It's been at least a week since Spike had suddenly left Equestria and everyone else. While he had his reasons through a letter he left behind for them, when Twilight found out, she started to freak out over him suddenly disappearing so suddenly, even though that letter gave her a bit of a reason why he left, for him to disappear without a trace worried her greatly.

After she found out Spike went missing, Twilight went and searched almost everywhere that he could be, while she wanted to tell the others first, she wanted to try to find him herself before declaring this was a huge problem. She searched most places in Ponyville, Canterlot, and the Everfree forest, but no matter where she went, she never found a trace as to where Spike was, which made her even more worried.

After almost a week of searching, Twilight had no choice but to call the other mane 6, princess Celestia and Luna, and even Ember and Thorax here, even Smolder had to come to this meeting to discuss this with them, while Smolder was the last one who saw Spike before he suddenly left, she herself was concerned with where he is now, but with how Twilight's handling it, it was more worrying to her.

Twilight had everyone meet up with her back in the meeting room in her castle, Ember, Thorax, Celestia and Luna, and the other mane 6 were here too, she herself was still freaking out a bit, while they can't blame her, she needs to calm down in order to properly focus on a situation like this.
"Is she often like this whenever something stressful comes to her?" Thorax asked Ember quietly who simply shrugged in response.

"When it comes to being a ruler, and having one of your closest friends suddenly disappear like this, I can understand it, but even this is worrying." Ember said as Twilight was taking heavy breaths and they saw her body was shaking a bit from worry over Spike.

"Okay okay.. he's gotta be okay out there right? Sure he just vanished somehow without even telling us where he's going, but surely there's a way we can find him, right? Right?!" Twilight shouted suddenly which made Celestia more concerned for her friend.

"Twilight, you need to calm down please, we won't be able to find out where he went, or how he vanished so suddenly if your freaking out like this." Rainbow Dash advised which they all agreed to.

"Yeah, you've been acting more crazy then Pinkie Pie does whenever she goes overboard with her parties." Applejack added which Pinkie didn't mind hearing.

"Yeah, even I'll admit Twilight.. you haven't been getting proper sleep or any rest after he vanished, and to know you went a whole week without telling us is really crazy Twilight." Pinkie added as well while she looked worried too.

"Twilight, I know your worried for Spike, but I'm sure that he's okay, he's been through tough situations too." Rarity advised while trying to calm her down.

"We won't get anywhere when your freaking out like this, you need to calm down Twilight, please?" Fluttershy asked which only made her get more stressed out.

"How can I calm down?! Spike's been missing for a week by now! And there hasn't been a single trace of him! I've tried so hard to find him, but I haven't found anything yet! How can i find him, how?!" Twilight shouted with fear which made Ember come up to her quickly, and she slapped her across the face extremely hard to stop it.

"Get ahold of yourself Twilight! This is no time to be freaking out!! Unless you snap yourself out of it, we won't get any closer to finding him, so do us all a favor, and calm down now!!" Ember screamed extremely loudly which blew Twilight's mane back a bit, but thankfully, this screaming did snap her out of it, and she started to calm down just a bit.

"Right.. right.. sorry I just.. I don't know what to do right now..." Twilight apologized while looking down with guilt which made Ember calm down herself.

"Sorry about that, but sometimes when Someones out of line, I have to make sure they're still in check. If there's one thing I got from my father, it's how to be loud at times." Ember replied while she went back to her seat too.

"And that's why she's our leader." Smolder remarked jokingly to RD who chuckled a bit hearing it.

After Twilight took a few moments to calm herself down, she was finally in a state where she could properly talk about it, she took one more deep breath before turning her focus back to the others.

"Sorry about that everyone, but this is just something we need to be concerned about. Spike's been missing for a week now, and we haven't found any traces of him, I know the incident with Sludge happened and all recently, but there's got to be a reason for why he just.. left without telling any of us directly, or giving any hints as to where he's going.." Twilight said with regret which made them worried too given what's been happening.

"I know it's rough Twilight, but you said he left a letter at least to explain his reasons, do you have the letter still to help us get an idea on why he did this?" Celestia asked hoping she did still have it.

Twilight nodded in response and went down to a bag to pull out the letter Spike wrote just before he vanished from Equestria..
"Yes, I do still have it. But while I've read this thing from top to bottom, there's nothing I found that helps us tell where he went, and from the looks of it.. he.. may not even be in Equestria anymore if this is true.." Twilight said regretfully which worried the others a lot.

"That explains why I haven't been able to find him in his dreams, I thought if I could find where his dreams are coming from, getting a hint as to where he is, we could find out where he is sooner. But.. I haven't found a single trace of him either.." Luna said with regret as well which worried them even more.

"Can you.. at least tell us what the letter said Twilight?" Smolder asked wondering what he said specifically.

