i really like this chapter it felt like a great chance for world building. It gave me a chance to expand the world that both similar and different.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE LEAVING?!" Spike held his bleeding ears in pain as Garble and his gang fell out of bed. "Stop screaming, i am right here." Spike glared at her through one red eye. Luna had a voice stong enough to give a deaf man hearing loss and someone with super senses standing right in front of her didn't want the blunt of that. Hell, Spike could feel a distortion in the space around them as if a tear to Naraka was about to open up. Given how loud she could be when they made love Spike wouldn't be surprised if one of Luna's abilities was tearing holes in reality by screaming. "By why now of all times? Why leave the sanctum when you have so much to do here?" Spike shrugged hiding his real reason, his excuse for leaving was a valid one but one he could put of for a few more years.

"I'm leaving to see the world, it's been thirteen years since i last left and i want to see what changes have befallen the world around me. Remember the sanctum was made to record history so i must journey to find that history." Spike didn't tell her he also wanted to leave so he wouldn't fuck every woman in Equestria to death. "I also learned that the Djinn blood and the changling races are still alive." Luna gasped. "But i thought the Lich wiped them out?!" Spike shook his head. "Nope they're alive and from what i've heard thriving so i have roughly ten thousand years of history, culture, magic, technology, and weaponry to study catolog and bring back here." Spike kissed her on the cheek. "Besides it'll only be a few months, i waited a thousand years for you can't you wait a few months for me?" Luna pouted, he had a good point. "Alright fine but who will see to the training of the guard?" Spike turned golden before pressing his finger to Luna's head causing tendrils of golden energy to move from his mind to hers.

"There that's all you need to know." Luna groaned wrinkling her nose, he loved it when she did that. "Ugh fine, that felt weird though." Spike smiled before walking over to hos room to pack, it wouldn't take long but he felt the trip was well worth it. Spike grabbed the last thing he needed as he put his pack on his back. "Lets hope i find you two soon."

FlashBack

"My first wish is to have a way to locate my two lost swords." Eden paused before granting that wish a sudden look of confusion and fear. "There are other swords?" Spike nodded. "I had four of them forged during the war and they served me well in battle, they're proud souls just like so many other weapons in the sanctum but none of them ever really took a shine to me except Jackal the gun and Zulf the twin repeater crossbows." Spike made them appear in his hands before setting them down. "Even so they don't really talk a whole lot. I think they're just happy to be carried." A warm hum from the two assured him he was right. "Anyway the four were given to me and forged from the souls of powerful warriors whose will to fight allowed them to manifest from beyond. There's Nullru the Slashing Black Moon, Fullru the Chilling Full Moon, Seras the Bringer Of Victory, and Integra the Stalwart fang."

Spike shrugged. "No one really knows why Proud souls exist or why some warriors and creatures become them while others don't, some think they're like ghost and have unfinished business on the battlefield, others think they're gracefull losers who decide to lend their strength to the one who beat them. Either way they are proof that the soul is real and not so easily extinguished." Eden nodded before snapping her fingers and a device appeared in Spike's hands. "Its a proud soul locator, this'll allow you to find your blades but you'll have to be within a few miles of them, i'm sorry i couldn't do better." Spike rolled his eyes. "Its okay your species grows more powerful the more wishes you grant. Everyone starts out pretty weak, no offense." Eden giggled making Spike smile. "None taken, truth be told i'm really excited, i jever get to use my powers because of what people would do to me but nows my chance with a master who won't abuse me. Its pretty exciting." Spike stiffened in rage, that should have been a given a master not abusing his Djinn but clearly if Eden was so excited things weren't so good. "R-right, for my second wish-"

Spike grit his teeth thinking it over about how Djinn's were mistreated, how people abused and degraded them like that. Sighing knowing he couldn't do anything about it here he decided it was time to go. He hefted the pack on and secured the device before making his way to the entrance. He was surprised to see his first three students there. "Spike? What's with all the stuff?" Spike took his pack off and sighed. "I have an assignment i need to do so i'm leaving." The look of shock on their faces as both odd but reassuring. "Dont worry i'll only be gone a few months at most, i have allot to do. First is finding my other swords I've already looked all over Equestria not a single trace but they might be on the new continent, then i have some work to do as the keeper of the sactum in order to properly record and catalog the history of the changlings and Djinn, races i thought had gone extinct because of the Lich. Then there's the possible recruitment of Ketar Bloods and other creatures."

