The following morning arrived and Twilight was as giddy as a school filly as they were eating breakfast while everypony else was rather annoyed by this. Finally LaurFa decided that Twilight needed to be calmed down. "Twilight," asked an irritated LaurFa "don't you think there is even the slightest chance that we might not find Spike or he may not even live here?"
Twilight replied, "Oh come on LaurFa! I can feel it in my heart that this is where he is. Look, we better get going. I have a feeling I know how we will be able to find him."
Dark Caves asked, "And how do you think we will find him?"
Twilight replied, "Well ok, we need to fly along the southern edge of the island and loop around to the east side. There I think we will find him."
LaurFa rolled her eyes and said, "Well ok. Come on everypony, let's go."
Twilight led the way as they circled around the southern edge of the island. They could see the dragons circling around the mountains in the central part of the island. Finally they reach the eastern edge of the island but before they could land they were confronted by two dragons, Bone Crusher and Inferno.
Twilight had a nervous look in her eyes as the dragons were floating in front of them. Bone Crusher asked, "What are six ponies doing on OUR island?"
Inferno added, "Yeah, you know what happens to trespassers don't you?"
Twilight nervously said, "Uh, hello guys. We are just looking for a friend of mine here. I promise we will leave as soon as we find him."
Bone Crusher roared, "Well none of us are friends with any ponies!"
Dark Hooves replied, "Well four of us are dark Alicorns. We are not exactly ponies."
Inferno screamed, "Well you look enough like ponies that you must be ponies! What shall we do inferno, shall we roast them and then eat them or shall we eat them alive?"
Twilight asked, "Uh, we were thrown here by that hurricane that moved through here a couple of days ago, so it isn't really our fault that we're here. Do you think you could not eat us because of that?"
Bone Crusher interrupted, "I thought you said you were looking for a friend. Which is it? Are you looking for a friend or did you just get slammed here by a hurricane! Inferno, I think we have a bunch of liars here!"
Inferno added, "I think we should roast 'em alive and eat them. Let's start with the well decorated dark Alicorn! He looks so tasty!"
Inferno grabbed Dark Hooves and started breathing short, quick bursts of fire on him. His screaming could be heard all over the island. Twilight was screaming, "NOOOO! Please don't kill him!" But it was too late for Dark Hooves. He had already been cooked and eaten by Inferno.
Next Bone Crusher grabbed Dark Caves and began to do this same thing. About half a mile away a purple dragon was sitting down to a dinner of fire rubies when he heard the screaming. He knew that screaming could only come from one source, Twilight Sparkle. While he was angry with her when she was banished, memories of how good she was to him as a baby came flooding back to him and he took off with great haste in the direction of the screaming.
By the time he arrived Dark Caves had also been cooked and eaten. He swooped in between the two dragons and what remained of Twilight's envoy. He shouted, "You leave them alone!"
Bone Crusher replied, "You can't stop us from eating them Spike! I figured that if anyone would jump in to save ponies it would be you!"
Spike was larger than the other dragons and he quickly whipped the two out of the sky with his enormous tail, causing them to fall and suffer significant injuries. He turned around and started to cry, "Twilight! It's me Spike! I'm so sorry for what happened so long ago!"
Twilight flew over to Spike and hugged him, well as good as an Alicorn and an adult dragon could hug! Twilight replied, "Spike, thank you so much for coming and saving us!"
Spike felt like someone truly cared for him for the first time in over a thousand years. He asked, "Twilight, do you think we could mend the fences of the past and be friends again?"
Twilight replied, "Of course we can! I am so happy that you aren't mad at me anymore."
Spike said, "I could never stay mad at you forever. I was just so upset with what you had done in the past when you took over the world. I have done a lot of soul searching and realized that you did nothing wrong and that I was wrong for abandoning you. I want to be your assistant again."
Twilight replied, "Of course you can be my assistant again!"
Spike asked, "I want to know what I can do for you? I will do anything for you."
Twilight replied, "Well we were sailing north from Neigh Zealand towards Faustica and well, Colgate cast a hypercane spell and it threw our ship into the island. My brother was killed when some wood from the ship impaled him through his ship and then two of my dark Alicorn officers were eaten by those dragons you cast out of the sky. I am wondering if you could take us to Faustica."
Spike replied, "What, Colgate is responsible for the death of your brother? I knew Colgate was always plotting something against you. I will help you crush her. Crawl on my back, all of you! I will gladly take you to Faustica!"
Twilight replied, "Thank you Spike! You are definitely my NUMBER ONE assistant!"
This comment made Spike very happy. They crawled on his back and Spike took off towards the north. Within four hours they could see Alicorn Island and Faustica off in the distance. Spike landed down in the town square which caused everypony to scream in terror and fly off towards the other end of the island.
Galaxia, Cosmos and Celestia flew down to confront the dragon that had landed in the town square. Cosmos shouted, "Be gone you beast! You shall not terrorize the ponies of Alicorn Island."
Twilight and her envoy hopped off his back and Twilight said, "Cosmos, he is not here to terrorize anypony. He is here to help us."
Galaxia flew up to Spike and could pick up the positive energy radiating from him. She flew back down to Cosmos and said, "Honey, he is not here to terrorize us. He is here to help. Twilight, are you here to ask us to help you in your quest to retake the planet?"
Twilight replied, "Yes, I am. I really need the help of you three to help me in my quest."
Cosmos said, "Well normally I would be against this but Colgate somehow managed to release HER and took her back to Equestria with her. We know she will fight to the death for Colgate so that she can claim Alicorn Island for herself."
LaurFa's jaw dropped open. She interrupted, "You mean she released Brevity Thrash? This is not good. We must stop her and Colgate. If we don't, Colgate and Brevity may kill all of us. Brevity still has an ax to grind with me over what happened so many years ago."
Twilight asked, "Wait a minute. Brevity Thrash is real? But Celestia, you told me ever since I first heard of her that she was just an old pony tale. Why did you lie to me?"
Celestia replied, "Twilight, my mom and dad told me the same thing that I told you. This was something that LaurFa did not want ponies further on down the line to know."
LaurFa added, "I even altered history books to the point of where she was not even included in any history book."
Galaxia interrupted, "Look, let's discuss all of this later, I am hungry and I am sure the rest of us are as well. Let's go to the dining hall for an afternoon snack.."
Spike asked, "What about me? I can't fit into the dining hall."
Cosmos replied, "Oh, we have a stockpile of gems in the event we ever were visited by a dragon. So help yourself, I am sure you will like them."
Spike smiled and said, "Gems? You bet I will like them!"