The Blade

*Back with the Princesses and then Elements of Harmony*

Celestia and Luna have been keeping in check on both themselves and the area they were surrounded in. So far, Tirek was not seen anywhere, making them think The Blade was still dealing with him.

Celestia took one last look at the sky in vain before going down to meet with her sister.

"Did you see anything sister? Is Tirek around?" Asked the Night Princess to her older sister.

"No, All I have seen so far are more destroyed houses, but no sign of Tirek or The Blade" Celestia answered much to Luna's dismay. She had had enough with Tirek's rampage and wanted to put an end to this.

"But, I did see something that caught my attention" Celestia said to Luna, who then looked at her with interest piqued, but before she could ask more, Twilight came towards them after having recovered from her injuries along with cadence.

"Sorry if we bothered you in something Princesses" Twilight said apologetically. “But we wanted to talk to you about Tirek and Technoblade”.

"No need for a sorry Twilight, now what do you need?" Celestia asked the Princess of Friendship to which Cadance spoke up.

"We were just wondering When we should start looking for Tirek and The Blade? Cause it seems a little too quiet around here..." Said the Princess of Love.

"And Spike! He’s out there somewhere too, I hope he’s okay" Twilight said worried; she hoped Technoblade had got Spike somewhere safe and was fending Tirek off.

"So far, I have looked all over Ponyville and I haven't seen either Spike, Tirek, nor The Blade'' Celestia answered, making Twilight distressed and Cadence frustrated.

"But I did see this huge black cube-shaped structure which was standing on Ponyville's entrance" Celestia added to which Twilight narrowed her eyes.

"A huge black cube structure? Now what would something like that be doing here?" Luna asked the Solar Princess.

"I'm just as confused as you are Luna but I think it has something to do with Tirek and the Blade" Celestia said. "We will get moving-"

Celestia was then cut off by a sound of what seemed to be Explosions coming from the direction of Ponyville's entrance; many ponies looked confused and scared by the sounds.

"That does not sound good," Rarity said.

"You don't say? Of course that doesn't sound good!" Rainbow replied.

"Where in Tarnation is that coming from?" Applejack said.

"Is that supposed to be a good or a bad sign?" said a background Royal Guard whose name was not relevant enough to remember.

"Probably both, but we need to get moving and investigate the sounds before something bad happens!" Shining armor declared, the royal guards nodding with him.

"Wait! One of us needs to check first, is anypony willing to scout?" Twilight asked, she knew Rainbow Dash was still recovering from her injuries so that leaves her out, Fluttershy obviously would not do the job with her lackluster flight skills, so who would? Until a voice spoke up.

"I will take a look" The voice came none other from the Princess of Love, Cadence, who raised her hoof up and with a serious look on her face making everyone look at her with bewilderment—and in the case of twilight and her brother—worry over her safety.

"Cadence, are you sure you wanna do this? I could accompany you if you want, you can't go alone" Shining armor spoke, not wanting Cadance to go off on her own.

"I agree with Shining, it's not safe. It’s possible Tirek defeated The Blade and is baiting us"

Twilight presumed the Cadance then looked at her husband and sister in law.

"You both don't have to worry about me, I can hold my own against him, but someone needs to make sure what's going on; which is why I decided to volunteer" Cadence declared, prompting a response from Luna.

"Alright make sure to be careful, and notify us on any activity while we try to make our way towards the black structure Celestia mentioned" Luna said in a serious tone, making sure Cadence understood her task. The pink alicorn was about to fly off before her husband stopped her with his foreleg

"Be safe.." He said to his wife, receiving a smile and a nod.

"Don't have to say it twice" Cadence said before she kissed Shining on the cheek before flying off, all while raising Shining’s anxiety levels.

Cadence flew to the skies towards the direction of the explosion as quickly as she could. She was being cautious of her surroundings making sure that she hadn't missed anything while looking for any signs of Spike, Tirek or The Blade. No luck though, only the explosions getting louder as she approached the black structure.

"(I must be close, if the disembodied sounds of explosions are any indication)" Cadence thought as she kept flying until she reached her destination, finding a huge black structure as well as explosives that were blowing and destroying the ground underneath. With further observation, she noticed a purple juvenile dragon running away from the chain of explosions escaping the structure from below.

"It's Spike, what is he doing here?" Cadence wondered but she would ask about that later as Spike was in trouble. She dived towards the dragon as the blasts from the TNT caught up to him, sending him flying in the air. Cadence then dashed towards him grabbing him with one of her hooves, saving Spike from having his first ever flight be his last.

"Cadence…?" Spike said, looking up to see the Princess of the crystal empire right in front of his face.

"Hey Spike, you alright? I managed to spot you as you were being chased by the explosives. That reminds me, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING HERE YOUNG DRAKE!?" Cadence then had to deal with a very nervous and anxious dragon trying to recount everything that had happened as they made their way through the air and to the others.

