Sunset smiled as she trotted through town, it was Spike’s birthday today and she had planned something special for him. When he wasn’t visiting Rarity he was helping around the house, Sunset walked over to a small patch of ground and dug up a glowing fire ruby.

She wiped it off with a girn before waking back through the town, she waved at the crusaders who were riding their scooter. Apple Bloom called out with a smile “Good morning, Miss Shimmer. Ah’m eternally grateful for your help fixing mah potion related problem.”

Sunset smiled “Don’t worry about it Apple Bloom, just don’t go messing with potions without somepony experienced like Zecora there to help.”

Apple Bloom smiled “Ah promise.”

Scootaloo grinned “Now let’s get this show on the road.”

Sunset laughed as the cart pulled by Scootaloo took off into the distance as Sweetie screamed "Slow down!”

Sunset walked back home, she waved at Bon Bon and Lyra who waved back with smiles on their faces. She walked home and opened the door to see a pitch black room, she lets off a small dim glow of light from her horn and entered the room. She quietly wraps the present and then waits dimming her horn.

She smiled as she heard Spike’s voice “Why are the…”

Everypony in the room jumped up with Pinkie Pie leading the charge as they shouted “Happy Birthday Spike!”

Two cakes were on the table one covered in gemstones and one without them, there was several tables covered in snacks. Sunset smiled “Spike, I have got something special for you” she then looked over to a large table covered in gifts “I believe you will be getting your own room soon.”

Spike eyes lit yup “Really.”

Sunset smiled “Here’s a fire ruby I have been growing. I hope you enjoy it.”

Spike grinned as he held onto the ruby, Pinkie bounced over and grabbed him “There are more presents to open! Then we can really get to partying!”

Sunset giggled as Spike was dragged to the presents table, the first one he opened was from Cloud Kicker. Cloud grinned “This is a lotion for dragons, helps deal with scale itch.”

Spike grinned “That really is helpful, I hate scale itch. It lasts for a month and makes it really hard to sleep, Sunset had to cast a sleeping spell on me so I could get any sleep.”

Sunset shook her head as Spike got countless gifts from everypony, Sunset beckoned for Cloud Kicker to join her. Sunset frowned “I need to have to give Spike his own room. Dragons grow in response to the size of their hoard and can quickly lose control. I need to speak to him about this.”

Cloud Kicker frowned “We’ll change the guest room into his room.”

Sunset nodded “How about you go and get it set up while I distract him. He will notice my absence more than yours.”

Cloud nodded as she left the room, Sunset smiled as she joined the party. Pinkie bounced over “Why did Cloud leave?”

Sunset frowned “I will need to talk with Spike after the party, there is something he needs to know about what being a dragon entails.”

Pinkie nodded speaking in an unusually serious tone “I understand, coming to term with one’s identity is difficult. I have had a few issues over the years dealing with my own identity, maybe one day I will tell you about my past.”

Sunset was no fool, she raised an eyebrow “You have always seem odd to me Pinkie but I have shrugged it off. Still I would be glad to learn more about you one day.”

Pinkie nodded with a warm smile, her face then returned to it’s usual carefree state as she bounced back into the party. Sunset followed her joining in the festivities, as the moon started to see the party finally begun to die down.

Spike was grinning at all the gifts he had received, Sunset smiled “There is something I need to discuss with you. It is a good thing and will help you soon, I’ll show you something important.”

Spike smiled “What do you want to show me?”

Sunset beckoned him to the guest room, he entered with her only to see Cloud moving a green bed with a purple mattress into place. Sunset smiled “This is your room.” She then took a deep breath “I have to tell you something important, you see dragons have mighty hoards. The bigger the hoard the larger they grow, now when a dragon is younger they tend to lose control of their urges. Consider this room a place to store your hoard, a simple way to mitigate the urge to collect more goods is to spend a lot of time caring for your hoard. It eases your mind.”

Spike panicked “What else can I do? I don’t want to lose control of myself!”

Sunset hugged him “Put something truly meaningful in your hoard, many dragons keep a scale of their mother or a piece of their eggshell. It must be something you treasure above all else.”

Spike hugged her back and then dislodged himself from her grip ran off for a second then ran back carrying a picture frame of Sunset, Cloud and himself. He placed it on one of the small tables next to the bed. He smiled as he ran over giving “Thank you mum.”

Sunset calmly returned the hug “Your welcome my son.” The two held that embrace for an hour before being reminded that they needed to sleep, as Spike took comfort on his new bed resting under the blanket his body began to grow and shift.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.