//------------------------------// // Chapter Four: Butterfly Effect // Story: A Perfect World I Almost Ruined // by Metatoda42 //------------------------------// Bruce and Rainbow Dash sat on a table in Fluttershy's cabin. They both have a plate full of sandwiches in front them. Bruce took a bite out of the sandwich and smirked. “Hmm, taste like chicken.” He said with a challenging look on his face. Rainbow Dash sighed and picked up the sandwich warily. “You didn’t use actual chicken right?” She asked, looking at the food in front of her with a critical expression on her face. “Of course not! Fluttershy would kill me if I hurt any of her children, I mean chicken.” Bruce replied. Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and took a bite out of the sandwich. “Now chew...” Bruce said encouragingly. The Pegasus obliged, chewing the food and tried to enjoy the sweet and salty taste of the predator meal. She swallowed the food and looked at it for a moment. “Not bad... It tastes really weird though.” She commented before taking another bite. “You like it?” Bruce asked with smile on his face. The Pegasus shrugged before taking another bite. “Well I do like it, but it doesn’t mean I’m gonna keep eating this.” She replied, finishing the food in a matter of seconds. Bruce applauded Rainbow Dash in amazement. “Woohoo! Now that took some guts. Go RD!” He said, before finishing his 'chicken' sandwich. A knocking sound suddenly came from the door. "Come in!' Bruce said. Fluttershy opened the door and walked in to the living room. She has a saddlebag full of fruits and vegetables on her back. "Good Afternoon Bruce." She said, putting her saddlebag on a wall nearby. "Sup Flutters! Want some?" Bruce asked, offering her the last chicken sandwich. Fluttershy looked at the sandwich with a perplexed expression on her face. "N-no thank you! I-I... just ate..." She replied nervously. In reality, she just don't want to know how an animal taste. Bruce shrugged before finishing the last sandwich. "So, Rainbow Dash, you still up for that race?" He asked with a smirk on his face. The Pegasus nodded in excitement. "Yeah! I never have a decent race since I moved here." She replied. "No offense Fluttershy..." RD said towards the other Pegasus. "I understand, none taken." Fluttershy replied. Bruce stood from the chair and walked upstairs. "Wait here, I have something else to show you." He said, making Rainbow Dash stood frozen in her seat with a permanent excited smile on her face. A few minutes, Bruce appeared from the stairs. He is wearing a blue futuristic body armor with electric blue linings. He also has a pair of huge wings behind his back, similar to the Supreme Alicorn Body Armor. "I call this one, The Pegasus Might." He said proudly. Rainbow Dash flashed from her seat and reappeared in front of the human. "That is SO COOL!!! What can it do?" She asked, looking at Bruce from all sides. "It gave me a ridiculous amount of strength and up to twenty wing power." Bruce turned around to show her a small rocket boosts attached between his wings. "With this thruster, I can get up to forty wing power. But don't worry, I'm not gonna use it, it's cheating." Rainbow Dash's eyes sparkled as she put a hoof over the rocket thruster. "This looks even better than the Supreme Alicorn Body Armor..." She muttered. Bruce shook his head. "Not really, this Armor is powered by The Crystallized Singularity. Although it has almost infinite amount of power, it doesn't give me any magic." He explained. "But Forty Wing Power?? That's more than enough to make the Sonic Rainboom!!" RD exclaimed. Bruce smirked as an idea appeared on his head. "How about, instead of a race, we have a Sonic Rainboom competition next week during Spike's Birthday Party? The whole town's gonna be the judge and if I win, you will be my test subject for one day." Rainbow Dash smirked and folded her hoof in front of her chest. "But if I win, you're making my armor first." She replied. They both shook their hand/hoof. "It's a deal! Tomorrow after Spike's Birthday Party, we're gonna have that competition." Rainbow Dash said. "Hello?" A Rarity said in front of the Golden Oak Library. "Anypony home?" She opened the door and saw Twilight buried inside a huge pile of books. "Twilight! There you are! I need your..." Her words faltered when she saw Spike holding a beautiful heart-shaped fire ruby in his hand. She gasped and walked towards Spike. "Is that a fire ruby?! Huh, that must be at least twenty carats! No inclusions, pristine facets..." She muttered in amazement. "And totally delicious!" Spike said, licking the gemstone in his hand like a piece of candy. Twilight looked at Rarity questioningly. "What do you need my help for Rarity?" She