M.O.D

By Jack T. Hedgehog

(A/N): This fanfic was inspired by multiple subjects relating to dreams such as Kh: Dream drop distance and the episode introducing the tantibus. Also inspired by with multiple works of shin magami tensi. The main character in the story is my version of a humanoid spike.

Also a first attempt at a harem fic/

Somewhere… in a hollow, lifeless area, only small shards of light had flickered as they continued to float in the dark abyss. The little shards of light were crying out the sounds of someone's scream. But the sounds of those screams were faint and were slowly disappearing by the moment. It was only a matter of time before they'd vanish. Among the dying lights was a single figure standing in the abyss, a small yet built female figure stood alone, chuckling to herself

? : What a shame, it seems this one didn't have the strength to overcome their nightmare either…." The girl giggled as she caressed what seemed to be a little blue and white ball in her hands.

"Oh well, just one less person to weed through…" The girl smiled as she devoured the little blue light. As the mysterious ball of energy slid down the stranger's throat, the many flickering shards of light all stopped at once, and shattered. The area was now completely stripped of all light and sound.

"It's a shame really, but those who can't overpower their nightmares won't do.,, at least their sacrifices won't be in vain, their dreams almost make up for it…"
the smile on the girl's face disappeared. She had sighed as she looked up into the dark void.

"I wonder though.., is there anyone out there who can survive the realm of nightmares?" the girl questioned as she let the silence of the empty void surround her.

...Meanwhile in another place equally devoid of sound, a single soul was walking aimlessly

no sky could be seen as it seemed to be covered in fog while the ground was scarred earth with various scorch marks across the plain. It seemed to go on forever.

The one walking the endless plain seemed to be a young boy with moss green hair. Hoping to find something at the end of the road, he continued to walk through through the fog.

"Where am I…?, what is this place…, why… does my body feel so heavy…?" the youth thought as he had continued to walk. He continued to move on and on, but found no signs of an end of the path. But eventually he was met with a voice.

"Can you brace the flames of fear?" the voice questioned

as soon as the youth heard the voice, he grew uneasy

"...You..again?" the moss haired boy questioned "This is something you can not simply ignore, until you brace the flames of your fears, we will continue to meet in this space..." the voice explained as the fog cleared… only to show nothing but darkness.

"What do you mean…? Your just a dream.. you can't be real...Get out of my head..." the boy cried in denial

but his cries were only met by the empty void closing in on him.

"Will you brace the flames of fear? Or will you let yourself drown in an eternal nightmare?"

Suddenly, something gripped the youth's heart. A burning heat that threatened to burn him alive from the inside out. "This heat...not...again..." the moss haired boy cringed as he was forced on his knees, feeling the mysterious ember consuming him.

As the heat began to grow so intense that he couldn't form a sentence, the voice repeated it's words over and over.

Brace the flames…

Brace the flames…

Brace the flames…

Eventually, just when he felt like he would die from the hellish embers, he had shot up, awoken in a single bed in a room only lit by a dbz nightlight..

"That dream again...what does it mean by...eternal nightmare?..." the boy sighed as he curled up into a ball and tried to return to sleep...

"Chapter 1: Seven beauties and an emerald flame!

"Canterlot City Train station 6:45pm… 03/01/2016"

(Third person P.o.V)

It was a fairly quiet day in the city. The sun had just rose and everyone were going about their business like usual. Except for a certain few who had a mysterious air about them. A handful of people on the train were unnaturally exhausted and close to falling asleep while the train was still moving.

from a distance, their conditions didn't seem out of the ordinary for a citizen who overslept. Others quickly dismissed their condition and went on to their own affairs, unaware of the catastrophe looming over their heads.

Among the passengers was a single male, it was the same youth who had suffered the recent dream. distracted by the many buildings of canterlot. He had spiky green hair with three spikes protruding forward along with green eyes. He had fairly tan skin and ears a bit pointier than your average human. He wore a purple coat with an image of a claw mark on it. When fastened together, it would look like a clean slash across his jacket. He wore blue skinny jeans and purple sneakers.

As the train continued heading for the station, the boy had took a sheet of paper from his coat pocket.

"Dear spike, I know that this isn't what you had In mind when you wanted to expand your horizon's, but you must understand that you need the proper education before you can realize your dream… and think of this as win, win, the special ingredients you need reside in this town, so while your advancing in your academic studies, you can continue to perfect your dream…

When you get to the station, look for someone named celestia, she'll help you when you get there."

"Good luck son, hope to hear from you soon..." Love Mom..

As he reached the end of the note, the boy had sighed and folded the sheet of paper back in his coat pocket.

"I understand that my folks wanted me to improve my book smarts, but I thought the selections for schools would be a bit more wide, I wonder why they only gave me two choices?" The boy continued talking to himself as he thought back to a few days ago.

Manehattan office building… 3 days before today

In a big expensive looking office, a man with dark buzz cut moss green hair wearing a green a black business uniform was sitting at his desk. On his left was a woman right with chestnut hair and tan skin. Her face couldn't be identified at the time, but she wore a strapless white dress with a floral pattern on the bottom of the dress with a blue coat. Sitting across from them was a woman with hair colored like a rainbow. She wore a yellow long sleeved vest with a purple shirt underneath. She wore matching purple pants and white heels.

"Now Princapal… Celestia was it?" The moss haired man questioned with a harsh tone. "You tell me that my son will be safe in this academy of yours, but from what you've tried to explain to me, your school has been the center of Canterlot's more…. Exciting events…." The man Frowned as he glared at the principal.

"Well Mr. emerarudo, you're not wrong, Chs has experienced some unnatural events, though we've been able to resolve those events as well.." Celestia stated. "Really, resolved, and I suppose the destroyed statue in front of your school is but a token of the resolved issues?" Mr. Emerarudo questioned with an eye brow raised.

"Tch…." Celestia was at a loss for words regarding the destroyed statue.

"Principal Celestia, I called you hear not only because your school could help our son with his academic troubles, but because you claimed you could help him with these…'things' he's been seeing lately." Mr. Emerarudo said as he leaned back in his chair. "He's been seeing all sorts of things lately, he claims he sees doors when he's only pointing towards the wall, then he's having these dreams where he feels like he's being burned alive, and the world is just scorched land…, we've tried taking him to the best psychiatrists we can afford, but nothing seems to work, the symptoms just won't stop…" The chestnut haired lady explained, trying to hold back tears. "I just want to know what's wrong with my little boy…"

"Mr. and Ms Emerarudo, I assure Chs would be the best option for your son, Crystal prep doesn't have the means to treat his condition." Celestia stated.

"And Chs does? How can you possibly say you can help my Boy when you can't even keep your school intact?!" Mr. Emerarudo stated as he rose out of his seat. But his wife had put a calming hand on his shoulder.

Mr. Emerarudo looked into his wife eyes and exhaled before taking his seat.

"Principal celestia… I only want my son to be safe…, we don't understand what's wrong with him, and were scared something might happen if we can't find out what, I know you mean well, but crystal prep has also made a hefty offer as well, they offered him a large room and a variety of resources at his disposal, at the moment it seems like the right choice is obvious.."

"Well I don't mean to sway your decision in anyway, although I'll say this once more, I'm not sure if Crystal prep will be able to figure out the anomaly. But whatever you choose, I'll not stop you." Said Celestia "Mr. Emerarudo had sighed as he rested his chin on his hands. "Well, this is all for our son, so it's only fair he decides which one he'll go to, I'll let you know what he decides..."

Present day..

