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// New Home 
// Story: A Happy Family 
// by ShowShine 
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Spike, Scramble, and Cecilia walked through Ponyville, making their way home. Cecilia’s tail wagged happily as she looked around the tiny town. Everything was so exciting and new.

“That’s Sugarcube Corner, my friend's Pumpkin and Pound live there!” Scramble said excitedly, pointing to a building with a giant cupcake on top of it. Cecilia marveled at the building. She looked up at Spike and tugged his hand.

“Where are we going Mr. Spike?” Cecilia asked.

“We’re going to my house so we can start setting up your room.” Spike stated. Cecilia let out a gasp and grabbed Spike's hand. 

“I get to have my own room!?” She asked in disbelief. Spike chuckled and nodded his head. Cecilia grinned wildly, hugging Spikes leg happily. Her tail wagged quickly

“Thank you so much!” She exclaimed happily. Spike smiled and grabbed her hand.

“Let’s get home so you can meet Gabby first.”



Spike, Scramble, and Cecilia entered the house and Cecilia let out a gasp.

“This place is so pretty!” She complimented, looking at the red curtains hung up on the green couch and the black table in front of it. Scramble tugged on Cecilia’s hand.

“Do you wanna see my room?” She asked happily. Cecilia nodded her head excitedly.

“Let’s go!” Scramble exclaimed, flying up into the air and upstairs. Cecilia ran after her, her tail wagging. Spike chuckled and followed them upstairs, going to see Gabby. He walked down the long hallway, looking at the pictures lined up on the wall. There was a picture of Scramble as a baby. Spike missed those days when Scramble was small and could fit in his arms. He looked at another picture of Scramble leaning on a table, staring in awe at a chocolate cake. On the cake, there was a red number three candle that was lit up. Spike chuckled.

“She was so excited.” Spike gushed. He continued to walk down the hallway with a smile on his face. Soon, he approached his bedroom door. He opened the door to see Gabby laying on the floor with a pile of blankets, leaves, and twigs.

“Hi Gabby.” Spike said with a smile. Gabby looked up a smiled, waving back.

“Hi Spike, how did yesterday go?” Gabby asked. Spike sat down next to the blanket pile Gabby made.

“Pretty good, the Diamond Dogs and Kirin were fighting because the Kirin thought the Diamond Dogs were stealing their stuff and going through their trash. Scramble solved the problem.” Spike explained. He looked at Gabby and the pile of blankets, twigs, and leaves. “What are you making?” He asked. Gabby looked down at the pile of blankets, leaves, and twigs.

“I made a nest.” Gabby stated. Spike cocked an eyebrow.

“Why?” Spike asked. Gabby shrugged.

“I feel like I need to.” Gabby stated. Spike reached his hand out to help his girlfriend up.

“Do you wanna go meet Cecilia?” Spike asked. Gabby nodded his head and grabbed his hand, pulling herself up. Spike led Gabby out of the room, holding her hand. They walked down the hallway, passing a bedroom with a small bed inside. That was Cecilia’s new room.

“And this is my raccoon Meeko, I got him when I was a baby.” Scramble said from her bedroom. Spike and Gabby peeked in the room to see Scramble showing Cecilia a bunch of her toys.

“Hi Cecilia, my name is Gabby.” Gabby greeted softly, crouching down to Cecilia’s height.

“Hi Ms. Gabby, Mr. Spike told me a lot about you.” Cecilia stated. Gabby tilted her head.

“What did he say about me?” Gabby asked. Cecilia tapped her chin, thinking for a moment.

“He said that your eyes are pretty like sapphires and your smile is really pretty,” Cecilia stated. Gabby looked at Spike with a wide grin, making his face go red.

“You think my smile is pretty?” Gabby asked. Spikes cheeks burned and he cleared his throat.

“I think everything about you is pretty.” Spike muttered to himself. Gabby let out a gasp and her cheeks turned pink.

“KISS!” Scramble commanded loudly, making Cecilia jump. Gabby stood up and gave Spike a quick kiss on the lips, making his face got darker.

