A Secret Admirer 2: How to Cuddle Your Dragon

Chapters

Prologue
Chapter I: Twilight
Chapter II: Rarity
Chapter III: Pinkie Pie
Chapter IV: Fluttershy
Chapter V: Rainbow Dash
Chapter VI: Applejack
Chapter VIII: The Cutie Mark Crusaders
Chapter IX: Smolder
Chapter X: Gabby
Chapter XI: Twelve in One
Chapter VII: Starlight Glimmer

Prologue

FRIENDSHIP CASTLE, TWILIGHT'S BEDROOM. 8:21 A.M.

The sun and birds slowly, but surely, woke up Spike and his new harem from their slumber. Spike and his new lovers had spent the last 19 hours and 41 minutes cuddling with each other and ensuring that Spike stayed asleep until the next morning. The new group of girls that thought of the polygamous dragon as more than just a friend consisted of the Element Bearers, Starlight Glimmer, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Gabby, and Smolder. For the past three months, Spike had been under the disguise of a mysterious admirer who was just too quick to catch. Then, one night, Spike, dawning the guise of the admirer, accidentally woke up Twilight and she chased after him, determined not to let him get away again after he had already escaped them once. The other Element Bearers and Starlight were also woken up by the commotion, quickly figured out what was going on, and they too joined the pursuit. It ended when Spike tripped on an uneven rug at the top of a staircase and he ended up tumbling down the stairs. The tumble landed Spike with his right leg broken and a fractured wing on the same side. He needed to wear a cast on his wing for five weeks and a cast on his leg for an indefinate time between six to eight weeks. He'd also be on pain killers for that time, which made him very, very sleepy. At the hospital, Spike was visited by all twelve of his love interests, and he confessed why he loved them all so much. After each of his confessions to them, The Element Bearers and Starlight found themselves falling for him. Smolder, Gabby, and the CMC all had fallen in love with Spike before they had realized he was the admirer. Spike's very first crush was Rarity, but overtime he began to harbor the same feelings towards not just the three fillies, griffon, and dragon, but to the other five Element Bearers and Starlight as well. In the time between when he had confessed to them why he loved them until he was finished, the seven ponies began to recall everything that he had done for them. From changing Fluttershy's opinion on Dragons and sticking by Starlight despite her many screw-ups to helping Twilight and Rarity with the biggest of tasks just to see them happy and trying to cheer up Garble despite their bad chemistry just to please Smolder.

Spike let out a yawn as he opened his eyes. To find all twelve of his girls smirking mischeviously at him.

"Good morning, sweeties," he mumbled as he rubbed his eyes.

"Good morning, Spike," Smolder said. "While you were asleep, we all decided to give you a special "Good-morning-wake-up call"."

"Oh," asked Spike. "What would that be?"

The girls didn't respond. Instead, they all jumped on top of him and began to kiss his face all over for a solid 30 seconds. When they pulled away, Spike was blushing a bright shade of red. They giggled at his lovestruck, adorable expression.

"Does that answer your question?" Smolder smirked. "If not, we'd be more than happy to answer it a second time."

She turned to the other girls.

"Right?"

They nodded.

"Yeah," Spike said. "I'm gonna need you to answer that question again. The first time was a little unclear."

"If you insist," Smolder grinned.

The twelve girls pounced onto him yet again and smothered his face with kisses. This time, a few girls were lucky enough to capture his lips in a quick kiss.

When they pulled away, Spike, who was blushing even more, spoke up.

"You answered my question perfectly that time, thanks," said the kiss riddled adolesent.

"Good," Smiled Smolder.

"Oh, also, Spike, do you remember about how you asked if we would be okay with taking turns snuggling you?" asked Twilight.

"Yeah," Spike said.

"Well, while you were asleep for the last half hour, we decided to come up with a schedule for each night when you go to sleep with one of us," said Twilight.

"Sweet," grinned Spike. "Thanks, girls. I would've had trouble coming up with who I wanted to cuddle first. So, what's the schedule?"

"Well, I'll be going first tonight," Twilight started. "Rarity goes second, Pinkie Pie goes third, Fluttershy goes fourth, Rainbow Dash goes fifth, Applejack goes sixth, Starlight wanted to go seventh, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders agreed to go together to take the eighth place spot. Gabby was originally going ninth, but she gave that spot to Smolder out of kindness."

"Well," grinned Gabby. "I also felt like my desire to cuddle Spike would increase until it was my day."

Spike chuckled, before all thirteen of their stomachs let out a loud growl.

"Well," Spike said. "Now that we got all the mush out of the way, who's up for breakfast?"

"Seems like our stomachs are on board with that idea," Twilight chuckled. "Come on, lets go eat."

With that said, Twilight, using her magic, hoisted little Spike onto her back and she led the pack of lovers downstairs for breakfast.

Chapter I: Twilight

LATER THAT SAME DAY, 8:34 P.M.

Spike let out a yawn as he grew more drowsy as the last few hours of the day passed. He would've already been asleep in bed if it weren't for a spell that Twilight had found that eliminates the drowsiness of all medications for a full twelve hours. Spike had spent those said twelve hours with Twilight. They read a few books together, talked with each other, and ate lunch and dinner together. Other harem members joined them sometimes, whether it be talking about old, happy memories and milestones or joining in on reading the many books that the library contained. Now, however, almost everyone was already in bed and Twilight's fatigue spell on Spike wearing off fast. Twilight ordinarily would've gone to bed at around 10:30 P.M., but she immediatly threw her usual schedule out the window when she remembered that Spike would be going to bed earlier than she was. She was no rookie when it came to cuddling with Spike. The two would often cuddle from when Spike was still a newborn up until his confession. Now, however, cudding with Spike felt a lot more special to Twilight now that they were more than just friends. She remembered when Shining Armor and Princess Cadance had gotten together, her B.B.B.F.F. had told her all about how cuddling became a lot more special because it was with a someone you love unconditionally. Twilight was skeptical about Shining's statement at first, but now she knew full well his statement was true. Her thoughts were abruptly broken when Spike grunted out a, "Hey, Twi?"

"Yeah, sweetie? What is it?" asked Twilight.

"I'm heading upstairs to brush my teeth and then I'm heading to bed," Spike said, his voice was evident that her spell had expired and the painkillers were already starting to take their toll on Spike's small frame. The pills were the 24 hour kind so Spike would be asleep tonight for at least another 12 hours.

"Oh, okay," Twilight said. "I'll be up right after you."

With that, Spike was hoisted onto Twilight's back and she transported him to the bathroom to brush his teeth. She then walked away to go get ready for bed herself. Then, once he was finished rinsing out his mouth, he was suddenly, but gently, scooped off his feet, into the air, and into a wall of fur. He looked up to see Twilight looking right back at him with a warm smile.

"Oh, silly me," Twilight said innocently. "Did I mention I've already gotten ready for bed and I was just waiting outside for you to finish up?"

"That's my Twilight," Spike smirked. "Always thinking one step ahead."

Twilight giggled before flying out of the bathroom, gently cradling Spike back and forth in her hooves. This act made Spike feel a bit more sleepier. After about 20 seconds of flying, the Alicorn and Dragon arrived at Spike's bedroom door. Twilight used her magic to open the door and turn on the lights. She flew inside and then used her magic once more to pull back the covers before gently setting the drowsy Spike down on the sheets. She landed on the ground, crawled into the bed, slid her hind legs under the covers, and outstretched both her wings. Then she used her magic once again to lift Spike off the bed and high into the air. Spike watched with fatigued eagerness as she slowly began to lower him towards her barrel and belly. After what seemed like forever, he finally came into contact with her soft, silky fur. Twilight wrapped both of her forehooves around Spike rather tightly, careful to avoid his hurt wing, she pulled her mane and tail over Spike's back and leg that didn't have a cast, and wrapped both her outstrectched wings around her little drakefriend. She used her magic to pull the covers back on top of them and again to flick the light switch off.

Spike smiled as he snuggled into her fluffy chest fur and let out a happy sigh. He took in her scent, which seemed to relax him even further. Twilight always smelled of Lavendar, one of Spike's favorite flowers. He listened intently to the sound of her heartbeat and breathing patterns. He was about to fall asleep when Twilight suddenly spoke up.

"Hey, Spike?" she asked.

"Uh, yeah?" Spike mumbled back, pulling his head out of Twilight's chest.

"I'm sorry that I'm bringing this up now, but do you blame me for this?" asked Twilight.

"Blame you for what?" Spike asked, very confused.

"For-For your i-injuries," Twilight sputtered out, she didn't sound like she was going to cry, she was just very hesitant to say the next three words for her response. "If-If I hadn't chased you down, you wouldn't have ended up with a broken leg and a sprained wing."

Spike felt bad listening to Twilight's confession. Some of his fatigue vanished and he cleared his throat so he could speak up.

"While that may be true, let me ask you this," he began. "If you and the girls hadn't chased me, would you and I be in the position we are in now, or would we remain just friends? I'd say the latter would be the case. You'd still be getting those annoying letters and you'd be growing more and more frustrated that you would never be able to catch the admirer. I'm glad I took that tumble because now I was able to finally confess to all of you how much I really loved you and finally get that heavy weight lifted off my chest. Every day when I look at the casts on my body, I am reminded of my confession to you and the others in the hospital room and that memory outweighs any kind of pain I feel physcally. I love you, Twilight Sparkle. Please never forget that," Spike said. He moved his left hand up to caress Twilight's cheek. It took him a few tries as the room was very dark, but he eventually found his mark.

Twilight blushed a dark shade of red and she made her horn glow a moderate shade of magenta so she could see Spike's face. He was smiling sweetly at her as he continued to stroke her cheek. Eventually, Twilight leaned in and captured her lover's lips in a loving kiss. It lasted maybe 15 seconds, but for the Dragon and Alicorn, they felt like they had spent half the night lip-locked. When they broke away, the two lovers looked lovingly at each other before Spike spoke up again.

"Is it okay if you snuggle me a bit tighter than before?" he asked.

"Certainly, sweetie," replied Twilght.

Spike reburied his face into Twilight's fluffy and angelically soft chest fur as Twilight tightened her grip on his body and her wings curled around him a little more. The fatigue that had vanished earlier was resurfacing fast. The soft rise and fall of her chest and the calming lullaby her heartbeat sang to him only turbocharged his drowsiness. Everything slowed down for him as he grew more and more tired as each minute passed.

Twilight suddenly had an idea that she felt Spike would love. She began to hum a tune near his ear. It wasn't just any tune either, it was the tune of Spike's favorite lullaby. It seemed to do the trick as Spike began to feel his fatigue push him into Luna's Dream Relm so much quicker.

"Goodnight, Twilight," he uttered out as his eyes slowly closed. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Spike," said Twilight softly as she began to close her eyes as well. "I love you too."

It was another thirty seconds before Twilight and Spike both fell asleep together. The friendship castle began to settle as the last of its occupants also decided to call it a night.

Chapter II: Rarity

THE NEXT MORNING. 8:38 A.M.

