Twilight and her friends were all sitting in a room, quiet, waiting for Armak's next move. The tension was unbearable.
"Where are you, Spike?" Twilight quietly asked herself.
Suddenly, Cadence walked into the room. "Princess Celestia is calling all of you," She informed.
The Mane Six followed Cadence to the throne room where Celestia and Luna were sitting on their throne discussing something that seemed important. When they trotted up to the two, Celestia looked at Twilight, and she had a very serious look on her face.
"What is it, Princess?" Twilight asked.
"I got a report that... Cloudsdale has been attacked." Celestia said sadly.
"WHAT?!" Everypony yelled in shock, mostly Rainbow.
Twilight put a hoof to her chin in thought. "Spike doesn't have wings, h-he shouldn't be able to even stand on Cloudsdale," She explained.
"I know, and that is why I called you all. I don't know if Armak carried him all the way there, or if Spike grew wings in that short period of time, or..."
"Spike is getting even stronger. Before we barely stood a chance, but now he's probably unbeatable." Rarity said.
"Calm down y'all, just because Spike has wings doesn't mean he's that much stronger," Applejack said.
Rainbow Dash looked at Applejack with a stern look. "Applejack, you should be the last one to talk, you were the one complaining that I was using my wings when I beat you in our competition for 'best athlete'..." Rainbow Dash said.
"A-ah guess you're right," Applejack admitted.
"Come on, we can do this. We've gotten into bigger jams before. Mmmmm, jaaam!" Pinkie Pie said.
"I agree with Pinkie, and even though I'm frightened, we have got into messes before and it always turned out okay," Fluttershy said.
"Y-You're right! Maybe we do still have a chance. We do have that potion." Rainbow said with a weak smile.
"Well, at least, we got the motivation part down," Twilight said.
"Cadence, Luna, and myself will assist you as well," Celestia explained.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" Shining Armor stepped into the throne room.
"Shining!" Twilight ran up and gave her big brother a hug.
"I'll help too, I am the head of the royal guard after all."
Twilight smiled when she heard that she'll be fighting aside her big brother.
"Shining, you know that this is very dangerous right?" Celestia was concerned.
"I know, but I'll be fine. As long as I am with my little sis and Cadence to keep them safe." Shining and Twilight smiled to each other.
"Now is the waiting game. We'll wait for Armak to come near to us, near Ponyville." Luna said.
"Right, but I wonder where Discord is? The last time I saw him was when he was sensing Sweetie Belle's magic." Celestia wondered.
1:00 - A Hill Near Ponyville
"So that's Ponyville, the town that you hate. The town that treated you wrong, that neglected you. And the last part of Equestria we destroy before Canterlot." Armak said, already feeling triumphant.
"Revenge..." Spike simply grinned. He didn't have his wings anymore. Did Armak use a dark spell for temporary wings?
Spike and Armak started to walk into Ponyville. Many ponies noticed him and stared, they were all still searching for Spike all this time and was glad that he was okay. But they wondered where he was all this time, and who was this new pony standing beside him.
Mrs. Cake ran up to Spike. "Spike! We have been looking all over for you! We heard all about your story and we're all really sorry." She then scratched her head. "Have you noticed that your scales changed color?" She asked.
Spike, showing no emotion, asked her, "Is Pinkie Pie here?"
Mrs. Cake was confused about his sudden mention of Pinkie Pie. "N-No she's in Canterlot."
Spike took a look at Sugarcube corner. He grinned and went into the bakery to grab Pinkie Pie's pet, Gummy, who was failing to bite into a chair leg. He took Gummy outside and placed him down beside him.
Gummy blinked once and licked his lips.
Mrs. Cake was, even more, confused. "What do you need Gummy for?"
Spike pointed his finger at Sugarcube corner and fired a lime green beam. Time seemed to slow down as Mrs. Cake watched the beam slowly heading towards their bakery. When the beam hit home, it exploded, destroying the building.
Everypony was shocked especially Mrs and Mr. Cake. "S-Sp-Spike! What have you done?!" To much more of their demise, the Cake twins started giggling.
Ponies ran in fear and took their children with them. A gray pegasus mare carrying a purple unicorn foal in her hoofs dropped a muffin, but for the first time in her life, she didn't- ...wait, she went back for the muffin and picked it up, taking a bite in the process. The Cakes took their foals and ran as fast as they could. Lyra and Bon Bon ran past a shaking brown stallion who soon decided to sprint for his life as well. Cheerilee rushed the kids out and helped some of the adults gallop away.
This resulted in others on the other side of Ponyville to start panicking.
"Pinkie, that was for not inviting me to your parties," Spike said full of hate.
Armak looked annoyed. "Why did you waste time bringing that animal out here," He said, referring to Gummy.
"I didn't want to harm him. It's a long story, but I wanted to look after him for some gems. So I have some history with him."
Armak shrugged. "So, what are you going to destroy next? I'll let you decide."
"Carousel Boutique is not far from here. I'll go there next."
Spike and Armak soon approached Carousel Boutique. Spike did the same as last time and brought out Rarity's pet, Opalescence. Spike then proceeded to blow up Carousel Boutique. "That was for taking advantage of my crush, Rarity."
"I don't see the trouble in sparring these pets, but whatever you want. Just remember that it's going to be my decisions when we are in Canterlot."
