Spike Dorcha

by Dragon-In-Black

The Decision

Spike did not know how long he was inside of that cave. He did not know if it had been days, months or even years. He had no more tears to let go of, he had nothing left to lose anymore. He had made his decision. It was both beneficial but also a stupid decision.

He was taking option 1. The only reason he was taking it was because he felt like he needed redemption from his wrongdoings. Of course, there was the argument that he had been wronged by the ponies of Equestria. The question was: is he truly innocent after all he had done?

He had placed creatures into labour camps because they were openly speaking against him which agitated him to no end. Tartarus! even executed some of them. He was a tyrannical ruler of the Badlands nation. He was the King of Badlands and had the worlds most dangerous military.

Spike’s arms and legs were stretched out as he looked up into the hole in the “Ceiling” as he was thinking about what he had done in over a whole year. He got an armour that was tainted with corruption and he had no idea about it until he was almost dead.

The air had become better to breathe in as the air was a lot fresher than it had been hours ago. Spike had a feeling that Discord would come soon but he did not give any indication that it really mattered. He had done so much destruction.

It finally happened again... he cried. He cried his eyes out over what he had done. He showed no remorse for what he did to a little filly on his first or second day there. He executed creatures that were simply trying to make the nation better by improving laws that were desperately needed.

What did he do to them? Throw them into a labour camp...

“I-i’m so s-sorry every c-creature.” He struggled to speak. He could barely other a word after that. He was feeling a tornado of grief as he cried his eyes out for those who died unnecessarily.

He wanted his friends and family back, he wanted to have fun with them, go partying, go to the Crystal Empire and have fun with his life. But he could never have that now. He crossed a line when he started a whole war with Equestria who is probably still confused as to why the war fully happened, they only have bits and pieces.

Spike felt his body slowly going limb and he felt himself stretching his arms and legs. He then sat up. looking ahead of him to the middle of the “Cave” or whatever. He saw nothing there.

He got up using his claws and feet and looked towards it again and he saw this time that there was Discord. He was wearing a very orange suit. He wore a pair of sunglasses and a top hat as well and he was sipping on something that said: RedBull.

“Discord?” Spike’s voice sounded like he had a lot of trouble saying his name. His feet moved towards the God Of Chaos who looked sad, but happy to see the young dragon. He snapped his lion paw, making the ridiculous clothing and drink disappear within a blink of an eye.

“Hell, dear spike, twenty-four hours has passed and I am currently wondering if you have made your decision?” Discord sounded like he was in pain saying it. He was as well, he did not want his best friend to leave the dimension and go to another one, but he knew that he could not stay in Equestria and end up getting captured by the royal sun guards.

Spike looked down to the stone ground. This was it. This would be the decision that changes his life forever. He knew that he maybe would regret it someday, but that would not be soon, his past was not today.

“What dimension do you have in mind?” SPike sounded pained and saddened, but what other choice does he have? He lost his wings to the sun guards and even laughed as he was being tortured by them. He had no choice but to leave. If he stayed, then he would only be reminded of his war crimes.

Discord sighed. He knew that it would undoubtedly come to this and he had been prepared by this outcome. He snapped his claw fingers and it revealed the most beautiful world Spike had ever seen.

The world had an eternal blue sky and the city looked like Equestria, the difference being that there were humans this time. Spike was amazed by it all. Discord had a soft smile that graced his lips and he could see that Spike would enjoy it in that world.

“This world will make you gain friends, will help you grow, and to some extent, make you lose the bad thoughts that have plagued your mind for the past year. I will pop up to see you from time to time to just either talk or help out. But this time in this world, you will not be betrayed, but they might feel betrayed if you don’t tell them the truth.” Discord has never in his life sounded so serious. Spike knew that as Discord had a very strong look on him as if he was a soldier commanding his men.

“Yes Discord I understand, but I can’t exactly end up in another dimension and be like: ‘hello every creature, I used to be a tyrannical ruler but I am here to redeem myself so everything is good!’ you do realize that it would sound ridiculous, right?” Spike gave Discord a pointed look.

Discord looked down at Spike with a raised brow but did chuckle a little bit as he floated around.

“Yes Spike, I do not expect you to do that. What I mean was: that you slowly open up to them about your past so that when the time comes, they understand your situation.” Spike felt dumb as he should have realized that. He put his right claw on his face and sighed in irritation towards himself.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound coming from before Spike and said dragon saw that there was a circle with stars that went inside of the thing. Spike realized that it was a portal. Spike knew it. There was dark purple energy as the outer layer of the portal and he knew that it was chaos magic. Spike checked to his right and he saw that Discord was watching him.

Spike turned his head to the right to look at him. “Discord, I have never and I will never hate you. I will always love you like a friend and brother. You and Big Mac had so much fun with one another during our games. Tell him that I will watch over him and his family one day.”

Discord was not surprised by this and nodded. “See you one day... brother.” Discord hesitated only for a moment.

Spike allowed one last tear to fall before he looked towards the portal and took his first step inside of it, and just like that, he was gone. No trace to be found. When the portal had opened, the dust on the ground had started flying, but now it was settling down once again.

