by The Princess Rarity
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"Spiiiike! Give it back!" Twilight shrieked, as she dashed after her assistant.
"No way! I've been meaning to get my claws on this for years now!" Spike laughed as he kept running.
In his grasp was Twilight's personal diary -- not the one she shared with all of her friends, but the one she had kept locked under her bed for as long as she could remember. No matter what, she always reported something in it and the book was ancient by now, with some pages even taped in and the cover worn beyond belief. In fact, the journal was so used, and was full of paper, it almost looked as if it was going to burst any minute now.
"It's not funny anymore!" she huffed, struggling to keep up with him.
She never would have thought that baby dragons could run this fast -- or maybe she was worse than she thought at flying.
"Aw, c'mon, just lemme read one entry!" Spike teased. "Let's see, what happened on Hearth's Warming three years ago? Or maybe last month's situation with--" He squinted at the pages to read her scrawled hoofwriting. "Who's Time Turner and why are you adventuring with him? What the heck is a TARDIS anyway?"
"None of your business!" Twilight argued. "Give me my diary back!"
"Wow, you really don't like that Lyra, do you?" Spike asked, continuing to read. "I mean, she's not that crazy."
"We had a feud in high school," Twilight accidentally admitted.
Spike chuckled, and dodged another one of her attempts to snatch the book back. "You gave Rainbow Dash love advice?"
Twilight snorted. "She obviously didn't take it," she muttered.
"Ooh, speaking of love, I found an entry with hearts drawn all around it!" Spike said. "Looks like I'm gonna find out something really interesting now!"
Twilight's expression fell and a crimson blush lit up her face. "Not that one!" she exclaimed. "You can read the whole diary, from my embarrassing moments in school all the way to my latest entry, but don't read that one!" She clasped her hooves together and was literally begging. "Please not that."
However, Spike was still in on the joke, and began reading aloud.
"April 21st. It's been two years since my brother and Cadence have gotten married, and I'm almost shocked to realize I haven't seen much of them either since. Then again, they do have their own life now. But I still miss them both, a lot. Especially Cadence because I--"
"--ok you've read it, now give it back!" Twilight said frantically, reaching out for the book, but Spike ran off, continuing to read.
"--want to rekindle our friendship, seeing how that's all I have left with her. Today marks a joyous day for them, but for me, I hate to say it, but it's a painful reminder," Spike stopped running and slowed down his speech for a minute. "I honestly can't believe it, but my stupid foalhood crush is still somewhat existent for her. I just don't understand how I can feel that way."
Spike trailed off, and frowned.
He looked over his shoulder, noticing Twilight now sitting on the floor of the library with her head in her hooves.
Shuffling across the hardwood, he held the diary out. "Sorry," he mumbled. "I... I guess I got carried away."
Twilight retrieved her diary and held it close. "It's ok," she muttered.
"That wasn't a joke entry, was it?" Spike asked seriously.
She shook her head somberly, refusing to look up...
...and all Spike did was sit down next to her, and hug her.
"You Pinkie Promise not to tell anypony?" Twilight said softly as she returned the embrace.
"Of course," Spike declared. "I also Pinkie Promise never to ever invade your privacy again. Cross my heart, hope to fly and stick a Cupcake in my eye." He hesitated, and eyed the diary. "But... can I still read the embarrassing school moments?"
Twilight sniffled, and gave a bittersweet smile.
"Wanna hear about the time I accused my Geography teacher of being a secret agent?" she murmured, with a soft laugh.