Chapter 6: Attempt to Help Spike

 

Spike mumbles as he roars, talking through town with Rainbow following. The mare spoke out, "Hey, come on, you're freaking ponies out even after you were killed for killing me! At least let's get back to the castle."

"No....I..." Spike was interrupted by familiar violin music playing, which put him in a trance. "That music...what..."

"Hey, it's coming from...over there..."

The two monsters come over to an area where someone is playing the violin, making the two look around. Who could be playing that wonderful music?

"Hello, hey?" Spike calls out as he and Rainbow follows the music. The two found the figure who backs away as they got closer. “Is that you?”

When the figure back away soon enough, she shouted, "NOW!!!" Yes, it's actually Twilight in disguise, luring Spike into a trap!

Twilight moves out of the way in time as a net fell onto the two monsters, making them yelp. Rainbow calls out, "Hey, whoa! Let me out of here!"

Twilight's friends quickly appear and jump onto the two, grabbing them. Applejack calls out, "Quick, bring 'de sedative, bring it!"

Ben rushes over with the needle and quickly stuck it into Spike's back. The Dragon roars before he fell unconscious, falling right onto Rainbow and Pinkie, all of them fell to the ground causing the others holding onto him to stand still while Spike fell.

Once Spike is completely unconscious, Twilight smiles in triumph while calling out, "He's out!"

"Yeah, I know." Rainbow groans out, having trouble getting Spike off of her. "Now mind getting me out of here?"

"Why? This is fun!" Pinkie giggles out happily, much to Rainbow's annoyance. Only she can like something this difficult!

 

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It took a few minutes or so but everyone managed to bring Spike and Rainbow back to the castle without further problems. They put Spike in a table in another room while Rainbow is with them, recovering. Now Twilight is determined than ever to help him.

Pinkie meanwhile is watching another deleted scene from Charlie Brown & Snoopy: The Curse of the Were-Weasel

"Guys, relax, it's just a bit of harmless brain alternation, of course." Charlie assures his friends making them worried. This invention could end up backfiring whenever the boy say that stuff like that.

As Charlie reach for a lever, the others but Snoopy rush out of the room to get out of the danger zone. The beagle shook his head meaning 'no' as he looks fearfully at the round-headed kid pulling the lever. This won't end well!

"This will put my cheese habit to an end, just watch." He then started speaking in a hypnotic tone as he began to convince himself out of his cheese habit, "Cheese bad...cheese bad."

The group looked worried as they saw a ring of smoke appear each time Charlie mentioned a different type of cheese, "No to wendslydale, stilton, cheddar, and..."

Suddenly, he was interrupted as the phone rang, making Charlie lose concentration as the rings stopped floating and started flushing back into his mind. Charlie felt a bit dizzy from the thoughts returning, but quickly recovered and decided to answer the phone. The boy said, "Anti-Creature Pest Control." The others, who hid out of the dining room, sighs in relief as well as Snoopy. That was a close one! "Can we brie…er, be of service to you?"

Someone is speaking to Charlie on the other end of the line at her home. It's a red-haired woman with a pink dress, white gloves and socks and black shoes. Her name is Heather, the Little Red-Haired Woman.

"Yes, it's Lady Heather of Red Hall here." Heather said in concern.

Rainbow looks around and spots a picture of Soarin'. The undead mare smirks as she picks it up, asking, "Hey, Twilight...who's the hunky Pegasus stallion in that picture, huh?"

"That...Rainbow would be my fiancée, Soarin'." Twilight explains to Rainbow with a frown, not liking how the monster is looking at him like that.

"Fiancée?"

"It means that he and I are getting married soon...so keep your eyes off that picture and off my fiancée!"

"What would a hunk like Soarin' ever see in an egghead like you, Twilight?" Rainbow ask Twilight in amusement, wondering what Soarin' saw in her in the first place.

"Egghead?!" Twilight snaps, not liking Rainbow's tone of voice.

"I think she's referring to you being a bookworm." Pinkie explains clearly to her friend about what Rainbow is trying to say here.

"Oh. Well...Soarin' and I are just...I find him very attractive and...cute...and he's one of the best fliers around...and Soarin's...well...into me being smart."

"Uh-huh...yeah, right. So...have you and he...done it yet?" Rainbow ask Twilight with a sly smirk.

Twilight confused at first ask, "Done what...yet?"

Rainbow smirking pervertedly explains as to what she herself was talking about, "You know...made beautiful music together in bed? Screamed each other's names in--."

