hours later after Equestria fell Celestia was pacing back and forth horrified of what happened to the once luscious Equestria was now a twisted and mutated place of terror.
"What do we do?, Equestria is gone and hope is lost" Celestia spoke "the whole world is in Spike's grasp" she said, then a splash of cold water hit her face snapping her out of it.
"Pull yourself together" Discord told her as he made the cup of he was holding vanish "Now what do we do" he asked.
"We can't do anything, since that dome is in the way" Celestia replied.
"Then we break it down" Rainbow said cockily, then flew off into the distance and blasted forward quickly building up speed, she went into sonic rainboom right at the dome.
"No Don't" Twilight warned, too late for Rainbow, the rainbow maned Pegasus smashed into the dome and a shock of energy slammed her right back.
"Whoa that's shocking" Pinkie Pie spoke the rest just looked at her with a 'Really' look at the bad joke "what, I joke when I'm terrified" she said.
"Thats why, that shield is keeping us out" Twilight told her.
"But how can we take it down" Fluttershy asked.
"lets try blasting it" Cadance said, soon discord, Shining Armor and the four alicorns blasted high powered magic blasts at the dome but they just washed over it a deflected, they increased their blows until they were spent of energy, then Starlight and Rarity blasted the shield.
With Spike he could sense from the crackling sound his dome was being hammered but he scoffed "Don't they know it's futile, lets give them a surprise" He said. He then concentrated on the dome, the dome absorbing the blasts then with a shout launched them back.
The ponies stopped firing, then they heard a crackle and looked and saw the blasts surging in a circle and turned solid and surged.
"Uh guys might i suggest something?" Discord said as their blasts fired back at them "RUN!" he yelled they ran as fast as they could the blast slammed into the area they were just standing making a thundering boom, the impact made a shockwave that knocked them off their hooves and threw them forward, when the dust cleared, a massive part of ledge they were on was blasted to pieces and smoldering with flames and smoke.
"Okay that is ah negative on blasting it" Applejack gaped.
"Is he trying to kill us?" Starlight said.
"what do you think?" Rainbow snapped.
"If we can't touch it or even blast it then its not going to be taking down" Celestia said gloomily.
"But there has to be a way" Rarity said "Spike will do dreadful things" she told her.
"Tell me something that's more dreadful than Spike twisting and mutating Equestria, in a leaving nightmare?" Rainbow dash snapped, then a flash was seen from the dome which made them look and they saw Equestria it's normal self.
"no" Celestia gasped.
"What is Spike doing?" Fluttershy asked.
"He made a illusion to attract the other ponies back" Celestia said.
"What would he gain from that?" Twilight asked, the others were thinking except three because they were there before.
"Control" Starlight spoke.
"Order and being recognized" Luna said.
"Respect" Discord finished.
"How do we fight an enemy that knows our strengths and looks like he knows what to do, because each enemy we fought, their plans were either half cocked or they didn't plan" Pinkie Pie asked, Applejack was pacing around when she saw something, she walked over to it.
"Whats this?" Applejack spoke then her eyes widened "Uh folks, ya'll need to see these , the walked over and their eyes widened.
"Thats because Spike did plan" Twilight gaped, on the ground where they were thrown to, was sketches of their faces of who was the biggest threat and which ones to go to first.
"Now it makes sense why Spike attacked Celestia and the stronger ones first" Shining asked "And why he turned rock into metal on some of us, because we would break them" he said.
"There strategies and he trained himself for combat" Twilight said.
"and he threw us out out of Equestria because and trapped us out because we were a real threat to his plans" Discord said.
"It would seem like that" Applejack spoke "I hate to admit it but that Dragon knows what he's doing" she said.
"Maybe Spike doesn't know what he is doing he might be lost in his mind" Fluttershy spoke.
"I wish it were that thy case, but this is far from thee truth" Luna said.
"Fluttershy does have a point, the loss he went through must of changed something in him" Applejack said.
"Don't you get it, we all have our share of bad things but it's not enough to have us change into the apocalypse" Twilight told the two.
"None of it would've happened if Ya'll trusted him about the changeling" Applejack pointed out "All of this could've been avoided" she said.
"Perhaps but still Spike is an enemy and a threat to Equestria and like any threat" Celestia said.
"We must take him down" Twilight finished.
"But how?" Rainbow asked with little patience.
"We need to figure it out and quick" Cadance said.
"I'm Cadance surely you can see Spike has a troubled heart, I mean you can sense the conflict or warmth of a ponies heart" Fluttershy tried.
"Normally I can sense but I didn't sense a thing from his, I didn't even feel it coming when we were trapped in the cocoons or even when I'm a foot from him" Cadance told her "and a sense no warmth or life in his heart" she said "His heart is dead and cold" she told her.
"Well it is beating since he is alive" Discord said since he has really good hearing.
"But it is cold and dead as a rock" Cadance finished "that is why he's eyes were cold and lifeless" she said
"and when I fought him I looked into his eyes and I saw Darkness and hatred, also a creature who 100% knows what he is doing" Celestia spoke "I know when I see a hesitated glint in their eyes they are in a bad spot, but I saw no ounce of that in his eyes" she said.
"But what do we do?" Luna asked "He must have a chink or Achilles heel" she said.
"We must stay together and trust each other or Spike might divide us" Celestia warned them.
"She is half right, but I'm going to do worse, I'm going rip the friendship you seven share apart" a cold resonating voice sounded, they turned and saw their greatest enemy standing 5 feet from them with cold smirk.
