It was early in the morning in the peaceful town of Ponyville. Celestia's sun had just come up to light up the day. This morning was a very special one indeed. This morning was full of peace and quiet almost like you can just close your eyes and sleep forever. Nothing could ruin this morning.

"SPIIIIKE!!!"

Except for that. Spike shot up out of his bed and fell down onto the pony statue in the middle of the library. Spike slid down the statue onto the floor like a pile of goo.

"Spike what are you doing you're going to be late!" said Twilight Sparkle in her usual worried tone.

The dragon got up off the floor and rubbed his head, hoping the pain would go away. "Late?" Spike finally spoke "Late for what?".

Twilight faced-hoofed herself. "Your first day of school."

Spike's posture changed from straight to slouching after hearing what Twilight had just said. "Oh yeah, that," said Spike. Twilight's horn lit up as she levitated a backpack and hoodie over to where the dragon was standing.

Twilight had bought Spike a saddlebag for him, but since he wasn't a pony it wouldn't stay on. So Twilight took it and the dragon over to Rarity to see if she can fix it for him. Rarity did so as promised and even made the hoodie for him in case he got cold.

Suddenly the young dragon was also being levitated by the alicorn so that she could get him ready in a hurry.

"Wo, hay, what are you-" Spike couldn't finish his sentence as he was plopped onto Twilight's back. The next thing the dragon knew they had just run out of the door of the library.

"Twilight you need to calm down a little bit," Spike said as he pinched his fingers close together to show a point.

"Sorry Spike, but I don't want you to be tardy on the first day," Twilight said picking up the pace. Spike was now bouncing on Twilight's back as she kept running.

"So who's going to help you around the library while I'm gone?" Said the purple dragon while still trying to stay on the speeding mare.

"Don't worry Spike, Owlicious will be helping around the library. It'll be fine, all you have to worry about now is school." Twilight gave Spike a reassuring grin. Spike gave her a smile back.

"You're right Twi.". All of the sudden Spike was sent flying face-first into the ground.

"Oops. Heh, sorry about that Spike." As the dragon got up and dusted himself off, he gave an angry glare towards the purple alicorn princess. To get out of there as quickly as possible, Twilight looked down at her hoof as if it had a watch on it.

"Oh, would you look at the time. Gotta go bye." Twilight said as she started to gallop off in the direction they had just come.

"Have a great first day at school."

Spike turned around and saw the schoolhouse in front of him. "Let's hope so," Spike said to himself as he walked towards the building.

"-so Rarity really made ya wear that dress for eight hours?" Applebloom asked.

"Yeah, and the worst thing is that she wouldn't even let me talk. She said that any noise would make her lose her concentration or something like that." replied an annoyed Sweetie Belle while waving her hooves in the air.

Scootaloo shivered at the thought of wearing a poofy dress like that for that long. "Can we stop talking about this girly stuff for a second so that I can tell you what I did this weekend?"

"Uh, ok Scootaloo what did y'all do?" Applebloom said gesturing to her friend.

Scootaloo gained a very large grin on her face. "You'll never believe it, me and Rainbow Dash-"

Suddenly the classroom door opened revealing the teacher, Ms. Cheerilee. "Alright everypony sit down so that we can get started," she said as she walked to her desk. All the colts and fillies did as they were told and sat down.

Sweetie Belle was the last to her desk and as usual, she heard the words "Blank flank" repeated in singing like a manner. Those were coming from the school bullies Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Ah, when are they gonna quit doing that?" Sweetie Belle thought as she rolled her eyes.

"Alright, class today I have some very exciting news. We have a new student joining us today. Now, without further adieu I would like you all to meet-" Cheerilee said pointing at the door.

The doorknob wobbled a little bit before the door slowly swung open revealing the figure. "-Spike." she finished.

"Spike?" the CMC (Cutie Mark Crusaders) said in perfect unison. The CMC couldn't believe that Spike, of all ponies (or in this case, dragon), would be the new student.

The dragon was wearing a blue hoodie with yellow lines for the pockets, wrists, straps, and the center. He had the hood over his head almost completely hiding his face. The zipper on the hoodie was zipped up, but only to his chest.

