Spike reached up to the second shelf of a bookcase and wrapped his claws around a book called 'All You Need To Know About Planning Parties, Events and More'
"I found it, Twilight!" said Spike, holding up the book and waving it in the air.
Twilight's lips formed into a small smile, "Thank you, Spike." said Twilight, giving him a small hug.
"When will you be back?" Spike asked, his voice adopted a worrisome tone.
"Three days," Twilight said, stuffing the book Spike had picked out from the book shelf into her blue saddlebag.
"Why can't I come with you, Twilight?" The purple dragon frowned and look down at the ground sadly.
"Spike, I really wish you could come with me. But planning the Equestria Games is a big deal, and I wouldn't want anything to get in the way." Twilight levitated a sandwich and a jar of orange juice into her saddlebag. "Oops, I have to get going. Take care of yourself Spike, and if you run out of gems, there is soup in the fridge that can be reheated."
With that, she took off out the door.
Spike sighed deeply, "I thought I was apart of this team too."
He walked over to the broom that sat in the corner, "I guess I'll clean then take a nap."
Spike stirred uncomfortably in his tiny bed, and in attempt to fall asleep easier he removed his sky blue blanket, but it didn't do much.
The sound of Aloysius's hooting filled his ears as he struggled to find a comfortable spot in his tiny basket that he slept in.
He reached over into Twilight's dresser and opened the drawer and pulled out two ear plugs, and stuffed them into his ears, hoping to block out the sound.
To his luck, it worked and he was fast asleep within minutes.
Spike rubbed his eye with his claw, and stood up in his bed.
But something was wrong..
Twilight was in her bed.
What's Twilight doing here.. she's supposed to be at the Crystal Empire planning the Equestria Games..
He walked over to Twilight and pulled off the covers, revealing the sleeping purple unicorn.
"Twilight?" He asked, confused.
Twilight woke up slowly and rubbed her eyes with her hoof, "Good morning, Spike." said Twilight with a yawn.
"Twilight, aren't you supposed to be planning the Equestria Games..?" he asked.
"I came home for you, Spike. I was thinking about how lonely you might be here all alone, so I came back."
"But Twilight, you would never disappoint one of the princesses like that!" Spike was now more confused than ever.
Twilight smiled weakly, "But I did it for you. I'm sorry Spike, for not being there for you in the past."
Spike cocked his head to the side, "Wait, you're... sorry?"
"Yes, I am. Honestly."
Spike grinned widely for the first time in months, and jumped up onto the bed to hug Twilight.
As he wrapped his claws around the unicorn, she began to dissolve.
"Huh?"
The purple body was gone.
"..T-Twilight?"
There was a loud thunder clash heard from outside, and a gust of wind that blew the window open.
"What's going on..?" Spike asked as the wind began to pick up speed.
Items in the room blew around rapidly, and Spike did his best to dodge all of the flying books and ripped out pages that were flying around.
Then it stopped.
The wind stopped all together, the items that were flying around in the air stopped in mid air, as if time was frozen.
A beam of light came in threw the window, blinding Spike with its brightly glowing rays.
The light began to fade, revealing a tall dark blue pony with a flowing mane.
"P-princess Luna?" Spike stuttered, trying his best to regain sight.
Princess Luna walked over to him with royal grace, "Yes, Spike." said Luna in a soothing tone that could put a crying foal to sleep in an instant.
"What are you doing here? And where did Twilight go? What's going on?"
The princess smiled, "Do not worry, my friend. Twilight Sparkle is safe and sound." her face adopted a worried look, "I am afraid I can not say the same for you. Is there anything that you need to tell me, Spike?"
Spike took a few steps back, "I-I don't think so.. did I do something wrong?"
"No, you did not, My dear Spike. I have came to help you."
"Help me? What do I need help with?" asked Spike, no longer fearing the alicorn.
Princess Luna lowered to eye level with Spike, and placed a hoof below his chin.
"I have sensed that you are a pony, well, in this case, dragon, in need of advice and encouragement."
Spike looked down at the wooden floor below him, "But Luna, aren't you supposed to be helping with the Equestria Games right now too? And why was Twilight here?"
Luna removed her hoof from below his chin, and stood up tall and stopped her hoof against the wooden floor harshly.
The scenery around them began to change and spin rapidly, until it stopped at the scenery of the Equestria Games stadium.
"Whoa.. how did you do that?"
"Anything is possible in a dream."
Spike's eyes widened, "This is just a dream?"
Princess Luna pointed a hoof to the eight ponies that were standing in the middle of the Equestria Games stadium, "You are very much asleep. But the scenery before you is awake."
Spike looked where Luna's hoof was pointing, "Is this what's going on in the Crystal Empire right now?"
Luna's head shook slowly.
The eight ponies in the stadium were Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, Princess Celestia, and the main 6.
"Why aren't you out there with them?" Spike asked.
"They did not need me, Celestia said that I was just going to 'get in the way'."
Spike looked down at the green grass on the ground, "That's exactly what Twilight told me, too."