Twilight really disgusted by Rainbow's words interrupts her at this point, "Ugh. Rainbow! What Soarin' and I do together is none of your business. In fact, we haven't done...ANYTHING! We're both virgins...pure and simple, saving all of that for marriage."

"Suit yourself, Egghead. Unless you and he do it soon...I'm going after him."

Twilight scoffs, "Hmph. In your dreams, Rainbow."

"Ahem, Twilight." Applejack said, reminding her friend of the matter at hoof here. The unicorn peeks in, seeing Spike still out. She nods.

"All right, I'm going in. Now bring me that candle."

"NO!" Most of everyone yelps in shock, knowing that fire is the one that can set poor Spike off.

"Yes!" Latrine insists sternly. If Twilight wishes to help Spike, then she needs something that could keep him at bay should things go south.

"Okay, if you want." Fluttershy said as she takes the candle, preparing to give it to Twilight. "Uh, if you don't mind me by asking...what are you planning on doing?"

"Love is the only thing that can save this poor Dragon, and I'm going to convince him that he is loved, even at the cost of my own life." Twilight said in determination. If she could risk her own life to help Spike knows that he's loved, then it's worth it.

"Oh...my."

Pinkie comment, "It seems oddly appropriate that you would wish to try to be a combination of a big sister and a mother to Spike, Twi - err, I mean Doctor Sparkle. But keep in mind, if this DOES go south, you CAN teleport."

"But that won't solve anything, will it?" Twilight points out as she put one foreleg around Ben. "Listen carefully. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how I beg you in any cruel way, no matter how terrible I may scream, do not EVER open this door or you will undo all that I am going for here. Do you understand?" The others nodded, though some a bit hesitant. "Do...not...open...this door."

"Yeah, very well." Ben said with a slow nod, it's a bad idea but it's for the best, right?

As Latrine nods, Pinkie gives the candle to Twilight, remarking, "Well, nice working with ya."

"Nice knowing ya, sugah cube." Applejack said as Fluttershy nods meekly.

Latrine kisses Twilight's hoof for luck, much to her disgust. The doctor opens the door and goes into the wall before closing the door. Latrine locked the door, determined to follow Twilight's wishes.

"So uh...what now?" Fluttershy ask her friends meekly.

"We wait an' hope fer 'de best." Applejack said to Fluttershy in concern. She hopes that Twilight's plan will work.

"If she can convince Spike not to kill her, she is better than I was." Rainbow remarks with a chuckle, making the others glare at her. "What?"

In the other room, Twilight trots slowly to the sleeping Spike who groans a little bit while turning his head a little. The mare slowly put the candle down as she goes over to him. Twilight could do this...

But Twilight accidentally bumped into the table, causing Spike to groans as he wakes up. As the Dragon opens his eyes, he spots Twilight, glaring angrily while yelling, "You jerk!"

Spike roars as he prepares to get up. Twilight screams like a foal as she gallops over to the door. The doctor spoke nervously, "Hey, hey, let me out. Let me out of here, get me the Tartartus out of here, please?" Twilight yelps as Spike fully got up. "What's wrong with you ponies?! I was joking, really! Don't you know what a joke sounds like?! HA HA HA HA! COME ON, COME ON; LET ME OUT!!!"

Twilight hits the door as hard as she could like mad, one of her friends must let her out. Fluttershy, worried, prepares to go to the door but Applejack stops her, saying, "No, Fluttershy!"

"But Twilight needs our help!!" Fluttershy exclaims in worry.

"For the love of Celestia, let me out of here!!!" Twilight cries out frantically. "I'm going to die in here!"

"Twilight!" Ben exclaims. He prepares to open the door but Latrine slaps his hoof away from it sternly.

Twilight kept freaking out as Spike is getting closer, but is held out by the chains. The Dragon begins breaking them, this causes the unicorn to panic.

"Open this door or I will blast your rotten heads in! Mommy!" Twilight exclaims like mad. "Why the hay did I have to be so literal or something?!"

Ben and Fluttershy yelps as they try to help but Latrine stops him, snapping, "Neigh! Don't you two go in there!"

"Man, I wish she makes up her mind." Rainbow remarks, rolling her eyes at this. Twilight seriously insists that the gang not let her out no matter what, so the group must respect her orders.

By this time, Spike broke his chains, making Twilight gulps at this as she mutters a little. The Dragon prepares to go over to her...why must she gave that stupid command?

"Oh great." Twilight mumbles a bit. Well, she promised to help Spike fell love so may as well go through on her promise. The purple mare smiles as she spoke, "Hey there, handsome!"

Spike stops, confused as he looks around to see who Twilight is talking to. When the Dragon realizes that she meant him, Spike points to himself, asking, "What, me?"

