Spike’s True Secret

by jw278

Chapter 7

"Now that you have learned a bit about our childhood and how we became a family, I think it's time we told you how we became kings and queens and how Grogar's reign of terror came to an end," Lilith said as she looked around at everyone. "I guess it all really started a few days before our father's birthday, we had all decided that we wanted to do something special to show how much he meant to us and for everything he had done for us over the years, with that in mind, we came up with the idea of making him a birthday cake. So we left the forest and traveled to a village near by to get some supplies, over the years we had learnt how to take care of ourselves and had traveled outside of the forest many times. Of course we didn't want Father to know what we were planning so we just told him we were gonna get some more study materials."

"Hehehe. He must of known we were up to something," Mist said. "I mean Grover wanting to study? There's the give a way right there."

"Hey! I wasn't that bad," Grover said while the other four giggled along with Mist.

"Indeed, Father probably knew we were up to something." Lilith said as the laughter died down, now taking on a more serious look, she continued. "I remember that day, all too well. We had just made it to the village when we noticed that all the villagers were gathered in the main square. We pushed our way through the crowd to get to the front to see what was going on and that's when we saw a group of gargoyles standing on stage. One standing next to a guillotine. The gargoyle in the centre stepped forward and said, 'Citizens of Emperor Grogar, you have been asked to bare witness to the execution of this stallion,' he said as he pointed to the stairs as a unicorn was led up on to the stage by two more gargoyles.

As the stallion is led to the gargoyle in the centre of the stage, the gargoyle said, 'You are charged with stealing food from our Lord Grogar. Such an act must be punished. Do you have anything to say for yourself?'"

"Wait! what? Rainbow Dash asked. "He was gonna be killed cuz he stole a bit of food? Your kidding right?"

Lilith, shook her head and said, "No, Rainbow Dash. I only wish I was. This is the kind of creature Grogar is. He ruled without mercy or kindness. We ourselves didn't find out till later, but our own village was destroyed all because Grogar wanted to simply show that he could. Looking back, I guess he did it to show his power over us and to make sure to keep the other villages inline."

As everyone sat there with shocked looks on their faces at what they heard, the realization of just what kind of creature he was, was truly starting to sink in.

Taking a breath and continuing where she left off Lilith said, "Just as the young stallion was about to say something, a little filly ran on to the stage crying her eyes out and screaming, 'I'm sorry! I'm sorry! It's all my fault! Big brother, I'm sorry', as she clung to the stallions legs.'"

"I remember as the filly clung to him crying, some creatures closed there eyes trying not to let their sobs be heard while others looked away or to the floor knowing what was to come," Lilith said with a sad look on her face. "But then something took every creature by surprise. The gargoyle looked at the filly and then to the stallion and said, 'Hmm, maybe an execution for this crime is too much?'

Looking around at everyone Lilith said, "You can imagine everyone's surprise hearing a gargoyle of all creatures saying that. After all they were loyal to a tee to Grogar. The gargoyle looked at the stallion and smiled at him. The stallion shouted out, 'Yes! yes, I learnt my lesson, I will never do it again.' And before another gargoyle had chance to speak, the gargoyle's smile turned to an evil grin as he grabbed the little filly and threw her to the gargoyle standing by the guillotine. The stallion screamed out, 'No!! Not her, she didn't do anything, It was me!!!' As two gargoyles pushed him to the stage floor."

"The little filly tried to break free, all the while screaming, 'NO!!! Big brother, HELP ME!!!!' All the stallion could do was lay there screaming, 'It was MEEE!!!!'. The gargoyle, still wearing an evil grin lowered himself to the stallions eye level and said, 'This way you'll learn never to steal from Empire Grogar again. And besides, you should be thanking me. Now you'll have one less mouth to feed.' Then he started to laugh," Lilith said.

