"I object!" Spike shouts out getting gasps from everyone present.

"Spike! Where have you been!" Twilight yells at him with a worried expression on her face.

Spike just frowns and starts walking down the aisle, he's really muscular now and is starting to look more like a dragon than the small chubby looking kid he was since I last saw him.

"I've been in the Everfree Forest, I couldn't take it anymore that the mare I love is with another stallion... So I left to do some thinking," he replies and then spreads a pair of impressive wings which are on par with Celestia's before furling them to his back again.

Rarity stares at him wide eyed with a sad expression.

"And what do you plan to do now?" I ask him.

He stops mid way down the aisle and looks up at me.

"I originally planned to have a duel with Blueblood for Rarity's hand... but I know that even if I win she wouldn't just be with me," he replies and frowns. "So I've decided that I should just say goodbye and... find one of my own kind to be with," he says and turns around to head back out.

"What?" Twilight barely says before scrambling out of her seat and running over to him. She then hugs him around his waist and starts to lightly sob into his back. "B-But what about me? Our parents? Shiny? Our friends? Don't they mean anything?" she asks him.

He sighs and looks at her over his shoulder. "Yes, but remaining in Ponyville is too painful for me right now," he replies and looks back at the door.

"Then we'll move back to Canterlot... I don't want you to go, you're my brother!" Twilight tells him and holds on tighter.

"And do what? Just sit here feeling sorry for myself?" he asks the purple unicorn.

"I don't know, but I love you, Spike. We all do, you're family," she replies and sniffles a few times.

Spike turns around and hugs Twilight back. "I know, Twilight, but I was tired of being treated like a foal all the time... I never got to go with you on your adventures with the others and no matter how much I helped Rarity or tried to show her my affection she'd just think I was being a kind little foal," he says to her and lets go.

Twilight frowns sadly at Spike. "I'm sorry, but I didn't want you getting hurt," she replies.

"And I didn't want you getting hurt either yet I couldn't just tell you to stay..." he tells her and looks back up to Rarity. "I hope you have a happy life with Blueblood, Rarity," he says before turning around and heading for the door.

"Spike!" Rarity calls out and walks as fast as she can in her dress towards him.

Spike turns around and waits for her to reach him. Rarity looks him in the eyes and smiles. "I'm sorry I couldn't return your feelings, but you we're like a little brother to all of us. It would mean the world to me if you'd stay in Ponyville and still be our friend," she tells him.

Spike has a sad expression and strokes her cheek with a finger. "I want to, but I need some time to myself," he replies and walks towards the door.

"Wait!" I call out to him. He stops and turns to face me. "Could you wait for a minute, I want to talk to you," I tell him.

He sighs but nodded before leaving the room.

I look back to Celestia and smile at her. "Continue with the wedding, I'll go talk to him," I tell her.

She returns the smile and nodded. "Alright," she replies.

I turn to the door and pat Twilight on her shoulder as I pass by her. She heads back to her seat while I leave the room where Spike is leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

"First off, what happened to you?" I ask him while gesturing to his body.

"When I was in the Everfree I couldn't find any gems to eat, I was attacked by a manticore two days after I found a cave to think about things and about my life in Ponyville..." he replies and sighs. "I ran from the manticore and tripped over a tree root, I crawled away from it but my back hit a tree trunk," he says with a frown. "I was about to call for help but the manticore rose its claw and was about to attack me, I panicked and breathed out my flames all over it and set it on fire. After a few seconds it stopped moving and after a few minutes the fire died down. I walked over to it and poked it a few times to see if it was still alive, but the smell..." he tells me and cringes.

"You ate it didn't you?" I ask him.

"Yes... something just compelled me and I, found it tasted good... The next day I found out I grew bigger over night and I was still growing, I went out to look for more gems but found a couple left on the cave floor," he replies.

"I think I know what cave you're talking about, Luna and I camped in a cave while we trained there," I say with a hand on my chin. "Have you never eaten meat before?" I ask him.

He shakes his head at me. "No, I've lived off some fruits and hay along with gems," he replies.

"Well, you're most likely an omnivore like me then, able to eat both, which is strange as dragons are carnivores..." I say with a frown, the books I read on dragons says they only eat meat.

