Hey everypony, I'm back once again.

This chapter is based in the episode Secret of my Excess,I've added and changed some things. I do not own this episode.

You know what's funny about this? This is my 36th chapter, and this is the 36th episode in the series. What a coincidence.

Warning: Long chapter.

Chapter 36: Secret of my Excess

It's been 4 days since my incident with the needle and I was feeling much better now.

And to make things better, it was nearly Spike's birthday. Once Twilight told me about this, I was really surprised. However, I was also pretty worried because I had no idea what to get him for a present. I needed to think, and think fast.

I decided to go to Canterlot with Jeff and ask the Diamond Dogs to help me dig up some very special gem stones for Spike, we went back to their old mine and they managed to dig up a whole collection of Yellow Sparkle Rubies.

According to Twilight's book on gemstones, Yellow Sparkle Rubies were one of the rarest, most valuable gems in Equestria, not to mention one of the most nutritious and healthy snacks towards dragons like Spike.

I knew he'd love to eat these as his birthday dinner, these would be perfect as my present to him next week.

Ponyville library

With the Diamond Dogs heading back up to Canterlot, I was now walking up to the front door of the library with both my saddle-bags filled with Yellow Sparkle Rubies, Jeff on my back.

"Now I'll have to be very careful to make sure Spike doesn't see these, it'll ruin the surprise if he does. I'll go in, sneak up the stairs, and hide them in a place he'll never look." I said out loud as I approached the door.

"Yeah, and say your present's from both of us. I…kinda don't have anythin', and I don't have any money to get somethin'…so, think you can lend a parrot a hoof?" Jeff asked before a large smile came on his face.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, the rubies can be from both of us." I said.

"Thanks, dude. This party for Spike is gonna be awesome." Jeff cheered loudly.

Once I reached the front door of the library, I opened it and I saw that the front room floor was covered with books, it looked as though every book that were once on the shelves was now on the floor.

I looked at the mess with wide eyes, I then saw Twilight using her magic to place the books back up on the shelves. She turned around and noticed me.

"Oh good, you're home. Now you can help me organize these books." Twilight said before she continued to stack books on the shelves.

"I'll be in the kitchen." Jeff said before he flew off my back and into the kitchen.

I then walked towards Twilight. "What happen here? Did Discord make our books come to life again?" I asked as I walked up behind Twilight.

Twilight then turned around again to face me. "No, I just had a little mishap with the books." She explained.

I smirked at her with a raised eye brow. "Let me guess, re-shelving day?"

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, these books get so mixed up after they're used." She said, Twilight then noticed my full saddle-bags. "What's in your bags?" she asked curiously.

I turned my head around to face my bags before I looked back at Twilight, I then lean my head closer to hers. "Don't tell Spike, but these bags are filled with my present for his birthday." I whispered.

"Really, what is it?" Twilight asked in a whisper.

I then used my left wing to open the saddle-bag on my left side; revealing the many Yellow Sparkle Rubies inside. "I read in one of the books that dragons love eating these kind of gems, I figured the best gift could be something he'd enjoy eating." I said.

Twilight gave me a giggly smile. "That's very thoughtful of you, Matt. But I think he beat you to that idea." She said as she pointed her hoof to something behind me.

I turned my head around to see Spike standing across the room eyeing a large red ruby in his hands, it looked like an upside down heart. He was rubbing it with his figure as he stared at it with hunger in his eyes.

"What's that thing?" I asked pointing at the ruby.

"It's a Fire Ruby, it's a very rare gem. Spike says it's his birthday present to himself and he's gonna eat it as his birthday dinner." Twilight explained.

I felt so beaten by this, my present to Spike had been out-matched by that large shiny ruby in his claws. I almost felt embarrassed due to the irony in it all. "Oh…well so much for my present." I said.

"Don't worry, Matt. You can still give him you're present, I'm sure he'll love them. And don't worry about him liking that ruby better than yours! You know Spike, he'll chow down on any gem, ruby, or diamond he gets no matter how big or small." Twilight stated with a confident smile.

I turned my head around to face her and smiled at her. "Ok, Twi. Who knows, maybe he'll eat mine for a second dinner or something." I said.

Twilight nodded. "Exactly, now can you please help me stack these books? Remember to place each book in their proper place." She said before she continued to put books up on the shelves.

"Sure thing, Twi." I said before I grabbed my saddle-bags with my mouth and placed them on the floor, I then started to help Twilight stack the books back up on the shelves.

Just then. "Hellooooo!" A female voice came from behind the front door of the library, the door knob then glowed light blue before the door opened and Rarity slid her head in. "Anypony home? Twilight? Matthew?" she asked.

I looked over to her and smile. But before I could say anything, she suddenly gasped loudly at the sight of Spike's Fire Ruby.

She walked over to him and eyed the ruby. "Is that a Fire Ruby?...That must be at least twenty carats. No inclusions, pristine facets…" She said with awe as she saw her reflection in the shiny ruby.

"And totally delicious." Spike added.

I raised my eye brow. "Looks like a plain old gem to me." I said; causing Rarity to gasp loudly at me.

Suddenly, she shot right up to my face. "Just an old gem? This happens to be one of the rarest gems even know, and all you can call it is…a plain old gem?" she said loudly in my face.

I was slightly frightened by her volume and the way she looked me dead in the eyes. "Well…I…errr…" I said nervously.

Before I could say anything else, Twilight looked at us with an irritated look in her eyes. "Urr…if you guys don't mind?" she said.

Rarity then snapped out of her seemingly offended state and looked over to Twilight. "Oh, urr, of course." She then started walking over to Twilight; allowing me to exhale in relief that she had forgotten what I said.

"I just came to see if you had any books on historical fashion." Rarity stated before she looked back at Spike rubbing the ruby with his finger before he sucked the ruby's flavour off it.

Rarity then went back over to Spike with his back turned to her. "Did you say desirous?" she asked with confusion.

Spike then turned around to face her with a smile. "Sure did, next week's my birthday, and this is my birthday dinner." He said as he walked away from her.

"Oh, now he's just rubbing it in." I thought as I groaned in my mouth while continuing to stack up the fallen books.

Rarity had a look of despair on her face as she watched Spike walk away, she held her hoof up in a position that looked as though she wanted to say something. Also, he ears were low, so something must be bothering her.

Rarity's looked then changed as Twilight hovered a book in front of her face as she continued to focus all her attention on the books. "Start with this one!" Twilight said as she walked passed Rarity.

Rarity then smiled with delight as she took the book with her magic before she opened it. "Thanks, Twilight. I've got a feeling ruffled taffeta capes are going to make a huge comeback this season, and I want to be ahead of the game." She stated as Twilight just continued to organise the books.

I overheard this and took some interest in why she wanted to know this stuff, I walked over to her before I looked in the book she was reading. "So…how come you want to know about these cape things? Planning on making some as a new design?" I asked.

Rarity turned her head to face me. "I'm thinking about it, but I need something truly international to get me going, I'm hoping this book will have something that'll inspire me." She stated.