"Tch... more importantly, how am I supposed to finish my gramp's secret recipe if I'm tied down with something like school?" Emerarudo sighed as he looked towards the window again. "Well, it's just school, all I have to do is finish this while I get back to work. What can happen at a high school anyway..?" he asked himself as the train came into the station.

"Attention passengers, we've arrived at Canterlot city station. All who are departing for canterlot please exit the train." The Conductor spoke as the doors opened.

As he exited the train, he immediately stopped to take in the air for a short second. "The air… it's a lot different from home… but I can't put my finger on it…" As he scratched his head trying to figure out the strange air, someone calls out to him.

"Oh Mr. Emerarudo, over here." The voice called. He turns around to see a fairly tall woman. She could probably apply for basketball if she had the time.

She had pure white skin with hair that had almost all the colors of the rainbow. She wore a yellow long sleeved vest with a purple shirt underneath. She wore matching purple pants and white heels.

As soon as he saw her, a thought almost instantly entered his mind.

"How is that hair color even possible?"

"Greetings, based on the description I received from your parents, am I to assume your Mr. Spike Emerarudo?" The woman questioned.

"Um, yeah that's me... who are you?" spike questioned "Oh right, allow me to introduce myself. I am principal celestia, it's a pleasure to meet you." The woman smiled as she held out her hand.

"Uh, likewise.., did you say principal celestia…?" Spike questioned nervously as he shook her hand...

"Yes I did, I am the principal for canterlot Academy, I heard you were going to be joining our school starting today."

"Yeah, but I'm not exactly here for the school…" Spike muttered as he turned away from the principal.

"I've heard. Although it wasn't your original plan, I hope we'll get along during your stay with us."

A faint smile appeared on the boy's face as he turned back to celestia. "We'll it's not like I can go back so I guess I should at least make an effort."

"That's good to hear, I'm sure you're eager to get settled, follow me please." Celestia spoke as she made her way to the exit of the airport.

Moments later, they had arrived at the school. The building was large with a flag with a picture of a stallion's head raised, hanged from one of the buildings higher windows. In the middle of the school grounds was a slowly blooming flower bed and a statue… or rather what was left of a statue. There was noticeable rubble still left around the area, crushing some of the tulips.

"Where are we now?" spike asked as he gazed at the building

"This is Canterlot Academy; you'll be staying here for the time being." Celestia explained as they exited the vehicle.

"You're kidding right…? I'm supposed to be living at a school? Where am I supposed to sleep? the library?!" He questioned, disappointed with his new living arrangements.

"Oh goodness no, you won't be living in the school, just a building on school grounds." Celestia explained.

"I'm not sure I follow…" spike scratched his head in confusion.

"It'll make sense soon enough, just follow me and you'll understand."

Spike shrugged and continued to follow the principal. But as they passed what was left of the statue, spike had stopped as he saw an ominous blue door with a black insignia of a rose on it. "Uh… Principal celestia…?" Spike asked.

"Hm? What is it?" she asked as she turned around. "Why is there a door on the statue? Spike questioned as he pointed towards the door.

"You mean you see a door there…?" Celestia asked with a surprised look.

"Um yeah... or I could be seeing things…." Spike muttered.

"It's nothing of concern at the moment, now come along." Celestia said as she continued towards the back of the building. Spike had taken one last look at the door before following celestia. "If you say so…."

At the back of the building was a large soccer field that could also be used for normal exercises. Beyond it was a fence with a black lock on two of its gates. "Your new home is just past these gates.." Said celestia

on the left side of the wall was a sign that said 'Boys dorm'

As they continued to walk down the dusty road, a building came into view. It looked to be a dorm building. It was a large baby blue two story building with the road leading to it smooth and paved, unlike the dusty trail he was currently walking on.

"Is this some sort of Dormitory?" spike asked as he gazed at the building.

"Yes, you see Our little home has gained a 'reputation' of sorts, so much so that we started getting more students attracted here."

"But the school had soon become crowded for enrolments, so to allow more students to take up learning here; we decided to build dorms for students who can't make the commute between here and their homes.." Celestia explained as they entered the building

"And I'll be living here from now on? Better than using an eraser board for a pillow I guess." Spike joked as he followed the principal into the building's lobby.

The building was considerably larger on the inside then it was on the outside. Spike felt like he just walked into a castle. Below his feet was the letters ca in blue and yellow letters with a lightning bolt piercing the letters

There were waiting chairs to the left and right and a reception desk in front of them. To the side, there was a young janitor dressed in all right, currently mopping the floors. Judging by the figure, the janitor was female. But her hat had covered her eyes, making it hard to identify.

"Th…this place is huge!" spike exclaimed as his voice echoed off the walls

"There's still much more to see, this way spike" Celestia smiled as she and spike headed to the right hallway. but as he had passed by the female janitor, he had an odd feeling crawl up his spine.

He had looked back to the janitor to see if something was up. But the janitor only returned a friendly smile and wave. He still felt something odd, but he decided he was probably still just nervous. As he continued to follow celestia, he passed by various kinds of students. Some of them seemed a bit snootier then the others, and there were some that looked like they were from the world's back porch.

After a few more minutes of reviewing basic facilities such as the laundry room or the kitchen, they finally reached spike's new assigned room.

"And finally, here is the room you'll be using for your stay here, room 12" Celestia said as she had took out a room key

The room was big enough to house a small party. Across the room was a bed with white bed sheets. A small book shelf and a medium sized TV. A medium sized bathroom with a walk in shower and a window that had a clear view of the back of Canterlot academy.

"I know it's not much, but you're free to make changes to the room during your stay... as long as their not to drastic…" Said P. Celestia

"I see, thank you." Spike thanked as he jumped on the bed and relaxed.

"So soft….." he sighed as he already felt himself beginning to drift.

"I'm glad you like it, but I'm afraid you don't have time to relax right now, your first class begins in half an hour." Celestia explained.

"W-what?" Spike frowned disheartened.

"You'll want to get a move on if you don't want to be late."

Spike had hurried out of the room and rushed back to the high school building.

Later that morning… the first bell has rung and students had begun entering the school.

As spike checked his schedule, it seemed like he had Ms. Cheer lie's class first, but he couldn't tell left to right in the crowded high school.

"Room 108, Ms. cheerily, now how do I get there?" Spike asked himself as he kept a close eye on his directory. But he was forced to look up when the ground began to shake violently

"A-An earthquake?" Spike questioned as he tried to keep himself from falling over.

As he fnally managed to put both feet on the ground, he peeked around the corner to see what was causing the tremor.

From another side of the hallway, 3 odd looking males were carrying a grand piano on their backs with a girl on top. The girl had curly purple hair, marshmallow white skin with blue eyes, and light blue mascara, a light blue top and a dark purple skirt with three diamonds on it along with purple shoes that went up to her knees.

The three boys carrying her and the piano were pushing students out of the way with brute force. As spike continued to walk, he had soon entered the path of the three charging gentleman.

Most of the students in the hallway were clinging to the lockers, making sure not to get trampled on. But a student who had his eyes on his gaming device was to focused on it instead of what was n front of him. He had light orange shaggy hair with a white t shirt with a red collar wearing a blue and yellow jacket with the letters CA on it. Along with Black jeans and white and red sneakers. His eyes were bloodshot, giving the impression that he's been staring at screens for quite a whille

"Stupid rabbit, how would you like a taste of my carnage scissors?" the boy grinned as he continued to furiously mash his device.

"H-hey dude, watch where your going!" Spike called out. But the gamer seemed to into his game to notice the large crowd or hear spike warning him. "Dang it man look up from your screen!" Spike shouted again. But the gamer still did not hear.

