, the reason is that these people think they have the right to all the land in the city, including the academy and the castle’s grounds.” Said the older woman.

“It wasn’t as bad when Enzio was in charge of…” Started the blue-haired woman

“Don’t you dare say my brother’s name in vain!” Screamed Evie

“You know better than that Celestia, you should’ve taught your baby sister Luna, about not saying his name.” Jacob continued

“You’re not the boss of me or my sister!” Luna Screamed

“UH, THAT’S IT,” Said Evie as she grabbed her Kukri dagger and lunged at the sisters.

Her blade was just about to connect with Luna, who was caught off-guard, just as an arrow surrounded in a black aura connected with the kukri making her drop it, seconds later a purplish-black orb surrounded by the same aura stroke her in the chest and exploded sending her flying towards some of her goons, the shock being so strong that even Celestia and Luna, and even Spike, who was standing quite far from the action, had to step back.

“Who dares hurt my little sister, I’ll make him pay!!” Screamed Jacob as he saw Evie getting up with the help of the uninjured goons.

“Oh, come, come, Jacob, stop the drama, both you and Evie should know when to quit, I mean it’s becoming a habit for some of the staff to go after you for making a ruckus somewhere in town”. Came a voice from behind them

“Discord, I should’ve known you would show your ugly face, you fucking snake,” Jacob said getting into a fighting stance aiming his blades at Discord.

“Draconequus, for the last time I’m a Draconequus, how hard is it to remember. Well considering your brain is underdeveloped I should really get used to it.

And with that Jacob lunged at Discord, the attack so fast Discord barely had time to evade it, just as he was turning Jacob lunged again this time managing to leave a small gash on his left arm.

“Oh fuck, and I’m left-handed.” Said Discord in a dramatic-mocking tone

“Ha, you see, magika level is just bullshit, I don’t have any magic in me and yet I have you against the wall” Jacob teased

“Who said that I was against the wall?” Discord Said closing his arms as a black aura started to engulf his full-body, then he started to morph into a long, serpent-like creature, his left arm turning to a lions paw, his right to an eagles’ claw, his left leg to a horse’s hoof and his right leg to a gator’s claw.

“YET AGAIN JACOB, YOU HAVE TESTED MY PATIENCE, NOW GET READY TO DIE” Said Discord as he started to concentrate all his power in a massive black ball.

He was just about to release it but…

“You know that’s not going to solve anything, right?” Spike said, earning a look from everyone present at the scene.

“What do you mean it’s not going to work?” asked Discord

“If you let go of all that energy, yes you might kill Jacob but you will also take half of the city with it, killing many innocent people. Plus is not like his death means they’ll stop, they’ll just get worse.” Spike stated as Discord morphed back to his human self

“So then what?” Asked Celestia

Spike just looked at Evie and Jacob, then walked until he was face to face with them.

“I invoke the law of Krauss, to decide the fate of this land,” Spike said, earning a look of shock from the diamond dogs and one of confusion of Celestia, Luna, and Discord, he in disbelief that he knows of the law.

“You know what that means, in 2 weeks a fighting location will be shown to us and we will decide the future there, that is unless you are scared,” Spike said taunting Jacob and Evie.

“Oh, so you know of the rule, well Spike, what will we win if you lose?” Asked Jacob

“The right to operate on campus and claim it as your territory,” Spike said

“Nah, that’s way too little for me, tell you what, if we win, we take control of both the academy’s and castle’s ground, and I get to have my way with any girl I want. Oh and I’m not asking for you to accept, that is my going price,” Said Jacob

“Deal, and if I win… your fates will be forever in my hands. That means if you lose you belong to me, that is if you survive. That includes your goons lives as well,” Said Spike

“Deal,” said Jacob, shaking Spike’s hand, looked into his eyes, and then walked away, with his sister and gang in tow.

“SPIKE, HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?” screamed Celestia

“ARE YOU NOT AFRAID OF YOU FAILING?” asked Luna

“HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW OF THE KRAUSS LAW?” asked Discord, earning a look from the 2 sisters.

“It’s kind of a long story,” said Spike, trying and failing to get away from the 3 adults.

“Well, we have all night,” said Celestia

“And a very comfy living room, up at the castle” Luna added, acting like if she was a little girl

“You better start talking as soon as you land boy, this is going to be interesting.” Discord said as he unfolded his wings, followed by Celestia and Luna.

“The faster we get there the better for you, boy” Discord said as Spike unfolded his wings and followed the 2 sisters back to the castle, Discord behind him making sure he didn’t escape.

CANTERLOT CASTLE LIVING ROOM 10 MINUTES LATER

Luna was not lying when she said that their living room was comfy, but forgot to mention that it was MASSIVE, the whole room was floored by a rug so soft that it felt like a cloud, the sofas were made of the most expensive leather and that they were basically big enough to fight 10 people, then the paintings that decorated the room, you could tell they were expensive, and the cherry on top of the cake was a flat-screen TV that was almost as big as the damn wall, and the fact that there was a massive collection of video games and game consoles.

“So, Spike, what do you think?” asked Luna

“Comfy,” Said Spike as he walked in after saying with your permission.

Spike went and took a seat on the far end corner of the middle couch as Celestia and Discord sat on the couch on the right and Luna on the couch on the left (The closest to Spike).

