Intro:
As you watch Spike pass by your hiding place in the Everfree forest, you hear an annoying shadowy voice say,
Congratulations on taking your revenge on those stupid bugs by killing them. You're finally starting to grow some backbone... Who's going to be the next? Moonbutt? Or you could try with her beloved sister's beloved student, she could be easy if you distract her with a book before going in for the kill. Or maybe that stupid farm hick or the rainbow whorse?
You groan at your Shadow's words as you try to ignore him, but you being you can't help but snap,
"I didn't kill them, I only pounded them into the ground to teach them a lesson."
Of course not... You only let the weak fend for themselves after you weakened them even further so that those teenage dragons could squash them, maybe you don't remember after all that time in Ponyville with the little purple lizard, but dragons are carnivores.
An image of Sugar and the others being eaten by the dragons appear in your mind, but you shake your head and try to let the image go away as you say,
"Hey, we don't know if they're dead or not! There's still a 50% chance that they managed to get away... hopefully."
You hear Shadow make a 'tsk-tsk' sound before he says,
Oh Come on, is the little offender sad over the possibility that he killed again? You know they deserved it, after everything they did to you why are you not reveling in their deaths? In fact why do you insist on maintaining this fantasy of them escaping?
You can only watch Spike and try to ignore the annoying (yet frightening) voice in your head that is your Shadow, even when you know what he's saying is is true. If it was a couple of hours ago, you would have been very happy to let them die, but now you're full of regret to having those thoughts. You won't let your anger control you again like that, never again....
Oh... but where'd the fun be if you didn't get angry? Besides, those changelings laughed at you, even when they were begging for your help and even AFTER you almost squashed them within an inch of their lives. That just screams "too dumb to live". It's not like they were ponies, right? There's no harm done if they aren't ponies, am I right? And while we're aboard this train of thought, what about that Zebra in the forest and those annoying rhymes she does? After all she is also not a pony or (and this would be just grand) perhaps you only hate your 'own' kind, the changelings?
You feel as if a cold dagger was just stabbed into your chest, then stuck into your back and torn up your spine. You shake off the feeling as you say,
"I'm not species-ist towards anyling, I'm friends with Spike and Zecora after all. I don't want to hurt anyling, no matter the species! Besides those guys had that beat down coming for a LONG time."
Are you going to kill every changeling you see then? After all they ALL mocked and scorned you. The drones, the soldiers, your queen, even the bucking larvae mocked your every move! And think of the rewards for doing so; Imagine the favor you could gain with Luna and Sunbutt if you presented them with a pile of changeling heads arranged in an artsy display with Chrysalis's head on top like a cherry. In fact, how bout we find the nurseries and make us one big buggy omelette. Get them when they're young is what I always say!
You can feel the sadistic pleasure this monster is feeling as he says this, and you can't help but think he would actually go through with it.
To kill all those young lives, before they even have a chance to see the sun... you think before you suddenly get an image of your in your Nightmare Claok form smashing a bunch of changeling eggs in a frenzy. Before you can puke your stomach contents up, you hear Selena shout,
SILENCE! HE IS NOT LIKE THAT! LEAVE MY VESSEL'S HEAD AT ONCE BEFORE WE MAKE YOU!!!
You hear your Shadow "tsk" again as he says in a annoyed tone,
Oh, come on... Both of you wanted it, if you remember; you didn't try to stop him from hurting them, or insisted on returning to the cave and helping them and now they're dead thanks to you. 50% of survival or not, the guilt of them potentially dying due to you not helping will still haunt you. And let's not forget the other changelings that have been forced to obey a stupid queen and are now half dead without love most likely due to the fact that you would not help them! I know it's true, you know it's true, and even he know's it's true...
You suddenly feel like a cold ten-ton iron suit has been thrust upon you and the worst part of all was that you couldn't even say anything because your shadow was right. You didn't want to help them, but that's only because it's better for them to be behind bars than be let free to ruin everyponies lives. Besides, Sunbutt and Luna may hate you, but they wouldn't take their anger out on those changelings by leaving them to starve...
Right?
You shake your head from these thoughts as you begin to think about Nightshade. Suddenly you realize something as you give a tired sigh as you say,
"What do I do? Bucking Doctor... I'm sure he knew this was going to happen!"
You sigh again as you look over to where Spike is going. As you do you begin to follow him and as you do you can't help but think,
I don't know how, but it seems like Spike hasn't notice me following him...
You are sadly dragged back into your thoughts as Shadow your says,
Oh, yes... What did you do Bugzee, and what are you going to tell Nightshade? 'Sorry but daddy had to meet his cousins that kidnapped you because they were desperate for help to free their other cousins and after beating them he left them with a couple of teenage dragons that could have made them into changeling barbecue? Oh and even if they survived, they are angry with your daddy and also with you so they could try to kidnap you again?'
You growl and are about to bark a insult at the annoying Shadow, when you hear ringing sound in your head as you hear your Shadow sigh in annoyance as he says,
Looks like my time is up for now. See ya...
With that you can feel his presence leave your skull. With this you sigh in relief as you think,
Why must my Shadow be so persistent. They're alive... They just have to be...
Shaking off the doubt coming on before it consumes you, you continue to follow Spike. As you do you can't help but think,
I don't really have anything for the progress of the story except for Bugze need to train himself in control and fighting and a bit on acting...Make himself stronger in all meaning...
That rage I felt... it was like when... HER wagon got crushed, and at the Gala, and Fillydelphia... I- I need to learn to control it. If my anger gets too out of hoof like that again... I don't think I'll be able to look myself in the mirror ever again. As soon as The Doctor says my debt is clear, I'm gonna find a place to learn to control my rage... That or learn to seal off my powers, after all if they vanish...
You don't realize the symbol on your stomach glow as you finish your thought,
Then noling would get hurt when I get mad.