To prevent him from being trampled, spike had ran up behind the gamer student and yanked him by the back of his coat collar.

"H-hey!" the gamer student shouted. Both him and spike fell on their backsides, but the student was saved from the oncoming stampede. Unfortunately the same could not be said for his gaming device.

The gamer student's face paled when he saw his console get stomped into pieces in a matter of seconds. "Man...That...was close..." the student laughed nervously

"Geez, sorry about your game man..." Spike apologized as he helped him up "Don't worry about it, that would have been me if you didn't do anything.. beside's…

the gamer had took out what seemed to be an exact replica of the smashed console out of his pocket. "I always carry a spare...huh…?" the gamer student gave spike a suspicious look

"What is it?"Spike asked confused

the gamer thought something was off about the student in front of him, but he decided to just shrug it off for now. "It's nothing, anyway are you a new student?, I haven't seen you around before."

"Yeah, I just moved here from Manehattan, I'm Spike emerarudo, but you can just call me spike." spike greeted

"Nice to meet ya spike, I'm button mash, one of CA's Top Gamers and tech experts, since your going to make friends here eventually, how about letting me be your first?" Button mash grinned as he held out his hand

"Sounds good, nice to meet you button mash." Spike nodded as he and button mash shook hands.

"So…, spike began as he turned to the nearby hallway. what was the deal with that little stampede earlier?"

"Oh that?, it was the diamond dogs, possibly the only few students you don't want to make friends with here…,there not to bright,but it'd be best that you don't get on their bad side. the only one who can tame those animals is rarity." button mash explained

"Who's rarity? Is she the leader of these guys?"

"HA! Hardly, rarity wouldn't associate with...wait...you don't know who rarity is?" Button mash asked surprised

"How could I? I just moved here today." Spike replied

"Yeah but I thought word of her works would have at least reached manehattan by now..you must be from the backside of town or something.."

ignoring the unnecessarily rude comment from the gamer, spike decided to inquire more about rarity. "...so, this rarity person must be something important, judging from the way your gushing about her."

"Is she important? Why she's-" but before button mash could give a detailed explanation, the bell had rang.

"Ah crud that's the bell! You wouldn't happen to know where 's class is would you?"

" ? I have her first too, Follow me, i know this building like the back of my hand." Said button mash as he and spike ran down the hall

( 's classroom... 8:01Am)

The classroom was active today. Whether it was discussing an upcoming event, spreading a new rumor, or just goofing off before class began.

But that soon came to an end as had finally walked into the room.

She looked to be in between the ages twenty and thirty.

"Settle down students, settle down." Ms. Cheerily spoke, attempting to quiet the rowdy class. Eventually she managed to calm them down.

"Now I know with a New Year starting, all of you are excited to make a name for yourselves, but you won't do that if you spend most of that time goofing off." Cheerily scolded as she took a seat.

"Now, before we continue our lesson from yesterday, a new student will be joining our class."

"He comes all the way from manehattan just to join us today, so please treat him as you would treat your other classmates."

"You can come in now dear." Cheerily called as she turned to the door

Spike had slowly poked his head in before entering the classroom. "Everyone, this is Spike emerarudo, he's our newest wondercolt."

"Wonder colt?" Spike asked, not knowing exactly what that was.

"Well Mr. Emerarudo, would you like to tell the class something about yourself?" Ms. cheerily asked.

"Uh... right…" spike hesitantly turned to the classroom and cleared his throat.

"Um, hi everyone, I'm Spike emerarudo, or just spike for short. I came from manehattan and one of my favorite things to do is cooking, usually dishes like chawanmushi. There's actually something here that can make my dish legendary, but I haven't exactly found that yet, but until I do, I hope we can get along within the year... um thank you." Spike explained and bowed.

"Why Mr. Emerarudo, there's no need for such formalities here, please feel free to take a seat." Ms. Cheerily smiled as she turned back to the class.

"Thank you Ms. Cheerily." Spike had begun walking down the middle of the class, looking for an open seat. Not knowing that some of the students were already talking about him. "Well, looks like we got another charmer here…" commented a flute playing student. "Oh I just love a man who can cook… I wonder if he's already spoken for…?" Questioned a cheerleader

But he soon saw the student he ran into earlier wave to him. "Hey spike over here.' The boy called out.

Spike had taken the open seat next to him and sat down.

"Glad you found your way here, you're lucky you didn't get put in harsh wenny's class." Button mash smiled.

"Ms. Harsh wenny? Spike questioned. "Ah don't worry about it. Although there is something I wanted to ask, you haven't heard of the seven beauties right?" Button mash questioned.

"Yeah so?" spike replied. "Have you heard any stories about this school? Anything related to magic?" he questioned with a more serious tone.

"Magic, You mean stuff like pulling a rabbit out of a hat or the quarter behind the ear trick?, isn't that sort of stuff just for kids?" Spike questioned.

"So you haven't heard, man you're in for one heck of a year." Button mash chuckled. "What's that suppose to-"but spike was cut off when Ms. Cheerily caught them talking.

"Mr. Emerarudo, Mr. Mash, books out!" Cheerily demanded

"Yes Ms. Cheerily!" they exclaimed

(Lunchroom... 12:05Am)

It still took some time for spike to get used to everything around the school, but it made things a bit easier. On the far left of the lunchroom, there was a girl behind a wood stand, selling Apple cider. She had yellow skin with freckles and green eyes. She had blonde hair with most of it tied down into multiple buns with a brown cowgirl hat. She wore a green and white vest with a blue skirt with three apples on the side of it and brown boots. A large majority of the lunchroom was lined up just to get a bottle of apple cider.

"What's with the huge line…?" Spike asked, having to stand on his toes just to catch a glimpse of the front of the line.

"The apple family always sells their famous apple cider on the first week of every other month. It's really hard to get a bottle since they sell like hotcakes, but I think I can score us some bottles if you want." Button mash offered.

"Well, if their recipe attracts this much attention, I guess it's worth a try." Spike shrugged as he and button mash had joined the line.

Almost immediately after they got in line, the lunchroom doors were flung open as someone had rushed in. it was a teenage girl with rainbow colored hair. Though it was a bit darker than celestia's hair color

She was wearing a blue jacket and a white t shirt with a pink and white skirt with black bike shorts with blue and white sneakers.

"Oh great…, a packed line…." The cyan colored girl groaned..."

While she slumped her way to the back of the line, another girl had just come from purchasing about forty bottles of cider. She had light pink skin and dark pink poofy hair and blue eyes. She wore a blue jacket white a white top with a heart on it. She wore a pink skirt with three party balloons on the side of it.

"Holy Apples, how does someone afford that much juice?" Spike questioned as he watched the girl carry the bottles out of the lunchroom. "Well the pie family sells sweets for a living, and it's plain to say that business is still booming." Said button mash

When the girl carrying the ciders came up to the rainbow haired girl, her face of depression soon changed to one of irritation "Oh hiya rainbow dash, did you come to get some cider too? Ya better hurry, they sell out fast." The pink hair girl spoke happily and left the lunchroom.

"Gee... I wonder why…" the rainbow haired girl spoke sarcastically.

After about another half hour of waiting, button mash and spike finally reached the stand.

"Welcome back button mash the girl greeted." "Afternoon Aj, I'd like two apple ciders for me and my new friend here." Button mash smiled as he patted spike on the back.

"Two apple ciders right, and who's your new friends name?" The girl asked as she brought out the last two bottles of apple cider. "Um, my name is Spike emerarudo, it's n-nice to meet ya." Spike chuckled nervously.

"Wait… did you say … 'Spike?" Aj questioned.

