Spike was riding down his street, getting closer to his house, and as he reached the driveway, he noticed that there was another car aside from his mothers Honda Accord parked at the house. There was a red Ford Mustang GT parked right at the curb, Spike had seen this car many times before, it was his older brothers Shining Armor's car. Spike smiled at the sight, if his car was here that meant that Shining was able to come visit. Shining Armor was 22 years old, a recent graduate of the CPD police academy, and was currently engaged to his childhood crush and the best babysitter in the world, Cadence.

Spike popped his bike into neutral and coasted up the driveway, stopped right in front of the garage, used his phone to open the door and pulled in. Spike turned off the bike and pulled the bike back, while holding on to the handles and stepping on the center stand, propping the bike up. He pulled off his helmet, placed it under his arm, walked up the stairs to get into the house, and opened the door while closing the garage door.

Spike walked into the house and heard the sound of Velvet talking, but Spike wasn't able to tell what the conversation was about, so he walked to the living room, and noticed that Velvet was sitting on the couch while talking to a man the same size as Spike with a three tone head of blue hair, dressed in a police uniform. This was Shining Armor. Spike smiled at the man and placed his helmet on one of the end tables in the living room. Spike took a seat on the couch and just waited for the conversation to end. "Mom, I want you to stay safe, The Dragon Riders run this part of the city, and the Crystal Shadows are getting ready for something big, so please keep an eye out for everything." Said Shining Armor.

Velvet sighed. "Shining, I know your worried, but I refuse to let a group of degenerates control my life."

"But mom."

"No, I don't care, I refuse to back down from living my life in the city I have lived in for all my life, I lived through the Bloodstone Bikers, I lived through the gang war's between the Centaurs and the Shadows, and I will live through the Dragon Riders, and that's final." Said Velvet.

Both Spike and Shining sighed at their mothers determination. Shining looked over to Spike and gave him a small smile. "Hey bro, where you been?"

Spike shrugged. "Stayed at a friends over night. What started all of this?" Said Spike motioning to Velvet.

"I got my new beat today, and its right inside of the Dragon Riders turf. Plus the CPD got word of something big is about to go down between the Riders and Shadows, and I wanted to make sure you all stay safe."

"Really, how did you hear about this?" Said Spike, hiding the fact that there might be a mole in the Riders leaking information to the cops.

"We got a tip from one of the Riders low level dealers that we picked up on the streets last week."

"Really, did they tell you anything else?"

Shining shook his head, "No, he was too low on the food chain to give us any real info, didn't even know where their hideout is, let alone who's running it."

Spike sighed on the inside as he looked disappointed. "That sucks man, wish you could of got something better."

"Yeah me to, but that's life." Said Shining. "So are you ready for school to start tomorrow?"

Spike sighed for real. "Physically, yes, I have all my books and stuff ready in my room. Mentally, hell no."

Shining laughed. "Well you could always drop out." Joked Shining.

Spike chuckled a little at the joke. "Yes, and the moment I do, I wind up six feet under killed by my adoptive mother." Joked Spike.

"Damn right, I refuse to let any of my kids drop out of school." Said Velvet smirking.

Spike looked at his mother. "So where's Twi?"

"Oh, she's upstairs with Cadence." Said Velvet.

Spike nodded, got up from his seat, and walked over to Shining. "I'm going to head to my room, I stayed up all night with my friends and I'm about to die. Make sure to say bye before you leave." Said Spike as he hugged Shining, grabbed his helmet, and walked up the stairs. Spike walked down the hall as he walked pass Twilights opened bedroom door, he stopped in the door way and looked at his sister talking to a 22 year old woman with gold, light rose, and lavender colored hair, dressed in a brown skirt, a thin black sweater, and a pair of black knee boots, the two were sitting on the queen sized bed. Spike greeted his sister and soon to be sister in law. "Hey Twi, Hey Cadence." Said Spike as he walked into the room.

The two looked at Spike. Twilight looked upset at him, while Cadence just smiled. "Hello Spike, I'm glad I got to see you before we left, I was worried that something happened to you while you out." Said Cadence.

Spike walked over to Cadence and gave her a quick hug. "Sorry, stuff came up while I was there and it took me longer then I thought it would. So I heard about Shining's new beat, I hope he stay's safe." Said Spike.

Cadence nodded as she looked a little worried. "Yeah, I know he is ready for anything, but I don't want to lose him."