"Spike, is there anything you would like to talk about? Your problems, your issues, the feelings you have been bottling up over the past few years?" Luna's regal tone was lost, and resumed back to her normal tone.
Spike sighed, "Yeah. I guess." he took a deep breath before saying, "Sometimes Twilight and her friends ignore me. It makes me feel useless, like they just keep me around for comic relief. I never really fully realized this until a few weeks ago when I accidentally got stuck in Maretropolis with Twilight and her friends. They told that I was apart of their team too, but that didn't last. It's been getting worse lately. And I'm really.. really tierd of being alone."
Spike's emerald green eyes were now filled with tears.
Luna's face was filled with compassion for the little baby dragon, "Spike, I will have a talk with Twilight Sparkle and her friends as soon as you wake up."
Her horn began to glow turquoise, "And.. if you ever feel left out again," a small object with a button in the center appeared in front of Spike, surrounded by an aurora glow. "Just press this button, and I will be to your side to comfort you."
Luna looked up into the blue sky above her,
"Spike, you cannot solve your issues by waiting for someone to notice you. You have to make them notice you. Do not let yourself be hidden. Speak up when you want them to hear you, and if they continue to ignore you.. well, it's their loss."
Spike took the object into his hands and looked down at it, and suddenly when he looked up from the object, he was back in his bed and Princess Luna was nowhere to be found.
"Thanks, Luna." He said softly.
Princess Luna flew down next to Spike and gave him a comforting nuzzle, “Hello, Spike.” She said. “You pressed the button, I see.”
Spike shook his head, “I didn’t think that it would work at first…” he chuckled.
Luna gave him a smile, “I would never lie to a dragon as kind as you.”
The princess sat down on the balcony floor and looked up to the moon, “Why did you summon me here? Is something bothering you?”
Spike looked down at the balcony floor as his eyes traced the wooden swirls.
“Well… I guess something is bothering me.” He looked away from the floor and up to where Luna was looking. “Does… Princess Celestia ever make you feel like you aren’t a princess at all? Like she’s the only real royal in Equestria?”
Luna let out an emotionless laugh. “Yes, but it wasn’t like she was doing it on purpose.” She looked at Spike and said, “I had felt that way for the longest time, but I didn’t let my feelings be heard like I should of.
“Ponies would call my sister ‘The princess’, and in most royal meetings I would be left out entirely. I had barely any real royal responsibilities, and whenever I did, it was just to greet very important ponies at places like the Gala.”
Spike nodded, “I can relate to that…”
“How?” Princess Luna asked with a streak of curiosity in her tone.
“It’s stupid.” Spike wore a crooked smirk.
“Tell me,” Luna leaned in to give him another nuzzle. “Please?”
Spike thought for a moment before hesitantly saying, “This is going to make me sound jealous, but…” he shifted uncomfortably.
“It’s okay, what ever you say tonight will never be mentioned again to anypony, I promise.” Luna ensured him, smiling.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes before saying, “I kind of feel like whenever I try to bond with one of Twilight’s friends, they always just see me as ‘Spike, the irresponsible little brother’, and don’t even give me a chance to be their friend. I may be a mess up sometimes, I may be kind of childish, but why can’t they just give me a chance?”
Princess Luna frowned and wrapped a wing around him, “I know exactly how you feel.”
She pulled him close and said, “I feel as if, even now, the residents of Equestria won’t give me a chance to be as responsible as my sister. Having the responsibility of walking through dreams is great, but my sister gets to rule with the residents by her side, while I’m alone in dreamland.” Luna let out a huff. “Besides, it’s surprisingly rare that a filly or colt has some sort of problem that they need my guidance to solve.”
Spike leaned against Luna’s side and sighed, “I don’t know what to do…”
Luna smiled, “Wait.”
He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow, “Wait? Wait for what?”
Luna folded her wing back to her side, the sudden cold night breeze surprising him. “Spike, we all belong somewhere. Somewhere there is a place where you can embrace your true self without being rejected for it.”
Once more, she looked up at the stars and smiled. “You just have to wait for that place to come into view.”
“But… I love Twilight and her friends, I don’t want to have to leave them…” he wore a crooked smirk.
“Every bird has to leave their nest eventually, whether or not what lies beyond that nest is good or bad.” The princess stood up and placed a hoof on the railing of the balcony, “I must go now, or my sister might think that I’m lost.”
Spike stood up as well and ran over to give Luna’s foreleg a hug. “You aren’t going to tell Princess Celestia or Twilight anything about this or the button, right?”
Luna nodded her head, “My lips are sealed.”
He smiled and waved as she took off into the night sky, “Bye, Luna.”
Author's Note
Sorry if this isn't as well written as the first chapter, I kind of rushed the ending because I'm starving right now and felt the need to finish it before I eat anything.
Yeah, surprise bonus chapter. Even though I made tons of blog posts about it over a week ago... heheh... well, it's probably a surprise to some people.
If you see any spelling errors, please comment about it. I'm sure that there is more than a few in there.
