I was awoken by the numerous sounds of ponies whispering. I shuffled in my sleep until I couldn't take anymore and I opened my eyes. I opened both of them, but could only see out of my left eye. I brought a hand up to my right eye and felt bandaging going around my head that was connected to some padding on my eye. I'm guessing a doctor took a look at it while I was asleep. I leaned up in bed and my green hair fell in front of my face. It was weird having hair instead of the scales, but I don't mind it. I slicked it back and looked up from my bed. I noticed the whispering had stopped and almost everypony from the guild was here including some others. My eye widened in surprise, but I smiled after finally getting to see some of them. Tears made there way to my eyes and fell down my cheeks. Twilight and Rarity saw this and began crying themselves. Both came over and hugged me which I gladly returned. I sniffled and looked over to the bed where master was supposed to be, but I found nothing. Just an empty room....I started to panic as my head furiously looked around the room for him. It was at this point Master Mavis spoke.

"Worry not Spike. Laxus is in another room sleeping peacefully, but I have a feeling he wouldn't be if it wasn't for you." Master Mavis told me with a smile.

I blushed. "We helped each other in our time in Tartarus. If not for Laxus and his training I wouldn't have been able to protect him as well as I did." I told the group. Master Mavis smiled at me, but then I saw some unfamiliar faces. People who were furless just like Master Laxus. "Who are those two and who is the Panther?" I asked the group.

The red maned woman stepped forward. "My name is Erza. We are all a part of the group that Laxus saved. This is Jellal and Pantherlily. We come from Earthland just like Laxus." Erza told me and my eyes widened in surprise. "Please young dragon. Tell us what happened to Laxus." Erza seemed to beg of me.

I sighed and looked around the room only to see Princess Celestia nod in approval. I smiled at her. I then saw Luna step forward and seemed to have been crying. I remember when she first saw us by the gates of Tartarus. She was a wreck when she found out how injured Master Laxus was, but I was happy to see how much she cared.

"Young Spike.....Please tell us of everything that has transpired in Tartarus. How did Laxus become so injured?" Luna asked me.

I sighed and looked around the room. "I might as well start at the beginning." I stated and everypony gathered around my bed. "First thing you need to know is that the master has been holding himself back." I informed them and many looked confused.

"Whatcha mean sugarcube?" Applejack asked me.

"I mean that he has barely showed a fraction of his power. When I followed the master through the portal I saw him using an attack so powerful that it was miles wide." I told them with a serious look on my face.

"How is such a attack even possible!?" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Indeed. It does seem a little far fetched." Princess Nightmare Moon said in agreement.

Master Mavis came forward. "It must have been Fairy Glitter. Another one of the legendary Fairy Tail spells." Master Mavis told us.

I nodded. "It was, but thankfully the giant demon that grabbed him flung him away from the portal so all the demons would start chasing him. I heard the master roar in anger and then a column of light that seemed to rain down from the sky and take up part of the wasteland for miles....Its power seemed to be infinite." I told the group.

The group at this point was dumbfounded. However, Erza stepped forward with a smirk on her face. "Incredible. He must have come a long way since he arrived here. It seems that this new strength of his puts his old power to shame." Erza said in disbelief.

"This is amazing. Imagine what else the master might be able to do. We should ask him to show us when he wakes up. I cant even begin to think of all the notes I could get from such a spell." Twilight began. She started to go on a rant about the spells purposes and how to utilize it to its fullest potential. I laughed softly and thought back to how many times that annoyed me, but now.....now I was just happy to see her do such a thing again. I smiled and was enjoying the moment until I heard many start to groan and others clear their throats. Twilight looked around to see many giving her a blank stare and she chuckled sheepishly.

Kong then towered over everypony and spoke to me. "If you would please continue. I would like to here more about the time you were in Tartarus." Kong told me and the others nodded in agreement.

I nodded. "Very well. After the master's attack he came back to the portal where I was blown away from the force of his spell. Thankfully I wasn't hurt, but the master smiled when he saw me." I started. "I was so surprised by his strength, but he made sure I was okay and then we set off towards the gate. However, what I didn't know is that he was going to tell me why he had seemed to be avoiding me." I told the group and everypony looked at me in surprise. "It all started when we left......"

"Spike....There's something I need to talk to you about......" Master told me. I looked at him in confusion and he sighed as he started to talk again. "The reason I don't want any of the others knowing about my past is because I don't want them to be disheartened about my arrival here. I also kept the name of my magic secret due to the fact that you were in the guild. I do not lie when I say that I have been uncomfortable around you, but that is because my past experiences with dragons is weary." The master explained to me.

"What do you mean? I don't understand?" I asked him slightly confused.

He sighed and brought up his hand to his face. Lightning shot across his fingers and he looked towards me. "My magic is classified as Dragon Slayer magic." The master told me and my eyes widened in shock. "More specifically the Thunder Dragon Slayer if you will." Laxus said and saw my unease on my face. "You need to understand that this magic comes from the dragons of my world and they were the ones who invented it. Long ago there was a great war and the dragons of my world, which are about 150 feet bigger than the ones here, roamed the country and destroyed anything in there way." The mater explained to me.

While I was horrified at this revelation that the dragons had caused such destruction and that they were so big, I don't understand what this has to do with the master. "I'm so confused.... Why are you telling me this?" I asked Master Laxus.

He smiled. "This is one of the strongest known magic's in the world and while I cannot teach my Dragon Slaying magic to you, that doesn't mean I can't help guide you to find your own." The Master told me with a smile.

I was stunned. "You really believe that I can learn it?" I asked him.

He nodded. "It will be completely original to you because you are a dragon and though I cant teach you what type of dragon you will be I can teach you techniques." The master told me.

"What do you mean type of dragon I'll be?" I asked for clarification.

As we continued to walk the master started to explain all the different types of dragons and Dragon Slayers that he knew about. Each one seemed to be specific to something. One was the sky dragon, iron dragon, flame dragon and many more, but he told me that I would probably be something else entirely. Apparently, each dragon is unique and different from the next, but if I work hard enough I could become very powerful.

I looked up at the master and wasn't as scared as I was before of his magic. "Do you really think I could become strong?" I asked him and he laughed. I flushed red from embarrassment, but he just patted my head.

"Spike..." He said softly. "I believe you can become stronger than me." The master told me with confidence. I looked at him in disbelief, but I saw that he was genuine. I smiled to myself and thought about how happy I was.

I can finally help everypony instead of just sending letters to Princess Celestia. "This is gonna be awesome!" I told him. "How do I learn this magic of yours?!" I asked him super excited.

He chuckled. "I told you, I can't teach you, only guide you on the techniques." The master told me.

I quirked a brow. "That sounds an awful lot like the same thing." I told him unsure of what he was trying to say, but he just smirked at my response.

"I know its confusing, but you'll just have to trust me." The master told me.

I was still unsure, but I nodded in understanding even though I was really confused. I think the master knew that as well because he starred at me for a little while before he smiled.