Twilight raised her hand making Spike roll his eyes, she was just like a student. "Keter bloods?" Spike rolled his eyes. "Ketar, Kay-tar. Look maybe this'll help." Spike snapped his fingers and an image of a Stallion blood appeared on his left followed by one of a minotaur on his right and person with horns and a tail in the middle of the two. "Over here." Spike said as he pointed to the creature blood. "Is the type of race most common in the world Creature bloods have the mystical animals blood in their viens but may only have a few traits that give them away." Spike pointed to the right. "Monsters are mystical creatures that we inherit traits from, many species have gone extinct like Unicorns and Dragons. However several species like Manticore, Griffins, Minotaur, and several more still exist, but they live in dead zones no one dares travel to." Spike made a world veiw that showed the planet to them in front of them.

Unlike earth it had only four massive continents one on the top left, one close to the center but more off to the down and left, the third in the center of the top right and a fourth far from the others and much smaller. "These are the four lands of this world." The one on the upper left, the largest lit up. "This one is a given, this is where Equestria is, with several kingdoms like the griffin bloods, yak bloods, the crystal empire, and several other small kingdoms filled with mostly your type of creature blood but several more like gorgon and minotaur blood are fair common as well." The one near the center the third largest lit up next. "People here are to fond of Ketar bloods so they mostly keep themselves here, though there are kingdoms that regularly trade with them."

Spike pointed back to the images behind him. "While creature bloods have a creatures power in their veins they almost never look like them baring a few traits like a dragon blood's eyes. However Ketar bloods skirt the line having horns, or different colored skin, or wings. There are also things like vampires and dryad but they technically fit the mold of monster despite their human like appearance." The third continent lit up the second largest. "This is the isle of monsters where most of the more savage one like hellhounds and wyvern live. Unlike a dragon which is inherently magical wyvern sre just lizards with wings instead of front legs, no super strength, no fire breath, no unbreakable scale armor, and no getting stronger with age. Doesn't mean they're not a threat though." The fourth and by far the smallest lit up. "This used to be the biggest but most of it sank into the ground because of the damage done by the tear of Naraka."

Spike dismissed them all beofre putting his pack back on. "So i forgot to ask what brings you here?" Big Mac tensed remembering why he came here. "I-i figured it out." Spike scowled. "I know who's been hurting AppleBloom. I wanna know though, why didn't you tell me? If you knew why didn't you stop it?" Big Mac wasn't angry, at least not at Spike. "To answer your questions in order would you have believed she was capable of that? Would you have listened to me if i told you, and if i stopped it myself would forgive me for what i'd have done?" Big Mac sighed feeling tension slide from him. "No i would have refused and i would have ignored the signs. If you'd killed her which you would even after she did all that I'd still hate you. Even though she's done this i know i can't hate her."

Spike narrowed his eyes. "You better get back it was a risk to leave her with her for so long." Big Mac turned to run but stopped. "Can she live her? Away from her?" Spike nodded happily. "Don't worry she's always welcome you both are." Big Mac took off running.

Applebloom shrunk into the corner as Granny Smith came closer she brought the knife closer to her own grandchild. "Dont worry hunny it's just a test i promise it won't hurt a bit!" With a crazed look in her eyes stabbed forward only for the AppleBloom to raise her arm to block it. The knife shattered against skin as Applebloom used the shock to scrammble away and run out the room. Granny Smith looked at the broken knife smiling gleefully. "So it is you, don't worry honey i have something to fix that." She left to retrieve her real knife when Big Mac appeared walking up the stairs making an effort not to appear tired. "Hey Granny Smith, you seen little Bloom?" Granny smith smiled. "No dear i'm afraid i haven't but i'll tell you when i see her."

Big Mac twitched as she went down the stairs feeling the blood boil in his viens. It would be so easy, just offer her a shoulder and neck massage add a little pressure and SNAP! Big Mac sighed, he couldn't though not til he understood why she was going this for now though though he just had to find AppleBloom and get her out of here. He'd make sure Granny Smith never saw her again. He moved through the large house wondering where she went and praying he found her first.

"So what are you two doing here?" Twilight shrugged. "I'm here to see Trixie and Rainbow came to ask you about something. AppleJack had this weird scar on her back that she couldn't explain and i wanted to know if you could do anything about it." Rainbow Dash suddenly had an epiphany. "Wait Big Mac had a scar like that on his waist, oh but i ask him about it it might have just been from an accident." Spike narrowed his eyes before clenching his fist. "Somethings not right here."

