Garble and his cohorts kidnapped Rarity. Their only demands: Spike tells no one, and gives Garble the Dragon Lord Staff. Spike must engage the trio in a deadly game of cat and mouse, with the lives of his friends and Equestria's peace at stake.
After experiencing a nightmare where he grows up and destroys Ponyville and Twilight, Spike decides to go as far away from Ponyville as possible. Now it's up to Princess Luna to visit his dreams and convince him to turn around.
Spike tries to help Scootaloo fly by coaching her and giving her a book about flight. As she begins to make progress, Rainbow Dash and Twilight become worried that Spike and Scootaloo are risking their safety. *This is not a shipping fiction*
Spike and the Mane 6 discover a map leading to the Dragon Archive, where all dragon history is stored. They brave the cave guarded by vicious dark mites to find some clue behind Spike's family. Spike is faced with a decision to choose his family.
A scientist wants to take Spike and study him in hopes of understanding dragons. Her methods make Spike refuse. A trial is commenced; Twilight as Spike’s defense attorney must prove Spike qualifies as a pony and cannot be used for experiments.
A young boy, a little girl, a chance encounter, and a big heart. All of these things will lead to changes in the Sparkle household that no one is prepared for, but will enhance their lives in ways that no one expects.
Life by itself can be hard and when love is involved it can be harder. How we deal with both though can be sorted in stages. Spike is going to learn these stages soon.
Spike is no longer the chubby baby dragon he was, and he no longer has to go through his hundred-year wyrm sleep. But as he and Twilight move back to Canterlot, Spike finds that his new larger body means the end of his old life.
Burdened with the weight of responsibility, Princess Twilight Sparkle is unable to sleep. Upon getting up in the middle of the night to console Spike with his issues, Twilight may find that she is the one in need of help.
During her most helpless hour, Twilight is visited by many ghostly memories of experiences that forged one of her strongest bonds. Through them, she is able to find the strength to carry out her duty as a friend... but is she too late?