"Alright! I'm ready!" I told him with determination. "Lets get started!" I said.

He looked at me with a surprised look on his face and chuckled afterwards. "We can't start now." He told me and I instantly deflated from disappointment. "We are too exposed out here. I'll teach you when we are in more secluded areas." Master Laxus told me. "Understood?" He asked me.

I saluted him. "Yes Sir!" I shouted back. "But what about your past with dragons from your world?" I asked him. "What happened that made you hate dragons so much?" I asked him.

His face darkened and his cheerful/ relaxed expression was gone. It was replaced by one much angrier, one much sadder. He turned away from me. "I would rather not say Spike." He told me and I just stayed quiet for a little while.

After our conversation and my questions we started to head South where we thought the gate was located. We chatted as we walked and it was an idle conversation about nothing and everything at the same time. He would ask me some questions and I would ask him some, but all in all, nothing of significance was said. I did, however, feel as though we had made up for lost time and really connected in our conversations. It was nice to talk to the master like this. Ever since he saved Twilight from Nightmare Moon I sorta started to look up to him, but he never gave me the time of day. I know he told me that he doesn't like dragons and about his type of magic, but I'm glad that he is spending more time with me now.

I looked around the room to see many staring at me in shock. "His magic is for slaying dragons!" Twilight screamed at me.

"That explains why his magic is so dangerous." Luna said aloud.

"How could he keep such a thing from us!?" Rarity shouted. "That would mean Spike has been in danger since Master Laxus showed up!" Rarity exclaimed.

I was about to respond when I felt the room get colder. I looked and saw many of the Fairy Tail members from Earthland, including Master Mavis, glaring at Rarity.

"Rarity!" Luna said in a firm voice. "Laxus has saved us multiple times and even allowed Spike to join. The most he has ever done was be uncomfortable around young Spike. I do believe that you are over stepping your boundaries." Luna said in a cold voice. Rarity flinched from the tone of the princess's voice, but Princess Luna continued. "Besides, he and the others here have good reason to despise dragons. Their dragons are much different from ours and deserve to have a magic created for slaying them." Princess Luna said and my eyes widened in surprise at what she said.

Not over the fact that she said dragons should have a weakness strong enough to kill them, but how they should despise them..... I'm guessing the Master talked to her about the dragons from Earthland. However, I looked around the room to see everypony looking at Princess Luna in shock.

"Sister! How could you say such a thing!" Princess Celestia chastised her sister.

"I agree! Nopony deserves such an unfair magic to be used specifically against them. Especially to kill them!" Princess Nightmare Moon said in agreement.

Many of the others in the room started to agree with the two Princesses and Princess Luna tried talking, but most of them were too upset to listen. I saw most of the Earthland wizards look saddened about their past. I looked around the room and even though I was suppose to be telling everypony what happened all of them were arguing. I heard some random high pitch shouting and I looked to see Pinkie Pie shouting something that was inconsequential to what we were talking about. I groaned and spoke up.

"Everypony." I said, but surprise, surprise, nopony heard me. I groaned and sucked in a chest full of air. "QUIET!" I shouted in a commanding voice. I looked around and saw that I now had everyponies attention. They were all looking at me in disbelief that I just yelled at all of them. "I am telling a story and if you would listen to me you would understand that Princess Luna is right." I told them in a serious tone. "Most of the dragons of Earthland are monstrous. The master told me that they would easily tower over the dragons that are here in Equestria, but at the same time most of them are violent and uncaring towards humans. So, while I was a little uncomfortable at first, he explained why he felt the way that he did. I would tell all of you about the dragons of Earthland, but since Master Laxus has not told you and neither has the old Fairy Tail members from Earthland. This is something you would have to ask the master about or the other Earthland Fairy Tail wizards about. I will not go into detail about why they deserve such a grim outlook." I told them all plainly and a little angrily because of how quick most of them were to judge the Master and Princess Luna. "Now, I would like to continue my story or should I go back to bed?" I asked the group.

Everypony was starring at me in shock about how I just spoke to them and some seemed to be a little upset. "Spike! That is no way to speak to us! You need to show the princesses and the others respect!" Twilight chastised me.

"And none of them should have judged Master Laxus so harshly considering I am the only dragon here!" I snapped back to Twilight. "If I can get over it and tell you that he has good reasons to feel the way he does than I would expect all of you to trust my judgement! Not only as a dragon, but as your friend!" I told the entire group. "Now...." I said through a weary voice. I was still tired from all the lack of sleep in Tartarus. "I am still very tired and would appreciate no more interruptions so I can finish retelling the accounts of our time in Tartarus." I told the group.

I looked around and saw many of the group were still surprised that I talked back to Twilight. I love Twilight, but I was getting sick of her babying me when I was here months ago. Things are different now and I will have my own opinion, as I'm sure I just made clear to everypony in the room. I saw that the princesses seemed to have a small smile and so did the cats. Other members seemed to have a large grin on their faces and others seemed to be displeased with my actions.....Mostly Twilight and the other girls. I just sighed as I looked around.

"We are sorry Spike." Celestia told me. "If you are tired we can come back for the rest later." Celestia said softly.

I shook my head in response. "No.... Everypony is present and there would be no point in having to gather everypony again. I would like to finish now and answer any questions at the end. Is that okay?" I asked princess Celestia.

She nodded. "Very well Spike. We will honor your request." Princess Celestia told me.

I smiled at her and nodded. "Where was I......" I thought a loud.

"You just told us about how Master Laxus hates dragons!" Pinkie shouted. "That's why there was that huge argument and everypony was getting mad at everypony else." Pinkie said as she gestured with her hands like she was trying to remind me of what happened. "It just happened Spike! Come On!" Pinkie told me.

I just deadpanned her along with everypony else present. I sighed and started the story again.

We had been walking for a week and the master had been showing me many different techniques that he knew. I had tried doing them multiple times, but they were very difficult. The master believe that this was because of my age as a dragon. I was confused when he said this because he told me that he was able to perform such magic when he was my age, but he told me the difference was that he was human and I wasn't. Dragons age differently and I should probably be much bigger, but because of my diet my growth was stunted, thus so was my magic. I groaned when he told me his theory, but said we would work on it when we returned to the guild.

We were heading South like every other day, but this day was different. We were walking in a canyon when we saw a cave that seemed to be glowing. This caught our attention and the master decided to investigate. We entered the mouth of the cave and a red tint seemed to be glowing across the cave walls. The master seemed very interested, but I was more nervous then anything. As we made our way through the cave the red glowing got stronger. We walked down the cave and soon entered a cavern that was decorated with glowing gems. I was stunned by how beautiful they were and the master went over to a giant gem that was sticking out of the all to study it. I followed him and my eyes widened in shock at what they were.

"What the hell are these things?" Master Laxus said out loud.

I looked at him and then looked down at the ground. I saw one of the gems on the ground. I leaned over and picked it up to confirm my suspicions. It was a blood diamond....The rarest jewel in all the world and said to be only a myth. I looked at the master as my mouth tried to form what words to say.

