//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Stick with Apple Pies (If you haven't noticed, the chapter names reveals which character may be on story or may be puns of what happens in the story) // Story: The Violet Strike, Spike // by DreamyBlaze //------------------------------// It has been two days since the manticore incident. Rarity is still stuck in the hospital (much to every ponies chagrin), the news of Gunvolt has spread as fast as lighting, and Spike… Is currently stuck working with Sweetie Belle making Rarity’s clothes. Why is Spike stuck with Rarity’s job (even though he likes the job)? Well, the day before was the day Rarity woke up and learned that her whole body was temporarily paralyzed. Spike, being the only dragon reliable enough to work on her clothes, as well as the only cloth maker that lived in Ponyville other than herself, had Sweetie Belle ask Spike to help her. Seeing the perfect chance for her evil plan, Sweetie Belle told Spike Rarity’s request… as well as adding herself to the request. Luckily, Spike knew how bad Sweetie was at anything sewing related and agreed to not only doing Rarity’s job, he would teach Sweetie how to sew like a professional that way she can help Rarity too. After Rarity was told the good news, and getting Twilight to agree which was made easier thanks to Celestia and Luna still being there, and Spike got right to teaching Sweetie Belle to sew, after promising that Sweetie wouldn't get close to the cloth that need to be delivered. That night was the night Ponyville… had nothing happened since teaching Sweetie Belle to sew was easier than expected or as dangerous as expected. Actually, they finished all the dresses by midday (all thanks to an all nighter filled with the power of electricity while Sweetie Belle slept). As Spike left Carousel Boutique, he heard the sound of a cart coming. When Spike turned to look at the car he saw a pink blur try to slam into him. A little earlier that day were both Pinkie and the Apple family were at… “We're Apples forever, Apples together We're family, but so much more No matter what comes, we will face the weather We're Apples to the core!” Sang a group of five ponies in a cart before the big red pony said, “Eeyup!” “Hahahahahahaha...” Everypony that was in the small brown cart laughed after finishing their song. The ponies were the mares Granny Smith, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. The stallion pulling the cart was Macintosh or how he is better known as, Big Mac. The young, yellowed body and red mane and tail with a big red bow, filly was Applebloom. Every pony in the cart were returning from a trip to the Apple family reunion. Pinkie went because she was an honorary family member. They had a lot of fun at Appleloosa but Applejack was happy to be going back home. “Everypony! I can see the town from here.” Said Big Mac. “Yee-haw! Can't wait to be back home!” Screamed Applejack. “When I get home I'll tell Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo everything that happened on the trip.” Said Applebloom excited. “I'm sure that Gummy is missing me very much. Uh! Uh! Uh! Maybe he may want one of my cakes or cupcakes or cookies or mmff…” Said Pinkie, that is until Granny Smith covered her mouth with her hoof to silence her. “Pinkie, we are all excited but we don't need you to say all of them pastries you cook being said out loud you hear me.” Said Granny Smith. Pinkie was about to apologies before she saw one of her friends, Spike. Before anyone could react, Pinkie got off the cart and ran at great speed so she could tackle him. Had she paid attention, or ran with her eyes open, she would of had noticed that she was much closer to him than expected. Before Spike could even react, she crashed into him, hard. “Pinkie!” Screamed a mad Spike, knowing full well Pinkie was the only pony sane enough to tackle her friends as way to say hello. “Heya Spike!” Said an excited Pinkie. “Gosh darn it Pinkie! You scared us all half to death.” Said Applejack after catching up. “Sorry, just got really excited to see an old friend!” Said Pinkie as she jumped up and down on Spike. “...Pinkie you do realize you have only been gone for a week right?” Asked Spike. “But I like it when we are all together…” Said Pinkie while making a pouty face. “... Not going to lie, I prefer it when we are all together too but can you get off me? I can't feel my legs.” Said Spike. Pinkie finally realized that her whole body weight was on Spike’s belly so she decided to get off quickly while blushing. “So Spike, came to visit Rarity again or something?” Asked Applejack while wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive manner. “More like finishing her work since it's physically impossible to visit her at the boutique at the moment.” Said Spike. “Who knew sewing for so long could be so stressful.” “Wait, what do you mean by ‘physically impossible to visit her at the boutique’?” Asked Applejack. “Yeah what do you mean by that? Uhhhh! Do you mean that Rarity moved somewhere also or mmff…” Said Pinkie before Spike stopped her by putting his claw on top of her mouth. “No, Rarity did not move somewhere. She was hospitalized two days ago after a manticore stung her.” Said Spike in a matter of fact tone. Both Pinkie’s and Applejack’s eyes became wide. “What the hay happened this past two days?” Nearly screamed Applejack. The next couple of minutes were spent by Spike telling them the story of the manticore attack as well as the hero who scared the manticore off. “... Apparently the manticore was driven off his home by a bunch of cocatrices and had to find