Sunny Knight: a Pony's Tale

by TheothersideofSunny968

Calling upon a hero

"Well who-wee! That sure was a heck of ah show!" Applejack said as she and Rarity exited the map room of Twilight's castle, having just returned from a friendship mission.

"I agree. I think we both deserve a nice trip to the spa to celebrate" Rarity suggested as she happily trotted close by her orange friend.

Applejack chuckled lightly "he he, anything ta get ta th' spa, huh Rares?"

"Oh Applejack, you need to treat yourself a little" the prissy white unicorn commented as she flipped a curl of her mane. "After all how are you going to entice that charming Sunny to sweep you off your hooves when your covered in dirt and sweat all the-"

"HEY THERE SUNNY!" Applejack shouted over Rarity, hoping to have drowned out what her fashionista friend had been talking about.

"Oh, hey Applejack, howdy Rarity" Sunny half smiled acknowledged both the mares standing before him. The yellow unicorn appeared to be standing around, just waiting down the hall from the map room. "Ugh, is Twilight in th' map room?"

"Why yes, we just informed her on our recent friendship mission" Rarity chimed with glee. "Twilight loves to document all friendship missions for future use. I thinks she said something about making a book or something down the line."

"Is everythin' ok, partner?" Applejack asked, noticing how Sunny seemed to lack his usual shine. She admired and gawked at him when he worked or was running around with his friends, he seemed to just shine like the sun to her. She could tell when something was bothering him whenever he lost that shine.

"I'm fine" Sunny said, eyes looking away from Applejack's for a split second. "I just need to talk to Twilight about a friendship problem."

"Well... ok" Applejack replied, readjusting her hat.

"You know, darling, we may not be the 'princess of friendship' but we do solve friendship issues" Rarity started to say, motioning to herself and Applejack. "You 'can' come to us and talk if you ever need to."

"Thank you, Rarity" Sunny forced another smile. "But I think I need Twilight's help on this one."

With a bow, Sunny then casually walked past the two mares and shot strait for the map room. Both Applejack and Rarity watched as he seemed to almost march down the hall. As soon as he walked in and the door closed behind him, Rarity caught her farm pony friend's attention.

"I think now we really have a reason to go to the spa, there's no better place for girls to talk about stallions then there in the sauna" Rarity offered her advice once again.

"You win Rarity" Applejack said as she tore her eyes from the door to the map room. "But only 'cuz ah need ah mare ta talk to."

Walking into the map room, Sunny quickly found Twilight sitting at her throne writing a million words per second in a hard covered book. Approaching cautiously, Sunny cleared his threat to alert Twilight of his presence. But the purple alicorn just kept writing away. The former prince hesitated, wondering if this was some form of retaliation, her ignoring him. Coughing once again, Sunny tried to at least get some notification out of her. But the princess of friendship kept smiling and writing away in her book.

It wasn't until Twilight was done with her entry and placed her quill down that she even was aware she was no longer alone in the map room. "Oh, Sunny! When did you get here?"

"Ugh, I've been here, trying to get your attention" Sunny flatly said then remembered how Twilight was super focus with reading and how hard it was for someponies to get her attention. That same focus must transfer over to when she's writing. "I need to talk to you about something."

"Is it Sombra related?" Twilight's relaxed and upbeat expression turned grim with the thoughts of Sombra's possible plots.

"Well, kinda..." Sunny said while nervously scratching under his hat. "It's more of a... 'Spike' related issue."

"Did you apologize to him yet?" Twilight's expression didn't soften as she got up and started walking over to a book shelf she kept in the map room, the book she was writing trailing right behind her floating in her purple magical aura.

"I've apologized several times since we last spoke" Sunny stated as he walked behind the princess of friendship. "But nothing seems to reach him."

"I wouldn't expect him to jump at the chance to forgive you" Twilight spat as she placed the book back with the others. "I still haven't forgiven you for anything yet, you know."

Sighing heavily, Sunny's head felt like it began to spin faster then the speed of light. "Ugh!... How can I ever make any of this right?"

"One step at a time" Twilight's expression softened as she turned to the yellow unicorn, seeing his frustration. "I kinda understand why you did what you did. It wasn't the smartest move, but you still did it, and you have to make it right."

"I've... I've never had to fix such a big mess before" Sunny admitted. "I've never had to apologize and make right something on this scale."

"You've never had a fight with a friend before?" Twilight asked, raising a brow.

