Spike’s vision felt foggy, he didn’t know where he was, but he felt a ringing in his ear, after a while, it became clearer and he saw he was in some yellow walled room and was on a bed, under some white sheets.
“Ugh… what happened?” Spike asked groggily as he looked around.
Spike began to think back to his previous memories, he and the girls were fighting off Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow for Grogar’s bell. He seemed to draw a blank after those events however, though his memory was certainly cloudy.
Soon a tall orange stallion in a doctor’s uniform with a shining sunset as his cutie mark walked in the room.
“Oh good, you’re finally awake.” The stallion sighed with relief, “I am Doctor Sunbeam.” The stallion known as Sunbeam introduced himself, “You were brought here after how much Chrysalis had damaged your wings. You can thank Twilight Sparkle for this, if she hadn’t gotten you here sooner, you might be in worse condition.”
Spike’s eyes widened, he then looked to his sides to see his wings had been bandaged and were held up by some medical equipment.
He now remembered what happened, Chrysalis had held him as ransom to get Twilight to surrender, but then she started to torture him by pulling his wings, leading Twilight to knock the villains out with her magic. He drew a blank after telling her to get the bell however.
“What happened to the villains?” Spike asked in concern, he figured they had lost the battle but he wanted to know their fate.
“They were defeated, given Equestria is still standing and all. They were sent to the Canterlot dungeons with magic restraints placed on Chrysalis and Tirek, rest assured, they will not be a threat for a long time.” Sunbeam explained.
Spike sighed in relief, at least that problem was extinguished for now but he still wondered one thing, “How’s Twilight doing?”
“She seemed very worried for you.” Sunbeam admits sympathetically, “Understandable, given everything you two have been through. She outright pleaded us to ensure your survival.”
“R…Really?” Spike asked sadly, he didn’t think this would affect Twilight that badly. He knew Twilight had a tendency to freak out but she didn’t think she would be this worried.
‘Oh Twilight…’ Spike drifted his eyes upwards in sadness.
Back in the Castle Of Friendship, Twilight was tossing and turning in her sleep in her bed.
Suddenly Twilight woke up, but found herself underground, with crystal walls.
“Recognize this place Princess Twilight?” A familiar haunting voice was heard.
Twilight found herself angered at the voice, she knew exactly who it belonged to.
“Chrysalis! Show yourself!” Twilight growled.
Chrysalis soon rose from the ground, in green flames with a sadistic smirk, she also had have Grogar’s bell and seemed to be powered up like she was last time when she had it.
“Welcome back Twilight Sparkle to the caves beneath Canterlot. I do hope you feel a wave of nostalgia from this wonderful place.” Chrysalis said, walking over to Twilight.
“What do you want from me? We both know I can take you on just fine with or without Grogar’s bell.” Twilight said as she flared up her horn.
“Oh Twilight. You think I didn’t come unprepared. I think I have something you might just want to know about.” Chrysalis smirked villainously before she lit up her horn and soon some crystals spiked up behind her and a green bubble appeared with Spike inside it, who still had his wings damaged from the battle.
“Twilight!” Spike cried out in fear, which struck fear into Twilight herself.
“Spike!” Twilight fruitlessly reached a hoof out in despair.
Chrysalis just chuckled villainously and smiled, “I see I have your attention. You best surrender to me now Princess Twilight, or I shall pop that little safety bubble and let the dragon drop, which he will then become a scaly kabob. A pity for him, but I could care less.”
Twilight looked at how fearful Spike looked to Chrysalis who was smirking.
“Not gonna happen.” Twilight angrily refused before blasting Chrysalis, letting Chrysalis scream in pain before falling to the ground.
Twilight then flew up to the ceiling of the cave to try and reach Spike but Chrysalis soon used her magic to blast the bubble Spike was in, letting him drop, and given his wings were badly injured, he could not fly to save himself.
Twilight fearfully tried to catch him, but it didn’t look to be good for Spike and as soon as he made contact with the rocks.
A flash of light caused Spike and the jagged rocks to disappear, along with Chrysalis.
“Spike! Spike! Where are you?! I can’t lose you!” Twilight began flying all over the cave with tears until she saw a shadow loom above her. She looked up to see Princess Luna flying above her.
Luna soon flew downwards to Twilight so they were face to face, “Calm down Princess Twilight Sparkle, Spike is alive and safe at the Canterlot Hospital. This is all just a dream.”
Twilight let herself tear up as she floated to the ground, before letting herself cry.
“It all felt so real. Chrysalis’ threats and Spike plummeting to his…” Twilight spoke tearfully.
“Dreams can tend to play tricks on us Twilight. I remember back when I had to help the Cutie Mark Crusaders with their nightmares and I also recall the time where Starlight had that nightmare about me and Celestia turning into evil incarnations of ourselves. However, I do not recall ever seeing a nightmare as severe as this.” Luna explained, “Clearly something in that fated battle affected you in more ways than one.”
“It did. During the battle, Chrysalis held Spike as ransom for us to surrender. She began tugging and pulling at the wings, and I had to hear him scream for dear life until I just couldn’t take it anymore.” Twilight explained sadly, “I felt a swirl of emotions, fear for Spike’s life, hatred towards Chrysalis, and powerless to stop her before my burst of anger.”
Twilight collapsed to the ground once again and spoke again, “But most of all I felt guilt for letting this happen to Spike. He’s practically my brother, I should have kept an eye to make sure any of the villains wouldn’t kill him.”
Luna lifted Twilight’s chin towards her and began speaking, “Twilight, I can say with utmost certainty that you are not to blame for this. It is Chrysalis who decided to do what she did. You were in the midst of saving Equestria, it is understandable to not plan out every variable under that pressure.”
“Maybe… but I still feel horrible for what happened to Spike.” Twilight sighed, “If I had took precautions, maybe he would be safe.”
“Well Twilight, the best way to tackle this issue to lean on your friends for help, perhaps even those who share similar sentiments.” Luna said before lighting up her horn and casting a bright light.
Twilight soon woke up with a start and found herself in her room, she looked out her window and saw the sun was rising.
The door to her room soon opened and her door opened for her to find Starlight entering, “Sorry to disturb you Twilight, I figured I should wake you up now. I think we both shouldn’t be alone at this time.”
Twilight thought about Starlight’s words and sighed, “Yeah. Me neither.”
She then hugged Starlight, even though it did little to make her feel better, it certainly gave her more comfort than she was previously feeling.