“Come on you guys, I really think you might be blowing this entire thing out of proportion a little.” Spike muttered by feeling himself quite uncomfortable as Twilight along with Sunset were using her magic with a combined effort to create something like a magic reinforced restrains cuff, chaining Spikes hands and legs, pinning him to a small alter, while Luna was sitting behind Spike, yet being in some sort of meditating like trance, having her eyes closed and holding her hooves over Spikes head, while Peter on the other hoof was working on Jarvis, pressing the buttons on the laptops keyboard, yet there were various cables probes linked right into the computer yet the other ends fixed with the probes were latched and placed over Spikes body, as young stallion was checking young dragons current condition, while Felicia, Spitfire, Trixie and Logan who were still recuperating from their intense battle with Squirk and Spikes, along with the Elements of Harmony and Princess Celestia standing around the others, bearing a wary and cautious expressions.
“We are sorry it came to this Spike. But try to understand….We must have made some countermeasures. With your current condition and out of the sudden all growing up, we don’t know what else unfortunate we could expect.” Sunset tried to comfort Spike a little bit yet the fiery maned unicorns voice sounded somewhat uneasy yet better not going any further with the topic.
“You can consider yourself lucky that this whole adventure didn’t end up without any serious harm, little buddy. More or less. If that’s what you can call so and I could relate to that.” Peter slightly scolded Spike, although his voice didn’t sounded much clear, much so sarcastic.
“Even luckier that that Crimson Gem of Cyttoracks duplicate didn’t do anything more severe to you Spike! What have you been thinking?” Twilight however not being that soft like her husband scolded Spike quite on the fullest shooting a baby dragon a nasty glare, an anger along with frustration yet also concern being vocally present in her voice.
“I am sorry, Twilight. But you were all in peril. I just….I just could not leave you all get devoured by Squirk to dinner. So what had I supposed to do?” Spike apologized which although more likely sounded like a whining by trying to make reason with Twilight, although unfortunately failing in process.
“Please….Try to take it easy and relax, Spike.” Luna lightly admonished Spike with a slight frown forming over her features, yet without letting herself disturb out of her self-induced trance. “I cant read your mind properly when you are wriggling like that.”
Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie carefully, by making rather hesitant steps edged closer to Peter who was working on Jarvis and winking over young stallions shoulder by the look on the laptops screen, showing lots digitized like pointers and measures with a x-ray like image of Spike, indicating various data and index numbers, as the meters were monitoring a waving like lines going on.
“Whatcha doing, Pete?” Applejack asked as she putted her hoof over Peters shoulder.
“I am checking and monitoring Spikes vital functions, AJ, like heartbeat, pulse and brain wave activity for instance. With that Crimson Gem of Cyttorak cheap copycat having a serious effects on Spike, somewhat making and speeding up his growing process against his own will and yet I cant exclude some risks of interaction and possible nasty side effect of Spikes overall biology.” Peter explained rather casually without lifting his attention away from the monitor.
“Um….” Fluttershy meekly trailed out muttering, concern and worries being vocally present in her meek sweet little voice. “Is Spike going to be okay?”
“Lets hope so, Fluttershy….” Peter replied, his tone however sounded hesitant, if not even bearing an undercurrent of a slight scepticism and yet being a way too early to say for sure as academically gifted stallion kept checking Spikes condition via Jarvis. “But all the vital fictions so far appear to be quite fine, so far…..”
“What is Princess Luna doing?” Pinkie Pike asked yet out of curiosity titling her head as she blinked over Luna, holding Spikes head with his hooves and her meditative like stance intact.
“She is checking out Spikes mind, Pinkie.” Twilight calmly replied on party ponies question, although the Princess of Friendships own voice wavered, being filled with concern and uncertainty. “With Spikes sudden and such drastic change in persona while turning himself into an adult dragon and out of the sudden just snapping and going berserk, there is not telling what kind of side effect the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak inflicted on his psyche as well.”
“Oh my….” Rarity stammered unnervingly as she watched Spike magically restrained by Twilight and Sunset on alter with a worrisome expression, yet the fashionistas deep ocean blue eyes were slightly gleaming like on the verge of cry. “Poor little Spikey.”
“Girls….Your Highness….” Spitfire shifted her gaze and addressing the Elements of Harmony and prying her respect to Princess Celestia while though keeping her magic at work to maintain the magic cuff restraining Spike. “May you tell us what exactly was going on after we left?”
However, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pike and Fluttershy by hearing the response somewhat mentally recoiled, exchanging a mutual glances with each other, they all bore an uncertain if not even lightly terrified expressions, considering and hesitating how to put what exactly transpirred, yet before any one of the mares could say something, Princess Celestia step forward.
“From the looks of things and by everything what transpired with a single day, let my try to clear things up…..” Celestia trailed out, yet although holding her royal posture confidently, the voice of Princess of the Sun was also slightly wavering and bearing a hint of uncertainty.
By reaching out, Spike carefully took the ruby out of the box and staring on it for a while. Yet out of the sudden, a flashbacks started flashing within baby dragons mind, yet also recalling the sad events when Spike once nearly lost himself to greed and turning into a ferocious raging dragon beast of himself, unwillingly threatening his friends, Rarity and the entire Ponyville, with Peters warning about the gems great yet unfortunate dangerous and corruptive potential echoed within Spikes ears, filling his heart with uncertainty as well as a little fear to once again turning into something he didn’t want to be or despising, making him somewhat hesitant.
Yet however, by also recalling the events to be a fully grown and in his adult dragon form taking on several battle droids, facing the Incredible Hulk, Sunset Shimmer in her demon, Sinister Six and Rhino in his battle armour, holding his own against Venom infected Luna and then also taking on Norman Osborn, as well as remembering being the Avenger and despite being small, young and temporarily left out, he was still the rightful member of the team, yet also realizing and knowing his friends needed his help and that gave Spike strength he just needed, with a very determined look forming over his scaly features.
In the instance and out of the sudden, once again came that a very odd moment like the time froze and everything just come to temporarily hold as even Spike also seemingly stopped taking in and somewhat going numb to the outside world……..He just opened up his mouth and chomped right on the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak before started chewing it viciously.
“Spikey” No wait!” Rarity gasped out of shock and fright, yet the fashionistas pleas were for nothing as Spike was chewing out the gem before eventually taking a deep gulp and swallowing the crystal.
“Mmm…..Not tasting bad at all….” Spike stated yet cautiously just standing on place, expecting something would happen, yet so far and strangely, the young dragon didn’t feel any change at all.
“Um….How do you feel?” Ffluttershy carefully dared to ask yet her meek voice was filled by concern.
“I don’t….Fell any different. Do I look any different?” Spike replied, being quite confused, wondering if it worked at all or not.
“You still look like the same if you ask me.” Pinkie Pie thought stated in quite dull and her usual clueless like way by which though the party pony would soon regret thought.
Suddenly, Spikes left eye started twitching as well as baby dragon somewhat started shivering himself involuntarily yet a loud grumbled echoed aloud from his stomach like a storm would be going on within as a sudden strain of pain stroke out of it, causing Spike to grunt painfully and grabbing his belly, cringing, much for the girls and Princess Celestia concern.
