A fog covered the valley as the sun peeked over the eastern horizon. Twilight was already awake and going over the map one more time. Applejack stretched her limbs and Fluttershy yawned as they arose. Pinkie Pie and Tricky were still snoring loudly, their limbs sprawled out and drool coming from their mouths. Applejack rekindled the smoldering campfire and prepared breakfast as Twilight woke up Pinkie and Tricky. She then went over to Spike and gently shook his shoulder.
“Spike, it’s time to wake up,” Twilight said to the sleeping dragon.
“Five more minutes…” Spike groggily moaned, still asleep. Twilight giggled, remembering how he never was a morning dragon.
“Spike,” she said a little louder, finally getting him to open his eyes. Remembering where his was and why he was there, he scrambled to his feet and looked about. All he could see down the cliff was the gray haze of the morning fog. Twilight stepped beside him and also observed the valley.
“I hope this fog clears,” Spike commented as he looked at the obscured figures of trees and buildings in the fog. “That way we’ll know where we’re going.”
“Actually, the fog might work towards our advantage,” Twilight replied. “It might provide us cover as we try to make it to the central pyramid.”
“Or it might give them the advantage.”
“Regardless, we’re going have to do it. The longer we wait, the more the island falls apart.”
After the quick breakfast that Applejack provided, the team of four ponies, the dragon, and the Prince EarthWalker climbed down the trail into the misty jungle and cautiously made their way towards the city. As nervous as he was, Tricky was in the lead. This was his home and could navigate through it with his eyes closed. However, his eyes were wide open and darting side to side as he looked through the fog for anything that might resemble a RedEye. Every time one of them would step on a branch or a bird would take flight, they all would freeze and their hearts would skip a beat. They moved in closer together and Applejack walked backwards, keeping an eye on the rear.
“Hey, Twilight,” Applejack whispered to the Alicorn she was leaning against for direction as she walked backwards. “Can’t you use your horn to light the way?”
“I would,” Twilight whispered back. “But the glow would give our position away. The RedEyes would be able to see it from a mile away.”
A loud sneeze echoed throughout the foggy jungle and everyone gasped as they froze in their tracks. They quickly snapped their heads around and all eyes were on Pinkie Pie, who had a mortified expression on her face as she covered her nose. They were too horrified to reprimand her and they frantically looked around for any sign of movement in the fog. When there appeared to be none, they all breathed heavy sighs of relief.
“Golly Pinkie, whatcha tryin’ to do, get us all killed?!” Applejack whispered harshly to the pink Earth Pony.
“I’m so sorry,” Pinkie apologized with her ears drooping.
“It’s okay Pinkie,” Fluttershy reassured while placing a hoof on her shoulder. “We know it was an accident, right Applejack?”
“Fine,” the orange mare muttered with a roll of her eyes. “But this is no time for accidents. We have to be extra careful, ya hear?” Pinkie Pie nodded in understanding.
“Come on, you guys!” Twilight whispered from the lead with Tricky and Spike. “If they did hear that, we need to be out of here before they show up.”
They pressed onward through the jungle and Pinkie Pie held a hoof to her nose the rest of the way. Through the fog, the silhouette of a stone structure appeared. When they approached it, they saw it was the railing of a bridge. Then they saw the start of the bridge that would lead them over the canal to the Walled City.
“This must be the western bridge, am I right?” Twilight asked Tricky.
“Yeah, and on the other side is home,” the young ceratopid confirmed. As they crossed the bridge, they could see the rising sun starting to shine through the fog. The light highlighted the nearby buildings, their silhouettes contrasted against the white background of the fog. The mares and the dragon marveled as they reached the end of the bridge. Through the haze, they could see the stone buildings of white stone with red or blue trimmings.
“Look at these symbols,” Twilight whispered in awe of the architectural and historical significance of the buildings. She placed a hoof on a wall of one of the EarthWalkers’ homes and looked admiring up at it.