“Oh, please forgive us for not presenting ourselves before, I am Princess Celestia Curdem, but you might know me as Celestia Morrigan, the present ruler of the land of Canterlot, and head Principal of the Academy. You already know my husband Dennis Curdem or Discord, Dean and acting principal of the academy for now.” Celestia Started

“And my name is Luna Morrigan, I’m the vice-principal of the academy, but currently I’m the acting ruler of the land of Canterlot since Tia here is on maternity leave,” Luna said

“Wait, if you’re pregnant, don’t you think that going head in to fight those fools, is bad for the baby? And congratulations by the way,” Said Spike

“It could be if I don’t protect him or her, but I am using a spell known as mother’s shield, except mine is 100 times stronger. And thank you, we still don’t know the gender as I’m only 2 months pregnant.” Celestia said (I have no idea if that’s how pregnancy works)

“Going back to more current issues, how do you know of Krauss law?” asked Discord

“Who is this Krauss, and what is this law you 2 keep referring to?” asked Luna

“The Krauss law was invented by the late king of thieves himself, Vexx Krauss, over 100 years ago. It states that: when 2 gangs are fighting over some territory that belongs to thirds or is already in control by 1 of the 2 gangs, and you don’t want massive life loss, you will be shown a fighting ring or wasteland where the chosen champions of both sides will fight to the death,” Discord explain

“He sounds like a charming fellow,” Celestia said

“Well he wasn’t, he killed lots of innocent people, and throughout his life, he was the number 1 most wanted criminal, and he was never caught. He did believe in honor amongst thieves and was one, if not THE major enforcer of this belief.” Spike finished explaining.

“Well, now that that is out of the way, Spike, how the hell do you know of the Krauss law?” asked Discord.

Spike remained quiet for a good 5 minutes, thinking of how to explain his knowledge of said law.

“Do you… do you know of the Rogues?” Asked Spike

“Yes, they are a type of fighter, many of the students at the academy are Rogues, Why?” asked Celestia

“Spike, do you mean the Rogue Flames, the disbanded gang of Vanhoover?... Please don’t tell me…” Said Discord

“Yeah, I was a member of that gang, not my proudest moment.” said Spike

“Who are these Rogue flames people? Asked Luna

“Back in the day they wear 3 type of gangs, The territory fighters like The Diamond Dogs, The violet Eagles and many others, The organized crime and mafias like the Cobalt Phantoms, The Crocodile Association, and the feared Black Razor Brotherhood, and then we have the Vigilanty type gangs, this gangs thou not evil, were subject to a lot of criticism do to them stopping crimes while committing the same if not worst crimes, in this category you’ll find gangs like The Ice Demons, DedSec, The Foxes, The Rogue Flames, and the famous Men of Limbo. My old Gang, and yes I know we didn’t have the most well seen fame after the disaster of New Colt back in 2003, where to stop a massive corruption network we caused a black out that killed 19 people and injured 300 more, then I went “Rogue” and became the lord of Limbo or as you know me “The lord of chaos”, anyway, back to the topic at hand” Finished Discord.

“I entered this gang when I was 15 Back when I lived in Vanhoover, back then the gang was going through a very hard time, their leader was an old sloth who cared more about a profit than helping lives, heck he even tried to blow the police station just cause he was going to be paid $2.8 Million by a mafia known as the Blue Moth Soldiers, but me and another member of the gang to whom I’ll refer to as Crystal Hoof stopped him and turned him to the police before the explosives went off. After that I was elected new Leader, and 6 months later I disbanded the gang saying that we didn’t need to be an Underground organization to be heroes, and well, we all went our separate ways, and now here I am,” finished Spike.

The room was now so quiet you could hear a needle hit the floor.

“So, now we just wait until this dream comes, or what?” Luna asked

“Pretty much. You’re also going to have the dream since you were present when casting that spell, and you must be present in the fight.” Spike said

“Oh, well, I guess it’s for the best since we technically own this land,” said Celestia

“By the way, Spike, Do you have a spiritual guide?” Discord asked

“No, for Draconians spiritual guides are not really a necessity since we usually go all or nothing in a fight, why?” Spike asked

“It’s a requirement for anyone joining the special ops, and since you are the student council president, it’s a must,” Said Discord, holding back a laugh at the student council comment, earning a look from Spike.

“So who do I get on?” asked Spike

“In 48 hours, we will cast portals into the nether regions of the Evergreen forest for all the students that wish to have one, or must have one, usually we send you in groups of 3 or 4 depending on your current level. We were planning to say this tomorrow over the loudspeakers, but now you know,” Said Discord

“All the groups are chosen randomly, so even if you and your friends sign up you won’t be placed together, as the point of this is for you to work with others, even people you hate, since in the battlefield you can’t choose your allies,” Celestia finished explaining

“Interesting, so now what? Where do I sign up?” asked Spike

“I already put you on the list,” Luna Said

“Well Spike, I think it’s time for you to go home, it’s getting really late, and I know you have a very important call to make for tomorrow,” Discord said

“Ok, Uhm, thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow,” said Spike getting up and walking towards the main entrance escorted by 2 guards.

“Oh Spike, one last thing, I want that list on my desk at 0700 hours, understood?” said Discord, who just got a nod from Spike as the doors closed.

“Well, there he is Celes, but are you sure he is the right person for this position, I mean yeah he is the most powerful person here, after the 3 of us of course, but…” Discord began

“You are going to have to trust me with this, mother’s intuition,” Celestia said.

“HE AIN’T YOUR SON, or is he?”Discord asked confused

“Dizzy, you’ve known me for 36 years, have I ever been pregnant before? No, you took my virginity, remember?” Celestia said, getting angry.

“oh, yeah, heh heh, well…” Discord tried to say something to save his neck but.

“I wouldn’t mind having his children… Was that out loud?” asked Luna, getting as red as blood.

“Luna, dear I don’t think Spike is into older women, but I’m surprised that you haven’t found a boyfriend yet I mean Celes and I started dating when we were 28 and 26 respectively, and I mean you’re 26 maybe it’s time to go to those speed dating things you see on TV,” said Discord.

“I’M NOT THAT DESPERATE!” Luna said using her booming voice.

“Sure and I’m a raccoon,” said Discord morphing into one

“Oh, grow up!” Luna said storming out of the room while Discord and Celestia laughed their asses off.