Nodding your head at your plan, you continue to follow Spike till he reaches a...
River where there's a shack set up. Apparently it’s a rafting business run by a donkey. You would wonder why a donkey is out in one of the most dangerous (and annoying) forests in the whole bucking world by himself with a shack, but you were too busy listening in on their conversation,
“You doing a bit of traveling there young one?” asks the donkey.
“Yep, I’m on a journey to find myself,” answers Spike.
“Out here in the forest?”
“No, I’m trying to find where the Dragon Migration headed.”
Dragon Migration? you think to yourself, How the heck did I miss that? Oh right... foalnapping bugs.
Ignoring the anger that flashes at that thought, you continue to spy as the donkey says,
“Ah, got some family amongst them?”
“No… not that I know of anyway. I’ve been raised by ponies my whole life. I don’t know the first thing about being a dragon. I’m hoping I can figure it out by learning from my kind.”
That line hits you right in the heart. Poor Spike, being the only dragon amongst ponies. The little guy just wants to know who he is. You can relate to that on a personal level. Another thought hits you as you think,
He never got to know his parents either...
Wiping away the tears from that thought, you can't help but think in determination,
Don't worry little guy, you're not the only one...
With that thought you go back to spying as the donkey asks Spike,
“Are you sure a little guy like you should be out here on your lonesome?”
Spike gets a defensive look as he says,
“Hey, I’m tough! I’m a dragon after all!”
You get a deadpanned look as you think,
Says the dragon who last week I saw wearing a pink apron with hearts on it while walking into a pillow shop.
Spike sneezes and whisper something along the lines "Somepony's mocking me" before he sighs awkwardly as he says,
“So, uh, do you think you can take me down the river?”
“Sure thing young’un, that’ll be 150 Bits,”
“150?” you and Spike exclaim at the steep price.
“Well sure, I’ll be taking ya into dragon territory, mighty dangerous for us non-dragons.”
“Will an Emerald do?” Spike says as he takes out a hoof-sized emerald.
“Ayuh, that’ll work, hop on sir.”
As you see Spike get on the raft and float down the river, a wave of worry passes over you as you begin to debate with yourself,
“Oh, Poor Spike. I should bring him back home. Twilight, McStabFlank and the others must be devastated that he ran away.”
You then turn to the left as you counter yourself
“But on the other hoof, this is a journey of self discovery, who am I to interrupt that?”
You turn back to the right as you say,
“But what if he gets hurt? He’s a dragon yeah, but he’s still just a kid!”
Turning back to the left, you grunt slightly as you say,
“But this is his choice! He’s growing up, he’d have to join his kind one day!”
You turn to the left and make a 'tick' sound before saying,
“But he’s leaving behind his family, it will eat at both of them to the end of their days!”
Follow him from the shadows! Selena interrupts.
“Huh?”
If you can't make up thy mind, then do both. Ensure his safety in secret while he journeys to discover himself.
"That’s… actually a great idea, wait, why do you care about Spike?” you ask.
This whelp has shown his devotion and support to you and our daughter over and over again. It would be a shame to lose such an ally.
“Good point, also Twilight, McStabFlank, and Nightshade wouldn’t forgive me if I didn't do something, so yeah, let’s follow him.”
You then follow Spike along the shoreline, keeping the raft within sight.
“So how is Nightshade doing? I’m surprised she’s still asleep.” you say.
The sedative still courses through her veins, she may be out for some time. But do not worry, I have comforted her. She was still a bit shaken from her foalnapping, but she sleeps calmly now knowing we are with her.
You sigh in relief at that.
And Bugze… About what happened at the cave…
You seize up with guilt for what you did.
“Don’t…I…I can’t think about that right now,” you stutter.
Selena sighs,
Very well then, when you decide to talk, I will be waiting, but all I will say is this. Inaction is not a reprieve from guilt.
“Selena I…”
No, I have said my piece, speak when you are ready, I will be with our daughter. In the meantime, protect the Dragon. Nightshade cares for him greatly, so I would not see him hurt…
“I will, but Selena… Selena? Hey!”
She does not answer you because she is with Nightshade now.
“Great…just great,” you mutter to yourself. You now feel even worse because you actually may have broken your promise to her if the changelings died.
Fear suddenly courses through you as you realize it was a Pinkie Promise you two made...
BACK IN PONYVILLE
Pinkie Pie finishes hoofing out some cake to a group of crying mares. When she goes to a corner of the room, Applejack tenses up when she notices that Pinkie has a strange far away blank expression on her face and is holding something.
“Pinkie, what in tarnation are you doin with that ax?”
“I don’t know Applejack, for some reason I kind of felt I needed to take it for a walk. Like something was maybe broken and might need to be broken even more. It's better if I have it, just in case...” she says in cryptically monotone with flat hair.
Applejack, Fluttershy, and the other crying mares seem creeped out by this and rightfully so.
"That, uh... sounds very normal..." stutters Applejack.
"You think so?" Pinkie asks.
"No!"
Pinkie then starts laughing creepily, unnerving everypony even more,
"Pinkie, can you please stop? Now's not the time for that..." says a saddened Fluttershy.
"Yes please, this is a mournful time Ms. Pie," says Octavia.
Pinkie uncrazies and her hair puffs back up a bit (but not by much), "Oh, right... Sorry, I can't help it when my Pinkie sense hits... Here girls, enjoy the cake..."
"I don't know if we can... but we'll try Pinkie... we'll try..." says Fluttershy with tears in her eyes as Applejack (who's the only one not crying, but has a sadden look in her eyes) and Pinkie hug her.
BACK WITH YOU
“OH BUCK! That Pink Psycho is going to kill me!” you scream aloud.
You see Spike turn his head in your direction, but you duck down behind a bush before he sees you.
"Did you hear that?" asks Spike.
"Meh, probably just some random hungry beast... or the wind."
