After a long flight, the Flame Wing arrived at the Sky Guard Academy at the edge of Canterlot island, the only place for Leviathan class wings to safely dock in the equine kingdom. Spike decided to blow off the meeting and head to an old haunt of his with Peewee, the little fire bird flew off earlier, and said he would meet Spike there. Spike looked at Ember and Smolder. Smolder was a teenage dragoness, with orange scales and a magenta fin, she always dreamed of being a sky knight like her older brother, and she was a great knight, but a little ego driven. Her ego got worse when she got assigned to the Storm Dragons squad, a few months after her older brother, Garble was. She wanted to impress her brother and that normally ended with her causing a problem, but Spike liked her spirit and he liked the idea of having some fresh blood in the crew. "Ok, Ember, Smolder, you two are heading to the meeting in the academy's meeting hall." Spike looked to Garble and Ruby. Ruby was a tan colored dragoness with deep ruby red hair that brightened at the tips, one of the the smartest dragonesses to ever enter the academy and she was the pilot of the Flame Wing on top of being the one in charge of maintenance. Normally dragons don't have hair, but it was possible for dragonesses to have hair, and for drakes to have facial hair. "Garble, Ruby, you two head to the market and buy some stuff that we could use."

All four nodded. "What are you going to do Spike?" Asked Ember.

Spike shrugged. "I'm going to head to a donut shop not too far away and see an old friend. I'll bring some back for everyone." Said Spike as he walked down the ramp.

Everyone sighed. "Come on, let’s go." Said Ember.

Spike walked into the shop; it was the same as he remembered it. A few tables and booths, a long counter with bar stools, a display case of donuts, and the smell of oil in the air. Spike smiled as he walked over to the counter and took a seat. Soon a large tan stallion walked over to Spike, he had an apron on and a happy smile. "So, what can I get you?"

Spike smiled. "I'll take 1 dozen glazed, 6 chocolate, 2 sprinkles, 1 coconut, 4 jelly filled, and one 3 bird seed for my friend that is going to come in soon."

The stallion nodded. "Sure, want a mug of hot chocolate to go with that Spike?"

Spike smiled. "You know me so well Joe, how's life?"

Joe shrugged as he walked over to a machine to start Spike's drink. "Pretty good, I get the students in the morning, get the professors at night, get the odd pony in-between, but today the place has been rented out, we were just waiting for the special guest."

Spike sighed. "Mother fucker, Celestia set this up, didn't she?"

"Hello Spike, you're looking well." Said Celestia as she walked out of the kitchen in the back.

Spike rolled his eyes. "Hello Princess, I take it this was all a lie then?"

Celestia sighed as she took a seat next to Spike. "Spike, can we not do this, I'm sorry for lying to you and your crew, but I had my reasons."

Spike just looked forward. "You have a lot of reasons then."

Celestia nodded. "Spike, there is nothing I wouldn't do to protect you."

Spike balled his fist. "Protect me? You sent me away from my home, without a word, without a chance to say goodbye to anyone. How is that protecting me?"

Joe sighed. "Spike, I have been read into the details, just because princess Celestia knew this was where you would go. Spike, Sombra tried to have her assassinated 6 years ago." Said Joe as he brought a mug of hot chocolate to Spike.

Spike looked at Celestia. "Wait, really?" Asked Spike, he didn't know about that.

Celestia nodded. "Yes Spike, and they were so close that they were able to do this to me." Said Celestia as she lifted her left wing, there was a large scar on the underside of where it met her back. "If they got that close, there was a possibility that they were able to get close to Luna and Cadance, they could take care of themselves, and Twilight was still in the academy. But you were innocent, just a little youngling that didn't know how bad the world could get. That's why I did it Spike; I didn't want to lose you too."

Spike laughed. "And look where that got me, I fight umbra's every day, I deal with the Empire's corruption and tyranny, I got held hostage just two days ago. I'm just lucky that the guard that was holding us was a good friend and an idiot." Spike sighed. "I knew I should have listened to Ember when she said this was a little weird."

