Celestia yawned as she went to the planning room in Twilight's old castle. Twilight, having long since fully moved into Canterlot for her duties as the full-fledged princess of Equestria. Before Celestia, lay the Cutie map, around it was her team, Luna sat on the opposite side of her, and around the table sat Rainshine, Starswirl, a group of Breezies headed by Seabreeze and Fluttershy, Thorax, Ember, Shining armor, and the now fully grown Princess Flurry Heart. As Celestia walked into the room she found the same argument that always seemed to be happening.
"I've known him the longest," Rainshine said as she and Ember tried to stare one another down "Spike will want to come and stay with me,"
"Well he's known me longer on a technicality," Ember shot back "He'll want to come and stay with me in the Dragon Lands,"
"By the honor of my Ancestors I will see that Spike lives in peace where ever he sees fit," Seabreeze chimed in as he fluttered between the two before going on his usual rant "Spike once belonged to my ancient ancestor, and my family has spent generations trying to find and set him free to repay the debt we owe him, without his magic we Breezie would never have been able to live in peace," Fluttershy beamed at this.
"I agree with SeaBreeze," She said as she stepped forward.
"You always agree with SeeBreeze," Ember sighed "You've been agreeing with him since he joined the search 4 years ago, and you'll keep agreeing with him till the search ends," as SeaBreeze began arguing with Ember on Fluttershy's behalf Both Thorax and Starswirl were busy daydreaming, Luna could sense what they were thinking and chuckled at Thorax's vision of Spike as a Changeling, and of Starswirl having tea and talking with Llama Spike about his adventures since returning to Equestria.
"Order," Shining called out to no avail, followed by Flurry Heart repeating her Father in the royal Canterlot voice getting the attention of the group "Celestia's here,"
"Alright," Celestia thundered as she looked around, she held herself high before asking bluntly "Anyone have anything?" This was followed by a moment of silence before Starswirl spoke up.
"I have found no signs of Spike, his Lamp, or his magic," He replied "I think we might have to face the fact that he hasn't yet returned from your last wishes Banishment," Celestia sighed before looking at the search party
"We must stay vigilant, the day will come when he returns, and a fair number of us are immortal, we will find him, we just have to wait till the one who deserves his power finds him first"
Canterlot was in the midst of a great storm, the harsh winds blowing across the mountain had made even the most devoted of the castle guards run inside for shelter, leaving the gardens empty, among the many decorations in the gardens sat a statue that doubled as a prison for the one trapped in stone, the petrified Cozy Glow stood in defiance, having once been petrified with Tiriek and Chrysalis they had been freed so they could stand trial and in the end, they had all been separated and petrified once again, Cozy glow had no idea where Chrysalis and Tirek had been sent to spend their petrified fate, but she had been put in the Canterlot Gardens, atop a stone Petastool overlooking a section of the gardens, sentenced to remain agelessly petrified until the turn of the next century.
She could do nothing but stare without end at the garden before her, unable to blink, unable to rest, unable to do anything but wait for someone to free her. The only company she had was an odd object that she felt against her leg, It was a mystery that she felt she might never solve, She had felt it seemingly appear against her leg in her first moment of being alone as a statue, but it would disappear whenever any other creature was within viewing distance of her, and return when they had left. She had tried desperately to look at it, to find any reflective surface that might reveal to her what it was, and for the last decade or so it had consumed her thoughts.
"What are you?" She demanded voicelessly, she desperately tried to look at it before crying out into the void of nothingness "I wish I could be free of this prison, if for no other reason other than to discover what the heck is resting against my leg," At once she felt the object began vibrating and her vision was clouded by Purple smoke as a booming voice called out to her.
"Your Wish, Is Granted," Cozy jumped at the voice in shock and fell to the ground and landed in a puddle with a wet smack, she pulled herself up and shook the mud from her mane, looking at her hooves in stunned silence when she felt something metallic land against her back hoof and looked back to see a golden Oil Lamp land on it, a trail of Purple mist trailing around it, she followed the trail and found a Dragon looking down at her, and she stared at him in stunned silence.
"Oh my lord," Spike cried out "I could have gotten stuck to anyone, and I got stuck to a statue," Spike groaned "I guess I wasn't able to attach to you before you got turned to stone because I existed in the time period when Luna was freed and was trapped in Limbo until they threw me into the past," Spike groaned.
"You...you're the Princess's pet dragon," Cozy said in complete confusion.
"Yeah, I kind of got cosmic powers and went ultra crazy, then the princesses trapped me in a lamp and threw me like a billion years in the past, blah, blah, blah, got banished until someone who deserves to wield my power came around, blah, blah, blah, I wasn't able to escape from Limbo cause I existed and had to wait till I was sent into the past and my own existence was assured, then I appeared next to you and got to spend like 16 years against your leg unable to do anything because my magic was sealed off until you rubbed the lamp.
"But I didn't..." Cozy tried to say only to be rapidly hushed by Spike.
