A few minutes after Spike left the room, Rainbow Dash finally spoke up. "Ha, I told you. I KNEW there was no way that dragon had anything else to do."

"Honestly Rainbow, is that all you care about?" Rarity asked the rainbow pegasus angrily.

Rainbow Dash couldn't help but feel offended. "Uhh yeah. I TOLD YOU, all this would be pointless but nopony wanted to listen to me."

"Nopony cares about that Dashie. What we should care about is how I don't have any clue on what kind of party to make now! What am I gonna do?!" Pinkie Pie whined loudly.

Twilight looked at the brash pegasus in thought. "Actually Rainbow, I think there is something going on. Spike did a few things during that conversation which seemed... off.

"Ah agree with Twi on this. When ah asked Spike mah question he was only telling half-truths. He wasn't telling us the full story" Applejack said with heavy suspicion in her tone of voice.

"No way! You've gotta be imagining this. What makes you both so confident that something's going on?" Rainbow asked the duo in irritation.

Applejack couldn't believe she needed to tell the rainbow mare her reasoning. Did Rainbow seriously not remember who she was questioning? "Well fer one, I'm the element of honesty. I was able to tell he was only saying half truths because it's mah element. Secondly, he never answered mah question with a 'yes' or 'no'. He answered mah question with questions."

Twilight quickly decided to share her reasons before the colorful pegasus could form a rebuttal. "I've also been living with Spike practically my whole life. Whenever Spike is feeling a certain way he'd never normally admit to it like he had. Instead, Spike would've kept the fact that he was stressed to himself, mainly so he wouldn't worry me.

Rainbow Dash faltered at the sudden evidence being shared. If both the element of honesty and Twilight were this certain that Spike was acting strange then maybe it was true. "Alright.... let's just say your both right and something was going on with Spike, how would we be able to find out what was going on?"

Twilight answered Rainbow Dash enthusiastically with a bright smile on her face. "Simple. We observe his behavior and see if he leads us to what it's tied to. My brother taught me a spell used by the royal guard which allows ponies to see and hear a conversation from behind a wall for a limited time.. It's mainly used when the guard is watching a suspect getting interrogated but the guards don't want to be seen. Spike is in his room as we speak. All I have to do cast the spell on his door and then we'll watch and wait. Not only could we find out what Spike is hiding but I'll finally be able to test this spell in action!."

"Uh wouldn't it be kinda, umm rude to spy on Spike" Fluttershy asked shyly and nervously.

"I must agree with Fluttershy darling. If we did that then we'd be completely breaching Spikey's privacy. As a proper lady, it would be absolutely inappropriate and impolite to snoop. Rarity stated with her muzzle pointed upward in the air like a sophisticated mare."

Twilight considered how to handle the situation currently presented to her. "Well we'll take a vote. Those who want to follow my plan, raise a hoof in the air. Those who think we should make a different plan, keep your hooves down. Agreed?"

All the girls decided this was a fair request and all readily accepted. By the end of the vote four ponies decided to go along with Twilight's plan and two refused.

Twilight spoke, her voice filled with confidence and determination while taking her normal role as "leader" of the group. "It looks like we're going with my plan. Everypony follow me"

***

Spike entered his room and opened up his stash pulling out gems to snack on. After what he just went through, he felt he deserved a reward.

Spike practically swollowed gems whole, both from hunger and stress. He couldn't help but feel anxious and scared. Did they believe him? Did they suspect him? Is the questioning finally over? Spike didn't know the answer to any of these questions and that terrified him. "If only somepony made gem flavored milk. That'd be awesome right about now" Spike quietly mumbled to himself in disappointment.

Spike then closed up his stash and lied on his bed. "That... That was really hard, pretty mentally exhausting too. I swear, Applejack seemed like she was staring through my soul! I was lucky nopony called me out for lying but I may not be as lucky if there's a next time" Spike thought to himself, fearfully inhaling and exhaling as if he were short of breath.

Moments passed as Spike began to calm himself down. He needed to focus. "No... This is perfect. There's no way the girls will be able to figure anything out. I'm multiple steps ahead of them. This is nothing more than a game of cat and mouse that they have no idea they're even playing." Nothing more then a simple contest between the girls and myself. Even so, I can't get to cocky, otherwise I may as well just tell them my secret."

Spike simply lied there in silence with a smirk on his face, basking in the knowledge that his chances of being caught were practically zero. Something felt off though, His reptilian brain could feel it. Call it paranoia but it seemed quiet. Too quiet... That was odd considering the girls just got here.

Usually Spike heard laughter and loud boasting from Rainbow Dash or screaming from Pinkie Pie. Even when it was just Twilight around, she'd yell for his assistance or start tearing and tossing books around loudly and wildly. He even heard talking while he was stuffing his face not long ago. While he couldn't hear what was being said, he was still able to hear the noise from the conversation. Yet here he was, listening to absolutely nothing.

Spike started to feel uncomfortable. What were possible reasons for the sudden silence in a house filled with excitable mares minus one shy yellow pegasus? Spreading gossip? No. Did they leave without telling him for some reason? Not possible. Twilight would've told him about any sudden disappearances on her part. What else?

Something clicked in Spike's mind causing him to inwardly panic. "There watching me! There's no other explanation for the silence, they must be watching me somehow! But... How?!"

Spike made up his mind. He knew he was being watched, he'd bet his gems on it. He couldn't just lay there in his bed doing nothing and he doubted he'd get away with pretending to sleep. Even if he could somehow get away with something so cliché, how long would they watch him for? He could leave the room but they'd most likely watch him till they found out something.

Spike fought down a blush as he knew he had no other options but to use his embarrassing backup plan. He made this plan about a month ago, though he never thought he'd have to use it. However, if they wanted to find something out about him this badly then he'd give them something. In fact, he'd give em a show.

