//------------------------------// // Nightmare moon returns // Story: Spike Pie // by Silver Butcher //------------------------------// Spike couldn’t believe what he was seeing, The horror that was Nightmare Moon was right in front of the crowd. Spike did the smart thing, and he did it at the same time as most of the foals in the building did, he hid under a table, the ones with him were Applebloom and Pipsqueak. "We're so dead," Applebloom said. Pipsqueak and Spike agreed. "You're not supposed to agree!" After hiding for a while, Spike popped his head out to see that Twilight had gathered some ponies to go after Nightmare Moon, Pinkie among them. Spike waved her over. "You're not allowed not to come back, got it?" Spike said. "Understood," Pinkie said with a salute, then gave Spike a hug."And you're not allowed to avenge me if I don't come back."  Spike frowned. "Fine." "Pinkie Promise me." "I Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye!" Spike recited. "That I won't avenge you if you don't come back." "Good," Pinkie said. "And keep everypony distracted!" Pinkie yelled as she and the others ran out. "Hmm," Spike considered before yelling, "Alright everypony gather round!" After almost everypony had gathered, Spike pulled out a bunch of boards and nails from who knows where and yelled, "Backup Plan!" and soon every window was boarded up. After a while though, everypony was trying to find their family. Since Spike, Owlowiscious, and Sweetie Belle's only family "nearby" was off saving the day, they just kinda made a fire outside and roasted marshmallows. "So," Spike asked, "how did you and Twilight meet Owlowiscious?" "She was given an owl egg to hatch for an entrance exam to Celestia's School for gifted unicorns, and went crazy with the amount of magic she used and, um, turned me from an owl to an owl/griffin hybrid." "What!" Sweetie cried, "that's so cool!"  Spike’s whole body suddenly phased out of focus for a second. "What the..!?!?" Spike moved his fingers. "Hey, I don't feel so heavy anymore!" Spike jumped and spun in the air, floating with the help of some balloons. "Yes! The spell has worn off! I'd be so happy if my sister wasn't probably maybe about to die." Spike frowned and slowly fell back to the ground with his balloons all popping once he landed. "That doesn't make me feel any better," Sweetie said. "I agree, makes me feel worse actually" Owlowiscious agreed as he lifted his burnt marshmallow. eventually, they ran out of marshmallows. "Well now what?, " Sweetie asked. when Spike jumped up. "I got it!" Spike flew back to Sugarcube Corner and came back with Gummy and Wallace, looking like he had lost a fight. "Holy Celestia." Owlowiscious yelped, "Spike did you just fight an alligator with a rock, and steal its baby!?" "What?" Spike asked, "No, this is Pinkie’s pet Gummy and my pet Wallace." "Why are you all beat up?" "Oh, I just flew full speed into several buildings," Spike said bluntly as he set Gummy and Wallace down. "Ok first, are you ok? You sound perfectly fine with smashing into a building. Second, why did you go grab Pinkie’s pet?" Owlowiscious asked. "I'm fine," Spike said, "completely and totally fine, and I grabbed Gummy so we could have something to distract us!"  They looked at where Spike had set Gummy and found he was staring blankly up, not moving, not blinking, then his tongue stuck out and Gummy licked his own eyeball. "Awww," Spike said. "Ewww," Owlowiscious and Sweetie replied. Finally, after two hours of watching Gummy do stuff and questioning whether Spike was alright since he was having a conversation with his rock, the sun rose. "They did it!" all three yelled, then there was silence. "Now what?" Owlowiscious asked. "Let’s have a party!" Spike yelled as the balloon's on his back reinflated and he pulled out a radio and started playing a lullaby. "A...yawn..a sleep party..." and like that everypony dispersed, went home, and promptly fell asleep.