I nodded to say I understood. "Alright then." I then looked in the book to try and help her. "Hmm…oh, here's something. Apparently, some of these cape things were worn by famous fashion models back in the day. That's pretty cool, huh?" I asked Rarity with a hopeful smile.

Rarity gave me an unsure look. "Well yes, that is pretty...cool. But it's not the type of insertion I was looking…for." She said as she kept looking back at Spike kneeling in front of a case while rubbing his ruby.

Rarity then bit her own arm with a worried look on her face, I noticed this and wondered what was wrong. "Rarity, are you feeling alright? You look kinda worried about something." I said.

I didn't get an answer as Rarity turned herself around to face Spike better, she watched as he gently placed the ruby into the case in front of him. "I hope it's as tasty as it is beautiful, Spike." She said; earning Spike's attention.

"I've never seen anything quite so stunning before." Rarity said with a sweet smile, he smile then changed to a small frown as she looked down at the floor.

I gave what was going on here my full attention, it seemed that Rarity was more fond of the ruby than I thought she was. Spike picked the ruby up out of the case and looked at it. "Gosh…you really like it, huh?" he asked.

Rarity then looked up to him. "Like it? it's…magnificent." She said swaying her mane before beating her beautiful eye-lashes at Spike.

Spike blinked his eyes a few times before a heart-struck smile came on his face, but his smile went away as he looked down at his ruby in his hands. I could tell he was thinking about something, I just sat there and watched what was going on between these two.

"Then you should have it, this beautiful gem was meant to be with you." Spike said as he placed his ruby on the palm of Rarity's hoof.

I was surprised by Spike's generous act, I was also pretty proud of him. I could tell he had his heart set on eating that ruby, but he just selflessly gave it to Rarity. He could have just kept it for himself, but he didn't.

Rarity looked as surprised as I was, she used her magic to hold the ruby up in mid-air as she looked at it. "I don't know what to say." She said as she gave him a thankful smile.

Spike bit his bottom lip as he watched the ruby hover in front of him, he quickly closed his eyes and stuck his hand out in front of it to try and resist it.

Spike then placed his hands behind his back as he rocked back and forth on his feet, Rarity trotted around him with a large smile as the ruby hovered in front of her. "This is so thoughtful. Oh, my little Spikey-Wikey." She said.

Just then, something mind-blowing happened. While Spike had his back turned, Rarity leaned in and planted a kiss on Spike's cheek; leaving a lipstick kiss mark on his cheek and a look of full surprise on his face.

My mouth hung wide open with surprise at this, Rarity had never kissed Spike in any way before. The surprisement I got from seeing Spike give Rarity his ruby was overpowered by the surprisement I felt now.

As Rarity made her way towards the front door with the ruby hovering beside her, Spike stood there frozen before he fainted backwards.

"Thank you so much." Rarity said with joy as she hopped passed Twilight before she left the library.

After she had left, Twilight looked over to Spike with a proud smile. "Wow, Spike. That's one of the kindest, most generous things you've ever done. I've never seen Rarity so happy." She stated.

After my surprise had worn off, I walked over to Spike with a smirk on my face. Spike was lying on the floor with a dazed look on his face. "Yeah dude, you're totally in the ball-park now. How's it feel, lover-boy?" I asked.

Spike lifted his head up off the floor and rubbed the cheek Rarity kissed. "I will never wash this cheek again." he said while blushing before he sighed lovingly.

I chucked at this. "I'll take that as an 'it feels good'." I said before I decided to leave him for a bit and walked over to Twilight to help her to finish stacking the books.

One week later

The day had finally come, it was Spike's birthday and we were all decorating the library in birthday decorations.

Twilight used her magic to place a large table beside the wall before she lowered a punch-bowl and small glasses onto it, Peewee was busy checking to food on the other tables to see if everything was organized.

Me and Jeff were busty blowing up the balloons, it was hard because I had to use a lot of breath to blow them all up. After I had blown my 16th balloon, I panted with exhaustion. "Whow…this is harder than it looks." I said.

Twilight looked over to me. "Then why don't you use the pump that came with the balloons?" she suggested.

I looked at her with a raised eye brow. "There's a pump?" I asked.

Twilight rolled her eyes before she looked up at Spike, he was at the top of a ladder hanging up some decorations. "Just about finished, Spike? Everypony will be here soon." She said with a smile.

Spike the finished what he was doing. "There, perfect. Everything looks perfect." He said as he climbed down the stairs.

Everything did look perfect, the entire front room of the library looked like a big birthday party. I then watched as Twilight walked over to Spike with a wash cloth floating in front of her. "Not quite everything." She said.

Spike then grabbed the wash cloth and gave it a confused look. "A wash cloth? I don't get it." he stated.

Twilight then looked at him with a raised eye brow. At that moment, he got what she was saying and dropped the cloth. "Ah, no way, Twilight. I said I wasn't gonna wash the cheek that Rarity kissed, and I meant it." he said before he crossed his arms and turned his head; revealing the dirty patch on his cheek that covered the lipstick mark that Rarity's kiss had left.

Twilight then lifted the wash cloth up with her magic before she tapped her hoof on the floor with a grin on her face, as if she was planning to charge at him.

Me and Jeff knew she was going to do exactly that, Jeff looked over to Spike with wide eyes. "Spike, RUN!" he yelled.

Spike then quickly sprang across the library to get away from Twilight, Twilight went after him. "It's over, Spike. I'm cleaning that cheek." She stated strongly.

As Spike kept trying to run away, Twilight used her magic to teleporting him back in front of her, but he just kept running away only to be teleporting right back to her. "Twi (Flash)….(Flash) stop it!(Flash)" Spike said as he kept disappearing and reappearing.

"Never." Twilight stated as she kept bringing him back to her only for him to keep running.

But when Spike disappeared again, Pinkie Pie appeared in front of Twilight instead with a party hooter in her mouth, she then blew it.

"Hey, where'd Spike go?" I asked as I started to worry about him. Just then, Spike reappeared across the room and I exhaled in relief.

Pinkie Pie the shot over to Spike. "Happy birthday." She cheered as she threw confetti over him.

While Spike admired the confetti raining down on him, Twilight took this as her opportunity to clean his dirty cheek. She quickly pushed the wash cloth on his face and cleaned the dirt off his cheek, she grinned in victory while Spike frown in disappointment.

"Tough luck, little bro." I said as I walked over to him.

"Party time, WOO-HOO!" Pinkie Pie cheered as the rest of the main 6 came in the room; they each had a present in their mouths. Except for Rainbow Dash, who was holding a weight with a ripped tied around it in her arms.

I looked down at Spike with a large smile. "Hey, Spike. Look at all those presents for you." I said as I pointed my hoof at our friends.

Spike then looked over to them and saw the presents they had. "Are those…for me?" he asked.

"You bet they are, birthday boy." Applejack stated cheerfully as she threw her present to Spike into his hands while walking passed him.

Fluttershy then came over to him and placed her present on top of Applejack's. "Happy birthday, Spike." She said kindly before walking passed him.

