My own personal rewrite of the episode A Royal Problem. With Spike in Starlight Glimmer's place.

When Spike is called in for Royal Business to spend time with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, the two princesses have been getting rather angry at each other, both claiming the other doesn't know how the other feels when doing their job. So, the Princesses decide to switch places and see who has the better life, but what affect would this have on Spike?

A couple typos and things were fixed/edited.

This takes place shortly after Season 4.

Cover art by dSana!

Special thanks to SuperPinkBrony12 for helping me out here!

*Set before Season 4*

Twilight has been crowned princess and Spike dreads what will happen next. Does Twilight need him anymore? Will he soon be replaced? Is he worthy enough to serve a princess? Fearing the unknown future, Spike begins to despair. Will he end up all alone or will somepony be able to reassure him of what he means to her and the crucial part he is to her life?

Cover art by ErisGrim

The story now has a Youtube review by Strebiskunk, plus a commentary on that review by Matthais Unidostres.

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."

Everypony thought that Fluttershy was perfectly back to Normal after the "Bats!" episode, but they were wrong. Now, Flutterbat has returned, and has turned her friends into bats too. Spike however didn't get bit, so know it is up to him to change the girls back to normal. Will he fix this? Or will he become a bat himself since Fluttershy and the girls have got their sights on him

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights for this title cover. all the rights for it go to Godoffury at Deviantart.com

Have you ever wondered "Where did Spike come from? Where did Celestia get his egg?" Well, what if that question was a mystery no longer? When visiting Princess Cadence, Shining armor and their little baby, Flurry heart, Spike stumbles across a particular crystal statue in a closet in the Crystal castle. When he asks about it he discovers something that prompts him to run into the arctic north without telling Twilight.

There he meets a stranger, someone he never thought he would in the ruins of the Dragon's Quarry.

This story is a sequel to A Sparkle of Hope

This story is going to be heavily revised and edited. There will be an announcement for re-release. Please stand by.

Five years have past since Twilight and the Sparkle’s welcomed Spike with open arms into their home. Starting middle school should be easy for the young boy, right? If only things were so simple.

The reality is anything but. For once in his life Spike Sparkle wants someone to notice his pain, something he fought so hard to keep concealed in the past. But when the people you trust the most are too busy dealing with their own lives, sometimes you end up falling through the cracks. A lesson the little boy had learned all too well growing up, before and after meeting Twilight Sparkle.

Since moving in with the Sparkles, Spike never felt more alone in a house full of people. So when his family expects everything to be fine, how long can he keep up the charade?

The truth is never hidden for long, it wants to be told. When it finally is, and the young boy is pushed to the breaking point, it will change everything for him; and for the girl that changed his life.

Cowrote with Twidashforever

A young, ten-year-old Twilight Sparkle spots a little boy playing all by himself in the morning. She’s seen this boy before, but this is the first time she’s truly noticed him. Unable to place her curious nature to the side, she proceeds to learn things about him that will break her heart.

However, at ten years old, what can she really do about it? What will her family do when she comes to them with questions that belie her age?

Co-wrote with Moonlit Sparkle

Sequel found here: A Spike of Remorse Written entirely by Moonlit and TwiDashForever.

Proof read/edited by: Twidashforever and Lunatone Thanks guys!

Featured the day it went up, 12/21! Thank you so all so much for everything. Moonlit and I were absolutely shocked!

Spike angers Twilight too much and feels useless so he runs away, when Twilight finds out she feels guilty and goes off to find him.(Takes place before The Last Problem)

(Collab with yodajax10 who suggested the idea. Takes place during and immediately after the events of "The Mean Six".)

When Twilight starts to pack for a camping trip with her friends, Spike volunteers not to come along and instead stay behind and manage the school and Twilight's castle.

However, the little dragon is crushed when he finds out that Starlight will be going on the camping trip as well. All alone and with no friends to spend the weekend, Spike isn't sure what he's going to do.

That is, until he gets an idea and writes a letter to Princess Luna. Now, Spike will spend the weekend with two very special (and very familiar) guests. And they'll be more helpful than they might suspect.

(Collab with yodajax10. Takes place "Father Knows Beast".)

Sludge has left and taken with him the false pretenses that he's Spike's father. But the effects of his visit are just now starting to settle in.

Worried about the lack of closure Spike faces, Twilight turns to a pony well experienced in helping others deal with past traumas, Princess Luna.

The night princess takes it upon herself to help Spike and Twilight reconcile and cope, so that they'll draw closer together. But Luna also intends to use this opportunity to interact with Spike one on one.

Can Luna give Spike the closure and comfort he needs? Or has Twilight drafted her to do the impossible?