"I couldn't take it anymore. Father had always made it clear to stay out of trouble, but we couldn't stand by and watch anymore," Lilith said. "Looking to my brothers and sisters, they knew we had to act and so as I started to get ready to cast a spell to get the filly away from the gargoyle something else surprisingly happened right at that moment. The filly fell to the stage floor as the gargoyle that was taunting her brother stopped to turn around and see what was going on. The gargoyle that was holding her, now crumbled to rock and dust. In his place stood our father."

"You can imagine our surprise to see our father standing on stage," said Mirage. "Father was never one for violence and yet there he was as clear as day, but not with the same kind, gentle look we had grown accustomed to. He was angry. No, more like infuriated. We had never seen him look that way our whole time with him."

Lilith nodded her head in agreement and said, "Yeah, in truth I took a step back when I saw him. Father turned to look at the other gargoyles on the stage and said, 'You will not hurt anymore children in this village as long as I breathe.' The gargoyle standing in front of the stallion shouted out, 'You dare to attack a gargoyle in service to Emperor Grogar.'"

"Father just smiled back at him and said, 'He ain't my emperor,' and let out a little chuckle. That really got the gargoyle angry as he screamed, 'You want to die? So be it. Get him!' As the gargoyles started to make there way towards him, the villagers were stunned and shocked at what was happening on stage. We, on the other hoof, were ready to help our father. But just as we were about to make our move, father started to smash through them like paper until there was only that one gargoyle left standing on stage in front of the stallion. Father just smiled at him, goading him to attack. As the gargoyle charged at him, he screamed, 'I'll make you pay fo- ahhh!!!!' As he turned to rubble and dust. From behind him stood the stallion with his horn lit saying, 'Nobody threatens my sister.'"

"As we made our way on to the stage to join our father, the little filly ran into her brother's arms. As he hugged her tightly and patted her head. He looked to our father and said, 'Thank you stranger. If it wasn't for you I would of lost the only family I had. I owe you big time.' Father just smiled at the stallion with that same caring smile we all knew. Father just looked at us, smiled and said, 'hello, my little ones.'"

"The filly started to cry again and the stallion said 'It's ok now. You're safe,' as she looked up to her brother the tears stopped and she smiled at him. Father looked at him and said, 'Not quite' and pointed to more gargoyles coming from around the village, making there way towards the village square. Father looked at us and without saying a word we knew what we had to do; we had to save the villagers. As we took our stances ready to fight, the stallion stood on stage and said, 'No more! I'm through with living under Grogar's rule. I would rather die free than live my life in fear of him.' That seemed to stir up something in the other villagers. As the gargoyles began to charge towards the square, the villagers screamed 'NO MORE!!!' and 'FOR THE CHILDREN!!!' Rang out as the villagers began to attack the gargoyles."

Lilith smiled and continued saying, "In the end, we didn't do a thing. The villagers had beat back the gargoyles all on their own. As one gargoyle started to fly away, the villagers gave chase but stopped when father told them to let him go. He said it didn't make a difference, that now they had fought back more would come and wouldn't stop till this place was burnt to the ground. The realization of what they just did had started to sink in and the villagers began to panic, not knowing what to do next. Our father just looked at me and smiled, I knew what he was thinking cuz I was thinking the same thing. I shouted out to the villagers and told them that there was a place they could live without fear of Grogar. I told them to come into the forest with us and that we have lived there most our lives. Having a quick glance at my father, as he chuckled at me, I now used the very same words he spoke to us as children. I stood on that stage and said, 'You'll be safe there. You will always be safe there. I promise.'"

"Hehehe, when you said that, I couldn't help but get chills down my spikes. You sounded just like father back then," Scintilla said as she smiled at Lilith.

Letting out a little giggle of her own. Lilith looked at Scintilla and said, "Thanks." Then turned back to look at the others to continue, "After that we told the villagers to grab what possessions they could and meet us at the outskirts of the village. Once everyone was there, we made our way into the forest. We spent the next few months making homes for the new residence of the forest. Luckily for us, there was plenty of wood and the forest was so big back in our time it covered a lot of the land so space wasn't a problem. I remember on the day of our father's birthday we never got round to making him that cake, due to all the work everyone was doing. We had a welcome and a birthday party with the villagers instead and he even made a joke about how he was expecting a cake not a whole village to join us in the woods."