Rarity then stacked her present on top of the others before Pinkie Pie did the same, Spike looked as though he was having trouble keeping hold of them all. And it didn't make things easier when Rainbow Dash dropped her weight present on top of the stack of presents in Spike's hands.

Spike struggled to keep them up before he finally fell over; dropping all his presents. Spike leaned up and rubbed his head before he looked at his presents in wonder and confusion.

I looked at the others to see them look at each other in confusion too, I also starting to wonder why Spike wasn't very thrilled with his presents. "Don't you know you get presents on your birthday?" Rainbow Dash asked as she hovered in mid-air.

Spike then got up to his feet. "Well, actually this is my first birthday in Ponyville. I usually just get one present…from Twilight…a book!" he explained with a groan as he narrowed his eyes.

I couldn't help but chuckle at that. "Really, a book? Ha, that's so like her." I stated.

Unknown to any of us, Twilight was about to walk over to Spike with a book hovering behind her, it had a ribbon tied around it. She looked back at it before she quickly hid it behind her back and backed away with a sheepish smile.

I then remembered my present for Spike, I quickly flew upstairs and grabbed the ruby filled saddle-bags, I had tied a green ribbon around them to make them look like presents.

I quickly flew back down and landed in front of Spike before I placed the saddle-bags down in front of him. "By the way, these are my present to you. Happy birthday, dude." I said with a warm smile.

Spike looked down at the saddle-bags before he opened them; revealing the Yellow Sparkle Rubies to him. Spike was wide-eyed with surprise.

"Are these…Yellow Sparkle Rubies? Oooh, these are one of the most delicious gems in Equestria." Spike said with a large smile.

I was so glad he liked them, I've been worried that he wouldn't since last week. "I'm glad you like them, Spike. I figured you would." I said.

Spike then took one of the rubies out of one of the bags before he threw it in his mouth and chewed it, he smiled with satisfaction as he munched on the ruby.

Once Spike swallowed it, he looked up to me with a thankful smile. "These are delicious, thanks Matt." he said before he leaped up to me and hugged me around my neck.

I smiled warmly as I hugged him back. Twilight, Peewee, and the rest of the main 6 all smiled sweetly as they saw this. "Hey…those were from both of us, you know." Jeff cutted in; ruining the bonding moment.

We then broke the hug and looked over to him. "Oh right…thanks, Jeff. You wanna hug too?" Spike asked.

Jeff put his wing up. "Nah, I'm ok." He stated calmly.

Spike then looked back up to me with a warm smile. "Anyway, thanks again for the rubies." He said before he looked at the others. "Thank you all for your presents, I'm sure I'll love whatever they are." He said, we all smiled at him.

"Speaking of presents." Rarity said before he horn glowed and a bright purple cape came out from behind her back. "This is from my new line of taffeta capes. I'm going to make one for each of you, except for Matthew because these are for girls." She stated as the others looked at the cape in awe.

"Awww." I said in disappointment.

"Not to worry, though. I have something else in mind for you." Rarity stated.

I then smiled at her. "Oh." I said before I looked at the cape she had showed off. "I guess you found the insertion you were looking for, huh?" I asked.

Rarity nodded. "Yes, I've been inspired by the generosity of my little Spikey-Wikey, who gave me this beautiful Fire Ruby, one of the kindest acts I've ever experienced." She stated.

Apparently, Rarity had attached the Fire Ruby in the middle of a golden necklace and was now wearing it around her neck, the ruby was placed on it upside down so it now looked like an actual heart. Spike stared at it as he drooled, I guess he didn't quite get over it yet.

Rarity then leaned down and nuzzled her head against Spike's, Spike closed his eyes and nuzzled back. As he did, he opened one of his eyes to look over to me.

I smiled proudly as I winked at him, telling him he did a good job.

Later that day

Spike had opened all his presents and was very happy with the things he got. Especially the blanket he got from Applejack, he's thanked her 14 times already.

Spike held to blanket up to look at it again. "Applejack, I can't thank you enough for this great blanket. I really needed a new one." He said as he walked up to her and hugged her tightly.

"I guess that makes it fifteen times he's thanked her now?" Jeff asked with his wings crossed, he was stood on my back with a party hat on.

I was wearing a green party hat, I turned my head around to face him and nodded. "Yep, that's the number so far." I said before I turned my attention back on Spike.

Applejack gave him a modest smile. "C'mon, Spike. You've already thanked me fifteen times, I'm startin' to get a little embarrassed." She claimed as she gently pushed him off her, Spike smiled at her sheepishly.

"I know I keep thanking you guys, but I'm just so grateful. I wish this party could last forever." Spike stated.

Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down on a blue balloon, she over-heard what Spike said before the balloon popped under her hooves.

"Duh." Pinkie Pie said before she shot up between Me and Twilight and pushed us away to see Spike.

"The party can't last forever 'cause you have to go to Sugar Cube Corner, 'cause the Cakes said they have a special surprise for you. 'Cause it's your birthday." Pinkie Pie cheered again.

Spike smiled largely with excitement at this news. "NO WAY!" he cheered before he shot towards the front door.

Pinkie watched as he left. "I said the party couldn't last forever, but it doesn't need to end right now!" She yelled over to him, but it was too late as Spike ran out the library and shut the door behind him.

The room was silent as we stared at the door Spike had left through. "Well, he's gone." I said.

"Does this mean the party's over?" Rainbow Dash asked as she walked over to me.

I turned my head to face her before I shrugged. "I guess." I said.

"Well then , I guess I better head back to the farm. I've got a lot of work to do today, thanks for the party though." Applejack said as started to head towards the door.

Rarity then started to follow her. "I agree with Applejack, I have to get home if I'm ever going to get started on making these capes. Tell Spikey-Wikey to have a marvellous birthday for me, will you?" She asked.

Twilight nodded. "Sure thing, Rarity. We'll tell him when he gets back." She stated.

Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash then said their goodbyes as they followed them out of the library. They closed the door behind them; leaving Me, Twilight, Jeff and Peewee alone in the messy library.

Twilight then looked at me. "So, should we get started on cleaning this place up?" she asked.

I then thought about it for a moment. "We could do that…or we could take a walk through town and enjoy the peaceful weather." I suggested hoping she'd agree.

Twilight looked around at the mess in the library as she rubbed her chin with her hoof, she then looked at me with a smirk. "Alright, we'll clean it up when we get back."

I smirked back. "It's a date then." I said as I walked over to her.

Jeff then flew off my back to join Peewee on the food table. "You guys go on, I'm gonna stay here and chill in the peace and quiet." He said before he lied down on the table with his wings behind his head.

Peewee stepped forward. "Don't worry, I'll watch the library and him." He said.

"Alright, Peewee. We'll be back soon." I stated as Twilight and I walked out the library and closed the door behind us.

Later: Ponyville streets

Twilight and I were walking through town enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. "Well, today's gone well, hasn't it?" I asked with a smile.

Twilight turned her head to face me with a smile. "Yeah, it has. Spike's never had a birthday as good as this one before, he was so happy." She said.

