Spike lives in the small town of Ponyville. It is most famous in the Equestrian region for the professor that lives there and the official Pokemon gym that is apart of the Pokemon league. He is the assistant of the Professor, Twilight Sparkle, who gives all the children of Ponyville their starter Pokemon. Spike however, is always left out when the new Pokemon arrive, and quite frankly, he's getting a little sick of it.

Then on a fateful day, while going through his normal day in Ponyville; he enters the Everfree to find Zecora. But along the way, he meets someone who helps begin his journey as a Pokemon trainer.