1 hour ago, when the Flame Wing was nearing Canterlot, Spike and his crew were sitting in the helm. Ember was looking at the island. "So this is the place?"

Spike sighed. "Yep, welcome to my old home, the place I was hatched, raised, and lived, until I was torn away 5 years ago, by my mother." Spike leaned back. "I just hope she doesn't corner me on the streets if she spots me."

Ember sighed. "Spike, please, we'll go to the meeting, get back to the Wing and head out again in no time."

Spike nodded. "Right, but maybe we'll run into the old man, I haven't been yelled at in like 6 months."

Ember giggled. "Oh, I would love to see my father, but I don't see the Bloodstone, are we early?"

Spike hummed. "Nah, you know your father, he loves to make an entrance, and he's a big target, he probably is already here and the Bloodstone is probably just anchored on a nearby island."

Ember hummed. "Yeah, you're probably right."

Spike sighed. "Really need to start listening to her more often."

Celestia looked at Spike. "Wait, Ember? As in Dragon Lord Torch's daughter?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, she's in my squad, and my nessfriend."

Celestia smiled. "Oh, you've grown up so much, I remember when you had that crush on Cadance when you were a toddler."

Spike sighed. "Mom, can we make this quick, I gave my crew orders to get things done and get going."

Celestia sighed. "Right, but that is not going to happen, I have grounded your ship for much needed repairs, and were retro fitting it with a few pocket rooms for your new crew members."

"What new crew members?" Asked Spike.

Celestia smiled. "You are now the commander of the first ever knight guard squadron, Spike."

Spike groaned. "How long have you been planning this?"

Celestia giggled. "Ever since you became the leader of the Storm Dragons."

Spike groaned. "If they're in the kitchen now, I'm going to be very upset at you."

Celestia chuckled, but she wanted to have a private conversation with Spike, so the others are moving right now. "No, they're meeting your crew right now."

Spike sighed. "Joe, can I get the donuts to go?" Joe suddenly dropped 5 boxes of donuts on the counter in front of Spike.

"I had a feeling this was going to happen Spike. So, I got them ready for you."

Spike sighed. "But I only ordered 2 boxes worth?"

Celestia smiled. "Well, one's for me, the rest are for your crew and Peewee."

Spike nodded as he took the boxes. "Ok, lets head back to my ship."

Celestia nodded. "Thank you again for letting us use your establishment Joe."

Joe bowed. "Think nothing of it Princess, Spike is a good friend and I am glad to have been able to help."

Celestia smiled as she opened the door for Spike.

Meanwhile on the Flame Wing, Ember was trying to not kill the new crew members that decided to get in the way of how things work. "I'm telling you; Spike is old enough to make his own decisions, you have no say in what he does anymore."

"And I'm telling you, that as his older sister and the one who hatched him, that he will not be allowed to have anyone in his bed at night." Yelled a lavender alicorn with long purple hair, with 2 highlights of differing shades of pink.

Ember growled. "I don't care, and some sister, you didn't even talk to him for 5 years, did you even know that he had a nessfriend?"

Twilight growled. "I told you, it was to protect him, his life was in danger and the Princess wanted to protect her son."

"HOW?! By shipping him to the Sky Knight academy, where he trained to be a great knight, and fight off Sombra's empire? I'm pretty sure that is the exact opposite of protecting him."

"Captain, please calm down." Asked a yellow Pegasus mare with a long pink mane. She was trying to calm down her squad leader.

Twilight took a deep breath. "Thank you Fluttershy, but I will not let some harlot sleep with Spike."

Ember growled at the insult. "Coming from the prude."

"SLUT!" Yelled Twilight.

"BITCH!" Yelled Ember.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?" Yelled Spike as he and Celestia walked into the Flame Wing and heard most of the insults.

Ember looked at Spike. "Spike, what is she doing here?" Asked Ember as she pointed to Celestia.

Spike sighed as he placed the boxes of donuts onto a table. "Well, right now, I'm more interested in finding out why my nessfriend and my older sister are fighting in my ship."

