It had been a crazy few days. On Hearts Warming eve, Spike and Fluttershy had celebrated together. They had bought each other gifts, and Fluttershy was on top of the world with what Spike had bought her. He had bought a ring and proposed to her. She had said yes without hesitation, and Spike felt overjoyed. Fluttershy had bought a hundred year old fire whiskey made in the dragonlands. Spike had gotten a purple glock seventeen by Discord. Big Mac had gotten him some nice new suit's. The CMC had gotten him a garage that was in the rich areas of Ponyville. It had pleasantly surprised Spike, and he knew he was gonna use it. Garble and his gang had all bought him different types of alcohol.

Spike was happy. His friends may have turned into criminals, but they were helping him, and it was him in the first place that made them into criminals. He wouldn't change anything though, as he is happy where he is now. He has a fiance to take care of, and friends to protect.

The other element bearers along with his mother, aunt and cousin. He had received a book from Twilight about martial arts. Spike always knew that Twilight would give him a book, but this one actually looked like something he would read. He gave credit to Twilight, for finding a very interesting book. From Applejack he had gotten a tool that helped with growing plants, and it actually made Spike smile. He gotten a hobby about growing vegetables. He had made a little garden in his headquarters and grew food there. So, he never had to shop essentially. Rainbow Dash had gotten him a book about the Wonderbolts and their history. Spike had chuckled as this was probably one of the few books that Rainbow actually read. From Pinkie Pie, he had gotten cupcakes. Rarity had gotten him bling that had the dollar sign and was made out of gold. His mother had gotten him a book on how to redeem yourself. Spike knew immediately what she was trying to do. She wanted him to change from his ways. He didn't blame her, as he has had that though himself, but Spike was thinking that he was simply too deep in the government slash gangster business to stop. Luna had gotten him a video game that was about a hero who saved an ancient city from an evil spirit. Cadance and Shining had gotten him a potion that would lead him to his true lover. Spike had smiled. It was so Cadance to do something like that. Twilight Velvet and Night Light had gotten him astronomy books that Spike already looked interested in.

Currently, Spike was in his office signing paperwork that he had not been able to finish because of many reasons. Spike had just signed a contract with one of his good friends in Canterlot to open up a Stallions club in Ponyville. Mayor Mare may be the one who is the Mayor, but its Spike that they will have to ask for permission from. Spike may have a marefriend, but he would bring Fluttershy to the stallions club so she could feel like she can trust him in those type of situations.

Spike had ordered fireworks that just so happens to be illegal. The fireworks themselves aren't illegal, but it is the chemicals that is in the one Spike bought that makes it illegal. It had cost him at least hundred and sixteen thousand dollars, and Spike was looking forward to pressing the big red button. He and Fluttershy were gonna celebrate together with the crew.

They would fire the fireworks on new year's eve, and have fun. Although, Spike and Fluttershy with most likely end up sweating somewhere...

All of a sudden, there was phone call, and Spike answerd the call with a "Hello?" He sounded tired and bored. After everything that had happened, Spike needed a break. A long break. But, business was business. He couldn't stop it and wouldn't stop it either. He had money to make in the first place.

"Spike, we have a situation. Gilda and her gang are burning half of Ponyville! You see, after the Gryphon had told her what you had told him, she became pissed instead. In other words, she is after you. She has at least thirty Gryphons with her, and they are not looking happy." Discord said, making Spike widen his eyes. He rushed to his window and looked out of it and saw that Discord was right. Half of Ponyville was burning. Some Gryphons was destroying cars with baseball bats, and other Gryphons were shooting up into the sky.

"Okay Discord, prepare yourself for a gang war. She will not give up until she has my head on a stick, so we will give her something to fight for. Sound good?" Spike asked, making Discord give a quick 'yes' and hung up. Spike walked back to his desk and pressed a purple button that opened up a large door on the side of his desk. Spike walked and saw the one weapon he wanted to use for this.

It was his smaller version of the AK47 that was made in pure gold. Spike took it with a smile on his face, and took several magazines as he knew he was gonna use a lot of bullets to kill those Gryphons. He had a feeling that Gilda was gonna do something like this, but he had secretly hoped for this, so he could have some fun. Spike then took the elevator to the ground floor. When the elevator got to the ground floor, it revealed a marvelous platinum coloured floor that showed a huge black rose on the ground. Spike didn't pay attention to it, as he walked out the door and quickly locked it with his phone. He had bought a new tech system and it was working wonders.

