One morning, Spike woke up with a groan, "Oh, I've said this before and I'll say it again. I don't like mornings." he yawned before realizing something wasn't right.
He noticed he was on floor level instead of a bed, "Did I fall out of bed last night? Guess I was so fast asleep I didn't even feel it. But wait, why do I still feel comfy if I'm on the floor?" he saw he was in a little bed. He looked around and saw he wasn't even in his room, "This ain't my room," he noticed the décor was mostly of books and science stuff, "This is Twilight's room. Why would I be in Twilight's room?" he tried to get up and saw he couldn't stand on two legs but on all fours. He looked down and saw he had a paw, "I have paws?! Where's a mirror?" he scampered around until he saw a full body mirror in the room.
He scampered over and looked at it seeing his reflection. What he saw was a purple furred puppy with green floppy ears. Around his neck was a purple collar with little spikes surrounding it and a tag with a heart symbol in it, "Will somebody tell me HOW I BECAME A DOG?!" he panicked before falling on his back. He got back up, "Ok, Spike, you've seriously crossed over into the Twilight Zone or something. This cannot be happening!"
"Spike?" came a familiar voice.
Spike turned around and look up seeing Twilight sitting at the edge of her bed in her pajamas. She smiled and lowered her arms down, "Come here, boy." she beckoned him.
Spike wasn't sure what to do, but some deep desire urged him to go. So he scampered over to Twilight, who picked him up and hugged him, "Good morning, Spike."
"Whoa, this feels good," Spike said to himself, as he was hugged against Twilight's chest. When he realized he said that out loud he looked and saw Twilight didn't respond to it, "I'm a dog, of course she can't understand me."
Twilight looked him in the eyes, "Why don't I get dressed and we'll get some breakfast, ok?"
Spike nodded as his hunger got the best of his confusion. Twilight sat him down, as she began unbuttoning her pajama top. Spike seeing this turned around and thought, 'I shouldn't be seeing this. Granted I've already seen her in her underwear, but I should respect her privacy.' when he noticed she was walking past him, he quickly covered his eyes with his paws to keep himself from seeing anything.
He suddenly felt his head being ruffled. He uncovered his eyes and saw Twilight full clothed, "Come on, Spike. Let's eat." the two left the room, and Spike soon found himself looking down at a bowl of dog food.
'Oh, boy, what do I do now?' Spike thought in worry, before he saw Twilight looking at him curiously.
"Aren't you hungry, Spike?"
Spike shook his head and not wanting to cause confusion swallowed his pride and took a bite out of some dog kibble. He winced before opening his eyes and said to himself, "Actually, quite delicious," he started eating more out of the bowl, giving Twilight relief that he was fine. Spike continued eating and thought, 'This is so wrong, but I guess being in a dogs body makes this feel right.'
After he finished eating he took some sips from his dog bowl and sighed, "Ah, that hit the spot." he stretched a bit.
After they finished eating, Spike suddenly found himself picked up by Twilight, "Well, come on, Spike. We're going over to Rarity's house."
"Rarity's?!" Spike gasped, while all Twilight heard was happy barks.
"I know you're excited to go." Twilight smiled, and nuzzled him.
'Excited doesn't come close to describing how I feel,' he thought to himself, 'I wonder just how the girls will treat me now that I'm a dog?'
So Twilight left her house and carried Spike across the street to Rarity's house. When she reached the front door she knocked on it, and soon enough Rarity answered it.
"Twilight, come in." Rarity showed Twilight inside, as she held onto Spike.
Once inside, Twilight spoke, "The others here yet?"
"You're the first one," Rarity answered, before seeing Spike, "You and my little Spikey-Wikey," she started scratching behind his ears, "Oh, who's the cutest puppy on earth? You are! You are!"
'Oh, yeah. Oh that feels so good.' Spike thought in enjoyment.
Twilight sat Spike down, as his canine instincts led to him sniffing around the house. As the explored, he said to himself, "Wow, dogs really do have better senses and smells than human. I'm smelling scents I never even knew existed." he laughed to himself.
"And here I thought you knew every smell." came a female voice.
Spike froze and looked around the living room, "Who said that?"
"I did of course." came the voice.
Spike turned and saw Opal sitting on a couch cushion, "Opal?"
"No, Tomcat. Of course Opal." she answered dryly.
"Sorry. It's been a hectic morning," he answered nervously, before thinking, 'Great, now I can hear all animals. I don't know whether that's good or creepy.'
"I sure hope you were cleaned before you came in. You stench tends to linger on even after you leave." Opal snarked.
Spike growled, "Hey, watch your tone with me. I'm now arguing with a cat. My humanity is seriously slipping."
"Oh, lighten up, Spike. Have a sense of humor." Opal replied.
"I have a sense of humor, but when someone makes fun of my odor you think I'm gonna take that sitting down?" Spike barked.
Opal laughed, "Oh, you're just so fun to tease. That's why I prefer your company over the others."