SPIKE’S RESIDENCE 8:00 PM

“Well that was enlightening, still, why do I have the feeling that something is wrong,” Spike said as he sat in his studio listening to Andrea Bocelli, and thinking about his new responsibility.

“Well I’m the student council president, so who is the best choice to help me when I miss a detail, it has to be someone who has a keen eye, that reads everything carefully… of course Twilight, ok 1 down 2 more to go, treasurer, it has to be someone that is good with money and is also very honest with it… Big mac or Applejack? Well although I know Mac far longer than AJ he would be more suited for the disciplinary committee since, let’s face it he is far more intimidating than AJ on a regular basis, though if you make her angry you better pray for your life, plus they both are going into business, so AJ it will be. Now the secretary, it has to be Flash, he might try to hide it but he takes many notes during class, then again he likes to be on the front line so sitting in an office is not exactly his cup of tea, so who? Moondancer? Nah, she prefers staying in the library, although Twilight is the same, Gabby? Fuck no I don’t want to be raped when I’m not looking, not that she would do it, I think. Sunset Shimmer, I don’t know her much but she strikes me as the type of girl that writes a lot as for the disciplinary committee, I can have Big Mac as the leader with Flash as second in command and include everybody else, I might have to speak to RD so she doesn’t get over her head, but other than that I’m done.”

“Time to finish these songs, and upload them.”

ACADEMY NEXT MORNING

“So are you certain you want these students to be in the student council and disciplinary committee? Alright, I will announce them this morning, you may go to your office.” Discord said

Spike then left towards the student council office, thinking of how to drop the surprise to his friends.

As he was getting near the office he heard the following message on the loudspeakers “will Taylor Elizabeth Stanford, Abygael Jo Dee Smith, and Susan Marie Zimmer please report to the student council office, please,”

“Ok, let’s see how they react,” Spike said as he just stood at the door.

5 MINUTES LATER

“I wonder what they want?” Twilight said

“I hope we’re not in any trouble, cause that would really be as bad a snake in a boot” AJ commented.

“Relax, maybe they just want our help, oh look there is Spike, HEY SPIKE,” Sunset screamed

Spike just waved back and waited for them to catch up.

“Are you here to see the student council president?” asked Spike, receiving a nod from all the girls, “well after you,” Spike said, opening the door to an empty office.

“I don’t get it they called us here so the least they can do is be here to greet us,” said Sunset

Spike just walked over to the main seat and sat down, earning a look from the girls present

“Spike get off that chair, it's the president’s chair!” Twilight exclaimed

“I know… Welcome to our new office, I am Shane Drake and as of today you will be working with me in the student council,” Spike said parodying a CEO.

“WAIT… WHAT!!!” Said the girls in unison

“Yeah, I was chosen yesterday by Princess Celestia to be the student council president and I was asked to put together my um… cabinet so I chose you guys, Twilight, you’re the Vice-president, AJ, treasurer, and Sunset you’re the secretary,” Spike finished.

“This is awesome,” Twilight said going over to her chair.

“Heavens to Betsy, are you sure you want me to be treasurer?” asked AJ in surprise

“Sure, you are one, if not the most, honest person I know,” Spike answered as AJ sat down on her chair in shock.

“Oh my Spike, I didn’t know you saw me in that light,” Sunset said, having some very steamy daydreams of the typical forbidden love between CEO and secretary. Unknown to her, Twilight and AJ kind of understood her comment, and just looked at her getting red, putting themselves in that same scenario. Spike on the other hand just ignored her comment, mostly because he thought she was talking in a friendly way.

“Well, we’re going to be presented in today's assembly where we are going to name the Disciplinary committee, here is the list of people who have been chosen and approved by Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and the Dean Discord. Any further questions?” asked Spike.

“When is this assembly?” Asked Twilight

“In about 4 minutes…” Spike couldn’t even finish his sentence and Twilight had already exited and was running full speed (which made them wonder why she didn’t join the track and field club) towards the auditorium.

Spike, AJ and Sunset followed although they didn’t run.

AUDITORIUM 4 MINUTES LATER

“Welcome, to our last assembly of the beginning of the year. Today we will be giving you the final news about your school year.” said Discord.

“Our first point of the day is to inform all the students that want to join the First responders, Defenders and Special ops, and don’t have a Spiritual guide, today is the last day to register for the “Safari”, please contact the student council to register by Midnight tonight.”

“And now the second point of the day, I reckon that I have mentioned the Student council, yet they have never presented themselves, so, without further ado, please give a warm welcome to the members of the student council. Student council president Shane Alexander Drake, Student council Vice-president Taylor Elizabeth Stanford, Treasurer Abygael Jo Dee Smith, and Secretary Susan Marie Zimmer.” Discord finished, while Spike and the girls walked on stage, while receiving an ovation from most of the crowd.

“Hello as many of you might know my name is Shane Drake, but you might know me as Spike. And I know that you might be waiting for a speech from any of us but this assembly is actually supposed to be short to do the last minute information you guys just received.”

“So, that being said we are actually up here to name those students chosen to be in the disciplinary committee, this students are: Maxwell Mcintosh Smith, Frank Markus Simmons, Christopher Robert Mason, Charles Edgar Sadler and Sebastian Rivas for the male members and Robyn Dunnewolt, Francesca Isabel Speranzi, Penelope Pinkamena Paice, Gabriella Griffin and Sarah Sabaneeva as the female members. Please contact the Dean ASAP to learn your duties and responsibilities. Other than that feel free to come to the council office for any academic reasons. Have a nice day.” Spike finished

Everyone started to walk towards their classes except for the small group of friends ,who were just standing there talking about their new positions.