"Yeah…I wonder where he went anyway." I said as I wondered where Spike had gone to after he left the library.

As we entered Ponyville square, my wonder ended as I saw Spike up ahead with a fancy white hat on his head while holding a rubber ball in his tale.

He appeared to be talking to the female Earth pony I knew as Junebug, she was carrying two baskets on her back which were filled with flowers.

"There he is." I said as I pointed to him.

Twilight looked in the direction I was pointing in and saw Spike. "What's he doing with Junebug?" she asked before she trotted off towards him, I then followed behind.

Once we were close enough, we over-heard what Spike and Junebug were saying. "Aren't you gonna give me somethin'? You know, like a birthday present?" Spike asked as Junebug was walking away from him.

Junebug stopped and turned around to face him. "Um…I…I don't have anything." She stated innocently with a smile.

Spike then pointed to her baskets of flowers. "Well, how about those flowers? I'll take those." He said looking as though he was about to grab them.

Me and Twilight were shocked at what we were seeing. "Spike!" Twilight yelled before she used her magic to grab his ear and pull him away.

She gave Spike a firm look before she stepped in front of him and smiled at Junebug. "Sorry, Junebug. I think Spike might've gotten a little carried away." She explained.

"Yeah, sorry about that." I added kindly.

Junebug just smile at us. "Um…no problem. Urr, happy birthday, Spike." She said as she walked away from us.

Once she was gone, we both gave Spike a firm look. "What're you doing? You're out here demanding gifts now?" Twilight said.

"Yeah, buddy. That's not right, that's just being greedy." I stated calmly.

Spike rubbed his head before he looked at the ball wrapped in his tale, he quickly let it go of it and he shook his head fast before he stopped.

"Wow…you're right, Matt. I don't know what got into me, thanks for snapping me out of it." Spike said as he took the hat off his head.

"Look, I know your birthday can be exciting. I know, I was once so excited for my birthday that I stayed up all night for the day to come. But that doesn't mean you should go around asking everypony for gifts." I stated.

Spike looked down at the ground. "I know, I better go give Cheerilee her hat back." He said.

Our firm looks then turned into small smiles. "Don't worry, little bro. Just calm down a bit, alright?" I said, Spike then nodded.

"Yeah, it's no problem. See you at home later?" Twilight asked with a smile as we walked passed him.

"Sounds good, bye." Spike said as he waved us off.

Once Twilight and I were back in the streets, Twilight turned her head to face me. "I still can't believe he was actually doing that, what was Spike thinking?" she asked in slight shock.

I looked at her and shrugged. "He's just a kid, kids are like that on their birthdays. Trust me, he'll come back to the library and by tomorrow, we'll have forgotten all about it." I stated with confidence.

We both then decided to drop the conversation and continued walking through the streets and enjoyed the rest of the sunny day.

The next morning: Library

The sun rose up in Ponyville and shined through the windows of the library, Me and Twilight were still asleep in our bed.

We started to slowly wake up as the sunlight sun though our eye lids.

We both then woke up completely and Twilight leaned up on the bed before she stretched her arms up. "Wow, what a rough night sleep. I had the weirdest dream." She said.

I leaned up on the bed too and smirked at her. "Was it about me?" I joked.

Twilight turned her head to face me and giggled. "Maybe."

I chuckled before I moved up to the end of the bed to wake up Spike. "Spike, it's time to wak-HOLY HELL FIRE!" I yelled in shock at what I saw.

Spike's basket was covered with different kinds of random objects, the pile was slightly moving up and down with snoring sounds coming from within it. Spike must've been sleeping under it.

Spike must've gotten this stuff from the other ponies in town. I was astonished by this, especially after he told us he wouldn't ask anyone for anymore presents. I was also rather disappointed in him because he lied to us.

Twilight came over to me and saw what I saw, she then jumped off the bed and walked up to the pile of objects with a look of anger on her face.

"I can't believe you, Spike. Where'd you this…(gasp)" Twilight gasped after she used her magic to lift up some of the objects to reveal something truly surprising which caused her to drop the objects she lifted.

Spike was lying in his basket asleep with the hat on his head and the rubber ball in his hand, but he definitely didn't look the same. Apparently, he had grown in size over night. His body and limbs were long and thin, and his face looked so different. He looked like how he would if he was a teenager, he was even too big to fit in his basket.

Spike opened his eyes and looked up at us before he yawned with a hiss. Me and Twilight were now more shocked than ever, we had never seen Spike like this before, my mouth hung wide open as I looked at him.

Spike the sat up in his basket. "What happened?" he asked as he rubbed his head. Twilight took a step back from him with a worried look on her face.

"…Oh crap. Hey, where's Jeff and Peewee?" I asked looking around the basket for them.

Just then, we heard muffling coming from where Spike was sitting, he heard this and stood up completely to reveal Jeff and Peewee squished into the cushion in the basket. "…Thanks…" Jeff groaned with his eyes wide open.

A few minutes later, we took immediate action in trying to find out how Spike ended up like this.

It was strange, yesterday he was his original baby dragon size, now he's as big as a teenager. Dragons don't just grow like that, there had to be some explanation for this.

Me and Twilight searched through many books to find the answer, but there wasn't many books about dragons or how their species worked.

Twilight was even reading 3 books at once to try and find something. I was just looking through one, but I had 2 in a stack sitting beside me.

Jeff and Peewee couldn't take their eyes off Spike, they just found it so freaky that it's weirdly fascinating to them.

"What's happening to me, guys?" Spike asked with a loud worried voice as he tried to pull the hat off his head, which he must have been wearing when he grew because it was stuck on his head.

"I don't know, think back to last night, did something happen?" Twilight asked as she continued to search through the books.

Spike finally managed to pull the hat off his head, Spike was about to say something before Jeff cutted in. "Yeah, something happened. He grew large and nearly squished me and Peewee, does that answer your question?" he asked in an irritated tone.

Twilight turned her head around and gave him a small glare, I then looked down at him. "Jeff, now's not the time for your attitude." I said, Jeff then huffed as he crossed his wings.

I then looked at Spike. "Anyway, what were you about to say, Spike?" I asked calmly.

Spike looked down at his body to examine the new changes, he then looked at his hand before he started to look around the room in a strange way, like he was in some sort of trance. He suddenly started drooling with a large smile on his face.

Twilight then looked at him once she noticed he wasn't answering, she walked up in front of him. "Spike?" she said.

But Spike didn't answer, he just kept eyeing the room. "What did you do after we saw you?" Twilight asked; snapping him out of his trance.

Spike then smacked the side of his head with his hand to make him focus. "I went to talk tooo…." But it didn't work as he drifted for his sentence and he stared at an Earth globe across the room, he walked towards it like he couldn't resist doing so.

I was starting to wonder why he was acting like this, I was also worried. "Spike, are you feeling alright?" I asked.

Spike didn't answer again as he stared wide-eyed right at the globe while spinning it with his finger.