Twilight smiled at Spike as she walked over to him. "Spike, it's great to see you, you've grown so much."

Spike sighed. "Twilight, we're not going to just jump back to how it was, I know why my mother sent me away, but it doesn't make everything ok."

Twilight looked a little sad, but she understood. "Ok, you're right, but I did miss you Spike."

Spike smiled a little. "Yeah, I missed you too, Twi, and please do not insult my nessfriend, I do love her."

Ember smirked and stuck out her tongue. "And Ember, stop being a brat." Said Spike not even needing to look behind him to know Ember was being a brat. She pulled her tongue back into her mouth and remained quiet. "Twilight, I don't care what you think of my relationship, but me and Ember do sleep together, I don't care about your opinion on that matter, yes we do use protection, so there is no worry there, and no I will not stop sleeping with her, and knowing you my words won't hold any ground, so as your new commander I'm ordering you to drop this matter." Said Spike, closing the conversation right there... or so he thought.

"What, you're the commander, but as princess I should out rank you?"

Spike hummed, she wasn't wrong, but she is also a Sky Guard, and is thus subject to the princesses herself. "Well, that is a real pickle, but I was informed that I will be the one in charge of this marry band, until it is deemed that we are no longer needed."

Twilight looked at Celestia. "Princess?"

Celestia nodded. "Twilight, he is your commander, and you have not even been inducted into the royal courts, meaning that you are only a princess in title alone. I know that you are a smart mare Twilight, and I haven't gotten word of you using your title before, so I will let this incident slide. But for the time being you are under the command of Spike Solaris."

Twilight sighed and saluted Spike. "Yes, Sir. Captain Twilight Sparkle reporting for duty."

Spike nodded. "First off, lose the sir, my crew is my family and I don't like titles. Second, I will forgive you for questioning my authority. Lastly, who is the mare holding onto our main power cable above me?" Asked Spike as he pointed to Fluttershy.

Twilight gasped as she used her magic to pry the mare off the power cable. "Fluttershy, come down here." Said Twilight as she got the mare off the important cable. Twilight moved Fluttershy over to Spike. "Spike, you remember Fluttershy, right?"

Spike dropped his jaw at the sight of his old friend, but he needed to ask a few questions. "But she was a cry baby, how did she get into, let alone graduate from the academy?"

Fluttershy whimpered. "I'm the medic, Spike, I hope that's ok?"

Spike smiled at the mare. "It's fine Shy, I'm glad you got through, and we've been needing a medic for a while since the last one jumped ship."

Ember sighed. "Yeah, expecting him to run into artillery fire on his first week may have been a little too much."

Spike shrugged. "Well, maybe, but that town was being attacked, and we didn't have much of a choice."

Ember sighed. "You bolder head."

Spike smiled. "Love you too babe." He looked at Fluttershy. "But, I'm happy to see you Shy, and seeing that you're here means that the others are here as well."

Twilight nodded. "That's right, we have the whole gang back together."

Spike chuckled. "So, I got to know, what did everyone end up doing?" Asked Spike.

Twilight smiled. "Well, AJ and Rainbow are fighters, Pinkie is part chef and part mechanic, Fluttershy is our medic, Rarity is our navigator, and I'm the captain and chief engineer."

Spike nodded. "Ok, where are your wings?" Asked Spike.

Twilight was confused, she looked to her back and showed her wings. "These?"

Spike shook his head. "Sorry, that's on me, I'm talking about your I.T.I transports." (Island to Island)

"Oh, they’re going to be loaded before we depart, their getting retro fitted with the latest parts by the academy's brightest minds."

Spike chuckled. "So why are you here, I thought you would have been there helping?"

Fluttershy giggled. "She got kicked out for interrupting their work."

Spike laughed his tail off at hearing that. "Oh, that's classic Twilight." Twilight blushed in embarrassment. But Spike needed to get his crew together, all of them. Spike walked over to the intercom. "All crew members of the Flame Wing this is Commander Drake, please report to the hangar." Said Spike, he walked back to the group.

