It was quiet in Ponyville's Golden Oaks Library. Spike the Dragon was reading a comic book with utter fascination. "Go Power Ponies!! You can beat the Mane-iac." Spike cheered as he read the comic. He was by himself for the night, since Twilight had been called to Canterlot by Princess Celestia to do some research on some ancient artifact. But he was ok with that. He just had to do everything on the list she had left him, and then he was free to do whatever he wanted. He had finished the chores on the list 4 hours earlier, and had grabbed some gems to eat for dinner as he read his comic books. The gems had been eaten quickly, and Spike was just finishing up his last Power Ponies comic when....

*Knock knock knock!*

"Aaaahhh!" Spike yelled, having been startled. "What the heck was that sound??!"

*Knock knock knock!*

He quickly turned to where the knocking was coming from. It was coming from the door!! "Who could it be?" He wondered.

*Knock knock knock!*

"I'll be right there. Just wait a second," said Spike with a huff as he set the comic down. He got up, and ran to the door, not wanting to make the pony knocking have to wait any longer. "Sorry for taking so long." Spike said as he opened the door, too caught up apologizing to see who was there. "What can I do forrrr......" Spike's voice trailed off as he noticed that no pony was there. "What the hay?" Spike said with confusion. "I know somepony knocked, so where are they?" Spike quickly stepped outside, and looked around. But he saw no pony around. Sighing, he turned to go back inside, when he noticed a note on the door. Surprised, he carefully pulled the note from the door.....

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Spike's eyes widened at this. A secret admirer!! He had heard about secret admirers from Rarity, who always got tons of letters from secret admirers, but he never thought that he had one himself.

'I wonder who wrote this?' Spike asked himself as he went back inside, note in hand. 'I know Rarity didn't write it. She's not the type of pony to do something like this. But who did write this?' As he continued to mull over who had written the note, he shut the door and went back to his chair. He sat down, and closely inspected the note.

'Hmmmm. Well, it can't be one of the girls. They don't look at me like that at all, and they wouldn't use red ink.' Spike thought as he continued to examine the note. 'No ink smears. Whoever wrote this took their time, so i don't really think this is prank.' Spike leaned back, pondering about the writer of the note. Who could it be from, and how do they know him? "Well, whoever it is obviously likes me, and has probably been following me, which is a little creepy, but they are probably too nervous to meet me face to face," Spike said as he sat back up in his chair. "Well, I'm going to find out who this is, and nothings going to stop me!!" He declared, standing up as he did so.

Suddenly, the lights went out, startling Spike. "Bwaaah!! The lights!!" Spike took a deep breath to calm down, and slowly let it out. 'It's ok Spike. You're a dragon. There's no need to be scared of the dark.' The sound of papers moving greeted Spike's sharp hearing. "Who's there?" He said. The sound stopped. The lights came back on, surprising him again, but he quickly calmed down."Ok. That happened," Spike said, looking around the room. "Huh. Everything's the same." With that Spike turned back to the note to study it some more, when he gasped....

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The note had been switched!! Spike stared at the note with wide eyes. 'When the heck was the note switched!!' He practically yelled in his head. 'Could it have been when the lights went out? Yeah, that must be when it happened.' He concluded. 'But that means that.....' His thought trailed off as he realized that it meant that somepony had come inside the library and had used magic to switch the note. Spike quickly ran around the room, looking in every nook and cranny for any evidence of the mystery pony. But he found none. "I know I checked everywhere, but no sign of the mystery pony." Spike said, scratching his head. "So, who in Equestria moved the note?" He thought for a few minutes, and shrugged. "Maybe the answer will come to me in the morning after a good nights sleep," Spike said. With that, he turned the lights off, and went to bed.

When Spike left for bed, a tall, slender figure stepped out of the shadows. The figure looked in Spike's direction, and sighed softly. 'The answer will come tomorrow for you, my dear,' The figure thought as it stared at Spike's bedroom. 'It will come.' With that, the figure grabbed the note, looked once more in Spike's direction, and sank back into the shadows.

Author's Note

This is my first story with SlenderMane. I hope I did okay for the beginning. Enjoy the rest of the story as it comes out.

Spike is 18 years old and is about half as tall as Celestia, with a semi-muscular build.