At the Drake mansion, the girls were just lounging around doing there own things, until Bonbon burst in looking exhausted, "Girls!" she panted, while dropping to her knees.

"Bonbon!" Lyra cried, as she and the girls ran to their friend and brought her to the sofa to sit down and rest.

"What happened?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah, you look like a mess." Rainbow added.

"Spike," she panted, "He was captured."

"Captured?!" the girls asked in shock.

"By who?" Rarity asked.

"These lizard men. Portals appeared and they just came out and attacked."

"What was Spike doing?" Fluttershy wondered.

"He was meeting three other girls."

"WHAT?!" Pinkie shrieked.

"I don't believe this." Applejack said in disbelief.

"Worse is they were in on it." the spy explained.

"In on it how?" Sunset inquired.

"One of the guards mentioned they were assimilating energy from Spike these last few days."

"Assimilating? So more power stealers or something?" Vinyl asked.

"I guess so. The guards and the girls took Spike through a portal and vanished." Bonbon finished.

"Anything specific about these girls?" Twilight asked hoping for some kind of clue.

"I noticed all three were wearing red gemstone necklaces that shimmered a lot."

Twilight began pondering, "Red gemstones, assimilating power..." she gasped.

"Twilight?" Sunset asked, only for Twilight to run for the library, and the others followed her.

They entered the library wing, and saw Twilight pulling out a book and skimmed through it, "Here we go."

"What'd you find?" Rarity asked.

"This," she showed them a picture of the Dazzlings in siren form, "Those girls are actually sirens. Beautiful but dangerous creatures who had the power to charm ponies with their music. But to maintain this power, they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others. The more of this negative energy they consumed, the stronger their voices became, and the farther they could spread their dark magic."

"So that's what they've been doing to Spike!" Applejack gasped.

"And why he's been acting so hostile afterward." Rainbow added.

"We got to find him!" Pinkie cried.

"How, we have no way of finding out where the portals lead to." Bonbon said.

"No. But we have a locator spell," Twilight replied, "With it we can locate Spike no matter where he is. But we'll need something personal of his."

"Like a pair of boxer shorts?" Rainbow teased, making Fluttershy blush and covered her face.

"I was thinking something less personal," Twilight answered in annoyance. She took her friends up to Spike's room and opened a drawer of his side table to find his amulet which allowed Bahamut to communicate with everyone, "This'll do."

"When Spike was brainwashed he didn't wear it knowing Bahamut would try and warn us." Bonbon suspected.

"Well, with this we should be able to track Spike better," Twilight explained, "We need to get started on the locator spell."

Meanwhile at Tirek's lair, Spike was still in the dungeon struggling to break free of his restraints, but to no avail. Tirek was watching him struggle with amusement, as the Dazzlings watched from the side, "Struggle all you want, because it won't make a difference." the centaur warned the dragon.

"When I'm back to full strength you're going to be sorry you ever captured me." Spike threatened him.

"The only thing I'm sorry about is leaving the job to capture you to failures." Tirek answered.

"Each one of your flunkies and partners thought they could defeat me and the girls. What makes you think you're so much better?" Spike asked.

"Because I am just as powerful as Nightmare Moon, Sombra, or Chrysalis could ever be."

"And how?" Spike inquired.

Tirek knowing what Spike was getting at answered, "Very well. I'll tell you the tale of what set me on this path." he used his own magic to project his memories above them.

"Over a thousand years ago, I came from a distant land far from Equestria. All I had was my family. My father; King Vorak, my mother; Queen Haydon, and my little brother; Scorpan."

Spike looked at Tirek's family seeing his father was a centaur like Tirek, while his mother and younger brother were gargoyle's, "Guess you were swimming more on your dads end of the gene pool, and your brother on your mother's side. So if you were the son of a king and queen, that would make you..."

"A prince? Yes. And heir to the throne." Tirek answered, and continued.