"I've never had 'real' friends before" Sunny explained, taking several deep breaths. "I had 'friends' once, long ago, when I was a Foal. But they... weren't real friends. I never forgave them, never really talked to them after what happened. And anytime I needed to face something I've done wrong, I was able to make it right. I always found a way to fix it. But I don't know how to fix what I did to Spike.

"I was just as terrible a friend to him as the other foals were to me back then." Sunny hand his head admitting how badly he had screwed up.

Watching the yellow unicorn and his internal struggle, Twilight slowly started to see something in Sunny she almost forgot about. It was like an internal light, a flickering flame that showed he wanted to to good. It reminded her of Sunset Shimmer back at the fall formal. A look in their eyes showed they truest were looking to make things right. She made a change, maybe Sunny could too.

Twilight placed a hoof on Sunny's shoulder, which redirected the yellow unicorn's attention to her. As he looked at her with confused and sheepish green eyes, Twilight felt the strength of her inner princess at work. "I'll talk with Spike. He's partly hurt because he thinks he hurt me. I'll let him know that 'I' forgive him, and talk to him about forgiving you. In the mean time, why don't you go and get him something, like eh, a peace offering."

"A peace offering? Like what" Sunny started to think back to when he would perform such feats. But unlike Grtffins or other pony groups, dragons must like different things and hold various objects in higher or lower standing when it came to such.

"Spike loves gems, and I think you two talked about comic books a bit? Maybe start there?" Twilight said with a smile, hoping Sunny would know where to pick it up from there.

"Yeah! I got it now!" A light flickered on in Sunny's mind as the conversations with Spike began to reel in his head. He was about o zoom out of the map room to hit the market when he paused and looked back.

It hurt him to look Twilight in the eye, but taking in another deep breath, Sunny forced himself to lock eyes with Twilight. "I'm... I'm sorry, Twilight. For everything I did. For lying to Spike. For making a mess of your library. For everything. I know I said you weren't really 'my' friend when I was on trial. But I guess 'I' want much of a friend to you. I'm sorry."

Thinking back to the trial, Twilight remembered burning with anger from Sunny's betrayal. But looking at the yellow unicorn now, Twilight saw somepony different. Sunny did all of that because he was scared, but when there wasn't anything to fear, Sunny could feel free to be himself. Looking at him now, Twilight was starting to see 'who' Sunny really was.

"I forgive you for trashing my library" Twilight told him. "And I'll forgive you for what you did to Spike when he forgives 'you'. As for my brother-"

"Twilight" Sunny interrupted her. "I'm not apologizing for what I did to him. I'm not sorry. Some lessons are hard, but necessary. I'll take whatever comes from that. But he needed that."

Twilight's sympathy shook a little for the former prince. She broke her gaze from him, feeling her anger starting to build up again. "Maybe you should just go get the stuff."

With one last nod, Sunny left the map room and made a strait shot for the market, leaving Twilight to think about everything that went on, wondering what was right and what was wrong. What was needing to be done about the former prince, and what should be left alone. "Why can't things be easy. Why is everything so grey?"

Taking several long moments to calm herself down and gather her thoughts, Twilight began her long and drawn out walk to her number one assistant's bedroom. She stood there a moment, trying to piece together all of what she was going to say to the little purple dragon. She knew him since the day he was hatched, took care of him and grew up with him. Now somepony had driven a stake between them by forcing him to tell her lies. What's more, Twilight had to try and convince Spike to forgive said pony. With one last deep breath, Twilight knocked on the dragon's bedroom door.

"Spike?" Twilight casually called out, trying to keep her tone both soft yet loud enough for the baby dragon to hear through the door. "May I come in?"

Moments passed before the door cracked open, revealing a small purple and green dragon standing there, half of his body and face hidden behind the door, a pitch black room behind him. "Is there something I can do for you, Twilight?"

"Can I come in?" Twilight spoke softer as she looked down to her dragon assistant. "I think we need to talk."

Without another word, Spike stepped out from behind the door, opening it to allow Twilight passage into his dark room. As she stepped inside, the princess of friendship noticed that Spike had not only closed his curtains, but had also blocked out any and all sunlight with a wall of books from his room's own bookshelf. After lighting a few small candles on his desk and taking a seat on his bed, Spike waited for his scolding to begin. Something he had been waiting for since Sunny's secrets were brought to light. He knew he deserved worse, expecting Twilight to even disown him and fire him from being her assistant.

