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// Who's screaming now!? 
// Story: Guess this is happening 
// by Silver Butcher 
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The 4 mares, along with Applebloom and Spike, had all joined up and were now in the cutie map room with Spinels gem laying on the map.
"Spike maybe it's best if you left the room?" Rarity suggested "so as to avoid Spinel jumping out the nearest window when she reforms,"
"It's fine," Twilight replied "I'll just hold her in place with magic so Spike can tell her he isn't going to eat her, right Spike?"
"I'm not gonna eat her," Spike said simply in his tiny throne "Although she should probably avoid Smolder and Ember,"
"That's a talk for later," Twilight replied.
"It feels like a talk for now," Applejack cut in "I'm with Rarity I think Spike should leave the room, then we tell Spinel she's safe, tell her we're going to bring Spike into the room with a magic barrier or something between then and then they can talk things out."
"Applejack your overthinking this, besides that would take too long, easier to get it over with quickly,"
"And what happens if the second you let her go she jumps out the nearest window and high tails it into Everfree or something?"
"Then I just have to catch her before she jumps out the window and hold her in place until she gets that Spike isn't going to-"
"Personally," Pinkie cut in, "I think it should just be Applejack, Applebloom, and Me, the ponies she knows,"
"She's known you three for like an hour at best," Twilight called back, "Listen, my way will-" Twilight was cut off when a loud roar cut through the air.
"Of course," Applejack sighed "A Monster is attacking right now," Applejack stood up. "OK so now we go with Pinkies plan only with Applebloom alone,"
"Don't be absurd," Twilight said as she picked up Spinels gem, levitating a small box to her "I have a backup plan just in case something like this happens," Twilight placed the gem in the box and shut it.
"There, now if she does form she'll have to stay put,"
"Alright now you're just being cruel," Pinkie said angrily.
"It's better than bringing her into the fight with us," Rarity said as she got up, the 4 headed out leaving Spike and Applebloom alone with Spinels gem.
"Why are you still here?" Applebloom demanded.
"This is my home, if anything why are you still here?" Spike shot back as he got comfy in his tiny throne next to Twilights. Applebloom huffed at him.
"You suck," She said before turning tail and marching out of the room, Spike stuck his tongue out and waited for his friends to come back, he has just found a nice position to sit in when the box started shaking. "And just like that Twilight-" Spike shut up as the top of the box burst open as Spinels Gem floated into the air "-is proven wrong," he said as Spinel formed and landed on the table, she blinked.
"That never gets any..." Spinel stopped talking once she saw Spike. Spike covered his ears just before she started screaming.
"Stop screaming," Spike demanded, Spinels response was to raise her hand, Spike watched as it tripled in size "Oh no,"



Applebloom sat in the hall, muttering in irritation at how stupid Spike was when she heard the screaming,
"And here come's Spinel," She said expecting Spinel to come running out the door, instead she heard Spike screaming and the sound of rushed movement, "What in the-" Applebloom jumped back as Spinel's giant fist destroyed the door, it pulled back into the room and a few seconds later Spike came running out in a panic.
"She's a lot scarier than I initially thought!" he screamed as he ran down the hall, Spinel slid out of the room laughing at him.
"Your turn to run," She said as she turned 2 dimensional and slid after Spike at an alarming speed, Spike bailed out the nearest window with Spinel following him out through it, the halls were silent as Applebloom stood in confusion.
"hu," she said.



Twilight rubbed her temple as she and her friends made their way back to the castle, with Rarity no longer accompanying them.
"That was a huge waste of time," Twilight muttered as they made their way onto the castle grounds Spike landed in front of them.
"Twilight the box didn't work,"
"HA!" Pinkie laughed.
"Pinkie don't rub it in," Applejack whispered when Spinels laughter began ringing out, the trio looked up to see her standing in front of the entrance of the castle,
"She's freaking crazy!" Spike screamed out, hiding behind Twilight and earning a laugh from Spinel.
"Who's screaming now?" She asked as she held her fist up, they watched as she extended her arm high into the sky before sending it flying down, Twilight put a magical dome up just as her fist came down. Spinel smiled as she brought her arm back.
"Alright girls let make this quick," Twilight said as she lit her horn, only for Pinkie to jump in the way.
"Your way hasn't really worked out so far has it?" She asked, "I think it's time to do this the Pinkie way!" She looked over at Applejack "or the Applejack way?"
"No I'm good," Applejack said as she patted Spike's head.
"Pinkie way it is!" She declared turning to face Spinel. "Hey, Buddy!"
"Hi Pinkie," Spinel replied "Can you ask you...Stevenish friend to lower her bubble," Pinkie coked her head.
"Stevenish?" she asked.
"I dunno," Spinel replied "She made a bubble appear so I just...It doesn't matter can you ask her to drop the dome?"
"Alright, we'll drop the bubble but first hear me out," Spinel squinted at her before running her chin with one hand while waving the other in a circular motion.
"Go on?"
"Alright so I know that you think Spike is going to try and eat you, but I have a counterpoint that he can't!"
"Of course he can't-" Spinel said, Pinkie smiled before she added  "-now," She looked at him "he's gonna wait for me to be poofed then he's gonna come for my gem, yeah don't think I didn't notice that you were alone in a room with me hidden in a box you sneak!" Spinel smile "But I realized when he didn't make any move to attack me that he must not be that strong of a dragon, so I'm gonna take him out before he can take me out!"
"OK," Twilight whispered "so not my best plan,"
"No duh," Applejack replied as Spinel began laughing like a maniac.
"It's amazing how fast a solution comes when you stop and think for a second," Spinel's arm began twisting like a spring as her hand got bigger. "Now as a friend, I'm gonna ask nicely, please move I'd hate to have to take you out with the dragon,"
"You know," Applejack said as she watched the event before them unfolding "Applebloom was right, she might have some issues to work through," Spinel compressed the springs and began turning the arm towards the bubble when there was a knock from the inside of the castle, Spinel blinked and undid her arm, turning to the door.
"Who's there?" She asked in confusion.
"Got," Applebloom called from inside.
"Got who?" Spinel asked when the door swung open and clocked her in the face, sending her down the castle steps.
"Got you!" She called from the door, as soon as Spinel hit the ground Twilight enveloped her in her magic and made sure her arms and legs were firmly snapped into place.
"Alright let's go for a mixture of all our ideas," Twilight said as she picked up Spinel and the group moved inside.