"When I was about your age I was concerned with learning how to use magic. But my father refused to teach me. He could sense in me a thirst for power and that I would one day use it against him. So I sought out the hermit centaur; Sendak the Elder. He had been one of the few centaurs to travel to the land of Equestria. He taught me about magic secretly, molding me into his image, teaching me his deepest darkest secrets. Then one day I came to see him and saw he had captured a unicorn from Equestria. Stating there was no magic more powerful than the kind possessed by ponies. He wanted to extract it and make it his own, which he felt would make him an indomitable force. I wanted to learn how to do it, but he refused stating I was not ready to harness such magic yet."

"Which is why you should listen to your instructors. No matter how much you question them." Spike added, while thinking of Stone. Tirek just continued with his narration.

"That night, I snuck out of the castle and back to Sendaks' lair. While he was asleep I attempted to assimilate and harness the magic of the unicorn, but I was finding it very tricky to do. As I struggled to harness the magic it resulted in an explosion which trapped Sendak under debris. Quickly I fled back to the castle and not help my master. The next morning, father discovered what Sendak had done and sentenced him to the mines for life, as well as personally returning the unicorn to Equestria so that war between our sides would not happen. However, father suspected me of having a part in this ordeal and had me confined to my quarters until he had return. But I cared not what he suspected, because I had done what Sendak thought I could not do. I could feel the magic of the unicorn coursing through my veins and I wanted more of it. I got stronger and stronger until one day I was strong enough to overthrow both my parents and take over the kingdom."

"So you wanted everything for yourself?" Spike guessed.

"Actually I showed mercy by sparing my brother Scorpan. He always had this fear yet loyal devotion to me. No matter how bad blood got between our family he always sided with me even when he suspected foul play. We ruled side by side for years, until we set out for Equestria to take the magic of the unicorns. I took magic after magic to feed my craving, but it was never enough. Then one day my brother just flat out requested we stop what we were doing and forget about stealing magic. I denied his suggestion and continued to do what I wanted. But then my brother sought out the royal sisters who used their alicorn magic to drain me dry leaving me powerless! I was imprisoned in Tartarus while Scorpan returned to our homeland to no doubt seize control. Before I was banished he left me his medallion so that I would always remember him."

Spike noticed the golden triangular medallion around Tirek's neck. He then spoke up, "So how did you get involved with starting up this little legion of villains?"

"Many years ago, I managed to escape Tartarus when Cerberus left his post. Though I was free I was weak beyond anything. So I spent a long time in hiding while recovering my strength the old fashioned way with rest and recovery. When I got enough strength back I could finally assimilate magic again, and began feeding off unicorns for their magic regaining my power slowly but surely. However, with as much magic I've stolen I was still not nearly powerful enough to take on one such as Princess Celestia. So I began allying myself with others who shared similar ideals and goals. Sombra wanted to take back the Crystal Empire, and I offered him my assistance. Chrysalis wanted to feed off love for herself and her hive. And when Nightmare Moon returned from her imprisonment I was there to lead her to joining our cause."

"And look what happened to each of them." Spike smirked.

Tirek frowned, "You turned Nightmare and Sombra against me and captured Chrysalis! But still I should feel grateful so now I don't have to share with those three. And I should personally thank you for eliminating Grogar for me. I would've thought he'd know where his loyalties should be."

"Well, he didn't. And neither did Catrina." Spike replied.

Tirek spoke, "With you captured here I will continue to absorb more magic then ever. Soon I will be strong enough to steal more than just magic. I will take the flight of pegasi, the strength of earth ponies, the chaos magic of Discord, even the celestial magic of the princesses themselves. And your power will be a very delicious dessert." he snickered.

"You're mad with power, Tirek! And that's only going to lead you down a bad path." Spike warned him.

Tirek scowled, "You remind me of my brother. Always wanting to do the right thing like a boy scout. He may have feared and respected me, but that didn't stop him from betraying me. I'll leave you alone for now," he turned to the Dazzlings, "Coming, girls?"

"We'll be with you." Adagio answered, as Tirek left them alone.

The trio turned to Spike who scowled at them, "Stickin' around just to rub more salt in my wound?"

"Spike, we're sorry." Adagio answered with guilt.

"I bet you three are." the boy replied skeptically.