Taking a seat next to him, Twilight brushed her mane a little behind her ear, not quite making eye contact as she began the conversation she rehearsed prior to coming. "Spike, listen, I know you're really upset about everything that happened-"

"Upset?" Spike repeated the word, low at first but his voice began to grow like wild fire as his emotions began to burn him from the inside out. "Upset?... Twilight... I'm sorry. No! I'm 'more' then sorry! This is all my fault. If I had just come to you, told you what lies Sunny had told me, we wouldn't be in this mess! I was so stupid to believe him!... I guess... I guess I wanted to just keep you safe..."

"Keep me safe?" It was Twilight's turn to repeat what Spike had said. "Keep me safe from what?"

Still not looking Twilight in the eye, Spike began recalling what Sunny hat told him. "Sunny said if you started to read those books, that you would become corrupt, crazy, mean, like king Sombra. I didn't want that. And when he told me he was a royal guard, and showed me his secret cave and stuff, I believed him. I just wanted to protect you. I don't know what I would do without you, Twilight... but... but I guess I don't deserve to be your assistant..."

Hopping off the bed, Spike pulled a suit case out from the space between the bed and the floor, and started packing his toys, comic books and candy he had in his night stand. "I hope your next assistant does a better hone then-"

"What are you talking about?" Twilight interrupted the little purple dragon. "Spike, the only assistant I want is you! Besides, nopony could ever take your place."

Spike stopped packing and looked up at Twilight, it was then that she realized that the whole time, the little purple dragon kept his face hidden to hide the fact that tears were running down his cheeks. "Y-you meant it? N-n-no other dragon either?"

"No pony or dragon or even griffin could replace you, Spike" Twilight said as she used one of her wings to pull Spike into her for a hug. "You're more then just my number one assistant. You're like a brother to me. I could never replace you."

"But..." Spike started to sniffle. "But I lied to you! I betrayed your trust! Aren't you angry with me?! Don't you want to get rid of me and find somepony you trust more?"

"I know you never meant to hurt me, Spike" Twilight began to explain. "And after seeing you like this, I know you'll never do this again. But you know, you are entitled to your own secrets. You're getting older, and the older you get, the more things are going to start to happen in your life. Maybe even thing's that are more 'guy' things, or like what you do on your days off."

"You mean eat gems, sniff my feet and read comic books?" Spike's tears started to clear up as he looked up at the purple alicorn.

"Yes, yes all of that" Twilight commented, not really wanting to know why her assistant felt the need to smell his feet, or if it was just a guy thing. "But what I'm saying, is that I 'want' you to feel like you can talk to me about anything. Whether it's about your feet or somepony hiding secrets. I wasn't upset with you about hiding secrets from me, I was upset somepony used you to hide secrets from me."

Cleansing his claws and glaring at the ground, Spike spat out his next words. "I. Hate. Sunny."

The conversation wasn't quite going in the direction Twilight planned for. Thinking quickly, something occurred to her. Hopefully something that would redirect the baby dragon's anger. "Spike, I want you to think about how you jest felt. When you thought that I didn't want you to be my assistant anymore, and that I wanted you to leave."

That claimed the baby dragon down a little. "Ugh, ok. But why?"

"Would you have done anything to prevent that from happening?" Twilight asked, leading the baby dragon more to the point.

"Not to take Sunny's side on this, but that's exactly why he did what he did" Twilight explained, putting her own mixed feelings aside. "He's afraid of losing his friends, and being disowned by them and Applejack."

"But I'm not the son of king Sombra! I'm not running around getting ponies to lie to each other and hiding things!" Spike moved to defend himself.

"I'm not saying what he did was right" Twilight continued, keeping her voice calm and cool. "I'm just saying, if you were afraid of losing me, you'd do anything to prevent that from happening, wouldn't you?"

After several deep breaths, Spike calmed down and replied. "I guess..."

"I'm not asking you to forgive him" Twilight continued her lecture. "I'm just asking that you'll hear him out and consider it. Having friends, even disappointing them, that's all new to Sunny. Remember what Sunset Shimmer was like before we helped her?"

"Yeah, mean and nasty" Spike replied, thinking of his first adventure to Canterlot High.

"Sunny's just a few steps behind where she was" Twilight elaborated. "I don't want to see him have to go through what she did. Especially seeing what he means to Applejack and her family. I think there's good in him. He just needs good friends to help guide him in the right direction."

Spike started thinking about it, scratched his head, then looked back to Twilight. "If you think I should give him another try, I'll do it. But only because he's important to Applejack."

Smiling at the little purple and green dragon, Twilight pulled him into another hug. As he returned the hug, Twilight thought to add "Also, he's out right now getting you a 'peace offering'. I told him what kind of things you like."

