Celestia and Luna arrives in Ponyville, knowing that once again, they arrived too late but the alicorns took precaution in stopping at a certain place in time via a familiar box that Celestia is floating behind herself. The two princesses arrive at the library as the nurses are helping the ponies who were knocked out by Boris recover.

"I presume that once again we're too late." Celestia said grimly to Twilight.

"Yes...those jerks had done another attack on us." Rainbow groans a bit. "They tricked Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon into causing a forest, distracting most of us so Boris and his goons would kidnap the Cutie Mark Crusaders."

"And have Gilda attacked me." Fluttershy said in fright. "This is worst than being on caffeine by Rainbow."

"Worth a laugh though."

"Ponyville isn't the only place being attacked: Canterlot was attacked as well." Luna said grimly. "Lorcan kept us from coming here sooner with his Diamond Dogs."

"Oh just great," Shining groans a bit. "What is he wanting to gain from kidnapping those fillies and colt?"

"Isn't it done obvious?" Applejack remarks to Shining with a scoff. "He done want us 'ta rescue them an' 'ta put us in a trap! Come on, Ah done seem movies like 'dis before."

"But what other choice do we have?" Twilight ask in sadness. "Lorcan will hurt the Cutie Mark Crusaders...just like he killed Starlight...and made Spike go away...and..."

"It isn't your fault, Twiley." Shining said to Twilight, hugging his sister in comfort. "We will rescue them and defeat Lorcan, bringing him to justice."

"But how," Pinkie ask Shining curiously. "We don't know what he is!"

"I know..." Luna said meekly to the other ponies. "Lorcan is in the Castle of Nightmare Moon at Nightmare Canyon."

"How do you know, sister?" Celestia ask Luna, arching an eyebrow at this.

"Golden Heart brought me there yesterday. I went over to try to talk him out of his conquest...or to defeat him."

"So why didn't you defeat him and brought him in sooner?" Twilight ask Luna, wondering why the Goddess of the Night didn't bother to bring Lorcan to justice yesterday. Then this madness would've been avoided sooner!

"I...I rather not talk about it, please don't make me." Luna said, blushing a bit. The ponies blink a bit, wondering why she's doing that.

"Where's Nightmare Canyon, Princess Luna?"

"To be honest, I don't know. Golden Heart just teleported us there. It's amazingly that none of them saw us coming. And I don't know where Golden Heart himself is, he didn't follow us when we were coming here."

The ponies sigh in irritation or concern. How will they find the castle if Luna doesn't know or Golden Heart is nowhere in sight? Rainbow pauses and goes over to her laptop while remarking, "Gotta check my e-mails."

"How can yew check yer e-mails when Scoots an' her friends are probably in danger right now?" Applejack demands to Rainbow in annoyance.

"Hey, time waits for no pony...or e-mails!"

Applejack sighs in annoyance as Rainbow checks her e-mail, seeing a new one which she brings up.

"Ugh, another one of this stupid Age of Dragons crap? I am getting tired of this by now! DELETED," Rainbow snaps furiously as she quickly does the usual tactic.

Rainbow then turns to the other ponies who stare at her in shock and disbelief. She ask, "Uh, what?"

"You mean to tell us...that you were getting e-mails about Lorcan about the Age of Dragons all this time...and didn't bother to tell us before?" Twilight ask Rainbow in shock, twitching her eyes in fury.

"Not all this time, since I got the e-mail about Tadaka and you slammed the door in my face. Anyway, I just called them junk mail. Why?"

Twilight growls furiously then jumps into the air, bursting in flames like before, making the ponies gasps. Rainbow yelps as her friend got into her face big time.

"YOU IDIOT; BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TELL US BEFORE, SPIKE IS NOW GONE, NYX'S FRIENDS HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND ALL OF EQUESTRIA IS IN DANGER!" Twilight screams in Rainbow's face in fury. "WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?"

"Twilight, Twilight, easy!" Fluttershy exclaims to Twilight in worry.

"I know that this looks bad, but calm down!" Pinkie exclaims to Twilight in horror.

For a moment, it doesn't look like there's anything to calm Twilight down...until Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder, making the flaming unicorn turns to her. The princess spoke gently, "Twilight...I know you are angry...but will hurting one of your friends make things better?"

Twilight hesitates then sadly calms down, turning back to normal. She lands on the floor, saying, "You're...you're right. Rainbow, I'm sorry...it's just...my family is breaking up...and all of Equestria is being victims of a monster who wanted me dead years ago! I...I don't know what to do."

"Its okay, Twilight; we will resolve this somehow."

"We just need to stop Lorcan...but that depends on us finding Nightmare Canyon." Shining said grimly, knowing what his sister is going through. Her sister's little family is breaking up and she doesn't know what to do.

"Wait...I think I know...Rainbow's security cameras." Twilight said thoughtfully as she saw a familiar monitor nearby and goes over to her.

"Security what now," Applejack asks confused as the other ponies goes over. Rainbow yelps a bit in worry and in a nervous way.

"Her security cameras, she planted them all over Equestria. I saw something on it a while ago before the Demon Pony incident. Maybe..."

Twilight uses her magic to flip the channels, Rainbow backs away nervously. One of the channels show Fluttershy's bedroom as Angel is seen jumping up and down on the bed happily.

"Hey, that looks like my bedroom; the fire didn't damage my cottage!" Fluttershy exclaims, gasping as she saw what Angel's doing, "Angel the bunny! You get off of there right now!"

Twilight changes the channel, showing Pinkie Pie's home. It shows her TV on. Tough, who is recovering as well, blinks a bit as he asks Pinkie, "Wait, yew left yer TV on?"

"Well, duh! That way I won't miss any of my shows, silly!" Pinkie giggles to Tough in amazement.

Twilight switch the channels once more, showing the inside of Carousel Baroque. Rarity's cat Opalscence is seen playing with a ball of yarn; nothing to be seen here.

Rarity glares suspiciously at Rainbow as she ask, "Rainbow, why are you having security cameras watching us?"

"Err, in case of burglars." Rainbow said, her eyes look away nervously. "I mean, not like I was using them to spy on you all or spot what Soarin' does before going to bed..."

"In fact, look, there's a camera in his bathroom right now" Pinkie exclaims as one channel shows Soarin' flexing in front of a mirror, the Pegasus pony is unaware of a camera watching him right now.

Twilight flips the channel; it shows an image of the group looking at the monitor. They turn and saw one of Rainbow's security cameras nearby, much to their surprise.

"How long has that been there?" Twilight ask in disbelief as Rainbow chuckles nervously. The purple unicorn continues flipping channels, showing images from the Mane Six lookalikes' new restaurant, the image from Tough's ring (which he left at home), Rainbow's own version of Cloudsdale and the throne room at Canterlot. "Ah, there's the throne room which Rainbow booby-trapped it to drop a sugar bomb at anytime."