Spike heard gunshots everywhere. Spike decided to got for the closest, and work his way upwards. Ponyville as under another lockdown, and Spike felt responsible for it. He knew that the ponies would simply wave it of, but, Spike knew that he was the one who is responsible for all of the devastation that is going on around him. His gang fighting the Gryphons. It was probably that very day that is the absolute final battle between the Gryphons, and the Heathspike's. Hopefully then, Spike and his friends could celebrate that they had won the gang war. He knew though, that the gang war with the Diamond Dogs would never end.

Spike rushed towards a black car, and saw that there were at least two Gryphons shooting and robbing the place as they liked. They were currently robbing a sofa store. Spike rushed up and started shooting at them. To Spike's dismay, he only managed to injure one of them. He rushed behind a wall that was broken, and waited for the Gryphon to start shooting him.

"OW!! HE GOT ME!" The Gryphon shouted, as he was adding pressure to his knee. He had just been robbing the sofa store, when all of a sudden a creature started shooting at them. He had gotten a quick glimpse, and saw that it was a dragon. He had a feeling that it might have been Heathspike, but he couldn't know for sure. His friend was looking around everywhere to make sure there aren't any nasty surprises. The sofa store had jus that; sofas. He took his injured friend behind one of the sofas, and took cover behind it himself. He had no idea who shot at them, but there would be payback.

Spike was waiting for them to start shooting at him, but it never came. It felt like an eternity had gone, when in reality it was only two minutes. Spike the came to the conclusion that they wanted him to come to them. Spike smiled. He was gonna have a lot of fun today it looked like. Spike crouched as he left the safety of the reb brick wall, and looked around inside the sofa store. He didn't notice anything odd until; *PEW* A bullet hit the wood beside Spike's head. Spike immediately took cover behind a green coloured sofa. He could hear how there was some talking. Spike didn't know what they were saying as his ears were ringing from the bullet that had nearly shot his head of.

Spike rushed from his cover and started to spray bullets around the store, trying to hit the Gryphons. He heard a quick 'EEP' and he shot in that direction. The problem was; the sofa the Gryphons were hiding behind had metal inside the sofa. So Spike only hit the metal; not the Gryphons. Spike growled in frustration, and took cover behind a sofa.

"You think that you've won this?" The Gryphon asked, who wasn't injured. "Well, guess what? You will never win! The Gryphons will take back their land and your casino. You will surrender!" Spike couldn't help but laugh at that part. Spike was never one to surrender. In fact, a lot of gangster always commented on that fact. He was actually the reason he was so successful; because he never gave up.

"In your dreams feather face. The Heathspike's will always win. I will cut Gilda's throat, and you will see that she is nothing more but a coward who hides behind other Gryphons." Spike said, earning angry growls from the two Gryphons. How dare he make their fearless leader sound like a weakling? The uninjured Gryphon rushed from his cover, and started spraying bullets all over the place. Spike was on the floor, praying that he didn't get hit. Luckily he didn't, and he rushed from cover to shoot the Gryphon who tried to make a run for the sofa, but was gunned down with at least ten bullets. His injured friend yelled in surprise.

Spike walked towards the sofa, and saw the injured Gryphon. Spike smiled down at him. It wasn't a friendly smile. It was a evil smile. One that the Gryphon wished he hadn't seen. Spike pulled out his pistol from his gun holster inside his jacket. He then armed it and aimed right at the Gryphons head. The Gryphon himself closed his eyes. *BANG* The bullet was heard in the whole of Ponyville. Or it felt like it for Spike. He looked down at the dead body of the useless Gryphon, and sighed. This was only the beginning, and Spike had a feeling that it would be a long day.

Spike walked out of the sofa store, and looked around. There were havoc everywhere in Ponyville. There were vehicles burning here and there, and there were body of Gryphons. Luckily, there were no pony casualties, or one of his crews casualties. He couldn't lose his friends in this final gang war. He though that it was the end last week when he threatened Gilda with losing her head, but apparently it only provocted her. It wouldn't have mattered either way, she would have still been pissed at Spike so it was probably best to simply go on with the gang war.