"Yeah, let me read it for you guys for a minute.." Twilight replied as she opened it up and began reading the whole letter to them all. The group was all surprised with the more they learned about with this letter, Spike seemed to have a lot on his mind before he left, and this letter helped show how much he had going on just from the sounds of it.
"I'll see you soon Twilight, I promise one day.. I'll see you again.." Twilight finished while she looked down with regret.

Everyone had mixed reactions after hearing the letter in full, while Ember and Smolder were surprised with his sudden wish to leave, but with it being because he wanted to find his calling and be his own person, they were honestly understanding why he would want to go. But the mane 6 and other princesses were worried with him suddenly leaving, they don't know how he did it, even if it's to find out who he is, without a specific reason to how he vanished.

"Wow.. to know he was wanting to go out on his own like that.. and find out who he is, that's really.. something honestly.." Ember said with surprise for this sudden action of his, but at the same time, she did feel a bit proud of him for wanting to find his own calling like everyone else has.

"Yeah.. and given what has happened recently, it makes sense for Spike to want to leave like this, but even still, it doesn't explain how he was able to go so suddenly.." Smolder replied while she thought it over too.

"Do you think he.. made a magic potion or something that teleported him away somehow?" Thorax suggested which may be the reason for how he was gone so suddenly.

"That could be true, but still.. how would he even make a spell that could have him vanish farther from Equestria? It just.. doesn't make sense to me.." Twilight said with guilt for not figuring this out sooner.

"Twilight, I know it's a lot, but if this is the reason Spike left on his own, I think it's best we put our faith into him. While Equestria's faced it's dangers before, we've always pulled through no matter what, and I'm sure Spike can handle himself after all he's seen here." Celestia advised while the others thought over his reasons.

"I know it's just.. he shouldn't have left without at least saying he's going on his own, he's still very young, and he can often get in over his head with things, I'm just really worried that if he gets into trouble, he may not be able to handle himself if it's too big a threat..." Twilight said with worry for what may happen to him.

"I know it's worrying Twilight, but I think it's best we all try and discuss what brought him to this reason in the first place, and we should try and see if there's any other reasons he may not have told us yet." Luna suggested which was a good idea for them.

"Good idea Luna, what was the most recent thing that happened before Spike had vanished?" Thorax asked hoping they still remember this.

But everyone groaned a bit being asked that, and already hated the thought of him.
"It was the incident with.. Sludge.. and how he pretended to be Spike's father..." Smolder said with disgust at the thought of him.

"I know your kind can be selfish and greedy at times Ember, but what Sludge did, this was just... unacceptable..." Twilight said with anger over what he did to him.

Ember growled a bit thinking about him, and she knew that this would be a good reason for why Spike would want to go after being lied to like that.
"Don't worry Twilight, not only did I beat the message into him to the point he'd never forget it, but I also banished him from the Dragon Lands for good after that. This is one of the worst crimes our kind could do to eachother, and believe me, if I wasn't in charge, other dragons wouldn't have been as merciful as I was." Ember said while she clutched her claws.

While the others were glad to know that slimeball got what he deserved, they all brought they're attention back to the topic at hand.
"Right, and if that was one of the reasons why Spike would want to leave, I think this can help us figure out what else he was wanting to find out after the fact.." Applejack continued while Smolder thought over her last talk with Spike too.

"I was the last one to talk with Spike before he left so suddenly. And let me tell ya, he wasn't in the best state. He made some good points about our own kind, and how we just refused to change like all of you have, Ember made me go here to make friends myself, and while I'm glad to have them now, to know our kind was just.. that far down to being forced like this is just sad honestly.." Smolder said with guilt for what he felt before.

Ember sighed hearing that and knew how true it was, despite how hard she's tried to help the dragons change, she clearly needs other ways to help them evolve more properly.
"Even if Spike was in a state like that, it must've brought other conflicts he's had in his mind up too, something like that can take a hold on someone even with support from all of you, and I don't blame him for feeling that way after this happened." Ember said as she was crossing her arms to think over this.

"Sludge came here after pretending he was Spike's father, so if that's one of his reasons.. then maybe Spike went out to find who his real parents are?" Thorax suggested which made them all realize that could be true.

"Your right.. if Spike just left like that after this, and he went to go find his real parents, that would make sense. We never found out why Spike's egg was in those woods after all, so it's possible he did go to find out the truth.." Celestia theorized which made Ember look surprised hearing that.

"Hold on a minute... your saying that you found Spike's egg in the woods somewhere... alone? Without his parents, or a guardian with him?" Ember asked with a suspicious look while Smolder was besides her too.

"Um.. yeah, we never found out why, I had to hatch him with my magic during a little project Celestia assigned me, but even when I did, I always wondered why he was left alone." Twilight said with worry for what exactly happened to her.

