Spike The Awakened Gamer

Chapters

New World
Getting Ready
Against The Night
Uninvited Strangers
A Different Reality
Gamer's Hub

New World

It all started when I was in the living room, sitting on my couch as I was browsing through the tv channels looking for anything interesting to watch.

It continued like this for a while until I stumbled upon an odd channel with some otherworldly name, it was named "Gamer's Paradise". I never thought that there was a TV channel about gaming, that's what I thought.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I decided to see what's in the channel for myself. When I opened the channel, I was greeted by a huge red wheel, some stuff was written on the wheel including TV shows that I'm familiar with.

I decided to spin the wheel by pressing on the big button that says "Spin" as if it was begging for me to press it. The wheel took its sweet time and finally landed at one of those familiar shows.

When I saw the word that the wheel landed on, I was slightly intrigued, it looked like the wheel chose a show that was on the back of my memory for a while, yep, "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic".

Another button appeared that says "Enter". At first, I thought that it was a game but the second I pressed it, a white bright light engulfed the room, blinding me in the process.

The light soon died down and I was able to see myself… well, what I think of myself. I looked at the ground only to find myself on a strange yet familiar land.

I realized that I have claws, though not very big but eh, they were claws in my point of view. I saw how my entire body gained some sort of scales, I even felt a lot shorter than I am.

Lots of thoughts raced through my mind, but a familiar voice snapped me out of them. I saw something quite shocking. What stood in front of me was a lavender colored unicorn pony with one of the strangest mane colors ever seen on a pony.

I pinched myself thinking that I'm in a dream until something appeared in front of me.

*Welcome to Gamer's Paradise, thanks again for participating in our beta testing, you've been successfully transported into the popular show "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" as a side character called "Spike".*

Now I know where I'm, this was like those situations where someone would be transported into a famous TV show where they get to have Gamer's Interface. A powerful tool that can modify reality to your liking as long as you follow its rules.

Seeing that I'm now in the body of the small drake, I decided to actually do some changes here and there. Since Spike was someone who was naive and innocent, it would be quite a shame to change that personality by taking over his body.

Getting the gist of the Gamer's Paradise, I closed the welcome tab and everything went back to normal, where I was standing infront of who I guessed was "Twilight Sparkle".

"C'mon Spike! We have to check if everything's ready for Summer Sun Celebration,"

From this sentence alone, I knew exactly what episode I was at in the show. Episode one, where Twilight meets her friends for the first time.

"Right after you, Twilight!" I said as she started walking away from the carriage that brought us here.

I decided to play along, fearing that I might get busted the first second I landed into the world, Gamer's Paradise is something that I plan to not tell Twilight anytime soon.

"Okay, let's get this over with. Spike, what's first on the list?"

I took a notepad that has "Official, Summer Sun Celebration Checklist" and started reading it.

"Banquet Preparations: Sweet Apple Acres," I said to her as we started walking towards the location of the Apple's farm.

I was looking at the town of ponyville until a notification interrupted my special "Town Gazing" moments.

I opened the notification.

[ "Observation" has leveled up! "Observation" level is now 2!]

The notification said, Interesting, I get to have [Observe] as a passive skill, that's pretty exciting.I opened my stats to check for anything interesting about Spike.

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Spike level 6

Race: Dragon

HP: 100/100

MP: 50/50

STR (Strength): 15

AG (Agility): 13

INT (Intelligence): 21

WIS (Wisdom) : 17

VIT (Vitality): 11

END (Endurance): 17

LUCK: 15

Point(s): 0
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His stats were okay for someone as young as him but I have intentions of getting those stats higher if I want to be able to complete with stronger beings like the princesses.

One thing I noticed, was his endurance stats, I was slightly surprised that Spike got his endurance above average, looks like those scales been protecting him for a long time, but that would change as well.

I didn't give his intelligence stat any mind fully knowing that he is Twilight's helper, who is also a book worm (Egg Head).

We continued walking through the town as we finally made it to the Orchard where the Apple's family reside.

During the entire way to Sweet Apple Acres, I was using [Observation] on everyone– oh, since we are in a ponies-dominated world, the correct term should be "everypony". Anyways, I was using the skill on everypony I see and it was quite useful.

I managed to get it around level 5 which gave more clearer description of everything I use the skill on. I decided to use the skill on the unicorn infront of me.

[ Celestia's Star Student ]

Twilight Sparkle (Lvl 15)

Hm, her level was fine, actually, way more better than Spike's, I mean it's a bit unfair to Spike since he is a baby dragon and she is a fully-grown unicorn.

My [ Observation ] skill leveled up again, sweet.

I Opened my stats again to investigate more into this system.

Gamer's Mind (Lvl Max): Allows the user to think calmly and logically during tight situations, super effective against any mental attacks or psychological effects.

Ooooh, that was what I needed, a mind that instantly calms me down no matter what. This is beneficial, I continued looking through the stats.

Gamer's Body (Lvl Max): A body that allows the user to live the real world like a game, sleeping restores both HP and MP, immune to hunger.

So sleeping restore HP and Mana eh? Interesting, though, I don't think I would have the need to sleep in this body.

Observation (Lvl 5): The ability to observe and get accurate descriptions of Creatures and buildings.

If I train this skill, then it would be super overpowered to have the ability to know everyone without even needing to ask them. How scary, such an a ability like this should not even exist, but who am I to complain?

After walking for a while, we heard a cowboy shout from a distance, a mare bucked an apple tree which made the apples fall to the ground.

I quickly used [ Observation ] on her.

[ Element Of Honesty ]

Applejack (Lvl 16)

She was one level ahead of Twilight, I mean she had been bucking trees for a good portion of her life which makes sense. And I'm going to bet that her Strength, Endurance and Agility stat were way higher than Twilight's, heh… the perks of being an earth pony.

Applejack noticed us looking at her and came up to us.

"Howdy there, sugarcube. Who are ya?" Applejack questioned as Twilight replied to her:

"Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Spar–"

She was rudely interrupted by Applejack who shook her hoofs vigorously. I zoned out of their conversation as I began looking at the sky.

I knew what was going to happen at the first episode, the return of Nightmare Moon, there is no way I could beat her, especially with those stats that spike have.

Ponies like her and Celestia got to atleast have a couple of hundreds levels, Princess Celestia, the older alicorn, even though she has a higher level than Luna (based on my calculations) she lost against her younger sister which meant that sometimes level doesn't matter if you are skilled enough.

Speaking of sisters, the only reason why her return is happening is because of Celestia's hesitation to kill her. There is nothing wrong with not wanting to kill your siblings but sometimes, as a ruler of a kingdom like Equestria, you have to make the necessary sacrifices.

Leaders who base their actions on emotions are the ones that usually suck the most. Aside, from Celestia's negatives, her living a long life as an alicorn was beneficial. I'm quite sure that her Wisdom stat is off the charts right now due to living a long life.

Ponies like her are something I can benefit from, I could use her as Wisdom stat grind. I wouldn't care if I was just using her, afterall. She put Twilight through alot of stress.

I mean, what type of a princess who leave their kingdom duty to their star student? Celestia for sure.

Normally, I wouldn't care for Twilight but now, since I'm in Spike's body, completely taking over his life. I decided to not act as a stranger around Twilight, because that would raise suspicion.

I don't want Twilight to find some sort of exorcism spell and just kick me outta here, sure the Gamer's Body won't let it happen but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Applejack introduced us to her family which was my chance to use [ Observation ] on every member of the apple family, and surprisingly, I got two levels at that, which made my [ Observation ] on level 7 now, quite an improvement but not enough.

After the long introduction, the Apple family invited both me and Twilight for lunch, I didn't need to eat but I pretended to eat so I wouldn't raise suspicion, especially around Twilight.

After the lunch, I sneakily took a piece of Apple Pie. Now I decided to test something if it's working, I closed my eyes and imagined the word "Inventory" Surprisingly, everything froze in time as the Inventory tab popped up.

Looks like I get to have inventory, now I won't have to worry about getting my super cursed demon sword stolen, I added the piece of pie in the inventory to use it for later.

I closed the inventory and followed Twilight out of the orchard.

"Alright, looks like we will check that off," I said as I took the notepad and crossed Applejack's duty of the list.

"What's next on the list, Spike?" Twilight questioned as she looked back at me.

"There's supposed to be a pegasus that clears the weather around here," I said as I exactly knew what was going to happen after the next sentence that comes out of Twilight's mouth.

"Well, she is not doing any good job clearing those clouds is she?" Just as she said that my senses started tingling as I quickly sidestepped from the way.

A rainbow blur managed to crush into Twilight, completely taking her off guard. I saw my notifications and saw a certain skill had leveled up.

[ Instincts had leveled up! Instincts level is now level 2! ]

Instincts huh? I decided to open the skill tab as I looked for the newly discovered skill, and there it was.

Instincts (Lvl 2): Allows the user to sense danger 0.1 seconds before it happens, completely useful during combat.

A smile made its way towards my face, this is what I needed the most. A skill that can be trained and can make you dodge almost any attack. What's even more amazing is the fact that I'm a dragon now, which buffs the skill's effects, which means that I can sense the danger 1 whole second before it happens.

With, this. I decided to train this skill after the whole events of episode one. But for now, I'll need something to be protecting me. Afterall, this time, Spike won't sit around while the mane 6 do all the work.

This time, even though I know I can't win against Nightmare Moon, I can always outsmart her. Her Anger at her own sister would be what I needed to outsmart her. Her own hatred and jealousy will play a big part in her down fall.

I stared at the mare who crushed at top speed into Twilight. Honestly, I'm surprised that none of them got injuries from this, guess that's how cartoon logic works.

I used [ Observation ] on the mare as it started scanning her.

[ Element Of Loyalty ]

Rainbow Dash (Lvl 16)

Huh, she's neck to neck with Applejack, I guess that's not surprising seeing how both of them represent different types of energy exerting, Applejack got the strength while Rainbow Dash got the speed. If those two were to fuse together, then they would create the ultimate pony.

But this is not Dragon ball nor Steven universe or any show that introduced the concept of fusion so that thought was thrown out of the window.

Seeing how Twilight was covered in mud I did little snicker which made her send me a glare.

