Hours had passed after Spike had come back from his misadventures, and Twilight had just levitated him up to his bed so he could sleep in peace, and not standing on the library floor. Twilight had finished his chores, cleaning the library and dusting the shelves. It wasn't hard work when she used her magic. She noticed Spike's backpack on the floor next to the door. She checked to see if he had collected the books, they were there. She used her magic once again and lifted the books and placed them on their spots in the library. She didn't notice the strange leaves lying in the backpack.

Spike woke up the next morning, feeling as usual. The buzz had weared off, but he had a strange feeling that he wanted more of the strange plant. He tip-toed out of the room to go down to the library. To his relief, the ragged brown backpack was still lying where he had left it, with the leaves still in it. He remembered that the smoke had appeared when he had accidentally made them burn. He thought that it wouldn't be such a good idea to spout fire inside the library, so he went outside, walking behind the enormous tree and picked the leaves out from the backpack. He examined them for a while, the leaf was a dark tint of green, and it had 9 seperate leaves on it. He laid it down on the ground and inhaled, and puffed out a small green flame. The leaf started to crumple and creating smoke. Spike bent down on his knees and inhaled the smoke, before letting it out through his nostrils. He started chuckling to himself and started singing Fluttershy's part from ''At the gala'' really loud while trying to muffle his laughter. He laid down on his back, looking up at the sky. He grinned when seeing the clouds in the sky. He reached out his claw, attempting to pinch it. Right when he pinched down his claw, Rainbow Dash zoomed past through the cloud, as it was her day to clear the sky and she was going for a new record. He didn't notice her, he thought that he did it by himself.

'AAAAAAAARRGGGHHHHHH! MR. CLOUDY, WHAT HAVE I DONE!' He was down on his back, trying to get back up but he was just sprawling on the spot, not going anywhere, until he rolled onto his stomach, pushing himself up with his arms. He took another quick sniff from the smoke from the leaf and stomped it out, picking up his backpack, ready for whatever that came at him.

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Zecora had been to her sister in Fillydelphia, she was tired and had to relax, and what's a better way to relax than to smoke a little weed? She tore the note off her door and walked in. It was just as she left it, with the artefacts from her origins still where they were supposed to be. She threw off her saddlebags and drank some water, before walking out behind her house. When she was outside her house she quickly made her way behind it. She looked in the basket where she had placed the books, they were gone so she knew that Spike had come by and picked up the books. When she turned around to see her bush, she gasped and ran up to it.

'What has happened to my bush, and who stole my kush?' She stomped her hoof to the ground, and then she saw the burnt edges of some of the twigs.

'I must proceed, to the dragon who stole my weed.' She realised quickly that weed and a baby dragon wouldn't mix well.

Spike was walking through Ponyville chuckling to himself on and off, when he suddenly felt hungry. He saw Sugarcube Corner in the distant, he slowly made his way until he walked into a golden-orange stallion who he quickly identified to be Snails. Spike stood up slowly, and Snips came towards Spike, straightening himself to make him look as big as possible.

'Hey! What was that good for?' His scratchy voice bothered Spike a little.

'Whoah dude, I- I didn't see him...' Spike said timidly.

'You better LOOK where you're going next time.' Snips pushed his face on Spike's, he heard Spike chuckle. 'What's so funny?' He shot back at Spike.

'You and Snails aren't really the brightest around.' Spike continued chuckling to himself, he saw the pale cyan unicorn infront of him getting mad. Snails started trying to stab Spike's face with his horn, Spike continued chuckling as he grabbed Snips's horn and tossed him away like he was nothing. Snails laughed at the whole thing. As Snips stood up, he wiped his face with his right hoof, staring at the still grinning and chuckling dragon. Spike walked past them and into the Sugarcube Corner. He was greeted by Mrs. Cake behind the counter.

'Hello dearie, what can I get for you today? She asked, the tone of her voice rising slightly.

He chuckled and pointed at a pink cupcake on the front row. She picked it up for him, placing it infront of him. Spike started drooling as he saw the cupcake. He grabbed a few bits from his backpack and threw them on the counter, quickly snatching the cupcake and ran out from the building. He ran into the park, avoiding ponies as he ran towards an old oak tree. He sat down beneath it and started eating the cupcake. After one bite, he moaned. It was SO good, he thought that Pinkie Pie must've made it.

'Well Ms. Cupcake.' He started, he had developed a habit to talk to his food before eating it.

'I saw you there inside the shop, you were looking at me...' He brought the cupcake closer to his face, staring at it until he was almost cross-eyed.

'I know you want me, and I want you...' He said seductively, carefully licking off some frosting.

'You liked that, didn't you...' He took another bite from it, moaned again. He stared at the cupcake in his hand again, but now he devoured it completely.

'Aww yeah...' He leaned his back to the tree and chuckled at the thought of Twilight's horn going soft like it did four years ago. It ended up with him rolling around on the ground by the tree, laughing at the whole thing.

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He had been lying on his back for about 30 minutes, chuckling at everything around him until he saw Twilight and Fluttershy walk into the park, looking at him and walking towards him.

