Spike and the Opposite Six

Spike tossed and turned in the bed that he was resting in as he felt his body begin to wake up. It took a moment for his eyes to open up before he got up and stretched his arms and legs. That nap was great! It made him feel like a new dragon.

He went to step off the bed, but quickly forgot the bed was a little high for him, and he ended up face planting onto the floorboard. Which alerted everyone downstairs as they quickly ran up the stairs and saw Spike face down. “Spike!”

Trixie used her magic to carefully turn him over while Lightning Dust went to grab the first aid kit just encase. Cherry however, was holding his head while acting like a drama queen.

“Oh Spike, are you alright? Are you bleeding? Did you break anything?” Cherry continued to shoot question after question to the young drake.

“Calm down Cherry. He won't lose his head from something like that. Now falling off a cliff while running from a pack of timberwolves is what could though.” replied Gilda with a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders.

“Not funny Gilda.” replied Trixie using an examination spell on Spike. “Seems like he'll be fine. Just a little tumble.”

“Well then we won't need this.” Lightning Dust tossed it out the door without a care in the world and flew over to the others as they all watched Spike sit up and rub his head.

“I hope that doesn't happen everyday.” replied the young drake.

“Well we're glad your alright.” replied Cherry rubbing her cheek against his, eliciting a bright color from his face.

The other three tried to keep a calm look while feeling annoyed with her being so close to Spike. They would have said something to break up this moment, but it seemed that fate was on their side as Spike stood up from Cherry's grasp and burped up a scroll. Gilda grabbed it while Spike sat back down next to Cherry.

“Seems like Sunset's got something going on.” replied Gilda showing all of them the letter. Apparently Sunset needed to show them all something important.

'That was fast.' was the collective thought that went through the females as they were already aware of what she had been doing. It was Spike's birthday, and Sunset wanted to keep it a surprise. It seemed being the princess's apprentice really meant something if she could get a party together in a short amount of time.

“Well, best not keep Shimmer waiting too long.” replied Lightning Dust already eager to head out.

“Just hold on Lightning Dust.” replied Trixie using her magic to levitate Spike and put him on her back. “There. Now we can go.” replied Trixie who felt warm inside at having Spike on her back. She could tell the others were jealous and gave herself a pat on the back for the move.

The group of ponies plus one dragon made their way out the house and took the main road of the town to the surprise for Spike.

While they were walking, Spike noticed from Trixie's back the town itself seemed to be deserted for some reason. This was yet another odd thing that he noticed. But for some reason, the seemingly ghost town-like feel and them going the house made him feel excited for some unknown reason.

The group soon saw the house that seemed to have the lights off. “Alright Spike, close your eyes, and don't open them until we say you can.” replied Gilda who flew to the door and opened it for them all.

“OK.” replied Spike who reluctantly covered his eyes and could only listen to the noises of the door being shut and could only hear the sound of their hoofs and claws as they made their way into the house.

“OK Spike, you can open them now.” replied Trixie as Spike opened his eyes and would be giving a confused look if the place wasn't so dark. Not a second later, the lights instantly came on and Sunset popped out, along with several species that occupied the town, such as diamond dogs, griffons, a few dragons, ponies of course, and even a few hydras were there as well. “Surprise!” came the unanimous yell of everyone as a banner rolled out that said 'Happy Birthday Spike.'

Spike got off Trixie's back and couldn't control his excitement as he jumped in excitement, but felt himself being pulled to Sunset who gave him a hug. “Happy Birthday Spike. I hope you liked the surprise I made for you.” replied Sunset setting Spike down.

“Are you kidding? I love it!” replied Spike who gave Sunset a hug, and didn’t notice the red on her muzzle as he let go. He raced over to the other four and gave each of them a hug as he still didn't take notice of the blush each one donned because of his hug.

“What? No hug for me?” asked a soothing voice that made Spike turn around and was stunned by what he was seeing. It was a tall unicorn that looked similar to Princess Luna, but with a different coat and mane. Her coat was white like snow, she had a pink mane and tail, her eyes were light purple in color, and her cutie mark was the three fleur-de-lis.

Spike looked the unicorn in the eyes and unconsciously ran up and gave her a hug which she gladly returned. “I didn't see you earlier and thought something was wrong. I guess the others were keeping you busy so you wouldn't see your surprise.” commented Fleur to the young dragon.

Spike was amazed by how much this unicorn was similar to Rarity. But for some reason, it was like a part of him was saying that this unicorn easily outclassed Rarity, which was strange for him to think that. Even though he had never met this unicorn before, he let her name slip out. “Fleur.”

“Guess you do remember me.” joked Fleur who rubbed Spike on his head before taking her hoof off and seeing Sunset walk over. “Hello Sunset, nice job.” replied Fleur gesturing to the party.

“Thank you. Spike, it's time for you to open your presents.” replied Sunset who enjoyed Spike smiling in excitement and lead him to the table that held the cake and presents.

For the next minutes, Spike got numerous gifts that were amazing and stuff that you would normally get in Ponyville. From amazing armor and weaponry that would make King Sombra scared, to humongous Gems that made Spike so excited to eat them that Sunset had to hold him back from gobbling them right there. The really great thing he enjoyed so far was that he hadn't felt greedy from receiving this many gifts during his last birthday. He didn't grow huge and go on a rampage.

As Spike was enjoying a piece cake like the rest of the guests, a pair of princesses made their way through the opened doorway, which went unnoticed by the party goers. Immediately, the music stopped and everyone noticed the princesses, before bowing their heads in a sign of respect.

Spike was confused on why the music stopped and it suddenly got quiet, but he got his answer from looking up from his plate and noticing two alicorns that looked similar to each other. Even though he had never seen these two before, he suddenly felt excited and full of energy as he leap from the table and ran up to the orange furred alicorn that was the taller of the two. “Mom!”

Solar Flare looked down with a gentle smile on her face as her son hugged her leg. “It's good to see you too, son.” replied Solar Flare who covered Spike in a red aura that signified her magic and brought him to her muzzle and rubbed her cheek against his.

Spike felt both confused yet peaceful at the same time. Confused because he had been hatched and raised by Twilight and saw her as a sister, and never called her mom. But he felt as though these two alicorns were really close to him and felt peace at both their presence.

He looked over at Nightmare Moon and hopped off from Solar Flare and latched onto her leg next. “Hi there, Auntie.” replied Spike.

“Hell to you too, my young nephew. Me and your mother thought it would be a good gift if we both came down to see you.” replied Nightmare Moon who rubbed the spine son Spike's head with a gentle care that he liked.

Solar Flare looked at her student and her friends who smiled at the touching moment. “I'm glad Sunset Shimmer, that you and your friends have watched over my son. Thank you.” replied Solar Flare.

“It's no trouble. Really it was our pleasure.” replied Trixie with a blush on her face.

“Well then, I say it's time we continue this wonderful festivity.” replied Nightmare Moon as everyone cheered in agreement and the party was back on track. It was during the dancing portion that Spike found himself at the center of attention of the six females that he met. Every time he was near one, another would bring him close to her. It brought a chuckle out of him a their childish antics. Maybe being in this realm wouldn't be so bad after all.

What the party goers didn't know due to the excitement and excess music, was a tall figure in front of six figures smaller than him.

“Remember, strike with precision and strength. If this goes smoothly, we'll have control over this entire land.” chuckled the tallest figure who gazed at the tree-like house with red eyes.