Dark Spike continued on his way as he advanced through the hive. As he continued, his senses began to go off.
"OK, I'm getting close to Chrysalis and her drones location. I better not be careless and keep going. I'll need to fit in to help them." Dark Spike thought in his mind
Dark Spike hid and switched from his present form to a Changeling drone. As he continued, he heard a gurgled moan coming from a the area.
"What was that?" Dark Spike said in confusion.
He turned and he saw the girls, the Princesses and their allies in green cocoons.
"Well well. Look who it is." The disguised Dark Spike said at his trapped past friends.
As he looked, he turned and saw a cornered Starlight Glimmer trapped by the Queen and her Changelings. Dark Spike only gave an look of recognition when his magic sense went off. Recognizing what was happening, he gave a look of genuine care and said
"Thorax...Be careful."
As he looked, he noticed the REAL Starlight Glimmer sneaking behind Chrysalis and trying to destroy the throne nullifying her magic aside from her subjects.
However, Thorax transformed back and revealed his true form as Chrysalis only caught on and stopped Starlight.
"Very Clever. And clearly Thorax revealed to you the secret of my throne. I can't have powerful ponies using their abilities against me. Even with your rather embarrassing little rescue attempt, everything has gone according to my plan." Chrysalis mockingly gloated
"What plan?! Why did you do all this?!" Starlight replied
"So I could feed of course! By replacing the most beloved figures in Equestria, my drones will be able to store all the love meant for them and return it here to me. Everypony will do as I command, and my subjects and I will feed on their love for generations!" Chrysalis explained
"What if you didn't have to?" Starlight said to Chrysalis
"Ridiculous! The hunger of changelings can never be satisfied!" Chrysalis replied with an unconvinced look.
As they conversed, Dark Spike only looked at the situation and was beginning to slowly think of his impending fate.
"Wow, I can't believe how echoing this is. From us turning into the heroes to the so-called frauds that turned their own home into a desolate wasteland. And that took away these phony ponies...Especially Starlight. Even when she tried to help me before.....no...I have to do this, I have to ensure my fate is to come. " Dark Spike said in his thoughts, feeling conflicted and angry on what he should do
As he thought, he noticed a pink glow and saw Thorax's love taken by the queen, until he felt stronger and a pink glow of love engulfed the area.
"WHAT THE-!?" Dark Spike shouted as he was engulfed by the blast.
As soon as the pink light stopped, Dark Spike (now back to normal) got up and gave a groggy groan.
"What happened?" Dark Spike said as he noticed he was in his true form by looking at his feet and hands.
"Oh crud!" Dark Spike said and hid in some nearby rubble. He looked and saw the changelings, including Thorax, had now gained new forms.
"Starlight? What happened?" Twilight asked in confusion
"We defeated the changelings with no magic at all, they found a new leader and they're all kinda...good now." Starlight responded to Twilight
Princess Luna approached them and gave a smile saying "Well done, Starlight Glimmer, it seems as though you've learned a great deal since we last met."
Dark Spike only looked and noticed that Chrysalis was coming out of nearby rubble.
"Oh no you don't you impudent little bug!" Dark Spike, who began to shapeshift.
Chrysalis got back up and hissed at the heroes angrily, only to give a look of surprise and shock.
All the heroes were getting ready to fight back, even the now reformed changelings were ready to stop their former leader for her actions. Starlight on the other hand, only gave a look of pity at her and said
"When Twilight and her friends defeated me, I chose to run away and seek revenge! You don't have to! You can be the leader your subjects deserve."
Starlight went to Chrysalis and offered a hoof to her. Chrysalis looked to accept it at first....but then turned it down by smacking it away.
Dark Spike only looked and got ready to strike saying "Typical."
With an angry look, Queen Chrysalis only said with rage "There is no revenge you could ever conceive of that will come close to what I will exact on you one day, Starlight Glimmer!"
As she was about to leave from the heroes clutches, a dark green magic blast blew her away into the sky.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" Chrysalis shouted as she flew away into the sky.
"What the?!" Starlight said in surprise
"Who did that?" Thorax asked
The other ponies and Spike protested at having done so, until another voice was heard.
"Me."
They all looked up and saw another changeling with light blue skin, orange eyes and wings.
"Why did you blast her like that?!" Thorax asked the 'changeling'
"Actually, I think the better question is why I haven't blasted any of YOU yet." The changeling replied spitefully
"What? Why would you wanna do that?" Spike asked
The changeling turned to Spike and only gave a look of fury and said "As if you didn't know faker."
"Faker? But only one creature calls me that and...wait, is it...?" Spike said as it slowly began to dawn on him
"Hmm so you know. I mean after all." The 'changeling' said and glowed a dark green flame of fire
The changeling was none other then Dark Spike, who grinned and said "I. Am. Inevitable"
The dark dragon's appearance only shocked the heroes. The 6 girls were shocked, the princesses and Shining were horrified, Starlight, Discord, Trixie and Thorax were both confused and frightened while Spike was angry and surprised at who it was
"YOU?!" All but Thorax and Discord said in horror
"What are you doing here?!" Spike said in anger and shock