He just shrugs, guessing he was hearing things.
You poke your head back up from the bushes and sigh as you try to calm yourself,
“Okay, I’ll worry about that later. If I don’t keep an eye on Spike, she won’t be the only one trying to kill me… well more so than usual.”
As you follow Spike, you realize it is really really hot and humid, so you decide to take off your "Baker Sylvester Tennant" outfit. You're out in the middle of the woods, so you feel confident being in your own skin. And, wow, has it been a long time since you've taken it off. You actually are a little paler than usual. You then realize something truly horrific, something so terrible that even Lady Luck must be looking at you in sadness. Something that makes every time you've been given a beating by the Deadly Five or one of the many ponies/creatures that hate your guts look like a friendly spare. This horrible thing is that your amazing scarf is...
"What? When? Where!" you shout as you look around frantically. You realize you could've lost it at any moment in the woods. It's gone.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" you scream to the heavens, and when Spike and the Donkey look in your direction again you duck.
"OK Seriously, you've had to have heard something that time?" Spike says to the donkey.
"Kid, when you do this job as long as I have, you learn to block out the disembodied cries of anguish. If you don't then that's when you go missing and become one with them," says the Donkey matter of factly, causing Spike to shiver in dread.
As you continue to follow the raft, as well as morn the lost of your Doctor's scarf (It was the real bucking thing for buck sakes!), you begin to form a plan in your head. And that plan is...
Decide that since you're following Spike to a HORDE OF DRAGONS, you decide to check The Inventory and keep the "Big Daddy/Subject Delta armor" on standby in case you need it (or even wear it over or under your fireproof Hooded Offender cloak).
Okay, plan time! Since I know for a fact that Lady Luck is gonna mess me up somehow, I'm gonna need have the proper gear to fight dragons. I think I"ll keep the Big Daddy costume from Nightmare Night on standby as armor while also keeping the Nobody Cloak on standby as well due to it being fireproof. If I do get caught, I'll just grab Spike and I'll get the buck outta of there and back to Ponyville.
Nodding your head at the plan, you proceed to follow the raft (while wearing nothing but the Inventory... like every normal pony or changeling in this world). When another thought pops up in your head...
After your encounter with the changelings and seeing how you're going up against dragons, you realize you're lacking in anti-air abilities so read the "Kung-Fu For Dummies" book and learn an anti-air grapple which can be either:
-Spinning Piledriver
-Izuna Drop
-Stalliongrad Blizzard
You know, considering what I just went through and how I might have to fight dragons. It might be a good idea to finally learn an anti-air attack. If one of those dragons tries to fly, I need to bring him down hard and fast before they can try anything!
You nod at your plan as you read a hoof into The Inventory and think about the book you need. You smile as you pull out the "Kung-Fu For Dummies" book and you open it to the index to find what your looking for. You smile when you find the anti-air section and you flip to the page that was marked in the book. You look at all the moves listed when on of them stands out. It's called the Stalliongrad Blizzard, and it sound like your kind of move. Flipping to its page you go over its instructions and smile as you feel you understand the move enough to do it in combat.
You learned "Stalliongrad Blizzard" (Anti-Air Spinning Grapple-Slam that causes a limited shockwave on impact with ground)
As you're about to put the book back into The Inventory, you see out of the corner of your eye of the previous page an interesting move: Spinning Piledriver. You remember pulling that move on a Royal Guard back at Ponyville during that "Mysterious Mare Do Well" business, but realize something;
Wait a minute... Shoryuken, Falcon Punch, Spinning Piledriver... How the heck are all these video game moves showing up in a book I found on the ground in Ponyville?
Shaking free that thought, you think,
Buck it, I'll ponder that later. For now I just need to get across this river.
And with that, you put away the book, take out the Power Glove, and say,
"Freeze, would you kindly." repeatedly, forming an ice bridge. With a satisfied smirk you begin to walk across it-
*slip*"Whoaaaaa!"*thud*
And end up slipping, sliding on your face across the length of the ice bridge, and crashing into a tree.
"Buck you Lady Luck..."
SOMETIME LATER, IN A FOREST
You follow Spike through a forest after he gets off his raft and as you do you mentally ask Selena,
Selena? Are you back yet?
...
I should take that as a no, huh?
IN NIGHTSHADE'S DREAMSCAPE
Nightshade creeps along the ground, getting closer and closer to the sheep in front of her. She slowly reaches out a hoof to touch its soft wool...
*Zap!*
She shrieks in laughter and runs away from the lightning bolts fired at her by the rest of the herd.
Selena sits to the side, shaking her head,
"Why do you dream of these creatures?"
"They're fun! Want to play with me?"
"Perhaps another time. I don't know whether to blame the drugs or your father's influence..." she mutters the last part.
Nightshade sits next to her, "What about Daddy? Do you think he'd want to play with me tonight?"
"I... don't believe so." She sighs as she watches a sheep discharge more electricity into the air. "Your father has a lot on his mind right now."
"Why? Did something happen?"
"It did. I will let him explain it to you, when he is ready. Suffice to say he had a crisis of conscience."
Nightshade chews her lip, "Did... did he make the right choice?"
Selena pauses for a long moment, "Bugze is a complicated being. I feel there are more sides to him than even he knows. As to if he made the right choice..." She shakes her head. "Time only knows."
BACK IN REALITY
You hold back a sneeze as you think,
They're talking about me in there. I just know it. Oh, Selena better not tell her about all those embarrassing things those bullies did to me! Or what I did to them...
Cringing slightly when you mention the changelings, you continue to follow Spike, but you can't help but feel there's someling else following Spike...
*Achoo*x3
Your eyebrow raises in confusion as you look around for the source of those sneezes, but when you don't find anything you just shrug your shoulders and think
Huh...must be hearing things...again.
With that you continue to follow Spike...
