Everyone has to grow up sometime, but when it's Twilight's best friends turn, will she have the strength to let him go?

Pic credit to whoever does the 'Ask Twilight Sparkle anything' thing on tumblr.

This story is a sequel to MLP Adventures: Vacation With The Princesses

Starswirl the Bearded's journal is by far the most sought after item in Equestrian history. For centuries, pony after pony have failed to find it's location.....until now. After translating a map written by Starswirl himself, Spike and Blueblood make plans to seek out this journal. Twilight finds out and decides to go with them, although Blueblood is reluctant.

Little do they know, they're not the only ones on this trip.

The friends we take for granted are often the ones that leave the largest impact on our lives. When Spike falls seriously ill with a mysterious disease and the ponies strive to nurse him back to health, Twilight Sparkle comes to grips with this very realization about her number one assistant--and friend.

EDIT: So this little story made it on Equestria Daily on 10/8/12. Now please excuse me while I pass out on Rarity's fainting couch while murmuring a soft Fluttershy "...yay."

Taking Place during season 4, the mane 6 have once again gone to the Crystal Empire leaving behind a very depressed Spike who wonders if his friends really are his friends at all. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna decide to take Spike with them on their personal one week vacation.

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Hi. My name is Spike, Spike the dragon. I live in Ponyville with my caretaker Twilight. She's my best, and kind of my only friend. I'd even go far as to call her family. Everything was fine...until she had that baby. At first I was really happy, that maybe I could have a little brother or sister. But Twilight...she treats that kid...like she loves them more than me. I mean, she RAISED me. I always kinda viewed her as my mom. But it's clear she's started her own family...and I'm not part of it.

https://villainsfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Clarity by Imepic20
https://herofanon.fandom.com/wiki/Spike_(I%27m_Your_Son_Too) by Imepic20

A crisis with a strange creature pulls the Mane Six and Spike out to the edges of the Hollow Shades Forest by Fillydelphia. What they expected to find was a baddie needing a beat down, not an ancient with knowledge of Spike's heritage.

Against their wishes, Spike runs away with the Nature dragon to a realm far from the reaches of civilization.

The image used is called Legend by Kaytara on deviant art.

Prereader is RadicalDishonesty

Featured on 10/22/2014!

“Everything is very quiet,/Everyone has gone to sleep./I'm wide awake on memories,/These memories can't wait.” -Talking Heads, ‘Memories Can’t Wait’

Spike is getting quite large it seems and is even having difficulty just getting in the library. Twilight sends a letter to Princess Celestia about the situation, and her reply both surprises and hurts the unicorn and the dragon.

Twilight has traveled to the border of the Dragon lands and Equestria to see her number one assistant as he makes a journey that she can't follow him on. I admit I was shooting for a pure tear jerker on this one.

Made Popular on 06/04/2017 Merci Everybody for my first "popular" story!

Spike carries each of the most important ponies in his life home after a long day.

A commission-turned-gift for B_25

UPDATE: A Spanish language translation for Carry Me Home is now available, made by Spaniard Kiwi on his deviantart.

UPDATE (2024): Them's Writin' Words podcast did a wonderful review of this story. I appreciate all the thought and work put in to their critiques and all the kind words.

It has been 13 years since an innocent dragon, born in Equestria and raised by ponies, was exiled by the very ones he believed were his closest friends. Was it due to bigotry, or ignorance?

It no longer matters, the dragon has now found a mate, fathered two sons, and even gave himself a new name, intending to leave his past behind while residing in the Dragonlands.

However, a tragedy befalls his family. The drake's sons now believe that the only salvation may be in Equestria, the very place their father has warned them is hostile to their kind.