When Spike woke up from his sleep, he was met with the face of Twilight. "Ok, I'm not sure where this is going, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not in the mood right now." Said Spike as he tried to pull the covers over his head.

Twilight used her magic to keep the sheets down as she placed down a cup of coffee on the nightstand. "Talk or I'll take drastic measures."

Spike sighed as he released his covers. "What could you even do?"

Twilight smirked. "Spike, I love you like a brother, and I'm not an idiot, so don't think of me as one. I know about the Playcolts that you have taped under your drawers, I know about the fake wall that you carved out to store some late night gems, hell I know about your secrets marefriend, so why are you trying to avoid it?"

"Wait, hold on, marefriend? I don't have a marefriend." It was true, he really didn't, but now he needed to move his gem stash and his magazines.

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Really, then why were you out so late last night?"

Spike sighed as he looked at Twilight. "I told you, I was in the park and..." But before Spike could finish his lips were pinched by Twilight's magic.

"Spike, I'll respect your privacy and not delve any deeper, but I was really worried last night, so please no more lies after this one. If you love me, then you'll be straight forward with me." Said Twilight, she was worried last night, and hearing Spike lie to her was not helping.

Spike sighed, he really didn't want this to happen to their relationship, but he couldn't give this up, he nodded and Twilight released his lips. "Ok, her name is Strawberry Wild, she lives in the next town over, and I met her when we were both coming back from Canterlot. I haven't told her anything about who I am, and more over who I'm related to. All she knows is that I'm a dragon that likes to live in Equestria, and lives in Ponyville."

Twilight smiled. "Thank you Spike, I know that you didn't want to tell me anything, but I promise I will not tell anyone else, and when you are ready to introduce her to me and your mother, I'm sure that everything will be just fine." She got off her chair and walked to the door. "Well, I'm going to the library to start my studying, have a nice day Spike." She walked out of the room with a smile on her face, and once she closed his door she smiled even wider. "Oh, I'm so happy for you Spike."

Spike sighed as he looked at the door. "Spike, I was unaware that you were in a relationship." Said Chris.

"Good, because I made Strawberry up, I didn't want to make it worse by keeping up the truth, that sounds so crazy that only one pony in the world could see through it." Said Spike as he sat up.

"Interesting, so you lied to the one known as Twilight, by creating a more believable lie, than the truth."

"Yep." Said Spike as he reached for his coffee.

"A fascinating tactic, I will add it to the federation database."

Spike shrugged, he really didn't care what Chris did. "Chris, status report."

"All systems are within safety standards, the evacuation of the Goliath is nearly complete, and I was approached by a large bio organic canine creature last night, but I am unharmed."

Spike nodded at the news. "Good, that was a creature called a Timberwolf, they live in the Everfree, and they are normally very aggressive. But I guess since you are not a living thing, they see you as part of the scenery."

"Acknowledged. Spike, I believe it would be best if we return to the Orion and interact with them in a more hospitable manner. We would not want them to be seen as a threat when they arrive to this planet."

Spike groaned, but Chris was right. "Fine, can you open a communication line with them from here?"

"Affirmative, establishing communication." Said Chris.

On board the Orion, Donchan was overseeing the transport of all 300 members of the Goliath over to the Orion. "Ok, that should be everyone, I want them in the holding cells until we reach Federation Star Base 86." Said Donchan.

"Yes Sir." Said a crewman as he was escorting a bunch of short, long eared, flat headed, creatures to the brig.

"Captain, we are being hailed, please report to the bridge." Said a ensign from the helm.

"On my way." Said Donchan as he walked out of the transporter room and headed for the bridge.

Once Donchan arrived at the bridge, he took his seat in the captain's chair and signaled for the ensign to open communications. "Open it."

"Sir, it is only audio." Said the ensign

"Let's hear it." Said Donchan.

"Hello? Is this working?" Asked Spike.

"It is functioning just fine, please keep going." Said Chris.

"Are you sure, this seems kinda stupid, and will they be able to even talk back to me?" Asked Spike.

"Well, this is not how I thought this would start." Said Donchan as he rubbed his eyes.

"Chris, why didn't you tell me they connected?" Asked Spike.

"You didn't ask." Said Chris.

"Oh, I'm going to scrap you." Said Spike.

Donchan cleared his throat. "So, you wish to talk now Pilot?"

Spike chuckled. "Yes, and forgive me about last night, it was late, I got roped into all of that, and that was on top of a full day's work. Then you come and wake me up from the first bit of sleep in almost 20 hours, I was not the happiest at the time. How goes the evacuation of the Goliath?"

"The ship is now being inspected by our engineering crew, and all personnel are in Federation custody. But many are talking about a mysterious star fighter that single handedly took down the whole ship. Purple Star?"

"Yeah, probably not the best name, but like I said, I was roped into all of this at the last moment. I didn't have much time to think about a cooler name."

"So tell me about your world.... Spike." Said Donchan as he looked at a monitor with Spike's file pulled up.

"How did you...?" Asked Spike.

"Your record was uploaded to the federation data base, it contains all pertinent information about you, including the fact that you are now ranked as an officer in the federation."

"Any chance I out rank you?" Asked Spike with hope that he could have a rank that made him the boss.

"Yeah, not on your life Spike. You are only a Lieutenant Commander, so don't get a big head."

"Dang, so what can I do for you Captain?"

"Report to the Orion by 1000 hours, I wish to talk with you directly and discuss a way to establish first contact with the world."

Spike looked at the clock on his wall. "So you want me to get to the ship, fly to the Orion, and meet you in an hour? Sure I can do that."

