Itty-Bitty 2: Revenge of the Tiny

by gallagsp the corgi

Spike Goes On a Diet

Spike scarfed down another tub of ice cream, throwing it aside and licking the spoon. Twilight watched from the other side of the table, a look of disgust on her face. She cleared her throat to get Spike's attention.

"Ahem, Spike, I think you need to cut back on the junk food."

"What makes you say that, Twilight?" Spike said, popping the lid off another tub of ice cream.

"Okay, lets think about this, shall we? We came to ponyville a few years ago, before we left, you had an appointment with your pediatrician. You weighed 40 pounds, now given that not much is actually known about dragons we don't have a very good frame of reference, but I'm going to assume that is normal. You met with another doctor a couple of weeks ago and you weighed 95 pounds. More than twice the weight. I would factor in your growth if it was significant, but you've only grown about 4 inches taller... not all that much."

"So what? Maybe I'm just really dense?"

"If you count pudge as dense, than you are denser than the sun. You may have only 4 inches taller, but you've grown about 8 inches wider. You need to go on a diet. At least cut back a bit and exercise more."

"Ugh, fine. I'll start tomorrow."

One Week Later

Spike grabbed the door handle and pulled, ripping the door off the hinges. He winced and ducked to fit through the doorway. His deep voice boomed through the building. "Twilight, I accidentally broke the door again!"

"I'll fix it later, Spike, I have some news!"

"What is it?"

"I've done some research and I found that sugar actually stunts dragon growth. There are ancient texts that tell that ponies used to use sugar to stop dragons from experiencing greed growth."

"So... what's that mean?"

"When they were not being given the sugar anymore, the dragons experienced huge growth spurts because their bodies were playing catch up." Twilight said, she gestured to spike. "Your huge muscle growth and size increase in the last week is because you aren't eating junk food anymore! No more junk food means no more sugar!"

"...That would explain a lot."

"Yeah..." Twilight said. "Sooo, I guess I'll fix the door now?"

"Alright, I'll just... try not to break anything else?"

"okay."

"okay."

Author's Note:

Have a Spike story, because I hadn't written one in a while. Awkward ending is awkward. Dragon lore is... dragony?

Disclaimer: Author accepts no responsibility for the accuracies and/or inaccuracies of Spike's measurements of growth and/or weight. Spike is a mythological creature from an imaginary world meant for entertainment purposes. The work presented here is a peice of writing about said creature from said world also intended for entertainment purposes. The author laughs at your attempts to disprove his purely fictional story about a world of cartoon horses.

Comments

[QPaysTaxes]

/r/thathappened

Funny.

[ArturQ]

Your huge muscle growth and size increase in the last week is becaus eyou aren't eating junk food anymore

I kinda read that typo in French...

[gallagsp the corgi]

4787563 Fixed it!

[RedvsBlue327]

And that's how "It Takes a Village" was made.