"Um yeah… why?" spike asked. Aj took a long look at spike before shrugging. "No particular reason, I guess it's just a common name." the girl handed them the two bottles in exchange for the 4 dollars.

"Thank you for your business."

With their cider in tow, button mash and spike went to the nearest table in the lunchroom to sit down. "Behold my friend, the apple family's famous cider, if you can't get your hands on a bottle now, it'll be a while before you can grab another one, here's to an exciting year!" Button mash proclaimed as he popped opens his bottle

"Cheers." He said as he and spike clanged their bottles together. But before spike opened his bottle, he could hear the same girl that entered the lunchroom late, complaining again. "Oh come on applejack, you've got to have at least one bottle left!" the girl begged.

"Sorry Rd, that was the last bottle, we won't have any more cider for a while." The Cowgirl explained. "Well that's just great… Madam Pinkie is having a prank coming her way sometime soon…." Rd muttered.

"Uh excuse me…." Spike spoke up. "Huh? What do you want?" Rd questioned with an annoyed glare.

"You said you had just run out of Cider right?" Spike asked "I'm afraid so, pinkie always clears out most of the inventory every time, and it leaves Rainbow here high and dry." Said Applejack

"Yeah well soon she's going to regret it…" She spoke annoyed.

"Well, I don't know if it'll help, but you can have mine if you want." Spike offered the unopened bottle of cider. "Are you sure you want to do that? I'm pretty sure you won't get another one for a while." Applejack questioned.

"Ah its fine, I'm sure I can wait until next time, go ahead and take it."

"Huh, usually no one else is too partial on sharing this stuff except my friends, your all right new guy." The girl thanked with a friendly smile as she took the bottle of cider. "Don't mention it." Spike smiled back as he went back to his table.

But as he came back, Button mash had a mischievous smile on his face.

"What?" Spike questioned clueless.

"You sly dog…" Button mash grinned. "What are you talking about?" Spike questioned. "Like you don't know… Only a few people would risk giving up their Cider for someone else, and you used this as a chance to move in on Rd, I see your into the tomboys huh?" He taunted.

It took some time before spike understood what button mash was implying.
"W-WHAT?! No it's not like that; I was only trying to be nice that's all!" Spike said with a flustered expression.

"Relax I'm just messing with ya, besides, Rd's the wild mare of the Seven beauties, you'd have a hard time trying to tame that one, any man who's even tried has been met with a foot to the face." Button mash grinned.

"I'm not trying to tame anybody, and you used the term 7 beauties again, who are they exactly?" Spike questioned. "Oh that's right; I guess I should probably explain." Said button mash as he cleared his throat

"You see, the seven beauties saved our school and possibly our world from numerous catastrophes, while everyone was too scared to even move, these seven stepped up to be this school's guide towards tomorrow." Button mash went on. "You make it sound like their heroes." Spike interjected.

"And they are, we wouldn't be friends today if it wasn't for them."

"The First maiden of beauty is Rainbow dash, the girl you just met earlier, her undying loyalty to her friends gives her strength to move, while her sometimes over bearing confidence makes her jump into the heat of the fray, sometimes unnecessarily. She's said to be to fastest out of the seven, she's even the captain of every sports team at CA."

"She's captain of 'all' the sports teams? How is something like that even possible?" Spike questioned with disbelief.

"Well, I guess I should say used to be captain for all the sports teams, she had a falling out with her friends once, but after they came back together, she quit all but Soccer." Button mash explained.

"I still find it hard to believe she was captain of all the teams…" Spike muttered

"Anyway, moving on to beauty number two, she was the one selling cider."

"You mean that Aj girl?" Spike questioned

"That's right, the second of the seven beauties. Although she and Rd are still in the poles for the 1st, they kind of have a competitive streak." Button mash explained. "Hmm, continue." spike said as he took out his lunch.

"Anyway, Applejack is the beauty that defines the very meaning of honesty. Her courage to not hide the otherwise blunt truth is what makes most of the girls here admire her, not everyone has the courage to hit someone with the truth with a straight face. She's got that down to earth charm about her and enjoys the simpler things rather then all the new stuff the rest of society is in to."

"The third beauty you remember from the hallway, you know rarity." Button mash explained. "Oh right, the girl that was riding the human bulldozer…" Spike groaned.

"That's right, now at a glance you may get the impression that she'd be your typical popular chick whose only desire is to remain at the top of the food chain, but you'd be wrong, she's one of the most generous students in Canterlot Academy." Button mash explained. "Most generous?" Spike questioned, slightly skeptical

"There's nothing more she'd like to do then to help out those in need, she's always seen helping at the community center or designing cloths for the elderly with no expectations of a reward, hard work most people wouldn't even consider doing without some form of payment in mind, you can usually find rarity there, not helping for reward or praise, but because she wanted to out of the sheer generosity of her heart." Button

"The fourth of the heavenly seven is Fluttershy. A bit more reserved then the others. She actually connects more to animals then she does to most of the students, but that doesn't stop her from picking up people when their down. Although she may be too shy to make a move at first, she's always willing to share her kindness with others who needs it."

"The fifth one is the girl you saw carrying all that cider a while ago."

"You mean that girl with the pink hair? I still don't know what someone could want with all that apple juice." Spike scratched his head as he thought back to earlier.

"Well, that's because she's almost always planning some sort of party… which reminds me, you might want to brace yourself for a surprise later today." Button mash smiled

"How come?" Spike asked worriedly. "Well, every time a new student had showed up at chs, she's been able to plan a party for each one of them. And I can only guess that she's planning a party right now…"

"Why does she go to such lengths for party's…, doesn't that get exhausting?"asked spike

"Well apparently not for her. It's how she spreads happiness the fastest sometimes. Although her methods are a bit extensive sometimes, all she wants to do is make the happiness flow throughout the school. I guess she never gets tired because of those pony up's…." Button mash explained.

"Wait… pony up's? What the heck is that a video game reference or something?" spike questioned. "I'll explain that later, back to our subject. I've already explained 5 of the seven beauties, but the last two are a bit difficult to describe…" Button mash said as he scratched his chin.

"What do you mean by that?" spike asked curious.

"Well the sixth one is sunset shimmer. The thing is she wasn't always a beauty, she was actually a lot crueler in the beginning of the year." Button mash grimaced. "Crueler? How so?"

"Well, she was a bit of a tyrant back then, she scared students into a corner and in a sense, ruled them with an iron fist. She actually turned into a real demon during one of this schools big events..."

"Yikes, glad i wasn't here for that horror show…" Spike sighed.

"Yeah, she was a demon until the seventh beauty had arrived, twilight sparkle..." Button mash sighed with a bit of love struck in his voice. Although when he looked back to spike he could tell that he didn't believe him.

"Seriously, Twilight sparkle, now this is starting to sound like a fairy tale..." Spike commented, skeptical of the name.

"I couldn't make it up even if I wanted to, ask anyone in the school and there's not a single one that doesn't know her name.

"Fine, I guess I'll take your word for it, so tell me more about these two…"

"Well, some say that she's the key to keeping the seven beauties together. When sunset was on the verge of literally ruling the school, twilight and her friends woke sunset up from her nightmare and brought her into her ring of friends, ever since then, she's done her best to keep her friends from falling apart whenever twilight wasn't there. Though there is still much about Ms. Shimmer that's shrouded in mystery, no one's sure what secrets she hides, but that mysterious otherworldly air about her is what draws many males towards her. "

"Twilight herself is also a girl of mystery, the first time she appeared she was a student that went to CA. She appeared at least two times, but hardly anyone knows about her except her friends, and even they don't talk about her with just anybody."Said buttonmash

"So what do you know?"

