Hope entered a room that had a nurse talking to Princess Twilight Sparkle, obviously trying to get her to eat something. Twilight was just sitting there, staring at her number one assistant and best friend, Spike, as he lay on a medical bed in his teenage form.
Twilight glanced up at Hope, tears in her eyes, wishing that there was something she could do… no that wasn’t it… she was hoping there was something she could do. Hope tapped on the nurse’s shoulder and indicated her to leave. She nodded and left the two princesses alone with the dragon.

“Please… tell me he’s going to be alright…” Twilight sobbed softly.

Spike looked almost as bad as Hope did. “Why don’t you start talking to him. He can hear you. If you talk to him long enough, he might remember that its rude to let friends worry so much about him.” Hope’s soft smile did what it had been doing for hundreds of years, giving hope to ponies that their loved ones would be alright.

Twilight tried to hold back her sobs and looked once more to Spike as Hope used her medical knowledge to heal the teenage dragon. Twilight kept talking to him for what felt like hours, hoping he would respond, praying for some form of movement. They had gone to save him, but in the end, he had gotten hurt protecting them. After what was really an hour, Hope had finished applying new bandages to the young dragon and Twilight was down to her last question; “…Spike what would I do without you?” Twilight broke down sobbing with her hooves on her head as she lay her head on the side of the bed.

“… you’d… need help… getting everything… organized…heh…” Twilight’s head shot up, tears still streaming down her face. She looked at the teenage sized dragon in front of her. He looked her in the eyes, smirking while in a bit of pain. “How ya feeling, Twilight?”

“Spike? Oh Spike, you’re okay!” Twilight wrapped her hooves and wings around the dragon while Hope watched smiling.

“Just a little big, but everything else is fixable. Is everyone okay?” He asked as he patted his oldest friend’s back, to reassure her he was fine.

“They’ll be fine when they wake up, Spike. I’d say you were grounded if you hadn’t spent the last two weeks in bed.” Hope smiled to the dragon who smirked ruefully at her. “Now, I have a question for you both… would you like to be returned to your normal size Spike? Or are you happy like this?”
Twilight was surprised at such a question. She didn’t think it was possible to make him shrink back to normal since this hadn’t been brought on by greed.

Spike knew Twilight would prefer him smaller, and frankly, so would he, at least for now. “What do I have to do?”
Hope closed her eyes, using her ability to look through all the spells that had ever been cast in history. “This is an easy one. Spike, just concentrate on how to use the extra power you gained from trying to absorb mine. Choose wisely on how you use your spells though, I know what you did last time. Time is not to be messed with, nor is age.” Hope smirked as Spike realized what spell she was talking about.

Spike smirked and nodded. He closed his eyes and willed himself to shrink. His started to glow golden again, but not as brightly as before. He then concentrated on his friend’s health. Twilight was surprised to find all her bruises disappeared. She looked to Hope who was also losing her scars and bruises. When Spike was done, he was back to being the little baby dragon that everyone knew and loved. Twilight held him tightly in her hooves as though she was his over protective big sister.

“Oh Spike, you’re okay! I was so worried about you!”

“Twilight, you’re squishing me!” Spike grimaced but at the same time, he was relieved. He had been worried about her too.

“Oh, sorry Spike.” Twilight blushed as she set the baby dragon back down. He no longer seemed to need any medical attention, as he was fine.
Spike smiled. His family and friends were alright now, and for once, he felt like he had been helpful in a situation.

Author's Note

Sorry this is a bit of a rush, but I'm feeling like no one's really caring, so I'm just going to post my last three chapters tonight. Hope those who do read this like it anyway.