Yet, Spikes eyes shot themselves open. However and by deepening everyponys horror, his usually deep slitted emerald green irises lost themselves behind a fiery crimson red like glow like a demon, as quite a ferocious snarl escaped right out of young dragons throat.
Yet in the instance, rattles coursed throughout Spikes entire body, yet Spike forced himself into his knees and writhing himself like being in spasms, before his body strangely and out of the sudden started growing up like undergoing some kind of transformation, steadily gaining on mass and growing into a way more bigger yet muscular gigantic like size, his arms growing much bigger and muscular alike with his claws growing much sharper along with his hinder legs gaining mass yet morphing into a way more reptilian/avian like, his tail instantly also started prolonging itself when being over nearly twice as long as Spikes body, his face undergoing a strange metamorphosis, prolonging itself into a more lizard like, the fang within his mouth growing longer and sharper, a brown sharp horns popped their way out of the top of Spikes head, growing along with green scales over his cheeks.
Yet however, arguably the most shocking thing that happened was, as a pair of actual bat like wings emerged right out of the Spikes back, that were steadily growing in size before eventually spreading out by even generating a miniature gust as they bore a wingspan over fifty feet .
Princess Celestia along with Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie standing or more likely hiding themselves behind a tall alicorns frame, using her although somewhat unwillingly like a living shield were standing aside and with a horror filling their eyes, they all dully stared as Spikes was steadily transforming, turning into a monstrous like dragon version of himself, yet they all just stood on place like attached with bewildered gazes, unable to say a word as Spikes enormous shadow was engulfing their frames, making them somewhat feel so tiny and insignificant.
A very horrendous roar erupted right out of Spikes throat that was changeling through all the passages and quarters of Canterlot Castle and even seemingly shaking the entire building into its very centre. Snarling wildly and releasing a snort through his nostrils, Spike just in the instance burst his way out, smashing right into the wall and literally breaking his way through, causing everypony and Princess Celestia to cover, shielding themselves from a smoke of dirt and debris along with some bricks falling.
When the smoke faded, the ponies stared at a very large hole made within the wall left after Spike. The hole apparently nearly looked like the passages entire construction edge being severely damaged, as the ponies saw Spike how he was flying via flipping his mighty wings and disappearing somewhere behind the horizon, all bearing a both bewildered and horrified looks on their faces, uncertain what to do next.
“I believe that would be just it…..” Celestia weakly muttered yet her voice remained even by the time while finishing off her version of explanation while everypony present within the archive room all listened the royal white alicorns testimony in a very breath-taking like way while Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack merely and rather very unpleasantly nod their heads simultaneously by confirming Sun Goddess words being true.
“It all happened out of the sudden and so fast…..We couldn’t do anything to stop him.” Rainbow Dash stated somewhat hesitantly, the rough tomboyish pegasus lacked her usually surety and confidence.
“I am terribly sorry about that, Princess Celestia. I really am.” Spike nervously tried to apologize by hearing out Princess Celestias words about column destruction her apparently unwillingly and like against his will caused, yet quite for relief, Princess Celestia gave Spike a sympathetic like loo, smiling warmly in an assurance that she wasn’t upset in the slightest, evident by her very own deep concern.
“I ain't suppose ya git an insurance fer this place, do ya?” Wolverine offhandedly, much though so sarcastically commented, yet though earning quite a baffled look from the Ruler of Equestria as well as otehrpony standing around, yet also rather exasperated look from Parkers side while Sparkle shot the gruff stallion quite a glare. “Never mind that.” Logan responded by dismissively shrugging his shoulders.
“I am sorry, Princess Celestia…..” Twilight however shifted her glance upon Princess Celestia, her voice was slightly wavering by disbelief. “By all the due respect to you, but…..You have actually let that all happen?” Celestias former students last line of words however sounded a little bit aloud, yet the mare inwardly recoiled out of both shock and shame and chiselling herself for actually yelling at her mentor.
“Letting Spike eat the mystic gem holding an immense and arguably dangerous powers of some ancient evil deity just like that, without knowing the consequences he might have endure?” Trixie muttered by empathizing with Twilights own concern over Spikes well-being.
“I am truly sorry for what I have done, my friends.” Princess Celestia calmly stated, her voice remaining even yet slightly wavering out of shame. “But try to please understand…...That was Spikes very own choice as well as his own desire in order to so he could help and save you, not mine. I had no right to stand in his way. Although, knowing how it would end, I wish I had done otherwise.” Celestia tried although to justify her act although it was all complicated, yet deep down, the princess felt a tight pull within her chest as it was more than evident that she was evidently repentant for her act by letting Spike use the gem and wishing she could have do otherwise, although now it was too late.
“Its also partly our fault as well, Twi. We also couldn’t do anything to stop Spike, let alone trying to talk him out of it.” Applejack intervened for Celestias defence trying to reason, yet the farm pony also couldn’t help but also feeling the part of blame on herself, just like Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity did simultaneously by also letting this all happen.
“Guys, guys. Just let it go, please.” Spike however spoke off for all the mares defence quite boldly yet his own voice sounded slightly unnerving. “It was my decision to make. What happened, happened. It’s a little too late to cry over a split milk now.”
“You are so good with idioms Spike, you know that.” Peter humorously quipped.
However in the same time, a large doors of the archive room creaked slightly by opening themselves which attracted everyponys attention, as Cadance and Shinning Armor both entered the room yet the door instantly closed behind them.
“We have come as soon as we have heard the news, auntie.” Cadance stated yet greeting herself with her adoptive aunt.
“That Spike actually ate the Crimson Gem of Cyttoraks duplicate, that the mystic gem gave him a great power, turning out into a giant dragon, than flying this long way to Manhattan to fight Squrik, the Elemental Lord of Water?” Shinning armour muttered about hearing the news, although his voice was wavering, finding himself hard to believe that.
“I am afraid it is very so, Shinning Armour.” Celestia replied, very hesitantly and against her will confirming the captain of Royal Guards guess to be right.
“How is Spike doing right now?” Cadance asked as she quite for her dismay saw Spike restrained by Twilights and Sunsets magic cuff chains on the alter with Peter still proceeding with the diagnosis and Luna checking Spikes mind, as Princess of the Crystal Empire had evidently a concern for little dragons well-being.
“So far it’s a way too soon to tell, Cadance…..” Celestia replied a little cautiously yet a spark of hop ignited within her deep royal violet eyes. “But trust me, Peter, Twilight and Luna are doing their best to evaluate Spikes current condition before we decide what to do.”
“Is he going to be okay, right Peter?” Rainbow Dash asked as she was keeping her frame in the mid-air flipping her wings as she blinked over Parkers shoulder right on the monitor screen, quite desperately wishing she just could understand the readings, yet the tomboyish pegasus also bore genuine concern for young dragons well-being as well as everypony else present in the archive room.