“So I’m the leader of the disciplinary committee, this here gonna be interesting,” said Big Mac

“Yeah, you’re pretty much the most intimidating person I know, so I figured, if you scare the freaking hell out of me, everyone will do the same, as for Flash and RD you’re both seconds in command, if Mac goes missing, is absent or he instructs you to, you both are going to be incharge.” Finished Spike.

“Awesome, I’m like a Captain.” RD said

“Whatever rows your boat, skittles;” Spike said

“Don’t call me that, Fire boy,” RD answered back

“Oh, get a room you 2, seriously,” Soarin said in a mocking tone, making RD blush and angering, not only RD, but Sunset Shimmer, and Rarity, who were not going to let that happen.

“SO, what do you guys say, let’s go out and celebrate this achievement!” Cheese screamed earning a cheer from almost everyone in the group, excluding, you guessed it, Spike.

“Pass, I have to go home early, have a safari to go to tomorrow, Thanks anyway,”

“Oh come on man, it’s Friday, and you rarely hang out with us.” complained Cheese

“Next time, ok,” said Spike walking away.

“Don’t feel bad guys, that’s just how Spike is, he doesn’t mean any harm, he just prefers to be alone,” Moondancer said “Just give him time, he will open up sooner or later,”

“How are you so sure?” Asked AJ

“That’s just who he is, ever since I meet him back in 7 Grade, he always had this vibe of being the “lone wolf” type of guy,” Moondancer explained

“And you don’t want to know why he is that way?” Rarity asked

“No, I mean it’s his nature. Like many Draconians, they have to build up the trust with others before they start getting closer to others, but once they do they can be very friendly, I can speak from experience,”

“But still, we’ve been friends, since Junior,” Cheese said

“Don’t worry, he doesn’t hate you guys, he’s just not used to the attention”

“Are you sure?” Fluttershy asked

“Yes, I used to think the same things you guys do, but then I learned a bit of his back story, and after he opened up to me, I learned his real personality, and well, I learned to trust him, his actually really sweet, kind and outgoing… That’s why I fell in love with him… Anyway, see you later guys,” Moondancer said walking away, completely oblivious of the Jealous stares she was getting from almost all the other girls.

But for the rest of the day Spike just avoided them, he even went to classes he knew no one would or had already been to, he didn’t even go to the cafeteria for lunch and even when everyone went to the Council office at the end of the day, they found it locked. After asking the janitor they found out that they had missed Spike for just 3 minutes, and decided just to go and hang out at Sugarcube Corner .

NEXT MORNING

CASTLE’S HELIPORT

“Good Morning students, I am happy to see those of you who agreed to partake in this “Spiritual search” as we call it. So, let’s go over to the briefing.” Said Discord

As everyone was sitting down on the rows, a bright reflector turned on, and standing in the middle of it was a face everyone in the group knew.

“Good morning fellow explorers, my name is Daniella Dubon but you guys may know me as Daring Do, the famous explorer, and today I will be giving you the basics of where to go, how to catch and who to survive out there in the wild. You can actually take this as your first official mission for the special ops, since it will go to your resume, if you survive that is.”

“Now, a fast introduction to these beautiful creatures: There are 5 types of Spiritual Guides, and those are, Godly, Heavenly/Devilish, Attackers, Healers, and Scouts. If you want to understand it better, There is no spiritual guide out there that is lower to level 30 as if that was the case they wouldn’t be considered “Guides” Now attackers, healers and scouts are common and you can find them crawling around the forest easily. They usually are leveled from 30 to 100, of course there are those exceptions how surpass that level, we call them “Imperials”, and now Heavenly/Devilish guides, these ones are very powerful and are usually leveled from 100 to 200, now they are not considered guides, but beasts, since they have a conscience of their own, and will only help their masters if they find them worthy of their help, this creatures are rarely found on the wild, and lastly we have the Godly beasts, this ones can never be found in the wild as the only way to find them is by summoning them, and even if do you must be really careful as they are very unpredictable and can even attack the caster.”

“Do you need a certain level to invoke them?” asked a female voice in the group.

“Not particularly, but the higher your summoning magic level, or magicka level is in general de more the beast will think before attacking you; Now to give you the rules, you will be placed in groups of 3 or 4 depending on your current level, you will be deployed into different areas of the forest, once all the members have found a spiritual guide, you will use the flare gun, make sure it’s set for the white color flare, that would teleport you back to the safe grounds, now if someone is injured, you must use the yellow flare, that will only teleport the injured member to the safegrounds hospital were they will be treated by Doctor Zecora and Nurse Redheart, and lastly if there is a mayor emergency use the red flare, that will teleport the whole team to the safegrounds, alert other team and first responders to engage the scene, now without further ado… Oh wait, one last thing when you find a creature don’t go towards it, that will scare them and they might attack you, let them come to you. OK Dean Discord they're all yours.” Daring Do finished

“Thanks Daring, now to form the groups and board the choppers,” Discord then proceeded to create the groups.

After 5 minutes he reached Spike

“Spike, you will be in a group with… Prince Blueblood and… Beatrix Anderson, please board Chopper 13 please.

Spike got up and walked towards the chopper.

“Looks like we are working together, huh Spike, Just so you know, no hard feeling, you did open my eyes to reality” Came a voice behind him, Spike turned to see Prince Blueblood and Trixie standing hand in hand, yet remained quiet.

“Oh, this… well after you knocked some sense into us we met by coincidence on the field and started talking, and well turns out we have a lot of things in common, and we became good friends.” Blueblood explained about his behavior with Trixie

“As long as you 2 don’t lose focus on the mission, I honestly don’t care if you start banging by tonight, come on the sooner we get there the better the guides will find.” Spike said getting into the chopper.