All of a sudden, Spike heard a; "WHAT THE TARTARUS!?" And it sounded like Garble. Spike ran towards the sounds of gun fire, and when he reached his destination he could have gone to Tartarus willingly. The buildings were completely destroyed, and there were different bodies of fillies and colts. Spike felt extreme anger in his heart. Oh, he was gonna end this gang war alright. With Gilda's blood all over him...

He saw that Garble was fighting with his gang against a few Gryphons. Spike ran to help them with their problem, and noticed how Gilda was one of them. Spike smiled evilly. He was going to gut her alive. Spike started shooting the Gryphons with such speed and anger, that they were hit with accuracy of a hawk. But, they were only injured, they weren't killed from Spike's bullets like he wanted. Gilda looked in his direction and scowled. Here was the one dragon who had made her life difficult. Now it was payback time.

"Hello Spike, looks like you are still alive." Gilda said, with malice in her voice. She had never liked Spike, and now she had a perfect excuse to kill him. She would get away with it of course, or that is what she believes anyways. If she knew that Spike was a prince, then she would be thinking differently. Spike simply grinned at her an unpleasant grin that actually made her shiver.

"Hello Gilda. It looks like I'm still alive yes, perhaps you should train your Gryphons to use weapons, then just give it to them and let them learn in battle how they work. Then again, you've never had a brain to begin with." Spike said, coldly towards Gilda, who sneered at him. He would be eating up his words, was what Gilda was thinking in her mind.

Spike started spraying bullets, and to Gilda's surpise; hit her right in the arm. She cried out in pain, and two of her Gryphons went to her rescue. She loked at her fighting Gryphons who had started to fire of their bullets. "KILL THEM, DON'T LET ANYONE OF THEM LIVE!!" Gilda shouted, over the sound of bullets being fired at different enemies. Gilda then picked up her sawed of shotgun, and started to run of in one direction. Spike would have runned after her, but he knew for a fact that he would be stopped by Gilda's goons.

Spike took cover behind a car that wasn't on fire, and shot towards the Gryphons who had take cover behind a brown van with red wheels. There was no mistaking the van, it belonged to Gilda's gang. Spike had seen that van in a few locations where he had dealings. Then again, Spike just happened to know all of Gilda's affairs and had robbed from her also. The problem was that she never knew who it was who had robbed from her. If she knew, she would be ten times more pissed at him and would without a doubt have tried to ended him here and now. She wouldn't even cry out in pain, she would simply try to kill Spike in order to make the Heathspike's fall from grace. The buildings nearby were burning from thrown molotov cocktails, and Spike sighed. This was gonna hurt his mother. Especially the part about the dead fillies and colts. That was why he promised himself that day that he would stop at nothing, until Gilda is dead. He wasn't gonna allow her to live. He had enough of her idiocy.

"You heard the boss, kill them!" One of the Gryphons shouted, making them become more deadly with their weapons. Spike peeked from behind the car he was taking cover in, and he saw how one of the bullets landed right on the hood of the car near his head. Spike ducked quickly, and loaded his gun as he realized that it was out of ammo. He quickly reloaded and waited to fire of on his enemies.

"FAUSSST!" Garble shouted, as he had just gotten hit on his right shoulder. Spike looked over and saw Garble on the ground, and he was in clear view of the Gryphons. Spike rushed from his cover and bought his other dragon friends some time. He started shooting at the Gryphons, who were taking cover behind their van, and Garble's friends took him behind cover. Spike went back to his cover, and looked inside his jacket to see if he had a grenade or something. He was in luck, he had one, and it looked like it was ready to be used. Spike took it out and pulled of the small metal string on it, and threw it at the van. The Gryphons didn't realize it, and the van blew up.

After the smoke had settled, it was revealed that only one of the Gryphons had escaped as his body wasn't there. The other Gryphons bodies were there, and looked like they had been cut awkwardly in half. Spike went over to Garble who was applying pressure on his right shoulder with his hand. "Are you okay Garble?" Spike asked, concerned. Garble looked at him and nodded. It just hurt badly. Spike looked at his other dragon friends and said; "Get him quickly to the Ponyville hospital, I'll end this gang war once and for all." The other dragons saluted him and took Garble in their arms and prepared for flying of. Spike rushed to the vans side to have a second look but didn't find anything. He only saw the dead bodies of the Gryphons. It smelled bad to. It smelled like burnt flesh.

