In the Drake mansion training hall one night, Spike was in his dragon form pitting his strength against such opponents like Vinyl, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash. Off to the side was Twilight and the rest of the girls, and with special guests being Pinkie's sisters.

Pinkie's sisters watched in astonishment at not only three of Pinkie's friends showing off their fighting moves, but also Spike. Limestone turned to Twilight and Pinkie, and spoke, "Do all training sessions normally go this way?"

"Sort of. But this is a special training session for Spike." Twilight answered.

"How so?" Maud asked.

"He's got new abilities to try out." Pinkie grinned.

The sisters and spectators watched, as Spike shifted into his armored form preparing himself for round two. Spike started running around the arena as Applejack engaged him in hand to hand, with A.J throwing powerful punches at Spike. Though his armor was protecting him, Spike was still allowing himself to take most of the hits, before using his tail to coil around Applejack's left leg and trip her up.

"Applejack is our strongest in brute strength, and it looks like Spike picked that up from her." Twilight smirked.

Vinyl slid in and launched magic musical notes from her horn at Spike who allowed three of them to hit him, but they didn't slow him down. Maud commented to the others, "He's taking those attacks thrown at him like they're nothing."

"He gets that from me." Pinkie smiled.

"What?" Marble asked.

"Stamina, of course." Pinkie replied.

Rainbow Dash started firing lightning bolts at Spike who sent blasts of magic from his palms to counter the strikes, before flying up to Rainbow Dash and the two engaged in an speedy aerial battle. Twilight spoke to the Pie sisters, "He inherited a portion of my magical powers, and Rainbow's speed, as you've witnessed."

Applejack from down not he arena used her element to make vines emerge from the floor and rise up to restrain Spike. But the dragon boy used his strength to break free. As more vines tried to ensnare him he used his fire breath on them turning them to ash. Limestone spoke, "His fire didn't look as big as that when we saw him use it."

"That's because my element of harmony's increased his fire power." Sunset answered.

Spike after knocking Rainbow aside making her crash onto the floor, returned to ground level. Vinyl took another chance as she fought Spike in a battle of reflexes. Spike dodged Vinyl's attacks almost as if he was doing ballet in the style of the Matrix. Rarity smiled, "Isn't he so graceful?"

Spike finally got up close to Vinyl and grappled with her. As they stared each other down, Spike glared into Vinyl's eyes with his his eyes looking feral and menacing which got the music master trembling. Spike taking advantage of Vinyl's weakened state, grabbed her and pinned her to the floor, "I give." Vinyl declared.

Spike smirked, "Wise choice." He helped Vinyl up, as the fighters powered down and toweled off.

"Impressive work, all of you." Twilight commended them.

"Vinyl, why did you lose your grip on Spike? He was just staring at you, wasn't he?" Bonbon asked.

"Not just staring, but it felt like his eyes was piercing my soul!" Vinyl answered.

"Where'd you learn to do that?" Lyra asked Spike.

"I inherited it after being on the receiving end of it before." Spike said sheepishly.

"By who?" Rainbow asked, until all eyes fell on Fluttershy, who giggled sheepishly.

Limestone turned to Spike, "So you gained a portion of their powers through sex?"

"That's right. I'm stronger, faster, and etc as I've ever been thanks to these power ups." Spike answered.

"And we'll need you to be at your strongest, just as we need to be." Twilight added.

"Twilight's right," Rarity agreed, "We still have enemies out there to deal with, and they're just as dangerous as the ones before."

"Dangerous or not, we'll still take them." Rainbow said, with a raised fist.

"Yeah!" The girls agreed.

Twilight yawned, "Well, it's late and we better get some shut eye. Come along, Spike."

"On my way." Spike followed her.

Maud turned to Pinkie, "Thanks again for inviting us over for the night, Pinkie."

"Hey, what're sisters for?" she asked.

Limestone watched Spike leave, "I wish I could have another shot at Spike like last time."

Pinkie gasped, "Do my ears deceive me. But it sounds like you want him more than last time."

