"Shining Armor, darling, are you really not coming back to Ponyville with us." Rarity asked the stallion waiting on the platform.

Shining chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "I'll be coming back, just not today. Cadence and I have a few plans so I'll be here for the next day or so."

"Ooooh..." Rarity raised her eyebrows. "Details darling."

"Slow down there filly." Applejack tugged her back as the doors closed. "We'll see ya soon then Shinin', ya'll have fun with yer marefriend."

They all had a good laugh as he blushed and waved as the train pulled away.

We were barely six minutes out when Rainbow Dash yawned in an exaggerated manner and looked at me. "I'm bored. Spike, you know anything about Armor's little sister?"

I could practically feel the glares from the others converge on the pegasus before Applejack spoke up again. "Why don't you tell us a bit about he know's this Cadence gal."

I shrugged. "There's not much I know about that. They've been friends since high school, Cadence was also mom and mine's sitter."

"Your mother dear?" Rarity asked.

"Uh yeah... Shining's sister, she hatched my egg, that means she's my mom... or was." I felt my eyes mist up a bit before wiping my eyes with my claws. "Didn't he tell you all that story last night?"

"He started too, but we all got too tired to keep listening, so he called an intermission and sent us all off to our rooms for sleep." Fluttershy spoke up, quietly.

"Well... why don't you tell us about her?" Dash meekly suggested again.

"Well where did he leave off at?" I asked, stretching my claws up behind my head as I took a deep breath to calm myself down a bit.

"Celestia..." Applejack sighed. "Rainbow, sugah, you just don't quit do you?" she gave me an apologetic smile. "He got up to his sister falling asleep against him after talkin' with the princess."

"Hey. It's not like I'm demanding he tell us." the blue pegasus huffed. "I'm asking, it's still up to him whether he does or not."

I rolled my eyes. "I can't pick up from where Shining left off... but I know about what happened after they got home that day."

"How do you know that dear?" Rarity asked me.

"Uuumm... Celestia said it had something to do with my magic growth spurt rapidly aging my mind to a point where I could think and reason on the same level as a five year old pony, other wise I'd only just be learning to talk and walk now." I scratched my scales.

"Shouldn't you still be like a five year old then?" Dash asked. "Umm... no offense."

"Residual magic." Was my only answer, which got a chuckle from Rarity. "Anyway... Celestia cleared me to go home with mom and Shining... mom and i were still asleep so he carried us all the way there on his back, but... well apparently their parents had gotten home before them after being told that mom and him were with Celestia..."