In Spike's bedroom one morning, the boy stirred in his sleep before waking up with a yawn, "Ah, that was just what I needed after a long night." he rolled over and found Twilight sleeping at his side, but what was more shocking this time around was the fact she wasn't wearing her pajamas, or undergarments.

The sight of this made Spike cry in shock as he backed into the corner of his bed, "Holy shit." he gasped.

Twilight woken up by Spike's cry sat up and yawned, "Morning, Spike. What's up?"

"What's up?" Spike asked in disbelief, "You're in my bed, and you're naked... Which I don't have a problem with, but what brought this on?"

"Oh, sorry to startle you with this," Twilight said, as she sat up, giving Spike a full view of her upper naked body, "But I read that sometimes sleeping all natural helps you sleep better without needing over comfy and warm pajamas, it helps reduce body fat, and it helps bring up your confidence."

"Really? I had no idea." Spike replied.

"So I decided to try it out. And it worked. Best sleep I've had in forever," She stretched her arms up, "I may do this more often."

"Good to know." Spike said, as he envisioned Twilight crawling into his bed naked some more.

Twilight got out of bed giving Spike an full shot of her bare naked body. Spike blushed in arousal, but held it together, "I better go and get changed. I promised your mom I'd help her with breakfast this morning."

"Ok. You do that."

"See you downstairs." Twilight said, before leaving the room.

Spike sat on his bed and spoke to himself, "Now she's planning on sleeping naked from this point on? And if she keeps climbing into my bed at night... I'm gonna be this much closer to climbing up the scale to manhood!"

"Hey, Spike! Sorry to interrupt your little rant," came a familiar voice. Spike broke out of his thoughts in a startle and looked around seeing no one, "Come on, you can't have forgotten about me already."

"Oh, Bahamut. Sorry about that, but my mind was wandering."

"I can see that. Personally, I think you need to learn a little bit of self control."

"Don't talk to me about something like that. Now why speak up all of a sudden?" Spike asked.

"Well, as you know it hasn't been that long since Nightmare Moon's defeat," the dragon began, "But I have been having these feelings lately."

"Feelings? Like what?"

"That danger is approaching."

"Danger? You mean the kind of threats Princess Luna talked about?" Spike asked in concern.

"I can't be certain, but be on guard. You never know when an enemy is set to strike."

"All right. Appreciate the words, man." Spike said, as he decided to get ready.

Downstairs, Spike, Twilight, and the Drake's were at the table enjoying breakfast, "Wow. This is delicious, Twilight." Spike said, as he ate.

"Thank you, Spike. That was sweet." she replied.

"I was amazed on how she was able to cook to perfection," Mrs. Drake said.

"Well, my sister-in-law taught me a few things." Twilight giggled.

As they ate the news was on TV, as a reporter was speaking, "The murder pile up has once again added another victim to its count. Last night 23 year old Alan Daryl was found dead out in the park by the town statue with his body literally ripped to pieces. The police are looking into this case, but so far no results."

The Drake's were in shock, "How horrible." Spike's mom said.

"What is it with people today?" his dad asked in disbelief.

Spike and Twilight looked at each other in worry, wondering if this had something to do with a danger from Equestria.

After school, the two were with the others in their meeting building, as Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna were present.

"It's the work of a lami." Celestia began.

"Are you sure, Princess?" Twilight asked.

"Without a doubt." the Princess of the Sun confirmed.

"A lamia? What is that?" Spike asked.

"Yeah. Don't you mean llama?" Pinkie asked.

"It's 'lamia'," Luna corrected her, "A creature part human and part snake that loves to feed on children, or in this case younger men. Mostly it's for their blood."

"Good heavens." Rarity gasped.

"I don't feel so good." Fluttershy covered her mouth, while looking ready to puke.

"If this lamia keeps running amok and on this killing spree more people are going to die." Celestia warned the group.

"So let's find this lamia and nuke it." Rainbow pumped a fist up.

"Take care, Rainbow Dash," Luna warned her, "A lamia is a crafty monster. When they set their eyes on someone they deem a meal they won't stop until they've feasted upon them."

