Spike feels like a Dragon without purpose and without anything to offer his friends. He leaves Ponyville without warning his friends, in an attempt to find his purpose on his own.
Princess Luna finds Spike and shows him the nightmares that his friends have been having in his absence, in an attempt to convince him to return to Ponyville of his own free will. Spike learns that dreams are the quickest road to the heart.
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Spike heads out to ask Rarity to go to the carnival with him as good friends. As usual, things don't go they way he hoped. And not in a bad way.

Sometimes things can turn into something better, for reasons only another knows.

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After being stood up on a date, for the umpteenth time, the last thing Rarity wanted was a night at the carnival. Not when there was a bottle of wine and a pint or two of ice cream at home that desperately needed her attention. But Spike had been so earnest, so eager to please her, to make her forget her worries. And she never could say no to her little Spikey-Wikey.

Not even when it would have been the right decision.

Rated T for innuendo.

(Cover art is not fully representative of content; while there will be crying and ice cream and running mascara involved in the story, there probably won't be a fainting couch.)

*As of the final chapter, there is a fainting couch

Rarity has disappeared. Not just stepped out or gone away on short notice, but completely disappeared, leaving her work unfinished, her friends mystified and, for some reason, her hair all over the ground outside the Carousel Boutique. Without a clue to her whereabouts, faced with rumours of a dragon stalking the town and troubled by a mysterious work of magic, Rarity's friends face up to the possibility that they may never see her again.

And then they find her...

NOTE: On hiatus until I can find a way out of a huge plot hole I just noticed. Sorry folks.

This story is a sequel to Ditzy Don't

When Spike and his friends go on a trip to Daypony Beach, he's rescued from the sea by a strange filly. Despite having reservations about this mute pony, Spike and his friends welcome her into their group. However, the restless ocean--as well as the innkeepers warnings about the mysterious "ponies of the sea"--has everypony nervous, and when a nearby clan of dragons becomes involved, things go from bad to worse.

Stories in the Ponies of Olympus continuity (chronological):

Ditzy Don't
Rolling In Beaches
Head of a Dog; Tail of a Lion
Somebody To Love
Atlas Strongest Tournament

“Who could ever love a beast?”

When Spike is rejected by the love of his life because he is a dragon, he’s willing to do whatever it takes to change that. So when a pony of questionable motives offers to change him into a stallion, Spike is more than willing to shake on it. However, there was one small detail that Spike overlooked: He must first find love as a monster; a beast of a dragon, within a year or he will be stuck like this forever… A beautiful Sparity based on the greatest love story ever told, Rarity and Spike learn that what they thought was beauty was only skin deep, and that true beauty lies from within.

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Cover art by Azenge, an Equestria Daily featured artist and overall great guy, check out his deviant art page.

Fan Art! Blazewingthunder My little Disney, The beauty, the beast, and the applejack
Pia-Chan's Beauty and Her Spike
Ckat_Myla's Rainbow Cup
A Dance of Fire and Beauty, a fan song by Socratic Brony

An ancient evil is about to rise from a third alicorn, and our only hope lies in the claws of a young dragon. Will he be able to stop this evil? Or will he die without telling the one he loves how he truly feels.

Spike is thinking of a way to confess to Rarity his true feelings for her, when he can't think of any good ways he goes to the Pink mess herself Pinkie Pie. When she puts her thinking cap on she thinks of the perfect way to get the word out, and it doesn't work. All of the ideas fail, how will he tell her?

Photo belongs to Starlite Synth

Rarity has noticed that Spike has interest in her. For the most part, she simply brushed it off as a little child crush. However, when Twilight comes up with a new spell and needs a volunteer, Rarity couldn't help but raise her hoof.
After all, it's not everyday you get to become a dragon.
Special thanks to Quillin Words for assisting me in many ways.

With a new pair of wings and on the cusp of a big break, things are looking up for Spike the dragon as he comes of age. The future's also looking bright for Rarity the unicorn as she continues to expand her business. However, dangerous enemies from the past and present threaten to destroy the idyllic life of Spike, Rarity, and their friends. Caught up in harrowing intrigues in Equestria and beyond, bonds are tested. Can love and friendship really overcome all obstacles?