"Nothing except that she was the one who brought the first five of the beauties back together,

My memories about some of the times she was here are a bit fuzzy for some reason, but whenever she shows up, something big usually happens."

"So let me recap to make sure I got this. Rainbow dash is the beauty that resembles loyalty, Applejack is Honesty, Rarity is generosity, Pinkie is happiness, fluttershy is kindness, and Twilight and sunset are what keeps them together, like a glue of friendship or something." Spike summarized

"Yep, rumors say that if you can even capture one of the seven hearts, a great miracle will be bestowed upon you, but those were just rumors started by some of the geeks from the boys dorm." Button mash explained as he took a sip of his cider.

"Well it's certainly something that someone can make such a name for themselves, but I think I'll be noticed around here too, as soon as my project is complete.

"Project? What do you mean?" Button mash asked. Curious

"Well, have you heard of the dish Chawanmushi?" Spike asked. "Cha…wan..mushi?" what the heck is that?" button mash asked not understanding.

As soon he asked that question, there was a gleam in spike's right eye along with a cocky grin plastered on his face.

"What is Chawanmushi you ask?… allow me to enlighten you!" Spike exclaimed had pulled multiple papers showing different recipes and pictures of the subject.

"is an egg custard dish found inJapan.[1] Unlike many other custards, it is usually eaten as a dish in a meal. The custard consists of an egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dashi, and mirin, with numerous ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, kamaboko, yuri-ne (lily root), ginkgo and boiled shrimp placed into a tea-cup-like container.[1] The recipe for the dish is similar to that of Chinese steamed eggs, but the toppings may often differ. Since egg custard, along with soup, can't be picked up by chopsticks, it's one of the few Japanese dishes that are eaten with a spoon.

Chawanmushi can be eaten either hot or cool. But that's only the most basic description of the dish." spike smirked as he took out notes of his own creations..all of which had x marks on them.

"There are those who's mastery over the dish Chanwanmushi that can make it into a satisfying meal that can fill the average stomach in mere seconds, and the legendary recipes of those masters can make your taste buds feel like your floating in midair or soaring through the sky, but those who perform the recipe incorrectly are faced with horrible consequences…." Spike grimaced as he stared down at the paper.

"You sure are passionate about this dish…" Button mash commented as he peeked at one of the notes. "Of course I am, I'm actually attending this school in the first place because a special kind of Daikon radish only grows here in canterlot, I would have come here for vacation but my grades were suffering and it was either go to a school or No Special ingredients."

"And Canterlot was the first place you went with? You have good tastes." Button mash smiled. "Actually it was either here or some place called Crystal prep.. But crystal prep had high standard expectations, it felt like going there would only be a nightmare, so I came here instead." Spike explained.

Before they could continue their conversation, the bell rang, signaling them that their lunch time was up. "Aw man... Back to class, I guess we should get going." Button mash groaned.

They both bused their finished trays and went their separate ways. though as spike was making his way to his next class, he saw something gleaming from the double doors leading to the front of the school grounds. "Is something there…?" Curious, spike had took a short detour and exited through the front double doors towards the statue. When he got outside, he saw the door from earlier again "This door again.., who'd put a door on the front of the statue?" Spike questioned as he got a closer look.

"It must be some kind of prank someone pu…" spike trailed off as he put his hand on the door. It felt all too real to be a pasted on prank.

"This door is… Real?" Spike questioned as his whole body began shaking. There was an ominous air coming from behind the light blue door.

As spike stared down at the golden door knob, a single question had entered his mind.

"Can i…. Can I open this door?" spike questioned as he gently placed his hand on the doorknob. His body continued to tremble as he was more than tempted to turn the nob and proceed forward. But he had stopped when he heard someone's voice. "What are you doing?" The voice questioned.

"YIPE!" spike yelped as he quickly fell on his backside. "Ow.. I landed on my keys…" Spike groaned as he turned around to see a girl, Staring at him with a suspicious glare.

The girl had red and yellow hair that would easily remind someone of ketchup and mustard. She had light yellow skin and was wearing a leather jacket with orange stripes with a light blue top with blue jeans and black boots with flame decals on both boots.

"Huh.. W-who are you?" Spike asked as he picked himself up. "Answer my question first, what are you doing near the statue, you should be in class." The girl questioned again. "Oh that.. That's right um well, you may think this is crazy, but I saw a door here on the statue…" Spike tried to explain.

But looking at the girls face once could tell that she didn't believe him. "And you don't believe me." Spike sighed.

"What door are you talking about?" The girl questioned as she moved towards the statue. "I mean a literal door, with a doorknob and everything, and it's right here." Spike repeated as he pointed towards the door that was plain as day.

But it didn't seem like the girl could see the door in front of him. "I'm sorry, but I don't see any Door here." Said the girl

"W-what?" Spike questioned, almost scared. "I don't know what you're seeing, but there's no door here.

Something was going on. Spike was sure that he could see a door right in front of him, and it felt just as real too. But for some reason, the girl didn't see a door.

"Am I going insane….?" Spike whispered as he gazed at the anomaly.

"What was that?" the girl questioned. "Huh? O-oh nothing, well if you say there's no door here then you must be right, I better get back to class!" Spike had quickly made a mad dash back inside with the girl chasing after him.

"H-hey! Get back here, what door?!" The girl questioned as she chased after him. Though when the ketchup haired girl got back inside the school, Spike had completely disappeared among the crowds of students transitioning to their next class

"Darn, I lost him... what door was he seeing?" The girl asked herself.

Spike had narrowly escaped into the boy's bathroom, repeatedly splashing water in his face. "Ok spike, maybe that door was some kind of illusion, there's no way you're going crazy… right…?" though he received no comfort as he was only talking to himself. Spike sighed heavily before turning off the faucet.

"Maybe I'm just exhausted, I'm sure by the end of the day everything will be fine." Spike reassured himself as he left the bathroom.

Later that day, spike had returned to his locker. But before he entered his combination, he saw an envelope sticking out of one of the holes.

"A letter?" when spike took out the envelope, he saw that there was no sender on the envelope, there was just a single confetti piece left on the envelope.

When spike opened it, he was worried by the short message within.

"After school, head directly to the gymnasium… Come alone…"

That's all the letter said.

"(Gulp) that… sounds ominous..." Spike chuckled nervously..."

He wondered should he try to make a run for it. But that idea went out the window because he was still new to the school, and whoever sent the note would obviously know more about the in's and out of the school then he would.

With a heavy sigh, spike put the letter in his pocket and proceeds towards the gymnasium

A few moments later, he was in front of the gymnasium doors, but none of the lights were on. With the thought of Bolting still in the back of his mind, he had took a deep breath and pushed pass the gymnasium doors.

"Um… Hello? I got a letter saying to come here after school, is there anyone here?" Spike questioned. The silence abruptly disappeared as the lights flashed on, showing a vast majority of students and the whole gymnasium decorated from top to bottom for a celebration.

"SURPRISE!" The students yelled in unison. "What the heck is going on?" Spike questioned as he tried to make sense of a situation.

But as he turned around attempting to make way for the exit, the pink haired girl from the lunchroom suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Hi!" she greeted simply. "Gah! Spike yelped in surprise. "W-where did you come from?" Spike questioned with his heart still racing.

"Um, from the front door duh." The girl replied simply. "Your new here right? My name's pinkie pie" the girl smiled as she held her hand out for a handshake.

"So your pinkie pie, my Name's Spike emerarudo, nice to meet you." Spike said as he grabbed her hand. But the moment he did, she shook his so fast it made him dizzy.