“He doesn’t a shock, does he?” Felicia lightly quipped asking, yet even despite that, a usually prickly and flirty mare couldn’t deny a twinge of concern brewing within her chest, also hoping for little dragon being alright.
“We will see. The medical test results are printing now.” Peter replied in quite an unusually casual like manner while the written paper started printing itself right out of the advanced laptops build-in printer before it eventually stopped and finishing the process. Peter than grabbed and tore a list consisting of two pages and started studying it. “Lets se……Mmm……That’s……Hurm….” Peter occasionally grunted thoughtfully via checking the test results while the others stood around breathlessly and rather impatiently with a steadily rising tension expecting Peters diagnosis.
“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! So much pressure around here!” Pinkie Pie stammered nearly incoherently as she was bouncing frantically on place, evident by all the nervousness and pressure rising around and getting to her.
“Parker, whut about ya just stop strainin' us all up and just git ta th' point?” Logan casually blurted out over Parker to just get to the point with this as it was evident that the X-Mens patience was evidently growing thin.
“There! I have diagnosis.” Peter than eventually trailed off, his voice though remained casuall and vocally not quite fully convincing at all.
“And…..” Shinning Armour, his tone sounded indeed hopeful as he rubbed Twilights shoulder with his own in concern and worries on his very own for Spikes sake.
However and much for everyponys awe, quite a positive, hopeful and also relieved look formed over Peters facial features. “The good news guys and the princesses….The tests indicates that all of Spikes internal organs and vital functions are all in norm and going just fine.”
“Thank goodness…..” Twilight, Cadance and Trixie all simultaneously exhaled out of relief with their hooves placed over their chests by attempting to regulate their erratic heartbeats while the others, including Princess Celestia were just so much relieved about Spikes physical condition.
“Actually…..” Peter however stated, his tone though tuning into a way more promising one as he glanced back to the papers, checking the data with his a way more scientific and curious side taking over to him. “Spikes vital functions are not that quite in norm as they appears to be.” Peter declared, earning a couple of quite a baffled stares of others. “On the contrary, their function now appears to be apparently quite enhanced beyond their natural limits, along with his metabolism now working much more quickly and effectively, conveniently granting Spike enhanced immune system, able to digest food more effectively without storing any excessive fat, greater immunity to toxins and diseases as well as ability to heal much faster and effectively from injuries, I could really go on with this…..”
“Now that’s convenient. I guess…Right?” Spitfire muttered to herself by considering Parkers scientific explanation about Spikes enhanced physiology yet though shrugging her shoulders dismissively.
“Sounds good to me guys. Actually, I feel just fine. A little weird though, but also good.” Spike however on the other hand declared quite excited, being apparently the one who was quite thrilled with his newly enhanced condition.
“So……Is Spikey going to be okay, Peter?” Rarity asked and edging closer to Peter, the fashionistas voice bordered over the edge of hope and worries alike.
“By physical side…..Yes, Rarity.” Peter finally answered positively and assuringly rubbed Raritys hooves with his own, much for the elegant unicorns and everypony present in the archive room utter relief. Yet however, much for everyponys shift dismay, Peters expression and demeanour strangely darkened. “But mentally…..”
“Huh….?” Pinkie Pie dully mumbled as cluelessly titling her head to the side.
“What are you saying, dude?” Spitfire dared to ask with a somewhat unnerving curiosity.
Peter casually reach out for Jarvis and turned the laptop around so everypony could properly see the screen with x-ray like image of Spikes head along with his brain. “I know it may sound weird, which normally would be more than truth with my luck, but aside from all those biological enhancements, Spikes brain appears to be……..quite different now.”
“How…..Different?” Twilight asked quite bewildered while checking and taking a better proper look at the monitor.
“I mean, Spikes brain, or more likely his mind is divided on a very two different components.” Peter explained and pointed his hoof to the monitor indicating on Spikes brain, his tone was wavering between uncertainty yet also strangely by fascination alike.
“Two different parts you say, Peter?” Celestia muttered quite in disbelief by Peters response as well as otherpony standing around seemed to be just as surprised as the Ruler of Equestria was as well.
“Wait, what does it even mean?” Spike blurted out with his usually happy-go lucky demeanour shifting into a way more unnerving one.
“One part, is Spikes very own normal good young self, where also his conciseness resides.” Peter tried to explain thoroughly as he pointed his hoof over the laptops screen, indicating the right side of Spikes brain that by the way was somewhat lightened up, while the second part of young dragons brain strangely appeared to be darkened or more likely shrouded in shadows.
“Um….And what about that second one?” Fluttershy meekly uncertainly asked, indicating on the second part.
“The second part however….” Peter stated yet his expression slightly darkened, turning to be more cautious. “I am afraid that’s the part of Spikes newly found prematurely adult friend version of himself. That fortunately is lying dormant in some kind of stasis like state right now.”
“You mean Spike when turning himself into his giant dragon like form as he ate the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, flying his way to Manehattan to fight off Squirk and then us?” Sunset Shimmer asked, yet Peter much for red maned unicorns dismay merely nod his head in agreement.
“Wait, wait, wait!” Felicia however intervened while analysing the situation thoroughly. “You mean actually something like an alter ego of sorts?”
“Exactly that one.” Peter had to agree with cat burglars theory, nodding his head in agreement.
“How….How is that even possible that this actually happened to Spike….” Cadance stammered, still yet finding this entire thing hard to believe being true.
“I have my suspicions…..But its still a way too soon for me to say. I believe that Luna might have some answers for the topic.” Peter thought hopefully, wondering what kind of luck Luna had checking Spikes mind.
In the same moment, Lunas deep ocean blue eyes shut open as Princess of the Night finally awoke from her self-induced meditative trance by returning back to reality as she slowly rose on her hooves and stepping away from Spike.
“Luna?” Celestia calmly asked as she gracefully trotted her way to her younger siblings side, wondering along with everypony around what Luna got to say, yet the royal snow white alicorns voice sounded hopeful.
By taking a couple of calm regulated breaths, Luna trailed off. “I have surveyed the situation about Spikes psyche.” Luna reported, yet her voice sounded quite hopeful and promising with a faint hint of relief of herself yet shifting her glance upon Twilight and Sunset. “I have searched the confines of Spikes mind and heart thoroughly and I can with certainty tell and assure you all that I couldn’t find a trace and there is no sign or presence of any evil or dark forces within him.” Luna than shifted her attention to both Twilight and Sunset, giving both mares a warm smile. “Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, you may release him.”
“What a relief.” Twilight could exhaled to herself as she finally with relief canceled her magic and so did Sunset as in the instance glowing magic chain restrains that were locking Spikes hand and legs faded away out of the existence.
“Urgh! Its good to be back.” Spike grunted while sitting over the altar and stretching his hands clenched in fists vertically over his head, rejoicing of being free again.
