Spike’s eyes slowly opened and he found himself in a familiar hospital room. It was the same room he was put in after he was attacked at the Gala. “Spike.” came a soft voice. Spike slowly managed to turn his head to his left and saw Celestia laying next to him; trying to keep herself from bursting into a crying fit. Spike wanted to say something but Celestia put her finger over his lips. “Don’t say anything.” she said. Spike nodded as Celestia rested her head over his, snuggling him closer and smashing her breasts against him; being very careful not to touch any of his stab wounds. Spike felt somepony else snuggling against him him as well. He wanted to turn his head and see who it was, but with Celestia resting on top of him that wasn’t going to happen.

Whoever it was, Spike could feel them breathing against his neck; causing him to shiver a bit.

“Spike.”

That voice.

He knew that voice.

It belong to Twilight.

She moved herself closer to Spike by putting half of her body over his and burying her face in his neck. “Spike.” she mumbled. As the three of them laid there, the doctor slowly walked in catching Celestia’s attention.

“I’ll be back soon.” she whispered, giving Spike one last peck on the cheek as she slowly got up to leave. Spike laid there with Twilight snuggled against him.

Twilight stirred around for a bit before opening her eyes. “S-Spike?” she said, catching his attention.

“Hey.” he answered.

Tears started flowing from her eyes as moved to bury her face in his neck again and sob softly. “Oh, Spike.” she said.

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After talking to the doctor about Spike’s condition, Celestia started to make her way back to his room. In doing so, she came upon Dragon Lord Atomsk’s room which had two royal guards standing next to it.

“Princess.” one of them addressed.

“Let me enter.” she said. “I wish to speak with him.”

The two guards looked at each other then back at Celestia. They nodded then stepped to the side allowing her passage through. Celestia entered the room and saw the dragon lord laying in bed all bandaged up.

“Come to finishing me off?” he asked as he saw her walk in.

“I should.” she said. “After the way you insulted my son. I just came here to tell you that my sister and nephew will be here shortly to talk peace negotiations with you once again. I suggest you listen to them, or else next time, I won’t hold back.”

The dragon lord’s eyes nearly popped out of his head upon hearing Celestia’s statement. All that power she demonstrated and she was holding back? How could ANY creature, let alone a pony princess have that much more power than a dragon? It was inconceivable.

“So what will it be?” she asked.

Atomsk simply lowered his head and gave an irritating growl. “Damn you.”

“Good boy.” Celestia said with a smirk. She then left the room leaving a very pissed of dragon with a now destroyed ego and pride.

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Two days had passed since the Summer Sun Celebration. Luna and Blueblood had reached a peace deal with Dragon Lord Atomsk. Goliath and his friends will face trial for attacking Spike and the two countries would avoid a possible war. Stargazer, who miraculously survived Celestia’s assault and who was only looking at conspiracy charges, was now being charged with attempted murder on a member of the royal family. A charged that instantly came with the death penalty, but that’s not what Spike wanted. Despite all that was done to him, he didn’t want to put somepony to death. Seeing as how he was still recovering in the hospital, he asked Twilight to requested that Stargazer would spend life in prison; which the judge granted.

As Stargazer was being hauled away, Twilight just looked away from him with tears in her eyes. She didn’t want to look at him. He was no longer the stallion she fell in love with, the stallion she gave her first time to, the stallion she wanted to marry. He was something else entirely. Something worse than any enemy they’ve faced before. Stargazer called out to Twilight but she turned her back towards him and began to walk out of the courtroom; his calls getting louder. Once out of room, Twilight leaned against wall, buried her face in her hands, and broke down crying.

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Later that day, Spike was in bed watching some random show on tv when Twilight walked in. “Is it over?” he asked.

“Y-yeah, he’s gonna spend life in prison.” she answered. Spike saw Twilight’s red watery eyes and could tell that she had been crying. She was still hurting behind Stargazer’s betrayal and was in desperate need of some comfort.

“Twilight?” Spike called her; catching her attention. Twilight saw him with his right arm stretched out; indicating that it was hug time. Twilight’s bottom lip began quivering and new tears formed. She went over to Spike and laid half her body over him as she once again started sobbing.

“I’m sorry, Twilight.” he said softly as he wrapped his arm around her.

“Why.” she cried; prompting Spike to hold her tighter. “Dammit.” Twilight’s crying went on for about 30 more minutes before she tired herself out. All that could be heard was her soft sniffles. Spike slowly ran his hand up and down her back for a while before the door slowly opened revealing Pinkie Pie and Dizzy.

“Hey, you two doing okay?” Pinkie asked.

“I am, a little bit.” Spike answered. “But Twilight........”

Spike looked down at Twilight who just laid there cuddling next to him. “I...i’m find Spike.” she said softly. Seconds later, the rest of the girls walked in with Rainbow Dash eager to know what happened with Stargazer.

“So what’d he get?” she asked. “The death penalty? I hope it’s the death penalty.”

*SMACK*

Rarity slapped Rainbow upside her head. “Not the time.” she said. Rainbow grumbled as she rubbed her head.

Spike chuckled. He look around and noticed somepony missing. “Say, where’s Applejack?

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“GRANNY, NO!” yelled Applejack.

Granny Smith, with a combat outfit and an arsenal of combat weapons strapped to her body, began making her way towards the hospital; Applebloom and Big Mac trying desperately to stop her. “Outta mah way youngin.” she said. “Ah’m gonna kill me a dragon.”

“Not before us!” came a voice.

The Apple Family turned to see a dark green stallion walking towards them. Judging by the way his skin was shining, he was clearly from the Crystal Empire. “Who’re you?” asked Applebloom.

