Author's Notes:

Release Notes:
ver. 1.0: I Took Too Long of a Hiatus Edition

Prime Universe Assimilations: "Bridle Gossip", "Swarm of the Century", and "Winter Wrap Up"

Begin Theme. Twinkling Balloon holding Spike and Twilight descends.

My Little Pony
My Little Pony

Ah... Ah... Ah... Ah...

Cloud Zoom Transition. Rainbow Dash is absent. Twilight climbs out of the basket with Spike on her back and trots into Ponyville.

My Little Pony
I used to wonder how much Spike could mean
My Little Pony
Until you all chose to share him with me

Camera pans to Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Applejack. The two groups wave to each other.

Spike falls from a high height in front of a Cloudsdale-like background while screaming like a mare.
...
Rainbow Transition.

Spike and Pinkie Pie have a small get-together in Sugarcube Corner.
Tons of Fun!
Confetti Transition.

Spike enters Carousel Boutique and finds it empty.
...
Flash of Light Transition.

Spike helps Applejack with chores at Sweet Apple Acres.
Loyal and Strong!
Apple Transition.

Fluttershy gives Spike a very loving nuzzle in front of her cottage.
So Adorable!
Butterfly Transition.

Spike, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Applejack are outside the Golden Oak Library. Twilight teleports into the scene.
It's easy to see

That he is the best drakefriend!
The mares all group hug around Spike.

You have my little ponies
They all take a picture together and send it to the Princesses in Canterlot.

Princess Celestia is amused and has a warm smile while Princess Luna looks at the photo with filly-like naive confusion.
Do you know that Spike is really the best?
Zoom out on the picture of Spike, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Applejack.

Pink Background and Slam Logo on Top as Theme Ends.

Fade to Black.

Twilight and Spike were taking a nice stroll through Ponyville. Sadly, it seems no one else is enjoying the wonderful morning.

"Where is everypony?" Twilight comments.

Spike shrugs in response. As they wandered around darkened buildings, they eventually passed in front of Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie Pie beckoned them in. They found the rest of the Mane 6 there.

"Hey girls, what's going on here? Some sort of lockdown?" Twilight greeted.

"Yeah, for the most part. Apparently, the mayor and citizens think one of the visitors we occasionally have is too dangerous," Applejack spoke up.

"Oh? And who might this be?"

All the ponies pointed out the window where a black and white figure could be seen.

"You saw her, right Twilight? Zecora, that is," Applejack inquired.

"Assuming it was the black and white figure outside, yes," Twilight then turned to the rest of the group, "so, what makes this Zecora so dangerous?"

"All the mayor said was, 'she's mysterious and sinister'," Rainbow explained.

"Very interesting considering all I see is a zebra."

"I agree with you there, Twilight. It's a good thing that Fluttershy lives outside Ponyville borders near the Everfree Forest where Zecora lives otherwise we wouldn't have been introduced to her," Applejack approved of Twilight's view.

"Indeed. She's really well mannered. She taught me some new medicines for my different animals and helped increase yields at Sweet Apple Acres," Fluttershy confirmed, "we're her only connection to Ponyville resources when we really shouldn't have to be."

Twilight was now confused.

"Wait, only connection? Are we not allowed to interact with Zecora or something?"

"Yep, it's Ponyville law," Applejack confirmed.

"Oh... I see."

"I'll stop beating around the bush. The whole point of all of this is that we'd like some help in getting a leadership shift in Ponyville due to this treatment. Equestrian culture was created as a blend of Earth Pony, Pegasus, and Unicorn Culture. If we can integrate a species like Spike's, then I think an equine like Zecora can be integrated as well," Applejack did an honest as she gave Spike a hug, "so, Twilight. Are you in?"

Twilight wholeheartedly agreed.

After Twilight met Zecora and conversed with her for a bit, they concocted a plan. They would schedule a visit for Princess Celestia the next time that Zecora comes around so she can see it first hoof.

Preparations for Princess Celestia's visit began immediately. Fluttershy was now busy humming and gathering flowers for the said visit. The esteemed animal Pegasus then encountered what she thought was one of the most adorable creatures she had ever seen. This creature was a Parasprite.

Fluttershy offered the Parasprite an apple from the bucket that she got from Applejack earlier. The Parasprite gobbled down the apple... then all the apples in the bucket.

"Oh... my..."

Meanwhile, Twilight and Spike, having finished cleaning up the library together, went outside to check on the other ponies' preparations. Everything was prepared nicely except for a banner that said "Welcome Princess Celest".

When the ponies in charge of the banner were asked why in their right mind they would put up an incomplete banner for the princess, they responded, "We couldn't fit it all in."