"Ah… great… now I'm covered in mud," Twilight muttered which made Rainbow Dash laugh nervously at what she did.

"Hold on, let me you clean you up," Rainbow Dash said as she flew to the sky to the clouds and grabbed one of the clouds that was enjoying it's existence.

She brought the cloud over Twilight and jumped on it which caused the rain to pour down the poor covered-in-mud mare.

The rain washed away the mud, well it did more than that. Twilight stood there with a water drenched mane with an unamused look.

"Oops, I guess I overdid it a little bit," She said nervously.

Deciding that this conversation wasn't worth my time I decided to hit escape and look for something that will help me with the fight against Nightmare Moon.

"Hey, Twilight. Can I use the bathroom real quick?" I asked the drenched in water mare who turned to me.

Honestly, I didn't even need the bathroom. I just wanted to be left alone with my thoughts for a while until I come up with a strategy against Nightmare Moon.

"Okay, but don't be late," She said as she went back to her business with Rainbow Dash.

Finally, I'm left alone with my thoughts. I walked past a shop that sells mirrors for some reason, that's when an idea popped into my head.

I could include those mirrors in my plan to take down the evil alicorn, alright, now all I need is something to pay for those mirrors.

……

Looks like we will have to change the plan.

I began walking around Ponyville until I heard a desperate scream, I immediately began tracking down the origin of the sound and found a burning house, I saw two ponies standing infront of the burning house while embracing eachother.

"Someone please help us! My Daughter is inside!" Cried the stallion, while embracing a mare who I thought was his wife.

[ A New Quest Had Appeared! ]

Seeing this, I smiled as I quickly opened the notification to see what was my quest.

{ Quest: Save the filly from the burning house.
Rewards:
45 Exp
34 Bits}

Decent rewards, with that much Exp I can finally level up and get myself some points. Without any hesitation, I entered the burning building as I began looking around for the filly.

Normally, I would be panicked if it wasn't for the Gamer's Mind to calm me down, I started to hear that the cries of help were becoming louder indicating that I was getting closer.

I walked up the stairs and towards what I assumed to be her bedroom, looks like the door is locked which explains why she wasn't able to get out.

My strength was average so trying to bust down the door right now is currently futile, I need to think of something else. Another genius idea made its way to my head as I pulled out my claws.

You have to use anything you have if you want to survive this harsh world, this mindset not only helped me with life but now it's helping me with life threatening situations.

Successfully opening the locked door as a notification appeared again.

[ Lockpicking mastery had leveled up! ]

I ignored the notification and went inside the bedroom. Skills like this can be useful at times but those times are rare so I don't have to rush with leveling it up anytime soon.

I saw the filly hiding under her bed while covering her face. Smart, she knows how to protect herself from the harmful gas, I can tell that this filly is more handy than what meets the eye.

I quickly ran over to her and pulled her out of her bed as she looked at me with teary eyes.

I may be cruel, selfish or greedy but there is one thing that I don't want to see. Children dying, they do not deserve to die when their life just started.

It's like being spawn killed in a competitive multiplayer game, you hate it but you got to cope with it. But this, is a dire situation and this filly needs my absolute help, I refuse to leave her like this.

"P-please… help me.." She sobbed as I picked her up and started running down the stairs towards the exit.

Some parts of the roof fell infront of us blocking the exit, fucking cliché, looks like I'll have to put more points in luck when I finish with this quest.

The filly began whimpering in fear while I stood there, with a calm mindset as I began looking through my surroundings. There it is, an open window. Now's my chance.

I rushed through the window while holding the filly on my hands, I jumped out of the house and landed next to the worried parents.

I set the filly down as she quickly ran to her parents and embraced them in a tight comforting hug.

[ Quest Completed! ]

The notification said as I opened it, finally getting to level up for the first time. 2 levels, interesting.. I expected to be level 7 but level 8 will do the job much better.

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Spike level 8

Race: Dragon

HP: 100/100

MP: 50/50

STR (Strength): 15

AG (Agility): 13

INT (Intelligence): 21

WIS (Wisdom) : 17

VIT (Vitality): 11

END (Endurance): 17

LUCK: 15

Point(s): 10
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10 points huh? That would mean that everytime I level up once I get 5 points, which is a decent number for starters. Without any hesitation I decided to put all of my points on luck.

Now I have 25 on luck, this could be used to my advantage when fighting Nightmare Moon, increasing my chances of winning even more.

I started walking back to where Twilight, but a sudden thought interrupted my mind. Where… was… pinkie? At the first episode, she was the first pony that Twilight had seen ever since she landed on ponyville.

This doesn't make any sense.. did my presence really changed some stuff here? If so, then this might be troublesome for me. Pinkie Pie and Discord, those two I need to beware of.

Both of them are known to be a fourth wall breakers, though pinkie breaks it more often than Discord, but yet. I still have to be cautious around him.

He may be a bit silly and goofy but he hides such a fearsome magic, too bad that he uses it only for Chaos. And then we got the pink colored pony who looks like the type of pony that would give you diabetes and shrug it off as a joke.

Her "Pinkie Sense" can also be my downfall, even though she thinks of it as nothing more than a hunch, there are some intelligent individuals that would soon caught up on what's going on.

That's right, Twilight. I need to act exactly like Spike and not arouse any suspicion. But the real question is: Did I really change the storyline by just appearing here? I mean Pinkie was everywhere in ponyville, and even if she was preparing the surprise party for Twilight you might run into her while she is looking for preparations.

Something on my mind is telling me that is also hiding from me until the surprise party time.

[ By guessing the most likely scenario, your Intelligence has increased. ]

You are not slick, system. You could've just told me that I was right instead. I continued my way back to Twilight with the previous plan set in mind.

Author's Note

Future me would cringe at this I reckon.

Another note, this is not a self-insert fanfiction
I'm not that cruel lmao

Getting Ready

I finally managed to reach where Twilight previously was and found her sitting on the ground trying her best to fix her wind-y mane.

"That was one of the best bathroom break I've ever had~" I said as I started approaching twilight who looked at me with a slight glare.

Man, she really is annoyed at my antics, looks like I'm doing a good job playing the role of the drake, but that doesn't mean I can afford to accidentally show my true self or the worst can happen.

"Spike! You've been gone for an entire hour! What were you doing?" She asked me with a slightly irritated tone.

"Well, I was taking a massive—" I said before getting interrupted by Twilight who put her hoof in my mouth.

"Uh, nevermind. Anyways, we have to continue! We lost so much time already," She said as she slightly began panicking.

Looks like Nightmare Moon is on her mind as well, can't blame her for being worried. But, panicking won't get you anywhere, it's only a hindrance and must be completely rid off as soon as possible.

Maintaining a calm mind is a must if you found yourself in tight spots, it will help you think logically and eventually find a way out of the mess you are in.

Sure, sometimes fear is what keeps you alive, but 90% of the time can be the cause of your tragic end. Thanks to the Gamer's Mind, I can always maintain a calm demeanor.

"What's next on the list, Spike?" Twilight asked again as she was anxious to finish the duty she was assigned to by the princess.

"Decorations," I said while reading the checklist.

Looks like it's Rarity time to show up and introduce herself now, from what I remember in the show: Spike fell for her in the first second her eyes met her.

Fell for her is an understatement, he literally drooled for her and wanted her attention anytime possible, love at first sight is something that I'll keep clear from. Seeing how she turned Spike into her [REDACTED]. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but you get the idea.

Twilight and I didn't speak along the way which makes it something bad for me, my relationship with her must be strengthened or this whole "keep the Gamer's Paradise secret" thingy will crumble.

I decided to strike a conversation with her:

"So, how are you holding up?" I asked her, attempting to start a conversation with her.

"Look Spike, we don't have time for chitty chat, I must finish everything on the list and start my research about something," Twilight admitted.

Yep, Nightmare Moon been on her mind. Welp, worry not dear sister from another mister, taking care of Nightmare Moon is my job. Though, you'd have to turn her back into her original form.

As we arrived at the town hall, we saw how it was being set up. I saw Rarity inspecting some ribbons only to put them up to continue the decorations.

This was my chance to use [ Observation ] on her.

[ Element Of Generosity ]

Rarity (Lvl 14)

Ah, her level is much lower than the others, it makes sense. Afterall, she is not the warrior type pony, more like the "lady" type as she calls herself.

"Those ribbons are really beautiful," I said, not even looking at Rarity.

"Yes, the ribbons do look beautiful." She said as she shared the same opinion as me.

"With this all done, I will finally be able to finish and continue my research at the library!" She exclaimed happily.

Libraries, the underrated sea of treasure. If i was in my previous life I would've disagreed but now that I'm in the Gamer's Body. This will benefit me, many more than what you think.

See, gamers get to have an overpowered ability which allows them to learn the entirety of the book with only a simple click. If I were to find a book that got information about martial arts for bipedal creatures, then this would play in my favor against Nightmare Moon. Buts that's just a theory.. a Ga–

Just thinking about this make me excited to visit the library, but I decided to hide my excitement and continue on with the checklist.

I saw Twilight went ahead of me to initiate in a conversation with the fashionista. The "conversation" ended pretty quickly as Rarity started pushing Twilight out of the town hall mostly because of her messy mane.

I decided to let them be and started making my way to the Golden Oak Library, it's better to make what's most of my time with studying the Gamer's Paradise aspects and the most suitable way to do so is by confirming the instant book learning theory that I have in mind.

Leaving the town hall, as I was walking towards the library, I stumbled upon the same mirrors shop from before. Great, now with the bits I got from the previous quest, I can carry on with my plan.

I changed my direction and went towards the shop entering it. I browsed through the mirrors that the shop had. I decided to pick two hand-hoof mirrors and bought them.

I exited the shop after paying for the mirrors with a contend smile on my face, we are finally doing progress with the plan. I immediately opened my inventory and decided to add those two new items.

I closed my inventory and started making my way to the Golden Oak Library. As usual, I used [ Observation ] on everything that catches my interests. I managed to get it around level 10, now it's even more efficient and can now give a short description about everything.

As I finally arrived at the library I went to open the door, only for a dagger to hit the door slightly surprising me. I looked behind me to find the attacker only to see nopony around.

I looked back at the dagger and plucked it out of the door and started observing it.

[ Dagger (Common) ]

A swift knife that can be used to backstab the opponent.

