Spike's Sacrifice

Chapter 1: The Sacrifice

"Enough!" yelled Queen Chrysalis. "Or the dragon's wings get plucked!"

Before Spike could even react, he was violently lifted off the ground by his wings and placed on display for his friends to see, with Cozy Glow holding Grogar's enchanted bell keeping Spike in place. Tirek and Chrysalis both smiled with callousness at one of their enemies in pain.

Anger was replaced with horror on Twilight's face as she saw her best friend in excruciating pain.

"No! Don't hurt him!" she practically begged.

Spike was in unimaginable pain as he felt his wings about to be dislocated from their sockets, but he put that aside. He knew that Equestria's fate was worth far more than his wellbeing.

"Don't worry about me! Just save-Argh!" The purple dragon was abruptly cut off by another jolt of pain.

Spike mustered up the energy to open one of his eyes just a little bit, only to find his six best friends standing down. He then felt himself being thrown toward his friends; the wind felt cool as he flew through the air. The feeling of falling was quickly replaced with a pair of hooves surrounding his small body as his friends all formed a protective huddle around Twilight.

"Turns out that the magic of Friendship proves to be your greatest weakness," Tirek taunted. "A fitting end to your pathetic story."

The villains grinned wickedly as they charged up their magic and prepared to finally rid themselves of their burdens once and for all. In that moment, Tirek's final seven words hit home as the Mane 6 realized just how much trouble they were in. Spike suddenly felt all his pain vanish as he looked up and saw his friends' horrified faces. The adrenaline raced through his body at lightning speeds and everything slowed down. He knew that his friends needed to be saved and he was the only one to do it. Without another moment to spare, he broke free of Twilight's grasp and flew as fast as he could towards the object that nearly cost him the use of his wings.

Twilight was shocked at what she saw, her best friend was flying toward the monsters at breakneck speeds and had successfully nabbed the bell from their grasp.

The next few seconds were a blur to Spike. One second he was on the ground, the next he was in the air, nabbing the enchanted bell from the monsters' grasp. His adrenaline levels were through the roof. Never in his life had he ever felt more determined on a mission to save his friends. If he was in pain before, he sure didn't show it now. His wings, however, weren't as mobile as before, no doubt in Spike's mind that they were likely broken due to the severe abuse they received no more than one minute ago. The villains were furious.

"Give that back, you repulsive, little brat!" Chrysalis spat as she prepared to zap Spike.

Out of pure instinct, Spike stuck Grogar's bell out in front of him and the green jolt of magic hit it. Somehow, the bell absorbed the magic blast, which avoided further injury to Spike. Spike looked at the bell and noticed It was lined with cracks and faintly glowing a moderate shade of green. He had no doubt in his mind that Chrysalis' magic had damaged it. He then quickly laid out a plan in his mind to defeat them. For this to work, he'd need to trick them into zapping the bell several times to overload it with magic and then fly it toward them at the last second before the enchanted object exploded. He already figured it would likely kill him too, but for Equestria it was worth it

"You want this bell so bad?" Spike taunted from above. "Then come and get it."

Cozy Glow growled. "Challenge accepted, lizard."

The evil Pegasus turned Alicorn flew after the pre-teen dragon and fired another magic blast at him. Spike once again stuck the bell out and blocked it. It looked more cracked and was glowing a bit brighter.