//------------------------------// // Taking Care Of Spike And Feeling Better // Story: Spike's Ponyville Adventures // by Spikemaster105 //------------------------------// The next morning Soarin and Fluttershy were asleep still with smiles as he was holding the mare close, the kind mare was nuzzled up to his chest. Then they slowly started to wake up in union, when they were fully awake they got out of bed and saw it was 8:00, "thank you for keeping me company last night Soarin", Fluttershy said smiling as he smiled. "Hey, your one of my best friends Fluttershy...I'll do anything for you and always be there for you", he told her smiling, then they fixed the bed and walked out the room. Fluttershy walked in the bedroom where a sleeping feverish Spike laid in bed, she stared at her son with a frown, "Spike", she mumbled as Velvet and Night Light come up to her. "He's gonna be ok", the mare told her as her husband nodded, then they walked out the room and straight to the kitchen to eat some breakfast. "Thank you so much Velvet and Night Light, for finding my son", she told them as she recognised them from the Canterlot wedding when the Changeling's invaded. "You welcome Fluttershy, and I also didn't know you had a son", Velvet said smiling as she started getting stuff ready to make breakfast. "Oh um...he's adopted, he was a homeless traveling orphan that end up in Ponyville, me your daughter and our friends found him sleeping in Applejack's sister's tree house over a month ago", she told them as Night Light and Velvet gasped in shock not knowing Spike was homeless before. "He was a homeless orphan", Velvet said in shock as Fluttershy and Soarin nodded in union with frowns. "Where did you find him Mrs Velvet and Mr Light", Soarin asked out of curiosity. "We found him in a alley laying down on a old smelly raggy matress, the poor dear was freezing and when my husband levitated him to his back, he told us to leave him be cause he doesn't wanna be a burden to us", Velvet explained to them frowning. "Did someone at home called him a burden", Night Light asked out of curiosity as Fluttershy glared at the ground nodding. "A filly at School told him that he was a flightless burden to me cause he wouldn't go out with her, and I'm gonna have a serious talk with her about talking to my little boy like that when we go back to Ponyville", the kind mare told them glaring at the ground. "I wouldn't blame you, heck if some mare told my son that he was a burden to me...I would show them a mother's wrath", Velvet told her with a understanding look. After awhile, they finished eating breakfast as Fluttershy and Velvet put the dishes away, "I'm gonna go see Princess Celestia and tell her to send a letter to Twilight to let her know that we found Spike", Soarin told his friend smiling as she nodded in understanding with a smile. Then he got up and started walking towards the door as Fluttershy stared at him with a smile, Soarin opened the door and walked out closing the door and flying away towards Canterlot Castle. Night Light went to go check on Spike leaving Velvet and Fluttershy alone, "so, how long have you two been married", the older mare asked smiling confusing the kind mare, then she blushed red with wide eye's realising who she's talking about. "O-Oh my, S-Soarin is not my husband...h-he's not Spike's father", Fluttershy told her hiding behind her red face behind her mane and shrinking into the chair causing Velvets eyes to widen. "He wasn't your husband...but I thought that he was Spike's father since you both were together looking for him...I'm so sorry for having you two sleep in the same bed", Velvet told her with a frown as Fluttershy gave a small smile remembering waking up in Soarins hooves, she felt comfortable like that for some reason. "I-It's ok Mrs Velvet", the kind mare told her smiling before she got up from her seat and walked to the bedroom to check on her son. Later at Ponyville in the Golden Oaks Library, Twilight got a scroll from Princess Celestia and opened it in a hurry to see if it was about Spike "My dearest student, Fluttershy and Soarin found Spike in Canterlot, but it turns out he has a fever from yesterdays rain and in the care of your parents", she read it out loud as she got concerned for him. "On no, Spike has a fever", she said to herself with worry, then she grabbed a scroll ink and quill and started writing back to Princess Celestia to let her know that her and her friends will be on their way to Canterlot. After awhile, the Mane 5 were on the Friendship Express to check on Spike and a sadden Scootaloo was with them also so she can be able to apologize to the colt for being upset with him for thinking him and Twist were a couple. Rainbow Dash saw the concerned look on her daughter's face and wrapped a hoof around her pulling her in for a hug, "you do care about him huh", she asked frowning as her daughter nodded with a frown. "I feel so stupid for being mad at him...I love him mom", Scootaloo said frowning