Author's Note: I updated the chapter. Hope the reunion with Spike and his friends is better!
Twilight and her friends were walking through a forest. They've been searching for Spike the past few days, but have had no luck.
Celestia had sent Twilight on a mission to find and retrieve Spike. He was one of their last hopes of destroying the OEMP.
Not only have they been looking for Spike, they've also been running from the OEMP as well, which has been following and hunting them for the last few days now as well.
Now, they were beginning to grow weak. "Twilight, we've been walking forever. Can't we rest for a bit?" Rainbow asked.
"Rainbow, we can't stop now. We've got to find Spike and fast!" Twilight said.
"Darling, we should rest for a bit before we continue our search for Spike" Rarity said. Twilight thought for a bit before she finally agreed.
"Oh, Spike. I hope you're alright" Twilight said to herself. But then, just as they were about to rest, voices were heard from the distance.
"Shoot! They've found us" Applejack said. "RUN!" Pinkie shouted and the group of 7 took off running just as an OEMP guard came through the trees.
"THERE THEY ARE! STOP THEM!" he shouted and a multitude of guards burst through the trees chasing after the Mane 7.
Twilight looked back as almost 10 guards were on their tails. Twilight quickly toppled a tree over with her magic, but that didn't stop them.
They just jumped over it like it was nothing. Then, she made some rocks fall over with her magic.
It stopped the earth ponies and unicorns, but the pegasi just flew over it.
Then, the group watched as the pegasi flew over them and landed right in front of them, blocking there path.
Twilight then shot a beam of magic at them, but it did nothing since their armor absorbed the magic.
Then, more OEMP guards showed up and soon, the Mane 7 were completely cut off and surrounded.
The 7 went into their attack positions, horns lit and hooves ready, but then, the OEMP guards who weren't unicorns took out their guns which were powered by unicorn magic.
Then, two guards came forward, then stepped aside, allowing an earth pony with a scar across his right eye to come forward.
He had a gray mane that was shaved with a light blue coat and brown eyes. "General Thunderbolt" Twilight said in a threatening tone.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle, long time, no see" Thunderbolt said in a slow, deep, raspy tone. "Why don't you just leave us alone!?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, first of all, you 7 are ruining my plans and also, I thought I got rid of you, but apparently, sending you 7 away isn't good enough" Thunderbolt said.
Then, he gestured to some guards and they pulled out unicorn magic drainers, bridles, and horse tacks. The Mane 7 gasped.
Then, General Thunderbolt turned back to the Mane 7 with an evil smirk across his face.
He and the guards moved towards them, but as soon as they were only 3 feet from the Mane 7, a shadow passed over them.
They all looked up and saw nothing. But then, they saw it again. "What is that?" a guard asked. But then, all of a sudden, a wind gust descended upon them.
The guards were thrown back and the others backed away.
When it cleared, they were surprised to find that nothing happened except that the Mane 7 were no longer surrounded by guards.
Thinking it was nothing, the guards and Thunderbolt moved in. The Mane 7 backed away but ended up backing into the edge of a cliff.
Now, they were trapped. But then, all of a sudden, as if all hope seemed lost, a large mass landed right between the OEMP and the Mane 7.
When the dust cleared, the mass was revealed to be a dragon. "I thought we killed them all" Thunderbolt said to himself.
The dragon was huge, almost 50 feet tall with a long tail and large wings as well.
The long tail was almost as long as the dragon was tall, making the dragon almost a hundred feet in length. Large spikes were on top of its head.
They ran all the way down its back, growing smaller as they headed down.
But, the weirdest thing about the dragon was that it was purple and green like Spike, but it looked nothing like Spike.
Most dragons were in a multitude of colors, but not like this.
Now, the dragon stood between the Mane 7 and the OEMP and the only way they were going to get to the Mane 7 was to get through the dragon first.
"Get that dragon!" Thunderbolt ordered, shouting. The guards fired their guns, but it did hardly anything to the dragon.
The dragon retaliated by breathing its fire breath, which happened to be green like Spike's. The guards ran as the dragon breathed its fire.
Some burned alive while others were just scorched. 2 more guards ended up getting smacked by the dragon's long tail, knocking them aside.
Another guard got clawed by the dragon, while another got stepped on. One guard retreating got shot by a fire ball.
The Mane 7 just watched in fascination as the dragon protected them.
Normally, dragon's would eat a pony on sight, but not protect them or help them, unless it was for the pony to be saved for later to be eaten, maybe.
When enough of the guards were dead, gone, or distracted, the dragon quickly kicked up dust with its wings, blinding the remaining guards and General Thunderbolt.
