When Sunny discovers that Twilight had an advisor named Spike, a dragon who is still alive and living in the Dragon Empire , she journeys to the dragon homeland hoping to recruit him to help her cause, with the Ponies once again united in friendship she hopes to have someone who knew Twilight personally and of course ask some fangirl questions about Twilight and the others, since Spike knew them personally she thinks he has stories to tell….unfortunately who she finds is an older, and bitter Spike. Known as Elder Spike in the Dragon Empire he lives alone and has come to the conclusion that creatures and ponies aren’t meant to co-exist. Spike basically tells her to leave and she is not welcome in dragon land.