> Spike The Keyblade Master
>  by Dragonfan101
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> 1: Strange Dreams
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It's been around a month since Twilight had become a princess, and saved everyone in Equestria, and everyone's been handling they're roles the best they could. Since Tirek's defeat, they've had to repair a lot of what was destroyed during  the battle, while it was sad that Spike and Twilight's old home the Tree Library was destroyed, they had a brand new castle that was made for them and Twilight to start training to become a princess.

The rest of the mane 6 have been doing they're jobs as the Elements of Harmony whenever it calls for it, whenever there's a friendship problem, one of them is always there to help solve it. And while Spike was glad that everything's been at peace again, he's only wished there was something more he could do.

While they've been living in the castle now, Spike's just been doing what he's normally done again, helping Twilight out as an assistant, doing whatever tasks that she needs, and while Spike's okay with it, he just feels like there could be more to help Twilight and the others out during they're adventures, even if he's 12, he still feels like there's something he could do to help more.

But.. if there's one thing Spike's been feeling lately, it's these strange thoughts that he's felt since Tirek's defeat, he doesn't know what they mean, sometimes when he sleeps, he has obscure dreams of Twilight's battles against former villains, and he only saw himself on the sidelines, but that's when he started seeing strange monsters he's never seen before start to come in, strange monsters of shadow that emerge from the darkness, but they all were aimed at Spike, and Spike often felt himself being scared of what these creatures are. But when Spike least expected it.. he found himself falling through a dark void, unable to call for help, and not able to save himself.

It's a strange feeling of fear Spike hasn't felt before, no matter what it is, it all ties directly to what's happening with him now.
"I've been having these.. weird thoughts lately.." Spike tells himself as he looks back on all he's been seeing so recently.
"Like.. is any of this.. for real... or not?" Spike asks himself as he feels himself falling through a void of darkness. 

Spike felt his body floating through the abyss he's found himself in whenever he sleeps, Spike's body feels weightless, like it's floating around nothing more then an endless sea, but as Spike opens his eyes, he feels himself finally landing down on something. Spike groans and holds his head in pain, and wonders what the heck he's experiencing.

Spike looks around the void he's found himself in, there's nothing to be seen, nothing more then darkness, and the feeling of loneliness.
"Where.. where am I?" Spike asks himself while he looked around the place. Spike didn't know what to do, so he tried taking a single step forward, but once that happened, a blinding light appeared below Spike's feat which blinded him.
"Agh!" Spike screams as the light surrounds the ground it's on, it begins spreading out into a strange platform of sorts and Spike could feel something forming around him. Spike opens up his eyes and he has a look of amazement of what he sees.

Spike finds himself on a strange platform of sorts surrounded by the whole void, but what's interesting, is that it's a depiction of Celestia, it's mainly depicted of the sun symbol and the people she values, from Twilight, Luna, and even himself, Spike didn't know what this was, but it felt so strange looking around it, but he didn't know what to do. But as he was pondering on where to go, he began to hear a strange voice.
"So much to do... so little time... take your time.. and don't be afraid..." The voice explains simply which confuses him, he doesn't know who this voice is, he can't properly describe what it sounds like, he can just.. hear it.
"Who.. who's there? What is this place?" Spike asked while he looked around the void, but the voice simply shone a light directly at the center.
"The door is starting to open.. but can you step forward into the light?" The voice asks which could be obvious to answer. 

Spike didn't know what to do, and he simply followed the voices instructions, he didn't know what it meant when the door is starting to open, but it sounded important. None the less, Spike only took a few steps forward before the light before him vanished suddenly.
"What the heck is going on here?" Spike asked really confused with what's happening. But as he kept looking around, 3 strange pillars began appearing around him..
"Power sleeps within you..." The voice says calmly as a shield appears in front of him. 
"if you give it form.." The voice says while a strange magical staff appears next.
"It will give you strength..." The voice finishes while a sword appears next..
"Choose well..." The voice instructs while Spike looks around them confused.

Spike didn't know what was going on, but this voice was wanting him to pick one of these weapons, each one may help him in different situations, but if there's one thing Spike wishes to do when he can't, it's to protect his friends. So making his choice, Spike turns to the shield and walks over to it.
"This shield may do.." Spike tells himself while he picks it up, he feels such a strange magic coming from it, like it's giving him a newfound power he hasn't felt before, it's such a strange feeling in ways he's never felt before..
"The power of the Guardian.. kindness to aid friends, a shield to propel all. Is this what you seek?" The voice asks while Spike takes a close look at it, Spike feels like this power could help him in the future, if it even matters when he figures out what's going on, but it's this shield he finds the most comfortable with.
"I do." Spike answered honestly before the shield suddenly vanished into him and Spike felt a new power enter him.
"Your path is set, but now.. what will you give up in exchange?" The voice asks while there are two weapons left. 

Spike looks at the remaining two weapons, the sword and the staff, possibly for magic and strength, Spike was never too good with either of these, but Spike especially would like to win fights with ways, other then brute strength. So, turning his head to the sword, Spike makes his way over to the sword and picks it up.
"The power of the Warrior, invisible courage, a sword of terrible destruction, do you give up this power?" The voice asks while Spike looks over it, he values his friends safety over all else, despite how much they can handle themselves, Spike always wishes to help in a way, he always hopes to help out in some way, and he doesn't wish to make things worse if he does.
"I hope this doesn't backfire on me.. but.. I give up this power.." Spike answers just before the sword vanishes and nothing is felt from losing it.
"You've chosen the power of the Guardian, but you've given up the power of the Warrior, is this the path you seek?" The voice asks waiting for a clear answer, Spike's already made his choices, and it wouldn't be too much to say no to this.
"This is what I choose." Spike answers honestly. 

But as soon as he answered that, that's when the pillars around him suddenly began sinking back into the platform, and Spike has a look of fear as the entire thing begins to break.
"Wait.. no no no!" Spike screams before the ground breaks below him, and Spike screams as he finds himself falling into the abyss..

Spike didn't think anything would happen after falling like that, but a faint light started to appear in front of him, and he started to see what looks like a portrait of Luna appear next, Spike's body slows down a bit and he gently lands down on it while looking around, he doesn't know what this all means, but it feels really weird just being here.
"What's going on?" Spike asks himself again and hoped something would happen, but a faint light started to appear in Spike's hand, and the shield Spike chose appeared in it suddenly which shocked him.
"Whoa! How.. how did I do that?!" Spike asked amazed with seeing that.
"You've gained the ability to fight. While there will be times you have to face alone, don't be afraid." The voice instructs which confuses him.
"Afraid of what?" Spike asked curious just as a strange monsterous shadow begins to form behind him.
"Behind you!" The voice warns which made Spike quickly turn around and he saw one of the monsters he's seen in his  dreams.
"What the?!" Spike askes with fear just as he rolled out of a slash from the creature.

A few more of these creatures begin to appear below the platform, and Spike has a look of fear as he's surrounded by them all.
"I should've gone with the sword.." Spike told himself as he had no choice but to fight back. Spike held the shield tightly as one of the monsters lunged at him, Spike quickly rolled out of the way and slashed his shield at the monster a few more times before it was defeated, two more of the monsters lunged at him at once, one tried slashing at him, but Spike parried the shield at the right moment which weakened it's defense, Spike quickly slashed the shield at the both of them and took them both down pretty quickly. Spike looked at himself with shock and looked at his shield with awe, this was the first time he ever felt himself push through a fight, and it felt.. good.
"How.. how did I do that?" Spike asked amazed with what he's just done. But when he thought he had a moment of relief, the pillar he's on suddenly began to be shrouded by a dark void, Spike's eyes widened in fear and the entire thing began covering up Luna's entire being which may mean something bad, but that's when it touched him, and he began sinking into it..
"No.. no! Someone help!!" Spike begged just as he had sunken into it and vanished once again.

Spike felt himself trying to escape the void the best he could, he felt his body falling all over the place until he finally landed on something, Spike gasped for air and took heavy breaths as he found himself on another column, but this one didn't resemble any of his friends, it was completely white, and at least half of it was fractured.. like something had broken it apart..
"What... happened with this one?" Spike asked with worry while he was clutching his chest, something felt off about this one in particular, and it feels like this one ties into him in some way..
"Your still not whole.. there are things you question about yourself, things that break your perspective on life.. things that you fear can never be answered..." The voice said calmly which got Spike's attention, he looked around the place and didn't feel anything here, and looking back on what's happened in the past, he's still been through things that he wishes to help out more in..
"Is it.. because of how I feel? With my friends being able to go without my help? I know it's strong of them to go without me.. but.. where does it leave me?" Spike asked regretfully as he looked over the edge, and he didn't see anything within the void.

Spike just looked around the pillar, he felt just sad being here, like it connected to him in a way he doesn't know.
"All of them have found your own path, but now you must find your own..." The voice said softly which Spike found a bit confusing.
"How.. how can I do that?" Spike asked worried on what to do. As if his question was answered, he saw a large special door appear in front of him, it looked very ancient, but it was like it led somewhere important. 
"Where does this go?" Spike asked himself while he was walking to it, the door itself began to open, and a blinding light began to appear from it, Spike was partially blinded from seeing it, but he didn't let that stop him, and he kept pushing through it to keep on moving and the light covered the screen as he entered it..

Spike's vision was coming into focus again, and he suddenly found himself in what looked like Ponyville again, but something was off, there were barely any people here at all, there was only 3 people he's met before, one of them was Twilight, the other is Rarity, and the last one is... Garble?
"What are they doing here?" Spike asked confused as he walked up to Twilight first, she had a stern look and didn't seem to say anything from seeing him, which made Spike worried a bit.
"Twilight.. are you okay?" Spike asked while he walked up to her, but that only resulted in her asking him something.
"What the most important thing to you?" Twilight suddenly asked which confused him, being asked that suddenly just made him think back on what it means.. but after looking closely into it.. there's just one thing that he values most
"It's my friends, you.. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Celestia and Luna, and everyone else.. but with all you've been able to do.. just.. what does that make me?" Spike asked himself while he looked at his claw and wondered what this is meaning.
"Spike, if it means that much to you, then you should be glad for what they've done, what lies for you is unknown, but you should just keep your mood up, and maybe one day, you'll find it.." Twilight encouraged with a smile which Spike found was good advise.

