Spike - The Kirin Goddess of Fertility

Spike did her best not to tug on the hem of her shirt, She was standing on a large parade float set to travel down the streets of the Empire, at the head of it Cadance was announcing what had happened recently and was even revealing a new Crystal Stature of Spike that featured both the Dragon and the Kirin. Both with one arm on their hips and the other arm holding up a large heart set between the duo.

Spike could hear a mixture of cheers and cries of defiance and simply nodded her head, "Yup, some of them don't believe I'm Me, and some are all on board for me being a hot chick now," Spike was surrounded by her Harem on all sides, Red and Blue stood on either side of her, with Autumn and Summer standing behind the maids. Ash and Smoke had been positioned in front of Spike and were sitting to avoid hiding her from view. Standing directly behind Spike was Solar, who was armed with a sword and shield and ready to beat the hell out of any pony stupid enough to try and get close to Spike.

"And now, with great gratitude for her presence here in our Empire, and in honor of all she has done, Please join me in welcoming Spike, the Kirin Goddess of Fertility," Spike waved to the crowd, most Crystal Ponies where all about it but she could see a few shouting their misgivings about her being a fake.

"They scare me so much," Spike chuckled "They love me but they are crazy about it," Spike did her best to not look scared of the ponies as they cheered her float on, the float itself wasn't all that grand in size so she could hear most of their words, most of them where just calling out they loved her regardless of what she was, some were messed up sexual requests, and a couple where just flat racist remarks about Kirins.

"Well this is going better than I thought it would," Spike chuckled before being pegged in the face by a drink. "Never mind, expectations met," A Magic barrier surrounded Spike as a few members of the crowd began throwing things at her, seemingly just for the shits and giggles of it. "This happened the last time I was asked to be in a Crystal Pony Parade," Spike noted as most of her harem began sparking with anger, Red and Blue did their best to clean up Spike with the wet spots on her shirt proved too much to get out. "Crystal Ponies love me for the most part, but every group has that one guy who makes an ass of himself just to stand out." Spike sighed before looking out at the crowd, "oh look," Spike spied one of the ponies throwing stuff getting swarmed by nearby crowd members, and getting his shit kicked in "Isn't that sweet,"

"There's always at least one," Solar agreed as she remembered the fool on the train, Red in turn remembering her ex who was now just a doll tending a field, and nodded in agreement with the sentiment that every group had a few duds.

"I still love you all," Spike called out with a wave "Even the random soda-throwing jerks," the Crystal Ponies cried out in glee and the mob stopped betting down on the ones they had caught and let them join the cheer.

"Completly nuts," Spike reiterated as she continued waving to the crowd, the occasional item still being tossed at the barrier. As Spike float made it to the end of Main Street they got to the backmost area of the crowd, who all cried out for Spike to give them a piece of her.

"I need some mane for my shrine," A Mare called out.

"Give us some fur," Another pleaded.

"I set ponies on fire last time," Spike warned "Don't come up here if you value your- and they're climbing up," Spike sighed as several crowd members managed to force their way past the guards and began betting on the shield, most still calling out to Spike, some now directing hateful comments to her Harem.

"Nice outfits sluts," A Colt called "Was Riding his dick worth it?"

"I'm Spikes Maid," Red shot back "Go away,"

"Hey baby," A Mare called out "How about you let me get a taste of what The Great Hero Spike left in you," Ash visibly shivered at the comment as Solar took point, pulled out a wooden sword, and proceeded to start swinging it through the barrier at the ponies.

"We have a breach," Solar called out to the guards on the back reserve, The Crystal Ponies were quickly dealt with and the float continued on its way back to the castle.

"That went great," Spike decided with a smile "At least no one managed to pull out any of my scales this time,"

"They'd be dead before they could get half a meter with it," Summer replied calmly as Autumn decided to own up to the comments she was hearing and was now waving at the Crystal Ponies and pointing to Spike and then herself to get across to them that she was absolutely hitting that.

"On the bright side, my part in the festival is about over," Spike sighed "The food stall should be all set up and I can focus on taking Autumn on a private date,"

"We get to go next," Ash and Smoke called out in unison.

"If you wanna go together that's cool with me," Spike replied with a shrug "Certainly helps to save some time, that said we should probably wait until we're out of the Empire past Autumn, We're scheduled to leave in just a few days, we're meeting with Thorax in Manhattan since he's already having a conference there,"

"Are you sure it's wise to meet up with him?" Autumn inquired "I haven't met the guy personally mind you, but if Twilight got to him first..."

"He said he was excited to see the new me," Spike replied casually "Thorax is a changeling so someone looking different is on the spectrum of me getting a new coat to him," Spike waved to the crowd one more time and declared that he loved them all before being escorted back to the castle.

"I really thought something was gonna go wrong," Spike chuckled.