Spike and Twilight both yawned simultaniously as they awoke from thier slumber. The second she saw Spike was awake, Twilight immediatly smothered his face with kisses. Whatever sleepiness Spike had woken up with was gone the moment he realized it was time for his good-morning-wake-up call. He sighed and blushed happily as Twilight's lips continued their affectionate assault all over his face. When Twilight pulled away to take a look at the aftermath, she couldn't help but giggle at Spike's blushing, dazed face.

"Good morning, sunshine," she cooed.

"Good morning, cutie-pie," Spike smiled back, stil swooning over the round of kisses he just endured.

"Ready for breakfast?" Twilight asked.

"You know it," replied Spike.

With that Twilight and Spike, reluctantly, broke away from each other. Twilight got up and hoisted Spike onto her back using her magic. Then, the two headed downstairs to go eat. There, they met with Rarity, who was very pleased to see them.

"Good morning, dears," Rarity smiled. "I take it you two enjoyed your night cuddling together?"

"You better believe it," replied Twilight. "Last night, I was a little reluctant to cuddle Spike, because I felt like I was to blame for his injuries because I had chased him and caused him to fall down those stairs. Spike, however, assured me that that he had no ill will towards me for what happened. He then explained to me how he believed that if we didn't chase him, we'd still be getting those letters and we'd all still be friends rather than lovers. I realized that he was right. It amazes me the intelligence that our little Spike holds."

"Well," Spike chuckled. "I learned from the best. When you're around a brainiac, Straight-A pony like Twilight, you can't help but pick up a few very useful things."

Twilight blushed heavily.

"Aww," she cooed "Thanks, Spike. You're such a sweet dragon."

"That's Spikey for you. He's always trying to be as kind and loving as he can to anyone he knows," added Rarity.

Now, it was Spike's turn to blush heavily, making both girls giggle at his adorable reaction.

"Come on, Prince Charming," Rarity smirked. "It's time for your breakfast. You'll be having it with both of us this morning."

"Really? Thanks, girls," Spike said.

"Anytime, Spike," replied Rarity.

With that said, the two ponies and dragon sat down and began to chow down, all the while enjoying the company of one another. During Breakfast, Spike swallowed one of his pain meds and Twilight immediately cast her spell to prevent Spike from getting drowsy for another twelve hours.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Rarity was looking forward to Spike's bedtime tonight. She spent the whole day around him and was ensuring he was feeling loved. Spike did feel appreciated by the first love of his life spending her whole day with him and she even cuddled with him on the couch for a half hour where the two had spent the majority of the day reading Power Ponies comics, talking happily with each other, or trading compliments with each other. The third one eventually flattered both Spike and Rarity to the point where they were passionately kissing on the couch for a solid minute, sometimes two. Other harem members joined them sometimes and they were more than happy to accompany Spike and Rarity on the couch. Spike, although drowsy due to his pain killers, tried his best to stay awake to enjoy that last of his time with the snow-white unicorn. It was now late in the night and Spike was resting against Rarity's side. He was trying to stay conscious so he could enjoy the main snuggle fest in his bed tonight in just a few minutes, but he could barely keep his eyes half open. Rarity had already gotten ready for bed. She'd be usually in bed by 8:30 P.M. Today, however, was different. She knew it was already past her bedtime, but she had never bothered to look at the clock because she didn't care. If bending the rules of her schedule meant that she could spend more time with her Spike, she was all for it.

"Feeling sleepy, Spikey?" Rarity asked.

"Yes," Spike said letting out a yawn. "Very much so. Thanks for keeping me company today. I really appreciate it."

"You're very welcome, Spikey," Rarity said soothingly.

"Hey," Spike asked. "I lost track of what time it is. Do you know?"

Rarity looked around and eventually found the time on the clock on the wall. 8:50 P.M.

"It's ten to nine, dear."

"Oh," Spike said. "Thanks, Rares. I need your help getting upstairs to brush my teeth, so I can go to bed."

"Sounds good, Spike. Come on, then," Rarity responded.

Spike very slowly, but surely, crawled onto Rarity's back. Once he was comfy, she slowly got off the couch and climbed the staircase to the upper-level hallway and trotted toward the bathroom to drop Spike off so he could brush his teeth. Then, once Spike was finished, she walked to his bedroom door. She creaked it open and made her toward his bed at the same pace. Spike had barely gotten comfortable on Rarity's back when his beloved beauty suddenly levitated him off her back and into the air. She pulled back the covers, set Spike down on the bed, and wrapped him in the blankets. She smiled at her little boyfriend all snug in bed. He looked like a little Dragon burrito.

"There you go, Spikey," she announced, although quietly because she didn't want to startle the fatigue-stricken adolesent. "Get comfy because here I come."

"Thanks, Rares," Spike said. His tone seemed a lot softer. No doubt the pain killers were making him more tired by the minute.

Rarity had left the light on so she could see where she was going. The fashionista quickly trotted over to get into bed and join her little Spikey-Wikey in bed, but before she had much of a chance to do anything, Spike stuck both his arms out pleadingly and his facial expression seemed a little sad. His big, Emerald Green eyes locked dead on with her Sapphire Blue eyes.

"Please, Rarity, if it isn't too much to ask, can you cuddle me really tightly?" he asked, his tone almost begging her to say yes.

Rarity felt bad seeing Spike beg her for cuddles like this. Words could not describe how much she loved him and seeing him in such a pitiful state broke her heart.

"Aww, Spike," Rarity said. "You never need to ask me for that."

Without another moment of hesitation, Rarity pulled back the covers and slid into Spike's bed. The second she was in, Spike clamped onto her like a magnet to metal, his head resting against her chest. Rarity scooted toward the center of the bed, never breaking contact with her little lover. Then, once she was settled, Rarity gripped Spike with both her forehooves as tightly as she could, pressing him flush against her body. Like Twilight, however, she was mindful to avoid his fractured wing. She draped her mane over her body and covered Spike's head and upper back with it. Then, she used her magic to pull her tail around her waist and wrapped Spike from his waist to his thighs in it. Finally, to fully seal the bond between them, Rarity wrapped her hind legs around Spike's lower legs and then curled her body fully around his much smaller body. She pulled the covers up to the top of Spike's neck and wrapped them around the top of her shoulders. In the process, Spike's cheeks were also enveloped under the covers. She then used her magic to flick the light switch off and the whole room instantly went pitch black.

Spike felt calm and relaxed as the room became dark. He gave Rarity's angelically soft, warm chest fluff a gentle, loving nuzzle and then buried his face into it. He took in a whiff of her fragrant scent. She smelled of roses. Rarity was always concerned about her appearance. Among the things she wanted to stand out for, smelling nice was always near the top of the list. She would always apply a generous amount of perfume on herself before going out anywhere. The sleepy dragon let out a happy sigh as he felt what little tension that was in his muscles release.

"Comfy?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, very much," Spike said. He let out a yawn. "Thanks, Rarity. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being one of my marefriends. Thank you for being one the sweetest Ponies in all of Equestria."

"No need to thank me, honey," Rarity smiled warmly. "If anything, I should be thanking you. You've done more for me than anyone else, without even asking for anything in return. Granted, I did give you a few gems and kisses on the cheek here and there, but I still really didn't see any signs that what you felt for me was more than just a simple childhood crush."

"It's nothing, really," Spike said, shrugging weakly. "Just being a good friend."

"You're more than just a good friend, Spikey," Rarity cooed. "I have never met a creature more chivalrous, more generous, and more thoughtful of others than you."

"Well, it's really not hard to see where I get it from," Spike smirked softly. "After all, with you being one of my marefriends, I can't help but pick up a few things about having top-of-the-line manners and being generous, and I'm certainly not complaining about that."

Rarity blushed a deep shade of red.

"Quite the charmer, aren't you?" she asked with a smirk.

"I try," said Spike as he let out yet another yawn.

"Well, you're certainly good at it," chuckled Rarity before she let out a sigh. "I really wish I repaid your feelings for me sooner."

"It's alright, Rarity," Spike assured. "We're together now and that's all that matters to me. Even if you had chosen someone else, I'd respect your decision because as long as you're happy, I'm happy. Remember the Trenderhoof incident? I was heartbroken inside. At the same time, however, I realized that you had finally found the perfect one and I was ready to move on from my crush on you and help you, just because I wanted to see you happy. However, it seemed that fate had other plans in mind. I feel beyond lucky to have you as a marefriend, Rarity. Always remember that I love you."

Rarity smiled and gripped him a little tighter.

"You're such a sweet dragon," she whispered.

"Thanks, Rarity," Spike whispered back. He gave her chest fluff another loving nuzzle.

Rarity responded by lowering her head down to the top of Spike's head and began peppering it all over with light kisses. Then she nuzzled her muzzle into his head crest. The green fins on his head immediately drooped to the side as Rarity nuzzled them and finally settled her head on top of his head. She used her magic to pull the covers up until they were level with his eyebrows, further enveloping her little Drake in a cuddle cocoon. Then, she did two things that pushed Spike right on the edge of falling asleep. She began to hum his favorite lullaby, pulled one of her hooves away from his back, and she used it to gingerly rub his back in a circular motion. The smooth texture of his scales against her soft fur and skin felt so satisfying to her.

Spike felt the last of his consciousness slowly fade away. Listening to the sound of Rarity's heartbeat, her voice humming him to sleep, and the hoof that rubbed his back ever so gently made all his worries melt away.

"Goodnight, Rares," he mumbled out. "Love you."

Rarity, although reluctantly, stopped humming so she could say good night back.

"Sweet dreams, my little Spikey-Wikey," responded Rarity softly and she planted one last kiss on top of his head. "I love you too."

No sooner did Rarity say her last word than did Spike fully close his eyes and fall into a deep, peaceful sleep. Rarity looked down and smiled at the now sleeping dragon that rested against the front of her soft, fluffy torso before she closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep as well. As it was past her bedtime, Rarity was already tired, but listening to Spike's soft snores provided the fashionista with her own little lullaby. Five minutes later, Spike's soft snores finally led Rarity to join the slumber beside her knight in shining scales. The two lovers both had small smiles playing their lips as they happily dozed the night away in each other's arms.

Chapter III: Pinkie Pie

THE NEXT MORNING, 8:57 A.M.

Spike let out a yawn and stretched. He opened his eyes only to find that Rarity wasn't there in his bed with him. He was very confused and felt a little lonely.

"That's odd," he said. "Where'd she go?"

He pondered for a bit before deciding on his own theory of where she was.

"She's probably freshening up in the bathroom," Spike thought aloud. "She'll probably be back in about five minutes."

15 minutes passed and there was still no sign of Rarity.

"Where is she?" Spike asked, feeling a little more lonely than before.

No sooner did he say his last word, than did the door to his bedroom open, although slowly. Once it was fully opened, Spike was overjoyed to see who was in the doorway. It was Rarity who was levitating a tray with her magic next to her. Behind her was Pinkie Pie, who was next to cuddle the casanova Dragon. Rarity let out a quiet, dissapointed groan when she saw Spike was awake.

"Rarity, there you are," beamed Spike.