new hunting ground and decided that the best place to get easy meals was close to town, or at least that's what the researchers Princess Celestia sent to the Everfree to investigate said.” Finished Spike. Everyone was left speechless at the unbelievable story. Pinkie even stopped bouncing for a second. “That. Is. The. Coolest. Thing. EVER!!!” Screamed Pinkie once she processed the story. “The fight would have been so awesome to see, I mean hearing Rarity getting hurt during the fight is sad and all but it's still an awesome story!” “I got to agree with Pinkie, the story sounds mighty impressive but I'm more worried about Rarity than anything else. Once we get all our stuff back into house, I'll go pay her a visit.” Said Applejack. “Why wait Applejack? Just go visit your friend at the hospital right now. Me, Big Mac and Applebloom will take care of things.” Said Granny Smith. “Eeyup.” Said Big Mac. “Really? Well shucks, thank you Granny, Big Mac I'll owe you one.” Said Applejack. “I'll see y'all when I get back from visiting Rarity at the hospital.” “Hey Applejack! Wait for me!” Screamed Pinkie before running after her. No one noticed how Pinkie’s stuff had suddenly disappeared from the cart. “Hey, umm… Spike, is Sweetie Belle alright?” Asked Applebloom, worried for her friend. “Physically yeah but she looks like she is scared without her sister here at the Carousel Boutique. If you want to talk to her, she is inside.” Said Spike while pointing with his dumb at the building behind him. Applebloom instantly turned back to Granny Smith and asked “Granny, is it okay if go check up on Sweetie Belle?” Noticing how worried for her friend Applebloom was, Granny Smith said “Sure thing sugar cube, just make sure not to cause trouble.” Applebloom hug her Granny Smith and said good bye before running inside the building. “Hey you don't mind if I help?” Asked Spike after he turned back to the rest of the Apple family. “Sure thing Spike! This may even give Big Mac enough time to tend to his chores around the farm. But don't you need to help Twilight with chores?” Said Granny Smith before Big Mac could answer. Had Spike turned to Big Mac, he would had seen a look of terror. Although not in the event now called Spike at your Service incident, he did see everything he did and did not want Spike help out the farm. Granny on the other hand knew he just had an off day because he came to help her one day when she needed help and he did everything better than flawlessly. That and his cooking was godly. With Granny Smith’s answer, they left for the farm. Back inside Carousel Boutique, Applebloom saw Sweetie Belle putting the final piece in the project Spike told her to work on. Applebloom was impressed with just how much detail and attention she was working with. It was almost like watching Rarity work but unlike Rarity, Sweetie was humming a beautiful song. Not wanting to interrupt, Applebloom sat and looked at Sweetie work for about a minute. “Done!” exclaimed Sweetie Belle while throwing her hooves up in the air “How in Equestria do Spike and Rarity have the patience to do this stuff for so long.” “For Rarity, it may be because it's her destiny while Spike just loves Rarity.” Said a voice from behind Sweetie Belle. When she turned she saw Applebloom sitting in Rarity’s fainting sofa. “...How long have you been there?” asked a creeped out Sweetie “A minute.” answered Applebloom, still sitting on the sofa, “More importantly, are you okay Sweetie Belle?” “Yeah, I’m. Why are you asking?” wondered Sweetie. “I heard that Rarity got hurt by a manticore right in front of you so I though that you may have been sad.” said Applebloom. At the mention of the memory, Sweetie got visibly scared. The memory of how the manticore was almost going to hit her was still fresh in her mind but then she remembered her hero and started to blush and stare into space. This made Applebloom curious. ‘Why is Sweetie Belle blushing? Nothing from what Spike told us should make Sweetie blush unless…’ though Applebloom. Once Applebloom connected the dots to the mystery, you could see an evil glint in her eyes. “I think someone got a crush…<3” said Applebloom. That got an immediate reaction out of Sweetie Belle. She was as red as tomato. “What! No I don’t! I mean, what are you talking about. I don’t have a crush on Sp…” Sweetie Belle covered her mouth before she could say another word but sadly the damage was already done. “Wait you have a crush on Spike?” asked Applebloom surprised that Sweetie said that. Applebloom wasn’t expecting that at all. “Oh no.” Sweetie said very softly, knowing full well what came next. “Since when? Why did you fall for him? Have you told him yet.” before Applebloom could continue, Sweetie Belle covered her mouth with her hoof. “I will answer your questions if you promise not to tell anyone about this, okay?” asked Sweetie. She really didn’t want to deal with stuff like this. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” said Applebloom while going through the pinkie promise motions. She was curious just why she got a crush on Spike, specially when the whole town knows that he likes Rarity. “Fine… you see… I don’t remember when I fell for him… I just know that I like like him… As to why I like him is obvious really. He's smart, he’s strong, he’s funny, he’s responsible and he looks when he smiles and serious about what he likes and mmff…” Said Sweetie but couldn't finish because Applebloom covered her mouth. “I asked why you like him not give me a list of everything he does. Besides, Spike is not as awesome as you make him sound. Spike is bad at cooking and he is not that funny.” Said Applebloom. “What do you mean by bad at cooking? He once cooked dinner for Rarity and me and we both thought that what he cooked was way better than most restaurants in Ponyville, combined!” Said Sweetie. “What? But when he was helping Applejack before, he only made mess bigger and his cooking kind exploded into a big mess,” Said Applebloom. “Or at least, that's what Applejack and Big Mac tell me.” “Maybe it was an off day? I mean everything Twilight takes to the picnics she and her friend make is made by Spike. Sure Twilight forgets to tell them he cooks the food but still.” Said Sweetie. “Really? I got to ask him about that then…” Said Applebloom, “I want to know something. When Spike told us the story of the manticore, he mentioned that someone saved you. Can you describe him to me? Even better let's find Scoots and then you can tell us both.” “Yeah!” Said an excited Sweetie Belle, “...But remember not to tell anyone of my crush on Spike. I don't want others telling me things like I don't have a chance with him or tell me to do this or that to get his attention. If I want Spike to notice me then I will do it myself!” Sweetie Belle’s look when she said that was so determined that Applebloom couldn't help but admire her. “Crusaders! Let's go find our comrade and get this discussion underway!” Said a now excited Applebloom. With that, they left Carousel Boutique to find Scootaloo. Meanwhile at the hospital, Applejack and Pinkie saw something very surprising. “Can you repeat that a bit louder again, I couldn’t hear all too well.” said the receptionist at the hospital. “I SAID CAN WE VISIT RARITY!” screamed Pinkie, while using microphone. Very few ponies responded to the scream. “Gosh darn it Pinkie! I know she can’t hear us all to well but isn’t that a little overkill.” said Applejack while she scratched her ear. She didn’t notice many of the ponies there didn’t even flinch at Pinkie’s scream. “I’m sorry, I still couldn’t hear you. You see one of our patients would not ‘calm down,’ as such many of us can’t hear for a while.” said the receptionist. Both Pinkie and Applejack turned with a look of confusion. Who can talk so much that ponies temporarily lose their hearing? The answer came a second later. “Ah! My fur! My beautiful fur! It’s ruined… Didn’t i just say to be careful with the spoon! HEY! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!” a voice screamed so loudly that the hospital shook a little and worst of all… Pinkie and Applejack recognized that voice. “Celestia bless the day she leaves.” said the receptionist, apparently still capable of hearing that. Pinkie and Applejack didn’t even know what to do. The fact that Rarity was the one that made many of the ponies in the hospital incapable to hear embarrassed them to death. Applejack wanted to hide under a rock while Pinkie was… taking notes? Either way, Applejack got an idea. “Hey Pinkie?” said Applejack. “Hmm?” hummed Pinkie. “Can I borrow a piece of paper?” said Applejack. Pinkie then ripped a piece of paper of her notepad and gave it to Applejack. Applejack then wrote down the words “Can we visit Rarity?” “Oh! Is that what you said? Okay then, she is in the second floor, room number 45.” said the receptionist. After that, Pinkie and Applejack left to find Rarity. When they got to the third floor they saw one or two doctors passed out and many fighting each other over who should take care of Rarity. Many said that they wouldn’t take her because she was to picky or would complain way too much. But one thing was stood out like a sore dumb. Everyone in the floor either looked really irritated or sleep deprived. One thing is for sure though, it looked like the floor went through war. Soon, the two friends reached Rarity’s room. Before they could open the door, a pony doctor opened the door with a lot of force and left crying as well as screaming “I don’t want to do this anymore!” “Hey! I’m not done telling you how much it sucks being stuck like this! Come Back.” screamed Rarity. Pinkie and Applejack turned to each other and then back to the door. The door suddenly felt like it was the gate to Tartarus. With a heavy swallow, they walked in. “Hey Rarity…” said a nervous Applejack. Pinkie just waved a hoof at her. “Pinkie, Applejack? Is that you dearies? I can’t move my head at all so I can’t see you, especially since someone moved my bed down!” Said Rarity, screaming at the end. She was laying down on her back and she was completely stretched out so that her muscles didn’t cramp. Pinkie and Applejack moved closer and saw a small part of her fur coat was dirty. They guessed it was the food that was supposed to be dropped on her. “So… umm… what just happened to the guy that left crying?” said Applejack. “Oh I was just telling him that he should try to be more careful with his job.” said Rarity. You could almost feel her head moving upwards in a snobbish way. “It didn’t look like that to me sugarcube. I mean he left crying.” said Applejack. “I’m just surprise he can’t take a little criticism.” said Rarity, “everyone should be able to take a little criticism.” “But that didn’t look like a little criticism to me.” said Pinkie, tilting her head a bit. “I agree with Pinkie.” said Applejack. “Okay, so maybe I gave a little bit more than just criticism but that's not the point.” said Rarity, “anyway, why are you girls here and Pinkie, you don’t mind moving my bed a little upwards.” “Okie Dokie Lokie!” said Pinkie. After she said that she bounced over to Rarity’s bed remote and looked at the buttons carefully. “Well, when Pinkie and me arrived into town we ran