Spike then saw a van driving towards him, he was worried as to who it would be. He aimed but didn't shoot, as he didn't know if it was a friend or foe, and they hadn't started shooting at him to begin with. The Gryphons always shoot at someone, but then again, they maybe learnt that they were predictable. The sound of the van came closer as the asphalt on the road made out the tire noises from the moving vehicle. It then stopped beside Spike, and it was revealed to be the CMC. Spike was then motioned to hop in the vehicle, and he didn't hesitate. He got in the back quickly, and Scootaloo drove of.

"Hello crusaders, did you see Gilda?" Spike asked, making the others nod to him quickly. That was actually the reason they started looking for him. She was using some explosives to blow up several buildings in Ponyville, and vehicles that are in the way.

"Yes Spike, ya see, me an the crusaders' were looking for ya, as Disccord and Big Mac are in trouble." Applebloom said, making Spike nod in understanding. It didn't surprise him in all honesty. Gilda has always been the type to think the one who has the bigger weapons are the winners. She keeps forgetting that it is also about who is using the weapon. He had told her that several times in the past but she just doesn't listen.

The CMC drove around Ponyville, trying to find Discord and Big Mac so Spike could help them out. Spike knew that he was gonna be the one to kill Gilda, as he had said so to his crew many times before. He wanted to be the one who gave the finishing blow. They had all agreed to it, as it would show Gilda that Spike didn't hide behind goons, but he actually did his job. Ponyville was in complete ruins, but Spike was gonna help rebuild Ponyville with the help of Changeling magic. His friend Thorax is quite good with rebuilding charms. Surprisingly good. He also helps Spike whenever he can with his gang wars. Spike tries not to involve Thorax to much as he is a country leader, not a thug from the streets.

"There they are!" Scootaloo said, as they reached an open field that revealed six enemy vans, and one friendly van. Spike could see how Discord was using both magic and bullets to make sure the enemies stayed in line. Discord had said that he didn't want to use magic under gang wars if he could avoid it, and why he didn't want to use his magic if he could avoid it was because of the old mafia rules. One of the rules were to not use magic if not absolutely necessary. This seemed to be one of those times.

"Scootaloo! Drive towards Discord and Big Mac, I need to help them!" Spike said, making Scootaloo quickly nod, and putting her hoof on the gas, and driving faster than it should possibly do. Discord and Big Mac heard the fast approaching vehicle and looked at it concerned. Then, Scootaloo did some sort of quick drift, and Spike jumped out of the van, and started spraying bullets st the stunned Gryphons.

"Welcome to the gunfight Spike!" Discord said, as Spike took cover behind the van. Big Mac prepared his pistol, and shoot three times and managed to injure some Gryphon. Spike grinned at Discord who was currently pulling out an RPG out of nowhere.

"Thank you Discord. It looks like we have a special guest who seems to be Gilda." Spike said, making Big Mac quickly look at Spike in surprise. Whenever she had sent her Gryphons to Ponyville, she had downe everything in her power to not go here. What had changed?

"She actually came? I didn't think she would." Big Mac said, making Spike nod in understanding. He himself was surprised, but he had a big feeling he knew the reason. The reason was that she wanted to personally kill Spike, like how he wanted to personally kill her. Spike jumped to the side and started spraying bullets at them, managing to shoot a Gryphon in the throat. Spike jumped back to cover, just in time for when Discord shot the RPG. One of the vans exploded and went up in flames.

"Gilda we gotta get the buck out of here!" One Gryphon shouted at her. The problem was that she wasn't listening. The only thing she was fully after now, was revenge. Spike saw that she was simply standing there with an hateful gaze, and pulled up a submachine gun and started firing at them without skipping a beat. Spike took cover as the bullets fired into the side of van on the other side. Spike was breathing heavily, one wrong move, and he was dead. He didn't know about Discord though, as he is a god.

