Night had fallen, Rarity had found Fluttershy, Twilight had found love, and none went without a little playtime here and there. In the night however, flames were easy to see, and up at the top of a large mountain standing only miles from Ponyville, a faint glow and wisps of gray smoke fell into the air. Each had made their camps, and saw the smoke, deciding that in the morning, they would trek forward to check the cave before they returned to Sugar Cube Corner for the meetup.

When Celestia did raise the sun, the five parties each began to walk up the mountain, though Rarity and the gentlemanly Spike did have some trouble getting Fluttershy to come along. Also raising, in hopes of evil nature, was the cruel copy that had assaulted gentle Fluttershy. Having in his mind that he could tame the beastly devil that all were searching for, he believed he could conquer all over Equestria.

At the top of the mountain, they all met, to mild surprise and relief. They greeted each other and talked a bit about their trips, all leaving out the more explicit details, and the case of Fluttershy's copy of Spike.

"Well if he ran off than we will just have to chase him too. First things first though, let's get this big guy."

Led by Twilight, with the original copy riding her back, they all entered the cave to see the sight of the light purple behemoth slumbering on a small pile of gems. Twilight's horn glowed it's faint violet as she read the spell from a dusty tome and the aura flooded around the cave, surrounding all six dragons.

"Look!"

"Get'em Rainbow Dash!"

"Yeah!!"

The evil copy had been spotted spying from the cave entrance and Rainbow Dash sped out at him. He turned to run but the extreme speed of the cyan blue pegasus was incomparable, and there was no way that any copy of Spike would ever out run her. In barely more than a couple seconds he had been caught and forced back into the cave where he too was enveloped by the misty purple.

All of the dragons slowly drew closer to eachother, the personalized versions all waving goodbye as they were pulled into the original. When all was done and the magic gone, Spike sat there looking much like normal.
Somewhat taller, stronger, his quills wider but back to their round soft state. He was still aged, but looked altogether average.

"Sorry Spike...I can't put you back at your original age..."

"No please don't! I like being old!"

Looking over all the girls with a knowing grin, a gleam in his eyes, Spike rubbed his chin.

"From what I experienced...This is gonna be Fun!"

They all made their way back, suspicious of the others actions thanks to Spike's earlier behavior, but ashamed and embarrassed to say of their own. They laughed and played, and things went on as the normally did.

They played, and partied.

Twilight gave up on controlling time, and settled for better-less strict management.

And Everyone spent a lot more time with Spike...