Spike had defeated the two unicorns with his new skills with a lance. His battle training with the Cutie Mark Crusaders had definitely paid off, even though it was only for a short time. He smirked. He quite enjoyed battling, but he also needed to continue both his magical fire training with Sweetie Belle, and his combat skills with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.
He ignored the groaning unicorns lying in front of him as he spun to the window. Applejack and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were no longer there. They must have already went down. He threw his lance behind, turning into smoke and vanished in the air, as he rushes to the exit -- the window.
"S-Spike," a familiar in-pain voice reached the purple dragon's ears as he reached the window. He turned and saw Twilight, still lying on the table, but was staring tiredly at him."W-why are you helping him?"
Seeing her in such a state, Spike felt hurt, and wanted to help her, but of what she has been treating him for all those years were more than enough for the purple dragon to immediately collect the strength to turn his back on her as he climbs on the window. "Why do you care about me and my reason, anyway?" He asked with bitterness in his voice. It felt good to talk to her like that, though he didn't feel proud of it, but still.
Twilight managed to stir a bit. "Don't---don't you know what he is?"
Spike could only shrug. "He's a pony who's gone crazy. Yeah, thanks for pointing that out."
Looking down, Spike saw the ponies who were waiting for him, hiding behind the tall bushes from the few number of unicorns walking around, who probably have not heard of what has happened yet. He grabbed the rope and was about to jump out when Twilight's voice reached his ears.
"H-he's Discord, Spike," the purple unicorn spoke, making the purple dragon froze in place. Spike stared at her over his shoulder with an arched eyebrow. "Y-you do remember what D-Discord looks like, right?"
"Yeah," the dragon replied lamely, "he's a dragon with different animal body parts, and he's definitely not a brown earth pony."
Twilight groaned as she collected enough strength to bring herself into a sitting position. She was still in pain, but at least she wasn't lying down now. Her muscles were already getting painfully numb. "Spike, don't you get it? He's Discord. Gold Blitz is Discord!"
Spike jumped out of the window. He swung, and his feet landed on the outer wall of the castle, where his head was the only visible body part of his through the window. He glared at the purple unicorn. "Why am I even wasting my time with you, anyway? The way I see it, you're just buying time so you can get us."
"You stupid and stubborn wingless dragon! Don't tell me you didn't notice his yellow and red eyes!?" She wanted to yell all of those, but she could only manage a medium voice -- one that couldn't alarm any unicorns outside...if there are any.
"It's been more than a decade since I last saw him, Twilight. Who knows where Discord is!" Spike countered. He couldn't believe that Gold's Discord. How could he? And of all the ponies that would tell him that, it would be her? Whatever she's going to say, Spike is definitely not going to buy it.
"Discord fought Lu---Nightmare Moon after Celestia couldn't, an---"
"I know what happened, Twilight!" Spike cut her off, and started sliding down. "But I'm not going to believe what you're going to say! So goodbye!" he shouted, "and hopefully, this would be the last time!"
Twilight groaned and stomped the table with her front limb. It sent a powerful wave of pain to her brain, but she didn't flinch. Her sad lips slowly formed into a small smile, and then into a grin -- and evil one. "Oh, Spike," she whispered to the quiet library air, "you don't know what you're getting at." Two unicorns suddenly came inside through the broken library's double doors. Twilight stood, wobbling a bit before composing herself. "...you're going to get yourself killed," she whispered as the armored unicorns rushed towards her.
"What took you so long!?" Scootaloo hissed through clenched teeth. She was clearly bored and annoyed.
Spike jumped to the ground, making a quiet thud as his feet landed the green ground. "Sorry everypony," he whispered, "but Twilight was getting annoying earlier, so yeah."
"Wait," Apple Bloom spoke, arching an eyebrow, "yer not gonna double-cross us, now are you?"
Spike was shocked to hear such an accusation. He glared at the earth pony and was about to say something when Gold Blitz managed to make another crack on the bubble case.
Sweetie Belle groaned as she sweated heavily. "Can we have this discussion later?" she begged, tightening her grip around Applejack's neck.
Applejack coughed twice before controlling herself. "Calm down, horn---head," she managed to crack a forced smile. "Just concentrate on yer magic thingy." She can carry her unconscious brother and the unicorn filly on her back no problem, if only she wasn't being choked to death.
Sweetie Belle loosened her grip on Applejack's neck a bit as Spike spoke, "okay, I think we need to hurry things up." The others nodded. "Twilight's awake. The unicorns will know of us any time soon. So here's a new plan. You guys make a run for it while I try to deflect their beams. Any questions?"
"Yeah," Scootaloo spoke, which was followed by a loud pound from Gold Blitz on the bubble case. "Just what is happening to this crazy pony, anyway?" she gestured with her head, pointing at the levitated bubble.
Spike was about to reply, but decided against it. "Not sure as well," he lied as he looked away. "But that's not important."
"Right," Apple Bloom agreed, "let's hurry it up and get away from here."
"I think I heard voiced around here," said a male voice over the bushes.
Another voice sighed, accompanied by sets of hooves walking on the grassy ground. "Earlier, an explosion, and now voices."
"But I am serious! Somepony must be hiding around here!"
"Got that right!" Scootaloo jumped out of the bushes, landing all four of her hooves on the startled unicorn's face.
Spike followed, sweeping his lance on the other unicorn's feet, making the unicorn fall on the ground. Apple Bloom stomped on the unicorn's neck as she galloped after them, with Applejack following as well.
"The pegasi are attacking!" shouted a unicorn who just arrived on the castle's gates. Panting and sweating, he ignored the startled looks of his fellow unicorns as he ran towards the castle's door, shouting the same thing.
"The pegasi are attacking?" Spike asked as they reached a tall bush near the castle's wall.
"No clue," Apple Bloom replied as they squirmed under the wall through the hole they made earlier. "But Ah don't think this place is the best place to be during a pegasi attack..."
Lightning bolts started to land in different parts of the Unicornian Empire. Spike turned over his shoulder, and saw the awkward smile Scootaloo was having. He narrowed his eyes at her as she noticed him staring at her.
"W-what?" the pegasus filly asked, failing miserably to dispel her smile.
"What did you do?" Spike asked coldly as they reached the edge of the unicorn city.
"W-well..." she chuckled as Apple Bloom glared at her and Applejack already climbing down towards the spiraling stairway down below. "I uh, kinda told Rainbow Dash that we're going to be infiltrating the castle and all that stuff..."
Spike and Apple Bloom shouted, but their loud voices were filtered by an even louder lightning bolt that landed a house meters away from them. "We'll talk later!" Spike said as Apple Bloom started climbing down the rope.
"Uh, s-sorry?" Scootaloo whispered through the thunder roars and screaming voices.