asked her. The white unicorn shook her head and looked at Twilight. "Yes, I am working on Princess Celestia's Dress and I was hoping I can find some books for reference." She explained, while also eyeing the Fire Ruby in Spike's hand. Twilight took out a few books from the piles of book below her. "Here, I have some books about Royal Dresses, The History of Fashion, and..." She paused for a second and sighed. "And this book, please don't ask." Rarity looked at the last book in curiosity. It is a photo album with a symbol of the sun at the cover. She opened and gasped in a mixture of amazement and disbelief. "Oh my! Who took this photo?" She gasped. Inside the photo album is a dozen or so pictures of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The photos are taken in such way that it almost looked like they're posing for a magazine cover. There's a picture of Princess Celestia looking at the Moon in the middle of a starry night. There's also a picture of Princess Luna watching the sunrise from above Canterlot. Rarity flipped through the pages, looking at all of the pictures in fascination. Some of the pictures are just simple yet beautiful. Like a picture of Princess Celestia walking out of her castle and greeted by the guards, or a picture of Princess Luna soaring through the sky below the moonlight. "First of all, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are gorgeous!" Rarity exclaimed. "Second of all, who took these photos?" She asked in confusion, wondering if Photo Finish have infiltrated the castle somehow. Twilight sighed and looked at Rarity with a deadpan expression on her face. "Skywalker, duh! That Album is Bruce's blackmail material for turning him back into a human." She replied. Then she walked towards Rarity to look at the photos. "But to be fair, these photos are amazing..." Rarity nodded in agreement. "I agree darling! Princess Celestia is simply magnificent in her royal outfit." She bit her lip nervously. "Ooh... If only I can make the perfect dress for her..." She muttered. "Well, she usually uses white and gold color scheme in her clothing so..." Twilight let the word hang and a note suddenly came out of nowhere. "White and Gold..." Rarity muttered, taking notes out of her every sentence. "Carry on!" She said in concentration. Twilight smiled and looked up, thinking back towards her teacher. "She loves bright and colorful colors, but not the burning kind. More like, a gentle sunshine kind of color... Is that helpful?" Rarity nodded as she furiously wrote paragraphs upon paragraphs on her notes. "Is that all?" She asked, after finishing almost two pages of paper. Twilight nodded. "I think that's all, unless you wanted me to talk about how nice she is, how forgiving she is, how much she loves her sister, her pet phoenix, her subjects, me..." She dozed off for a few second before Spike snapped his claws to take her back into reality. Rarity smiled in excitement as she the perfect design of the clothing appeared in her head. "Thank you so much Twilight, I will go and finish the dress now. Although..." She looked at the Fire Ruby in Spike's hand before looking away. "No, that Fire Ruby wouldn't fit her at all. I need to find something softer and lighter like a... like a diamond and a... and Pearls! Oh, where can I get some pearls..." Rarity bid them farewell before hurriedly walking out of the door. Leaving Twilight with a whole library to clean up and Spike with a beautiful Fire Ruby to eat. "Huh, something feels awfully wrong..." Spike muttered, looking around in confusion. Twilight nodded. "Yeah, she left without the books..." She muttered, putting back the book she was about to give Rarity. Spike shook his head. "No, not that... It just feels like..." A little brown butterfly flew into the library from the window. "Wow... Looks like the universe doesn't even try to be subtle about it..." He muttered, watching as the butterfly perched itself on top of his Fire Ruby. "Nope, not subtle at all." He deadpanned while bracing himself for some more chaos. The next day, everypony plus a human and a dragon are standing in front of a beautiful ocean. The sands below them are sparkling yellow like powdered sugar, while the actual sea in front of them are glowing in a beautiful blue hue. "Welcome to Puerto Caballo, a nice beach resort at the edge of the Celestial Sea." Bruce said, walking towards the beach with a relaxed expression on his face. He looked back and noticed that nopony took another step towards the beach, they're all just stared at the ocean in front of them in wonder. Bruce sighed and walked towards them. "You never went to the beach before?" He asked them incredulously. They shook their heads mutely before they finally snapped out of their musings. "Whoa, so this is what the ocean looked like!? It's huge!