//------------------------------// // The most convoluted of Plans. // Story: A new Age // by Silver Butcher //------------------------------// As the Villians discussed who would be taking who with them and Trixie made her way out of the room with the throne Peach was teleported away by Spike, she blinked and found herself standing before a tree made entirely of cracked crystals, Peach stared at it in awe for a few seconds before the sound of rummaging caught her attention, she turned to the noise and found Spike dragging a Small chest out of a pile that should have fallen the second he removed it. "Nice removal skills," Peach cheered as the pile kept its balance. "I finally understand how Pinkie does it," Spike cheered as he held the chest up to his chest "Just had to gain ridiculous powers to do so," Peach watched as Spike absorbed the box into his body and pulled out a chart from the pile, Peach looked around the cluttered mess and noticed that it was all piled to the ceiling, but there was still more than enough room to move around. "Is this your Bedroom?" Peach asked as she gave the tree another once over. "Well," Spike flicked his tail and the room ignited with blue light, Peach spotted a Giant Dog Bed, a Hammock hanging overhead, a Bed Built into the wall, another Giant Dog Bed, this one having a large Tedy bear along with it, Two more Hammocks could be seen close to the ceiling, there was a dip in the floor that had a bed hidden inside it, and finally there was a partially destroyed cart with the most comfortable looking bed she had ever seen squeezed inside of it. "Technically this is all of our rooms," Peach made a judgment call and pointed to the destroyed cart. "That one yours?" She asked. "Oh, no that's Trixie's, tho I did sleep in it once," Spike tapped his chin before pointing to one of the two Hammocks hanging from the ceiling. "The one furthest from the door is mine," Peach looked to the large Dog Bed. "So I guess one of these is your thrones?" Another Spike appeared out of a shady part of the wall and flopped onto the Dog bed without a Teddy bear. "This one would be my wife's bed, we use to sleep together but I started giving her nightmares so we only sleep together every now and again, Peach looked at him for a moment before pointing to the 2nd Dog bed. "That one is Tirek's" Spike declared "And that Teddy bear was a gift from Cozy Glow on the third Night of Sombrero," "What exactly-?" Peach tried to ask only to be cut off by to original Spike. "The 2nd Hammock on the ceiling is Cozy's, The one in the wall is Chrysailes, the one hanging over my wife is Sombra, and Sonata is the one who sleeps in the floor dip," Spike rolled up the scroll he had been reading and tucked it back into the pile before taking out another box and tossing it to the ceiling, a third Spike appeared in his bed and caught it before carefully placing the box in Cozy's hammock. "What's in the box?" Peach asked curiously. "A surprise," Spike replied simply "She'll be coming along soon so I suppose I should explain what we're gonna do," The 2nd Spike dissipated and Spike made a Backback appear. "I'll be hiding in this," he said simply "You will be carrying it, we go to ponyville, and then we let my plan play out," "What's your plan?" Peach asked curiously. "It's a secret," Spike replied before sucking himself into the bag and clipping it closed. Peach picked up the bag and put it on just as the doors to the room opened, She just had time to see Cozy Glow and Jasper walking in before She was engulfed in blackness and Spike's voice rang out. "Later bitches," Peach felt the ground beneath turn into nothing and had a split second feeling of free-falling before the ground returned beneath her hooves. Peach stumbled in place for a second before getting her balance. "That was terrible," She decided as she only just managed to keep her lunch down, A quick look around confirmed to her that she was at the edge of the Everfree forest. "So should we go to Rarity's place or-" "To Sugar Cube Corner," Spike cheered out with glee "I got a friend to check on and you've got some parents to see," Peach smiled and made her way into town, she made it about 20 feet in before a very familiar Unicorn spotted them. "Peach," Shining Armor Greeted the young mare happily "Oh thank Cel-" Shining coughed "Thank Twilight I found one of you, Have you seen Flurry...like anywhere?" "I think she and the others went camping," Peach replied with a smile and a shrug "I just got back from visiting my Aunt Limestone," Shining sighed. "Of course she did," He said with a laugh "I'd run off for a while to if I had to live with Twilight," he waved as he walked past her "Well I'd hate to keep you waiting, sure you got stuff to do," Peach watched the old station walk away and heard Spike mutter angrily. "He did not just say, thank Twilight," "Twilight is the Princess now," Peach replied as she made her way to Sugar Cube Corner "I've never even seen Princess Celestia," "She'd be so disappointed in Twi if she saw this," Spike replied before going silent as the street started getting crowded, It didn't take long to reach Sugar Cube Corner, tho the sight waiting for them brought them both major concern, they could hear yelling inside, but what caught their attention was the elder blue mare holding an ice pack to her husband's eye. "Does it still hurt?" Mrs.Cake asked as pulled it away and revealed Mr.Cake to have a swollen eye, a fat lip, and had quite a lot of bandages around his muzzle. "Only, some," Mr.Cake muttered. "Oh, my stars what happened?" Peach demanded as she ran to the couple. "Oh Peach darling!" Mrs.Cake said when she saw her, Mrs.Cake turned to her husband, then back to Peach "Soarin and Rarity came in and demanded we sell, when Carrot said he'd never sell it to the likes of them, well, Soarin slammed his Face into the wall...repeatedly," Mrs.Cake looked inside her restaurant and Peach followed her gaze, inside they could see Rarity and Pinkie shouting at each other, while Cheese Sandwich was holding Cheesy in his arms, the young Filly was cowering in her father's arms as Soarin stood tall with a nasty smile of his face as he looked over to Cheese. Before either of the Cakes could stop her Peach ran into the shop just in time for a loud smack to run threw the shop, Peach froze as Pinkie Fell to the ground, a red mark fresh on her face from where Rarity