Finding a whelp cold and alone after hatching season, Amber Ironscale brings the poor thing back to her cave and adopts him, giving him the name Heathspike, Spike for short. Her son, Garble, vows to be the best big brother he can be, no matter what.
When Spike is called to Canterlot on official business and the CMC are brought on a school field trip, an attempt to get their cutie marks quickly goes wrong. While Apple Bloom and Scootaloo are punished, Spike is tasked with watching Sweetie Belle