"That would be because of Twilight's magic when she hatched me, it altered me genetically or something and it's why my flames have magic in it as well," he tells me.

Huh... so he's a hybrid. "And what will you do now?" I ask him.

"I don't know," he replies and sags against the wall. "I was planning to pack up and head out to the dragon lands... learn more about myself and my own kind," he tells me.

"Well I wouldn't recommend it, the two dragons I've met so far we're aggressive and very hostile while they tried to eat us, I had no choice but to kill them to protect myself and my herd," I reply.

He looks at me with wide eyes before looking down at the floor. "So what do you suggest? I don't think I can stand staying in Ponyville anymore, I still love Rarity and seeing her with Blueblood just makes my blood boil," he says dejectedly.

I hum in thought. "Didn't you used to live here with Twilight?" I ask him. He just looks at me and nodded. "You could stay here in the castle again then," I offer him.

"You mean I'll have my own room?" he asks perking up slightly.

"Sure, I don't see why not, perhaps you could even have a job here," I reply.

He hums in thought for a few seconds as he looks at the floor before looking back at me. "What kind of job? The only thing I'm good at is being an assistant to Twilight or Library work," he tells me.

"That's up to what you want to do, I personally think you'd make a great guard being a magical dragon and all that. Maybe you could even learn to tap into your magic using spells instead of with just your flames?" I suggest to the depressed young dragon.

"I'll think about it, but right now I think I want to be alone," he replies with a sigh.

"Sure, would you like me to take you to your own room?" I offer.

That got him to smile slightly. "Okay," he says and pushes off the wall.

We walk down the halls to the living quarters passing a few guards or maids along the way. We reach a door just a bit down from my herd's room. "You can have this room if you want," I tell him and gesture to the door.

He opens the door and walks in while looking around, it's just a basic room with a desk, bed, table, chair and a closet.

"You might want to find some stuff to decorate it later, I'll even give you some bits to get things you want for it," I say and wait by the door.

"Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow after I've cleared my head," he tells me and sits on the edge of the bed.

"Alright, I'll let Twilight know you're fine and just want to be alone for now," I reply.

"Thanks, Adrian..." he says and leans back onto the bed.

I smile and close the door before heading back to the throne room.

The wedding carried on without any more interruptions, Blueblood and Rarity are now married with Lily living with them and after the reception, went back to Ponyville with all her friends. Except Twilight who remained to make sure Spike is alright and is currently staying in her old tower she had before she went to Ponyville. I told her that Spike is fine and just wanted some alone time to think.

The Princess egg Shella laid just over a month ago is getting ready to hatch in a couple of days time, we're all excited to greet the newest member of our family.

For the rest of the afternoon I did some exercising in the Gym with my lovers before we went to bed after dinner.

I yawn as I slowly begin to wake up with Cadence to my left drooling slightly on my neck, Luna is on top of me while Shella is to my right. Celestia is missing but I can hear her in the baby room talking to Mavis and Valiant.

After a few more minutes of comfortable silence and my lovers snuggling closer, Celestia walks back in with each of our children in her arms.

"Good morning," I say to her getting a smile in return.

"Good morning, my love," she replies and sits on the edge of the bed. She then shakes Shella gently with her magic getting the changeling to slowly open her eyes.

"Huh?" she mumbles and looks at me. "Good morning," she says and leans in to kiss me.

I return the kiss and smile at her. "Good Morning," I reply.

"Mama!" Mavis says holding her little arms out towards Shella.

The sight makes me grin as Shella takes her daughter from Celestia and begins to feed her while Celestia is breastfeeding Valiant.

After our morning routine and Silk Sheets bringing us our breakfast, we head our separate ways for the day. Celestia is attending court with Valiant while Luna is going to go train some more with Umbra at the Training Grounds. Shella is off to the Hive to make sure everything is going well and to see for herself the traffic of other races that are starting to visit the Hive, and Cadence is heading to the medical wing for a check up as she's just less than a month away from giving birth to our daughter.

I'm walking down the hall to see if Spike is doing better now. I knock on his door and get a muffled 'come in', at least he didn't leave during the night.

I open the door and see Spike face down on a pillow with his tail and wings hanging off the sides of his bed making me chuckle at the sight as I walk in.

"Good Morning, Spike. Have you had breakfast yet?" I ask him.