The lavender mare’s archeological observation of the structure was interrupted when they all felt the ground mildly shaking. Twilight stepped away from the building and everyone looked around for the source of the vibrations. They noticed that the vibrations were coming in intervals with only a second or two between each one.
“Oh no,” Twilight whispered, her eyes widening as she came to a terrifying realization.
“Everyone hide! Quick!” Spike whispered urgently. The group hid in the space between the building and the city’s moat. Spike poked his head around the corner to see what it was, and then everyone else crawled underneath him to also get a look until they looked like a totem pole of heads. Since Spike was the tallest, he was at the top followed by Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Tricky was at the bottom.
A large figure appeared through the mist. It walked on two powerful legs and it stood two stories tall. Its bulky body and massive head was counterbalanced by a long thick tail. As it emerged from the mist, they could see that its pebbly scaly skin was a dark green with black stripes. Its head was wide at the base and narrowed to a rounded snout with banana sized teeth jutting out from its maw.
When they saw the beast, there was no mistaking what it was. It was a Tyrannosaurus. From nose to tail, the prehistoric predator was at least forty feet long. When Spike looked at its eyes, he saw that they were red-orange around the pupils but transitioned to a blood red towards the edges.
RedEye, Spike thought, identifying the Tyrannosaurus as the tribe that the EarthWalkers feared. The RedEye raised its head and Spike saw its nostrils flaring as it sniffed the air. After sniffing for a moment, the huge carnivore moved on. As it disappeared back into the fog, the team of adventurers emerged from their hiding spot.
“Whoa,” Tricky managed to say as he watched the shadow of the RedEye faded back into the mist.
“You said it, partner,” Applejack said, almost at a loss for words herself. “I’d hate to tangle with one of those guys.”
“Let’s find the King before another one shows up,” Twilight urged. Following the road, they made their way to the center of the city. At each intersection, they would hide behind a corner and check each way before moving on. The morning fog was starting to lift and saw the step pyramid in the distance. With their goal in sight and the cover of the fog compromised, they started to hurry down the road. It was just down the road and around the next corner.
“Hurry we’re almost…” Twilight was starting to say as she rounded the corner, but then came face to face with a RedEye. She slid on her hooves in an effort to stop herself and came to a halt before she collided into the snout of the dinosaur sleeping in the middle of the tiled road. Not expecting the abrupt stop, Spike bumped into the back of Twilight, pushing her closer to the beast. Then Applejack bumped into Spike, then Pinkie Pie into Applejack, Fluttershy into Pinkie Pie, and then Tricky into Pinkie Pie. With each collision, Twilight Sparkle was pushed closer and closer towards the dinosaur. Now a mere inch away, her purple eyes were staring straight into the nostrils of the sleeping RedEye.
“Back up, back up, back up,” she repeatedly whispered as sweat rolled down her forehead. The RedEye snorted, sending bits of snot flying out its nose onto the indigo maned mare. She shivered in disgust as they slowly backed away. As Twilight wiped the mucus from her face, they noticed a ramp leading down under the pyramid behind the sleeping giant. As they crept around the RedEye, Spike watched to make sure its red eye remained closed.
To get to the ramp, they would have to step over the tip of its tail. Tricky went first, followed by Fluttershy and Twilight. As Pinkie Pie was about to cross over, a bird fluttered down and landed on the tip of the Tyrannosaur’s nose. The sleeping dinosaur wriggled its nose and everyone gasped in horror.
“Oh no, shoo little birdie,” Fluttershy tried to convince the bird. The RedEye then sneezed and shook its head, causing the bird to fly away. The disturbance had awoken the dinosaur and it started to rise. Pinkie Pie quickly hopped over the tail, but it whipped around and knocked Applejack over. The blond pony grunted as she landed on her back and the RedEye turned its head to look down at her. It snarled and bared its monstrous teeth, wanting breakfast. Applejack stared up in fright as the theropod towered over her. It started to lunge at her, but then stepped back and roared in pain.