"Your aim has improved chicken, you can at least shoot at a target!" Spike said, laughing at his own taunt. Gilda couldn't shoot anything back in the day. She simply couldn't. She had tried to kill Spike, but she couldn't because of how bad her aim was. Now though, it looked like she had improved on her shooting. Spike was a little impressed. Gilda growled in anger, and reloaded quickly, but not quickly enough.

Spike jumped from his cover and aimed his gun to the side gangster-style and started shooting at Gilda. He hit her right in the chest, and she fell down to the ground, while the other Gryphons did their best to hit Spike which was fruitless. He was almost invisible to the bullets. Spike continued firing until he ran out of ammo in his magazine, and when he did, he went back for cover. What he hadn't noticed when he jumped back for cover, was that Gilda had gotten up, and one of her goons were driving away, and leaving her other goons to finish them of. Spike didn't know whether to laugh at her stupidity, or feel bad for her goons. The CMC took out their weapons, and started firing at the Gryphons left and right, only injuring them sadly. Spike decided that it was his final jump, and jumped out from cover and fired down at the downed Gryphons. Killing them. There was only one Gryphon left and he tried to run, but was met with bullets shot from the back. He fell down dead...

"We gotta go after Gilda. We can't let her get away. We have allowed her to live for long enough, and the longer she stays alive, the more Gryphons she will send to Ponyville. And if you haven't noticed, Ponyville looks like a gangland right now, with all of the burning cars and destroyed buildings. Discord Big Mac your with me, Crusaders, you go to Ponyville hospital. Garble got shot, and I sent him there along with his dragons. If you see any other Gryphon that belongs to Gilda's gang, then kill them." Spike said, making them all salut to him like soldiers. Spike chuckled a little.

"Discord, your driving." Spike said, getting in the passenger seat. Discord nodded and got behind the wheel, while Big Mac got in the back where a loaded minigun was. Discord started driving after Gilda, and knew exactly where she was going. She was going to their hideout that was located in Griffinstone. It was a building made of black rock, and had a lot of posters about their feared gang. This was it, there was gonna be huge gang war. Luckily, because this is a gang war, the Gryphons won't start a war with Equestria considering that Gilda is a gangster along with Spike and his gang. They simply see it as a war between gangsters.

The roads were first made of dirt, and then it turned into asphalt, and then it turned into stone. The type of stone, Diamond Dogs, Dragons, and Gryphons use. The drive there would be simply thirty minutes if they drove as fast as they were now. Spike loaded his weapon with poisonous ammunition. He was gonna kill Gilda at all costs. Big Mac noticed and grinned at Spike. It had been a birthday present Big Mac had bought himself. "I see that you intend to use the ammunition i gave you." Big Mac said, making Spike look at him and smile at him warmly.

"Yes, I intend on not allowing Gilda to live for any reason at all. This is the final stand we have with her. Today, she dies like our other enemies." Spike said, making them nod in agreement. It had been a long fought battle. It was about time they put it to an end. Discord continued to speed all the way up to Griffinstone, and noticed how there were police officer cars along the way. Big Mac thougt that they would have a shoot out with the Griffinstone police also, but apparently not. Then again, it did have the Heathspike logo on it, and Spike's gang is known throughout Equesrria, and has striked much fear in everyone.

Discord then entered Griffinstone, and it was no one outside. Literally, no creature outside at all. It almost looked abandoned. Spike then saw the hideout Gilda and her gang uses, and it looked like someone was home. Perhaps some Gryphons who fleed the gang war? Discord Stopped right outside the door, with Big Mac who aimed at the door. Then without any sort of warning, Big Mac opened fire at the hideout. The Gryphons inside the hideout yelled in surprise, and went for cover. Spike got out of the passenger side and started shooting at the door and through the open windows. Spike could hear different types of yelling like; "Were under attack!" "I need some ammo," and whatnot. It was understandable as they were being attacked out of nowhere.

Discord pulled out a grenade launcher, and shot through one of the open windows. Spike felt time slow down, as he heard the *BOOM* Spike had no idea if any of the Gryphons survived that. Perhaps they did, perhaps they didn't. Spike slowly walked towards the door, followed by Big Mac and Discord. Big Mac was the strongest, and kicked in the door and it revealed bits and pieces of different Gryphon body parts. There was burnt flesh, and blood everywhere. Only one thing that stood out was that there was no sign of a dead Gilda. Spike walked further into the hideout, while Discord was trying to sense Gilda and found out that she was..