"Master...." I said softly.

"Mmmh?" Master hummed.

I pointed to the blood diamond in my shaky hand. "This is a blood diamond!" I exclaimed. "These are the rarest gemstones in the world and are said to be a myth!" I told him excitedly.

He raised an eyebrow at me. "If they are only a myth how do you know about them?" He asked me.

I smiled. "Being a dragon, I eat all sorts of gems. So, I know what are the rarest types of gems. That being said, I honestly thought these were just rumors or speculation. I did some research on it and found that nopony knew anything about where they originated from or any real proof about them. However, I always thought there might be a chance, but I didn't think they would be in Tartarus." I told him as I looked back at the gem in my hand. "I wonder how it taste...." I said softly.

I heard the master speak to me. "Go ahead and try it. If dragons eat gems this is probably a better alternative to the food we have been finding until now." Master told me.

I shivered at the thought of what we had been eating. I looked down and studied the gem in my hand. I started to drool over how good it looked and was starving. I brought the gem up to my mouth and ate the entire thing. It was the most amazing thing I had ever tasted and it seemed to radiate power from within me. However, a strange glow started to come from my body and the power that was radiating from inside me turned to a burning sensation. I gripped my body as it felt like I was on fire on the inside. Master seemed to notice this and reached down to grab me as my vision became blurry. I reached out for him, but I lost consciousness before I realized it.

As I was unconscious I felt as though my body was under a waterfall. I felt water falling on top of my body and started to make my body go numb. I remember because it was one of the strangest feeling I have ever experienced. I then felt as though my back was changing in my sleep. It was almost an out of body experience. I was asleep the entire time, but I could feel the changes being made to my body. I felt my back stretch and become more than it was. I felt my body start to increase in size and stretch to a size I was uncomfortable with. Eventually, I felt the changes stop, but it seemed to happen relatively fast for me, but for the master it had been a few days. I opened my eyes as I felt my body stopped changing and growing. I looked around and saw the master sitting on top of a massive blood diamond looking out the cave entrance. I groaned as I sat up, but it was weird. My body had changed immensely. I was taller and I had wings on my back.

"So your finally awake." I heard the master say. I turned and saw him smiling at me. "Got to say that I was worried when you started to glow, but it was even weirder how your body started to morph while you slept." The master told me.

"Morph?" I asked him with confusion. He chuckled and pointed behind me. I quirked a brow as I looked over my shoulder. As I did, I found something I wasn't expecting to see. A pair of freaking wings! "I have wings!" I exclaimed and I heard the master start chuckling again. I tried to extend them to get a better look. The outline of my wings were purple with greenish webbing just like my belly. I tried flapping them only for them to flap out of sync. "How long was I asleep?" I asked the master.

He seemed to ponder the question. "Well, its hard to tell because there is no daytime here, only night, but I would guess two to three days." He told me. I was stunned that I was asleep for so long and looked back at my wings. I heard the master clear his throat. I turned to look at him. "Congrats Spike, but that's not the only difference. You have also gotten taller." The master told me in a matter of fact tone. "Actually, you may be almost as tall as me now...." He said softly.

I stood, but found that my foot was shaky because of my balance being thrown off and now I was taller. It took me a bit, but I finally stood at my full height and looked towards the master. He was right! I was almost as tall as him, which means I grew almost a foot and a half. I was so excited, but when I looked at the master he seemed to have something on his mind.

"Is everything okay Master?" I asked master Laxus.

He gave me a curious gaze. "Spike.... I want you to try one of those techniques I have been showing you." The master told me.

"Huh? Why?" I asked him.

He studied me carefully. "It appears to me that the blood diamond you ate aged your body into a mature enough state where you might be able to do the techniques." Master explained. "I believe that with your new body you will be able to perform your very own dragon slaying magic." The master told me.

My eyes widened in surprise at what he was implying. I looked at him and saw that he was serious. I nodded and started to focus on my claws. I started to concentrate as hard as I could and I soon felt my claws becoming warmer. It felt as though something was straining to get out and with one last push I heard flames being produced. I looked at my claws and saw the same green flame that I breath for Twilight and Princess Celestia's letters now appeared on my claws. I slowly smiled and started to wave my claws around to find that the emerald fire didn't go out. I started to laugh softly and I heard a chuckle. I looked up and saw the master smiling at me.

"Well done Spike!" The master told me. "You did it! Now you will be able to practice with your magic while we are on the road." The master said to me.

"This is awesome! I did it! I did it!" I started shouting again and again. "Do you think I can do the other techniques that you have been teaching me?" I asked him.

He shrugged. "I don't see why not, but I think this is a great start. I also think we should take some of these blood diamonds for the road." The master told me as he pointed with his thumbs to some of the red colored diamonds. I nodded feverously and he chuckled at my over excitement. "However, be careful when eating those because you don't want to be defenseless while we are here. If you are going to eat one of those let me know so we can find cover just like this cave." The master told me. "Sound fair?" He asked me.

I nodded. "That makes sense I guess....." I said back.

He smiled. "Good, now I need you to take a watch because I have been awake the last three days watching over your scaly ass!" The master told me with a chuckle and I could tell he was kidding, but it still embarrassed me a little.

I nodded and he smiled as he laid down and closed his eyes. "I have already searched the cave and the only entrance or exit is from where we came in. So don't wander off and if you need me just yell." He told me.

"Yes master!" I said to him.

"Oh, one more thing." The master said as he looked at me. I was walking over to the cave entrance, but looked over my shoulder at him. "I want you to practice some of those techniques, but try to keep it down." The master told me. I nodded in response and he smirked back at me.

The master fell asleep and I spent the handful of hours practicing the techniques that the master showed me.

"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!" I heard somepony shouting.

I looked up from my blanket to see everypony staring at the bouncing Pinkie Pie. "Yes Pinkie Pie?" I asked her with a quirked eyebrow.

"What happened to your scales?" Pinkie asked and everypony turned to look at me. "They're gone! Did you not know!?" Pinkie asked me innocently.

I chuckled. "Yes, I know Pinkie." I told her. "I ate another blood diamond as we got closer and closer to the gate of Tartarus. When I ate the blood diamond that time my scales on my head disappeared and were replaced by the long green hair you see now. I also got taller than Master Laxus and the princesses if you didn't notice, but I will admit its weird." I said to the group.

"Why do you say that darling? I believe the look suits you!" Rarity told me.

I smiled at her. "Thank you, but I meant that I have never seen a dragon with hair before." I told the group.

Princess Celestia stepped forward. "I doubt any of them have eaten a blood diamond before. Much like you Spike I believed the blood diamonds to be no more than a myth. In all my years of living I have never seen proof that they even existed and I doubt any other dragons had the courage to go into Tartarus like you." Princess Celestia told me with a motherly smile.

