Note: Another short chapter, the next chapter will be the last chapter of Spiked Flowers so I can start working on Endurance. As always, if you find any stupid spelling/grammar errors tell me and I'll fix it

It was the day that Twilight feared. The day she and Spike would tell her friends about the ''experiment'' they conducted. Rarity already knew about it, but it was still unnerving to tell her friends about it. She was wandering aimlessly through the library, tapping her hooves on the floor, going through what she was going to say several times so she wouldn't forget. She had sent Spike to collect a few more leaves from Zecora so they would have something to show them. She was walking through the library when the young dragon stepped inside.

'Spike! Did you get the leaves? She asked, stressed out of her mind.

'Yeah, and then some!' He reached out his backpack, it was filled with leaves that they could show in the experiment, and for ''further studies''. He looked up at the frantic unicorn wandering around in the library. 'Uh, Twilight... Are you okay?' As soon as he asked her she froze in her movement, grinned and looked at him.

'I'm MORE than okay, I'm about to tell my friends that I have been smoking weed. With a dragon.' She said, her words was dripping with sarcasm, he only gave her a flat look and rubbed his claws on the bridge of his nose between his eyes.

'Twilight, are you sure about this? We can still call it off, y'know.'

'No, I can't stand lying to them anymore, I have to tell them!' She shouted at him, he ignored it and walked past her and flipped the bird.

'What did you just do with your claw?' She followed him and leaned towards him a little.

'Nuthin'.' He lied as he tossed his backpack to the corner of the room and started picking up a few scattered books lying around on the library floor. He was used to Twilight being frantic about things like these, it would often end up in a disaster, or end up hilarious but most of the time both. She continued her wander through the library, going through her speech for herself a couple of more times before she was ready. A knock on the door interrupted her, she walked to the door and put on a fake smile as she welcomed her friends.

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The first one to come was Applejack, who always was on time, then Pinkie Pie who arrived with Fluttershy. Ten minutes later, Rainbow Dash walked through the door while yawning, she had taken a nap and forgot the time she was supposed to be at the library. Last to arrive was Rarity who claimed to be ''fashionably late'', when she was just late. Twilight told them to take a seat on the library floor when she walked infront of her friends with a few notes levitating besides her. Dash groaned when she saw the bundle of papers she was carrying. Spike took his backpack and stood besides Twilight, who cleared her throat.

'Thanks for coming this evening.'

'You're welcome!' Pinkie chirped.

'Uh, yeah Pinkie... SO! As I was about to say, thanks for coming by this evening so Spike and me could show you what we have been doing this last week during our sessions. Rainbow, this will explain Spike's strange behaviour when you met him a couple of days ago.' Spike made a weak grin as he looked at the rainbow-maned mare. She acted as she wasn't interested, but she was burning up to find out what was wrong with him. 'This may sound strange, but believe me, this IS possible.'

Spike opened his backpack and Twilight levitated one of the leaves out from the backpack. She quickly examined the leaf before she levitated it so it was infront of her.

'This particular leaf is from a strange plant, who only grows in the Everfree forest in particular places. When you put it on fire or makes it burn, it creates an odd smoke that when inhaled, it changes your perspective of reality. It may sound strange, but it is very much true. This explains Spike's behaviour when you met him, Rainbow.' Rainbow Dash was surprised that such a little thing could warp reality like that.

'Fluttershy, do you remember when you and me went searching after Spike and found him in the park?' She recieved an ''eep'' as a yes from the timid pegasus who was listening on everything she said. 'Spike was influenced by the strange leaf when he met us there.'

Everypony except for Twilight let out a few ooh's and aah's as she explained it further, but when she came to the part when she had used it, she started hesistating but a gentle push from Spike and she told them. They couldn't believe their own ears, the prized student of Celestia had used drugs. But it was only on one occasion so it wasn't that bad. They even asked if they could hold the leaves for themselves, and after a quick show and tell everypony had seen the leaves. Except for Fluttershy, who was afraid that she would be affected as soon as she touched it. When Spike had collected the leaves and was on his way to put them back in his backpack, Dash asked him a question.

'So, Spike... Those leaves...'

'What about them?' He turned his head around as he walked towards his backpack.

'What does it feel like when you're affected by them?

'Well... You don't feel anything at first, but after a-WHOAH.' He tripped on a book he had forgotten to place back on the shelves, and landed on his stomach. His stomach was sensitive to hits as it would often make him spout a small ball of fire. It happened and the small ball of fire hit its mark on the backpack filled with leaves. He could see the smoke rise and all the ponies inside didn't notice.

'Oh fu-'