Where Was Spike?

by powerpony

The Last Roundup

Spike was lying in his bed, reading one of his many comic books. Just as he was about to get to the part where the Power Ponies were about to stop the Mane-iac from covering all of Maretropolis with nail glue, he heard the door to the library slam open and Twilight came running up the stairs, grabbed her saddle bag from under her bed and used her magic to place the number of items into it.

“Twilight, what’s going on?” Spike asked, but the purple unicorn didn’t answer.
Spike then noticed that Twilight had a huge look of worry on her face, which made him a bit nervous. He remembered before Twilight left that morning, she was going to help her friends set up a huge welcome back party for Applejack, who was supposed to return home that day from her trip to the Equestria rodeo.

“Twilight, what’s wrong?” Spike tried again. “Didn’t Applejack like her party?”

“I wouldn’t know Spike,” said Twilight. “She never showed up.”

“Never showed up?” Spike was a bit confused that what Twilight just said, so she explained.

“Applejack never came to her party. We got a letter from her saying that she’s not coming home. I think something might have happened to her. Me and the girls are heading to the rodeo to see if she’s okay.”
When Twilight finished packing her saddlebag, she gave Spike a small kiss on the forehead and said a quick “Be good now,” before running out the door.

Spike just stood there in shock. He could not believe that Applejack would leave like that and say that she’s not coming back. She loved her family and friends too much to just walk out on them like that. That’s when he realized that the rest of the apple family must be worried too and he decided to head off to make sure that they were all right.

When he made it to Sweet Apple Acres, Spike went to the front door and gave it a gentle knock.

“Come in,” said a quiet voice from inside.
Spike went inside and his heart almost broke at what we saw. Granny Smith was slowly rocking back and forth on her rocking chair and gently stroking a teary-eyed Apple Bloom on her lap.

“Oh, hello, Spike,” Granny Smith quietly said. “What brings you here?”

“I came to check on you,” said Spike as he walked up to the elderly mare. “Twilight told me about Applejack and I wanted to make sure you’re okay.”

“That’s very sweet of you,” said Granny Smith. “We could use the company.”
Spike then saw Apple Bloom look up at him. Her eyes bloodshot from all her crying.

“How are you holding up?” Spike asked as he gently wiped some of the tears from Apple Bloom’s eyes with his claw.

“I just don’t understand,” Apple Bloom sniffed. “Why would Applejack just run off like that? It’s probably my fault. I’m always getting into trouble and she couldn’t take it anymore sp she ran off to get away from me.”

“Don’t say that, Apple Bloom,” said Granny Smith. “Your sister would never do something like that.”

“Granny Smith is right,” said Spike. “Applejack loves you too much to just give up on you like that. She once told me that you, Granny Smith and Big Mac are more important to her than all of the apples in Equsestria.”
Apple Bloom couldn’t help but smile at Spike’s comment. He was right. Applejack loved her family more than anything and she would never abandon them.

Spike then looked around the room and noticed that one pony was missing.

“Where’s Big Mac?”

“He’s out in the orchard,” said Granny Smith.
Spike went out back and searched through the whole orchard until he found Big Mac. He was bucking hard on one tree that Spike noticed didn’t have any apples on it at all. That’s when Spike looked at Big Mac’s face, which was full of anger. He could tell right away that he was kicking the tree in frustration.

“Whoa, Big Mac! Settle down,” Spike said as he walked up to the stallion and patted his shoulder. Big Mac then stopped his bucking and slumped on the ground and let out a big sigh.

“You’re worried about Applejack, aren’t you?” asked Spike.

“Eeyup.”

“It’s okay. I know exactly how you feel.”

Big Mac looked at the small dragon in confusion before he continued talking.

“I know how you feel because I went through the same thing with Twilight many times. Like when she went to the Everfree forest in search of the Elements of Harmony. I was so scared that something was going to happen to her. When she came back, I was so relieved that she didn’t get hurt, but a part of me knew that she was going to be okay because I knew how determined she was to find the Elements and I knew that when Twilight has something on her mind, nothing will stop her. I also know that she is out there right now looking for your sister and she will not stop until she finds her. And I wouldn’t worry so much about Applejack, she is one tough pony. Whatever trouble she is in, I know that she get out of it.”
Big Mac just looked at the small dragon for a few seconds and thought about what he just said to him. He knew he was right. Applejack was tough and wouldn’t let anything get in her way.

“Are you sure she’ll come back?” asked Big Mac.
Spike looked at Big Mac with a smile and said one word.

“Eeyup.”

“Hey, that’s my line,” Big Mac chuckled.

The next day, Spike joined the Apple family at the train station as Twilight and her friends left the train, with Applejack. The young dragon couldn’t help but smile as he saw the family all embrace Applejack in a huge group hug. As they all let go of the embrace, Spike was caught by surprise when Apple Bloom came up to him and gave him a big hug.

“What’s this for?” he asked.

“For being there for us,” said Apple Bloom.
Pretty soon, Granny Smith, Big Mac and Applejack joined in the hug as well.

“Thanks for helping my family, Spike,” said Applejack.

“Aw, it was nothing,” Spike said blushing.
The other ponies watched Spike being hugged by the Apple family and couldn’t help but all smile. Rainbow Dash even began to shed a few tears.

“Darn it! There I go getting all sappy again,” she said.

Comments

[Wildcard25]

That was very sweet. I can't wait to see the next Spike-less episode getting Spike-ified.

[Bones_]

5112272 lol. Me agrees.

[one_winged_nightmare]

...and then Spike notices something. Leaving the embrace of the Apple family he turns to Twilight and says, "hey, I thought Rarity and Pinkie Pie went with you guys."

[NobleValor]

5112774 That would be hilarious.

[one_winged_nightmare]

5112928 I know right?

[OmniFox]

What about when Spike never got the chance to see the Cake Twins?

[APoeticHeart]

Another sweet and heartwarming chapter . Spike, being the great friend and assistant he is, he is willing to help any pony in need.

[Mr Good Guy]

How come he doesn't mention Rarity and Pinkie leaving? Or the mail guy's birthday? Other than that, good...

[Frankie2]

This chapter was just too sweet.

[KittyLover5]

someone, or pony, or whatever your are, call mlp writers, we have the best spike writers, this persome needs to write all deh spike eps1 asap!!! in others word

fffffeeeeeeeelllllllsssss orverload system failure in 1 *fails life and dies of feels*

welp, that conluds how i feel, now, imma turn into a cat, yaaayyy

[doomie-22]

"I know how you feel because I went through the same thing with Twilight many times. Like when she went to the Everfree forest in search of the Elements of Harmony. I was so scared that something was going to happen to her. When she came back, I was so relieved that she didn’t get hurt, but a part of me knew that she was going to be okay because I knew how determined she was to find the Elements and I knew that when Twilight has something on her mind, nothing will stop her.

Honestly, I'm surprised you haven't written a chapter for this episode. What was Spike getting up to while Twilight and the others were looking for the Elements of Harmony? My only best guess is that he was busy sleeping, with it being night and all.