“Phase 1 complete, give him a false sense of security, now step 2, summon a terrible beast, to scare him. Step 3 save him and make him owe us one, Step 4 make him pay by humiliating him in front of everyone.” Trixie said

“Yes, we’re geniuses; now about the other comment he made?”Blueblood asked

“Maybe when we know each other better, I wouldn’t mind having your kids.” Trixie said with a blush on her face before getting into the chopper.

“SCORE!!!” Blueblood said in his mind “What do you say now dad, I have a beautiful girl, not like Nick.”

1 HOUR LATER, EVERGREEN FOREST BORDER WITH FORBIDDEN AREA.

“Ok guys, you have 48 hours as of now to find a guide, choppers are not allowed back until the 50 hour mark has passed, from here on you’re on your own, work together to survive, any last questions?” asked the Pilot who was codenamed Hawk.

“Yeah, why are we at the border with the forbidden area? Trixie asked

“Together your squad level is of 404 making you the highest ranked team, Mr. Drake as the highest ranked you’re in charge of the other 2, now go.” Hawk said

Spike, Blueblood and Trixie got off the chopper and looked around

“Now what?” asked Blueblood

“Let’s start hunting” Spike said

2 HOURS LATER

“We have been walking for a long time and we still haven’t seen a guide that is qualified to serve us” Trixie complained.

“Remember what Ms. Do said you have to let them come to you, it's not like all of them are going to....” Blueblood started.

“BLUE DON’T MOVE A MUSCLE!!!” Spike screamed making Blueblood stop dead

“What is it?” Blueblood asked.

“It’s a Frost Spider, if it bites you you’re done for,” Spike said

“Isn’t it just trying to become his guide?” Trixie asked

“No, frost and flame spiders are… not allowed to be guides since they only follow their queen’s orders, and even if you control the queen, they are still backstabbers,” Blueblood said, earning a look of surprise from both of them.

“What I’m not just a pretty face, I pay attention in Biology and Zoology,”

“Just let it go away, once it finds you’re not a threat to the colony, it will go.” Spike said

“What about souls, can it see mine?” asked Trixie

“Not a guide remember, It might sense your magic, but that’s it.” Blueblood answered

They stood there for another 30 seconds and then the frost spider left.

“Well that was fun,” Blueblood said.

“I have an Idea let's split up and search for guides, that way will cover more ground,” Trixie said.

“That’s not the point when it comes to…” Spike started

“Great idea, I’ll go North, Trix you go West and Spike you go East, we will use the radios in our backpacks to set up a meeting place, OK, GO!!” Blueblood said running.

“Wait…” Spike said but it was too late both Blueblood and Trixie were gone, “Uh, if something happens to them it’s going to be on my head, but hey, it’s their life,” Spike said walking East. Little did he know that he was about to be a victim of the worst possible backstabbs know.

10 MINUTES LATER

Spike had walked and seen many different creatures, some beautiful like a Sunray unicorn, aggressive like the Wood crawlers, and family oriented Lightning Lynxes, but still, they all walked away, mind their own business or just looked at Spike.

“Uh, this is ridiculous, I’m a Draconian obviously these creatures are all afraid of me” Spike said to himself.

After another 5 minutes of walking Spike came to a clearing where there was only a massive tree, Spike decided to just go up to the tree and take a rest, maybe eat something.
He was halfway there when he heard a loud and very deep growl to which Spike could only attribute it to a Grim Bogeyman; Spike cautiously walked around the tree and there he saw it, standing at least 50 Ft high (15.24 M) a grey skinned, black haired and completely white eyed beast. For the first time in this whole trip Spike felt genuinely afraid and started to think back to all his zoology classes to see what he knew and remembered about his creatures “Ok, Grim Boogeyman ,uhm, Omnivores, with preference for meat, Human meat, come out mostly at night, level 40 upwards attacking prowess, extremely violent, usually hunt alone, yet not far from a group, mostly 5 per group, night vision, powerful jaw, can lift upto 70 tons, ranked 5 on the most dangerous creatures known, power nose, rumored to even be able to smell fear… FUCK, ok, uhm, favorite food… Pheonixs… maybe that's why he’s…” Was all Spike could think before a loud roar echoed throughout the surrounding trees, Spike just looked up and made contact with the creatures dead white eyes fixed on him, They just looked at each other for about 10 more seconds before the creature lunged at Spike, lucky for Spike he forgot that bogeyman are slow, which they make up with their strength and precision when attacking.

Spike quickly moved out of the boogeyman's reach, and hide behind a large boulder, thinking on what to do, run or fight, “Ok, if I run I might outrun him but the other members of his party might be close, specially after his roar, plus if I do and run into those 2 they might not make it, so I might have to fight this things” Spike had just finished thought when the boulder was lifted and thrown out of sight by the boogeyman who then made a grab for Spike, who once again dodged it skillfully.

After another 45 seconds of dodging Spike remembered something, “The neck!, that’s the only known weak spot on these things, ok I must angle myself perfectly to hit the back part of the neck, OK here goes nothing” Spike said jumping sideways and using a level 10 draconian art known a crimson javelin, hitting the spot, making the Boogeyman stop dead.

Spike just looked at it, arms completely engulfed in flames ready for its next move, but then it just fell, face first into the ground, creating a massive crater around him.

“Well, now I have to get out of… here” Spike said just as he spotted the colorful feathers of a Phoenix.

Spike followed the trail back to the tree to see a nest completely destroyed, 3 eggs smashed and the 2 parents missing. Spike looked around for another minute and then saw a small Phoenix laying on the ground, it was injured, but alive, Spike rushed over and saw that the little guy was not older than a couple months maybe a year. He quickly dug into his backpack and took out his first aid kit, started to care for the little bird, he bandaged his left wing and leg and also wiped some blood off of his head, after 4 minutes of checking on the little bird, It opened its eyes, and out of fear it tried to move and attack Spike, just for him to stop him and try to calm him down.