"Others?" Spike wondered.
"You know, the rest of the girls pets." Opal reminded him.
Spike playing along spoke, "Really, and why?"
Opal answered, "Well, Gummy stand stands around all day with the occasional eye blink. Winona's not so bad, but the girl is just too enthusiastic. Angel's a brat, Tank is too slow, and Owlowicious just gazes around with those little eyes all day as if he's waiting to snatch something."
"I see," Spike replied, still confused about everything with him being a dog. Suddenly both heard the door opening and the sound of girls cheering and greeting each other, "The girls." he bolted from the living room to see them.
He arrived to see Twilight and Rarity greeting the other four. Happy to see them he let out a playful bark. The girls hearing that looked down the hall and saw Spike sitting like an obedient loyal pet.
"Spike!" Fluttershy beamed, as she raced over to Spike. She got down on her knees and picked Spike up so his front paws were on her legs, "Oh, how are you today, cutie?" she nuzzled the top of his head.
Pinkie bounced over and started scratching his back, "Oh, I'm so happy to see you, Spike!"
Applejack and Rainbow walked over as the country girl scratched the top of his head, "How you doing today little fella?"
"Looking tough as always, little bud." Rainbow said, as she started scratching Spike's tummy, as he rolled onto his back allowing the others to rub his belly.
'Oh, this feels so good. I never knew getting my belly rubbed could feel so amazing.' Spike thought to himself.
"Ok, girls. Give my dog some room to breathe." Twilight said, as the girls stopped crowding Spike.
"Now that we're all here, our little slumber party weekend can begin." Rarity said.
"All right!" Pinkie jumped up and down in excitement.
Spike spoke to himself, "Slumber party, huh? This ought to be good," suddenly he felt something and said, "Oh, no, call of nature." he rushed to the door pawing at it to get out.
"What's wrong, Spike?" Twilight asked.
"Looks like some puppy needs to go out back for a little private time." Applejack guessed.
"Let me help you, Spike." Fluttershy said, as she opened the door, and Spike went outside and into the backyard to relieve himself.
"Oh, this feels good. And I don't even have to flush anything," he laughed to himself, until he froze and saw a squirrel in the backyard, "A squirrel? What's happening to me? Can't resist temptation." he started barking at the squirrel and was chasing it around the yard.
The girls hearing the bark, went out back seeing Spike chasing the squirrel, "Spike! Twilight called, as Spike stopped letting the squirrel get away. He looked back at Twilight feeling ashamed of himself.
"Naughty boy, Spike. Barking at a single squirrel." Fluttershy crossed her arms in disappointment.
Spike lowered his head and whimpered. Twilight and the girls seeing this, went over to him. Twilight patted his head, "It's ok, Spike. I know you didn't mean it." Twilight comforted him.
"I'm sorry for scolding you, Spike." Fluttershy added, feeling ashamed of herself.
Spike seeing they weren't so upset with him now, jumped into Twilight's arms and started playfully licking her face. Twilight giggled, as he did so, "Spike! Come on, that tickles!" The girls giggled at the adorable sight, as Rarity took a picture with her phone.
"Come on yall, let's go back in." Applejack suggested as they went back inside.
As Twilight continued to hold Spike in her arms, he thought, 'I was just licking Twilight's face... And I loved it. Wonder if she'd like it if I did that to her if I were still human?'
Afterward the girls had started having fun from doing a bit of karaoke, to snacking, and playing card games, while each of the girls took a chance to hold Spike close to them. As it got late, the girls were watching a movie with pizza boxes on the table.
As Rainbow was sitting with Spike in her lap, she took some pizza crust and offered it to him, "Here ya go, Spike. I know how much ya love the crust."
Spike opened his mouth, as Rainbow fed him the crust that he started nibbling on, "Dog or no dog, pizza still tastes delicious."
When the movie ended, Fluttershy spoke up, "What should we do now, girls?"
The girls started pondering, until Rarity spoke up, "Idea!" they all looked over at her, "Why don't give our little Spikey-Wikey a bath?"
"Bath?" Spike asked in confusion, while also feeling uneasy.
"That's a good idea." Fluttershy answered.
"I've been meaning to give him one for some time." Twilight added.
"Well, then let's clean our little pup." Applejack said, before Spike started running away.
"After him!" Rainbow called, as the girls chased after him.
Spike ran around the house dodging the girls attempts to grab him, 'I normally like baths, but being a dog I guess a side of me doesn't want one so eagerly.' he thought.
After he had dodged Applejack and Rainbow Dash from grabbing him, he felt he was in the clear, until Pinkie popped up and snatched him, "Gotcha!"
Pinkie held Spike up, as the girls went over, "Good catch, Pinkie." Twilight smiled.
"I was just too fast for him." Pinkie smiled, as she held Spike up for everyone to see.
Rarity patted his head, "Don't worry, Spike. You'll be much better afterward."