“Applejack, run!” Spike shouted to her, snapping her out of her fear induced trance. When the dinosaur had lunged forward to eat Applejack, Spike had run forward and breathed green flames at its massive clawed foot. The RedEye then glared down at the dragon and roared in hatred.
Taking advantage of the diversion, Applejack made for the ramp. Once she had joined the others in the safety of the underground tunnel, they looked back to Spike. The RedEye lunged at the small dragon and snapped its teeth in the spot he had been standing before he took to the air. Spike flew backwards from the angry dinosaur, but then heard a rumbling coming from behind him. Looking over his shoulder, he saw another RedEye coming down the row of buildings. The sound of the Tyrannosaur roaring had alerted the others and they were coming in hopes to find a meal.
Spike flew straight at the second RedEye with the first still hot on his heels. Right as he approached the opening jaws of the second RedEye, he flapped his wings and flew started up. The two hungry dinosaurs ran head first into each other and they both fell to the ground, kicking their massive legs in the air. Spike landed back down and looked at the two Tyrannosaurs that were struggling to get up. He turned and ran back to the ramp, but stopped when a third came around a corner and looked down at Spike.
“Don’t move! They can’t see you if you don’t move!” Pinkie called from the tunnel.
“Pinkie, that theory has been discredited by scientists!” Twilight told her.
“Run Spike! Run like the wind!” Pinkie shouted instead. The third RedEye stomped towards Spike and he spread his wings to take off, but the tail of one the other two smacked against him as it spun around to raise itself up. Spike groaned from the impact and rolled over. He yelled in panic as he saw the top jaw and the bottom jaw of a RedEye come together around him. He stuck his claws out and place one on the roof the mouth and the other on its slimy tongue.
“Spike!” his friends cried when they saw Spike being held sideways in the dinosaur’s mouth. The dragon’s arms trembled as the unbearable pressure the RedEye’s bite force pushed against them. He gritted his teeth as he strained to force open the Tyrannosaur’s mouth. Unlike the Galdon, Spike was willing to bet that RedEyes chewed their food before they swallowed. His muscled burned from exhaustion and the teeth were starting to come down.
“Get out of there Spike!” his master ordered from the communication stone.
“He’s… too… strong…” Spike strained.
“Too strong? Have you not learned anything?!” his master chastised. Spike remembered the Test of Combat and how he used his draconic nature to unlock his strength.
“But this… is… a T. rex…” Spike argued while tried to keep the RedEye’s mouth opened.
“And you are a dragon!” his master reminded him. Hearing the elder dragon’s words, Spike tried to concentrate. He had learned how to use his determination, natural urges, and emotions as a drive for his draconic strength, but now he had to dig deeper. He needed something more, something stronger. He thought about what would happen if he were to fail there and then. He would die, his mother would lose her son, his friends would watch him be eaten in front of them, the last two SpellStones would never be recovered, General Scar would win, and the Krazoa Spirits would never be returned to their palace! He would die along with everyone else on this island! Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Tricky, the dinosaurs, and Rarity!
No! he thought as a rage burned inside him. His eyes glowed green and his pupils contacted to razor thin slits. I will not let this be!
With a roar of fury of his own, Spike pried open the jaws of the RedEye, grabbed it by its snout, and brought it crashing down into the other two. Spikes shoulders heaved up and down as he seethed with rage, watching the fallen dinosaurs trying to get back up. With each breath, green flames and smoke rose from his mouth like a furnace. He snarled with hatred and stepped forward the three RedEyes, ready to take them on.
“Spike!” a voice called to him. He snapped his head around in search of the one that would dare try to stop him. Whoever it was, they would pay too! He then saw a familiar looking lavender figure standing at the mouth of the tunnel. As he remembered that the figure was Twilight Sparkle, his eyes stopped glowing and his pupils returned to normal. He blinked a few times and looked behind him to the three RedEyes. They were starting to get back up and shake their heads to reorient themselves. “Hurry Spike!”
