Spike and Twilight ran into the library, and Spike was shocked to see both Applejack AND Princess Celestia. Great, he thought. He bowed to Princess Celestia.

"Your majesty." Celestia nodded and Spike stood up. Spike wrung his hands together, and prepared to speak.

"I got your letter Spike." Spike's face was blazing. He hadn't wanted anypony reading his journal entry. Spike looked down, ashamed.

"Sorry Princess. I didn't mean to send it to you. It was an accident."

"That's quite alright Spike. Accidents do happen. And I think you may want to have it back." Celestia returned the letter to Spike and he grasped it tightly. He did NOT want to lose it again.

"Ah was havin' an interestin' conversation with the princess, Spike." Oh no. Here it comes. The moment Spike had dreaded was coming and he was completely unprepared. Well, he knew it would come one day, and he always knew he wouldn't have anything to say in his own defense, but he never expected it to happen in front of Princess Celestia and Twilight. It was his worst nightmare. And it was happening right now.

"She told me you sent her a letter by accident. A letter not intended for her. Isn't that right, Princess?"

"It is. You see Spike, the way you wrote the letter, it was hard to tell who it was addressed to. And I was curious, and as the princess, it is my job to know about my people. So I came back down to learn who this letter was to."

"But you two were off in Canterlot, trying to get the letter. Luckily, Ah was here, so I helped the princess with the letter." Spike couldn't believe it. Not only did Celestia read his journal, but so did APPLEJACK! And to make matters worse, he knew exactly what they were doing. They were stalling, trying to stretch out the time. Which was completely unlike them.

"We found out that the pony was a filly, which meant it couldn't be anyone older then, ooh, the Cutie Mark Crusaders? Yes, that's a good reference."

"And then we learned that she was an earth pony."

"So that narrowed it down. And then we figured out her mane color."

"So there were only a handful of ponies left. And then we learned she had a hair accessory."

"And boom, we instantly had our answer. A red-maned, earth-type filly, wearing a hair accessory. Who else could it be?" Spike was completely red by now. It was taking all his energy not to cry. Why were they doing this? Twilight was thinking.

"An earth pony? Who is a filly? With a red mane and a hair accessory?" She said aloud. There were moments of silence as Twilight put two and two together. And she got four. "Wait… You don't mean… Applebloom? I thought you liked Rarity."

"Twilight, there's a point in time where one has to accept something is never going to happen. I did that a while back." Twilight started laughing. So did Celestia and Applejack. And then the walls to the library came down. All of Ponyville was gathered outside the "library". And they were all laughing at Spike. Every single pony. Including Applebloom.

Spike started running. He didn't know where, and he didn't care. The ground started shaking, but he kept running. HE was shaking, tears streaming down his face, the mocking voices saying his name, "Spike. Spike." over and over again. He ran into a cave and cried. Cried, cried, and cried. He kept shaking violently, the world shaking with him, and kept hearing the voices. And then everything went dark and his face felt soft.

"Spike, are you okay? You were crying really hard and shaking." Spike lifted up his head and looked around. He was in the library again, except the walls were up. And Celestia wasn't there. Twilight was hovering over him. Spike sighed. It had all been a dream.

"Yeah, I'm okay. It was all a dream." Spike got up and looked around. He saw Applejack. "Hey Applejack." Applejack nodded. She looked preoccupied. Twilight looked at him, worried.

"What kind of dream did you have? It looked like a complete nightmare." Spike nodded.

"It was. Everypony was making fun of me. You know how I'll write a journal entry every night before bed? Well, in my nightmare, I accidently sent my recent entry to Princess Celestia who then shared it with Apple- Somepony. Both of them kept going on and on. Then you finally understood, and everypony started laughing. It was horrible. Good thing this isn't going anywhere." As Spike said this, he raised the scroll with his journal entry on it up, and it slid out of his hand. His eyes grew wide and he watched in horror as the scroll flew through the air and hit Applejack in the head.

"Ow. What's this?" The scroll had unrolled as it hit her head and, before he could stop her, Applejack read his journal. Out loud. When she finally finished everypony was silent. Then she spoke.

"Spike… Are you talkin' 'bout my sister?" Another awkward silence. Spike looked down, and slowly nodded his head. Applejack rolled the scroll back to him. She lifted his head up with her hoof. "It's nothin' to be ashamed of. It just shocked me, that's all. I thought you liked Rarity."

"I got over her a while back…"

"I won't tell Applebloom a word about this. I'll let you tell her… When you're ready."