into Spike as he left your boutique. We asked him if he came to talk to you and then something him finish some really important cloth you needed and then he mention you being here in the hospital and me and Pinkie decided to visit you.” said Applejack. “Oh, thank you! You girls are the best!” said Rarity before her eyes tried to pop out of her head. “Wait did you just say that he finished all of my orders?” “Yeah. He said and I quote ‘More like finishing her work since it's physically impossible to visit her at the boutique at the moment.’” said Applejack. Rarity was left speechless. ‘Maybe Sweetie didn’t tell him just how important those dresses are…’ though Rarity, trying to process how Spike finished a week's worth of work in one night. But before she could actually say anything, the bed folded into itself, squishing her in the process. “Opps. I can fix it.” said Pinkie. She then proceeded to presses the buttons at random giving Rarity a lot of physical pain. A doctor assistant that was passing by saw this and his eyes shrunk in terror. He proceeded to run into the lobby and told everyone to prepare for the worst, not that anyone could here him. To tartarus, he could barely hear himself. “ENOUGH!” screamed a pissed off Rarity to Pinkie. Both Applejack and Pinkie stopped moving, frozen from Rarity’s reaction. Pinkie then proceeded to press the one more time because her hoof got tired of being left in mid-air. “Girls, you don’t mind if you stay here and keep me company do you?” asked Rarity, who was currently stuck between the folded bed cushion. The scene then slowly fades away from the hospital and in the sky you could see silhouettes of both Pinkie and Applejack. At Scootaloo’s home… “Scootaloo’s mom is Scoots here?” asked Sweetie Belle as Applebloom stood behind her. “Oh, sorry sweetie but she isn’t home. She was invited by Rainbow and Fluttershy to go help her brother set up his store up in Cloudsdale.” said Scootaloo’s mom. “Oh. Thank you for telling us Scootaloo’s mom.” said Sweetie Belle. After Scootaloo’s mom closed the door, the two fillies left for their club house. “Ah shoot, I really wanted to see how much we could learn of this Gunvolt guy.” said Applebloom as she kicked a rock. “We could always do it ourselves though.” said Sweetie as she walked alongside her friend. “Do what yourselves?” asked a voice that came out of nowhere. Both Applebloom and Sweetie Belle turned quickly to see who said that. The owner of the voice was none other than Diamond Tiara. Diamond Tiara was being followed by her best friend Silver Spoon. After the incident with Diamond Tiara’s mother Spoiled Rich, the CMC and Diamond and Silver became really good friends. “We were talking about finding out more about the guy that saved Sweetie Belle. All I know is that his name is Gunvolt and that he uses lightning but anything else in specific I don’t know.” said Applebloom. “Really, only Sweetie and Rarity know how he looks.” “...and you haven’t asked her why?” said Diamond. “We were going to discuss it once we got together with Scootaloo but apparently she is out helping Rainbow or how she calls her know, her honorary sister.” said Sweetie. “So, are you guys just going to quit or are you going to continue the plan without Scootaloo?” asked Silver. “Well yeah! I want to know who saved Sweetie and Rarity.” said Applebloom. “Wait! You mean the story that is going around town about some hero named Gunvolt is actually true? I thought someone just spread the rumor to get attention.” said Diamond. Silver agreed with her. “Well, he is real and he was really cool!” said Sweetie, protecting her hero’s pride. “Then prove it…” said Diamond, not noticing that she was going back to her bad habit from her past. “Well fine! We will prove it by having him show up!” said Applebloom. “And how are you going to do that, uhh?” said Silver, taunting them by accident as well. “Well, if he appeared like a superhero then maybe he will appear if we get into trouble?” said Sweetie. The moment she said that she covered her mouth, knowing full well where this was going. “Well then. I say we find something that will make ‘Gunvolt,’ if he is even real, appear?” said Diamond, unintentionally stepping on a landmine of intense trouble and probable sap. “Oh no…” whispered Sweetie, knowing nothing will stop Applebloom now that the plan was made. “SO GOOD!” screamed Big Mac, falling in love with Spike’s cooking after eating an apple pie he made. “See I told you Spike was an excellent cook!” said Granny Smith to Big Mac with a grin. “But I remember Spike made a mess in the kitchen last time he came to help and his food was horrible.” said Big Mac, to surprised to care to stay quiet, “how do you even go from that to this?”. “I’m still not sure what happened that day.” said Spike, “I’ve always been this good at cooking. I was taught by professional chefs because of an incident that Twilight got into.” said Spike as he finished washing dishes. “I’m not sure either sonny but there is nothing we can do about it now. What happened happened.” said Granny Smith. “Well all the dishes are done, except for Big Mac’s plate, so I’m going back to the castle to see if there is anything that needs to be done. When you see Applebloom, can you tell her to meet me at her club house once Scootaloo is back? I need to tell her and her friends something important.” said Spike. “Sure thing kiddo, just make sure you don’t stay out too late. Night time is dangerous for you youngins.” said Granny Smith. “Eeyup!” said Big Mac. “I’m not as young as I look but sure.” said Spike. This confused both Big Mac and Granny Smith. “What