Spike dashed towards the ramp. He couldn’t believe that he was thinking about fighting three Tyrannosaurs at the same time. He realized that he hadn’t been thinking at all! He had let his rage to take control of his body just as it did during the Test of Combat. Only this time, it was stronger.
“Oh, thank goodness!” Twilight exclaimed as Spike joined her and the others in the tunnel.
“We were so worried,” Fluttershy whimpered.
“We thought you were a goner!” Pinkie Pie said.
“How did you manage to do that?” Applejack asked. “I know dragons are strong n’ all, but you brought that big guy down like it was nothin’.”
“It’s just a part of being a dragon, I guess,” Spike replied, still on edge from his adrenaline rush. That’s the second time I’ve nearly lost it. I’ve got to be more careful. Think. Use your head first. Spike looked around to see if everyone was unharmed and noticed that someone was missing. “Where’s Tricky?”
“I’m here!” the young EarthWalker called from down the ramp. “Come on in, there’s someone I want you to meet!”
They hurried down the tunnel and came to a room lit by red and blue magical flames. In the center of the chamber was an EarthWalker with golden greaves on his legs and gems adorning his frill. Behind him were two statues; a red Tyrannosaur decorated with the symbol of the sun and a blue Tyrannosaur with the symbol of the moon.
“Tricky, my son,” the adult EarthWalker said to Tricky.
“See, he’s okay,” Tricky happily announced.
“You don’t have to worry about me. I am the king, you know,” the King EarthWalker reassured his son. He then turned to the ponies and the dragon accompanying him. “Ah, you must be reinforcements sent from Equestria.”
“That’s right, Your Majesty. I am Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria,” Twilight introduced herself, before turning to her friends. “This is Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Spike.”
“I would give you a more formal greeting, but I need your help,” the King said to them. “My tribe has been scattered and many are trapped within their own homes by those bloodthirsty RedEyes. We’ve lost many soldiers to General Scar at Krazoa Palace, so we were unprepared when the Diamond Dogs broke the barrier separating the city from the RedEye Tribe’s territory. Before we can do anything else, we must take back the city.”
“But how? What soldiers we have left are too wounded to fight,” Tricky reminded his father. “And we’re just two EarthWalkers, four ponies, and a dragon.”
“But Twilight here is an Alicorn,” Applejack pointed out. “Ah’m sure she could whip it with a spell lickety-split.”
“I’m sure I could, but don’t want to resort to violence if I don’t have to,” Twilight thoughtfully said. “What about this barrier? What if we herd them back to the jungle and I repair it with my magic.”
“Herd T. rexes?” Applejack asked incredulously. “Ah don’t know, sugar cube, but Ah don’t think even Fluttershy could tame these guys.”
The timid yellow mare shook at the thought. Sure, she was friends with a bear and even tamed Cerberus and a manticore, but these things were just as dangerous and violent as the hydra that dwelt in Froggy Bottom Bog. Plus, they reminded her of dragons.
While everyone else was trying to come up with a plan, Spike thought to himself. I could use the dragon-spell. The RedEyes don’t seem to be as intelligent as the other tribes. They’re just animals. Maybe I could do it. Spike then looked to Applejack’s saddlebag and saw her rope in it. He then remembered how the other RedEyes came when one of them roared.
“I’ve got an idea,” Spike announced. Everyone stopped talking and looked to him. “How many RedEyes are loose in the city?”
“From what I can tell, four of them have wandered from the jungle into the city,” the King told him.
“And where is the wall?”
“It’s across the eastern bridge.”
“Okay, this is the plan,” Spike started to elaborate. In a few minutes, Fluttershy was standing in an intersection between the buildings, trembling like a leaf. From the roof of a nearby building, Applejack and Spike were on the lookout for any RedEyes.
“Lunch is ready!” Pinkie Pie hollered while standing beside Spike and Applejack, banging a pot loudly. The obnoxious sound traveled through the city, echoing off the walls of the stone buildings. “Nice tasty pony! Come and get it!”
