Season Spike

by Haoryu Changer


The Execution

Twilight and her friends went to the throne room, they had to find Celestia. When they arrived, Celestia was there, sitting on her throne and Luna was there beside her.

The Mane 6 ran up to Celestia with worried looks. "Princess!"

Celestia was concerned. "What's the matter Twilight?"

"I-It's the fillies, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle. They must have gone after Armak."

"Have you seen them go towards Armak?"

"No."

"Then how could you be so certain?"

"Princess, you have no idea what the Cutie Mark Crusaders do."

"Cutie Mark... Crusaders?"

"Okay, never mind that. We need to find them."

Suddenly, Discord approached from behind. "I heard everything, and I believe I can help."

"How could you help?" Twilight asked.

"The filly that is Rarity's sibling is a unicorn am I correct?"

"Yes, she is." Rarity responded.

"Well, you're all in luck! I can sense unicorn magic."

"Really you can? I never knew you could do that. But what if they're too far?" Twilight mentioned.

"Not only that, Sweetie Belle didn't really fully adjust to her magic just yet." Rarity added.

"Don't worry, I can sense magic from a very long distance, and I can even sense magic within a pony, even one who has even yet to fully develop magic." Discord closed his eyes and concentrated.

Cadence trotted into the throne room. "Hello, everypony. What's going on-"

"SHHH! I need to concentrate." Discord interrupted.

Everypony waited for Discord to say something.

"...I see her. Yes, a small magical source heading to the Everfree forest, and fast."

"That's her, great! We need to go after them before they reach Armak." Rarity said.

The others nodded and ran off.

"Oh! Twilight! Try not to face Armak, just get the little ones, and bring them back here." Celestia said.

Twilight nodded and continued to run.

Cadence was confused. "Um? What was that about?"

Celestia explained to Cadence what happened.

Cadence had a worried look. "Shouldn't we go help them?" She asked.

"I'm sure Twilight knows as well, that if we leave the castle unguarded Armak will attack. So we'll guard the castle while they go get the fillies." Celestia explained.

"Alright, I understand."


4:00 - On a Trail Heading Towards The Everfree Forest

"Okay girls, we're almost at the Everfree Forest." Sweetie Belle happily said.

"Hey, maybe we'll finally get our "Finding A Lost Friend Cutie Mark"," Scootaloo said.

"No, wasn't it called the "Dragon finders Cutie Mark"?" Sweetie Belle thought.

"No, remember we said that we won't name it until we see it?" Apple Bloom said.

"Oh yeah!" Scootaloo said remembering.

"Hey Sweetie Belle, how far deep into the forest do we have ta go?" Apple Bloom asked.

Sweetie Belle took out the map. "Um... it looks like it's at the other side of the forest."

"How about we go around the forest?" Scootaloo suggested.

"No that will take too long, my sister and the others would get there, and save Spike before us." Sweetie Belle explained.

"Oh, so we have no choice but to go through a dangerous, terrifying, dark forest."

"It's not that dangerous, ah've gone through it many times ta go to Zecora's hut." Apple Bloom said.

"Yeah, but Zecora's hut is near the middle of the forest, we have to go all the way through," Scootaloo said.

"Oh well, I guess we have to hope for the best. Come on, let's pick up the pace." Sweetie Belle started to run faster, and Scootaloo and Apple Bloom started to follow.


4:10 - Old Castle - Edge Of The Everfree Forest

Armak was looking at a big floating crystal, there was an image in the crystal of the three fillies running towards the old castle.

"They get closer by the second. Too bad they aren't Twilight and her friends, or even the princesses."

Armak used his magic to move the image in the crystal and to try to look for Twilight and the others. He found some ponies a long distance behind the three others. He got excited when he saw that it was Twilight and her friends.

"What, they are coming here too? No, they can't be coming here, they think I set traps here so they won't be coming so stupidly. Unless... they are following the three young ones. Yes, this is perfect, they are coming sooner than I thought. The execution of my plan will happen very soon." Armak started his evil laugh.


4:20 - Entrance to the Everfree Forest

"Okay Apple Bloom, you lead the way," Scootaloo said.

They had no problem going towards Zecora's hut, but once they walked deeper into the forest it seemed darker. Hopefully, they wouldn't stumble across any Timberwolves, Manticores, or any other dangerous creatures. They were halfway through the forest, walking on a trail.

They heard a stick snap. "What was that?" Sweetie asked, terrified.

They were all scared, but they had to keep moving, they had to save Spike.

They were almost to their destination, but suddenly, a Manticore appeared from a bush, what they were worried about this whole time.

The Manticore growled, and the fillies shook in fear.

They had nothing to defend themselves with, so they only had one option. "RUN!"

They ran as fast as they could, but the Manticore was slowly catching up.

Just then, Apple Bloom had an idea. She turned around to face the Manticore.

Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle noticed that Apple Bloom stopped.