“I am afraid that the situation about Spikes condition might be a way more complicated than it would appear.” Luna declared with her demeanour though darkening. “You see, as Spike willingly ate and devoured the Crimson Gem of Cyttoraks duplicate, in the process an immense boom of the gems immense power and destructive potential was released, giving Spike a great power, yet unfortunately as I have mentioned before. Yet…..In the process of that massive power boom, it also due to its corruptive properties, it unfortunately also overloaded Spikes system as well as clouding his judgements and apparently sending him into a fits of feral rage. And because of Spikes young age and inexperience, his body as well as mind couldn’t handle that power, only for me having no choice but using a considerable amount of my psychic attacks to stop him.”
“However……” Lunas demeanour however darkened even further as an unfortunate and rather dark thoughts filled the confines of dark blue alicorns mind.
“Guess this is th' time fer th' bad news ta come.” Logan sarcastically grunted though more likely so much indifferently, like out of empathy the X-Men understood Lunas demeanour as indeed predicting there was indeed something unfortunate and bad yet to come.
“What is it, Luna?” Celestia asked, calmly prompting her younger sister to speak her mind.
“I am afraid that due to that massive power boom release of Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, resulted Spike to develop a double personality.” Luna explained.
“What?” Twilight blurted out bewildered about the news as well as otherpony present within the room looked like totally baffled by hearing Princess of the Nights testimony, and so did Spike.
“But how did that……” Peter stammered at first in disbelief, when out of the sudden the realization struck young stallions brain like a brick as he swiftly returned his look to Jarvis laptop monitor showing Spikes brain x-ray image. “Spikes brain x-ray image! Of course! That would actually explain Spikes brain being consisted of two very different components. Its actually more like a…..Dissociative Identity Disorder of sort?”
“Precisely my point, my friend.” Luna nod her head, affirming her best friends theory correct.
“Um….Come again?” Pinkie Pie bumbled incoherently and once again titling her head to the side.
“Okay you guys, you are loosing me. What in tarnation is the split personality disorder you are talking about?” Applejack muttered, being evidently as much confused as her pink party loving friend.
“A dissociative personality disorder to be precise, Applejack.” Sunset Shimmer corrected. “A condition in which two or more distinct identities or personality states are present in one person and alternately take control of an individual.”
“Exactly, Sunset Shimmer. And unfortunately in Spikes case, it is more than being true.” “One part, as Peter explained it before, is Spikes normal own happy self, playful, generous yet also heroic and loyal to his friends and Twilight Sparkle. But the second half…..Is an indeed Spikes alter ego/version of adult dragon form, that however is all aggressive, destructive and unable to control, putting too much effort into fighting and survival and therefore having no conscience on its own and reacting purely and solely out of instincts.”
“Oh my goodness……” Fluttershy gasped in horror and placed her hooves over her hooves, while the otherpony around couldn’t do react much differently over their little scally little friends condition about an actual split personality issue.
“Why am I getting a very bad taste of brimstone in my mouth.” Spike muttered in very uneasy and frightened like way, with his lips shivering.
Right then, Peter edged closer to Spike and gently rubbed his hoof over baby dragons shoulder. “Spike…..” He both calmly yet carefully asked. “Can you remember or recall at least what exactly was going on when you…..Transformed?”
“Lets see…..” Spike narrowed his brow while thinking deeply by trying to recollect his thought about the yesterday events what exactly happened. “After I ate the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, out of the sudden strange things started to happen. In that moment I felt like body was actually….Changing, like some immense and indomitable force was coursing through me. Yet, I also recalled you Peter, Twilight, Princess Luna, Logan and the Avengers being in danger while being whipped out by Squirk. And right that idea somewhat motivated me, urging me to fly all that way into Manehatthan after you guys. However, when I started engaging Squrik, from that point though and somehwo, everything just went hazy, with images in front of my eyes going rather blurry with not much recall. It was pretty weird, like one part of me would be somewhat…..Out of touch with reality.” Spikes demeanour however darkened and shifting his head down like he would like to avoid the eyes contact with his friends. “But I suppose that the rest you already know…..”
“How can this be that you actually remember that much little what transpired yesterday at all?” Shinning Armour asked about Spikes strange memory loss, not getting it.
“You see, Shinning Armour….” Twilight intervened trying to explain to her big brother. “When somepony is suffering and experiencing a dissociative personality disorder, while those personalities are shifting among each other, the person may also experience memory loss that might be too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.”
“I don’t like this guys.” Trixie spoke off with a very concerned like tone, earning everyponys attention. “Maybe when Spike actually ate the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, there must have been some mistake during the empowerment process and he turned into a horrible monster……” The light blue maned unicorn magician theorized yet inwardly scolding herself by actually, unwillingly insulting her little scaly friend. “Urgh! No offence Spike.”
“None taken, Trixie.” Spike dismissively stated by no offense, although much so sarcastically.
“Mmmm……Trixie may have a point. Therefore Spike must have accidently used the gem a wrong way to get its powers.” Twilight thoughtfully stated and patted her chin with her hoof by considering Celestias former personal student point, as Celestia and Luna could do nothing but think deeply about the theory.
“Maybe the entire process of gaining such a great power required something more than touching and just swallowing it.” Sunset theorized the possibilities.
“Say Logan…..” Peter however pointed on Logan with an point of interest sparkling within young stallions head. “Before we left to Manehattan, you were just about to say something promising about the original Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and the Juggernuat. You and your fellow X-Men had quite some history with the old Juggy back on Earth, right?”
“Hurm….” Logan grunted quite offhandedly by response that Parker actually brought the topic.
“You know…..” Princess Celestia calmly stated, yet her deep royal violet eyes were gleaming with quite an interest. “I would like to know more as well. Please Logan, pray tell and enlighten us…...Maybe there could be something that you could learn even further.”
“Hurm…..Alright then…..” By seeing a couple of interested and cautious gazes around him, Logan grunted although somewhat unwillingly before started with the story.
It all started in around fifteenth second, durin' th' Korean War. Cain Marko was a mercenary, servin' at U.S. Army and ironically or more likely out of th' funny irony of fate, Charles Xavier, Chuck and Marko both found themselves servin' under th' same military unit.”
Professor X was actually serving in Korean War? With Juggernaut? No way – Ow!.” Peter exhaled in awe, unwillingly intervening and cutting Logans narration, only to be bumped into his hoof by Twilight, prompting her husband not to disturb with a slight glare on her face. Yet Shinning Armour however listened closely, like actually being quite intrrested by Logans story so far by also mentioning the millitary.
One day, th' unit was ambushed by th' enemy forces and Marko deserted under the fire while Chuck went after him ta bring him back. And I suppose and as Parker had already idyllically narrated th' story ta ya, Chuck eventually found Cain in the cave, which actually housed the lost secret temple a powerful mystical entity known as the Cyttorak as ya already know, where Cain also found an infamous original Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. He impulsively snatched th' glowin' gem right out of th' idles lap and rode th' inscription that was dug in it.
“The inscription you say?” Cadance jerked out quite astonished about the fact. “Like some sort of incantation of sort?” Yet however, by realizing that she disturbed Logans story, the Princess of Love inwardly and rather awkwardly chiselled herself. However, by actually mentioning the incantation like formula over Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, Cadance along with Princess Celestia, Luna as well as Twilight included found themselves to be even more interested, considering thoughtfully while Logan went on with his story.