“A-are you s-sure that somepony else can’t do this?” Fluttershy stammered.
“Besides Twilight, you’re the only one with wings and she has already gone to the wall,” Applejack called down to her. The orange pony then turned to Spike. “Now, are you sure that you can do all that stuff you said you can do?”
“We’re about to find out. Look!” Spike pointed down the road to an approaching RedEye and they ducked out of sight. Applejack got her rope ready and Spike crouched by the edge of the roof. “Applejack, I’m going to need your hat.”
“Mah Stetson? Why?” she asked as she hesitantly passed her prized hat to the dragon.
“You’ll see,” he told her with the hat in his claw. As predicted, the Tyrannosaur roared and started charging towards the yellow Pegasus. It got closer and closer until it was nearly bearing down on Fluttershy.
“Now!” Pinkie shouted at the top of her lungs. Fluttershy flew up away from the RedEye, but just far enough out of reach so that it would follow her. She led it towards the building where Applejack and Spike were waiting, and the farm pony lassoed the beast’s snout. As it started to shake its head in an effort to free itself, Spike jumped on top of its tied up snout. Spike activated his dragon-spell and looked the dinosaur straight in its red eyes.
“Look at me,” Spike spoke in a soothing voice. The dinosaur’s red eyes fixed onto the dragon’s as Spike used his power to calm it. “That’s right, big guy. Calm down.”
The RedEye’s breathing slowed down as it relaxed. Soon it was standing there in the middle of the city as the purple dragon used the rope to from a bridle around its large head.
“Well Ah’ll be…” Applejack chuckled as she saw Spike mounted on the back of the dinosaur’s neck, holding the reins, and wearing her Stetson on his head. Soon enough, three more RedEyes appeared from around different corners after hearing the roar of the other Tyrannosaur. When they saw the purple dragon riding the back of its head, they roared and started to rush forward.
“Okay, Rex. Let’s get a move on,” Spike said to his ride. He kicked the side of the RedEyes neck and it roared as it started running east with the other three chasing after the dragon on its neck. Spike held onto the reins with one claw and waved Applejack’s hat above his head as he bounced up and down from the RedEye’s running. As the stampede of four Tyrannosaurs headed towards the eastern bridge, Spike whooped and hollered. “This. Is. The. Coolest. Thing. Ever!”
Twilight and Tricky were waiting atop of the broken wall just east of the Walled City when they heard a rumbling noise. Even though they knew what the plan was, their mouths dropped when they saw Spike leading a pack of RedEyes towards them. After the four dinosaurs ran through the opening in the wall, Twilight’s horn glowed magenta and returned the broken pieces of the large stone wall to their proper place. Once they were back in the jungle, Spike removed the bridle from his ride’s head.
“We got to do this again sometime,” Spike said to the Tyrannosaur who looked up to the dragon in confusion as he flew away. As Spike landed on the other side of the wall, they others ran up to meet him.
“Spike, that was…” Twilight started to say.
“Awesome!” Pinkie Pie and Tricky cheered.
“Please don’t make me do something like that again,” the still rattled Fluttershy begged.
“Here’s your rope back,” Spike said to Applejack has he returned it to her.
“Thanks. But, any reason why you needed mah hat?” she asked.
“Because it looked cool,” the dragon shrugged.
“Can Ah have it back now?”
“I dunno, I kinda like how it looks on me,” he said while still wearing the hat, causing everybody to laugh.
“Ha ha, very funny, now give it back,” Applejack demanded with a serious look on her freckled face and Spike quickly handed it back to her.
When they returned to the city, they saw EarthWalkers cautiously emerging from their homes. Once they saw that their carnivorous captors were gone, they cheered for their heroes. Waiting for them on the stairs of the royal palace was Tricky’s father.
“When done, my friends, well done,” he congratulated.