While Spike didn't know it was this dream that was telling him this, it did feel like a good response to help him. But after being asked that, Spike turned to Rarity next, she was waiting for him next, and wasn't wanting to waste time here.
"Rarity? Are you alright? What's going on?" Spike asked coming up to her too, but she only asked another question that was like the other one.
"What do you want out of life? What do you wanna do the most?" Rarity asked suddenly which surprised him again, but this was making Spike feel like he was being tested in something, and he wanted to answer completely honestly.
"I guess.. it's to expand my horizons, to see what more I'm capable of then being more then just an.. assistant, I wanna be able to fight alongside others, help stop bad people from harming innocent lives.. I just.. wanna find my full calling.." Spike answered honestly which interested her.
"A good goal for anyone to have, there's more then just one thing you can do, and if you feel like there's something more to you, then go out and find it." Rarity advised which Spike really took in, that meant a lot coming from her, even if it wasn't the real one.

But lastly, Spike turned to Garble who was just crossing his arms, he didn't look upset or was looking to make fun of him in the slightest, instead he looked like he had another question, and knowing he's the only one left, Spike made his way to him to ask something.
"Why are you here Garble? Why would you be in this place and not Rainbow Dash or something?" Spike asked confused why he is here of all people. But Garble only had asked him another question like all the rest, and it was something that felt tied to him and Garble alone.
"What are you so afraid of?" Garble asked again which made Spike sigh hearing that, there was a lot he was afraid of, but he's just had so much on his mind lately, he doesn't know what to properly tell, but if there's one thing that he can tell him..
"I guess.. being insensitive, not being able to follow along with anyone else, or just being able to respond to something like this.. I don't know how I can handle such a situation if I don't know what's happening, like this one right now.." Spike answered honestly which Garble found interesting.
"Then find what makes you the most comfortable, find what helps you make your choices, what helps you get through tough problems, and what makes you feel confident in yourself." Garble replied with a smile, Spike found that really surprising coming from Garble, even if this was a dream, he felt like it may be something Garble would say if he really did know him, if it wasn't for him being a jerk with his crew that is.

Spike took in all those answers to find what all of this means, why is he being asked this? Is something important about to happen? Just what reason is there for him to be here?
"You want friendship, you want to expand your horizons and see what more you can do, and your afraid of being insensitive. Your adventure will begin at midday, keep a steady pace, and you'll come through fine." The voice advised which really interested Spike from what he was hearing.
"Okay then..." Spike replied a bit unsure of what that meant still, but that's when he felt something else happening again..
"The day your journey begins is both far off, and very near, it will begin when you least expect it.. but it will only guide you on the path.. to opening the door.." The voice said in a wise tone before Spike's vision suddenly faded to white once again.

Spike suddenly found himself on another pillar once again, although this one was a depiction of Twilight, there were many books around the area, as well as pictures of people like Spike, Rainbow Dash and Celestia, with the Elements of Harmony on it, Spike didn't know what was going on, but he felt something important was happening.
"What is the meaning of all this? Why am I hear?" Spike asked himself again while he looked around the place.

But as he looked around, he noticed the strange monsters beginning to emerge from the shadows again, Spike got in a defensive state and held out his hand to summon the shield once again, Spike got ready to fight as he was surrounded by all of them once more.
"Let's see you take this!" Spike screamed before he leaped forward to one of the monsters, it quickly went into the ground and went underneath him, Spike saw it going behind him and quickly rolled out of one of it's slashes. Spike then blocked another swipe from a few more and parried them away, Spike made a battle cry and slammed the shield against them and took them out with one hit, Spike saw another one jumping in the air and was about to strike again, but Spike did a flip in the air and lunged to it, Spike moved right out of the slash and slashed his own shield against the monster, it went down in one hit and Spike landed back on the ground.
"Bring it on!" Spike said confidently before he blocks more attacks from the monsters and parries them away, he uses that moment to bash at them multiple times to take them down, there was only one left before Spike finished it off by jumping into the air, and delivering a final blow to it. Spike breathed heavily and felt he was getting a lot better with using his new strength.
"Guess I chose right.." Spike said with a proud look while he looked at his shield. 

But before he could fully rest or ask another question again, another shine of light appeared in front of him, it began moving forward and created what looked like a staircase to another pillar, not knowing where else to go, Spike simply ran across it to get to the next area.
"Please let this be the last area." Spike prayed while he ran across it, he made sure not to fall off, the more he ran across it, the more he saw the place he was just at vanish, he didn't know what this all meant, but he felt it means something important.

After he kept on running through the place, Spike found himself on one last pillar. This one depicted a green and purple dragon on the center to it all, but it didn't look like him, the figure had strange key shaped weapons surrounded by it.
"Who.. who is this?" Spike asked with shock while he was making his way closer to the light in front of him, but thats' when he heard a chilling line speak to him again.
"The closer you get to the light.. the greater your shadow becomes.." The voice said with a worried tone which made Spike quickly look down, he suddenly saw his shadow turn to him, and it somehow began moving out of the ground.
"What in Celestia's name..?!" Spike asked with fear while he was backing up. The monster began to grow in size, easily towering over him.
"But don't be afraid..." The voice encourages as the monster shows off huge claws to it, and Spike sees a large empty heart symbol directly in the center.
"And don't forget..." The voice continues while Spike tries to run away from the monster with fear, but his path is blocked off and he's trapped in with the thing, but that's when Spike finally could see what this meant, and Spike summoned his shield and knew there was only one way out.. to fight it.
"If that's how it's gonna be.. then bring it on monster!" Spike screams with anger before he charges at the thing with all his might.

The monster raises it's fist and charges up a dark and powerful punch, Spike barely avoids being hit by the thing while it punches into the column around them, more of those shadow monsters begin to emerge from it, and Spike quickly takes them out before they can do anything to harm him.
"It's only you and me!" Spike screams before he takes a deep breath and breaths fire right against the monsters face, the monster makes a roar of anger and tries pushing through it, but Spike wasn't done yet and began to run up the things legs. Spike makes a battle cry and repeatedly bashes his shield against the monsters face since it looks to be a weak point. Spike quickly flip's over to the other side and bashes against the top of it's head, the monster moves it's body around widely to shake Spike off of it, and it soon did manage too, 

Spike quickly lands  back on the ground and readies himself again, the monster spreads out it's arms and a dark power begins to erupt from it's chest, it starts shooting out strange attacks that homed in on Spike, he quickly raised his shield and parried them all as they kept coming for him, as he did this, Spike quickly ran over to the monster and leaped onto it's arm, Spike carefully balances himself on the thing and runs straight for the head again. And with a growl of anger, Spike jumps in the air and makes a loud scream of rage as he falls directly to it, and delivers a devastating bash to the thing.

This seemingly defeated the thing as it began to fall on it's knees, but once Spike landed back down, his shield suddenly vanished and Spike was left with shock.
"What?! Why does it have to go now?!" Spike asked with great  fear just before he sees the thing fall onto him and darkness begins covering the entire pillar.
"But don't be afraid..." The voice continues as Spike feels his entire body being covered up by darkness.
"No.. no ! Someone! Hel...!" Spike screamed before he was being muffled by all of it.
"And don't forget.." The voice continues even more as Spike feels every bit of his body being covered by the darkness around him, and Spike feels his vision fading to black as he hears one final sentence..
"You are the one who will open the door.." The voice finishes as Spike feels himself fading back into sleep, and back to reality once more..
> 2: Conflicted Thoughts
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Spike felt himself starting to wake up after having that extremely strange dream he's had, he's been having strange dreams like this before, but this one felt so... real. Spike's been starting to get worried on what this is all meaning, if there's something to come for him in the future, what is it? Spike's had a lot to question about himself since Twilight and the others have done so much for Equestria, while he has often been on the sidelines mostly.

Spike groaned a bit as he was finally opening his eyes, his vision was coming into focus and he sees that he's still in his new room in Twilight's castle. Spike sighs in relief after realizing where was and tries getting up, he's felt restless despite all the sleep he's been getting, and with these strange dreams coming into play, something may be wrong, especially when he felt like he almost blacked out when it ended. 
"What was that? Was it real... or not?" Spike asks himself while he gets out of his bed.

Spike stretches his arms and yawns a bit loudly after all the sleep he had, while he's still been having to work as an assistant here, Twilight's had way more to study since she became a princess, and she's often been in her library studying, which did give Spike more free time. Spike tiredly walks over to his windows and opens it up, he sees a view of Equestria and Ponyville in the distance as the sun was rising, it was a beautiful morning once again in Equestria, Spike could see more people already getting up and ready for the day, and he was just glad to see some light.
"Good morning Equestria..." Spike tells himself again while he starts to walk out of his room, he's gotten used to the castle's layout at this point, he's had no trouble navigating it and knows where Twilight will be by now, in the library.
"Hopefully she didn't overwork herself again.." Spike prays while he opened his door and started heading down the halls.

Spike looked around the place and admired what he's had, while the Tree Library was a nice home for him and Twilight before, this place was massive, with dozens of rooms for guests, a huge library, kitchen, throne room, and great halls that expand over the whole place, all while being made mostly of crystals which most dragons would want to eat.

But while Spike felt glad to live in a cool place like this, the visions he's been having have been starting to concern him, they're nothing like he's seen before, it's like they're all trying to tell him something important that's to happen in the future. But Spike doesn't know what it is.
"Why am I having these thoughts now? What could be the reason that all of this is happening to me?" Spike asks himself again as he reflects on that recent dream he's had, these monster's he's been seeing seem unique, different, heartless..
"What reason is there for this to happen now? Is something about to happen to me? But what?" Spike asks again while he was almost at the library, all these dreams and visions he's had has had him think about a lot of stuff, stuff he never thought he'd think about in his life, but with what's been happening, he's just been more and more conflicted on it.
"Maybe Twilight could have some advise for all of this.." Spike suggests while he opens the doors to the library, hoping she was fine, not knowing that there was a strange man in a robe.. watching him from the shadows..

Spike walked through the doors into Twilight's library, and like one would guess, it's extremely large. It's almost like a forest of books that one could get lost in, Twilight's mainly gone through many history and spell books to keep up her study's, while Spike's glad she's learning more to be a princess, she may be a bit overboard with her work at times. 

But as Spike kept making his way through the place, he soon saw Twilight was reading yet another book on the main desk, followed by a stack of more magic books she was learning about, Spike sighed seeing her like this again, while she looks completely fine, Spike's mainly seen her be here most of the day without going out.
"Hey Twilight, you doing alright?" Spike greeted while she pulled away from her books to speak with him.
"Oh, morning Spike! I'm fine, I was just reading more history books again on Equestria, with me being a princess now, I have to study up more then before, while Celestia and Luna both expect me to do things well, I'm trying to do them flawlessly!" Twilight said confidently while she kept looking at the books, Spike sighed hearing that, she's always been like this, even if she's doing it for good things, she's at risk of burning herself out, and Spike just worries for her because out it.
"You know you don't have to do that, the more you do this, you may risk making more mistakes then you think, you've barely been getting proper sleep, and I'm.. I 'm just worried for you for that Twilight." Spike replied worried for her, but she didn't seem that worried, but concerned hearing it.
"Spike.. I know I can.. overwork at times, but you don't have to worry about me, I have a duty to keep up with, and you can just do what helps around the castle, alright?" Twilight asked which Spike sorta understood.