Strength +4
Agility +8

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Huh, why would somepony throw something as useful as this towards me? Many questions began popping on my brain until a certain question appeared.

*Why didn't [ Instincts ] warn me beforehand?* I wondered to myself. I opened my skill tab and went to [ Instincts ] stats.

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[ Instincts (Lvl 2)]

Allows the user to dodge any danger a second before it occurs.

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Okay, now I get it. I found the flaw of this skill, it can't work if the person didn't have the intentions of hurting me. I sighed at this, this is not something good. One flaw like this can create so many loopholes, this skill can be easily tricked even if it was on level 100.

Looks like I'll have to rely on my real instincts as a backup if someone was to figure out this weakness. But then again, who threw that dagger and why?

From the way that my [ Instincts ] didn't work with the attack there may be two possibilities for this:

It was a warning shot from the unknown attacker.
Maybe [ Instincts ] work on creatures that are around my level.

Honestly, I would go with number one, [ Instincts ] is a skill that should work with any level no matter what. Afterall, it's my inner senses screaming at me to warn me from any danger.

If it was something that is based only on otherponies level then it would be as if I'm relying on a computer to sense danger for me, it may be slow or fast at times which is something that I do not want to happen.

So if I put this logically: this Dagger throw was nothing but a mere warning shot from whomever threw it.

[ By thinking of a logical reason for this situation, your Intelligence has increased.]

As much as I would like to stay here and do an intelligence stat grind with myself, I have something important to do, figure out who threw that knife and strike them down. Attack me once, that's on you. I MIGHT let you live for reasons that benefits me then kill you after I'm done using you.

Welp, whatever, that's their loss for throwing such a good knife at me, and I plan to take advantage of that.

I quickly added the Dagger to my Inventory, though this was unexpected, Fortunately, in a good way. But yet, I have to keep my guard up for this unknown attacker. Slacking off will be a grave mistake right now.

I decided to enter the library, with the theory set in my mind, I began searching through section "M" for any books about martial arts. After searching for a while, I managed to find the book.

A wide grin made its way towards my mouth as I opened the book only to be met with a tab page.

[ Would you like to learn this book? (Yes)/ (No) ]

I immediately picked Yes, relieved that I can finally have a self defense melee attacks. Until, something came up and ruined my already good mood.

[ Error: You can't learn this book due to you not meeting the following requirements: STR: 22, AGI: 22, END: 22 , VIT: 15 ]

I immediately frowned at this, ofcourse there is a catch. And here I thought that my luck was off the charts, looks like luck is something that I can't control, even with a lot of points.

Looks like I'll have to grind alot if I want to learn this book, not looking up to it but if I want to be the strongest here than I better go with hard work instead of smart work this time.

I decided to add this book to my inventory as well, I plan to get those requirements after I'm done with Nightmare Moon so I can use it against the unknown attacker. That is if they don't return before my fight against Nightmare Moon.

Looks like I'll have to depend on the dagger's boost to execute my plan, but that doesn't stop me from learning about other ways to fight.

I decided to stay around the library for a little bit as I was reading a book about the anatomy of ponies, it was useful to learn those type of stuff, you can use them to gain your advantage if you ever found yourself in a fight with a pony.

Finally leaving the library with the newfound knowledge, I decided to head towards the Carousel Boutique, knowing that Rarity enjoys fashion and something similar, I can bet that Twilight is still stuck with her trying out new dresses.

I started making my way towards the Carousel Boutique only to find that my assumption was correct, Unfortunately for Twilight, she was still stuck with fashionista.

Twilight noticed me and started whispering.

"Quick Spike! Let's go before she starts dying my coat a new color!" She whispered to me as she took off the clothes and dragged me out with her magic.

I giggled for a bit which made Twilight send me the third glare of the day.

"What's so funny? I was being tortured in there!" She exclaimed almost dramatically.

"Nothing, it's just that you looked great in that dress.. pft," I said which made her send another glare at me.

"Anyways, what's next on the list?" She tried to change the conversation, I took out my notepad and started reading it.

"We got music, that's the last one," I replied which made her smile for a little.

"Well if it's the last one, then that's a relief," We started making our way to where Fluttershy was.

We arrived at the destination to where Fluttershy was, we saw her directing a bird choir as it went to sing along with it's buddies.

I quickly used my newly leveled up [ Observation ] on her.

[ Element Of Kindness ]

Fluttershy (Lvl 14)

A timid and shy pony with a kind heart.

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Looks like she is the same level as Rarity, well I would be surprised if she was higher than Rainbow Dash and Applejack, that's usually something out of character for her but this level is just fine.

Fluttershy started singing with her birds as me and Twilight listened. Alright, I have to admit, her singing is quite beautiful and lovely.

Twilight seemed to be sharing the same opinion as me as she commented on her singing:

"Your singing is really beautiful!" Twilight exclaimed to the shy pony.

"Oh… uhm.. thanks, She shyly replied, Twilight went on and introduced herself.

"Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?" Twilight asked the shy pony.

Gee, Twilight, for someone who got no friends other than her helper, you sure know how to introduce yourself.

"Fluttershy..," She replied quietly.

While Twilight couldn't hear anything, I heard her very clear… hm, I wonder which type of the system played a part in enhancing my hearing? Welp, I'll look into it later.

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I didn't catch that," Twilight said.

Fluttershy got more shy as she replied to Twilight's question even more quietly.

"Um.. it's Fluttershy," She replied with a quieter voice.

Twilight tried to get her name but due to her being shy, she was unable to say it louder.

"I think her name is Fluttershy," I said breaking the shy mare free of this awkward situation.

Fluttershy's attention immediately diverted towards me as she squealed and rushed over to me.

"A baby dragon! I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!"

….. I completely forgot that she is a big fan of animals, and besides, 'cute' isn't a word that describes me anyways.

After the entire encounter with Fluttershy, we were heading back to the library, I checked Fluttershy's duty off the list and finally sighed in relief, looks like this is done with. Now time, for Nightmare Moon.

It was already dark in the way back, from the look of irritation that Twilight had on her face, I feel like she regretted every single thing she did today.

"I can't believe that I wasted my time with a bunch of crazy ponies, when I should be studying alone on how to defeat Nightmare Moon and convince the princess on her return," She said as she sighed from irritation.

If I were you I wouldn't have to worry about Nightmare Moon, since you got Spike the great and the powerful as your helper.

"Well, look on the bright side, everything's ready for the Summer Sun Celebration," I said trying to lighten up her mood.

"I know, but the return of Nightmare Moon is something even more important than the celebration!" She responded this time even more irritated.

Oops, looks like I'm not that good at comforting people. That doesn't matter anyways, I'm not the type of person that comforts people.

"What are you going to do then?" I asked her patiently waiting for her answer.

"We will go to the library, with the remaining time we have. I'm sure we can come up with some sort of a plan," She said determined as she started walking faster towards the library.

Author's Note

Originally, I wanted this chapter to be longer but I decided against it since I barely have time to write

See ya all in the next chapter!

Against The Night

We finally reached the library as Twilight began looking for the light. Well, looks like Twilight is in for a surprise party.

The lights of the library turned on revealing a punch of ponies around them, Spike looked around the library only to find it decorated for the secret party pinkie threw.

That's weird, when I entered the library before I didn't even notice those decorations here. Did Pinkie really set up everything in a record breaking time? Well atleast it calms my worries about her being entirely gone from existence just because of my appearance on this world.

The Ponies all yelled "Surprise" to Twilight who was dumbfounded by the surprise party that she got.

"What is all of this?!" She asked, clearly surprised that she got a surprise welcome party.

I saw pinkie walk to Twilight as she began greeting her, perfect. She's the last member of the mane 6 to use my [ Observation ] on. I quickly observed her.

[ Element Of Laughter ]

Pinkie Pie (Lvl 15)

Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie and I love cupcakes and my friends!

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….. What? Gamer's Paradise, really? Why couldn't you give her a more professional bio?

… No response, ofcourse. I'm talking with a system, how silly of of me. Though, her level is the same as Twilight which is nice.

But from what I can tell, all of them are not strong enough to defeat Nightmare Moon on their own, sure the elements can boost them temporary with extra levels to win against her but what's the use of that?

If they just kept relying on the elements to solve all of their work for them and not actually work their way up to high level then that would be troublesome for them.

Fortunately, while they're going to be busy with their friendship problems, I'll be busy with leveling up and exploring Gamer's Paradise properly. I feel like the unknown attacker is up to something and I can't let them live anymore.

While I love to stay here and continue on with my deep thoughts session, I think saving Twilight from that hot drink is a bit better. Seeing how she was about to drink the… drink, I quickly took a pebble and threw it at the drink completely knocking it out of her magic grasp.

The pebble startled her as she looked around to find the pony that threw it at her. I acted casual so I wouldn't get busted by her. She let out an irritated sigh as I saw her walk up into the bedroom of the library.

Looks like she is in a bad mood right now, I guess I'll give her time for herself right now. I walked out leaving the party. I have this plan of mine to train my agility before the fight against Nightmare Moon.

I quickly took out the dagger, I felt the Strength and Agility buff. Great, this buff that came along with the dagger can work on any type of attack that I make as long as I have the dagger equipped.

I started sprinting around the entire ponyville while professionally swinging the dagger at some trees I come in contact with.

[ Dagger Mastery had leveled up! ]

I opened the skill tab and went over to the Dagger, sweet. This little endeavor wasn't useless afterall. Now that My Dagger Mastery is on level 4, I can fight properly with it.

I continued running for a while leveling up my agility stats with only two levels. I really have to find an efficient way to grind my agility and other stats, don't want to be stuck with the same stats for the entire storyline.

From how the sky had darkened, I realized that it's time for Nightmare Moon to appear. I started making my way to the town hall while gazing at the moon that the evil alicorn was banished to.

While I was on my little journey towards the town hall, I spotted Twilight walking towards the town hall as well, I went up to her.

"Hey, Twilight," I greeted casually as if I never left the party for a while now.

"Spike? Where were you?" She asked, I can see that there was a slight concern on her tone.

"Ah, I was just outside taking a walk around this beautiful town~" I said happily. Welp, note to self, always have an excuse ready in case Twilight started asking questions like this.