"Apple Bloom? What are you doing?! Run!" Scootaloo yelled.

Apple Bloom charged straight for the Manticore. Since she was small she ran right underneath him. Apple Bloom was now behind the Manticore. The Manticore turned around to face the brave filly and roared.

"Now your chance, run!"

"What about you?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Ah have an idea, just go."

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo hesitated but nodded, and did as they were told.

Apple Bloom again ran under the Manticore, she stopped right underneath and bucked his stomach. Apple Bloom saw her sister buck apple trees before, and she practiced herself.

It proved effective as the Manticore closed it's eyes and was paralyzed for a second, Apple Bloom took this chance and ran away. When the Manticore opened it's eyes, he couldn't see the ponies he just encountered. It soon got confused, and just gave up.

Apple Bloom soon caught up to Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

Scootaloo was relieved. "Oh thank goodness, I thought I had to go back and teach that monster a lesson. Are you hurt?"

"Naw ah'm alright, we don't need to worry about that thing anymore."

"Well good, because look there!"

Apple Bloom looked towards where Scootaloo was pointing. It was an old castle. It had a broken drawbridge, and a big door that was already open.

Sweetie Belle looked at her map. "It looks like this is the place."

"Alright! Let's go find Spike!"


4:30 - Edge Of the Everfree Forest

Not that far behind the CMC was the Mane 6. They were catching up.

Twilight noticed something. "Hey, look over there!"

Not far in front of them, was an old castle.

"Looks like we're here."

"Oh no! They must have already gone inside!" Rarity presumed.

"Come on, let's go check," Twilight suggested.

The Mane 6 walked inside the castle. There was a long hallway. They saw cobwebs everywhere, broken and dusty furniture, old knight armor, ripped carpets, it was a mess. They checked every room and didn't find a trace of the CMC anywhere. They soon came across another hallway, with a big door at the end. They went up to it and opened it to find the throne room and three fillies.

Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle turned to see the Mane 6.

"Oh, there you are Sweetie Belle!" Rarity ran up to her sister and tightly hugged her. "Oh, I was so worried."

"I'm fine sis, gosh." Sweetie rolled her eyes.

Twilight looked around worried. "Okay, it's starting to feel weird, let's get out of here before-"

They all started to hear an evil laughter. "Before what Twilight? Oh, I'm sorry, you didn't get to finish your sentence." Above the throne, there was a flash of darkness and Armak appeared. Armak took a seat on his throne.

"Are you... Armak?" Twilight asked.

"Why, yes I am, and I believe you are Twilight Sparkle, no wait, Princess Twilight Sparkle? And the others must be the bearers of the elements?"

"Yes, we are."

Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity shoved Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle behind them.

"Oh, how adorable. Big sisters protecting their little sisters."

"Enough with the introductions! We are here to stop you!"

Armak started to laugh. "You? Stop me? Fools! I'm guessing you don't know my true potential. My true, POWER!"

A dark aura surrounded Armak, and some kind of force was pushing the other ponies away like a gust of wind, Rarity and Applejack held on to their sisters and Rainbow held on to Scootaloo. They all stood their ground, and their manes shook wildly.

The magic force soon ended.

Armak started laughing.

Twilight wanted answers. "Where's Spike?"

"Spike? Well, he's right here." Armak's used his magic, and a cage started to lower down from the ceiling using a chain. In the cage, was Spike laying down on his back unconscious."

"Spike?!" Twilight was horrified. She turned to Armak angrily. "What did you do to him!" Twilight started to charge her horn. "You let him go, now!"


Armak was still laughing and his horn charged up. "What did I do to him, or what am I going to do to him?"

Spike woke up with a grunt. "What? What's happening?" Spike rubbed his head and looked out from his cage. "T-Twilight? Everyone?!"

"Now, let the execution of my plan finally begin!" Armak said excitedly.

Armak released his magic, and the dark magic surrounded the cage and Spike.

Spike was horrified. "What's this?"


Play the video I put here while reading Spike's transformation.


The dark magic sprung on Spike, and his body started to glow black. Twilight and her friends had to cover their eyes even though it was a dark glow. Spike's body slowly rose, and started beating in darkness like a heartbeat. His eyes glowed a dark purple. Spike's light green scales on his belly slowly turned into dark green, darker than the spikes on his head and his tail. With a flash of darkness the cage was shattered, making the drake slowly descend onto his feet.

When the ponies opened up their eyes, they saw this new Spike standing in front of them.

Armak looked impressed. "It worked! Now Equestria is mine!" Armak started to laugh even harder than before.

Twilight and her friends all looked shocked. This Spike looked evil, dark, calm, and angry at the same time.

Suddenly, Spike raised his claw and pointed a finger at Rarity.

"W-What?" Rarity asked. She was scared. You could tell by the shaking of her voice.

A small, emerald green ball of some kind of energy was forming in front of the tip of his finger, electricity sparked around the sphere and Spike's claw, creating cracking sounds.