I blushed and some of the group started to add to her statement. Things like how brave I was or how daring I was. It really made me feel good. I looked up and had some tears in my eyes. "Thanks everypony. It really is great to be home again." I told them and some of them even came over to give me a hug. This made my smile grow even more.

"So, young Spike, what happened next?" Princess Luna asked me.

"Well after I started to learn some more techniques, I ate the blood diamond and the results are what I just told you, but I also was able to produce stronger flames. My control and concentration also increased and to top it off, we were making great time towards the gate. I was being taught by Master Laxus and he had me fight some of the weaker demons sometimes. We would talk and he had no problem taking care of any other demon that came our way....." I told them, but I paused at the end as I remembered what happened next. "But, everything changed after a few weeks of our stay in Tartarus. One day we were continuing like any other day and we were taking a break." I said and my gaze drifted back down to my sheets. "Everything went wrong when another wizard showed up...." I told them.

We were sitting on some rocks next to a fire we started when the master started acting strange. He got up and started looking around us to look for something. I was about to ask him what was wrong when I saw the fire flicker. I looked down to it and saw that it was starting to go out. It was really weird. The fire still had plenty of wood, but went out for no reason. I tried using my fire breath to start it back up, but my fire breath barely had any punch to it. I was so confused, but suddenly the master spoke and my attention shifted to him.

"Natsu...." I heard the master whisper in disbelief.

"What?" I asked him confused. I saw that he was staring out into space and looked to where he was looking. I was expecting nothing, but found that a stallion resembling the Earthland wizards was walking towards us. He had pink hair and seemed to wearing a scarf of some kind. He had an open chested vest and some baggy white pants. The master started to walk towards him, but the weirdest thing was that he seemed to be covered in these black marks and his eyes were glowing.

"Natsu is here!" Erza shouted as she pushed Kong out of the way like it was nothing. "Where is he then?"

"I don't know who this Natsu person is that you and master Laxus seem to know, but the creature that you call Natsu is the one who almost killed master Laxus." I told them with a serious expression on my face. The ones known as Erza, Pantherlily and Jellal seemed to pale at this.

"That cant be right!" Erza shouted at me. "He would never do something like that!" Erza stated.

"I agree. Natsu is as hard headed as they come, but attacking Laxus like that seems odd." Jellal stated.

Master Mavis came forward and had a look on her face that none of us had ever seen before. We all looked at here as she spoke. "What did those black marks look like?" She asked me.

I tried to remember them, but that wasn't the priority at the time. I saw everyponies attention was now back on me, but I could only hang my head in shame. "I'm sorry. I don't remember and trying to memorize his marks weren't at the forefront of my mind at the time." I told them. "However, I can tell you what happened." I told the group.

They all nodded and I thought back to that fateful day.

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"Natsu!" Master Laxus shouted in excitement. "I cant believe your here!" He said to the one called Natsu.

However, I looked closer at the one called Natsu and he seemed to be mumbling to himself. I also felt something was off. The black marks on his body seemed to be shifting ever slightly and I saw the master start walking over to him.

"Are you okay? When did you get here?" Master Laxus asked him.

I saw the stallions lips moving, but couldn't here him. I focused my senses as the stallion continued to approach us. The master didn't seem to sense anything was wrong, so I ignored the feeling I had, but I stood on my feet to greet the one the master called Natsu. As we came closer to him I started to make out the words he was mumbling.

"nd." I heard at first. I quirked a brow at this as I was confused at what was said. However, he spoke again, but louder this time. "End...." He said softly. I was very confused at this point, but the master didn't seem to care. "End." The stallion said again. "End!" Again was spoken, but much louder this time. This was when the master stopped walking towards him, but the stallion kept approaching us. "End!" He said loudly and even I knew this wasn't normal. The master pushed me behind him and I stood behind him. "E.N.D.!!!!!" The stallion screamed and rushed us.

The master was taken back by this, but I used my wings to put some distance between myself and the other two. Red flames wrapped around the stallion who was attacking us and he attacked the master. The stallion wrapped his fist in concentrated flames and struck the master, but he was able to block the attack by igniting his own hands with his lightning. The two fist met and a shockwave was sent out that pushed me back from the battle even further. I looked back to the two wizards that were fighting, but I saw the one called Natsu had tears streaming down his face. This seemed to distract the master as he pulled back his fist and let down his guard. The one called Natsu took this opportunity and attacked in a relentless flurry of blows. The master cried out in pain and I could hear the sound of his bones breaking. I rushed forward to help the master, but Natsu saw this and ignited his entire arm in his flames. He then slashed towards me and I crossed my arms, but it hit me along the chest. This sent me tumbling back and I knew that I was no match for him. I stumbled to my feet and that one attack made everything clear. I was still weak....

I looked up to see the master was now in between the two of us and tried to grab a hold of him, but it was in vain. "Wake up!" I heard the master shout.

"E.N.D.!!!!" Was the only response he got.

The master got a determined look on his face and started to charge up his magic. The other stallion did so, but with his flames instead. However, when they exchanged blows this time the master blew his arm back and was moving into position for a finishing blow. He charged up his lightning and seemed start the attack, but as he swung, he stopped short of his target. Natsu took advantage of this and started the assault again. The hits rained upon the master and he did nothing to fight back. I was so confused about what was happening. The master made it clear he was stronger, but now it seems like he has given up.

"Master! What are you doing!?" I screamed out. I was confused as to why Master Laxus was taking so many hits. "Fight back!" I pleaded as I watched the battle continue.

"Uggh!" Master Laxus groaned out after taking a hit to the face and was sent flying.

I grunted and got ready to fight the assailant. "Bring it on!" I shouted and rushed at the man. I knew I couldn't win, but something was wrong with the master and I had to help.

"NOOOO!" Master Laxus screamed at me.

I paused as I looked up because of a strange noise. It sounded like somepony chewing very loudly. I saw only pink.... I focused my vision even more and found that it was Pinkie eating popcorn right in my face.

"Domth minf me. Kef goin!" Pinkie told me through her full mouth.

"PINKIE!" Almost everypony in the room yelled.

"Whaf?!" Pinkie turned to look at everypony else. "Thif if great!" Pinkie mumbled out.

The next thing I saw was a blue, gold, dark blue and purple aura wrap around Pinkie as she was levitated from the bed. I chuckled at her antics and thought about how much I missed them, but then I realized something. How in the world did she get on the bed without my knowing!? I looked at her and saw that she was starring daggers at me. My eyes widened in surprise from her glare. I could only imagine that she wasn't very happy being moved from the bed. I just sighed as I looked to the four who removed her.

"Thank you." I told the four softly.

They nodded. "Please continue young Spike." Princess Luna told me and I nodded. My mind shifted back to the battle.

"NOOOO!" Master Laxus shouted at me to try and stop me from doing anything foolish.

