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// III: Sorrow 
// Story: A Book 
// by King Genesis 
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"Hello?"

Nobody answers to the scared Spike. He is trapped inside a hole with no exit. The place is completely dark. He can't see anything. The light that should illuminate him from above doesn't exist.

"Ghost? Zecora? Are you there? Can you hear me?" 

The only thing Spike sees is Just darkness. He can't even see his bare hands. The dragon starts gasping.

"Answer me, please! Someone!"

The dragon lies down in the ground he can't watch. Suddenly, a beam of light is shown upon him. From it, an enormous alicorn comes out. He recognizes its cutie mark... The Sun that illuminates all his face and fulminates his sight. Can she be? Is the Princess?

"Spike. I came here to help you."

The Princess... Celestia! She came there to save him!

"Thank you, princess... I thought I was going to be locked here for all my life."

At the same time, another beam of light appears and fulminate both the dragon and the princess. It's him... The mysterious book that completely changed Spike's life, along with Zecora, the magician. The princess starts losing her mind.

"Zecora! You are here!"

"I am here, Spike. I'll be now the savior of your life."

Nevertheless, nothing is perfect. In all of a sudden Celestia turns into dust. Both Spike and Zecora see this and start running to the beam of light with the book.

"No! You won't!" 

The beam of light is closed. The remaining dust of the princess turns into Lord Tirek.

"WHAT?" shouts Spike. He doesn't know what to do.





"Spike, darling! Do you feel OK? Your eyes have a bright red colour."

"Yes, Rarity. I'm fine. Do you still have some jewels?" 

"Um... I still have some tiny jewels, but I don't know where..."

The evil dragon starts looking for the jewels. Seconds later, he grabs a bag full of small, red jewels.

"Red jewels, Rarity! Just what I needed!"

"I'm glad you like them, Spikey Wikey..."

The evil dragon stops thinking when he hears that nickname..."Spikey Wikey"... He remembers being in another time and place, defeating and serving Twilight Sparkle in a banquet... When he heard the nickname that stayed inside his mind for all his life.