“Name’s Dark Forest.” he answered. “Me and 300 of these here good ol’ boys are gonna have ourselves a little chat with dem dragons.”

The Apple Family looked up and saw 300 angry crystal ponies just waiting to storm into the hospital. Some of them were even wearing white robes for some reason. “And what’re y’all’s connection ta Spike?” Granny Smith asked as she rolled her eyes.

“Ya kidding me right?” asked Dark Forest. “Spike is the savior of our Crystal Empire. We’d go to Tartarus and back fer him.” That statement caused the 300 crystal ponies to cheer. “Now outta our way.”

Granny Smith broke free of Applebloom and Big Mac’s grasp and got in the way of the crystal ponies. “Over mah dead body.”

“Over nopony’s dead body.” came a voice. All heads turned towards the hospital’s entrance to see a very annoyed Princess Cadence. “What do you all think you’re doing?”

“W-w-we thought we’d pay a visit to those dragons who attack Spike.” Dark Forest explained.

“You’ll do no such thing.” Cadence said sternly. “We’ve reached a peace deal with the dragons and i’m not going to let you all ruin it.”

“B-b-but princess, we brought a chain and rope and everything.”

“Go. Home. Now!” she said, striking fear in her subjects hearts. Not wanting to truly anger her, Dark Forest and the 300 crystal ponies turn around and started to make the journey home. As Cadence, and the Apple Siblings watched the crystal ponies leave, Granny Smith took this time to sneak away inside the hospital.

Moving through the halls, Granny Smith caught the attention of every staff member in the building. “WHERE DEM DRAGONS?!” she yelled as she opened fire. One of the staff members quickly called up security. Within seconds, Granny Smith was facing down five security guards. “OUTTA MAH WAY, OR GET WRECKED!” she warned. “YOU’RE CHOICE!”

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*BOOM*

That loud sound caught the attention of Spike and the others. “What was that?” asked Fluttershy.

Rainbow Dash poked her head out the door and saw a couple hospital staff members running down the hallway. “Hey, what’s going on?” she called out.

“A crazy old mare is going on a rampage in the lobby.” said one of the members. “Best you stay here where it’s safe.” Rainbow went back in the room as the staff members left.

“What’s going on, Rainbow?” asked Twilight.

“Apparently, somepony’s going on a rampage in the lobby.” she explained.

*BOOM*

“Whoa, that was a big one.” said Dizzy.

“Maybe, we should go see what’s happening.” Starlight suggested. “They may need our help.”

Starlight was right but Twilight didn’t want to leave Spike alone. With all that’s happened, she felt that it wasn’t right to leave the poor dragon all by himself. As if he was reading her mind, Spike looked over at Twilight and gave her a small smile; telling her that it was okay to leave. Twilight smiled and gave him a small peck on the cheek before slowly rising up. “Okay girls, lets go check things out.” she said. “Dizzy, you stay here with Spike.”

“Sure thing.” he said.

“We’ll be back soon Spike.” Twilight said as she and the girls left.

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28 minutes later, there was a knock at the door. Dizzy got up to answer it and was a shocked to see Amethyst standing there. “W-what do you want?” he asked.

“I-is Spike in there?” she asked. “Can I see him?”

“And why should I let you?”

“Please, I just want to.......”

“Hey Dizzy, who is it?” Spike called out.

“Nopony.” Dizzy answered before turning back to Amethyst.

“I can see you talking to somepony, who is it?” Against his better judgment, Dizzy open the door wider and took a step to the side revealing Amethyst. Spike froze in place as a wave of different emotions coursed through his body. Heartache, betrayal, and anger were all that he was feeling right now.

“Spike please, I just wanna talk.” she said softly.

Spike looked at her, then slowly looked aver at Dizzy. “Could you give us moment?” he asked.

Dizzy clearly didn’t want to leave Spike alone with Amethyst. Who knows what she was planning? “Are you sure?” he asked.

“Yeah.” Spike answered.

Dizzy sighed then took a step outside; closing the door behind him; leaving Spike alone with Amethyst. There was a brief period of silence between the two until Amethyst spoke up.

“Spike I.......”

“Was it real?” he asked; cutting her off. “Was any of it real?”

Amethyst lowered her head. “I....i’m sorry.”

That statement told Spike everything that he needed to hear. “You lied to me, used me, made me feel like we had something special.” he said as anger started to build. “But this entire time you had someone else you were seeing and you were just trying to make him jealous.”

“S-Spike.”

“He and his friends tried to kill me and you told them that I meant nothing to you, that I was just a wingless dragon.” he continued. “A small part of me wondered if you just said that to get them to stop attacking me but then when we met during the Summer Sun Celebration, you acted as if you didn’t know who I was!”

“Spike.”

“And you think just saying sorry will fix everything?”

“I....I know it won’t but.....I truly am sorry. I shouldn’t have used you like that. I hurt you and I was wrong.”

Spike looked away from her; not believing a word she was saying. “Spike please.” she begged. “What do I have to do to make you forgive me?”

Spike sat there in silence for a while before he opened his mouth. “Go away.” he mumbled.

“What?”

“I said go away.” he repeated himself; looking right at her with anger in his eyes. “There’s nothing you could say or do that would make me forgive you, so you might as well just leave.”

“But Spike.”

“I said LEAVE!” he yelled causing the dragoness to jump in fear. At that point, Dizzy walked in and put his hand on Amethyst’s shoulder; catching her attention.

“I think you better go.” he said. “You’ve upset him enough.” Amethyst turned her gaze to Spike who didn’t even want to look at her right now. Amethyst lowered her head then slowly turned to leave the room; only stopping to look back at Spike one last time before she left.

“You gonna be okay?” Dizzy asked.

“Yeah, I think so.”