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// Prologue 
// Story: The Transcripts of Deep Cover Operative Spike 
// by Matthais Unidostres 
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The Transcripts of Deep Cover Operative Spike
Prologue


Celestia and Luna, the Alicorn Princesses of the Day and Night respectively, stood in front of the large group before them. They were within the royal court, and the two mighty rulers were acting jointly as the judge. On one side, there sat the rulers of the Crystal Empire, Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor. They sat stone faced and deadly serious. On the other side, there sat all six bearers of the Elements of Harmony. All of them looked in a bad emotional state, but each in their own way. 
Applejack was furiously grinding her teeth. Rainbow Dash looked like he was ready to kill somepony. . .well. . .not somepony. Pinkie Pie's mane was flat and straight. Fluttershy was sobbing brokenly. Rarity looked deeply hurt, a hoof pressed against her chest as her eyes watered, although not a single tear fell. But the most distraught of all had to be Twilight. The purple unicorn looked very pale, and her mane was completely mangled and unkempt. But the worst part were her eyes. They seemed dull, as if her very soul had been broken.
The observing crowd broke into chatter as the rear doors opened, revealing a group of armed guards bringing an unusual prisoner.
One purple and green baby dragon. Bound up in chains.
The dragon was dragged in front of the Alicorn Princesses.
"On your knees!" one guard yelled, shoving the dragon to the ground.
"Stop it!" Rarity suddenly shouted out.
The crowd burst into more chatter but was silenced when Celestia pounded the ground with her hoof, and gave them all an fiery stare.
Princess Celestia angry. . .the most terrifying sight anypony could ever see.
Celestia turned towards the six friends. "Please. . .be silent. . ." she said calmly, cooling down her anger.
Four of them nodded, while Rarity just hung her head and Twilight continued to stare straight ahead.
Celestia then fixed her gaze to the chained up dragon, and said in great seriousness, "Spike the Dragon, assistant to the Element of Magic, you are hereby accused of high treason. How do you plead?"
Spike looked directly into the Alicorn's eyes. "What do you think?" he spat.
The crowd gasped as Celestia repeated, "How do you plead?"
Spike continued to stare into Celestia's eyes and said defiantly, "Maybe I don't want to answer you!"
Luna reared up onto her hind legs and shouted, "INSOLENT WORM! HOW DARE YOU? DO YOU NOT RELEASE THAT THE ALICORNS BEFORE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY OBLITERA-!"
Luna was suddenly silence when Celestia's magic forced her down to her hooves. Luna stared at Celestia for a minute, who just shook her head sadly.
Celestia looked back at the baby dragon before her and said, "Regardless of how you plead, it is the duty of the royal court of Equestria to find you either guilty or innocent through due process of law. We shall now begin the prosecution. Princess Luna, take the stand."
"Thank you," Luna said in a cool voice, one that seethed with rage. She then strode over to the stand, whispering to herself, "Oooh, I'm going to enjoy this. . ."
Once Luna arrived at the stand, she cleared her throat and said, "Ahem! Citizens of Equestria. As you may or may not know, there are special kinds of long distance magic. An example of such magic is the Letter Transmission Spell Princess Celestia uses to send letter to Twilight Sparkle through the flames of. . .this dragon. . . Well, through experimentation, I have found that another Letter Transmission Spell has been active for a number of years. Not only have I been able to trace the magic, I have also been able to recover this messages. These spells create foot-prints, echoes if you will, that can be reconstructed if given enough time and magical energy. Think of rubbing a pencil over a notepad that someone had written on. Therefore, due to my thousands of years of experience, which was checked by many knowledgeable unicorns, and Princess Celestia herself, I have reconstructed every single one of these messages. These massages that originated from this very dragon, to a constantly changing location within the vast dragon lands. Mares and gentlecolts, I know give you these messages in chronological order."
Luna's horn flashed, and a large crystal appeared next to the stand. The lights dimmed, and the crystal began to project a blurry image which began to slowly come into focus. . .