"Oh yes, I was wondering about that." Celestia said, giving a glare to Rainbow who chuckles sheepishly. Twilight switch the channels until she found one for the Castle of Nightmare Moon's meeting room.

"There it is! Not much to say!"

"I can track it with my laptop." Rainbow said as she works on her laptop. "It should help us find out the coordinates. Give me a bit of time."

"Well, hurry, please!" Luna insists as Rainbow work harder. This goes on for a few seconds or so. The group saw a meeting happening.

"What are they talking about now?" Fluttershy ask a bit curiously.

Of course, Discord appears in the image, remarking slyly, "Spying on us, are we? Naughty naughty," The evil chimera then punches the image, causing a static. It's obviously that Discord has destroyed the camera.

"Well, so much for that." Shining said with a sigh, "Rainbow?"

"Luckily I tracked the footage before Discord wipe out the camera." Rainbow said as she motions to an image on her computer. "I found the coordinates."

"Good, then it's time we done go down there an' give those creeps what fer!" Applejack exclaims in determination.

"Not without a plan!" Twilight insists. "We need the Elements before we rushed in."

"I knew you were going to say that." Luna said with a smile as Celestia floats a familiar case over to Twilight. "We knew that the Elements would be needed so we stop by the vault before coming over here."

"Good, we got a chance!"

"Go forth and save us all, my little ponies. Equestria is in your hooves now." Celestia said before giving a stern look to Rainbow. "And when you get back, Miss Rainbow Dash, I want a word with you about using cameras to spy on ponies and for booby-trapping the Canterlot throne room!"

"Busted," Pinkie laughs as Rainbow chuckles nervously, giving out a gulp. She is in big trouble when this is over...

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As this moment, the scene shows us just what is happening with Ben Mare walking with Nyx (the real one), Phobos, and a not so corporative Spike. As they reach a certain hill spot, they took a moment to gaze from it in seeing just where they were at this time. This group was by the borders from far to the West of Equestria, lay mountain ranges jutting into the sky, vast barren expenses of rock and wide open plains and valley that cut through them like wounds in the very land itself. Above the group that stared at this sight, saw a dark haze hung in the air within such a place before them. But what caused the haze were at least dozens of what some could call them great beasts that flew about, occasionally blotting out the sun itself it would seem. This was a place that Celestia had spoken about, the place that she instructed her son Ben Mare to take Spike with the company of Nyx & Phobos to what is known as: The Land of the Dragon Clans.

"Unbelievable!" Nyx spoke with much surprise as she's never seen such breath taking scenery.

"Wow, this place seems a little different than last time!" Phobos spoke off in looking around, last time he saw this place, it was…different, is all he knows.

"Nugh, it's fine, I guess." Spike shrug off in a non-caring attitude tone when with this group.

"So this is the land that belongs to the Dragon Clans? I've read about it, but this is my first ever witnessing this." Ben Mare spoke in taking in some of the surroundings; this place is not something every average day pony gets to come across to see. "Come on, let's go." The stallion with the Triforce Mark signals for the rest to come along with him, knowing where they have to go next.

With that, the group were skidding down a nicely slop spot before touching ground. Now this group had to get to the borders leading to the Dragon Clan's territory, should be okay, right? Well, some would think that, but at the moment of during the walking at this time, the atmosphere was not a positive situation since the start of this journey. And by that, we mean about Spike still showing his own negativity signs from all that's happened to him. From Spike's experience about learning about Lorcan, learning what happened to his father Tadaka & mother Sindell, to even to the point where after learning what Twilight spoke about him when she was a filly, hatching a baby dragon just to earn her chance to pass her entrance exam. All of these feelings were boiling up inside, that even during his outrage, he showed some powerful magic force that blew away some of his friends when he lashed out. Right now, the baby dragon was just hoping to get this trip over and done with, and…to be left alone, still holding a deep grudge that scared his very heart of emotion.

"Hey Spike, quit lagging behind, we got to get moving!" Phobos turned around in seeing how much Spike was dragging his feet, the baby dragon's mind was really distracted lately that he forgets they have to be somewhere.

"Hmph, like you wanna go to a place you're force to come and see this." Spike looked away to remark off about Phobos's coming to the Dragon Clan's territory and he's a Moon Dragon, he should know what to expect on arrival there after their known history.

"Hey come on Spike, Phobos is just as concern of going to this place as you are." Nyx walked beside Phobos to try and speak out in terms of what her friend is doing, he is trying to help Spike who's in need of help.

"Look, would you just shut it and quit trying to be nice to me!" Spike snapped off towards Nyx with his angry face which made the black filly flinch at hearing that awful tone of the baby dragon. "It's not like your feelings for what's happen should bother you!" The baby dragon pointed off to make a statement in which Nyx shouldn't even bother trying to be nice to him, after all that's happened so far.

"Hey, that's pushing your luck, Spike!" Phobos snapped off in protest for Nyx, Spike's getting a bit out of line here.

"Spike, I was only concerning for you." Nyx spoke from feeling a bit more hurtful in what someone she considers like a brother was behaving towards her.

"Well here's a fact! Twilight and me were pretty close, until YOU showed up one day!" Spike exclaimed off to point out a fact from being a bit antsy of what life was like before Nyx showed up. "Bad enough Twilight left me out of a lot of her adventures, but she left you out of it too and with me! You could have at least protest or help in those manners, least of all, my own!" The baby dragon was stating how during the times he wanted to go with Twilight on adventures, he was left behind even Nyx couldn't help in making an argument about it. "Sometimes, I almost wonder if maybe it would have been best for Boxco and Dum Dum to have just killed you during the Demon Pony thing, At least then, that accident would have been perfect for something, that 'WAS', an accident!" Spike crossed his arms to look up into the skies in saying something really cruel just now.

"Huuagh," Nyx gasped from hearing this and lets off a tiny moan while looking away, trying her best not to let off in tears.

"Okay, I may not know what's going through that head of yours, but you better take back what you said about Nyx!" Phobos snapped off in flying up to Spike's face while the baby dragon continues to walk but the moon dragon wanted this guy to apologize for those rude things.

"Why don't you make me, Spots," Spike got up in Phobos' face while calling him something hurtful.

"I will, baby-face!" Phobos snapped off right back as the two were in a war of name-calling.

"Moon Moron," Spike snapped off towards Phobos in getting in his face.

"Purple Doop," Phobos snapped off in calling Spike something that sounded bad.

"You're purple too, you know!" Spike pointed out to exclaim something Phobos didn't think to clearly about.

"D'OH! I forgot! Never mind that, let's start over!" Phobos cursed under his breath, how he let something like that slip his mind?

"I think your brain is at the tip of your tail, Moon Tail!" Spike made a new insult while calling this guy something else.