MUCH, MUCH LATER
You don't know long it has been. Hours could've just been minutes, or minutes could've been hours. Judging by the sun... Well, the sun doesn't usually move unless it is time for the Princesses to change it to night time. Just your luck, too! You have no idea how long you've been gone and your landlord/secret cousin may have some... revelations to your sudden absence.
Once she hears the word "changeling" as part of the cause, well...
You fight back a sigh in case of detection, stifling your tired body and mind to force yourself into moving forwards. You don't know how Spike could do it, but his determination leads him from hill to hill, terrain to terrain, and so on forth. You didn't have much to complain about, except for one thing...
WHAT THE BUCK IS WRONG WITH EQUESTRIA'S WEATHER! It's snowy one hour, then blazing hot the next, then it's back to bucking snowing! Did the pegasi in charge of weather set it to random today or something! I swear if Sunbutt or Luna doesn't knock some sense into them soon then there's gonna be Tartraus to pay!
Besides that not much to complain about, well there's also the fact that traveling in foreign lands can attract wild animals. So, being the bro you are, you kick flank for the sake of his safety and its' pretty easy. Just a Falcon punch here, an Incinerate there, and quite a few bee clouds. You wonder if you would be a decent bodyguard (you know, for job options). But you have no time to ponder this career option as you both ended up in a hot, sweltering cesspool of a rocky jungle, with a few stinking volcanoes and mountains to show for it a fair distance away.
There are less creatures trying to attack you or Spike now, although with the growing closeness of motherbucking dragons, you couldn't blame them, but now your hooves hurt.
Seriously, you've both been walking nonstop for so darn long that your hooves are starting to ache like Tartarus.
Props to Spike for being bipedal and STILL not get tired. Geez. Maybe it had to do with the hobo stick and the fake beard he had on. Must've been enchanted by Sparklebutt, giving him infinite endurance. Wait a minute... When did Spike grow a beard?! Did years actually pass?!"
Idiot. It's just a fake, Selena comments.
Selena had come back from Nightshades Dreamscape a few miles back, and she gave you a update on Nightshade's progress. She's doing well, but whenever you try to bring up the subject of the changelings, she would always tell you after you dealt with Spike. Anyway, you blink a few times at what Selena said before you say,
"Oh."
You see smoke coming off of the mountains, which is where the trail of dragons ended. Get any closer and you'll become much closer to barbecue than usual. Thankfully, you're not wearing your scarf, otherwise you'd be a sweating mess!
...
"WHY SCARF! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME IN THIS WARM, HUMID, AND CRUEL WORLD!"
...You truly are the dumbest bug in existence, you do know that right?
...
"Shut up."
Ignoring Selena before she can make a comeback, you see Spike get excited as the goal is in sight, as he rips the fake beard out of his face and toss it away, conveniently landing onto your exposed muzzle. Annoyed, you intend to tear it out, but when you pass by a stream, the reflection gave you pause.
"...The buck?"
Looking at it, you kinda look like one of your Grandbuggy's disguises, maybe a spitting image of him!
"...I never thought I would see one of his faces again..."
Ahem...
You take the hint to move on, but you kept the beard on. You don't know why you need to, but there is just something about having your mouth covered by a beard that makes you feel comfortable. It's kinda like when your Grandbuggy watches over you...
"Fake Beard" acquired
You follow Spike to see that he's now... climbing up a mountain. You can only stare at the mountain in pure annoyance as you scream to the heavens,
"NOT ANOTHER BUCKING MOUNTAIN!"
Spike looks around in confusion, before he shrugs and continues to climb. You sigh in sadness as you think,
Stupid bucking mountains. You're now on the list of environmental things I hate now. I hope you're glad!
ONE TIRING MOUNTAIN CLIMB LATER
You arrive at the top with a gasp, out of breathe and aching from horn to tail.
Climbing is bucking Tartarus! I almost stumbled and fell! Several times! Thank Luna for parkour skills... And who the buck builds a rabbit hole in the middle of a rocky PATH?!
Spike is ahead of you, and you didn't like the way the other dragons look at the kid. You stay put. After all, you barely survived ONE your first time! You rather not test you horrible luck against hundreds (if not thousands) of them all at once. So, you do the next best thing: Scouting.
With the awesome powers of eagle sight that is "ZOOM", you scan the entire mountain top, keeping in mind of Spike's general position. As you watch Spike interact with the smaller dragons, you see something that makes you want to hug someling. Your eyes turn to bit signs as you see a mountain of,
You smile greedily as you think,
With all of that, I bet the Doctor will drop the debt early, and I'll have some for on the side! It's prefect plan!
Your about to dive into the gold like a duck when you see a big red dragon with a scared left eye walk over to the cave containing the pile of riches (which just so happen to be near Spike's location) and then proceeded to sleep on it. You whimper slightly as you say,
"Oh no... Smaug!"
Outro:
What do you do?
Bugzee's most bad@$$ moment was when he fought the Air, Earth, Fire, and Water Benders during the Die Hoard arc.
The most badass moment of Bugzee? I cannot choose, too many moments.
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Bugzee look at Smaug that was sleeping above the gold.
"Well... I don't think he could miss some gold, after all I'm sure that he stealed from somewhere" Mutter Bugzee as he look the gold
Opening the Inventory he begin to put the gold careful to not awake Smaugh as he is not very sure to win a battle with him also he could not be very happy to find you after what you did to his eye.
"Sleep Little Dragon, Sleep Well, and don't wake up or look to me..." Try to sing Bugzee as a Lullaby, but it seems to not work very well as Smaug begin to move in his pile of gold
In the end, Smaug hit Bugzee with his tail and continue to sleep. Meanwhile Bugzee is shoot outside the cave and down the mountain.
"Aich, Ouch, Ay, Owch" Begin to groan Bugzee as he is hit with a couple of stones at the time he go downside the mountain.