Then he noticed the tray next to her. On top of it was a plate of pancakes drenched in maple syrup with pieces of gems in them. There was also a painkiller pill and a glass of water on the tray. He felt absolutely flattered and touched by Rarity's gesture of kindness.

"Wow, Gem Pancakes with extra syrup!" Spike exclaimed. "Thanks, Rarity and Pinkie."

"Your welcome, Spikey," Rarity and Pinkie said in unison. They both smiled seeing Spike's whole mood brighten.

Spike noticed Rarity looked a little upset and he absolutely refused to let that slide.

"Hey, Rarity, what's the matter?" asked Spike.

"Oh, um, it's nothing," Rarity lied.

Spike, however, wasn't buying it.

"Rarity," he said in a slightly firmer tone.

The fashionista let out a defeated sigh.

"Well, I was hoping you'd still be asleep when I came back with Pinkie because I wanted you to wake up to breakfast in bed."

Spike blushed, feeling even more touched and flattered by Rarity's kind gesture.

"Aww," Spike said. "It's the thought that counts."

"Well, I suppose you are right," Rarity said. She set the tray down and trotted over to Spike's bed. Spike was confused.

"Rarity, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Spikey, have you not reaized you've not received your good-moring-wake-up call from me?" smirked Rarity.

"Oh, yeah," Spike chuckled. "You're right. Come here, Rares."

Rarity quickly got into bed with Spike again and began to smother his face with kisses. Less then five seconds in, however, Rarity purposely planted a kiss on his lips and didn't pull away. Spike was a little shocked at first, but melted into the kiss. For the rest of the 30 seconds, the Unicorn and Dragon passionately kissed each other, but broke away, although reluctantly, when they realized their 30 seconds to show their love for one another were up.

"Well, now that we've gotten that out of the way, here's your breakfast," Rarity said. She got out of Spike's bed, levitated the tray of pancakes off the ground, and placed it onto Spike's bed. Spike happily chowed down. After that, he downed his painkiller pill with a gulp of water and Rarity uttered the spell that would strip Spike of all his fatigue for a full 12 hours. She was able to fully master the spell no more than three days ago. Once he was done, the little dragon let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"Mmm, that was delicious, Rarity and Pinkie," Spike said as her rubbed his belly.

"Anytime, Spikey," Rarity and Pinkie said simultaniously.

With that, Rarity walked out the door.

"Enjoy your time together today, you two," she said. "See you later, Spike. Love you."

"See you later, Rarity. Love you too," replied Spike.

Rarity blew Spike a kiss then walked out his bedroom door, leaving Spike alone with Pinkie.

Pinkie then hoisted Spike onto her back and the two headed downstairs. They were both looking foreward to their day together. As she trotted down the hall and staircase, Pinkie didn't have her usual bounce in her walk. She trotted slowly and carefully as she made her way to the living room. She looked back several times to make sure Spike was comfortable. Ordinaraly, she'd be bouncing off the floor, and possibly the walls. However, she was always very aware of her friends' emotions and knew that she needed to go slow and steady so Spike could relax. He needed to be handled with top-of-the-line care and Pinkie, as well as his 11 other girlfriends, were more than happy to supply him with it. Meanwhile, Spike was busy taking in Pinkie's fragrent scent. Working at a sweets shop all day gave Pinkie a scent of baked sweets.

TIME SKIP

Throughout the day, Spike and Pinkie spent their time together reading and telling each other stories, laughing about old memories they shared together, and eating lunch and dinner together. At one point, they had run out of ideas for anything to do. That was until Spike and Pinkie simultaneously got the idea to make cupcakes for themselves and the other members of Spike's harem. It helped them kill the last two and a half hours worth of time.

Now, however, it was nearing time for Spike to go to bed and Pinkie Pie was very excited. She was always one to cuddle with any of her friends. Sometimes, when she babysat the Cake Twins, Mr. and Mrs. Cake would come home to find a sleeping Pinkie snuggling the Cake Twins, who would also be asleep, on her bed. Pinkie was pulled out of her thoughts when Spike let out a yawn. She looked up at the clock. It was 9:15 P.M. Pinkie grinned, but she was able to keep her excitement to herself as she didn't want to startle her drowsy drakefriend.

"That spell must've worn off," Pinkie thought. "Ooooh! I'm gonna give Spike the bestest cuddle time he's ever experienced! I'm super duper excited!"

"Hey, Pinkie," Spike mumbled.

Pinkie felt reborn again listening to Spike speak to her. She didn't know why, but she always found cuddling so exciting, but relaxing at the same time.

"Yes, Spikey?" asked Pinkie in a quiet voice.

"I'm ready to go to bed," Spike mumbled. "Can you help me up the stairs and to the bathroom please?"

"Certainly, sweetie pie," Pinkie whispered.

She very carefully lifted the drowsy dragon off the couch and onto her back. Then she slowly made her way to the upstairs bathroom. Although he was drowsy, Spike noticed Pinkie wasn't her usual self. She didn't bounce around and she seemed as calm as he did.

"Pinkie, honey," he yawned. "You're usually so perky, but today, you're so quiet and timid. Is something wrong?"

"Oh, heh," Pinkie chuckled. "You noticed, huh? Well, I understood that sometimes you wanted to be calm and relaxed so I decided to take a break from my party antics, because I didn't want to startle you, Spikey. You look so cute when you're relaxed and I didn't want to disrupt that."

"Aww," Spike said. "Pinkie, I'm so sorry. If you told me about this earlier, I would've been more than happy to see you throw a little party."

"It's fine," Pinkie shrugged casually. "Parties are sometimes stressful and tiring for me to plan and it felt nice to take a break from it for once."

"Oh, okay," Spike let out a yawn. "Even so, maybe when you have some free time tommorow when Fluttershy and I hang out together, you could maybe throw us a little party then."

"That sounds wonderful, Spikey," Pinkie smiled. "I'll try that tomorrow. In the meantime, let's get those pearly whites of yours brushed so you can get cuddled and off to dreamland."

With that said, the Earth Pony and teen Dragon made their way to the bathroom. Spike brushed his teeth and was soon riding on Pinkie's back to his bedroom. Pinkie creaked open the door, turned off the lights with the wall switch, and she trotted a bit quicker to Spike's bed so she could get into bed with him as fast as she could. There wasn't anything obsuring her path from the door to the bed and Spike had left a curtain open. The moon's glow guided the two tired creatures to their resting place.

Pinkie pulled the covers back and gently set Spike down on the bed. She then slid into the bed herself and her furry, pink torso came in contact with the entire front of Spike's body. Spike's head came into contact with her soft chest fur and he sighed happily. As he took another whiff of her scent, Spike mentally noted how the Party pony's sweet scent of baked goods was much stronger in this position then when he was riding on her back. The second Spike's body came into contact with hers, Pinkie's forehooves were lightning quick as they wrapped around Spike's back. Pinkie, like Twilight and Rarity, was very careful to avoid his fractured wing as she locked him in a tight embrace.

"There you go, cutie," she whispered soothingly into his ear. "Rarity told me how you pleaded with her to grip you tightly last night and I didn't want to see you do that again."

"Thanks, sweetie," Spike mumbled as he buried his face into her chest fur. "That was just what I wanted."

Pinkie wrapped her hind legs, cotton-candy-shaped mane and cotton-candy-shaped tail around Spike's back and legs. Then she pulled the covers back on top them both, wrapping them both up in a thick cocoon of snuggles. Spike let out a yawn as Pinkie began to pepper his forehead with light kisses. He nuzzled into her chest fur a little more and Pinkie took notice.

"You like my soft fur in that spot, don't you?" she playfully teased him.

"Yeah," admitted Spike as he yawned again. "It's not just the soft fur, though, I don't know why, but I enjoy listening to the sound of heartbeats and breathing patterns, especially when it's my girlfriends'. It just makes me feel so relaxed and it helps me go to sleep a lot faster.'"

Pinkie smiled warmly down at the increasingly sleepy dragon that she was clutching to her abdomen. She didn't know what it was, but Spike's confession to her made feel so warm and fuzzy inside. She then had the perfect idea to push Spike fully into Luna's dream relm. As they were preparing breakfast for Spike that morning, Rarity, in addition to telling Pinkie about Spike begging her to cuddle him tightly, also told her about how humming a lullaby to Spike seemed to put him to sleep in less than three minutes.

She quicky began to wrack her brain for a possible song and soon settled on the Cake Twins' favorite lullaby. She nuzzled his head crest lovingly and then began to hum the lullaby.

Spike, meanwhile, was getting sleepier from Pinkie's heartbeat singing him to sleep with it's steady, slow pattern of thumping.

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

He felt Pinkie's soft cheek bury itself on the top of his head. He then heard an angelic hum that broke through the silence and made what was left of his consciousness dissapear two times faster. Unlike Rarity's lullaby, though, it ended after a minute and a half rather than going in an endless loop. Regardless, it seemed to have done the trick and Pinkie knew Spike was looking like he was going to fall asleep any second. He wanted to say one last thing before catching some Z's.

"Goodnight, Pinkie. I love you," he mumbled, his speech was a little slurred because he was that tired.

"Goodnight, Spike," Pinkie whispered back. "I love you too."

She planted one last kiss on his head and three seconds later, Spike was finally asleep. His snores were just as soft as they were when he cuddled with Rarity the previous night.

"Rarity was right," Pinkie thought as she let out a yawn of her own. "Spike's snoring is pretty calming to listen to. It's already putting me to sleep."

Pinkie closed her eyes and soon found herself asleep with her little Spikey. The two lovers looked absolutely peaceful as they slept the night away.

Chapter IV: Fluttershy

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:08 A.M.

Pinkie let out a loud yawn as she woke up. The sunlight filtered through the open curtain and It slowly pulled her out of dreamland. She looked down to see that little Spike was still fast asleep. She looked at his alarm clock to discover that it was already past 9 o' clock. As much as she loved to see her lover snoozing so peacefully, Pinkie knew that Fluttershy would be coming in to pick up Spike for her day with him any minute.

As if right on cue, the door to Spike's bedroom opened and the pony in question stepped in. Behind her was Twilight with a pill and a glass of water. Fluttershy was up like a rocket when her alarm clock went off at 9:00 A.M. Ordinarily, it'd take her about 15 minutes to get ready, but when she realized it was her day with Spike, all her drowsiness went away and she got ready as fast as she could. She was able to freshen up and be at Spike's bedroom in just over eight minutes, less than three-fifths of her normal time. The cream colored Pegasus and Lavender Alicorn saw Spike still asleep and in Pinkie's grasp and couldn't help but find it adorable. The looked at each other and a smirk began to form on Pinkie's lips. She had the perfect idea in mind to awake the dozing dragon. She gently released him from her grasp and then began to gently boop his nose with her hoof.

Spike, at first, didn't react from the first few boops, but he eventually began to stir and wake up. His big, beautiful emerald eyes slowly opened and were revealed to Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Twilight. He let out a huge yawn, rubbed his eyes, and looked around at the two other ponies in the room.

"Good morning, Pinkie, Twilight, and Fluttershy," he mumbled.