"That doesn't matter now, let's go before we miss the celebration," She used her magic as she picked me up and placed me on her back.

"You know I can walk, right?" I asked her.

"Well, obviously yeah. But you always like to slack around," She replied. Yeah, she was right. I was slacking around behind her while she was taking the lead.

As we reached the town hall, we saw everypony being ready for their part on the celebration. Fluttershy was getting the bird choir ready to sing while Rarity stood on the central balcony, ready to pull the curtains.

My gaze went to the sky as I watched the cluster of Stars crush into the moon, which caused the image of the mare to disappear.

It's about time you finally arrived Nightmare Moon, I was really excited to fight her. Nightmare Moon is like an optional endgame boss for me, I can choose to either let her for the mercy of the mane 6 or defeat her by my own hands.

And since I need that exp from her, then I would be the one to defeat her. But I won't kill her. Afterall, I have other intentions with her good counterpart, princess Luna. While her older sister is a perfect wisdom stat grind, she is a perfect intelligence stat grind.

Her intelligence is something that I plan to take advantage of, with my close relations with Princess Celestia, I can get to have a conversation with princess Luna.

Seeing how she is the smartest pony that I know, sure Twilight is also smart but naive. Luna is both smart and sharper than Twilight which is good for me atleast.

Mayor Mare appeared at the podium ready to give her speech for the celebration.

"Fillies and Gentlecolts, as a mayor of ponyville, it is my pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration," She said as some cheers could be heard.

"In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce you to the ruler of our land, the very pony who gave sun and moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all in Equestria…. Princess Celestia!"

Rarity pulled the rope that held the curtains to reveal the princess, and just like I expected, she wasn't there.

"That can't be good," I heard Twilight say. For you, atleast. But for me, I find this quite good for me. Sure dangerous, but I'll take the risk this time.

I could hear the sound of the chattering emitting from the worried crowd. Mayor Mare tried to calm down everypony who was worried.

"Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!" The mayor said trying to calm down everypony.

I decided to open my stats again to check if I missed anything.
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Spike level 8

Race: Dragon

HP: 200/200

MP: 150/150

STR (Strength): 15 (+3)

AG (Agility): 15 (+8)

INT (Intelligence): 23

WIS (Wisdom) : 17

VIT (Vitality): 11

END (Endurance): 17

LUCK: 15

Point(s): 0
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This would be enough, I can rely on my strength, agility and Intelligence to win this battle. Nightmare Moon mind must be clouded with anger and revenge which makes her unable to think straight.

[ New Quest Had Appeared! ]

I quickly looked at the balcony only to find Nightmare Moon standing there. I opened the quest notification to get more info about the quest.

{ Quest: Defeat Nightmare Moon!}
Description:
Nightmare Moon successfully escaped from her banishment on the moon and now she is seeking revenge!

Rewards: 1500 exp, 540 bits, A New Title, A New Weapon.

Failure: Death by Nightmare Moon.

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I smiled at the rewards, 1500 exp and a new weapon? This is really exciting. It's like when a newbie in an rpg video game gets an endgame weapon.

It would carry them until the end of the game, if I get this weapon then leveling up would be atleast easier for me.

Perfect, now my plan shall commence. I have to act like I passed out. I quickly "passed out" on Twilight's back.

Welp, I'm going to save you all the boring details and skip to where Twilight dropped me into the bed in the library.

I heard the mane 6 exit the library as I rose into a sitting position like a vampire waking up. I smirked to myself as I got out my dagger and exited the library… through the window.

I calmly walked through the dark streets of ponyville while humming a musical tone. This is it, the walk into destiny. Will I get destroyed or will my plan succeed and win?

All I know is that I'm putting some of my faith in my luck stats for this plan, and if I didn't I guess I can die or conveniently get saved by the mane 6, but I'm not trying to die now.

As I approached the Everfree forest I was calm, sure the forest may look something terrifying for the residents of Equestria but it looks like any normal forest on a rainy night to me.

As I entered the forest following my own trail, I stumbled upon a weeping mare on near a tree. Tch, this forest is really testing me, better not annoy myself with Nightmare Moon trials and continue on.

Just then, the weeping mare turned towards me with her teary eyes.

"Please help me," the same mare said as she cried even harder. I sighed at this and started approaching her.

The Mare's POV:

*There there, Young Drake. Just a little bit more,* The 'mare' thought to herself as she watched Spike walk closer to her with bad intentions towards the baby dragon.

Just as she was about to strike the dragon, she started feeling light while looking at Spike. She looked back and saw a headless body of a pony. Until she realized that, that was her own body.

Her head landed next to Spike's foot as he looked at the 'Mare' with disinterest before smashing her head with his foot.

Spike's POV:

I watched the head of the once weeping mare turn into a tree roots. I quickly used my Dagger and immediately removed the tree roots as the tree withered away while giving me exp.

Tree of illusion, if it weren't for my [ Observation ] I would've easily fell for it. Damn it, annoying creatures.

I continued walking through the Everfree forest, from what I can hear, timber wolves are nearby me. Better be ready than sorry.

I started dashing through the forest towards where I think the timber wolves are. There they are, a whole pack of timber wolves on the middle of the Everfree forest. I smiled at this, they can be an infinite source of exp with their regenerative abilities.

I quickly lured one out by whistling to it quietly so the others cant hear, the second it got closer to me I immediately decapitated it as it's wooden head fell to the ground.

I waited for the exp drop until a sudden realization strucked me. I can't get exp from them if they're not truly dead.

Another sigh escaped my mouth as I watched the wolf started rebuilding itself back, I quickly chopped off every limb leaving the wolf with only it's head.

Welp, this is time wasting. I dashed away from the pack with a disappointed mood as I finally made it to the castle of the two sisters. Dodging the traps and some of the falling debrees I managed to find myself in a corridor.

I stood there calmly as I watch the form Nightmare Moon appear at the other end of the corridor. I took a deep breath as I braced myself for the battle.

"You dareth step a foot on thy castle?" I heard Nightmare Moon say with hint of arrogance.

"Oh? That's your castle? Gee, I didn't know someone like you had a home, let alone a castle," I retorted with a smug tone on my voice and a smirk on my face.

I swear I could see her gritting her teeth in anger which made my already wide smirk widen more, Good be more angry. It's not benefiting you but I can't the say the same for me.

"Thou know, I'm in a good mood tonight, so I'll let thou go with your body in contact, just barely," She said as she started channeling a dark magic beam on her horn.

Perfect, the attack I was waiting for. I waited for her to shoot the beam, when she shot the beam I quickly took out the mirror and redirected the beam back to her which made her dodge her own attack.

"Stop attacking yourself," I said with another smug tone as the smirk on my face was replaced with a serious expression.

"H-How?! How can such a small creature like you block an advanced dark magic attack!" She exclaimed, clearly in disbelief at what she is witnessing.

"Well, I guess no more goofing around," I said as I got into a battle stance while an intimidating aura started emitting from me. Nightmare Moon shook her head as she started glaring at me.

"That doesn't matter, I'll crush you!" Nightmare Moon poofed into thin air, I started looking around for her location only for my [ Instincts ] to start working, seeing the notification I quickly ducked down dodging a kick from the night mare.

I backflipped away from the mare making a distance between us.

"Thou reflexes are great, Young One. But it's still won't change the outcome!" She said arrogantly.

I smirked at her ignorance as I cleared the distance between me and her aiming a slash towards her neck. She quickly but barely blocked my slash with her horn as we started exchanging slashes with eachother

My dagger collided with her horn as we were on a hold lock, trying to outpower eachother. I noticed her horn started glowing as I quickly jumped back from her.

"Thou may be good with knives, but what are thou going to do against thy giant hot fireballs?!" She said as she summoned two giant flaming balls.

Gee, you really need to work on your wording.

I watched as the fireballs started getting closer, my grip on the dagger tightened as I closed my eyes. The sound of wind being cut was heard as Nightmare Moon stood there with shock only to find Spike standing menacingly.

She looked at the fireballs she sent towards Spike only to find them frozen in the air with a perfect cut on both of them before diminishing.

Nightmare Moon POV:

Did…he just cut… fire? This individual is really daring and undoubtedly skilled, I'll have to take him seriously.

Spike's POV:

I smirked at the shocked face of Nightmare Moon as I rushed towards her ready to take her out. She quickly got out of her trance as she prepared another magical attack.

Hmmm, another magic beam or a fireball? Let's see if she can surprise me. I saw Nightmare Moon poof into the air again, old. I quickly looked around for her only to find her flying above me with a smirk.

What is she planning to do? That's when realization strucked me. I quickly threw my dagger to the sky as I saw it collide with lightning. Smart, she knew I couldn't dodge lightning, honestly I don't even know who can.

I saw a notification of my [ Instincts ] move, looks like it doesn't work quickly against fast stuff like light, looks like I'll have to rely on my real instincts for this one.

I picked up the Dagger I threw only to find her gone. Wait… was that just a distraction? My [ Instincts ] started tingling like crazy as I blocked another kick with my Dagger.

This wasn't expected at all, I have to step up my game if I want to defeat her. She poofed again and appeared behind me with dark magic beam already charged, she threw the beam at me as I got ready to redirect it with my mirror only to realize that she disappeared again.

I saw my [ Instincts ] warning me of danger but I couldn't move, I took the kick full force as sent me flying towards the dark magical beam, colliding with it which caused a giant explosion.

The explosion cleared as Nightmare Moon stood with a smirk on her face.

"It appears that thou've been defeated," She said as she started walking towards the elements of harmony room.

But before she continued any further, she quickly dodged an upcoming dagger from behind her, she looked behind her only to find Spike standing with few bruises as he glared at the mare.

"Thou missed," She said arrogantly which made Spike give her another smirk.

"I had no intentions of hitting you," He said, Nightmare Moon turned back towards the dagger only to realize the danger Spike put her in.

He activated a trap with his dagger, she quickly blocked the arc of arrows that was heading towards her but leaving her back wide open. She looked back at Spike with a cocky smile only to find him gone, until she felt pain on her back.

She looked behind her only to find that Spike had already slashed her, she fell to her knees from pain, she tried to get up only to be met by a shock that disabled all of her body.