"Yeah, I mean way to come out and just tell us that he knew what we were planning to do for his birthday," Ulysses said. "Never could pull one over on him," he said with a chuckle.

"After awhile the villagers had settled in and while we chose to live with our father, the village was at the foot of our home, so it was nice. We had a school for the children and we began to grow more and more food. It felt like we were back to the days when we lived in our village." Lilith said with a smile. "However, after a few months, a few creatures had found their way to our homes saying that they heard rumors of the forest being a safe place to live. Of course, we took them in; all were welcome after all. We tried finding out where this rumor had come from, but never did figure it out. Over the next few years, more and more creatures had come to the forest, in the end it had grown a great deal."

"In fact, the villagers that now lived in the forest, decided to name it. I believe it's called The Everfree Forest nowadays. It seems it's true name and meaning has been lost over time. You see the creatures that made that place their home called it The Forever Free Forest," Mist said with a smile. "I remember asking them why they decided to call it that, they said they all voted on it. They said that the name represented what we and our father had given them; true freedom, and that as long as the forest stood, it will always be a beacon of light for those that seek to be free."

"I never knew that the Everfree Forest had such a meaning and history behind it," Rarity said in surprise.

The others all agreed with her as Lilith smiled and continued where she left off by saying, "Yes, the village grew and more and more creatures came to be free of Grogar," Lilith now taking on a more serious look said, "But do you really think that a monster like Grogar was going to accept something like that? No. One day as I was walking through the village an unknown griffon came running into the village, clearly out of breath and scared. I went over to calm her down and see what was going on, that's when she told me. She said that Grogar had told his gargoyle henchmen to spread a message throughout the villages, that if the ring leader of this little resistance didn't hand themselves over, that he would start killing creatures, starting with the children. She said that the leader had 72 hours to do so or he would kill a child on the hour every hour, until they did."

"WHAT!?!" Is all that anyone could say as Lilith looked at them.

She took a breath and said, "After I took her to the doctor to rest, I found my brothers and sisters to inform them of what was happening. We didn't know what to do, we only knew that if father found out, he would of gone off and given himself up to Grogar to keep the children safe. We couldn't and wouldn't allow that, so we made a choice. We would go in his place. Not only that, we planned to fight. Now, of course, our father wouldn't of allowed that, so we came up with a plan. As we were setting the table and placing the food and drink on the table for dinner, we waited until father's back was turned and I cast a sleeping spell on his drink. As we sat there talking over dinner, father could tell something was wrong. As he drank from his cup, he asked us what the matter was. We all just smiled at him and told him we loved him with all our hearts and that being his children was the greatest joy that we had ever known. Before he fell back in his chair to sleep, we wanted his last memory of us to be one with smiles and love."

With a tear in her eye Lilith continued, "Now with father out of the way, we took one last look at our home and left. As we made our way to the edge of the village, we noticed some of the villagers started to gather and follow us. We stopped and asked what they wanted. It turns out that they had found out what the griffon had said and wanted to come with us. I slammed my hoof down and told them no, of course, but then more and more creatures gathered. The stallion that my father had helped on that day stepped forward and said, 'Look, we know what you are planning to do. You're going to give yourselves up to Grogar in your father's place. It's obvious to everyone. Knowing the kind of creatures you are, I bet you're going to go out with a bang and you better believe we want in. The truth of it is, you and your father have given us something we never had before; free will to make our own choices and we chose to come with you knowing full well what that means. But I'd rather go out fighting for a reason than let someone else die for me. That's the choice I made the day you all came to our village and you can't stop us. We're going and that's the end of it. Besides, I owe your father one, hehe.'"