Celestia sighed. "I see you took to that name well."

Spike nodded. "Didn't want to use my real one, seeing as I kinda hated you for the last 5 years or so, and I just kinda got used to it."

Celestia nodded. "No, I understand, like you said, we can’t expect things to go back to normal like nothing happened."

Spike nodded. "Right, but now that I know, I kinda feel bad about the dart board with a picture of you?"

Celestia winced. "Really, why would you do that?"

"I was taken from my home of 13 years, thinking that you just decided to get rid of me, and I was a teenager. I had a little... a lot of emotions to deal with."

"Spike, you put 5 dragons in the hospital during combat training." Said Ember.

Spike scratched his cheek. "Ok, maybe a massive amount of emotions to deal with, but if it helps, I'm a terrible shot."

"Yeah, speaking of that, don't you owe me 7 bits from like 2 years ago?" Asked Garble as he walked into the hangar.

"Yes, but then we had an arm wrestling contest and you owed me 15 bits, so you still owe me 8 bits." Said Spike.

Garble whistled as he looked away. "Oh look, ponies." Said Garble as he changed the subject. He walked over to Twilight. "Hi, I'm Garble, the Flame Wing's resident demo drake and gunner."

Twilight smiled. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Twilight Sparkle, I'm going to be joining the crew, I was captain and chief of engineering, and this is Fluttershy, our medic. We were the Elements of Harmony, but we were reassigned to the Storm Dragons."

Garble winced at Fluttershy, the last medic didn't last long. "Spike, is she going to last longer than Scale?"

Spike shrugged. "Probably, she's actually a strong mare when she needs to be."

Garble looked to Fluttershy. "Really, but she looks spineless?"

Fluttershy grabbed Garbles hand and forced him down to her level. "What did you just call me?" Asked Fluttershy in an angry tone.

Garble gulped. "Nothing Ma'am."

"I thought not." Said Fluttershy, but then she noticed that Garble was rubbing his hand. "Oh dear, I'm sorry, please forgive me?"

Garble wasn't sure if he should be scared or not, so he decided on not, just to make sure he didn't make her mad. "Um... don't worry about it Doc, I'll live."

Fluttershy smiled. "Oh, still, once the others report in, lets head to the medical office and make sure I didn't cause any damage."

Garble nodded. "Sure."

"Then I said, you call that a cannon, I call that a squirt gun, then I shocked him with my shock gem batons." Said Smolder as she walked into the hangar with two mares. One was an Earth Pony, with an orange coat and long blond hair, the other was a sky blue Pegasus, with a mane in the colors of a rainbow. "So yeah, that's pretty much the whole place, well besides the Commanders room, I'm kinda banned from going in there because of that dumb bird."

"You set his nest on fire, he had all right to be mad." Said Spike.

"He's a bird that makes fire, I thought he would like it." Responded Smolder.

"Just drop it, where were you?" Asked Spike.

"Oh, just showing the new members around, why didn't you mention that we were getting new crew members?"

"I just found out a little while ago." Said Spike, he looked at the two mares. "Hey AJ, Rainbow, been a while hasn't it?"

"SPIKE!?" Yelled the two as they ran over to him. "What are you doing here?"

Spike sighed. "You're in my ship, I'm the commander of the Storm Dragons."

Rainbow blew a raspberry. "Nah, there's no way that that fat little baby dragon from 5 years ago could become the best of the Sky Knights."

"Hey, hurtful, I was not fat, I was just shorter, and the excess didn't have many places to go." Said Spike, he could hear Ember giggling at finding out he was a chubby youngling. "Ember, please?"

Ember smiled as she pinched Spike's cheek. "Awe, did you used to have chubby cheeks as well?"

Celestia giggled. "Oh, you have no idea, he was the most adorable little baby, and he loved to suck on his own tail."

