For a Soike banished story, maybe one should be done like Snafu the Great: Spike gets backstabbed, he either vows revenge or becomes better then his betrayers, after a few years the consequences sink in, they try to make amends and fail, finally the climax
For a Soike banished story, maybe one should be done like Snafu the Great: Spike gets backstabbed, he either vows revenge or becomes better then his betrayers, after a few years the consequences sink in, they try to make amends and fail, finally the climax