“You’re welcome,” Twilight said in return. She opened her mouth to say more, but the King interrupted her.
“And before you ask, no, I haven’t got the SpellStone,” he said to their disappointment. “But I do know where you could look. Back in the room where I was staying, is the entrance of the prison of the RedEye King.”
“The RedEye… King?!” Fluttershy asked, terrified by the idea of such a creature.
“Yes, it is the largest, meanest, evilest RedEye,” the King EathWalker explained. “Years ago, we managed to subdue the monster and imprison him in the labyrinth beneath the palace. When Scar attacked, I went to the entrance of the labyrinth to ensure they didn’t release it, but I was too late. Scar had thrown the SpellStone of Fire down there, but then closed the gate again. I guess even he feared the might of the King RedEye.”
“You mean we have to go down into a dark spooky dungeon to find it?” Pinkie Pie gasped.
“I’m afraid so,” the King confirmed. They group looked to each other and murmured nervously. When they went down into the dungeon beneath the pyramid, the King EarthWalker tapped a golden fang of the red statue and then a silver fang of the blue statue. The room quaked as the tiles of the floor lowered to reveal another ramp. Everyone gulped before proceeding down into the dungeon. Along the walls of the ramp were carvings of Tyrannosaur skulls.
Spike was leading the group down into the dungeon and then a giant stone slab dropped down from the ceiling, cutting Spike off from his friends. He gave a startled cry as the force of the giant stone door hitting the floor knocked him off his feet. He could hear the others banging on the other side of the slab.
“Spike! Spike!” he heard their muffled voices.
“I’m okay!” he shouted through the stone.
“Don’t worry, we’ll get you out,” they told him. Then he heard something coming from behind him. Turning around, he was multiple passageways leading down dark corridors that were barely lit by the torches hanging from the walls. It sounded like air rushing back and forth between the tunnels. Then Spike realized it was the sound of something big breathing. The ground started to shake as whatever it was started to move. The sound of the footsteps was getting louder and from down one of the corridors, Spike saw it. It was RedEye with dark green scales and fiery stripes. The hall was about thirty feet high and this thing had to duck its head to prevent it from scraping the ceiling. Horns grew along its eyebrow ridges and in the center of its enormous head was something red and shiny. This thing that was bigger than an Ursa Minor was wearing the SpellStone of Fire like a diadem.
Seeing the dragon at the end of the hall, the King RedEye unleashed a deafening roar. Spike’s vision blurred and his teeth rattled from the noise that shook the entire building. Spike covered his ear frills in attempt to protect them, but the force of the roar continued to shake his body. The impossibly large dinosaur started walking towards Spike with its mouth opened and the dragon decided it was time to run. He ran down one of the corridors, but he could still feel the pounding footsteps of his pursuer. As soon as he made it to the end of the corridor, he came to another fork in the path. He looked behind him and saw that the King RedEye had reached the entrance of the dungeon.
Before it could turn its head to look down the tunnel, Spike had already started to run down the next one. He hid behind the corner at the end of the corridor and looked back down it. He could hear the giant Tyrannosaurus approaching and then saw its head merge at the fork of the labyrinth. It looked down both corridors, trying to figure out which way its prey went. Just when Spike had begun to think he had lost it, the behemoth sniffed at the ground. Spike then remembered reading that Tyrannosaurus had one of the greatest sense of smell of any animal. Not waiting around to see what he already knew what was going to happen, Spike ran down another corridor. He could already feel the King RedEye coming down the corridor he was just in. It had his scent and it would chase him to the ends of the world.
On the side of the corridor, Spike saw a cavity in the tunnel’s wall. It was just large enough for him to fit inside it, by not nearly large enough for the King of the RedEye Tribe to stick his head into. Spike dove into the hole and braced himself against the wall. Soon enough, the massive footsteps drew closer and he saw a large green foot stomp down in front of the hole. He could hear it sniffing the air, trying to find him. Spike covered his ear frills again as it roared in frustration. Dirt fell from the ceiling from the vibrations and then the beast moved on.
