Spike was sprinting his way out of the Everfree Forest, when the wind started blowing... up?  How was the wind blowing up?  Spike stopped short, and tried to make sense of the wind current.  It was rising up from the ground, the dirt, and the grass.  The wind was blowing up the scraps of the tux upwards, so he wasn't imagining it.  The map lit up, and he pulled it out.  There was a, inscribing on it, and it read,

Hold On,

"Hold on, what does that me-" and the map stuck to his hands like glue, and lifted him off the ground.  He was being carried around by the map, and it sent him flying through the air.  "Holy guacamole!" he shouted, he was thirty feet in the air, when the map, still stuck to his hands, wished him over the tree line.  There was only a few yards left of the forest, but unaware of Spike, there was a large rapid flowing river, which would surly kill him, the water looked to cold for a dragon.  He knew that the map was going to take him over it.  The map moved over the river, and slowly began to descend across the river.  When he reached the other side, the map stopped glowing, released him, and he fell a few short feet onto the ground with a thud.

"You could have stopped when I hit the ground,"

"I'm here to help you, not solve you're problems fully," it wrote out.  The wind blew harder, and Spike grabbed the lantern.  He kept it on his tail as he soared through the air to keep it from falling into the water.  He followed the map's pictures: there was another long line pointing to the Canterlot Palace, then there was a picture of a mountain.  That probably meant the mountain Canterlot was rested on, then a poorly drawn cave entrance with an arrow.  So, there was a cave in the mountain were Canterlot was, but Spike never heard of a cave on the mountain.  He exited the treeline, and was back on the path where he started, when he was walking home.

He was walking up the hill, over the bridge, and under the waterfall.  He shined the lantern on the ground, and then he stumbled across something that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry about.  ON the ground was the shattered pieces of his ponyrita glass, still lying there, next to the tree he passed out on.  He decided to laugh at it, remembering Pinkie Pie's song, and he ran off.  The castle was only a few steps up the hiss, and he was at the main draw bridge, leading into the Gala in a matter of minutes.  He was about to plow inside, and get to the cave, when he remembered... he was still wearing the last remains of his tux, with yellow and purple blood on him.  He was covered in wax, and he had dirt stains all over him.  The guards would never let him in, and he caused a disturbance, they would draw their blades and cut him down like an animal.

He had to find a way past the guards, but if he did, he would be the first to do it, nopony has ever sneaked past the Royal Guard, so he needed to be extra cautious.  He knew the times of the guards shift, and with luck, they were switching up soon, so he had to act fast.  He knew that the Princess didn't put alligators or other monsters in the moat, so when the main guard at the entrance wasn't looking, he hopped in the moat. He had to leave his lantern behind, so he put it out, and threw it into the moat, and let it sink. The water was boiling hot, so dragon's were able to stand it, but if it was cold, he would have to rush, and his plans would be foiled.  He swam under the surface, taking small breathes in between his strides, lifting his snout above the surface, for a breath of air.  He needed to find the underwater entrance, leading to the massive wine cellar.  He was searching for the large hatch, but when he found it, it was locked.

He grabbed the lock, and tried to pull it open, but he couldn't make it budge.  The lock was very rusty, and Spike had to break it with something hard.  He dug next to it until he found a little boulder, and swam up to get another breath of air.  When he stuck his head up, he saw a guard walking along the bridge, and he was instructing a rookie guard with him.  Spike took a loud breath, and splashed under the water again,

"What was that?" the rookie asked, scared,

"Nothing, get back to work!" the guard snapped back,

"Yes, sir,"

Spike took the little boulder to the lock, and watched at it broke away.  He pulled open the latch, and there was a magical bubble of air surrounding it.  It was used to keep water from spilling into the cellar, and he pushed his way through it, stuck his arm up, and shut the latch.  The wax on his tattered tux, hardened, and he proceeded down the hatch tunnel, and stopped when he hit the bottom.  The cellar was huge, but it only consisted of one room, a hundred rows of racks, with millions of bottles of wine stacked on them, and there was a stair case, guarded by two guards, unaware of Spike.

He stuck to the racks of wine, and tried not to make any sudden movements.  There was a clock located across the room, and he peeked through the racks to see what time it was.  It was later than he thought, but the Gala wouldn't end for another, what? Five hours?  Yes, that sounded correct, and the guards were going to change shift in a matter of seconds.  He waited around, and he was correct, the next set of guards came down,

"Your off duty, soldier, go enjoy the party,"

"Yes, sir," they both said.

That was his time to move.  He was only three rows away from the door,  but he needed was a distraction, and the guards didn't look like the sharpest tools in the shed.  He thought of a quick plan, and grabbed a few bottles of wine.  He opened two bottles, and drained them out, leading off into the back of the cellar, then he threw the rest of them in the back, and they shattered and splattered everywhere.  The guards heard the noise, and they both ran the same way, and Spike went the opposite, towards the stair case.  He could hear the guards conversing,

"There's a trail of wine, they must be in the back!"

