Spike's odyssey

by therandomone95

Chapter 5: A world of pain

There was a bright light for a couple of seconds, and suddenly, there he was, Spike found himself in a world that seemed familiar to him somehow, he was surrounded by bushes, and he was sure that nopony was near him.

Or so he thought.

He heard familiar voices coming from the other side of the bushes: "This is too big to handle on our own" He heard.

"Ya think?" Said a voice that sounded similar to his own voice.

"We must go to Ponyville and find our friends." Said another voice that sounded strangely a lot like Twilight's voice.

Spike took a peek from behind the bushes, he saw himself and Twilight standing next to something that seemed like the cutie map, but it was red colored and the thrones were missing the cutie marks of their owners. The other Spike and Twilight started to walk away, Spike wanted to come to Twilight, but something just didn't feel right. Spike instead, walked over to the map, and he noticed that the Crystal Empire was taking half of Equestria. Spike was honestly shocked, it was like he went back to that awful future where King Sombra was taking over Equestria.

"Talk about a deja vu." Said Spike to himself, trying to ease the shock state in which he was. He thought about what to do next, and then, he realised that the best thing to do was follow Twilight and the other Spike, maybe that way he could return home...

Wait, when he remembered how he got there, he was even more shocked than the first time, he had to go back using a portal and finding an exit key, he panicked shortly because he didn't know if he would ever find those two things in a whole different universe, after a few minutes, he calmed down, he needed to return home and be safe while doing it. After debating it with himself, he started following Twilight.

It was really amusing how similar looked Ponyville to the first time he was there, the houses were still crumbled, they still had locks and wood planks locking them, some buildings were practically destroyed, and a feeling of danger surrounded the area. Spike tried not to notice this, however, when he turned to one of the buildings, he saw somepony covering themselves and turn back into their home, he couldn't take it, he needed to know what was going on. With carefulness, he approached the building they were in, and knocked on the door, when he did, all the area around him seemed to get more tense for a bit.

Spike regretted knocking on the door, he was about to run away as fast as he could, but when he turned around, a rope catched him, and he couldn't move his arms, after a second, another rope catched his legs, and suddenly, a big group of ponies came out of the buildings around and carried Spike on their backs. He didn't know what was going on, but he was about to find out, because the ponies took him to what once was called "Sugarcube corner", the pony on front of the group knocked on the door in a very specific way, to which somepony inside responded with a number, the stallion from outside gave other number as a response, and in seconds, the door opened and the group of ponies entered the building with Spike on their backs.

Once they were inside, the unicorns levitated Spike to the center of the room, which had a large table, and the group surrounded Spike around the table.

"What?! A dragon?! Those things are dangerous! Why did you brought him here?!" Said a stallion from behind him.

"Because I thought you would know what to do with him!" Responded a female voice from behind him.

"And why would you think so?!"

"Because you are my superior, sir!"

"Hey! can somepony tell me what's going on in here?" Said Spike, once and for all.

"Ugh, fine, I'll tell him everything he has to know, if he is useful to us, we'll keep him around, if not, then we give him to King Sombra as a dessert" Said the stallion, not paying attention to Spike. " Sorry for ignoring you, but we were discussing much more important things before your arrival" Said the stallion, making his point.

"What? look, I just got here through a mysterious portal and I don't know about anything about this place! I just want answers to go home!" Said Spike.

"What? You came through a portal? Then, you know nothing about the cause?" Replied the stallion.

"The cause?" Asked Spike, he DID know what was 'the cause', but he knew he had to play along for now, just in case these ponies know where his exit is.

"Well, the war against King Sombra and the Crystal Empire, of course." Replied the mare, who was now standing in front of him, even though it was dark, Spike could make out some details about her, she had a grey mane with a darker color of coat, she had glasses, and her accent was a little bit weird, but, it couldn't be her, it didn't make any sense, last time he was here, she wasn't even there, or was she?

Spike decided to act oblivious for a little bit: "Uh-huh, and now you're going to tell me that Princess Celestia is leading the charge, right?" For some reason, when those last words escaped Spike's mouth, the stallion got mad with him.

"H-h-how DARE YOU?!?!" Yelled the stallion, he was about to pounce on Spike, but his partners stopped him and calmed him down before he could even start jumping, but they didn't exactly look happy with Spike, either. "I'm sorry, I lost my temper there, but I should understand that you haven't been in touch with this world, because if you did, you should know that Princess Celestia is no more..."

Spike was speechless, how did this happen? did Sombra get stronger? No, they must be joking, she can't be...

"WHAT?! B-b-but I thought Celestia was invincible!" Said Spike, innocently.

"No, King Sombra developed a new weapon, first, he fires a laser from his horn at you, then, if he hits you, you won't be damaged, but you'll be forced to see your worst fear in an eternal loop until he decides to break the spell, and finally, if he catches you off guard, you'll be so vulnerable that anypony from his side will be able to... Yeah, that's pretty much what happened with the princess, but we aren't sad about her, in fact, her last speech filled us with determination to strike Sombra down." Said the stallion in a calmed voice. Then, he lit his horn, pointing directly at a TV nearby, when the TV was turned on, it showed Celestia in front of her army of guards and Wonderbolts.

"Everypony calm down, I know that most of you are afraid, but you MUST do this, if you don't do it for yourself, then do it for everypony you care about! For your friends, for your family, and for all of Equestria!

For a moment, the captain Spitfire seemed to remember her days on the battlefield...

But, in that moment, King Sombra banged through a wall from the opposite side of the room they were in, Celestia and Sombra glared at each other with cold looks on their faces, until Celestia shouted at the top of her lungs:

The ponies started to fight King Sombra and his slaves, some of them started singing along with Celestia:

King Sombra and Celestia started to fight, but...

"...Their fight was cut off because Celestia shot a beam that destroyed the camera that was recording, and I think I don't need to explain to you what happened after that..." Finished the stallion before turning off the TV.

"Aw man, what have I gotten myself into this time?" Said Spike.