Spike stood in the briefing room, reflecting on what Big Mac said, but also reflecting on this whole mission.

There's a lot of people I know here. He thought to himself First was both Big Mac and Diamond Tiara, Sunset Shimmer & Sonata Dusk for a sorta high school reunion, releasing Strongheart from her tube, Garble & Trixie on Horizon, and now, Sweetie Belle. There's a good chance that the next two people are ones who I know. He took a deep breath  as he realized something. And I didn't even take the time to meet Twilight Sparkle, informing her on my condition and what's going on. I could've meet her when I started, put Strongheart on hold, Hell, I could've meet her right after Horizon! Wow... I am an asshole. He walked out of the briefing room and headed towards the cockpit, seeing where Spitfire still sat at and controlled their ship.

"Spitfire?" Spike asked. Her chair turned around and Spitfire adjusted herself to sit upright.

"Commander." she replied

"Listen... I... uh... I need to do something."

"Well we have two more people to pick up before Mr. Rich gives you a mission directly involving Sombra."

"It's not like that. It's... about my family."

"Ah! First, Shining Armor, and now, you want to meet Twilight Sparkle? I keep forgetting you're her younger brother."

"I got that a lot, and yes, I need to see her again."

"Gotcha!" Her chair turned around and she began to type in the coordinates.

"You know where she's at?"

"Princess Twilight Sparkle's last location was Ponyville." WOONA answered "It is very much possible that she is in her castle at this moment.

"Thanks, WOONA." Spitfire replied. "Setting coordinates and... we're off! We'll be there in an hour or less. Anyone you wanna take with you?"

"...I think I know who'd want to join me." Spike replied.

After an hour of waiting, the Celestia made it to the colony/growing city of Ponyville. Spike had Sunset Shimmer and Trixie with him, as he knew that if Twilight were to freak out, they can both calm her down. Due to the Celestia's size, there was no way to land on Ponyville without destroying everything around it. Because of this, they had to use one of the Celestia's shuttles to land in the docking bay. As they went into the planet's orbit, out of the shuttle's windows, small drones flew around the ship and scanned everything, most likely making sure that it wasn't anyone dangerous or if there were any Doppelgangers. One of the drones scanned them all inside, but focused on Spike for the longest. Though not wanting to show fear, Spike was freaking out inside, unsure if their shuttle will be destroyed or anything that will kill him. After a few moments, the drone beeped and went away, letting the Draco catch some breath, though unsure on what will happen next. They looked outside of their shuttle's window and saw that Ponyville was relatively the same, but now there were soldiers around, patrolling & guarding almost everywhere. In the docking area, a place that's usually filled with people saying goodbye to each other or reuniting with each other, was instead replaced with a large group of guards, each with their weapons ready. Spike began to sweat, as these were Soldiers who were not only defending Twilight Sparkle, but there were a couple Spike recognized, both as soldiers during the Canterlot Invasion and as residents of Ponyville. Their shuttle landed, and the doors slowly opened.

"Come out with your hands up!" The leader of the squad outside yelled. Not wanting to die again, Spike rose his arms in the air and walked out, followed by Sunset and Trixie, mimicking him. One of the guards, a mage, came up to Spike, putting both of his hands in front of his chest, and put on handcuffs over his wrists. Two other guards came up and arrested Sunset Shimmer & Trixie.

“You have the right to remain silent." the guard quoted the Miranda warning "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you?”

"What are the charges?" Spike asked

"Princess Twilight Sparkle will tell you that! Now Move!" He pushed Spike ahead, making him walk. Spike, followed by Sunset and Trixie, walked ahead and made their way through the town. Many of the residents Spike knew stopped and stared at him, seeing a what was supposed to be dead hero back from the grave and in handcuffs. Many of the people whispered to each other, but nearly everyone who saw the commotion followed them to Twilight's castle, standing proudly & overshadowing the land itself.

"Please, Twilight," Spike spoke to himself "forgive me."

"If it all goes down," Trixie spoke "I'll knock her out."

"Don't." Sunset warned. The castle's doors opened and they entered. Inside, two guards stood at every door while others were patrolling the area. Without needing a map, Spike knew where they were heading towards the throne room, but an idea sprung to his head.

What if all her friends are her!? He thought. An image popped into his head where everyone, excluding Fluttershy, and maybe Pinkie Pie, would beat him up with a Baseball bat. He shook himself off of that idea, since it was a bit too ridiculous and violent, even for someone like Applejack or Rainbow Dash. The guards opened the doors to the throne room, both nodding their heads as a way to say "Get in". Inside, Spike saw her: Twilight Sparkle, the princess herself, sitting on her throne while sipping tea. Around, Spike could see the others: Rainbow Dash sat on her seat in an officer's uniform, Rarity was with them, still looking as beautiful as did those years ago, Pinkie Pie was there with Cheese Sandwich, and Applejack, who, unlike the others drinking tea, drank from her flask. A swirling vortex opened at the very right side of the wall, and out came Fluttershy, still looking as if time didn't touch her, and her husband Discord.