Spike sighed. "I know, I don't want to lose another family, but you have to believe that Shining knows what he's doing out on patrol, and besides, he's not in the Centaurs or Shadows turf, I hear they are ruthless to cops." Said Spike.

Cadence nodded, she knew the statistics on cop mortality around the city. In Spike's turf, its a rarity for a cop to die, thanks to Chrysalis's insider giving out patrol patterns. But in the other two gangs turf, it was the exact opposite, it wasn't uncommon for a cop to be shot at least once a week.

Spike looked at his still upset sister, he looked back at Cadence. "I'm like 90% sure she's mad at me for something, but life has a way of always making what I say sound worse, can you talk to her?" Asked Spike.

Cadence nodded. "She's upset about you riding off on an non road legal bike." Said Cadence.

Spike nodded and looked at Twilight. "Twilight, I know that your upset, but I needed to test it out to make sure it worked properly, and boy does it ride like a dream, I hit 60 in like 2.5 seconds." Said Spike not knowing that he just made it worse.

Cadence facepalmed at Spikes stupidity, as Twilight growled at him. "Spike." Sighed Cadence as she shook her head in disappointment.

Spike looked at Cadence and sighed. "I did it again didn't I?" Asked Spike, Cadence nodded. He looked at Twilight. "Twilight remember, I'm your brother and your my sister." Twilight got off her bed, stepped closer to Spike, making Spike take a step back. Spike looked around the bed room looking for a way out of the situation. He looked at the desk near the door hoping for something to use as a defense, but the only things on the desk was a picture of Spike and Twilight dressed up for Halloween when they were 5, Spike was dressed as a dragon, and Twilight was dressed as a witch, next to the picture were a set of books that Twilight used as a night time reading, if you consider college level text books night time reading, and lastly was her laptop, with a screen saver of Spike and all the girls their first day of high school. Spike sighed inwardly, finding nothing of use. Spike looked at Cadence hoping for some help, but she just shook her head meaning this was on him to deal with. He looked at the still angry girl approaching and decided to go for broke, he took a step forward and pulled Twilight into a hug, locking her arms against her sides, and hopefully saving him from her anger.

Twilight struggled in Spikes grip as she tried to get free. "SPIKE, LET ME GO." Struggled Twilight.

"Not until you calm down, and I don't have to sleep with one eye open tonight." Said Spike.

This lasted for a few minutes, but soon Twilight sighed. "Fine, I'm done."

Spike looked down at his sister questioningly, "Really?"

Twilight nodded. Spike sighed as he let her go, he waited for a moment to see if Twilight was going to attack him, but true to her word she was actually calm. "So, aside from risking your life on that engine on wheels, did you have a good time with your friends?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, but then I got some bad news." Said Spike, as he took a seat on the bed. "So first off, I ran into an old friend that I haven't seen since I got adopted by mom."

"Who?" asked Twilight.

"Gilda Feather, her father was Glider, the guy who ran the shop down town that my parents would stop at to get their bikes checked, it turns out that he was killed a month ago when he didn't pay Sombra's protection fee."

Twilight and Cadence gasped. "That's horrible, is she ok?"

Spike chuckled. "She is, her father had the bright idea to make sure she didn't get involved so he bought a house on this side of town. But right now the garage is closed down." Spike sighed. "I spent some time with her to catch up, and I gave her my info if she ever wants to talk." Said Spike.

Twilight and Cadence nodded. Spike sighed as he got up from the bed, and grabbed his helmet. "I'm going to lay down, I got up to early this morning, and then I became very busy." Said Spike as he walked out of Twilights room, walked further down the hall, reached the door to his room, and walked in. The room was dark, but then Spike flipped the lights switch. Spike sighed his room, in the middle of the room was his bed, not as large as the king size bed at the crew house, but it was just right for when he was alone, opposite of the door to the hall way, was Spike's desk, and a window showing the street, next to the door was another door that opened to Spike's closet, Spike sighed as he opened the door to his closet, Spike placed his helmet on the hook on the inside of the door, and placed his jacket over it. He then closed the door, walked over to his bed and took a seat on the edge of the bed as he scratched his head. "What the hell, who got caught." Said Spike very annoyed. He groaned as he leaned back on the bed, while his legs were still hanging off. Spike pulled his phone out of his pocket and made a call.

