//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: A Dragon's Blunder // by cornholio4 //------------------------------// Princess Twilight Sparkle's castle in Ponyville and Spike was left to watch the place and re-shelving the books in the castle library while Twilight and her group of friends were at Canterlot for a meeting with the Princesses and some visiting delegates. He was hummed to himself when he spotted the mirror portal to the human world where Sunset Shimmer was living in. "Wonder if this could connect to other worlds...." Spike mused but jumped when he heard laughing and then looked around him and found a triangle ornament on the bookshelf which had an eye. "I bet that it does and I am kind of stuck here...." laughed the ornament and Spike jumped screaming. "WHAT? YOU ARE ALIVE AND YOU CAN TALK?" Spike screamed out loud in shocked fright as it giggled. "You know; I wonder if I was your size I would be an almighty king and my screaming like that would be more like a squeal of rage!" the triangle told Spike in a joking voice as Spike was feeling tense. "But no... I am not really the ornament.... It takes my shape and so I am able to see and with just a bit of my power; I am able to use this to speak to you... My body and soul is kind of trapped here in a realm as some people can't take a joke... I was hoping if you could let me out using that portal now...." the triangle told Spike. "Want me to let you out? I don't know... Why were you stuck there and was there a good reason?" Spike asked as the triangle sighed. "Look; I took some jokes too far and I realise I was wrong... I need someone to help me seek out friendship and how not to misuse the power that I have... I am kind of like your friend Discord..." the triangle explained as Spike hd a thought. "Princess Luna and Discord have seen the error of their ways...." SPike admitted as he was deep in thought as he wasn't sure what to do. "Tell you what... Let's make a deal? That unicorn Rarity; you like her don't you? I heard you talk about her when you are alone." The triangle said as Spike was taken aback and nodded sighing wishing that he could confess or she could notice him the way that he wanted her to. "You let me out of here and I can help you impress her; help set you two up on a date? What do you say friend?" the triangle asked and the thought got to Spike and made him excited. "You got it!" Spike said eagerly and went to the controls of the portal; managing to changing it so it landed on the triangle having a single eye, no mouth, a bow tie, a top hat and black thin arms and legs. "You look funny.... What's your name?" Spike asked knowing that this guy had to be silly or funny. "Bill Cipher and so....Do we have a deal?" the triangle asked reaching out his hand and Spike grabbed it signifying the deal and letting Bill out. Bill laughed as he flew around and said "thank you very much Spike.... I think that we can wait until you are an adult for the date and then I can change Rarity back for my end of the bargain." "Yeah.... Wait what?" Spike asked as Bill started laughing as it grew darker and more maniacal. Billy flew out of the castle library and was flying straight for Canterlot. "Pray to your merchandisable princesses Equestria for Weirdmageddon shall begin!" Bill shouted for all of Equestria to be heard and Spike looked up in horror realising that he had made a huge mistake. He then ran for the train station hoping to get to Canterlot to warn Twilight and the others before it was too late... The sky opened up a huge portal as it turned dark and out came all sorts of unspeakable monsters terrorising the ponies with them all screaming in agony as all sorts of chaos happened. Spike struggled as he kept his journey to Canterlot trying to hide from the armies; it was like when Discord was still evil and loose for the first time but a trillion times worse. He barely managed to make it to Canterlot when everything returned to normal with all the ponies confused; the sky was normal and the monsters were away making him grin in triumph. He should have known that Twilight and their friends would be able to fight back and stop Bill with their friendship magic powers like they always did! He was worried for nothing! He came running about to the castle but he ended up finding the 6 along with Princesses Celestia and Luna huddled together; he was confused when he saw that Fluttershy was crying her eyes out with them comforting. "SPIKE!!!!" Twilight shouted noticing Spike and ran up to him to pull him into a hug. "I am so glad that you are safe! It was awful with that.... Monster... Bill Cipher loose.... We didn't even last a second against him.... The Elements started and he turned up into tapestries; he looked like he was toying with us!!! We were stuck there but......." Twilight cried to Spike's confusion but comforted her as he hugged back. "It was awful!!!! I was stuck smiling with no reason to smile at all but we were all aware that we stuck as tapestries; see but unable to do anything! Was this what it was like for Discord to be stuck in stone for all those years; no wonder he was like that!!!!" PInkie screamed out loud. "Just the worst my Spikey Wikey...." Rarity