"You!" Rainbow snarled and charged at Spike, Spike just slammed a punch in her face knocking her back and then he made a swipe with a arm and a solid blast of wind blew them back, Spike put the same dome around Equestria around himself deflecting blasts back at the attacker making them jump back.
"Ah Rainbow Crash if only you knew what Rarity thought of you" Spike tisked.
"Yeah I'm awesome" Rainbow boasted.
"Your correct, awesome" Rarity said halfheartedly.
"Now I know why you were chosen for generosity, your not honest like Applejack, she says what is on her mind, not always the best but Honesty is better than generosity" Spike said "You should read this Rainbow and see what she feels around you" he said tossing a piece of paper to her hooves she picked it up and gasped and glared at Rarity.
"That is what you think of me, a obnoxious showboater" Rainbow spat "Sometimes I wish Rainbow would grow up about her boasting about being a Wonderbolt, sometimes she acts more like a child than a adult mare
Rarity Belle" she readed out loud with anger in her voice.
"I don't think that or wrote that" Rarity tried.
"Uh that defense Ain't true actually" Applejack said "I can tell when ah pony is lying and yah just did" she said with a frown making Rainbow angrier.
"Rainbow thinks of you as a prissy fussy snob" Spike readed from another page.
"And might I add, a shallow backstabbing social climber" Rainbow dash hissed at Rarity.
"Actually that is actually a nice way of saying to what you called her" Spike said "Lets just say the word you said would have parents covering the colts and fillies ears it was used around them" he said making Rarity gasp appalled and glared at Rainbow.
"I should've added a foulmouthed arrogant mare to the list" Rarity hissed.
"And Fluttershy and Pinkie what do you want to know what the other said and vise versa" Spike smirked, he held up two pages and gave them it with a breeze he conjured up, they gasped.
"A wild partyalcoholic boar" Pinkie Pie shrieked "What!?" she said outraged.
"a wimp and thats putting it lightly" Fluttershy gasped
"How dare you!?" they said glaring at each other.
"Oh and Twilight what was that you wrote about Starlight and Starlight the same?, about 'sometimes I think Starlight might go bad again so I've been keeping a careful eye on her when we she is studying and make sure she doesn't try to change fate again" "It has been a week being Twilight's student and I wish she was a bit more active, she is a good teacher but it is annoying when she is always reading or when I always bump into her when she has her nose muzzle in a book when she is walking, and it bugs me how lazy she acts at times just sitting on her rump and having her assistant do her own chores for her" Spike spoke looking at the pages.
The teacher and the student glared at each with bared teeth, the 6 mares got into a heated arguement with another what they didn't like about the other.
"I wish I wasn't made an element to be with a backstabber like you!" the 5 all said.
"I should've stayed in my old village away from you" Starlight barked.
"Wish granted" Spike said with a cold smile then yelled letting out a blast of mystic power sending them scattering in different directions, then he looked at the three alicorns, Shining Armor, Discord and Applejack who were left.
"There goes harmony, that's why you should be honest and help those areas instead of hiding and keep secrets, now their going to face their consequences alone" Spike said "and if they ever do cross paths they will have to earn the others trust again" he said coldly with a wicked grin.
"Now with harmony gone, i'm getting rid of love and friendship and light" Spike said with a low tone and drew a sword and moved forward.
"It doesn't have to be this way" Applejack tried.
"Oh but it does, as I understand the apocalypse means the final judgement of the world or in this case, ponies" Spike said, then his eyes glowed slightly "and her judgement and twilights is decided" he said "and their final judgement, is death!" he snarled at the last part.
"But worry they won't be alone, because Cadance and Shining Armor are going to" Spike said with a low tone "For not listening to me" he said with a glare.
"Spike I know y'ah you would nev'er Do this" Applejack tried, Spike just looked at her with no emotion.
"What you thought you knew about me" Spike said "I buried it with Thorax and if the ones that banished and had Thorax killed because they didn't think I was telling the truth then, they don't know me at all" he stated.
"We had-" Shining started.
"No choice" Spike scoffed "You did, you choose wrong" said, he then pointed at Celestia with his sword and the other two
"She had the choice of leaving my parents alone, Sparkle had a choice of ignoring Celestia's order and leaving Thorax alone, those two had the choice to listen to me, but not one of those four did" Spike gritted his teeth at last part.
"Now I'm making my choice, a chance for my own vengeance" Spike said with glowing solid green eyes, that burned with fire and mystic energy.
Celestia charged drawing a battle axe, she swung Spike just raised a clawedhand and the ax blade shattered like glass making her gasp with shock.
"Your powers are weak old mare" Spike sneered, she swung again with a sword Spike just lazily stepped to the side, then he caught the blade and yanked it out of her magic, then tightened his grip hard and the blade shattered he grabbed her by the throat picking her up then slammed a fist in her stomach hard knocking her back a dozen feet.
"You'll shall pay for this madness" Luna declared with a glare and charged with a sword but Spike dodged slightly and grabbed the sword by the hilt pulling it out of the magic then snapped it across his knee with little effort.
"Whats happening dear sister" Luna asked in shock.
"I don't know, this never happened before" Celestia replied in equal shock Spike just smirked cruelly.
"Feel a little powerless?" Spike said with a cold smile "That is because your out of range where your power is strongest and you two are far from the range points of the sun and the moon" he said "Meaning your far south to the point you can't draw strength from the sun and moon" he smirked, then he chuckled maliciously.
"No" the two stated.