"Good morning, Mr. Casanova," Pinkie smirked. "You have a good night's sleep?"

"Yes," Spike said as he let out another yawn

When Spike was finished with his yawn, Pinkie then proceeded to smother his face in half a minute's worth of kisses, leaving him dazed and swooning by her actions.

"There's your good-morning-wake-up call," Pinkie said. She then turned to Fluttershy. "Enjoy your time with him, Flutters. Oh, and expect me to throw a little party for the two of you sometime later today."

"O-oh, okay," Fluttershy said in her usual, quiet tone. "Yay."

With that said, Pinkie bounced out the door singing a merry tune. Once she was gone, Fluttershy and Twilight turned their attention to Spike. Twilight gave Spike his pain killer pill and the glass of water and the little dragon downed the pill with the water. After bidding Twilight farewell, Spike and Fluttershy were left in his room alone to enjoy the company of each other.

TIME SKIP

Fluttershy and Spike had an absolutely amazing day together. Pinkie, true to her word, had thrown the two of them a "Make-up-party-for-Spike" party during lunch with several delicious baked goodies and Fluttershy had taken a little stroll around Ponyville with Spike on her back. During that stroll, Fluttershy and Spike had spotted a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest and they successfully reunited it with it siblings and parents. When they got back, Pinkie threw them a surprise, "Glad-you're-home" party with more baked goodies that tasted even better than the ones before.

Now, however, it was late at night and Twilight's anti-drowsiness spell on Spike had worn off. Fluttershy was sitting on the living room couch and the very tired Spike sitting on her lap and his body was leaning against her abdomen. They had been in this position for a half hour without saying a word to each other. They just basked in the body heat that the other gave off. At last, Spike broke the silence.

"Hey, Fluttershy," he said softly. "What time is it?"

Fluttershy looked around and quickly found the clock.

"It's a quarter after nine, Spikey," she whispered into his ear. "I take it you want to go to bed?"

"Read my mind," Spike said.

Fluttershy didn't need to be told twice. She scooped Spike up in her hooves, took flight, and headed to the upstairs bathroom. Ordinarily, Fluttershy would be asleep by 8:30 P.M. so she had already gotten ready for bed. They arrived at the bathroom and Fluttershy found agonizingly slow as she watched Spike brush his teeth. The moment he was done, Fluttershy scooped him up as fast as his injuries would let her and she flew to his bedroom. Being the kind Pegasus she was, Fluttershy always loved to cuddle with anyone. She opened the door to Spike's bedroom, turned out the lights, flew to his bed, pulled the covers back, set Spike down on the matress, landed on the ground, and quickly got into Spike's bed herself. Spike and she immediatly clamped onto each other and they wrapped their arms around the other's back as tightly as they could. Fluttershy was mindful of his injured wing as she held him flush against her soft abdomen. She then draped her mane and tail over herself and covered Spike's back with it. Spike, meanwhile, snuggled into her soft, warm, chest fluff. Fluttershy always had the scent of strawberries and Spike could never get enough whiffs of it. Fluttershy then curled her wings, which were just as soft as her fur, around his back. Now, Spike's whole body was now fully enveloped by Fluttershy's body. Fluttershy then pulled the covers back on top of them both, making sure to keep Spike in a thick cocoon of blankets, fur, mane, and feathers. Both lovers let out a happy sigh as they settled down.

"You're so warm, Spike," she whispered. "I love it."

"Thanks," Spike mumbled. "You're pretty toasty, yourself. It just makes me feel all the more sleepier."

Fluttershy blushed at the comment.

"You know, Spike" she said. "If somebody told me a few years ago that I'd be in a relationship with a Dragon who is the kindest soul in Equestria, I would really be contemplating what they said for quite a while. On one hand, before I met you I had always feared Dragons. On the other hand, someone who is kind would really hit it off with me. Within a week of knowing you, there was no doubt in my mind that someone had told me that you'd be my future lover, I'd believe them 100 percent."

She planted a big kiss on the top of his head and Spike blushed hard. He felt very flattered. He was just about to say a little speech of his own when he felt Fluttershy let out a heavy sigh and she continued to speak.

“I’m really, really sorry about the Dragon migration incident Spike. I should’ve been there for you. I was just really scared of the bigger and older Dragons a-and I was scared that they were what you’d become. You and I have been friends for a long time and we’ve just recently taken our relationship to the next level, along with the rest of our close friends.

Spike winced as he remembered that whole incident. While he was disappointed that Fluttershy hadn’t come, he did understand her point of view on the situation.

“Well, Flutters, while it was disappointing you didn’t come, I do understand how you felt. In fact, during my stay at the Dragonlands, I was somewhat worried about growing up because I didn’t want to leave behind you girls in Ponyville. Keep in mind, none of us ever really paid attention to what kind of breed of Dragon I was, nor did we look at what kind of things we could do to prevent a greed-induced growth spurt. If we would’ve looked into that a long time ago, there’s no doubt in my mind that you’d have come along too. It’s not like I would’ve minded having a Pegasus like you as my girlfriend later on anyway. You know, if someone had told me that I'd become friends and eventually become the lover of such a sweet Pegasus like you, I would've believed them without a second thought. In fact, I believe if I hadn't met Rarity, you would've been my crush. I've really seen you come out of your shell and branch out to others right before my eyes. That's one of the things I love most about you, Fluttershy. Your kindness and ability to show to others. I know you're sometimes a bit timid, but with a little nudge in the right direction, you really show everyone the kind, pure soul you are."

Fluttershy blushed heavily. She gripped Spike tighter.

"Flatterer," she smirked.

She began to smother the top of his head with kisses. Somehow, that seemed to make Spike feel even sleepier. He gave her chest fluff another nuzzle and let out a relaxed sigh.

"Feeling tired?" asked Fluttershy. She already knew the answer.

"Yeah," Spike mumbled. "Can you maybe hum me a lullaby? I'd really appreciate it."

Fluttershy immediatly began to sing Spike's favorite lullaby. Rarity had told her how he seemed to really enjoy being sung to sleep. Spike heard Fluttershy's angelic voice hum to him as the last of his consciousness vanished. The sleepy, little dragon snuggled as close as he could to her. Fluttershy responded by lowering her head to the top of his head. She rested her chin on his head crest, never stopping the lullaby as she fully sealed the bond between them.

Spike, meanwhile felt himself slowly drifting away from the real world to dreamland. His eyes closed as he felt the last of his strength fade away.

"Goodnight, Fluttershy," he mumbed out. "Love you."

"Goodnight, Spike," whispered Fluttershy. "I love you too."

15 seconds after saying, "goodnight", Spike finally fell asleep. Fluttershy smiled as she listened to her sleeping drakefriend's soft snores. It felt so soothing and relaxing listening to it.

"So that's why Rarity and Pinkie fell asleep so quick," Flutershy thought. "It is really calming to listen to. Almost like my own lullaby."

Fluttershy closed her eyes and it took her no more than three minutes to join the slumber beside Spike.

Chapter V: Rainbow Dash

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:10 A.M.

The birds sang their song long and loud that morning. Fluttershy let out a yawn and stretched. She looked down to find Spike still asleep and clutching her as tightly as he was last night. She couldn't help but smile warmly at how peaceful he looked. She was pulled away from her thoughts when she heard Spike's bedroom door open and in stepped in the next member for a cuddle session, Rainbow Dash. The wonderbolt took one look at Spike and Fluttershy still in Spike's bed and chuckled.

"I take it Spike's still asleep?" she asked.

Fluttershy nodded, "Yes, he looks so cute, doesn't he?"

"That's an understatment," Rainbow Dash said. "Adorable would be more accurate."

"I can't argue with you there," Fluttershy said.

Both Pegusai looked down at Spike, who was still snoring peacefully. Rainbow Dash got an idea and she whispered it to Fluttershy who found herself completely onboard with this plan.

Carefully, Rainbow Dash pryed Spike's arms off of Fluttershy's back. It took a little bit of effort because she didn't want to accidentally wake up Spike. Once they were done with that, They both used one hoof each to rub one cheek each in a gentle, circular motion. It took no more than 30 seconds for Spike to begin to stir and his emerald green eyes popped wide open, before he stretched and let out a big yawn.

"Good morning, Fluttershy," he said as he rubbed his eyes. "Sleep well?"

"Good morning, Spike," Fluttershy replied. "Yes, I did sleep well."

Spike turned his head to see Rainbow Dash looking down at him.

"Good morning, Rainbow."

"Good morning, handsome."

Spike's moment with Rainbow Dash was gently interupped by a pair of lips pressing lightly against his cheek. He turned to see Fluttershy looking at him with her eyes half-lidded and a grin played her lips.

"Oh," Spike said playfully. "Let me guess. It's time for my "Wake-up-good-morning call"?"

"You read my mind," Fluttershy whispered into his ear.

Spike didn't know what it was, but having someone whisper right into his ear felt so relaxing and soothing to him. He barely had time to process that thought when Fluttershy began to smother his face in half a minute's worth of kisses. Fluttershy pulled away and chuckled at Spike's blushing, sheepish face.

"Enjoy it?" she asked. She already knew the answer, but she just wanted to hear him say it.

"That's an understatement," Spike said.

"Well, I must be off now," Fluttershy said. "I can only imagine how excited Rainbow Dash is to be wih you today."

She then turned to Rainbow Dash, "He's all yours."

"Thanks, Flutters," Rainbow replied. She gave Fluttershy a playful noogie.

Fluttershy walked out the door but not before blowing a kiss toward her little drakefriend.

Once she was out of sight, Rainbow Dash turned her attention to Spike.

"Excited is a vast understatement of how I feel about being with you today, Spike. I want to make every second of today as awesome as possible for you," she said as she picked up Spike from his bed and cradled him in her hooves like a newborn foal. "Come on, sweetie. It's time for breakfast."

She flew out of Spike's bedroom carrying Spike in her hooves as he was a fragile package. Except Spike was of far greater value than any box of contents to the Cyan Pegasus.

TIME SKIP

True to her word, Raonbow Dash had made today a very good day for Spike. She had fixed him a large stack of pancakes with pieces of his favorite gems in them for not just breakfast, but for lunch and dinner as well, Spike and she talked for hours on end about several things, and she had surprised him by taking him out for a walk, only to take the quickest route to the movie and treat him to the newest Daring Do movie. Spike couldn't have asked for today to be any better.

Now, however, night had finally set upon all of Equestria and the moon had been raised and Rainbow Dash and Spike were longing on the couch together. Rainbow Dash was excited. Although she wasn't exactly the biggest fan of cuddling like Pinkie was, Rainbow was eager to wrap up her little Spike and provide him with the best cuddle experience. She was a little new to this whole love thing. In fact, Spike was the first real boyfriend in her life. She had a few crushes in her teen years here and there, but, despite her overly-confident attitude and her very, very supportive parents, she never had the courage to actually ask them out. Looking back, she was glad she didn't. Sure, they all had their pros that attracted the Rainbow-maned Pegasus, but she realized that none of them were even as one percent as awesome as Spike was. There were several times where she had given him a hard time and yet he proved her wrong in a dramatic fashion and never rubbed it into her face in any way, he was always there for her no matter what type of situation she was in, and he never was mad at her no matter how brash she could be sometimes. Although she felt touched by Spike thanking her for all the things she had done for him today, she felt like she owed him for being the best creature that she had met in her life.