"Spike? Hey you have the same name my friend's dog has, are you two related?" She asked as spike was still trying to balance himself. "Uh… I don't think so, maybe it's just a common name…, what's the deal with the party?" Spike questioned as he looked around the room with students everywhere giving a friendly wave to him.

"I always host a party for new friends." She replied with a smile.

"New friends huh.., Wait were friends?" Spike asked almost taken aback. "Of course we are, I don't host a party for just anyone. (GASP)" Pinkie gasped deeply as if she had a sudden realization.

"Hey, you should totally meet my best friends, but don't forget your party hat!" Pinkie smiled as she immediately strapped a party hat to spikes head and pulled him towards the stage that was at the other side of the room.

"H-hey slow down!" spike begged as he was dragged across the room. A short time later, the two had finally reached a punchbowl table where a few familiar faces had surrounded the table. , Rainbow dash, applejack and a few other faces were along the table.

The newest face was a girl with light pink hair and butter milk yellow skin clasping her cup. She wore a white top and a green skirt with three pink butterflies on the side.

"A Door on the statue? I don't get it..." Said RD "Do you think he could be talking about the portal?" Asked Applejack

"I Don't know, but I find it odd, a new face just shows up and on his first day he says he sees a door on the statue..?" Said Sunset

"Well he only thought he saw a door instead…?" Fluttershy asked quietly

"Well whatever the case, we may need to keep an eye on him incise he tries anything funny."

"Hey there's Pinkie." Said rainbow dash

"Hi guys, Say hi to the guest of honor." Pinkie said as she pulled Spike up to the table.

"Speak of the devil..." Sunset muttered

Spike was almost at a loss for words when he was faced with six girls at once.

"Um hi... I'm... Spike Emerarudo, apparently the man of the hour, it's… nice to meet you all…" Spike smiled nervously. Though the first name had caught some of them off guard

"I'm dreadfully sorry if you were caught off guard by pinkie's invitation dear, I hope you're not too frazzled about all this." Spoke the marshmallow skin girl.

"No it's fine, I just wasn't expecting a party with the kind of letter I got." Spike chuckled sheepishly.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Rarity." The marshmallow skin girl greeted.

He had turned to the light pink haired girl who seemed to be backing away from the table slowly.

"i. I'm fluttershy.." the girl whispered. "This is fluttershy, as you can guess she's a bit shy around new people, but give it time and she'll get used to you." Said applejack "That's ok, I can kind of relate." Spike smiled

"My name is sunset shimmer, but I think we've already met." Said the ketchup haired girl. As spike turned to her, a look of worry quickly appeared on his face

"CRAP!, that's the chick that saw me near the statue…" spike had took a big gulp before taking at least one step back. "What's wrong dear? You seem a bit pale." Rarity asked concern.

"Oh it's nothing, it's just…" spike began as he nervously turned back to sunset who was still giving him a suspicious look. "My first encounter with your friend here wasn't a friendly one…," spike smiled nervously.

"Hey there he is!" shouted button mash. "Button mash? You were in on this too?" Spike questioned, slightly annoyed.

"Of course, there's no party like a pinkie party, I wouldn't miss it for the world." Button mash smiled. "Ah thank's mash, your always welcome to my party's." Pinkie smiled as she gave the gamer a quick hug.

Though as soon as pinkie released him, his genuine smile turned into a mischievous one

"So, you guys told him about the initiation to becoming a wonder colt yet?" asked button mash.

"Initiation…? Why don't I like the sound of that word." Spike groaned.

"Ah you ruined the surprise, we were planning to get him while he wasn't looking but it's too late now…" Rd sighed

"Get me for what..? what are you planning?" Spike questioned as he quickly began to back away from the punch table even faster.

"Ah it's not going to hurt sugar cube, ya just got to dance in the middle of the gymnasium wearing these." Applejack said as she pulled out toy pony ears and a blue and yellow tail.

"WHAT?! No, there's no way I'm wearing that, No, Way!" Spike objected as he continued to back away.

"Sorry buddy, but everyone's done it, even me. And even though you're a friend, I'm afraid there are no exceptions." Button mash grinned.

"Wait, can't we talk about this?" spike suggested nervously

But before he backed away any further, rarity gave him a heart melting gaze.

"We worked really hard on our tradition dear, won't you please reconsider?" rarity asked sweetly.

He wanted to object even further, but one look into Rarity's pleading eyes and it was over. It was like a bullet pierced through spike's heart, the sound of her soothing voice turned his legs to jelly. All feeling of wanting to back out was erased from his mind. It was like he felt an innate urge to do whatever she wanted when she gave him that look. He couldn't explain why, but there was no doubt that fighting against this would be pointless.

Finally With a heavy sigh, he submitted.

"Fine… I'll do it." Spike sighed with defeat.

"That's the spirit. Pinkie smiled as she already put the ears on his head."

"I don't know what you're expecting though; I haven't even had that much experiencing dancing before..." Spike groaned as he strapped on the tail.

"Oh don't worry; we'll be there to help." Pinkie smiled as she put on a pair of ears of her own.

"…Huh?" spike questioned, clueless about what was about to happen.

A moment later, everyone was still partying. But the sound died down as button mash had tapped twice on the microphone to grab everyone's attention.

"Excuse me everyone, if I can have your attention please?" Button mash called. Gathering everyone's attention

"Now I know that were all excited to get to have another party so early in the year, but let's remember this party is to celebrate and honor our newest wondercolt." Button mash spoke with a stern voice. Everyone simply nodded in agreement. "And as per our tradition, it's our duty to make sure our new friend is welcome, so if you would please make room on the dance floor for our newest wondercolt, Spike emerarudo!" Button mash called out as the spot light had flashed on the spike who was now wearing the wondercolt signature ears and tails.

A feeling of deep embarrassment had flushed spike's face as everyone gave a thunderous applause, waiting for a show.

"…This isn't going to end well…." Spike muttered to himself

"Rainbooms if you would?" button mash asked as seven different spotlights had shined on the seven girls spike met only moments ago.

"Rainbooms…?" spike questioned. But he didn't have time to think as he heard music beginning to play.

"Crap…." Spike muttered with his face turning redder.

(Sunset/pinkie/Aj/Rd/)

"We just have the day, to get ready, and there's only so much time to lose."

The girls began as the music began to start. Although with a look of discomfort on his face, Spike had begun to awkwardly move his feet left and right in a sweeping motion.

"Because tonight,

(Rarity/Fluttershy)

Yeah were here to party…

(All)

So let's think of something fun to do.

As he brought his right leg around again, he had kicked up and made a fist pump in the air and proceeded to do a small march. Although he could tell that his so called friend loved every minute of him struggling.

And so he was, button mash had taken out a camera and began recording Emerarudo's awkward dance.

(Sunset/pinkie/Aj/Rd)

"We don't know,

(Fluttershy/Rarity)

We don't know…

(All)

What's gonna happen

(Fluttershy/Aj/Rarity/Rd)

We just know…

(Sunset/pinkie)

We just know

(All)

It's gonna be alright

As the music began to pick up, spike noticed that his body started to move to the beat on its own. He had stopped his small march and proceeded to lightly stop his right foot with his shoulders slumped behind him.

"All our friends are here, and it's time to ignite… the lights…!"

Spike had held his arms out while moving forward and keeping his torso loose. After walking a few steps, he abruptly stops, spreads his legs and raises his right hand towards the sky.

(Sunset/Aj/Rarity/Rd)

"Shake your tail, cause we're here to have a party tonight!"