“Wow, wow, easy, I’m not going to hurt you, I’m trying to help you, stop you’re going to get even more hurt.” Spike said looking into the Phoenix’s eyes, and as if he understood what he was saying stopped moving, “There we go, knowing your species' healing abilities you’ll be fine in about 10 minutes, since you’re not dead, anyway, you hungry?” Spike said, the bird just nodded, and Spike dug into his backpack looking for a sandwich and some water “Oh no, no no no no” Spike said as he pulled out his broken flare gun and radio “Fuck now I’m stranded, and I doubt those 2 will be looking for me, Oh well, one thing at a time” Spike said taking out a veggie sandwich and breaking it into small pieces for the little phoenix to eat.

“Huh, from what I've been told, Fluttershy will be so jealous right now, So what do you think little guy, do you like it?" Spike asked, as the Phoenix continued eating the sandwich.

“Take that as a yes” Spike said looking down at the kid bird.

10 MINS LATER

The young Phoenix started to move more and after seeing that his injuries were completely healed Spike started to unwrap the bandages.

“Ok, little guy, you look much better, now what are you going to do next?” Spike said looking at the bird unaware that he was being watched from the bushes.

“Phase 2: GO” said one of the voices as the other started to cast a spell.

Then a bright light started to shine and it alerting both Spike and the Phoenix of the danger,

“1, 2, 3, 4, 4 summonig seals, what's going on?” Spike said looking around, then from each of the seals appeared a Grim Boogeyman, who was already scary, even more was the fact that they looked hungry.

“Oh great, not only do I have to protect my butt, but yours too, little one, what do you say, you help me I help you?” Spike said looking at the Phoenix

The Phoenix nodded and took off, gaining the attention of 2 of the Boogeymen Spike quickly shot them down.

Then he turned and saw that the other 2 were more skilled than the already 2 dead, one was at least a level 130 and the other looked to be leveled 400.

After a fierce battle only the biggest one remains, but both Spike and the Phoenix were exhausted and decided just to hang back and catch their breaths.

Then all of a sudden the Boogeyman looked towards the trees and lunged at them, sending the 2 figures who were spying on Spike earlier flying towards him.

“UFF,” Said Blueblood when he landed next to Spike and then catching Trixie before she hit a boulder.
Blue? Trixie? What are you doing here? Don’t tell me this was all you.” Spike said looking at the 2 angrily.

“Sorry.” Trixie said

Spike was so angry that his whole body was engulfed in green flames, once they settled down Spike was covered with a Purple, scale like armor, with green flames coming from the top of the helmet. Then he slowly walked towards the Boogeyman and took out his sword.

The Boogeyman then lunged at Spike. He just stood there waiting for the right moment to strike and then he drew his sword and slashed the boogeyman in 2.

Spike then morphed back to normal and looked at a terrified Blue and Trixie.

“What were you two thinking?”

“I’m sorry we didn’t want this to get this out of hand, we only wanted you to pay for making us look like losers in front of the whole school, “ Trixie explained.

“Don’t blame her, it was my fault, I gave her the idea, I’m the mastermind behind this.” Blueblood said.

“You guys are so stupped, I was trying to save you from yourselves!” Spike said

“What do you mean?” Trixie asked

“I was hated throughout my childhood, just for being a draconian, one day the anger in me wanted out and I was about to start torturing my bullies, kind of what you just did, but I stopped myself, I realized that they were just trying to make me the monster they thought I was, and It wasn’t going to make me better than them.”

“But you're just so…” Blueblood started

“So what, quiet, no fucks given, introvert, yeah I’ve heard that and many worse before, I even tried to kill myself many times. And then I met the two of you going down the same road I was.
Blue, money doesn’t buy happiness I think you already realized that I mean… And Trixie attacking people and playing pranks on others who you know are not going to fight back is not great and powerful, sure it may look fun, but when you least expected you’re going to end up alone and sad, being seen as a creep and even a loser, do you want that? I don’t think so.” Spike finished.

“We’re sorry, seriously” They both said in unison.

“Uh, well… what’s done is done… just don’t do this ever again, then you will really be swallowed by darkness, believe me I know what that feels like.” Spike finished, walked up to Blueblood and Trixie and helped them up, just to notice their backpacks.

“Spike what is i… oh no” Blueblood said as his eyes fell upon the backpacks, then started to search his backpack frantically, and just like Spike his Flare gun and radio were completely obliterated at this they turned to Trixie who was searching her backpack.

“My radio is totalled, but my flare gun is missing, it must’ve fallen when we were sent flying by the Boogeyman!” Trixie said

“Great now my bone headed idea has left us not only without much time to find guides and us dead, but uncommunicated with the base… Spike what about the little guy, you think he’ll stay?” Blueblood said looking at the Phoenix.

“Don’t know, but I think once his parents come back, if they weren't killed by the first Boogeyman, he’ll go back to…” Spike was about to continue when they heard the call from another Phoenix, the crew turned and saw 2 Phoenixes coming towards them, they were definitely much older than the one currently resting on Spike’s shoulder.

“Look little guy, it’s your mom and dad… well… what are you waiting for go” Spike said and with that the little phoenix gave Spike one last look and then jumped off his shoulder and went to his parents, the reunion made everyone, except Spike, shed a tear.

“Now what?” asked Trixie.

“Let’s find that Flare gun.” Said Blueblood.

“For once you actually have a good idea, you might have some muscle up here” Spike said. “Ok, so you landed here, now if we calculate the strength of the blow that boogeyman gave you, which has to be at least 78 Tons times meters squared will be about 78000000 Kg, and you flew to an angle of possible 36.8 degrees, gives us a radius of 50 097 930.8 Mts., you know I’m surprised you guys are even alive, you are lucky he missed you buy about 79 meters and you have protection spells working, anyway going back to it they weight of that flare gun was about 5 to 6 Kg so if we add that to the inertia when it fell from the backpack it went North-East at about 190 M/S making it… fall down this ravine… into the forbidden forest, well the faster we go, the faster we will get it back.” Spike said sliding down towards the forbidden forest.

