Waking up in his basket, Spike looked around his room, hoping it had all been a dream. However, after noticing that neither Twilight nor Starlight was there, he remembered he truly was alone.
"Okay Spike, it's a new day. Twilight and the others went on a friendship mission, and Starlight is in the Crystal Empire visiting Sunburst and practicing the lessons Twilight has taught her. It's just you and your comics.” He picked up one of his comic books and began to read when a thought captured his attention.
"Man, I read this comic yesterday! I need something to do before I get bored," he murmured, giving up on reading his comics.
He was alone in the palace and he walked past every door in the main corridor.
"Starlight was right. Every room in this castle needs a sign to identify it… Maybe I will do something like that one day."
Spike entered the throne room and took a seat on his throne. The emptiness of his friend’s thrones weighed on him heavily. Spike sighed with disgust and sadness.
"Do I mean anything to them? Maybe my nightmare was right, and I don't have a purpose."
Spike was about to cry before loud pounds emanated from the door.
"We have visitors? I can’t imagine who. Maybe Twilight forgot the key again?” Spike hopped down from his throne and walked in the corridor to the door. The knocking was becoming more forceful and quick.
"Coming," cried Spike as he drew closer to the door. "It can't be her. Twilight is an alicorn and could just teleport in here. It must be another visitor,” he reasoned before opening the door.
Spike opened the door and was surprised to see Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle standing in front of him.
"Girls, what are you doing here?" Spike asked, surprised. "Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity went on an adventure with Twilight and the other girls, don’t you know?"
"We know Spike. We came here to see you," Apple Bloom said in response.
"Really? Why do you want to see me?" Spike asked the girls, curious but nonetheless happy somepony wanted to see him.
"Your Cutie Mark!" Scootaloo answered his question with a simple grin.
"Sorry?" asked Spike, a little confused.
"We want to see your Cutie Mark, Spike. We want to help you to find your own meaning and special talent," Sweetie Belle said, pointing to Spike’s rump.
Spike blinked and stood in silence. After some seconds, he opened his mouth.
"Why, when and how?! It’s impossible! Dragons can’t get cutie marks!" Spike said, trying wrap his head around what the CMC wanted to do.
"Dragons can’t get cutie marks yet," corrected Apple Bloom, proud of her idea. "We will help you to find your destiny, Spike. We know you don't want to stay here alone forever."
"How do you know that?" Spike demanded, trying to hide his feelings about the subject.
"It doesn’t matter. We are here to find your purpose with your own. And we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders! It's our thing to help the little foals and big stallions with blank flanks" said Sweetie Belle, pushing Spike off his back, making him walk a little.
"I don't think that will work," Spike said with disbelief and tried to go back to the door.
"Come on, Spike. We found our cutie marks. And we always helped and worked to help the others. Believe in us please," Sweetie Belle countered and pushed him harder, this time making him leave the door.
"Okay, you win. But let me close the doors." Spike sighed with disgust but with a small smile on his face. "Maybe they will not find my cutie mark, if I can even get one. But it’s better than staying here and leaving me with my thoughts", he thought to himself.
After closing and locking the palace door, he looked at the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They looked anxious to get a move on.
"Okay, let's go," Spike said, walking with them to the Ponyville.
After some time, Spike knew he was going to regret it.
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"Guys. I don't know if this will be something for me to get my cutie mark." Spike said after he looked down.
They were on a cliff on a nearby mountain. The ground was 100 feet down. A bungee jumping cord was secured around his leg. Spoke wore a green helmet and goggles.
"Don't look at me. This was Scootaloo's idea," said Sweetie Belle, using the same equipment.
"Don't worry my friends. This gonna be awesome. And Spike, we will give you the honor to be the first one to do this." Scootaloo was happy and anxious, given the fact that this might have been Spike's first time bungee jumping.
Spike gulped. “R-Really?” he asked nervously, a twinge of fear on his face.
"Yeah. Just jump and all your problems will be solved," Scootaloo said with one hoof on his shoulder.
"I don't know, Scoot, my feet aren't responding," Spike said with a weak smile.
"Don't worry, we'll do it for you," said Scootaloo before pushing him for his fall.
Spike started screaming at the top of his lungs when his feet left the cliff. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle ran over to the edge to see if Spike was okay.
"Scootaloo, what's your problem?!" Apple Bloom turned to Scootaloo with an angry face.
"What? He needed a little help, and I said he will be fine," Scootaloo said .
After some seconds the screaming became weaker. They looked for him on the edge and saw Spike flying into the air.
"Please, somepony help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Spike yelled. The CMC caught a glimpse of the terrified look on his face before falling again.
"Look what you did to him, Scoot! He's scared!" said Sweetie Belle, looking to Scootaloo.