He lifts his head slowly and looks back at me. "No... I've not been hungry for a couple of days actually after eating that manticore," he replies and yawns.

"I see, well maybe it's because you're a reptile and your digestion is slower than a pony or human," I say with a guess.

"I guess so, so what are you doing today?" he asks me as he sits up on the edge of the bed.

"I'm going to continue with my Fire Aspect training today." I reply.

"Fire Aspect?" he asks confused.

"Didn't Twilight tell you about the aspects?" I ask him.

He thinks for a few seconds before his eyes widen. "Oh yeah, but I usually just tune her out when she starts lecturing about something, I swear her lecturing has sleeping magic in it..." he replies and stretches his limbs.

I chuckle and sit beside him. "So, have you thought about what you're going to do?" I ask him.

He sighs and looks at his hands. "I don't know, I'll probably help out at the Archives for now. Joining the guard sounds cool, but I just don't think I'm ready for something like that... Besides, I don't think Twilight would like that," he replies and chuckles.

"Huh, well there's a vacant spot as keeper of the Archives if you're interested," I offer him.

"What? What happened to Scroll Minder?" he asks confused.

I frown and sigh. "He and three others were the ones who attempted to assassinate us on our wedding day, so he's in the Dungeons for the rest of his life for it," I reply.

"Oh... Twilight and I have known him for a few years while she was learning under Celestia... to think he'd do that," he says a bit sad.

I frown sadly at him and place my left hand on his shoulder. "Well the offer is there if you want it, with pay as well of course," I tell him.

He smiles a little and looks at me. "Alright, I can do that. Did Twilight go back to Ponyville?" he asks.

"No, she spent the night in her old room, she wants to talk to you," I reply and stand up. "I'm going to head out and continue my training, you're welcome to wait a few days before you decide anything. Maybe go and see Twilight and talk with her," I suggest and walk over to the door.

"Thanks, Adrian," he replies and looks out the window.

I sigh and close the door before heading out to Discord’s Training Room.

'Put more force into it, you're being too soft!' Infernus tells me as I cast another fire beam at the targets Discord conjures.

I force more mana into the beam making it widen slightly, after a few seconds I cancel the beam and pant heavily.

'Better, but you need more practice, we'll take a break so you can rest and then continue,' he says and I drop my Aspect form.

"Well, you're definitely improving my boy!" Discord says waving that 'Go Adrian Go!' flag again with my parents and Jasmine next to him as they watch, they wanted to see what my training was like for themselves.

"Thanks, but I've got a long way to go yet," I reply as my mom walks over to me with a bottle of water.

"Here, you need to keep yourself hydrated," she tells me and holds it out to me.

"Thanks, mom," I say and take the bottle. I pop the cap off and take a big gulp of the cold refreshing liquid, I then sigh and stretch my limbs. "I'm going to go and check on Keanu, be back in a bit," I tell them.

"Alright, son. We'll wait here with uncle Discord for you," Dad replies and starts talking with Discord about stuff on Terra.

I leave the building and head over to the stable built for Keanu and walk up to the growing planes runner.

"Hey, Keanu. How are you today?" I ask him as he tilts his head at me and chirps.

I grab a handful of sugar grass seeds and hold them out to him. He perks up at the sight of the treat and walks over and then starts to slowly peck them out of my palm.

I smile and stroke his long neck while he eats his treat.

I've been visiting him nearly every day before lunch and he's gotten friendly around me and the stable boy we hired named Hay Seed to look after him when I can't.

Hay Seed is off to the side cleaning out the old straw in the stable with new fresh straw while I feed Keanu with some proper feed as well.

"So are you happy here? I heard Fluttershy visited you again, you like her don't you," I say to him.

He chirps happily and resumes eating his lunch.

"He sure does," Hay Seed says from inside. "He practically hugs her with his long neck every time he sees her," he tells me.

"I see, it's good that you made a friend," I say to Keanu as I then spend the next forty minutes just playing with him.

I return back to the Training Room where I resume my Fire Aspect magic form.

'We will work on your fire spray some more now, and remember to force the mana out,' Infernus tells me.

'Got it,' I reply and begin gathering the mana for a fire spray.

Next chapter will be a Mavis and Valiant point of view one.