It has been quite a while since Spike made his journey to visit the other dragons, and he still knows that he has a home with his pony friends, especially his caretaker, the newly-found alicorn princess, Twilight Sparkle.
But something has still been bothering him, and the nightmares he has been having recently aren't helping. He wants to know just where he came from before Twilight hatched him during her test.
Spike is determined to finally discover his past, but will he be happy with what he learns?

This story is inspired by the cover art, an amazing piece by AssasinMonkey: http://fav.me/d6xlvp9

Applejack knew it was going to happen eventually, but she never dreamed that it would be this soon. She walks into the room where her father lies on his deathbed, waiting for the inevitable.

Cover art by myself.
Also, this is my very first fanfiction, for anything, EVER. :D