A few hours had passed after Celestia had told Twilight to find Spikes egg shells, she had hoped she could use a spell to locate him, or see what's happening, everypony was gathered in the throne room the pieces of spike's egg laid on the ground.
"So you think this could help us find spike?" Twilight asked with worry.
"I hope so i just hope i can at least get his location" Celestia said with hope, the mane 6 had watched Celestia and Luna try to cast a spell to see where spike is.
The egg pieces began to float and spun around the room creating beams of light as they rapidly flew. they then saw a dragon shaped figure appear in their heads.
"I think that's him!" Twilight said with confidence,
"Please work!" The mane 6 said with hope as they could see spike's shadow but not fully. But just as spike almost fully appeared he began to disappear again.
"NO! COME ON!" Celestia said as she struggled, but they didn't have enough magic and the spell failed, Celestia and Luna collapsed on the ground exhausted and the mane 6 ran up to see if their okay.
"What happened?!" The mane 6 asked with worry.
"We didn't have enough magic, he must be to far away to find, it wouldn't have been hard if he was in Equestria" Celestia said as she took heavy breathes.
"Are you saying Spikes not even IN Equestria?!" They all said horrified.
"I'm afraid so... I'm so sorry... i failed you all" Celestia said with tears, the main 6 began to cry as all seemed lost.
"How are we gonna find him?" Rarity said crying.
"I... I don't know" Luna said as she didn't have any ideas.
As they all felt it was lost a guard came in holding a letter.
"your highness! A letter has arrived for you!" The guard reported.
"A Letter?" The mane 6 all asked.
"From who?" Celestia asked curiously.
"The Dragon lord, Torch, he wishes to see you." The guard said a little worried.
"WHAT?!" Luna asked worried.
"What does he want with me?"
"The dragon who delivered the letter said he needed to meet you, something about your missing friend" The guard explained.
"You think he could be able to help find Spike?" Celestia asked her sister.
"It could be possible, he IS the dragon lord after all" Luna answered.
"Thank you for this, you can rest for now" Celestia said as she took the letter, she then proceeded to read it, as soon as she finished it she looked at everyone else.
"We're going to the Dragon lands for a meeting." Celestia said seriously.
"What?" They all asked confused.
"we all need to get going now, and let me do the talking, i know him and don't want to cause trouble." Celestia said as she beckoned the others to follow her. They all looked confused but then followed her, Twilight grabbed the pieces of spikes egg before following her as she then teleported them to the Dragon lands.
As soon as they teleported to the lands they were immediately hit with overbearing heat.
"Is it hotter then the last time we were here?" Rainbow dash asked sweating as the mane 6 wondered the same thing.
"It's a hotter day here yes, but we should focus on finding Torch." Celestia said as she moved ahead the others following behind.
The dragon lands were barren with nothing that much to say, there were multiple volcanos and mountains, barely anything could make it look like the rest of Equestria, there were multiple dragons who saw them and were wondering why ponies were in their territory.
"Haven't been here in a long time" Celestia said as she continued forward.
"you've been here before Sister?" Luna asked curiously.
"Yes it has been a very long time though, the last time i was here was when torch and i wanted to spend a little time, form a bit of a stronger bond with each other." Celestia explained.
"How did that go?" Fluttershy asked.
"We formed a respect for each other and agreed to help each other out when we needed it and would keep in contact with each other." Celestia said with a smile
They soon finally arrived at the Dragon lords throne where Torch sat.
"Princess Celestia, it is great to see you again, And it's an honor to meet you Princess Luna and Twilight" Torch said with a smile.
"You know about me?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Celestia had told me on what you did to save Equestria, you have my respect for that, congratulations on becoming a Princess" torch said honestly, The main 6 all smiled at his kindness and bowed in respect before Celestia decided to ask.
"Why have you summoned us here?" Celestia asked.
"I understand a dragon child who is your friend has gone missing, scouts had reported to me about the whole thing" Torch said seriously.
"But i have a few questions about this child first" Torch said with a serious look.
"What do you want to know" Celestia asked.
"How did you come across him?, and why didn't you tell me about him, i could have assigned a pair of mates to be his guardians if you had." Torch asked with a bit of an upset look.
"I had found his egg alone in the forest, i tried to find the parents but i didn't find them, I needed the use the egg for a special hatching project for my student, I'm sorry i didn't tell you about this" Celestia said regretfully, a large amount of dragons were watching them and were shocked in what they heard, even Garble and his crew started to feel bad.
"So he was abandoned?" Torch asked sadly.
"I don't know, but i wasn't gonna let anything bad happen to him so i had Twilight here hatch him and she raised him like a mother." Celestia said with a smile, torch then looked upset for a moment and took a deep breath before saying.