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, flying towards the sea. "I wonder how Princess Celestia gets to have an ocean named after her." Twilight commented before following Rainbow Dash to the shorelines. "Wow, this place sure is different than home." Applejack said, slowly walking towards the shoreline in wonder. "BEACH PARTY!!!" Pinkie Pie took out her Party Cannon and it shoots out a tent with cakes, drinks, and party hat below it. "Uhmm, I think I'm going to stay here..." Fluttershy said, walking back towards a couple of benches behind her. Bruce shook his head and looked beside him. "So... There you go, the ocean." He said towards a certain white pony with dark purple mane. "Umm yes... It's beautiful, just as I expected..." She muttered, looking at how massive the ocean is. "I didn't know it's so big..." She added. The human smirked before walking towards the others. "Back in my home world, water covers 70% of my planet." He explained. "But those waters are mostly soups of death and decay. The waters here though..." He took a deep breath. "Ahh... doesn't smell like oil!" Rarity nodded before looking at the ocean beyond her. She stepped into the water and shivered at the cold. Her horn glows bright and a protective field of magic appeared around her as she submerged into the water. She looked around her and saw some coral reefs and clams. She used her magic to pick up all clams in the vicinity and started opening each one of them, looking for pearls. "Oh... Why can't I detect pearls the same way I detect gems?" She muttered, opening clams after clams and found nothing inside. Soon, the Unicorn started to get frustrated and threw away one of the clams into an abyss nearby. She peeked down the abyss and saw nothing but darkness. Then, she felt her cutie mark tingling and she knew that somewhere down there is something precious. She levitated a huge boulder and dropped it down the abyss, hoping she can make a small mound for easy access into the pit. Meanwhile, Bruce is currently enjoying the beach around him. He has his hands on his pocket as he watched Rainbow Dash and Applejack testing the waters. "So, what do you think?" Bruce asked. RD pointed at Applejack with a smug look on her face. "That Pony's too scared to step into the water." She said, floating on top of the ocean with a smirk on her face. "Well I didn' see you, touchin' the water either!" Applejack retorted, watching the huge waves far away from them warily. "Hey Rainbow Dash, Applejack, try and drink the water!" Twilight said suddenly with a mischievous look on her face. Both of the ponies shrugged while Bruce is busy taking out his digital camera since Skywalker is asleep in their suite. RD and AJ took a sip from the water and their face scrunched up disgust. They spat out the water just in time for Bruce to take a picture "Ack! That taste horrible!" RD exclaimed, rubbing his tongue with his hoofs. "Ugh... It taste like... I don't even know what it taste like!" AJ said before looking at Twilight with a flat look on her face. Both Bruce and Twilight rolling and laughing on the sand after seeing their reaction. They both looked at the digital camera in Bruce's hand in amusement before looking at each other. "Good one Twilight! Oh man, I didn't even know you had it in you..." He said. Twilight giggled some more before looking back at the human. "Well I guess it's your fault then..." She said. Bruce faked a hurt expression. "Twilight! How could you say such thing to your friend!? I would never corrupt your nice and friendly nature with horrible pranks and witty comebacks!" He said in a tone worthy of Rarity. The Unicorn just laughed in response before standing up from the sands. "So, have you ever been to this place before?" She asked him. Bruce shook his head. "Nope! But the beaches here aren't much different than the one back home. Besides, Rarity asked me to bring all of us here." Then he looked around in confusion. "For that matter, where is Rarity?" "HELP! MONSTER ATTACK!!!" A voice suddenly came from a distance away. Twilight and Bruce wasted no time running towards where they heard the voice. When they get there, Bruce and Twilight saw a huge octopus monster gripping Rarity with one of its tentacles. "The Kraken!? I knew I should've bring Bastion along!" He muttered. "What do we do? It got Rarity!" Twilight exclaimed in panic. "Hey you! Let my friend go you slimy!" A voice came from above. Twilight looked up and saw Rainbow Dash flying towards the beast. The Pegasus flew up into the air and dived down to deliver some epic hoof punch. 