The dragon Spike, known as Twilight Sparkle's number one assistant and savior of the Crystal Empire, was a peculiar character in Canterlot Castle. In addition to being the former Dragon Lord, a title that only a few ponies and two dragons recognized, his presence became essential when a mysterious cloud of dust threatened the tranquility of the castle library... Well, it was only a dirt and old library. He had been cleaning while his friends were working on some kind of reports or whatever about their new "Friendship Missions", he hadn't paid much attention to them if he was honest.
While he was struggling with the enormous amount of dust that would be in that library, Twilight Sparkle, Spike's best friend, called him from the meeting room. "SPIKE! We need more ink!" Her voice echoed through the halls of the castle. The little dragon put his dust-brush down on the table and hurried over to the library's writing tool cabinet, which ironically wasn't as big as what Spike was used to cleaning.
With agility, Spike searched through the supplies and found the necessary bottles of ink. He ran back to the meeting room where Twilight and the rest of his friends were working diligently on their new responsibilities related to the "friendship missions."
"Here's the ink!" Spike exclaimed, quickly distributing the bottles among his friends, making sure the ink didn't dirty the apron he was wearing, since it was only for dust and powders.
Rainbow Dash, A.K.A the coolest pegasus known, expressed her frustration in dramatic fashion. "I was hoping there wouldn't be any more ink..." she complained as she let out an exaggerated sigh, sliding down her seat the moment the ink bottle landed in front of her.
"Oh, come on Rainbow Dash! We're almost done with this, we just need a couple more hours and you can rest" Twilight said with a calm smile, her hair falling to the sides of her head due to time she had been looking at the papers on the table.
"Hours?!"
Twilight responded calmly but a little bit anoyed by the her friend's attitude. "Yes, Rainbow, hours. Now stop complaining; the less we complain, the faster we'll be done."
Spike, always willing to help, offered his collaboration. "Hey, I can help you if you want. The library is basically ready and I have experience filling out this kind of stuff," he said with a smile, placing his thumb against his chest proudly. "Just tell me what you want me to do and-"
Before he could finish, Twilight, with a condescending expression, interrupted: "Oh, don't worry, Spike. This is too advanced for you. Why don't you continue with the library? I'm sure there's probably still something missing." She affectionately stroked his head with her hoof.
"But I already said it's practically ready," Spike replied with a slightly annoyed pout. He backed away from Twilight's hoof almost like a capricious child.
"Oh, don't make that Spikey-Wikey face, these are just adult things" Rarity would say, one of the most beautiful ponies that ever existed, with a tender expression at the little dragon's attitude, grabbing the dragon's cheeks between her hooves.
The dragon would blush at the words of that pony with the beautiful mane, her pupils turned into hearts while he enjoyed those caresses on his face, but he quickly moved away from her and shook his head to concentrate on what he was saying.
"Hey! I'm not a kid!...I mean, yeah, technically I'm a baby dragon, but I'm older than the rest of the kids in Ponyville!"
"For what? 1 month?" Rainbow would say without missing the opportunity to make fun of that Dragon a little, finally finding an opportunity to do something more fun than just doing some paperwork.
"Although the age of dragons is quite different from that of a Pony..." Everyone turned to listen to the voice that had spoken, observing Fluttershy who from one second to the next would lose all the confidence with which she had spoken moments before. "Umm... Spike is still a child on Pony age..."
"Well now, sugarcube, don't let this ruffle your feathers none. We're just lookin' out for ya, don't want you spendin' your precious time on somethin' as dull as this." Applejack would say, gently rubbing the dragon's back in a friendly manner.
"Oh! I have an idea, Spike! Do you want to help me with something!?" Pinkie Pie said with a big smile, her fluffy hair bouncing with her natural movements.
"Of course! What do you need, Pinkie?" She said with a big dragon smile, bouncing slightly on the spot, earning an "Awww" from Rarity, which he successfully managed to ignore.
"I HATE THIS!" Spike would say annoyed as he rubbed a sponge on Gummy's back, fulfilling the task of showering Pinkie's pet alligator, The two reptiles were in one of the castle's many bathrooms, with the alligator in a bucket of water and foam, biting Spike's free hand with its toothless mouth while Spike cleaned its back with a brush. "At least you understand me Gummy, reptiles are friends eh?"
After that bad joke, Gummy would only slowly turn his head to look at Spike, still biting the dragon's hand, which Spike would understand as a denial of his bad joke.
"Okay, okay, for Celestia, I guess it's hard to please Pinkie Pie's pet in the realm of jokes." Spike would roll his eyes and then laugh a little, feeling a little calmer from the childish treatment his friends gave him.
Taking advantage of the moment of silence, Spike would decide to think a little about his friends, he absolutely adored them, some more than others... But that was another topic, he saw them as his best friends, but they saw him as a friend too?
"Of course they do!...Right?" He would say talking to himself, while he continued showering the alligator that was now biting the bubbles that came out of the barrel, when he did not get a response from his own mind, he would say to remain silent.