Lilith smiled and said, "We watched as all these other creatures nodded in agreement with him. I couldn't believe it. They were willing to die for our father. I mean what could we say to that? So in the end, we agreed to let anyone who wanted to come join us. Turns out every creature in the village was willing. Though we asked the elders to stay behind and watch the children. As we prepared to leave, some of the children came running over to us. The stallion's little sister stepped forward and said, 'I know we can't come, but we have a request. If it's not to much trouble, will you take this with you?' As she used her magic to start unrolling some fabric, she continued, 'We were going to ask if we could hang it in the middle of the village, but instead we want you to take it and tell every creature you come across that this is his Cutie Mark and it represents love and a hope for a brighter tomorrow. We can't fight, but at least this way we can still be with you.' she said as she now held open a flag."

Lilith let out a little chuckle and said, "We couldn't help but smile at the children. So with our flag in hoof, we said our final goodbyes and left the safety of the forest. We marched across the land towards Castle Tambelon, Grogar's home. Along the way we passed many villages and told our story. More and more villages fought back against the gargoyles. Turns out when you threaten their children, creatures are more willing to fight. Soon we had an army the likes of which have never been seen before or since. Finally, we arrived at Tambelon. As the army stayed back, we six marched up to the gates and demanded that he and his gargoyles leave these lands forever."

"You can imagine how well he took that," Lilith said as she went on. "As the gates opened, all we saw was an endless army of gargoyles as far as you could see. We quickly rejoined the army and readied ourselves to fight. However, Grogar just stood on his balcony laughing at us and said, 'Is this it? Such a small, weak bunch of pathetic fools.' As his army of gargoyles started to make there way out of the gates, it didn't take a genius to see that we were greatly outnumbered. For every one of us, it seemed like he had a hundred gargoyles. Some of the creatures were starting to get scared and back up. In truth, I couldn't blame them. Most of them were simple farmers and had never been in a fight, yet alone a war. I knew we had to do or say something to keep them from running, but what?"

As the six old rulers now sat looking at each other with soft warm smiles on their faces, Lilith said, "We should of known better than anyone. He made a promise and nothing stops him from keeping his word," she said with a giggle. "There he stood in front of us all. We thought he was gonna tell us to go home or something to get us to leave, but no. He shouted out to all of us and said, 'Hold your ground! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me, a day may come when the courage of creatures fails and we forsake our friends and break all bonds of friendship. But it is not this day. This day, we fight, by all that you hold dear on this earth, I bid you. Stand with me now as free creatures, UNITED AS ONE!!!'"

"With just those few words, our father had drove the fear and doubt out of them and replaced it with courage. Each creature stood side by side ready to fight. All the while, Grogar laughed at us from his balcony as his army stood ready. He stopped laughing and looked at our father and said, 'I see so you are their leader. Very well, I'm feeling generous today. So here's the deal, you give yourself up here and now and I give you my word that I will allow all of them to return unharmed to their homes. No one else need suffer. Well?' With that father started to walk forward as Grogar smirked. I couldn't believe it after everything he had just said he was going to just give up, so I called out to him. He looked over his shoulder and said in a whisper, 'For the children.' With that same warm caring smile, before turning back around and charging straight at the gargoyle army. There he was: one creature charging straight into a sea of enemies as he screamed, 'AND FOR FREEDOM!!!!', it felt like the very earth it self shook."

"Wow, that's awesome," Rainbow Dash said as she flew into the air, all excited and asked, "What happened next?"

"Rainbow!!!" Twilight said, as the six rulers chuckled.

"Hehe, well Rainbow Dash, we did the only thing we could," Said Lilith. "We followed our father and charged forward into battle, wiping that smirk off Grogar's face. It was something else, that's for sure. For the first time in our lives, we were truly united; fighting together as one. From all around us gargoyles came at us. For every one we destroyed, five more took its place. It felt like it was never going to end. As the battle raged on, Grogar left his balcony and went inside. That's when father told us to keep fighting the gargoyles. He would take care of Grogar and put an end to all this. We thought he was crazy being one creature against a monster like him. We insisted to go with him, but he told us to hold the line and keep pushing forward. Then he took off into the castle after Grogar."