"5:30?" Discord simply asked

"5:30." Fluttershy simply replied. Discord nodded and snapped his claw, making him disappear along with the vortex. She turned to the crowd, but gasped. "S-Spike?"

"Spike!?" Everyone asked together. Everyone stood up and turned to see the Draco in handcuffs, along with Sunset and Trixie. Both sides stared at each other for a few silent moments.

"Your majesty?" One of the guards asked, breaking the silence. Twilight shook her head and turned to the guard next to her.

"Yes?" she replied

"What do you want us to do with the prisoner?"

"...Leave us. I'll dead with him."

"As you wish." He and the other guards bowed to her and left the room, shutting the door behind him. Twilight marched over to Spike, showing fury and fire in her eyes.

"YOU!!! Just WHO do you think YOU ARE!?"

"...What do you mean?" Spike asked

"You know EXACTLY what I mean!!!" She levitated a remote and began to press on it. The 'Map' in the middle of the map switched out with a hologram, showing a full 3-D recording of many of Spike's adventures. "You stopped an entire plague in one of Manehatten's blocks... basically eliminated the division of all three gangs there in the slums... caused a prison riot in Tartarus, KILLING Hard Case in the process, only to take the most dangerous criminal with you... stopped an entire operation on Apploosa... not only fought against Sombra & the Doppelgangers on Horizon, but rescued both half of the colony and my older brother while CLAIMING you're actually Spike... and rescuing the head scientist in one of the ruins on Las Pegasus' various ruins!!!" She took deep breaths before turning back to Spike. The aura around her right hand glowed, and she levitated Spike. Spike felt his whole body being crushed a bit, as if a giant grabbed Spike and was crushing him slowly. "Now Tell me: Who do you think you are!?" Spike struggled in her aura, slowly panicking, but took a deep breath as he tried to find the right words.

"Please," Spike said "I know this is weird, and I should've done this earlier, but it's me, Twilight, your younger brother, Spike."

"BULLSHIT!!! My brother died at the hands of Sombra and his Doppelgangers! He was executed in front of everyone on every network imaginable!"

"I know, but hear me out. I am Spike in every way imaginable; test me out and you'll see."

"I don't need to!" she picked out a scale from Spike's 'hair' and walked away, inserting it into a machine. She then pulled out another one of Spike's scales, this one most likely from his old room, and placed it inside the computer. A hologram appeared in the middle, showing both strands of DNA, and both strands were scanned. After a few moments, the results were in: 100%. Everyone gasped at the results and turned to Spike.

"See?" He smirked

"...The... machine's... calibrations are off!"

"Really?" Sunset asked "Well then, let me help out with that." She walked over to Twilight and, despite being cuffed, Sunset fixed the machine & made it's calibrations better. Another scan and it still read 100%. Everyone turned their attention to Spike, still seeing him smirk.  

"This... this can't be true!" Twilight exclaimed, turning to Spike."You... you can't be Spike! For two years, you were dead!" Tears poured from her eyes. "For two years, I had no one with me! He promised me that he'd be with me to the end! He saved Canterlot, everyone I knew, and gave his life away to make sure we'd live! There... there's no way you're him! You can't be Spike! You... can't-"

"Twilight." Spike interrupted. She stopped chatting and looked at him, sniffing. "I'll explain everything about it, to you, and your friends."

"And I'll help!" Sunset added.

"I won't." Trixie spoke, taking her cuffs off. Twilight stared at Trixie for a bit, and Trixie looked back. "What? You forgot about me, the Great and Powerful Trixie!?"

"Now I remember." Twilight spoke with a sigh. Trixie was shocked at their response and she fell to the floor, lying on her back and twitching. Twilight turned to Sunset and extended her hand. "It's good to see you again, Sunset Shimmer." Sunset accepted and shook her hand with Twilight's.

"It's been a while, hasn't it?" She replied.

"Let me get those off of you." Twilight took a key out from below her right shoe and took the cuffs off of both their wrists. She walked over to her seat and pressed on some buttons, making the hologram in the middle go back into the floor, but three more seats came up, along with a table that had a tea set ready along with some cake. Everyone took their seat as Twilight took out a laptop before sitting herself. "Please, tell us what happened."

"Alright," Spike began, taking a deep breath "it all began in a space station."

It was a long tale, but everything was explained: coming back from the dead, escaping the FIST space station with Diamond Tiara & Big Mac, meeting Mr. Filthy Rich with his new mission on stopping Sombra from kidnapping entire colonies, recruiting the Doctor from the a quarantined area, rescuing Sunset Shimmer from the gangs of the slums, the prison break of Sonata Dusk, the death of Chief Thunderhooves & rebirth of Strongheart, The battle on Horizon against Sombra & his Doppelgangers with the reunion of Shining Armor, and saving Sweetie Belle from her doomed research area.    