“Okay girls, let's go shopping.” Spike said completely flustered, walking out of the room. Scramble hopped after her father and Cecilia trailed behind. Today was going to be a good day.



Spike pushed a cart, walking around a large store. Inside the cart, there were various items like a lamp with butterflies all over it, pillows, a pink bed set, a self-built bookshelf, and a stuffed fox. Cecilia ran up holding a small book with a red cover. It had a picture of a small bunny on it.

“Can I get this so you can read this to me?” Cecilia asked. Spike cocked an eyebrow.

“You can’t read?” Spike asked. Cecilia shook her head. Spike let out a sigh and took the book from her hands, placing it in the cart.

“Get more books that you think look cool, I’ll teach you how to read.” Spike stated. Cecilia let out a gasp and her tail started to wag. She ran over to the book section, looking for books she thought looked cool. Spike looked over at Scramble who was staring at some lava lamps in awe. She had been staring at them for twenty minutes, not moving an inch. Spike walked over to her and poked her shoulder.

“Are you okay?” Spike asked. Scramble looked at him and nodded her head. She pointed to the lava lamps.

“They’re so pretty and shiny.” Scramble stated, her eyes dilated. Spike glanced at the lamp and looked back at his daughter. Changelings had a tendency to get attracted to glowing objects. Spike had to take the fly zapper off of the porch because Scramble kept flying into it.

“Let’s go pay for this stuff, I think we have enough.” Spike said as he led Scramble away from the lava lamps. He looked at Cecilia, who was dumping at least twenty books into the shopping cart.

“Are you two ready to go?” Spike asked. Scramble and Cecilia nodded their heads. Spike looked around to see that Gabby was nowhere in sight.

“Have you seen your mother?” Spike asked. Scramble shook her head, not seeing her mother since they walked into the store. Gabby came out from an aisle, holding various shiny objects.

“What do you need that for?” Spike asked. Gabby dumped the objects into the shopping cart.

“I just need them.” Gabby stated. Spike gave her an odd look. He had heard of birds collecting shiny objects so this wasn’t too odd.

“Are you ready to go? Do you need anything else?” Spike asked. Gabby nodded her head, discreetly putting a shiny blue piece of fabric into the cart. Spike pushed the cart towards the checkout line happily humming to himself. Decorating Cecilia’s room is going to be a piece of cake.



Spike sat on the floor of Cecilia’s room, building a bookshelf. Gabby had helped out for a lot of the room but she had felt sick and dizzy so she went to her shared room.

“Almost done.” Spike muttered to himself, screwing a screw into the shelf. He held up the shelf to move it against the wall, pressing it firmly. He picked the pile of children’s books off the floor and neatly placed them on the shelf. He looked around the room to see that everything was perfect. There was a small pink bed pressed up in the corner of the room, on the bed there was a plush orange fox, and next to that there was a black nightstand with a butterfly lamp on it. There was a pink rug on the floor and a toy chest next to the front door. Spike smiled contently to himself.

“Cecilia, come check out your room!” Spike shouted. He listened to the sound of paws quickly make their way to the room. Cecilia walked into the room and let out a lush gasp.

“Do you like it?” Spike asked. Cecilia looks at him with bright eyes and nodded her head.

“Thank you so much!” Cecilia exclaimed, hugging Spikes leg. Spike crouched down to her height and hugged her tightly.

“You and Scramble should play a game, I’ll make dinner soon.” Spike said as he pulled away from the hug. Cecilia grabbed her fox happily skipped out of the room. Spike smiled happily and left the room, making his way to his bedroom.

“I hope Gabby’s feeling better.” Spike thought out loud. He approached his bedroom and opened the door. He looked next to the bed to see that Gabby had added to her nest. There were tiny shiny trinkets and fabric. She was curled up into a ball, sleeping soundly. Spike approached her and placed his hand on her forehead. She didn’t seem warm at all. She never collected items like this. She would pick up shiny rocks she thought was cool but she would never go this far.

“I wonder what’s up with Gabby.”