She was pulled away from her thoughts when she heard a yawn cut through the quiet atmosphere. She looked at Spike and knew, the second she saw him, that Twilight's anri-drowsiness spell on him had worn off. She looked up at the clock for confirmation. 9:17 P.M. Rainbow smiled to herself she knew any second, Spike would be asking her to-

"Hey, Rainbow?" Spike asked sleepily.

"Yeah, Spike?" she replied. She already knew what he was going to ask her.

"Can you carry me upstairs to brush my teeth, please?" he pleaded as he stuck both arms out toward her.

"Certainly, sweetie," Rainbow said. She picked up the dozy Dragon, wrapped him in her hooves, and flew gently and slowly upstairs to the bathroom.

She didn't care how long it took for Spike to get ready for bed. As long as she was with him, that was all that mattered. She remembered how Spike had told them how he loved doing things for them just to see them happy. He wanted to spend time with them just to make them smile or laugh. Now, she felt like it was high time to return the favor.

It took no more than three minutes for Spike to brush his teeth. Once he was done, Rainbow gently picked him up and she flew to his bedroom, rocking the little, teenage Dragon back and fourth in her hooves, making him feel even sleepier. She opened his bedroom door and flew inside. The lights were already turned off and, like Pinkie, Rainbow's only source of light was the moon from an open curtain. She was a little reluctant to set Spike down, but rembered that she'd only be away from his grip for no more than 15 seconds. She quickly pulled back the covers and hovered above Spike as she wrapped him in the blankets. Then, she landed and got into Spike's bed herself. Spike and Rainbow both stuck their arms out as they scooted toward each other.

"Come here, Rainbow," Spike whispered.

Right when it seemed like Spike was gonna wrap his arms around Rainbow Dash's body, she suddenly stopped scooting towards him, leaving Spike utterly confused. He watched Rainbow Dash roll onto her back and she sat up. Her beautiful wings suddenly unfolded and they stood staright out on either side of her in all their glory. She then lay back down on her back.

"Spike," she said. "Climb up on top of me. I promise you'll enjoy this."

Spike did as he was told. He crawled from his spot and onto Rainbow Dash. He rested face down on her barrel and belly. The second he was comfy, Rainbow Dash wrapped her hooves around him tightly to keep him cemented to her abdomen. She then pulled her mane and tail over herself and wrapped Spike's back and legs with it. Finally, she wrapped her outstretched wings around him. Now, Spike was fully enveloped by Rainbow Dash's body. Rainbow then proceeded to pull the blankets back on top of them. Spike couldn't help but give Rainbow's chest fur a little nuzzle. She smelled of blueberries, one of Spike's favorite food, aside from gems.

"The others told me you liked being cuddled like this," Rainbow Dash explained. "How'd I do?"

"Perfectly, Dashie," Spike smiled.

Rainbow immediatly blushed hard from Spike's nickname.

"Well," Rainbow Dash said. "I'm glad you like it. How about the rest of today. Did you like it?"

"Yeah," Spike yawned. "I did. Why are you asking? Surely, you saw how happy I was throughout today at least once."

"I did, but," Rainbow Dash paused then sighed. "There's something I gotta tell you."

Spike's fatigue vanished, he pulled his head out of her chest, his ears perked up, and he looked up at her face, "I'm listening. Go ahead."

"Well, Spike," Rainbow sighed. "The truth is you're the first boy who I've been in a relationship in. I have to confess that despite my brash attitude, I've never had any courage to ask out any stallions in my teen years. I just wanted to make sure you were happy with my performance, because I love you, Spike. To be honest, you're really the only boy that I've seen come to me. Looking back, I'm glad I never acted on any of my feelimgs on the other guys, because I got someone much better. You're such a loyal dude, Spike. I know I've given you a hard time more than once, but you've proven me wrong and you've never gloated once about it, you're always there to support me me no matter what type of situation I'm in, and I can never remember a time when you were mad at me no matter how brash I could be sometimes. Lucky is an understatement of how I feel having you as a friend and lover. Always remember that."

She ended her speech with kissing Spike on his forehead. Spike, meanwhile, was feeling touched by his girlfriend's speech

"Thanks Rainbow," Spike said. "You know, you may be right on being a bit brash and you do sometimes pick on me, but did you mention that you make it up to me every time you do it? No, and yes I know I'm loyal to you, but you're just as loyal to me. Remember after our encounter with the Dragons? You checked in on me at least once every hour and you treated me to a Wonderbolt's show and ice cream that same day. Then, after the Sludge incident, you, as well as the others, spent every second of every day for a solid two weeks. It's already known that's when I started noticing most, if not all, of you girls romantically. You may be sometimes a little bit assertive, but beneath that is a sweet and kind Pegasus who only wants to make a friend and feel like she's wanted. That's something I will always love about you."

Rainbow's cheeks turned red. She felt just as touched with Spike's speech as Spike did with hers.

"Well," Spike yawned. "It's time for us to go to sleep."

He nuzzled back into her chest fur and let out a happy sigh. The fatigue that vanished earlier was resurfacing fast. Rainbow Dash gripped the little Dragon tighter and wrapped her wings as far as they could go about him. Rainbow suddenly smirked to herself she had an idea, but she wanted to see if Spike was okay with it first.

"Hey Spike," she cooed into his ear. "How would how like it if I hum you a lullaby?"

"That'd be great, Rainbow," Spike said softly. "Thanks."

With that said, Rainbow began to hum Spike's favorite lullaby as she nuzzled his head crest. Spike smiled as the sound of her voice combined with her heartbeat sang him to sleep. It took no more than two minutes for Spike to be pushed right to the edge. One last nudge would push him into Luna's Dream Relm.

"Goodnoght, Rainbow," Spike said with a yawn. "Always remember that I love you."

"Goodnight, Spike and thank you," whispered Rainbow Dash. "Please always remember that I love you too."

Unlike previous nights, Spike didn't fall asleep before his marefriend. The second she closed her eyes after saying goodnight, Rainbow Dash fell asleep. Right at that same moment, Spike also finally fell asleep too. Their soft snores echoed peacefully throughout Spike's room as the Friendship Castle finally fully settled down.

Chapter VI: Applejack

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:02 A.M.

Rainbow let out a yawn as she stretched and opened her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and smiled. That was a probably the best night of sleep she had in a while. She looked down to see her little drakefriend stil snoozing and still flush against her body. She began to gingerly rub the top of his head in an attempt to wake him up. She knew Applejack would be here any minute to pick him up for her day with him.

"Come on, handsome," she whispered into his ear. "It's time to wake up. Applejack will be here any moment."

Spike let out a groan and he stretched. His eyes popped open and the green irises met with Rainbow Dash's magenta ones.

"Good morning, sunshine," she smirked. "I take it you slept well?"

"Yes, I did," Spike said with a yawn. "How about you?"

"Yep," Rainbow said. "It was even better because I was with you."

Spike blushed, "Flatterer."

"You think you're blushing now?" Rainbow Dash smirked. "Just wait until you see this."

Before Spike knew what was happening, he was pinned down by Rainbow Dash and his face was smothered in another 30 second round of kisses. She pulled away to see the result and felt throughly satisfied seeing Spike blush ten times deeper than he was before.

"Howdy, y'all," came the thick southern accent of Applejack as she walked in the door.

"Hey, AJ," Rainbow smirked as she flew over to the Apple Farmer and hoofbumbed her. "Enjoy your time with Spike. That Dragon is the best cuddler I've ever seen."

Spike's blush only deepend, but slightly.

"See ya Spike," Rainbow said, blowing him a kiss. "Love you."

"Love you too, Dashie," Spike said, blowing her a kiss in return.

Once Rainbow was gone, Applejack smiled as she walked toward her drakefriend.

"This is gonna be better than joinin' a rodeo," she chuckled.

"Glad you're excited," Spike smiled. "You up for a little breakfast, Jackie? I'm feeling hungry."

"Same here, Spike" Applejack blushed at his nickname for her.

They headed down to the kitchen to make breakfast and start their day together.

LATER THAT NIGHT, 9:09 P.M.

Applejack and Spike were resting on the couch together as they basked in the silence of the night. The day for them was absolutely great. They had baked apple pies together, they had played a few board games, at Spike's suggestion, Apple Bloom joined in, and they also told each other about how much they loved one another. They couldn't have asked for the day to turn out any better.

Applejack had seen Spike grow more and more tired within the last ten minutes. He now looked like he had pulled an all-nighter. However, before Spike could even think of ask her to transport him upstairs, the Apple farmer had already thought ahead and was transporting the tired teen to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Spike smiled as he listened to the rhythmic beating of hooves meeting the ground. At last, the Earth Pony and Dragon reached the bathroom and Applejack had Spike lean against her as he brushed his teeth. Spike smiled as her felt her soft fur against his smooth scales. There was something strangley satisfying being in close contact with his marefriends. He felt safe and secure in their grasp and he felt calm and at ease as he held them close to him. Before Applejack even realized it, Spike had finished brushing his teeth and they were already going to Spike's bedroom to call it a night. Applejack opened the door and trotted into Spike's bedroom. The lights were out and she had to feel around in the dark until she made into Spike's bed. She gently set Spike down on his bed, took off her trademark, stetson hat, placed on a nearby dresser, took out the braids on her mane and tail and allowed her silky, smooth, perfect, blonde mane fall free, and slid into bed with him. Spike wiggled into the covers and barely had time to get settled in the blankets when Applejack wrapped his small body in her strong grasp and pressed him flush against her abdomen. Rather than embracing him tightly, however, she gripped him with every ounce of strength she had. To Spike, the tighter the grip, the better the experience was for him. He nuzzled into her soft chest fur and took in her scent. Being an apple farmer gave Applejack the obvious scent of apples. He sighed as he settled down. He felt so tired. He felt even better when he felt Applejack's unbraided mane come in contact with his sides and back and how her unbraided tail came in contact with his unbandaged leg and tail. Now completely surrounded by the southern pony, Spike felt warm and cozy as Applejack pulled the covers up even further on top of them both.

"Thanks, Jackie," Spike said in a soft tone.

"You're welcome, Sugarcube," Applejack whispered. "You deserve this after you've been my friend and helping me for so long."

Spike blushed, "Aww, it's nothing. I like helping you because I don't want any kind of reward like this. All I want out of the deal is spending time with you and seeing you happy. I really don't care if you reward me, because you do it without even trying with your smile and happiness."

Applejack blushed a moderate shade of pink. Spike was always the smooth talker without even realizing it.

"Well," Applejack spoke softly into his ear. "Even if you don't want a reward aside from my happiness, I refuse to let all your good deeds go without some kind of repayment. You've been by my side for as long as I remember and you've always been there for me more times than I can count. Now that we're more than friends, I've realized that I've ignored you from time to time and I absolutley cannot, in good conscience, let that slide any more. You're too pure for this world, Spike. It's no wonder you have more than one girl who loves you. You're an angel in disguise, a savior anyone would be blessed to have known, and a lover any girl would only dream of. Fortunately, I got to be one of the many girls who gets to be with you."