"Even though it is by law that ANY eggs that were found without its parents, it should be given to a proper guardian dragon, ...but I trust you enough to take care of him" He said with a smile.
The mane 6 all sighed in relief.
"Thank you torch, truly" Twilight said gratefully
"I only have one request though." torch began to ask twilight
"What is it?" Twilight asked
"Once we bring him back i only ask that he his given a pair of dragons to raise him like a one, he won't have you forever, and he should at least be given a proper education on dragons and be able to defend himself, i will allow him to visit you all whenever he wants, but he should have a proper pair of dragons to raise him." Torch asked her. they all looked shocked for a moment before twilight began to think it over, Celestia then begin to tell Twilight.
He's right twilight, he won't always have you, he should have an extra pair of guardians to keep him safe" she said sadly. Twilight then took a deep breath and looked at torch.
"I accept this, I won't be with him forever, and he should learn to protect himself." Twilight said with a smile and Torch smiled as well, the mane 6 looked shocked though.
"Are you sure about this twilight" Applejack asked worried
"Yes, he should learn to keep himself safe when he doesn't have us" Twilight said with a smile.
"I'll work on getting him a pair of guardians later. I Expect the dragons watching us to show respect to him if they decide to adopt him even if he was raised by ponies" Torch said looking at the other dragons in anger and they all bowed in understanding.
"Now back to the conversation, you said you could help us find Spike?" Celestia asked Torch.
"I can help us see what's happening with him ,but i beg for your help, your magic with my power can help us see what's happening with him, i was only able to get his location for a brief moment.
"REALLY?!" They all asked surprised.
"Where is he?!" Celestia asked worried.
"Your not gonna like it" Torch said with a stern voice, he then told them on where he was.
"WHAT?!?!?!" Celestia shouts extremely loudly shocking the mane 6 and even Torch, her voice echoed over the lands some nearby birds flying away from it, it even surprised the dragons who were watching in how loud it was.
"Are you sure?!" Celestia asked horrified.
"Yes, he is in the land of Nibel" torch said sadly
"Nibel?" The mane 6 all asked.
"Yes the land of Nibel, home of the Spirit tree, the source of the worlds life" Celestia explained and the others looked in shock.
"Why can't we go to this place and get him?" Rainbow dashed eager to get flying to save him.
"Because Nibel is thousands of miles from Equestria, it would take months for us to reach it, I've only been there a couple times before, but i couldn't go anymore because of how far it was and i am centuries old." Torch explained.
"How can we reach him?" Rarity asked Torch.
"We can figure that out later, but i think it's important we see what's been happening with him" Torch suggested.
"He's right, Twilight you still have the egg pieces?" Celestia asked.
Twilight then putted the pieces on the ground.
"Good, we need these in order to work" Torch said as he pulled out the scepter.
"This will give us enough magic to find him, we'll be catching up on what's happened with him and see what's currently going on, Celestia, Luna, prepare yourselves." Torch ordered as they got ready to try the spell again, dozens of more dragons came over and were ready to see what was happening with spike.
"Ready?" torch asked as he held the scepter.
"READY!" They both shouted and used the spell again, Torched used the scepter and it glowed brightly. The mane 6 and dragons all watched in awe of what was happening, the sky then started to swirl around and shrouded them in it, they all found themselves in a white void.
"What is this place?" Pinkie asked
"This void is what will help us see where he is, now be quiet were about to see what's happened" Torch ordered, and they all began to see Spike.
"SPIKE!" They all shouted hoping he would respond, but he didn't.
"Why can't he hear us?" Fluttershy asked.
"Because these are only memories recalling what's happened, even when we get to where he currently is he won't be able to hear us, but we will be able to see him" Celestia explained. They then began to see Spike's journey from the start the dragons and mane 6 and the princesses watched in awe.
we see the memory of spike first waking up in the forest.
"Rainbow dash! if this is a prank its not funny!" spike says angerly as rainbow dash looks upset
"I wouldn't pull a prank like that!" Rainbow dash says offended
"you totally would the rest of the mane 6 all say at once, even celestia agrees and rainbow groans in embarrassment.
They then see Spike being attacked by the two horned creature.
"WHAT ARE THOSE?!" Spike shouts scarred, the mane 6 looking scarred for they're friend.
They then see Spike avoided the creatures, but they all gasped horrified as they see spike get a large cut from one of them.
"Oh no.." Fluttershy asks scarred for him.
They then see spike beginning to crawl weakly to injured from the loss of blood all of them horrified.