"Ohh yes" Spike smiled wickedly "Lucky for me my power comes from within" he said "Of all the enemies you faced not one of them tried to get you out of range from your power, there plans were half done only taking over a small part of Equestria and play around, I don't play I plan and strategize and execute" he claimed.
"Thats why I'm successful and they failed" Spike said "and from Equestria, I Want It All" he grin savagely as a glint in his eyes appeared.
"And no one will stop me" Spike glared.
"In time somepony will triumph and you will fall, like I did" Discord warned him "Evil never wins" he said.
"Perhaps they will but it will take 100 years for that dome to come down and if you do return, I will always throw you back out and you will always start from the beginning" Spike snickered.
"And honestly, you can't defeat any problem with out harmony" Spike said "Or love" he narrowed his eyes and conjured and threw a two daggers at Cadance.
"No!" Shining Armor yelled and pushed her out of the way and the dagger jammed in his shoulder and back leg making him groan in pain.
"Predictable, I knew you would take the hit, love made you weak Shining Armor" Spike said "attachments and love" he spat at the word "Are weaknesses" he said.
"Your a monster" Cadance cried with tears as she checked on Shining Armor who couldn't stand on up on his legs since two were out of commission.
"Oh I'm worse than a monster, I'm the apocalypse" Spike corrected with a cold smile, then vanished with a flare of green fire.
"Hang on babe" Cadance said pulling the daggers out and healed his wounds with her magic, he stood back up shakily.
"We need to find the others where ever they are" Celestia said.
"But how we don't know where they were blasted to?" Discord asked "and what of the dome, if what Spike said is true then Equestria will be like this forever" he said, then the dome started to expend higher bigger and wider, then group back up till they stepped off a slope and into the water where they swam to shore quickly, they looked and jagged Spiky rocks ruptured through the gray ground then vines sprouted and turned into metal wrapping around the formations which grew 2 inch metal spikes, then metal towers ruptured through some of the formations and formed bowls on top that lit with cyan flames, metal rigid spikes sprouted through as the rock turned into metal, the stream they just just fell into seconds ago turned into a stream of lava, then tall massive thick walls of rock covered around the outside of the dome and rock spears sprouted and turned into metal spears.
"It's his greed over again" Applejack gaped.
"Spike is a dragon and a dragon's greed only grows" Discord told her.
Later the group left to find the other elements bearers, then hours turned into days, when they say a familiar face, it was Rainbow Dash who was weak and shaky, Cadance placed a spell that returned Rainbow back to normal but she fell alseep.
"Wait here" Discord said, then he teleported away.
they waited day for a few days when Discord came with unconscious Fluttershy, he went back out a few days and then another day was almost over when Discord came with Rarity and Pinkie Pie.
"I'll go this time" Cadance told him and teleported out, then came back 5 days later when she came with Starlight Glimmer. She then came back after 4 days with Twilight Sparkle, all of them were weak and shaky.
"Now we can heal and replenish them" Celestia said, it took half a month but they found the bearers, then Discord and Cadance cast a spell that brought them back into normal state just tired.
"do you think they forget the wedge between them?" Discord asked.
"They have to for all our sake's" Celestia replied.
they woke up an hour later and the 6 mares eyes widened when they saw the other making the them glare.
"Whats she doing here!?" the 6 demanded.
"We will discuss this later but for now eat" Celestia ordered Discord made a buffet appear making their stomachs growl the got huge platefuls of what the wanted and ate them but the 6 mares sat way away from the other, eating with glares.
later after sitting in silence Celestia brought them together "Okay listen it's understandable your mad at the other for keeping those secrets, but what is worse your petty grudges or the fact Equestria is in Spike's claws and the others inside the dome are in danger?" she questioned sternly, they thought of it.
"Look you can stop being the bearers if you want but can't you do it after our greatest threat is stopped?" Celestia asked.
"I guess I can if she won't be in the way" they 6 said at once.
"Good but for Equestria's sake you best be putting your new feeling aside" Celestia said sternly.
Spike was looking at the ponies from a castle he made by merging it with Canterlots it was massive it was 5 stories tall 4 inchs thick of thick obsidian and metal, that gleamed and glittered in the half low sun since Celestia couldn't raise it and lower it being so far out, that had came back thanks to Spike's illusion, they were cowering in fear at the new world and Spike's new position.
"What are you going to do with us?" A pony asked with fear in his voice.
"Nothing if you stay faithful" Spike said jumping down in front of him.
"Your not going to kill us are you?" a mare asked.
"What a brave roach you are, you know your powerless, you wouldn't dare rise against me" Spike said even tone but there was no warmth "And if you continue to stay faithful and not get in my rule you may stay in my empire" he said, then his eyes went dark "But you rise up I will not hesitate to strike you down" he said to emphasize his point, he made a bolt of lightning crash down from the sky and blast a rock monster obliterating it with a boom.
"Now pretend it's a normal day and caring on your days" Spike said before vanishing with a lightning bolt.
outside the dome
The group was walking for weeks when they came across the stream of lava "Okay things look worse than before and the dome is twice as big" Rainbow dash stated with disbelief.
"Yeah and it will be even harder since there's walls and sharp spikes in the way" Twilight stated, then Discord teleported them in front of the dome.
"Watch your step or your fried" Discord warned them all "Now the easy part was getting to the dome, the hard part is getting it down" he said. they struck the dome with everything they had blasting it or bucking it or hitting it with their front hoofs or bashing into it.
after awhile they stopped worn out, they didn't even crack the spots not even a bit of a crack.
