The Rainbows Of Spike

The first thing Twilight could feel was a burning sensation on the front of her head. Opening her eyes to try and identify the source only a seemed to intensify the pain further. Using her magic, she managed to shut her blinds before the sunlight made her blind.

Twilight was not a morning pony. There was only a few days of the year her body allowed her to get up early. Winter Wrap up, Hearth's Warming, and (scheduled) trips to Canterlot.

Sadly, today was not one of those days.

Groggily, Twilight pulled herself out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. Combing her mane as well her coat, while checking her schedule, she saw that she had a planned lecture today at the local elementary school about the dangers of sugar cubes. Too much and they'll give you diarrhea!

Satisfied with her appearance for the day, she made her way to go wake Spike up so that he could start his chores for the day.

She reached the door leading to the shared room, but she was clearly not expecting what was on the other side of the room.

“Spike, it time to wake-AH!” Twilight screamed, seeing a way larger dragon then Spike and a broken basket beneath the drake.

This of course, caused the said dragon to shoot up, screaming much like the mare just did.

“What is it! What’s wrong, Twi!?” Spike yelled, immediately looking at the disheveled mare next to him, though Spike noticed a lot of pain prickling through his body, as his body was aching.

“Huh? what- who, huh?”

“No, I mean what’s wrong?” Spike asked, as the mare was just spilling out random words.

“Spike... is that you?”

“Of course it’s me, who else would it be?” Though Spike began to notice something a bit off.

“Hey Twi, did you get smaller? Because you used to be—” He raised a claw just above his head “—this much larger than me.”

Though when he brought his claw down, he noticed something. It was longer, as well sharper.

Something is definitely wrong.

He looked to his arms, they were also longer and larger. Spike’s eyes widen, as realization struck him. To make sure of it, to be the final nail on the coffin, he looked down to his body to find his fears were true.

He had grown.

His his body was much much longer, his feet almost made it to Twilight bed. He moved his tail, only to feel that it was much longer and bigger. He moved it to the front of his face, something he was unable to do before. The spikes on his tail were bigger and sharper.

He looked over to Twilight, who had the same confusion as him. He finally tried to stand up, feeling a pain in his legs, no doubt from all the growth. He finally stood up, reaching his full height, it all kinda felt weird. He stretched out his back, upon hearing the crack, he stood straight again, his tail neatly against his back.

He then turned back to Twilight, who was still stuck in a state of confusion. He also noticed he was much taller than her.

“Spike... what happened to you?” Twilight asked, finally able to put out a sentence.

Spike only shrugged. “I don’t have a clue, Twi. I just kinda woke up like this, I’m as confused about this as you are.”

Twilight studied him a bit more, till an idea came to mind. Giving him a stern face, Twilight asked. “Spike, have you been hoarding again?”

Spike quickly brought up his claws in an act of defense. “No Twilight, I swear I haven’t been greedy at all. All I did yesterday was do my chores and go to bed.”

Something I do everyday.

Studying him a bit more, Twilight finally figured out what was going on, a smile appearing on her muzzle.

“I know what’s going on.”

Spike stopped looking at his body to look at her. “What is it Twi?”

“You’ve finally hitting puberty, as well as hitting your growth spurt.”

“But how did I grow this much in one night?”

Twilight let out a sigh. “Spike you’re a dragon, dragons puberty is different. Ponies grow slowly, while dragon seemly grow overnight, as well as get muscles as it seems.”

Spike examined his body and arms, to indeed she was right, he felt stronger.

“Huh. Cool, I guess,”

“Just cool? You’re not going to say anything else about them? Or at least brag about them?” Twilight asked, confused to as where is macho self went to.

“Yeah I guess, nothing really else to say about it.”

“Huh.”

“What is it Twi?”

“I guess you also matured over night, it’s like you’re a new kind of dragon.”

“I guess. I’m not going to lie, to kinda feels weird, as well as good.”

“Good?”

“Yeah, good. I mean I’m no longer smaller anymore, and I’m way stronger than before, besides from the aching, and the weird feeling behind my back, I feel pretty good.”