Spike dropped his pack again and ran off to into the forest letting Twilight and Rainbow Dash keep pace with him. As he ran history of the world sparked to life and several images appeared beside him. He followed the one that made no sense to be there, a child running from a woman holding a knife.(1) "What the hell?!" Rianbow Dash looked in shock as a child version of Big Mac ducked and weaved though the trees followed by a younger looking Granny Smith. Twilight felt her lips part in shock and she almost ran into a tree casually destroying with a blast of impact magic. The Granny Smith projection caught up and tackled him to the ground holding the knife to little Big Mac's side. "Don't worry honey i just want to make sure your not tainted, after you won't remember a thing." The three watched as the knife was slowly dragged across the side of his waist as he suck through his teeth. "Oh so its not you that's good but remember honey you won't remember a thing."

They watched the projection of Granny smith pull out a long syringe and press it into his neck making the young projection go still as his eyes glazed over. "That's not right." Spike studied the syringe carefully. "This is a dark magic potion." Spike watched her get off of him and Little Mac snapped back to attention. "Huh Granny whats happenin?" She smiled sickly. "Don't worry youngin you just had a bad fall lets get you home and fixed up." Little Mac followed her as she tossed the syringe away. Spike felt his blood boil before it was cooled by a realization. "She thinks one of them is an emergent." Spiel was quick to put it together. "She's testing them she wants to know which one is going to become a dragon blood so she can kill them." Twilight gulped while Rainbow waved her hands frantically. "Wait, wait how can one of them be a dragon blood AppleJack's parents weren't dragon bloods heck as far as knoe one on in the past seven generations has dragon blood either."

Twilight spoke up. "Because it's only now that its resurfaced! Sometimes genes don't manifest in offspring until several generations later at random times it's called interstellar transmigration! (2) Someone several generations ago must have been a dragon blood and Granny Smith figured it would manifest in one of them!" Spike grit his teeth not caring if Big Mac hated him, after this Granny smith died. Spike was gone in an instant reappearing in the Apple house where Grammy Smith stood at the top of the stairs. "Hello youngin can i help you?" Spike made sure he was in his child form to make himself look less imposing. "Im here to see Applebloom." Her smile was so fake it made him nearly sneer in disgust. "Well she's not here right now so please come back later or wait here for her." Spike sniffed the air and felt how the air was being displaced in one of the rooms upstairs. "I think i'll wait."

Spike dissappeared reappearing behind her before shoving Granny Smith down the stairs. "The elderly should watch their steps they're not as young as they used to be." Spike heard a few breaks more from how hard he shoved her rather than the stairs themselves but he ignored then and went to the room he could tell she was in. "AppleBloom it's me." He was surprised when Big Mac opened the door and let him in quickly closing it behind him. "So this is your room." Big Mac mumbled a yeah as Spike looked around. "Hm the set up is deep yet simple, also despite how clean it is and i mean nearly hospital clean it looks lived it." Big Mac mumbled another yeah and Spike grew slightly annoyed. "I see you have a full size mirror, my sister had one in her room. We'd position ourselves in front of it whenever we made love."(3) Big mac kept looking before turning around so fast he actually blurred like an after image was created. "WHAT?!"

Spike kept a bored neutral face as Big Mac spied his reflection in the mirror. "Oh so you were paying attention, i hadn't noticed." Of course Spike was lying about the sex thing but they did stand in front of the mirror, she'd often play with his hair telling him how his appearence had changed over the years, that is until he stopped growing at fourteen. Dragon bloods grew in stages sometimes big sometimes small but they usually knocked him out and left him weakened which just wasn't ideal, the merger with Yao Lang had been the first big change causing major development and unlike all the other times it didn't make him weaker, he still had no idea why. Maybe it had been ready to happen but had been locked away, then the bond opening his soul to the knightmare had allowed it to spring forth. Questions for later, Spike patiently watched Big Mac search his room wondering how long it would take him to look under his bed.