had just backhanded her. Peach ran to help her mother and Rarity smiled at the sight of her and Pulled her away from Pinkie using the Bag Spike was in to do so. "Oh look who's come to join us," She said with a nasty smile as she gave Peach a once over "Honesty Pinkie, how you gave birth to such an ugly child-" Peach reached out and grabbed at one of the Purple gems around Rarity's neck, the reaction was instant as Peach was tossed away with disgust. "Keep your hand off me you diseased rodent," she barked before turning back to Pinkie. "Soarin honey mind helping me inform Pinkie who owns what?" Whatever Soarin would have done he was stopped when he felt something poke into his back, he turned back to see what it was and a smokey Black fist cracked into his snout. Before Soarin could even fall back Spike's tail wrapped around his waist and stopped the Stallion from tumbling. Soarin turned to the dragon but didn't have much time to react as Spike dissolved into smoke and appeared behind him before slamming his face into the wall, pulling it back and repeating a few times before saying. "That was for Mr.Cake," he said angrily as he dropped the half-conscious station to the floor. Spike stood in silence as Rarity glared at him and the Pie Family grinned at him with glee. "Well if it isn't my little Spikey Wikey," Rarity said with a smile. "Oh if it isn't the mare who stole me Jade Wedding rings, speaking of which," Spike leaned down and easily removed the ring from Soarin's finger, "Gonna have to clean this with fire," He muttered before raising his other hand and catching the magical blast Rarity had fired at him, "I'll keep this for later," He added as she absorbed the energy and placed it into the Jade Ring while turning to the Mare that had once held a special place in his heart. "So," Spike said as he tapped his foot and gave her a really good looking over, having not seen her in over a decade "You got fat," "It's rude to talk to a Lady, like that," She snapped as she back up to the door. "Aw," Spike said with a smile "Did you guys hear that? It thinks it's a lady?" "Oh go on ahead," Rarity said with a smile "Bitch and moan at me, but let's see who's laughing when your a hunk of Granit in Twilig-" There was a loud crack and Rarity's Eye's rolled into her head as she fell to the floor. Spike expected to see Pinkie, or maybe one of the Cakes, behind the falling mare, instead he found a special surprise in a Blue Mare with a Rainbow Mane. "You mean to tell me?" The Rainbow Mare said with a smile "That not only do I get to hit Rarity? But I get to see both Pinkie and Spike?" She laughed before turning to the Dragon with a smile "About dam time you showed up, I've been trying to find your ass for years!" Spike's only response was to stand in confusion as Rainbow stepped on Rarity's hand and rushed to him for a hug. "Your not an asshole," He said after the initial shock. "Nice to see you two," Rainbow Replied as she released him from the hug. "Pinkie dragged my ass to Zecora not too long after...well," Rainbow motioned to Spike "After this happened," Rainbow shook her head before patting his back "We tried to do the same with the others, but Applejack wouldn't even consider it unless we paid her enough bits to buy a small house, Rarity the Crazy Bitch blasted me threw a wall, Twilight wouldn't even see us, and I have no idea where Fluttershy is," Rainbow shook her head "Just, gone, She's not anywhere, and I checked basically everywhere for her, working theory is she walked into the Everfree forest and just never came out," Rainbow shook her head before moving out of the way. "Anyway, Pinkie your turn," Without hesitation Spike was tacked to the Floor as Pinkie Squeezed him as hard as she could. "YOUR BACK!" She cried out in glee "Oh I've wanted to come and say hi, but I knew if I got to close Twilight might follow me, and if she found you she'd do what she did to Starlight, or worse she'd do what she did to Trixie!" "Dammit!" Peach cried out much to the shock of her mother "What happened to Trixie, I want answers!" "I have given you so many answers already," Spike shot back "And Trixie said she was gonna tell you that story so-" Spike shut up as Pinkie's grip tightened. "Trixie's alive?" She asked in shock "how?" "Me, Sombra, and Cozy were in the right place at the right time," Spike replied "If I survive to tomorrow you can all come and listen to Trixie tell the story," "Tomorrow?" Rainbow asked before smiling "You gonna try and take Twilight down? Cause I'm in, even if you don't have a plan," "Oh I have a plan," Spike replied with a smile as he reached into his chest and pulled out the tiny chest he had stored earlier. "Oh a chest, chest," Pinkie said as Cheese made his way to the group. "So," Cheese said getting his wife's attention "Since things are about to tip I'm gonna take little Cheesy and the Cakes to the 'emergency spot' and send the warning call to your folks and your sisters" Pinkie turned to Cheese and gave him a kiss before kissing Cheesy on the cheek and getting several giggles from the young foal. "If we're all still alive tomorrow I'll come to get you if I don't then just try and keep everyone safe for me," Cheese gave a salute and rushed to the door, stopping just before he reached Rarity and turned to his other Daughter. "Peach you with me or your mother?" He asked. "Mom," She declared. "Alright, do us proud," He said before stepping on Rarity, doing a quick dance on her back, and exiting the Bakery, they watched as he said something to the cakes, gave Cheesy to Mrs.Cake, and Lifted up Mr.Cake before leading them away to the Emergency spot. "So what's the plan?" Rainbow asked with a smile, Spike turned his hand to Rarity and teleported the Jade Ring and all the Purple gems to him, the Jade ring joined its partner in his hand before he closed it, they watched as the Purple gems spun for a moment, then about half of them dropped to the floor while the rest started glowing. Rainbow, Pinkie, and Peach watched as Spike opened the lid and a large Purple gem floated to the shards and they began snapping to it. "The Element of Magic," Pinkie whispered in awe before she and Rainbow looked in the Chest, sitting snugly inside were the other 5 elements. "My plan is simple," Spike said as the Element of Magic finished fixing itself "I'm gonna try and get these things to work before Twilight kills me,"