"SPIKE!" Twilight yelled to try and gain back his attention, her horn then glowed before the globe Spike was staring at lifted off the floor; causing Spike to fall forward onto the floor.

Twilight then walked up to him. "You went to talk to who?" she asked.

Spike then got up off the floor before he looked up at the floating globe. "Oh, umm…I don't remember. Hey, can I have that globe? You're not using it, right?" he said.

"Huh?" Twilight said in confusion as Spike grabbed the globe out of the air.

I watched as Spike crawled up the wall with the globe wrapped in his tail, he climbed back up to his basket with all the random objects before he placed the globe with them.

"Whow…never seen him move like that before." I said out loud.

Once the globe was added to the pile, Spike reached over to a shelf and pulled out a book. "What about this book?" he asked.

"Why can we never have a normal day?" Peewee asked with narrow eyes.

Twilight's horn then glowed before she teleported the both of us up to Spike, I appeared in front of him while Twilight appeared on top of the Earth globe.

Twilight used her magic to grab the book Spike was holding and tried to pull it out of his hand. "Spike, I'm worried about you. You're usually not so…grabby." She said before she managed to pry the book out of his hand.

"Yeah, Spike. What's wrong with you today, you're not acting like yourself." I said with concern.

I didn't get an answer as Spike walked around the pile before reaching up and grabbing the book that Twilight took off him.

"My arms aren't usually (Voice drops) this long either." Spike said as his voice suddenly dropped lower, he quickly covered his mouth in shock.

I was beyond surprised by the sudden changes Spike was experiencing, it was like he was growing older by the minute. First he has the body of a teen, now his voice has changed. "Whow…dragons hit puberty fast." I thought.

"Spike…say something again." I said as I listened closely.

Spike then removed his hands from his mouth. "…Hello.." he said in his new deep voice, he then covered his mouth again.

"…That's so weird." I said as I became freaked out by all of this.

Spike took his hands away from his mouth again and looked up at Twilight. "What's happening to me?" he asked in a freaked out tone.

Twilight then looked at him closely as she rubbed her chin with her hoof, I then stepped in. "Well, if we can't figure it out, maybe someone else can. Maybe we should take him to see a doctor." I suggested.

Twilight then looked down at me. "I guess that could work, although I'm not sure if a doctor will know anything about this. This may be a part of a dragon's life style." She said.

I looked up to her. "Do we have any other options?" I asked.

Twilight then rubbed her chin again as she thought about it. "I guess not. Ok, we'll take him to a doctor."

With that, Twilight's horn glowed and she teleported the both of us and Spike back down the stairs. "Come on, Spike." She said as she made her way towards the front door.

I turned my head to face Spike to see he was beside me anymore, I looked around for him until I saw him eyeing another book in his hands.

I walked over to him with an annoyed look before I smacked the book out of his hands, I then flew around him and pushed him towards the door with my front hooves.

"Alright, I'm going." Spike said in as I continued to push him towards the door to follow Twilight.

Jeff and Peewee watched us go. "Err, ok…we'll just…wait here…I guess." Jeff called in awkwardness.

Later that day: Zecora's hut

The trip to the doctors wasn't very helpful, the guy didn't even know Spike was a dragon until Spike breathed fire in his face. He was alright afterwards, but he couldn't help us.

We even decided to take Spike to a vet, she wasn't much help either. She claimed to have never seen a real live dragon before, therefore she couldn't help us.

We then finally took him to see someone who's dealt with the supernatural before, Zecora.

We were now at her hut, she examined Spike in certain ways. She listened closely as she tapped his head with her hoof before she swung a watch in front of him.

Spike wasn't hypnotized by it however, instead he tried to grab it the best he could.

Zecora then took the watch away. "He is starting to mature. Of this fact, I am quite sure." She said.

Twilight then rubbed her head in confusion. "Mature? So he's just…growing up?" she asked.

I then looked at her. "You might've been right, Twi. Maybe this is part of a dragon's life style, it's kind of a better excuse." I stated.

Twilight then looked at me. "But that doesn't explain why he keeps grabbing things." she said before she noticed Spike was holding a vase in his hands, she then used her magic to pry it off him.

Zecora walked over to her brew-pot and looked in the steaming water. "A dragon's heart is prone to greed, a steady diet to make growth speed." She said as she sprinkled some green dust in the pot.

Me and Twilight walked over to the pot and looked into the water. "Then, the resulting bigger size only makes their hunger rise." Zecora stated.

We looked in the pot to see the green dust form into the shape of Spike, it showed him growing bigger with more and more random objects swirling around him. It then showed him becoming some sort of monster with a hunger for greed.

"If this trait should go unchecked, if Spike continues to collect more growth will certainly occur, he is going to turn into a monster." Zecora stated.

Me and Twilight gasped at this, Spike would grow with every object he would collect no matter what it was. He's gonna become an unstoppable monster he if we didn't do something fast.

"You mean…the more things a dragon collects, the bigger and greedier he gets? But how do we stop him before he's completely out of control." Twilight asked.

While she was talking to Zecora about the matter, I heard strange noises behind me. I turned around to see Spike gathering up all of Zecora's stuff. "Err…guys…" I said trying to get their attention.

But they didn't pay attention to me. "If his monstrous ways you wish to impede, you must prevent him from practicing greed." Zecora stated.

I continued to watch as Spike collected every last thing in the hut before he ran out the door with them. "That…may be a problem now." I said.

Twilight turned her head to face me. "How come?" she asked.

"He's gone." I said with narrow eyes.

Twilight and Zecora then looked around the hut to see that everything was gone, Spike even managed to take the brew-pot without them even knowing.

Zecora gave us a look that told us she wasn't very happy.

We both smiled nervously at her before Twilight laughed nervously, she continued to smile as she leaned her head to me. "Why didn't you say anything?" she asked.

"I tried to." I claimed while still smiling.

We then stopped smiling and quickly headed towards the door. "Don't worry, Zecora. We'll get your stuff back and help Spike before he becomes an unstoppable monster." I said as we left and closed the door.

I then stopped and opened the door again. "Hopefully." I said to Zecora before I closed the door again.

Twilight and I then galloped back towards town to find Spike fast.

Ponyville streets

Once back in town, Me and Twilight slit up and searched all over town for Spike.

We galloped all over town looking for Spike, we didn't think it would be this hard to find a dragon that grabbed everything he saw.

Me and Twilight then regrouped and we looked around in worry. "This is ridiculous, how hard can it be to find him? He should stick out like a sore hoof in this town." I said loudly.

"Calm down, Matt. He's around here somewhere." Twilight said as she looked around for him.

Just then. "Get away from her, you brute!" A female voice yelled from around the bend of a house.

We quickly galloped around the house to see Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders fighting over Scootaloo's scooter. "SPIKE WANT!" Spike yelled in a deeper voice.

"You're not getting my scooter." Scootaloo said as she tried to pull it out of Spike's grasp.

"Grr…SPIKE WANT!" Spike yelled again, I could see on his face that he was getting angry.

I started to panic. "Ok, ok, what're we gonna do, Twi?" I asked as I panicky trotted on the spot.