Twilight gave those ponies all a magical slap on the back of the head and demanded them to fix it. After sternly disciplining, the purple duo checked up on Sugarcube Corner. They found Pinkie Pie chowing down on cakes that were meant for the Princess.

Pinkie Pie! D:< Twilight glared.

Hmmm? Oh hi Twilight! ^_^ Pinkie turned and waved to Twilight.

Huh? Wait... you can hear me? Does that mean... D: Wait... forget about that! What did I tell you about eating Princess Celestia's cakes?!?! >_>

I dunno... How about that these cakes are delicious? :D Pinkie shrugs.

ARGH!!! D:< Twilight facehoofs.

To an outsider like Spike, it looked like Twilight and Pinkie Pie were having a conversation with the gestures but without the talking... which was exactly what they were doing.

Eventually, Fluttershy came in with the Parasprite. Correction, there were three.

"Hello, Twilight, Pinkie Pie," she greeted.

"Oh hi, Flutter--" Pinkie Pie caught sight of the Parasprites, then proceeded to stare at the Pegasus.

"Hmm?" Twilight also turned to look at Fluttershy to see what the silence was all about, "yeah, I agree, that's not good."

The two ponies trotted up to her and removed the Parasprites from her possession. Going outside of Sugarcube Corner, Twilight set the Parasprites on the ground. Fluttershy peeked her head out the entrance. The two ponies equipped face shields as Pinkie Pie used Spike's flamethrower mode to torch all the Parasprites before they could multiply any further.

"Oh... my..." Fluttershy commented.

Spike, still being held by Pinkie Pie, commented as well, with an unamused face.

"I know right?"

Fluttershy nodded in agreement.

Transition to the next morning.

Princess Celestia's visit went as planned. When she saw the discrimination being done to Zecora, the angriest expression adorned her face as she impeached the current mayor with the royal magical slap. After deliberating with the Mane 6 and Spike, she decided to put Applejack in charge of Ponyville. The Princess then bid farewell to the group and all the Ponyville residents afterward.

All would have been well if Pinkie Pie's tail didn't twitch.

"Uh-oh..." she muttered.

"Hmm? Something seems to be the problem Pinkie Pie?" Twilight inquired of the worried pink pony.

"Uh... well... you see..." Pinkie points out her tail.

The Mane 6 and Spike went wide-eyed.

"We're not done here? What else could we possibly need to--"

Twilight was cut off as a huge wad of snow plopped itself over the entirety of Ponyville. Princess Celestia, now airborne, looked back and saw the now snow covered town, shrugged, then continued on her way.

"*sigh* Alright... I guess we can keep these Episodes going..." Twilight muttered.

The Mane 6 including the new mayor Applejack, were to clean up the mess since the other unhelpful Ponyville citizens were incompetent as usual.

So, the next day, Twilight trotted into the snowed-up town square. Spike nuzzled into Twilight's neck as he held on tightly, eliciting a blush and a smile from the Unicorn. She was tasked by Applejack with supervising and assisting the rest of the Mane 6 in their cleanup wherever she can. After being given a list of the tasks needed to be done, Twilight got started. First up was Rarity.

They found the fashion pony at a table with a lot of straw/hay.

"Good Morning Rarity, what are you up to?" Twilight greeted.

"Just making some of Ponyville's finest birds' nests to replace all the ones destroyed by the sudden snowfall," Rarity lifted a basket of materials onto the desk.

"Interesting. Can we have a try?"

"I don't see why not."

Rarity showed Spike step-by-step how to put together a nest, totally being subtle with her hooves wrapped around Spike to "guide him".

"...and... done!" Spike held up a well-crafted birds' nest in his claws.

Spike and Rarity turned to Twilight. They found that Twilight had basically crafted enough nests to cover the rest of Ponyville. Twilight squee'd.

"Oh... right..." Rarity also squee'd.

After clearing her throat, Rarity tried to retain as much tactfulness as possible.

"Well... thank you very much Twilight. It seems my job here is done. I'll be on my way now."

Twilight and Spike bid farewell to Rarity and went on their way to check up on Fluttershy. As they were on their way, a very excited Pinkie Pie joined them and started hopping alongside.

"Hi, Spikey! Hi, Twi-Twi!" Pinkie greeted.

"Hello again Pinkie Pie, you sure like hanging around us," Twilight smirked.

"Of course Twilight! Take a 'Twi' and an 'Inkie' then call us a Twinkie! We're inseparable!"

"Can't argue with that logic."

Twilight flung Spike off her back and on to Pinkie Pie's. Spike held on tightly while nuzzling into the party pony's pastry scented mane all while trying to make sure he doesn't fall into her mane-space where she stores all her tools/party gear.

"I think it's time for you to have some Spike attention, don't you think?" Twilight smiled.

