Sweetie Belle followed Spike up a small hill that started getting a little bit bigger the higher they went. After about a cool five minutes they had almost made it to the smooth top of the hill. Sweetie Belle was stopped by a claw blocking her way.

She turned to the purple dragon with curiosity. He turned to her as well knowing what she was thinking. "Close your eyes." The filly was very confused by this. "Why?" She wondered.

"It's a surprise." With that, the filly did as she was told and waited for further instructions. "You can't see anything can you?" Spike said as he was rapidly waving his hand in front of her. Sweetie Belle couldn't help but giggle at the dragon's question. "No." She answered.

"Good. Now just follow me." As he said that he took the Sweetie's hoof in his claw and started walking. This action caused Sweetie Belle to get a pink tint on her face. They walked a few steps until Spike stopped her once more. "Alright, you can open them."

Sweetie Belle was not prepared for what she was about to see. She slowly opened her eyes and stood there with an expression of pure wonder. Before she was a tall and slightly curvy tree with red leaves even though it wasn't Fall. As she scanned the tree from head to hoof she saw that every leaf had amazing curve designs on them.

After a good minute or two, she turned her attention back to the young dragon, now with a look of disbelief. "S-Spike what is this place?" Instead of answering her question Spike just walked towards the tree and laid his back on it looking very relaxed. He turned his head to face that filly. "Hey, Sweetie aren't you gonna come relax?"

Another blush grew on the filly's face as she tried to hide it. "Um, s-sure Spike." Sweetie Belle walked up to Spike and laid down beside him. When she looked over the edge she could see all of Ponyville. She had to admit this was a very breathtaking sight that she probably won't get to see for a while.

"This is where I go sometimes when I'm feeling sad, angry, or if I just want to relax sometimes," Spike said putting both his arms behind his head. He then gestured Sweetie Belle to look up at the tree. "This tree used to be a dying sapling until I found it up here and decided to take care of it."

"Really? But I don't get it. This tree is so big and you haven't been in Ponyville long enough for it to be like this." Sweetie Belle said with a puzzled look on her face. She could hear Spike give a small chuckle under his breath before answering her question.

Spike had a wide grin on his face. "This isn't your ordinary tree Sweetie. This is a very special tree called a Solar Tree. I looked it up at the library and these trees can grow ten times faster than a regular tree. They are also very rare. The book said that only five were ever seen in all of Equestria."

Sweetie Belle was just sitting there surprised about Spikes facts. "Wow that's really cool, but I still don't get why it's called a Solar Tree?"

"Well, it's called that because whenever a specific planet is directly over it, it changes." Sweetie Belle seemed to be confused but tried her best to understand what Spike had just told her.

"Wait. What do you mean by change?"

Spike tap is chin for a few seconds, obviously trying to think of how he can explain it. "Well for example when the sun is over it the color leaves change to yellow and sometimes it grows a fruit that you can only get from this tree. I think it was called a Shine."

Sweetie Belle was simply astonished by the powers this tree has. "Wow, that sounds beautiful. Hmm, I wonder what happens to it when the moon is over it?"

"Well I haven't finished the chapter about that in the book, but what I do know is that the leaves turn a dark blueish-purple. The thing that I was surprised the most about is that the leaves bloom open into one of the most beautiful flowers the author has ever seen."

Sweetie Belle was also surprised by hearing that and couldn't believe it. "I never heard of something blooming in the night."

Spike turned his head to Sweetie Belle and She did the same thing as well. "Well, maybe the world felt like it was time for the night to shine like the sun."

Sweetie Belle started to blush intensely by the dragon's words and she quickly turned around before he could notice.

"*sigh*, I only wish that the world could let me shine too. Looks like that won't be happening for who knows how long."

Sweetie Belle was once again surprised by Spike's words as she turned back to him. "What are you talking about Spike?"

"I'm talking about how I can't shine bright enough to get a single special somepony in my life."

Shocked, the filly stopped relaxing and look straight at the dragon. "What are you talking about Spike? You have that crush on Rarity don't you?"

"I did, but that was before I found out that she had a crush on that fancy stylish pony Trenderhoof. That got me thinking if that's the type of pony she wants to be with then I'm not gonna change myself just to get her affection."

"Wait he doesn't have a crush on Rarity anymore. Yes, that means I have a better chance of getting Spike to like like me." Sweetie Belle thought to herself.

"You know Sweetie Belle, I don't think I'm ever going to get anypony to like me. I mean what was I thinking? No pony would want to date me. All because I'm a monster." A few tears started to swell up in his eyes.

"Don't say that Spike. I don't think you're a monster. Your sweet and kind and funny and-" Sweetie Belle tried to snap herself out of it before she trailed off. "-What I'm trying to say is that anypony out there would want somepony like you. I think more ponies should be like you." Sweetie Belle started to blush after hearing herself, but Spike didn't notice.

"You really think so Sweetie Belle?"

Even though she was extremely nervous at the moment, Sweetie Belle put one of her hoofs around Spike. "I know so. Everything I said was true Spike."

The dragon frown slowly turned into to a small smile as he hugged the filly making her blush intensely. "Thanks, Sweetie Belle. That means so much to me."

Sweetie Belle returned the hug as she treasured every second of this embrace with the dragon. "No problem Spike. What are friends for?"

As they both left the embrace they saw that the sun was setting so they decided that it was time to head back home. Spike helped Sweetie Belle get down the mountain because it was to dark for her to see anything. "What a gentleman." She thought to herself.

After a few minutes, they both finally got to the bottom of the mountain. "Thanks for helping me, Spike. I think I can get back home by myself."

Spike smiled to her as he looked at her direction. "Well okay. See you tomorrow Sweetie Belle."

Sweetie Belle was shuffling the ground thinking about what she should do. Before Spike turned around Sweetie Belle quickly ran towards him and gave him a hug. Before the dragon could react the filly quickly ran away, leaving the dragon speechless.

Sweetie Belle entered The Carousel Boutique and headed off to bed. Luckily for her Rarity was too busy sleeping in the middle of her work. As Sweetie slowly closed her bedroom door she jumped on the bed and started cheering for joy.

"Yes Yes Yes! Spike is over Rarity!" She plopped right onto the middle of her bed and started hugging her pillow. "Now that Spike doesn't have a crush on Rarity anymore I can finally get him to like me instead."

As she started to calm down she turned off the lights and was ready to fall asleep. Suddenly she popped up from under the covers and dug for something underneath her pillows. She pulled out a picture and hugged it tightly to her chest. After that, she placed it back under her pillows and went back to sleep. In her sleep, she whispered a single word in her sleep. "Someday."

Author's Note

If any of you were wondering about this the episode "Inspiration Manifestation" has not happened.