"I don get it, i looked everywhere else, i know she din't leave the farm." Spike lifted up the bed and pointed to the floorboards. Big Mac was confused before he remembered he had a hidden door there. He found the switch that had hidden under a slightly loose floorboard before the hatch opened up and there was AppleBloom curled up and pressed tightly into the hidden place. "Grab her." Big Mac pulled his sister up and she weakly pulled him into a hug. At that point he realized she'd lost a lot of blood, Spike went over canines lengthening as he opened his mouth wide. He bit down on her neck before blood began pumping in to her. Applebloom's pupils dilated and she shook with power and she jumped out of Big Mac's hands. "Oh my gosh oh my gosh i feel great!" She was shaking with energy while Spike stared at Big Mac.

"Go ahead, i won't stop you." Spike nodded before leaving the room as Applebloom ran on the ceiling. Spike closed the door before placing a barrier on it to block the sound and made his way to the stairway to see Granny Smith gone. "Really?" Spike felt the knife shatter against his skull and stared at her blankly. "So i'm guessing poor decision making is a trait you managed to not pass on, that and horrible taste in hobbies." Spike advanced towards her Fullru drawn to kill, he could hear her humming for the blood of this woman. "Before i kill you one question, Why?" Granny Smith laughed. "When i discovered your twisted blood in our veins, i was sickened by it. So i strove to make sure our blood would not be tainted further, no mortal should have power greater than the gods." Spike chuckled sickly bile rising in his throat. "Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not mortal."

Spike cleaved her in half vertically similar cuts appearing all over her body, Granny Smith exploded into a shower of gore that covered the whole house. "How is that even possible?" Spike just shook his head before dropping the barrier and knocking on the door. "You can come out now, we're leaving." Applebloom ignored the blood that was vanishing as Spike swept it away in a blaze of fire before she went to her room. Big Mac came out all of his things already packed. Spike waited patiently as AppleBloom came out fully packed and he led them out the house.

LATER THE EQUESTRAIN GULF

Spike set his pack down lightly as he looked around his room, not the roomiest but he spent years at a time in a military barrack so this was hardly a step down. He was on the Dreyvarten Explorer headed for the Ketar continent. It was really easy to get to get tickets to the ship and he had all the right papers in order easily. "Some times it pays to know a sun goddess even if she doesn't like you that much." Everyone in Equestria thought they were at least associates thanks to Drey, which was technically true given he now worked for her sister, and Spike was in no hurry to change their minds. Spike was put in a middle class lodging not that he minded and was expected to be on his best behavior. The captain Silver Sails was an upstanding man that Spike was immpressed by, he lead the crew well despitel looking so young.

He decided to get some fresh air and walked outside to the desk it was nice to be at sea without having to worry about getting sunk. He leaned against the railing slightly and turned to look at the other passengers, all tourist looking to see something freaky. The ships first stop was in Baskerville a town famous for its Hounds that some claimed glowed unearthly colors in darkness. Spike was hoping to update his findings on them to see how they'de changed over the years. Five thousand years was plenty of time for a species to undergo a visible evolution, but Spike had no idea how that translated to a domesticated species of animal as while visible evolutions were fast, relatively speaking of course, that only pretained to wild animals not domesticated ones.

How fast also mattered as study even showed a species of finch undergoing one in only thirty years, with no survival of the fittest, outside of specialized breeding how would the Hounds evolve? Spike pulled out a book that was blank in all its pages, this little thing was a special log that would record information on itself as Spike explored and learned from what he saw and heard on his little quest. The first few pages had already started glowing with information. Baskerville was in a creature blood controlled providence that had beeen set up to give creature bloods a foothold in the continent as several places betrayed regular geography like the frost lands and the fire pits. Heat never touched the frost lands and heat never left the fire pits. Spike knew the lands themselves were magic in nature but many didn't and just steered clear of the place.

Then there were the frost Giants and the Fire Imps, though giant was hardly accurate. Frost Amazons would work better as while tall Frost giants were only half a foot taller than the tallest creature bloods and as Spike's height was above average he doubted any of them would be more than five inches taller. Fire imps were different being shorter than most, a sort of yin yang dynamic not lost to Spike, it actually wasn't because of their opposing elements. He put the book focussing on the sail as the wind pushed it forward, he sniffed the air sensing a storm coming and got up to inform the captain. The short walk to the bridge was easy as the deck was right under it with the captains and the first mates quarters behind that so Spike walked up the stairs to the next floor up and knocked.