"The truth is, to this day, no-one knows what happened inside. As we battled the gargoyles at the gates like father said, we suddenly heard a mighty scream and a big black portal opened up and started to tear Castle Tambelon to pieces. One by one the gargoyles started to scream as they turned to rubble and dust," Lilith said as she looked around the room. "We all stood there in shock and amazement at what we were seeing, as from the remains of Tambelon Castle, our father came walking out. He stood there with a simple smile on his face and shouted out, 'It's over!!! We are Free!!!' and with that the crowd cheered with joy and happiness."

Ulysses giggled as he said, "After that we all went back to our homes and partied for what felt like months. Hehe. Word soon spread across the land of Grogar's defeat. Sometime after, we were at home when representatives from all the villages came calling, asking if we could follow them. We followed them and to our surprise, we recognised where they were leading us. They were taking us back to our village from when we were children. However, as we came out of the forest, we could see no burnt remains of our village. No, they had rebuilt it and added a structure we had never seen before. As we got closer, we could see hundreds of creatures all gathered around. Not knowing what was going on, they made a path for us and lead us to a castle the likes of which no creature had seen before."

"It truly was a sight to behold," Lilith said. "But we still didn't understand why they wanted to show us all this until one representative stepped forward and said, 'You have all done so much for every creature here and there are no words or anything we could ever do to repay what you have given us. For that we thank you with all our hearts.' he then looked to our father and said, 'However, we have all come to realize that we need some creature to govern us to make sure someone like Grogar never comes to power again, so we all talked about it and came to the same conclusion,' As he said this, a box was floated in front of our father, and as it opened, every creature bowed as he said, 'We could think of no creature more worthy than you, would you be our king?'"

"We were in shock as a crown floated out of the box and in front of our father," Lilith said with a smile on her face. "But what shocked us and every creature there the most is what happened next, our father took the crown and said, 'NO! I am a simple creature and know nothing about how to govern others.' Before one of the representatives had a chance to say anything, father continued by saying, 'For one creature to have so much power over so many, is never a good thing. You have only to look at Grogar as an example. However, if it is leadership you seek, then look no further than these six at my side. They were the ones that led the army against Grogar and brought you all together. So with your blessing, I would ask that you make them your new leaders and for them to rule together over the six races from this day forth.'"

"We couldn't believe it as all the creatures nodded in agreement with our father's words. Father used his magic and made five more crowns and then placed a crown upon each of our heads with a smile. Making us the first kings and queens of our races," Lilith said with a proud look on her face as she looks around the room.

Author's Note:

Hi all, I don't normally write here but I just wanted to say thanks to my friend for the drawing, as I can't draw to save my life. So thanks (You know who you are )

Comments

[jw278]

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🤣🤣🤣 I know right, hope you're enjoying it so far and thanks for the comment

[jw278]

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Well I'm really glad you like it so far heres hoping you like whats to come

[truenorth14]

What creature is their father?

[jw278]

9785902
Good question thanks for reading my story so far & commenting, hope you like it & chapter 8 has almost been finished edited, so shouldnt be to long for it to come out

[truenorth14]

9786206
Ooh nice, good luck on chapter 8

Thank you for the reply, I assume the answer may be in future chapters.

[jw278]

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Time will tell lol

[doomie-22]

"We should of known better than anyone. He made a promise and nothing stops him from keeping his word," she said with a giggle. "There he stood in front of us all. We thought he was gonna tell us to go home or something to get us to leave, but no. He shouted out to all of us and said, 'Hold your ground! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me, a day may come when the courage of creatures fails and we forsake our friends and break all bonds of friendship. But it is not this day. This day, we fight, by all that you hold dear on this earth, I bid you. Stand with me now as free creatures, UNITED AS ONE!!!'"

"With just those few words, our father had drove the fear and doubt out of them and replaced it with courage.

Wait, what?

[jw278]

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so yeah, not to sure about this one lol what seems to be confusing you. may be I can help.

also thanks again for the comment, its always great to have comments, even if they are just pointing out thing that they dont understand or i messed up on

[redsopine]

Imma call spikes a reincarnation of there father and he has a total badflank reveal go on in a battle

[jw278]

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Time will tell lol