Quickly, the dragon picked up the Mane 7 in his claws and flew off.
After this, the Mane 7 immediately thought they were about to become dragon food.
Rarity and Fluttershy screamed as the dragon picked them up, thinking he was going to eat them and they both didn't really have a fondness for dragons.
As the dust cleared, General Thunderbolt watched as the Mane 7 and the dragon flew away.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I'LL GET YOU PRINCESS TWILIGHT, IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" General Thunderbolt shouted after them.
The dragon flew a good distance away before landing in a clearing in the forest.
He dropped off the Mane 7 into the clearing before landing a few feet away from them. The dragon stared at them and they stared back at him.
Finally, Starlight broke the silence. "Thank you" Starlight said. The dragon nodded and smiled.
Rarity was a little uncomfortable after being in the dragon's scaly claws, so she had to regain her comfortableness. Fluttershy was just down right frightened.
It would take a while for her to regain her comfortableness. But, they were at least glad the dragon wasn't going to eat them.
But then, Twilight walked up to the dragon. The dragon bent down and smelled her, but she smelled familiar to the dragon for some reason.
"S-spike?" Twilight asked the dragon. Then, it popped. The dragon immediately had flashbacks and memories of Twilight, the Mane 7, and others.
Then, he snapped out of it and looked down at Twilight, his eyes widened. "T-t-twilight?" the dragon said in a deep, raspy voice.
After hearing that, Twilight's eyes widened, then filled with tears and a smile formed across her face. The others had the same reaction.
"SPIKE!" Twilight shouted and she immediately hugged Spike on his snout.
The dragon that defended and helped them escape from the OEMP was Spike after all! Soon, the others joined in with Twilight in hugging Spike on the snout.
But then, Spike forcefully broke away from them and turned his back to them. They were completely shocked from this reaction.
"Spike, what's wrong?" Twilight asked. Spike was silent for moment.
He was thinking back to when they let him go and he had to live on his own so the OEMP wouldn't kill him.
Now, after all this time, they finally came to see him. A burning rage was building inside him, along with some frustration and sadness as well.
He thought about how terrible the OEMP was and what Equestria was like now with them now in control.
He thought of all the helpless, defenseless ponies being tortured.
Not only that, his own friends sent him away, but he knew it was for his own good and the only way he wouldn't be killed by the OEMP.
All these thoughts raised his feelings. Then, all of a sudden, he burst out, letting his anger out with a thunderous roar and a fire stream.
When he was done, he angily huffed and puffed, black smoke flowing out of his nostrils. Then, he looked back to his friends. He glared at them angrily.
"All this time...you send me away and 50 years later... YOU FINALLY COME LOOKING FOR ME!?" Spike roared angrily at his friends.
They backed up away from Spike, terror on their faces.
Since he was 20 times bigger than they were now, he was far more dangerous then when he was a baby.
"Spike, what has gotten into you!?" Rainbow said, not liking Spike's attitude.
"I'll tell you what's gotten into me!" Spike said angrily, "You send me away and make me live on my own for 50 years!"
"Yeah, but look how big you've gotten" Fluttershy said, anxiously.
"You guys have no idea what it's like to be forced to leave a family you've loved for years and live on your own to fend for yourself!" Spike continued, still angry.
"Spike, don't you dare say that! It hurt for us to send you away, especially for me!" Twilight said, starting to tear up.
After hearing this, Spike started to calm down. "We missed you Spike, and now, we need your help!" Applejack said.
"You came all the way out here just to get my help?" Spike said, his anger rising again.
"No, Spike, we also came out here to get you! Come home with us, Spike! Everypony misses you, and you're one of our last hopes at saving Equestria!" Twilight said.
"You want me...to help you?" Spike asked. Then, he turned his back to them. "Count...me...out" Spike said. The Mane 7 were completely shocked by this.
"But, you are our last hope..." Starlight said. Spike shot his head back to them. "Why should I help you after everything that's happened...?" Spike asked.
"Because you are our friend. More then that, you are a part of our family, especially for me" Twilight said. That response touched Spike's heart.
He slowly turned back towards Twilight. "Come home, Spike. Everypony misses you...we miss you...I miss you" Twilight said, tearing up.
Spike hesitated for a second, but he eventually came to his senses. He picked up Twilight and hugged her in his grasp.
"Oh, Twilight! I missed you, too!" Spike said, his feelings draining from him. Twilight returned the hug as well, a smile growing across her face.
Spike's heart warmed from her embrace against his chest. Then, he picked up the others and hugged them as well. They all hugged back.
All their embraces fueled the warmth in his heart. He had accepted their friendship again, and Spike had regained his family.