rather_eat_turquoise | 2nd Sapphire Cupcake: Video and | Action for Cadence

[Today was just not a good day for Spike. After getting off the pokegear to everypony, Spike's Trapinch was really, really unimpressed. And Spike knew it. And now he knew how sharp those teeth were. The Trapinch had chased him up a tree, and then sat waiting for him to come down. There had seemed to be a gleam of...something...in its beady eyes that Spike did not like. And of course, the tree had been 'occupied'.]

[By a weird looking bluish tree nut thing.]

[Let's just say Spike also found out what 'Selfdestruct' does. On the upside, he 'caught' his first pokemon. It wasn't a moment he really wanted to remember.]

[The feed clicks on to an extremely disheveled and unhappy Spike - his hair has leaves and twigs in it, one eyebrow is gone, and he has a cut on his cheek which is bleeding lightly.]

Princess Cadence? I really hope you can hear me. It's Spike. Twilight said we're close by to each other and that she's coming to pick us up.

[An annoyed 'TRAAAAAAAAAA' can be heard in the background, and Spike visibly flinches.]

Where are you, and I'll come find you? [If he can ever get out of this Celestia-forsaken tree...]

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[It's even more embarrassing for Spike that the whole predicament is on camera]

Gee thanks.

No, just my pokemon...animal...thing. I don't think it likes me very much.

What's a Beedrill??

They're giant bees with poison stingers for hands! Why I haven't grabbed one for a minion yet is beyond me...

[Oh, wait. He's getting a bit off track.]

But if you're having that big of a problem, then stop letting the thing push you around. You've gotta show that you're the boss and they're just the mini-boss!

[But then, this is just a kid. He doesn't expect every child in the world to be as evil and awesome as Bowser Jr.]

[Spike gulped. They sounded unpleasant]

W...well I guess that's true. But it has really sharp teeth...

Do you have any suggestions on what I could do?

Punch it in the face! Stomp it into the ground. Act tough, and if it bites, you bite back.

[Yeah, that sounds a little harsh, but he's a villain. It's how he rolls.]

[It takes Spike a second to really absorb what Bowser is saying…and then when he does…]

Wait, I can’t do that! I mean…I can’t hurt it back! That wouldn’t be very nice!

I mean…I am tough…I am a dragon after all…but hurting another animal isn’t right…

[Bowser sounds a lot like those teenage dragons Spike was hanging with for a short time there.]

Grah! These Pokémon can take it. They live to fight each other, so what's a few punches on the snout for acting up? Waving a little white flag ain't gonna help ya, kid.

I wrestle with my minions all the time, and they do everything I say! It's called having a shell... or spine in your case.

[What is with this place and its silly pacifists? His kids have no problem being mischievous little rascals when the situation calls for it. Gruh...]

But...it doesn't really feel right...even if they do fight each other.

And I do have a spine! I'm Spike, the strongest bravest dragon I know. [He puffs up his chest]

You can say you're brave all ya want, but that doesn't prove a thing! Acting all chummy with your Pokémon and being too scared to fight seems like the opposite to me.

[Spike deflates a little at this]

But surely it's better to be friends with them? I mean, play wrestling is okay and all, but I don't think that deliberately hurting them is right.

[Spike is starting to dislike this guy and his views.]

Hey, it's been hurting you with those chompers. Why not give it a piece of its own medicine?

[Of course, Bowser's villainous views seldom ever jive with people who aren't antagonists themselves. He just doesn't care on account of being downright smug.]

[A pause]

You know, you almost sound like Discord.

I don't think you're very good with animals if you have to fight back. Fluttershy has never had to fight with her animals for them to behave.

I think....I think that you're a big bully!

[Crosses arms and looking tough, but Spike's heart is racing.]

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