The Denial and Advise
Celestia and the others were in their cell with singe marks on her and the other Princesses and Discord had falling asleep standing up when Spike flashed in front of the bars.
The Princesses glared at him, Spike looked at the snoozing discord, he made a ball of ice cold water in his Clawedhand and threw it at Discords face making him gasp and sputter
"hahahaaa" Spike cackled " oh the look on your face was priceless "Oh hohoo"
"With that aside, I went to have a word with Twilight and if she's smart she'll listen" Spike said.
"What did you say?" Celestia demanded.
"Like I would tell you" Spike frowned "The only creature I would tell is Discord but he would spout" he said.
"I Pinkie swear I won't" Discord replied.
"Okay I asked for my own land where is off limits to you, unless I invite you which will probably be never" Spike told him "I also asked for a Bride because it would be nice someone to talk to" he said.
"You think a mare would want to be with you?" Cadance scoffed "After what you've done?" she said.
"You started this flame and now it will burn all of Equestria to the ground and now no one will stand in my way" Spike said "And I told them, for your sake's you better hope a mare comes forward or you can spend the rest of your times thinking about what you've done to me, in Tartarus" he said.
"I would say see you there" Spike spoke then he smiled cruelly "But I don't die" he said.
"What about me?, I only did one thing personal to you?" Discord asked.
"I'm getting tired of repeating myself" Spike muttered "I'm just benching you so your out of the way so you won't stop me" Spike said "and if you do stop me again, I might have a change of heart" he told him.
"what heart?, you don't have one it's just like you, empty and dead" Cadance said, she then slammed against the wall when a bolt of lightning zaped her, then made a coil of wind around her stomach and throat and tightened them almost sinking her stomach inwards and almost unconscious.
"While that maybe true but if I did have one, I would change it in a heartbeat" Spike hissed while giving her a cold and grim look, then let her go making her gasp for breath and hold her stomach "be thankful for me showing an ounce of mercy but if I didn't no mare would accept so I have to be more calm" he said.
"Your basically doing this for yourself by showing mercy, to spare yourself" Celestia hissed.
"Oh yep, like I said the only one I care about is me" Spike said "I don't know why I even bothered asking for a bride it would make me weak again" he muttered.
"Sentimentally was my biggest weakness" Spike spoke.
"Oh and Fake mother, you want to know why I brought you to the Ghastly Gorge?" Spike asked with no warmth or emotion
Celestia looked at him "doesn't this bring up memories?" he asked again no sign of emotion "This is where you slaughtered my parents" he said "How do I know?" he said.
"While you were busy sending guards after me helping with searches, I snuck'ed into your castle and room and found it in your dairy" Spike said.
"That was private" Celestia barked
"Not to me, besides if you didn't want any one to find out, you shouldn't have written it in your dairy in the first place" Spike tisked with a cold smile
"goodbye this is the last time you see me" Spike said. "Because I will be honest when every I see you three, I get this urge to kill you three so I'm staying far from you" Spike said with a dark tone before flashing out with a flash of green flames
"This was all my fault if I wasn't near this Gorge, I wouldn't have killed his parents and Spike wouldn't have turned evil and become the Apocalypse" Celestia said her sister and niece hugged her.
Two days had past with Twilight and her friends, they have searched for a place for Spike to reach his demands, she had got little sleep trying to find a Bride and a land for Spike, but no mare stepped forward, their fear for Spike was too great.
"I hope Spike is pleased with the results" Twilight said.
"How do you please a enemy who has become the Apocalypse?" Rarity scoffed.
"By surrendering to his demands" Starlight told her.
Twilight sent a blast into the air making a explosion and a sparkle of lights.
Spike was hovering in the air with his mystic powers activated and his eyes glowing, he tapped into his Ultra Mystic form and focused on Los Pegasus and Manehatten and made storms twice as powerful than before shredding buildings into pieces and splitting streets, ponies ran in terror screaming and running.
When he heard an explosion Spike stopped destroying Manehatten and Los Pegasus looked and saw Twilight's signaling she wants to talk "Hmm cutting it close" he grumbled, he turned off his powers and returned to normal size.
Twilight's signal faded out and Spike blasted with a sonicboom and landed infront of them making a thunderlike boom and cracking the ground.
"Cutting it close don't you think, just about to have fun" Spike smiled cruelly.
"Your fun and our fun are two different things" Pinkie Pie scowled.
"Different perspectives" Spike said "Now did you make a wise choice?" he demanded putting a hand on his hip.
"We found you a land at Celestia's and Luna's old castle" Twilight said "And you won't be bothered if you stay on your side" she told him.
"Only if you stay on yours" Spike glared "If am bothered and you come on my land, the deal is off Bride or no" he said "Speaking of which, who is my Bride and your hope of Equestria safety?" he asked.
The mane 7 started to sweat "Um, sadly no one excepted that demand their fear for is you is too strong" Twilight gulped, Spike frowned and the sky blackened and sent several bolts of lightning crash down with a slight hand gesture the lightning exploded several homes and stores to pices and ponies running out screaming, the thundering noises made them 7 mares flitch and a massive bolt of lightning slammed into Twilights castle obliterating with a massive and thunderous boom.
"What did you do that for?" Twilight spat.
"That was a warning, i give you until sundown" Spike hissed the mares gasped in shock.
"you said an extra and until midnight" Fluttershy said with shock.