By readin' th' incantation, th' gem gave Marko a great power, bein' transformed inta a livin' incarnation of Cyttoraks own great immense power itself, therefore transforming him into th' Juggernaut. However, th' enemy forces high explosion bombardment caused a cave-in, buryin' both Chuck and Marko. Chuck however survived, diggin' his way and returned to its unit, assuming that Cain died in the process. Crud how wrong he was.
With his newly gained superpowers as immense brute physical strength and nigh-invulnerability, Cain managed ta dig his way out of th' crumbled temple. Years later, Caine returned to States, with his anger and resentment towards Chuck literally became destructive and dangerous. He broke his way inta Xavier Mansion into Charles school for gifted youngsters, tryin' to get his revenge and kill him. Chuck attempted to use his telepathy to disable Cain, however his helmet shielded his mind. So it took a great deal of effort and teamwork for Chucks X-Men team ta remove th' helmet before Chuck finally knocked Juggernaut out via lots of physical assaults. Knowing that Cain was dangerous and uncontrollable, he had no choice but lock him away.
However, Cain managed to eventually escae breaking his way free from the prison and since that time becoming on the X-Men most prominent enemy, trying to get his revenge of Chuck ever since.
“So I have heard about the accident as well.” Peter though by recalling. “But, would you tell us what was that all about old chum. Old Juggy just bursting in into Xaviers school?”
“If that Marko fella actually wanted to get his revenge on Xavier for leaving him buried underneath that temple, point taken there.” Applejack nod her head like actually partly trying to understand Cains obvious resentment towards Xavier, yet then though fam ponys demeanour turned into a way more justified and honest. “But then …….Could Xavier actually know that Cain was alive and actually survived the cave-in due to his enhancements via that gem?”
“I am afraid that there is a way much more fer Juggernauts hatred of Chuck than that, blondie.” Logan usually stoic and no-nonsense demeanour though quite darkened.
“Then what?” Rainbow Dash huffed in disbelief.
“Indeed. What did that monstrous brute had against Xavier anyway?” Rarity asked quite outrageously.
“Casue Cain Marko…..Th' Juggernaut……Is chuck step-brother.” Logan dully and rather very offhandedly responded on fashionistas question.
“A….Step….Brother?” Pinkie Pike dully muttered for herself while Logans statement earned a couple of both collective and bewildered stares of otherpony standing around. “What is a step-brother?” Pinkie scratched the back of her neck while cluelessly as usually trying to figure out the sense of the concept.
“You see Pinkie….” Twilight placed her hoof over party ponies shoulder, trying to explain. “If one ponies parents had a son, who actually isn’t those parents son at all, but he is actually the son of otherpony that one of the parents married. Therefore he is a step-brother or also a half-brohter.”
Cain was a son of Doc Kurt Marko, an atomic researcher. However, Cains mother, Marjoirne Marko unfortunately died afterwards when bein' only three of age. Afterwards, Doc Markos wealthy colleague Brian Xavier who was also an atomic researcher yet also conveniently Chucks dad also died in an accident and Kurt eventually married his widow, Sharon Xavier, apparently due to her great wealth. Therefore, Chuck and Cain both became step-brothers.
“See?” Twilight pointed on Logans testimony to Pinkie with quite a nonchalant like fashion.
However, Marko favoured his gentle smart step-son Chuck more over his own son, which resulted Cain growin' increasingly jealous of his step-brother and their rather unstable relationship didn’t git any better when it was showed that Kurt was actually secretly abusing Cain. As time passed, when Chuck turned ten, his telepathic abilities began emergin' he found himself experiencin' anguish emotions of Cain, which by later finding out caused Cain to get even more angrier towards Chuck, abusin' and bullyin' him by every opportunity he got, makin' his life difficulet.
Ironically really, Doc Kurt later unfortunately died from a laboratory accident due to an explosion, leavin' the lab aflame. After that point Cain regarded Chuck his enemy as Chuck continued ta live with his abusive step-brother in Xavier Mansion, with Cain growin' even more and more resentful of his step-brother, bein' jealous of his scholastic and athletic achievements as well as his telepathic powers as Charles entered Englands Oxfords University, while Cain evidently havin' enough left home, each goin' their separated ways.
While Chuck decided ta follow th' path of a hero, Marko choose a path of an terrorist. Once again a funny dilemma or irony, really. Rings th' bell?
“Oh my…..What quite a sad story.” Fluttershy meekly and solemnly murmured to herself like being actually pretty touched or rather saddened with Logans story about Charles Xaviers and Cain Markos/Juggernauts complicated, uneasy and failed relationship, yet Rainbow Dahs soothingly rubbed her kind pegasus friends shoulder.
“It is indeed so unfortunate.” Princess Celestia solemnly murmured by totally empathizing with Fluttershy. Despite knowing about Cain Markos background and becoming brutish supervillain known as Juggernaut as Peter put it, one part of the Sun Goddess couldn’t help but actually and somehow genuinely feel sorry for Cain, as Logan testified Cains own father was abusive, contempt and overlook his own son and instead preferring Charles Xavier as his favourite step-son, resulting Marko to develop a very hostile, violent and bullying personality.
However by hearing the story, n the instance, a dark and unfortunate memories filled Lunas mind, bringing her thousands of years back as Luna also grew increasingly jealous of her older sisters fame and respect, therefore transforming into Nightmare Moon, threatening to sink the entire world into an eternal night as Celestia had no choice but banish her own sister to the moon and all due to Lunas inability to stand against the darkness within her heart.
However, like out of empathy sensing her younger sister thoughts, yet also feeling a sudden stabbing like pain echoing near her heart with a sudden twinge of quilt getting over to Celestia, yet the ruler of Equestria edged closer to Luna giving a relatively smaller alicorns the warmest smile on the fullest before affectionately gracing her cheek over her own, yet Peter along with Twilight joined both royal sisters side.
“But, whatever happened to that Squirk Elemental afterwards? I mean….Right after Spike indeed showed him big time and reverting back into his original form. ” Shinning Armour rather casually asked about Squirk, though his voice sounded a bit wavering with uncertainty.
“You see Shinning…..” Peter trailed off, though his voice sounded rather hesitant if now even wavering, not quite knowing how to put it. “The way how Spike mopped the floor with Squirk yesterday in a very classic and never getting old black and white monster movie style that by the way any Mexican luchador champion wouldn’t do any better, as well as giving the Loch Nessie counterpart some nasty sunburns, I suppose that even Human Torch would have a hard time to shrug sunburn while not just being coated by fire.”
“Well if ya ask me, he actually couldn’t be more dead than that, bub.” Logan though intervened, huffing in a very indifferent like manner as he evidently showed a little if no remorse over Squirks apparent demise by the hands of Spike, quite oblivious to unfortunate and baffled like gazes otherpony around him gave.
“Logan!” Twilight however scolded Logan a bit for his offhanded and rather cold statement while trying to make a reason of her own. “Squirks fate and whereabouts are just and remains unknown so far.”