Spike had successfully delivered a blow to her liver, from the anatomy book about ponies I read, I knew where the liver was located which made me the victorious of this battle.

Afterall, punching a liver will cause the entire body to shutdown completely removing the mobility of your own opponent.

I walked towards the downed pony as I picked her head up from her horn making her head face mine.

Nightmare Moon POV:

I watched as the young drake picked my head with his hands as I stared into his seemingly lifeless, bored eyes. For the first time in my life, I felt defeated and to make matters even worse, by a baby dragon.

I expected him to take that Dagger and cut my head off with it only for him to drop my head to the ground and…. Started eating an Apple Pie?

Spike's POV:

Yeah, I'm not going to kill her. I continued munching on the pie as I saw my health being restored to max.

What am I supposed to do with her? Well, I'll leave her to the mercy of mane 6. I've already did my damage and that would surely count for the quest.

Welp, no use in staying here if I don't want Twilight to see what I've been up to. I quickly added my Dagger back to my inventory as I started making my way outside the castle.

Mission's done, now I don't think Twilight and her friends are going to have trouble with fighting her. I started making my way outside the Everfree forest as I can finally see ponyville in the distance.

After walking for a while I finally made it back to ponyville. Welp, that's Nightmare Moon taken care of, now for the other upcoming villains.

I started formulating a plan on my head on how to beat the upcoming villains until a rainbow explosion interrupted my thoughts.

I looked at the small as a smile made its way to my lips. Finally, we are done with this obstacle, now for the others.

I saw a ton of notification appeared on the system as I opened the most important out of them all.

[ Quest Completed! ]

[ You Have Leveled Up! x10]

Author's Note

Well, since Spike got 50 points what do you think is better to spend these points on?

Uninvited Strangers

After defeating Nightmare Moon I got really high increase of levels from her, now that I'm level 18 with 50 points on my stats begging to be used.

Honestly, I don't even know what to put those points in so I decided to leave them be for a while until I come up with something. Welp, time to check my other rewards.

I quickly opened my inventory and saw the new weapon, it was a basic cutlass blade. I clicked on it to read its description.

[ Cutlass (Uncommon) ]

A swift sword that can cut even air with its might.

Agility (+10)
Strength (+15)
Vitality (+14)

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Not bad, not bad. But I expected something more overpowered than an average cutlass. That feels like cheat, I literally fought a deity just for this? Well, can't complain about it.

I decided to investigate more into this sword and found out something that took me off guard. Apparently, this sword have movesets.

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[Move 1] Lion's Song: Allows the user to rush forward towards the target.

Requirements: 25 Strength, 30 Agility. Cutlass Mastery Level 20

[Move 2] Wind Slash: Allows the user to create a slash from air.

Requirements: 30 Strength, 20 Endurance. Cutlass Mastery Level 45
—-----

I take back everything I said about this sword, this is really awesome. Though the Mastery requirements are a little bit insane but I think I can find a quicker way to get Mastery.

But for now, I'm busy with these new rewards. Speaking of rewards, I decided to see what's my new title was. I opened my stats and there it was, my new title.

I pressed on the new title as it reads:

[ Night's Edge ]
You get this title by defeating Nightmare Moon.

Strength (+7)
Agility (+10)
Endurance (+8)
Vitality (+5)
Luck (+9)

Those buffs can only work at night.
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Well, I guess I didn't expect anything special from it anyways, but atleast I can benefit from the night's buff.

I noticed something else with my rewards, a message from Gamer's Paradise was already sent in my inbox. Huh, that's weird. I didn't know I had inbox, until now.

I opened the message wondering what could they be sending me.

[Congratulations for reaching level 10! You've unlocked Gamer's Paradise Gacha Rolls!]

Gacha roll? Neat, really neat. For those who don't know what a gacha roll is, basically, it's like gambling for gamers, you buy a roll from the gacha and hope for something good.

Sometimes the stuff you get from the gacha roll can either be a super power or a legendary elixir that can heal sickness, it all depends on your luck.

Speaking of luck, now that I got access to gacha, I can add some points to my luck stats to increase the chances of getting something good outta this. But the question is, how much does each roll cost exactly?

I decided to open the Gacha Rolls tab to see the prices for a gacha roll.

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1x Gacha Roll (10 bits)
5x Gacha Roll (50 bits)
10x Gacha Roll (100 bits)
…….

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Fair price, now that I have 500+ bits, I can go for 50 gacha rolls, that would also increase my chances alongside the luck stat of getting what I really need from this system. Afterall, getting atleast access to magic is only something unicorns and alicorns could do. Also my magic fire isn't considered a combat magic, more like communicating magic except that you can only communicate with Princess Celestia.

I decided to buy the 10 Gacha Roll option, to save some money for bigger events and plans that I'm going to make.

[You've successfully bought (10x Gacha Rolls)!]

I opened my inventory to look for the gacha rolls and use them. I quickly rolled a gacha roll leaving me with 9 left.

[ You got: 53 bits from Gacha Roll!]

Okay, that's disappointing. Oh right, I forgot to add some points on my luck stats for this. But I don't think I'll add some points right now, I still have to think of a really better way to divide my points equally in a way that benefits me.

Well, I'll roll for gachas later, I walked through the now sunny streets of Ponyville as I watched the ponies enjoy the summer sun celebration. Guess I can take some of the food and get on my way, who knows when you need an extra healing items?

I made my way towards one of the tables and took a cupcake from it, it's a shame, they don't have any food with meat. But then again, Spike isn't the one to eat meat either.

I added the cupcake to my Inventory. I decided to open my stats again this time and add 20 points on luck so that I can get lucky with my next gacha roll. As I started walking towards the library I noticed Twilight exit it and started heading to where I assumed to be the Apple Orchard.

I started making my way towards Twilight who just noticed me walking closer to her as she started waving at me to gain my attention.

"I can see you Twilight. You don't have to wave," I said to her as she stopped waving and slightly blushed from embarrassment. "Anyways, where are you going?" I asked her.

"Applejack wanted me to help her with work and I was wondering if you want to tag along," She replied, guess this is the episode where they would be fighting for the gala tickets.

"Sure, I don't mind tagging along," I answered her as we began walking towards the orchard in complete silence.

Okay, this is awkward, I should start a conversation right now, now that nothing is on her mind. "So, how are you doing today? I mean after you finally defeated Nightmare Moon," I asked, trying to initiate a conversation as soon as possible.

"I'm not entirely sure, I mean I'm really glad that we stopped Nightmare Moon and reformed her back into her old self but I have these doubts on my mind," She said as she was staring at the sky for some reason.

"Well I'm sure that you will overcome those doubts as soon as you can, aye?" I assured her as she smiled at me. "You're right, Spike. I'll try to overcome those doubts." She said with a new-found determination.

"But, something doesn't add up," She added. Oh boy, I think I know where this is going next. "Before we defeated her, I noticed some sort of a battle injury marks and a newly healed slash on her back as if it was made by a dagger, that made me think that she was attacked before we even arrived,"

This is what I meant by smart individuals, she knew the type of weapon that attacked Nightmare Moon and caused her that slash just at the first glance on her body, I guess I'm going to be more careful from now on.

"Well, I'm sure it means nothing. Look, we are almost at Sweet Apple Acres," I tried to divert the attention from this topic as quickly as possible.

We saw in the distance Applejack bucking some Apples trees as we started approaching her, she noticed us approaching as she went to us and started greetings us.

"Well howdy there, Twilight, Spike. I take it that ya two are here to help me?" She asked as Twilight nodded at her question which makes her smile. "Can't say that I'm not grateful for your help but I really hope Rainbow Dash is here to help," She sighed.

"It's no problem AppleJack, me and Spike can also you help you," Twilight smiled at Applejack who in turn smiled back at her before nudging me. "Isn't that right, Spike?"

"Nah, I think I'm going to take a nap," I said as I went over to one of the trees and layed down under it's shade. I can see from my peripheral vision Twilight rolling her eyes as her horn lights up, shortly after, I began floating as she picked me up with magic.

"Alright, Mr Helpful. You can have your nap," She sarcastically said as she set me on her back.
Good, she is not suspecting a thing. I guess I'm playing Spike's role far better than I originally anticipated.

Going to save you the boring details again by just skipping to where we started making our way back to the orchard to get some rest. Just then I felt something my stomach slightly rambling as I can feel an incoming barf.

Well, that's the moment. I barfed out the the envelope that had the tickets to the gala on it with my magical green fire. Honestly, I could actually think that Spike is a lucky character, even luckier than the main protagonist of the show.

To have the ability to personally send the princess a letter almost instantaneously is a really big advantage over lots characters in the show.

After the whole events of the "Ticket Master" episode I made my way into the Everfree forest. Now that I got more points in luck, I can safely gamble with a higher chance of winning something that could be used to my advantage.

As I started rolling my second Gacha roll of the day, I waited patiently for my prize, like a predator waiting for its prey. After waiting for a while, I was amused with my reward:

[You got: Duplications (Rare)]
An ability that allows you to clone yourself depending on your own level.

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This description gave me a not so clear information about the move, I decided to open my stats and look for the skill, there it is.

[ Duplications (Rare) ]
The ability to create a realistically accurate duplicated version of your own self, max clones number: 3.

—----

This is what I truly needed, if I were to create atleast a clone of Spike, I can let it go through some of the boring parts of the storyline while I'm either figuring out some new stuff with the interface or leveling up.

This move is something I can truly use to my advantage if I were to hope to make a significant progress in leveling up, and I would start by leveling up my Cutlass Mastery, seeing how it got movesets which can be deadly.

I started making my way back to ponyville, until a notification of my [ Instincts ] appeared, I quickly but surely pulled out my dagger and in the next second, the sound of clinging was heard as my dagger collided with another dagger.

I turned to where the Dagger originally came from only to see two cloaked ponies, one was a larger pony with a huge, jacked body, and the other was what assumed to be a normal sized unicorn due to the glowing that can be seen from their forehead.

I quickly used [ Observation ] on my attackers as I made sure to watch out for anything that may endanger me, I'm not planning to die on the second episode. I changed my aim to the buff pony.

[ The Giant ]

Mighty Mane (Lvl 36)

A warrior with overwhelming strength and the strongest endurance, known as a "giant" for being able to tank most of physical and magical attacks and also for his body size.