"We'll make sure not to let our guards down." Twilight promised the Princess of the Night.

"Another stakeout!" Pinkie cheered.

Applejack nudged Spike, "Ya up for it, Spike? I mean after the brawl you just went through..."

"Don't single me out, Applejack," Spike retorted, "I'm more than capable of taking any monster on after fighting Nightmare Moon."

"Good to hear." Applejack smiled.

"Come on, you guys," Twilight began, "We got work to do."

When nighttime rolled in, Spike and the girls were staking it out in the park. They were sitting on two benches with Spike in the middle of Twilight and Fluttershy.

The boy spoke up, "Any reason why we're staking out here?"

Twilight answered, "This was where the last death took place. For all we know the creature may return to the scene of the crime."

"It always happens in movies." Rainbow added.

"That's just stereotyping, girls," Before Spike said another word he took a whiff of the air, "Hold on, I think I got something."

"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.

Spike sniffed the air, "We got something coming. I think it's our lamia."

"How can you be sure?" Rarity inquired.

"I'm not sure but my dragon senses feel stronger than ever."

"But you're not even in dragon mode." Pinkie noticed.

"Guess even as a human I'm able to use a portion of my dragon power, without having to activate it. Mostly my smell and hearing." Spike shrugged.

"Quiet. Someone's coming." Twilight hushed them.

The seven acted casual, as they glanced over and saw a young woman and a boy roughly the age of a college student walking by.

They saw them approaching the taped off scene of the last murder, "So this is where it happened?" the boy asked.

"That's right. I can't believe someone was actually murdered here." the woman said.

"Me neither. Whoever did this to the guy had to be an absolute batshit psycho for ripping him up from the inside like that," the guy said. The woman suddenly giggled, "What's so funny, Camille?"

"What's funny is you called the killer a batshit psycho. I find that an insult." she explained while giving him a scary look.

"Why would you?" the boy asked not liking the look she was giving.

"Because that was my doing." she whispered.

The group overhearing that was shocked, but not as much as the college aged student, "Wait, what?"

"That's right," Camille said mischievously, "Allow me to show you how I did it." suddenly her lower half transformed into a snake like tail, and her hair suddenly waved around all wild like.

"What the shit?!" the boy cried in fright.

Camille hissed and attempted to strike, only to get hit by a blast of magic from the side. The boy not wanting to stick around made a run for it. The lamia looked up and growled, "Who dares interrupt my meal?!"

"We dare." Twilight answered, as she and the others approached in their transformed stages.

"Ooh. Seven helpings composed of six ponies and a dragon, talk about a midnight snack." Camille the lamia licked her lips.

"Snack on this, creep!" Rainbow launched a blast of thunder at the monster.

Camille using her snake like body slunk away to avoid the attack, and struck like a serpent at Rainbow.

"Rainbow, look out!" Fluttershy cried.

Applejack jumped in and grappled with the monster, "I don't think so, varmint."

Camille licked her lip again, "Feisty. I think you'll be first." her serpent tail wrapped around Applejack's body.

"Hey!" Applejack called, as she felt the lamia's body trying to squeeze the life out of her.

"Applejack!" the group cried, as Spike frowned and flew in to attack.

"Get your hands off her!" he wrestled her from behind, by putting her in a choke hold.

Camille struggled to regain her air, while Applejack managed to loosen herself up enough to break free from the monster's hold. The lamia reached behind and pulled Spike off before tossing him to the ground.

Twilight and the girls went on the attack and fought the lamia who was using both her strength and reflexes to dodge their attacks. She finally knocked them aside and looked at Spike who spat a fireball at her. The monster backed up and frowned, "Pesky dragon."

"I'll show you pesky!" Spike flew right at her while getting ready to spit fire again, only for Camille's serpent tail to wrap around his throat halting him.

"While I love feasting upon younger people. I find children are much more tasty despite their small stature."

"Too bad for you I ain't a kid." Spike wheezed.

Camille smiled, "You will be." she chanted in another language, and suddenly Spike's mouth opened and a blue and white wispy essence was pulled out from him and was contained in a vial Camille kept inside her vest.