"We admit we wanted to do this for Tirek, but we started getting second thoughts." Aria explained.

"I actually felt that way before these two." Sonata said, much to her sisters annoyance.

"Well, you three got a guilty conscience too late," Spike motioned to his predicament, "So it didn't mean anything to you?"

"Not true," Adagio answered, "Even when we were attempting to dupe you we still enjoyed your company."

"Yeah. No one else would do anything like that for us." Aria added.

"Especially since we've been assimilating energy and magic in the past." Sonata said, as her sisters gave her the stink eye.

"Not helping, Sonata!" Adagio replied.

"Are you the same as Tirek, just wanting power for yourselves?"

"No," Aria answered, "We need it for nourishment."

"Yeah. Just like how changelings feed off love, we feed of negative energy and such. That's why we did what we did to you." Sonata explained.

"It wasn't personal." Adagio added.

"Well, forgive me if I do take it personally." Spike replied.

"It's the only energy we know how to live off of. We had no other choice." Aria said.

"Everyone has a choice. Just a shame you three had to make a bad choice." he dropped his head down to hide his sadness. The Dazzlings looked at each other knowing they deserve resentment, especially from him.

Bahamut thought to his partner, 'I would say I told you so, but I know you're in no mood to listen.'

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Twilight had gathered all the ingredients to make the locator spell work. Everyone gathered around, "All right, let's get to work." she activated her magic and concentrated while everyone watched.

The dragon amulet Spike wore started glowing with her aura as it began trying to locate its owner. Suddenly it projected a portal for them, "There. This portal should lead us right to Spike." Twilight said.

"Then let's get going." Sunset said, as the girls were about to pony up.

"Hey, don't overlook me." came a voice, as Stone entered the room.

"Stone?" they asked.

"Hey, girls."

"What're you doing here?" Rainbow asked.

"I thought you'd still be resting." Fluttershy said.

"I did my resting. As for why I'm here. I felt something wrong and came right over. So what's the situation?" he asked.

"Spike's been captured by a trio of sirens working for Tirek." Pinkie explained.

"Sirens. A bad type of seductress." Stone stated.

"We just used this locator spell to hone in on his signature." Twilight explained.

"Well, if Tirek is involved I'm coming to. I need to stretch my legs." Stone said, as he drew his sword.

"Then let's go." Twilight said, as the group went through the portal.

Back in the dungeon, Adagio, Aria and Sonata were as silent as Spike who stopped talking to him. Finally having enough of feeling sorry for themselves decided to prove how sorry they were. They began vocalizing which got Spike to lift his head up. He saw energy was pooling out of their gemstones and traveled to Spike entering his body. The dragon gasped as his energy returned to him. Using his dragon strength was finally able to break his binds. He looked at the trio and spoke, "Why?"

Adagio answered, "We don't expect you to ever forgive us. But at least let us do this much to show how much we regret what we did."

"Go ahead and find a way out of here. We won't stop you." Aria instructed.

"What about you three?" he wondered.

"We'll be fine. We'd rather face Tirek's wrath then have you endure it." Sonata answered.

Spike was taken aback by this, until a portal opened up. The four looked and out came the cavalry, "Girls. It's you." Spike gasped.

"Watch yourself!" Rainbow shouted, as he tackled Spike to the ground.

"We're here to spring ya, Spike!" Applejack called.

Sunset fought Adagio hand to hand before pulling her in an arm lock, "Say Uncle." she ordered.

Vinyl danced around, "Prepare to meet Dance Mistress Vinyl!" she performed her dancing kung-fu moves on Aria who defended herself.

Spike got off the ground, "Girls, stop, it's ok."

"Of course it is, because we're here to rescue you!" Pinkie declared, as she went to fight.

"No, Pinkie! I mean yes it is, but that's not what I'm getting at!" Spike tried to explain.

Sonata and Fluttershy didn't know what to do and just stood their ground, until Twilight used her magic to restrain the Dazzlings. She turned to Stone, "Grab Spike, and let's go!"

"Come on, bud." Stone grabbed Spike and held him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Hey! Put me down, you moron!" Spike protested.

