Leave It All Behind

by ShowShine


Mama

Twilight woke up to the sound of crying. She opened her eyes to see Spike laying in his crib, sobbing loudly. Twilight got up and walked over to him. Spike looked up at her and put his arms up to be held. Twilight levitated him into her arms and rocked him gently. His crying soon turned into small hiccups. Twilight looked at the time to see it was still late.

“Does your eye hurt again?” Twilight asked Spike. He let out mumbled gibberish as she rocked him. She had found a healing spell to fix his eye. It worked pretty well but a scar still remained and he was completely blind out of his right eye. The scar went up to his eyebrow down to the top of his cheek. He still had a timberwolf bite in the center of his tail.

“Mmmm...” Spike mumbled. Twilight tilted her head.

“Mama,” Spike said while cuddling into her. Twilights eyes widened.

“Spike I’m not...” Twilight started but stopped when she saw that he had fallen asleep. She wasn’t ready to be a mom, especially not at this age. At any moment Spikes parents could come along and take him. Just thinking about it made her stomach turn.

Twilight laid in her bed, holding Spike in her arms and let her eyes droop. Soon, she fell into a stressful sleep.


Twilight awoke to something softly patting her face. She opened her eyes to see Spike softly hitting this side of her face. He smiled when he saw her open her eyes.

“Mama!” He exclaimed happily. Twilight's heart stopped beating for a moment. She sat up.

“Spike I’m not your mom,” Twilight said. Spike gave her a confused look, not understanding. Twilight levitated a random eyepatch from the box Rarity gave Spike the day before. The eyepatch had a purple flower stitching on his.

Spike grabbed at the eyepatch and held it in his hands, staring at it in awe. His stomach growled, causing him to look up at Twilight. Twilight picked him up and left her room. Spike looked around the castle, still getting used to the scenery. The castle was almost fully repaired. All they needed was a few more rooms to be fixed up and a new bridge.

They entered the kitchen, which was filled with food. Granny Smith has gone to get them food while the house was being renovated. She levitated a high chair from the corner of the kitchen. She sat Spike in the seat and took the eyepatch out of his hand, placing it on the table. She opened the fridge, levitating some sapphire baby food. It shocked Twilight that Ponyville had baby food for dragons.

“Open wide,” Twilight said, levitating the spoon toward Spike’s mouth. He opened wide and happily chewed on the food. Once he finished, he let out a loud laugh and stuffed his hand in the jar of baby food. Twilight let out an exasperated sigh.

“Fine, just do that.” Twilight sighed before grabbing a box of cereal. She poured some in a bowl before pouring in some milk and chomping down. As she ate, she read the back of the box.

” No artificial flavors, very healthy.” Twilight thought to herself. A spoon hit her head, causing her to turn around. Spike had blue baby food around his mouth and all over his hands.

“Mama!” Spike shouted, rubbing baby food across his face.

“I’m not your mom,” Twilight said. Spike giggled and Twilight let out a sigh. There was no way he’s goi g to understand that she’s not his mom.

“Let’s get you cleaned up,” Twilight said as she wiped his hands and mouth with a napkin.

“Tanks Mama,” Spike said. Twilights eyes widened.

“That’s two new words. You're only five months!” Twilight exclaimed in shock. Spike tilted his head in confusion, not understanding what all the fuss was about. Twilight looked out the window to see that the sun was almost above the horizon.

“Let’s get to Sweet Apple Acres,” Twilight said while slipping the eyepatch over Spike’s scarred eye. She put a baby carrier on her back and placed Spike in it before leaving the castle. Twilight walked down the path, on her way to Sweet Apple Acres.

“Mama,” Spike said, tugging on Twilight hair. She shook her head.

“No, it’s Twilight. Twi-light.” She corrected.

“Ma-ma,” Spike said. Twilight let out a sigh. This was going to be hard.


Twilight knocked on the door to the Apple family's house. The front door swung open, revealing Granny Smith.

“Twilight, I’m glad you made it,” Granny said with a wrinkly smile. Twilight smiled back.

“I’m glad to be here,” Twilight responded. Twilight looked inside to see Applebloom sitting on the floor, playing with wooden blocks.

“I’ll take the little one, Applejack and Big Mac are already in the field,” Granny stated. Twilight nodded her head and levitated Spike out of the baby carrier. She handed the baby carrier and Spike over to Granny Smith. Spike waved his stubby hand goodbye.

“Bu Mama,” Spike said. Twilights ears flattened and she ran off into the field. She hated being called his mom. She stopped running when she saw Applejack.

“Howdy Twilight!” Applejack exclaimed happily.

“Hi Applejack,” Twilight said with flat ears. Applejacks' smile turned into a frown when she saw her friend in that state.

“It’s just that last night Spike called me ‘Mom’” Twilight explained sadly. Applejack broke out into a grin.

“Well, that’s great Twilight.” Applejack claimed, causing Twilight to shake her head.

“It’s not great. I’m not really his mom. What if his real parents find him and take him away. We’ll both be to attached to each other and it’ll hurt to see him be taken away.” Twilight said, looking at the ground.

“It doesn’t mean anything that you’re not Spike’s real mom, you’re real enough for him and that’s all that matters.” Applejack said with a smile. Twilight looked up, thinking for a moment.

“Yeah, you’re right! I’m Spike’s mom and I’ll be the best dang mom out there!” Twilight exclaimed happily. Applejack giggled.

“That’s the spirit! Now let’s start harvesting, we need to be halfway finished before lunch!” Applejack stated while bucking a tree. Twilight nodded her head her magic surrounded one of the trees. She levitated all of the apples out of the tree and placed them in a wooden bucket. This was the start of a great day.


A loud bell rang, making all three fillies look towards the barn. They all ran in front of the barn to see Granny Smith standing there. She held a clipboard in her hooves.

“How did you do today?” She asked, picking up a pencil.

“We harvested twice as many apples as we did yesterday!” Big Mac exclaimed happily. Granny Smith's eyes widened as she wrote down on the board.

“We might be able to start selling a full month earlier!” Granny exclaimed in disbelief.

“You saved this farm Twilight,” Granny said gratefully. Twilight smiled at her praise.

“As soon as the market opens tomorrow, we’ll start selling,” Granny stated as the three fillies walked into the kitchen. Spike beamed when he saw Twilight.

“Mama!” Spike exclaimed happily, reaching his hands out. Twilight smiled and kissed him on the head.

“Hi Spike, did you have fun?” Twilight asked. Spike let out happy babbles, more than enthusiastic to get attention.

“That’s great, now eat your food,” Twilight said while sitting at the table. Spike started to eat his food happily and Twilight smiled.

She was going to be an amazing mom.