while looking down, she really hoped that Spike would feel better soon. After awhile at Canterlot, Spike was slowly waking up as he opened his eye's to see that he was in a bedroom with nopony around confusing the sick colt, "w-where am I", he said to himself confused. He slowly sat up and tried to get out of the bed, only to fall with a thud causing Fluttershy Velvet Night Light Soarin Princess Celestia and Luna to rush in the room in a hurry when they heard it. "Spike", the kind mare cried concerned as she rushed to her groaning son's aid and gently helped him up and placed him back on the bed. "Don't get out of bed dear...you have a fever", Velvet told him with a concerned look as everypony nodded. "W-Why did you help me...you should have let me be", he told her and her husband frowning while looking down. "Cause you needed help...we weren't gonna let you just lay there in a alley with a fever", the mare told him as her husband nodded. "Spike...listen to me ok, you are not a burden to me..your my son and little boy and I love you..don't you ever leave like this again", Fluttershy told her son feeling tear's in her eyes hugging and nuzzling him. The colt felt tear's in his eyes, "I'm never gonna learn how to fly....I'm never gonna get my cutie mark...I-I'm never gonna be a Wonderbolt in the future", he told them before hugging his mom and breaking down. He just cried and cried and cried as he felt like he's never gonna achieve his dream and fly and get his cutie mark. He never cried so much in his life ever since he was staying at a friends house and her parents told him that his parents were eaten by Timber Wolves. Soarin was having memories of himself getting bullied when he was around Spikes age during Junior Flight Camp, colts telling him that he will never be good enough to be a Wonderbolt. The stallion walked up to the crying colt and hugged him along with a sniffing teary eyed Fluttershy as he wrapped his wings around them. Celestia Luna Velvet and Night Light walked out of the room and decided to let give them some privacy as they felt hurt for the sad colt. "Luna, why didn't you stop his nightmare", Celestia asked her sister out of curiosity as the night Princess frowned looking down. "I would have....but I was just too hurt for him....I seen him have nightmares before about his parents being eaten by Timber Wolves in front of him but...before I could do something, he wakes up", Princess Luna told them as she felt sadden for the colt. "You know...now that I think of it...he looks exactly like a colt from a few months ago that broke into the Castle and raided the fridge", Princess Celestia said thinking while putting a hoof to her chin causing her sister to turn to her. "What, how did a colt sneak passed trained guard's", Luna asked confused as her sister shrugged just as confused as the night Princess. After awhile, Velvet and Night Light heard knocking as they answered the door, there she saw their worried daughter with her friends along with Scootaloo, "mom dad, hows Spike", Twilight asked concerned as they let her and her friends in. "He's kinda upset right now, but he's in Shinings old room with Fluttershy and Soarin", Night Light told them frowning as Twilight and her friends along with Scootaloo rushed to the bedroom. There they saw Fluttershy and Soarin breaking the hug with a teary eyed sniffing frowning Spike. "You will be a Wonderbolt in the future Spike...you have the attitude for it", Soarin told him putting on a smile. Then Fluttershy thought of something, "Soarin...can I talk to you outside", she asked putting on a smile as she turned to the stallion. "Sure Fluttershy", he said following her out the room as the Mane 5 and Scootaloo checked on Spike. "How you feeling sugarcube", Applejack asked concerned as he didn't say anything, Scootaloo walked up to the bed and sat next to him. "I'm sorry for being mad at you Spike, Twist told me that she wasn't your girlfriend", she told him frowning as he wriped his eye's turning to her. "Wait..how did you know that Twist kissed me", he asked with a raised eyebrow confused as the filly eyes widen looking from side to side nervously trying to come up with a good reason. "Cause she was secretly spying on you and Twist two days ago", Pinkie told him with a smile as everypony but a shocked Spike turned to her with glares. "Pinkie", they said in union with glares. "What", she said with a casual smile not realising she said as Spike turned to Scootaloo. "Why would you spying on me and Twist", he asked with a glare as she sighed. "I was jealous ok...I felt like I wanted to be the one to hang out with you alone...I felt like I should be the one to..k-kiss you", she told him frowning as he frowned. "And don't listen to Diamond Spike...your not a burden to anypony and you will be able to fly and be a Wonderbolt...your my friend and I dont want you to leave", she told him as everypony nodded with smiles. "We care about you Spikey-Wikey, your like family to us", Rarity