The girls raced back for the portal, only for Spike to shout, "STOP!" everyone stopped, as Stone let Spike down. He turned to Twilight, "Let them go."

"What?" Twilight asked.

"Spike's still under their control." Bonbon gasped.

"No! I'm not under anybody's control." Spike assured them.

"Spike, these girls..." Lyra began, only for Spike to interrupt.

"I know, Lyra. But they gave me my power back."

"They what?" Twilight asked in confusion.

Stone turned to the Dazzlings, "What's your game, sirens?"

"No games," Adagio answered, "We gave him all the energy we assimilated from him."

"But why?" Rainbow asked suspiciously.

"Because it wasn't worth it." Aria answered.

"We spent so much time causing trouble we didn't realize how much fun having an actual friend was. And after what we did to him, we realize losing a friend is worse than anything." Sonata finished.

The girls blinked in surprise, as Twilight asked Spike, "Are they serious?"

"Hey, surprised me too." Spike admitted.

Suddenly the dungeon door opened and lizard guards piled in, "Seize them!" one ordered.

"So much for getting in and out." Applejack said.

"Take them!" Twilight ordered, as the girls went on the attack.

Spike and Stone joined the fight, with Spike noticing Stone perform like he always did, "Guess this'll make up for all your missed days of training?"

"It'll have to do." Stone admitted.

Spike suddenly powered up in armor mode and started fighting harder. As the good guys were on a roll, Tirek stormed in looking angry, "What's going on here?!" he bellowed.

The group froze as they saw him enter, "Is that Tirek?" Applejack asked.

"Looks like it." Rainbow answered.

Tirek noticed Spike's state, "How did you escape?"

"We did it." Adagio answered on behalf of herself and her sisters.

"You three betrayed me?!" Tirek growled.

"Guess you still have bad taste in loyal followers." Aria said smugly.

Tirek growled, and was about to blast them with his own magic, only for Spike to jump in and slug him. The centaur was knocked off focus, before regaining control. He tried to grab Spike, but the dragon dodged, "You may be big and strong, but you also appear to be slow!" Spike said, as he threw some punches at Tirek, before the villain caught his fist.

"It's not about how big you are. It's how you use it." he started crushing his fist.

"Spike!" The girls went into to attack Tirek, who blasted at them with his own magic.

The Dazzlings watched, as Spike, Stone, and the girls tried fighting off Tirek, "Girls, we gotta do something." Sonata said in worry.

"Yes, but what?" Adagio asked in concern.

"All we can do is assimilate energy through negative feelings." Aria reminded them.

"Maybe we can try something else. Like give them strength through our song." Sonata suggested.

"But that won't work." Aria replied.

"How do we know when we've never tried it?" Sonata questioned her.

The two looked to Adagio for her thoughts, until she answered, "We have to try." so they turned to the heroes and concentrated and began vocalizing. This time however instead drawing in energy from others, they pooled energy from their gemstones into the group.

"Hey, my power's growing." Applejack gasped.

"Mine to." Rainbow added.

"But how?" Fluttershy asked.

Spike looked back and saw the Dazzlings and what they were doing, "They're using their power to do good." he broke his fist out of Tirek's hold and punched him. The punch was strong enough to make him skid back.

"Twilight, now would be a good time to make an exit." Sunset told the Princess.

Twilight nodded, "Keep Tirek busy." The heroes used their power boost from the Dazzlings to keep Tirek back, while Twilight used her magic to project a portal back home, "Come on!" she called, as everyone retreated for the portal. Spike motioned to Dazzlings to come with, and they followed him through the portal before it closed. Tirek seeing his prisoner, traitors, and enemies escape made him scream in frustration.

The group came out through the portal and were back at Spike's place, "Oh, we made it." Stone said in relief.

"Yeah by the hair of our tails." Bonbon replied.

"Spike!" Twilight cried as she embraced him, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine now, Twilight."

"We were worried about you." Rarity said.

"Sorry about that."

Rainbow turned to the Dazzlings, "Now what to do with you three?"