"Well your head's spike full of issues, Spike-Head!" Phobos snapped off right back at Spike in stating about his spike look.

"Hey, hey, hey, HEY; Cut it out back there!" Ben Mare spoke out from looking behind him, seeing while he walks that there is some issues going on. "Look, everything in our lives were fine and happy before Lorcan came into the picture and now look. Our family is breaking apart here!" The stallion tried to say that none of this would be happening, if not for the fault of one being in particular. "The only thing now is to trust that my mom, Celestia, can stop Lorcan's reign for good before his evil brings anymore chaos to Equestria than it already has!" After stating that brief end to the argument, Ben Mare looks away while leading this little group onward.

"Huphm!" Spike scoffs off a 'huff' noise while muttering out these things under breath. "Yeah, she did a great job from the times with Nightmare Moon and Discord." The baby dragon made a remark about a fact from two villains Celestia tended to but there was a problem…it wasn't settled. "When those two villains returned, Celestia didn't have me doing squat. Instead, she left that to her student to uphold. And let's not forget the time how Twilight got beaten by a Changeling when the Queen fooled everyone into such a false belief." Spike reminded of the events from Nightmare Moon, to Discord to even that which lead to Twilight's own self-doubt that no one believes her during Cadance's wedding where the Changeling Queen almost would have won, and yet Celestia couldn't do a thing, matters would have been different if he was put in charge.

"Keep talking like that, and it's no wonder Twilight don't put you in her spot, unlike me, you get in the way." Phobos spoke off in bragging how he have no trouble, but Spike, he just be extra baggage.

"You want me to roast your tail here and now, Moony Dragon!" Spike snapped off to point the finger in planning to cook this guy's tail if he don't back off.

"Hey! I only shook my behind at that bone-headed brother of yours; at least I stuck up to him with his short expectation!" Phobos snapped off in remotely recalling how that event took place when Lorcan wanted the Moon Dragon to work for him, the villain got the answer alright, a shake of the rear to the dragon foe's face kinda answer.

"So did I and he was taller than me by 2 to 3 as much, but at least I thought a more sensible thing, unlike that empty-head of yours!" Spike snapped off in stating how he even stood up to the villain that was taller than him at the time, even if he never knew Lorcan was his brother, at least the baby dragon had 'some' sense of a plan, unlike Phobos.

"Whose head you calling empty?" Phobos snapped off with growling teeth that him and Spike were this close to tussling it out against the other when…

"Stop it! Stop it! BOTH OF YOU! Please!" Nyx cut between the two small dragons in trying to break off another fight. "Daddy's right, our family is breaking apart, and that's why we're on this journey, to fix it!" The little black filly tried to once again, bring reason into the picture that they need this to not only help them but Spike to the most.

"Yeah, and fix his attitude!" Phobos remarked off in glaring at Spike in remotely stating the baby dragon needs an attitude adjustment.

"Hmph," Spike huffed to look away from these two, already having enough talking to them.

"Mom will stop him, Spike!" Ben assures Spike, but all that did was make the baby dragon more upset.

"Peh, how, by killing him, the only living family member I have in cold blood like she did my father; So that I'm the last one?!"

"But Spike, your father was an evil-" Nyx yelps as Spike grabs her by the neck.

"Shut the buck up, you little accident!" Spike snaps. Phobos snarls as Nyx gasps. "You may have a mother and a father now...but me? I got nothing, nothing but ponies who wanted nothing to me but use me for slave work! I am not going to get kicked around by someone like you anymore!"

"Enough, enough," Phobos snaps as he push Spike, forcing him to let Nyx go. "Want to go right now?"

"Anytime, anyplace, freak!"

"Ugh, how much further until we reach the Dragon Clan's land, this argument is enough to…" Ben was signing in hearing and looking a bit back in seeing how the group was misbehaving, unless they reach their spot soon, then… "Oh, we've arrived." Ben Mare yelped from suddenly looking up, as did those in the group from Nyx, Spike and Phobos to see what he saw.

Just like that, the group made it to the crossing borders from the land they cross to now entering the territory of the Dragon Clan. Now from a certain view, the group managed to carefully go in while watching their steps. Not much is known about this territory other that from what Ben Mare was told, there was one particular valley where it was said that twelve of the most powerful dragons are said to gather at; The Valley of the Chieftain. It's said that each one of the twelve was head of a particular Clan of Dragons and that each one lay on a bed of gold and jewels, which is normal for a dragon to collect. Right now, Ben Mare had to go and find such a place, for it's there that his mother, Celestia, said they could take Spike towards…where he might be safe from Lorcan.

"Okay, let's stick together, and don't do anything rash." Ben Mare was telling the others here that they should keep themselves real close, as to not get lost here.

"Who would do something as stupid in a dragon clan's nest?" Spike remotely shrugs off with a mean attitude still about anyone doing something rash in this area.

"Uh-oh; Enemy at 12 O'clock," Phobos spoke out in pointing out and seeing a hazy feature in the clouds above that looked to be going for them. "I'll get him before he gets the drop on us!" Phobos declared out with a determine expression before he took to the skies. "Frssuvhm…." and like a rocket, he launched himself off at a fast rate towards where danger seems to be coming.

"Wait Phobos; you shouldn't just…" Nyx tried to warn, but Phobos was too out of range to hear her.

"Haaaahh…gupvhm…" Phobos was about to deliver a punch when he got grabbed in by a giant claw that snatched him before he even made any hit marks of the enemy in the haze cloud.

"GRUGRUGRUARAAAHHH-Raaaauuhhh…" There was a very low growl and though through the haziness covering it, Phobos could see the glowing eyes and the sounds of a mighty beast that had caught him.

"Hmmm, what to do when captured by a seriously dangerous enemy that looks like they can chew you out and spit you out like gum…Oh yeah!" Phobos was tapping his chin in thinking for a moment on what to do when in this kinda situation and then just like that, the answer came, "HEEEEEEEEEELP!" Yep, the old cry for help gag, if nothing else, it's at least effective to signal one's need of aid.

"ROOOOOOAAARRRUUGHHH," There was a dragon's roar, as there appeared out was an eastern dragon that finally landed on the ground, and she seem ready to toast Phobos that was helps.

The ponies with Spike saw this and worried what would happen, though the later wasn't paying this much mind, until…

"Okay now, you can let him go now, Mei Long." Spoke a wise voice above the skies in addressing the eastern dragon.

"But this is a Moon Dragon! One of Tadaka's Servants who was banished into the Void," The one before the group was called Mei Long as she looked up to the sky in speaking towards someone.

Coming out of the hazy skies was what appeared to be a Great Dragon that flew overhead, circled several times before landing on the ground just about beside Mei Long. After approaching, he hunched down on his hind legs and tail, supporting his own body weight. His scales were violet, darkened with age, with a lighter underbelly and a magnificent row of spines going down his back. This was none other than King Spykoran the Old and he was looking to his friend with the action that was displayed.