Twilight couldn’t really blame him, I mean who wouldn’t feel like that? But the weird feeling on the back, this intrigued her to study him more. Looking at his back, something indeed was off, there was something on his back, this something kinda looked like-

“Wings! Spike, you also grew wings!” Twilight exclaimed, as she studied his scaly wings.

Spike tried looking behind himself, only to catch a glimpse of the newly grown wings. They seemed to be resting perfectly against his back.

“Are you able to open them?” Twilight asked, becoming more and more curious about the dragon. And who knows, maybe she can learn more about dragons from him, as there was little knowledge about dragons.

Please don’t let me turn into a subject for her to study.

Trying to get used to this new feeling in his body, Spike opened and expanded his wings to their full length, as Twilight watch in awe.

It felt good to open his wings, similar to cracking his back. That was the only thing Spike could compare the feeling to as he let out a breath.

“So... how do they look?” Spike asked, not able to see the full glory that was his wings.

“They look amazing, Spike! Are you able to use them?”

“Hmm, let me try.” Spike said, as took a small jump, trying to flap his wings clumsily. Besides hovering in the air for a short moment, he fell straight to the ground and the ground shook on his impact. The gust of wind Spike produced was enough to blow some research papers around the room, with Twilight’s slight dismal.

“Spike, are you okay?” Twilight asked, approaching the fallen drake and helping him up.

“Yeah, I’m fine, Twi, though I suppose it wasn’t wise of me to go full on my wings,”  Spike said jokingly. The two shared a laugh, as Spike backed up.

“I guess we’ll need to find somepony to train you on how to fly. I would of helped you Spike, but as you can see, I don’t have any wings.”

“Trust me. Twilight, I know, but who can help me?”

The duo though on the subject, only till the two came to the same conclusion.

“Rainbow Dash!” The duo realized.

“Who wouldn’t be better to train me then the worlds fastest-” Spike was cut of by a lavender hoof meeting his mouth.

“Shush, Spike. If she hears you saying that, who know’s how long she will brag for.”

Once again, the two broke into a small laughter.

“Aright aright, but you have to admit that there's no one else better to train me.”

“I agree. Now you should go and eat some breakfast, after all that growth, you need to get some food in your system.”

“Oh, I was going to go and talk to Rainbow-”

“No, Spike. You can do it after. You may not be a baby anymore, but that doesn’t mean that you can do whatever you want, and that you don’t need any food!”

“Alright, Twi,” Spike said defeated, as he started walking to the stairs.

Twilight knew she did bad. She knew Spike was both confused and happy with his new body, but didn’t probably know how to fully use it. As well as the new thoughts that will come to mind.

“I’m sorry I yelled like that at you, Spike. I’m just a little confused right now, as I know you are. But that doesn't give me any reason to yell at you like that.” She approached the drake, nuzzling his side.

“It’s alright, Twi. I guess I’m just a little confused about everything that’s going on. Like going from kid to this, I just kinda... I just don’t know.”

Twilight walked away from the drake, approaching her dresser. “I understand Spike, if you ever need to talk to me about anything, I’m always here to listen.”

“Thanks, Twi.”

Twilight soon reappeared, a pouch in her mouth. Signaling him to take it from her mouth, as he did so.

“There should be enough bits in there to get you something from AppleJack’s cart, just promise me that you’ll eat.”

With a nod, Spike answered. “I promise. Thanks for the bits, Twilight.”

Spike started heading for the door, before being once again stopped by a voice.

“Be careful, Spike, don’t forget that ponies may be a little different around you, if any are a problem, let me know.”

Spike nodded again, heading to the door once more, he was again stopped.

“Also I won’t be home later, I have to go to the elementary school to talk about the dangers of sugar cubes.”

That’s so not like you.

“Anything else?” Spike asked, not wanting to be interrupted again.

“Uhh, no. Have fun! And be safe.”

“Thanks Twi, and I will.”

Spike then headed out the door, running down the stairs, he arrived at the door that led to the outside world, feeling able to take on any challenges.

If only he knew what the days were to bring.