Spike was jostled awake by loud knocks on his door. "I'm coming," he said groggily, trying to ignore the unyielding knocks. "I said I'm coming!" He yelled, without affecting the poundings on the door. "I AM FUCKING COMING!" Spike shouted in his royal Canterlot voice, running towards the door, opening it with so much anger that he made the pixie jump. "What do you want?!"

"Sorry. But I need to ask for your help," the pixie said.

"Who are you? How did you know where I live, and what kind of help did you need?" Spike asked.

"My name is Mrs. Cheerilee. Rainbow Dash said that I could find you here. And I was wondering if you could teach my students about monster history and how monster hunters came to be."

"Hmm... Sure, I don’t see why not," Spike shrugged.

"Oh, thank you! Could you come to the school house on Monday? And sorry for waking you up," Mrs. Cheerilee said, a blush coming to her face.
"Yeah, never do that again," Spike said, with an icy edge to his voice that made her gulp nodding with fear, before he closed his door and changed out of his pajamas into some red sweat pants and a blue t shirt. Grabbing his sword and his money, he walked to Quills and Sofas, where a Tengu popped up from behind the counter, wearing a light green shirt and matching light green pants.

"Hello! And welcome to Quills and Sofas!" He exclaimed, happily.

"Hi. I'd like to buy some furniture," Spike said, as he got to the counter.

"Ah, excellent. Very good," the shopkeeper said, flapping his arms. "What do you like?"

"I'd like a speed sleeper, a ‘couch potato’ couch, and a table set with three chairs," Spike said, counting off the items on his fingers.

"Let me check my inventory," the shopkeeper said, as he flew off for a few minutes, coming back with a smile on his face. "I just so happen to have each of them in stock. I’ll have them delivered to your house by tonight."

"Thanks, I live in that apartment complex over there. Top floor," Spike said as he pointed to his home, to which the Tengu bowed and flew to the back of the shop. Spike left, going to find some breakfast.
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Rainbow Dash woke up with her pet turtle, Tank, lying on her chest. "Hey, Buddy," She said, petting him lovingly, as he craned his neck, pointing to his empty bowl. "You must be hungry." The turtle nodded, as she moved him to the ground safely, before she went to her kitchen and grabbed some lettuce leafs for him and making a quick breakfast for herself. After eating, she dressed in blue pants and a green shirt before going outside to fly around Bloodville, doing some stunts. At least that was until she saw Spike eating some eggs at a diner.

"Hey Spike, what’s up?" She asked, landing in front of him.

Spike looked up and said, "Nothing much. What's up with you, Dash?"

"Same as you, not too much."

"Do you happen to know where the schoolhouse is?"

"Of course. Do you remember when we went to Sweet Apple Acres and there was a fork in the road?"

"Yeah."

"Well just go left instead of right."

"Ok, thanks. And when'd you tell Mrs. Cheerilee where I lived?"

"Oh that. It was last night when she was looking for books about the history of monsters and monster hunters."

"Gotcha. Speaking of, you never told me where you lived."

"I live in a cloud house. It has a rainbow river flowing down the side like a waterfall," she said, proudly. "Oops, I got to go. Still need to keep practicing!" She said hurriedly, flying off into the sky.

'Ya know, she is kinda cute, although she is a daredevil. Maybe I should spend more time with her,' Spike thought as he ate the rest of his eggs, leaving soon after for Sugarcube Corner to try out "The Best Baked Goods in the World." He entered the shop to see a witch with a red apron, a long sleeve gray shirt, and blue jeans behind the counter with a huge grin on her face.

"Hello and welcome to Sugarcube Corner!" She said, "I am Mrs. Cake. Would you like a pastry?" Spike put his face to the glass seeing so many pastries. Each making his mouth water.