told him frowning joining in on the hug and kissing his check. "Yeah, your my friend Spikey and I don't want my friends to feel sad and leave..when we go back to Ponyville...I'm gonna throw you the best party ever to cheer you up", Pinkie told him smiling as she joined the hug. "Your like family to me sugarcube....like a nephew", Applejack told him smiling as she also joined in on the hug. "Your a smart and wonderful colt Spike...please don't leave again, I care about you..we all care about you", Twilight told him frowning and she hugged him also. "I know what it's like to be told you can't be anything squirt...when I was your age, I was told that I couldn't do a Sonic Rainboom and never be the fastest Pegasus alive", Rainbow Dash told him frowning as the colt turned to her. "And you know what I did....I proved them wrong, I did a Sonic Rainboom and I am the fastest pony alive...don't listen to any negative thing anypony tells you Spike", Rainbow told him smiling as she hugged him also. The colt smiled a little, his mom and her friends are the only family he has left and he suddenly felt lucky to have them in his life. Suddenly Fluttershy and Soarin walked in the room smiling to see the mares a filly hugging a suddenly smiling Spike, "thanks everypony", the colt said smiling as they broke the hug. "Spike, do you wanna learn how to fly", Fluttershy asked smiling as everypony turned to her and he nodded. "I do mom....more then anything", he told her as her and Soarin walked up to the bed. "Good...cause starting next week on the weekends, I'm gonna come over to the cottage and teach you how to fly", Soarin told him smiling as his eye's widen in shock. "Y-Your teach me how to fly", Spike asked in shock as the stallion nodded with a smile. "Yup, and I'm not gonna give up until your flying over Ponyville", Soarin told him smirking as Spike beamed and nodded. Rainbow and Scootaloo couldn't believe that the colt was gonna get flight training from a Wonderbolt, every filly and colt will be jealous of him. "Sounds awesome Soarin...but only if Scootaloo will join me in those flight lessons", he told him smiling as he turned to a smiling Scootaloo. "It's ok Spike...I rather get flight lessons from the fastest pony in Equestria", Scootaloo told him smirking all of sudden causing her mother to smirk proudly knowing her daughter is talking about her. "But think about how awesome it would be to get flight lessons from a Wonderbolt", Spike told her smirking. "True, but my mom is more awesome than a Wonderbolt...that's why I rather have flight lessons from her", the filly told him smirking still as Rainbow Dash was proud of her daughter while everypony started laughing. Then Velvet Night Light Princess Celestia and Luna walked in the room as the colt turned to them. "Let me help you with your fever", the sun Princess told him smiling as she walked up to him with her horn glowing and gently touched him, he started glowing and panicking before he started to not feel so hot. "W-What happened", Spike asked confused as he noticed he doesn't feel so feverish no more. "I got rid of the fever for you", Princess Celestia told him smiling as she looked down at him and he looked up at her, then his eye's widen at a memory from a few months back. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna....a-about me breaking into the Castle-you broke into the Princesses Castle", Twilight cut him off nearly yelling in shock with a glare as he nodded with a frown looking down all of a sudden thinking he's gonna be in trouble. "I was hungry one night...I-I didn't know what to do..I didn't have any bits to eat so I snuck in the Castle", Spike told them frowning as both Princesses chuckled at that with a smile shocking everypony. "It's ok Spike...we understand why you did it and we forgive you", Princess Luna told him smiling as he smiled back. "Thanks Princesses", he said smiling and bowing his head as they dismissed it. "No need for that little one, you are the son of the Element Of Kindness...so that means you are under my and Lunas protection", Princess Celestia told him confusing him as Twilight decided to explain it to him. "What it means Spike, is that whenever me and the girls have to go somewhere to save Equestria while we are in Canterlot and your with us at the time...you are to stay in Canterlot Castle and be under both Princesses protections just like Apple Bloom Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle", Twilight explained to him with a smile as he frowned. "But what if something bad happens", he said frowning as he doesn't wanna lose the only family he has left. "Nothing bad is gonna happen to us Spike, I promise you", Fluttershy told her son with a smile and hugging him. He hugged her back putting on a smile, then they heard a grumbling sound and looked at the sheepish colt. "Heh...think we can eat first before going back to Ponyville", he told them as everypony laughed and nodded, then they walked into the kitchen to eat some lunch.