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*A few moments Earlier with Spike*

Spike sat and waited as he looked at the huge cube shaped obsidian block with nothing much to do but play the waiting game. When he closed the door upon hearing technos voice he listened closely for something to happen and unfortunately for him, he heard Techno say this.

"IT'S A TRAP!!" Spike heard techno yell the three words out before proceeding to back away from the obsidian cube.

"Oh shoot! Better get away quick!" Spike said as he ran away from the cube, he knew that Technoblade was gonna blow this place up and so started running as far as he could but as he did, the TNT set off as the blast immediately grew bigger and bigger until they almost caught up with him.

"No no! Not now!" Spike said with panic in his voice as he ran as fast as his little legs could take him but the blast caught up sending him flying in the air.

For a moment Spike was enjoying the feeling of being in the air by himself thinking this is what rainbow experiences flying but his mood switched to horror as he was now flying straight to the ground.

"Oh Celestia, this is gonna hurt!" Spike said as he closed his eyes and braced for impact but all of a sudden he felt as if someone was holding him. Spike turned his face up to find Cadance looking at him with worry.

"Cadence…?" Spike asked.

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"So you helped The Blade in building the obsidian cube!? I find that hard to believe considering how big it is" Cadence said who looked surprised that spike was able build something like that but at the same time found it hard to believe it"

"Guess you could say I am a handyman huh?" Spike said, chuckling to himself. "Bet Twilights not gonna believe me when i tell her this"

"Knowing her, she probably would be in denial" Cadence spoke truthfully while giggling at the thought of Twilight refusing to believe Spike built that huge cube.

"Hey! There they are!" Spike said pointing at sight of Celestia,Luna,The Main 6, Shining armor and the royal guards who then saw them as well,Cadence then got down and landed as Spike got off her back and upon doing so Spike was tackled into a hug by Twilight who was happy to see him.

"Spike! You're okay! Thank Celestia you're alright! For a second there I thought I lost you!" Twilight said as her hold on Spike was so tight that Spike was struggling to breath.

"Twi-light, yo-u-r squ-eezing Me! I c-an't breathe!" Spike wheezed out making Twilight release him from her hooves.

"Sorry Spike, I was so happy to see you that I couldn't bear it" Twilight replied giving an embarrassing look before shining armor came up to them.

"I suppose you were ok and nothing happened?" Shining armor asked Cadance who gave him a 'What do you think?' Look.

"Shining, you really need to stop being so paranoid sometimes," Cadence told her husband.

"I know I know, I am paranoid yes at times but at least you're alright" Shining armor said before turning to spike.

"And i'm glad to see your ok too little bro, Get over here!" Shining said with a smirk before grabbing spike and started noogieing him.

"Ah! Come on! Not again" Spike cried out. He was not much of a fan getting noggied by Shining armor who then proceeded to let go of him while Spike gave him a frown.

Princess Celestia, Luna, and the other elements arrived with the royal guards behind them. Cadence had returned safe and managed to find Spike, much to the elements’ happiness who then approached Spike making sure he was OK.

"Spikey wikey are you alright? Thank goodness! we couldn't stop worrying about you" Rarity spoke in delight while giving Spike a small hug.

"Yeah I’m fine, Told you I could handle it" Spike replied, puffing out his chest after being let go from Rarity's hooves before Applejack approached and spoke up.

"We're glad you're alright sugarcube, you were quite brave in shooting arrows from the crossbow at Tirek, may not have done that much but still" The element of honesty said, her voice infused with encouragement.

"You put up a good fight there, you know? I gotta say that was almost as awesome as when I fought Tirek" Rainbow Dash said with pride but also acknowledgement.

"Cadence aside from finding Spike, which I'm glad you did, what else did you see?" Celestia spoke up, asking Cadence.

"And what were those explosions we heard, and why have they stopped?" Luna added, voicing the safety concerns of all the guards present.

"Well, to make it quick, the explosions came from the black structure I saw and Spike told me that the structure was actually a trap he and Techno created to trap Tirek, which proved to be a success" Cadence explained to which Spike nodded with satisfaction.

"You built that?!" Twilight asked, looking shocked that the tiny dragon helped make such a prominent engineering impossibility, making Spike simply chuckle at her lack of faith in a dragon’s abilities.

"Of course I did, it took a while but we managed to build that trap quick and fast" Spike told his sister who seemed to be having a hard time believing it, while Spike simply looked at her, having expected such a reaction.

"I’m curious if we could go look, that is if Tirek is already defeated and down to normal size" The element of kindness said with curiosity and slight fear.

"And that is exactly what we are gonna do now Fluttershy" Celestia said. "Everypony! Let's move; we need to be sure that Tirek isn't planning on getting away from Equestria and back into hiding. Keep an eye out for anything that's suspicious, understood?" Celestia said in a low royal tone.

"Yes Princess!" Everypony said in unison.

"Good let's move" The Ruler of Equestria commanded as she and others began to approach the black structure which was standing perfectly still despite the ground around it having been decimated, defying all known laws of physics. Technoblade however, does not care for what ponies think to be possible. He’s just cool like that.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER (CHAPTER 6)