But Spike still doesn't know if this is the best approach for her, she knows for sure the other girls would be concerned over this too, but maybe Spike's overthinking it.
"Your right.. I guess I was just.. worried again.." Spike admitted with a guilted expression, but that's when Twilight noticed something was off with him, she's seen him be more distant from them even when they're out together, and wondered what's on his mind.
"Spike, are you okay? I know I've been working a lot, but even when we're together, you seem more.. distant from us then usual, like something's on your mind, do you.. wanna talk about it?" Twilight asked worried for him, Spike figured she'd see through him after a while, these dreams of his have been making him question a lot of things, and he doesn't know what to think about them.
"I've just had.. a lot on my mind Twilight, with how much you and everypony else has done for Equestria, I've just been left to question myself, if there's more to me being an assistant, I've been having these.. strange thoughts Twilight, I've felt something is wrong, but I don't know what it is.." Spike admitted which concerned her.

While Spike's had much to think about, what these dreams actually make him question is the most interesting, he doesn't know what this is meaning, but it feels really important.
"What do you mean Spike? What's feeling wrong to you?" Twilight asked while she walked up to him.
"I just.. don't feel all that helpful Twilight, look at you, your now a princess who was able to save Equestria, Rarity and the others are all parts of the Elements of Harmony , doing all they can to help out when there's a problem, you all are always so focused on adventures and helping others, but for me.. I'm just back here, taking care of the castle while you only get to do more exciting things. I'm not upset about it or anything, it's just.. with all you've been able to do.. I don't know what that will make me... we still don't know who my parents are, if they're even alive, we barely know much about the dragons, and with what I've been feeling lately.. it just makes me question more about myself.." Spike answered sadly which worried her.

She didn't know Spike was thinking about this much, but it starts to make sense with how distant he's been, sure he helps out every now and then, but if this is what he's been thinking over, it's something he shouldn't just brush over.
"I'm.. sorry to hear that Spike, I had no idea.. but with how much you've been by yourself, I guess it makes sense, you may be young, but your still very mature for your age, you've seen things most normal people wouldn't ever see, but I guess there wasn't much to help you.. right?" Twilight asked with worry while Spike was looking at a few books on a shelf.
"Yeah.. I guess.. I just don't know what to do Twilight, I'm worried I may not stick around for much longer because of something important, but.. I just don't know what it is, whether it's me wanting to find what my origin is, find my own calling, maybe even go beyond Equestria, there may be very few ways I can find answers to something like this Twilight.. but I just don't know when it will happen.. it may be sudden too.. and I'm worried for it.." Spike said with fear at the thought of it.

These dreams he's had has really opened up Spike's mind a lot, he's wondering more and more about himself as each day passes, and with these recent dreams, it's only growing even more. 
"You don't have to let that worry you Spike, to me.. you should just focus on what's happening now, enjoy the peace, have fun outside, spend time with friends, if you think something may happen soon, just try and ignore it, it could just all be in your head you know? While I'll see what I can do about any future tasks we have to do, you should just rest here and cheer up, alright Spike?" Twilight asked while she patted his back, Spike felt a bit relieved hearing that from her, but deep down.. there's still more he has to question.
"I'll.. think over it, thanks for the advise Twilight.." Spike said gratefully while he turned back to her, she smiled hearing that and was hoping that's what he needed.
"Your welcome Spike, I hope this doesn't upset you, but I need to go for a bit, Celestia sent me a letter about something she wants to talk to me about, and wants to meet me at her castle with Luna, I don't know what it is, but it may be important. You think you can handle yourself while I'm gone?" Twilight asked while she was getting a bag to go. Spike was surprised to hear that coming this early in the morning, but duty calls he guesses.
"I'll.. keep an eye on things, just be careful out there Twilight, alright?" Spike asked while she was preparing a teleportation spell.
"Don't worry Spike, I will, see you soon!" Twilight replied with a smile before she teleported away once again.

Spike sighed again as he was once again alone, with Twilight out doing something important, but Spike has to stay here again. While it's understandable with all he's had to think about, it still upsets him a bit because of it.
"Maybe I just need some air to think..." Spike told himself as he was walking out of the room himself.

Spike made his way through the halls yet again to find a place to think, thats all Spike's had to do since Twilight and everyone else has been so busy, and he just wishes there was something else to do. Spike made his way through the castle and went back to his room once again, he just went to look out his window once again to think over all of this, Spike looks up at the sky and wonders what that voice meant in his dream, and now much it will really mean to him.
"When does midday mean, will it start sometime soon? Or is it right around the corner for me.. just... when will it happen? And.. will I even get to properly talk with Twilight before it happens like just now.. or.. is it something I have to do on my own?" Spike asks himself again while he has his arms on the ledge of his window, he can only feel the wind brush past him as he thinks over all of this, and if there's one thing he does have in his hands, it's a special ruby he's held onto for quite a while now, a Fire Ruby, it's his most valued gem, while he's still thinks of eating it soon, he also thinks it could be important to hold on for later. 
"What's the point of these visions, what do they all mean?" Spike asks again while he looks over the view of Ponyville, and just thinks over all that's happened recently..

Meanwhile with Twilight, she made her way to Celestia's castle after leaving Spike behind, while she felt bad for leaving him there after the talk they just had, Spike just felt like he needed more time to process this, so hopefully they could understand eachother better. She's been worried for him about all of this, and doesn't know fully on what he means with what he's told her, but maybe Celestia or Luna may know about it.

Twilight walks through the halls and just wonders what Celestia and Luna need her for, it may be something important, but they didn't describe it in the letter, so maybe it's just something normal? Hopefully it isn't too worrying right now.

Twilight walked through the halls a bit more until she reached the throne room, she opened the doors and could see Celestia and Luna at the end like they were supposed to be. They were glad to see her here so soon after sending her the letter, and hoped she was up for what they need to tell her.
"Twilight, thank you for coming so soon, I know this is sudden, but we needed to speak with only you about this." Celestia greeted while they both walked up to her.
"It was no problem Celestia, I just needed to finish up a few more books before coming here, but I'm ready for what you need me to do next!" Twilight said with a proud look, they both chuckled at her determination, but it did worry them a bit with how she may approach this.
"Twilight, I know this is short notice, but there's something.. important we've been needing to talk to you about.." Luna asked while she was walking out to a window, she looked up at the sky and was a bit worried when looking at it, and this did concern Twilight from hearing this.
"What would that be Luna?" Twilight asked while they walked up to her.

Luna and Celestia looked at eachother and agreed she was ready to hear this, and hoped it wouldn't be too much for her to hear.
"Twilight.. there's something strange we've been seeing lately, during nighttime when we look out for any signs of threats.. we've been noticing a lot of stars have been going out one by one recently.." Celestia said with a worried look which concerned Twilight hearing it.
"What do you mean by that?" Twilight asked worried to hear that, they both looked at eachother again and tried explaining this in a way that could make more sense.
"What we mean is that the sky has been growing darker each night, whenever we look up at the sky, one of the stars go out suddenly, while it can be beautiful to some, to us.. it's a worrying thing to see." Celestia said with concern while they all looked up at the sky, while it's daytime right now, Celestia and Luna remember the stars they've seen gone out, and was worried which one will go out next tonight.
"I don't know what it is.. we both don't.. but I feel.. a growing darkness spreading, something bad.. and I don't know if it should be something for us to worry about or not.." Luna added while they looked back at eachother again.

Twilight was shocked to hear that, she didn't think it would be something like this, but from what they're describing, it may be worrying to know.
"That.. may be concerning, are there any reasons you may have found out that's caused it? Maybe a history book or something that has it?" Twilight suggested hoping there was something to help.
"No, not that we know of, this may be worrying Twilight. We haven't faced any threat in a while, but this may be a warning sign of something to come. If my sister's feeling this too, then it may be something we have to look further into." Celestia instructed while they started to walk through the halls.
"Maybe we should get the other girls to come here too? If this is important, they all should know about it too right?" Twilight suggested which may be the best move.
"I'll send a letter to each of them later today, and we'll have to discuss this at another point. But this is something we need to focus on Twilight, I have a bad feeling something is about to happen, but I don't know what it is.." Celestia said with worry which she understood.
"Don't worry Celestia, I'm sure we'll get through it, we've been through worse before." Twilight assured with a smile.

This made Celestia and Luna feel better hearing that, but that's when they noticed someone else wasn't here..
"Twilight.. where's Spike? I thought you'd bring him with you to discuss this?" Celestia asked which caught Twilight off guard for a moment, but she quickly regained her focus and remembered what happened.
"He.. needed more time to think to himself. He's been distant from me and the others lately, while he told me it's mainly because of all we've been able to do.. and he's just been wondering if he'll be able to do something like we can one day.. I know it's a lot for someone like him to think, but I've felt there's something more to it.." Twilight answered which concerned them both.
"It can be common for one so young to think over stuff like this, but from what your describing.. it may be something to be concerned about as well, how long has he been thinking over this?" Luna asked wondering if there's something to tie into this.
"Not to long after I became a princess, while I've been a lot more busy, I didn't think he'd have so much to think about like this, is that something we should be worried about?" Twilight asked worried for that too.

Celestia and Luna looked at eachother again and had an idea of what could be leading Spike to be thinking this.
"What? What's wrong you two?" Twilight asked looking at the both of them. 
"Should I tell her sister?" Luna asked waiting for her approval.
"It's best she knows this too.." Celestia answered with a guilty look which was worrying her.
"What do you mean by that? What's wrong?" Twilight asked while Luna walked in front of them, she didn't know how to properly tell her this, but it's something that could be very important for all of them.

After gathering her thoughts, Luna turned to her to try and explain this to her.
"Twilight.. I.. don't know why.. but.. I've been sensing something strange coming from Spike, something I can't fully get too.." Luna said with worry which worried her even more.
"What do you mean by that? Do you think something's wrong with Spike?" Twilight asked thinking he may be in trouble or something.
"It's.. hard to describe.. you know how I have the power to enter one's dreams right? And see what they like to think about during each night?" Luna asked trying to make this an example.
"Yes... why?" Twilight asked confused with hearing this. Luna looked back on what's been happening and tried to properly explain this.
"While I can travel into one's dreams.. for some reason.. something's been blocking me off from Spike's dreams. And when I do find them.. something dark has been surrounding his thoughts.. something that worry's me..." Luna answered which surprised her from hearing that.

