Author's Note

Hi all! I'm back for another update to this lovely story of mine!

Ok, first of all, I am so, so sorry for the late update. Life kind of hit me hard a while after exams ended, but I should be fine.

I don't have much else to say. So with that, I bid all of thee farewell for now!

More chapters to come!

"Oh no..."

Once Spike returned with the drinks, he quickly distributed them to their respective owners, placing the metal tray on the nearby table before grabbing his and sitting next to Barb in their little circle. "So...What were you girls talking about a while ago?" Spike asked, sipping on his orange juice. The girls merely looked at each other with a slight blush on their faces as they coughed awkwardly.

"Oh nothing much! Just introducing ourselves and Pinkie just being Pinkie" Twilight merely replied after she had composed herself, causing Spike's eyes to bulge.

"She scared her, didn't she?" he asked, earning a sigh as a reply, indicating that he was correct. "Oh well"

Just as he was about to take another sip at his drink, Barb stopped him with a question. "Umm...If it's too much to ask but, can you tell me more about yourself? Since your sister and friends already did so" she said, hiding her face just slightly with her hair. This is turn earned her a couple of giggles and a look from Dash and Pinkie, causing her to blush slightly. Spike looked at the girls with a weird look before sighing and reminding himself that they were probably acting like normal girls would, shrugging a little.

"Well...Sure I guess" Spike replied.

After that, Spike then took one more sip from his drink before placing it gently down on the metal plate, returning back to his place around the group. However, just as he was about to start, he burped out a large cone of green flames, causing Barb to help out in surprise, proceeding to hide behind Fluttershy. A little while after, the flames died out, causing a white scroll to appear and drop down onto Spike's lap.

"Whoops. I suppose that story would wait for now" he sheepishly said, grabbing the scroll.

Silence ensued for a moment as Spike began to undo the ribbon that was tied to keep the thing closed. Twilight then inched closer towards Barb as she began to explain what happened. "You see, Spike has dragon blood in him. And what you just saw was one of the many things he can do, which allows him to breath magic induced flames, which the color is different for those with dragon blood. Since you are sort of a replica, you too can do that, although you would probably need some work on that"

"Anyways, it allows him to send scrolls back and forth to one of Equestria's Princesses, Princess Celestia, which he call her 'mom', even though he really isn't her son". She chuckled a little. "Anyways, it's unpredictable of when he would burp out flames and like normal flames, he can also burn things with things. Although, he rarely does that and during the times he did was all on accident" Twilight educated Barb, causing her to hum in thought.

However, at that time, Spike dropped the scroll , causing everyone to stare at him for a moment. "Oh no...." He muttered, his eyes dilated and was visibly shaking a little, with small beads of sweat running down his face.

"What's the matter, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked, voicing out the concern of all the females in the room.

Spike coughed a little before he composed himself. "Oh nothing much. Other than the fact that MOM AND AUNT LUNA ARE COMING HERE IN TWO HOURS!!" Spike shouted, causing everyone's eyes to dilate as Twilight stood up in shock.

"THE PRINCESSES ARE COMING?!" She demanded, causing Spike to nod dumbly. "Oh no! We haven't even cleaned up the entire place! Oh what would she say?!" She paced back and forth around the room.

"Why are you worried?! I'm more worried that Mom is coming!! The last time she visited was a couple of years ago!! Why now all of a sudden?!" Spike questioned, which Twilight thought was directed towards her.

"Why are you asking me?!! I have no clue!! Oh dear! And even Princess Luna is coming!"

Everyone else in the room merely stayed quiet as they watched the two siblings continue to bicker among each other. Rarity decided to whisper to Barb to try and answer some of her unannounced questions. "They bicker like this quite a lot, darling. Trust me, I have a sister that I bicker with a lot as well"

"Question!" Pinkie announced, causing the two siblings to look at her in confusion and slight annoyance.

"WHAT?!" They both announced simultaneously, causing Pinkie to lower her arm, seemingly unfazed by their rather loud outburst.

"If the Princess are coming, can we help along?" Pinkie asked, cocking her head to the side with a finger on her lips, somehow managing to conjure a question mark on top of her head, which was surrounded by a white bubble.

Everyone merely looked at Pinkie in a mix of awe and fear. Pinkie merely looked up before rummaging through her bubbly pink hair and pulled out a safety pin. She then jabbed her hand towards the bubble, causing it to pop loudly and disappear entirely, which caused her to giggle afterwards.

".......Anyways.....That's a good idea. If we work together, we can make the place clean in no time!" Rainbow Dash announced, hovering above the floor with the help of her wings, striking a pose as if she were 'Wonder Mare'.

".....I suppose" Twilight started. "The rest of you girls have any problems with that?" She asked, earning a variety of "No"s. "Well then, we should probably start now. The Princess are probably on their way right now".

And with that, the group stood up and made their way downstairs first, where they would run down the plan of who was to do what. Barb hesitantly joined them, only to be insisted from the girls with reasons ranging from allowing her to see more of the treehouse to allowing her to get to know Spike more, which caused her to blush a little.

Just as they left, Spike placed down the letter on top of the metal tray before making his way down. The letter was open with the words reading;

"Dear Spike,

I hope you are doing well as of late. I am very sorry that over the past years I have not been able to visit you and Twilight. You know as to why. Just to keep this letter short, Me and your Aunt Luna would be coming over in about two hours tops. Consider it an apology for all the work and not enough time to spend with you.

From,
Your loving mother.
P.S I brought along those favorite cookies of yours. Take care my little Spikey"