"I'd like to get five blueberry muffins," Spike said, as Mrs. Cake bagged them quickly, prompting the transaction and farewells soon after. And then, Spike finally reached in and took a bite out of one of his muffins. WOW! This tastes amazing! Just like Rainbow Dash said. He thought as he took the second of many bites.
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A few hours later, as Princess Luna was walking down an alleyway in Canterlot, she heard a blood curdling scream and ran quickly towards the source. While she was running, she saw a bright light and three figures in the distance that became clearer the closer she got, revealing Spike, Cadence and Blueblood, all badly injured with their weapons in hand.

"Luna, help!" Cried Blueblood, as he dropped his Ninjato. Luna ran up to them, only to be stopped by an invisible wall, watching as Blue Blood fell to the ground.

"Why won’t you help us?" Cadence cried, as dropping her Scimitar, watching Luna slam her fists into the wall harder and harder, as Cadence collapsed.

"The assassin said 'I am glad to get someone's revenge,'" Spike said before he too collapsed, dropping his swords. Luna shot up from the couch she was sleeping on with a gasp.

"Is everything alright, Luna?" Celestia asked worriedly, as she walked up to the couch.

"I had a nightmare in which Spike, Cadence, and Blueblood were killed by some unknown assassin," Luna explained.

"Luna, you ARE aware that they are monster hunters, right? And Spike can kick yours, Blueblood’s, Cadence's, and my ass, as well?"

"Yes, I know. But he was just as bloody the others," Luna said, as a changeling guard came into the room.

"Princess," He said, as he bowed. "King Sombra, Lord of shadows, is looking for you two."

"Shadowmancers are masters of dreams," Celestia said. "Maybe he can tell us why you had that dream and what it meant."
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Hours later, as Spike finally returned to his apartment, a whole group of residents shouted, "Surprise!" just as he opened the door, failing to scarce him. But luckily that didn't dampen the party as the music started booming, while Spike put his sword away with the rest of his stuff, getting down, and partying with everyone in the room. It wasn't until a few minute later when he found Pinkie Pie, who asked him, "Do you like the party?"

"It’s awesome! Did the stuff I ordered come here, yet?"

"Sure they did. They’re over there. I set them up where I thought you'd like them."

"Oh and where would that be?"

"Well, I put your bed near your clothes, the tables and chairs near the fridge, and the couch near the window."

"Nice. Thank you, Pinkie."

"No problem." After that, Spike mingled with the monsters at the party, eating and drinking the foods and sodas that Pinkie Pie brought, as the party lasted for a good while before people started to leave. The last guests to leave were Vinyl Scratch, a banshee wearing a pair of purple shades, black sweat pants, a red t-shirt, and black headphones around her neck, holding a present that looked like they were glasses; Fluttershy, wearing a red shirt and black pants with an egg that looks like it was on fire in a basket in her hands; and Pinkie Pie, who was holding a guitar wrapped in blue wrapping paper.

"Here ya go, Spike. I got you something that you might like after what happened yesterday," Pinkie said, as she handed Spike her present, as he quickly ripped up the paper to show a guitar that was much nicer than he was honestly expecting.

"Wow! Thanks, Pinkie," Spike exclaimed, as Vinyl came up and gave him her present.

"I know you are a monster hunter and all, but I was thinking that you might need something like this," Vinyl said, smirking, as she pointed to her present, which Spike grabbed and tore open to reveal a pair of sunglass that looked a lot like hers, but were the color of his scales.

"Thank you! I'll definitely wear these when I want to look cool!" Spike said putting them on as Fluttershy came up to him.

"I love animals, but I think you'll have a much better time raising a phoenix than I would," Fluttershy said, as she handed him the basket.

"Yeah. I can understand why," Spike said, as he thanked them again for the gifts. "I don't know about any of you, but I think I'm going to go fall on my bed and pass out after such an exciting day." They all laughed before leaving with a pleasant smile on their faces, as Spike prepared for bed.

Author's Note

Edits done by beiriangu and Blazing Light.