“I am so ashamed….” Spike weakly murmured, his voice sounding at the verge of a whisper and shamefully placing both off his arms over his face, covering it in humiliation like he would be sobering, with a sense of dread pulled at young dragons heart. “I have done some terrible horrible things. Turning into a monster, savagely attacking Twilight, Peter and all of my friends just like that and causing a havoc over Liberty Island. I am so sorry……”
Spike literally felt miserable and ashamed of himself, with his heart being overwhelmed by the weight of quilt as yesterdays events as his friends explained to him got to him really bad, flooding the confines of baby dragons soul and heart. Turning into a savage monster, mindlessly giving harm to his allies and friends, especially those he arguably cared the most on this world like Peter and Twilight who had always been like a reliable older sister and brother to young dragon, as well as causing an utter havoc throughout the Liberty Island. In the instance and like there wouldn’t be enough of bad stuff, unfortunate memories of Spike once turning into a giant savage dragon version of himself, going berserks and causing havoc throughout the Ponyville just out of the pure greed by getting more and more objects, making his anxiety even worse.
“It wasn’t your fault, kid.” Spitfire though firmly stated yet her rough feminine voice sounded unusually gently and comforting, actually trying to assure Spike that whatever happened again indeed wasn’t Spikes fault.
“She is right. You were not yourself via the effects of the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak.” Sunset Shimmer added, agreeing with Captain of Wonderbolts statement, not having any hard feelings to Spike at all, yet in the contrary feeling sorry for him.
“We all completely understand.” Felicia also couldn’t react any differently and joining his both fellow mares justification, the cat burglars usually vain voice sounded much softer and caring than ever as she also cared and having concern for Spike, who by the way was her ally and teammate as well.
“Quite frankly for my very own experience, being possessed by the evil forces like Nightmare Moon for over thousands of years and later also being controlled by Venom symbiote and unable to stand up against them, only to be saved from the side of my friends, I could actually more than sympathize and knowing exactly how you feel right now Spike.” Luna spoke in a very melancholic yet sympathizing like manner, feeling a very tight pull within her chest with dark memories of her past filling her mind, yet the Princess of the Moon gently placed her hoof over Spikes shoulder and giving the baby dragon the warmest smile she could muster.
“Same here, little buddy. With me being possessed by a black and ugly slime parasite out of the outer space as well as an evil dark entity, I would be lying myself if I didn’t know how it is to lose myself to corruption and darkness alike, if it also wasn’t for my friends and loved ones helping me out. Welcome to the club.” Peter solemnly declared in a totally sympathy with Spike, with an experience with dark forces plaguing his soul on his very own and playfully bumped Spikes shoulder with a genuine smile of his own.
“Friends do understand Spike. Always.” Twilight stated, supporting Spikes chin by forcing her number one assistant to meet young alicorns gaze as Twilight with the most caring voice she could muster, looking at him lovingly yet Spike looked around as everypony present in the archive room, including Princess Celestia, Cadance and Shinning Armour all smiling at baby dragons simultaneously, as Spike felt that a great deal of weight her bore over his shoulders was lifted as a joy and relief associated with him, knowing that his friend held no grudge against him in the slightest and that he could count on them.
“However, Logan….” Princess Celestia than spoke off while considering Logans story, her gentle voice sounded quite promising. “Your testimony about Juggernatut and the original Crimson Gem of Cyttorak actually might give us a very new unique look on this entire case about Spikes enhanced condition.”
“How so?” Logan asked like dully having no idea how his testimony could help the kid.
“You said that due to an abusement that Dr. Kurt Marko gave to Cain as a kid and favouring Xavier over his own son, therefore fuelling Cains rage with his resentment towards Xavier brewing within him over the years.” Celestia calmly asked, yet her voice was like slightly wavering as Logan merely nod his head by response. “Then it would be clear. And I believe and just as I have suspected before, while using the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak back in the temple in Korea via that incantation as you put it, the gems corruptive effects must have amplified Cains anger and hate even further, therefore turning him into an demonic embodiment of evil, the living avatar like incarnation of Cyttorak itself.”
“So simply put, the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak fuelled Cains anger and bitterness towards Xavier and used it like a leverage against him, turning him into one big brutish one-man army.” Pinkie Pie surprisingly yet very convincingly declared in a very logical like manner, earning a couple of collective gazes of others.
“Well….Exactly.” Celestia simply stated, affirming the pink party ponys quite frankly logical and sensible statement correct.
“It is actually much and just like Luna with Nightmare Moon or Peter with Venom for instance.” Felicia stated a bit offhandedly, yet unfortunately earning dismayed and sombre looks from both Luna and Peter. “Urgh! No offense guys.” Felicia muttered a little ashamed of her choice of words.
“None taken, Hardy.” Luna replied though in a very darkened and sombre like manner and a bit shamefully turning his head aside.
“Yup, no prob.” Peter spoke off much so sarcastically yet though trying to take it a little easy and reassuringly brushed and patted his hoof over Lunas shoulder, trying to cheer her up a bit.
“What does this got to do with Spike?” Trixie asked as she still yet failed to understand this all theory.
“You see, Trixie….” Twilight though exhaled by patting her chin with her hoof like she would actually this all started make a sense to her. “At Cain, it was originally his anger, resentment and bitterness that amplified his transformation into the Juggernaut when using the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. However, in Spikes case, aside from once greed getting the best out of him when he turned into a giant dragon yet later learning his lesson, he is completely pure of heart with a noble soul with his will being completely free from evil or temptations, unlike Juggernaut who was driven merely by rage and hatred.”
“So that means….?” Shinning Armour asked awaited.
“Which might actually indicates that Spikes alter ego of an gaint adult dragon isn’t necessarily evil. Its merely unbounded and uncontrollable, just like a wild animal realing mostly on its primal instincts to survive.” Peter explained.
“That would make sense.” Cadance somewhat although hesitantly though agreed with Peters statement.
“Well…..Thats certainly good news. I guess….” Spike chuckled, though quite awkwardly so much, still not being sure about his newly found alter ego.
“But then…..” Trixie though murmured somewhat apprehensively as a dark thought filled the confines of her mind “Since Spike actually gained that tremendous power of Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and therefore turning into that giant dragon version of himself…..Isnt there a chance that it could actually…..Happen again?”
However, Trixie would soon found herself to regret her choice of words, as am awkward and very unfortunate silence out of the sudden filled the room with an unnerving presence of tension started brewing among everypony, exchanging mutual wary gazes among each other, carefully considering the stage magicians statement.
“Mmm….Guess you shall take that as so, Trixie. Right, Peter?” Rainbow Dash dully muttered by like against her will confirming Trixies concern rightful and exchanging a look with Peter and Twilight for their opinion.
“I am afraid so, ladies.” Peter replied in a very unfortunate like manner and his expression slightly darkened. “With Spikes newly found giant scaly pal adult alter ego of himself being actually the part of him and inhabiting the same body, its just as unfortunate so as like that. The effects also might be just as permanent.”
“So whut is th' worst scenario?” Logan asked.