"Really?!" That really peeked the baby dragon up, his tail wagging. "Like gems and gem covered cup cakes?!"

"And comic books" Spike added as she hopped off the bed. "I think he'll be back in a few hours.

"That's awesome!" Spike began jumping slightly for joy. He stopped and looked back at Twilight once more. "Twilight... thanks for not getting rid of me."

"Like I said before, Spike, nopony or dragon could replace you" Twilight repeated herself, shooting her number one assistant an honest smile.

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Sunny had shot from Twilight's castle to the next town over as fast as he could. He had heard all the latest comic books first came to that town before being sent over to Ponyville, and although he could have just stopped by the local comics stand, Sunny wanted to get some comics he knew Spike wouldn't have. Gems were everywhere, although not cheap. But Sunny wasn't worried about money, he was worried about urning forgiveness. Something that isn't bought with bits or gems, but has to be given. Like Twilight suggested, a peace offering might do the trick.

When Sunny arrived at the comics shop after picking up a large bag of gems, he began to calm himself by taking a few deep breaths. He wanted to make sure that the comics he chose were up Spike's alley, something he would like. Looking around there were many rare and expensive comics in cases and protective sleeves. One in particular caught the yellow unicorn's eye.

Picking the comic up, Sunny studied the cover for a moment then flipped it open. "Power Ponies vs The Evil Black Shadow Knight"

"Ah! Yes!" A grey stallion behind the counter commented when he saw Sunny reading one of his comics. The elderly earth pony had a long, braided, purple mane, wore traditional clothing of some sort, and had a small pair of reading glasses resting at the edge of his muzzle. "That one just arrived! It was hard finding them, but worth every bit! I was able to charge ten times the price almost immediately due to their rarity!"

Sunny looked over the cover again, his eyes hardened at the image he focused on. The Power Ponies appeared to be taking on an opponent in black armor, with a muzzle hidden behind a black mask, and purple flames that emerged from the corners of it's eyes. The character looked far more menacing then Sunny ever did. "Great... ugh, I'm looking to pick up some comics for a friend of mine."

"Well you're in luck! Normally I charge 700 bits for that comic, but for you... 500 bits" the stallion said in a generous tone as he pushed his glasses up with one hoof.

"I... don't think he'd like that one..." Sunny tried to make up an excuse to push away the overly priced comic, putting it back gently in a glass case. "He does like the Power Ponies, though. But I'm not sure all of what he has..."

"Ah! How about this?" The shop owner pulled a comic out from behind the stand. It was a Power Ponies comic, appearing to be signed by somepony Sunny couldn't recognize. "The original creator of the comics sighted it herself! Worth quite a bit ! But again, I'm feeling generous. Normally 900 bits, but for you, 650. A really generous offer. You are a very lucky guy."

Scratching his mane under his hat, Sunny started to think about it when something caught his eye. Out of the corner of his vision was the total of a comic that seemed familiar. 'The Dark Detective; Raise of Frost Bite!'

Forgetting about the signed comic for the moment, Sunny trotted over to the comic that seemed out of place and pushed off to the corner. Levitating the comic up in his magical aura and flipping though the pages, a smile began to grow on his muzzle. The shop owner saw this and a similar smile began to grown on his own.

"I think I'll take this one" Sunny asked, closing the comic and holding it in his magical aura. He then looked around quickly and picked a few more comics that Spike might like. Ones that seemed up his alley, but were ones that appeared to be new to print. 'Giant jujitsu fighting lizards', 'The amazing Wall Crawler' and 'Defenders; Equestria's mightiest heros'. They all sounded decent, but obviously 'The Dark Detective' was the center piece. Sunny placed the comics up on the check stand. "And these two, how much do I owe you?"

"Hmmmm...." the stallion at the register looked the comics over for a bit before calculating in his head how much he wanted to charge for the comics. He was so busy working out the numbers, he failed to see more two ponies walk in. One was a dark grey, grim looking unicorn, the other was a lighter grey Pegasus with a rather determined look about her. As the two ponies looked around, the shop owner finished his calculating and smiled at the yellow unicorn. "That will be... 900 bits."

"900 BITS?!" Sunny repeated, feeling outraged. "For four comics?!"

Sunny's repeating of the price seemed to alert the grim looking unicorn who was just inspecting an odd item in a glass case.

"The 'Dark Detective' comics are rare, most are out of print. This one was particularly hard to come by" the shop owner claimed. "If you don't want it, then just 15 bits for the rest."