Limestone hearing that, became flustered, and spoke frantically, "No! I just... I was surprised at how good he was, and I just wanted to see if he could be any better. That's all!"

"No use denying it, Limestone." Maud replied.

Limestone sighed, "All right. I'm craving for some time with Spike. Happy?"

"Mm-hmm." Marble nodded.

"I wouldn't mind it myself," Maud admitted, "But the Princess comes first."

"Come on, y'all. Let's hit the sack." Applejack said, as they left the training room.

That night, on top of a skyscraper rooftop was Catrina and Rep. The cat lady looked down upon the city looking pleased, until Rep spoke up, "Catrina, I really don't think we should be here."

Catrina looked back at Rep and hissed, "Why not?"

"Well, if Tirek finds out about this we could be in serious trouble for disobeying his orders." Rep explained nervously.

"The devil with his orders!" she snapped, "If we can eliminate the elements of Harmony he'll know I am not to be trifled with. Did you bring enough witchweed potion?" she asked sternly, while crossing her arms.

"Yes, Catrina. But..."

"But what?"

"Is it all worth it?"

"What do you mean?" she asked suspiciously.

"I mean think about it, we were happier in the past. Then you discovered the witchweed potion and now look at you."

"What? I am simply better than ever before!" Catrina hissed.

"Maybe, but you were always great to me." Rep sighed.

"Oh, don't pout, Rep. When this is over, there'll be plenty of time for us to be together." Catrina assured him.

"Really?" he asked with hope.

"I am a cat of my word. Now come along, we got work to do." Catrina took a vial of witchweed potion and downed it. She cold feel the magic coursing through her and used it on the clouds. Rep watched as he could see snowflakes falling from the sky. Catrina watched, as it began to snow and snickered deviously.

The very next morning, as Spike and Twilight were laying in bed close together. They slept peacefully in each others embrace, until the bed started shaking, making them wake up, "What the!" Spike panicked.

They looked seeing Pinkie jumping on the bed, "Wake up, you guys!" she cheered, as both Twilight and Spike fell out of bed and onto the floor.

Spike looked seeing he was on top of Twilight with their bodies pressing into each other, "Well, this is one way to wake up." Spike said with a grin.

Twilight rolled her eyes, before they got up, "Pinkie what is going on?" she asked.

"Look outside!" she cheered.

The two walked to Spike's window and opened the curtains to see about ten inches of snow on the ground, and it just kept on coming down, "What the what?!" Spike asked in shock.

"Snow in Summer?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

"It's a miracle!" Pinkie cheered.

Twilight turned to her, "Pinkie, let's be rational about this. Snow doesn't fall in the Summer. At least not in this part of the world."

"What could've caused this?" Spike asked her.

"I don't know. I better send word of this to the Princess." Twilight said, as she used her magic to dress herself.

"Well, after that you should come down. We got hot chocolate on the stove." Pinkie said.

"Ooh, I'm game." Spike said, as he got himself dressed before following Pinkie downstairs.

When they arrived they saw everyone on the couch wrapped in blankets while sipping hot chocolate, "Morning, Spike." Fluttershy greeted.

"Morning, girls. How're you all holding up?" Spike inquired.

"Well, we're warm, so that matters." Applejack said.

"This isn't natural," Rainbow said, "While snow in Summer sounds like a neat idea, it's not possible."

"So what could be causing it?" Lyra asked.

"Twilight's trying to figure that out now," Spike asked, as he was given a cup of hot chocolate from Marble, "Does the news have any word on this?"

"See for yourself." Bonbon said, as she motioned to the TV.

Spike looked seeing the newswoman explaining things while standing out in the snow, "This strange phenomenon has weathermen baffled, but it's apparent the snow is only surrounding this city while everywhere else is clean. Residents are advised to stay indoors when or if the snow storm passes." suddenly the TV and the electricity went out.

"Oh, dear." Fluttershy gasped.

"We lost power and heat." Vinyl said.

"That's not good." Maud added.

"Without heat, we'll freeze." Rarity got worried.