Suddenly Spike started growing smaller and smaller, and his dragon properties were turning back to human. Suddenly Spike was dropped to the ground. Everyone looked and saw Spike had shrunk down into a nine year old boy with his clothes incredibly big for him. He looked at his new state of being and let out a childish cry of shock.

"Now to feast." Camille was ready to eat.

Fluttershy seeing this shouted, "NO!" she launched a blast of wind at the Lamia knocking her into a tree, along with an apple dropping from it and hitting her head. She shook it off and saw the girls preparing to attack.

"Another time." she vanished.

The girls pulled to a halt before crashing into themselves, "She's gone." Pinkie gasped.

"Great." Rainbow said with a huff.

"Uh, girls, her escaping ain't the only problem." Applejack noted, as they looked over and saw child Spike get up. His shirt was so big it didn't matter if his pants couldn't fit him.

He looked at himself in shock and started whimpering. Suddenly he shouted to the heavens, "NO!"

Later the group returned back to their HQ, where Spike was sitting down on the couch wearing a bathrobe that was still too big for him.

"I can't believe this. I'm a kid again?!" Spike cried.

"Just try and calm down, Spike." Fluttershy comforted him.

"Calm down?" Spike asked in disbelief, "In case you haven't noticed, Fluttershy. I've been turned into a child!"

"Easy, Spike," Twilight said, "Panicking like that's not going to change a thing."

"Still. I can't believe this had to happen to me." he pouted.

"Well, if it's any consolation, Spike. You look super cute at this age." Fluttershy said sweetly.

Spike looked at her, "I do?"

Pinkie plopped a seat next to him and nuzzled his cheek, "Absolutely."

"Ok, ok. Easy," Spike said, as he got her off, "Being at his age and surrounded by all of you now makes me feel more like a minority."

"Don't say that, sugarcube," Applejack, "You know we don't think any less of you given your condition."

Rarity came over, "Spike, your clothes are ready." she presented him with his clothes shrunken down to match his child size.

"Thanks." Spike said, as he took them and went behind a screen to change. He stepped out and was fully dressed, "I don't understand how it happened. Did that lamia just reverse my age?"

"I'm afraid not." Celestia answered, as she appeared.

"Princess." they addressed her.

"But what do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah. Didn't she just shrink him with an age spell?" Applejack wondered.

"She actually stole something from Spike. His adolescent aura."

"Adolescent aura?" Spike asked in confusion.

"It's a spiritual part of one's body that makes one physically like a teenager. When she stole it from you you lost your physical teenage look."

"So can't you age spell him back to normal?" Rainbow wondered.

Celestia shook her head, "His adolescent aura is irreplaceable as is anyone's. It must be returned to him or Spike will never return to his normal age again. He'd have to go through puberty all over again before developing a new adolescent aura when he'd reach puberty."

"But I can't wait that long!" Spike replied.

"Then you must find the lamia and reclaim your adolescent aura." she instructed.

"Well, what am I going to do until then? I can't go home like this, and I certainly can't show up at school looking like a grade schooler."

"Not to worry, I have just the thing to help you." Celestia activated her magic and an aura surrounded Spike.

"What did you do?" Spike asked.

"A little illusion magic. Anyone besides us will see you at your normal age as well as hear your older voice."

"And you're certain this will work?"

"I promise you."

"Well, thanks, Princess."

"You're very welcome. Now then, you all should return home. You've had a long night." Celestia suggested before teleporting out.

Twilight turned to her friends, "She's right. It's gonna be a long day tomorrow. And we need our sleep."

"I'll say." Spike agreed, as he got up.

"Spike," Applejack spoke up, as he looked at her, "I wanna thank ya for coming to my aid in the fight."

"No problem, A.J. You'd do the same for me, I know."

"I sure would. Next time I'll protect you." Applejack said, as she embraced the boy tightly, causing his smaller head to dive deep into her Amazon sized bust.

Spike thought to himself, while enjoying the sensation, 'Wow, at this size they feel a hell of a lot bigger. Guess my teenage hormones are still with me.'