He was also carrying a backpack that matched the color scheme on his jacket. He was carrying it with just one strap instead of both of them. The hood was also pushing down the spikes on his head and one was hanging over the top of his right eye. Spike looked up at all of the ponies in the room looking a little nervous.

"Uh, hey." That was all Spike could think of saying at the moment.

"Well, Spike why don't you tell us a little about yourself." Ms. Cheerilee said giving him a reassuring smile.

"Oh, right. Um let's see, well I work at the Ponyville Library, I write and send letters to Princess Celestia, oh and I also like helping my friend Twilight Sparkle." Everypony in the class didn't say anything for a few seconds until Cheerilee cut in.

"Well thank you for that Spike. Why don't you take your seat." Spike looked at her for a second and then just nodded and started walking to his desk in the back of the class.

Along the way over he noticed that the other students were either whispering about him, staring at him, or just not making any eye contact. Once Spike got to his desk he tossed the backpack on the side of it and slowly sat down.

"Alright everypony now let's start class." said an enthusiastic Cheerilee. All of the students cheered after hearing that. Well except for two.

One, of course, was Spike who just looked gloomy. The other was a certain unicorn filly with a white coat and green eyes.

Sweetie Belle's head was turned to see the young dragon in his current state. She couldn't help but think: "What's wrong with Spike? I don't think he has ever acted like this before. I hope he's ok."

The second to last bell rang letting everypony know that it was time for the last recess of the day.

All of the colorful ponies were laughing, playing, and having fun. Some were playing tag, hide and seek, playing on the playground, or just running around in the grass. Every single pony was having fun outside.

All except for Spike. The young purple dragon was just sitting under a tree in the shadows drawing something in his notebook. The other ponies didn't bother asking him if something was wrong, they just kept doing what they were doing. Only one pony was paying attention to him.

"Hey, Sweetie Belle, what're ya doing. Y'all said ya were gonna play with us" said Applebloom in an annoyed tone in her voice.

"Yeah, what gives," Scootaloo added as she walked to Applebloom's side.

Sweetie Belle took her eyes off of Spike and faced her friends. "Oh, um, I was just concerned about Spike that's all." She said sheepishly.

Scootaloo and Applebloom shifted their attention over towards Spike, finally noticing him. "Well now that ya mention it, he doesn't seem to be his normal self."

Scootaloo just waved her hoof. "I'm sure he's fine so let's just leave him alone."

Scootaloo and Applebloom rushed over to the swing set leaving Sweetie Belle behind. She didn't know why, but she doesn't like seeing him this way. She decided to go over to him to see what was wrong.

As she got up off the ground she started walking towards Spike's direction. She started getting closer and closer to him until she was right next to him. Sweetie Belle couldn't think of anything to say except for these simple words. "Um, hi Spike."

Spike turned his head to face the filly in front of him. His hood was still over his head, but she could see his eyes. "Oh, uh, hi Sweetie Belle. What are you doing over here."

Sweetie Belle was starting to get a little nervous. "I-I saw you over here by yourself and, well, I've noticed that you haven't been yourself all day today." She tried her best to keep eye contact, but she couldn't help but look away a few times.

"Well it's just that I don't know what it's like to going to school and having friends. I'm just a little shy when it comes to this kind of stuff."

Sweetie Belle walked a little closer to him and sat down beside Spike. "But we're friends, aren't we?"

Spike's head shot up as he looks at Sweetie Belle. "Wait, we're friends?"

Sweetie grew a warm smile on her face and some confusion in her mind. "Of course we're friends Spike. Why wouldn't we be?"

"Well, it's just that we never really hung out or anything."

"Well, that's probably because I'm usually crusading with Applebloom and Scootaloo." Then suddenly Sweetie got a great idea in her head. "Hey how about you join the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

Spike just stared at her in disbelief. "But I can't get a cutie mark. I'm a dragon, not a pony."

"It doesn't matter if you're a dragon, Spike. Besides we do other stuff that's not cutie mark related." Spike just stared at Sweetie Belle for a few seconds not knowing what to say.