Taking a deep sigh, Sunny was about to actually fork out the outrageous amount for the comic, But as Sunny reached up into his Stetson hat, a dark grey hoof stopped him from retreaving his money.

"Hold on, just one moment..." the dark grey unicorn said, a few sparks of electricity jumping from his horn. He reached out and picked the comic book in question up with his hoof and began to carefully examine it. "Just as I thought."

"Can I help you?" The shop owners was quickly becoming annoyed at the grey stallion's interference. "Unless 'you' wish to buy the comic, I suggest-"

"It's a fake" the dark grey unicorn stated, slamming the comic as hard as he could onto the counter. "And it's not the only one. I do my research, and I can spot a fake comic a mile away. Your case is filled with comics that are signed most likely by 'you' trying to mimic the illustrator's signature."

"What?! Why! I never!" The shop owner was appalled. "How dare you insult me in my own shop! Get out! All of you! No comics for anypony!"

"I wonder how many ponies you've scammed out of their hard urned bits like this?" The grey unicorn narrowed his dark green eyes at the shop owner who began to sweat uncontrollable as he looked nervously around his shop, glad that it was a rather quiet day. "I think we passed some royal guards on our way here. Didn't we, honey?"

"I think we did, Sweetie" the lighter grey Pegasus mare said as she quickly trotted up next to her husband. "I wonder what 'they' would have to say about you charging this much for fake merchandise?"

Shaking off his fear, the shop owner narrowed his eyes on the dark grey unicorn, completely ignoring Sunny. "What do you want from me?"

"First" the Dark grey unicorn started to calmly say, appearing to be focusing hard on something. "I want you to give this guy all his comics for free."

"What?!" The shop owner grew furious by the demand. But his rage melted away when he thought he saw a Pegasus guard walk past the window. Swallowing his pride, the shop owner nodded. "Fine! They're free. Take them and get out! I don't want to see you in my shop again!"

Sunny took the comics and placed them safely in a paper bag. He paused to look back at the couple, shooting them a small smile. "Thank you. Ah owe ya one."

"Don't worry about it" the unicorn sad with a half smile, then turned his attention back to the shop owner. "But you may want to leave. I have a few questions for this gentlecolt."

Taking one last glance at the couple before he left, Sunny wanted to etch their images into his mind so he could remember to whom he owed thanks to. After leaving the shop behind, Sunny casually walked down the street and hit the road that would eventually lead him back to Ponyville. The whole trip itself would take a few hours, but it would be a good time to relax and think about what he was going to say to Spike.

Meanwhile, back in the comic shop, Thunder Veil grabbed the 'Power Ponies vs The Dark Shadow Knight' comic and placed it on the counter, narrowing his eyes on the shop owner, who also shot a hard glare back at the dark unicorn.

"That one is 100% real, that I can assure you" the shop owner said, a sharp tone in his voice.

"I know that" Thunder said as his wife, White Out, checked the rest of the shop for items also carrying it's image. "I want to know where you got this. Who sold it to you?"

"I forgot" the shop owner smiled slyly as he lied to the dark grey unicorn.

Sighing heavily, Thunder Veil closed his eyes and shook his head. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

"Oh! What are you going to do? Tell the royal guards I just gave away fake merchandise? You don't have proof I sold anything else to anypony else. And by the time you get back with a royal guard, I would have changed the merchandise and the product. You two would have no proof that I ever did anything wrong!" The shop owner mocked Thunder Veil, then chuckled lightly. "You don't scare me."

Normally, such an insult would push Thunder to the brink of an electrical outburst, but this time, Thunder was going to have a little fun. Without taking his eyes off the shop owner, the dark grey unicorn smiled over at his wife. "Hey honey?"

"Yes Sweetie?" White out called out, with absolutely no concern in her tone, having looked over all the rest of the products in the shop, and coming up empty hooved.

"Can you step outside for a moment?" Thunder asked. "This gentlecolt and I need to have a private word. Stallion to stallion."

"Ok, would you like me to go and talk to that nice guard we met on the way over?" White Out asked as she walked over to her husband and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Yes please, and make sure he's distracted and far away from the shop" Thunder added, his dark eyes appearing to glow a brighter green now. "I don't need him bursting in while we're 'talking'."

"Will do. I think I'll bring that rickety sign at the edge of town to his attention. It could fall and hurt somepony" White Out suggested as she was halfway out the door. "That's enough of an ice breaker, maybe I'll get him to talk more about himself. I could keep him going for quite some time."

