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It was the day after Twilight and Spike had smoked, and Twilight was out in town to run a couple of errands on her own. Spike was alone in the library, he was bored and he didn’t know what to do, but what was even worse, he was out of strange leaves. He and Twilight smoked what was left of it later on the evening yesterday and that was a decision he regretted. He decided that it was time to come clean with Zecora of what happened that day. As he was walking towards the door of the library, he heard three firm knocks. He opened the door to see the zebra he was on his way to. She looked like she was pissed. She was staring down at him, and he was surprised to see her standing there. He managed to make a weak grin.

’Oh... Hi Zecora...’ He grabbed his tail and twisted it slowly.

‘Where’s my kush, and why did you do that with my bush?’ Zecora said as she walked past him into the library.

’It was an accident, I swear!’ Spike turned around and looked her straight in her eyes. ’I only went there to pick up the books, and you weren’t there so I saw the note so I went behind your house and looked in a ton of baskets before I found the books but then I tripped and shot a small flame at the bush and it started burning!’ He inhaled sharply. ’I tried to put out the fire and I did! But that funny smoke made me feel strange and I took some leaves from it and I’M SO SORRY!’ He dropped down on his stomach and clenched her arms around her left foreleg. Zecora was able to hear most of what he said, and looked down at the small dragon holding a firm grip around her leg. She didn’t know what to say, and had no idea of how she was going to rhyme it.

‘Spike, you are forgiven, but if you would have asked, you could have been given.’

‘Really?’ He softened his grip and looked up at the zebra in front of him.

‘Yes, really.’ She smiled as she looked down at him.

‘Thanks, I feel alot better now that I told you...’ He stood up and dusted off his stomach. He thought that he really should clean the library later.

Zecora nodded and smiled as she started walking towards the door. ’I have to go, I have other things to take care of.’

’Uh, Zecora... That didn’t rhyme...’ He pointed out.

‘Give me a break, you little drake.’ She said, never looking back as she walked through the door and out to the town.

Spike stood dumbfounded and stared at the open door. ‘Did Zecora just snap at me?’ He asked himself, still taking in the whole situation that occured. ’Oh well...’ He started cleaning the library, sweeping the floor and picking up scattered books that he and Twilight had used as hats the evening before. He proceeded into the kitchen, he winced when he saw the mess in the kitchen. Dishes stacked everywhere and a questionable stain on the middle of the floor. He sighed and went to work. Three hours later as Twilight came back, she heard the familiar snore of a baby dragon sleeping in the kitchen. He had cleaned the entire tree they lived in, he had worked himself to the bone. She chuckled and levitated him to his bed. He didn’t notice flowing through the air, he was way too tired to care.

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He woke up several hours later by an all to familiar rumble in his stomach, he stood up besides his bed and placed his arms on his back and stretched it, making a few cracks and pops sound from it. He yawned and walked towards the door, he heard voices downstairs but he didn’t really care of who it was down there, he wanted to eat. As he was on the base of the stairs he looked around to see who was there, it was three of Twilight’s friends.

‘Sup Twi, Dash, Pinkie and Rarity?.’ He said as he walked past them into the kitchen, he never looked up at them. He normally would have stared at Rarity and never let her go with his eyes, but he was almost too hungry to care. Rainbow Dash hovered in the middle of the library and saw the small dragon walk across the room like he was on a track. His eyes was locked on the door leading to the kitchen, and not on Rarity as they usually would be.

‘Have you guys noticed anything... Strange about Spike lately?’ She asked her friends with a concerned look.

’I haven’t noticed anything strange with Spikey-wikey-likey-dikey-pi-’ The energetic pink pony was interrupted by the rainbow maned pegasi ’I THINK. We got it, Pinkie...’

‘Okey dokey lokey!’ She said as she continued her bouncing around the stacks.

‘Now, do any of you guys, EXCEPT for Pinkie.’ She stared at her pink friend before she continued. ’Notice anything strange about Spike?

’I can’t say I haven’t seen any differences on the dear, except that he wasn’t staring at me like he always does. But then, I haven’t seen him in a couple of days.’ Rarity said, as she looked at the door where the dragon had walked through a couple of minutes before. ‘How about you, Twilight? Have you seen anything strange about Spike?’ She turned to face her lavender friend putting away a couple of books.

’Uh, what? Oh.. No, I haven’t really noticed anything strange with him, maybe he’s just having a bad day?’ She wanted them to talk about something else than that, as it could reveal their ’‘experiment’’.

The rainbow mane mare snorted. ‘More like bad week the way he’s been acting...’ She dropped down on the floor and sat down. ’I met him a couple of days ago a bit away from the Sweet Apple Acres, he had been running. And when I landed to ask what’s up, he screamed and laid down until he saw that it was me.’ She stood up and flared her cyan wings. ‘And then he walked up to me and twirled his claw in my mane, I had to shout at him to stop and he just looked up at me and grinned, and then on his claws and muttered something!’ The part with her mane made all of her friends in the room giggle. ‘Shut up!’ She snapped at them. ‘It’s not funny...’

‘Yes it was!’ Pinkie chirped as she bounced on the spot besides Rainbow Dash.

’It all seems strange, does it not?’ Rarity added as she brought a hoof to her chin, obviously thinking. ‘Maybe I should go ask him what’s wrong?’ She asked her friends. Dash nodded as she hovered back into the air, Twilight nodded slowly, unsure if she should allow it or not. Pinkie was bouncing on the spot while trying desperately to whistle, but when she noticed that everypony was waiting for her reply, she immediately dropped to the ground and nodded with her eyes closed. ‘Well then, here I go.’ She had her eyes closed and her head tilted a little towards the ceiling she made her way into the kitchen where the young dragon was making himself a massive sandwich.

‘Spike?’ She asked, he was obviously concentrated on his task.

‘Hmph-Yeah?’ He said, he really didn’t want to be disturbed right now, even by Rarity.

‘Has something been bothering you lately after the way you have been acting? She didn’t want to push an answer from him.

‘I’m fine, nothing has been bothering me.’ He turned around and looked at her with a stern look with his arms crossed and leaning towards the counter. ‘Since when do YOU care about how I feel? You have always ignored me...’ He turned again and continued. ‘Just... Just go...’

‘Spike...’ She backed away from him, giving him some space.

’Go.’ He muttered as he clenched his claws into the counter.

He heard the sound of her leaving, he regretted what he said to her. ’Rarity wait...’

‘Yes?’ She turned a little and looked at him.

‘Look, I’m sorry... I don’t know what have gotten into me lately after those leaves... I can’t stop it, I just want more of them...’ He looked down at the floor, and then up at her.

‘Spike, what are you talking about? What leaves?’ She took a few steps towards him.

‘Okay... This is how it all started...’