Spike groaned. 'I wonder if Crow can get me into the Empire now?' thought Spike. He took a deep breath. "Mom, please do not embarrass me in front of my nessfriend, and my crew."

Celestia giggled. "Ok, Spike, I'm sorry."

Spike sighed. "Changing topic. Yes, I am the leader of the Storm Dragons and as of this moment you're commander." Said Spike.

AJ nodded as she gave a salute. "Sargent Applejack reporting." She then elbowed Rainbow.

"Yeah, Sargent Dash, reporting or whatever." Said Rainbow as she gave a salute.

Spike smirked. "Ok, for improper conduct. Sargent Dash, I want you to clean the whole hangar." Said Spike.

Rainbow looked at Spike. "Is this payback for all the times I messed with you?"

Spike nodded. "Yes, but I'm a fair drake, you do a great job and we'll call it even."

Rainbow sighed. "Fine, where are the supplies?"

"Right here Dashy." Said a pink earth pony mare with a large glob of pink hair. She hopped in to the hangar with her lower half in a bucket. "Hi Spike, I'm sorry for the mess I made in the kitchen, I finished cleaning it up already."

Spike nodded. "Hey Pinkie, how you been since we last saw each other?" Asked Spike.

Pinkie hummed. "Well, I kept my promise to you, I didn't tell any of the girls that I ran into you guys 3 months ago, during that transport mission. Hey, how is Crow doing?"

Spike shrugged. "Pretty good, we just ran into him a few days ago, Silvia is pregnant, so next time we run into him I'm planning on taking him out for a quick drink, before I knock him out, want to come?"

Pinkie smiled. "Absobpositvly. Oh," Pinkie then saluted Spike. "Captain Pinkie Pie reporting for duty, Commander Drake."

Spike smiled. "Thanks Pinkie, but just Spike is fine."

Pinkie nodded. "So, when can I throw the 'Yay Spike got laid, is our new commander, we missed you' party?"

Spike hummed. "How about when the Flame Wing gets out of dock?"

Pinkie nodded. "Ok, well, I got all my supplies ready for the moment we get going, though there maybe a little oil in the cake."

"Pinkie, I keep telling you to wash your hands before you bake, you remember the party you threw for my birthday." Said a white unicorn with long rolled royal purple hair.

Pinkie nodded. "Yeah, I know, and I've been really good, but with the whole move, I'm just being cautious, Rarity."

Rarity smiled. "Well, as long as you make sure to wash your hands, it should be fine." Rarity looked around. "Oh, it seems that I was late to the little gathering, now where can I find the commander?"

Spike sighed. "Hello Rarity." Said Spike.

Rarity looked at Spike. "Oh, hello Spikie, you are looking fine after such a long time, do you know where the great leader of the Storm Dragons is?"

Spike sighed. "Yes, he's right here." Said Spike pointing to himself.

"Yes, I see you Spike, but I want to see the leader of the Storm Dragons so I can ask him out to dinner before we leave. Oh, I hope he's single, I've had a thing for him for the last 2 years since he saved that transport ship from the Empire."

Spike sighed and Ember growled. "Rarity, I am the leader of the Storm Dragons." Said Spike.

Rarity nodded. "Yes yes dear, that's a great dream you want to have."

Ember leaned over to Spike. "Is she really that dense?"

Spike sighed. "I can't believe I had a crush on her when I was little." Said Spike as he rubbed his eyes. "Ok, now all we're waiting for is Ruby."

"Under here Spike." Said Ruby as she popped out a grate. "I was looking over our system and I found that we were using a little too much fuel for such a long trip. So since we are docked, I thought to check our fuel system, and I found that we had a gunked up converter that was just wasting fuel." Ruby pulled herself out of the hole. "But I got her all cleaned. So, once we get the new members stuff on board, we can shove off and head back out there."

Spike nodded. "Good, well, let’s all have a bite, I brought plenty of donuts."

"Sweet, I'm starved." Said Ruby.

Peewee flew into the hangar and landed on Spike's shoulder. Spike looked at his friend. "Where the hell were you?"