"We can either play this out and be happy that the wind and the magic sticking me to your leg resulted in a rubbing motion when you wished you were free, or we can both go back to spending the next century stuck in one spot,"
"So what happens now?" Cozy demanded, "Do I just say I wish and..." Cozy cut off when she heard the sound of many hooves tapping against the pavement.
"Cozy Glow has escaped," She heard a voice call out "Search the sky, put Canterlot on lockdown, and find her before she gets too far,"
"I wish to be far, far away from here," She said immediately, Spike's eyes began glowing and the lines beneath his eyes dissipated a little.
"Your Wish, is Granted," He declared, Cozy felt the world around her warp and found herself in a nice dry cave sitting at a table with a Kirin, a Breezie, and a Llama, along with Spike.
"Well that was two of your three wishes," Spike said simply "If I had to take a guess your third is gonna be something along the lines of being an Alicorn that can't be turned to stone or something right?" Spike was completely prepared for Cozy to take that and send him packing, instead, she looked at the creatures around her and looked questioningly at them.
"Oh those are all me, not everyone is too thrilled to see a Dragon appear in front of 'em, I try to make one for my more notable masters,"
"Well, what do I get?" Cozy demanded indignantly, earning a look from the group of Spikes.
"You know, I did spend 16 years waiting for you to make your first wish, Name your creature, no Ponies though, A Kirin is enough," Cozy looked shocked at how quickly he agreed and looked around quickly before blurting out.
"Uh...um...Diamond Dog, no wait..."
'Diamond Dog it is," Spike declared as a chair formed next to Cozy and a Purple Diamond Dog formed next to her, with a green underbelly, unlike the other Spikes the Diamond Dog had a vest and Collar instead of pants and shoes, though it still had the bracelets.
"Wait no," Cozy said as she tapped the table "Make it a girl, with less of a mace tail and more of a fluffy dog tail," Diamond Dog Spike looked at Cozy for a second before its figure changed to a more feminine one and her tail turned from a mace to a fuzzy one.
"How's this?" She said in a feminine voice making the other Spike's whistle.
"Why didn't I think of that," Breezie said irritably "Gender Diversity is what we've been missing,"
"Oh shut up," Dragon shot back before all the Spikes save for the new one dissipated into smoke.
"Well, props," Diamond Dog Spike said as she patted herself "The Genderswap is a first for me,"
"Oh, well you can give me some more wishes as a thank you," Cozy said sweetly.
"That's not how it works," She replied Cozy leaned in and flaunted Spike a set of Puppy Dog eyes.
"Oh, Pweety Pweese?" Spike was about to snap the rules in when her eyes began sparking without her consent and her eyeliner refreshed itself leaving her with two lines instead of one.
"What the...?" Spike demanded as she rubbed her face, Cozy just cocked her head at it.
"What was that about?" She asked in confusion.
"You just....got another wish?" Spike said in confusion "No one's ever done that, I can't even do that, What did just you do?" The Look on Cozy's face indicated she was just as baffled as Spike.
"I...I just said Pweety Pweese and then you..." Instantly Spike's eyes began sparking and her eyeliner was fully renovated," Spike and Cozy just looked at each other in silence.
"That's it?" Spike demanded, "That's all anyone had to do to get more wishes, ask nicely in a cutesy baby voice?"
"Yes!" Cozy Cheered "How many more Wishes can I get like that?"
"I dunno," Spike replied with a shrug "That's not in the rules,"
"Well, whoever made the rules must have left one out,"
"No one made the rules, they just appeared,"
"Didn't you say the Princesses trapped you in that lamp?" Cozy asked, "Doesn't that mean they made the rules?"
"Well...technically they tricked me into agreeing to it with a magical contract,"
"Well, then it probably says something about that on the contract,"
"Well I can't read it, the contract turned into my stupid lamp so..."
"I wish for an exact copy of the contract you signed," Cozy said instantly, Spike's eyes began glowing and one of his lines dissipated.
"Your wish is granted," she declared as a scroll appeared in between them,"
"It works," Spike said in shock, What's it say, what's it say!?" Cozy looked at the contract and read over it for a minute or two before smiling and saying aloud.
"In the event somepony who is or was the Genie's master says the phrase, Pweety Pweese, the Genie must grant that person an extra wish, even if that person has already used all their wishes, this can be repeated infinitely!" Cozy looked at Spike with a shine in her eyes and she just stared back dumbfounded.
"Oh," she said "She must 've intended to use that to wish me free," she said in realization "Man that's stupid, Why would she select that as the magic word? She's picked something so...oddly specific,"
"I got it!" Cozy declared with a smile "I wish that when the Princess first made this contract she thought up the phrase Pweety Pweese as the code word for unlimited wishes," Cozy laughed and earned a laugh from Spike as her eyes sparkled and the second wish line dissipated.
"Your wish is granted," Spike noted through Cozy's laughter "Oh man, that explains it," Spike sighed "Welp, uh...now what?"
"Now?" Cozy asked with a grin "Now I make my ultimate plan for power, but first..." She looked Spike over with a glint in her eyes "I have a few personal wishes to make,"