Pinkie gasped, "I know what to do!"

"What?" the girls asked.

"Let's share out body heat by huddling together with Spike."

"Seriously?" Spike asked, as blush came on his face.

"It's the perfect method for in this kind of situation." Pinkie replied.

"Works for me." Applejack admitted.

"Same here." Rarity agreed.

"Better than freezing to death." Limestone said.

"Then let's huddle. Spike." Pinkie said, bringing him over.

Spike sat on the couch as each of the girls drape themselves around Spike, as they wrap themselves in the blankets they were using. Spike could feel the girls pressing themselves into him to share their body heat, as the boy spoke, 'This is so cool. Sharing body heat is better than using the fireplace. Now if they weren't wearing clothes this would be even better. Now if only Twilight were here.'

"What's going on here?" came the Princess' voice, as they saw Twilight looking at them.

"Twilight!" Spike panicked, hoping she wasn't getting the wrong impression.

"We're just keeping warm, Twilight." Applejack assured her.

"Yeah, what with the power outage and all." Pinkie added.

"There's room for one more." Spike offered, hoping she wouldn't be T.O'd.

Twilight's scowl softened into a smile, "Don't mind if I do." she went over and entered the huddle, making sure to be extra close to Spike.

"So did ya get word to Princess Celestia?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I have. And based off this information, she surmises it's the work of Catrina."

"Catrina?" Limestone asked.

"Who's that?" Marble asked.

"A Cat Lady you don't want to wanna get mad." Pinkie answered.

"So she's covered the whole city in snow hoping to keep us in." Spike deduced.

"That's right. Princess Celestia will be by soon with someone to help us put an end to Catrina's magic." Twilight explained.

"I wonder who." Fluttershy pondered.

"We'll know when they get here. Until then let's just stay warm and try not to fall asleep." Rarity said, as she and the girls snuggled closer to Spike, which he relished in.

Soon enough a portal opened up taking everyone by surprise, especially Pinkie's sisters. Stepping out was Princess Celestia in pony form, and standing next to her was a figure wearing a brown cloak with their hood up, "Princess Celestia." Spike greeted.

"Hello, everyone," she replied, before noticing their situation, "Well, nice to see you're all making the most of the situation." she stifled a giggle.

The girls felt sheepish, until Maud spoke to Pinkie, "That's Principal Celestia's real form?"

"That's right. Though she's a Princess to be precise."

"Wow." Marble and Limestone gasped.

"Princess, you said you know someone who can help us in stopping Catrina?" Twilight asked, as she got up off the couch.

"I have. Everyone, I'd like to me meet an old friend of mine." Celestia began, as the figure removed their hood to reveal a lady that wasn't pony-like. She was light gray with dark bluish gray markings on her face. She had cyan colored eyes, and her hair which was colored both light gray and dark persian bluish gray was styled like a mohawk while her tail had the same colors of her hair. Around her neck and right arm was a beautiful set of Amber rings. She spoke in an exotic accent, "Greetings, I am Zecora of the Forest Everfree. Please, I hope you will be kind to me."

The girls were surprised, as Sunset spoke, "What is she?"

Twilight spoke, "Zecora is a zebra from a faraway land. She's a herbalist who excels in elixirs and potions. It's good to see you again, old friend." she told the Zebra.

"A pleasure as always, Twilight. I remember the first time you saw me, I gave you quite a fright." Zecora laughed.

Twilight chuckled sheepishly at the memory, before speaking, "Zecora, these are my friends. Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, her sisters, Maud, Limestone, and Marble, Sunset Shimmer, Vinyl Scratch, Lyra, Bonbon, and Spike."

"I am delighted to meet you all. Twilight mentioned she had lots of friends of all kinds," She turned to Spike, "Some of which who have a lot of interesting minds." Spike blushed hoping she didn't mean what he thought she did.

"What's with the rhyming?" Limestone asked.

Zecora chuckled, "Forgive me. Telling things is rhyme is a fun hobby of mine."

Applejack spoke, "So, Zecora, ya say ya have something that can stop Catrina?"

