It's only been a few moons since Spike moved to Ponyville, and the settled zone hasn't quite gotten used to having a dragon around, any more than his sister has become accustomed to managing all the duties of a small town library. So while she sorts out late fee notices, he's expected to work the front desk and speak to patrons. Ponies who don't know how to talk to him. Ponies who seem to be having a hard time even looking at him. So when Twilight finally sends him to collect a book from a truly unresponsive patron, it's almost a relief.

Except that the pony isn't there. Will never be there again.

And just about nopony seems to care if she was ever there at all.

(A stand-alone, no prior-reading-necessary part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group: new members and trope edits are welcome. )

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Twilight's gone. In her battle through time, she died, a victim of an alternate timeline. Starlight is defeated, but at what cost?

Spike's lost the pony that's always loved him, the one who acted as a mother, sister, teacher, and best friend. Now he's in pain... but he's not alone. Because Twilight's friends have vowed not to let him become an orphan. In place of one mother, five will now raise him.

AU in regards to The Cutie Re-Mark and Crusaders of the Lost Mark

Basic idea by Rated Ponystar

This story is a sequel to The Vacation

Spike has always had a shaky feeling when it came to who his parents were and why they seemed to abandon him to. After a small talk about his feelings, Celestia assures him that no matter how uncertain circumstances may seem, there is one fact that remains, she and many others love him. For a brief moment, Spike accepts this to be the truth of the world, until Blueblood came along.

Sometimes, even the simplest of days can bring up the strangest of topics.
Spike finds this out during a simple errand run.

Twilight Sparkle’s quest to find out who used to run the Golden Oaks Library results in her becoming Equestria’s most wanted.

All Spike wanted was a fun, relaxing, and possibly romantic Nightmare Night. So how did he wind up in the middle of Canterlot, stuck between an overbearing Twilight, hyper Cutie Mark Crusaders, and a desperate Princess Luna? To make matters worse, all this candy is starting to give his greedy side one hell of a sweet tooth...

Spike might not be a baby much longer. Is Twilight ready to face that fact?

It weighs on Spike heavily, sometimes. He appreciates Twilight, even if he never says it.

Twilight adores everything Spike does for her and the girls, even if she doesn't tell him so often enough.

But they know. They'd go to the ends of Equestria for each other. Blood is thicker than water, and no one knows it better than them.

Everypony remembers Tirek, the infamous, magic-stealing monster that walked Equestria all those years ago. However, few remember his brother, or the sacrifice he made to secure the future of ponykind.

Spike on the other hand remembers Scorpan quite well. Far more than he should, in fact. When memories from the distant past begin to emerge, memories of Scorpan and a dragon that looks uncannily similar to Spike, he has many questions, and very few answers.

Why does Spike have memories of a time eons past, and more importantly, why does the name ‘Scorpan’ sound so familiar?

Special thanks to Marshal Twilight for helping me touch up the story and plot, as well as editing.

On the anniversary of her sister's banishment, Celestia comes across a lost dragon egg during her traditional walk that day. Desperate for some form of companionship, she decides to hatch it herself

However, she didn't quite take into account the effect the amount of alicorn magic she used would have on the egg's contents.

Be ready for a Spike quite unlike any you've seen (and I do mean that quite literally ! )

(just using the 'Other' tag because of the five character limit)