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This isn't good, someone with a skin hard as this will be a problem for me, seeing how his body is so large, then I can have the speed advantage over him, but I don't know about the other unicorn.

I quickly used my [ Observation ] on the other unicorn who seemed to be levitating a dagger, the same dagger that attacked me.

[ Silent Murderer ]

Dolorossia Parks (Lvl 41)

A young unicorn mare, her aim with ranged attacks is almost accurate and her magical prowess is not to be undersistimated.

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…. This is terrible for me, if I have to fight those then it may as well be the end of me, having to fight both a close range and long range fighters all by myself is clearly a disadvantage for my part.

I was slightly beginning to panic if not for [ Gamer's Mind ] to calm me down, now that I've calmed down, I began thinking more rationally as I stared at my attackers with no emotion on my face.

For some reason, I feel like one of those two is the unknown attacker, actually, I'm now really confident that the unicorn IS the unknown attacker.

I watched as the buff pony take off his cloak to reveal his brown coat and his yellow mane while the unicorn still held onto her cloak before speaking towards her partner.

"Can you handle things on your own from here?" The unicorn asked as I watch the earth pony hit the ground with so much force that the sound could be heard from miles.

"Don't worry, honey. I can easily end this twig without any assistance at all," The pony said which both made me and the mare frown at his words. Underestimating me huh? Well I'll make sure you won't be taking the last laugh. " I told you to not call me that, our relationship is purely hypothetical, I do not have anything to gain from your meat-head other than getting my missions done, is that clear?" The mare said.

"Is that your way of showing love to me? Well, don't worry. I love you too!" The earth pony said, I decided to start this fight if they're not planning to do so, I dumped 20 points on my agility while the last 10 went to my Strength.

I quickly pulled out my Dagger as I cleared the distance between me and my attackers ready to cut the earth pony's head off. My Dagger collided with another Dagger that belonged to the mare who intercepted my own attack.

I quickly jumped back as I made a distance between me and them, while the arrogant pony faced me with an irritated look on his face. "Is that how you fight? By just taking your opponents by surprise? Do you have no honor?!" The earth pony said with much anger.

"I'm not here for a friendly sparring to the death, tell me what do you two want from me, before I kill you both on the spot." I threatened as I watch the giant laugh at me while the unicorn started inspecting me closely.

From their own actions and reactions, I can tell that Mighty Mane is the arrogant, dumb one while the mare is the smart, careful one out of each.

"You? Killing us? That's the best joke I've ever heard in a while, Dolly you heard that? He is going to kill us! Hahahahahah!" I watched as the giant started rolling from laughter. "I advice you to not take our target lightly, Giant. He may seem like a small fry but I can tell that he is quite deadly." The mare warned.

Smart, she's quite smart. I guess I'm going to prove her point to the giant, I quickly took out my dagger as I dashed towards the giant aiming to decapitate his head while he was vulnerable.

The giant quickly but barely blocked my own attack with his hooves as I watched them slightly bleed from my strength. "Hey! Cut that out! I'm laughing here!" He said as he started hitting the ground causing a shockwave to happen which started throwing me off balance.

If it wasn't for my [ Instincts ] then I wouldn't even be able to dodge the incoming punch that came from the earth pony after creating the shockwave, I quickly sidestepped from the punch as I went again for another attack only for him to block with his own hooves.

Our clash continued on for a while before both of us backed away from eachother, I stared at Mighty Mane calmly trying to formulate a plan. Sadly, this wasn't the fight that I was ready for, if I want to get out of here alive then I'll have to improvise my battle techniques.

"Alright, I'll leave you with the drake, don't disappoint me." The mare said as she casted a teleporting spell on herself and poofed out of the battlefield, the buff pony watched me with a smirk before clearing the distance between us in a second.

My [ Instincts ] quickly booted up allowing me to dodge the attack easily, he continued on his attempts to punch me without seeming to stop.

I quickly backflipped into one of the nearby trees as I kept my balance with my claws while staring down my enemy. I have to think of a strategy and quickly, before this meat for a brain kills me.

I looked around the forest trying to look for anything useful to me, there was nothing but just trees and more trees. Wait, that's it! Trees! Now I know how to fool him.

"Hey Muscle head, is it me or you look like you've grown tired? Aw, do you need sleep?" I taunted the pony as his look of arrogance was replaced with the look of irritation. Good, I guess I'm easily getting to him. "Oh I'll show you who is tired!" He replied as he jumped towards the branch where I stood.

I quickly moved out of the way which made him collide with the tree, I quickly got down to the ground as I started sprinting away from the battlefield and into where my plan shall commence, while checking if he is running behind me. Fortunately, he is straight behind me with a look of pure anger.

"Get back here and fight like a…. Fighter! You honorless coward!" The pony shouted as he started running behind me. "Dude chill, you are attacking a baby dragon, where is your sense of honor exactly?" I said to the stallion who ironically ignored me as he continued to advance.

I finally made it to the where I will carry on with my plan as I hid behind one of the trees. Mighty Mane stopped running as he was looking around, to find me.

Mighty Mane's POV:

When I get my hooves on that little brat I'll show him! I'll crush him with my own hooves. Hopefully, that'll be enough to satisfy lady Dolorossia. I started walking around the forest looking for that little shit, I wonder where he is hiding.

Just then, I heard a familiar sound, a familiar sound calling for my help. I quickly ran to the source of the sound only to find…. No… it's Lady Dolorossia! She's getting attacked by that Manticore!

I'm going to save her!

Spike's POV:

What a fool, he is heading straight for his death, I watched the giant pony ran towards the tree, probably off to save his "lady" or something. Just before he reaches the tree, roots immediately attacked him, pinning him to the ground.

He struggled to remove the roots as I watch him get stabbed by one of them. Heh, his own idiocy led him to his miserable death. I could see his face almost tearing up from anger as he took out the roots from his body and the ones that were pinning him down.

I didn't even need to be worried about this anymore, he already got stabbed, he can't save himself from blood loss unless he got a healing elixir. I watched him punch the roots as he took out what seems to be an elixir.

Me and my big mouth, I dashed towards the injured pony as I knocked out the elixir from him. Unfortunately, I was a little bit late since now he got healed a little bit. Note to self: Arrogance can be your own demise.

Mighty Mane tried to buck me but thanks to my [ Instincts ] he failed to do so. I decided to make more distance between him since he is tanky. I watch as he started pulling the Tree of Illusions from its roots.

Is he really going to..? My [ Instincts ] started tingling again as I barely dodged the tree that was thrown at me by the earth pony. "Heh, did you like that you damn bastard? Consider this a gift from me, though I prefer roses!" He pulled another tree as he threw it at me which I dodged in a neck of time.

This continued on for a while with him throwing more trees while me being barely able to advance towards him, busy dodging. I could see the sun setting, our fight lasted longer than what I thought.

Now that would be a good time to use my new Title to atleast give me more stats, I quickly opened my stats as I equipped [ Night's Edge ] title, I could feel the buffs from the title. Good, I could last a little longer.

Just then, I saw Mighty Mane shout in anger as he was running straight towards a really large tree. He started pulling it out of its roots with all of his strength as his face reddened from anger.

I watched as the giant shadow of the tree closing on me, ready to squash me. Alright, this is going to be a serious gamble that I need to consider in those last seconds of my life. If I ever pulled that off then I would tip the outcome of this battle to my favor.

I quickly opened my inventory and closed my eyes, ready to do the ultimate stunt.

Mighty Mane's POV:

Haha! That bastard is going to die! And Lady Dolorossia is going to be proud of me! I watched the tree quickly closing on the young drake before slightly pausing.

Huh… what's going on with the tree?! Isn't it supposed to be crushing this drake right now? What is going on?! The next thing I saw, left me pretty surprised and speechless.

The tree fell into the ground, cut into pieces. I looked at the drake before seeing him weld a cutlass with an uncharacteristically serious and calm look on his face. What in Tartarus has just happened here?

Spike's POV:

[ Cutlass Mastery had leveled up! ]

[ Cutlass Mastery had leveled up! ]x5

I survived the attack, incredible. I guess I should thank the title and my luck stats for this. Now that I have mastery on Cutlass I can safely use it without worrying about anything.

And added with the Cutlass on my right hand, the dagger on my left, and my title. The stats buffs are enormous which means that this fight is already over for Mighty Mane.

I started walking towards the shocked pony with a creepily terrifying calmness on my face. He backed up a bit before standing his ground again. "Don't think just because you were able to cut a tree, you can defeat me! I'm Mighty Mane! The legend of legends! The stronge—"

I didn't even let him continue as I quickly slashed him with my cutlass, he managed to react quickly and block my slash only for his hoof to drop down into the ground, completely disconnected from the rest of his body.

The giant stared at his hoof for a while before looking at me with a look of pure terror on his face, while sweat dripped down his snout. "Please don't kill me," Pathetic, he was trying to kill me, did you really think I'm going to spare you?

Then again, I'm not a fan killing, sure I only kill when it's aboslute necessary and doesn't have any negative impact on me, so I'll only temporary let him live to tell me anything about the person who sent him before I end him for good. What? Did you really think I would let someone as strong as him alive so that he could grow stronger and attack me later? No.

"Where was your arrogance Muscle head? Didn't you say that you are going to end me?" I harshly asked as I put my dagger towards his throat.

"Oh, I was just joking… you know… to lighten up the mood? Hehe…" He started sweating uncontrollably. Obviously, I didn't buy that. But I'm not killing him now, that wouldn't benefit me in any shape or form.

Alright, I'm going to say one of the most cliché lines in action movie history. "Who sent you?" I asked with an acid tone on my voice.

Just as he was about to talk, my [ Instincts ] quickly screamed at me to get out of the way as I dodged an arrow that was heading towards… my head. I watched the unicorn slowly materialize infront of me.

Was she here the whole time? Because if so, then that would explain the accurate timing. "Lady Dolorossia! Please save me!" The pony begged as he lightened up after seeing his partner again.

Dolorossia casted a what seems to be a fire spell as I quickly jumped out of the way, though Mighty Mane wasn't so lucky and got incinerated instantly. "You killed your own partner? Weird way of showing love if I do say so myself," I said as I watch the ashes of what was a proud strong pony slowly wither away.