" No... not like this..." spike says weakly and everyone watching started to form tears.
they then see spike befriend an injured Ori, and they found it really cute.
"Glad.. i could... help..." Spike says as he collapses on the ground all of them become horrified at what they saw.
"Spike...no!" Celestia said on the verge of crying, even Torch had tears in his eyes.
"Twilight... I'm so sorry..." Spike says as he feels his last breath, ori then climbs on him with tears in her eyes, he then rubs ori's head.
"It's... gonna be... okay..." Spike says weakly, he and Ori feel they're breaths leave them and they close they're eyes for the last time, all of them breaking down crying as they saw him die.
"No... it cant be... it can't be!" Twilight says crying a massive amount of tears the others crying as well, even some dragons were crying in what they saw.
"Spike... he can't..." Luna said depressed as she was heavily upset.
"That poor hatchling" one dragon said crying as well with the other dragons looking depressed from it.
They all then see a white flower appear next to them and look confused before even more flowers emerge, then a massive field can be seen along with a giant tree.
"The Spirit tree!" Celestia said and everyone look at it in awe.
"That's the spirit tree?" Twilight asked as they saw light flow into spike and Ori. and soon they see spike open his eyes again and gasp in happiness.
"He's okay!!" Pinkie says so relieved.
They then see Spike and Ori introduce each other agree to help each other, they all awe in happiness as they see Ori hug him, they then see what's happened with him on his journey, them meeting Sein, and they see why spike was brought there, he was apparently summoned by the Spirit tree as a last bit of desperation for help and learn that is saw potential in him.
"Spike did say he had wished to do something great one day" Twilight said fascinated.
they then all look shocked as they learned what happened to spike in order to understand Ori.
"So I'm like a hybrid" Spike asks and they all gasp in shock
"yes it was in order for you two to better understand each other and traverse Nibel" Sein explains as as everyone looks shocked.
"the spirit tree... made Spike part spirit?" Celestia asked concerned
they then see the rest of the journey, him helping solve puzzles, and him and Ori free Gumo and they all smile as they saw them free him. We then reach the parts of the Ginso tree where things became concerning, we then reach the part where they absorbed the light from another Ancestral tree.
But they then see Spike groan in pain, and gasp as spike falls to his knees.
"Spike! Are you okay?!" Ori asks worried for her friend, we then see spikes scales glow white as well as his eyes before it all fades away and they sigh in relief.
"What was that?" Spike asks as he tried to get up.
"I don't know but i think it's something we should be concerned about" Sein says worried, but spike gets up.
"I'm fine now we should focus on the heart, we'll talk about this later." Spike says as he makes his way upward with the bash ability, ori and sein look worried before following behind.
"So he can absorb the light for new ability's" Luna says curiously.
"the Spirit Tree can do many things Luna" Celestia explained as they continued watching.
We then reach the part where Spike is alone and is about to free the other half of the heart, but Spike feels his head hurt badly and screams in pain.
"AGH!" Spike screams as he falls to knees and everyone looks horrified as his body glows white again. They then see spikes visions of him being slashed at by Kuro over and over, everyone looking horrified in what he saw.
"What is happening with him?!" Torch asks upset for him.
"I think he's seeing memories of the spirits he's gained powers from" Celestia says as they continue to observe.
"Why is this happening?!" Spike asks, soon the pain goes away and spike gets on his feat again they all sigh in relief.
"I'll have to ask Twilight about this the next time i see her, hopefully she can help" Spike says as he continues to the other half.
"I don't think this is something even I can help with" Twilight says sadly.
They then see spike and Ori's escape through the rising waters, and they all cheer as they escaped.
"we made it... we really made it!" Ori says happily.
" I told you we would!" Spike says happily.
"So he's at least freed the element of water, that's amazing!" Celestia says astonished.
But they're cheers soon turn to gasps as they see a monster emerge in the background.
"KURO!!" Sein yells as she lands in front of them, everyone looks terrified as it gets closer to Spike and Ori, they see spike start to breath rapidly again and gasp when he sees more visions hearing one word repeat he then turns to ori saying the same thing holding her hand.
"RUN!!" Spike says terrified as he and Ori try to escape but the next step she makes causes them to lose they're balance and they fall off the tree, they all look horrified in what they saw.
"SPIKE!" Ori shouts as she grabs his hand.
"ORI!!" Spike shouts as he holds her close, Kuro is seen flying in the background and flies closer and closer until everything fades to black.
"SPIKE!!" Everyone shouts.
"do you think he's okay?!" Rainbow dash asks horrified.
"We'll have to see" Celestia says as she looks extremely worried, we then zoom into the vision as we cut back to Spike and Ori.