two hours ago…
Spike and Trixie were back at Canterlot, both of them just outside of the courtyard.
"Now remember, one more trick, if I like it, I'll talk to Twilight about it but there are no guarantees," Spike said, munching on a gem. "If I don't like it, you get some bits and you don't come back, got it?"
"Got it." Trixie grunted.
She cleared her voice before she began. "Fillies and gentlecolts of all ag-"
"Do you have to go through the whole shtick before the trick?" Spike asked, already bored with this.
Trixie gave him a dirty look before continuing. "As Trixie was saying, watch and be amazed as I will turn this egg," she holds up a small brown egg. "Into a grown chicken."
An aging spell? Spike thought as he watched the unicorn place the egg on the ground. He has yet to see Princess Twilight perform a spell and neither Starlight had from what he remembered.
If she can do an age spell, then it'll be worth it.
"Now, watch and behold!" Trixie called out and her horn started to glow and she concentrated on the brown egg.
The horn sputtered and dissipated. "Oh shoot, hold on." Trixie said try again.
And curiosity fell flat on Spike's face as he sat back and watched this show like all others go down the steamy smelly pot that is the story of Trixie's life.
However, as he watched, Spike got this nagging feeling scratching at his skull to get up and run.
"Oh, why won't you work?!" Trixie roared and her horn sparked in magic and shot a beam. However due to the max level of frustration, she misses the egg oh so horribly and hits Spike square in the chest.
When a pink cloud appeared where he was at, it disappeared.
His clothes were on the ground and in the middle of the pile was a dragon egg.
Trixie blinked very slowly at what she saw. "Oh Trixie is sooo not going to get the job now… "
Now…
Both Spike and Scarlet was still screaming in fright of one another.
The little girl jumped back from the purple thing and pressed her back against the brick wall.
"W-w-what are you?!?" Scarlet stammered.
"What am I? How about Where am I?!?" Spike responded, looking down at his smaller frame, breathing in a panicking way. "Why am I a baby again, what's going on??"
"And you talk!? Just what did I stole from that crazy lady?!"
Then the two screamed one more time which proceeded two minutes before Spike got himself controlled.
"Okay… okay, let's just both of us calm down." Spike said, rubbing his face.
He remembers that he was supposed to be an adult, he remembers his name, but other than that, he has no memory of where he's supposed to be or anything else in his past life.
Scarlet, still frantic, grabs a rock and holds it up like she was going to throw it. "What are you and how can I understand you???"
"Whoa whoa wait, let's not get violent here, kid." Spike said, holding his hands up. "I-I don't remember much, but I know that my name is Spike, I'm a dragon and I don't know anything else."
"A… a dragon???" Her red eyes widened, dropping the rock.
"Yeah, a dragon, see? " He goes over to the cold boiler and opens the hatch door. He grabs some trash and throws it in there and breathes a burst of green fire at it.
It didn't take long before the cold boiler room began warming up.
Scarlet gripped her hair. "Oh my God, I stole from a witch. Am I going to get cursed too?!"
Spike facepalms at that statement. He lets out a long groan before shaking his head before looking up at her.
"No, I don't think you're going to get cursed… what's your name? " He asked calmly.
"S-Scarlet Rose." Scarlet responded, hyperventilating.
"Okay, Scarlet, just calm down, take deep breaths." The purple dragon approached her calmly, having her do some breathing exercises. "No one's gonna curse you, this is probably a big misunderstanding."
After failing several times, the little girl began to get her breathing under control and not on the verge of passing out. During that moment, Spike took a moment to look about the dank and dirty boiler room, the mattress underneath the window.
"Scarlet, where are your parents? This isn't a place a kid should be living in." Spike said after getting her situated. Now seeing how filthy the ten year old was.
Scarlet frowned. "I don't have any."
"No mom or dad around?" Spike asked and she nodded. "What happened to them?"
She shrugged in response. "I was given up as a baby, I have no one."
Spike frowned and sighed, shaking his head. "Sorry to hear about that. Listen, you said you took me from some crazy lady, what do you remember?"
"Uuuuhmmm," Scarlet had to think before saying, "I was in a dumpster getting food, a crazy lady stole my wagon, I stole it back with you in it and we're here." She said.
"Don't suppose you remember where the crazy lady was when you left?"
"Nope, I don't remember where I left her."
Spike cursed underneath his breath. "Okay next question… you got any pants?"