"what can i do for you my boy?" Spike snickered the captain called everyone who looked younger than him that. "I smelt a storm coming, i think you should alter your course a little." The captain sniffed the air before rubbing his chin. "Aye tis a storm, faint enough that i'd risk it but your kind has many a keen eye and sharp nose so we do thing yer way what'll you suggest?" Spike closed his eyes for a second focussing on everything around him. "Turn to port seventeen degrees, if you keep that course for three hours we should just pass it by. Which we need to, its a monster of a storm." The captain nodded thinking it over in his head. "But if we do that we'd have nary a breeze to push us though." Spike smiled before pointing up to the sail.

"I can handle that part on my own, you just make sure everythings ready." The captain nodded and Spike could hear him barking orders so he went to work. He inscribed small runes onto the ships mast to strengthen it and to apply wind to the sails. Then he jumped down to inscribe wounds on the hull that would allow for optimal water treading. He jumped back on the deck surprising a few people before smiling in a friendly manner especially to the women. He caught a wiff of someone who made him pause in shock, a scent he hadn't smelt in over four thousand years. 'It cant be she's dead!' Spike spied the person, an ambassador from the cyrstal empire. "I searched all over the continent before i left so why does she smell that way?" Spike mumbled to himself. Spike check the device to see that it was pointing forward not back, that meant both of them were there as no second arrow had appeared. 'Integra, Seras, i promise i'll get you back.'

Spike could real a forlorn tingling that he guessed was his swords wether the ones he had with him or the ones he was seeking he didn't know. He looked to his left to see a woman looking out to sea, a sense of sadness and slight dread about her. The was an average height woman with light brown hair and light green eyes that sparkled beautifully but Spike was focussed on other things. Like the pair of pointed ears on top of her head and the tail that began where her spine ended. "A Ketar werewolf." Spike decided he wanted to make small talk so he quickly checked himself over and made his way to her. "Hello." Elena turned and blushed looking at him, he was a tall person dressed in black combat boots, dark blue loose fitting jeans, a purple scaled shirt, and a black short sleeved coat that went down to his knees.

His body was ideal for her well toned, proportioned, and rock hard, yet at the same time having a mix of softer more supple features that didn't make him look overly muscled. His face was the same with harder adult features mixed with boyish charm and kind Azure eyes so sharp it felt like he could cut her with a glare. She felt her body heat up at the sight of him and all he'd done so far was say hello. "Spikeaverious Dreyvarten, just call me Spike." Elena held out her hand shaking it and felt electricity run through her. "Elena Argent." Spike felt her arousal as she shook his hand and couldn't help but smirk, it felt good to be desirable. "May i ask what you're doing here?" She rubbed her throat and Spike eyed the black choker around her neck it seemed to be on a little to tight. "I'm here with me mas-ugh h-husband! Were here for our honey moon."

Spike's eye glowed gold before turning blue again and he smiled looking relaxed but underneath his rage was boiling. "I see, i'm here on business unfortunately, so would you like to talk for a while?" So the talk went for a few hours and Elena was elated to meet him Spike feeling happy Eden had granted his second wish. Speaking of that Spike reached into his pocket and pulled out a red vial, he shook it slightly before taking the cap off and downing it. Elena didn't ask bu she was curious all the same by how her tail wagged. "Its my medicine for the climate changes." She nodded before a man harshly grabbed her arm and yanked her off balance. Spike by reflex grabbed the man in a chokehold bringing the man to his knees as his face turned blue.

"Wait thats my husband!" Spike made an oh face before letting go causing the man to take greedy lungfuls of air. "I apoligize sure, my family was alwasys taught to beat down a person who'd handle a lady so roughly." The man accepted his apology quickly moving away dragging his 'wife' behind him. Spike glared at him as Elena whimpered in submissionand seemed to curl into herself like an animal expecting to be beaten. Spike had a feeling that was exactly what was going to happen.

(1) yes history of the world lets him do this, its not an all knowing thing but he can use it to find answers like where and how did Big Mac get this scar if he focusses enough so it can guide him to where he can get answers.

(2) is an actual concept in real life, ever hear the term it skips a generation, well thats transmigration where genes that are in a genepool but not represented in parents appear on an offspring. It's like if you had brown hair while both your parents have black hair and your grand father on your dads side had the same color hair. the one metioned in story is just a more long reaching one which is still true but allot rarer as a condition.

(3) while Spike is a demisexual that doesn't mean he had an attraction to Mary. He's just messing with Big Mac.