"Yes, but unlike his brethren….he acts differently." Spoke the king's voice of reason about the part of Phobos being different from other Moon Dragons. "Not only did he escape the imprisonment, but he is known for being more friends with Ponies then the rest of the Moon Dragons. Celestia spoke that he too was coming along for us to meet him with the others." King Spykoran exclaimed out to explain that from the note he received from Celestia, it was apparent that Phobos would come along to join Spike, along with Ben Mare & Nyx."

"Very well, as you command, my King." Mei Long humbly nods her head in agreeing to what her king spoke of his reasons being and just let Phobos go.

"Gupvhmm…" Phobos yelped from landing on his rear end, even when he was free, he seem almost traumatized with fear like a deer in the headlights.

"Phobos! Are you okay?" Nyx came up near her friend in asking in concern if Phobos was gonna be alright.

"I think I may have just wet myself just now." Phobos stated with a blank look on his face, which Nyx moved a little bit back in finding that piece of knowledge…a bit too much to stand.

"Greetings to you all; we are among the Twelve Dragon Councils leading our Clans. I am King Spykoran The Old." King Spykoran spoke in looking below in addressing those before that have come here. "And you already know Mei Long, Leader of the Eastern Clan." He waved his left claw out in addressing the appearance of the eastern dragon the gang has become acquainted to now.

"We have been introduced." Mei Long exclaimed off in saying that they have met, under odd first impressions but met none the less.

"And you all are?" King Spykoran spoke in liking to be introduced to the new faces before him and his friend to get acquainted to.

"Yes, forgive us." Ben Mare bows in hearing this as he clears his throat before pointing to themselves of those that haven't met these dragons before. "You already met Phobos; he's the new Moon Dragon that just came into our lives." Phobos made a little sheepish wave with a smile in looking up at the dragons. "This is my adopted daughter Nyx, of whom I'm sure you probably know was once the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon, but choose to live a good & peaceful life, as a filly" On that mentioned note, Nyx smiled to wave without showing too much cautiousness against these large dragons. "And my name is Ben Mare, her father and adoptive child to Celestia, my mother." Ben soon addressed himself in letting the two dragons know who he is.

"My, my, it appears we have quite the collection of the most particular beings famous of their old history tales." Mei Long spoke in stating in remembering how 'most' of those here with Spike have a certain history.

"We know much of the Moon Dragon, the one called Phobos, and even the little black filly Nyx with her old history of Nightmare Moon, who was once Princess Luna long ago." King Spykoran nods in stating how they truly know about the facts about these first two, but for the other pony. "But to hear that Celestia had adopted a pony child to raise as her own, one not of bloodline, is a sight I never imagine." The old dragon admitted that even he never would have guessed what the princess of the sun was doing when taking in to raise an abandon foal.

"Even more so other than the history we were told of you were once the Demon Pony that terrorized Equestria. To see you now, as the bearing of the Triforce Mark, is another thing to take into account." Mei Long spoke in seeing the Triforce Mark on Ben Mare's flank, it's truly a shock to see that such great power was given…to a pony, no less.

"Indeed, I for one never imagine I get to see the legend spoken long ago here, the greatest power of three elements placed together as a triangle. You must be very worthy to wield their power." King Spykoran spoke with an honest expression when he spoke towards Ben Mare as he's amazed that the stallion has that power to wield.

"Um yeah, thank you for saying so." Ben Mare rubbed the back of his head in feeling a bit sheepish from getting this kinda attention.

"Yeah, even Grandma Celestia was surprised." Nyx smiled off to say this fact about her father and about her grandmother.

"Celestia is your Grandmother?" Mei Long responded off in nearly being wide-eyed in hearing this right, Celestia is a grandmother to the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon?

"Yeah, kinda makes sense." Phobos shrugs off to dryly make this statement about where this confusion can be answered for, "Since with Twilight's brother married to Celestia's niece Cadance, she's practically family; Plus, with Ben Mare being her adoptive child and being with Twilight, and with an adoptive daughter, kinda makes sense!" The Moon Dragon exclaimed off in concluding the noted facts of where one thing connects with another here to solve this mystery.

"Hmm-hmm, to hear the day some pony calls Celestia a Grandmother or Grandma, that's the first interesting subject to crack a smile I've come across all day." King Spykoran tried to hold back a chuckle, but from his smirky expression, it was hard to resist letting it go from hearing such news about Celestia being Nyx's grandmother.

"Hmph., what a waste of time! We come all this way here and you'll all chatting in not seeing I'm right here!" Spike crossed his arms to look away in annoyance; he even wonders why he's here if he's all but forgotten now.

"Hey come on, they were just being friendly with us! Even me, and I was scared stiff from what almost happened!" Phobos stated off that Spike didn't have to go and lose his head over being forgotten.

"Whatever!" Spike huffed off in looking away, still holding that little grudge of his.

"Oh Spike," Nyx closed her eyes to shake her head, will the baby dragon ever be who he was again?

"I'm sorry, guess we got carried away, anyway, we brought Spike here for his own protection." Ben Mare exclaimed off for the odd moment before turning to the dragon council before them.

"A noble sentiment on yours and Celestia's behalf," King Spykoran nods in completely understanding the stallion's point of view, it's expectable.

"Noble? NOBLE!" Spike heard this before turning to actually lash this out towards the king of dragons. "What's so NOBLE in being kept in the dark while others hid facts about my family! MY REAL FAMILY," He was actually arguing over the fact that the ponies have wrong him, kept the truth of his family from him and this guy says they're noble for it.

"You be wise not to take such a tone like that with the king, young one. Especially since he is…" Mei Long was about to sternly scold the baby dragon for his loose temper and blindness to his actions until….

"Let it go, Mei Long." Spykoran held up a claw in stopping his friend from saying anymore.

"But he was just…" Mei Long tried to protest in what the king was even thinking by doing this.

"He has every right; we knew this day would come when Lorcan & Tadaka's tale would reach even the youngest member of their family." King Spykoran nods with a solemn expression taking over his face as he knew the day of this talk would come to pass. "If you have something to say, little one, I, as King, shall hear you out." He spoke in humbly accepting all the compliance that Spike has against what has happened to him up to this moment.

"Okay, fine! Now we can get to somewhere!" Spike stated off with a rude comment before he soon begins to talk about the subject. "Why was I neither told about my history, I heard it all from Celestia! About what happened to my brother! What happened to my father! And what happened to…" Spike suddenly stop to look away, feeling a bit more sorrow in whose else he was going to bring up that hurt him deeply. "My own mother…who I don't know anything about, because she died while I was an egg and she didn't do anything wrong to deserve som" To Spike, he doesn't even know much about his mother, who she was, if she was nice from the tinniest note from the story told and yet she's dead.