He had stopped thinking with his head and instead with his body. His legs felt like they were moving on his own as they moved and shuffled about.

(Sunset/Pinkie/Fluttershy)

Shake your tail, Shake your taaail…

He had moved his hips twice to the right then repeated to the left.

(Sunset/pinkie/fluttershy/rarity)

Shake your tail, cause we're here to have a party tonight!"

Spike then had done a back flip landed on his hand preforming a handstand.

(Sunset/Aj/Rd)

Shake your tail, shake your taaail!

He had spun once before launching off his hand and landing on his feet. Once he let got acquainted with the flow of the music, he found it becoming easier to move his body to it. Spike was so focused on finishing the dance himself, he was surprised when A.j. joined him on the dance floor. He was caught off guard, but decided to go with it.

(Pinkie)

"So what'cha didn't get it right the first time?"

As Applejack continued playing, she begun to mirror Spike's movements to the best of her ability. The two stood back to back while glancing over each others shoulders and switched two times before breaking away from each other.

Laugh it off, no one said it is a crime."

Spike had slid a few feet backwards on the soles of his sneakers and stopped, tapping his left toe three times before moving again

(Rarity)

Do your thing; you know you're an original."

He then switched to a robot-style dance somehow keeping his moves mechanical yet fluid at the same time. He slid his feet across the gymnasium floor while keeping his arms down.

(Aj)

You're ideas are so funny that they're criminal."

(Fluttershy/Rarity)

Aaaah!

For a few moments, he had stopped all movement save for tapping his left shoe again.

"Huh. And he said he didn't have experience dancing." Muttered Button mash.

(Sunset/Pinkie/ Rarity/Rd)

We've just got the day to get ready. And there's only so much time to lose."

(All)

Because tonight, yeah! We're here to party!"

So let's think of something fun to do."

As the music begun to pick up again, Spike did nothing else except snap his fingers.

(Sunset/Pinkie/Aj/Rd)

We don't know

(Fluttershy/rarity)

We don't know…

(All)

what's gonna happen.

(pinkie/fluttershy/Aj/rarity)

We just know

(Sunset/Rd)

We just know

(All)

It's gonna be alright.

As he sensed the pick-up approaching, he opened his eyes feeling energized.

All our friends are here, and it's time to ignite….the lights!

Spike once again had let his legs move freely shuffling them about even more into it then he was at the beginning. The crowd was in an uproar of applause watching the green haired new kid cut loose.

(Sunset/ Aj/Rarity/Rd)

Shake your tail cause we're here to have a party tonight!"

(Sunset/Pinkie/Fluttershy/Rarity)

Shake your tail, Shake your taaail…

Spike couldn't quite understand what was going on. He hardly ever danced before. How on earth was he moving like this now? Although he had to admit he didn't mind.

Shake your tail cause we're here to have a party tonight!

(Sunset/Aj/Rd)

Shake your tail, Shake your taaail!"

When Spike had performed his next back flip, he seemed to put himself in slow-motion even though everyone else wasn't.

"How the heck is he doing that?" Asked a female student in the crowd. But upon close inspection, he was just keeping himself up with one leg.

(Sunset/pinkie/fluttershy/rarity)

Shake your tail, cause we're here to have a party tonight."

(Sunset/pinkie/rarity/Rd)

Shake your tail, shake your taaail!"

Spike had started to run for the spot he started on.

Shake your tail, cause we're here to have a party tonight!"

After he got close, he had kicked off the ground, preformed a single front flip and landed on his knees ending it with a single fist pump.

As soon as the music stopped, spike immediately found himself out of breath.
"Uh… what happened?" Spike asked himself. But he couldn't think as the eruption of the crowd had covered the area.

Spike could only smile sheepishly as he quickly made his way back towards the punch table with his face quickly burning up. Back at the table button mash was already waiting for him.

"Congratulations man, you're an official Canterlot Academy wonder colt now!" said button mash as he raised his punch glass. "Yeah whatever, I'm just glad the worst parts over…" spike sighed as he poured himself a glass.

"Worse part? From the look of it you were enjoying yourself out there, and you said you never danced before." Button mash mocked. "I-it's not my fault…, something about the music they played... I don't know what it was, but I was filled with energy when they played…." Spike explained.

"Oh that's natural; you're not the first one to fall under the influence of their music." Button mash smiled. "Hmm… if you say so…" Spike muttered, still unsure of why he moved the way he did. As he continued to pondered the strange anomaly, the seven girls from before had appeared once again.

"Well looks who got their dancing legs." Smiled Rainbow dash

"Oh uh… you all… saw that huh…?" spike muttered as he quickly took another sip of punch. "Of course, it was like you were a noodle and a robot at the same time, wait, you're not some sort of Noodle Robot from the future are you?" Pinkie questioned.

"Uh no… at least I don't think so…" Said spike. Pinkie had got a closer look at spike, suspecting that he might be lying. Eventually she couldn't find anything suspicious about him. "Okie dokie lokie." Pinkie smiled before she backed off.

"Anyway it wasn't anything special, I didn't even know how to dance when I came here.." Spike explained. "Try telling that to the viewer's that see 's this video." Said button mash as he was re watching the video on his camera

"Y-You recorded that?!" Spike questioned as his face began to flare up.

"Of course I did, you think I wasn't going to record such an event? I'm sure a lot of other people will want to see this, once I upload it to the internet." Button mash smirked.

"Don't you dare! Give me that camera!" Spike demanded as he tried to snatch the camera away from him. "Oh come on, I think it's pretty good exposure for a new student." Button mash laughed as he kept the camera out of spike's reach.

"Aw he's embarrassed, that's so cute." Sunset shimmer smiled.

"C-cute?, now see here, I am not cute!" Spike spoke, trying to keep his cheeks from getting any redder. But he was failing horribly.

"Look he's blushing, isn't that just adorable?" Cooed Rarity

Spike quickly became flustered from the numerous comments. "Tch…, I'm not adorable…" Spike muttered as he tried his best to look away from the group. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about Spike, we all express ourselves in our own way, and we just have different ways of doing it." grinned buttonmash

"Hmm…fine, just don't be expecting an encore anytime soon…" Spike said as he took a sip of punch.

"Oh don't be like that, there's still plenty of party left, besides I didn't get my turn." Said pinkie as she grabbed spike's arm

"Wait again? But I don't…" Spike tried to protest. But pinkie had already yanked him away from the punch table and back towards the dance floor. "Come on, shake what your momma gave ya." Pinke smiled with encouragement as spike was pulled into another dance. As he was being spun around, he saw something strange. He could see pinkie grow a different set of ears and her hair grew noticeably longer. "What the…." Spike tried to get a better look at the anomaly, but he was moving so fast he could never concentrate long enough to describe it.

"Seems like another interesting year..." button mash grinned as he started recording pinkie and spike. The party had gone on until 7:55 Am.

By that time, the party had finally ended and everyone had returned home, Except for spike who just returned to the dorm building past the soccer field.

He was just preparing for bed and there were still pieces of confetti left in his hair. He had a short sleeved black t shirt with green boxers with purple polka dotted eggs and a pair of white and black striped pajama pants hanging on a rack nearby. "Man.. what a day…if every day is going to be like today, I might not survive here after all…" Spike thought to himself as he brushed his teeth.

"But I have to survive, my great grandpa's request and my dream depends on it…" he thought as he rinsed with a look of determination on his face.

But as he was washing his face in the sink, he heard a cat meowing.

"Is that a cat…?" Spike questioned. He had peeked outside the bathroom door and saw a black cat's tail protruding from the other side of his bed. Spike had tiptoed quietly to make sure that he didn't scare the creature away.