Ember then turned to Celestia again after hearing that, she looked a bit upset being informed this, and it was for her own important reasons too.
"Celestia.. why was it that I, or my father were never told about this sooner? Why didn't any of you tell me this sooner? I could've been looking into this problem the day after I met him." Ember asked with an upset look which made them worried on how to respond to this.

"Ember, please don't take this the wrong way, even though I was wanting to return Spike's egg to your father or another dragon, I needed Spike for an important reason, and I didn't tell your father it because of how much we had to do during the time.." Celestia said with guilt for not telling them this sooner.

"Right, and you said you found Spike's egg in the woods, how do we know you didn't take.. other measures to get it? Egg thieves can be a common thing in our home, and even they're easy to be found and reported when they're caught trying to do so." Smolder asked while crossing her arms which made the others surprised with that info.

"Celestia would never steal an egg Smolder! She's the princess! She wouldn't want to cause any tension between our kinds! We've already had a lot going on as it is, we don't need any more trouble!" Rarity said quickly shutting that theory down.

"She's right, I do not want our kinds to risk going to war, but I hope you can understand I didn't tell you or Torch about it, I know you may be upset but.. I just needed that egg for that project, and I'm sorry for not reporting it sooner.." Celestia said regretfully which made Ember calm down a bit after hearing it.

"Right... I know you had your reasons Celestia. But even then, without proper evidence as to how you got Spike's egg, I'm gonna be needing to take closer looks into things soon, and unless Spike actually finds his parents, then we'll be in the dark for this for who knows how long. You should've at least told me about it during the Gauntlet of Fire, because I might've found them by now, or at least found any info on them. I'm the Dragon Lord, I could've found out something for my friend sooner, it would've at least been a form of thanks for all he's done for me.." Ember said with a sad look as to how long she didn't know this.

"Sorry Ember, I know how it is.. I wish I met Spike sooner if this was how he felt too.." Smolder assured while she patted her back.

"It's okay Ember, Spike's our friend, I'm sure he'll find out soon, maybe he'll be able to send a letter when he does?" Thorax asked while trying to keep things positive.

Twilight sighed hearing all of this, despite how much is happening right now, it just doesn't compare to how worried she is for the little guy.
"Unless we know where he went.. we may never find out the reasons fully. Even if he did go to find his own calling, if he really did leave to find his parents, he may have gone somewhere far away, somewhere even beyond Equestria.." Twilight said with fear as to how far he's gone by now.

"It still doesn't make sense, how could Spike even make a potion or something that would teleport him so far? Where would he even go? It's not like there's more dragon culture beyond Equestria, right?" Rainbow Dash asked while she looked at Ember who thought over that suggestion.

"While there are other races of dragons even beyond Equestria, what I know is very little, and I don't think even Torch would have answers as to where he would go either." Ember replied which only made them sigh hearing this, it only made the situation more tough for them.

"Then.. what do we do? How do we find out where Spike went? Even if he's gone to find his parents, or his own calling, we should at least know where he went so we can help him if he gets into trouble.." Fluttershy asked hoping there was any way to help them.

Celestia tried thinking over this situation, while it's very tough for all of them right now with what little they know, they're almost in the dark completely because of it, but that's when Celestia got one idea of who could be able to help them with a problem like this.
"I think I may know who can help us, if there's anyone who could help us find Spike, it's him.." Celestia suddenly announced which concerned the whole group hearing it.

"And who would that be Celestia?" Fluttershy asked a bit confused with her suggestion.

"A certain.. friend of yours Fluttershy." Celestia replied which made all of them realize who exactly she was talking about.

And just outside the castle, a bit away on a nearby mountain, a certain God of Chaos was watching the talk from the distance, he had his reasons not to get involved with this. But knowing they'll be wanting his help made him sigh hearing it.
"Looks like his time has come now, and they'll be asking me for help. Oh boy.. this is gonna be rough... let's just hope for the best Discord." Discord told himself as he was making a list of suggestions for what can be done, Discord knew there was a more important reason for this, and it's gonna take a while for him to fully explain it to everyone. Hopefully one day, they'll all find out what happened with Spike soon, and he can come home to them safe..

Author's Note

Hey guys thanks for reading this! I honestly have a few ideas for Discord that will be for this story, I'll not only be doing this for my other Spyro story when he's in it, but it'll tie into something more important later on which I hope you look forward to.

I honestly think Ember should've went to investigate on what happened with Spike's egg in the show, I think we all know she would've not taken that news that well without proper evidence as to what happened with Spike's egg. I do have ideas on making a story that involves this premise in the future which could be cool for a story. but for now, I hope that what I have in this story interests you all more for more of it, I hope you all liked this, and have a good day guys!