"I have no use for weak ponies on my team. Just wait, young drake. I'll be coming to get you," Yeah, cliché villain lines. Can't say I haven't heard them in almost every show.

"What did I do to gain your hate anyways? Am I really that cool?" I taunted the mare who just ignored me and casted another teleportation spell. Oh no you don't. I quickly threw my Dagger at her, Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough and she successfully teleported away.

Damn it. Now I have to be extra careful now I know that the unknown attacker is far way more dangerous. I will start by leveling up. Speaking of level, it's strange that I never got any levels from the buffed pony. I don't even remember getting a quest, this is weird. But I'll investigate on it later. I started walking towards a specific destination I had in mind.

Author's Note

This chapter was supposed to come out early but due to some internet problems I couldn't upload it

A Different Reality

Mighty Mane...that's the name of the pony who ended up being dead after encountring me, well to be perfectly honest, he forgot to enable friendly fire.

Dolorossia Parks, the one pony that I will have to beware of. Her observation skills and accurate aim is what surprised me, yet, she killed her former teammate leaving me with no clue about her or anything similar. Dang it, I really should formulate a plan on how to defeat her, unfortunately, I have little information about her fighting style.

I guess analyzing her with what I have right now will be better than heading into future battles unprepared. First of all, she is a unicorn, which means that she may know some deadly spells to use against me, like the fire spell she casted at the giant. But I wonder if she knows any other types of elemental spells alongside fire, hopefully not, but I cant rely on pure hope and luck to get me out of this mess that somehow I got included in. There should be a way to defeat her, and I am going to find it.

Second of all, from her recent actions, I could easily tell that she is very good with daggers or maybe sharp objects in general. I would'nt call myself a professional but atleast, Im better than most of the ponies here on ponyville. The way she intercepted my attack made her even more dangerous due to the fact that I was going full speed, If that's true then, she would have monsterous instincts alongside her talent with daggers and her magic.

Third of all, she mentioned something about "Team" does that mean there are more dangerous ponies or creatures that work with her? More dangerous than the giant? Normally, anyone with a sane mind would think of the best possibilities, but for me, I think of the worst possible scenario so I can get ready incase something off goes on. Putting that aside, the possibility of her having a dangerous team is pretty high...for me atleast.

Which means that I will have to get ready for more surprises she throws at me. When I met her at first, she gave me the impression of somepony who always prepare three battle tactics before engaging in any physical or mental combat, Battle Tactic A (as I would like to call it) could be the main Tactic or pattern of the attack, Battle Tactic B and C are just alterantives if A failed.

Now, I really have to step up my game if I were to play with her little game of hunting. But for now, I will go into a safer place more than the everfree, dont want another cloaked ponies to show up around here. I took my time as I strolled through the forest with the feeling of dread at every corner of the everfree. I guess its not their fault for feeling scared from this forest.

Now, that i cleared my mind from those two ( only for a while) its time to focus on my next goal, acquire a healing potion.
And yet, the only one who knows how their stuff with herbs and potions is Zecora, locating her hut is not something hard to do as I easily found it near the orchard. I went up and knocked at the door, I waited patiently for Zecora to open the door only for no answer.

Huh, guess she's away at the moment, well that's disappointing, I really needed that healing potion from her if she does have one. I started walking back to ponyville with a really disappointed mode, maybe I can find her tomorrow? who knows?

While I was walking back to ponyville, I noticed how calm the everfree forest is, too calm. From the books about the wild life and predators I read in my past life, I learned that once you are in a predators territory, everything goes silent which means that you are now the prey. Using that logic, I slowly drew out my cutlass blade, ready to slash anything that comes at me.
I could hear the rustling in the bushes as my eyes shot to the origin of the sound. An adult manticore emerged from the bushes as it was gazing at me with a predator gaze.

The manticore got into a hunting stance ready to pounce on me and eat me as a snack (due to my small size), but unlucky for it, Im hard to obtain.

General Pov:

The manticore decided to start the attack as it pounced on the little dragon only to find that spike was gone from his original position, it looked around for its prey and took a glimpse of Spike, standing atop of a tree branch, observing it coldly, Spike jumped from the tree branch as he began circling the manticore who in turn, did the same.

Without a single second wasted, Spike threw a dagger, aimed towards the manticore's skull instantly killing it. He grabbed the dagger and stabbed the manticore twice in the skull to make sure its dead.

Spike's Pov:

I picked up my dagger as I set it back in my inventory before a new notification popped up.

[ A new quest had appeared! ]
Quest: Defeat 3 Manticores!
Rewards: 120 bits, 90 exp!
Failure: Death by the manticores.

I immediately accepted the quest, finally something I can gain from. I started my hunt for the manticores. Now with the exp Im going to get, I will finally be level 21, which means that I will get around 15 points to use. I will spend them all on luck, that would increase my chances of getting more unique stuff from the gacha and may as well help me with battles.

While, I was looking for manticores, I noticed exactly 3 manticores in the sky, flying in circles. Now, from my limited knowledge about mythical creatures, Manticores fly in a circle above their prey in order to wait for a better time to strike. With that in mind, then there must be a creature down their that is trying to defend itself. Good, while the creature or whatever that is, distracts the manticores, I will launch an aerial attack at them. 3 giant birds with one dagger.

I dashed through the bushes while not making any sound, to hide my presence as I finally made it to the center of the circle. I saw 2 adult ponies, one was a unicorn stallion while the other was a pegasus mare, though her wing seems to be... sliced off, probably by the manticores. The stallion stood infron of the mare while seeming to be threatning, I can see some claws marks and the blood in his body. Oh well, I oughta thank them for bringing those manticores to me, didnt want to look for them myself.

I noticed one of the manticores got tired of waiting and decided to attack them, right, now's my chance. As the manticore got closer to the two ponies, a loud sound of wind being cut was heard as the manticore's head slowly slipped off his body as it crashed to the ground just near the two shocked ponies. From the nearby trees, Spike walked calmly towards the two while he was holding his bloody cutlass. Though, his appearance wasn't scary but the two ponies felt fear after seeing such a feat for a little dragon.

"Are you two okay?" Spike asked, with a fake worry as he approached them slowly all while trying to emitate a calm aura to calm them down. "Y-Yes.. we are okay.. thanks for your help," The stallion answered as he felt some relief in him before he turned his attention back to the manticores, Spike noticed this as hedrew out their attention to him.

Seeing how small, their new prey was, they decided to land to the ground as they began circling around Spike. Spike made a small smirk before he ran towards one of the manticores, aiming a slash to its wings removing its ability to fly. He quickly threw another dagger at the other manticore to make sure it wouldn't fly away either.

The manticore he attacked before decided to attack him with its claws only for spike to stab its heart with the cutlass. Spike continued on stabbing the manticore to make sure its dead. His hands were tainted with the manticore's blood as the mare looked with horror at such cruelty while the stallion was a bit unused to this but he knew it was neccessary.

Spike rushed the other manticore before stabbing it straight in head making sure to stab the brain, the manticore, without any resistance fell to the ground with a loud and heavy thud, dead.

[Quest Completed!]

[You Have Levelled Up!]
[You Have Levelled Up!]
[You Have Levelled Up!]

I opened my stats as I decided to put the points I was given on luck before closing the stats tab, I looked at the shocked ponies as my gaze met with the worried stallion's gaze. The reason why I was so calm with killing infront of them was because of our relationship, we are both strangers to eachother so they have no idea about my fake personality (Mlp Spike Personality).

"Thank you so much for helping us out!" The wounded stallion said, as I could see some tears leave his eyes. "We are eternally grateful for what you have done for us!" He added before bowing down to me. Dude, Im not some sort of a merciful god that helps anypony around, I just killed them because of the quest.

Well, I wouldn't say no for a reward but I figured, they dont have anything by now. "It's no proble, I like to help ponies around here," Lies, that was all lies, I dont help anyone without something in return, they were just lucky because of the quest I was given. The stallion showed me a smile before he went to his injured friend, he gently picked her up on his back as the blood from her missing wing was dripping on him. " By the way, do you know where the nearest civilisation is? She needs help... if you know," He asked as he looked at me.

" Head north from here, you can find the town of ponyville, there you will find the help you need," I innstructed casually as the stallion seemed to be grateful before approaching me. He levitated what seems to bea small piece of puzzle before giving it to me. "Im sorry, but thats all I have right now, I lost all of my stuff around this forest and only this piece of puzzle remains, if you could visit me sometime in canterlot, i will give you a proper reward. By the way, my name's is Golden Ace, pleased to meet you!" He said as I nodded to him, "Spike, you can call me Spike," I said as I used [Observation] on the puzzle piece he gave me.

[Ancient Piece Of Puzzle (Legendary)]

A Part of a legendary puzzle made by Star Whisper, legend's say that if you collect all of the seven pieces you will be able to obtain Star Whisper's legendary treasure!

Interesing, a legendary treasure waiting to be discovered? Now that sounds like a good side quest I can focus on when I get everything i needed to be ready, Though, I wonder where did that stallion find this? "Sorry, but I gotta go right now, thanks again for helping us out again! I really hope you can visit me in canterlot later so I can give you a better reward," He said as he made his way to ponyville. Guess I will ask him later then.

I silently followed behind them, afterall, Im heading to ponyville as well. I noticed something new on my inbox only to find out that it was another message sent by Gamer's Paradise, curious to know what it is, I opened the message.

[ Congratulations for reaching level 20! You Have unlocked: "Gamer's Lounge! ]

Gamer's lounge? what's that? My thoughts were interrupted with another notification.

[Please Enter Your Username]

Another weird tab appeared but this time there were letters all around the screen, almost like a computer keyboard, that's weird. I decided to go along with it as I inserted a username that doesn't tell much about me, "Greenflame6" {A/N: Thanks again DragonKnife for the username!}

I pressed Enter as the tab disappeared before the whole world turned dark, a few seconds later a light appeared as a new world formed infront of me, lots of ponies and different creatures were seen hanging out at the world where a great giant tree stood tall. Where the hell am I?

Author's Note

Spike finally made it to the gamers lounge, what do you think will happen? what type of gamers will he encounter?

Also, you can always share with me unique gamer usernames so they can be added into the next chapter!