Twilight looked left and right before she saw a broom leaned against a house, she grinned as she gained an idea. Her horn glowed and the broom levitated over to us.

I looked at the broom before I realised what she was planning, I looked back at Twilight with a smile. "Yeah, yeah, that's good thinkin' you have there." I said.

Twilight smiled at me before she turned her attention back to Spike. "Hey, Spike." She said loud enough for him to hear.

Spike turned his head to face Twilight with a glare before she dangled the broom in front of him, he looked at it with awe. "Check out this amazing broom." Twilight said.

Twilight brought the broom back over to us before Spike finally released the scooter; causing the three fillies to fall backwards.

"SPIKE…WAAAAAANT!" Spike yelled loudly as he grew even bigger.

My mouth dropped at this. "Twi, I hope you know what you're doing." I said backing away.

Spike then got down on his hands and charged towards us.

Me and Twilight quickly sprang away from him with the broom in front of us, Spike chased after us with determination to get the broom.

A few minutes later, we managed to lore Spike back to the library and we quickly got inside with Spike not far behind us.

"Come on, big boy. Look at this incredible broom." Twilight said as she waved the broom around in mid-air in front of the doorway.

"Do we really need to encourage him? We already got his attention." I said as we both stood beside a door that led to the other room.

Twilight quickly pulled the broom away as Spike tried to make a grab for it, only for him to get stuck in the doorway. He finally managed to pull himself through which caused him to roll across the floor before stopping on his feet.

Spike saw us with the broom across the room. "SPIIIKE…WAAAAANT!" he yelled again as I opened the door and Twilight threw the broom into the other room, Spike followed it and I slammed the door behind him.

Me and Twilight then quickly placed ourselves against the door to prevent him from coming back out, he was now trapped. "Ha, got ya now!" I yelled in victory.

Suddenly, Spike pounded against the door to try and break out. "Fight all you want, we're not letting you out." Twilight said in a firm voice.

"Yeah, what she said." I added.

Just then, the pounding stopped and I looked at Twilight with worry. "Why did he stop?" I asked almost afraid to ask.

We then stepped away from the door before Twilight opened it with her magic, we walked in to see that Spike had taken down all the books and piled then together, he was sitting on top of the pile.

"Oh, Spike. I just re-shelved this room." Twilight said as she lifted pile of books off the ground with her magic; causing Spike fell off and hit the floor. Twilight hovered the books through the doorway placed down beside us.

Once they were in the same room we were in, I slammed the door shut again so Spike couldn't get out. Me and Twilight then took a minute to breath.

Just then, Jeff and Peewee flew over to us as if they didn't know what was happening. "You fix Spike's problem?" Jeff asked.

Suddenly, we heard a loud crash in the room Spike was in. "Guess not." Jeff said with narrow eyes.

I then looked at Twilight. "...We should just walk away…right now." I said trying not to think what the sound was.

Twilight didn't think the same way, she opened the door with her magic again and we went wide-eyed at what we saw.

Spike had smashed through the wall and was now somewhere back in town, Spike had escaped.

"Oh, this day just keeps getting better." I groaned before Twilight and I galloped towards the front door to go find him before he can cause any more damage.

Jeff and Peewee watched us with wide eyes, Peewee turned his head to face Jeff. "Shouldn't we help them?" he asked.

Jeff then looked at him before he waved his wing. "Nah, they can handle it. Let's go get some food from the kitchen, I'm starvin'." He said.

The two birds then flew towards the kitchen.

Sweet Apple Aches

We knew we had to get help, we couldn't handle Spike on our own. We figured Applejack might be able to help.

We rushed into the apple tree fields of Sweet Apple Arches to see Spike had already been here, all the apples and leaves were missing from all the trees.

We then saw Applejack up ahead and we rushed towards her. Once we reached her, we the stopped in front of her. "Applejack, help! Spike's running wild and we need you to lasso him." Twilight said.

Applejack stared at us with wide eyes before she laughed. "Haha, oh that's a good one, Twilight. Sweet little Spike running wild, ha, what a laugh." She said, we both looked at her with annoyed looks.

Just then, I heard stomping behind me. I turned around to see Spike running this way with his arms full with apples and leaves, I turned my head back to Applejack. "Oh yeah? How's this for a laugh?" I said.

Twilight and Applejack watched as Spike ran passed us with leaves floating off behind him, two of the leaves landed on Applejack's face which made her look as though she had a leaf mustache.

"Matt…get my rope." Applejack said as she glared at Spike.

After fetching her rope, we were now galloping after Spike, Twilight held one end of the rope in her mouth while Applejack held the other end in hers. I flew on ahead to try and slow Spike down.

I then notice Spike drop on apple on the ground, I gained an idea before I flew down and picked it up. I then shot off ahead of Spike and stopped in his path.

"Hey, you forgot one." I said before I dropped the apple on the ground.

Once Spike reached me, he looked down at the apple before he leaned down to pick it up.

Suddenly, I looked up in surprise to see Twilight and Applejack leaping towards me. They fell passed me but the rope they held on to caught me and pulled me down with them.

We then hit a tree, we hopelessly spun around it until the rope we had tied around us, we were now tied to the tree. Applejack gave me an annoyed look. "Great plan makin' him duck, Matt." she said.

"Hey, the rope was your thing." I stated.

Spike then noticed us before he roared in our faces and stormed off; leaving us tied to the tree.

As we struggled to get loose, I stopped and narrowed my eyes. "Hey Applejack, remember the other day when I said we should find a way to bring us closer?" I asked.

Applejack looked at me and nodded. "Yeah."

"I just wanna say….this is not what I meant." I said as I shook my head.

Applejack rolled her eyes before we continued to struggle. Twilight then stopped. "It's no use, there's only one thing we can do." she said.

Applejack and I looked at her before we nodded, we then threw our heads up and yelled. "HEEEELP!"

After a second, Rainbow Dash noticed us as she was flying by and flew down before she stopped in front of us in mid-air.

As we stared up at her, she tried to hold back from laughing before she couldn't hold it anymore. She fell back on the ground laughing her head off. "HAHAHA, don't tell me, you…you tied yourselves up?" she said before she continued laughing.

Applejack gave her an annoyed look as Twilight and I continued to struggle. "Get us out of here right now." Applejack said.

Just then, we heard a load scream. "What was that?" I asked with worry.

Rainbow Dash then stopped laughing before she got up off the ground and into mid-air. "Sounded like Fluttershy to me." she said.

I then looked at her. "Then what're you waiting for, Thanksgiving? Get us out of here." I said as I struggled again.

Rainbow Dash then flew over to us. "Alright, mister pushy." She said as she untied the rope and Me, Twilight and Applejack fell from the tree and landed on our hooves.

I then turned my head to face Twilight. "Come on." I said before we all galloped towards Fluttershy's cottage with Rainbow Dash following us through the air.

Later: Sugar Cube Corner

After finding Fluttershy who was hiding up a tree, she claimed that Spike had stolen her chicken coop and placed all his collected objects inside it. He must be using it as some sort of box to place them in so he wouldn't have to carry them.

