The golden ship slowly arced into the unexplored sector of space, the light of the orbiting sun glinting off its armored exterior as it streaked towards the single planet in the system. The pilot gazed at the unusual planetary configuration. One planet, orbited by a sun and moon. She had never seen anything like it. Then again, considering her passenger, he would have to come from somewhere unlike anywhere else in the universe. "This is the place?" she asked.
The purple head snaked up beside her. "Yes, Mom," he said softly. "In my vision quest, Gray Voice was very specific. These are the coordinates of my home world...at the moment."
"At the moment?" Samus asked, confused.
"Take a look at the readings," Spike pointed out. "The planet is moving through the cosmos on its own, taking its sun and moon with it."
Samus examined the scanners, seeing what her draconic son had spotted. "You're right," she replied. "I wonder where it's headed?"
Spike chuckled to himself. "I doubt even I'll be around to see that at the rate it's travelling," he replied. "But this is where my egg came from. Took a while to get here, though. Gray Voice said the one from my dreams would be waiting for me."
Samus nodded. "Setting landing coordinates," she stated, plotting the course. "Calculating reentry vectors."
As the ship entered the atmosphere, Spike gazed out the window, wondering what it would be like to be home again after all this time. "What's the gravity like?" Spike asked.
Samus glanced at the readouts. "According to scans, about .8 Gs. You're going to have to keep the armor on."
Spike sighed, scratching at the gold-edged white plate over his head. "Had a feeling that would be the case," he muttered.
"We're going to land in that forest outside that small settlement," Samus explained. "I'll stay in the ship right at first. If you're normal for this world, odds are I'm not. And since I'm not detecting any industrialization at all, they probably don't have space flight, meaning they probably aren't used to visitors from outer space. Gimme a ring when the locals are ready for me."
Spike smiled. "I will, Mom."
As the ship landed, Samus pulled out a datapack. "Here. I've kept a log of everything since I got your egg. If they want your story, it might help fill in the blanks, especially from back before you started talking."
Spike smiled, slipping the datapack into his chest plate. "That should help."
"Scanners have picked up a few large wild animals in the forest, some possibly hostile." Samus then grinned at the drake beside her. "Not that you'll have a problem with them."
Chuckling, Spike hugged the bounty hunter. "Be back soon, Mom," he promised before leaving the ship.
Spike left the forest carefully, uncertain what sort of reception he would get on entering town. He had spotted from the forest that most of the houses weren't exactly sized for a creature his size. He had spotted small equines - he found himself calling them 'ponies', though he didn't know why - going back and forth, but they were maybe a third his size at the largest. However, he knew the one he was looking for was one of these 'ponies', and he would have to meet these ponies to find her.
And so, taking a deep breath to steady himself and praying to Gray Voice and the other ancestral spirits that there wouldn't be a language barrier, he stepped out of the forest. The sunlight glinted off the white and gold armor plates on his forehead between his horns, on his back between his wings, on the front of his neck, on his chest, on the upper portion of each leg, the open clawed gauntlets and greaves, and the length of his tail. The spiked blades on the spade tip also caught the light. He hoped he wasn't too frightening to these creatures.
As he passed by a small cottage, a yellow pony with a pink mane and tail and wings on her back took one look at him, screamed in fear, let out a bleat that sounded like a goat, and fell flat on her back.
Spike groaned, burying his face in his claws. "So much for first impressions," he grunted. "I never expected anyone to be so shy..." Something stirred in his head. "Wait...Flutter...Shy?"
The pony blinked, rolling away from the 'big scary dragon' and back to her hooves, her eyes wide. The way he knew her name and how familiar his voice was... "...Spike?" she gasped softly.
Spike smiled softly. "I...I know you-Ooomph!"
Fluttershy had dashed across to tackle him in a tight hug. "Oh Spike, you're back! Ever since that spell of Twilight's went wrong and you disappeared in that quantum vortex, we were all so afraid we'd never see you again! We've missed you so much!" She pulled back. "It...it is you, isn't it?"
Spike chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "Yes, I'm certain it is me now. Memories are coming back from dreams...and Gray Voice did say that time itself had unwoven from my journey..."
"Gray Voice?" Fluttershy asked in confusion.
Spike chuckled. "It's a long story, and I'd rather just tell it once. And...there's someone I need to find...lavender with wings and horn..."