"It's no use the dome is too strong and thick" Twilight groaned.
Discord then spun like a top drilling into the ground and appearing on the other side of the dome "Why didn't we think of that before" Twilight gaped.
"I guess if your the smartest doesn't mean, you have common sense" Starlight sneered.
"Really we haven't been here for a day and your getting in my face, about common sense, where was your common sense when you went bad and enslaved your own village?" Twilight snapped back.
The two growled at each other
"Enough!" Celestia ordered "and follow Discord's lead" she demanded.
The two huffed and one by one they went into the hole and out the end, then walked onward, of course the breach didn't go unnoticed.
Back with Spike, the dragon was meditating when he sensed a disturbance, his eyes opened and his brows furrowed.
"It seems we have a breach" Spike said with a low voice, he flew to where he sensed it.
The group was reaching the wall when they heard a sonic boom and something approaching from the North.
"Well thine plan didn't go unnoticed" Luna stated to Discord.
"I didn't have a plan I just thought a way to get in and improvise" Discord retorted, Then Spike landed in front of them cracking the ground.
"Well you found a way in but I still sense a rift" Spike said with no smile "I give you one chance only, swear you will stay out of my way of my rule you may stay in my kingdom" he said.
"We will never lead you" Twilight snapped.
"Then get out" Spike said with eyes flaring "or face my wrath" he hissed as thunder rumbled and the ground cracked as Spike clenched his fists "You think you saw my full power well your mistaking" he said "I only using half" he smiled coldly.
Starlight Glimmer launched a power blast at him Spike just narrowed his eyes and caught the blast in his palm and squinted, the blast was fired back slamming into Starlight knocking her into Twilight sending them back several feet "Really your as strong as Twilight and that was it?" he said, He them fired a fair quite amount of mystic energy shot them through the dome as it rippled like water and back on shore at the otherside of the stream of lava.
Then lava erupted from the stream in a slope and turned black and solid and with sharp spines at the top 4 inches long and some were 7 feet long and at different angles, then the dome shimmered as another layer appeared behind it and then a floor like the dome connecting with the door so nopony or Discord couldn't come through again.
"Well that failed" Pinkie Pie moaned.
Spike shook his head "Simpletons" he said with a scoff, then flew back after he made the holes close up with a squeeze of a claw.
The group hours later were climbing up the hardened lava wall blocking the slope, soon they arrived and careful not to get skewered or jabbed with the spikes then they slid down and the otherside breathing heavily.
"Um Celestia why are you and Luna look so weak?" Fluttershy asked with worry.
"It's Spike's doing he tossed us away to the south away from the sun and the moon, so the longer were away they weaker we get" Celestia said "Spike doesn't mess around and won't miss a step to his strategies " she said.
"He improved his defenses and the dome" Shining stated and looking at the ground which was just like the dome now.
"Well digging is not going to work" Discord said, then he touched it with his dragonleg and it rippled making him step back with surprise.
"Or maybe it won't come down because only dragons can go through" Discord said "Fortunately my leg is a dragon's leg" he smirked then reared back and slammed a kick in the dome a layer shattered into pieces, then the other dome which was destroyed to.
With Spike his eyes widened with shock as his dome's were destroyed "Impossible" he said, he snapped his clawedfingers and rock creatures appeared.
"Guard my empire because your life's depend on it" Spike ordered, the rock creatures had metal armor seal over their parts and they moved out "They think i will be stopped, they still don't know how to stop me" he said, then he made dragon soldiers form and grow from metal parts and their eyes glowed green.
"Go to everypart of my empire and protect it" Spike ordered, the metal dragon soldiers just stood there blinking making his eye's twitch "Why are you still standing there?, move!" he barked in a grim tone at the last part zapping them with jolt of purple lightning making them bolt away.
The group was on the march through the mutated Equestria when rock creatures from the ground came through and grabbed two ponies, one grabbed Rainbow and Rarity, another grabbed Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, a third grabbed Twilight and Starlight, then green flames appeared under the creatures and they were teleported away.
Celestia made a Telepathy link to the guards left and summoned them 8,000 Solar, Lunar, And crystal guards appeared.
"Thought there were more odd" Discord scratched his head.
"While you were away some tried to stop that monster that was bringing the end, but they failed and he locked them away" A solar guard spoke.
"Where?" Celestia demanded.
"In the bowels of his fortress bound with metal restraints from what a spy told us" another spoke.
Spike was listening from high up in the sky with his superhearing and his eyes snapped open with fury "I will not stand for this" he hissed and turned back to his domain and had the soldiers find the spy, it didn't take long they could smell deception and the brought two spies actually Bonbon and Lyra, he stood in front of them furiously with glowing iris's.
"I will tolerate traitors in my kingdom" Spike hissed "Guards seize them" he barked two rock creatures grabbed them and swallowed them up as bars formed in their stomachs.
"Crush them" Spike ordered, his creatures started to sink in their stomachs when three rock creatures appeared with 6 mares making him smile wickedly "stand down" he called the creatures stopped.
Traitors and trespassers what will I do?" Spike asked himself "I know, I don't have to" he said.
"You won't get away with this" Rainbow Dash spat.
"Looks I did" Spike smirked coldly.
"Yeah honestly Dash, think before you talk" Rarity said making Rainbow dash growl and bump her into the wall and soon the two were getting into a full blown tussle, Spike then merged the two others with the one and soon the rest were fighting the other.
"They can kill each other" Spike said with evil grin, he sensed another threat coming 1000 yards away "Hmm?, I been itching for a brawl" he said and flashed away.