5 MINUTES LATER

“Look there it is!” Trixie said as she walked towards the gun

“Great now we can go back up and… is it just me or is this forest coming to life?” said Blueblood, and as if on que the animals in that forest started popping their heads out

“Look it’s coming towards me” Trixie said pointing to a light source that was getting bigger and bigger as it got closer.

“Well look at that it’s Tinkerbell” Spike said

“My dear Sir, I assure you my name is not Tinkerbell, nor do I know anyone by that name. My name is Morgana, I’m the princess of the copper fairies” said Morgana.

“Oh, sorry your highness, I see my sarcasm must have insulted you,” Spike said with a baw

“Nonsense, I found it quite funny, despite the fact that I don’t know anyone by the name of Tinkerbell” Morgana said.

“Excuse me your highness but why did you come towards us?” asked Trixie.

“Curiosity killed the beast, you might say, I just saw you 3 and couldn’t remember the last time I saw humans in this land, and I know I’ve been alive for 1800 years.”

“Oh, allow me to explain…” and then Blueblood explained everything to the Princess, including the fact that they almost killed Spike.

“Oh, well I was wondering what was all that commotion, anyway, Trixie right? Morgana Asked.

“Yes, your highness”

“I was planning on leaving the kingdom anyway so I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind me becoming your spiritual guide?

“That’s actually a very good offer Trixie, specially for a caster like you, copper fairies are known to be the strongest amongst fairies, and they can serve as attackers, scouts and/or healers.” Spike said.

“If you don’t mind it being me” Trixie said

“Of course not, something drew me to you, and now I can see that we have a lot in common,” Morgana said as she landed on Trixie's shoulder and placed her forehead in her cheek, “And with that they contract is closed, Just let me say goodbye to my people and tell my younger sister she is in charge and I will be with you, It might take some time so maybe by tomorrow I’ll be officially yours, until tomorrow… master” Morgana said flying away.

“Well that was easy, come on let’s find a way up before it gets too late.” Blueblood said and started walking back towards the ravine.

“You ok man? You seem to be upset” Spike asked Blueblood

“Now I’m the only one that doesn’t have a guide, man this is not fair” Blueblood said

“Dude, I still have to find one, remember” Spike said

“Oh, yeah I thought the bird was yours” Blueblood said

Just then a holy- hobgoblin appeared through the bushes

“Who are you?” asked Blueblood

“My name is Frangean MacCinidh, I am the head scout of the powerful holy goblins, but you can just call me Fran, it’s easier anyway.” Fran said.

“Nice to meet you,” Said Blueblood.

“Hello,” Trixie said.

“Sup” Spike said.

“Might I ask what was all that noise some moments ago?”

ONE QUICK SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS BY SPIKE

“So you forgive these two, you really are something else, in my clan they would be hanged immediately, yet summoning Boogeymen that’s quite the accomplishment” Fran said in surprise of the events

“So what is your current mission?” asked Spike

“Oh, right, uhm, I honestly have no idea, something told me to come this way, you might say it’s a gut feeling, but…” just as Fran was going to continue explaining he felt a lightning bolt coming from the direction of Blueblood.

“Oh, I see, you summoned me here, I must have been sent here to become your spiritual guide,” Fran said.

“What?” Blueblood.

“Your soul needs a lot of work, you seem to be snobbish, self-centered, rash, thick headed, and undisciplined, things that my clan train to eliminate from our minds through our lives, maybe Udea, thinks you must be saved.” Fran finished.

“Who?” asked Blueblood.

“Udea, goddess of glory, she is the daughter of Sojun, God of wisdom and Xotune, Goddess of Battle and war.” Spike explained earning a surprise look from the other 3.

“Those are 2 very different genes at work” Trixie said

“She’s actually known as the Goddess of Glory and warcraft, so maybe not so much,” Spike continued.

“One tough gal” Blueblood said

“Did she have kids?” asked Trixie

“It’s unknown ,she was married to Nimes, the God of war, but it’s also rumored that she prefered women” Spike said

“Qyhther, Qyhther the God of shadows and death, was her son” Fran said

“Ok, so now what?” asked Blueblood

“You want a guide? Then shake my hand” said Fran receiving a nod from Blueblood, as their hands met, Fran turned into a bracelet.

“This way I'll be able to be near without suspicion” he said.

“Cool, now let’s go” said Spike

The gang then started walking back to the clearing, but they couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling in their stomachs, and no, they were not hungry.

“I’m I the only person that feels uneasy about our surroundings?” asked Blueblood

“No, it’s way too quiet, something’s up” Spike said, starting to light his arms on fire.

“Uhm guys, what is that?” Trixie asked, pointing towards a cloaked figure, standing on a small clearing about 50 feet away from them.

“Maybe it’s a Nymph or a succubus” Said Blueblood, after his eyes made contact with the figures, F-cup rack.

“No, Nymphs are usually in large groups in pure water bodies, and succubus actually live amongst us like many other mythical creatures, (AND NO, SUCCUBUS AND INCUBUS DON’T WORK AS PROSTITUTES! Well, not all of them), plus they can’t use summoning magic…” Spike said

“WAIT, SUMMONING MAGIC!!!!” The 3 said in unison, and as if on queue, the figure created 3 portals, from the one on the left appeared many Steel Changelings in armor, on the one on the left appeared many Dawn Zombies, and in the one in the middle appeared a Timberwolf Beastman.