"Spike, he is referring to Standard Galactic Time, 1000 hours is in 15 minutes." Said Chris.

"Correct." Said Donchan.

"Yeah, then we're going to have a problem, I need to make breakfast, clean the kitchen, and then go get the ship, so give me until 1100 hours and I'll be there."

Donchan sighed as he rubbed his head. "Fine, 1100 hours it is. Just be here." That was one problem with SGT it works great for tracking time in space, but planets are always a pain to account for.

"Yes sir." Said Spike. "Chris end the call."

The call was ended and Donchan groaned at how crazy all of this was. "Medical Officer O'Hare, please report to the bridge for assignment." Said Donchan.

Back on the planet, Spike walked out of his room, and headed for the kitchen. "Chris, how did my life come to this?"

"You want the long answer or the short one?"

"Rhetorical, look it up."

"Rhetorical: relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric. expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress, (of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information."

"Really, you pull up the definition of it."

"That is what you asked me to do." Said Chris.

"Do you take everything so literal?"

"Yes."

Spike sighed as he just had to ask. "Chris, can you set a timer for our meeting?"

"Yes, and I have set reminders for you to make sure that nothing happens."

Spike sighed as that was not going to last long. "Chris a little advice. In Ponyville, it strange to have a normal day."

"Who's Chris?" Asked Starlight, she was coming out of her room, headed to the kitchen for some food, but she noticed her friend walking down the hall and talking to himself.

Spike turned around and looked at Starlight. "Um... he's a figment of my imagination that helps me cope with all the work that I do around here?"

Starlight sighed as she looked at Spike worried. "Spike, are you feeling ok?"

"Yeah, just fine Starlight, what's up?"

Starlight looked straight at Spike, worried. "Spike, listen to me, it's not healthy to listen to those little voices in your head, so maybe you should talk to me, I am a councilor and it's my job to help others."

Spike gave a chuckle. "Star trust me, I'm just fine, a little tired, but that's it." Said Spike worried that she'll talk to Twilight and then he'd need to go to therapy.

"Fine, but remember, you are my friend and I want to help, so if you ever need me, my door is always open." Starlight gave Spike a warm smile as she walked past him.

Spike smiled at seeing that Starlight cared about him so much. "Spike, why did you not use the same lie that you gave Twilight, for the one known as Starlight?"

"Chris, Twilight is dense, but Starlight is not that easy to get pass."

When Spike got to the kitchen, he started to cook breakfast for him, Twilight, and Starlight. But once it was over, the other two left Spike to clean the kitchen. "Spike, our meeting is in 30 minutes." Said Chris.

Spike nodded as he was cleaning the pan that he used to make the hay bacon. "Good, can you start the configuration for bomber mode, we don't want to scare the ponies with a large flying thing in the sky."

"Affirmative. I will meet you at the landing site."

Once Spike was done with the kitchen, he walked out of the castle and b-lined it for the forest. "Chris, how much time?"

"You have 15 minutes to get to the Orion." Said Chris.

Spike nodded as he walked into the forest and headed for the landing site, unaware that a certain zebra was walking into town to do some shopping. "Spike? What is that drake doing at such a gait?" It was clear to her that he was not headed for the path to her home. "I should inquire on his desire." Zecora knew that aside from the path that lead to her home, the forest was very dangerous. She ran over to the tree line that she saw Spike run to and followed him as best as she could.

Spike was walking through the forest and since he was alone, it was best that he get ready for the trip. "Suit out." Soon the nano suit was coming out of Spike's scales and formed around his body. Spike kept walking to the ship and soon he arrived at the landing site. Chris was already there, ready for Spike. "Chris, lets get this show on the road." Chris opened the door and Spike walked into the ship, he walked over to the chair and got into the seat. "Chris change into bomber mode and lets get to the Orion."

"Warning, sensors detecting life signs, displaying on main screen." Said Chris.

Spike looked at the screen and noticed that there was a certain zebra looking at the ship with a mix of worry, anger, confusion, and wonder. "Spike, what should we do?"

Spike was not sure himself, but he couldn't just leave her there, she would go straight to Twilight. "Chris, open the door." Chris complied and formed the door. Zecora took a step back in fear, but then Spike pulled her into the ship and she started fighting back.

"Unhand me, and give back Spike!" Cried Zecora as she tried to punch the figure that grabbed her.

"Zecora, calm down, you're safe." Said Spike.

Zecora was not listening. "LIES, WHERE IS SPIKE!?"

Spike sighed. "Helmet off." The helmet went back into Spike's scales and Zecora looked at Spike's face.

"Spike, are you ok?" Asked Zecora.

Spike nodded as he released the mare. "Zecora, it's a very long story, but I am, but I'm late."

"Spike, the meeting is in 5 minutes, we need to take off right now." Said Chris.

Spike looked at the zebra in his ship, he didn't want to make things worse. "Chris, lets leave, but the moment we are out of sight change into fighter mode and pop in another chair of Zecora."

"Very well, please sit in the chair and get ready for an uncomfortable few moments."

Spike nodded and wrapped his tail around Zecora. He sat in the chair and plopped the mare into his lap. "Zecora, look, I'm sorry to what is about to happen, but I don't want anyone else to find out about this. Chris lets go." The ship changed into bomber mode, and Zecora was now laying under Spike. She was very confused, but right now Spike didn't have time to explain everything. "Chris are all systems green?"

"Affirmative. Launching." The ship engaged it's thrusters and cloaking field.

"Ok, lets go meet some aliens." Said Spike, he turned the ship and started flying into the sky.

Author's Note

So Zecora found out, but Twilight thinks Spike is in a relationship, and Starlight thinks he's crazy.