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// Bloom and Gloom 
// Story: Where Was Spike? 
// by powerpony 
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Princess Luna walked through the dream world, passing by a number of different doors, which lead to other ponies’ dreams. It had been a very long night for the princess, as she had to deal with three bad dreams from the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Each of them had the same kind of nightmare where they got a cutie mark that didn’t suit them. Sweetie Belle dreamt that she got a cutie mark in mopping floors when she wanted to sing, while Scootaloo dreamt that she got her mark in baking when she wanted to do extreme sports. Apple Bloom had it the worst though as she suffered three nightmares in one night. First she dreamt she got her cutie mark in exterminating and was ridiculed for it, then she dreamt that she got her cutie mark before her friends and they kicked her out of the crusaders, and finally, the last one, and possibly the worst one in Luna’s opinion, had Apple Bloom dreaming that she got a cutie mark that wasn’t apple related and her family kicked her out of the house. Luckily, Luna was able to round the three fillies together to help them realize that when they do eventually get their cutie marks, it will never change who they really are. 	
The princess was about to call it a night and get some rest herself when she heard a small voice crying out. 
“No! Twilight please! Don’t leave me!”
“Oh dear. Not again,” Luna said to herself.
She made her way to were she heard the voice, which was coming from a light blue door and used her magic to open it and go inside. 
Luna found herself just outside Twilight’s castle where she saw the purple alicorn near the front entrance with Spike sitting by her front hooves, tears streaming down his eyes. 
“Please Twilight. Don’t do this,” Spike said. 
“I’m sorry, Spike,” said Twilight in a very cold tone. “But I’m a princess now. I don’t need you anymore.”
“But where will I go? Where will I live?” Spike frantically asked. 
But Twilight didn’t answer. Instead, she simply shoved Spike away from her and went back inside her castle, slamming the door behind her. 
Spike just stood next to the door in silence for a few seconds before collapsing onto the ground and cried. 
As she was watching this, Luna could not help but shed a few tears of her own. She quickly wiped them away with her front hoof as she walked up to Spike and gently tapped him on the shoulder. Spike turned around and was surprised to see the princess of the night staring back at him. 
“Princess Luna, what are you doing here?” he asked. “Are you coming to take me away?”
“Of course not, Spike,” said Luna. “This is all just a dream. “
Spike was a bit relieved when Luna told him that, but the princess could tell that he was still a bit uneasy. 
“I’ve noticed that you’ve been having this dream for quite some time now,” she said. “Is something going on? Did you and Twilight have an argument?”
Spike shook his head no as he wiped the tears from his eyes. He then took a deep breath before talking again. 
“I guess it all started when I went with Twilight and her friends to save the Crystal Empire from King Sombra. As Twilight and me were searching for the crystal heart, we came upon a doorway that Sombra created with his dark magic that leads to your worst fear. When a took a look, I saw Twilight telling me that she didn’t need me anymore and that she was going to send me away. When I came out of it, Twilight assured me that that would never happen. But ever since then, I haven’t gotten that vision out of my head and I can’t help but think that it might happen for real. It’s gotten worse now that Twilight is a princess and she now barley has any time for me. What if it does happen, Luna? What if Twilight decides that I’m no use to her? 
To Spike’s surprise, Luna let out a small chuckle.
“Forgive me, Spike. I don’t mean to sound rude, but what you just said is just plan silly,” she said.  “I know for a fact that Twilight loves you. During some of our princess meetings, she will go on and on about how much of a wonderful assistant you are and how you are always there for her when she needs you the most.”
A small smile appeared on Spike’s face. He was happy to know that Twilight still cared about him, even if she was busy being a princess. 
“Thanks Luna. I really needed to hear that,” he said. “I feel like such an idiot to think of something like that.”
“Oh, you’re not the only one,” said Luna as her horn began to glow. 
In a flash of light, Luna was back in the dream world with Spike by her side. She led him to a door that looked exactly like the one to Twilight’s castle. As they entered, they found themselves inside the castle. Spike then saw another version of himself holding onto a small suitcase and heading towards the front door. Before he could open it, Twilight came running up to him with tears in her eyes. 
“Please, Spike, don’t leave,” she said. 
“Sorry, Twilight,” said Spike. “But I’ve outlived my usefulness. Besides you’re a princess now, you don’t need a little dragon following you around anymore.”
And with that, Spike opened the door and walked outside. Twilight ran after him, but when she got outside, Spike was already gone. She looked around the area, calling his name, but he was nowhere to be found. Twilight then sat down and looked at the ground as she let out a small cry. 
Luna then teleported herself and Spike back to the dream world. Spike just stood in shock at what he just saw. It was almost the exact same dream that he had been having. 
“Has she been having this dream for a while now?” he asked Luna, who simply nodded her head. “But that’s ridiculous. I would never leave Twilight’s side. She’s the one who hatched me.”
“You are correct, Spike,” said Luna. “But she still has these dreams from time to time. She needs to know that you still care about her.”
“I let her know that. Thanks, Luna,” said Spike as he went up to the princess and gently hugged her front leg. 
Luna smiled as she wrapped a hoof around the little dragon’s back. All of a sudden, the doors began to swirl around them. 
“Time to wake up,” Luna told Spike as she spread her wings out and flew up into the air. 
Spike then woke up in his bed. He looked out his window and saw that it was still night out. He jumped off his bed, left the room and made his way to Twilight’s bedroom. He slowly opened the door and saw Twilight asleep on her bed. She let out a few small groans that made Spike realize that she was still having her nightmare. He then tiptoed his way to the bed and climb onto it. He then gently rubbed Twilight’s forehead and whispered in her ear. “Don’t worry, Twilight. I’m not going anywhere.” 
Spike then got under the blanket, nuzzled next to Twilight and shut his eyes. As he slept, Spike could feel a large wing place itself on his back, which made him smile.