"If I was pleased but denial gives me displeasure" Spike said "that is nice I'm going to be" he said with a low tone then flashed out and the dark clouds vanished.
"I will be waiting in Starlight's Cave at the end of day and night falls and no one" Spike said then smiled evilly "Goodbye Princesses and bye Equestria, then I will come after you, Twilight Sparkle" he told her and zipped away with his speed enhanced by his powers disappearing in a thin streak.
Spike zipped in front of The Ruins
"Hmm needs a fixer upper" Spike muttered then eyes glowed solid neon green and launched blasts of magic and mystic energy.
Applejack couldn't sit still she kept seeing the dream with a darker Spike and a ruined Equestria never to be restored, but the other dream made it feel better a nicer and kinder Spike with the warmth back in his eyes and heart.
"Arg" Applejack grumbled, she headed out and ran into Fluttershy who was going home.
"Applejack what are you doing here?" Fluttershy asked.
"i need advise and a answer to this dream I keep having" Applejack told her "Maybe we should give Spike a Bride" she said.
"You heard Twilight no one came forward" Fluttershy said, Applejack stayed quiet and was seemed to be thinking about something, But Fluttershy seemed to read her mind.
"Your not thinking?" Fluttershy spoke "why you?" she said.
"Because if ah don't Equestria is doomed" Applejack spoke "Thats why I need advise and the only one who can is Zecora" she said.
"I'll come to" Fluttershy offered.
"I appreciate that" Applejack smirked "I need at least one for support" she said, the two mares walked to Zecora's hut and knocked, the zebra answered the door.
"Why Miss Fluttershy and Miss Applejack come in" Zecora told them "What can I assist with?" she asked.
"I need some help" Applejack said as they sat down at a table.
"How can I help?" Zecora asked.
"It's about Spike's demands" Applejack, Zecora eyes widened in fright at his name.
"how can you be so calm saying his name without drawing back and have the chills up your spine?" Zecora said.
"I keep thinking the good times when he'h was still good and it keeps me'h from being afraid" Applejack told her "I'm sure you heard his demands" she said
"Small town and news travel fast and rumors spread just as quick" Zecora said regaining her composer "I'm assuming he has demanded a mare's hoof"
"Well ah was thinking of being that Bride" Applejack spoke.
"Oh I see" Zecora said simply.
"But I been having these dangblasted dreams about a ruined Equestria with the pony race wiped out with a darker and Eviler Spike ruling it and a happy Spike with me by his side" Applejack explained "Want to know if these dreams are just a dream or if they are a sign" she said.
"Hmm" Zecora said looking into Applejack's eyes "Lets see what the tea and the fates are foretelling" she said and poured some tea and put some herbs and leaves in.
Then she stirred the cup "What tale lies behind the dreams?" Zecora spoke in a shawoman voice, she looked at the leaves and herbs and smirked.
"Hmm?" Zecora said.
"What?" said both mares.
"In your dreams I see both clearly" Zecora spoke "I see happiness and this if you go with the Drake" she said.
"Um sorry to be rude" Fluttershy said "But how can Applejack be happy with Spike I mean, he has done unimaginably terrible things, how can Applejack be happy with Spike?" she asked.
"he maybe an angel that has falling from the heavens above and reborn a demon" Zecora said "But perhaps all that Spike needs, is the one thing can overcome anything, love" she said.
"But he captured and threatened to squash Cadance like a fly" Fluttershy said "even tore my friendship with the other 6 apart" she told her.
"I heard about all those awful things, but do you think maybe he chose the path his on and why he did it, is because he has never felt real love or friendship" Zecora "and it makes him unhappy that he's alone" she said.
"ah never thought of that, I kept an eye on my friends and overlooked him" Applejack spoke "but how do you fall for a creature with a dead and coldstone heart?" she asked
"It may seem impossible but even a cold dead heart can be revived by a flame of love and real friendship" Zecora said "after I saw in the cup if you choice this path no harm will come to you or Equestria and love will complete him or in the other dream a darker eviler version will be born from his inner darkness and pain" she said.
"Pain?" Applejack said.
Zecora looked at the cup and shook it slightly "Well the darkness and hate ponies and your friend's speak of was probably born from his anguish of some one close and a horrible twist of fate" she said.
"The changeling and his parents" Applejack spoke to herself with that realization "So your saying I would be safe and happy if I decide to be his Bride" she said.
"Of course I could be mistaken and you don't have own personal feelings" Zecora said.
"Feelings?" Applejack said.
"Well word is you made a tribute to his name" Zecora smirked making Applejack's face turn red as her cutiemark with embarrassment and fumble her words.
"To his former and goodself" Applejack got out.
"and you don't think he can be saved?" Zecora said.
"A slim chance" Applejack said.
"take it from me a slim is better than none" Zecora replied.
"Well you've giving a heap to think about, so we will be leaving" Applejack said as the two mares.
"Trust your heart and feelings child" Zecora said after them.
"Well Applejack I hope you know what your doing" Fluttershy told her.
"I'm saving Equestria, by myself" Applejack replied, then Fluttershy looked and saw something terrifying.
"What is it?" Applejack asked.
"spike" Fluttershy spoke in a quiet voice.
"What?" Applejack said.
"Spike- made the ruins scary" Fluttershy whimpered.
Applejack looked and her eyes widened.