Discord looked down to the floor and slowly cried a little. Things would never be the same, and what would he tell Luna? Many questions needed answers. He looked up with red eyes from crying and teleported himself out of there.

To Be Continued

Author's Note:

Here is the end of the story guys. I have an idea for a sequel to build this a little better. I hope you enjoyed the ride!

Comments

[Knight of Crows]

I was kind of hoping for option 2 so Equestria would always be reminded of what it did to him, and by extension, all his victims. So he could look at his friends and family that turned on him over what ultimately came down to an accusation with so little evidence that it shouldn't have even reached the point of a trial and ask them "does what you did, what you allowed to happen, look like justice to you?"

He wouldn't be "on the run" for the simple facts that he was tortured in the cell, punished for a crime he didn't commit, the only things he could be held accountable for are what he and those employed by him did in Equestria, and he wasn't even in complete control of himself because of the PoS topped off with his mental state that Equestria caused. A mental state that only got worse after the Elements "killed" Fancy Pants. Now considering they were trespassing in that location, well, if claw marks and biased "witnesses" is all it took to convict Spike despite everything the defense had going for it (time, location, witnesses, alibi), then that was essentially a declaration of war as even if FP wasn't the target, the situation alone was proof enough that there was at least an attempt on his life.

Corruption goes away, so do his "crimes" for the most part.

[LegendaryGodzilla14]

In all Honesty, the ending was kind of disappointing. Though the promise of a Sequel (potentially) does begin to make up for this one's shortcomings in the ending.
But with everything that happened in this story, by the time the Chapter after the Nuclear test came out, I was itching for a War to appear on the Horizon and be narrowly avoided, or for Spike to crush Equestria without Nukes. But that never happened, and I rapidly became uninvested with this story. But that's also partly due to the wait between Chapters. I don't mean this in a bad way, we all have stuff going on, but when this is all we have to do nowadays, it's kinda hard to stay invested between chapters.
It's nowhere near a bad story, in fact it's probably better than 90% of the stuff I write. I also see where you are going with it, and I'm interested in where you'll go next. (Likely the Human World where Spike will covertly get a White Lie version of his experiences to the counterparts there, which will result in him redeeming himself to them, but I digress. It's still unknown after all.) But there is also a story I think could've been just as exciting and resulted in an entirely different sequel.
Regardless I rest my case. You did an incredible job! This is just my honest opinion, and should be taken as it's worth to you. Excited to see where you go next!

[Neutral Boy]

You know, I was kind of hoping for an epilogue aftermath. Like the scenes for the Main 4 (perhaps fluttershy and pinkie later on) would have a last chat with Gilda, the real murderer of Fleur. Probably have a bitter talk, but Gilda realizes that she herself has dug a dark hole now that Equestria is in deep chaos water because of her. The punishment however, I'm guessing Discord would brutally take off her feathery wings. An eye for an eye example. Not only that, but he'll also take away Rainbow Dash's wings, Applejack's hoof strength, Rarity's horn, and both Celestia & Twilight's horn and wings. Including giving each of them a medal of honor saying, "Good job for screwing up all of Harmony's peace in Equestria you lying, selfish, deceiving, greedy, xeno horses!" The rest of the guilty party, well, they all know it's far too late to change back time of undoing there biggest mistakes. Starlight Glimmer: Achoo!

It may sound dark, but in my opinion, I think this is a far more fitting punishment to those who've crushed Spike's innocence like a butterfly.

[Ryshinki]

Love it, nice ending.

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

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Agreed with both points. This ending seems anti-climatic, mediocre, and even a trivial excuse for a sequel to me ( Same thing with that Corba Kai/Karate Kid Parody Fic. No offense. )!!!!

Not that I'm against sequels. I do love them! It's just that this is NOT a very good send-off for this story and all.

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F*** YEAH!!!!!! I would totally love to see that in a bonus ending in here and all. Hopefully, the author can grant us this, please?

P.S. When do you update some of your great stories?!

[Neutral Boy]

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I'll possibly update a few of my stories close by the end of June.

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

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[WildDancer101]

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Sometimes we write a fanfiction without brainstorming beforehand and without thinking it through, and when we look back on it we cringe at how our past selves even created it. Trust me, I've been there before. I thought my MLP story on FanFiction.net would hit it big time, but my constant writer's block and real life obligations along with seeing how the show turned out kind of...made me disappointed in myself and canceled my story altogether.

[Ray MorningLight]

SEQUEL!

[Gear BP]

is this going to be continued or is it to be left where it is.

[Dragon-In-Black]

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There'll be a sequel after I rewrite this story.

[Gear BP]

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ok I'm looking foward to it.

[midnight arrow]

Love this story is there going to be a sequel?

[Dragon-In-Black]

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It will first receive a rewrite, then it will receive a sequel.

[PIPIN]

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Yeah i really want how tha mane 6 and other react to spike being the king

[PIPIN]

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Or they already react?

A long time dont read this sorry