***

The six mares were currently crowding the entrance to Spike's room, each watching him intently thanks to Twilight's spell. Even Rarity quickly dropped her complaints about this being unladylike, as she wanted to know what was going on too. The only problem was that the spell only seemed to work on the door to Spike's room so each pony was trying desperately to smush their faces together so they could all see. Quietly whispering to each other to share what they could see. It was working about as well as expected.

"Ugh, what's going on, I can't see much" Rainbow Dash said annoyed.

Rarity being the closest even though she was against the idea had the best view and narrated what couldn't be seen. "It looks like he's just laying in bed." She then quickly added what she saw next. "Oh wait, wait. He's getting up and doing something."

Twilight being the one who wanted to know what was going on more then anypony else attempted to get the answers she wanted. "Well, what's he doing then?"

"It looks like he's reaching under his mattress for something, I can't see what it is yet though" Rarity said calmly.

Pinkie Pie decided to share her opinion on the matter. "ooo, ooo, I keep party supplies under my mattress. I wonder what he's got?"

"Big deal. It's probably just a comic or something." Rainbow Dash adds, unimpressed.

"Wait, he pulled it out. It's a magazine of some sort. Oh I can see it, it's–" Rarity suddenly cut herself off, completely red in the face, jaw dropped, and eyes wide.

"What. What do you see?" Twilight asked, turning frantic at the current look on Rarity's face.

After about five seconds of Rarity gaping like a fish she was finally able to force some words out in a screaming whisper. "My word. How could innocent little Spikey-Wikey have something like that?!"

Applejack, like the other ponies, were getting anxious and wanted answers. Surly what Spike had wasn't that bad, right? "Calm down Rares. Tell us what's going on?

"I... I can't. It's to dreadful for words. It's unspeakable. It's vulgar. It's-" Rarity was cut off as she was pulled away from the door by somepony behind her. Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash finally got annoyed enough to intervene. "Oh for Celestia's sake it's a–" Her annoyed look suddenly turned into a gigantic smile as she pressed her hooves to her mouth to avoid laughing out loud. "PFFFT.... An issue of 'Marvolous Mares'. Hahaha oh man, It looks like I was wrong. Spike really does have a crazy secret. He's looking at a pornographic magazine!"

"What?!" The other four ponies whisper screamed in shock at what they just heard as they each practically pressed their eyeballs against the door, only to confirm what the rainbow maned pegasus just told them.

There Spike was, laying on his stomach with his book open to a page with a mare in a very revealing pose, smiling seductively on the page.

Everypony besides Rainbow Dash each ended up like Rarity. Eyes wide, face red, and jaw dropped. The only pony who had a different reaction was Fluttershy, who after seeing the mare in the book, went red in the face and fainted.

As Spike continued looking through the magazine, so did the girls as they all got quite hot and bothered.

Spike then spoke out loud while seen face clawing. "Ugh, I swear the covers of these magazines get me every time. All of these types of pictures have been done ladies, try something a bit more interesting.

While Rainbow Dash was busy desperately trying not to burst out laughing at the scene in front of her while watching Spike shamelessly, Twilight had a red face was trying to hold herself back from bursting into the room and incinerating the magazine, Applejack placed her hat over her face to cover it, Pinkie Pie who also had a red face somehow stuffed both front hooves in her muzzle, and Rarity pulled out her fainting couch from somewhere and placed Fluttershy on the couch with her, both currently in dreamland.

Finally Twilight had enough. She couldn't watch her number 1 assistant anymore. She used a teleportation spell on the group and brought all the girls to the map room with a goal to retreat before somepony's eyeballs melted along with a single thought pounding against the inside of her skull. WHAT THE BUCK DID WE JUST WITNESS?!"

Author's Note

Warning: long authors note ahead! Read at your own risk!

Hello everyone!
Surprised? Confused? Upset? Don't worry, I'm about to explain.
Spike has no interest in pornography of any kind. This was just a stunt he pulled to make the girls think what they saw was what he was hiding.
I know what some of you might be thinking: (insert annoying whiney moan here) But Jordan, the last story you wrote, I remember you mentioning how Spike was just a naive child who didn't understand fetishes, stimulation, or sex, so why make Spike read a pornographic magazine?
Simple. It's basically been months since Spike learned about being a "Forever Foal" and he's had the book he got the information from this whole time. Don't you think it could be possible that Spike had done some research and possibly lost some of his childlike innocence while doing so? I also wanted to show off how devious Spike can be while using a pornographic magazine to symbolize how far Spike would be willing to go and how much of his innocence he'd be willing to sacrifice to keep his secret.
Next thought you might have could be: (insert nerd rage here) why would the girls be getting "hot and bothered" from a pornographic magazine involving other mares. Your obviously dumb if you didn't remember that Rarity is always out looking for her Prince Charming and Twilight had a crush on Flash Sentry. Did you even do your research you moron?
The answer is: Yes. Yes I did. However, there are far more mares then stallions in Equestria (at least that's what lots of other writers state in their fan fictions) as well as Ponyville. That said, ponies, mainly mares are bisexual. Gender is irrelevant to them.
Last thing you might think is: (insert hater speech here) That's stupid, you're stupid, and I'm gonna leave a dislike cuz I disagree with you and I wanna be a troll and piss you off. My answer: That's fine I get it. Some of you may not agree with me and I know I can't please everyone. If you aren't happy then I'm sorry. Go ahead and let me know. I won't be upset over your dislike of my story/chapter.
If you have ANY comments, opinions, thoughts, questions, or tips then let me know. If you would've written the chapter a slightly different way or the story as a whole in a different way then let me know.
Sorry for the long authors note but I felt like it was appropriate.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
~Sincerely Jordan Olson