It had been about a month since Spike returned to Equestria for the sake of Ember and their unborn child. Of course, he had been on edge, nervous about Ember and their child, so he needed to get some stress relief. Normally, that would include some sex with some of his other harem members, but he already got Ember pregnant, and that was their first time, when he also took her virginity. Even though he'd admitted his harem to his mother, and she wasn't against it, he felt he needed a different form of stress relief than sex.

As he left his room, he wondered, "There has to be something I can do to blow off some steam... I'm not going to the strip club in town, Faust knows what kind of scandal that would cause. I don't even know why Doc and BB even went there, but it was nice of them to suggest something. Staring at the girls is a no go too, too damn sexy. Man, I've only been home a month and I'm already dying of boredom."

Luna walked by him in one of her nice dresses, and asked him, "Getting bored Spike? Would you like to accompany me to the theatre? There's a new show I've been meaning to see, Lords of Sin."

Spike looked to his aunt and told her, "Are you serious? The reviews for that show were terrible."

"Call me a glutton for punishment. Besides, the critics these days don't value the classics."

Spike thought for a moment and realized, "Wait, doesn't Jade Jester play Lucifer in that show?" It was no secret that Luna was a huge fan of Jade Jester, hell, she probably had a crush on him.

Luna blushed heavily, and stammered, "Well, yes, but what does that have to do with the price of tea in Mooshu?"

Spike rolled his eyes, "Auntie, you're a diehard fan of Jade Jester, your study has a bust of him from when he portrayed Sherlock Holmes in Moriarty's Crowned Heist."

Luna huffed, "And your mother has a bust of Chocolate Harmony from her portrayal as Juliet."

"Romeo and Juliet is a classic, Moriarty's Crowned Heist was a live adaptation of a Tom and Jerry movie."

"Ugh! Why do I even bother?" Luna stormed off huffing

Spike rolled his eyes as he continued down the hallway and went to the kitchen to make himself a sandwich. He grabbed a newspaper that had been set down by one of the guards and read about an incident at the Equestrian Museum of Art. It seemed there was a break-in, and a priceless necklace had been stolen. In the article, there was a picture of the thief's calling card, a white heart with a smaller pink heart inside of it with bat wings.

The guard who set the newspaper down came back into the room and spoke to Spike, "Your majesty, it's truly a shame that the Eye of Bahamut was stolen."

Spike nearly spit out his drink, "The Eye of Bahamut!? That necklace is a priceless treasure to my family! It's been passed down from heir to heir for nearly 200 years!" before standing up and storming off in anger, but he was grinning lightly, he'd found something to relieve some stress. Find the thief and kick their ass to Tartarus and back. It would attract too much attention to try to do this as the Prince of Equestria, but the only people in Equestria who knew the true identity of the Black Rose Dragon was his family and crew. He could easily pull this off if he kept his identity a secret.

And so, Spike, needing a non-lewd way to relieve some stress, has found out that a priceless family treasure had been stolen from the Equestrian Museum of Art. Nobody knows who the Black Rose Dragon really is, so now he's going from pirate to crime fighter, not only to have some fun, but to reclaim a family heirloom from the hands of a thief. But obviously angered by the theft of that heirloom, will his temper get the best of him?

Find out-

"Oh, Hell no! You are not doing another cliffhanger chapter!"

Fine, fine, take out all the fun of screwing with my readers. But you're getting a tragedy when you get pregnant. (Don't worry people, it's an empty threat)

Back to the point, let's get on with the chapter.

Spike made his way back to his tower and put on his pirate garb and his helmet. He walked back down to meet Starlight and Sunset, and he told them, "You two, get disguised, I need help with a mission that requires stealth. We're going to recover the Eye of Bahamut."

Sunset's eyes widened, "That's what was stolen from the art museum!? That's property of the Crown!"

Spike nodded, "Exactly why we're going after the thief."

Starlight smiled, "Well, I'm in, it's not every day we get to bring down a high-level criminal. I'll see what we can find that goes with your pirate garb, we can't risk being identified." before going off with Sunset to get ready to help Spike with his crusade to recover his family treasure.

The royal tailors were extremely skilled, and within an hour or two, they came up with costumes for Starlight and Sunset. Starlight introduced herself to Spike, "Greeting Black Rose Dragon, I am Lady Blackwing." her costume was black with purple feathers, and decorative wings.

Sunset grumbled, "The whole superhero thing is idiotic, just call me Solar Flare." Sunset's costume looked more like a monk's attire, but with what appeared to look like monkey fur. Spike knew she was a fan of Journey to the West and Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.

Spike rolled his eyes, but smiled, the costumes went very well with the theme, and while Starlight was showboating with the introduction, he still liked her costume, "Let's get this mission started."

All right, that's all I've got Pinkie, so screw you, we're doing a find out next time.

"Fine, this is good enough, at least you did a decent description of Starlight's and Sunset's costumes."

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