Fluttershy gasped. "Oh, Twilight! You really need to go see Twilight right away! She's been so worried about you! You've been missing for a whole month!" She pushed Spike towards a massive crystal castle. "She's in the castle over there. You go see her right away. I'll gather everypony else and let them all know you're back!" She then gave Spike one last hug around his neck. "Oh Spike...welcome home!" With that, she flapped off into the town.
Spike stared after her, rather flummoxed. "Twilight..." he muttered, tasting the name. "Yes...that's her...I need to see her..." He began moving towards the castle at a steady gait.
As he passed through the town, many ponies waved to him happily. Apparently, word had spread fast, and everyone was happy to see him. However, he would have to talk to them later. Reaching the castle, he pushed the massive doors open. "Twilight?" he called out. "Twilight?"
There was a resounding crash from nearby. "Spike?" an agonized voice called out.
Spike ran towards the voice, and he heard rapid hoofsteps rushing to meet him. Within moments, a lavender pony with wings and horn - the one from his dreams - crashed into him, wrapping forelegs and feathered wings around as much of his neck as she could hold. For his part, he wrapped one leg around her in a gentle embrace. He felt her tears on his neck, and he knew tears of his own were wetting her mane.
He was home.
When the both of them finally calmed down, Twilight stepped back from Spike. "Spike...what happened to you?" she asked in surprise. "You...you got swallowed by that quantum vortex a month ago, and...and..."
"Only a month ago?" Spike asked, surprised. "It's been years for me."
"Years?" Twilight asked as her eyes popped open wider. "Well, I guess you have grown a great deal...but where have you been? And what's with this armor?"
Spike chuckled. "It's a long story, Twilight. I think I'll wait until the others get here. I bumped into Fluttershy on the way here, and she said she'd gather everyone-"
"Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back! Spike's back-" Pinkie Pie's excitable squeals were cut off as her rocket propelled hug ended with her landing between Spike's wings heavily. She blinked for a time. "-is huge!" she finished.
"What in tarnation do ya mean by that, Pinkie-whoa nelly!" Applejack reared back as she saw Spike. "What have ya been eating this past month?"
"Damn, Spike!" Rainbow Dash added as she flew circles around his spread wings. "Look who's grown up and gone airborne!"
"What's everypony saying about dear little Spikey-Wahahahai!" Rarity's question was cut off by her reaction to Spike's sheer size. "You...you're ginormous!"
Spike chuckled. "Yeah, I guess I don't need to be this big, huh?" He closed his eyes to concentrate.
"What do you-" Twilight's voice stopped as they all watched.
Right before their eyes, Spike started to shrink in on himself. His overall body shape remained the same, but he went from being the size of Princess Celestia to being about the size of Big Macintosh. His proportions remained the same, but he was now at eye level with all those around him. His armor shrunk with him, although his musculature became - if anything - even more defined.
"...woof," Rarity muttered under her breath.
"...woof," Fluttershy agreed, blushing.
"Woof!" Pinkie proclaimed for no apparent reason other than because other ponies were doing it. "Are we being doggies now?"
Spike chuckled. "I'm glad I'm not as intimidating like this," he admitted. "Took a while to master that trick."
"That's mighty impressive!" Applejack praised. "But where ya been all this time?"
"Yeah!" Rainbow agreed. "I mean, that armor makes you look like some kind of comic book space warrior! What's up with that?"
Chuckling, Spike pulled the datapack from his chest compartment, its size unchanged. "Girls...it's a long story..."
"I'll get the snacks!" Pinkie shouted, dashing off to the kitchen.
YES! A METROID STORY! I EXPECT YOU TO DELIEVER TATSUROU!
I love this story already. I can hardly wait to see where you take it.
Awesome. I can't wait for more.
You have my attention.
You sir, have definetly an impressive skill for crossovers. I love it
And heeere we go! Once more unto the breach!
It's not the black butler crossover I'm praying for, but it looks very promising and should nicely fit into my daily reading schedule in the spot recently vacated by Batmare. Here's to looking forward to another story from the King of Crossovers, the Captain of Canon, the Regis of Reimaginings!
Uh-oh, I missed a fic! Hold on while I go into catch-up-ketchup mode.