"Don't worry, everypony is like this during the first time, almost never a serious accident occurs during bungee jumping," Scootaloo explained, seeing Spike come back from the fall.
"Please girls, help me! I don't want to do this anymorrrrrrrrrrrrre!" he said quickly with despair in his voice before falling once again.
"WHAT?!" The other two screamed at the same time.
"He said he doesn't want to do this anymore. Duh," Scootaloo answered their question, making a joking face.
"Don’t do that. Did you said bungee jumping can lead to a serious accident?!" Sweetie Belle asked with fear on her face.
"Yeah. That was a long time ago. But now everything will be fine. Look at Spike! He seems to understand bungee jumping now." Scootaloo was looking when Spike bounced up again with a tired face.
"Yeah, this isn't something horrible when you fall a few times," Spike said as he fell again.
"See? It's nothing to be worried about," Scootaloo said and started to prepare herself to jump.
Scootaloo jumped down to have fun. Apple Bloom looked to Sweetie Belle with a grin.
"Yeah. Maybe he will enjoy this in the future. Let's see if after this he gets a bungee jumping cutie mark." said Apple Bloom, jumping down.
"Don’t leave me behind!" Sweetie Belle jumped, joining her friends.
After a few jumps they finished their bungee jumping session. They took their gear off and headed back to Ponyville.
"Sorry you didn't get a bungee jumping cutie mark, Spike," said Scootaloo with her head down.
"Oh, Scootaloo, don't worry. I actually liked doing it. At first I thought I would die, but after a few times it became something fun to do. I liked," said Spike, consoling her.
"Yeah, it was amazing do. We will make something like that. Another day for another filly," said Sweetie Belle excited.
"You are the most liked this playing right?!" Scootaloo asked to her, making her blush a little.
"Yeah. That's make a good sensation.!" Said Sweetie Belle happy.
"So what we do now?" Spike asked, looking to them.
"I was thinking we can do skydiving next. What do you think?" Scootaloo didn't want to give up.
"I guess I'm okay with skydiving. Let’s go." Spike was excited to do something new thing but when he looked to his left he stopped.
"What happened, Spike?" Sweetie Belle asked when Spike had a serious face on.
"There," he said, pointing to a little foal, who was crying alone and screaming for his mother.
"MOMMY! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"We need to help him," Spike said, running to him.
The CMC nodded and started to run to him.
The foal was crying in the floor, when he looked to Spike. They had the same height. After noticing this, he looked to the CMC in front of him. They smiled reassuringly.
"Hey, what's going on buddy?" Spike looked at him with worry.
"My mother. I was walking with her, but after some minutes she disappeared. And I can't found her." The little foal was sniffing. He rubbed his tears away.
"Alright, I know what to do,” Spike said. “Come with me. I’ll lead you to the mayor, while I’ll go looking for your mother. I promise I'll find her." He said it with confidence, making the foal smile.
"You’ll really do that? Thank you!" The foal was happy with Spike's promise.
They started to walk to the Town Hall. As they walked, the foal looked to Spike.
"Do you think they will help me?" The foal asked to him in fear.
"Of course. When I was younger, I got lost a few times when I was on my own. But I learned one extremely important thing." Spike look to the Town Hall with a smile.
"And what is it?" asked all the foals by his side.
"If you get lost in a town, look for the police station or the town hall, and talk with somepony who’ll help you. They will know what to do. They will help find your mother." Spike walked to the door remembering the time he got lost when he was younger.
"Really! Do you think my mother will find me soon?" the little foal asked with hope in his eyes.
"Of course. Right, girls?" Spike looked to the CMC, and they nodded with smiles on their faces.
When Spike opened the door, there were several ponies talking with a mare, who seemed to be crying. Mayor Mare was consoling her. The foal looked at the mare and started to cry.
"MOM!" He yelled and ran over to her.
"Dust Mane, finally! I was worried about you. I didn't know what to do when you got lost. Thank Celestia you came to me!" The mare hugged Dust Mane with force and kissed his head many times, crying a lot.
"They helped me! He says the best place to go if you get lost is to come here. He brought me here. He gave me his word that he will found you. AND HE FOUND YOU! Thanks, Spike!" Dust pointed to Spike, making him blush.
"Thank you, Spike. You helped me find my son. That's honorable for your part, especially since you gave your word to help him. And you helped us to found each other. I will be eternally grateful." The mare kissed Spike’s cheek, making him blush a lot.
"It’s the right thing to do," Spike said with a grin and went to the door with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "See you later, Dust. It was nice to meet you."
"See ya, Spike!" the foal said, hugging his mother again.
Spike closed the door behind them and went away.