The three Alicorns, Discord, Applejack and Shining and the 8000 guards were on the march when a flash was seen and on top of a cliff was Spike glaring at them but had a grim smirk and cold eyes.
Spike clenched his fists as he taped into his mystic powers, lightning flashed and the cliff cracked and a transparent surge of mystic power so strong it blew dust and pebbles around him in a circle a sphere of mystic energy formed around him then lightning crashed down hitting Spike the lightning sparked and coiled around Spike's body and limbs and his eyes glowed white with lightning and his eyes turned solid neon green and glowed with fire and Spike jumped down making a shockwave that ripped up the ground and blew a dozen back, the charged forward and swung with sparking and mystic energy empowered fist slamming into a chest of one zapping him back he swiped a clawedhand and the ground split and rocks and dirt and wind slammed into a bunch knocking them back and he grabbed one with a lightning grab that shocked the guard and threw him to the side and kicked on in the stomach the force and the bolt knocked him back he jumped high and landed in the middle of a 2 dozen blowing them back with jolt of lightning and mystic energy.
He then launched whitish green fire balls at them hitting their armor and knocking them down and back, he then conjured up a spear with a sword on the top and blocked spears of a bunch the throwing his weapon up pushing theirs away from him then made a blast of wind blowing them back. He swung his weapon around summoning a gust of wind and with a swing launched the blast at a bunch blowing them back, he then kicked one in the chest and uppercutted another back, he dug his clawfingers into the ground and using just his dragon strength ripped a huge chunk and threw it at Shining Armor who destoryed with a powerful blast but it was a distraction, Spike was soaring at him and plowed a punch in his face sending him back into a black treee with 3 inch long thorns on the branches knocking him into the tree.
Spike then let out a roar with a explosion of lightning and mystic energy that blew the rest away, then turned to the 6 left with a dark look.
He stormed forward with growl and gathered whitish green fire in a free clawedhand that crackled with sparks and mystic energy, with a yell he brought his sword at Celestia who dodged but a big blast of his mystic fire lightning blast slammed into her knocking her into a rock formation destroying a part of it, then he thrusted out a clawhand outstretched and with slight twitch of his clawedfingers and a down motion the formation cracked and fell on top of her.
"Celestia!" Luna said, then a lightning blast struck her sending her back "Be more worried about yourself" Spike hissed, he turned to Cadance, Discord, and Applejack.
Celestia emerged from the pile of rocks and flew at Spike launching a blast, but the dragon dodged.
"Keep him busy I need to find a weakness if he has one!" Celestia called.
"Where are you going?" Spike demanded and grabbed Cadance and threw her viscously into Celestia making them fall to the ground with a painful groan.
Then Discord launched a blast at Spike but Spike blocked with dome of mystic energy and made the ground shake with a slight hand swipe, the ground slanted up making Discord loss his footing and Spike blew him blast with a blast of wind.
"Stay out of this" Spike ordered "I don't want to end up hurting you" he said "You of all should know about being judged for being different all your life and having power to change that" he said
"True but that path that I was on and the path you decided to take will make you alone" Discord told him getting up.
"Hahahaha oh heheha" Spike laughed fiendishly "Please I can do what ever I want, I don't need anypony" he said.
Spike then left the scene with a bolt of lightning, Luna turned to Celestia "time for a change of strategy" she spoke.
"What are you planning sister?" Celestia asked healing herself.
" Spike is far too strong and We know his hatred for you is immense so we can use that for an advantage, where I will look for something that can help" Luna said "And with you just in his sights" she said.
" he wont be focused on anything but me, good but risky plan but only plan we have" Celestia agreed.
Spike was standing on the balcony of a tower when he felt a force growing power getting closer
"Celestia" Spike growled, then the sun rose brightening a bit of the darkened and mutated world but only slightly. Spike then made his armor appear on himself and his eyes narrowed as he heard footsteps land behind him.
He turned around menacingly and glared at the pony "Celestia" he hissed seeing the solar Alicorn with her own armor and held a strong glare to.
"all of this for what?" Celestia demanded.
"For what any creature wants" Spike said with no warmth "To be seen and known, I have been in your and the others shadows but no more, Equestria stands in my shadow" he said.
"Besides I haven't harmed a pony in my rule, well I was about to but only because will tolerate spies or trespassers in my domain" Spike said glaring at the distance at his captured "and it's like I said to them, You stay out of the way of my rule you may stay in my kingdom but if you rise up I will strike you down" he hissed.
"You have let yourself to be corrupted with hate and darkness to the point you became the very thing we all thought you would help us to stop" Celestia glared.
"Oh please that was my weaknesses blinding me about the truth about Equestria, but I moved on and unlocked my power finding my purpose" Spike huffed "I have brought order and security to my empire" Spike stated glaring at the distance.
"Your new empire?" Celestia's eyes widened with shock and anger "You destroyed what I built and twisted and mutated it in your sickened way" she spat, making Spike's anger and frown increase.
"Don't make me kill you" Spike threatened, the words stinging Celestia's heart and her breath leaving her like she just got hit in the stomach.
"Spike I bring light and friendship to Equestria to spread light and laughs to the world" Celestia spoke then glared "Your world is filled with terror and darkness" she snapped.
"If your not with me then your my enemy, as I stated before" Spike said with cold and grim voice.
"Only someone filled with hate and evil deals with absolutes" Celestia sighed, then drew a solar sword "I'll do what I must" she said.