Peewee looked away for a moment and played innocent. Celestia sighed. "Hello Peewee, thank you for keeping track of Spike for so long, I'm sorry for making you lie to him."

Peewee sighed and squawked. Spike looked at Peewee for a moment. "You little rat, is that why you left for a week last month?" Peewee nodded. "You told me it was to find a mate, but when you came back without a girl, I got worried that you couldn't find one." Peewee squawked angerly. "Hey, I was worried, I'm not saying that I didn't have confidence in your looks, but still." Peewee huffed and looked away, Spike sighed. "Peewee, I'm sorry." Said Spike. Peewee sighed and hugged Spike's head. "I love you too bud."

Celestia smiled at seeing that Spike and Peewee were so close. "Well, I believe that we have donuts to enjoy, shall we?" Asked Celestia.

Spike nodded. "Sure, lets head to the helm and meeting area." Said Spike.

Once everyone was in the meeting area, everyone sat down at the large table in the room...or tried, there were only 6 seats, and 13 creatures. So, Spike, Garble, Smolder, AJ, Ember and Rainbow stood, Peewee perched on a rail, and everyone else took a seat. "Ok, for the rest of the day, I want everyone to get to know each other, when the new I.T.I units show, I want Ruby, Twilight, and Pinkie to look over them. No offense to the academy engineering groups, but they test in labs, we test in real life. Ruby see what improvements you can make to make supplies last longer. If I remember, the 4 wing types of pony culture are based on the 4 races, earth are like Basalis, but lighter, they utilize hover tech. Pegasi use something similar to Paragon style propulsion, are less durable, and can fly farther and faster. Unicorns are kinda like a mix of Basalis and Hydras, they hover but can be fitted with extra armor and cannons. Alicorns are the jack of all trades, usually they have hover tech and jet tech, thinner armor than a defense Unicorn but faster than one too, but it takes a lot of concentration to handle one."

Ruby nodded. "Sure, I'll take a look at them, but we may need to head to Atom for some parts."

Spike nodded. "That's fine, Atom is not too far from here, besides Capper owes us a discount."

Twilight gasped. "Spike, you guys don't use illegal parts, right?"

Spike nodded. "We do, Twi, no offense to the good tech that the Knights and Guards make, but their nothing compared to empire tech and crazy guy tech. In fact, Garble has a triple gem cannon on his Basalis, ponies consider that a class 2 or class 3 hazard part, right?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes, but the dragons have no rating for parts, and since you are on a dragon leviathan ship, you are all not subject to pony limitations. But do please be careful, some of those parts are known for blowing up during use or installation."

Ruby laughed. "Yeah, that gem fusion prototype that we snatched from that Empire base works great, half the time, the other half always ends in with a explosion."

Celestia rubbed her eyes. Gem Fusion tech was a illegal practice, that both the Knight's and Guard's banned, because of the danger. "Please tell me it is destroyed?"

Ruby smiled. "Nope, I perfected it about a week ago, the problem was the harmonizing lenses were all wrong and the gem ratio was supposed to be inversed. My first real success should be ready, want me to go check?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, but what did you use?"

"Um... let’s just say, that I'm really glad you didn't need your fire sword during the last mission." Said Ruby as she quickly ran away from her leader.

Spike groaned. "Ok, Dash you get some help cleaning today." But Spike looked confused. "Wait, I keep my sword in my room, when did she even grab it?" Asked Spike.

Ember shrugged. "Oh, that's why she needed to go into the room, I thought she ran out of scale polish." Said Ember as she munched away at a donut.

Spike looked at Ember. "She uses my scale polish, but I ran out three weeks ago?"

Ember nodded. "Yep, I remember now, and she's the reason." Said Ember.

Spike sighed. "Ok, parts and scale polish in Atom it is."

Ember gave Spike's back a pat. "Don't worry you can use mine."

Spike groaned. "Thanks."

Ruby walked into the meeting area with a pair of gloves and a bright glowing gem in her hands. "Here you go Spike, the first stable Fire Lightning gemstone in the arsenal, but please be careful it's still untested and might not be 100% stable."

