The girls, Princesses, Shining Armor and other ponies looked down at the now exposed dark dragon.
"That's not Spike!" Scootaloo said
The moment she said this, the ponies angrily glared at him, with Twilight, Starlight, Shining and the princesses aiming their horns, ready to zap him.
"Where is he?!, where's Spike!?" Twilight angrily demanded
"What have you done to our FRIEND?!?" Shining angrily asked
Dark Spike only laughed and said with a smirk in reply "HAHAHAHAHA!, I AM YOUR FRIEND!!!"
"What?!" Twilight said as she was surprised at his answer.
Dark Spike only flew in the sky and mockingly told his past former friends
"What kind of friends were you anyway? The so-called pathetic hypocrital Elements of Harmony and none of you idiots could figure out your so called assistant had power as well!"
This left the ponies shocked as he continued "But then again, it is partially all your faults i'm like this, especially from you Princess!"
"Us?!, what have we ever done to you?!" Rainbow Dash asked
"Hello?, the pranks, the abuse, the negligence, the insults. Are you really that stupid Rainbow Dash? Oh and Starlight?, thanks for the help, that's why when I deal with you, it'll be less painful." Dark Spike insulted
"What?!" Starlight asked in confusion
Dark Spike then explained "Don't you remember when you threw Spike into the time hole?"
This left the girls silent as Applejack, now angry, said in defiance "You liar! We'll stop you!"
Dark Spike then gave a frown and said "Actually nopony's stopping anywhere."
He then blasted a green wave of magical energy at the ponies, trapping the CMC, Starlight and the Princesses on Twilight's castle and then fired 4 green blasts from his fingers on their horns while Twilight, Shining and the girls evaded it.
"Your going down!" Rainbow Dash said
They each attacked the dark dragon, but he fought back harder. Each time he would either dodge or counter.
As Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy tries to distract him, he used his magic to create 7 clones that threw the two pegasi near the trapped princesses and Starlight.
Twilight, Shining, Rarity, Pinkie and Applejack tries to attack, but he was too quick and he knocked them into the ground with extreme brutality. Even destroying Pinkie's party cannon, countering Twilight and Shining's magic attacks and pummeling Applejack to the ground. He then eventually threw them into a magical hold and magically held them near the other princesses, blocking Twilight and Shining's horns whike doing so and savagly throwing Applejack with them.
Rarity, seeing the harm her friends were in, quickly cartwheeled and tried to buck him from behind, but what happened next surprised her. He spectrally phased a hole in his chest! Where her forehooves were aiming!
"Nice try Rarity." Dark Spike taunted
The white unicorn pony gasped as she backed away, causing him to rephase the hole in his chest. Though Dark Spike only turned his neck 180 degrees and said
"But me? My future?"
He then turned his body 180 degrees next and said "I am inevitable."
He then created 4 clones that caused Rarity to scream, but her mouth and horn were magically zapped and she was thrown near the castle next to the trapped ponies.
"Now for the final touch!" Dark Spike sadistically said
He then charged a magic blast from his arms and blasted a large dark green sphere at the top of the castle.
"Once that sphere is dark enough, you'll all perish!" Dark Spike said with a sadistic grin
The ponies looked at the laughing dark dragon, who was ready to personally finish them
"Spike! Please! Don't do this!" Twilight begged
"C'mon dude! We're your friends!" Rainbow Dash pleaded
"Please Spike! Twilight helped me see friendship! You can do the same!" Starlight added
"And we didn't mean to hurt you that way!" Celestia said
"Ah ah! You WERE my friends, now I'm more better. Better then all of you or anyone else here in Equestria will ever be!!" Dark Spike said with a cold tone
He then fired green magic blasts that covered their mouths. Laughing as he raised his arms, with his fingers giving off an dark green magic aura. The ponies looked in horror at their former friend's state, they were the cause of his dark fate? This made them each horrified at how the abuse was back to bite them. Twilight cried a few tears as she was about to meet a grim fate, while the others gave a look of fear. Until suddenly an all to familiar young voice was heard.
"HEY OLD MAN!!!!"
Dark Spike turned with dismay and said with offense "OLD?!!?!?!"
From the darkened sky, a familiar dragon was seen speeding in until he came into view. The moment he did, the girl's spirits were raised and surprised at who it was.
It was Spike, speeding down and descending at his older self.
"Ready for a blast from your past?!" Spike said with a smile
Dark Spike only gave a worried look and was whacked away as Spike flew to his trapped friends.
"Don't worry, I won't turn into that, ever. I promise everypony."
Spike was about to free them, until a dark green magical rope was tied on him. It was his older self! Dark Spike grabbed his young self, who only glared in defiance.
"What are you gonna do? Destroy me? What happens to you then?" Spike asked his older self
"You still don't get it do you? I'M still here in the present. That means I still exist. And that also means you still turn into me!"
He then pulled his fist back and charged it with an dark green magic aura and savagely punched Spike into a nearby house as his dark self continued
"I don't have to waste you, all I have to do is just run the clock out until your so called friends suffer a deserving fate. Then your entire life will fall apart. Just like they did to me!"
With that said, Dark Spike charged at his younger self and began the final fight.