"You will try" Spike snarled before drawing a battle sword the blade glowed with mystic energy and power making the blade glow with a neon green fiery glow, then jumped high spinning to face Celestia and clashed the mystic empowered sword into the solar sword making a crackle sound, the two engage in a battle to determining the fate of Equestria once again, either turning it back to it's normal and luscious glory or remain mutated and dark.
Spike increased his speed of his swings not letting up pushing Celestia back, then dodge a strike and kicked Celestia in the side slamming her into a wall of his castle cracking it, then grabbed her by the head turned and threw her across the balcony and through the railing and jumped after her and slammed punch in her stomach slamming her on the ground leaving a hole in it then struck her once in the face with a free clawedhand grabbed her by her armored chestplate and flung her through a pillar of rock.
"Come on is that the best you can do?, but then again you have others fight your battles for you" Spike demanded, Celestia let out a angry scream and launched a massive blast of energy which Spike blocked with a shield of mystic energy and blocked several swings with his sword and dodged "That's much better" he smirked savagely.
Then blocked another and pushed her back before slamming punch to her chest sending her flying back she then tackled her at a high speed through lava structures and formations and slammed her on the ground making a crater then lift her up and slammed a punch in her stomach before backfisting her he jaw knocking her down then kicked her through a twisted spiral of ice shattering it.
Back with the others the were trying to free the other girls "Did Spike do that Y'all? Applejack asked.
"No those 6 started to pummel the other" Bonbon answered from her own prison.
"Okay listen up you 6, this problem between you developed must end or it will end us all" Cadance stated firmly "Focus on the good times and accept your flaws" she said sternly.
seconds later the talked and started to get misty eyed and grouped hugged in the cage.
"I'm so sorry" they said.
"Now lets get out of here and stop the Apocalypse" Cadance ordered.
"Yeah!" they cheered.
With Spike he just blocked a blast with his sword then blocked a swing of a hoof and grabbed Celestia's foreleg and side of her armor his grip sunk in the metal turned and threw her to the side. He launched a blast of blue fire from his mouth, Celestia putted up a dome of magic but the force moved her back hard into the castle door cracking the hard stone, the dome cracked rapidly and Spike threw a whitish green fire ball surging with mystic energy slamming through the dome and hitting Celestia in the chest hard sending her through the doors and several walls and into a pillar cracking it bottom to the top.
Spike used his speed to close the gap quick then backclawed her across the room and into a wall leaving a hole. he jumped across with a downwards swing which Celestia blocked then knocked Spike back with her back hooves, he sprang back up and swung which Celestia dodged and Spike's fist slammed through the thick wall he let out a groan and a yell the wall cracked and Spike ripped out a massive 12 foot chunk from the wall and threw it at her then flew and smashed through it tackling Celestia through another wall.
"Hmm prisoners had escaped no problem" Spike frowned no problem then his eyes glowed solid neon green and he focused on a bunch of metal dragon soldiers "Prisoners have escaped tear them apart" he ordered as Celestia slammed into him.
with the group they it took awhile but they were free "Were free" they cheered, there victory was cut short when a bunch of roars were heard, they looked a saw 12 dragon guards made out of metal flying fast, their green eyes turned red and they breathed green fire making them dodge and run for cover.
"Great dragon soldiers made of metal" Rainbow groaned "What else?" she grumbled, then a metal pole in behind them grew metal limbs and wrapped them around them and pulling them back trapping them.
"You had to ask?" Twilight gritted her teeth
Spike blocked and parried a swing and used his strength to push the solar sword back, Celestia pushed back with her own Spike grabbed the magic covered hilt with a free clawed and twirling the sword in a circle Celestia's sword flew from the magic grasp then Spike grabbed her by the throat making he choke then forced her to the ground and the sword burned with green flames which she tried to keep from moving with her magic then just as the edge was about to touch her neck she kicked him off her Spike lost his own weapon but he stood up jumped and slammed his clawed feet into her chest and slammed a punch in her face knocking her into the wall.
Spike then called his sword back with a breeze of wind to his clawed hand and jumped frontally kicked Celestia through the wall with a room with a crystal covered table, Celestia got her own sword back and parried a bunch of heavy and fast swings.
The two launched a massive attack Celestia sent a beam of energy as Spike sent a massive bolt of lightning thats tore through the roof the blasts slammed into another the kickback knocked the two duelers on their rumps
Then they snapped up and clashed blades again and Celestia launched a blast just as Spike launched his own blast with mystic energy and wind the two attacks hit each other and stopped the other, the casters used their will and mental power to try to over power the attack to the energies exploded knocked both back with the shockwave, Spike slammed against a wall and Celestia slammed against the table hard Spike was up a second later charging and slammed a slash which Celestia blocked but the impact slid off and sliced the table in half, then the blade flashed with Purple lightning and swung the blade with angry roarlike yell sliced through the solar sword and a chunk of the armor leaving a cut on Celestia's chest the bolt slammed her across the room and through the wall and out of the castle.
the group was trapped with the dragon soldiers guarding them when Luna popped up stealthy next to them.
"I found something" Luna whispered to them before her magic surrounded them freeing them and teleporting away.
Celestia slammed on top of a hardened lava on a lava pound in Ponyville that cracked and moved away she scrambled to the middle of it Spike landed on another and jumped on hers and sliced which she blocked.
the two attacked again and again high low and middle cutting off the others attacks, then they locked blades grimacing in each others faces, Spike pushed her back almost to the edge and the two locked eyes, a pair of pony eyes filled with regret and sorry the other a pair of green dragon filled with hate and rage.