"Sweetie Belle I don't know what to say other than thank you." Spike leaned forward and wrapped his arms around the young filly in a soft hug. Sweetie Belle blushed from this before she returned the hug.

"Uh, heh, no problem Spike."

"DING DONG DING DONG!" The final school bell had just rung, letting the students know it was time to go home.

"Wow that was faster then I thought it would be. Well, I better get home to Twilight. See ya Sweetie Belle." Just before Spike left he was stopped by a hoof on his shoulder. He turned around to see that it was Sweetie Belle.

"Uh, Spike I was wondering if you would like to join me, Applebloom, and Scootaloo at the Sugar Cube Corner on Saturday." As she said this she didn't make any eye contact and shuffling the ground with one of her hooves.

Spike was a little confused by this he agreed to it anyway. "Uh, sure Sweetie sounds like fun."

At that moment Sweetie Belle's mood completely changed from nervous to excited. "Okay Spike see you later." She said as she waved a hoof goodbye.

"See ya." At that, the two started heading for their separate locations.

"Sweetie Belle where were ya?" Asked a worried Applebloom.

"Oh, I was just talking to Spike." The other two fillies couldn't believe their friend right now.

Applebloom and Scootaloo both had the same exact sly smirk on their faces. Applebloom walked up to Sweetie Belle. "Wow Sweetie Belle, he's here for one day and y'all are already putting the moves on him."

Sweetie Belle's cheeks were turning from their normal shade of white to a crimson red. She didn't know what Applebloom was doing at the moment, but she didn't like it at all.

Scootaloo also decided to join and have a little fun too. "So did you ask him out yet or did you two already kiss?"

Sweetie Belle was now blushing to the point where it was covering her entire face. "W-w-what are you guys t-talking about? Spike and I are just friends. I don't like him that way."

The other two fillies fell down to the ground and started laughing hysterically at their friend's reaction. Scootaloo was the first to get up and wrapped her hoof around Sweetie. "Hey, don't worry about. We were only messing with you."

Applebloom was now up and not laughing anymore either. "So what did ya talk about with Spike?"

"Well, I asked him if he wanted to become a Cutie Mark Crusader and he said yes," Sweetie said with a smile.

"All right another member for the Cutie Mark Crusaders. This is gonna be so cool." Applebloom said while rapidly tapping the tips of her hooves to the ground.

"Yeah what other club has a fire breathed dragon as a member? Oh yeah, just ours." Scootaloo said with a very smug look on her face.

Scootaloo and Applebloom both high hoofed and continued on their way to the clubhouse. "Oh, and I also told him that he could come with us to the Sugar Cube Corner on Saturday."

"Good idea Sweetie Belle. That way we can get ta know more about him," said Applebloom.

"Hmm, let's see here if I think really-" Twilight was interrupted by the sound of the library door opening. She turned to see who it was. She was very happy to see that it was her number one assistant Spike.

"Hey, Spike how was your first day of school?" Spike tried to think of how he could sum it up.

"Well I was a little shy at first, but at the end of the day I was feeling better." Twilight raised an eyebrow at the dragon.

"Really? What put you in a good mood?"

"Well, I was sitting next to a tree when Sweetie Belle came up to me and told me that we were friends." After hearing what Spike had just said, the alicorn gave him a face that said: "I told you so."

"See Spike I told you that she was your friend." Spike just rolled his eyes knowing what she really meant.

"I know, I know. I should've believed you in the first place. Anyway, she invited me to come with her to the Sugar Cube Corner this Saturday."

"Well, I'm very happy for you Spike."

Spike gave a very small, but slightly loud yawn. "Well, I'm gonna go take a nap. I am so tired after today."

"Well ok, Spike. I'll wake you when It's time for dinner. Ok?"

"All right Twi you do that." The young dragon-headed to his bed and fell asleep almost immediately. As Twilight went right back to practicing her new spell, she couldn't help herself from giggling. "Spike and Sweetie Belle sitting in a tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G."

Author's Note

Well everyone post your comments down below to tell me what you think so far.