Bugzee got X gold
Bugzee got X gems
Warning: Because you don't know the value of the gems it need to be appraised by a expert
After that Bugzee climb again the mountain with a great speed.
"Gold, come to me!" Shout Bugzee as he climb
Meanwhile Spike was not looking at that and was resting a couple of minutes before continue to meet the other dragons.
"Another time that voice... Crap, maybe that pony was right and I must ignore them but it's very familiar" Comment Spike
Spike ignored the voice and continue resting a little before the journey. Not knowing that Bugzee was coming again and was in his way, only to be throwed off again by a roar that Smaug make sleeping.
"auch, Ouch, Ay..." Groan Bugzee falling again from the mountain
Bugzee just then looked around and notice that Nightshade was not with him.
"Where could she be?" Asked Bugzee to himself
Again Bugzee scalated the mountain just to see Nightshade walking with the eyes closed and to the open mouth of Smaug
"Great... The best moment for Nightshade to begin sleep walking..." Groaned Bugzee as he run and tried to save Nightshade from the mouth of Smaug but before Nightshade could enter in the mouth, she just turned to the left.
Too bad that Bugzee could not turn and was swallowed by the dragon, Bugzee thanks to the hooded offender suit was not burned but the suit was now full of dragon saliva.
After that Bugzee put Nightshade in the inventory and begin to take a couple more of gems and gold from the dragon.
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I put X gems and X gold because I was not sure of a good quantity so I leave it to DWC or someother.
In this or all?
Since you said Fic, I guess both stories!
The ultimate nutshot...
Yup, that was his most bad@$$ moment in the whole fiction.
Something in Die Hoard.
I will be happy as long as you use an awesome one-liner, be bad@$$, and run like a little filly.
Ok we need alot of Pizzah peppar spray and Engineers that build Things and we make an Tank that Sprays peppar on Pizzah making it Un Eatable
Okay. Assuming you can do it, nail horseshoes to your hooves in anticipation of physically punching something. Get your gear ready and don't go anywhere without the inventory.
As for actions... Defend yourself if you get attacked, and it's probably a good idea NOT to let greed have its way, especially when the dragon you fought is present.
1.
looks like he is the lord of the ring am I right?
2. bugze's most badass moment? hmmmmm either the Manehattan incedent with the elemental benders or bugze vs the changelings probably moreso the elemental benders cause he rekt them
And I though with all of that fighting and running he did he would have a lot more strength and endurance than that.
Bugzy would probably try to act all stealthy and try to steal some gold and fail, then as he manages to lose the dragons in the huge mountain of gold, he spots something shining brighter than the rest of the gold. After taking a look he finds that it is a sword (maybe something like the dark repulser) i find that bugze's abilities are stagnanting an although the comedy is great, bugze needs more firepower or at least something new in his arsenal accelburstreviews.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sao-ep7-5.jpg
But overall i still find this series so good keep up the awesome story
Bugze's most bad@$$ moment in this series is probably when he fought the four elements
You see Spike meet up with some Familiar looking teenage dragons. You can’t quite hear what they are talking about, but there seems to be a lot of teasing towards Spike.
You start thinking of a way to get closer some way, but you suddenly hear a noise behind you.
“Groah!”
“EEEEEEPPPPPP!” you shriek like a girl and fall to the ground.
You turn around, look up and see…the strangest looking thing you’ve ever seen. Seriously, is that supposed to be a dragon? It’s got derped eyes, eight legs, weird wings and it’s tongue is hanging out if it’s head.
“Groah” it says again.
It doesn’t appear to be hostile, if anything it looks like a lost stupid puppy.
“Ummm…hi?” you say.
“Blarg”
“So uh…are you a dragon?”
“Blarg,”
“Kay, not too sure what that means…”
“Honk Honk,”
“Are you lost?”
It doesn’t respond, and instead starts scratching itself like a dog.
“Well if you’re looking for dragons, they’re over there?” you say as you point towards the volcano.”
As you point, you see a similar looking dragon walking along the cliff edge towards Spike.
“See look, I think your relatives are looking for you…so go away,”
“Honk, blarg, Honk,” it says as it licks you upside the head and starts walking away.
You then realize that you could possible use this creature to get closer to the dragons, so you do the smartest thing you can think of.
You jump into a bush, dislodge it then use it to hide you as you ride on the thing’s back.
“Hey, thought I’d keep you company, you don’t mind right?”
“Honk!” it says as it starts panting happily.
Using the thing’s help, you witness Spike being hazed by the Teenaged dragons. They make fun of him for being little and for being raised by ponies, and then they start putting him through tests.
After the tail wrestling test, you realize your new friend is named Crackle, and apparently all his family looks weird since his cousin keeps hanging around with the others.
You decide you are not going to be participating in lava jumping, you got a thick hide, but even Armored Shell won’t save you from Molten Rock.While still in the bush, you take Crackle by the horns and steer her further up the volcano so that you can get a better look at the cannonball competition…and just so happen to end up at Smaug's cave entrance.
You witness the teenaged dragons finally excepting Spike as one of their own, and then they start pigging out on the hoard they were playing on earlier.
“Yeesh these guys are just the worst, stupid dude-bros, come on Spike you’re better than this,” you say aloud.
“Honk,” Crackle agrees.
While they pig out, you debate whether you should take all the gold now or later. Spike isn’t in any immediate danger, I mean dang, the kid jumped into freaking lava and was fine.
You start taking a few pieces a little at a time and stuffing them into your saddle bags while keeping an eye on Smaug.
“Alright, this gold is mine. It would’ve been mine a few months ago if I hadn’t needed to use it to stop Smaug and King Ghidorah.”
“Blarg?” whispers Crackle.
“Oh, well this guy and a giant hydra were fighting…because of me, and I used Smaug’s stolen treasure to…”
SCENE MISSING!