"I have failed you I see that now and I'm sorry I wasn't there for you Spike" Celestia apologized.
"I should've known better to trust ponies, Torch warned me about you he knew you would try to stop me from unlocking my power" Spike agreed with anger in his voice.
"Spike using your power for evil and your own selfish gains" Celestia replied.
"For my point of view you ponies are evil" Spike barked back.
"Then you are lost in a world of hate and devastation you truly are the apocalypse!" Celestia shouted back.
"This is the end for your light, mother" Spike snarled in a dark tone, the two engaged on the hardened lava.
the group arrived in Ponyville and saw the two battling on top of the lava pound their swords swinging wildly.
"You know for all the battle's Tia has taking she never was pushed to her limits" Discord voiced, seeing The Solar Alicorn was panting and winded
he then slammed the in her forehead stunning her, then made a coil of magic and mystic energy wrap around her throat and made a pinch movement with his claws the Solar Alicorn found herself choking and he lift her up by the coil and sunk the coil tighter making her eyes widened and hardly breathing then he punched her in the chest denting the armor and kicked her off the lava chunk and on the thin metal grass the grass stuck to her armor like a porcupine.
"Ahhahahaaaa ohhaha" Spike laughed wickedly "Thats a good look, porcupinelestia" he cackled before jumping off the chunk to and landed 3 feet from her.
Then suddenly he felt his power leave him rapidly, he looked at his clawedhand the surging mystic energy fizzed out.
"What the fraggnard?" Spike he spoke, he looked and through the blackish greenish clouds he saw something and his eyes widened. up in the sky was the moon just covering the sun making an eclipse.
"You were challenging foe Spike, but you made one mistake you should've burnt thy scroll" Luna told him with stern gaze "We know the first two aren't going to work since you have battle strategies and fighting skills and your the only mystic dragon around, it's option three: an eclipse" "without your mystical powers your just a normal dragon, and not just your mystic power your strength and other abilities to" she said.
"Meaning your weak" Rainbow dash hissed and flew at him at full speed but Spike's clawedhand wrapped around her throat stopping her, she placed her hooves on the claw trying to pull it off but it was tight.
"I maybe weakened but I'm still a dragon" Spike snarled and headbutted he in the face knocking her out and down. then breathed out a stream of whitish green fire since he couldn't breath his blue fire right now.
He then blitzed at Luna who's horn was still glowing and grabbed her face and horn then forcing her horn to the side and moved the moon away unblocking the sun and threw Luna to the ground and moon moved behind the horizon, Celestia got up gasping and holding her throat with a hoof from the mystic choke.
Then Spike turned his mystic powers on full blast blowing them off their hooves "You think you can deafeat me one of the most power race of dragons well your mistaken!" his voice said in a demonic beast like and resonating voice.
Then Celestia's and Luna's eyes glowed solid yellow and white "Ah finally using your full power good" he said smiling evilly "I wanted a reason to use mine and you just gave" he told them, then he closed his eyes and focused on his power and with a humming sound was heard faint at first but grew louder as the power and energy grew.
"his energy his growing rapidly" Twilight said backing up.
"I sense it to" Starlight said with worry backing up, then Spike eyes opened his eyes they were glowing solid neon green bu then they glowed brighter and cyan fire and mystic energy swayed around the edges and overflowed, then Spike's body started to grow, he got to a height of 7 feet tall his neck got more like a grown dragons, his limbs body and tail grew longer and more dragonish to, he fangs got longer pointer and his talons and claws grew longer and a blinding flash glowed making them close their eyes when the light faded they gaped at Spike's changed he was taller and bigger and limbs tail and neck and snout were longer, his spines were curved and dagger like and longer, he was hovering off the ground and he lowered to it.
"Wow that was, tingly" Spike voice had changed to it resonated more "Now I'm ready for round 2" he said and blitzed at the sisters, he moved so fast they didn't seem him to he was right in their faces decking both in the face with two punches making them fly back 20 feet crashing into a formation knocking it over.
"His strength increased as well as his speed" Luna spoke shaking her head as they darted forward, Spike blocked magic blasts with a shield of mystic energy and magic, he launched a blast of fire from his claws they dodged it obliterated massive obsidian structure with a boom.
He then caught a solar sword by the blade with a glowing and empowered clawedhand and grabbed a foreleg when Celestia tried to hit with it's hoof gripping tighter the armor caved in like tin foil and bones in her foreleg cracked, he forced her on her knees keeping his foot on the sword.
Celestia let a dozen beams of energy of the sun from her horn hitting the dragon but he just stood there still as a statue glaring at her with bright glowing solid neon green eyes.
Then his hearing picked up movement and he grabbed Luna by the neck lifting her up who started zapping him to but still nothing then Spike slammed Luna into Celestia sending them back 12 feet back, the two launched the biggest blast of record blasts, Spike just shot out a hand and magic and mystic energy surrounded the blasts strikes and they stopped in a instant, then he directed at Cadance and Shining who blocked them but the magnitude shattered the shields on contact and hit the ground a hoofstep from them that blew them off their hooves and the two crashed into a building 30 yards away injured and weak to stand.
Celestia looked at him with wide eyes "How can you contain that much power?" she asked her, Spike just glared at her not saying a word then smirked coldly and her eyes widened with terror, more terror than when she found out Spike was a mystic dragon.
"No please not that" Celestia gasped voice cracked with terror.
"Whats wrong with her now?" Starlight asked.