"Hello?"

"C, its me."

"Boss, what's wrong?" Chrysalis gasped in fright. "Are you ok, you didn't crash on your way out did you?"

Spike laughed. "No, I'm fine, did I wake you and Zecora when I left?"

"You did, I'll have one of the mechanics look at you door, it was making a horrible rattling sound when you closed it earlier, but what really woke us up was Diamond knocking at the your door, but you were already gone."

"Diamond, what did she want? Is she ok?" Said Spike worried, no matter who they were or how long they had been a rider, Spike treated everyone like family. As for the aforementioned Diamond, her full name was Diamond Tiara, she ran away from her home when her mother told her she was not living up to her standards, and she didn't have anyone to help defend her, especially after her father died due to a stress induced heart attack, and her mother Spoiled Rich remarried. Spike found her living near the hideout in a cardboard box and offered her a place to stay, until she decided to go back home. She did about two weeks later, but when she did, it turned out that her mother and step father had decided to move some where else, and from what Chrysalis had told Spike, they didn't report Diamond missing. So Spike offered her a permanent place to stay, but there was only one condition, Diamond had to go to school. Spike was many things, but he refused to let anyone struggle later in life if they ever decided to leave the crew, so an education was a must, he had put Thorax through night school to get his high school diploma as well as Chrysalis who only needed a few more credits for her bachelors in psychology, Ember was a high school grad before she met Spike, and Zecora already had a degree in accounting from a school over seas.

"Well, she told me that she was going to head out to get ready for school tomorrow." Said Chrysalis. Spike sighed as he remembered telling Zecora when Diamond first joined up, that she needed to pretend to be Diamonds adoptive mother, so Diamond could go to school. When she was about to start middle school, the plan worked, a little to well, as when she was signing Diamond up for school, she said she was married to one Wilhelm Drake, and that they adopted Diamond a few years ago. But imagen how many eyebrows would of been raised if Spike had attended any parent teacher conferences or any thing that required Diamonds 'parents' to show up. So most of the time it was always Zecora, as she lied about Wilhelm being unable to show up because of work, more like the fact that a 15 year old, is married to a woman 6 years older then him and has a adoptive daughter that's only 3 years younger then him. Short story short, it would not end well. But Spike made Diamond happy, maybe not as a father, but as a big brother of sorts, he would help her with homework, or study for test, as Zecora would teach her about the business side of the crews operations.

Of course Spike would never let her on a motorcycle, until she was at least 15, which was her birthday gift that Spike was planning on giving her in a few weeks, when it rolls around, but as for the physical side of the crews operations, she decided that it wasn't for her, she didn't like guns, oil, or blood. So she help's run the pawn racket with the aid of Zecora and Thorax, making sure they aren't getting screwed when they sell stuff. "C. Tell DT to have a good day for me, make sure she gets a good nights rest, have her eats a good breakfast in the morning, and have Z take DT to school tomorrow in the new acquisition we got from the deadbeat yesterday."

Chrysalis giggled. "Awe, but she wants her daddy to take her to school on her first day."

Spike sighed. "Your never going to let me live that down are you?"

"Nope, but in reality our 'little family' is not normal in any sense of the word."

Spike laughed. "Yeah."

"So what did you need boss, we got a little side tracked?"

"Oh yeah, I got word that one of our peddlers got busted and was questioned by the cops for info, I don't know who, but I want you to find out, make sure their ok, then make sure they didn't say anything, if they didn't keep them off the streets for a while, if they did... make sure they don't do it again." Said Spike in a serious tone. Like I said Spike was many things, but one thing he was not was forgiving to snitches/ rats/ or traitors who would betray his kindness and their family.

Chrysalis hated when Spike got like this, but it was an unspoken rule in the riders that if someone puts themselves before the crew, by talking to the cops, or another crew it was policy to plug the leak, normally by placing about 6 feet of dirt in between. "Sure boss, I'll get E on it once I find out who it was."

"Thanks, did you and Z get my text?"

"Yep, their in the wash right now, and your right, we made a mess out of them."

Spike laughed. "C, I'll be dropping by sometime mid afternoon tomorrow, make sure someone doesn't burn down the place." Said Spike.

Chrysalis giggled. "Sure. Thanks Boss."

"No problem." Said Spike as he hung up the phone. Spike sighed in relief as he crawled fully on to the bed, and laid down on as he closed his eyes for some much needed rest.