Gamer's Hub

Strange…I don't know where I am, but this place is giving off otherworldly vibes, maybe due to the fact that it's indeed a different dimension? Well, that's the last thing on my mind right now.

I began walking around, using [Observation] on everything this place had to offer. The civilization…. How can I say this? Mixed? Yeah I think that's the suitable word, Ponies, dragons, griffons were hanging around peacefully.

What is this? Am I in some sort of heaven? I shrugged off this as a weird machine that resembled a metallic ball with green eye approached me, I got on guard as I heard the machine say:

"Welcome to [Gamer's Hub], I'm Eddbot, your personal drone unit," The 'drone' said as I began analyzing it.

[Drone Unit]

Eddbot (Lvl: Nan)

A drone unit that provides assistance to whoever needs it. Can be used as a map in the overworld.

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After analyzing the drone I began to ponder for a bit, if this thing can answer my questions about the gamer interface then I might as well use it, there is a lot of stuff I don't get with Gamer's Paradise.

The drone's green eyeball turned yellow as blue, transparent tab appeared with certain words written on them.

"What would you need help with?" It reads as different buttons appear.

"About Myself"

"Gamer's Hub"

"Weapon Enchanting"

"Party System"

"World Events"

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All of those options intrigued me but first, I needed to know where I am at the moment. I pressed on the "Gamer's Hub" button as the tab disappeared with another one popping just after.

*The "Gamer's Hub" is a unique dimension created specifically to meet the needs and preferences of gamers. One can interact with other ardent gamers while exploring this world and finding a variety of items, from potent weapons to restorative facilities.* The bot said.

Looks like my suspicions were confirmed, I'm indeed stuck in a lobby for gamers, what worries me is the potentially high level gamers, if this place doesn't have a safe zone then it would be a problem for me, but then again, they got healing centers which means that I won't have to worry about losing HP, all I need to do is survive.

I decided to go back to the previous tab, I need the information I can get. The best way to do so is by finding information about "Myself". I pressed the button as another tab appeared.

*Spike: a unique vessel randomly selected by the Gamer's Paradise interface to transport [REDACTED] into the wonderful world of "My Little Pony". Additional boost for [Instincts], Natural talent with [Dragon's Fire], Enhanced Endurance.*

Right, Spike can shoot fire, not magical only, but fire that can burn. I really should start training that skill. That would be for later, there is stuff that I'm curious about.

I pressed on the "World Events" button, I needed to know what's happening to the world after the interface shows up, it can even be a decent exp farm or bits farm, both will do.

*'World Events' refer to a collection of extraordinary occurrences that do not pertain to the main storyline. They are additional events that may randomly occur at various locations and times within Equestria. Engaging in these events can be challenging but completing them may grant you legendary items as rewards.*

Just as I thought, extra storylines for me to finish, they sound like fun and rewarding but at the same time hard, I'm not going to participate in one until I'm 100% confident that I can finish it.

Well, that would be all that I needed to know for now, I closed the tab as I walked through the pocket dimension of gamers, there are lots of ponies and other races here, huh, I guess all of them are people who got thrown into this world as random characters.

As I walked, I saw a very VERY familiar dragon… at least, to future Spike. It's hard for me to not recognize those dull red scales and the yellow underbelly, it's definitely a garble gamer.

He approached me with confidence as two other dragons were behind him. For some strange reason, I kept my guard on, he seemed powerful, radiating with power, I felt like trembling but thanks to [Gamer's Mind] I kept myself from panicking.

"Look who we got here, another Spike!" 'Garble' said as the other dragons stared at me like some hungry hyenas, I kept my silence as I used [Observation] on 'Garble'.

[The Strongest]

(DragonGrip (Lvl ???)

A beast for a dragon.

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Not even my [Observation] managed to analyze his level, damn it, that means he's WAY above mine, I should think of something to get out of this situation, he may be friendly but I doubt that, his presence is already malicious it's not like he's trying to hide it anyway.

My [Observation] rose in levels as it was now at level 15, huh, so analyzing stupidly powerful individuals can help me gain faster levels. I'll make use of that information later, I need to get out of this confrontation alive.

"It's rare nowadays to find Spike gamers so I'll cut to the chase. Join my party of dragons and I will let you live, how's that?" He said with a confident tone as I was beginning to get pissed off.

"And if I refused?" I simply said, 'Garble' began laughing uncontrollably for a few seconds before going back to the topic. "I'm sure you've noticed the difference between us in terms of levels, you won't even be able to escape from me, are you sure you want to endanger your own life?"

I slowly took out my cutlass and Dagger out of my inventory, there's no way I'll join someone like him! Not in a million years! "Fighting is not about strength, but it's about battle strategies" What I'm saying is half truth, you can win a battle against a powerful adversary if you are smart enough, but you CAN'T win against someone who can easily intimidate you with his presence, I'm just saying this to act like I don't fear him at all.

"Then, I'll give you a deal, we will do a simple PVP, if you are to lose, then you will die" He said.

"What if I won?" I asked as he chuckled for a bit which made me slightly more pissed off at his arrogance.

"If you somehow win, I'll let you live" I nodded as I got in a battle stance, fighting another dragon who's also a higher level than me is troublesome, his defense is unbreakable and his offense is unstoppable, it's like if the immovable object and the unstoppable force had a child.

"Alright then, let's start the battle already" He said dismissively as I used both of my weapons to give myself a boost in my stats, especially speed, clearing the distance between me and him, I immediately drew my cutlass towards his head, ready to decapitate him on the spot. During the attack, I've seen how calm his face as his eyes were following the tip of my blade.

Strange, he's not trying to do anything, before my blade made contact with his skin, I immediately redirected my cutlass towards the upcoming fist that was heading towards my stomach. What in the world? I didn't even see him move his hands, what a monstrous speed.

The punch sent me a few meters away from him as the notification of [Instincts] just appeared. He's too fast, even faster than my [Instincts], I'm fighting a devil, I don't think I'll win, this… this is a battle I can't win. He took 10% of my HP with that punch.

In a desperate attempt, I decided to do the most cowardly thing I've ever done…. Run away, it's my best bet right now is to run, at least ask for help? Why's no one helping? God I hate how weakness is frustrating! If I ever survive this, I'll make sure to level up, train my body to its limits. I don't want to remain weak.

In just a split second, I saw Garble's fist ready to punch me, I instinctively shielded myself with my dagger as the fist broke through the dagger completely shattering it while hitting me, taking away 70% of my HP while sending me flying away.

"Don't think you could run away from a PVP" He said as I landed harshly on the ground, the excruciating pain from the punch immediately disappeared thanks to [Gamer's Body] but the HP loss was still there, Garble immediately appeared in front of me with his evil smirk.

"You didn't fight well, time for you to meet your end" He said, this time, charging a beam from his mouth to just disintegrate me in one go, I closed my eyes ready to meet my fate. Guess I didn't make it alive huh? Atleast, I could have a painless death.

I waited for my end yet, it never seemed to come. Strangely, I expected my death to be painless but not to this extent, at least I would've felt the heat of the beam. I slowly opened my eyes as I saw a green shield around me while another familiar person was in front me.

Smolder, she stood in front of me, protecting me from the heat blast as Garble looked at her annoyed. "What are you doing here? 'Sister'? Didn't you say that you won't intervene with our business?" Garble said.

She dispelled the shield as she looked at him with visible confidence. "And let you kill another Spike? No way!" She replied as Garble huffed in annoyance.

"He challenged me in a PvP, I'm only doing him a favor by ending his life" Garble replied as he got in a battle stance.

"No one's ending lives while I'm here" She said as she got in a battle stance as well. The two dragons that were with Garble tried to sneak behind Smolder as they got closer to Spike.

Yet, their attempts weren't successful as Smolder quickly blasted them away while returning her focus towards her 'brother'. "Oh and by the way, Spike will be part of my party and since he's a future member, it's my duty to protect him" She added.

Future member to the party? Well, at least it's Smolder, I don't have anything against her plus the fact that she saved me from death.

Garble just growled before sighing as he went to back up his unconscious party members before turning towards Smolder. "You better train this little guy, the next time I meet him, I won't be too merciful" He said as he flew away.

He was right, and that's what I'm going to do, I'll be strong and stronger so I can crush your damn skull to dust. I used [Observation] on Smolder who watched Garble leave.

[Explosive Fist]

(????? (Lvl ????)

Her intelligence and her ability to cast explosive fire makes her one of the most dangerous dragons around.

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Yeah, she's alot stronger than me, I don't know what I expected by using Observation on her other than the high increase of levels on the move,

[Observation is now level 25! Longer description on high level beings.]

It simply read as I dismissed the notification before looking back at Smolder. She lent me a claw to stand up as I hesitantly accepted.

"Sorry for being late, Here drink this" She gave me a blue potion as I took it, drinking from it. Surprisingly, I'm back to full health.

"Garble's party is full of assholes, good thing you didn't join them" She said with a slight smile while I was just deep in thought.

"Thanks… thanks for helping me, I'm really grateful for your help" I said, if it wasn't for her, I would've died. Thanks to her, I have a second chance to get stronger, to be the most powerful.

"C'mon don't thank me, I just hate it when high level players pick in new players" I nodded to her before asking her a question.

"Can I join your party?" I asked, first, I need to make sure that I have some sort of protection against high level players, I'm too weak on my own.

She was shocked at my question before she gave me a wide smile. "Of course! You are welcome to join! Honestly, no one really wanted to join my party" Smolder confessed with comical sadness.

Perhaps they don't want to be associated with Garble, maybe that's why? Eh, I didn't dare to say that in front of her, I know my limits.

"Hold on, let me send you an invite" She said as a notification appeared on my In-box.

*???? had invited you to their party "Cool Dragons"*

Well, that's not a good name for a party if you plan to invite players that are not dragons but then again, I'm a dragon player myself so it didn't matter.

I accepted the party invite.

[Congratulations! You've successfully joined "Cool Dragons", current leader: "????"]

The thing is that, not even Gamer Paradise wanted to show me her username, I guess she's really a higher level than me and Garble.

Author's Note

Yeah, back again with a new chapter, just decided to add Smolder and Garble into this fun to make it more interesting and also for Spike to get access to complex information about Gamer's Paradise