Spike was now blushing redder than Applejack's cutie mark.

"Thanks, Jackie," he whispered.

Applejack pulled Spike's head out of her chest and looked him right in the eye.

"No, Spike," she said. "Thank you. Thank you for being the sweetest Dragon ever."

She surprised Spike by capturing his lips in a tender, passionate kiss. Spike was surprised but melted into the lip-lock. Time was nothing to either of them as they kissed. They broke away and looked into each other's eyes lovingly. Emerald Eyes locked on with another pair of Emerald Eyes. Their moment was interrupted when they both let out yawns.

"Ready to go to bed?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah," Spike said.

They both regained their original cuddling positions with Spike's face being smothered once again into Applejack's soft, and now ruffled, chest fur and now both Dragon and Pony waited for fatigue to inevitably overtake both their bodies. Applejack, however, wanted to provide Spike with one last gift before he went to sleep. She began to hum a lullaby right in his ear and Spike was loving every second of it. He was already beyond tired, but with Applejack's extra body heat spreading thoughout every inch of his small frame, her soft, silky fur, mane, and tail surrounding him, the slow, quiet, steady drum of her heartbeat, and, now, her angelic voice turbocharging the efforts to put him to bed for the night.

"Goodnight, Jackie," Spike groaned out as his eyes fully closed. "Love you."

"Sweet dreams, Sugarcube," Applejack whispered back. "I love you too."

Applejack closed her eyes and waited for her drowsiness to finally put her to sleep. She heard soft snores coming from Spike and that seemed to relax her even further.

"I can see why the other gals like this so much," Applejack though as she let out a yawn. "It is like a personal, little lullaby.

She smiled happily with her toughts as the last of her consciousness dissapeared and she finally joined the slumber beside her drakefriend, dreaming of all the fun things they'd do the next time they'd have a day together.

Chapter VIII: The Cutie Mark Crusaders

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:12 A.M.

Starlight let out a huge yawn as she rubbed her eyes and she stared at the clear, blue sky.

"Good morning, sleepy head," came a voice.

Starlight looked down to see Spike looking up at her with his typical, sweet smile. He wasn't the only one either. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were also looking up at the pink Unicorn with grins as well. Starlgiht was very surprised to see Spike awake before her.

"Good morning, Spike," Starlight said. "It's nice to see you awake, but when did you wake up?"

"Just ten minutes," Scootaloo said. "We woke him up with nuzzles to the head. We tried the same for you for a full five minutes, but you must be a very hard sleeper because you didn't stir once."

"Oops, heh. Sorry," Strlight said sheepishly.

"Don't be. You got some extra rest," Spike said. "Plus, I got to see those beautiful, blue eyes reveal themselves to me."

Starlight blushed and looked down at Spike. Before Spike could react, she puckered her lips, leaned down to his face, and began to kiss it all over. The Crusaders watched and giggled as Starlight smothered Spike with kisses. Starlight pulled away and giggled herself at Spike's adorable, dazed face. She got up and walked to the door.

"See you later, Starry," Spike said as he waved goodbye. "Love you."

Starlight blushed at Spike's nickname for her.

"Goodbye, Spike," Starlight said as she blew Spike a kiss. "I love you too."

With that, Starlight walked out the door leaving the four kids alone in Spike's bedroom.

"Wow, Spike," Scootaloo said as she scooted as close as she could to Spike. "You're so much cuter up close."

Spike blushed heavily as Scootaloo pressed her nose against his.

"You ready for breakfast, handsome?" Sweetie asked.

"You bet," Spike said.

With that said, the three fillies lifted Spike off the bed. They weren't as strong as their sisters, so it took a little longer, but they eventually managed to get Spike off the bed and they, slowly but surely, got Spike downstairs to eat breakfast and start their day together.

LATER THAT NIGHT, 9:15 P.M.

Spike, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo had, probably to them, a day that easily made it into the top ten for them when it came to great days. With a little help from Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, Spike and the Crusaders baked two dozen cupcakes for the whole harem. The crusaders took turns giving Spike a back rub, they snuggled with him on the couch, and the four kids read Power Ponies comics to each other.

The Crusaders felt almost as tired as Spike was after his anti-drowsiness spell had worn off. Usually, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle would be in bed at 8:00 P.M. and Scootaloo would be in bed 8:15 P.M. Their excitement of staying up late and being with their Spike, however, managed to push their fatigue away and help them push through that last hour. Now, that excitement had vanished. With it went their ability to try and keep their eyes half open.

They were carrying Spike upstairs to brush his teeth. Spike didn't mind that they weren't going as fast as their big sisters. He knew that they were trying their hardest to get him to bed. They got him to the bathroom where he brushed his teeth and then they headed off to his bedroom.

The Crusaders didn't need to get ready with Spike because when it was nearing their normal bedtime, they had gotten ready to go to sleep like usual and realized that they were staying up with Spike only after they were done.

At long last, they arrived at his bedroom. All three filles had a good idea for a cuddle postion and they were beyond eager to show it to Spike. Sweetie Belle had mastered her magic no more than a week ago and was able to make a light out of her horn so her friends and she could see where they were going. Once they were at the bed, Spike grabbed ahold of the bedsheets and crawled his way onto it. Once they made sure Spike was off their backs, the Crusaders crawled into Spike's bed themselves to find Spike reaching his pillow, pulling back the blankets, and flipping onto his back. The Crusaders soon reached him.

"Hey, Spike," Sweetie whispered right in his ear. "We have a good idea for a cuddling position. All you need to do is keep your arms at your sides."

"Oh," Spike yawned. "Okay."

The sleepy Dragon put his arms at his sides and no sooner did he do that than did Apple Bloom and Scootaloo clamp down on both of his sides, embracing him as tight as they could. Doing this locked both his arms in their current position. Sweetie then crawled on top of Spike and kept her horn on as her face met with Spike's.

"How do you like it?" she asked.

"It's great," Spike said with another yawn. "Thanks, Sweetie."

Sweetie rested her head against Spike's small, scaly chest.

"So smooth," she whispered dreamily.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo both began kissing his cheeks all over. Then they preceeded to nuzzle their cheeks with his lovingly. Spike sighed as he settled into the grips of the three fillies that he loved unconditionally. Instead of a large coat of fur enveloping the whole front of his body, three smaller, but still just as soft, bodies covered his body all over. He let out a sigh as he settled down. Their sweet scents combined and privided his nose with something nice to smell. Apple Bloom, like her big sister, smelled like apples, Sweetie Belle smelled like marshmellows, and Scootaloo smelled like a freshly ripened tangerine.

"Remember all those times you've helped us? Well, this is just our way of saying thank you," Scootoloo said in his ear in a soothing tone.

The Orange Pegasus couldn't help but nibble on his ear fin, making Spike blush as red as Apple Bloom's mane.

"Aww, thanks, girls," Spike said. "Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the gesture of kindness, but I'm just satisfied with seeing you happy. Even if you loved someone else, I'd be at peace knowing that you're satisfied with who you choose to settle with."

All three Crusaders blushed listening to Spike's mini-speech. Their moment, however, was broken when all three ponies and Dragon let out a big yawn simultaneously.

"Ready for bed, cutie?" Apple Bloom whispered.

"Yeah," Spike yawned again.

The second they heard that, the Crusaders began to hum a lullaby for Spike. This was a lullaby that they usually hummed for each other whenever they had a sleepover together at one another's house or in their clubhouse. It seemed to be doing the trick for Spike as her began to slowly drift off to sleep. He wasn't the only one either. Sweetie Belle, who was still resting her head against Spike's chest, was also right behind Spike as he neared Luna's dream relm. Like Spike, she too was unable to resist the calming, steady lullaby that breathing patterns and hearbeats sang to her. Although she was almost asleep, she did was able to hear Spike's next sentence. It made her feel not just more at ease, but warm and fuzzy inside too.

"Goodnight, Crusaders. I love you," uttered out the drowsy purple drake as his eyes fully closed.

"Goodnight, Spike," grunted Apple Bloom, who was also about to fall asleep as well. "We love you too."

No sooner did Apple Bloom say her last word, than did Sweetie Belle, Spike, Scootaloo, and she all fall asleep simultaneously. All four kids had small smiles on their mouths as they peacefully dozed away the next 11 to 12 hours.

Chapter IX: Smolder

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:12 A.M.

Spike let out a yawn and went to stretch only to find his arms still locked tight against his sides and Sweetie Belle still on top of him. Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom looked at him with half lidded eyes and smiles.

"Good morning, handsome," Apple Bloom cooed.

"From the looks of it, you slept very well," purred Scootaloo.

"I've missed those beautiful emerald eyes," whispered Sweetie Belle.

"Good morning, cutie pies," Spike mumbled. "Could you maybe let my arms go so I can get up? Smolder will be here any minute."

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Scootaloo asked.

"No, I don't think so," Spike said.

"Well, let's give you a little memory jog," Sweetie smirked.

Before Spike could react all three Cutie Mark Crusaders shoved their faces into his face and they smothered it all over with kisses. They did this for the 30 seconds that Spike had to go through his "Good-morning-wake-up call". When they pulled away, they couldn't help but giggle at Spike's dazed face.

"Quite a performance," came a voice.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked back to see a smirking Smolder leaning on the wall.

"Smolder, how long have you been standing there?" asked Apple Bloom.

"Five minutes," answered Smolder. "You all just seemed too cute to leave behind and I wanted to see this little kiss scene for myself."

"Heh," chuckled Spike. "Well, I'm glad we can entertain you."

The Cutie Mark Crusaders let Spike go and jumped off the bed.

"He's all yours, Dragon counterpart," Scootaloo said.

"Thanks, Pony counterpart," Smolder replied.

Scootaloo and Smolder always felt that they had a very special bond with each other because, aside from being different species, their physical appearances were almost identical to each other and they liked some of the same things.

After bidding Smolder and Spike farewell, the Cutie Mark Crusaders walked out of Spike's room.

Smolder turned to Spike.

"Well, cutie pie," she smirked. "I can already tell we're going to have an amazing day together. Come on, you. It's time for breakfast."

She walked over to Spike's bed, picked Spike up, and took him downstairs for breakfast. Both were looking forward to all the events that their day together had to offer to them.

LATER THAT NIGHT, 9:17 P.M.

Smolder savored every second of her day with Spike. She was always a fan of cute things, but adorable was a vast understatement of what she thought about Spike. Throughout the day, she was successful in trying several attempts to fluster Spike into a blush. Her favorite one was when she pinned Spike on the couch and repeatedly pinched his cheeks in a very playful and teasing manner, booped his nose, and whispered all the things she loved about him right in his ear. Spike ordinarily would blush a light shade of pink for the average attempt by Smolder to fluster him, but would blush as red as a tomato when Smolder pinned him on the couch.