Spike was woken up rather rudely when he heard someone close the door to his room. Spike groaned. "What you want Twi, I'm sleepy." Asked Spike assuming it was Twilight who entered.

"Well that's no way to greet your sister and brother." Said Shining who was in the room next to Twilight.

Spike sighed as he opened his eyes and looked at his siblings. "Sorry, but my question still stands."

Shining sighed at the laziness of his little brother. "Spike, I came to say goodbye, me and Cadence are leaving right now, and your the one who wanted me to drop in on you one more time."

Spike groaned as he pulled himself off of the bed, got to his feet, and gave Shining a hug. "Love you bro, and make sure to stay safe on the streets."

Shining chuckled. "Said the kid that would fall off his bike 9 times out of 10, I'm the older brother, I should be the one to tell you to be safe, and seriously, I have a bad feeling about this whole thing with the Riders and Shadows." Shining then pulled Twilight into the hug. "Spike your the man of the house, it's your responsibility to make sure nothing happens to our girls." Said Shining.

Spike smiled. "Don't worry I'm doing my best already." Spike then laughed. "But lets be honest, mom could scare a pack of starving wolfs off if it meant keeping us safe." Joked Spike.

Twilight and Shining laughed. "Yeah, your right. I rather go up against a family of bears, then mom when she's angry." Said Shining. He release the two as he looked at his little brother and sister, "But, seriously, I don't want to think about what would happen if either of you got hurt." Shining then took in a breath, "Because I want my child to know both their uncle and aunt." Said Shining.

Spike's jaw dropped as he pointed at Shining. "So does that mean?" Shining nodded. Spike then sighed. "Poor kid." Said Spike.

"What the hell man?"

"Think about it, they will be the first grandchild, Mom is not going to let them leave her side, until their like 10, then they will either take after, one of us, and only 3 of them are preferable." Said Spike as he pointed to Twilight. Shining nodded. "They might want to be like their father, or their uncle, or their mother, but the world might end if Twilight gets a hold on them."

"HEY!" yelled Twilight as she didn't take kindly to that last remark.

The two guys laughed at their sisters outburst. Spike then pulled Shining into a hug. "But, I know you will be a great dad, and Cadence will be a great mom." Said Spike. "So have you told mom yet?"

Shining sighed. "I'll take that as a no, why not?" Asked Spike.

"Well, Cadence wants to tell her folks first. But like I said I have a bad feeling about the Riders and the Shadows, and unlike mom who could turn all of them into crying little babies, you two aren't as lucky, so I thought maybe if they knew who was going to join the family then maybe they would be careful." Said Shining.

Spike laughed. "You know your dead the moment mom finds out about the baby, saying why didn't you tell me first." Said Spike.

Shining laughed as he nodded. "Yeah, that sounds about right." Shining then heard the sound of a car honking, "That sounds like my ride." Said Shining as he pulled both of his siblings into one last hug. "I love you guys."

Spike and Twilight returned the hug. "We love you too Bro." Said the two.

Shining released the two as he left the room, down the stairs, gave Velvet one last hug, and left the house. Spike sighed as he looked at Twilight. "So...."

"So...." Said Twilight.

"Dibs on being the cool uncle/ aunt." Said the two at the same time. They both groaned.

"Spike, how about we talk about this when the baby is born? There's something else I need to talk to you about." Said Twilight acting very seriously.

Spike raised his eyebrow, rarely did Twilight ever act this serious. "Yeah what's up Twi?"

Twilight sighed. "I got a call from a hospital earlier."

"Really about what?"

"Dad is dead. He was killed when the Centaurs robbed a bus headed out of town."

"Oh, have you told mom?" Asked Spike taken a little aback from hearing the news, Twilight shook her head.

"No, you know what she said when they got divorced."

Spike nodded. "I never want to see you again, I don't care if you are dying or dead, I will never see your face again." Said Spike. "Well... Wow." Said Spike as he sat back down on the bed. Twilight sitting next to him. "So Night Light is really dead, what happened?" Asked Spike.

Twilight sighed. "Dad was minding his own business, when a group of Centaurs showed up and started to rob people on the bus, witnesses say dad refused to hand over his wallet, they shot him in the gut, and he bled out on the way to the hospital."

"But, why did they call you?"