Spike grabbed the gem and noticed that everyone was ducking in cover just in case. "Ok, seriously you all just hand me a gem and then take cover, I'm the leader, why do I have to be the guinea pig?"

Ember shot her head up from behind the table. "Your ship, your gems, your sword, your life, also if you die, can I have Peewee?"

Spike looked at Ember. "No, he goes to my mom, and his aunt Philomena, and why are you talking like I'm dead already?"

Ruby shot her head up next. "I did a test before I came up, it's producing over 300% more power than either your gems alone. I think that gem is powerful enough to either run 3 Basalis or destroy the Flame Wing."

Spike looked at the little gem, It was only the size of his thumb, and the gem to power a Basalis was as large as a donut. "So, what would happen if I popped it into my wing?"

"Well, one of two things, first it will gain a power boost and send you to the other side of the island in a second, or..."

Spike sighed. "Blow up in a horrible and painful manner?"

Ruby shook her head. "No, you wouldn't feel a thing, because you would be vaporized in an instant."

Spike shrugged. "Ok, Ruby, take this back to your shop, find a way to contain the mini bomb, and see if you can lessen the power output to a level where I don't die in a fireball."

Ruby chuckled. "About that, I had to use some parts from the gem containment to fix the fusion machine, and unless we want to make it to Atom, it can't go back in or no more Canterlot."

Spike sighed. "Ok, so I'm holding a bomb, we can't defuse it, we can't contain it, and we can't set it off or we die?"

Ruby nodded. "Yep, sounds like a Tuesday doesn't it?"

Spike laughed. "No, Tuesday's are kidnapping, this is more of a Saturday."

Garble chimed in. "But today's a Thursday."

Spike nodded. "Meaning it's experiment day." Said Spike as he smiled.

Ember sighed. "No, you are not going to pop that thing into your wing, and lose the smile, the last time you had that smile, you destroyed an island."

Everyone looked at Spike. "Oh, come on, how was it my fault that the umbra commander decided to activate the 6 gem bomb, I was just lucky that he didn't short change on the timer."

Ember sighed. "You are an idiot."

Spike smiled. "Love you too babe." Said Spike as he walked down to the hangar. Everyone was worried but couldn't help but follow.

Celestia tried to talk Spike out of whatever he was about to do. "Spike, think for one moment about the consequences, what will happen if it blows?"

Spike shrugged. "Peewee goes home with you, and Ember has to take over, while I drink a nice cocktail on a cloud."

Celestia sighed. "No, Sombra will win, and everyone will be enslaved."

Spike shook his head. "No, I'm just a dragon, I maybe a great knight, but I'm only a single soul, there will be more."

"But what about Peewee, what about Ember, what about me, don't you care how we would feel if you died?"

Spike hummed. "Peewee would get over it and move on, Ember would probably call me an idiot but I want her to find love, and you, you would have Aunt Luna, Cadance, Twilight, and the new princess Flurry, plus your stronger than this, and the ponies need you to be strong. Besides, we keep talking like this is going to kill me, Ruby said there's a possibility It won't."

"It's an 86% chance." Said Ruby.

Spike smiled. "See, that's better than living with us for a day."

"That's the odds that it's going to blow." Said Ruby making sure that Spike knows that he had a 14% chance of surviving.

Spike shrugged. "Eh, still not the worst odds I've had." Said Spike as he arrived at his wing.

Rarity gasped. "Spike get off that. That's the commanders I.T.I, The Dragon Comet."

Spike looked down at his wing. "Seriously, that's a stupid name, and seriously get it through your head. I am the commander of the Storm Dragons, what is so hard to understand about that?"

"But the commander is said to be smart and tactical?"

"Top marks in problem solving and infiltration at the academy, I just like a fight more."

"He's said to have captured an umbra fortress single handed."

Spike nodded. "Broke my arm a year ago, and had to gather data. I found some citizens and freed them while the others provided a distraction. We took the fortress with their help."