"Spike has risen to a level Celestia fears more than a mystic" Discord said.
"Whats that?" Twilight said concerned.
"an Ultra Mystic" Discord said "with a big U. M." he told them.
"Whats an ultra mystic?" Fluttershy asked.
"a Ultra Mystic is when a mystic masters his other powers his own power grows to levels near limitless" Discord told her.
"Great" Twilight said.
Then Luna and Celestia held hooves and fused together turned into a 7 foot tall alicorn whit fur with a sun cutie mark with a black splotched blob and a crescent moon, and black and white wings, the limbs were white and black feathers and fire red mane and tail with black strips and swayed like flames.
"Really combined powers?" Spike spoke "If you can hardly defeat me when your separate then your not going to defeat me now, like this" Spike hissed as his pupils under his glowing eyes turned into razor thin slits and he grew bigger and taller till he was 30 feet tall, looking more beast than mystic, scales were thicker and harder than before, his spines grew wider longer and sharper.
He then let out a massive roar that shook the ground, then smacked the 7 foot alicorn across ponyville and into a crooked building breaking it.
Spike's just a mindless beast we can take him" Starlight said charging but Spike smacked her with his tail knocking her back
"I'M NOT MINDLESS, I CAN USE POWER AND MAGIC TO MAKE ME GROW" Spike spoke in deep gravely voice "Although it's a combination of both can't do it without both" he said.
Then a blast stuck him in the chest, he looked and saw the alicorn, then flew with both hooves outstretched but Spike caught them with his massive clawed hands and the Alicorn was immensely strong but Spike had near limitless strength at his side and pushed back but the Alicorn used her magic to increase her strength.
"The field is almost even Spike" Celestia's and Luna's voice came from the alicorn's mouth, Spike just looked at them with a hard gaze.
"You may have enhanced strength" Spike told them in a deep demonic voice "But all that makes you two is a very strong mouse" he hissed then let go of her hooves and grabbed her shoulders slamming her on the ground and threw her with a claw into a tower of obsidian 10 feet next to him destroying it, then grabbed her back hooves with massive clawedhand and slammed her repeatedly on the ground leaving a big hole then slammed her on the other side then threw her on the ground hard skidding to a stop leaving and trench and metal grass that snapped as the alicorn past through cuts everywhere and the two unfused badly injured and not getting up.
"I'll get them to safety you deal with that beast" Cadance ordered her and Shining teleported out. Spike glared at the 7 and shrunk to 7 feet, then he charged at them.
Cadance and Shining Armor were in Spikes castle
"Jeez he couldn't have made it brighter" Shining Armor spoke.
"Lets heal them and help Twilight" Cadance said.
back with Twilight and the others everyone but Applejack, fluttershy and discord were on the ground with pain.
"I was hoping this wouldn't come down to this" Twilight said and then with a flash the elements of harmony were on the 6 mares.
"You ain't thinking" Applejack gasped.
"There is no other choice" Twilight frowned "It's either stop Spike now or Equestria remains this way forever and with Spike ruling with an iron claw" she said.
Applejack and Fluttershy sighed "There ain't no choice is there?" she said "Fine" she agreed.
"Starlight is still out, one of us has to restrain him" Twilight said.
"Can't be one of us" Rarity replied.
"I'll do it" Discord said "But first" he spoke then he made the moon move in front of the sun, Blocking Spike's power again.
"You?" Spike hissed.
"You forget a bit about me" Discord said "I have a dragon leg and I can lower and raise the moon and the sun" he told him "Another mistake you made" he said.
Spike growled and charged at Discord with a blind rage and attacked him, but Discord was nimble and flexible and dodged and wrapped around him like a snake and swung at him with a claw which Discord's arm wrapped around it like a rubber band trapping it Spike tried to bite him in the face but couldn't.
"Now!" Discord called, Spike's eyes widened as he looked and saw the mane 6 powering up the elements of harmony and and a beam of rainbow colored beams went into the sky and came crashing down, one had a tear falling a pair of emerald green orbs.
"I said you will fall if you want down this path" Discord said sadly.
"NOOOOOO!" Spike yelled, he growled "I Hate you, I hate you all!" he screamed as he was turned to stone. The light faded away and energy traveled over Equestria turning it back to normal and bright, buildings regained their normal structure grass was green again, the ground was normal and water was water again and then blue sky was back.
"We did it!" Rainbow cheered.
Applejack walked up to the frozen statue of Spike still at 7 feet tall, he was turned to solid stone, the stone was dark gray and cold. Discord opened his eyes he was still wrapped around Spike and unwrapped himself.
"Good bye old friend" Discord sighed sadly and a teary eyed Fluttershy comforted him. Applejack just looked at Spike's statue form with a tear sliding down her face.
"Forgive Me'h" Applejack said as she touched the cold statue with a hoof and walked away.
"They did it" Celestia said "They have stopped the apocalypse" she smiled at the normal Equestria.
"It was a difficult task but we have stopped it" Luna said "But for how long?" she asked with mild worry.
"I have the sense what Spike could bring would give Nightmare Moon nightmares" Celestia told her.
"believe me every time our nephew was close or infront of us, she would scream at me "Run"" Luna replied "Especially when he went Ultra Mystic" she said, making Celestia shiver with fear at the word.
"Lets hope this is the last time the Apocalypse is released" Celestia stated.
But back with the statue of Spike, the statues eyes glowed a faint green before fading away.
This was not the actual story this was a tale of why Spike choose to become the Apocalypse, the real story starts next chapter.