'Splonk' "AAAH! HELP!" only to get captured by the beast's tentacles. Bruce can't help but face-palmed after witnessing the epic fail. "Twilight, can you teleport them both back here?" He asked her. The Unicorn looked up and her horn glows bright. Bzzt, Pinkie Pie appeared in a flash of light. "Hey Everypony! The Party is... AAAAHHH" The Kraken grabbed Pinkie Pie before she can even finish her sentence. With more almost half of their friends strangled by the Kraken, the situation are getting bleaker and bleaker. "So... Any ideas?" Bruce asked as the backpack he wore starts unfolding into the Pegasus Might Armor. Twilight looked at the armor with a hopeful look on her face. "We can combine our magic to teleport them back to us!" She exclaimed. Bruce rubbed the back of his head when he heard that. "Yeah... about that, this one doesn't come with magic so..." He grabbed Twilight by her torso and flapped his wings. The human soared towards the beast with Twilight hanging below him. "Whoa! I'm not ready!" She yelled out as the human took her closer to the beast. She looked at her friends struggling against the tentacle's might grip. "Okay, here goes nothing." Bzzt, everypony teleported back to the shoreline. They looked at each other before hugging each other in relief. "Not yet everypony, we still have some problems." Bruce warned. "Eight of them..." The Human flew up the sky and soared towards the Kraken's head. He stopped in midair and glared towards its two ball shaped eyes. "Now Mr. Kraken, explain to me why you suddenly attacked my friends." He said with a no nonsense tone in his voice. "SCREECH!!!" Bruce sighed and held up his hand. "Wait here." He flew away from the shoreline in search for a certain yellow pegasus to communicate with the legendary beast. After a few moments of looking around, he saw Fluttershy sleeping and relaxing on a small beach chair. "Are you kidding me...?" He muttered in annoyance. He harshly grabbed Fluttershy's hoof and start dragging her up into the sky. "Kyaaa!!" She shouted, in surprise and panic. Bruce let go of her in front of the Kraken and watched her readjusting herself in midair. "Br-Bruce! Th-that's very rude of you to just..." "SCREECH!!!" Fluttershy looked at the Kraken in front of her for a moment before holding one of her hoofs up. "S-sorry, would you please hold on for a moment? I'll be back with you in a few seconds..." She looked back at Bruce floating behind her in disbelief. "Now you listen here Bruce, I do not know what it's like in your world, but it's considered very rude here to drag a pony up into the sky for pranks. I'm sorry, but you've gone too far with your pranks. Now, apologize!" She said sternly. The human cocked his head sideways in disbelief before sighing. "Sorry for disturbing you nap time..." He muttered guiltily. Fluttershy smiled approvingly before looking back at the Kraken behind her. "Now, what is it do you want to talk about Mr. Kraken?" She asked the legendary beasts kindly and calmly. "SCREECH!!!" The Pegasus put a hoof over her mouth in surprise. "Oh did she really? I'm pretty sure my friend didn't mean it, let me talk to her..." She flew down towards the rest of her friends watching her from below in disbelief. "Rarity, I want you to apologize to Mr. Kraken for disturbing his cave." Rarity looked at her for a moment before looking down in defeat. "I apologize if I ever caused any disturbance in your cave. I was just looking for pearls in the ocean." She explained guiltily. "SCREECH!!!" Fluttershy smiled at her. "Apology accepted, and he said he has something for you." The Kraken disappeared into the depths before reappearing with a huge pile of Gold Coins, Pearls, Jewelries, and Gemstones. It dropped the treasure in front of the ponies as if he just dumped a pile of trash. "Oh my..." Rarity gasped in awe, speechless at the sight of the treasure in front of her. "SCREECH" "Mr. Kraken said that he has no use for them and that they crowded his cave. He wants you to have it since Pony seem to like glowing pebbles more than he does." Fluttershy explained. Rarity put a hoof over one of the precious gems. "Somepony catch me!" She fainted and Twilight gently caught her with her magic. A few days later, Twilight just finished preparing for Spike's Birthday Party. "Just about finished, Spike? Everypony will be here soon." She asked the birthday dragon. Spike didn't seem to hear the unicorn. He has his eyes glued on the delicious Fire Ruby in his claws. "Yeah... It's perfect..." He muttered with a dreamy look on his face. Twilight just rolled her eyes before looking at the time. "Huh, they should be here in..." A sound of knocking came from the door and a blur of pink flashed in front of her eyes. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKE!!!" Pinkie Pie yelled, throwing a confetti up into the air. Then she took out her Party Cannon and aimed it at the dragon. Spike held up his claws. "N-no! Wait! What are you..." 'BANG' a huge gift box shot out of the Cannon and straight towards the poor dragon. Knocking him to the floor. The Dragon rubbed his face in pain before looking around in confusion. He saw everypony surrounding him with a gift box hanging on their mouth. "Are those... for me?" He asked in disbelief. "You bet they are Birthday Boy!" Applejack said, giving him a green gift box. She watched in amusement as Spike opened the gift box in excitement, revealing an apple-patterned blanket. Then Fluttershy handed him a purple gift box, followed by Rainbow Dash who just dropped a barbell in front of him. "I never get this much gift before..." Spike muttered in confusion. "Don't you get gifts on your birthday?" Rainbow Dash asked. Spike shook his head. "This is my first birthday in Ponyville and I usually get one present from Twilight..." He looked back and saw Twilight with a book wrapped in colorful papers floating beside her. "A book..." He deadpanned. Twilight has a sheepish smile on her face as she slowly walked away, hoping she have anything else to give to Spike. It was then that Spike realized that Rarity and Bruce are nowhere to be seen. "Where's Rarity? And Bruce?" He asked, looking around for any sign of the white unicorn and the human. As if on cue, the door burst open. Revealing Rarity gracefully walking towards them with a gift box floating beside her, and Bruce walking in wearing his backpack and a gift box in his hand. "Helloo! I'm so sorry we're late. I was just giving the finishing touches for Princess Celestia's Dress." Rarity said. Spike smiled and held out his arms to receive the gift. The gift box floated towards him and he wasted no time tearing into it, revealing a beautiful purple cape the same color as himself. "Aww... Thanks Rarity, this looks awesome!" He said, trying to put it on. Rarity smiled. "Oh I'm so glad you liked it!" She said, giving Spike a small peck on his cheek. The Dragon has a dreamy look on his face before he passed out in pure bliss. "Best birthday ever..." He muttered to himself. Bruce snapped his fingers in front of the dragon's face. "Hey! Don't pass out just yet Spike, I haven't show you my gift for you!" He said, giving Spike a rectangular gift box. Spike opened the gift box before a look of confusion appeared on his face. "Umm what's this?" He asked him, taking out a clipboard and a couple of pen from the box. Bruce shrugged. "I have no idea what to give you since Rainbow Dash here will go nuts if I gave you something cool. So, I decided to give you a whole set of Writing Utensils and a Utility Clipboard of my own design so that you can become a better assistant for Twilight." Spike smiled at the human. "Thanks Bruce! I was afraid you're gonna give me a book for my birthday." He said. Soon enough, the party is almost ended and it's time for the promised Sonic Rainboom competition. Rainbow Dash and Bruce in his Pegasus Might armor stood on top of the Golden Oak Library. They all have an intense look on their faces as they looked up at the sky in concentration. Twilight stood between them with flag floating in front of her. "On my mark..." "You ready tough guy?" Rainbow Dash taunted. "Get set..." "I was born ready!" Bruce replied. "GO!!" A flash of lightning blue and multi-colored spectrum of light, followed by a shockwave appeared around the library. It broke the window and destroyed half of the balcony. Leaving Twilight Sparkle to clean it up with her magic. Spike looked up at the sky with a pair of binoculars in his claws. "They're still flying up!" He exclaimed, watching in fascination as the human and the pegasus raced each other through the atmosphere. A few minutes later, they stopped and nodded at each other. They twist and turned together in a drilling motion as they dived down into the ground. "Here it comes!!!" Spike yelled out as Twilight erected a shield to protect her friends Bruce and Rainbow Dash nodded at each other and held each other. The human activated his rocket thruster while Rainbow Dash used the full power of her weather magic to make them go even faster. They pressed their body against each other, combining their power and their magic to create an explosive legend. BOOM A huge explosion of a dozen rings of rainbow, followed by flashes of lightning appeared above the sky. Like a cosmic disco ball, the Sonic Rainboom and the Thunderstorm kept flashing nonstop. The explosion of colors could be seen all across Equestria and could be heard all the way to Manehattan. As for Ponyville, the explosion destroyed all windows and glasses in the vicinity, while the Golden Oak Library would've been uprooted if it's not for Twilight's Magic protecting it. "Wait... How do we stop?!" Rainbow Dash pointed out as they get nearer and nearer to the ground. The only response she got is a quiet curse from the human. "Another trip to the hospital? Really?" Bruce unfolded his wings and embraced RD close to him. His wings engulfed them as they dropped to the ground like a ballistic missile. "Brace yourself! This is gonna be a rough one!" He exclaimed as they get closer and closer to the ground. They slowed down abruptly when they get close to the ground. A purple and blue hue appeared around them as Twilight and Rarity struggled to break their fall. 