"I don't care," Spike said.
Spike headed off to Rainbow Dash's cloud. He brought out Tank with his magic and destroyed the cloud. "Not so 'lame' now, huh Rainbow?" Spike then made his journey to the Apple farm.
Ponies were so scared they couldn't move. Spike noticed this and chuckled. Spike was still heading to the farm when he noticed two fillies. When the fillies saw him looking at them they were scared.
"Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon."
"Wha-what do you want from us?" Silver said, horrified.
"I've heard many things, like you picking on my three friends."
"Wh-Who?" Diamond Tiara asked stupidly.
"Don't play dumb with me. Apple Bloom."
Their eyes widened.
"Scootaloo."
They started to shake.
"And Sweetie Belle."
They started to sweat.
"W-Why would someone like you care for them, a trio of blank flanks!"
"You called them "Blank Flanks" again..." Spike looked coldly at them.
They gulped.
"You will pay, for making them upset," Spike remembered something that will traumatize them. "Oh, don't worry, I already took care of Babs."
Tiara and Silver Spoon were shaking, they were so scared. The thought of what Spike did to Babs was rushing their heads.
Spike slowly walked up to them. "Not running away? Good. Looks like you know that you deserve this punishment." Spike grabbed both of them by the neck, and squeezed tightly, causing them to gasp in pain. "Don't worry, I'll keep the punishment fair between you two and Babs." Tomatoes came out of nowhere and splatted on their heads. He then threw them away. They were weak from the tight squeezing.
Spike made his way to the Apple Farm. Some ponies tried to block his way, but he simply pushed them aside with a powerful force of magic.
"He's too strong." One pony said.
"We need to get out of here." Another said.
Many ponies grew fond of the idea and ran away.
Spike arrived at the farm. He brought out Winona, but he didn't see Granny Smith or Big McIntosh. He destroyed the house and the barn. Spike then went to the Apple orchard. He inhaled, and blew his fire and burned every single tree to ashes. "I remember when you left me on that ice block at winter wrap up, Applejack."
Spike went over to Fluttershy's cottage next. He didn't have trouble getting all the animals out, he just used his magic to carry all of them. There was one more animal that Fluttershy had. It was her personal pet, Angel.
"Angel? Where are you? It's me, Spike!"
Angel slowly hopped down the stairs. He was confused to see Spike, largely because his changed scale color.
"What? I just wanted to see you. Come outside, I need to show you something."
Suspicious, Angel followed Spike outside. He was expecting something to see, like a gift, or an amazing display, but then he heard an explosion behind him. He looked and saw the cottage destroyed. Angel was shocked.
Spike started to laugh. "You like my renovation?"
Angel was too shocked to even move. The other animals ran away, panicking.
"See you later Angel, hope you like your new and improved home. I don't need anything in return, I did this simply because you were so nice to me when I had to take care of you when Fluttershy was busy helping out at the Crystal Empire. " Spike said sarcastically.
Spike left the scene as Angel just stood there, looking at his destroyed home.
Spike finally went to the Golden Oaks Library. He saved the best for last.
"This is your home Spike?" Armak asked a question with an obvious answer.
"No, this was my home. Let me take one last look at it."
Armak waited outside as Spike observed his old home.
"So many memories here, yet I can't remember any good ones," He said as he placed a claw on one of the bookshelves.
Spike stepped into each room, remembering everything except the good memories because Armak corrupted his mind. He grew angrier each room he revisited. Spike went upstairs to his and Twilight's, or just Twilight's bedroom. Spike looked at the bed and the basket. "She didn't even give me a proper bed," Spike said angrily.
Owlowiscious came into the room through the window.
"Hello, Owlowiscious, nice to see you again." Spike lied.
"Who?"
"Heh, I'm not going to bother with that Garbage."
"Who-"
Spike grabbed Owlowiscious by the neck and took him outside. "Thank goodness I saw you Owlowiscious. I would have forgotten you in there."
"W-Who?"
"Watch, as I destroy 'our' home." Spike forced Owlowiscious to look at the Library. Spike pointed a finger at the tree and started to charge a beam. "You made me look like a fool in front of Twilight, and after this, I have a reward I need to give you." Spike was about to fire, but a small blast came from the right, Spike stopped his attack to reflect the blast. Owlowiscious used the opportunity to escape Spike's claws.
Spike looked towards where the blast came from. He saw the pony who fired it.
"You can't be serious? Trixie?"
"Yes, it is I, the great, and powerful Trixie!"
"Who is she Spike?" Armak asked even though he searched through his memories.
"A pony who loves to boast. I didn't expect to run into her, but we were all around Equestria and we didn't see her anywhere." Spike stared at the show mare and grunted. "I can't even stand looking at her, I hated her the moment I watched her perform."
"When Trixie saw you with Twilight before you were never like this. You were kind to your friends."
"Maybe so, but a lot has changed since we last met. Also, I can't stand the third-person talking."
"Spike? Is she anything I should worry about? If not, then I'll sit this one out." Armak said.
"You're not going to fight me? Coward!" Trixie said.
"No, it's just that Spike can handle you by himself," Armak explained.
"Ha, last time I used him with my magic against his own will, he's weak."
"Well, you didn't get the update? I guess I'll have to show you!"