Day 1 of the 12 Days of Feather Bangs

Ever since Spike has moved to Ponyville, he's had a not-so-secret crush on its most fabulous resident, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tries, she never seems to return his feelings. However, after seeing her fall in love with stallion after stallion who shows no interest in her whatsoever, he finally decides that not only is Rarity not worth pursuing romantically, but maybe she isn't even worth having as a friend anymore.

After that, the map decides that this friendship problem is significant enough to call for somepony's help. The only question now is, "Is he really qualified?"