"Right, you're a good looking guy, you know that, right?"

"Seriously? You ain't pulling my tail, right?"

"I am serious! Ponies laugh at you, hate you, but why do they hate you? Simple, they are jealous!" Twilight exclaims to Spike, causing him to twitch a bit. "Why, look at that Dragon like face, that sweet wonderful smile."

"You mean..." Spike begin to speak. What Twilight is telling him...is rather touching to be honest.

"Do you want to talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Alicorn ideal? You are a God!"

"Wow, never thought of that. Sounds cool."

"Yeah, listen to me. You are not evil." Twilight said seriously as she trots up to Spike. "You are...good."

Hearing that...made Spike tear up. He begins to cry loudly, "Wow! No one has ever been nice to me before! Except that nice blind filly but I got no idea where she is!" Her creator smiles as she hugs him, comforting Spike.

"There, there, a nice Dragon. This is a good Dragon, a mother's angel. And I want all of the world at large to know once and for all, with no shame whatsoever, that we love him. I'm going to teach. I'm going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. With the both of us as well as Rainbow Dash, we're going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire!"

The gang listen in from outside, wondering what's going on. Things are silent, too silent in there.

"Twi - err I mean Doctor Sparkle?" Ben calls from outside the door, wondering if the mare is doing all right.

"My name is Doofennschmirtz-Sparkle!" Twilight exclaims, shouting to everyone in determination.

"Doofenschmirtz-Sparkle?" Applejack ask puzzled, surprised that her friend is finally accepting the Doofensmirtz name, but adding Sparkle in there?

"Well, yeah. I just decided to accept the Doofenschmirtz name as a way to redeem it. At the same time, I also wish to keep the Sparkle name. Therefore, hyphenating the two names and bringing them together seems like a good compromise." Twilight explains clearly as Spike looks at her oddly.

Pinkie pauses then giggles a bit, "Makes sense to me."

"I don't get it." Spike said, not sure what's going on.

 

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It was a few days later. Twilight and her friends were able to help Spike and Rainbow learn how to walk, speak, eat, do whatever, etc.

"So what about this song-and-dance bit you are planning to do with Rainbow and Spike at the demonstration?" Fluttershy spoke to Twilight. "I mean, you can definitely do the singing, but, no disrespect intended, of course -"

"My dancing leaves a lot to be desired." Twilight spoke up with a nod.

"To put it diplomatically, yes."

"No offense taken, because you are quite right. I was actually planning on asking my brother and my sister in law for dancing lessons."

Applejack just scoffs, "They might be able 'ta teach yew 'ta dance better, but not in time fer 'de demonstration."

"Good point." Twilight said, admitting that Applejack is right on that. She turns to Pinkie, asking, "So, how about it, Pinkie? Would YOU like to dance with Spike and Rainbow? After all, you ARE the best dancer out of all of us."

"I would prefer to dance with Cheese Sandwich, but he's not going to be in this until the sequel series. Still, you DO bring up a good point about me being the best dancer out of all of us." Pinkie said randomly and happily at the same time.

 

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And soon, the time has come to show them off to the world in hopes to redeem the Doofenshmirtz as well as Spike once and for all.

Ponies come into an auditorium with a sign that is labeled "Equestria Academy of Science Tonight Only, Dr. T. Doofenshmirtz-Sparkle Presents, The Creatures AKA Spike and Rainbow Dash in "A startling new experiment in reanimation. Presents in Corporation with ENX (Equestria Neurologic Society"). The "Sold Out" plaster is on it, this event has sold enough tickets apparently.

Ponies come inside the place, muttering and waiting. Diamond Tiara groans out, "It's true. Doofenshmirtz did make a monster!"

"Worst yet, two of them!" Silver Spoon exclaims nervously to her best friend. "What if it goes out of control and kill us?!"

"Then we run for our lives!"

"Whatever these creatures are, the authorities will take care of them and their monster creator." Trixie remarks as she spots the Penguins of Madagascar and the officers coming. Skipper's fin is stuck in midair before Rico pulled it down. They are waiting in the back.

Skipper and his pals knew that Twilight would be making monsters and come in case those two begin to lose it and causes madness. Soon the lights dimmer a bit.

"Well, it's starting." Golden Harvest whispers nervously.

"Here's hoping for the best." Berryshine whispers in agreement with her friend.

"Big brother, any chance we could get more than cameos in this thing?" Pinkamena Diane Pie ask her big brother quietly.

"Only if we can be able to get any." Golden Heart whispers to Pinkamena in concern. "Otherwise, we're stuck as cameos."