I looked over my shoulder to look at the Master, confused as to what was happening. This was a mistake and this mistake was the biggest mistake I could have made in this instance. I heard a growl from behind me and turned to see the stallion in front of me and was about to strike. Fire encircled his fist and seemed to radiate so much power that I could feel it from where I was standing. I had grown much more powerful, but I knew I wasn't a match for him....I just wanted to help Master Laxus. I watched as the stallion charged up an attack and launched it at me. I used my arms to block the attack, but when the attack hit my arms they were blown back. I was wide open for an attack and the stallion responded instantly. He charged up even more flames in his hand and I closed my eyes. I prepared for the worst, but heard a grunt from in front of me, thus was followed by moans of pain. I opened my eyes and saw Laxus standing in front of me to block the hit. I reached out to grab him, but as I did an explosion from in front of the master blew both of us back. Master Laxus's body slammed into me and we were sent flying. I groaned as I got up and looked at the master. He was very injured. His chest had a massive wound on it that went down to part of his stomach and was leaking out blood from the earlier attack. I was stunned by the damage he had received. Not even from our training in Tartarus had I been able to severely wound him like this. Not that I ever tried to inflict such damage on him, but the point was that this stallion was strong enough to fatally wound the master. I was so focused on the master that I had forgotten about the attacker. I heard a roar and looked up to see a mass of flames coming straight for us. I was getting ready to block it, when master Laxus got up and ate the flames. I was stunned at what I just witnessed. He literally ate the flames and started to cough afterwards. He looked at me and grabbed me around my stomach. He then shot off with his lightning to escape from the stallion who attacked us.

"Master! You need medicine!" I shouted at him.

He looked down at me and I saw his face was pale from the battle. He looked sick and soon started to wobble in the air. He started coughing and used his other hand to grab his throat. He started to make unintelligible sounds as he started to claw at his throat and veins started to expand on his throat. He seemed to be choking and after flying us miles away he started to fall out of the sky. He unwrapped me from his arm and used both of his hands to claw for air. I instantly started flapping my wings as I grabbed him, but we were falling and I wasn't used to them yet. Thankfully, I was able to slow our descent and took shelter in a formation of rocks. I laid the master down and looked at his chest. I paled at the damage and how bad it was, but the worst part was is that we were still stranded in Tartarus with no help. I had no choice, but to cauterize the wound. I heated up my mouth to prepare the procedure. Laxus was still clawing at his throat when I shot my flames across his chest to stop the bleeding.

"AHRRGGHHHTTT!" He gurgled out in pain.

I winced at his pain and felt sorry that I had to do such a thing. I was shaking I was so nervous about everything. We were in Tartarus and the master was very badly injured. I had been relying on him for everything, but something happened to him in that last fight. He looked stunned at who it was and tried talking to the stallion, but it was no use. They fought for a while, but the master stopped fighting back. He just took every hit as if in a stupor. I looked down at my claws and saw them shaking violently. I then heard the master stop groaning and looked at him only to find that he wasn't moving. My heart instantly fell into my stomach as my face paled. I placed my fingers below his nose and felt his breath, so I knew he was alive. It was obvious now that he was unconscious. I grabbed my knees and wrapped my wings around my body to comfort myself. I had to stay on alert and be prepared to defend the master if anything else attacked us.

As I looked at the master, I frowned. Many things had happened over the last couple of weeks and Master Laxus has dealt with every demon to cross our path with little difficulty, but something stopped him in this last fight. I don't know if he was training me like he had been since we gotten there or if it was something else, but it was then that I had to protect him...... and I did.....

In the rock formation we stayed. A day passed and the master was still unconscious. I heard sounds coming from above us and readied myself for a fight, but thankfully most of them moved along. I watched over the master as he slept away another day, but this time demons from above us seemed to smell us because I started to hear clawing at the rocks above us. I paled as I looked up and could only wonder what demon it might be. I looked back to the master and was about to try and wake him up, but I stopped myself because I knew he was in no position to fight. I gritted my teeth and summoned magic into my claws. I flapped my wings and navigated my way around the rocks only to see three of the flying demons starting to claw there way through the rocks. I summoned fire into my belly and shot it at the one at the front of the group of demons. It was ablaze with my green flame and I rammed into as I continued to fly past the demons. My slamming into the demon angered the other demons and changed there direction back up to me. I saw three of them were left and I tried to lead them away. One decided to stay back, but I hurled a fireball at it to gain its attention. All three demons screeched at me as I led them away from the master.

As I flew through the air I heard the massive wing beats behind me getting closer. I looked over my shoulder and saw the demons gaining on me. I had to think quickly and had to take care of this situation. I dived towards the ground and the demons followed me. I flipped around in the air and shot a ton of small fire balls at the wings of the demons. Two of the demons dodged, but I was able to put holes in the wings of the demons. I turned back around and pulled myself out of the dive I was in. I looked down to see the demons flapping its wings, but it was futile. The demon crashed into the ground and stopped moving. That was one demon taken care of. Now I just have to take care of the other two. I saw the demons were still separated so I charged at one of them with my wings. The demon screeched again as it saw my approach. I watched as it opened its maw to try and bite me, but with one last flap of my wings, which I put all the strength I had into, I was able to ascend over its mouth. I ignited my arm in my green flames and had them take the shape of a sword. I cut off one of its wings and it screeched in horror as it plummeted to its death. I watched as it fell to the ground, but forgot about the other demon.

I heard a screech from above me and I looked up to find the other demon about to strike, but I used my wings to propel myself back. I was able to dodge the fatal blow, but one of the demons claws reached for my head. I leaned back as far as I could, but could only look on in horror as the claw reached for my eye. Its claw dug into the top of my forehead and came down my face. I screamed in pain as I brought my claw up to my face only to find blood flowing from the wound. I groaned in pain, but looked down to see the demon was wide open. With a wing beat I was in a dive bomb and charged up my flames in my fist. Right as the demon was about to pull up, I shot into its back and punched it as hard as I could. A green explosion of flame went of and the demon was sent spiraling into the ground. I didn't need to watch it hit the ground to know that I had achieved victory, so I started to make my way back to the master.

I came upon the rock formation and saw that it had been undisturbed since those flying demons found us. I descended into the rocks and found the master was exactly where I left him. I sighed as I went back over to my spot and tried to take care of my eye. I ripped off some of my shirt and used it to put pressure on the wound and eventually it stopped. I heard a groan and looked over to the master. He was stirring in his sleep. I saw that his eyes seemed to open and I crawled over to him quickly.

"Master! Master!" I shouted as I went over to him. I brought up my claws and held them over him confused at what I should do. His chest was still healing, but when I looked back to the master's eyes I saw that they were closed again. Alone.... I was alone again and master was still out of it. I sighed as I dragged myself back to my spot. I wrapped myself in my wings again and waited. Another day had passed and there had been multiple times where the master had awoken suddenly, but was still in a stupor. I heard another groan and I looked towards the master and this time he seemed to be looking around. I saw him look at me and I saw his face contort into a look of concern.

"Spike..." The master groaned out.