"Thought you had me there didn't you?" Gilda asked, as Spike, Discord, and Big Mac turned around and faced Gilda who had a smirk on her face. "I was actually hiding in the basement, that has two exits. After you exploded the hideout, I simply got out of the basement, and got my weapon ready, and here we are."

"Wow, that brain of yours does work. I was concerned that it wasn't working properly as you always seem to make the stupidest decisions." Spike said, taunting Gilda. Gilda growled in anger and started to shoot at Spike who ducked for cover. Discord also helped him with his magic to deflect any bullets from him. Big Mac shot two round at Gilda who jumped out of the way. Discord then pulled out a machine gun and started to shoot at the wall, hoping that some of the bullets would go through, and injure Gilda. Sadly, when she jumped out of the way, she had started to run towards one of her vans. Discord detected this, and whistled for Spike and Big Mac. Spike got out from his cover, and ran outside followed by Big Mac.

Gilda had just gotten inside the van when she felt how several bullets were fired into the vehicle. She yelled in surprise, and turned the key and backed away from the parking space. "Shoot the tires!" Big Mac yelled, and they did so. Only problem was that they were bullet proof. Discord then teleported himself, Spike and Big Mac to their van. He was in the drivers seat, and started to drive of after Gilda. Big Mac was behind the minigun, and Spike was holding a machine gun and saw that his weapon was to the side. Spike shrugged and opened the door to the van.

Discord was driving at a crazy speed that Spike and Big Mac theorised was with the help of magic. Gilda was driving towards the badlands, and Spike knew exactly why. Because in the badlands, there were no laws. In other words, she wouldn't get arrested. Not that it would have solved anything anyways. They were driving on a cliff that were wide enough for two cars to pass. Discord took this to his advantage, and gained speed enough to be side by side, with Gilda. Spike aimed at the window and started shooting. Gilda yelled and slammed into them, making Spike fall backwards. Spike then regained himself, and aimed down the sight again. The window to Gilda's van was completely destroyed. Spike chuckled darkly. This was his hiding moment. His moment to finally kill the one Gryphon who had done nothing but give him trouble over the last few months.

Spike looked through the sight, and aimed for Gilda's head. "Goodnight Gryphon." Spike said, so everyone heard him. Spike then pulled the trigger, and everything slowed down. The bullets flew right into Gilda's head, and the last thing she thought was; 'He killed me!?' While Spike was simply blasting her head, bullet after bullet. Gilda was dead, and her van drove to the left and fell down. Discord continued to drive, and they heard a large *BOOM*

"We did it! We bucking did it!" Spike shouted in pure joy. The others joined him, and they celebrated with shooting up into the sky. This had been a fun adventure.

Several hours had passed, and Spike and the gang were on top of a cliff that the main six use for their picnics. They were gonna celebrate new year this way. Spike had gotten his fireworks and he planned on using all of them. Thorax had helped him in rebuilding Ponyville, and it looks like nothing happened. His mother was there, together with his aunt and cousins. Blueblood wasn't dead yet, but he was gonna be assassinated today. It was gonna be hilarious to kill the one prick who had betrayed him.

The celebration was about to start, and Blueblood had just left to relieve himself. The others were talking to each other, and Spike used this opportunity to poison Bluebloods beer. Luckily, his crew shielded him. Fluttershy then gave a passionate kiss to Spike. Cadance noticed and felt the love, and looked over at Spike. When he opened his eyes she gave him a wink. Spike blushed a little.

Blueblood then returned and took a sip from his beer. It would take a while for it to effect him because of his bloodline. Spike pressed the button for the fireworks to shoot up. They could see how the rocket shoot several feet up in the air, and how there was a mega *BOOM* that was heard and seen everywhere in Equestria. All of a sudden, Blueblood dropped to the ground. Everypony and creature laughed, the ones who knew about the assassination smiled at Spike, while the ones who didn't know about it, thought he got frightened or shocked by the rockets.

Imagine their shock when the show was over...

Author's Note

And that wraps this up!

There will be a sequel to this, since in want Spike to figure out who killed Blossomforth. Anyways, Happy Yule/Christmas!