“Yet what might be worse….” Twilight also added, her expression looked apprehensive. “With such a tremendous power, Spikes alter ego might apparently to struggle and fight its way out over dominance, wanting to get free and take over Spikes mind and body to its might.”
“Is that even possible?” Fluttershy dared to even ask yet shivering a bit involuntarily in quite a terror.
“There is the possibility of that, Fluttershy.” Luna confirmed, with a sudden sense of dread pulling within her chest, somewhat even wishing she would be wrong. “Just like Nightmare Moon did the same with me, plaguing my body and soul as well as with Peter, before he sealed it back with his magic back into my body.”
“Bummer….” Spike murmured quite freaked out, as a mere thought of turning himself back into that giant savage dragon again was enough to send the chill into baby dragons spine.
“Hey Peter….” Apple Jack though spoke off, addressing Peters both hopefully yet also a bit nervous. “That alter ego part of Spikes mind whatever its called….How is it doing right now?”
“Lets see….” Peter trailed off as closed his gap between himself and the Jarvis laptop and the monitor screen as he watched the Spikes brain x-ray pattern cautiously. “So far that second part seems quite peaceful. Being in some kind of stasis like state. Unless….A certain factors might by a risk to awaken it once more.”
“Such as…..” Rainbow Dash asked, unnervingly expecting the answer.
“By a certain emotional compulsion, like fear, anger, frustration or any other negative emotions might be the risk factors to trigger the transformation from more of a psychological way.” Sunset Shimmer explained rather hesitantly giving some examples.
“Its actually quite the same with Bruce Banner turning into his angry giant green friend everytime when getting pissed off for an instance.” Peter commented yet indicating on quite a very familiar case with Bruce Banner, unfortunately turning into the Incredible Hulk everytime he got angry for an example.
However, a very desolated sombre like sigh escaped through Spikes throat and falling into a way more melancholic and stricken like mood, shamefully bending his head down. “I don’t believe this all has happened. This like some kind of freaky nightmare. What am I supposed to do now?” Spikes voice was wavering, filled with both fear and uncertainty alike, the testimony of his friends turning into that monstrous dragon form of himself and savagely attacking his friend refused to cease to plague his mind and heart, as one part of him grew uncertain and sceptical if he had ever done a right thing by eating the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and gaining its tremendous power, yet however there was a way too late for any change and now he had to face a possible outcomes. “I….I am afraid guys. I just…..I just don’t want to turn and being that monster and attack my friends again!”
“Don’t worry, little buddy.” Peter closed his gap and gently patted Spike over his shoulder, giving the baby dragon the brightest smile he could muster. “We will think of something.”
“That’s right.” Twilight also commented, her voice sounded both decisive yet also positive and sweet at the same time and also rubbing Spikes free shoulder with her own hoof, smiling warmly to her number one assistant. “You are our friend, Spike. And nopony of us will rest till we find a solution!”
“RIGHT!” The Avengers and the Elements of Harmony all called out simultaneously as they were all more than willing to help Spike by any cost, with Princess Celestia, Cadance and Shinning Armour not reacting any differently and being all on the same boat, though Logan however, a rather more of a reclusive solo warrior stood aside the group, brooding in his thoughts.
Princess Celestia however parted from Cadance and Shinning Armour and gracefully trotted her way closing her gap between herself and Twilight, Peter and Spike and the altar, before clearing out her throat. “Twilight. Peter. Spike…..I think that I may have a solution how to help Spikes condition or at least making him a bit better.”
“You…..You do, Princess Celestia?” Peter and Twilight both exhaled in awe.
“How? How?” Spike muttered hopefully.
Celestia closed he eyes for a while, collecting her thoughts before once again clearing her throat as she spoke off. “Via the power of Elements of Harmony.” Sun princess statement earned a couple of collective gazes from others. “By using and wielding the power of Elements of Harmony, I believe by using their power of harmony to harness a very special magic spell that would act like seal in order to cage that beast within Spike, supressing his newly gained powers.”
“You mean……Like you did with Luna, by exiling her to the moon while being possessed by the Nightmare Moon?” Twilight asked quite surprised about her former teachers very unusual alternative
“Exactly.” Celestia merely nod her head, confirming her former students words. “While the power of the Elements of Harmony acted like a seal that kept Luna on the Moon bound via its gravity, as well as Peter used his magic in order to seal Nightmare Moon back within Lunas body, I believe that by using its magic properly, we just might do the same with Spike, sealing his beast like alter ego just like that.”
“Yer gotta be kidding' me!” Logan who so far remained very quiet and reclusive out of the sudden blurted out aloud as everypony around shifted their combined attention right to gruff stallion as he quite energetically approached Parkers, Sparkles, Spikes and Celestias position. “I ain't gonna let ya ta do that to th' kid.”
“Logan….?” Peter carefully trailed off, being a little confused about his gruff mutant partners sudden outburst.
“Logan, try to please understand…..” Celestia calmly replied, trying to make a reason for the X-Men to understand.
“Yer talkin' about persons mind her, about Spike.” Logan however quite shot back with his gruff voice steadily gaining on strength, not letting the ruler of Equestria finish her sentence, much for Parkers and Sparkles growing concern.
“Right now, it is a very vital to keep Spike in a temporary check….” Celestia explained without loosing her cool about gruff stallion rather harsh attitude.
“Like controlled….?” Logan asked somewhat in both disbelief and outrage.
“That’s not what I have meant……” Celestia slightly grimaced, correcting Logan about the apparent miscomprehension.
“Ya know sometimes when ya cage th' beast, th' beast gits angry…..Really angry.” Logan explained by rather bizarrely comparing Spikes case with caging and wild beast, yet his tone though tuning a way down, sound on the contrary quite cold and cautious.
“Ughm…..Logan?” Spike weakly and slightly tried to protest quite confused by feeling uncertain about rather weird conversation between the ruler of Equestria and the gruff mutant stallion that so far was steadily gaining on tension.
“You have no idea…..No idea what Spike have been capable of while his adult form alter ego took over.” Celestia spoke off in quite a casual manner with a slight undercurrent of apprehension and uncertainty present in her voice.
“No, princess Celestia.” Logan though huffed indifferently in response. “I had no idea whut yer were capable off. Banishin' yer own sister fer thousands of years on th' moon while bein' possessed by that Nightmare Moon alter ego of her own….”
The entire room grew silent as everypony looked a bit of collective, quite surprised that Logan had brought just that kind of topic up. “You haven’t been there thousands of years ago. I am afraid you wouldn’t understand….” Celestia replied by momentarily closing her eyes, being short to respond although her voice was slightly wavering, sounding a way more casual than before with the dark thoughts associated with signs of past filled the snow white alicorns mind.
“Understand whut?” Logan huffed and indifferently shrugged his shoulders, not being evidently much thrilled with Sun Goddess response. “That ya had a terrible choice and that had ta choose lesser between two evils, is that so hard ta git?”