“…And then the Zebras and Giraffes lived together in harmony in Giraffrica forever after because of their mutual dislike of Ketchup flavored Potato Chips, anyway that’s how I saved Hearth’s Warming Eve” you finish to a very confused Crackle.
“B-Blarg?” Crackle asks confused.
“What this abomination said, WHAT?” says an equally confused Selena.
“Oh you’re confused? Let me start again. Smaug and King Ghidorah were fighting so I used my ill gotten gold to,”
“Enough! NO! We’ve wasted enough time as it is. The longer you stand her blathering, the more likely the chance our red dragon will wake up.”
“...Good point,” you say as you hastily start stealing more gold.
“All I need to do is gather about half this gold and I’ll be able to pay off the Doctor and finally be able to go back to Appleloosa.”
You grab an awesome looking cub from the hoard and look at your reflection.
“Then there’ll be no more fighting, no more crazy stalker mares, no more princesses, no more chasing purple dragons…”
“Which you have already neglected,” finishes Selena.
“OH Buck, Spike!” you yelp before covering your mouth.
“Smaug twitches in his sleep, so you slowly back the buck off and back towards Crackle.
The two of you witness Spike and the others lying on their backs after eating a lot and making small talk. You then hear Spike say something that worries you.
“The way I feel right now, I can hang out with you guys forever,”
“Forever? No Spike No!”
You then hear Crackles cousin say
“Forever?!” in three separate voices.
“Yo Crack, what’s up with your cousin’s voice?”
“Honk Honk?”
“Eh, guess it doesn’t matter, but yeah, Spike can’t stay with these Dude-bros, they’re a bad influence on him. His family is back in Ponyville where he belongs.”
“Blarg,”
“Well I know he’s amongst his kind but…Spike isn’t like this, he doesn’t have to follow this path…” you say with sadness.
“No, he doesn’t…” whispers Selena
You then hear the dragons talking more.
“Ya, now we’re going to go swipe some Phoenix Eggs, you’re in right Spike?”
“I, Um…”
“Come on, it will be fun!” says the Purple one.
“Well, maybe not as fun as Squash the Bug” says the big one
“Oh yeah, that was pretty fun last night” says Garble.
“Yeah, I love a good fight,” says the White one rubbing a gash over his eye.
“Wait a minute,” you say as you realize you’ve heard these voices before.
“What’s squash the bug?” asks Spike.
“Oh that’s where you come across some Changelings, and then you squish them,” says Garble.
“Oh no, these are the guys I left the others with…” you say with a hint of guilt.
“Y-you guys came across Changelings last night?”
“Oh yeah, thought they could crash our cave last night, so we showed them otherwise.”
“Did you see a dark colored unicorn filly with them, or a stallion with a bunch of funny clothes?”
“Don’t know about any filly, but some weirdo shouted at them before running away from us.”
“That must’ve been Tennant,” says Spike aloud.
“Yeah, the idiot ran right out into a forest fire, and unlike us, they ain’t fire proof,” says the White dragon.
“I’m sure he’s fine, he probably had Nightshade too,”
You then hear Garble’s cousin say,
“Oh no, he still doesn’t know,” in two different voices before you hear choked back sobbing in a third.
“Seriously, the heck is up with that, can you speak in different voices?”
“Narp” says Crackle.
“But yeah, thanks for squashing those Bucking Bugs, they foalnapped Nightshade and we couldn’t do anything,” says Spike.
“Ohhhh…Nightshade, who is that, your little girlfriend?” taunts Garble.
“Wh-what? N-no, she’s just my friend,” stutters a blushing Spike.
“Oh wow, little guy’s gone native huh?” taunts the big dragon.
“Yeah, I bet he sleeps with pony mares,” chuckles the purple one.
“Oh yeah, I sleep with mares all the time.
The chuckling stops as they look back at Spike.
“Say what now?” says Garble.
“I sleep with mares all the time, they’re really comfortable.”
The dragons all have shocked faces on and so do you.
“Spike….slept with mares….as in more than one?” you stutter in disbelief.
“Really? H-how many?” asks Garble.
“Oh well let’s see, I’ve slept with Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Princess Celestia, Princess Cadance the Cutie Mark Crusaders…”
He keeps listing off names as you and the teenaged dragons listen on in shock.
“Twilight really? I thought he was like your little Brother! And the rest of the deadly 6? The Buck?! Sun Butt…how the heck did he pull that off? Cadance, how could you? And the CMC, oh their sisters are going to be so upse…” you then realize who else is apart of the CMC.
“THAT LITTLE PUNK WAS WITH NIGHTSHADE?!”
You pull out your glove
“Alright, new plan, Skin Spike and make a nice new fireproof coat out of his perverted scales, muhahahahahahaha…” suddenly dark tendrils cover your mouth and limbs.
“You Idiot, he merely means he has slumbered with these mares!” chides Selena.
You realize that she’s right, “Oh…I guess that makes more sense, heh heh…”
“Seriously, your mind always jumps to the most perverted outcomes, just like those teenaged whelps!” she chides as you know she is shaking her head in frustration.
When you look back, you see the dragons still look shocked.
“…And then there was that time with Moon Dancer, and yeah, that’s about it.”
Garble blinks once before answering, “Dang…are pony mares really that loose?”
“They all seem to like dragons a lot,” contemplates the Purple one.
“Yeah see, you all thought I was crazy when I told you about waking up with my claws in that Turquoise Unicorn’s Mouth!” shouts the White Dragon.
“Oh yeah, that sounds like Lyra, she likes Claws and Minotaur Hands for some reason, I’ve woken up to that too…” Spike says in a creeped out manner.
“Where exactly is this Ponyville again?” asks the Purple dragon.
Garble shakes his head to get rid of these thoughts, “Alright! Let’s stop talking about…this, and just go swipe some eggs” stutters Garble as he flies off.