do you mean by that kiddo?” asked Granny Smith. “Oh shoot, I keep forgetting that not everyone knows that.” said Spike as he realized that both Big Mac and Granny Smith don’t know that dragons age slower than expected, “I’m not sure if you know this but dragons age slower than most creatures and because of that, the age of some dragons can be very weird. For example, I’m called a baby dragon because most dragons I still am in that stage of growth but if I were a pony, I would already be an adult since I’m 18.” said Spike. This surprised Granny Smith and Big Mac. This also explained to Big Mac why Spike knew so much stuff that most kids wouldn’t. “Oh, uh… sorry for treating you like a kid then sonny.” said Granny Smith. Big Mac agreed with her. “Oh don’t worry about guys. Everyone makes mistakes and besides it’s nice to be pampered from time to time.” said Spike. “Welp, I need to get going. Don’t want Twilight to worry herself to death over the schedule again. Then again, I did throw her for a loop when I finished my chores at the castle in record time but that’s besides the point. If you need anything don’t be afraid to call me alright? Later.” said Spike as he walked toward the door. After exiting, he left to go to the castle. As he was walking he saw something in the distance. Whatever it was, it was really close to the Everfree Forest. When Spike focused on the object a little more he drew back in shock for two reasons. One reason was because when he focused on the object, or better said ponies now that he could see them better, the world zoomed in suddenly. The second reason is that the ponies close to the Everfree Forest where the CMC and their friends Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. “...This town really needs to go into a monster free vacation.” said Spike before hiding in a bush and transforming. After transforming, he rushed to where they were to stop them from getting attacked by something. “This is a really horrible idea.” said Sweetie with SIlver Spoon agreeing to her. The group of fillies, in hopes of meeting the mysterious hero, went straight to the Everfree Forest entrance. Both Applebloom and Diamond Tiara were excited to do this. “Oh come on girls. What’s the worst that can happen?” said Diamond. “Yeah! It’s not like we are going to suddenly get attacked by, i don’t, a timberwolf or something right?” said Applebloom, adding fuel to the fire. A fire known as Murphy´s law. After Applebloom said that, a horrible smell appeared behind them. All the fillies gagged at the horrible smell. Then Applebloom froze realizing what is happening. “...Girls…” said Applebloom. “Yeah?” everyone said. “...Run.” said Applebloom. “What?” said Diamond. She suddenly started to gag more since she accidentally breathed in more of the horrible smell. “RUUUUN!” screamed Applebloom as she ran for her life. The others realized what was going on and ran as well. All except Diamond who was still choking on the smell. “*cough*What…*cough*” said Diamond. When Diamond looked up, she froze with terror. She was surrounded by at least ten Timberwolves. The biggest Timberwolf suddenly shook his head in the direction of the other fillies. Then five of the Timberwolves left to chase the fillies but before they could begin the chase, three of the Timberwolves were hit by a small pellet. The Timberwolves were confused by this but before they could shake of the confusion, the Timberwolves hit by the pellets were hit with lightning, taking them apart after the a short while. They all looked where the lighting came from only to find Gunvolt standing a short distance away. Suddenly, three other Timberwolves felt something hit them before getting electrocuted to the point that they were torn apart. The pack leader then realized just who was causing them the trouble. While the Timberwolves were distracted, Diamond took her chance and ran to the other fillies. Gunvolt, seeing the filly finally ran, started running at an incredible speed toward the Timberwolves that were left. After a growl from the lead Timberwolf, the rest of the pack attacked Gunvolt but this proved to be pointless since Spike took them out immediately. He soon reached what is most likely the alpha Timberwolf. (Switching to Spike’s view) “whY...rrr...PrEy… rrr… oUrS…” Spike heard coming from the alpha Timberwolf. Spike was surprised at this development. To his knowledge, a Timberwolf that could talk was unheard of. Spike distraction gave the Timberwolf opening needed to attack his opponent. Spike snapped out of it rolled to the left to avoid the charge. When it landed, the Timberwolf lunged at Spike again and almost got him but Spike dodged again. Seeing the perfect opportunity, Spike used his skill Lightning Spark and hit the Timberwolf right on his torso, making the Timberwolf explode into sticks. “... Are… huff… you all okay?” Asked Spike. All the fillies was nod speechless seeing the hero fighting… before Diamond rushed him while squealing like a fangirl. “Oh, my gosh. Its really you. I’m like your biggest fan EVER!” screamed Diamond, completely out of character. This freaked everyone out of course. “Than… wait, haven’t I been a hero for like what, three days?” asked Spike. “But the whole town made you sound so cool so I just had to meet you and when I heard that the CMC were going to talk about you, I just knew this was the perfect chance to meet you!” said an excited Diamond. After processing what Diamond said, Applebloom said, “Hey, you used us!” “Sorry! But I just had to meet!” Said Diamond. ‘And maybe ask for something else…’ though Diamond. Spike was about to say something