While Twilight thought that it was mainly Spike overthinking things, if even Luna is sensing this, this may be something to worry about after all.
"Why? How are you not able to see it? Do you have any idea why?" Twilight asked getting more uneasy by the minute.
"I don't know Twilight, but I feel something strong start to form in him, something of both light.. and darkness, and.. I fear this may be tying into the stars going out each night, and if Spike's been distant from you, the dreams he's been having may be why, I don't know what they mean, but if they're blocking me off from seeing it.. we may need to hear this from Spike himself. We had hoped he would come with you to discuss this, but if these dreams of his are causing him this many conflicted thoughts, then we may be onto something on what's happening." Luna said looking at both of them, Celestia could figure out that Spike has a tie into this, but doesn't know how.
"I know this is.. a lot to hear Twilight, but if my sister can't see what Spike is dreaming, and he's been questioning these things for a while, they all may tie into the stars going out. And I was hoping you can get him, and the others to the castle to discuss this today. We need to figure out what's causing this, and Spike may tie into all of it." Celestia said with a stern look.

Twilight was really shocked to hear that so suddenly from the both of them, but if it's what they want, then she needs to find a way to help out with this. 
"I.. understand, I just didn't know Spike would have so much to think about, so maybe if we have him tell us what he's been seeing, we can find out more about what's happening?" Twilight suggested which they had both had thought about too.
"That's exactly why we would like you to get him and the others here please, this is something we have to worry about, and I fear Spike ties into it somehow, but we should get everyone here to discuss it, think you can do that for me Twilight?" Celestia asked hopefully, and Twilight only gave a bow of respect in response.
"Don't worry Celestia, I'll get everyone here before noon!" Twilight assured before she suddenly ran off to get things done before they could say anything else to her.
"Sister... do you really think this is something bad? If I can't see what Spike's been dreaming lately, and he's been questioning things like this.. does this mean something may happen to him soon?" Luna asked worried for him.
"I don't know Luna.. and.. I fear we may not have enough time to find out why.. let's just hope we can find out what this means before something comes from this.." Celestia prayed while they waited for Twilight to get back, hoping this can be solved soon..

Back with Spike, he was still staring outside through his window and looking over Equestria, he still's had a lot to think about, this dream of his just made things worse for him, even with Twilight's assurance, Spike feels like this is gonna tie into something huge soon, and he just feels worried about it all.
"Maybe I should see the others.. maybe they need help on something?" Spike told himself while he started to leave his room, he kept his Fire Ruby stored away for safe keeping, but he doesn't know what this all means.
"Just.. what does this mean? Will this mean something important for us all? Or is it really just my imagination?" Spike asked himself while he walked through the halls, it didn't take that long for him to leave the castle, it was around 8 in the morning by now, and Spike hoped the others had something he could help them with. But what he didn't know, was of a strange figure still looming in the shadows.. stalking him at each turn, and the figure had seemed to keep a focus on Spike the entire time..
> 3: Departure
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After Spike left the castle to see where his friends could be, Spike made his way through Ponyville again to try and find where they are, Spike's still had a lot think about given what he's been seeing in his dreams, or visions.. he honestly doesn't know anymore.

Spike never thought he would start to experience something like this, but since Twilight became a princess, he's been experiencing so much to the point it's making him question what really is his purpose in this world. Twilight and everyone else all has a role to play here as protectors, but what's his purpose?

Spike's questioned this for a while at this point, and as each hour passes by, he only questions it even more, it honestly helps explain why he's been so distant from everyone else lately, with them not only having a lot of stuff to do without him, but it's also from how much he's had to think about his own purpose in this world, or maybe he never will here..

Spike looked around the village and saw many ponies going about they're day, some were selling food and clothing to people needing them, some were just playing around, he saw fillies and smaller kids keep playing with toys or in whatever way they liked. Spike always felt happy seeing the people being able to continue on from such attacks like what happened with Tirek, it only made him wish there was more he could do to help people around here.
"Why am I always thinking about this now? Just a month ago I never even questioned this kind of stuff, but now.. with these dreams.. It's only made me question things even more.." Spike tells himself as he keeps walking through this with conflicted thoughts still.

He thought it would be nice to check up on Rarity first, she's always busy with something at her boutique, and maybe she needs help with some clothing or something. Spike quickly made his way through the village and to the place pretty quickly, he would always be there in a flash whenever she needed his help, but also maybe just to spend more time outside of the library when they had it.

But it didn't take long for Spike to see Rarity in front of the place, there were what looked like multiple clothing hangers next to her, she seemed to have a proud look on her face and must've just finished designing more of them. Wondering what she was doing, Spike made his way up to her to see what's going on.
"Hey Rarity, you doing alright?" Spike greeted which spooked her for a moment, but she calmed down as soon as she saw Spike was here.
"Oh, Spike! It's nice to see you, I'm doing great just to let you know! I finished up an entire special set just of clothing just recently! It took a while, but I can say this is my best work yet!" Rarity said proudly while Spike looked at each of the sets, and really admired her work, it's hard not to be amazed with what she can do.
"Wow.. these are really amazing! You always know how to make something gorgeous Rarity." Spike complimented while he looked at them which she chuckled at.
"Thank you Spike, I do my best with each one!" Rarity said proudly which Spike chuckled at from hearing too.

Spike looked at each set design and admired what she did, she always knows how to make something special, but maybe she needed help with something else too?
"This is really amazing Rarity, like always. But do you need help with anything else? Any new sets your gonna make that I could help with?" Spike offered turning back to her, but she looked like she was just done with what she had here.
"Unfortunately no, I've finished up all I have on my list this week, and now I have to start planning out what to do next."  Rarity answered again which made Spike feel a little upset from hearing that she handled everything without him.
"Oh.. that's.. good, I'm glad to know you got all of it done then.." Spike said with a look of disappointment, but he wanted to ask if there's anything else he could do to help.
"If your alright then.. then what about the others? Does RD, Pinkie, AJ or Fluttershy need help with anything else?" Spike asked looking around for any signs of them.
"As far as I know, they're all doing things great on they're own, there hasn't been any major problem that they need help with, it's all been perfect for all of us." Rarity answered honestly, and that's what made Spike feel more guilt just from hearing it.
"Oh.. alright then.." Spike said sadly which Rarity was able to see through.
"Spike, is everything alright darling?" Rarity asked while Spike looked over her home and saw how much she's been able to do here.

Spike doesn't know how much he's been thinking about this during this small talk, but with each passing moment, Spike just feels more guilt for what's been happening, and how he hasn't  told anyone about it.
"I'm.. okay Rarity, I'm sorry for being distant lately, I know you and everyone else have a lot of duty's to do, but when I've had this time to myself, I've just been left to.. question a lot of things.." Spike replied while he looked up at the sky.
"What do you mean by that? Aren't you glad everything's been normal here again?" Rarity asked confused on what he meant.
"No Rarity I am. It's just.. with how much you and everyone else has been able to do.. and with me not being able to help.. sometimes I've just been feeling.. useless I guess.." Spike admitted which surprised her from just hearing that.
"You should never think of yourself like that Spikey, there's always something for you to help out with, no matter how big or small it is, we're always grateful for what you can do." Rarity encouraged while she patted his back, while it's really great to hear that coming from her, a part of him felt like it wasn't enough..
"Thanks Rarity.. but.. I just don't know if it's what I need.. you all know your roles.. your destiny's, what your meant to do, but for me.. I still don't know, I'm still just an assistant.. and I.. I think there's just something more for me out there.. but I don't know what.." Spike said regretfully while he sat down on a nearby chair.

Spike's just felt more upset the more he thinks of this, while he's tried to ignore it and move on, there's just something that isn't letting him move on from it.
"Spike.. I'm.. sorry to hear that, but even if you don't know it now, it doesn't mean there won't be something for you in the future, we all have a destiny of our own, while you may not know it yet, it may be something that can helps you understand yourself. I never thought I'd have to be an Element of Harmony, and Twilight never thought she'd be a princess, but we didn't let these roles stop us did we? So if we can push through this, so can you. You just need to approach what lies ahead with confidence Spike, that's all any of us can do." Rarity advised which Spike liked the sound of, it meant a lot hearing it from her, and maybe he could just be overthinking this.
"Thanks Rarity.. I mean that." Spike said gratefully which she smiled at.
"It's no problem Spike Wikey, anything for a friend." Rarity teased which Spike laughed at.
"Thanks.. if you need me, or if anyone else does, I'll be going for a walk in the forest, I just need time to think over this, alright?" Spike asked while he was starting to walk off.
"Okay Spike, be careful!" Rarity advised as Spike was walking away. Spike smiled hearing that, and just kept making his way to think to himself again.

After that small talk, Spike spent the next few hours just walking around his home, seeing all there was to it, he really admired how peaceful everything is here, Spike always loved just going around this place, seeing all the beautiful flowers and animals going about they're day, and admiring how his home always will recover from such attacks. 

Spike made his way through the forest like he said he would, he just kept thinking to himself about what he's been seeing, all the thoughts he's had over this has made him rethink so much about himself. There's a lot he still doesn't know, even with Rarity's advise, Spike's still nervous about what his role is, if he ever will even have one. All of these visions he's had has made him think stuff he never would've questioned before, and he's started to feel dread on what it all means.
"What does this mean for me? Is something.. about to happen to me.. but.. what is it?" Spike asks himself while he goes deeper into the forest, where the sun was starting to be blocked by the tree's above leaving only small rays to reach through them.

Spike just kept walking through the place without really thinking about what's around him, every time he thought more of these nightmares, these visions, and how his friends have handled things without him, he only wishes for something interesting to happen.
"I've been raised by Twilight all my life.. and yet.. I've never even known who my real parents are.. did they even care for me? Or was I truly left alone here for nothing?" Spike asks again while he sits down on a nearby tree. He just doesn't know anything anymore, all of this stuff he's had to think about, it's made him struggle to find a proper way to push through all of this.
"Why am I thinking all of this? Are those dreams really real? Or not?" Spike asks once again while he looks up to think still, he sees the sun shining through the trees and the sunrays shine down on him, Spike smiles lightly seeing the sun, but it just can't help.

But what he didn't know.. was that while he was thinking to himself, the figure in the robe had fallowed him through the forest, and was interested with what Spike's told himself. And he decided to make things interesting for Spike..

Spike took heavy breaths and just looked around the place for anything to do, he's barely had much to do outside of the castle, and he honestly feels trapped at this point.
"What can I do? Twilight and the others all have important stuff to do, yet I'm barely able to help out with any of it.. am I.. really just gonna be on the side for my life? Or will there be something.. more important to me soon?" Spike askes himself once again.