"Oh! And please lock the door and turn the sign over so it says 'Sorry, we're closed" Thunder added, a smile cracking in his muzzle.

The shop owner gulped a little as the light grey mare walked out of the shop, doing as her husband asked from her. Now it was just him and the dark grey unicorn who's horn seemed to be sparking quite a bit more then earlier.

"You want me to be honest, Mr. Shop owner?" Thunder asked as his eyes began to glow brighter and brighter. "I was hoping you would chose 'the hard way'."

The entire walk back to Twilight's castle, Sunny rehearsed, revised and reworked what he was going to tell Spike. He thought about just handing the comics and gems over and quickly apologizing before leaving the purple dragon to enjoy the peace offering. But that might make it seem like Sunny didn't really care. Another thing he could do was give the comics to Spike and tell him about how he acquired them, but that made it sound like he was not only cheap but egotistical and possibly self absorbed as well. No, the best opening Sunny settled on was giving Spike the gifts, waiting a moment, then he would try and get the baby dragon to talk about the contents and characters more. Last time Sunny gave Spike a comic, the baby dragon was really excited and eager to talk about it. It was something Spike liked and it made him happy to share the knowledge with somepony. Besides, Sunny kinda liked to hear about the comic book heroes.

After arriving back at Twilight's castle, the princess of friendship herself smiled at Sunny's return and lead him right back to Spike's bedroom door. Without a word, Twilight shot Sunny a look that let him know that she talked to him and wished the yellow unicorn 'good luck'. After Twilight left, giving Sunny and Spike room to work things out, Sunny took a deep breath, ready to take on his hardest challenge yet. Making up with a friend.

His yellow hoof knocked several times on the bedroom door before Spike's muffled voice could be heard. "Come in..."

Taking another deep breath, Sunny levitated the 'peace offerings' with him as he walked slowly inside the baby dragon's room. It was still relatively dark, but there was just enough light to make out the shape of a small dragon off in the corner, curled up on a rather large bed. Growing extremely nervous, Sunny's mind wiped everything out of it that he planned on saying. All his preparation, every motion and procedure the yellow unicorn planned on taking to ensure the purple dragon would forgive him, out he door!

As his heart began to race, Sunny thought back to what Applejack told him once. 'Just be yerself. Take it easy, and act natural.'

Sure Applejack giving Sunny a pep talk right before he went out on his first day of running the Apple stand in town, but the same basic principals apply. Taking another deep breath, Sunny decided it would be best if he just played it cool and acted like himself, talking to anypony, and not Somepony who he tricked and manipulated to cove up for himself and his own blunders. "Ugh, Spike? It's me, Sunny."

"Yeah? What do you want?" The purple dragon kicked his covers off and sat up, but kept his back to the yellow unicorn.

"I... I wanted to give you these..." Sunny levitated the bag of gems and the comic books over to the purple dragon and put them right beside him.

Looking over at them, part of Spike wanted to dive into the gems, but his dragon's pride prevented him from doing so. "You think this makes things right?"

Sunny's head hung lower as he looked away from the purple dragon. "I know it doesn't make it right. What I did was wrong, I know that. I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from doing all of that. But I can't... I just want you to know how sorry I am. I know this doesn't make it right, but atleast it shows I want to make things right."

Spike said nothing, he just sat there in the dark, thinking maybe. Sunny felt like it was a good time to leave Spike to do some thinking as he himself had done. Slowly leaving the room and closing the door behind him, Sunny exhausted his held breath. 'Was it always this difficult to make things right with a friend? I wonder how long it would take till things were ok between-"

"UGH!!!!" Spike's scream could be heard from outside his bedroom door.

Sunny immediately slid back into the little dragon's room, only to come face to face with a bright and blinding light that appeared to be pulling Spike into the ground. Instantly, Sunny jumped and grabbed ahold of Spike's claws, trying to pull him out of the mouth of the bright light. After several moments of struggling, the pull seemed to grow stronger and stronger, until it lifted Sunny up as well and sucked both the former prince and the dragon assistant into it. On the ground lay an open comic book, it's page's contents half finished. Right before it closed, a small message could be seen in the middle of the page;

'A hero is needed, to heal a vengeful heart. Set things right and you'll return where you start'

Then issue of 'the Dark Detective vs Frost Bite!' Shut closed, leaving the room dark and quiet.

Comments

[Wolven5]

'A hero is needed, to heal a vengeful heart. Set things right and you'll return where you start'

Genius! Especially the enchanted comic deal; y'know, I did not see that coming!