The Rise of Spike the Dragon

By: MasterBrony Forever

I would like to thank NineTailBeastBall and more edits to come for Pre-Reading and Editing!

DISCLAIMER: This is a non-profit fanbased work of prose. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the property of Hasbro, and the reinvention of the lovely Lauren Faust. No copyright infringement is intended, please support the official release.

Twilight trotted through Ponyville with her head hanging low as she made her way to Sugarcube Corner. She couldn’t think of a reason why, but she had to get out of the library. She would only make herself feel worse otherwise. Seeing every picture of Spike and her from when she first hatched to the month before he left. What made it worse was what the young lavender mare had noticed about the pictures.

When they lived in Canterlot many years before hoof Spike was genuinely happy. Every smile he gave was the equivalent to a second sun, it could anypony’s heart is happiness and joy. But time passed and they got older and Twilight put more responsibilities on Spike without considering his feelings and going off without him, her first and closest friend. His smile had changed and it took her up till Spike’s jump off the cliff for her to realize it.

“How could I have been so foalish?” She asked herself in a small voice that could rival Fluttershy’s.

Spike’s smile began to look more forcible, and Twilight had come to see that as the years flew by Spike had put a facade of happiness. Things only got worse when they moved to Ponyville. Twilight had accepted new friends and they neglected him altogether. And with how her friends treated Spike it only made things worse.

Twilight walked into Sugarcube Corner and was greeted by a hyperactive pink ball of energy. She was tackled to the ground as the energetic mare began talking a mile a minute, “HeyTwilight! It’sbeenawhileseneI’veseenyououtsidethelibrary. Whatchadoinghere?”

Twilight shook off the shock and said, “Pinkie slow down and maybe I could understand you, and could you get off of me, I think I am getting numb.” Pinkie nodded and bounced off the purple mare giving her the chance to stand and brush off the dust. “Okay, now repeat what you said but at a normal pace please.”

“Okie Dokie! Hey Twilight! It’s been awhile since I've seen you outside the library. Whatcha doing here?”

Twilight smiled at the fact she could now understand her friend, “Well...I needed to get out of the library. I haven’t been out much sense Spike left and it’s not healthy.” Twilight’s expression drooped.

Pinkie puckered her bottom lip and tapped her chin, then she gasped and a light bulb from nowhere lit up above her head, “I know just what would turn that frown upside down.” Pinkie said somehow turning her head upside down as she rushed to behind the counter.

Twilight raised an eyebrow as she watched in confusion as Pinkie’s rump wiggled around in the air. She hummed a little tune while searching through many different pastries, before coming back up with a green and purple cupcake.

“Eat this and you will feel super!” Pinkie said pushing the cupcake over to the unicorn.

Twilight gave Pinkie a quizzical look, “Pinkie how is a Cupcake that looks like Spike help me? If anything it would make it worse.”

“Oh just do it,” Pinkie said shoving the cupcake into the lavender mares mouth.

Twilight nearly choked but gain control and began to chew the colorful treat. Her eyes widen as the frosting and the filling melted on her tongue. It sent a waves of flavors over her taste buds, it was a unique taste but she couldn’t think of what it was.

Once she swallowed her mood and feeling had done a full one-hundred eighty degree turn, “Wow Pinkie that tasted amazing.” She said with a smile.

An unnaturally large grin grew on the party pony’s muzzle, “Told ya so!” she said cheerfully. “Hey I have another idea, how about we give one of these Cupcakes to the others. It should surely get them out their funks.”

Twilight smiled, “That sounds like another great idea Pinkie.”

Pinkie rushed back behind the counter and grabbed four more of her special green and purple cupcakes and placed them a a small box. Pinkie told Mr. and Mrs. Cake that she was heading out and she would be back. She and Twilight head out to Carousel Boutique first; it being the closest.

Once they had arrived they walked in to find Rarity sitting at her desk with a pile of crumbled dress ideas next to her. Her mane was mangled and unkempt, her glasses were skew on her muzzle, and it looked as if she hadn’t slept in days.

“Oh, hello darlings,” Rarity said noticing her friends had walked in, “Is their anything I can help you with?”

“Actually Rarity we came to help you,” Pinkie said taking a cupcake out of the box and pushed it into her mouth.

Rarity nearly choked from the sudden treat being force fed to her but regained control after a few seconds. She chewed the sugar confection and moaned as she felt a spark jet through her. She swallowed and let out a pleasant sigh.

“That was divine Pinkie, what was that?” The marshmallow mare inquired.

“Well, I call it my Super Special Spike Cupcake.” She said jumping in the air at the end. Rarity rolls her eyes at her friend hyper activeness but smiled all the while. “I made them out of some super secret ingredients to help us all smile and be happy even though Spike is gone.”

“We can talk more about this when we go to the others.” Twilight said thinking about Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack.