The Big one fist bumps Spike and says, “Respect little man,” before he picks him up and flies off.
“I don’t get it, respect for what, what did I do?” stutters Spike.
You see them carrying Spike away, and you realize enough is enough, Spike can’t be around these dragons anymore.
You rear Crackle up,
“Hi Ho Crackle, Away!”
“Blarg,”
And Crackle begins to crookedly fly after the dragons to which you hold on for dear life.
As you do, you don’t notice Crackle’s cousin trying to follow.
“We have to get him, we can’t lose him too!” shouts Rainbow Dash trying to fly almost heading towards lava.
“Rainbow Dash, please stop, we can’t fly in this thing,” says Rarity.
“Yeah, we’re going to have to hoof it,” says Twilight.
“But we have to hurry, we can’t let Spike Go…we can’t let anyone else go…” Rainbow laments with tears in her eyes.
Rarity and Twilight hug her with tears in their own.
“We won’t Dash, we won’t lose Spike like we lost…them,” says Twilight sniffling.
Flashback
The girls were following Spike through the Everfree in Rarity’s “Perfect” dragon suit. Earlier there had been a search team looking for Tennant and the changelings that had infiltrated the town, but a forest fire had kept it at bay. Both Twilight and Spike reasoned that Tennant had taken care of the problem in his own way, so Spike decided to go on a quest of self discovery.
Along the way, they ran into Flash Sentry, and he looked extremely sad.
“Flash, what’s wrong, what are you doing out here?” asks Twilight.
“I…was out looking for Tennant… my bro…” he says saddened.
“D-did you find him?” asks Rainbow.
“I…I did,” he says as he holds up a burnt and battered scarf.
Everyone gasps at this.
“N-no way…” Rainbow says in shock.
“Oh no, oh dear,” mutters Rarity.
“Flash, are you saying he’s…” Twilight asks.
Flash puts his head down, “Probably.”
“No…no,” says Dash.
“I found this right in the center of a burned out area. It seems to be where the fire originated. Not too far away was a cave…” he pauses saddened. “Inside I saw both Green and Red blood, and piece of cloth from Nightshade’s vest…”
“Oh My goodness,” says Rarity.
“M-my student…Nightshade…” laments Twilight.
“There was no other trail I could find…I’m…I’m sorry,” he says crying.
All four of them begin bawling at this point and hugging each other.
“Wh-what do we do now?” asks Twilight.
“What do you mean,” asks an angry and saddened Rainbow, “We keep following Spike! That’s what we do!”
“My poor little Spikey-Wikey, he has no idea…he can get hurt” laments Rarity.
“We are going to make sure Spike comes home safe and sound! We have to!” shouts Rainbow.
“Y-you’re right, I can’t let my little dragon come to harm, *sniff*, I just can’t,” says Twilight.
“Then let’s push on ahead…please…let’s push on ahead…” Rainbow Begs.
“OK,” says Flash, “I’ll head back to town, everypony else needs to know…but girls, be safe out there.”
“We will…we have to, no one else is going to…go,” says Rainbow.
Back in the Present
You suddenly have a shiver.
“Weird, it feels like ponies think I’m dead again.”
In the Dreamscape
Nightshade’s dream starts playing sad music
“Weird, it feels like ponies are sad because of me.”
Oh, the gold is tempting, but is the potential freedom worth the broken bones you're almost guaranteed to get? Before you can ponder this further, you're roughly dragged to your feet.
A bipedal dragon stands in front of you, crossing his arms after he lets go of you. "Dragons only, chump. Back down the mountain with you."
"Back down?! After what I put up with on my way up?! Look, I'm not even here to bother you. I just want to keep an eye on-"
"This is our mountain now. We make the rules." He smirks at you. "And my rule is that non-dragons go back down the mountain. The easy way or the hard way."
You return the smirk. "And what if I can get past you?"
He laughs. "Give it your best shot!"
You take a deep breath.
STOP!
W-what?! Is something wrong with Nightshade?
No, just don't say those words!
What words? I was just gonna knock him back with-
With the Fus Ro Dah, the three words used by a Dragonborn warrior to slay dragons. The three words that would mark you an enemy to all dragons everywhere. What do you suppose would happen if every dragon here heard you shout those words?
...Oh.
"Time's up," the dragon says, and he picks you up by the neck. "You're going down, and you're going down my way. The easy way."
You struggled until you heard that last bit. "Wait, seriously? The easy way?"
"Sure. All you gotta do is sit back, relax, and let gravity do all the work."
He throws you over the edge.
"MOTHERBUCK-!"
You hit the rocks and roll down the mountainside, shouting curses of the dragon, his family, and his very existence all the way down, until her slam against something. You look up and see this.
You stand up, leaning against this new dragon's chest for support. "Hey, pal, could you do me a solid? There's a dragon up there that isn't letting me through. Think I could hide under you while you pass him?"
The dragon makes a very peculiar noise. If you didn't know any better, you'd almost say it was three voices arguing with each other, saying things like "It's him!" or "Come on, even he isn't this stupid" or "It totally isn't him. Look at the beard!"
I don't believe this is a dragon...
What? What are you talking about? Look at him! He's even carrying his treasure on his back. And... in his neck. Huh. Must be dragon fashion.
Just... be careful around this one.
The dragon eventually nods, and you follow it back up the mountain.
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His most bad-ass moment was getting fired from the Ponyville guards by quoting every action movie ever.
In Smaug's pile, you notice a bottle that looks like an angry Bronco sticking out. After carefully retrieving the bottle from the pile, you read it;
"BUCKING BRONCO
Knock your enemies for a loop and keep them hanging high with a mini-quake. Now in Earthy Apple Cinnamon."