"I do. I have it right here." Zecora removed her cloak to reveal she had a sexy voluptuous body with a perfect hourglass figure, long sexy legs, curvaceous hips, large rump, and breasts about the size of Rarity's. She wore a black tube top that hugged her breasts making them snuggly, and a black bikini bottom. Around her body were the same exotic colored markings on her face.

Spike eyed her sexy figure up, and thought to his partner, 'Her sexiness and exotic figure rivals Applejack's, Bahamut.'

'Well, most female zebras have that charm.' Bahamut replied.

Zecora reached into a satchel she carried on her person and pulled out a vial containing a blue formula, "I've studied the witchweed potion for many years and know it can very very addicting. Fortunately, I've created this potion to cleanse one's system of their desire for it."

"So all we have to do is make Catrina drink it and there's a chance she won't wanna continue being bad?" Spike asked.

"That is the idea." Celestia answered.

"Well, it won't be easy to find her through all that snow." Rarity noted.

"Don't worry, Rarity. My goggles can find her even through snow." Vinyl assured.

"So what're we waiting for?" Rainbow asked, as she was getting pumped, "Let's go out there and de-claw that cat."

"Rainbow, let's not rush things," Twilight warned her, "Remember it's near frostbite out there."

"Right. We should bundle up well." Rarity suggested.

"And there's the matter of Spike," Rainbow said, "Since he's part dragon now isn't he also cold blooded."

"Possibly, but shouldn't the fire burning inside me be enough to keep me warm?" Spike asked.

"Maybe internally, but externally your scales would freeze up if not warm enough." Celestia said.

"Well, I can't afford to go out there and suddenly lose consciousness. And no way I'm sitting this one out." Spike said.

"I've actually anticipated such an event, and found a way to help you," Twilight spoke, as she cast a magic spell on Spike, "There. My magic should be able to keep your body warmed externally so you can fight out there."

"Thanks, Twi. You're the best." Spike kissed her, and the girl blushed.

"You all must hurry, and stop Catrina before the entire city freezes over." Celestia warned them.

"You can count on us, Princess." Twilight said, as she and her team started bundling up in winter gear from boots, hats, coats, gloves, and scarfs.

Vinyl suited up in her suit, and spoke, "Good thing my suit's got a built in thermal comforter."

"Ok, is everyone suited up?" Twilight asked, and everyone confirmed, "Then let's transform and go."

"Hold on," Maud said, as she and her sisters approach, "Be careful out there, Pinkie."

"It's a Pinkie promise." she saluted.

Maud nodded, before turning to Spike, "You'll make sure she stays safe, won't you, Spike?"

"You can count on me." he confirmed.

"Good. And here's a little something to keep your stamina up." Maud said, as she cupped Spike's face and planted a kiss on his lips, much to everyone's surprise, while Celestia and Zecora smiled in amusement.

When they parted, Spike spoke while feeling giddy, "Stamina booster received."

Limestone walked up to him, "You think that was a boost. I got one better for ya, she took Spike's face and gave him a kiss of her own. When they parted, Limestone spoke, "How was that?"

"Excellent." Spike answered, as he was feeling swooned.

Marble approach, "I hope this will be enough to help you, Spike." she gave Spike a kiss as well.

Spike answered, "Every little bit helps." Marble smiled seeing he was pleased.

"Ok, Spike. If you're done here. We need to go." Twilight reminded him.

"Yes, ma'am."

So the girls and Spike shifted into their Equestria forms. Twilight turned to Lyra and Bonbon, "You two stay here and hold down the fort."

"You can count on us, Twilight." Bonbon saluted.

"Be careful out there." Lyra warned them.

"We will." Twilight promised, as she took the vial from Zecora.

As they went for the door, Zecora whispered to Spike, "Take care of them, Spike with all your might. Stay tough and put up a good fight."

"You got it." Spike answered, before receiving a surprise peck on the cheek from Zecora.

"Just in case." she winked.

"Thanks." Spike said, before following his friends outside to brave the blizzard.