"Bet you fifty gold coins it was Goldspringer, he's always trying to get a buzz, that stallion stopper,"

"Ya," they rushed to the back, and followed the trail.  Spike ran up the staircase, and out of a small doorway, leading into the open courtyard of the Palace, with the Celestian tile under his feet.

He could see the main hall, all lit up, and the party guests holding conversations.  Spike's map lit up, and he took a look at it, and the wind blew up towards the hill, leading up and away from behind the Grand Gala Opening Hall.  He ran over, avoiding sight, and he dived behind a stand, placed next to the wall.  He looked at the stand, and grabbed a fruit from it, and took a bite into it.  He was so hungry, he hadn't had a full meal all night, but he didn't even know what he was biting into.  He looked down at the sweet fruit, and it was an apple.  Juicy and ripe, he only tasted one other apple that good, and when he looked at the stand from another point of view, instead of a source of cover, it was his dear friend Applejack's apple stand.

"Oh, Applejack," he sighed, he looked around the corner, and saw her talking with another pony, her dress was the same as she had arrived, but Spike was barley even wearing his tux, it was destroyed.  He decided not to go get Applejack, even though his body ached, and he was starving, he thought it would cause a commotion, and the treasure would have been lost.  He grabbed a apple dumpling, and a piece of Apple pie, threw some money down on the stand, and ran off the the wall of the Opening Hall of the Palace.  He saw Applejack trot up to the stand, and she picked up the money, looking at it funny,

"Uh, thank you?" she called out, having no idea where it came from.

Spike giggled, as he chowed down on the food, and he took a long look at the building.  It was in a cathedral shape, square on the edges, and shaped in a triangle on the top.  The wind blew upwards, and Spike grabbed onto the latter, pulling himself up.  He reached the top, and climbed up on the stone shingled roof.  He looked out, and he could see all of Equestria from the view, it was absolutely stunning.  He felt the wind blow, and on the back of the roof, there was a path, leading in a spiral way up the rest of the mountain.  He proceeded up it, and got a full 360 view on the kingdom, and the rest of Equestria.  The moon was so close, it looked like he could touch it, just like that.  He climbed up to the top of the mountain, the highest point of elevation in the known world.

It was funny, he was the smallest dragon, but yet the tallest and on top of the world, he felt overjoyed with himself.  The map pointed downward, and there was an arrow on the ground, "Seriously, arrow marks the spot, this is the most original thing ever," he looked, disappointed.  The arrow was pointing to a rock in the middle of the top of the mountain, and there was a slot in the rock.  It was just big enough to fit... dynamite in it.  Dynamite? But he was at the Gala, everypony would see the explosions, so he had to time the fireworks, and blend it in.  He got the plan after remembering the battle with the wolf, and he looked up in the sky, with a stick of dynamite from his pouch in his hands.

Everything was going into place, he seemed to have everything right at the right time, every time.  He could see the pyrotechnics group getting ready to launch the next set.  They lit the fire works match, and Spike took another spark out of his mouth, and pinched the fuse.  He threw it in the slot, and watched as it slid down, and then he ran off, to find cover on the edge of the mountain.  The fireworks slid out of their sockets, and the ponies covered their ears.  They were sent up into the air, just over the mountain, and the dynamite exploded, tearing the rock apart.  They were at the perfect time, and when they cleared, and the debris stopped, Spike ran over to the empty hole.  The mountain was hollow on the inside, or, well, it had a cave system in it.  He hopped down, and followed the trail....

The cave system was enormous, but all Spike had to do was follow the wind current.  There were lit torches everywhere, but the cave was empty, the same sight, every time.  Tunnel after tunnel, he followed the wind, and then, he reached a door, and it looked similar to the door at the temple.  It was written in the same language, and the letters on the door moved into a sentence.  It read,

Welcome Adventurer, you have made it, but be prepared for a challenge, you will have no help, but for what you find in the next room.

"This must be it, the room which holds all of my wildest dreams.  Treasure," he thought, his mind filling with happy thoughts.  The door moved back again, and wrote,

Present the Answer to the Riddle on the map,

"What? Riddle?" he asked, and then he noticed that the map was glowing up, he had not even noticed it, how strange.  It read,

"To unlock the door, you must find the true meaning of Friendship, present them in the photograph,"

Photograph? There must be a camera, and the true meaning of Friendship?  Spike shook his head in disbelief, he realized what he had to do, he had to get the Elements of Harmony, take a photo of them, and then return it.  He knew this would not be an easy task, but he knew where they were, and he knew where he could find a camera.

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Spike made his way back down the mountain, and snuck his way over to the Royal Library, where they stored the cameras.  The library was unguarded, but locked.  He climbed up the side of it, on the other ladder.  He got on the roof, and walked over to the stain glass sunroof.  He unhooked the latch and ascended into the Library, he landed on the top of the two story high book case, and he climbed down them, not dropping a single book.  He grabbed the the camera from the unlocked closet, and everything was going to easily.  He climbed back up the bookcase, but this time, dropped multiple books.  They crashed to the floor, and Spike hurried up.  Now that he had the camera, all he needed was the Elements of Harmony, at a close range.  