The ponies saw the spotlight coming on and applauds as a pony name Sir Spell Nexus came out onto the stage. Once they stop, the unicorn clears his throat as he spoke, "Distinguished colleagues, mares and gentlecolts, tonight, it is my great privilege of introducing to you a mare whose family name was both famous and infamous. And now, may I present you Dr. Baron Twilight Doofenshmirtz-Sparkle."

Nexus bows and applauds as he leaves. The audience only sat quietly as Twilight came out. Surprisingly, only a few ponies like her brother Shining and her sister in law Cadance are clapping for her. Celestia and Luna probably couldn't make it, as well as the rest of her family.

"Hey, thanks, Shining, Cadance. My fellow scien..." Twilight was cut off for a moment as a pony made a hissing noise at her. "...tists, as well as neurosurgeons, mars and gentlecolts. A few short weeks ago, coming from a background which, that I know, as conservably and traditionally grounded in scientific fact as any of you, I began an experiment in...incredulous as it may sound...the reanimation of dead tissue."

The audience laughs a bit. Twilight continues, "What I am going to offer you could be the gateway to immortality." The crowd mutters a bit, looking concerned on that part. "And now, mares and gentlecolts, allow me to present for your intellectual and philosophical pleasure...the Dragon known as Spike...and his acquaintance Rainbow Dash!"

Soon the curtain opens up as the mentioned two came out. Rainbow waves, exclaiming, "What's up?"

"Wow, they look cute." Pinkamena said with a happy smile as she and the others watch on in the audience.

"Hang on...I know those two!" Golden Heart gasps out loudly enough for everyone. "That's H.R. Pufnstuf!"

"Yikes! The Cupcakes Killer...and his victim Rainbow Dash!"

"AHHH! THE CUPCAKES KILLER IS BACK TO KILL US ALL!!!!" Trixie screams out in terror as the audience screams out in horror, recognizing Spike. "AND HE BROUGHT HIS VICTIM WITH HIM!"

The audience screams out, wanting to get out. Twilight calls out to them in hopes to calm everyone down, "Please, ponies!"

"Everyone, sit down!" Shining calls out to the ponies, calming them down. "Relax, my sister knows what she's doing...I hope."

"Right, remain in your seats, I beg you! We are not foals here, just scientists and grown up ponies!"

"Speak for yourself!" Diamond Tiara snaps as Silver Spoon raspberry her.

"There is nothing to fear here, I assure you." Twilight assures the audience who went back to their seats. "Now then, may I offer for your consideration, a neurological demonstration of the primary cerebellar functions...as well as balance and coordination."

"All right, Spike, like we practice." Rainbow said to Spike who nods.

"Walk heel to toe...or plain hooves in Rainbow’s case."

Spike nods as he and Rainbow begins to walk/trot a bit. The crowd looks amazed as they applauded a bit.

"Well, this looks...simple so far." Golden Heart said with a nod as he applauds with Pinkamena.

"Yep! I just hope they don't panic or do anything crazy." Pinkamena said with a happy smile on her face.

"All right, you two, backwards." Twilight orders Spike and Rainbow who moves backwards, doing their best not to stumble. The crowd applauds once more. Perhaps there isn't anything to fear after all. "Good job, good job."

"Hey, they like us." Spike said quietly as everyone, including their friends applauds to the two undead corpses. He is becoming loved again!

"All right, mares and gentlecolts, up to now, you have seen Spike and Rainbow perform the simple mechanics of motor activity. But what I'm about to show you again, we must now enter quietly into the realm of genius." Twilight said. The audience mutters a bit before going quiet. What will the doctor do now? "Fillies and gentlecolts, mesdames and messieurs, damen und herren, from what was an inarticular mass of lifeless tissues, may I now present cultured sophisticated Dragon and pony about town!"

Soon the lights are turned off for a moment. Twilight is heard calling, "Hit it!"

Soon the lights are turned on, showing Spike in a tuxedo and top hat and Rainbow in some sort of gala dress with Pinkie wearing one of her one. As a song begins to play, Spike sings.

 

Spike: Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves
And Scherezade had a thousand tales!

 

Twilight turns the song off as she said, "Wrong song, Spike."

"Sorry, Twilight. I guess...having the brain of the one true Genie really does have some problems." Spike said to his creator sheepishly.

"Sorry folks...it was just Spike rehearsing again. Hit it!"

The song begins to play with Rainbow singing once more.

 

Rainbow: Awesome as I wanna be

 

Twilight cuts the song off again, scolding, "Wrong song, Rainbow."

"Sorry." Rainbow apologizes to Twilight sheepishly, making the audience laughs.