As Spike hid in the hole, he evaluated the situation that he was in. One, he was stuck in a dungeon. Two, he needed to get the SpellStone. Three, there was a giant dinosaur that wanted to eat him down in the dungeon with him. Four, said dinosaur had the SpellStone on its head. Somehow, he had to get that SpellStone and get out of there, but how to do it? He thought about using the dragon-spell again, but he didn’t know if it would work on it and frankly, he was too scared to try. Then he thought about using dragon magic. It might not be as refined as unicorn magic, but it was very powerful. If he managed to hit the King RedEye with a strong enough spell, maybe he could subdue it.
Spike left his hiding place and ran in the opposite direction that the dinosaur had gone. He took a right down the corridor and then another right to find that he had doubled back to the entrance of the maze. Then he looked down the corridor straight in front of the door and saw that the King RedEye had doubled back as well. It unleashed its powerful roar once more and started charging towards Spike. It was now or never. Spike just hoped that his idea would work.
Summoning the wild and raw power of his magic, Spike stretched forth his claws and a powerful bolt of electricity shot from his clawtips towards the King RedEye. The magical lightning struck the towering beast and it roared in pain as electricity ran through its body. It’s body shook and it trashed its head side to side, slamming into the walls of the dungeon. Dirt and rocks fell from the ceiling as the Tyrannosaur bashed against the walls and Spike released the flow of magic. Exhausted, Spike gasped and hunched over with his arms hanging at his side.
Once released of the current of electricity, the massive dinosaur collapsed to the floor with an impact that shook the prison. Regaining his breath, Spike cautiously approached the unconscious dinosaur. Once he stood in front of it, he tentatively reached out a foot and tapped the beast’s snout. When it didn’t move, Spike looked up to the red SpellStone on its forehead. He climbed up onto the massive head and reached his claws under the stone. He then pried the imbedded SpellStone off its head, sending it clattering down on the hard floor of the labyrinth. The dragon hoped off the King RedEye’s head, pick up the SpellStone of Fire, and held it up triumphantly.
As Spike put the SpellStone in his pack, he heard the King RedEye stirring behind him. He turned around in time to see dinosaur open his red eyes and lunge at the dragon. Spike flapped his wings and flipped over the gaping jaws and landed on top of the King RedEye’s head. With a yell, Spike brought both fists down onto its head, knocking the Tyrannosaur out. It slumped down back to the floor and its huge tongue lolled out of its mouth. After making sure the beast remained unconscious, Spike headed back to the door. When he arrived, he saw it lifting and Twilight on the other side. Her horn was glowing and she was straining to raise the heavy slab. Once the door was opened, she released the spell and caught her breath.
“Spike, are you alright?” she asked as the others walked up from behind her. Spike pulled the SpellStone of Fire from his bag and they marveled at it.
“Ooh, shiny,” commented Pinkie Pie.
“Where did you find it?” Twilight asked. Spike stepped aside and pointed to the snoring King RedEye down the hall. Their eyes nearly popped out of their skulls when the saw the size of the dinosaur.
“Dad, look at what we got!” Tricky called out to the King EarthWalker as they made their way to the Great Fox where he was waiting with the Star Fox Team along with the other EarthWalkers.
“Well done,” the King said when he saw the dragon carrying the red gem. “You have all made me very proud. Don’t worry son, I will stay with the city until it returns to the island. I’ll see you again soon. Now let’s waste no more time, you have a SpellStone to take to the Volcano Force Point Temple.”
“Thank you,” Spike said to the King as they boarded the airship.
“Oh, Your Highness!” Peppy exclaimed when he saw Twilight Sparkle walked onto the ship.
“Welcome aboard the Great Fox, Princess,” Captain Pepper saluted. They exchanged courtesies and the Captain introduced his crew to the Alicorn. Once everyone was inside the ship, they took off and flew back to Krazoa Island.