"So ya'll are saving Equestria with my brother and this rag-tag team of bastards?" Applejack asked

"My sister is with them!" Rarity snapped

"And most of them are people we know." Twilight added

"Alright!" A.J. yelled "Then at least a quarter are assholes."

"I'd say it's 8%!" Pinkie added.

"10 on my part!" Cheese Sandwich spoke.

"Can we just agree that there's some people that ARE good?" Dash asked

"I just wonder if more are joining." Fluttershy said

"We have two left." Spike replied "An assassin and a vigilante."

"And you don't know who they are?" Twilight asked

"No."

"You should at LEAST get some hints."

"But that'd spoil the surprise!" Both Pinkie and Cheese exclaimed in unison.

"... they were good surprises." Spike commented.

"It's almost like a large, weird reunion involving all of us saving the galaxy." Sunset added.

"But it's one where we can die on." Trixie commented

"Die on?" Twilight asked. "Spike, what does she mean by that?" Spike nervously swallowed.

"I... left it out," he answered "but to stop Sombra... we all have to go to Apis." Everyone gasped

"Apis?" Rainbow Dash asked

"That's the homeplanet of the Doppelgangers!" Twilight answered "Do you know how you're going over there?"

"...I have no idea." Spike replied "Filthy Rich is working on that as we speak, but I promise you this: we will stop Sombra at any cost, even if it involves me dying again!"

"You can't die again! You just came back!"

"That's why it's only a last minute resource. I will do my best to not only get myself back, but everyone back as well! If I'm able to, everyone, not just those going with my, but everyone on board the Celestia will survive to see their family once again."

"I hope you can, Spike, not just for my sake."

"There's room on board the ship if you want to."

"... As much as Id like to, I cant; I'm a princess, so it's my duty to make sure peace is still around here. That, and I don't trust FIST!"

"Ah want to help my brother," Applejack replied "but ah have a barn to run and I'd may cause more problems."

"I too want to help my sister," Rarity added "but I'm not a fighter at all and... I don't think your life suits to mine."

"As much as I'd love to kick ass," Rainbow Dash spoke "I have new recruits I need to look over, and I don't think Soarin' is any good at teaching them like how I do."

"I don't want any more violence in my life," Fluttershy quipped "and Discord... he'd lose control of himself if anything were to happen to me. Sorry."

"And I'm pregnant!" Pinkie added.

"WHAT!?!?!" everyone yelled.

"Oops!"

"It's true." Cheese added "After our wedding, my wife is having triplets in a few months!"

"That's three times the fun of having a single child!" Everyone stared with their jaw drops.

"But... remember the Cake's twins?" Twilight asked

"I know! They were a bit of a hassle, but they were a mage and and Angel."

"Our three strikes are humans!" Cheese added "Three adorable girls."

"They're going to be just as crazy as us!"

"Maybe more!"

"...Congratulations." Spike simply commented

"And we want to throw a party!" They cheered together.

"That sounds nice." A.J. replied, taking another sip from her flask.

"But not just for us," Pinkie said "now, it's going to be for Spike!"

"For me?" Spike asked "Why?

"Why not?" Cheese replied "You're already the galaxy's most famous hero!"

"And coming back is just icing on top of your journey of a cake!" Pinkie added "Come on! Do this for your crew!"

"We may not know each other that much, but from what Pinkie told me and seeing you on the news, everyone goes CRAZY for you!"

"And it's not everyday that a famous, one time Soldier-turned-Draco comes back from the dead all of a sudden and does this stuff to stop an evil tyrant from kidnapping innocents on colonies."

"And don't do this for yourself!"

"Your crew needs SOMETHING other than fighting! Let them talk to each other, dance, have fun!

"And nothing's more fun than~"

"A PARTY!!!" They both exclaimed.

"...They really are made for each other." Trixie commented.

"Please!" Pinkie pleaded, making her cute face.

My crew deserves a party

Just make this a small party.

I don't have the time

If you chose the last, what's going to happen next?

I. 1. Recruit

A. The Assassin

-Zecora

-Discord

-Seabreeze

-Other

-An O.C.

B. Mare-Do-Well/ The Vigilate

-Gilda

-Maud Pie

-Moon Dancer

-Other

-An O.C.

2. Allies

-Big Mac

-Diamond Tiara

-The Doctor

-Sunset Shimmer

-Sonata Dusk

-Strongheart

-Garble

-Trixie

-Sweetie Belle

II. Loyalty Mission

-Big Mac

-Diamond Tiara

-The Doctor

-Sunset Shimmer

-Sonata Dusk

-Strongheart

-Garble

-Trixie

-Sweetie Belle