This was the first time he had talked in three days. "Master! You're awake!" I cried out. I rushed over to him and fell on my knees as tears came to my eyes. I was very concerned about how he was feeling. "Are you okay?" I asked him.

He just groaned. "I think so. I am in quite a bit of pain, but I'll live. What about you? What happened to your eye?" He asked me and I looked down in shame.

"You've been asleep for three days master." I stated and the master looked at me shocked that he was out that long. "I had to do what I could to protect you." I said softly.

The master smiled at me. "Would you mind telling me what happened?" He asked him.

I was very nervous to tell him what happened because he told me to smart and use my head, but I had no choice in that situation. "Those flying demons attacked us. I had to lead them away from you, but the three of them caught up to me and I had no choice, but to fight." I started. "I know you told me to use my head, but I had no choice. If they followed me back you could've been injured. So I fought them and won, but one of them got a good shot in on me." I explained nervously. "It was a hard fight, but I used what you taught me and I made sure you were safe." I told him and I looked at the master to see if he was mad at me.

I saw him smile as he reached an arm out and patted me on the head. I looked up at him surprised. "Good work." He told me with a smile and I was stunned that he was okay with that. "I might be dead if it wasn't for you." The master told me with a smile on his face. I felt as though a heavy burden had been lifted off my shoulders now that the master was awake. "How are you holding up? Do you still have some of the blood diamonds left?" He asked me and I nodded. "Good. I still need some rest, but I think I can help if any other demons approach us. You get some sleep, while I take a watch. You look like you need it." He stated and I could only nod in response.

"Yes master, but let me know if you need anything." I told him in a serious voice.

He smiled at me. "Will do. Get some sleep." He said softly to me and I laid down beside him.

I felt my eye get heavy and sleep found me easily enough, but I did hear the master say one thing before the darkness overtook me.

"Fuck....." I heard the master say out loud.

I awoke and found that the master was in a leaning position up against a rock. I picked myself up and found that the master was holding his chest as he looked at me.

"How is the wound?" I asked him.

"It's not to bad." The master told me, but I could tell it really bothered him. "I take it you cauterized the parts where I was bleeding?" He asked me and I nodded slowly. "Good thinking." He told me. "Now that your up we should get moving." The master said.

I looked at him like he had gone mad. "Master! Don't you think we should wait until you are in better condition?" I asked him and he shook his head.

"No.... Something is coming Spike and we need to get out of here." The master told me with a serious look on his face. I was so confused at this point, but I just reluctantly nodded.

"Very well master. I trust you." I told him and he smiled at me.

"Do you think you can fly us out of here? I want to conserve my energy." The master told me.

I nodded slowly and picked him up. It was quite easy with my new size, but I was careful with his wound. I flew us around the various rocks and we were now out in the open again. I flew for a while until the master pointed down and we continued on foot. We followed a very strict routine. Head south and make our way to the gate, but now we were being more sneaky to avoid demons. We had come across a horde of demons and had to make our way around the entire thing, but the weird thing was is that they were marching together as if somepony was commanding them. We stayed clear of the horde and walked a few extra miles just to be sure we were clear of them, but when I asked the master his thoughts on the horde he only responded with silence. The master was much quieter since his injury and I knew it was affecting him. With the constant strain on his body, it wasn't healing properly and there were times where he would blast a demons away as soon as it showed itself. It was weird the way he was acting. To me it looked like he was trying to run away from something or somepony, but little did I know how right he was.

The master eventually collapsed again and I had to carry him to a spot with shelter where I hoped no demons would find us. Thankfully, we got lucky and the master woke up after a few days of rest, but I saw that he was still bleeding while he was asleep. So I ignited my hands in flames and burned the wound closed as best as I could. After he woke up he knew that I had once again tried my best to close the wounds, but he didn't say anything about it. The master was on his feet and insisting that we got going, but I wanted him to rest. He told me that we had no time and that we needed to leave. I sighed as I followed him South again and we fell into our same routine. We walked for weeks and sometimes I flew us when I felt an abundance of strength. I saw the master was panting heavily and looked pathetic, but I couldn't blame him. I was worried he was going to kill himself, but he did his best to hold on.

We continued our walking, but something was different. I had another uneasy feeling like when the one called Natsu first showed up, but this time it was worse. It felt like death was behind me and I was constantly looking over my shoulder. I don't know why I felt like this when I saw nothing there, but I felt as though all the good in the world was draining away. This feeling had put me on edge and I was already stressed, but thankfully I saw the night sky and dark clouds seemed to be getting lighter for some reason. I looked around and saw a opening in the darkness. I saw a spiral of white clouds and sunlight coming from the horizon. I knew that the gate to get out of here was near. I looked over to the master to tell him the news, but I saw that he was looking behind us and seemed to have a serious look on his face. I turned to see what he was looking at only to find another stallion, but I could tell he wasn't normal. He looked as though he was from Earthland as well, but all I could see when I looked at him was death. My instinct took over and I backed away in fear as the master stepped forward.

I tried whispering to the master. "We need to leave.... The gate is just over there." I told him softly. He waved a hand dismissively at me and stood tall as he carefully walked back towards the other stallion.

"The great Laxus Dreyar ended up being a victim of the dragon onslaught, huh." The other stallion said in an uninterested way. I studied him and saw that he had red eyes and was wearing robes that were black with a white sash going on top of it. "Although, that must mean that you are the one who stopped my demons from capturing the Queen.... That is very unappreciated." The stallion said with his tone cold as ice. I felt my blood run cold just from looking at him.

Queen? What Queen? Who is he talking about. I remember thinking to myself.

The master seemed to smile at his remark. "Yeah." The master started with a smirk on his face. "Slaughtering all of those demons was pretty easy, but saving Queen Faust was definitely a surprise." The master said and I was stunned by what I just heard. Queen Faust!? The same Queen that has been missing for thousands of years! This was unbelievable. "I was on Tenroujima, but I didn't get to see you. However, Juvia and Grey did give me a description of your appearance. I must tell you, I am surprised to see the legendary Dark Wizard here of all places." The master said in a serious tone that I had never heard before. "What are you doing here Zeref? Am I to believe that you were killed by the dragons as well?" The master said and I was stunned by what I had just heard. The master ended up here by being killed by dragons!

"It has been a long time since I have been called that, but you really believe that you came here because you died...." The stallion who master called Zeref responded. He closed his eyes and a grin formed on his mouth. "Such a fool. Why Mavis took a liking to you I'll never know....." Zeref said and I saw the master tense at the use of Master Mavis's name. "Enough about that. I see you ran into E.N.D." Zeref said. "Such a good brother." He stated simply.

