The sun was about to rise over Equestria as a young colt looked outside the library balcony in Ponyville. Spike saw the light of the dawn and ran into his parents' room, jumping onto the bed.
"Dad, time to wake up! Hurry!" Flash and Twilight were still asleep as Spike began bouncing on the bed. Spike finally decided to use his magic to wake Flash up. His horn glowed, as Flash was lifted up from the bed and levitated into a conveniently placed bathtub of cold water. When Spike dropped him into the tub, Flash let out a girly scream. He turned and saw Spike laughing.
"You think that's funny?" Flash flew over to Spike and dropped him into the tub. Spike jumped out, shaking from the cold, as Flash began laughing. "What goes around, comes around." Twilight woke up, and upon seeing the two, shook her head in disbelief.
"You two need to grow up." She said. Spike and Flash just turned to face each other, smirking evilly, as they grabbed Twilight and dumped her into the tub.
After cleaning up the mess, Flash and Spike went for a walk to the nearby hills to watch the sun rise.
"As you can see, Spike, all of this will one day be your kingdom. Everything that the light touches will be yours."
"What about those shadowy places?" Spike asked. Flash walked up to Spike seriously. The Everfree Forest casting it's dark shadow over the land.
"Those places are filled with dangerous terrors. You must never go there, Spike."
"I thought a king could do whatever he wanted."
"Your uncle and I tried that," he said. "We didn't have the best of luck."
They sat there for another hour before Pinkie showed up.
"Morning report!" She exclaimed. "There are some issues at Sweet Apple Acres because of some bats, Derpy's out of muffins, Trixie is pulling some crazy tricks, The author of this stor-" before she could continue, her mouth disappeared as if my magic.
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"That should keep her quiet for some time. Still need to get some payback on her for the cake."
Flash and Spike decided to leave before Pinkie could go crazy with what was left of the report. They arrived back home just in time for Spike to head out for school.
"Have a good day at school, Spike!" Twilight called out as her son galloped off to school. Spike stopped in front of the Carousel Boutique, waiting for his best friend to come out.
"Bye, Rarity!" Yelled a white unicorn filly with light purple and pink hair. She jumped down the steps to greet her friend. "Hey, Spike!"
"Hi, Sweetie Belle. You ready for school?" Spike became friends with the Cutie Mark Crusaders after Diamond Tiara made fun of him for being royalty and not having a mark. Sweetie Belle stood up for her friend, but was not having much luck until Scootaloo and Apple Bloom stepped in. Spike joined the CMC and helped keep some of their ideas down to not being dangerous. Sometimes however, he would give ideas that would put them in danger, but they always managed to get away.
The two walked to the school house and sat in their seats, Spike and Sweetie Belle had seats right beside each other, while the others had their seats behind them. Like always, Diamond tried to bully the CMC about being blank flanks until Silver Spoon, whom had had enough of Diamond being rude to the other students, told her to keep quiet. The day went by slowly. Math was just simple addition and subtraction. History, Spike kept awake for since he wanted to learn much about Equestria's past before becoming King. Writing was boring, since they were all working on a book report. The four of them had fun at recess with Spike and Sweetie Belle on the swings and Apple Bloom and Scootaloo on the see-saw. After recess, they listened to a lecture about Cutie Marks until the bell rang. It wasn't long after before they all were able to leave for the club house. When they arrived, Scootaloo asked the dreadful question.
"Any ideas for crusading in the Everfree Forest today?" Spike raised his hoof.
"Blueblood said something about some treasure deep in the forest."
"All in favor?" All four raised their hooves before setting out. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were up front while Spike and Sweetie Belle were behind them, talking about their mornings.
"Dad took me to see part of the kingdom but said not to go to different places. Pinkie showed up and was giving her report until her mouth somehow vanished," He explained. The two laughed at how Pinkie kept getting into trouble. Just after his birth, Pinkie disappeared, and not long after fell from the sky into the middle of Ponyville. They only thing she said was that two authors shot her out of a cannon to get her home. Everyone just agreed to leave it at that and not ask questions. They also kept quiet about a piece of cake and some cookies she had with her.
"That's great, Spike! Rarity just had me try on a few dresses, but she didn't say what it was for. She's been doing this for some time now." Sweetie Belle explained. What she didn't know was soon spelled out for her as Pinkie, whom had just gotten her mouth back, popped out of nowhere.
"She's doing that because you and Spike are betrothed." She said. The four just stared at her.
"What?" Asked Apple Bloom.
"That means that those two will be married one day!" Pinkie exclaimed. Scootaloo just gagged. Apple Bloom stared at Pinkie like she had grown an extra head. Spike and Sweetie Belle both blushed. "And I will stop you four from going into the Everfree Forest." Before she could do anything, a large cage dropped from the sky, trapping her. "Why didn't my Pinkie Sense work? The autho-," was all she could get out before her mouth disappeared again. The four took this opportunity to run into the forest to find the treasure.