"Yeah," Cadance chuckled "Anyway the room you requested for you and Autumn has been all set up, if you two want to head out you should be good to do so," Spike offered Autumn an Arm and she happily took it.

"So," Spike smiled "Word has it you've written a fair number of plays, care to tell me about a few of 'em?"

"Would I ever!" Autumn cheered back "One of my most popular ones is about this Kirin who hid below an opera stage-" As Autumn began telling Spike all about her play Cadence waved to get the Harem's attention.

"So," She said awkwardly "Something is about to go wrong," Cadance motioned them closer before speaking up "A few guards caught a couple of Ponies trying to break in, they've been interrogated, and apparently they were just half of the group, as of this moment three or four ponies are planning a break in, and you can guess the prize their after," Cadance pointed to Spike as she walked off with Autumn "I hate to be a bother but would you be willing to help me catch them without alerting Spike...she's a little to nice and would ask they be let go with a slap on the wrist,"

"What are you gonna do?" Summer questioned only for Solar to answer first.

"Minimum sentence for breaking into the castle is ten years of dungeon time, maximum sentence is twenty-five years in the Canterlot mines, that said just in case Spike hears about it off hand they'll probably only get a year's worth of community service,"

"I have a daughter," Cadance added "I am not letting anyone think for even a second they can break into my home and get away with it without cleaning out every dumpster and ewe pen in the kingdom with a toothbrush,"

"We can help," Smoke decided before turning to Red and Blue. "You two are on 'don't let Spike find out' Duty, follow her and Autumn and tell them you'll be guarding the door to make sure no one accidentally walks in on them,"

"Easy enough," The Two maids decided with a bow before going after Spike and Autumn.

"Solar you're the resident guard," Summer decided after a moment "This game is yours to lead,"

"Good," Solar smiled "Don't kill them, you can burn them, maybe even break an arm or two if absolutely necessary but no killing, They're just fanatics, they might pose a danger to Spike but their crimes aren't bad enough for a death sentence since they're primary goal is attention, so go easy on them, but do not be on them soft if that makes sense,"

"Makes enough sense to me," Smoke decided with a smile "Tell them to surrender or they're getting beaten into submission,"

"It's a good thing you're not a guard," Solar noted as Cadance began telling them all where the most likely locations to sneak in were.

"The Front and Back Exits are the most obvious, but what I need help with is the secret railway, despite it's name its...really not a secret since it runs through the back part of the empire, as well as the Wine cellar, we're not entirely sure where in the cellar but it's how Chrysalis and her Changelings broke in and kidnapped me, Shining, and Flurry a while back, it worked out but we do know there is a way in somewhere down there, not that we can find it mind you,"

"Alright, I'll take the Wine cellar," Solar decided, "Smoke can you back me up?"

"You got it," Smoke replied before giving her sister a kiss on the cheek "Good luck guarding the not-so-secret tunnel," Ash wished her luck too and Cadnce looked at Ash for a moment.

"So you and your sister," Cadance noted "You're not like...I mean obviously, you are with Spike, but before you met her where you two..."

"No," Ash noted "Smoke and I are overly attached to one another I will admit, Our Parents threw me out when I was three and Smoke refused to go home without me so we both ended up being ditched in the woods. Moonstone found us and took us in a few weeks later, most of the members of the Goddesses church come from broken homes, and we grew up on stories about her and grew more and more attached when Moonstone tasked us with traveling across Equestria in an attempt to find the Goddesses reborn form. We had hoped beyond hope she'd let us stay with her after the welcoming ceremony," Ash sighed as she thought back on when Spike had bitten into the little pink cube.

"Since you and Smoke value your relationship so much...I imagine your hate for Twilight is exceptional."

"Imensely," Ash agreed "That Mare might give in, but I won't let Spike anywhere near her until she proves to me and Smoke that she's gone through a real change, giving up is not in itself an apology,"

"I can agree with that," Summer chimed in "I won't let Spike Forgive Twilight until she actually apologizes, and by Spike's own words that crazy Alicorn gets one last crazy scheme, afterward I get to punch her if she tries anything,"

"I wanna punch her," Ash grumbled.

"Ash sweety we can punch her together," Summer assured her friend and shared mate as they began walking towards the Train-way "You can go left and I'll go right,"

"Wait, wait I changed my mind, I wanna kick her," as Ash and Summer discussed exactly how they'd beat on Twilight if given the chance Cadence simply shook her head.

"She better hope for her own sake she gives this up," Cadance headed back to the castle to help set up the guards to make sure the trespassers were caught swiftly and without Spike being any the wiser"

Twilight was in her Library, hard at work as she did her best to get her contraption to start, with a flicker of light she watched her old gateway flicker to life. "Here we go," She smiled "If this doesn't change him back nothing will,"