I for one, was impressed by his smart act, but Twilight didn't think it was so good, especially when it meant he could now carry more random objects.

Just then, we heard another scream, we easily recognised the scream as Pinkie Pie and rushed towards Sugar Cube Corner with Fluttershy now with us.

Once we got there, we saw Pinkie Pie on top of shelf cupboard throwing cake at Spike who looked slightly bigger.

However, Spike was grabbing the cakes Pinkie was throwing to him and placing them in Fluttershy's chicken coop which he held upside down and was now full of objects.

We had to stop her quick. "Pinkie Pie, stop giving him cake." Twilight said up to Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie Pie then looked down at us with two cakes in her hooves. "I'm not giving him cake, I'm assaulting him with cake." She stated, she then threw the two cakes at Spike before reaching down to get more.

But before she could get any more, Spike reached over and grabbed all the cakes off the shelves; causing Pinkie to fall off the cupboard and onto the floor.

We looked down at Pinkie Pie to see if she was alright before she stood back up. "How dare you take the cake!" she yelled while shaking her front hooves like fists.

We all then looked over to Spike as he growled. Just then, he stopped and looked down at his body as he grew even larger. He grew so big, that he broke the roof clear off Sugar Cube Corner.

I mouth dropped at the sight of this, Spike then saw something that caught his eye before he wrapped his tail around the chicken coop and walked away on his hands and legs.

"Damn, he's getting bigger by the minute." I said loudly.

Twilight then turned her head to face the others. "He's completely out of control, who knows where he'll go next." She said before she, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash rushed out of the shop.

I looked back to see Pinkie looking up at her missing roof with her mouth hanging open, Applejack was dragging her along by her tail and went passed me.

I followed them as I tried to calm Pinkie down. "Ok, Pinkie. Maintain…I know your roof is missing…but we'll get it fixed, right after we help Spike." I said as Applejack dragged Pinkie out of the shop with me behind them.

Ponyville streets

It wasn't long before everypony in town was screaming and galloping around, they obviously knew Spike was on a rampage.

However, they didn't actually know it was Spike, they must've thought it was a random dragon that came out of no-where.

Me, Twilight and the others galloped through town trying to find Spike before he might get someone hurt.

After a few minutes of unsuccessful searching, Rainbow Dash grew frustrated. "Grr…this town is too big, how are we gonna find him like this?" she asked.

Just then, we heard a loud thundering roar behind us and we turned around.

My mouth dropped again to see that Spike had grown to the size of a fully grown dragon, his spines were longer, his neck was long and slender, and he just…didn't look like himself anymore.

Zecora was right, he had become a greedy monster.

"Sweet Celestia…is that what Spike really looks like when he's grown up?" I asked as I back away.

"I still can't believe that is Spike." Applejack commented, Fluttershy was quivering with fear at the sight of him.

I looked closer at his arm to see her was holding the Ponyville Water-tower upside down and using it to carry his collected objects. We then heard a female scream coming from him.

"What was that?" I thought before I looked around him and was shocked to see that Spike was holding Rarity in his tail, she pounded his tail with her hooves trying to make him let go, she was wearing one of the capes she mentioned yesterday.

"HOLY CRAP, HE HAS RAITY!" I yelled at the top of my voice, Twilight and the others looked at his tail and gasped as they saw her.

Rainbow Dash then took action. "I'll get her down, c'mon Fluttershy!" she said before she shot up to Spike.

"Oooh." Fluttershy whimpered as she slowly followed her.

I then looked over to Twilight. "What do we do? There's no way to stop him by hoof, he's way too big now." I said.

Twilight looked at me with a worried look. "I don't know what to do, I wasn't prepared for anything like this." She stated.

"Well, we can't just stand here and do nothin'." Applejack said.

I looked back up to Spike to see that Rainbow Dash's plan didn't work. Spike was now trying to whack Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy with his tail, I could only imagine how Rarity felt while he was doing it.

Just then, Rarity's cape caught Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy and ripped off. They both then plummeted down and slashed into the river below, they both popped out of the water with the ripped cape floating beside them.

I saw this before glaring up at Spike. "Alright, I'm going up there." I said as I flapped my wings and hovered in the air.

Twilight gave me a worried look. "Be careful, Matt." she said.

I looked down at her with a smirk. "Hey…it's me, remember?" I said before I looked back up at Spike and shot up to him.

Twilight watched as I flew up to the rampaging Spike, the worried look didn't leave her face.

I flew up until I was right in front of Spike's face. "Come on, little buddy. Snap out of it! It's Matt, remember?" I said calmly to try and gain his trust.

Spike then looked at me with a raised eye brow, there was a moment where I thought he was starting to remember. I smiled as he reached his large hand out to me, I then reached my hoof out to touch him.

Suddenly, my hope vanished as he pulled his hand away and smacked me with it; sending me crash landing to the ground and skidding across it. I then stopped in front of Twilight and the others.

"Well…that didn't work." I groaned.

At that moment, the Wonderbolts came and started attacking Spike. Spike was now trying to whack them away.

Twilight looked down at me with concern. "Matt, are you ok?" she asked.

"…peachy…what's Spike doing now?" I asked in a groan as I looked up at her.

Twilight then turned her head to face another direction before she looked back down at me. "Climbing a high mountain." She answered.

My eyes shot open at this news before I leaned up off the ground to see Spike was halfway up a mountain, he held the upside down water tower out in front of him and the Wonderbolts shot right into it.

Spike then jabbed the water tower into a mountain and trapped the Wonderbolts inside it, Spike roared with victory.

I panicked once I saw this, I've seen something like this in a movie, and it didn't end well for the giant monster. I quickly got up off the ground and faced the others. "We have to get closer." I said.

"Quick, to the bridge. We can get a better view from there." Twilight said before we all galloped towards the bridge.

Meanwhile, Spike was still roaring in his small victory over the Wonderbolts. "Oh, be quiet." Rarity said in a strong tone; gaining Spike's attention.

"You've got nothing to be proud of. Steal every pony's things, terrorise the town, and use me as a weapon against my own friends. Which, as horrible as it is, I can almost understand because you're a dragon and all. But this." Rarity said before she ripped off the rest of her cape and levitated it in the air with her magic.

"This is a crime against fashion." She snapped in anger.

Spike glared at Rarity before he noticed the Fire Ruby she was still wearing around her neck, he stared at it in awe.

Rarity wondered what he was looking at before she looked down at her ruby and instantly knew, she then covered it with her hooves. "Oh no, you're not getting this gemstone." She said.

Spike raised his eye brow as he cocked his head.

"This was given to me by my dear friend, Spikey-Wikey. The kindest, sweetest, most generous dragon ever. And it is too precious to me to give to a greedy old beast like you." Rarity said coldly.

Spike glared down at her before he looked closer at the ruby and experienced a flashback, he saw himself giving Rarity the Fire Ruby and earning a kiss from her. Once it ended, he shook his head and thought about what he was doing with a look of guilt on his face.