“Oh Fuck, what do we do?” asked Trixie

“Trixie, you take on the Dawn Zombies they are stronger in numbers, but their major weakness is fire and light, so create many explosions, plus the toughest one is ranked level 50, Blueblood you and Fran take on the Changelings, this ones are the weakest type, they are easy to kill, the toughest one is ranked 40 but they are well organized, now the one that worries me, is the beast man, he is definitely powerful at least level 300, if we team up we might be able to defeat it, ready, GO!!!!” Spike said attacking the Beast man.

“May Yther, aid my conquest!!!” Fran screamed as he engaged the changelings

“Yeah, what he said!!!” Blueblood said following close by

“In the name of all Holy, in the name of all Hot, my God grant me the power for this Fight, Lava staff!!!” Trixie chanted.

And just as Spike said The zombies and changelings were being defeated easily, as for the beastman, although much more powerful than Spike, he had taken some damage, not enough to stop him but make him somewhat slower.

“No, NO, I’m being defeated by some kids? UNACCEPTABLE SISK FANG FINISH THEM!!!” The woman Screamed. And with that The beastman attacked Blueblood and Fran, who just managed to dodge the attack by mere centimeters, but managed to make Sisk fang kill the rest of the Changelings, then he turned and lunged at a distracted Trixie.

He was about to make contact with her when Spike used his fire bazooka to destabilize his attack, making him fall on top of the remaining Zombies, this angered the woman even more.

“ARGH, I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU AND YOUR WORTHLESS MAGIC, JUST KILL THEM ALL!” she screamed while making a run for it.

“Fran after her!!” Blueblood ordered

“YES” he said and ran after her

Now it was just Spike, Trixie and Blueblood against this massive creature.

They just stood there motionless for about 30 seconds, then the creature lunged at Spike.

It was so sudden Spike barely had time to shield himself and was sent flying towards some trees, knocking them down in the process.

At the look of this, Blueblood attacked the beast hitting it in the chest with his long sword, making it stumble backwards, just for Trixie to fire her Holy rays at the same spot and knocking the beast over.

“We make a good team, don’t you think?” Blueblood said

“Yeah, we sure… Look out!” Trixie said as she saw a large boulder headed their direction.

They barely had time to react, Blueblood coming out of that attack with some minor bruises, but Trixie was hurt, and needed time to use her health magic.

“Go on I’ll protect you, just heal yourself!!!” Blueblood said putting himself in front of her with his sword aiming at the monster who was now wielding 2 swords.

“You have to be fucking kiding me!!!” Blueblood said as the beastman lunged at him, but Blueblood stood his ground, blow after blow, he stood in place, receiving massive damage and being hurt, then the beastman did a sword combo technique known as twin snake daggers, and broke through BlueBlood’s defence, hurting both of his legs, and making him fall backwards into Trixie’s arms, she then used a spell known as force field, and pushed the Beastman away.

“Blueblood, Blueblood, hang in there, I’ll heal you!!!” Trixie screamed

“NO, run, get out of here!!!” he screamed, as the Beastman lunged again towards them “ GO, USE THE FLARE GUN!!” But then his eyes met the destroyed gun, the beastman had destroyed it in one of his previous attacks.

“I’m not leaving you, I… I LOVE YOU!” Trixie screamed

“Me too, Trix, Me too” Blueblood said as both of them closed their eyes waiting for the end.

But it never came. Blueblood and trixie opened their eyes to see what had happened.

“SPIIIIIKEEEEE” Trixie Screamed as their eyes looked forward, and yes there in front of them was Spike forming a Human shield, one of the swords was pearcing out of the left side of his chest and the other from the right.

Spike just looked at them with a face they thought they'd never see, not anger, not sadness, but fear, Spike the toughest, most powerful student in the academy was terrified, but of what.

“Are… you.. Guys…” Spike started but the beast man lifted his swords with Spike still being pierced by them, looked at Spike and just catapulted him with the help of his words towards some boulders, Spike just went right through them, before coming to a rest underneath a beautiful Sakura tree.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, YOU’LL PAY FOR THAT!!!!” Blueblood screamed as he got up and started to be surrounded by a blue aura, then his body started to get bigger, and a blue and gold armor appeared on top of him, his hair became longer, and his sword was engulfed by some sort of golden aura.

“BLUEBLOOD FAMILY MASTER ART LANCELOT’S SWORD!!!,” he roared as he struck the beast man on the neck and completely beheaded him.

He then started to come back to normal, then looked towards Trixie who was kneeling on the ground with Spike’s head on her lap, at the site of this he sprinted with everything he got.

“SPIKE, TALK TO ME, TALK TO ME PLEASE!!” Trixie pleaded, that same moment Blueblood arrived, he looked at Spike, his chest was covered in blood, he even had blood coming out of his mouth.

“SPIKE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE OK, DON’T DIE ON US YET MAN, PLEASE,” Blueblood begged, then a voice came from behind them.

“I’m sorry sir, the woman got aw… WHAT HAPPENED?” Fran screamed

“The Beastman… too strong… he shielded us…” Trixie tried to explain between sobbs

“Can you save him?” Blueblood asked

“No, the damage to his lungs and heart are way to severe, he only has about 3 minutes to live, I’m sorry” Fran said

Then Spike started to move “Are… you… guys… ok?” Spike asked between breaths

“Yes, yes we are ok Spike, please don’t talk, save your strength.” Trixie begged

“Don’t worry… I… really.... Really forgive you… for earlier... “ Spike said

“Dude, now is not the time!” Blueblood begged

“I just...COUGH… COUGH… Just want… you guys… to have… a clean conscience… that... would make... the change… easier… COUGH… COUGH… COUGH… I forgive...you” Spike said before going limp.

“Spike, SPIKE, SPIKEEEEEEEEE,” Trixie Screamed while tears fell from her eyes.

“DAMMIT… WHY HIM? I AM THE ONE WHO DESERVES TO DIE!!!” Blueblood said as he cried his eyes out.