"The timing to tell you the truth was to happen when you reached the right of age." King Spykoran spoke with a serious and calm tone in stating what Spike should know of this coming to know the truth, "As at this moment, you are too young to completely handle the truth of what has happened in the generations past before your birth." The king stated that even if they told Spike about his family, the ones involved wanted him to mature enough to handle it, but this action proves that telling even sooner resulted in an unbalance state of rage.

"What happened? I JUST SAID I KNOW!" Spike snapped off at the king in hearing this excuse before pointing to Nyx in saying this next part. "About Nightmare Moon killing my father's guard, how he wanted revenge on ponies, got my brother to go along, and then Celestia sentence my father to death, instead of keeping him imprisoned with his own army like Phobos was!" The baby dragon was really lashing out a lot of things that had happened that seem kinda cruel to him, yet others seem to have gotten off it with ease.

"Hey! Don't go bringing me into this! I didn't know what I was getting into then! And lived every regretful moment of it," Phobos protested out in saying he had nothing to do with what actions he did in the past.

"Oh Phobos," Nyx sighed in hearing her Moon Dragon's tone; he sounded pretty upset about it.

"And that's because of what you did, my own older brother was out trying to find me, only to be kept a distance from ever learning that I was alive!" Spike snapped off towards the two dragons in seeing that from their actions, Lorcan lost his own little brother and was never given the satisfaction of them being together…as a family.

"Spike, listen! Lorcan may have wanted you, but we did not know if he raises you to hate ponies like your father did to him." Ben Mare tried to explain the state of what would have happened in Lorcan had taken Spike up and be raised like his elder brother. "It's cause of that hatred; he killed a lot of innocent ponies, even…" The stallion froze for a moment as he looked to the ground in sorrow in what he had to say next, "Shining & Twilight's brother, Starlight." Ben knows how much Twilgiht, his love, cared for her little brother and Lorcan was the one that killed the innocent colt.

"It is true, that through Tadaka's influence, your brother Lorcan became what your father ended believing from ill fate when Princess Luna broke such an easily soft heart to become bitter." Mei Long nods in completely accepting the fact and knowing the solution of the matter knew that such actions from a father even twisted a bit of his own son from what happened to them long ago.

"But tell us, young Spike, what do you truly believe ponies to truly be of their nature." King Spykoran spoke in questioning the young baby dragon this question to be answered.

"What's that suppose to mean? I know what they are!" Spike snapped off in hearing this king ask such a question he already knows about. "They're lying, deceitful, slave-driving…" The baby dragon would have gone on even more if he wasn't cut off.

"But is that what you truly see? Or, is it how you only want them to be seen?" King Spykoran asked a puzzling riddle for Spike to answer for himself.

"Wha…what are you talking about?" Spike ceases his moment to look up at the dragon in confusion as if lost by such a statement.

"I have received many scrolls from Celestia as Twilight Sparkle sends them to her." King Spykoran nods to say that he has been informed of the progress that has happened with Twilight, even young Spike as well. "Tell me, do you remember incidents where if what you believe the ponies to be as you claim truly fit such description?" The king looked down with the expression of a wise and calm leader, questioning that of the young's lost path.

"Well I…" Spike was kinda lost for words, as he had no way around such a statement of claim by the king.

"Think hard…hard deeply….remember it all. And the picture you seek shall be clear to you." King Spykoran spoke with a closed eye expression, as he awaits for Spike to think his thoughts carefully and give him an answer then.

Spike had no idea what this king of the Dragon Clans was all about but he sighed in giving in and just getting that request done with. He was in the moment of thinking back to all the times he dealt with ponies and Spike still wasn't too happy about it. A lot of them involved the baby dragon not going along on such dangerous adventures. But then his eyes perk when he recalled different curious moments in his life of what did happen when he was with ponies. Like that time when the baby dragon and Rarity went to look for gems, she got kidnapped by Diamond Dogs and how Spike needed help to rescue her…even Twilight let him have his 'one' moment to play the hero by having her be his stead and she let the baby dragon. And during the event Spike ran away from home when he thought Owlowiscious was taking over his job as number one assistant, Twilight came looking for him, she even went through a situation of facing off against the green dragon Spike upset in order to save and rescue him from such perils. There was even that time, during his birthday, he gave a precious heart made gem to Rarity and it was from the caring heart that it snaps Spike out of his greedy stage from developing into a rapidly mature full grown dragon and wrecking Ponyville. Then that time when Twilight told him not to over eat too much ice cream or he get a sick tummy when the pony got a visit from her future self and realized too late that he himself became future Spike in the after events to which Twilight helped the little dragon during the madness back then. Then there was that time, when he went on his dragon quest to meet other follow dragons, Spike met Garble & his teenage buddies, Twilight, Rarity & Rainbow Dash were in disguise to make sure that the baby dragon could fit in with the others….only to realize, there were some cases where not to cross the line. Like when he met Peewee, the baby phoenix that became his pet in a way, he kinda reminded Spike of himself when he was found and rescued. And there were plenty of other things that happened after the Canterlot Wedding when the Changeling Invasion soon ceased from the threat levels. To certain things, like during the Demon Pony Event, sure, there were hard times happening but even Spike helped where it counted like when he fought to stop Boxco & Dum Dum from hurting the CMC, Derpy & Pony Joe, and even before that tried to keep Boris from killing the pony that was Ben Mare under a curse. After just reliving some of those memories, the angry feeling in Spike's heart….began to fade a little.

"It would seem you are finding the answers that puzzled you, young dragon." King Spykoran the Old spoke from opening his eyes in seeing the new expression Spike was showing, he has come to terms with his lost thought of the situation.

"Yeah, who would have thought that there were some good times, along with the bad?" Spike spoke a bit in grief, feeling that even from all the bad times, there were still the good times he had with his friends. "But…that still doesn't excuse Twilight for what she said about me in her diary!" The baby dragon snaps off towards the king of dragons in remembering what the smart unicorn said about him in her dairy.

"Oh brother, not this again," Phobos slapped his head over his head; Spike was still stuck on that.

"I see, they say that a diary is a written history of one's thoughts, feelings and expressions of what's happened in their lives." Mei Long spoke from absorbing this piece of facts on what Spike is also upset about.

"Yeah, Spike found it and is upset about what my mommy wrote about him." Nyx nods sadly in staying that after Spike read that piece of entire, he's not forgiving Twilight.

"I tried to convincing him otherwise but he won't listen." Ben Mare tried to bring up the discussion about Twilight's diary but Spike only ignored it, saying it was some excuse they were making.

"I see then tell us Spike…did you read it all?" King Spykoran nods in following the situation here and asked Spike if he's read all of Twilight's diary to know the truth.