The master sprung forward with anger across his face and was faster than I had seen him since we first arrived here. Lightning was charged in his fist and he swung at Zeref, but Zeref replied in kind. A dark wind seemed to wrap around the dark wizards fist and it collided with Laxus's. A shockwave was released from the traded blows and sent me skidding backwards as I tried to stay upright. If this happened two months ago, I would have been sent flying, but my size and new strength helped me power through. I looked back to the two wizards and saw that the master's arm was blown back, thus leaving him wide open for an attack. The dark wizard charged up his fist and struck the master in his chest right where his old wound was still festering. I paled as the master was sent flying back. I used my wings to propel myself in to the path the master was flying and caught him. I held the master in my arms and saw that he was holding his chest in great pain. I could see fresh blood staining his clothes again and panicked at what to do. I looked up to the dark wizard only to see him standing right in front of me. I tried to get away, but just looking in his eyes froze me in pure terror. I just stood there as the Dark Wizard called Zeref inspected the master.

"Mmh? Even with such wounds he was able to launch such an attack?" Zeref said out loud and brought his hand up to his chin in a thinking position. "I see that he has much potential. Maybe Mavis was right in training him to such a degree....." He trailed off. He then looked up at me and I starred into his red eyes. I started to shake in fear of the wizard in front of me. "Do you believe that he could have beaten me if he wasn't so injured by my brother?" Zeref asked me.

I responded through a shaky voice. "I believe that the master is invincible. So, yes. I believe that he would have won." I tried to tell him as serious as I could. Not knowing if he was going to kill us.

He smirked. "What is your name young one?" The dark wizard asked me.

I was surprised by the sudden question. "Spike...." I told him through a shaky voice.

"Spike, huh?" He seemed to ponder this for a minute as he studied me. He then held out his hand and introduced himself. "My name is Zeref Dragneel." Zeref told me.

I studied his hand and started to reach for it like my body was moving on its own. I was able to stop myself and shot a glare towards the wizard in front of me. "You expect me to shake your hand after what you did to my master?" I asked him in anger.

He was surprised about something, but what it was, I have no idea. He smiled and started to walk away which startled me. I thought for sure he was about to attack. "You're just gonna let us go?" I asked him.

He looked over his shoulder at me. "Tell Mavis I said hi!" He said as he waved and left.

I looked up from my bed again and stared at Master Mavis. "How do you know Zeref?" I asked her cautiously. The whole situation was strange.

She closed her eyes. "It doesn't matter. What matters is that Zeref is here and is in command of the demons of Tartarus." The master said.

I saw Jellal and Erza looked pale. "Zeref!" I heard Jellal whisper out in anger. "Now he haunts this peaceful world!" Jellal said to himself.

"And it would appear he has somehow taken control of Natsu." Pantherlily said. "This is most troublesome, but that would explain why Laxus wouldn't fight back." He stated to the group.

Erza scoffed. "Just like Zeref to make someone else do his dirty work against their will!" Erza said with anger.

"Calm down you two." Master Mavis said.

I saw Celestia and the other two princesses step toward her. "Who is this Zeref?" Celestia asked the master. "And how do you know him?" Celestia asked her in a serious tone.

The entire room became quiet and you could feel the tension in the air. It was easy to see that the princesses were weary of Master Mavis now, but then again, so was I. Many questions have been presented before me with not a lot of answers. I saw Master Mavis fly in front of Celestia in a challenging way, which surprised many of us.

"I will explain what I know at a later date, but for now I would like to hear the end of this tale." Master Mavis said simply.

The entire room waited for the answer and I could see everypony seemed to be nervous about what might happen. Thankfully, princess Celestia sighed in response. "Very well master. Please continue Spike." Princess Celestia asked me and I nodded. I started the story right where I had stopped, which was easy because I was at the end.

He looked over his shoulder at me. "Tell Mavis I said hi!" He said as he waved and left.

I was stunned and frozen in fear that he might just come back to finish the job, but when he didn't I started to move again. I don't know why, but after meeting Zeref I felt as though all the energy I had was gone. I started to walk towards the gate with the master in my arms, but tripped and fell down. I did my best to flip over and was able to prevent myself from falling on the master, but I was exhausted. I saw the gate was very close, but it felt like it was miles away. I crawled up to my claws and knees as I tried to catch my breath. I looked down at the master and saw he was in great pain. That was the only thing I needed to see to give me enough energy to grab the master and force him onto my back. I climbed to my feet and started my slow walk towards the gate.

I saw the gate start to get bigger and was able to make out some of the guards on top of it, but my eye sight is much better as a dragon. I groaned as I felt the master slipping from my back and did all I could to stop him from falling from my back. I hunched over and tried to lift him up, but I didn't seem to have the strength left in my arms.

"Auggghhh!" I groaned out as I continued my tortuous walk towards the gate.

I finally was close enough and saw the guards starting to scramble. I was happy to see such movement. Mostly because I figured that meant they saw me, but I now had a new problem. How to convince them about who we are. I lost track of my footing and fell over again, but the masters fall was cushioned by my back. I looked up and started to use the last of my energy to crawl. I dug my claws into the ground and pulled us closer to the gate. It was right there! I could see it, but just didn't have the energy for the extra few feet.... I felt my face become wet as tears made there way down my face. I couldn't pull us any farther and I could only look at the gate through wet eyes. I let my head fall to the floor and laid there in my sorrow. I knew that I had failed the master and I had failed to protect him. I thought it was over..... But it wasn't. I heard the flapping of wings and my eyes shot open. I instantly thought about the flying demons that we had encountered time and time again. I closed my eyes and waited for death to come, but it never did. The wings stopped and my ears heard approaching foot steps. I looked up and saw the guards from the gate rushing to us, but not only that, Princess Luna was there as well.

"These two need to be taken to the medical wings immediately!" Princess Luna commanded the guards.

My body seemed to relax at hearing her voice and I started to fade in and out of consciousness. I awoke after I had been loaded on some kind of stretcher and saw that we were flying through the air. I looked around and saw that the master was also on a stretcher, but princess Luna was flying right next to him. I lost consciousness again and the next time I woke up was from screams of pain. I shot up from the bed I was on and saw that it was the master who was screaming in pain, but my vision was hazy. I instantly shot towards him, but saw that someponies were in my way. I started to push them aside as I moved towards the master. I was getting close when I felt my body stop. I looked down and saw that a guard and rushed up to me. He was now trying to restrain me, but I just threw him aside. Unfortunately, three other guards took his place and all were preventing me from reaching Master Laxus. My body moved on its own as I started to push against the three guards with the last of my strength, but stopped as I saw a familiar face. Princess Nightmare Moon was in front of me. She had a sad smile on her face and I saw her lips moving, but I couldn't hear anything she was saying. I shook my head to clear the fog that was preventing me from using rational thinking.

"Spike! It's okay!" I heard Princess Nightmare Moon say in a soothing voice. "Your safe!" She told me.

My body started to relax and the guards let me go once they were sure I wasn't going to hurt anypony else. "What happened?" I asked nopony in particular. "Where are we?" I asked out loud.

Princess Nightmare Moon smiled at me. "You made it. Rest easy Spike. You are at the gate of Tartarus." The princess told me. "Please get as much sleep as you can, while we look over your injuries. We will wake you when it is time." The princess suggested.