cried going to embrace Spike as they then let go with Spike's confusion growing. "I don't understand.... Didn't your friendship rainbow magic beat him?" Spike asked as they sighed and the Princesses came forward. "We were helpless against him as well and it was up to Discord to stand against him..." Princess Luna explained and that shocked Spike. "So it was Discord's turn to be the big hero? This should get to his head; where is he?" Spike asked as Fluttershy kept on crying as everypony else had their heads down to Spike's confusion. "Spike.... You better take a look at this.... He... Left it for Fluttershy before he fought the jerk...." Applejack murmured pushing a letter to Spike as he took a look at the letter in Discord's handwriting. To my dear sweet Fluttershy, As I am writing this; I an about to fight Bill Cipher whose power is just like and could match my own. I am going to fight to avenge you and all of Equestria. I am planning to go all out and show him every trick that I have and I know about him and what defeated him once to the point where he had to invoke an incantation to have him reincarnated. To make sure that it's closed off and to to free you and all of Equestria; I plan to use an illusion to make sure he won't notice me taking the fight to where he came from. However.... Sigh... There is no easy way to say this... Another reason why I am taking the fight elsewhere is that.... I know there is a big chance that his power and what he can withstand is beyond me and you could very well destroy me; possibly forever. Still if it comes to that.... Actually if you are reading this then it has come to that... Me; Discord the great spirit of goddess is dead and quite possibly for good. I am pretty sure that I can be reborn as long as chaos exists but I have no idea how long it will take or for me to regain my full power. So this could very well be goodbye. I will miss our friendship and you seeing the good in me that I didn't even see myself. I like to claim that your friends are just friends of a friend to me but if I have to be honest; they all and Twilight especially taught me all about friendship as well and they are all my friends that I am fighting for. This is it and wherever my spirit will end up in whatever afterlife; I will miss you as my will miss me. Don't fret as there is a quote from a departed author whose work that I am a huge fan of, that I think will work. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Your friend Discord Spike's eyes widened as he read every word; "What... No... Come on out now Discord; joke's over but very funny.... This has to be a prank that he and Pinkie Pie cooked up... Rainbow Dash probably helped...." Spike said in denial but no one was laughing and had their heads down. "As Discord said; the chaos and disharmony in our world existing may bring him back but how long it would take and would he even have his memories...." Princess Celestia said with sympathy in her voice as Spike was to his knees. "No... This can't be.... I wish that I never freed him with Twilight's portal...." Spike caused and this gave them pause as they all looked at him with Spike realising in horror what he just said. "Spike.... What did you just say?" Twilight asked with warning as Spike gulped. "He spoke to me through that triangle ornament we have in the library.... Said he was just a jokester stuck in his realm and wanted to be shown the error of his ways.... You saw the look of him and thought that he looked harmless...." Spike tried to explain nervously. "You didn't think that there was a reason why he was stuck there? Are you so thick headed?" Rainbow Dash screamed in disbelief as Applejack pushed him away. "Why were you so reckless Spike? Did he do or say anything else to get you on his side?" Twilight asked as Spike sighed figuring that he might as well face the music. "he said that if I made a deal to let him out... He would also.... Set me up on a date with Rarity...." Spike said as they paused. "Are you saying that....... I lost one of my very best friends.... Who I shared all those teas with........ So that you could act on your childish crush? Spike; words cannot describe how PEEVED I am right now!!!!" Fluttershy put her head up to scream with tears of anger with everyone shocked by Fluttershy's reaction. "Fluttershy; Everyone... I am so sorry...." Spike said but Fluttershy looked away and ran away with others following her leaving Rarity and Twilight with Spike. "Spike; when we get home.... We are going to discuss how long you are grounded for and a lot of stuff to discuss in a long conversation that I am not certain of all what I want to say to you right now...." Twilight said looking extremely disappointed with Spike. Rarity had her back turned as Spike went up to her. "I am so sorry Rarity... I was careless and what you heard... Am I still your Spikey Wikey?" Spike asked but Rarity walked away not even turning to her. "I think it's best that we keep our distance from eachother for now Spike and I look for someone else to help with my gem gathering." Rarity said in a low calm but disappointed voice and Spike was now back on his knees dejected. How could he be so foolish and naïve?