When Spike woke up the next morning he felt a pit in his stomach, metaphorically speaking. He didn't know why he was worrying about this now. As earlier he was fine with telling everybody. But now he was nervous. All types of possibilities of who his friends and classmates would react. The crusaders would most likely be intrigued with the fact that he had become a pony. But what if the weren't. What if they didn't want to be his friend anymore and decided he was not fit to be a cutie mark crusader. And there was Dinky as well. Just because she was kinda weird doesn't mean that she would still want to be his friend. What if she was angry that he lied to her about himself. There was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but they would probably just use it as another insult or a way to tease him. Spike just sighed and told himself to calm down, he would have to tell them eventually, he couldn't go around for the rest of his life as Scribbler. Walking downstairs and into the kitchen, he saw Twilight was reading through what looked like another cookbook.

As he went and got himself some cereal he said to her "Mom are you thinking about cooking again because we both know that won't turn out well"

"Cooking is just doing what a book tells you. It can't be hard im just doing something wrong" Twilight replied.

"Not everyone can cook mom" Spike said rolling his eyes.

"Spike, I was one of the best unicorns as magic and because of that I became an alicorn. I think I can handling boiling a pot of water" Twilight said.

"Whatever you say mom" Spike said. Going back to his cereal and worries. It was not long before he was heading to what felt like his doom. The closer he got to the schoolhouse the bigger the pit in his stomach seemed to grow.

The first thing that happened when he finally reached his destination was an ambush.

"Scribbler are you ready!!!??" Scootaloo screamed after she had toppled Spike over.

"Ummm I guess" Spike answered still dazed.

"You guess?! You should be excited!" Scootaloo yelled at him.

"Yeah, yeah ok im ready" Spike said. He was ready for his induction, but was he really ready to tell the truth. After getting up he slowly walked away from Scootaloo after she saw Dinky enter the schoolyard. Heading inside to the classroom, he could at least spend some time figuring out what to say.

"Spike, are you ready to tell the class who you are?" Cheerilee asked him when he walked in.

"As ready as I'll ever be" Spike responded as he sat down in his seat. It was not long before the bell rang and his classmates filed in.

After they all took their seats Cheerilee said " Are new student has something he needs to tell us" Everyone turned their eyes to Spike and he gulped. Calling forth his courage he walked to the front of the room and took a deep breath before he began.

"Earlier this week I was introduced as Scribbler and an exchange student from Canterlot. But the thing is I lied." Spike said, he could already hear some of his classmates whispering. " You see Im not that at ALL. My name is Spike and all of you know me already. I was Spike the dragon, but now Im Spike the pony a magical accident happened leaving me a pony. It was decided I would try to integrate into the school before I was reviled to who I was. I hope you all will not look at me any differently"

After finishing his speech Spike went back to his seat and sat down. He could already feel the stares and the whispers of his classmates, all directed at him. Deciding he should just ignore them he turned his attention to the lesson. Thankfully no partner work was not needed that day so he didn't have to face his friends. But soon lunch came and he knew he could not escape confrontation. He grabbed his lunch and went and sat down on one of the benches. At least he would escape the questions here. But soon he felt the presence of some pony in front of him. He figured it was Diamond Tiara but when he looked up he saw Sweetie Belle looking at him.

"What are you doing sitting her Scrib- I mean Spike? You should be sitting at our table. Were disusing the induction. You don't want to miss it." She told him.

"Wait you still want me to be a cutie mark crusader even thought I lied to you" Spike asked confused.

"So what Spike. You were the crusader's friends even before you.... turned into a pony. And Dinky doesn't seem to care that much" Sweetie told him leading him over to their table. When he got there no one seemed to really notice. Applebloom and Scootaloo were arguing over the rewritten speech. When he sat down and no one objected he took out his sandwich and began to eat. At least until he felt someone punch him in his side.

"Ouch, what was that for" he said looking next to him at Dinky.

"That's for not telling me that you were Spike" She said.

"Sweetie Belle, I thought you said that Dinky didn't care" Spike said confused.

"I said she didn't seem to care THAT much" Sweetie replied.

"You could have told me, I mean you were like my first real friend" Dinky told him "You have to expect some anger on my behalf"

"Point taken. Never lie to Dinky" Spike said causing laughter from the others including Dinky. The five friends began to talk about the induction and everything that was planned, at least until Diamond Tiara walked over to them.

"What do you want Diamond Tiara" Spike asked the filly.

"Nothing that concerns you freak" Diamond said to him.

"Spike is not a freak" Dinky said to her.

"Oh your so right, your the one that's a freak, Scribbler, I mean Spike is a freak of nature, two different things" Diamond Tiara said.

"Dinky is not a freak" Spike said to Diamond in a warning town.

"And Spike is not a freak of nature" Sweetie Belle told Diamond.

"Yeah, you are" added Scootaloo. Scowling Diamond Tiara walked away. Obviously off to complain about them to Silver Spoon.

"You're not a freak Spike" Applebloom said.

"Yeah I know, I won't let it get to me" Spike said to her.

"I hate Diamond Tiara" Sweetie Belle said in almost a whisper.Even though no one said anything, they knew they all agreed.

The rest of the day was fairly quick and soon the group was headed towards the Apple farm. Even though most of them were talking excitedly, Spike was silent occasionally nodding. When they reached the tree house the trio lead the two nonmembers up the stairs and gave them a grand tour.

"And that's where we think up ideas for crusading" Scootaloo said.

"Now let us induct you as a Cutie Mark Crusader" Sweetie Belle said excitedly.

" We the Cutie Mark Crusaders here by induct you as one of are own. To be a true friend and fellow Crusader." Scootaloo said "Know Sweetie Belle will give you a cape and you will be an official Crusader"

As Sweetie Belle gave them their capes Applebloom said "Wow you really did a good job of shortenin' it"

"Yep only took me two minutes to right it" Scootaloo replied "Now that you have your capes welcome fellow crusaders. We will begin are crusading tomorrow as I am in fact need to go to the doctors. Goodbye"

As they all left for their separate ways Spike looked at his friends all one last time before heading home. 'If this what it feels like to be a pony. I hope this spell never wears off' he said to himself as he headed home.

Author's Note

I finally finished it. Oh god im a procrastinator for this chapter. I wrote it one bit at a time. But I feel good about how it turned out. I hope it was worth the wait.