• Published 2nd Oct 2021
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Tides of Time - Comrade Bagel Muffin



Sunny stumbles onto a cave with a very very old friend

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An Old Family Friend

Sunny relaxed and took in the beautiful sight of the plains below, from the mountain side she could see for miles upon miles. She smiled sitting down on a rock and recalling how not even a year ago her and her friends had traveled that plain to get to Bramble Wood. That had been the first of many trials that had come, but so far, they’d pulled through each and every last one. Things were looking up the three separate tribes had begun reestablishing ties, and the skyport at Zephyr Heights was under repair, by the end of the month the sky ships would begin running again.

She breathed in the cool crisp mountain air enjoying her hard-earned vacation, work at Maretime Bay had been just as lively, If not more so. They’d been working hard to build a landing area for the sky ships, and the entire town had worked tirelessly with their new friends to rebuild her light house. In fact, that was the reason that she was here now. As they had been working, she could have sworn that she had seen an eye looking at them from the crystal. And again, when they had finished the work. More and more she’d see the strange green eye watching her from the crystal, and just when she thought that she’d completely gone off the rails she started talking to it one night. She shivered a bit in fright recalling what it had said back to her.


“Hello are you there? Or have I just gone crazy? I mean I’m talking to a crystal that I think’s been spying on me for the past couple of days clearly I’m crazy.” She said holding up the crystal while sitting on her bed. “Hello are this is Sunny who are you?” She looked back at her own reflection. “Geez maybe I am crazy.”

“You’re not crazy,” The green eye appeared back in the crystal looking back at her. “I was just thinking what I was going to say to you.” The voice was soft but very, very deep. “I haven’t spoken to anybody in very, very, very long time.” Each word was spoken after a small pause, as though they were looking for the right thing to say.

“You sound it, so hi I’m Sunny, who are you?” She asked. “And how do you talk through the crystal, are there other crystals we can talk through, why are you talking so quietly, are you in trouble?” The laugh the came through the crystal shook the room booming as though it was thunder. It wasn’t threatening just loud.

“Sorry, you remind me of somebody else, an old friend long ago who would ask just as many questions as you.” The voice spoke softly again. “And no, I’m not in any trouble, I just have two volumes soft and loud, er-very loud.” He looked at Sunny. “It’s nice to meet you Sunny, my name is Spike, and I’ve been wanting to meet somepony like you for a very, very long time. It’s been so long since those crystals had been together. It’s been so long since the three tribes have been together.” His voice had become exceedingly sad.

“Yeah, but were all becoming friends again.”

“I thought I’d never see the day. And now, now it’s here. I wanted to say thank you. I’d like to meet you. To thank you properly.”

“Sure, my door is always open,” Sunny said with a smile. “I’m sure my friends would like to meet you too.”

"I don’t think I could fit through your door, and I’m not sure that your friends are ready to meet me, I’m not sure that you’re ready to meet me either, but I so want to thank you. Could you come meet me half way between my home and yours. On the mountain over looking the lone tree between Zypher Heights and Bramble Wood."


"Woah!" She braced herself as a hard wind nearly blew her off the mountain side. She looked up and her jaw dropped. She would have started running but she couldn't feel her legs under her, as over head a gaint purple dragon with green spins past her circling over head. A second later the large lizard landed near her.

"Hello Sunny, nice to meet you face to face." The dragon smiled and nodded.

"SPIKE!?" Sunny pointed up at the dragon who gave her an amused laugh and nod of his giant head and pony sized teeth. "You're, you're-you're!"

"Amazing, Magnificent, Awe-inspiring." He offered with a cheeky grin as Sunny stared at him in absolute shock.

"A Dragon!"

"Well yes, yes I am, Argyle Starshine was right you are quiet observant." He chuckled.

"Dad, you knew my dad?"

"Wait Argyle was your dad? I'm sorry. But yeah I knew him, I thought you were his student not his daughter. I'm sorry for you loss. But yes Argyle was a good friend to me, where do you think he got the Bewitching Bell or Twilight Sparkles Feather. But yes we used to talk for hours." Spike straightened up to his full height. "Any way would you like to come back with me to my cave there's something I'd very much like to give to you." Sunny nodded and was scooped up by the dragon.

"Wow." She gasped as the landscape passed beneath her. "This is amazing!"

"I know right." Spike smiled soon landing at his cave. "This way." He walked in. The cavern was full of book shelves, display cases, and frames all filled with strange memorabilia. "Here it is." He stopped she bumped into him. "This is it. A book to help you and your friends to fix things to the way they were. Written by my dear friend Twilight." He gave her a book that looked comedically small in his claws but was larger than any book she'd ever held. It's all the adventures she had with her friends heck I think I'm even in there every now and then. Just be careful with it."

"Why me though."

"Just keep being you, and you'll find out soon enough now. Let me give you a ride back to the tree you can head back from there."

Comments ( 19 )

Intresting idea that Argyle know more than he said. I like this story. Spike seems happier That än other G5 stories with him.

"Wait Argyle was your dad? I'm sorry. But yeah I knew him, I thought you were his student not his daughter. I'm sorry for you lose. But yes Argyle was a good friend to me, where do you think he got the Bewitching Bell or Twilight Sparkles Feather. But yes we used to talk for hours." Spike straightened up to his full height. "Any way would you like to come back with me to my cave there's something I'd very much like to give to you." Sunny nodded and was scooped up by the dragon.

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Actually that would be an interesting idea if Spike is alive I mean dragons live a very long time not only that also being friends with Sunny's father I kind of figured sooner or later the creatures soon will show up this is pretty nice story keep up the good work

I'm hoping that when the new series starts, they introduce grownup Spike like this

11000154
Thank you. I agree I'm sure the other one is a really sad one.

11000178
or have them meet him after some sort of quest and he is the one who tells sunny and by extention us about what happend to make the world the way it was and where the alicorns are.
also does anyone else think that sunny having glowing horn and wings means that she might not be an alicorn properly yet but will likely mature and become one in the future

Love the story, I hope that your story line comes true in the new Gen 5 my little pony series.

spike is my favorite character.

11001165
I'm really hoping that they use him to oui.

11000164
"I'm sorry for your loss" is the phrase you're looking for

11001240
Actually you are correct

11001240
Thank you both for that.
11001302
Thank you both for that.

Seeing Sunny meet an ancient Spike is something I wish to see sometime in the upcoming series. :pinkiesad2:
Though, if G5 really is that far into the future, my next best wish is his descendant. :moustache:
A heartwarming short story indeed, and I also liked how you wrote that Spike and Argyle knew each other.

11002501
Oui Spike keeps track of all his friends descendants. XD
Also I'm really glad that you liked it thank you for the comment.

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I think I am with BlueStarred Spike in that for enough time to pass to get from where they are at at the end of Friendship is Magic to where they are at at the beginning of A New Generation that even Spike would have to had to die from old age because of the large amount of time.

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I mean spike was only about 23 tops at the end of the show and dragons live for 1000s of years. So I think he'd be an old elderly dragon but still with a good two maybe three centuries left in him.

If only Gen 5 would let Spike show up for real
That would be amazing

11002501
Given how dragons can live for a LONG time(if not immortal), Spike would probably still be pretty young actually

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