"Can we go to the right song please?"

The song plays once more. This time the trio begins to perform the right song while dancing.

 

Trio: My little buttercup has the sweetest smile
Dear little buttercup, won't you stay awhile
Come with me where moonbeams paint the sky
And you and I might linger in the sweet by and by, oh...

 

Dear little buttercup, with your eyes so blue
Oh little buttercup, you're a dream come true
You and I will settle down in a cottage built for two
Oh, dear little buttercup, I love you...

 

"Hit it you two!" Pinkie giggles to her friends as she continues the song.

 

Pinkie: My little buttercup, has the sweetest

 

Spike snaps his claw while calling out, "Smile, smile!" The mare giggles as she resumes.

 

Dear little buttercup won't you stay

 

Rainbow flies up a bit while singing, "Awhile, a while!" The audience laughs as the song is continuing.

 

You and I will settle down in a cottage built for two, oh

 

Spike and Rainbow: Dear

 

Pinkie: little buttercup

 

Spike and Rainbow: Sweet

 

Pinkie: little buttercup

 

Spike and Rainbow: My little buttercup

 

Trio: I love you

 

The trio dances and taps their canes. Twilight smiles as she mouths the audience a bit while Pinkie taps Spike's nose a bit with a hoof. Pinkie went first, tapping as best as she could while motioning to the two monsters who stomps a little. Pinkie raises a cane a bit while doing some posing for everyone.

"All right, remember what we practiced!" Rainbow exclaims to Spike excitedly.

"Yeah!" Spike exclaims, turning and tap dancing in a circle.

Ben, Applejack and Fluttershy watch on as Spike and Rainbow are dancing, tapping their canes. Spike then moves his arms around while Pinkie goes around in circles. Everyone applauds excitedly, looks like things are going to turn out fine!

But then, without warning, a small lightbulb explodes, knocking Pinkie to the floor and causing Spike to yell in horror, "AHHH! FIRE, FIRE!"

Spike and the others screams in alarm especially when the Dragon roars in a big panic. Twilight quickly gallops over to put the fire out. The audience looks a little frightened, fearing the worst here.

"Nothing, it's nothing, I tell you." Twilight said to Spike nervously. The crowd mutters a bit. "All right, five, six, seven, eight!" The mare tries to dance in hopes to keep the performance going, but the music isn't playing. The explosion must've shorted out the music! "Come on, for the love of...are you trying to make me look stupid?!"

"Too late." Rainbow yelps in alarm. Soon the crowd got ugly and begins to boo at this, some of them toss stuff right at Spike and Rainbow while yelling at the two. "Hey, stop that!"

"Come on, I beg you! For your safety, do not humiliate them!"

"Too late."

"You aren't helping!" Twilight snaps angrily to Rainbow. The audience kept on booing and throwing stuff. This makes Spike roars angrily as it looks like he's about to lose it. Twilight tries to stop as she demands, "Spike, get back! I won't let you destroy all I work for! As your creator, I command you to get back!"

"Forget you, they will die!" Spike roars in fury at this.

Spike shoves Twilight to the floor, knocking her. The ponies screams in horror at this, the monster is running amuck! As the others rushes over to help her, Spike roars at the audience, shouting as he pounce over to the ponies in the said audience, trying to choke one of them.

As ponies rush out of the auditorium, Rainbow flies over to the screaming Spike, protesting, "Hey, Spike, stop, stop! You're going to make things worse, stop it!" Ben works on waking Twilight up while Spike continues his rampage with Rainbow trying to stop them. Suddenly the two yelps as the officers grab them both. "Whoa, hey, I am not a monster! Let go!"

But the officers continues taking Spike and Rainbow out of the auditorium, it's official. They are now threats to society!

 

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In a prison, Spike and Rainbow are chained up and being yelled out by the prisoners. The officers are drinking and playing card games while keeping an eye on them both.

"Oh, what have I done?" Spike ask as he looks down in sadness. His rampage has ruined everything.

 

Author's note
Hoo boy. Spike and Rainbow are captured and imprisoned! How could things get worst? In the next chapter, as Ben comforts Twilight (in a romantic way), Rarity and Soarin' came by to visit. Meanwhile, a guard named Tiff Tannen begins to torment Spike and Rainbow, causing them to escape. Read, review and suggest!

 

The clip that Pinkie watched is based off another deleted scene from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

 

The songs that Spike and Rainbow almost sang are from "Aladdin" and "Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks" respectively.

 

The song that Pinkie, Rainbow and Pinkie sang is "My Little Buttercup" from "The Three Amigos".