A large 18 year old purple and green dragon walked out of his home, well more like his castle home, and it was not his per say, it was more his older sisters. But she wasn't his real sister...look it's complicated. This is Spike, he has little to no social life in the form of a few friends, but they rarely get together anymore, because they are either in a relationship, or are so unpredictable that they can never set a date to hang out. Tonight was going to be a night where they would hang out, but Big Mac had to cancel because he and his new wife are enjoying their honeymoon, and his other friend Discord, was traveling the 7th and a quarter dimension, and hadn't been seen since tomorrow. Spike groaned at seeing that his social life was pretty much over now, he had no girlfriend, no real paying job, he did work, but that was for his sister, who gave him an allowance but nothing too much, and he was pretty much out of options for tonight. Spike looked to the sky, it was starting the transition to the night, and the towns street lights were starting to turn on. "Maybe the park will have something." Spike then laughed. "Maybe I'll run into Rarity and..." He sighed. "Who am I kidding, it's taken me 5 years and she hasn't even taken an interest in me." Spike started walking to Ponyville Park, giving the ponies of the town a friendly smile and wave as they went home for the night.

By the time he made it to the park, the night was in full swing, and the moon was new, giving those who were still out at this time, a great view of the stars above. Spike took a seat on a park bench and leaned back so the only thing he saw was the star filled sky. "My life is pretty boring, all I do is work, I don't see my friends as much as I want to, and my friends are much older than me, I have no girlfriend, and I'm talking to myself...." Spike groaned. "How is this my life? I've saved an entire kingdom from slavery, I was the dragon lord, I'm a fucking prince of Equestria, and I'm...Still talking to myself."

Spike closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, there was more to him than just his work, but right now Spike was having trouble finding it, the only thing that he was known for was being the donut eating champion at Pony Joe's, being the hero of the Crystal Empire, and being the dragon of Ponyville, but that last one was more because he was the only dragon in Ponyville, and more over most of Equestria. Spike opened his eyes and noticed that there was a meteor shower above him. "Oh, cool." Spike shrugged as he made a wish. "I wish my life was more interesting." Spike looked around, hoping that worked, but he was still in the park, there wasn't a mare that was looking for a dragon, it wasn't raining gems, and he didn't get a million bits. "I guess that was a little too much, but Aunt Luna sure did make a great night."

"WARNING...PILOT DECESED, LOCATING CLOSEST HABITABLE PLANET IN SEARCH FOR NEW OPERATOR, HULL DAMAGE MINIMAL, JETTISONING CARGO NOW!" Said a robotic voice as a large ship flew towards a planet.

Spike was still watching the sky, when suddenly he noticed a very large star that was a lot lower than the rest, normally that was no problem, it wasn't that much bigger, so it would burn up in the atmosphere. But the star was much different from the rest seeing as it was purple. Spike blinked as he watched the star grow, and going off the trajectory, it was going to impact the planet. "Oh crap." Yelled Spike as he took cover behind the bench. Spike stayed there for a few minutes but after not hearing a loud crash, he noticed that the star was hovering above the Everfree forest. "What the hell?" The star started descending to the ground and was soon hidden in the large forest. "I should probably go tell Twilight...but, how cool would it be to be the first one to discover whatever that was?" With that decided, Spike started walking towards the forest.

"Landing successful, proceeding with planetary scan, and data gathering. Warning, planet not in federation data base, adjusting scan for all living, intelligent life forms." Said the robotic voice.

Spike was about half way to where he thought the star landed, and noticed that there was no fallout from the crash. "Ok, there should be some damage, but so far nothing." Spike kept walking and soon found what he was looking for. Sitting, or more like parked in a clearing was a large black spherical object, there was no crater underneath it, but it was making a loud hum. Spike got closer to it, he wasn't feeling sick, and it wasn't making him crave brains. "What are you?" Asked Spike as he placed his hand on it's surface. But instead of meeting some sort of resistance, the surface was more like a liquid, and it pulled Spike into the mass.

The next thing Spike saw was a very dark room, with a window that showed a view of the forest. So the first thing you should do, when in a situation like this, is panic. Spike ran to the wall that he fell through and started banging on it. "Let me out! Let me out!" Yelled the freaking dragon.

"Greetings." Said the voice.

Spike looked around. "Who was that?"

"I am the CH mark 715 interstellar starship."

Spike was confused. "So, this is a spaceship?"

"In layman's term, yes. I am a series of starships produced by the interstellar federation, in their hopes to eliminate the tyrannical Black Star Nebula Empire."

Spike had calmed down enough to stop banging on the wall, and he walked to the center of the ship. "Ok, then why are you here?"

"I activated emergency warp drive, before I was destroyed, and my remains captured by a Empire war ship. My pilot did not make it."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

"I have logged his death in the database, and he was rewarded with many honors." Suddenly the ships alarm started blaring. "WARNING, EMPIRE WARSHIP DETECTED IN SYSTEM!"

Spike looked at the ship. "YOU LED IT HERE!"

"They tracked my warp signature, and the nearest Federation battel cruiser is too far to arrive and defend the planet."

"THEN GO FIGHT THEM!" Yelled Spike.

"I can not reach outer orbit without a pilot, I suggest, that to save your world, you become my operator."

"If I don't?"

"Your planet will either be destroyed, enslaved, or left barren after the empire strips the world's natural resources, and leave the inhabitants to die slowly."

Spike groaned. "What do I do?"

"Step forward and place your hands on these interface modules. I will then reconfigure the system to allow for the best interface." 2 waist high polls with large bulbs popped out of the floor, and started pulsating a faint purple glow. "Once the system is finished, you will be enveloped in the same nano tech that I am comprised of, to form a suitable atmospheric suit, that will allow for interstellar travel."

Spike nodded as he got to his feet and placed his hands onto the polls. "I'm Spike."

"My previous operator designated me as Chris. Configuration complete, starting construction of atmospheric suit." Soon a black slime started flowing up Spike's legs, but he didn't flinch, it was this or let his world die, and he wasn't willing to let that happen. Spike's legs were then covered in a pair of armored pants and boots, the slime covered his tail in air tight holes that allowed his spines to show, but the rest of it was covered in a flexible fabric that felt like it could take a boulder before tearing. The slime moved up Spike's chest, and it covered his chest and arms in a similar body armor as his pants. Lastly the slime engulphed Spike's head. "Interesting, constructing several pocket dimension generators to compensate for the cranial protrusions."

Once the slime was finished, Spike looked at his armor, it was purple and green, and even without his head spines, his new helmet had slicked back green plates. "Wow, that is cool."

"Gawk at it later. My sensors are telling me that the warship has entered the system, and is headed right for this planet."

Spike nodded, it was time for action. "Ok, how do I fly you?"

"Activating neural training, this may sting a bit."

Spike felt a vary painful pinch at the back of his head. "What the hell?" Yelled Spike.

"I have just uploaded neural images and scenarios that comprises 50% of all federation training."

Spike looked into his memories and found information about basic controls and weapons. "Ok, lets go." Spike placed his hands back on the polls and they merged into the front window, a chair formed underneath Spike and he took a seat. "Chris, activate fighter mode, and divert power to the shields and weapons systems. What are we equipped with?"

"Phasors, plasma charges, and a sup space warp drive, capable of reaching the ship in 5 minutes."

"I think this is going to be interesting." Said Spike with a large grin on his face.

"Welcome to the Federation, Spike." The ship took off and that night, many ponies saw a large black and purple object fly into the sky.

Author's Note

New idea, wanted to throw it out there and see if it's something new.