Soon in Rarity's bathroom, the fashion girl had filled the tub up with warm water and bubble bath. Twilight held Spike above the tub and spoke, "Ok, Spike, in you go." she gently placed him in the tub.
"Oh, this feels nice," Spike admitted. Each of the girls gathered around with a sponge in hand and started scrubbing Spike up, covering him in foam, "Mind my eyes!" he barked, but knew they couldn't understand him.
Fluttershy gently scrubbed Spike's back, as he relaxed, "Here we go, Spike. We'll make sure your fur squeaky clean."
'I feel like I'm I heaven.'
Suddenly Pinkie decided to have some fun by taking bits of suds and started molding funny hairstyles on Spike's head. With every bizarre hairstyle the girls giggled, while Spike rolled his eyes. Twilight spoke up, "We're glad to see how much you like baths, Spike."
Applejack filled a little soap dish with some water before holding it above Spike's head, "Shut your eyes, Spike." Spike did so, as she poured the water on his head to rinse the suds off. After they rinsed all the suds Twilight picked a soaked Spike out of the tub and placed him on the bathroom floor.
Rainbow grabbed a towel and she and Rarity started drying Spike off. After they dried him, they kept him bundled up in a towel with his head poking out. Rarity held the wrapped up Spike like an infant and cooed, "Oh, who's our little baby?" the girls cooed at Spike as they scratched his forehead.
'Man, dogs really do get great attention.' he thought.
Later in Rarity's room, Rarity helped dry Spike off with a blow-drier. Spike laid on the bed enjoying the hot air blow on his fur, "This is the life." he said, until Fluttershy came by and offered him a dog biscuit.
"Here you go, Spike. A little treat for not being fussy." she offered. Spike took a bite out of it before eating the rest of it.
"Come on, girls. We better get changed." Rarity suggested, as the girls nodded.
Spike watched as the girls brought out their pajamas, and started changing. Spike said to himself, "I'd be crazy to not watch this time." he watched as each girl slipped out of their clothes. He drooled at the sight of their half naked bodies before they changed into their sleepwear.
"Well, we better hit the sack, yall." Applejack said.
"I hear ya." Pinkie agreed.
"But girls, we haven't covered everything." Fluttershy spoke up, as they directed their attention to her, "Who's going to have Spike sleep with them?"
Spike's eyed widened, having not seen that coming. Rainbow spoke up, "Shoot, you're right. We haven't decided yet."
"Twilight, did you remember to draw up our names on slips of paper?" Rarity inquired.
"You bet." Twilight confirmed, as she held up six small slips of paper with their names written on a slip each. She placed them face down and mixed them up before laying them out.
Spike watched wondering what was going to happen, until he saw the girls looking at him, "Ok, Spike take your pick." Twilight said.
Spike looked at the six slips of paper spread out, and saw he was supposed to choose. He looked at them and thought, 'Any choice doesn't matter to me. Just see what luck has in store." he put his paw down on a slip of paper on the far right.
Twilight flipped the slip over to see Applejack's name written on it, "Applejack." Twilight stated.
"Yee-haw!" Applejack cheered, "Way to go, Spike," she saw the others looked dismal, "Hey, come on, girls. There's always next time." the girls smiled with renewed hope.
"Then it's decided. Spike will be sleeping with Applejack." Rarity stated.
Applejack looked down at the dog, "Hear that, little guy? You're gonna be sleeping with me."
"Sweet." Spike said.
So the girls started rolling out their sleeping bags, as Rarity spoke, "Ok, girls. Let's get some shut eye," she then squatted down to kiss Spike's forehead, "Goodnight, Spike." Spike responded by licking her cheek.
"Pleasant dreams, Spike." Fluttershy said as she kissed the dogs head, and received a lick on the cheek in return.
"See ya in the morning, buddy." Rainbow ruffled the dogs head, and Spike licked her hand.
"Sleep well, cutie." Pinkie rubbed noses with his, and Spike licked her nose.
"Goodnight, Spike." Twilight said, as she nuzzled Spike's face against her cheek.
And so the girls started slipping into their sleeping bags, while Rarity got comfy in her own bed. Applejack slipped into her sleeping bag, "Come in here, Spike." Spike crawled into the bag with her, as Applejack wrapped her arms around his little body to hold him close, "Goodnight there, sugarcube." she kissed his head and fell asleep.
Spike smiled and licked her cheek, "You know today wasn't such a bad day for a being a dog." he fell asleep in Applejack's embrace.
Spike suddenly heard a voice call out to him, "Spike! Spike! Come on, Spike, get up or you'll be late!"
Spike woke up and suddenly saw he was in his regular bed inside his own room. He sat up and looked seeing hands instead of paws. Seeing he was normal again let out a sigh, "Now that's what I call a dream. Although if I was born a dog, I probably wouldn't have had such a bad life either." he smiled at the memory of how his friends in the dream pampered him as a dog.