Rarity was the pony of his dreams, the most beautiful and generous ever...Well, maybe behind Celestia, but obviously the mother figure of the dragon was more beautiful than any pony in Equestria, Rarity always provided for the needs of her friends over her own at almost any time, perhaps at the beginning she usually maintains her vanity, her hair in perfect condition and her clothes completely clean, but she is always willing to sacrifice everything she has to help people, whether by going from simple things like giving dresses to clients for important moments to even cutting her own hair to help a dragon so that he has his perfect mustache once again, although...what was she doing for him? She asked him to always help her, carry her bags, tell her which gems were better, serve as a "needle holder", but... how many times had she treated him as an equal? And how many times would she have taken advantage of his love for her?
"Holy Celestia Spike! Stop!" He would realize what idiots he was thinking, so he would quickly shake his head to calm himself down and stop thinking about something like that. "Let's think about... Applejack! Yes, her."
Applejack, beautiful blonde hair and a hat that she carried with her to every place regardless of the situation, the element of honesty, incapable of lying in any situation if she considers that the other person deserves to be honest, an honest worker, part of a from the best farms in all of Equestria, sister of Big Mac, one of her best friends thanks to the fun sessions of Ogres & Oubliettes, Applejack was practically incapable of keeping a lie to one of her friends, even incapable of lying directly. ..Except for him apparently
"Ah yes...The fiasco of the timber wolves" The dragon would sigh while at that point he would have stopped cleaning the alligator that was chewing on his hand, he still remembered that whole situation, his stupidity, like a shameful trace in his memory. dragon code, the way Twilight would have practically ignored her disappearance the whole time, but what had hurt her the most was the way Applejack had lied to her...She would have broken her own element of friendship to get rid of Spike. "Wow...am I really that annoying to her?"
Then there was Fluttershy, the element of kindness, someone who, despite her great shyness and social problems, would have managed to gain a large circle of friends, even being Discord's best friend, a literal creature of chaos...Although he couldn't talk a lot, since he was also Discord's friend too, Fluttershy loved all kinds of animals and especially loved taking care of them, treating them with love and respect, sometimes even letting both her animals and her friends walk over her to be happy even if she wasn't, no matter who you asked, everyone would have a story of how Fluttershy helped them in some way...Although the more she tried to think of a situation with her...it was impossible, there was no individual moment with Fluttershy that I remember fondly except for the time they met, where Fluttershy only seemed interested in a new and adorable animal than in meeting a new dragon friend.
"She...She just sees me as a dragon right?" She would look at Gummy as if she were looking for some kind of response or comment from that alligator, which obviously she wouldn't get. "A...A terrifying fire-breathing dragon?"
The memory of Fluttershy almost in despair at the simple idea of accompanying the girls and Spike to observe the dragon migration would cross his mind at that precise moment. She's really afraid of adult dragons, huh? But what would happen when he grew up? She would start escaping of him? She would start having fear of him?
"Mhhg...It's a little bit sad when i think about it"
Spike would decide to just stop thinking about his friends like that, since the last thing he needed was to start noticing details he wouldn't like to think about about Twilight, Rainbow, or Pinkie Pie, he would let out a sigh and stand up. from the floor where he was sitting, leaving Gummy chewing on the brush he was using to brush him in the bathtub.
The walk through the castle would be cold and boring as Spike tried to think of anything but his friends, their footsteps echoing through the empty hallways to his ears, making his stomach churn in an attempt to distract his mind from thinking about anything, making Spike feel even worse than he already was.
"Mhhg?" Spike would see how under a door, a silver glow began to form as if a light was on in that room. "No one is supposed to be in this area of the castle..."
Confused, Spike would put his hand on the door latch and slowly open it, opening his eyes in surprise as he saw a huge purple horseshoe-shaped mirror, the same mirror that had once sent Spike and Twilight on an adventure in that another weird universe, the brightness would be almost blinding for several seconds until out of nowhere it would go out, leaving the little dragon even more confused, who would slowly enter the room, closing the door behind him.
"Wow... I thought Celestia had gotten rid of you." The dragon would carefully run his hand along the arch of the mirror, tilting his head as he saw his reflection in front of him to see if the mirror was working properly as a mirror. "Heh, I still remember it all...Being a dog wasn't so bad, all the petting and treats you could want."
He would remember with a slight smile the way all the girls treated him even after discovering that he was a talkative dog, the way Fluttershy and Rarity gave him pets and praise almost every moment was very funny, but his little smile would disappear the moment he remembered the way he was treated in his own universe
"I never thought I would be jealous of a dog from another dimension that is also me, hehe." With a somewhat false laugh, he would go to rest his forehead against the cold glass of the mirror, but he would end up not colliding with anything, quickly the floor beneath him would stop supporting him, while he felt the suction of that portal taking him away from his world, leaving him only capable of screaming. "GIIIIIIIIIIIIRLS!"