"But he said to have a brand on his tail that was given to him by the leader of the last generation of Storm Dragons, Blitzkrieg."

Spike nodded. "Yeah, I do miss that old coot, fucking hurt my spade for a week though." Said Spike as he showed the brand on the underside of his spaded tip.

Rarity looked at the brand and remained silent. Spike looked at Rarity. "Yeah, that got your attention, didn't it?" Rarity nodded. "Do you now see that I'm not the same little dragon that used to follow you around?" Rarity nodded. "Were you really going to ask me out for dinner?"

Rarity nodded. "Yes."

Spike shrugged. "Sorry, but I got a nessfriend." Said Spike as he popped the fusion gem into the wing. Nothing happened, which was a huge relief to Spike. "See, we're not dead." But no one responded. "What, I thought we would all be cheering?"

Ember pointed to the wing, Spike looked down to the bike he was on, and noticed that it was glowing and arcing electricity. "Ok, well, we're not dead." Spike then reached for the throttle and the moment he did, Spike wasn't there anymore. Instead he was speeding across Canterlot island with his eyes closed and crying for his mother.

Ember looked at the open hanger door. "Ok, that just happened."

After Spike was recovered from his ride, he got a lecture from Twilight, Ember, and Celestia about how reckless that was, and when it was all over with, it was late enough to go to bed. And that's what Spike did, with Ember joining him. "So..." Said Ember.

"So... Today was weird."

Ember nodded. "Yeah, but not as weird as the time my father walked in on us doing it."

Spike laughed. "No that was weirder, where did he even get the 'I'm going to be a grandpa' hat anyways?"

Ember smiled. "I don't want to know, but I think he's still waiting for that to happen."

Spike sighed. "Trust me Ember, I want a clutch too, but until we know Sombra isn't going to win, I don't want our children to grow up in a world like that."

Ember smiled as she kissed Spike's cheek. "I know, and I agree, I just wonder who's going to be more annoying when they find out, my father, your mother, or god forbid Twilight."

Spike laughed. "Twilight, without a doubt Twilight, she has no boundaries."

Ember nodded. "I know, it’s not hard to tell she's right outside the door."

"EEP!"

Spike nodded. "I know, did you know she wanted to make sure I was safe, by making me sleep with her until I was 5, all because I had a single nightmare."

Ember giggled. "Really, but that would make her a teenager?"

Spike nodded. "I know, and she drooled in her sleep."

"I DID NOT!" Yelled Twilight.

Spike was surprised. "Wow, she stayed, she must really not want us sleeping together. Twilight, unless you want to hear your little brother have sex with his nessfriend, I think you should head to your room."

Ember snickered. "Spike, really, but we don't have any more condoms for you. Awe screw it, put a clutch in me big boy."

Spike chuckled. "Oh, come on, play it up a little more."

Ember nodded. "Oh god, I love how full you make me, I wish we could do it raw more often, those barbs are really turning me on, and that knot is going to stretch me here to the castle, the eggs are just going to slide out."

The two then heard a thud outside of the door. "Sweet that worked, let this be a lesson to her for meddling in our romantic affairs." Said Spike.

Ember yawned. "Well too bad, that was the closest you were going to get, at getting lucky tonight."

Spike looked at Ember. "But come on babe, why can't we go around, I hear almost dying sex is great."

Ember smiled. "Because, you're the one that almost killed us, your sister is outside the door and I had to drag your scaly tail back to the ship, I'm tired."

"I'll rub your feet." Said Spike, he really wanted to make love to his nessfriend.

Ember sighed. "Fine, but I want 30 minutes of rubbing and we can go around."

Spike smiled as he kissed Ember. "Worth it, I love you babe."

Ember smiled. "You're an idiot, but your my idiot."

Author's Note

This was day one of three in Canterlot. (Pt.1 of 3 or 2) Tomorrow will see Ember and Spike heading down to the acadamy, the girls wings will show, and Pinkie gets the party ready.