Now, they were both on the couch. Smolder was lying down with Spike sprawled on top of her. The second she heard Spike starting to yawn profusely and saw that his eyes were barely half open, Smolder became very eager. She knew that there were mere minutes, possibly seconds, before Spike asked her to carry him to bed for his cuddles and bedtime. She was a closeted cuddler because Garble would always do it with her when she was younger when she was feeling down. She had enjoyed it with her brother, but she felt it was a lot more special with Spike. Her Spike.

"Hey, Smolder?" he asked with a yawn.

"Yeah, Spike?" she asked.

"I'm ready to go to bed. Could you carry me? Please?" Spike asked, his tone almost pleading her to do so.

"Of course, sweetie," she said and then picked Spike up and carried him upstairs.

Spike and Smolder both brushed their teeth together and then traveled to Spike's bedroom. Smolder was always one to stay up later than everyone else. However, she had woken up at 5:30 this morning and when she realized that it was her day with Spike, she became very excited and couldn't go back to sleep. Now, that vanished fatigue had come back and hit her like a fully loaded freight train.

Once they were both done, Smolder scooped Spike back into her arms and the two tired Dragons made it to Spike's room. Smolder opened the door, flicked off the lights, and then generated a low flame so she could see where she was going. She walked to the bed, pulled the covers back with one hand, and set her little drakefriend into his bed. Spike scooted back so she could slide into bed with him. She put out her flame, got into bed, and replaced the covers on top of them both. The two lovers met at the center of the bed. The moment their bodies connected, both Spike and Smolder's arms wrapped around each other's backs and they held each other as close as they could. Smolder wrapped her wings around Spike's little body and then pulled the covers even further up on top of them both. She mostly did it for Spike to make sure he was extra cozy and warm. Spike rested his cheek against Smolder's scaly chest and listened to her heartbeat and breathing patterns intently. She smelled like a mix of oranges and cinnamon. Smolder took notice.

"Enjoying yourself?" she asked.

"Yeah," Spike yawned. "You can't blame me. It's nice to be with such a sweet and beautiful girl like you."

Smolder blushed a moderate shade of pink and gripped Spike even tighter.

"It's even better for me," Smolder whispered. "You don't even want to know how long I've wanted to just wrap you in a hug and keep you in my arms for a full night. You're truly an example for Dragons everywhere. I'm glad Gar-Gar changed his ways because of you nudging him in the right direction. If the truth be told, he trusts you being with me. When he found out about us and our little harem, he was a little uneasy, but remembered how you were so kind to me in the short time that we knew each other. You're such a pure soul, Spike, but I must admit that I would've never thought about falling in love with someone like you before I came to Ponyville."

Spike smiled, "Well, I'm glad to fulfill your wish, Smolder. Just seeing you happy is enough to warm my heart. In fact, the main reason I decided to tough it out with Garble was because I wanted to see you elated at seeing him cheered up again. I also felt like I owed you for being there for me after that awful Sludge fiasco. That's when I began falling for you. When I felt like all hope was lost for getting along with him and I traded tasks with Fluttershy, I literally felt my heart break into about 50 pieces because I felt like I failed you. However, seeing him reformed made me happy for him, and an indescribable feeling of ecstacy washed over me when I knew that you'd be happy too seeing Garble go down the right path, because I love you, Smolder. Even if you never returned my feelings, I would just be glad seeing you happy."

Smolder blushed even deeper. She felt touched by Spike's speech. It seemed like each time Spike had given a speech to one of his lovers before they fell asleep, his words always found a way to touch their souls and make them feel so warm and fuzzy inside.

"Spike, could you please look up at me?" she asked.

"Uh, sure," Spike said. He let out a another yawn.

Smolder rekindled her low flame until she saw Spike's face looking up at her and she quicky planted a kiss on his lips. Spike was a little surprised at first, but closed his eyes and melted into the kiss. It lasted for about 30 seconds, but time was meaningless to them both. They broke away and then embraced each other with their full grip. Both began to grow sleepier by the minute. Smolder nuzzled the top of his head lovingly and then did what was becoming the norm for every night of cuddles, humming Spike a lullaby. Spike relaxed into his lover's grip and listened to the all the calming, sleep-inducing sounds that Smolder's humming, body heat, and hearbeat gave off to him.

"Goodnight, Smolder," Spike grunted out. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Spike," Smolder whispered soothingly into his ear. "I love you too."

Spike went to sleep happy listening to Smolder's final six words to him. Once again, soft snores from the purple Dragon broke through the silent atmosphere of the night. Smolder closed her eyes and listened to Spike's soft snores. She was also tired too, but she had put that aside just to cuddle with Spike for a few precious minutes. Now, she could no longer hold it back. Spike's snoring only seemed to make the route to dreamland so much easier. It took another four minutes before Spike's snores finally pushed Smolder fully out of consciousness and into dreamland. The two teen Dragons had smiles that played their lips knowing that they had the other in their arms.

Chapter X: Gabby

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:02 A.M.

Spike let out a yawn and felt two clawed, scaly hands stroking his cheeks. He opened his eyes to see Smolder smiling warmly at him with Gabby behind her.

"Good morning, sweetheart," cooed Smolder. "Gabby's here to have her day with you."

"Oh, good," Spike yawned.

"However," Smolder smirked. "You didn't get your good-morning-wake up call yet and I'd be remissed if I let that slide."

Before Spike or Gabby could say another word, Smolder leaned down and began to assault hos face with another affectionate attack of kisses. She pulled away and chuckled at Spike's blushing face. He looked so much cuter to her when he looked flustered.

"Well, he's all yours, Gabby," Smolder said, before nuzzling Spike on the top of Spike's head lovingly one last time. "See you later, Spikey. I love you so much."

"I love you too, Smolder," Spike said as he watched Smolder get up and depart from his bedroom.

Once she was gone, Gabby wrapped Spike in her arms and pressed him against her feathery abdomen. It felt just as soft as pony fur.

"This is going to be the best day ever!" She chirped excitedly.

"Always the one to look on the bright side," Spike chuckled at Gabby's eagerness. "Just another reason for me to love you."

Gabby blushed heavily.

"Come on, Mr. Charmer," Gabby cooed. "It's time to get you downstairs for breakfast."

With that said, Gabby loaded Spike onto her back and flew downstairs so the two lovers could eat.

LATER THAT NIGHT 9:07 P.M.

Spike and Gabby both rested in each other's arms. Their day together was amazing. They had gone on a walk around Ponyville, during which they had gotten milkshakes and ice cream cones, they had a pillow fight in Spike's bedroom, and they had their favorite breakfast food, pancakes, for all three meals of the day.

Now, it was night and energy on both sides had been spent completely. They looked up at each other with half open eyes and nodded to each other. Slowly, Gabby got off the couch, picked up her healing drakefriend, placed him on her back, and began to climb up the stairs to their final resting place.

Gabby, ordinarily, would be asleep by 8:15 P.M., but she knew that she had about another hour with Spike, although that didn't stop her from getting ready for bed at her regular time because, like the other harem members, she wanted to head straight to Spike's bedroom once he was finished so they could maximize their cuddle time together.

Soon, after what seemed like an hour to them, they reached the bathroom and Spike began to brush his teeth. It only took him two-and-a-half minutes, but it felt like ten times that time to Gabby. When the grey griffon was tired, time always felt so slow to her. Once he was finished, Gabby eagerly picked Spike up and carried him off to his bedroom. Gabby opened the door and the two tired creatures stepped into the near pitch-black room. A curtain ws left open and the moon's glow guided the drowsy, lovesick Dragon and Griffon to the bed where they'd be cuddling and sleeping for the night. Gabby pulled the blankets just enough for her little drakefriend to slide into them and then set Spike onto his bed. Spike immediatly got the message and slid into the covers, just as Gabby got into bed with him. The two lovers embraced each other at the dead center of Spike's bed. Their arms shot around each other's sides and backs at lightning-quick speeds and gripping each other as tight as they could once their arms stopped.

Spike sighed in relaxation as he buried his face into Gabby's chest feathers and took a whiff of the grey griffon's scent. She smelled of apricots. Gabby then preceeded to wrap her large, dark grey wings around Spike's little body, fully enclosing him in a cocoon of feathers and love.

"Thanks, Gabbs," Spike mumbled as her gave her chest feathers another nuzzle.

"You don't need to thank me, sweetie," Gabby whispered into his ear, blushing at Spike's cute nickname for her. "You've had this coming for a long time, Spike. You literally will do anything to please somene you know. I'm no exception. You've come to my side to comfort the second you hear I'm even a little sad, you got me out a slump after my break up, and you hang out with me a lot, which made somepony very, very, jealous," she chuckled remembering the mishap when Rarity became more desperate to spend time with Spike and they had a falling out. "You're just an overall, sweet, loving, and innocent soul."

Spike blushed heavily. He always felt so warm and fuzzy inside whenever his girlfriends comlimented him on his character.

"It's not really hard to see where I get it from," he said. "With a sweet, upbeat girl like you as one of my girlfriends, I can't help but have pick up a few things about being kind. I've heard from the crusaders you always act like a good friend to them. I still remember how I slowly began to fall in love with you as we hung out more and more. You've got optimism that rivals Pinkie's. You also know how to cheer up anyone when they're feeling down. Just more reasons for me to love you, Gabbs."

Gabby blushed as red as an apple. She giggled adorably at Spike's sweet words to her. She heard Spike let out a huge yawn and knew that he was nearing dreamland. She rested her chin on top of Spike's head and began to do Spike's favorite thing that every harem member had done for him when they cuddled him on previous nights, Humming him a lullaby.

Spike felt Gabby's chin settle onto the top of his head before hearing an angelic hum beginning to leave her body and reach his ears. It was a double lullaby for the drowsy teen because of her heartbeat already slowly chipping away at the last of his consciousness. He let out yawn after yawn as he began to slowly drift off.

"Goodnight, Gabbs," he muttered. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Spike," Gabby whispered. "I love you too."

Gabby closed her eyes to hear Spike beginning to softly snore.

"You know," she thought to herself. "The others are beyond right. Spike's snores really do provide you with a comforting, soothing lullaby of your own."

Usually, it took three to five minutes for Spike's snores to lull a girl to sleep, but Gabby was asleep within a minute and a half as she was already beyond tired. They both smiled peacefully as they slept the night away, happy knowing that the other was in their tight, loving grasp.

Chapter XI: Twelve in One

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:09 A.M.

Spike let out a yawn as he stretched and opened his eyes. He was expecting to see Twilight picking him up for her second day with him. He wasn't expecting to see all 12 of his lovers staring down at him with sweet smiles.

"Good morning, sunshine," cooed Smolder in a sweet tone.

"Good morning, Smolder, girls," Spike said as he rubbed his eyes. "What are you all doing here? Isn't it Twilight's turn today?"

"Oh," Smolder smirked. "We're so sorry, Spike. We didn't mention to you that we had also decided to give you a night to cuddle all 12 of us after having a day with each of us individually."

"You're kidding," Spike said, clearly shocked by what he was hearing.

"Nope, we're dead serious. You'll also be spending the whole day with us," Rainbow Dash responded. "You ready?"