“Logan….!” Twilight stammered in an utter combination of awe and shock, which however more likely sounded above the scold, failing to believe what kind of tone Logan was using to talk to Princess Celestia just like that, while the others just dully stared keeping their distance, wondering how the entire conversation would end up. Shinning Armour however on the other hoof was gritting his teeth to the core, bearing a venomous glare fixed right over Logan on the fullest. The ruffians indifference, arrogance and apparently no respect towards Celestia was enough to nearly light a blaze underneath the captain, although somewhat he managed to control himself along with Cadance easing her husband.
“You ruffian! How dare you to speak with Princess Celestia like that?!” Shinning Armour blurted out aloud, angrily scolding Logan for his brash tongue.
“Give it th' rest, bub. When mommy and daddy are havin' a heart-ta-heart talk.” Logan stole a glance with an edge of his blank blue eye glare with Shinning, cutting the Prince of Crystal empire outrage short without turning his head around.
“As much as you put it your way Logan, there was an indeed a terrible choice I had to make and unfortunately and reluctantly, there was nothing else I could do in order to preserve the harmony in Equestria. Yet I assure, in the presence of Luna here, my sister that I have tried to do what I could to orchestrate breaking the spell that turned Luna into Nightmare Moon, as well as Lina couldn’t be drawn from her possession over thousands of years.” Celestia tried to justify her actions while though somewhat desperately attempting to make a reason with Wolverine, yet it was apparent that sun princess demeanour was slightly darkening, evident by a grimace forming over her features.
“Some dilemma.” Logan however scoffed mockingly, evidently not buying Celestias excuses and oblivious to bewildered gazes the others bore. “Th' story of two royal sisters, one representin' sun, while th' another one moon. Yet with ya rulin' th' lands in th' brightest and sunny days, conveniently bein' th' public favourite number one princess with all th' content and fame apparently gettin' over yer head, like some fairytale. While Luna was evidently ignored, disregarded or shut out by others despite her best efforts. Yet, when transformin' inta a Nightmare Moon, whut choice had ya had? Guess th' only possible alternative as ya put it yerself was ta simply shut and ground yet little sis straight on th' moon fer a millennium, or…...Ya have more likely risked ta loose th' respect and fondness of yer loyal subjects. More likely that Luna had no choice at all.”
An awkward silence as well as a slight tension filled the archive room, as Logans though quite harsh, uncalled for yet also quite sensible and somewhat twisted-morality like speech earned the X-Men the couple of arguably even more collective gazes of others, as they all listened thoroughly, if either some of them were considering and might actually be quite impressed, or on the other hand outrageous about the gruff stallions apparent disregard for Princess Celestia, as the ruler of Equestrias authority.
Yet though, Logans statement on the other hand seemed to had quite an impact on Princess Celestia, as she carefully considered the gruff stallions words by figuring out their sense, yet like the blunt yet also though rather brutally honest X-Men actually had a point about that all, yet forcing the ruler of Equestria into a very deep thoughtfulness as an unfortunate and rather sceptical thoughts filled alicorns mind.
“Wow…..He actually has a point about that.” Felicia whispered quite in an impression, either she involuntarily liked that or not, yet inwardly chastising herself as Twilight shot the cat burglar a scolding glare, making the snow-white mare to keep it to herself.
“Now was it just Trixie, or does it actually quite makes sense?” Trixie murmured in a whisper while actually somewhat starting to understand the sense of Logans statement
“It does?” Pinkie whispered over the magician while as usually quite failing to understand.
“Logan! Will you cut it out?!” Luna jerked out outrageously, evidently unable to stand more of Logans offhanded and uncalled for accusations with tears forming and lightly going down her cheeks and running to Celestia side, standing up for her bellowed sister firmly in defence. “Leave my sister out of this! She had done what had to be done. Nightmare Moon was a dangerous, threatening to shroud the entire Equestria into the eternal night.” Lunas voice however shifted into a way more melancholic and remorseful. “It was my own jealousy and resentment that induces Nightmare and inability to stand against the darkness within my heart, only to be saved by Twilight Sparkle and her friends thousands of years later.”
“Oh golly. Ain't that right. I stand corrected.” Logan however grunted in a so much cynical like manner in response, seemingly disinterested about both of royal sisters mutual empathy to each other, although inwardly and underneath, the gruff stallion couldn’t help himself but actually somewhat sympathize with Lunas remorse and Celestias very uneasy choice she had to once make, like he actually and strangely could relate on that.
“Um, Logan, ladies……” Peter, realizing that the tension was still brewing within the room and sensing that an inevitable tongue being about lash out from the side of Twilight or the risk of breaking a muzzle of Shinning Armour would be about to happen, the knight decided it was about time to change the subject and better quick. “I really hate to intervene into that Logans little eye to eye morality like lecture in Bertrand Russel style, but giving you all a polite reality check, this still about Spike, now isn’t it?”
“Peter is right. It is no use to argue and get bothered. Spikes case is a way more important than any other personal matters.” Twilight spoke off in a very firm and decisive like manner with her royal amethyst irises were gleaming with determination, as her friends along with the Avengers and Royal Council could do nothing but agree.
“Hurm…..whutever. I have just never liked these family squabbles anyway.” Logan grunted defeated and waving his hoof, by luckily for somepony dismissing the subject as they could all concentrate on a way more important things at hooves like Spikes condition.
“But than what are we going to do with Spikey?” Rarity stammered quite afraid and unnervingly putting her hoof over her mouth.
“We just cant let or wait for that giant dragon alter ego of his to awake and take over again.” Applejack murmured, a concern being vocally present within farm ponys tough southern voice.
“Oh boy…..” Spike nervously stammered, as young dragons situation was gradually growing desperate.
“No!” Logan though spoke of in a very bold and decisive like way yet turning into his more assertive side, speaking out by earing everyponys attention. “Guys….Ladies…..I believe I just might have a solution fer Spikes little split personality problem.”
“You Logan? How….? Princess Celestia asked somewhat affected as her brow narrowed out curiosity about Logan sudden and quite unexpected willingness to help as the otherpony standing around stared at the the gruff stallion collectively.
“You…You do?” Twilight nearly squeaked in excitement, her eyes gleamed with a flash of hope.
“Do you, old chum?” Peter dully asked, being obviously more bewildered than Twilight as the others present around, yet underneath, young stallion knew he could count and having a faint in his gruff partner…..Hopefully.
“Kid…..” Logan spoke off as he edged closer to Spike and patted his hoof over baby dragons shoulder, his tone, while still rough as ever, yet sounded considerably softer than ever. “A wildfire will destroy everythin' in his path. It would be th' same with your newly found powers along with your inner rage unless ya control it. I just could help ya ta do that.”
“Really Logan? How?” Spike squeaked excited, with his rather foul mood slightly getting better, although quite wondering.
“I just have my own ways, squirt. Yet I assure ya all it git nothin' ta do with those Elements of Harmony thingies or magic.” Logan declared somehow cautiously while sharing a brig glance with an edge of his eye with everypony standing around and Princess Celestia alike before denying Spike a rare brief yet honest ghost of smile, while the others, the Elements of Harmony, the Avengers, the prince and the princesses couldn’t help but wonder what Logan might be up to.
To be continued……