I remember not even answering her as I walked back to the bed I was originally on. I climbed back on and let my body rest.

"And that is everything that I can remember about my time in Tartarus." I told the group and everypony was looking at me in shock. I saw that Twilight had multiple notepads and many of the others looked liked they had questions. I sighed and feared the worst. "I believe that Princess Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna will be able to fill you on what happened next. However, I am still very tired and would like to get some sleep if none of you mind." I stated and many looked disappointed. Some even raised there hands, one of them being Twilight. I sighed and pointed to her.

"I have a question for you Spike!" Twilight said. I sighed and waved a careless hand at her as she smiled. "What happened when yo-" However, Twilight was cut off.

"Hold young Twilight. Young Spike has been kind enough to tell us his story as soon as he woke up, which I am positive we are the only reason he did so." Princess Luna started. "I believe it would be best to let him rest and we can ask some more of him at a later date." She then turned to me. "Get rest young Spike and thank you for telling us what happened." Princess Luna told me and I smiled at her.

"But!" Twilight said, but this time Princess Celestia cut her off.

"I believe my sister is right Twilight. All our questions can wait. Everypony please exit the room!" Princess Celestia announced and everypony started to leave, but not before some of them came over and hugged me. I returned there hugs and was smiling.

I saw that the princesses were the last ones to leave. "Princesses?" I asked out loud.

All of them turned to face me. "Yes Spike?" Princess Celestia asked me.

I was hesitant at first, but I asked them a question. "How is your mother?" I asked them and all three of them were surprised at my question, but soon smiled at my concern.

"She is well. Thank you for asking." Princess Celestia told me with a smile. "She is resting just like Master Laxus and how you should be." She stated with a giggle.

"Please inform me if he wakes up...." I told them.

The three of them smiled and nodded as they left the room. I sighed as I laid back down in the bed and closed my eyes. I felt that my body was still sore and felt heavy. It didn't take long for sleep to take me. After all..... I was finally home.

My sisters and I exited Spike's room to find the rest of the guild was waiting for us. "I believe that should be enough for today." I stated.

"But what happened next!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "I have to know! After listening to everything that Spike went through I need to know how it ended!" She exclaimed.

I sighed and was about to answer when Luna stepped forward. "I can answer that question, but afterwards, I say we call it a day. I believe many of us are tired and all of you are welcome to stay in the castle of course." Luna stated. She then brought her finger to her chin in a thinking motion. "Now I believe that we were waiting for the results on Laxus. However, when we were reported to about how bad his injuries were we realized we were going to have to teleport him back to Canterlot and have him admitted into the castle hospital. This was only a few hours after we had found Laxus and Spike. Nightmare Moon went to awaken young Spike as I went to Laxus's side. I found that he was awake, but was not in the greatest condition for a conversation." Luna explained, but I had already heard all of this from Nightmare. "We then got ready to teleport to Canterlot where we found the changelings were invading and the rest you all know." Luna said simply.

I saw Pinkie step forward with narrowed eyes. "That seems to be an awfully quick explanation of things." Pinkie asked skeptically.

I saw that Luna was about to respond when she looked confused. I looked back to Pinkie only to find her gone. I sighed. "That will have to do for now. We will discuss anything else tomorrow. Please have a good evening everypony." I told the group.

I left and started to walk towards my own room. It has been a very long day and I can't help, but feel bad for Laxus and Spike. They have been through so much, but now I have even more questions. Who is Zeref and how does Master Mavis know him, I thought to myself. There were many things that I wanted to know, especially about mother, but things were never simple. I arrived at my room and entered. I headed for my bathroom to relax and started some bath water. I decided to rinse away my problems for the moment. As I was sitting in the tub I couldn't help, but think of how nice this was. Everypony was finally safe and sound. It was such a nice bath.....

Author's Notes:

Hey guys! Sorry this chapter took so long to come out, but I believe it will be worth the wait. I originally had finished this chapter a few days ago, but when I was rereading it, I felt as though I did a poor piss job of it. I felt as though it was still from Laxus's perspective and didn't really convey what Spike saw.....So I deleted more than half of it and started again. That is why this chapter took so long, but I did try to make my two week deadline. I know I am late by a day or two, but I hope that it will have been worth the wait to figure out what all has happened in Tartarus.

On another note, it is very difficult for me to try and write from Spikes point of view right now because he is switching back and forth between a child and more mature character. As I stated above, I deleted half the chapter because of that. I did my best and believe I did a good job, but turning Spike into a more useful character takes explaining and I believe that he is a really wasted character in some fanfics, but I digress. I hope you all like the fact that he had become more anthropomorphic with his hair compared to his scales and continue to look forward to this story. I will be going into more detail, but I am now starting into the main story and now that the characters and the stage is set, all that remains is setting up the real story. Now I can start moving the story in the direction I want. Slowly, but surely, we will all be able to enjoy Laxus's new life and read about his hardships to come. Look forward to the next chapter!!!!!

Besides that, how do you guys like the grown up Spike!? I tried very hard to make him more mature, but keep him childish in his story telling and might switch back and forth in the future because of his sudden growth spurt. Also, E.N.D.. Some of you saw it coming, but did you expect him to be so powerful? I must admit in the show that this wouldn't of happened, but this is my story to do with what I want and this is necessary to continue the story. LOLOLOL.

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P.S. Longest chapter I have ever written!

MPF Scores of all Fairy Tail wizards

1: Laxus - 76,515 - SS -Dragon Slayer
2: Luna - 2690 - A – Unknown - 8003
3: Celestia - 2187 - A - Unknown - 7371
4: Nightmare Moon - 2202 - A – Unknown - 7112
5: Duster - 1074 - A - Beast Soul - 1688
6: Kong - 1599 - A - Unknown
7: Twilight Sparkle - 423 - A - Memory Make Magic - 1146
8: Pinkie Pie - 94 - A - Territory Magic - 916
9: Vinyl - 390 - B - Unknown
10: Big Mac - 145 - B - Palm Magic 341
11: Magic Touch - 152 - B - Fire Magic 327
12: Applejack - 120 - C - Earth Magic – 255
13: Zecora - 209 - C - Unknown
14: Kahn - 205 - C – Unknown
15: Rainbow Dash - 116 - C - Ice Magic - 202
15: Soarin - 98 - C - Air Magic – 202
16: Cider Blossom - 90 - C - Palm Magic – 197
17: Octavia - 196 - C - Unknown
18: Neeta - 184 - C – Unknown
19: Thunderlane - 95 - C - Drill N Rock Magic - 170
20: Rarity - 81 - C - Requip Magic – 150
21: Levy - 137 - C - Unknown
22: Spike - 78 - C - Unknown – 124
23: Fluttershy - 4 - D - Green Magic - 82
24: Scootaloo - 26 - D - High Speed - 79
25: Applebloom - 24 - E - Unknown - 57
26: Sweetie Belle - 22 - E - Unknown - 41
27: Erza
28: Mirajane
29: Pantherlily
30: Jellal?