when he saw something glow green out of the corner of his eye. He turned to see all the sticks that formed the pack of Timberwolves, plus a few sticks and trees from the Everfree Forest, and started to form something massive. “Uh oh…” said Spike recognizing what was going on. They all stared as the Timberwolves suddenly became a Giant Timberwolf. “Everyone get out of here while I distract it!” commanded Spike. All the fillies ran as far away as they could go while still being able to see the action. “Roooaaaarrr!” roared the Giant Timberwolf at Spike. The Giant Timberwolf’s smell made Spike flinch a bit but knew that he was the only one who could stop it at the moment. Suddenly, the world turned blue and Spike couldn't move. The word ‘Warning’ suddenly appeared in the sky and the Giant Timberwolf posed. Spike was confused but not as confused as before. The world returned to normal once the Giant Timberwolf returned to its original position and the battle begun. Spike tried to use his Volt Gun against the Giant Timberwolf but all the bullets bounced of the wood. This told Spike that the Giant Timberwolf somehow made the trees and sticks as tough as scales, making his current pellet shots were useless but this gave Spike the perfect chance to try his new gun mode, Pierce. Before he could activate it, the Giant Timberwolf tried to smash him with his paw. Spike used Lightning Step to get out of the way of the attack. When the Giant Timberwolf lifted its paw, Spike saw a giant paw print three feet deep. Realizing that staying in the ground was far too dangerous for him, Spike decided to climb on its body the next time tried to squash him. After activating Pierce, Spike shot his pellets at the Giant Timberwolf and just like he expected, the pellets pierced the wood allowing him to finally use Lightning Link. When Spike used it though, he noticed that it wasn’t affecting it at all. The Timberwolf then tried to squash Spike while he was surprised but Spike dodged it again but barely. Spike then rushed to get on the Timberwolf’s paw before it got too far for him to reach. “Gunvolt!” screamed Sweetie Belle, “The joint on the top part of his leg glowed both times it tried to stomp you!” Spike heard her and waited on the Giant Timberwolf’s leg to see if that would happen again. He saw the Giant Timberwolf sit on its hind legs and then tried to swat him with his other paw. Spike ran away from the strike but did notice that the joint of the leg glowed with power while it was attacking. Deciding that maybe he should try to hit that instead, Spike attacked the area with his pellets. When the pellets hit the area, it glowed green again and Spike attacked. The Giant Timberwolf flinched in pain while the spot turned from green to yellow and then from yellow to red before it blew up with energy. Suddenly, a huge chunk of the leg fell off but not the whole thing. When Spike looked at the spot again he saw it was glowing green again but much weaker than before. Spike then decided to attack it but then he saw the spot glow and formed a magic shield. After shooting his pellets at the shield and having them bounce right of it, Spike realized that the Pierce mode couldn't go through magic. As such he decided to aim for another weak spot. He then saw the head trying to bite him but he ran higher up the body to escape the attack. The Giant Timberwolf flinched from biting itself which show two more weak spots, those being the knees of the back leg. Learning this, Spike went on the offensive. He ran to one of the trees sticking out of its back and attacked the weak spot on the leg he was on. The wolf once again howled in pain before a chunk of its leg fell of. The wolf suddenly got on all four feet again making Spike fall of the tree he was on because of the extreme change in angle. As he was falling, Spike shot the other weak spots in hope that at least he can use the moment to his advantage. When he looked back down, he saw a couple of sticks were acting like spikes. As such, Spike used his Air Dash to escape what could very well be instant death spikes. The Air Dash however made him dash into a stick that was on his path. He was only lucky that stick was not pointing at him with its sharp end. As Spike held on to one of the trees, he saw that his pellets hit their intended targets as such he used Lightning Link to damage it. After the weak spot exploded, another chunk of the wolf fell of. With one of its legs being longer than the other and not being able to regenerate it, the Giant Timberwolf fell to its side from lack of balance. Had Spike not jumped from tree to tree while using Lightning Boost and Lightning Step, he would of had been squashed by the fallen Giant Timberwolf. “Go Gunvolt, Go!” screamed all the excited fillies. “What's going on!?” screamed Twilight as she got to the scene. “Twilight!” screamed Applebloom, “A pack of Timberwolf attacked us and then Gunvolt saved us.” “After that, the Timberwolf turned into, well, that.” Said Silver while pointing at the Giant Timberwolf. “And now Gunvolt is defeating! He is so cool!” Said Diamond, excited she not only got to see Gunvolt in action but was also saved by him, twice! “Really. But how is he…” suddenly there was the sound of an explosion. They all turned to see a strange shield appear on the back leg of the wolf. Suddenly the body of the wolf glowed green before the glow went deep into its body. “Oh no you don't!” Screamed Spike. He then chased the weak spot into the Giant Timberwolf’s body, not noticing that the body was trying to regenerate again. “What was that!” Asked Twilight. “That was the weak