Twilight shrugged. "I don't know, but he probably made me his emergency contact, seeing as I'm the only one who would even look at him after the affair." Twilight started to cry.

Spike was conflicted, was night Lights death his fault, he was the one who made him leave, but it was his own fault for not handing over his wallet. Spike didn't know what to do, but there was one thing that he did need to do right now, he wrapped his sister into a hug as she cried her eyes out over the loss of her father.

After 30 minutes of crying, Twilight stopped, Spikes shirt was soaked, and the sun was starting to set. Spike sighed as he looked at his sister. "Twi... I know this is not easy for you, but if you ever want to talk, my room is right down the hall." Said Spike. Twilight nodded as she wiped her eyes and nose.

"Thanks Spike." Said Twilight, she gave him a small kiss on the cheek, she then got off of the bed. "Hey, lets keep this between us for now, ok?"

Spike nodded. "Sure." He then looked down at his shirt and noticed it was covered in snot and tear stains, he groaned. "Really Twi." Said Spike as he showed her his shirt.

"What?"

Spike groaned, as he removed his shirt, showing off his slightly developed chest. Spike then threw the shirt to Twilight, "Your washing that, your snot, your wash." Said Spike as he walked to his closet and started to riffle through it for a new shirt to wear.

Twilight nodded. "Fine." She then smiled widely, "So what's for dinner?" Asked Twilight. Velvet was a great cook, but she paled in comparison to Spikes cooking ability, and so Spike would normally be the one to cook most meals for the family, and most times at the crew house, if he was there.

Spike sighed as he walked out of his closet with a red T shirt with a small black dragon silhouette over the left part. "How about, Steak, salad, and potatoes, we should have everything in the fridge. I need to make a call right now, so can you go start the oven, 400 please, then get out the skillet, the cutting board and my knife." Asked Spike.

Twilight nodded as she left the room. Spike sighed as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"Boss, is that you?"

"Yeah, its me T. I need to talk to you."

"Sure about what?"

"About the fact that I'm going to run this city. After the Shadows are taken care of, we're going for the Centaurs."

"WHAT?! Boss, are you sure that's smart, Tirek will be on guard once he finds out that Sombra is gone, and even as we are now trying to run the shadows turf will stretch us pretty thin."

Spike sighed. Again Spike was many things, and one of them was he was impulsive when he is pissed off. Spike took a few deep breaths. "Your right, but still its going to happen sooner or later, and I rather it be on my terms then Tirek's." Said Spike.

"Ok, but it will take some time, and it would probably take about 6 months to get everything ready, taking into account everything we might need."

"Ok, we'll talk about it later, but don't tell anyone about this, we need to focus on the operation next week." Said Spike. "Hey, can you do me a favor though?"

"Sure, what do you need?" Asked Thorax.

"See if DT is in and if she is let me talk to her."

"On it."

A few minutes later A female voice started to talk to Spike. "Boss, is that you?"

"Hey DT, sorry I missed you earlier, thought I would check on you, see if you got everything ready for your first day at high school."

Diamond giggled. "Yeah, I'm ready, got all my notes, pens, and my calculator in my bag, and Z is going to take me to school tomorrow, but I'm worried?"

"About what kiddo?"

"I looked up my new school and its pretty big, I might get lost."

Spike chuckled. "Hey, I know most schools in the area, what school are you going to, so I can give you the low down on it?"

Spike hear the ruffling of papers over the phone. "I'm going to be going to a place called CHS." Spike nearly had a heart attack. There were three high schools in his turf and she had to go to the one that Spike is a student at.

"Great, but actually I know someone there who is willing to look after you, meet them at the front of the campus tomorrow." Said Spike.

"Sure, what do they look like?"

"You'll know them when you see them. Have a great day Diamond." Said Spike as he hung up the phone. Spike sighed. "I'm going to kill the school board." Said Spike. He was familiar with the paths students take when they transition to a new school. In his turf there were 12 elementary schools, then for every 2 elementary schools there was one middle school, and for every 2 middle schools there was a high school. But Spike didn't take into account zoning changes apparently which would be the deciding factor of which school students go to, so Diamond is going to be his underclassmen now.

Spike sighed. "Fine, I can work with this." Said Spike as he got off of his bed, walked over to the door, left the room and headed to the kitchen to start dinner, all while thinking 'I'm Fucked, I'm Fucked, I'm Fucked.'