Deciding that this vigor may come in hoofy later (and knowing how these plasmids/vigors automatically activate quite explosively when first drunk), you put it in the Inventory for later,
"Bucking Bronco vigor" added to Inventory
See a pair of nunchaku in the pile and fool around with them before accidentally whacking yourself in the face. You then decide "num-chucks" aren't for you, but a metallic grey mallet catches your eye. Thinking it's Mjolnir, you grab it and examine it... only to realize it's NOT Mjolnir because you're able to lift it. Keep it anyway due to it being a solid WHITE GOLD mallet and thus worth a bunch of bits.
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I think it's WAY too early in the episode for a confrontation with Smaug
You suddenly hear a chorus of jeering laughter that's all too familiar to you; it's the laughter of someling- somedragon getting bullied. You quickly make your way over, using Crackle as a decent cover, just in time to witness the same dragons who (possibly) un-alived your own bullies teasing Spike about his size.
"You sure your name's Spike and not Shrimp?" one taunts.
"Or Peewee!" another joins in.
After they continue to make jabs at how he doesn't have any wings yet, how he looks more like a hatchling, and even strike a low blow by saying "This kid is probably a pony in a dragon costume!" you're about to explode on these jerks, no matter how outnumbered you are; noling picks on your little buddy!
You would get a decent point to dive off into the fray too, but Crackle keeps shifting over to her cousin, who has also been watching all this go down.
=POV shift (Twilight and friends in the dragon suit)=
"Honk." Crackle says to the ponies, thinking their suit is an actual relative of hers.
"Oh no, we've been spotted you guys. What do we do now?" Rainbow asks the others.
"Well don't look at me Rainbow, I haven't the slightest on how to deal with these garish beasts." Rarity shrugs.
"Well we need to think of something!" Rainbow practically yells "It's right there!"
"Girls! Quiet!" Twilight tries to silence them for the stake of maintaining their cover as long as possible, fortunately the other dragons are still to busy being mean to spike.
"Honk?" a slightly confused Crackle asks.
"Oh I sure hope this works..." Twilight tells herself nervously before turning to Crackle "Uh, meep meep?"
"Honk honk blarg, honk screech blarg whistle wort-wort *Jackhammer noise*." Crackle replies.
"(I think I'm seeing a pattern here. Blargs come after honks... or vise-versa?)" Twilight's mind raced to comprehend what she just said, but draws a complete blank. So instead she improvises "Meep-beep blarg... snorkle?"
Crackle just stares at her for a moment, and then begins to howl with laughter. After drawing the attention of everyone near and still going on for another minute or so, she finally settles down and clears her throat.
"Ah... very good cousin, very good. It is always such a treat to see you." Crackle speaks in a sophisticated braytish accent.
5936792 I edit then
Well there are so many moments that could be used. But I think that his most bad-ass moment would be towards the beginning when he helped to deal with discord. From making Twilight snap-out of her funk to telling her to deciding to hold off Discord while they retrieved the Elements, he showed himself to be a true bad-ass hero, even if he, Fluttershy, and a few senior members of the Horde still remember it.
Episode 69? Can't help but think there was a missed opportunity there.
As painful as it is for Bugze, his most badass moment was his entire fight during the Fillydelphia riots. Stopping a bomb, fighting both Crimson Knights and Guards, and Element Benders, twas awesome.
The mane six saw you undisguised, wearing nothing but your saddle bags. First, they saw the beard. They couldn't help but be weirded out to see a beard on a changling. Next was the paleness. Was that coloration normal? As for the hair style and color unique only to you... Well, it's matted with dirt and sticks and leaves earned from travel. It almost looks as though your mane is greased with murky brown, decorated with patches of orange and green popping out.
Essentially, they didn't recognize you at all.
"What the hay?" Rainbow Dash perked. "What's a changling doing all the way in dragon territory?"
"From this far after a few years..." Twilight hummed. "I don't want to believe this is one of Chrysalis's drones, but for one to be all so alone... Something like this doesn't happen unless their group has been... forcibly disbanded."
Rarity pointed with a gasp at the mess of a mane their object of attention wore. "And such disasterous mane hair! I'd didn't think changlings had manes until we met the Hooded Offender, but it looks as though it went through YEARS without proper mane care!" she dramatizes. "At least the beard was kept well."
Rainbow nods, surprisingly, in agreement to the subject of the mane and beard. "I could feel the "Hardcore Survivalist" vibe coming off of him."
The two unicorns stared at her.
"What? I've read enough Daring Do to know what this character would be. Come on, Twi, you didn't think he kinda looks like the Smooth Junglist as described in the Third Book?"
Twilight raised a brow. "You mean the one who almost romanced every single female character in the book, pony and nonpony included?"
"Yup!"
"Who helped lead Daring Do away from an infested part of a forest likely filled with Hornets and Bees along her way towards her next temple?"
"That's the guy!"
"The very same stallion who apparently was supposed to have died off in the end, but possibly didn't die due to the epilogue where there was flirty note left behind by said character, which started off a heated argument in the entire Daring Do community about whether or not he left it there before or after his apparent death?"
"Definitely!"
Twilight Sparkle looks back at the changling, then back to her friend. "Don't ruin the dream, Rainbow."
"Hehe," Rainbow sheepishly says, "Sorry, Twi, but you gotta admit, he looks the same!"
Rarity looks back and forth between her two friends, who she always knew were into this Daring Do and A.K yearling, but couldn't help but become utterly lost. Her most appropriate reaction is to rub her head a little to ease a growing headache. "Oh, dear. What have this journey turned into?"
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I honestly can't legitimately choose. I mean, with so many to choose from and most them I was directly involved in the development with, there's little room for clear TOP moments, but plenty for FAVOURITES. Every time the Hood is donned, he becomes our conduit of awesome. If I want to choose, I'd choose the time where he was most strongest: The Crimson Hearths Warming.
Side note: the kung fu book was part of the things that were put in a shelf in the shack