Rarity closed the shop and followed Twilight and Pinkie to the others. It took about an hour to get everypony, Fluttershy refusing to come out, Applejack trying to lie, and Rainbow Dash trying to sleep and hide her emotions. But it didn’t last long after Pinkie’s Super Special Spike Cupcakes took effect. With the same effect it had on Twilight and Rarity all their moods changed for the better. They struck up how they were feeling as they walked to nowhere in particular.

“Well we can’t blame ourselves,” Rarity said, “If anything Celestia shouldn’t have been keeping Spike’s origins away from us.”

“Yeah, this whole thing could’ve been avoided.” Dash said from a cloud she has brought down lower and was laying on.

As her friends chattered, Twilight was in deep thought, still unsure about what side to be on. Celestia was not only her princess, but her teacher and friend. On the other hoof, she had kept so many important details about Spike away from her prized student. The lavender unicorn thought she could be trusted by her mentor, but she was beginning to have second thoughts.

Celestia went through her normal routine around Canterlot Castle as if nothing had changed. And as she predicted nopony had noticed that their second ruler had vanished. Luna had for the most part kept to herself while in Canterlot, so nopony knew of what had happened to her. What got their attention was the lack of pranks and small bits of chaos going on throughout Canterlot, and the nobles began to question the whereabouts of Discord.

They were glad that he was reformed and all, it meant they didn’t have to worry about him plunging their lovely cities into chaos. But that didn’t mean he was forbidden to pull pranks and torture all those snobs with a light brand of chaos. Yet they never complained, all knowing that Discord lived with their princess. Trying to accept Discord or even compliment him was just another way for them to kiss up to her.

When the questioning of Discords disappearance came forth, Celestia easily brushed it off or told them she had sent him on a diplomatic assignment and he would return for decent amount of time. It was easy for the white alicorn to tell a lie to her subjects and get away with it. She had been in power for centuries, and Equestria prospered under her rule. Not to mention that only her magic has control one of the largest celestial bodies in the sky.

“Finally some time to rest,” The sun goddess said to herself as she walked to her chambers.

If it wasn’t for all the paperwork and meetings Celestia had to attend on a daily basis, she would be a lot more relaxed. Why isn't she freaking out about Spike? She had a special way determining rather he had run into his clan or not. and over time nothing had changed, so she didn’t worry as much as before.

“They could have died for all I know,” She said to herself as she removed her royal attire and stepped into a steaming hot bubble bath.

The truth is the princess used to keep a close eye on the other five one year after she had reverted them back to eggs. However seeing how they weren’t hatching when she expected, she brushed them aside. Unfortunately she did not know that they were alive and well, and in the oncoming years, they would be brought right back to her attention.

Flying through the crisp and cool night was none of there than Princess Luna, with Discord in tow.

“Lulu, are we there yet?” Discord whined for the umpteenth time.

Luna’s eyes twitched as she look into the distance and saw her target. She stopped and turned to him and said, “Yes Discord we are here, now please stop asking like a bored foal!”

The god of chaos could not help but burst into a fit of laughter at Luna’s reaction and expression, “Haha, oh Luna you should see the look on your face. Priceless!”

Luna sighed in slight annoyance, “Remind me, why do I put up with you?”

Discord took on a mischievous expression and sat on Luna’s back, “Oh you know exactly why Lulu.” He took his claw and started playing with the tip of her horn.

Luna’s eyes grew to the size of dinner plates as she shivered. The tension almost caused her to crash to the ground. Discord stifled a laugh as he removed his claw from her horn, and removed himself from atop her. The night princess was now blushing heavily and was even more annoyed than before.

“Do. Not. Do. That!” Luna growled. She turned away from the draconequus and flew off.

“Aw come on Lulu, I was only kidding.” He said following after her with a soft, playful smile.

After a short little spat, and Discord throwing on the charm, Luna eventually forgave him. At this point they had landed in the cave Luna was looking for.

“Luna what are we doing here? This place is completely empty.” Discord said causing his echo to flow throughout it.

“If you remember correctly Discord, this was the gateway to the Dragon Empire many millenniums ago. And if Spike and his friends originated from here, then we should find some more information about them.” Luna clarified walking further into the cave.

Discord followed, “I wondered why I could never find any dragons to prank.”

“Discord it would not surprise me if you were the reason they hid themselves the way they did.”

“Oh like turning their muzzles upside down and wings backwards for a week was a bad thing,” Discord said in slight sarcasm and wave of his hand.

They reached the back of the cave and Discord snapped his fingers and several torches materialized on the walls. A large wooden door with a painting of a dragon making a perfect circle by biting its own tail could be seen. Inside of said circle were seven empty spaces.

Luna stepped forward and ignited her horn and the spaces began to glow with the same magic aura as her horn. The dragon releases it’s tail and vanishes as the doors slid open a bright light Shining through before it is blocked out by a massive figure of a dragon.

“WHO DARES ENTER THE RUINS OF THE DRAGON EMPIRE?!!!” The dragon boomed before opening its mouth; a spark could be seen.

And this is what is happening with everypony else!

And thank you to all those who were patient for this chapter. I am working on the next chapter now. Read my most recent journal for more information about chapter updates.

And more edits will be put up soon.