Spike had never thought he would meet his birth parents, he had been with Twilight for quite sometime now and he was starting to lose hope that he'd ever meet them. But when he goes to the Dragon Lands to see the Migration, he not only meets a kind dragon who helps him through the place, but he also helps find someone he never thought would get to meet..

Night Glider has lived in Starlight's old village for a long time and needs to get out... if only for the weekend. There's gotta be more to life, right? A greater purpose? Maybe she'll find it in Canterlot, if she's lucky.

Spike, who works at the Canterlot castle full-time, is comfortable in his daily routine of lounging about, doing what Twilight asks him and hanging out with his friends on the weekend. Why would he want anything to change when he knows exactly what to expect day after day... after day... after day. Okay, maybe he was too comfortable. Starlight was keen on making that change.

Maybe getting asked to be the official tour guide for the weekend for a mare looking for something new in life is just what the both of them need to learn a little more about themselves, what they want and what experiences life can offer?

It's only a weekend though. It's not like anything too crazy can happen, right?

Artwork by CaptainPudgeMuffin

A collab with the wonderful Soaring

Partially mirrored from The NP FanFiction Archive.

Spike just lost a very close friend. The only problem is: he doesn't know which one. Was it the love of his life, Rarity; or his number one best friend, Twilight? Which world is real, and which is the dream?

Inspired by Awake.

The setting, as well as most of the characters and original concepts, are the property of either 20th Century Fox or Hasbro.

Suicide tag for one scene and one character in a single plot point.

Gore tag for a few short scenes involving blood.

Sex tag for one reference to it.

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Spike had watched his friends grow and developed into awesome protectors, defenders, and achieving the impossible through the Magic of Friendship. Spike hears, reads, and watches Twilight's progression of being Celestia's pupil to Princess of Friendship. He's watching her friend accomplishing many goals while he remains a servant with no purpose in life.

Spike has no goals, no motivation, nothing worth fighting for. Just wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. He has his moments with Twilight and the gang, however, he wasn't going anywhere. Just remaining in a shadow, pondering the days of his existence until he read a comic book that changes his whole dynamic of thinking. After being a die-hard fan of a character he relates too, he decides to strive for the new purpose he wants to achieve; become someone he can be proud of.

So, this is the tales of Spike's ascension to become something greater that he would have ever imagine.

This story got featured: 1/18/24 - 1/19/24 - 1/20/24, 1/22/24, 2/11/24, 5/1/24 - 5/2/24, - 5/3/24

It had been a two days since Starlight moved into Twilight’s castle. Now that the castle had gained a new member, Spike felt that he should get to know Starlight more so she could be more comfortable around him; and Starlight believes that starting a friendship with Spike would improve on her friendship lessons.

That was her reason, right? So it shouldn’t be too awkward…

Special thanks to starcoder for roasting proofreading AND doing the cover.

Starlight is not begging, I swear.

Spike was always in love with Rarity, that was not something unknown to anyone, not even Rarity herself, despite Spike's efforts to not let it be known.

Contrary to what many believed, realizing that a relationship like this would be impossible was not a series of days of deep thought, but rather a simple night of thinking alone, which led Spike to notice a small detail that made that impossible. relationship, much to Twilight's happiness, but perhaps, also to her concern.

When Princess Twilight Sparkle suffered "one of those days" that pushed her to her breaking point, Spike worked to salvage the rest of her day. He was driven to ensure what the stressed Princess of Friendship still needed done would get done, perfectly.

However, once the bad luck that plagued Twilight started targeting Spike, his self-appointed mission threatened to push him to his own breaking point.

The idea for this story was requested by wonderkid125 and is the first of my two 5th-year anniversary stories of opening my account on this site. Man do time flies...

After a conversation with the Mane Six causes Spike's mind to wander and fill with worries, he tries to find a quiet spot to collect his thoughts and think things thru. However, during his "free time", he finds himself in the magic mirror room again. As he watches himself, he makes a simple, silly mistake that ends up sending him back to that strange, pony-less world. This time, he doesn't have Twilight's help, but the strangest thing is the way he appears there: much less dog-like and much more...human.

(This story is located in a "flexible" timeline, the only events that occurred in the human world were the ones of the first movie.)

Spike had always been known as the baby dragon. Either by Twilight, or by others.

Despite saving the Crystal Empire not once, but twice, he still feels that he isn’t taken seriously when it comes to other ponies, and this frustrates him.

But after a disastrous event that leaves the fate of the most important ponies of Equestria unknown, it is up to Spike to save the day, and prove that he not just a baby dragon.

Or so, that was what he wished.

Spike had managed to go back to normal after his birthday monster meltdown. but feeling horrible for what he had done, he runs away. But after being found and encouraged by the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike is ready to face the ponies of Ponyville and beg for forgiveness...the question is though...will they forgive him?

Disclaimer: Takes place after Secret to My Excess

Cover Art not mine.