Spike's First Week Of School

The next morning as Spike munched on his cereal, he let his thoughts wander. Becoming a Cutie Mark Crusader seemed like an exciting event, at least to Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom. But the thoughts of whether or not he would even be able to earn a cutie mark still danced in his mind. He had been a dragon, but now he was a pony. Was it just a spell that changed his appearance, or was he truly a pony. He had yet to get anything along the lines of x-rays to see if he had pony autonomy, so it was a possibility.

"Spike, dear, did you hear me?" Spike heard Twilight's voice ask him.

"Huh, no, could you repeat what you said" Spike asked his mom.

Sighing she nodded her head and said "I said I need to take you to the doctors today. I'm going to pick you up sometime during lunch".

"What? I'm going to miss school. What about the work I'll miss? You never missed a day of school" Spike questioned his mom.

"Clam down Spike, you'll just have to get your missed work from Ms. Cheerilee" Twilight answered her frantic son "Now you better start to head off to school or you will be late".

Nodding his head Spike got up and grabbed his bag and headed off for school. Along the way he ran into Sweetie Belle.

"Hey Scribbler, are you excited?" Sweetie Belle asked when she saw him.

"About what?" He answered, confused.

"Duh, about your Cutie Mark Crusader Induction, tomorrow after school"

"Oh, well then yeah"

"I can't wait either! The last time we inducted someone was Babs Seed. Who knows when you go back to Canterlot you could start the Canterlot section!"

"Heh yeah sure, I guess"

"Yeah, to think, we'll have another member"

Spike nodded his head but then realized something "Hey why isn't Dinky a crusader, she doesn't have her cutie mark?"

"Uh, well I guess we just never thought to ask her. I mean she always reading her books and by herself. I mean I guess we could ask her" Sweetie Belle answered as the pair approached the schoolyard. As they passed by Diamond Tiara, Spike heard her whisper 'blank flanks'. It looked like Spike was not on Diamond's list of targets. But he didn't really care, when he saw Dinky he grabbed Sweetie and pulled her over to the filly.

"Hey Dinky we have a question to ask you" Spike said to his friend.

"Oh, what is it Scribbler" Dinky asked, directing it mainly at Spike.

Nudging Sweetie to ask her to join, he heard Sweetie take a breath and started on her sepal "So Dinky, me and the other crusaders, including Scribbler, where wondering if you would like to join The Cutie Mark Crusaders seeing as you don't have a cutie mark. Were inducting Scribbler tomorrow after school and want to know if you want to be inducting as well?".

"Well sure, I could always use some socialization with ponies my age, instead of ponies hundreds of years older then me" Dinky answered "I would be honored to become part of your group". Spike and Sweetie ignored the bit about ponies her age and congratulated her. Soon the bell rang and the went inside to the school house. The school day was similar to the days before. Nothing excited really happened. Math was another worksheet, astronomy was more about the moon and during history, they went over the conditions of the forts during the war.

Soon lunch arrived and Spike waited for his mom to arrive to get him for his appointment but with the new induction coming up, the crusaders table was full of excited babble. Dinky now was sitting at the table instead of on a bench reading her book. So there was now an extra mouth in the conversation.

"So when should I show up?" Dinky asked the three main crusaders.

"Don't sweat it. Just come with us after school tomorrow" Scootaloo replied. Spike just nodded along, he didn't really have that many questions. He was mainly waiting to leave. Before lunch he asked Ms. Cheerilee for the work he would miss, but their was none. So all he could do now was sit and wait. But when he finally started to become included in the conversation when of course the time when his mother arrived. He had heard a few of his classmates start to whisper to each other, a few others started to seal in excitement but most of them just where quiet. Turning around he saw his mother land by the edge of the school.

"Bye guys, I have to leave early" Spike said turning towards his friends.

"Aww that's too bad, why?" Dinky asked him.

"I have to go to the doctors"

"Oh well bye" Sweetie Belle said to him. Nodding he got up and ran over to his mother. She levitated him onto her back and flew off. They couldn't really carry a normal conversation while flying, but they attempted to.

"So how was school, dear?"

"Fine, where we headed?"

"Canterlot, your going to see one of the castles doctors, just in case your still a dragon on the inside"

"Oh well I guess that makes sense". The rest of the journey was like this and as the landed, Twilight hit her face with her hoof and said "I could have just teleported".

Spike just laughed and Twilight gave him a look that should have been menacing, but they both ended laughing instead. The pair walked down the hallways and soon reached a small office by the hospital wing of the castle.

Knocking on the door Twilight asked "Dr. Smith, can we come in?"

A muffled colts voice came from behind the door "Come in"

Twilight led in her anxious son into the office. When Spike had been a dragon he had not partially liked doctors. They had sometimes been too afraid to even touch him at times. This Dr. Smith did not ring any bells. But when Spike saw the doctor, he saw a colt with a brown coat and slicked back black hair. On his flank a cutie mark of a stethoscope.

"So, Spike Sparkle, an interesting patient, a dragon turned pony. Today where just going to get some x-rays and see how your insides look. Now follow me as we go into the room next door" He said looking at Spike.

Spike just nodded his head and got up and followed the doctor. He led him into a room with another door leading into another room. Between the rooms was a sheet of glass. their was a control panel full of buttons and inside the other room a projector like object hung from the ceiling.

"Now please step into the other room and stand, with your side facing the camera" the doctor instructed Spike, he than handed him a coat like thing and told him to put it on. Spike just followed the doctors instructions without a word as he stood in front of the projector. After a few minutes, the doctor told Spike to some out and wait for the results to come in.

After a few minutes, Twilight went in with the doctor to look at them. When the pair came back out and Twilight went over to her song and hugged him.

"Your x-rays reveal that you are a full pony, inside and out" Twilight told him.

"Really?" Spike asked.

Laughing Twilight replied "Really, now lets go hone". Thought this time she teleported home instead of flying. When they arrived home, Twilight went into the kitchen to make dinner and Spike began working on his homework. Feeling more like a normal pony then ever.