But while he kept thinking to himself, he suddenly noticed something moving to him from the shadows, but when Spike recognized it.. his eyes widened in fear with what he saw.. multiple black monsters from his dreams began to emerge from the shadows, all surrounding him and they looked ready to attack.
"No.. no! They can't be here! I thought they were just in my dreams!" Spike shouted with fear while he saw one of them lunge at him, Spike screamed and barely avoided being slashed at, but the monster had slashed at the tree he was on, which completely cut it apart.
"H.. how can this be real?! Is this another dream?! Why is this happening now?!" Spike asks with fear while he's surrounded by all of them. 

The monsters all begin charging at Spike and Spike yelps while one of them tries slashing at him again, Spike quickly rolls out of the attack again and avoided it, he didn't have any weapon to fight the thing, but he remembered he still has fire breath, and hopefully that will work on them.
"Alright monsters, let's see if you like this!" Spike warned before he took a deep breath and shot fire at all of them, some of them did take damage from this and was defeated upon contact, but the more of them he defeated, even more of them started to emerge, and it was looking to have only made things worse here.
"Oh come on!" Spike said annoyed while he tried avoiding more attacks, he screamed again and was being attacked at from all areas, Spike jumped in the air and quickly climbed up a tree to avoid them, but they were persistent and were slashing at each tree he was trying to climb on which was bringing them down.
"No.. no! This can't be happening to me! Twilight! Anyone!?" Spike screamed hoping someone would hear him, but as the shadows got closer to him, Spike couldn't see anyone coming to help him.. he was on his own with these things..
"No.. no!" Spike screams while all of them lunge at him one last time, Spike screams and holds out both his hands as a last ditch effort to save himself.. but that's when something happened..

A bright light appeared from both his hands, and everything was blinded for a brief moment while the light shone over the whole area, creating a large blinding light from the forest, this knocked back a ton of the monsters just from the force alone, and when the light died down, Spike finally opened his eyes again.
"W.. what happened?" Spike asks himself while he focuses his vision, but when he could finally focus, Spike looked extremely shocked with what he saw.

Two strange weapons formed into both his hands, one of them looked like the Fire Ruby he had before, but it had a lot more of a flame look on it, it's tip was like a dragon in some ways, while the body itself looked like a giant key, Spike could feel a strong power coming from it alone, and was really confused with what it was. And in the other hand, was a dark weapon that looked like the other one, it was a key shaped weapon as well, only it was far darker, there was a strange gem in the center of it, and Spike felt a strange dark power coming from it too.
"What... what are these things?!" Spike asks with shock while they were aiming themselves at the monsters, even more of them began to surround Spike as soon as they appeared in his claws, and were ready to attack him.
"Keyblade..." A voice says ominously which spooks Spike for a moment, but after regaining focus, he realized that these may be his only way of fighting back..
"Alright.. let's see what these can do!" Spike declares while he holds them out and got ready.

Spike twirls them around as more of the monsters charge at him, Spike remembers the skills he learned in the dream and quickly rolls out of the way from one of their slashes, and Spike counter attacks by slashing them down at the right moment. 
"These things are.. really strong!" Spike said with shock while more of them lunge at him, Spike jumps in the air and slashes them down swiftly, he doesn't know where this sudden skill came from, but perhaps it's because he actually can fight back now. Spike makes a lot of battle cry's while he slashes a lot of them down, with each slash, another one was taken down, he doesn't know what these weapons are, but they sure do pack a punch.
"Bring it!" Spike yells while he runs directly at more of them and drags his weapons across the floor, Spike makes a cry of anger and jumps in the air once again, he stabs them on the ground which takes down another shadow, and he sees two more jumping at him from behind.

Spike reacts quickly and turns to them before he threw the weapon directly at them, and the weapon suddenly came back to him like a Boomerang, which was really cool to see. Spike slashed at them with his ruby like" Keyblade" And he could see fire coming out of it with each slash, it kinda makes sense given what gem it's from at this point. And with the darker one, Spike feels more strength coming from it, but also something he could balance out. 

Spike slashes at another group of them which was strong enough to slash down some of the trees around him, Spike was really surprised with what these things can do and wondered what they are.
"What are these things? Why do they work so well against these monsters?" Spike asks once again while he blocks a strike from most of them, Spike quickly backflips away and makes a final slash at the rest of them, Spike twirls them around and slashes each monster down while he ran through the group, taking every one of them down until none were left standing. 
"Leave me alone!!" Spike yells while he makes a final slash at the last one, and he was able to completely destroy them all.

Spike took heavy breaths and tried processing what he just did, he actually just won a fight all by himself, against monsters he doesn't know about, with weapons he doesn't know about.. it was so.. strange..
"Did.. this just really happen?" Spike asks himself while he looks around for anymore of them, and thankfully, there aren't any to be seen.
"At least they're gone..." Spike says with relief to know this, but he soon turned his attention to the new weapons he now possesses, they were unlike any weapon he's seen before, and yet they give him strength he's never felt before, and he tries remembering what that voice called them..
"Keyblades?" Spike asks confused with what they mean, it makes sense a bit since they're key shaped weapons, but he doesn't know what they're meaning is..
"Why.. did they come to me now?" Spike asks confused while looking at them, he doesn't know what to do, after all this thinking he's had to himself, it may have finally been proven to be real after all..
"Maybe.. Twilight and the others will know what to do?" Spike suggests while he looks around for the way back.

Spike just doesn't know what to do at this point, he doesn't know what these weapons are, and what those monsters were, and after thinking about it.. would they really believe him, even with these weapons in hand?
"What am I gonna do? How.. how am I gonna handle this?" Spike asks frustrated with all of this, but that's when the figure from before had seen what he's done, and was interested with him wielding two of those, and wanted to see if there is more to him..

As Spike kept questioning all of this to himself, Spike suddenly hears a sound come from behind him, Spike looked confused for a moment until he turned around, but saw what looked like a strange dark portal had appeared behind him.
"What.. what is this thing? Is it.. a portal?" Spike asks while he inspects it, he doesn't even think about going through it, because it may lead him somewhere he can't return, but as he looked at it.. Spike just felt this.. urge to go into it.. like something was calling him..
"What do I do? Should I try and show Twilight this? Or just.. leave it alone?" Spike asks while he locks back at the forest, the village isn't too far from where he is now, but if he were to come back with them, it may be gone when he does.
"Ugh.. why does this have to be so hard? What should I do?" Spike asks frustrated while he turns back and forth between the portal and the forest, but that's when Spike saw the portal looked to be fading, and if Spike doesn't do something now, he may never get answers to this. 

After heavy thinking on what to do, Spike finally made a choice that could impact his life going forward, but if Twilight and the others could push through what they've been through, so can he.
"I.. hope this doesn't backfire on me.." Spike prays as he makes his choice, and without a second thought of it.. Spike runs straight to the portal and jumps right into it just before it closed, leaving Spike in parts unknown.
And as he left, the figure from before emerged from the shadows, and looked around the world he's in, and could only see the dark future that's coming from it without a protector..
"This world.. has been connected..." The voice said sinisterly as Spike is completely gone now.. and whatever's about to happen, will shape his life forever..
> 4: Traverse Town
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Spike felt his body starting to stir after he went through that portal and vanished from the forest, he had no idea what he was getting into when he had stepped through that thing, but he just felt strange from going through it. Spike's body felt like it was waking up after being out for hours, his body tingled all over and a soft groan came from him while he was opening his eyes.

While Spike thought this was all still a dream and that he was back home, when he finally regained his focus, he saw that he was somewhere else entirely.
"W.. what?" Spike asked confused while he quickly regains his focus, but when he does, his eyes widen in shock in where he is, and it isn't Equestria..
"W.. what is this place?" Spike asked with worry while he looks around, he looks to be in a large town of sorts, with tons of lights coming from the buildings, some strange creatures walk around the place in ways he's never seen, and looking up at the sky, he sees it's nighttime.
"Did I.. pass out for the whole day? Where am I? What happened to me?" Spike asks weakly while he starts getting up, he was in an alleyway of sorts, pretty close to the main area of this district he's in, it was unlike anything he's seen, there were no ponies here, no dragons, griffins, or anything he's familiar with..
"Where.. am I?" Spike asks with worry while he steps out into the streets, not many of the people seemed to bothered with him being here once he was seen, and it made Spike think this was normal for most of the people?

Spike looks around the world he's in with shock, he thought this was all still a dream and it wasn't real, but the closer he focused himself, them ore he realized this was real after all.. he wasn't in Equestria anymore..
"Wait.. if.. this is true.. then doesn't that mean...?" Spike asks himself while he looks at his claws, he tries doing what he did with the shield in the dream, and held them out. This made the two key shaped weapons appear in front of him like before, one that resembled a Fire Ruby, and another that gave off a dark, yet strong power from it, after looking back into what these things were called, he was just confused on what all of it means.

"A Key.. blade?" Spike asks himself while he looks at them, and the town itself, he felt lost and scared with what's happening, and felt stupid for going through that portal.
"I should've told Twilight about this.." Spike says with regret for not doing that first. But as he looked up at the sky, he noticed something strange.. a star was going out..
"What the?" Spike asks with shock as he looks up into the countless number of stars, but one specifically had died out in a strange yet beautiful way..

Spike was in shock of seeing that, he had a strange and bad feeling about what that meant, and tried looking around on what to do.
"Maybe.. I should try and find some help?" Spike suggests while he puts his new weapons away for now. Spike looks around the place and admires what he sees, this town felt calm and peaceful, it was like a safe haven for those who needed somewhere to go, it was a strange place that Spike couldn't help but find amazing to see for the first time.
"What is this place? What should I do?" Spike asks again while he looks around the main district he's in, there are two lamp posts in the center with a few people walking around the place, they looked like.. humans from what he's heard in certain history books, while they were believed to be fiction, here, they are very much real.
"Ugh.. Twilight is gonna kill me when she finds out I just left like this.. now I have no idea where I am, and what to do." Spike tells himself again while he walks around the place. He looks up at a large building in the center that has a Jewelry sign on it, and wonders what could be in there.
"Maybe the person inside won't mind a couple questions? Even if i am a talking dragon here.." Spike suggests while he starts to walk to it.

But as soon as he reached the door, a dog bark was heard and he quickly turns to it, Spike has a look of surprise the moment he sees a strange yellow dog with a green color run directly past him, directly running across Spike and it made him stumble to the ground.
"What the?" Spike asks himself again while he quickly gets back up, he turns around to see where the boy went, but the dog was suddenly gone which left Spike even more confused.
"What was that? Was that a dog? Where'd he go?" Spike asks looking around for it, but that's when he turned to where that dog came from, it looked to run from a small alley just next to the shop which gave Spike an idea.
"H.. hello? Is anyone there?" Spike calls out hoping for someone to respond, and thankfully, a strange new voice did.
"Hello? Who's there?" The voice asks in response while they both walk to the corner, but once they did, Spike bumped into someone he's never met before.