'BOOM' they landed harshly into the ground, leaving a ten inch deep crater surrounding a metallic cocoon. The cocoon folded itself into Bruce's wings before turning back into his backpack. Both Rainbow Dash and Bruce Gunderson dropped down into the crater with Rainbow Dash lying down on top of Bruce. "Ugh... Can you make a high-tech braking system to go with your super speed next time?" RD muttered in exhaustion. Bruce nodded. "Yeah, I think I'm gonna need that..." He muttered in agreement. "Bruce! Rainbow Dash! Are you okay?" A familiar voice came from behind them. They looked back and saw everypony walking towards them with worry written all over their face. "What were you all thinking!" Twilight exclaimed. Bruce shrugged. "I didn't, did you think Rainbow Dash?" He asked the Pegasus. Rainbow Dash shook her head. "No I didn't, I just do what my guts told me." She replied easily. Everypony sighed before Twilight and Rarity picked them up from the ground. "Come on, I'm taking you to the hospital..." Twilight said in frustration. Rainbow Dash and Bruce Gunderson are lying down on the hospital bed. It's been only one day and Rainbow Dash is getting very impatient. "AH! How much longer do I have to stay here!?" She shouted in frustration. Bruce sighed. "Patience RD, we don't broke to many important stuff in our body. So, we won't be here for long." He replied calmly with a book in his hand. "IT'S BEEN TWENTY FOUR HOURS!!!" She yelled, probably waking up half of the people in the hospital in the process. "I am fine! I don't need to stay here for another second!" She ranted. As if hearing her rant, the nurse walked into the room. "Bruce Gunderson, Rainbow Dash, you are free to go." She said, taking off their bandages with a simple magic. "FINALLY!!!" Rainbow Dash yelled out. She escaped through the window before anypony could stop her. "And there she goes..." Bruce commented, putting down the book to his bedside table before getting off the bed. "May I go now?" He asked the nurse. The nurse nodded and opened the door beside him. "Yes, please don't pull another stunt like that. We still haven't fixed all the windows you broke here in the hospital." The nurse replied. Bruce nodded understandingly. "Don't worry I won't. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to check on Skywalker's Cam." He said, before walking out of the hospital to look for his falcon. When he was outside, he heard a roaring sound coming from the distance. "SPIKE WANT!!!" A deep monster-like voice came from the direction towards the Golden Oak Library. "After I deal with whatever that was..." Bruce muttered to himself, before making his way towards Twilight's home. When he get there, he saw Twilight Sparkle looking at a huge hole the shape of a humanoid creature in her library. "Bruce! Thank goodness you're here!" She exclaimed when she saw Bruce walking towards her. "Yeah, I can see that you need some help with..." Bruce looked at the hole for a moment. "An angry dragon?" He guessed. Twilight nodded. "It's a long story, but Spike is out of control." She replied, fixing up the hole in a matter of seconds. "We need to stop him before he became a monster!" Bruce narrowed his eyes for a moment. "Are you sure this isn't just biology? I mean it was his birthday, maybe he's having a growth spurt and pubescent teenager mood swings." He asked. The Unicorn looked back at him with a sad expression on her face. "I was afraid you're gonna say that..." She muttered. "But you're right, he is growing up. Zecora told me about how dragons grew with their greed." She replied. "But I can't just let him go! He's my friend since I was just a kid!" She exclaimed. The human put a hand over Twilight's mane. "Don't worry Twilight, as a genre savvy character I know exactly what to do in this situation." He took out his walkie talkie to contact the Princess. "Sup C, hey can you do me a favor and look out of your window? Yeah, that's Spike he's having some pubescent mood swings. Wait what? Who are you? Where's Princess Celestia? or