Twilight seeing this display made her eye twitch, before she took Spike away from the country girl, "Come on, Spike. We need to get home." she said, while holding Spike in her arms.

"Uh, Twilight. You can let me down now."

"And pass up a chance to hold you in my arms? I don't think so." she said smugly, before walking away with him.

"This is embarrassing." Spike muttered to himself.

The five watched them leave in envy, "I wanted to hold Spike like that." Rarity whined.

When Spike and Twilight returned home, they went inside and heard Spike's mother, "Spike, Twilight? Is that you?"

Spike took a deep breath and answered, "Yes, mom. It's us."

"Good. Dinner's just about ready."

Spike was astounded, "She didn't notice the sound of my voice. The spell really works."

"Just try not act awkward." Twilight warned him. Spike nodded, and continued to play it cool as if nothing happened to him.

They sat at the dinner table, with Spike keeping it casual, as his mom spoke up, "So anything exciting happen at school today?"

Spike answered, "Just the same boring stuff, mom."

"Bummer. In our high school years exciting stuff happened every day." Spike's dad said, while Twilight and Spike eyed each other.

Later on after dinner, Spike was inside the shower trying to reach the knobs, "Damn these short legs!" he took a jump and managed to turn the hot faucet which released the hot water on him, "Ah! Too hot!" he jumped again and turned it a bit to warm it up, "Oh, much better. Whoever said being a kid is lucky couldn't have been more wrong."

Suddenly the stall of the shower opened, and Spike saw Twilight naked and stepped in. Spike was about to scream, only for Twilight to clamp his mouth shut, "Quiet. You want your parents to barge in here?"

Spike shook his head, as Twilight removed her hand, "What're you doing in here?"

"I figured you could use some help washing up. You are a kid after all."

"From a physical point of view, but mentally I still have my teenage mind even without my adolescent aura."

"No arguing. Now turn around and let me do your back." Twilight ordered.

Spike seeing he couldn't argue given his condition answered, "Yes, Twilight," he turned around, and Twilight started running the soap down Spike's back gently. As she continued to lather his back up, Spike thought, 'I'm in the shower with Twilight, and she's washing my back. Kid or not I still think this is hardcore hot!'

After Twilight had washed under Spike's arms and such, she started shampooing his hair, "Try not to open your eyes until I say so."

"Don't worry, I won't." Spike answered, as he kept his eyes closed to avoid getting shampoo in them.

When Twilight rinsed it out, Spike opened his eyes, "Thanks for this, Twilight. I probably wouldn't have been able to do this as successful at this age."

"You're welcome. And you can pay me back by washing me now. That is, if you feel big enough to do it." She teased him.

"Of course I am!" Spike answered, as he took the soap in hand. Twilight squatted down to Spike's level allowing him to wash her back.

"Mm. That feels good, Spike. Do a great job and I'll let you do my front." Twilight said.

Spike's eyes widened, and thought, 'Do her front? I have to make this count!' he glanced down at himself below the belt, 'Nice to see I'm still affected in 'that' way.'

After their shower, both were wrapped in towels, and Twilight playfully dried Spike hair with a hair towel. Twilight was then sitting on the edge of the bathtub, with Spike in her lap and was using a hair dryer to dry the boys hair.

As Twilight cared for him, she thought, 'This feels like taking care of a little brother. If only he could be like this longer... No, I can't think that. This isn't truly Spike. Besides if he remains like this I'll only look like a pedophile in the eyes of the others. And I sure as hell don't want that.'

Soon enough both Spike and Twilight were in Spikes bed, both in their pajamas. Twilight covered them up, and Spike spoke up, "Thanks for spending the night in here with me, Twilight. Not that I'm scared or anything. I just..."

"I know. You'd feel a lot more comfortable with someone next to you."

"Exactly."

Twilight held Spike close like a teddy bear, "You just relax and get some sleep, Spike. Tomorrow things will be better." she pecked his forehead. Soon Spike fell asleep in the warmth and comfort of Twilight.

Author's Notes:

That info on the perks of sleeping all natural I saw from a cosmopolitan article online.