spot on the Timberwolf being destroyed.” Said Silver. Inside the body… “This is ridiculously dangerous!” screamed Spike as he ran for his life as the tunnel he was running in was closing on him as well as sticks sharp enough to, probably, penetrate his scales were appearing around him at random. He saw an opening soon and jumped in with no hesitation. The trapped stopped at the door. “Okay…*huff* that was difficult… *huff*.” said Spike, tuckered out from the run he did. When he turned to the center of the room he found the glowing weak spot… in the shape of pissed of Timberwolf. Suddenly, the Timberwolf unleashed a beam of pure energy at Spike from its mouth. Spike ran to his left but the glow behind him didn't grow weaker. He looked at the center noticing that the wolf was following with its attack. Spike ran from the energy attack for a few seconds longer until he noticed the attack stopped. When he turned he saw the Timberwolf was tired. Deciding that this was the perfect opportunity to counter attack, Spike attacked it and just like before, the Timberwolf went from green to yellow and from yellow to red before… collapsing into itself? “What's it doing?” Asked Spike as he dropped his guard. Suddenly the wolf exploded with great force, pushing Spike out of its body. (Outside, seconds before the explosion within the body.) The Giant Timberwolf roared in pain before releasing a giant wave of energy that blew everything back. “What happened?” Asked a dizzy Diamond. “I don't know but does anyone else hear screaming?” Asked Applebloom. When everyone turned to the source of the scream they saw Spike flying in the sky before faceplanting into the ground a few feet away from them… hard. Soon after the sound of something falling apart was heard and everyone , except Spike who is still stuck on the ground, turned to see the Giant Timberwolf turn just a little bit smaller than before. “...Did i get it or is it still standing?” asked Spike, still in the ground. “Nope. It's still standing but it did get smaller.” Pointed out Sweetie. “Expected as much.” Said Spike as he stood up again with one or two scratched scales, “That’s how things always go. Ready!” The Giant Timberwolf was now pissed. The first thing it did was roar at Spike but he had already left the spot. When everypony and dragon looked at the spot the wolf roared at, they noticed that everything was almost dead. “... I know they have bad breath and all but isn't that just a bit too much?” Asked Spike, surprised at the power the wolf breath had. Spike then got back to action and shot the leg farthest from him to attack it but unlike before, the wolf protected its weak spot by using his paw as a shield. “And it's also much smarter. Great.” Moaned Spike from seeing this. Spike then ran from his spot as the Giant Timberwolf tried to once again smash him with his paw. Spike to the chance and jumped on the leg but again the wolf did something that caught him of guard. The leg now had walls that prevented Spike from just climbing straight up the leg. “Oh come on!” Screamed Spike. Spike then heard the sound of the wolf moving and noticed it was trying to swat him off again. As such, Spike climb faster around the walls to get to higher ground. Once he was in a good enough spot, Spike attacked the leg farthest from him and then destroyed the weak spot. Unlike before though, the destroyed weak spot didn't return as well as the whole leg fell off. The wolf was even more pissed of now and once again tried to bite Spike but what it didn't know was that when it lost the leg, it moved so suddenly that Spike was launched skyward. “Ahhh!” Screamed Spike in a girly manner. Then he felt no momentum and opened his eyes to look why he stopped. What he saw was that the reason he stopped was that the momentum used to throw him had ran out and was now floating in the sky for a few seconds. Spike looked toward a metaphorical screen and said “Mommy.” before he screamed as he was going back down. Spike saw he was going to land in the back of the Giant Timberwolf but at the speed he was falling onew he was going to be badly hurt if he didn't try to stop his momentum. As such, Spike flailed around trying to see if anything was going to help him. Once he was close to wolf he, by accident, did a jump like motion. Spike suddenly felt like he rose a centimeter before falling on a branch. “Celestia, thank you for this miracle!” Prayed Spike. He then noticed that his Blueprint skill had a new blueprint called Double Jump. Taking the chance that he was safe, Spike attacked the leg he was flung off of while the wolf was distracted looking for him. Spike was successful in completely destroying another leg. The Giant Timberwolf was now bouncing on its back legs, trying to keep its balance. Spike had to hold on to the branch he was on for dear life. Noticing the bouncing was going to end soon, Spike switched from Normal Pellet style to Tracer style and tried to target one of the back legs after creating a mental target for it. Spike shot three tracer pellets and they all missed the leg but bounced off the ground and aimed straight for their original target and hitting it. Spike then decided that he needed to jump of before attacking and did just that. Spike was not expecting to fly that far though. Still, he followed his plan and use Lightning Link to take the leg down. The third leg than exploded and fell of completely. Spike then tried to do the Double Jump again and mildly succeeded… in gaining even more momentum because of the force he was following was not directly above him but right in front of him. As such he rolled all the