"I say we drown them in cake frosting." Pinkie said mischievously.

"Forget that, I say we shave them." Rainbow said deviously.

As the girls started voicing thoughts on punishing the Dazzlings, Spike spoke up, "No!" everyone turned their attention to him, "We'll let the Princesses decide their fate."

"Oh, boy." The Dazzlings sighed feeling the girls punishments sound better.

Later on, Celestia, Luna, and several guards were present at Spike's place. The Dazzlings stood before the royal siblings, while the others stood off to the side. Celestia began, "Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk. You three are charged of manipulating and brainwashing Spike to not only make him turn on his friends, but to also deliver him to Tirek. Do you three deny it?"

Adagio sighed, "No, ma'am."

Luna continued, "Aiding one of Equestria's most notorious of villains is enough for us to banish you to the farthest reaches of Equestria."

"Yes, ma'am." Sonata and Aria answered.

"However..." Celestia continued, "Since you did the right thing by freeing Spike along with giving his strength back and aiding our subjects to help them escape Tirek must be taken into account."

"Really?" Sonata asked hopefully.

Luna nodded, and spoke, "So my sister and I have decided you three will be handed a five year sentence to Canterlot's dungeon where you will also serve community service during your time."

"Five years?" Adagio asked.

"Is that a problem?" Celestia inquired.

"No, Princess, I'm just surprised is all."

"Well, you can thank Spike here for talking us into being merciful." Luna explained.

The Dazzlings turned to Spike who smiled and nodded. Adagio spoke up, "Princesses, we accept the punishment without question."

The sisters smiled, as Celestia motioned the guards to take them away. The guards took the girls and started escorting them to the portal for Equestria. Before they did, the Dazzlings looked back at Spike, "You didn't have to do this." Aria said.

"I know I didn't. But I wanted too." Spike answered.

"So then is there any chance when we finish out time in five years we could be part of your harem?" Sonata asked hopefully.

The girls looked to Spike who began pondering before answering, "We'll see. If you behave yourselves come parole."

The three smiled, as Adagio spoke, "We'll be sure to behave ourselves."

"Good to know. And here..." Spike went up to the Dazzlings and kissed each of their lips, "For a little motivation." the Dazzlings blushed, while Spike's girls gawked. And so the guards took the Dazzlings away, as the sisters followed them.

As the portal closed, Spike turned to the girls knowing he had to make amends, "Girls, I'm so sorry. I was deceived and that led me into the clutches of Tirek. And thanks to the Dazzlings I said a lot of bad things and brushed you girls off like you meant nothing. But you're not nothing to me. You girls are everything to me, and nothing will ever make me think otherwise."

"We know, Spike." Twilight smiled.

"We know you would never mean those things on purpose." Rarity agreed.

"Especially after all we've been through." Pinkie put in.

"So does that mean we're cool?" Spike asked hopefully.

"Don't be pushing you're luck, partner." Applejack replied.

"What?"

"If you wanna get back in our good graces and out of the doghouse, you're gonna need to make a lot of effort." Rainbow said.

"I'll do anything to prove how loyal I am to you girls." Spike pleaded.

"Anything?" Rarity asked mischievously, as the other girls started sharing her idea.

The next day, Spike was running back and forth doing stuff for the girls, all while wearing a butler's outfit, "Spike, shoulder rub!" Twilight called.

"Coming, Twilight!" Spike ran to Twilight and started massaging her shoulder.

"Oh, Spike. I could use some fanning." Rarity called in singsong.

"On it, Rarity!" Spike answered, as he finished massaging Twilight and started fanning Rarity with a large fan.

"Spike, where's my cider?" Rainbow called.

"Coming right up!" Spike rushed to deliver Rainbow Dash her Apple Cider.

As Spike continued to rush back and forth to satisfy his girls, Bahamut spoke to him, 'Not so easy keeping up with the demands of your ladies after almost betraying them, is it?'

"No, but seeing them happy and satisfied is worth it. And it could be far worse than this."

"How?" the king asked.

"They could threaten to never sleep with me again." Spike feared.

"Of course." Bahamut answered dryly.