"All of it?" Spike looked back at the king with a raised eyebrow with a puzzled expression, why would he bother after learning what he himself could.

"Surely if Twilight is as bad as you said, then you would have been very thorough in searching the truth." Mei Long nods in saying out the wise thing to do is know all the facts, not to leave out a single detail or the knowledge Spike has is incomplete.

"Um, well…ugh, that is to say…" Spike was suddenly feeling sheepish as he was rubbing his back head before he soon spoke this… "No…" The baby dragon looked away in looking almost pretty embarrassed right about now.

"WHAAA-GAAUGH…" Phobos jumped up in hearing Spike say this before smacking on the ground for forgetting to keep himself in the air by flying, "Oh brother! And you said I was an empty head, I would have read it ALL to get the juicy details!" Phobos stood back up in dryly remarking how that Spike was clearly not to smart in going further to know all the stuff if he read Twilight's private diary.

"Phobos!" Nyx scolded her friend for even suggesting such a thing.

"What? That way, I know about Twilight?" Phobos asked off in defense as he was trying to make a clear point here.

"You see Spike; you jumped to conclusions before really understanding everything." Ben Mare explained out with an honest face in hoping the baby dragon gets this just as he reached for a saddle to pull out…a familiar diary book. "Here, Twilight let me bring her dairy along, believing that maybe you'll come to see something you missed." The stallion stated out while handing over to the puzzled Spike, Twilight's diary, to which he seemed confused but took it off Ben's hooves.

Spike looked a bit puzzled, but when he return to the same entry he was at about the mean thing Twilight said about him….he saw it! On the next entry, there was something that really widened Spike's eyes up in shock and horror in what was there…enough to shake his hands.

Soon, the diary was dropped to the ground, it made a light impact, but the expression Spike was showing was more stunned and disbelieving then he ever was. Twilight's next entry about him was actually feelings of apology, saying how she was starting to feel love for him, almost like what the pony wished to spend time giving to her own brother, Starlight. The baby dragon was no replacement for the dead colt, Twilight just filled the void in her heart in seeing how much Spike was just like her little brother but she loved him for being himself, not someone else. Spike dropped to his knees, his mouth gaping and eyes widen while looking at his own claws that wobbled still.

"Spike…" Nyx spoke out towards her friend, wondering if he was okay but didn't think so.

"Uh-oh, I smell emotional drama coming on." Phobos spoke off from seeing this kinda behavior sign before and it's about to get mushy now.

"It's my fault." Spike muttered under his lips while still speaking out in disbelief. "How could I have been so foolish…so…so…" The baby dragon could have gone on, only if he not ran out of things to say.

"Stupid? Dumb? Blind? Raging, lashing, bad-mouthing, clawing filly's face little mons…" Phobos was actually speaking off a lot of things perfectly fitting what the baby dragon did till now.

"Phobos!" Nyx scold her friend for going a little overboard there on the name calling issue.

"Whoops! Got carried away, sorry," Phobos sheepishly covered his mouth while apologizing for what he did.

"No, that's all true Phobos…every word." Spike slowly state with a sorrow grim on his expression and sulking more. "I insulted my friends, pushed them away, even hurt them." The baby dragon was now realizing all of this a bit more than too late at this time. "I've probably become just another Lorcan menace to them. I feel like…no one would take me back after what happened!" Spike spoke in probably feeling like another new threat to the ponies of Equestria, the new Lorcan threat is what he'll be.

"Spike…I'm sorry." Nyx came up to apologize to the baby dragon for feeling such hardship on his shoulders.

"Why are you apologizing, I'm the one who should be sorry, I took my anger out on everyone…even hurt you." Spike spoke off with a sorrowful expression, he didn't even look to Nyx, remembering how he once clawed her face, what kinda friend could be forgiven for that action.

"Well that is true." Phobos spoke in thinking this over for a minute but saw Nyx's upset face so the Moon Dragon had to quickly respond to that. "But-but then again, maybe some of us should say we're sorry for what's happened to ya!" The Moon Dragon exclaimed that they should be sorry in why their friend had to go through such a rough time.

"Like it'll matter, I got no home, no friends, I barely now have much of a family and it's practically dysfunctional in working right." Spike remotely stated to stand up and kick a loose rock pebble away, feeling that everything is ruined beyond fixing now.

"Now I wouldn't go as far as…" Phobos was almost about to disagree there, except for one thing…Spike was mostly right about that, and he exclaimed why. "No, no, wait! Counting about Tadaka & Lorcan, and then us, okay, I might see the trouble…but it's only a little." The Moon Dragon kinda saw where Spike was now getting at but that was beside the point here.

"King Spykoran, is there nothing that can help Spike from the suffering he's endured? He's only a baby dragon that got put in the mix of this craziness that's happening now." Ben Mare looked up to the dragon council members in pleading that something could be done.

"Even as such, this is not a surprise…when you are caught being protected but a villain that wishes to do great harm." King Spykoran spoke with a wise tone of his expression, as he looks down towards the confused baby dragon. "I went through a similar event, different, but much like little Spike here!" The king exclaimed out in having an event happen to him that was pretty much what Spike is dealing with right now.

"Wait…you did, King Spykoran?" Spike spoke off in asking in disbelief, what did this guy go through that's almost like his own?

"King Spykoran, you're not going to…" Mei Long was about to state off if the king was going to talk about 'that' before the others.

"Just this story Mei Long, it can help calm his mind more." King Spykoran spoke in easing his friend in what he'll be doing is telling a tale, nothing more than that. "Spike, when I was your age, I was cared for…by a demon gargoyle named Scorpan who served a terrible Baphomet named Tirek." The dragon king explained out with feeling much grief in his voice when he spoke of these things.

"Tirek," Ben Mare gasped out in hearing that name right as it sent shivers down his spine.

"I heard about that name in school, he was someone that turned kidnapped ponies into…gulp…evil dragons." Nyx stated off in recalling the name from the history books, she even gulped in knowing that Tirek turn innocent ponies into evil dragons and that's scary alright.

"Yikes! Your care taker was working for the bad guys?" Phobos yelped out in surprise as this was news to him alright.

"Scorpan had to complete Tirek's request, if not…he would hurt me then." King Spykoran sadly explained out that the reason this person did such things for an evil villain, was because of the dragon king himself, when he was young. "Tirek wielded the Rainbow of Darkness, the evil form of the Rainbow of Light, which as we all know is the Elements of Harmony." He stated out with a serious expression on his face when discussing the matter about another Rainbow force, but one of evil darkness. "My life would have lived in such a manner, if not for the sudden appearance of the Mag'ne. Otherwise, known as Megan, my friend," The king nods with a solemn expression of much belief fate, feeling that without that one chosen by fate, he would have lived another life.