The ball grew until it was half as big as Spike.

It was in a millisecond, no pony had time to react.

Spike fired the ball of energy at Rarity.

Rarity was hit with the energy ball and then it made an explosion on impact.

Rarity squeaked, and fell down.

Everypony's eyes widened. "RARITY!" They all screamed.

"What was that?" Applejack asked.

Spike lowered his finger. "That, was for ignoring me." Spike angrily, but calmly said.

Spike then turned to Pinkie Pie, pointed his finger at her. "And this is for not inviting me to the parties you had." Spike shot another energy ball.

Twilight saw this, teleported beside Pinkie, and teleported them both out of the ball's way. The attack hit the wall and exploded.

Twilight teleported next to Fluttershy, and she looked shocked. "T-That's the same magic Spike uses to send letters to Celestia!" Twilight grunted and looked back at Spike. "Fire magic!"

"What?" Everypony but Twilight and Armak said.

"But I don't understand, Spike! Where did you get this power? Why are you doing this? You would never do something like this!"

Spike pointed his finger at Twilight, this time, he was about to fire but then Armak called him off. "No Spike, wait." Spike lowered his finger.

Twilight was shocked at Spike's actions. "Spike, don't tell me you're working for Armak!"

Armak chuckled. "It's not really Spike working for me. Well... his body and power are at least."

"W-What are you saying?"

"You see, he told me all the things you have done to him in the past. All the abuse, the torture, the pain. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. He hated what you had done to him, so I used a dark spell to turn that hatred into power. Now Spike is nothing but hate, and I control him." Armak started his evil laugh once again.

Everypony was in shock.

"What?! You turn him back to normal right now!" Twilight demanded while she charged her horn.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Armak chuckled. "Spike, you may continue."

Rainbow Dash stomped her hoof down in anger. "Even if you're being controlled, nobody hurts my friends, and maybe I can snap you out of it." Rainbow Dash flew over to Spike and started to wind her hoof ready to land a punch. She attempted the punch, but it proved useless as Spike caught her hoof and stopped her attack. Rainbow Dashed was stunned, but soon the stunning turned to shock and pain as Spike squeezed her hoof tightly. She tried her best not to scream because of the pain.

"This is for not taking me with you to Cloudsdale." Rainbow watched, unable to do anything as Spike raised his claw slowly and released a magic blast from his palm onto Rainbow's stomach. Rainbow grunted in pain and got sent flying back. She landed next to the Mane 6 and CMC, unconscious.

Rarity was weak, but she had the strength to talk. "Sweetie...Belle...Run."

Scared, Sweetie Belle did what she was told and ran, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo followed.

Applejack started to twirl her rope with her tail and caught Spike with it. The rope tied Spike's arms to his sides. Spike pushed back against the rope with his arms and ripped the rope with ease. Spike then used the rope that was tied to Applejack's tail and pulled her towards him. When she was close enough, Spike turned his claws into fists and started to hit Applejack.

First, the stomach.

Then, the sides.

Next, the legs.

And finally, the face.

When Spike noticed that Applejack was knocked out, he tossed her towards Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and a horrified Fluttershy. "That was for using me."

Twilight looked around. Their two best forces, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash were out cold, and Rarity was injured badly.

They had to act quickly. "Fluttershy, grab Rainbow and run! Pinkie Pie you grab Applejack, I'll take Rarity."

Pinkie and Fluttershy both looked at Twilight and nodded.

Fluttershy scooped up Rainbow in her hoofs and flew away quickly.

Pinkie slammed a hoof on the floor diligently, making Applejack bounce in the air and land on her back. "Let's go Applejack, time to hightail out of here!" Pinkie zipped towards the exit.

Twilight used her magic to levitate Rarity onto her back. Rarity groaned in pain. "It's gonna be alright Rarity, let's get out of here." Twilight said confidently, even if she wasn't.

They all ran, not daring to slow down.

Twilight took one last glimpse at Spike, and a single tear ran down her eye. "I'm sorry." She whispered to herself. She would soon return she thought, and she would get Spike back.

Spike pointed his finger to the ponies, ready to fire, but Armak used his hoof to lower Spike's arm. "No, they are not a threat."

Spike was gritting his teeth angrily.

"Don't worry. I'll let you finish them off later. For now, let's go have some fun in Fillydelphia."


Next time on Season Spike

"Yeah, we are TOTALLY fine after getting beat by our mind controlled friend, and a dark magic wielder."

"What happened to you all?"

"Princess, Fillydelphia is being attacked!"


"Let's head to Appleloosa next."

"Hey, you're that dragon that Applejack was talking about aren't ya?"


"Babs Seed is it? I remember when you came to Ponyville."


"The name's Spitfire!"

"Discord..."


"How will we fight against Spike sister?"


"He's too strong!"


"Yes, it is I, the great, and powerful Trixie!"

"Who is she Spike?"


"Spike!"

"Goodnight... sister."