Spike took a walk in Ponyville, and heard something about a gemstone in the Everfree forest, he checked it out, and does not come back, a worried Twilight formed a search party, but after 2 months of searching, he was persume dead.
1 year later a purple alicorn colt is found unconscious on the apple farm, it turns out it was Spike and three certain fillies fall for him, and found out he's remembering little by little and has to deal with a jealous Twilight, when Starlight starts teaching him magic.