"Mmhmm! Onwards to Fluttershy!"

They eventually found the animal pony near a whole bunch of animal burrows.

"Oh, Spike, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, nice to see you," Fluttershy greeted, totally not remembering the flashbacks to Parasprite burning.

"Good to see you too, Fluttershy. So, what are you doing to help?" Twilight inquired.

"Well, I'm waking up all of the animals from their hibernation since the snow caused them all to think winter was starting," Fluttershy explained.

"Ooo! Can I try?" Twilight was quite fascinated.

"Mmhmm," Fluttershy motioned towards the basket of bells nearby.

Twilight retrieved a bell and rang it near one of the burrows. There was a snake inside.

"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"

The snake hissed at her, causing her to scream and run off like a filly, thus causing all the animals to wake up.

"Oh my Twilight, you did a REALLY good job at waking up the animals," Fluttershy commented without sarcasm; She really meant that.

"I'll say," Spike agreed while Pinkie Pie nodded along in approval.

Meanwhile...

"Ahhhh! Snakes! Snakes! Nope! Nope! Nope!" Twilight was screaming.

Twilight crashed into a tree nearby where Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Spike were nearby.

"Ugh..."

"Well done, Twilight! You woke up all of the animals in one go!" Fluttershy and the rest of them there giggled.

Twilight blushed slightly and squee'd.

Fluttershy joined the trio in their trot/walk along Ponyville's pathways. Spike transferred from Pinkie Pie's back to Fluttershy's back. He held on to Fluttershy tightly and used her long mane as a nice blanket to keep warm. Fluttershy wondered where all her mane went and saw Twilight and Pinkie Pie being thoroughly entertained with Spike, and so smiled along with them.

It was time to return and report to Applejack, so they trotted/walked into Ponyville Square, finding the apple pony happy to see them.

"Good afternoon Spike, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy," she tipped her Stetson in greeting.

Twilight pulled out the task list.

"Applejack, all the tasks on this list are finished," Twilight looked around the still snow-covered town, "but... there's still clearly snow..."

"Ah, glad you noticed!" Applejack cheerfully responded, "Well, this is where you and Spike come in! You two are the final step to cleaning up this mess. I'm sure you two know what you need to do."

Twilight and Spike gave an affirmative nod to Applejack and got into position. Spike spewed a fireball into the air and Twilight fired a beam of magic at it to amplify the effect. When the fireball descended and impacted the ground, all the snow and ice in Ponyville melted, finishing the cleanup.

The group all split and went on their ways, with Pinkie Pie deciding to stay the night with the Twilight and Spike since Pinkie Pie. She decided to do the cooking for Twilight and Spike since she was going to be a good marefriend to Spike and a good visitor to Twilight. Turns out the pink pony knows a lot more than just sweets. She managed to cook up a Fettuccine Alfredo with Lavender. She served up the one plate for the three of them.

"Might I ask what happened to the individual serving plates we used in the morning?" Spike inquired.

"Silly Spike! This is a romance fiction! We don't need that for a pasta dish! Also, you did read the lines above right?" Twilight playfully explained and then muttered off to the side, "and this scene is totally not reused from Episode 3..."

Spike just shrugged and started eating along with the rest of his Harem members.

"This is really good, Pinkie Pie! How did you know lavender was my favorite flower?" Twilight commented as she chowed down.

"Huh, Pinkie Pie, this is quite delicious. Didn't take you for a specialty chef," even Spike was impressed, considering he normally does all the cooking for Twilight.

"Thank you! And Twilight? That's simple, you told me your favorite flower was lavender!" Pinkie playfully boops Twilight on the nose.

Funny, Twilight is eating messily while Pinkie Pie, unlike when she ate the cakes, is being well mannered.

As they continued eating, the classical romantic scene occurred. However, compared to last time, it was between Pinkie Pie and Spike. Twilight, being slightly jealous, tried to catch the same noodle as Spike but found herself with her lips on Pinkie Pie. The party pony simply giggles.

"Twilight, we're really close and I'm really flattered, but this isn't a Twinkie Pie fiction! This is a Spike Harem fiction!"

Twilight squee'd. The three of them partook in some friendly banter as they finished eating.

After all of them bathed and cleaned up, the trio went to bed. The two mares surrounded Spike with their bodies. The drake could smell Pinkie Pie's unsurprisingly pastry smell and Twilight's natural lavender smell. And so, it was finally time for goodnight kisses.

"Goodnight Spikey! *chuu*"

"Goodnight Spike. *chuu*"

"Goodnight Twilight, Pinkie Pie."

The three of them eventually dozed off one by one and it was finally peaceful in Ponyville.

Zoom out on the sleeping trio. Zoom out of nighttime Golden Oaks Library.

End Theme with Credits.