Once he came around, he could get a full view of the small feline. It was indeed a black cat. The cat had a yellow bell tied around its neck with something engraved on the side of it. But it was too small to make out from a distance. The feline had yellow eyes and a little round black nose. Around it's legs were tiny blue gems tied to each leg with a black scarf.

"It is a cat, how did you get into my room… huh…?" Just when spike was about to get a closer look at the cat, he saw that it was chewing on something, his pajama pants.

"H-Hey, those are my pants! Those are not meant for eating!" Spike had tried to pull the pants out of the cat's mouth, but the beast saw him coming from a mile away. The cat dodged his hand, leaped off his head, and escaped out the door with his pants in tow.

"Hey, get back here with those!" Spike yelled as he chased the cat outside of his dorm room and into the hallway. Every time spike came closer to grabbing the thief by their tail, the beast only increased their speed and moved faster away.

The cat had eventually lured spike back towards the front of the high school and near the statue.

The cat had looked behind it with a smirk, seeing that its pursuer was out of breath. "Stupid… Cat…, give me back…. My pants…" Spike breathed as he continued to try to claim his pajamas back. But when he had the time to look up, he saw the cat was standing in front of the mysterious door that he had saw earlier today.

"That door again…" spike had approached the cat carefully, hoping it would not go inside the strange door.

"Nice little kitty cat, I'm not going to harm you, just stand perfectly still while I take these back!" Spike had made a lunge for the cat, but his attempt failed and he ended up landing on his face.

The cat had entered through the ominous door and vanished.

"Great…. My mom gave me those pants…." Spike sighed as he got up. He had taken a deep breath before he began to approach the door. Like before, an ominous protruded from the door. But this time there wasn't anyone to stop him from entering the door.

He had grabbed the door knob and hesitantly proceeded to turn it. As the door began to open, a bright shining light began to obscure Spike's vision. As he shielded his eyes, he had continued to walk forward….

When he finally reached the other side of the door, he found himself in a completely different area.

The floor he stood on felt like Clouds. But when he finally got a better look at the area, he was appalled. It seemed like the area was falling apart. There were only shards of the once blue sky in the air. And more of it was slowly breaking away as time slowly went by. Wilted roses plagued the ground as the trees around spike were shriveled and dying. The taste of the air was rotten and tough, almost like tasting a pre burned tire. "What is this place…. What happened he…GAH!" As spike took one more step forward, he had suddenly felt an intense pressure on his shoulders and was forced down onto his knees.

"Agh…, what. What is that?, why is my body…., So heavy….?" spike questioned as he found it hard just to move. He felt like he'd soon be crushed by the mere pressure of the strange area. As he had tried to force himself on his feet, he had heard sounds of fighting from nearby.

"Tch… Stupid demon, why won't you fall already?!" someone shouted as the sounds of combat continue to ring.

"Wait… I… know that voice…" Spike spoke as he forced his body to continue to move. It became more difficult to continue as the gravity that was pushing spike down only seemed to increase the further he walked. Eventually he was finally able to make it around one of the dying trees, only to see the back of a monstrous being, the monster looked similar to a cobra snake. But it's scales were shrouded in a weird purple and white color. On its head was a marking that looked like an open wide eye. Its original eyes were yellow with no pupils.

Facing off against the mysterious creature was the first friend he made, Button mash.

"Button mash..?" what's he… doing?" spike questioned as he felt himself close to fainting. "Stupid snake, why won't you hold still?! Button mash growled as he put his white palm to the ground, summoning a white magic circle below it.

"BIND!" button mash called out as white chains had shot upwards from the ground. He attempted to bind the Cobra's head by wrapping his chains around it, it seemed to have worked as the chains constricted the reptile from opening its mouth or moving its head.

"Come on… Hold…." Button mash growled as he tightened his grip. Unfortunately the beast was too powerful and broke through.

"Dang!" Button mash hissed as he jumped back, avoiding a tail sweep from the monster.

"Taking on nightmares alone is harder than I thought, I'm already running low on Mana.., when are they coming back from…." button mash trialed off as he suddenly saw Spike close to fainting near a dead tree. "Huh? Emerarudo, what are you doing here?!" Button mash questioned. But the second he was distracted. The shadow cobra had brought its tail around for another whip attack, this time hitting its target. "AAAARG!' button mash was knocked back into a dead tree. "Stupid Snake, figures monsters like you would go for the cheap shots…" Button mash growled as he picked himself up again.

"What the hell is going on…..? Spike questioned as he could only continue to watch his friend fight against the monster alone. The snake was all but prepared to continue its assault on button mash, but the moment before it delivered a death strike, it had stopped and turned behind it, noticing the new presence in the room.

"Don't you dare…" Button mash growled. Hoping the beast wasn't about to do what he thought it was going to do. Unfortunately the worst case scenario occurred and the cobra had turned its sights on Spike. The smell of prey already about to faint was like a sweet smelling fragrance to the reptile.

"Crud! SPIKE, LOOK OUT!" Button mash cried out.

As spike had looked up, he had seen the beast coming straight for him.

"It's... It's coming for me… I better… tch..." Spike had tried to move, but the pressure of the mysterious space was finally getting to him and he could no longer move.

"No… whatever this is… it's preventing me from moving….." spike struggled to even raise his head. As the snake was only meters away from Spike, it had opened its mouth and began charging a purple energy beam.

"Am... Am i… Going to die….?" Spike though as he didn't even have the strength to even speak anymore

As he was all but ready to close his eyes and wait for the malevolent light to engulf him, a burning sensation had begun to travel up his throat.

"Agh…, my throat... I can't… I can't breathe…." Spike muttered as he started to cough. Meanwhile the snake was ready to finish the job, but button mash used another bind spell to immediately shut its mouth before it could fire, canceling the attack. "Spike!, get out of here!" button mash shouted as he tried to pull the snake back. But it appeared to be a fruitless battle as the beast had broken free of his spell faster the second time around.

"It's… its hot…. Something's… burning…" spike wheezed as he continued to cough violently. He had continued until he finally coughed up a green spark of flame.

"Wh..what was….*Cough*" spike didn't have time to question it as the violent cycle was not over. He had continued to cough up green sparks of flame.

"Spike….?" Button mash asked he saw spike's weird condition. The cobra beast had lunged at spike attempting to swallow spike whole. When spike was only inches away from the beasts maw, whatever was building up inside had reached the surface and couldn't be contained anymore.

"I.. I.. Can't hold it…. AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Spike had shot his head up. From his mouth erupted a torrent of emerald green flames, with the beast being so close to spike by the time it fired, it had no chance of evading the fiery strike

The beast was incinerated in mere seconds and was reduced to nothing but the time the flames cleared; there was nothing left except sparks of spike's flame. "W…whoa…." Were all the words spike could muster before his body finally gave out and he collapsed onto the ground.

"SPIKE!" Button mash called out as he rushed to spike's side. But before he even reached him, spike's consciousness had already left him.

Although unconscious, spike could still hear someone's voice. "Man, so you have the power too… I guess you're not going to have an easy year after all…" Button mash sighed heavily

End of Chapter 1…

New magic skill learned

Spike Emerarudo has learned "Emerald torrent"

"Well, that's the end of chapter 1. By this time there are probably a lot of questions floating around. If there any questions please leave them in the review or Pm if needed.

So after everything that happened, Mr. emerarudo has discovered a weird new place beyond the statue. but why was there a door in the statue in the first place. How was button mash using magic?

"Eh… questions for later see ya in chapter 2."