'Oh crap...' He stood up on shaky legs, it felt like they was about to give in beneath him at any time, he reached out one arm against the tree and leaned towards it.

'Spike!' Twilight was really mad at him, it was probably because he sneaked out of the library when she was still asleep. 'Where have you been this morning?!' She was shouting at him, just infront of him. He was struggling to keep his balance. Fluttershy was her normal timid self, but she was startled by the unicorn infront of her. She had laid down, squeaked and covered her ears with her hooves and clenching her eyes shut.

'Uh, I've been around...' He had to stop himself from laughing at the yellow pegasus behind Twilight, making a muffled noise of laughter. He recieved a look that could kill a small creature from Twilight. He instantly stopped laughing. '...Around Ponyville...' He tried his pokerface, but it ended up to be a twisted grin. Twilight continued to stare him down, she could be really convincing when she wanted to.

'What. Have you. Been doing?' Her rock-hard expression was about to crack him, she moved her head closer to his, her horn touching his front spike on his head.

'Uh.... Stuff...' He was scared of the lavender pony infront of him, but he was also scared to tell the truth.

'Fluttershy!' Twilight shouted at the pegasus behind her, recieving a squeak.

'Yes, Twilight..' She said, as she opened her right eye, staring at Twilight.

'Could you be so kind to use the stare on Spike?' She said, getting a gasp both from Spike and Fluttershy.

'You, you can't be serious...' Fluttershy said, standing up and backing away, her eyes still firm on Twilight.

Spike stood motionless between Fluttershy and Twilight, his eyes darting between the two ponies. He knew about the stare and what it could do, he was starting to panic.

'Yes, I can be serious, Fluttershy. I need to know what he's doing sneaking out in the morning. Her patience was long since gone.

'YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ME! TO THE BATCAVE!' Spike shouted to the shocked ponies in front of him, grabbing his backpack and running away flailing his arms and going ''NANANANANANANANANA'', leaving the two friends in the dust.

'Wha- what just happened...' Twilight stammered, she was confused. She hated being confused.

'What batcave...' Fluttershy knew of many caves with bats in them, but she didn't know which one and why he would run into one.

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Spike had been running around Ponyville, until he found a good spot to hide. It was his sanctuary, he could do whatever he wanted but he was thinking of Twilight. He shivered when he eventually would have to tell her of what he had been doing. 'Dumb leaves...' He muttered. If he hadn't went to Zecora's to pick up the books all of this wouldn't have happened. 'Stupid flower...' He was thinking of all the things he could blame, but he couldn't blame Twilight for wanting what was best for him. All he felt when he thought of Twilight was remorse. And then he thought of Zecora. What would she think of him when he took those leaves from that bush? The thoughts invaded his thought. 'I'm sorry...' He said out loud, almost screaming it.

'Spike?' He heard Twilight's voice. How could she know where he was, it was strange.

'How did you know where I was? What are you doing here?' He shot back, making it sound more agressive than it was supposed to be.

'Spike. You're in your basket with your cover on top of you, in my room.' Twilight thought that it was weird that he didn't think that she would be able to see him beneath his covers. But he had been acting strange the last two days.

'Oh...' Spike suddenly felt really stupid for thinking that it would work. He poked his head through the covers and looked up at her. It was visible that she had been stressed and worried. It only made Spike feel worse.

'Spike...' She said, her voice soft. 'Please tell me what you have been doing, I'm worried out of my mind...' She sat down besides him.

'Okay Twi, I will...' Spike looked up at her, she was smiling down at him.

'Thank you.' Was all she said, allowing him to continue.

Spike started explaining how he went to Zecora's to pick up the books. He told her that he tripped and made the small bush burn, and created the smoke that made him feel strange. He reached to the back pack and picked up a leaf from the strange bush, showing it to her. She listened to all he had to say, laughing at his confrontation with the apple tree and how he had been inspecting his hands. She was surprised that Rainbow Dash hadn't bucked him in the face for what he did. But when he came to the part with her and her coat, both of them bursted out laughing.

'Spike, you shouldn't have inhaled that smoke, it must have been some kind of drug.' She said while inspecting the leaf he had shown her.

'I know, but it felt really good and everything felt so real.' He stated, looking at the unicorn mare besides him.

'Really?' She was starting to get curious.

'Yes, really.' He answered flatly.

'So, you just burned the leaf and then you inhaled the smoke?' She looked down at the dragon standing besides her.

'Pretty much, yeah...' He wondered why she was asking him so many questions.

Twilight was amazed how the small leaf could make everything realistic, she had many more questions that needed to be answered. But she knew that the best answers is answered with experiments.

'Hey Spike.'

Yeah?' He was getting sick of all the questions.

'Want to try a little experiment?' Spike looked up at the lavender unicorn, who was grinning and looking at the leaf. He immediately understood what she was talking about.

'Far out!' He exclaimed, grabbing the leaf and puffing a small green flame at it. Still a little surprised at her reaction. Both of them was quickly lost in the smoke.