"The Mag'ne was your friend?" Ben Mare responded surprised in hearing this other piece of news from the dragon king.

"I've heard mommy telling me about how she and her family once came to our world." Nyx explained out her little knowledge about Celestia knowing how Megan, the Mag'ne came to their world.

"Hugh, humans were around here? Why is it that we haven't seen much of them lately?" Phobos asked off puzzled, if this was true, how was it they haven't seen any sign of these human beings in their world?

"That is a question, best answered for another time." Mei Long spoke off in behalf of her king in saying that question will be answered another time. "My king, please…continue your tale." She looked to King Spykoran in allowing him to continue telling his tale of the past.

"Yes, I will." King Spykoran nods in thanking Mei Long for that moment to give him the chance to continue. "From then, with Megan's sudden appearance and from receiving the Rainbow of Light, though I admit, it was small compared to Tirek's Rainbow of Darkness, there was something to learn. Even in the deepest darkness, the tinniest light can out shine the darkness, when you have belief & hope among friends." The wise dragon king explained out the great power that comes from when one has fate in not just themselves but in others helped out in a big pitch in the past. "By then, the battle was turned; Tirek was destroyed when his own 'once' greatest power was overcome by the power of light. It was then, that Scorpan was free from his spell and turned back into his human prince self, by then a king before having to leave to rebuild his destroyed kingdom." Spykoran explained out the ending results of what happened that allowed many to have a happy ending moment in their lives. "I was then adopted by Megan and my pony friends back then, we lived in happy times and the rest of what happened…is history to the present day." The wise king stated off that the rest of what happened, is how things have turn out now in the present.

"Wooh; your care taker was a prince, or king or…that's just amazing!" Phobos was trying to respond, but got a little confused but still found this nice to hear.

"Did you ever go see him again?" Nyx asked the king of dragons if he ever saw his caretaker ever again.

"I had visited him before his passing, but I will never forget the times I had with him watching over me." King Spykoran nods in expressing his deep gratitude for the matter that has happened to this every day and age.

"It's amazing; we never knew such history happened like that." Ben Mare stated off in finding this little bit of history was something none could have imagined.

"But what was similar about it to me?" Spike asked off in still wondering a major question, how is he and the king any similar?

"Be patient young dragon, the King is getting to that." Mei Long held up a left pointed claw finger to have Spike wait for that answer is coming now.

"We both have lived where we were shrouded by those that would do us harm, what Scorpan did for me, is the same thing that Twilight Sparkle is doing for you." King Spykoran looked down to Spike in stating how both dragons have had someone always trying to watch over them, protecting them from any great harm. "In truth Spike, your name…is the same used by another long ago, do you know who…" The king stated out that Spike's name originated from somewhere and wonders if this baby dragon knows from whom.

"Well, Lorcan spoke about it, but…" Spike slowly responded a bit in knowing what Lorcan stated on his name, but...

"The Spike from long ago is who you see before you." King Spykoran spoke in a noble gesture in stating that the other Spike of long ago…is him. Now this really got Spike's attention in hearing this but not as much as it did for the others with the baby dragon.

"Oh right, I remember you mentioning it when Megan was here not so long ago and right after we fixed the mess with that green dragon."

"What! You're the other Spike from legends' past?" Ben Mare replied off in staring at the Dragon King himself, he was once known as Spike that are spoke a bit in legends before their time.

"Spike was actually your other name?" Nyx responded off very much surprised as even she never knew this.

"HOLY SMOKE; you mean your something that was like our Spike and BECAME KING! Man, I never would have guessed that!" Phobos exclaimed out a bit more wildly in imagining if their Spike grew up, would he be king; that puzzles the mind.

"Huagh-Huagh, my old name…is only ever used by Megan, her brother Danny & sister Molly." Spykoran chuckled a bit in stating that only those from a long time ago can call him that as he just goes by his present name & title. "Right now, there is a new Spike that shall carry that name and make a choice." The king rose back up to stand over the group in announcing this important fact to the baby dragon.

"Uh…choice," Spike slowly spoke off in hearing this and felt a bit more confused in where this would go.

"Yes young dragon, a choice that you must decide on what path to take here." King Spykoran nods with a serious expression never leaving his face. "You can either leave behind the ponies that have lied to you about your origin, all to keep you protected from a threat they wished that would never harm you." He held the left claw in stating the one choice Spike can choose to take in leaving behind everyone he ever cared about, and vise-versa. "Or return back and help set things right, even if it means risking to further isolate you for your actions." The king held up the right claw in stating the choice of going back to help, only for it to not be so welcoming.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Phobos asked a bit puzzled, why would that last part sounds a bit more bad?

"He means that even if Spike goes back, the damage he's done to a lot of ponies that were his friends might not be so openly as forgiving what he said and done." Ben Mare spoke out with a serious expression in understanding the choices here, Spike can either leave it all, or go back but not expect much a warm welcome.

"Yeah, it's almost like what happened when I was turned back into Nightmare Moon and mislead from actions done by my old evil self." Nyx spoke in feeling a bit sorrow in recalling mostly the times she did as Nightmare Moon, Luna may have taken back all the old memories that was hers to begin with but the new memories Nyx had were hers alone.

"Do you need time to decide, young Spike?" King Spykoran asked off in wondering if Spike needs time to decide his answer.

"Yeah, could…could you give me time?" Spike nods a bit unsure at the moment, but guessed some time could get him some things straight.

"Oh course, Mei Long and I shall turn around and await when you have come to terms with yourself." King Spykoran nods in understanding the baby dragon's response, and turn to ask his friend Mei Long to have them both look away for the time being.

With that, King Spykoran the Old and Mei Long turned around with their backs turned to those behind them. Giving Spike the time he needs to think and get his thoughts together, and decide…what is best for him to do. The only ones near the baby dragon was Phobos, Nyx & Ben Mare as they came around to comfort Spike in his lost period of thought.

"Man, what am I going to do? Stay here or go home where I'm not wanted?" Spike asked off from holding his two hands and trying to balance his answer. "Huugh, somehow, I'm wishing that this was all a bad dream." The baby dragon sighed in deep sorrow, almost wishing that the events that lead to today were nothing but a dream.

"Tell me about it. One time, I dreamt of swimming in the moon that was made of blue cheese & had a crazy appetite for it. By then, I ate it all and the folks were not too happy their ray of night-light was gone!" Phobos exclaimed out in responding to that statement with his own, even shivered up in imaging the outcome that was happening that he woke up from.

"Oh Phobos, that's a silly dream!" Nyx shook her head off in hearing such a silly thing that Phobos had to mention out loud, it was kinda funny to imagine it.

"Spike, you're not alone in this, you know that, right?" Ben Mare came up and patted Spike on his left shoulder to get the guy to ease up on his tense emotions. "If you think about it, you're not the only one here that Equestria had to deal with getting along with." The stallion assured the baby dragon that he's not alone in where he's at right now.