way up to the ponies. “...Hey…” said Spike as he noticed Twilight. “...Hi?” Responded Twilight, confused by the sudden greeting. Spike then got right back up and shot the last weak spot that was visible and destroyed it while the wolf was down. With another explosion. The Giant Timberwolf was left with only a torso and a head which soon glowed showing it was the final weak spot. Before Spike could for it though, the head removed itself from the legless torso and dived bomb Spike and the ponies. “Run!” Screamed Spike and everypony ran off in a different direction. When the wolf head hit the ground, it stunned itself with the force of the dive bomb. Taking this as his chance, Spike ran straight into the head to find the weak spot that hide within the head again. The same thing happened within the head as did in the torso with the tunnel only this time it was much shorter. After a few seconds of running and dodging, Spike reached a room where a Timberwolf made of energy was at. The wolf then attacked Spike with another energy beam and Spike ran away to dodge it but even this was harder since now he had to dodge vines that were growing in his way. At the last second, Spike tripped on one of the vines and was almost hit by the laser but was lucky because the Timberwolf got tired the very second before it reached Spike. “Let’s finish this!” Said Spike and then he shot his normal pellets at the wolf, only to learn the wolf had a shield up as well. “What!” Said a surprised Spike. The Timberwolf recovered and then shot the laser again. Spike ran to dodge the laser and the vines the best he could, waiting for his chance to attack. When the attack stopped, Spike ran up to the Timberwolf and used Lightning Spark but that failed to because the shield was just too tough. Spike was nervous now. All of his attacks had no effect on the shield. Then Spike remembered he still had one more move and used it. Suddenly the world turned blue as Spike said, “The Blade that Protects All, Excalibur!”. Suddenly, right in front of him, a giant sword appeared cutting straight through the shield and Timberwolf at the same time. The wolf howled in pain before it exploded with great force just like when he fought the other energy Timberwolf in the torso. Spike flew right out of the head and was about to faceplant into the ground again. He closed his eyes expecting the worst but after a few seconds of not feeling a crash, he opened his eyes to seeing himself glowing green and stopped midair after a while of slowing down. “What… ?” Said Spike tiredly. “Yay! I saved the one who saved me!” Screamed Sweetie. “...Thanks.” Spike said smiling. “You're welcome Mister Gunvolt.” Said Sweetie. She then lowered him to the ground before letting go. Spike could now barely stand thanks to the fatigue from using his ultimate. “Two thing before… *huff* I go.” said Spike, “One, if… *huff* you want to meet me… *huff* just declare it to the whole town instead of looking for trouble. I'll appear within a couple of minutes if you declare it. Two, you, your friend Applebloom and your other friend Scootaloo, I want to meet you later together… that's all.” Said Spike as he got up and left at his highest before anyone could do anything about it. “Hey wait! I'm not done talking to you about going out with me!” Screamed Diamond as she tried to chase Spike. Everyone look at her weirdly as she tried to catch up to him. “... Let's never talk about what Diamond just did…” said Silver. Everyone agreed. “Anyway…” said Twilight, changing the topic, “Are you girls okay?” “Except for the scare, yeah we're fine.” said Applebloom, “Beats getting hurt or…” before she could finish, tree sap landed on her head. “... Getting covered in tree sap…” “Does someone feel like the Timberwolf pack was a bit… bigger than normal?” said Sweetie Belle but was ignored. “Well, that is great because you are all in a lot of trouble for pulling this stunt.” Said Twilight. “... Scatter!” Screamed Applebloom and before Twilight, or Sweetie Belle knew, they all ran away. Sweetie Belle really didn’t want to do that but reacted without thinking at being told to run. As Spike entered the hospital to ask if they could give him some painkillers when he saw Applejack and Pinkie coming out. “Hey Applejack, Pinkie!” Screamed Spike but was ignored by the girls. He then ran in front of them and waved his hands to get their attention. “Hey Spike.” Said Pinkie with a lot of energy as Applejack tipped her hat. “What are you doing here?” Asked Spike. “What!” Asked Pinkie. Applejack just waved goodbye and left, knowing that conversation would take a while before it was over. Spike waved good bye. “I said, what are you doing coming out of the hospital?” Said Spike. “What!” asked Pinkie again. Raising his brow, Spike asked louder “What were you doing at the hospital.” “What!” Asked Pinkie. “I said, why are you here!” screamed Spike, a little pissed off at the pink pony. “I can't hear you!” Screamed Pinkie. “I said, why are you here!!!” Screamed Spike reaching his limit on Pinkie's antics. “I can't hear you! Me and Applejack came to visit Rarity at the hospital but before we could leave she asked us to stay to talk but she talked and whinned so much that me and Applejack temporarily lost our sense of hearing!” Screamed Pinkie. “...” Is all Spike said before waving goodbye and left for the hospital. “...What!!!” Screamed Pinkie annoyed at not hearing Spike even though Spike said nothing. “Wait! Couldn’t had just bit the Timberwolf with my fire breath?” ask Spike to himself in the middle of the night. “... Oh god i totally could've had done it. Dang it!”