Special Talents Aren't Just for Ponies

Spike had drifted off to a half asleep state, his eyes had barely closed when he felt something on top of his head.

"Hoo"

"Huh?" Questioned spike when his eyes rolled up, he spied an owl perched on his head. "Oh hello Owlowicious." He commented.

The owl hooted again and Spike lowered his comic book from in front of his eyes to see a gorgeous white coated and purple maned unicorn staring bright eyed at him.

"Oh that is simply adorable, you and Owlowlicious get along so well now." Rarity spoke, her beautiful baby blue eyes gazing square at spike.

"Raaarity~" Spike drew off. "What are you doing here?" He questioned as he tried to distract himself from her glorious visage.

"Oh, I was simply here to pick up Sweetie Bell, but it seems she wants to play with her friends just a little longer. No matter I also wanted to give you something."

Rarity used her magic to levitate what seemed to be a comic book from her bag.

"I saw this comic book for sale and it's one of the ones that I used to enjoy as a filly. It's not quite one of those 'super hero' stories that you normally read but I am sure you will enjoy it all the same." She smiled gently as she offered the comic book over to her scaled friend.

"The Adventures of Rin Rin, this is the one she travels to space and meets Nightmare Moon. It's a little frightening but you're a brave dragon."

Given the illustrations on the book, it was clearly written during a period where 'The Mare in the Moon' was merely a legend. Spike was in awe of such a thoughtful gift.

"Wow thank you Rarity, I didn't know you used to read comic books." Spike said with his eyes wide with enthusiasm.

"Let this be our little secret Spikey Wikey, I was a filly too once. I won't bother you much longer I am sure you are excited to read it!" Rarity flicked her mane and added. "I need to speak to Twilight anyway, Good bye Spike, Good Bye Owlowlicious."

"You could never bother me Rarity~." The baby dragon had a rather goofy expression on his face but Rarity seemed to fortunately missed it.

Spike looked down at the book and opened it, the illustrations were very different to the super hero comics that he knew but part of it inspired him somewhere deep inside. As Owlowlicious hopped off his head Spike sank down in his seat and drifted into the imaginary world of 'Rin Rin'.

An hour had passed and Spike had finally reached the last page of the comic. 'Rin Rin had eluded the terrifying Nightmare Moon and commandeered the rocket back to Equestria with Nightmare Moon trying to chase her. The mare detective escaped the lunar surface just in time and escaped the corrupted Princess's grasp... For now.' Spike was amazed, he didn't know there was so many different kinds of comics out there and he reminded himself to thank Rarity again when he next saw her.

"Hey Spike!" Shouted Scootaloo suddenly.

"Huh what?" Spike jumped into the air slightly from shock, closing his comic book protectively of his new gift.

"Do dragons get cutiemarks?" The question seemed out of the blue to him, it wasn't something he had ever  thought about.

"I don't think so." Spike replied as he set the 'Rin Rin book back down on the table beside him.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell approached the two, seemingly not far behind the orange filly.

"Told Ya!" Interjected Apple Bloom. "It's just ponies."

"Fiiine." Scootaloo responded, temporarily ignoring the baby dragon she was speaking with.

Sweetie Belle approached Spike and stuck her hooves up on the chair arm and looked at him curiously. After titling her head to the side, she decided to ask a question that was on her mind.

"Do you have a special talent?"

The words rang in Spike's mind for a good long while. He had never thought about it as no pony had ever asked him the question.

"I don't know." He replied honestly.

The three fillies huddled up together and started whispering to each other, Spike watched them as he was interested in finding out what the ponies were speaking about.

"Spike!" Announced Scootaloo. "The Cutiemark Crusaders are going to help you find your special talent!"