Princess Luna?" A look of annoyance appeared on Bruce's face. "Next week??? Damn it... All right, tell Princess Celestia that she should never leave this alone in her throne and that I need a raise." Twilight looked at Bruce with a hopeful expression on her face. "Well?" She asked. "We're on our own. Go get Spike, I'm getting my suit." Bruce replied before running away back into Fluttershy's cabin. Later that day... Bruce stood in front of Spike with an intense look on his face. The Dragon is now fifty feet tall and is currently terrorizing the citizens of Ponyville. "Sorry Twilight, but we've tried everything... Lectures, Memory Spells, Fluttershy's Stare." He muttered regretfully. He looked back and saw Twilight being comforted with all of her friends. "Pl-please! There's gotta be a way! We could... we could..." She buried her head in Fluttershy's mane before sobbing in sorrow. "I don't want to lose him..." She whispered. "Oh, Twilight... Please don't cry..." Fluttershy muttered as her eyes welled up in tears. "Seeing you cry makes me want to cry..." She started sobbing and they all cried together. Bruce took a deep breath and focused all of his attention to the dragon. "All right... Let's see if I still got it..." He closed his eyes and opened it again. He flapped his wings and fly up to the sky to meet up with the dragon. He landed on Spike's nuzzle and glared at him. "SPIKE!!!" The Dragon froze and focused his attention towards Bruce. "Listen to me, kicking you out of Ponyville is the last thing I want to do. But as the protector of Equestria, it is my duty to do so." The dragon mockingly move his claws like a sock puppet. Bruce sighed and took a deep breath. "Okay, look... Which one do you prefer? Those?" He pointed at the pile of treasures in a mountain cave. "Or your friends?" He pointed at his friends begging Spike to come back from the ground. The Dragon jumped towards the mountain and hugged it. Leaving Bruce hanging in the air with regretful look on his face. "All right, if that's what you want I understand..." He took a deep breath to regain his composure. "Now I need you to take your stuff and leave. We promise we won't bother you ever again." He said. Spike nodded at Bruce in respect before taking out his treasures from the mountain. He put them all inside the water tower and looked at the horizon. He saluted at Bruce before disappearing to the north "Why do I have a feeling that this is all my fault..." Bruce muttered to himself as he flew back down towards everypony else. It was a depressing evening in the Golden Oak Library. Everypony are present yet none of them are talking, or smiling, or laughing. They all just stare at the ground in remorse while thinking about the sudden departure of one of their best friend. They're all just hoping that this is all just a bad dream. Twilight had it worse than anyone else. She couldn't look at anything in the library without being reminded of her most loyal companion. Every book, every piece of parchment, every quills, and bottles of inks. They all reminded her just how much she took Spike for granted. Now he's gone... "Hey, Princess Celestia wanna say something." Bruce put his walkie talkie on the floor and turned up the volume so everypony can hear it. Greetings... Bruce Gunderson have informed me about the terrible news that happen during my absence. I regret to inform you all that Spike is currently taking residence in the dragon cave. He already made his choice and there is nothing we can do about it. However, it doesn't mean that you should wallow in guilt and sink into depression. You must all stay strong and continue with your life. When Princess Luna betrayed me, I also has the desire to give up and sink into a depression. However, as a Princess, it is my duty to stay strong and took the responsibility. Stay strong, I am looking forward for your performance during the Hearth's Warming Eve. Bruce cut the connection and gave the Walkie Talkie to Twilight. "Here, take it. You need her more than I do." He said. Twilight Sparkle nodded and put the Walkie Talkie on to the floor. "C-can I... Stay in your cabin for a while?" She asked, not wanting to stay any longer in the library. Bruce nodded. "Yes you can. What do you think Flutters?" He asked the Pegasus. Fluttershy nodded. "O-of course you can stay. Anything to make you feel better Twilight." She said with an encouraging smile on her face. Twilight smiled before embrace them into a hug. "Thank you... Thank you for being here..." She whispered gratefully at her friends. "GROUP HUG!!!" Pinkie Pie yelled suddenly. Everypony moved in and embraced Twilight in a comforting hug. They all have a smile on their faces as they realized that they still have each other.