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
swe~~et
of which ponies have never seen, we walks with caution - (in description)
Grey Voice said VS praying to Gray Voice x3
1. He.
2. Umm... I think you mean the latter in this case.
5933850 Let's just hope it isn't blue mush. God knows the X love their blue mush. This actually makes me wonder though... Spike is essentially the same colour scheme as the pirates right? How would they react to him? Though I suspect this will be answered later on I like to speculate on a few things.
I also hate not being able to find some stat-up items till this day... curse you Metroid Fusion.
While I'm happy to see another Spike story from you are you going to update the others anytime soon?
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Overwhelming fan reaction on the initial story possibility suggestion points to yes.
Just one chapter ready so I really shouldn't track yet. Then again it's Tatsurou and he tends butcher my tracking and fav rules without even trying. What the heck. He has never failed me before so he gets another tracking from me right now.
Keep up the good work!
Isn't spike mostly anthro, not 4-legged, like the others? You also didn't give us a lot of info there. I suppose that's intentional, but nevertheless. I'd have loved to have seen what his armor looked like in more detail.
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Dragons grow from bipedal as children/teenagers to quadrapedal as adults. Spike on all fours was to indicate he'd come closer to his species' maturity.
And I haven't completely decided on exactly how his armor looks. For that and other reasons, I want to keep details on it to a minimum.
5934203 Understandable!
When I saw this was about spike I immediately expected something with spyro, but hearing it's about metroid has my really curious about this.
Definitely keeping an eye on this.
--Spade
Tatsu, I'm gonna kick you in the fucking balls. Hard. I'm already far enough behind with your stories without you having to add another to your lists!
Anywho, all jokes aside, Imma read this after I get home and get some sleep.
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Have fun with this one.
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What? Kicking you in the balls?
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If you can catch me!
5934497
I know where you live, you know that I'm trained in martial arts, and that I'm now missing my left nut. This should pose no problem for me
Seriously though, I know I'll enjoy this. You've yet to disappoint me, and I sure as hell don't see that happening now.
>didn't play Metroid
>not caring
> gonna love this story anyway
HaHA! I didn't think you'd be releasing this early but a great surprise nonetheless! I look forward how you string me along, as you've left me with just enough to keep me blatantly interested. I'm digging the interpretations, that's for sure.
You keep doing this and it'll keep pushing me to get my own work out at a faster pace. I eagerly await next installment.
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That's exactly what I told him! Except I still haven't gotten around to it!
5934521 Lol I certainly know that feeling. It's like I can only force myself to write when I have shit due
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Same here! When I finally do have the chance to write, something always pops up and I lose my focus and train of thought, then I get pissed lol!
This is gonna be good ill get the drinks
5934540 Not even that, I'll actively vomit 3000 words in two hours the night before I have a midterm or something and the people love it. I think it has to do with the whole 'being busy' idea.
But just so this doesn't get off topic, YOUR STORY. I LIKE THAT SHIT, TATSUROU
You never cease to surprise me
#BROHOOF4LIFE
5934508 I have the same feeling right now, and that's a first.
Holy shit! No dislikes! Mastah you iz!
(Edit: Just as I said this, a Dislike popped up. Wowzers.)
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Don't you know thats like saying "What possibly could go wrong?" It's a serious jinx.
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Well, you know what random profile pics say! Don't Panic!
Good start. Will follow.
I've come to expect good things from your crossovers Tatsurou, and I know you won't disappoint on this one.
I am intrigued as to where this will lead.
oh tats...y u make such good corssovers!
He's back!
He's huge
He's so big!
He's here
He's a beefcake!
HE'S MINE!
get in line gals
cake time!
my bad you're good!
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you should tell us what this is a crossover with in the description. i wasn't going to give this a second glance, until i saw the first comment saying it was a metroid crossover. now I have to read it!
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*brings out a popcorn machine with several large bags of popcorn kernels and many gallons of melted butter along side* I've got the popcorn.
Welp... This is intresting...
This shows promise, will be keeping an eye on it.
5935567 *brings out slushy and pop machine with extra large cups* And I've got the drinks
Is this going to be part of the mega crossover story you're planning with the reverse-Displaced ponies?
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Signs point to yes.
We need a CMC story when them were sent as babies to Getter Robo universe, together!
CHAAAAAAANGE!
SHIN GETTEEEER ONE!
You have my attention. Hopefully you can keep it.