He remembered that the Princess would be showing everpony the Elements as a display, when the party was getting riled up.  He charged down the roof, and hooked the camera around him.  He needed to sneak into the Palace, while everypony was gathering and finding there seats.  He had to shut the flash off, not to drag attention onto him.  He saw that one of the Palace windows were open, and he crawled into it.  The room was filled with ponies, not even taking the time to notice him.  He felt invisible, and he climbed hold of one of the drapes, and pulled himself up on the balcony level.  The area was restricted, and guarded by the Royal Guard from the outside, so he had the balcony to himself.  The light's dimmed, and Princess Celestia and Twilight walked down the isle to the large stage, and behind them, lay a chest, were the EoH were located.  

Spike grabbed the camera, and turned the brightness up, and zoomed in.  The Princess gathered everypony with her voice and then she casted, next to Twilight,

"My fellow ponies, I would like to show you the Elements of Harmony, the true power that keeps Equestria safe from Darkness and in the light.  Thanks to my student Twilight, and her friends, they were able to recover them, and now... I would like to show you," she said, and she cast a spell on the trunk, it was made of diamonds, and costed millions of coins.  

The chest opened, and out the EoH floated in a wonderful display, and all of the ponies clapped and made noises of curiosity.  That's when Spike aimed the camera, and pulled the button, triggering the camera.  It snapped the picture of the Elements, and he put it in his pouch.  He left the camera, and waited for the room to clear.  Once they had, it was twenty minutes later, and the Elements were safe.  He grabbed hold of the drapes, and the room was empty.  But just as Spike was about to jump out the window, in the dark room, and Royal Unicorn Guard stepped in the room.  He saw a shadowy figure hop out the window, and he yelled, "Halt, now!" and jumped out the window after the unidentified Spike.  He gave chase of Spike, but Spike couldn't take out a guard of the Royal Majesty, that was to much of a job, no time, and he would never kill one of Celestia's personal servants

He tried to lose him by climbing back up the roof, but the stallion was right behind him.  He jumped over the roof ledge, and got on the mountain trail, and ran up it.  When he reached the open top, where the hole was located, the stallion was only a few feet behind him.  Spike stopped, ready to jump in the hole, when the guard yelled,

"Stop, reveal yourself!"

Spike looked into the moonlight, his face was shown, and the guard recognized him.  He stumbled backwards, and asked,

"What are you doin' here, dragon?"

"Nothing," he lied, "Nothing at all, just taking a stroll,

"You aren't supposed to be here, and you have seen too much of the kingdom, spy!" he yelled, he was obviously a bit drunk, or just very clumsy, "You will die!"

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The guard drew his sword, hastily, and Spike readied himself.  He couldn't bare to kill the guard, one of Celestia's friends, so he had to knock him senseless.  The guard charged toward's Spike, but Spike moved out of the way, just in time, and the guard stumbled upon his own hooves.  His sword was clenched in his mouth, as he readied for another attack.  Spike looked around in his pouch to grab something useful, and he remembered that the photo he took, it was still wet, and had lamination on it.  He peeled the lamination off the photo, and as the huge stallion galloped towards him, Spike hopped above him, landed on his back, and stuck the lamination in his face, temporarily blinding him.

The stallion stopped short, and Spike got off him, readying his kicks and punches.  He landed two hard fists in the guards face, and three kicks (counting his tail) into the legs.  The horse collapsed onto the ground, kneeling, and trying to get up.  His sword was thrown from his mouth, and Spike had to quickly point out a pressure point on the stallions neck, to make him fall into a deep slumber.  Spike reached around his neck, and when the guard tried to get back up, Spike landed another punch in the face.  The horse stayed at bay, his nose was bleeding, broken, and his legs ached.  Then, he pleaded,

"Please don't kill me, dragon, I'm just a rookie,"

It was the rookie that was on the drawbridge, no wonder this task was way too easy.  A real guard would have killed him in one go,

"I'm not going to, just pass out already, will ya'?"

"I can't do that on my own,"

"You don't need to, now," Spike finished, while reaching for his neck.  He squeezed the pressure point, and the guard fell asleep.  He had to get the unconscious body back down the mountain.  

Disengage Shorter Fight Scene!

He pulled the stallion by one leg down the mountain, and to his amazement, he was lighter than he thought.  When he reached the end of the path, he pushed the guard off the edge, and let him land in a soft pile of bushes.  He will awake with no memory, and everything would be fine.  He would probably wake up thinking that he fell off the roof while checking for something, but Spike had more important things to worry about.  He walked back up the mountain for a second time, picked up the sword that the guard had left, and moved towards the entrance.

  He hopped down into the hole, and followed the blowing wind back to the door.  He walked up to it, and a slot opened in the door.  He slid the picture into it, and watched as the door excepted it.

The map lit up, and stated,

"Correct!"

So did the door, and then it spelled out, "Be warned, you will only have what you find to protect yourself,"

And the huge door slid open, and Spike was amazed at what he saw.