Twilight had gathered up her friends, the group discussing the situation at the moment. Twilight stood as the leader as she spoke

"It's obvious something's wrong with Spike, and it's been caused by whatever attacked him. We need to find a way to stop this."

Pinkie Pie quivered nervously.

"But-but how can we find him? What if he hurts us?"

Twilight sighed in sadness at this idea.

"We have to find him, Pinkie. Spike can't control himself, and I feel that he has a connection to the attacks that occurred. We need to find him, and fast."

"And how are we gonna do that?" Applejack asked.

"We need Zecora."

Spike had his arms wrapped around his knees, tears streaming down his face as he sat amongst the trees. He had run a long distance from any civilization, but he didn't care. Why should he come back?

"I can never go home, no without hurting anypony. I can't live my old life. I can't see any of my friends. I can't go anywhere, cause I'm just a horrible monster!"

Spike curled up into a ball and wept silently, a puddle of tears forming beneath him. As he wept, shadows began moving around him, surrounding him. Soon, a pack of Velociraptors emerged from the darkness, approaching Spike from all sides. Spike looked up at the dinosaurs in fear. He deserved this fate. No monster should be amongst the living. One of the raptors pinned Spike to the ground with a taloned foot, the sickle-shaped claw ready to finish him. As Spike waited for his fate, a thought, not his own, came to him.

If I'm a monster, then everyone shall FEAR ME!

Spike threw the Velociraptor off, before he stood up, letting loose with a loud roar that echoed across the skies. Spike huffed, flames spurting from his mouth. Time for blood.

Spike raced at the nearest raptor, slicing off its head with a swipe of his claws. Two other raptors came at Spike from behind, leaping onto him and biting at his head. Spike impaled his tail through one of the raptors, then stabbed his claws into the other's eyes and twisted, splitting open its skull. The other raptors pounced on him at once, biting and clawing at him. A stream of emerald flames escaped Spike's maw, roasting most of the raptors. Spike watched on as the raptors screamed and flailed, slowly burning into crisps. The remaining dinosaurs fled from the scene, as Spike walked away, his sense of humanity leaving him.

"Zecora, you must help us!"

Twilight and the others had reached Zecora's hut, seeking the zebra's assistance for guiding them through the forest and maybe even figuring out what was wrong with Spike and fix him.

"I will give you assistance, for Spike's condition brings little resistance."

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked nervously.

Zecora walked over to her pot, which glowed green before revealing some kind of creature, though it couldn't be seen yet.

"You must have heard of the Werewolf, a creature who was created from the wolf."

"Well yes, pretty much everypony we know has known about Werewolves." Twilight had a growing fear of what may be happening to Spike.

"Spike's dragon life will linger…"

At that moment, the creature shown in the pot was more clear. It resembled a big cat, a tiger to be exact, with a humanoid stance and paws more like hands and feet. The ponies gaped in fear at this sight.

"…For he is becoming a Weretiger."

Spike stood on the praire, snarling bitterly as the Manticore charged at him, swinging its paws. The dragon punched the Manticore in the face, throwing it onto its side. The Manticore aimed its scorpion tail at Spike and unleashed a spray of corrosive venom. The acidic venom sizzled harmlessly against the dragon's scales as Spike bit onto the Manticore's left wing, tearing it off. Howling in pain, the Manticore pounced on Spike, biting down onto his neck. Spike kicked the Manticore in the chest, throwing it off and allowing Spike to rise. The Manticore charged at Spike, but Spike bit onto the Manticore's neck, crushing the neck bones before releasing the dead Manticore, watching it fall to the ground.

Spike growled as he began to grow, soon reaching the height of Discord. His scales became darker before black fur grew all over his body, completely covering him. Faint white stripes spread over his body, and his tail became thinner and whip-like. Spike's jaws elongated, becoming almost bear-like as his fangs grew long and sharp. Spike reared his head back and roared into the skies, thirsting for more blood.

WereSpike had arrived.