It was a small boy that looked to be around 14 or so, he had spikey brown hair, pretty neat clothing, a chain with a crown around his neck, and weird oversized boots. They both stared at eachother with shock seeing eachother for the first time, Spike has never seen a creature like him before, and felt a bit scared, and the boy looked concerned seeing him here too.
"W.. who are you?" Spike asks with fear while he was backing up, the boy was quick to see Spike was afraid, and tried to calm him down.
"Whoa.. it's okay! I'm not gonna hurt you, my name is Sora, are.. you alright?" Sora introduced while Spike still was worried about all of this, he already felt regret for just walking through that portal, now he doesn't even know where he is, and what the heck is going on.
"I'm.. fine.. I guess.. did you just see a yellow dog go by here?" Spike asks looking around for it, and Sora seemed surprised hearing that and thought that was just his imagination.
"Yeah, he suddenly ran off somewhere, and I don't know why, and looking around the place.. I'm definitely not on my island anymore.." Sora said with regret which confused Spike hearing that.
"Island? Are you from.. somewhere else too?" Spike asks while trying to understand him.

Sora only crossed his arms while they looked over the strange town they were in, and tried reflecting on what happened.
"Yeah.. my.. home was destroyed, I got seperated from my friends, and now I don't know what to do. What about you? Do you know where we are?" Sora asks looking down at him, and Spike was just as clueless as him.
"No I don't, and your not the only one, I just woke up here suddenly, and now I have no idea what to do, or where to go. I was about to go into that shop just next to us, maybe there's someone that can help." Spike replied while they looked at the Jewelry shop just next to them, and they both thought it could help.
"Could be, you mind if I come with? I don't know what to do right now either." Sora asked which Spike didn't mind at all.

"Of course not, I'll take any help I can get, my name's Spike, it's.. nice to meet you?" Spike asked while he held his claw out, Sora only smiled a bit and shook it not too long after.
"Nice to meet you too Spike, let's just try and find out what to do, alright?" Sora asked which Spike liked the sound of.
"Sounds good to me, let's see what's in that shop." Spike declares before they start moving away from the alley, and goes into the shop just next to them.

Spike and Sora both quickly entered the shop without much time passing, Spike looked around and took in what he saw, there was tons of equipment around the place and some jewelry behind some glass cases, obviously for selling purposes. And at the front desk, was a tall yet strange person with yellow hair, goggles, and looked pretty old yet experienced with stuff.
"Um.. hello there?" Spike asked which got his attention while he was turned around.
"Hello there, how can I... Oh, it's only 2 kids." The man said with a bit of disappointment which offended Sora a bit.
"Hey, we're not kids! And our names are Sora and Spike." Sora introduced pointing at each of them to make it clear.
"Sorry sir, we're just.. a bit lost right now." Spike apologized while he looked around the place.
"I can clearly see that, where you from you two, what brings you here?" He asked walking up to the desk in front of them. 

"It's.. a long story, but what about this place, where are we?" Sora asked wondering what world they're in now. 
"You must be new arrivals, this place is called Traverse Town, a place where people who've lost they're worlds can end up and need a place to stay, while it isn't the best place out there for some, it's at least safe. Names Cid, now, what about you two?" Cid asked waiting for they're story's, Spike and Sora looked at eachother and decided on who would go first.
"I'm from a.. world called Equestria, I just woke up here after vanishing through a dark portal, I don't know why I didn't just leave it alone, but now.. I'm here, and have no where to go, or current way to get back." Spike explained which shocked them both."
"Why the heck would you just go through a dark portal? I know your young and all, but surely you could've snuffed out any danger coming from it right?" Cid asked a bit upset hearing how this happened.
"Sorry it's just.. there was a lot going through my mind before I came here, and now I just have more questions.. sorry about this." Spike apologized which Cid sighed at from hearing.

"It's alright kid, I've seen people go through stuff like this before, now what about you? How'd you get here?" Cid asked turning to Sora next.
"I came from an island, It was  completely taken over by dark shadows and monsters that appeared in a storm, and now.. I got seperated from my friends, and I don't know where they are." Sora said regretfully which Spike felt bad from hearing.
"Strange.. shadow monsters?" Spike asks as he remembered something similar that happened just before he left his own home.
"Well, regardless of what's happened, I think it's best you two take a look around town, there's a couple districts just a around the area here, you should take a look around, try and find these friends of yours. And if you run into any trouble, just come tell me, I'll look out for you two, alright?" Cid suggested which sounded good to the both of them.
"I like the sound of that, you wanna take a look around the place?" Spike asked looking back at the door.
"Sure, let's see if we can find Riku and Kairi, thanks Sid, we'll be back in a bit." Sora said gratefully while they left him alone once again, not feeling too bothered by what happened here.

Spike and Sora walked back out into the main street and started head to the Second District right behind the shop, it was a simple walk they had to take, but nothing too long or too short.
"So.. Spike, are you a real dragon? An actual talking dragon?" Sora asked taking a closer look at Spike's appearance.
"Y.. yeah, I am, I guess it's surprising to see a real dragon here huh? Gotta be honest, I'm just as surprised with what's happening here just like you are, I don't know how looking at the other districts will help, but maybe there's something there for us." Spike said as they were about to open the main door.
"Glad to know I'm not the only one, may I ask what your world is like? What you do there, for me, I was mainly on a few sets of tropical islands, barely anything ever changed there, and me and my two friends wanted to set out to find other worlds, but it was ruined just before we all did, after we were attacked by these strange.. dark creatures.." Sora explained still confused on what they are which concerned Spike too.

"I'm.. really sorry to hear that, but for me.. my world is probably the most beautiful thing you'd ever see, it's home to creatures that could only be seen as a myth, amazing magical places that can be amazing to see, and there can often be some insane stuff that happens once in a while." Spike explained as well which interested Sora a lot. 
"Sounds like you ended up in the better world, don't get me wrong, I loved my island, it's just.. after a certain point of living there for so long, without knowing what lies beyond it, things just start to get sort of..." Sora replied about to finish that sentence before Spike did for him.
"Boring? I can.. understand that too, while my own friends have a lot to do together, for me, I'm often just left alone at home doing chores or something like that, not anything too big, and that's what I didn't like about it honestly, and now.. all of this is happening. It's just.. so sudden you know?" Spike asked while they made they're way into the Second District. 
"Yeah, I can get that, let's just hope for now nothing suddenly..." Sora said right before they heard a scream of fear just from the right corner.

Spike and Sora quickly turn to where the scream came from, but they saw an innocent person be knocked directly on the ground, and they watched with horror as what looked like his heart flowed out of him and went into a strange shadow which morphed into an armored monster before it vanished, and the person was completely gone.
"What was that?!" Spike asks with shock and fear, they looked around for any signs of that person, but he was gone.
"I don't know, but that creature sorta looked like..." Sora said right as they saw more shadows emerge in front of them, they looked exactly like the ones Spike encountered, and they both were shocked to see them here.
"It's those creatures from the island/ Equestria!" Spike and Sora said at once with shock.

The monsters all lunge at them at once and Spike quickly holds out his claws and summons his two weapons, Spike quickly slashes them down with one slash while Spike hears another one come from Sora, he looks over and sees Sora has a similar weapon to him, a key shaped blade with silver metal, with a gold grip, and a keychain with a head with two large ears around it. Spike and Sora both look at eachother with shock upon seeing they have weapons so similar to one another.
"Hold on.. you have this strange weapon too? And you have two of them?!" Sora asked amazed and shocked with him duel wielding these things.
"Y.. yeah, I do, you got one of them too? I thought it was only just me.." Spike said with shock while they looked at they're own weapons. 
"I thought so too.. but I guess this means there's something special to the both of them right?" Sora asked while they looked around for any more monsters, but they didn't see any right now which was a relief.
"Maybe, but still.. that poor guy, and with those monsters.. just.. what do we do now?" Spike asks looking around for what to do.
"I dunno, let's head back to Cid , see if he knows anything about these monsters." Sora suggested which was a good plan.
"Good idea, let's go." Spike replies before they both went back through the door to the First District.

They both quickly made they're way back into the First District, they both had bad feelings about these monsters, and hoped Cid at least had advise on how to deal with this, the place suddenly looked a lot more empty as soon as they got back, like all the people around went back inside to hide.
"Where did all the people go?" Sora asked looking around for them.
"It may be those monsters, you said you encountered them back home on your island right?" Spike replied looking up at him.
"Yeah, they were what destroyed my home in the first place, have you seen them too?" Sora asked back turning to him next.
"Yeah, while they didn't destroy my home, they attacked me in the forest when I needed time to think, that's when I got these weapons of mine, and went through that portal. It may mean that my home is in danger if I don't do anything about these monsters, so I had to find out what was going on." Spike explained while they turned another corner. 

"I guess your the lucky one then, at least your home is still safe, but for me.. I don't think there's a way to get it back.." Sora said sadly which saddened Spike again, he didn't want Sora to feel down like that, and tried cheering him up. 
"Hey, don't worry, we'll find a way to fix this, I need to find my way back, but we should find out what's going on with these monsters first, you think you can handle that?" Spike asked hoping he could do that.
"Maybe, I don't know yet, let's just see if Cid knows what to do." Sora replied while they made they're way to the entrance again.
"I agree on that." Spike said with a smile while they both entered the place again, not knowing someone else was watching them during the whole thing..

Spike and Sora quickly made they're way back inside and saw Cid was still at the desk, and they hoped he knew something about what's happening.
"Oh, that was quick you two, did you find them?" Cid asked hoping they found they're friends.
"No, but we ran into some strange monsters that attacked us just a bit ago, we didn't know what they were, and wanted to see if you know anything about them." Spike answered which concerned him hearing it.
"Yeah, they were monsters that came from the shadows, they stole one guy's heart and it formed into a new type of sorts, do you know anything about it?" Sora asked while Cid looked worried hearing that.
"All I can say is that they aren't good news, I have a friend that knows more about them then I do, you should go out to find him, he's always on the lookout for any of them, so it may not be long till you do, just be careful you two." Cid advised which did give them a plan on what to do.

"Okay then.. we'll see if we can find him. Come on Sora, let's go." Spike said already starting to leave.
"Already, but shouldn't we see if there's anything else to find?" Sora asked worried with any trouble they could get into.
"We won't know until we see it for ourselves, I'm not gonna let these monsters do more harm if they're around, so you gonna come?" Spike asked again looking back at him.
"Well, I guess it won't hurt, let's just see if we can find this guy, hopefully there won't be too many of them." Sora declared before they both went out to the door.
"Something tells me this is just the start of it all.." Spike says with concern while they opened the doors once again.