"Oh what now? I suppose you'll be eating me, or something?" Rarity said with her back turned away from Spike.

Suddenly, Spike's entire body started to shake before (SHRUNK) he rapidly shrunk back to his normal baby dragon size; leaving both him and Rarity in mid-air.

Rarity looked over to him from the corner of her eye before she went wide-eyed in shock. "Spike? You're the rampaging dragon?" she said loudly.

Before he could answer, they both plummeted to the earth screaming.

Meanwhile, we were all on the bridge looking up at them. I saw that Spike had shrunk back to size.

Pinkie Pie was looking up at them with binoculars before she took them off. "Somepony do something!" she yelled.

With that, Rainbow Dash flew up in front of the bridge with her chest out. "On it." she said before pulling Fluttershy to her.

I watched as they swooped down and grabbed the floating ripped cape in the river before they shot up towards Spike and Rarity with each end of the cape in their mouths.

I began to sweat with worry. "Please make it, please make it, please make it." I said under my breath.

Meanwhile, Spike looked at Rarity as they fell. "Rarity, I need to tell you something, just in case we don't make it." he said.

Rarity gave him her full attention.

Spike hesitated to say what he wanted to say before he found the courage to do so. "I've always sort of had a crush-" but Spike couldn't finish his sentence as Rarity placed her hoof on his lips.

Rarity smiled sweetly at him as tears forming in her eyes; implying that she already knew. Spike smiled back.

Meanwhile, I watched breathing heavily as they got closer to the ground. But just then, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy caught them in the cape in the nick-of-time.

I smiled with relief as I watched them carry Spike and Rarity back over to the bridge and placed them softly down in front of us.

Rainbow Dash had a proud smile with Fluttershy's mouth hung open, she then smiled before she hovered in the air. "We did it, I can't believe we did it." Fluttershy cheered.

Just then, I heard a metal creaking noise and I looked up at the mountain to see the water tower fall off the mountain and the Wonderbolts were free.

They quivered with fear before they put on a heroic pose and took off into the sky.

"Well, they weren't much help, were they?" I said while watching them leave.

I then looked over to Rainbow Dash. "Good timing, by the way." I complimented.

"All in a day's work." Rainbow Dash said with pride.

I smiled at her. "Yeah…but I'm just glad that Spike's back to normal. Right Spike?" I asked, but I didn't get an answer.

I looked at the spot where I last saw Spike but he wasn't there. "Spike?" I said looking around for him.

I then saw his sitting on the barrier of the bridge looking with guilt at all the destruction he made.

"Oh Spike." I said under my breath before I walked over to him, I then sat beside him and watched as he stared at one of his giant dragon footprints, he held his hand over it to see the size difference.

I then wrapped my arm around Spike to comfort him. "Hey…it's alright…you couldn't help it. You just weren't yourself, that's all." I said softy trying to make him feel better, but it didn't work.

Spike looked as though he was going to cry, until. "Spike, I just have to tell you how absolutely proud I am of you." Rarity said from behind us with a smile.

We both turned our heads around to face her. "Proud of…me?" Spike asked with confusion.

"Yes, it was you who stopped…w-well you, from destroying Ponyville….you're my hero Spikey-Wikey." Rarity said sweetly.

Spike smiled back at her with tears forming in his eyes, I gave him a proud smile.

Just then, Rarity surprised Spike by giving him another kiss on the cheek, Spike smiled at her with embarrassment.

As Rarity walked back over to the others, I smirked down at Spike before I tapped him with my elbow. "You never cease to impress the ladies, huh Spike?" I teased.

Spike looked at me and blushed deeply. "Matt, stoooop." He said in a quiet whine.

I chuckled as I got off the barrier and back on the bridge. "I'm just speaking the truth." I said smirking still.

Spike stood up on the barrier. "Matt, I'm serious. You're embarrassing me." he said.

My chuckle turned into a small laugh, I then stopped and smiled warmly at him. "It's good to have you back, little bro." I said.

Spike smiled warmly back at me before he jumped onto my back, I then walked across the bridge to join up with the others with Spike.

Later that day: Rarity's boutique

After everyone had calmed down from Spike's rampage, we all went to Rarity's boutique to see the new line of capes that she had finally finished.

She brought them out and gave Twilight and the others their own capes, of course Rarity's cape was now fixed.

They all looked wonderful in their capes, Twilight's made her look really good and attractive.

Meanwhile, I had a cape too, but it wasn't a taffeta cape like the ones Twilight and the others had, it was an awesome looking black vampire cape, I liked it.

I was with Spike and listened as he wrote his letter to Princess Celestia.

"Dear, Princess Celestia

Today I learned a great lesson about friendship. Well, you might think that it would feel good to get lots and lots of stuff, but it doesn't feel nearly as good as giving something special to somepony you really care about. But I learned that it's truly better to give than receive, and the kindness and generosity are what lead to true friendship. And that's more valuable than anything in the world."

Spike then finished the letter before signing his name. "Well…almost anything." He said as he looked at the lipstick kiss mark on his cheek that he had somehow framed.

I raised my eye brow at the sight of it, it was the first time I saw it. "You actually framed that thing?" I asked in awkwardness.

Spike looked up at me. "What?...it's a kiss from Rarity, of course I'm gonna frame it, it's valuable to me." he stated.

I rolled my eyes. "Can you spell obsessed?" I asked sarcastically.

Spike gave me a confused look. "Err…how many chances do I get?" he asked innocently.

I then placed my hoof on my face and shook my head, I then removed my hoof and gave him a small smile. "Never mind." I said calmly.

Just then, we heard flapping and we looked in the direction it was coming from to see Jeff and Peewee flying towards us.

They then landed in front of us. "Hey guys, how's things?" Peewee asked.

I smiled down at him. "Great, Spike's back to normal and so is everything else." I said.

Jeff then grew a proud smile. "Awesome, Spike's back to normal. We did a good job." He said.

I raised my eye brow. "We?...you and Peewee didn't do anything to help, where were you guys the whole time?" I asked.

Jeff and Peewee then looked at each other before looking back up to me. "Well…nothin', b-but we watched the library while you were dealing with Spike. That counts as somethin', right?" Jeff asked hoping it did.

Me and Spike looked at each other with narrow eyes before we both groaned in annoyance and walked away from them to join up with Twilight and the others.

Jeff and Peewee watched us go. "Hey, where're you two goin'? Where's the thanks for our good deed?" Jeff called before he and Peewee flew after us.

Me and Spike ignored them as we kept walking towards Twilight and the others, Spike would send his letter to the Princess later.

Today was a crazy day. Spike grew giant and greedy, all of Ponyville was nearly destroy, and to top it off…Rarity has left Spike to wonder if she might be aware of his crush on her.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter and sorry for the long read.

See what I did there? In a previous chapter, Rarity found out that Spike was her secret admirer who was sending her all those gifts and poems. And now, she admits to Spike that she knows…sort of.

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Next chapter will be up soon, merry Christmas :D