"You bet," Spike said.

"Before we do this, however," Gabby smirked. "You must go through your "good-morning-wake-up call"."

Before Spike could even think of anything else, Gabby began to smother his face in yet another 30-second round of kisses. She pulled away and could help but chuckle at Spike's dazed face.

"The others were right," Gabby whispered in her ear. "Your reactions to kisses are really adorable."

Spike blushed, "Aww. Thanks, Gabby."

"You're welcome," Gabby whispered once again. "Come on, It's time for breakfast. Today's going to be probably better than yesterday."

With that said, the Griffon loaded Spike onto her feathery back and the two led the way downstairs to eat breakfast.

LATER THAT NIGHT, 9:16 P.M.

Spike sighed as he was carried up to bed by Smolder. The day he had with all twelve of his girls was probably the best out of them all. For starters, he had played a few games of Ogres and Oubliettes with Gabby and Rarity and had helped Pinkie and the Crusaders bake a 3-decker chocolate cake. He had also gone on a walk with Fluttershy and Smolder, during which Rainbow Dash had surprised all three of them with a Sonic Rainboom. When they got back, Applejack had invited him to bake a pie with Applebloom and her. He also read Power Ponies comics with Twilight and Starlight. After that, Pinkie threw Spike a surprise "13-Day-Anniversary" party for him, as well as for the other harem members. Partying was pretty much how Spike and his harem spent the rest of the night, aside from eating dinner together.

Spike and Smolder arrived at the bathroom, after what seemed like forever to them, and they both brushed their teeth as quick as they could. The other girls had already gotten ready for bed before the two dragons because the hard partying had worn them out. It had done the same with Smolder, but he decided to wait until Spike decided to get ready because she found it excruciatingly slow when Spike was brushing his teeth during her first full day being with him. She decided brushing her teeth with him would make it less painfully slow for her.

Eventually, the two were finished and they were walking toward the bedroom. Smolder opened the door to see the other 11 girls lying on Spike's bed with half-lidded smiles on their face.

"There's our Casanova cutie," Starlight said. "Come on, you two. It's time for a nice, long cuddle session."

Smolder sped up the pace until Spike and she were at the side of his bed. The orange Dragon set her drowsy boyfriend onto the bed before sliding into bed with the others. Spike scooted toward the center of his bed just as his girls were starting to crawl toward him. They embraced him in a tight, warm cuddle puddle of fur, feathers, scales, hooves, arms, wings, manes, and tails. Twilight used her magic to pull the covers on top of them all. Then, she turned out the lights. Spike snuggled into their tight grasps and enjoyed the combined body heat all 12 girls gave off. Warm soft fur and feathers caressed his body all over. A small patch of scales as smooth as his also took part in surrounding his body in the giant cuddle puddle.

"Thanks, sweeties," Spike said in a soft tone. "This really means a lot to me."

"Spikey," whispered Rarity. “We’ve already been over this. You never need to thank us for this. You’ve given so much for us and never even asked for something even as simple as a “thank you” in return. It's taken us far too long to realize just how much you mean to us and how much we mean to you.”

To make herself clear, Rarity leaned forward and planted a big kiss right on his right cheek. Then, she nuzzled her left cheek into his right affectionately.

"I know, but there’s more to it than that, Rares," Spike mumbled. "There's a reason I've never really asked for anything in return. As long as you're all happy, I'm happy. Everyday we're together, I feel like our bonds grow stronger every day we're all together. Then, when night comes and I cuddle with one of you, I don't know how to describe it, but for some reason, I just feel really safe and loved when I know one of you is with me, but now those feelings are indescribable now thay I'm with all of you. You can't really blame me though because you've all been with me since the beginning, as well as being the sweetest girls I've ever met. I love each of you with every fiber of my being."

All 12 girls blushed listening to Spike's mini-speech. Twilight's horn lit up and she soon found Spike's head resting right below her. She began to pepper light kisses all over the top of it. The other 11 girls followed Twilight's lead and began to pepper the rest of Spike's whole head with light kisses. This continued for a minute and a half, but time was meaningless to all 13 of them. Eventually, the girls, one by one, managed to pull away from kissing Spike and gripped their little drake tighter than before, knowing he was tired and needed his sleep. Twilight's horn began to lose its light and soon the room was pitch black again.

As her horn went out fully, Twilight suddenly had an idea and whispered it to Rarity, who was right next to her. Rarity then whispered it to the girl next to her and soon every girl had gotten the word of Twilight's idea. Spike had just closed his eyes when he heard a soft voice singing his favorite lullaby. Another voice joined in. Then a third voice. Then a fourth. Soon, all 12 girls were softly singing Spike's favorite lullaby. Individually, their voices were angelic, at the least, for Spike. Combined, however, they were probably the most beautiful sound Spike had ever heard in his life. He let out another sigh of relaxation as he grew sleepier and sleepier.

"Goodnight, girls," he mumbled out. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Spike," whispered the girls simultaneously. "We love you too."

No sooner did the girls say their last word, than did Spike's eyes fully close and he fell into probably the most peaceful sleep in his life. His soft snores echoed throughout his bedroom and seemed to return the favor for the girls for singing him to sleep by providing them with their own lullaby. They snuggled as close as they could to one another before closing their eyes and finding themselves beside Spike in his deep, serene slumber thanks to his snoring. They all grinned as they imagined what new happy memories the future would bring for them.

Author's Note

Now that this story is completed, there's nothing stopping me from completing A Secret Admirer 3.

Chapter VII: Starlight Glimmer

THE NEXT MORNING, 9:08 A.M.

Spike let out a yawn as he felt two hooves gently stroking both his cheeks. His eyes opened to find both Applejack and Starlight looking down at him with warm smiles. One hoof from each pony was caressing each cheek

"Good morning, Sugarcube," Applejack whispered. "I take it you slept well?"

Yeah," Spike said as he stretched and rubbed his eyes.

"Rarity was right," Starlight smirked. "You do have the cutest, chubby cheeks."

The pink Unicorn couldn't help but rub them a little more as Spike blushed a slight tone of pink. He didn't know why, but when Starlight rubbed his cheeks, he felt relaxed to the point where he wanted to fall back asleep. He closed his eyes and sighed happily. He was pulled away from his thoughts when Starlight suddenly stopped rubbing his cheeks and backed away from him. Spike was confused until Applejack walked up to him and began to kiss his face all over for half a minute. Spike blushed as red as her cutie mark as the Apple Farmer continued her affectionate actions on his face. Once she was finished, Applejack turned to Starlight.

"He's all yours, Starlight," she said. "Oh, and a word to the wise. When you cuddle him, he likes it a tight grip."

"Noted," Starlight replied. "Thanks, Applejack."

"Bye, Jackie," Spike said waving at Applejack. "I love you."

"See ya, Spikey," Applejack replied, wrapping Spike in another hug. "I love you too."

After hugging Spike one last time, Applejack turned and walked out the door, leaving Spike and Starlight alone to enjoy the company of each other.

LATER THAT NIGHT, 9:14 P.M.

Starlight was eager when Twilight's anti-fatigue spell to expire and it was time for Spike to go to bed. Spike and she had a great day together. Starlight had given him his favorite breakfast, pancakes with gems in it, she had taken him for a little stroll around Ponyville. and she treated him to a movie. Spike was beyond touched by all the things Starlight did for him. When they got back, Starlight offered him a half-hour cuddle sesson in her bed. Spike accepted it without a second thought, but they ended up cuddling for almost two hours simply because they enjoyed it too much to stop so soon. The only reason they did stop was because it was time for dinner.

Now, however, the day was over. Like Applejack, Starlight had picked up when Spike was beginning to tire and she took him upstairs to freshen up for bed immediately when she saw the signs. Spike grinned widely as Stalight carried him from place to place. He was enjoying Starlight's scent in her back. She smelled like cotton candy. Although it probably wasn't as strong a smell if he was resting on her front and not her back.

At last, Spike had finished brushing his teeth and Starlight and he were on their way to his bedroom. Starlight opened the door to Spike's bedroom to find it was pitch black. The curtains were closed and the lights were out. Starlight uttered a spell that would make her horn glow with magic, but not shoot it at anything and it could be deactivated at anytime. It would act as a flashlight for the two drowsy lovers and they were looking foreward to the main snugglefest that was less than two minutes away from them.

Starlight was quick to trot to Spike's bed. She pulled back the covers and set Spike on top of the mattress. She climbed into bed with him. Unlike previious nights, however, Spike didn't have the strength to meet his marefriend in the bed. He just lay on his back and could only direct his tired, half-open eyes toward his beautiful, Unicorn girlfriend. Starlight noticed this and immediatly sped up her efforts to get to her Spike. It took only a few seconds for the two lovers to finally be together in bed. Starlight had pulled the covers back on top them both and she had postioned herself on top of Spike. Her super soft, upper body rested on top of almost all of the front of his body. Starlight hadn't turned off her horn yet and Spike looked up at her face. She smirked at him mischievously.

"Remember how you liked it when I rubbed your cheeks so gently?" she asked soothingly.

"Yeah," Spike yawned.

"Well, it's time for part two," Starlight whispered right into his ear.

Starlight's hooves slowly crept up to Spike's face before coming in contact with his squishy, tender, scaley cheeks. She began to rub them gently, making Spike feel more relaxed than the first time she did it. He let out a pleased hum as Starlight continued to caress his cheeks. After five minutes of cheek rubbing, Starlight stopped, turned off her horn, and pulled Spike against her body. She flipped onto her side and draped her mane and tail over her body and covered as much of his back as she could with it. She then gripped little Spike as tight as she could. She didn't know if Spike had fallen asleep of not at this point, but she was given her answer when Spike weakly nuzzled against her chest fluff and took in a whiff of her scent.

Spike smiled weakly as he snuggled against Starlight's very soft chest fluff. Her scent of cotton candy was, indeed, much stronger on her front then on her back.

"Thanks, Starlight," Spike mumbled.

"You're welcome, honey," Starlight cooed into his ear.

The Pink Unicorn then began to sing, not hum, Spike a lullaby. Spike, meanwhile, only felt like he was about to fall asleep just from Starlight's new position for cuddling him and the sound of her heartbeat, but the sound of her voice singing its angelic, smooth tune to him made the little, drowsy Dragon feel like he was about to pass out at any second.

"Goodnight, Starlight. I love you," Spike mumbled.

"Goodnight, Spike. I love you too." Starlight had managed to work that sentence into her lullaby. It seemed to only push Spike fully into Luna's dream relm.

Starlight smiled warmly down at her now sleeping boyfriend. He looked beyond peaceful as he began his 12-hour beauty sleep from the fatigue his painkillers granted him. After singing Spike to sleep for a few minutes, his soft snores seemed to return the favor for the tired Unicorn, providing her with her own, personal lullaby. She closed her eyes and felt sleep overtake her. Spike's snores seemed to turbocharge her efforts and made the route to dreamland very, very easy. It took her only three more minutes to join Spike in Luna's dream relm. The two lovers were more than happy to sleep the night away in each other's tight, warm grip.