Spike and Sora made they're way back out into the First District to try and find this person Cid mentioned, but before they could decide what to do next, they heard someone come from behind.
"They'll keep coming for you two out of nowhere." A person speaks which quickly makes them turn to someone who came around a corner.
"Who are you?" Sora asked confused with what he means.
"And they'll keep on coming at you both, as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade. But why, why would it choose two kids like you two?" The figure asked looking at both they're weapons.
""Wow, kinda rude there don't you think?" Spike asked a bit offended by that.
"Forget it, now, let's see those Keyblades.." The figure said as he began marching over to them both.
"What?! There's no way your getting these!" Sora declared quickly drawing his weapon and was ready to fight.
"Sorry sir, but I'm not just gonna give these up easily." Spike replied before he summoned both his Keyblades which the figure scoffed at. and he drew a large sword in response.
"Alright. then have it your way." He said seriously before he aimed his sword at them both.

The figure started off the fight by lunging at them in the air with his sword aiming at both of them, Spike quickly came in and blocked the attack with his two weapons to hold him back, Sora aided this move by coming at him from behind and he slashed at him from the back which knocked him back a bit, the figure didn't really look too phased by that attack and quickly turned back to him. Spike and Sora were about to attack him again, but he somehow formed Fire in his hands and shot a blast directly at them.
"Whoa!" Spike screamed just as they barely avoided being hit by the blast which did look like it would hurt if it caught them. Spike turned back to the figure and got an idea on how to get back at him.
"You wanna play with fire? Alright, let's see you take this!" Spike shouted before he took a deep breath and shot a large stream of fire directly at him, the figure quickly rolled out of the way of the fire stream and slid across the ground while readying his sword, Spike quickly saw the figure was on his right and he charged at him. Spike quickly flipped over the slash and Sora went in and delivered a combo slash against him, the figure got knocked back even more but still looked skilled enough to fight, but Spike came in from behind and dragged his Keyblades on the ground.
"Leave us alone!" Spike screamed before he repeatedly slashed at the figure from the back and finished the combo off by delivering a strong kick to the side which knocked him back a good distance.

This actually seemed to weaken this person despite how strong he looked, everyone took heavy breaths as the fight was exhausting them all.
"Now your gonna... gonna..." Sora said weakly before he passed out from exhaustion, Spike saw this and felt annoyed having to do this alone now.
"Your not gonna take these from us.." Spike said with heavy breaths while he kept his Keyblades drawn, but the figure seemed to calm down after all this fighting and looked less upset then before.
"I don't wanna hurt you two, but if you wanna know more about the Keyblade, I highly advise standing down." The figure warned which confused Spike a bit.
"What do you mean? You know what these weapons are?" Spike asked looking at his own while Sora had his out still.
"Of course Squall would, he knows what these creatures are too, we both do." Another voice said which spooked Spike.

"Who's there?" Spike asked looking around for it, Spike soon got his answer when he saw someone else land besides the figure, she looked to be like a ninja of sorts and looked pretty skilled.
"Someone who's not just gonna sit around and do nothing, I don't think we both will, right Squall?" She asked jokingly looking at the figure.
"That's Leon, and no, we both won't just sit around and do nothing. Look kid, if you wanna know about these weapons you have, then you have to come with us." Leon said looking at Spike who was worried about this, but after looking at the situation, he sees that some answers is what they both need right now.
"Alright, I'll come with you, if you know about these monsters, It won't hurt to have an explanation." Spike replied which they both were glad to here.
"Good, come on, let's get that boy to the hotel, it's not far from here." Leon said while he grabbed Sora's body and put him over his shoulder, Spike only shrugged a bit and followed the two and just hoped this isn't any trouble for them.

Meanwhile in an alleyway not too far away, there were two people by the names of Donald and Goofy searching around for this person when they got here.
"Gawrsh, there's nobody here! It sure is spooky!" Goofy said a bit afraid of the baron place around them.
"Ah, phooey! I'm not scared!" Donald said confidently just before someone taped his back and he screamed with fear and landed in Goofy's arms. 
"Excuse me, did the King send you?" The figure asked hopefully while the two turned to her, and they saw she was just wanting to talk too..

"Come on lazy bum, wake up." A familiar voice advised while Sora groaned weakly, Sora started to open his eyes and he started to see what looked like his friend Kairi in front of him.
"You okay?" She asked while closely inspecting him.
"Uh.. I guess?" Sora replied while looking around for Spike.
"The creatures who attacked you and your friend are after the Keyblades, but it's your heart they really want, because you both wield the Keyblades." She said with concern while Sora didn't realize it fully yet.
"I'm so  glad your okay Kairi." Sora said with relief which confused her.
"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" Yuffie introduced while Sora's vision fully came into focus again and he saw a completely new person.
"You alright Sora?" Spike suddenly asked which shocked Sora for a moment, he quickly turned around and saw Spike was standing near the wall and waiting for answers.

"Spike.. where.. where are we?" Sora asked looking around the place.
"We're in a hotel in the 2nd District, you passed out after we fought Leon, and after a little convincing, they managed to talk me into coming with them." Spike explained while he walked over to him.
"Who's Leon?" Sora asked not knowing who that was.
"That's me." Leon answered suddenly which made Spike turn to the corner and they saw Leon was near the door to another room while Sora and Spike's weapon's near the wall.
"The Keyblade..." Sora said with interest while Spike looked at his own.
"Yeah, we had to get them away from you both to shake off those monsters, turns out, that's how they were tracking you too." Yuffie explained which was interesting to hear.
"It was the only way to conceal your hearts from them, but it won't work for long." Leon explained while crossing his arms
"So that explains why they suddenly showed up here too." Spike told himself while Leon picked up Sora's. 
"You got that right, but still.. it's hard to believe that you two are the chosen ones.." Leon said while he held the thing in the air before it suddenly disappeared from his hand, and it reappeared in Sora's, and the same happened with Spike's Keyblades too which surprised them both.

Spike looked at his Keyblades with interest, he doesn't know much about them, but with what they're telling them, it sounds extremely important.
"Guess we can't just escape from these things huh?" Spike asked while he twirled them around a bit.
"Guess so, gotta admit though, it's impressive you can wield two of them Spike, that's something that's rarely seen." Leon replied looking at both his weapons too.
"Guess I'm just lucky, or unlucky if this is what your implying." Spike replied casually while he sat down next to Sora.
"Alright, why don't you start making some sense, what's going on here?" Sora asked wondering what all of this means.

In another room just next to them, the woman by the name of Aerith began explaining a similar conversation to Donald and Goofy.
"Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there, besides your castle and this town right?" Aerith asked making this clear for them.
"Yeah." Donald responded with some concern.
"But they're supposed to be a secret!" Goofy said worried on how they know this.
"They've been secret, because they've never been connected, but when the Heartless came.. everything changed.." Aerith said with regret which was worrying.

"The Heartless?" Spike and Sora asked at once while they were told something very similar.
"The creatures who attacked you both, remember guys?" Yuffie asked while she was sitting down next to them.
"Yeah, it's hard not to forget." Spike replied while turning back to Leon.
"Those without hearts." Leon said with a serious look.
"It's the darkness in people's hearts that attracts them." Yuffie continued while they kept listening on.
"And there is darkness.. within every heart." Leon finished which concerned them both.
"Even ours?" Spike asked with worry while he held his own chest.
"I'm afraid so, but here's another question, you ever here of someone by the name of Ansem?" Yuffie asked which confused them both.

Donald and Goofy were just asked the same question which confused them too.
"Ansem?" Goofy asked not fully pronouncing it right.
"He was studying the Heartless, he recorded everything he's found, in a very detailed report." Aerith answered once more.
"Gawrsh uh.. can we see it?" Goofy asked hoping they had something for it.
"It's pages got scattered everywhere.." Aerith said with regret which shocked the two.
"Scattered?!" Donald shouted with shock hearing this.
"Scattered to many worlds." Aerith replied with honesty.

"Oh! Then maybe the king went to find them!" Goofy suggested which Donald agreed to as well.
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." Aerith said with a smile.
"We gotta find him quick!" Goofy declared really worried for his safety.
"Wait! ( Donald noticed the camera wasn't focused on him and pushed the thing to focus on him), first we gotta find that key!" Donald reminded keeping the camera in place.
"That's right, the Keyblade." Aerith said remembering what she's known about it.

Spike and Sora both look at they're weapons with shock after what they learned, and how important they really were.
"So.. these are the keys.." Sora replied while he held his up in the air.
"If we both can use them, then doesn't that mean there are others like us who can use it?" Spike asked wondering how far back the history goes with these things.
"There's been stories about it, but we haven't seen any others currently who can use it." Yuffie answered which fascinated him even more.
"The Heartless have great fear over them, but they'll keep coming at you, no matter what." Leon continued while he kept walking around.
"Well.. I didn't ask for this, you didn't either right Spike?" Sora asked turning to him again.
"Honestly, it was a do or die moment with me, so I guess I did somehow." Spike replied while he got up and swung them around a bit.

"The Keyblades choose they're masters, and they chose you two!" Yuffie declared looking at them both.
"So, tough luck kids." Leon said leaning back into the wall again.
"You guys aren't surprised that a talking dragon can use such a weapon? I honestly thought there would be.. you know more of a shock to this?" Spike asked surprised with how casual they're taking this.
"Don't worry Spike, for us, this is like a Tuesday, we've dealt with this thing before, and after a while, it doesn't become that surprising anymore." Leon answered which Spike could understand.
"Hmm.. that's.. interesting to hear.." Spike said while wondering what else they've seen.
"But.. if this is true.. then what happened to my home, my island? And my friends..." Sora asked with regret  on what's happened here.
"You know what.. I really don't know.." Leon said regretting to tell him this.
"It's alright Sora, we'll find them, I promise that." Spike assured which made Sora feel a bit better.

Spike and Sora looked around the hotel room and just wondered what else they have to do now.
"So.. are there any other things this Keyblade can do?" Spike asked looking at his weapons once more.
"I've heard they can open all sorts of locks, no matter how secure they are, the Keyblade can open it." Yuffie answered which was interesting to hear.
"So.. we'll just have to keep out for anything that can help right?" Sora asked while they both got up from the bed.
"Yep, it'll probably come in handy in the future, best keep an eye out for it guys!" Yuffie said casually while she leaned down a bit.
"We'll keep that in mind, so Leon.. you said there were other people in the room just next to us?" Spike asked as Leon didn't tell them who was right next to them.

