Spike lived a normal childhood under the care of his mother Twilight, but when Tirek attacked, Spike was declared killed when he tried to defend Twilight and her friends. The entire Equestria went into depression after the teenage drake's honorable 'death'. However, a year later, a mysterious masked creature visited Twilight and her friends. Twilight was expecting many things, Young Six becoming the new barriers, Celestia's retiring... But NOT the return of a certain drake that she thought was dead.

(THE ART DOESN'T BELONG TO ME!)