"What do you mean by that?" Spike asked from looking up at Ben and being confused by his meaning.

"Take Nyx for example, she was made to be the evil Nightmare Moon, but Twilight saw a way to make her live a life she never sought before until now." Ben Mare pointed to his daughter who smiled in liking to hear this positive statement. "I was the Demon Pony since my earlier colt years and I could never be close to anyone because I feared of hurting them or them hurting me before I was ever truly known and return to being normal." The stallion pointed to himself in what was happening with him a long time ago and what he could still be if not for his save from spending all the time as a beast. "Even Phobos was with a bunch of evil Moon Dragons that were suppose to hurt ponies, but not him." He pointed to the Moon Dragon in stating how he was supposed to be bad but he is not.

"Is there a point to this, other than making us feel a tinsy bit upset and annoyed?" Phobos asked with an annoyed mark on his head in wanting to know where Ben Mare was getting to with this explanation.

"In short, we each had hardships in where we had gone through acts where it seems unforgivable and everyone should hate us, but that's not the case." Ben Mare explained out that despite what has happened to each and every one of them, there is one important thing to know. "We made mistakes in our lives, but rather then live with regret about it; we had to move pass the past to the present for our future." The stallion pointed out that they all decided to keep moving forward, so that they themselves all would have a future to look forward to living in that's better than what happened in the past.

"Hugh?" Spike responded a bit off, not really following that.

"I'm with him, Hugh!" Phobos responded in the same manner as Spike was showing.

"What do you mean, daddy?" Nyx asked a bit puzzled and con fused by what her father said.

"What I'm saying is that Spike doesn't have to let guilt & regret ruled his life. He can keep moving forward; try to make amends for himself of what he once did wrong by acting today." Ben Mare explained with a clear smile on his face that Spike can make up for his mistakes by acting now. "Spike, we all felt like it was pointless to move on, feeling we had no hope, but it's from trying to look pass our faults head on do we make something new in our lives. And in time, even our friends will see that and we'll all forgive and forget." He exclaimed off with a nod in feeling that with time, even those that felt hurt, can learn to re-accept Spike from his actions.

"You…really think...Twilight…and everyone, would welcome me back?" Spike slowly tried to look away, feeling almost a small bit of hope returning to him.

"Of course they would, if you say you're sorry with honesty, I'm sure my mommy, aunts and all our friends can forgive you, Spike!" Nyx nods with a smile in knowing without a doubt, that Spike can be forgiven, of course, it won't be all at once, but in a while, all will be like it was before.

"Yep, after all, look at Tough Apple; folks thought it was hopeless for the guy but it all turn out good for him." Phobos nods while pointing out another friend of theirs that had trouble, but now his situation is looking much more psotive then it was in the past.

Spike smiled and nods to that in hearing this and liking the sounds of it. Maybe, just maybe, he can be forgiven for his actions, and regain the trust, love and value of friendship he once had with the ponies.

Meanwhile, the two bigger dragons were chatting a few things to themselves when Spike was settling his own manners.

"Are you really okay, not telling him the whole truth?" Mei Long whispered to her king about the matter concerning Spike.

"The young dragon has suffered enough as it is, the truth is a painful thing." King Spykoran spoke off with a debating manner about not wanting to give anymore burden to Spike. "Learning of his family's history, what happened to Tadaka going Rogue from the incident with Nightmare Moon, to an accidental death of Sindell and even Lorcan falling under the same blind raging darkness as his father," The king did not want to push much more onto Spike's shoulders then what he already knows of his family's history that has shaken his soul.

"But not all of his family's history has been destroyed and forgotten. Beside Lorcan's arrival, Spike still has one more family member left to turn to…" Mei Long spoke with a sign of kindness as she tapped her king's shoulder in mentioning this. "You, you're his own grandfather." The Eastern Dragon stated that King Spykoran the Old is not only the original Spike from the Mag'ne Legends but is the present day's Spike's grandfather.

"Hugh-hugh, I'm amazed myself!" King Spykoran chuckled softly under his own breath in being reminded of this detail fact. "But what would you have me say, that as my grandson, I should have told him of his family's history, what happened that it was split apart?" To the king, telling Spike this news now will only add another burden to the poor baby dragon's heart which has taken in much shock of news of learning of who his family really is. "No, he already must live with the burden of what his only elder brother is doing without knowing that he and I are grandson and grandfather." King Spykoran declared out that it's best that for now, Spike not know of the two being of such things…not yet, anyway.

"Then what of Lorcan?" Mei Long stated out in reminding her king of Lorcan, his 'other' grandson in question. "It could be possible, that he knows who you really are while Spike doesn't, not until the brothers are faced to face." The Eastern Dragon spoke a mythical statement that when the two brothers next meet, it's a plus sure side, Lorcan may mention who King Spykoran really is to the both of them.

"I do pray that it does not come to that." King Spykoran silently shook his head in sorrow grief tone, that's the last thing that may bring down Spike's soul even more.

"Hey! King Spykoran!" Spike's voice shouted out which brought the two Dragon Council members out of their thought to turn around towards the baby dragon and his friends.

"Judging by your tone and expression and by your friends too, you seem to have come to a conclusion to the question." Mei Long spoke off in noticing very much, that from everyone's expressions, they have helped Spike come to a concluding decision in what he'll do.

"Then tell my, young Spike, which choice will you pick that will affect your life as you look back on this moment?" King Spykoran spoke off in now pointing the different directions of the Dragon Clans' territory to the route back to Equestria's borders. "Will you leave all of what you knew behind or go back and try to make things right, even by such useless struggles?" The wise king stared down at Spike's serious expression, looking deeply in the little dragon's mind, body, heart and soul, for the answer to be told.

"Yes, I know of the choices you asked." Spike spoke off in looking at the ground for a moment when stating this. "At first, I didn't know which one seems like the right one for me. In either way of looking at it, I have to live with the pain of what I have to live for." Then the baby dragon grip his fist, looked back at his friends of Phobos, Nyx and Ben Mare and just before he looked up towards the two towering dragons. "But, I managed to carefully find the answer, I've made my decision!" All was silent as King Spykoran the Old slowly closed his eyes to nod with approval as even Mei Long saw this sign and back at the baby dragon….the choice of the answer…is clear. "I'm…going back!"

Author's Notes:

The decision has been made, Spike is going to make amends for his mistakes but will he able to do so in time? In the next chapter, the Mane Six arrives at the castle, fighting off the Brotherhood of Tadaka. But when it comes to face Lorcan, the dragon got a surprise in store when the Elements are used. Read, review and suggest!

This chapter has references to SpongeBob SquarePants and the second season of 'Rainbow Dash's E-Mails'. Also being mentioned is the pilot episode of the first MLP series.