"Yeah, I did, we should meet up with them, Aerith should just be finishing up too." Leon declared looking back at her, but Yuffie had just noticed something that shocked them all.
"Leon!" Yuffie warned while she pointed at another shadow which formed into an armored Heartless like the ones before.
"Yuffie! Go!" Leon ordered which made her run past him, Donald was about to open the door next to them, but Yuffie slammed the door open which flattened him into the wall.
"Yuffie?" Aerith asked with concern while she chased after her.
"Looks like they found us, you guys ready for this?!" Spike asked with anger while they held out they're weapons.
"Sora, Spike, let's go!" Leon said seriously just as he ran to the Heartless and delivered a powerful slash which sent it flying out of the building, Leon jumped out the window and landed down in the alleyway while Spike and Sora followed behind. The door Donald got slammed on had finally closed again, and Donald was literally flattened in the wall in a funny way.

Spike, Leon and Sora all jumped down in the alleyway and were all swarmed by more of these armored Heartless.
"Don't bother with the small fry you guys, find the leader!" Leon ordered while he just ran past the other Heartless.
"You heard him Sora, let's go!" Spike shouted while they ran after him, more of the Heartless tried to attack them by using a Cyclone attack, but Spike quickly rolled out of the way and slashed at them and took down most of them in just a few hits.
"Where would the leader be? It can't be in the 2nd District, there's gotta be somewhere to find it!" Sora shouted while he lunged in the air and delivered an air slash against more of them.
"Cid said there were 3 Districts here, I think i saw a corner leading to it in the 2nd District, come on!" Spike declared while he was running into the next district.
"Right behind you!" Sora replied as they ran past the Heartless to find the leader.

Spike and Sora proceeded to make they're way through the 2nd District while taking down more Heartless, Spike could see the corner he saw earlier and got an idea of where it leads, they both quickly made they're way to it while avoiding most of the Heartless they encounter.
"You seem to be confident in this Spike, have you done something like this before?" Sora asked while they both deflected more attacks from the Heartless, Spike quickly rolled behind it and struck it down from it's back.
"I guess you can say that, though I haven't been directly in fights like this before, so this is all still new to me." Spike answered just as they kept running to through the next corner.
"Same here Spike, you really think we'll be able to stop these things?" Sora asked while they saw a door just up ahead that led to the next area.
"We have too, if those monsters keep spreading, they could destroy my home too! And I won't let that happen!" Spike said with anger at the thought of it, Sora and Spike quickly made they're way through the corner and made they're way to the next door ahead.
"Let's see if that leader's in here." Sora said hopefully while they opened it up and ran inside.

Spike and Sora quickly ran through the 3rd District, Donald and Goofy were just above them on another platform after the Heartless attacked, but they suddenly got cornered by more of these things who appeared around them both.
"Let's go get em, Goofy!" Donald said with anger while they looked at the monsters. We cut to a bright light behind seen from the platform high above which made Donald and Goofy go flying off it while screaming with fear.
"What the?" Spike asked confused just as he and Sora saw them both, Sora and Spike tried to get out of the way, but they landed on them both and were all a bit dizzy from the landing. Goofy and Donald tried regaining focus and they saw 3 key's behind held out in front of them.
"Oh, the Key's!" Donald and Goofy said at once which confused Spike and Sora.
"Can you.. get off of us please?!" Spike asked annoyed while they were trying to get up. But the ground around them suddenly began to shake and they all gasped with shock as large blocks emerged from the ground which cornered them in, more of the armored Heartless appeared within the District and they all were surrounded, Spike and the others saw they were cornered, and they had to fight them off for this.

Spike made a battle cry and charged at the Heartless with anger, he dragged his Keyblades across the ground which made sparks come from them as a result, and Spike slid directly under then and slashed at them all, Donald held out his staff and aimed it at them all, the staff suddenly shot a fire like spell that took down most of them in one shot, Goofy assisted with this by readying himself, and he suddenly spun himself around the whole area, he kept knocking himself into multiple Heartless dozens of times and somehow took them down  too. 
"Who are these guys?" Sora asked with surprise while he and Spike were holding more of them off.
"Fight now, questions later!" Spike shouted before he took a deep breath and shot more fire at all of them, the fire was so affective against them, it was able to take down every last one of the them from it's range. 
"Whoa.." Donald said with surprise with what Spike just did, everyone took heavy breaths and looked around for anymore of them that may still be here.
"Is that all of them?" Spike asked hopefully.

But unfortunately, it wasn't, just above them all, they saw a large armored Heartless appear from above, it towered over them all and it looked like an armored knight, Spike noticed it's arms and legs were dethatched from it's body which would give it more range to attack them, and Spike realized what this thing was.
"This has gotta be the leader! Let's take it down!" Spike declared while he and leaped into the air at the thing.
"Let's get em!" Donald shouted with confidence while he aimed his staff at the monster and shot more fire at it.
"Bring it!" Sora shouted as well while he ran up to the thing and they all began fighting the monster together.

Spike landed directly on the thing and tried slashing at one of it's arms, it looked like it can be taken down piece by piece, and Spike tried to make the thing lose it's armored pieces. 
"This thing needs to be taken down one by one! Attack the arms and legs guys!" Spike shouted while he jumped into the air again and made a battle cry while falling right at the things right arm, Spike twirled his Keyblades around, and in one powerful slash, Spike was able to destroy the thing's right arm with one fell slash. The group all assisted in this and tried taking the thing down one by one like Spike had suggested.
"You made the wrong move with challenging us!" Sora shouted once again while he was slashing at the things right foot, the monster roared at them all and it tried slashing down at them with it's left hand, but Goofy quickly came in and blocked the thing with it's shield which was really affective. Spike used this moment to run right past him and he and Sora both delivered one slash at the same time against the monster's legs, this was strong enough to destroy them too and the monster was left with only one hand to attack. 
"Come on, it's almost down!" Spike shouted confidently while all of them made battle cry's to the monster.

The monster roared at them once again and tried slashing at them with it's only free hand, but Sora quickly came in and rolled directly under the slash and counter attacked the thing from it's wrist, Donald joined in with this attack and fired multiple fireblast at the monster's hand, this finally destroyed the monster's last hand and it was left completely open for attacks.
"Let's finish this!" Spike screamed as all of them charged directly at the thing, Goofy ran ahead first and used his Tornado move and slashed at the thing from all around it, Donald went next and shot more fire blasts directly at the things head too, and Spike and Sora finished the thing off with a finishing move, Spike ran ahead of Sora and he quickly lunged directly at the thing's head, Sora followed behind and jumped in the air with him, Spike and Sora made a scream of anger at once and the Heartless wasn't quick enough to react, Spike and Sora both slashed through the thing's body and head with one strong attack, they both took heavy breaths and watched as the thing was shaking badly, and the battle was decided once the things head finally fell down, and they saw a large heart leave from it which made it's body disappear completely.

After that fight with the monster, the two people Spike and Sora met tried explaining to them on why they're here. And they were apparently looking for them both.
"So.. you were looking for us?" Sora sked curiously which they both nodded in response from.
"They too were seeking the wielders of the Keyblade." Leon answered as he and Yuffie met up with them after the fight too.
"So.. you both traveled to this world to find us?" Spike asked making sure it was clear.
"Yeah, why don't you both come with us? We can go to all kind of worlds on our vessel!" Goofy offered which sounded really interesting to hear.
"I.. wonder if I can find Riku and Kairi.." Sora replied with worry for them.
"Of course!" Donald answered positively which surprised Sora a bit.

"Are you sure?" Goofy whispered while they turned away from them a bit.
"Who knows, but we need them to come with us, and help find the king." Donald whispered back while Spike crossed his arms.
"You two alright back there?" Spike asked from behind which made them quickly turn back to them. Leon decided to help out with this so they can hopefully find what they need.
"Sora, Spike, you should go with them, especially if you wanna find your friends, and keep your home safe." Leon advised which did convince them a bit.
"You think you'll be able to find Equestria? I did kinda.. vanish from my friends suddenly, they're probably very worried for me by now." Spike asked hoping nothing too bad would happen from that.

"Don't worry, we'll find it, count on that! But you can't come along looking all moody! Our boat runs on happy faces!" Donald replied with a smile which Spike already liked the sound of.
"Happy?" Sora asked with a curious look. Donald, Goofy and Spike all looked at Sora who kept his face down for a moment.. before he revealed his own silly face which Spike chuckled at, Donald and Goofy didn't respond at first which confused Sora for just a moment, but they all started to laugh after seeing such a funny face.
"Now that's one funny face!" Goofy said while laughing hard.
"It was pretty funny, it's nice too meet you guys, I'm Spike." Spike introduced while he held out his claw.
"And I'm Sora." Sora introduced while they all walked up together.
"Donald Duck!" Donald introduced as well holing out his hand too.
"And I'm Goofy! All for one, and one for all!" Goofy declared while they all put they're hands together, officially becoming a team, and friends..

Once that talk was over, the group all made they're way back to the 1st District to say they're goodbye's for now, with Donald and Goofy, they now could travel to other worlds to hopefully stop these monsters for good, and maybe get Spike home.
"So, guess this is where we part ways for now right?" Spike asked while he looked at his new friends he's made here.
"For now yes, but don't worry, you all can come back at any time, just be safe out there." Aerith advised which sounded good to them.
"But be careful, we don't know how far the Heartless have spread, they'll appear when you least expect it, so keep your eyes out for them." Leon advised while he still had his arms crossed.
"Good luck out there! Be careful!" Yuffie advised while she was waving her hand goodbye.
"I hope you find your way home and your friends you two." Aerith said with a hopeful look which they were glad to hear.
"Thanks guys, it was nice meeting you all here, but now, it's time to go. You ready Spike?" Sora asked looking at him again.
"I'm ready to go, see you later guys." Spike concluded while he started walking away.
"Look out for eachother, and be safe." Leon advised one more time which they both smiled at.

Spike and Sora made they're way to Donald and Goofy who were just near the main door.
"So, you guys ready to go?" Spike asked while they met up together.
"Yep, the Gummi Ship is just outside that door!" Donald assured while he looked at the door just ahead.
"The what?" Sora asked not understanding that word.
"It's our ship, we use it to travel to all kinds of worlds." Donald explained with a casual look.
"Yeah, just wait till you see it!" Goofy said with an excited look.
"Hold on a moment, Sora, Spike, this is for you two." Donald declared before he suddenly waved his staff around them, and they felt a new power just enter them.

"What was that?" Sora asked looking at himself again.
"I just granted you a fire spell I know, it'll help us in fights, you'd best use it sparingly." Donald explained which amazed them both.
"Really? I can use magic?! Awesome!" Sora said amazed with what they just heard.
"Something tells me we're gonna learn a lot more moving forward, you guys ready to go?" Spike asked with a smile.
"Let's go!" Sora replied with confidence as they all made they're way to the main door, while Spike was glad to have made new friends, they now have a new problem to deal with, and hopefully this is the start of something much.. much greater for them all..