What if Emziko was Canon?

It was the day after the day when Pinkie Pie basically cloned herself a billion times.

"Okay, is Pinkie Pie just always like that where she overlooks the most obvious consequence?" Emziko asked Spike.

"Emziko, trying to make sense of anything Pinkie Pie does will most likely drive you insane." Spike said. "Something Twilight learnt the hard way when she tried."

Emziko blinked. "What are you talking about?"

"When Twilight tried to study Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense, she wound up getting severely hurt." Spike said. "I tried to tell her to just roll with it, but Twilight refused to believe something like that at face value."

"See that, that kind of stuff is why it's not uncommon for Purple Dragons like you are considered high value." Emziko said. "Of course, to me, that comes second to the kind of being you are."

"What do you mean by that?" Spike asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I was a total stranger to you when we first met, and yet, you wanted to help me. Even after you helped me realize what was responsible for wiping out my old village, you wanted me to have a place to come back to when everything was said and done. Plus, you made such a convincing arguement out of it too." Emziko said.

"I thought that's part of me being a Purple Dragon?" Spike asked.

"Would you have even picked my orb from that test if you really thought your only relationship toward me was in regards to being a purple dragon?" Emziko asked.

"That's a fair point. That test really had me to search deep. Truth be told, I've uh...I've really started to feel attracted to you. It's something different then what I was feeling towards Rarity however. I can almost feel this will be more than just some crush." Spike said, a bit of a blush on his face.

"Hey, I won't blame you for thinking you had a thing for Rarity. Compared to ponies, we're still in our teenage years and that's at best." Emziko said.

"There's also the fact that you may be able to help with some of my dragon side so I don't accidentally get greed growth again." Spike said.

"The whole thing where dragons grow to monsterous sizes if they get super mega greedy? Yeah that's a thing only certain blood lines of dragon can undergo. I'm thankfully not one of those." Emziko said.

"Lucky me...of course somehow I'd get the blood that can undergo that sort of metamorphis." Spike said.

"Thankfully, you can combat that with a hoard of some kind. Not a big one, just something to have on the side. Even before I realized I couldn't undergo that greed transformation, I was having my own little hoard of books." Emziko said. "Sadly, they were burnt away in the wildfire that claimed my old village. Most of them anyways."

"Wait, you have some of those books still?" Twilight suddenly perked up from reading one of her own books.

"Yep. Though, it's nothing I haven't already been telling you about, as it's mostly just dragon culture and history." Emziko said.

"Still, I'd love to see them." Twilight said.

"Sure, knock yourself out." Emziko said before pulling a bunch of books in a bag out of hammerspace and giving them to Twilight who caught them in her magic.

"So many new books!" Twilight said, before she went to reading them.

"Way to go Emziko; now Twilight's going to be up all night reading again..." Spike said.

"Eh?" Emziko asked.

"When Twilight gets engrossed in her reading, she tends to stay up all night, and when she does get sleep after, she ends up falling asleep until the next afternoon." Spike said.

Emziko looked like she would have her ears droop if Dragons even had the same kind of ears as most creatures. Still, the facial expression gave it away as well as how her spines suddenly sagged just before she slammed her head on the table. "What have I done?" Emziko asked. "Also, what is with Twilight and her pony friends having some kind of quirk?!"

"Beats me." Spike said.

"The only pony who I haven't really seen a quirk for is Applejack. Even Rainbow has her own quirk of basically boasting non-stop." Emziko said.

"Oh, you weren't around for when Applejack almost worked herself to death harvesting Sweet Apple Acre's entire orchard of apple trees all by herself and was refusing help due to being that stubborn." Spike said.

"AND YOU HAD TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT?! I guess no being; not even ponies; can be normal..." Emziko said.

"If you ask me, that just makes it less boring." Spike said. "Besides, it's never too dull in Ponyville."

"I suppose I can't argue with that..." Emziko said.

"I only wish I knew who my parents were." Spike said.

"Hey, I don't know who my parents are either, but I honestly don't let it bother me." Emziko said.

"Well, it's just...Celestia once told me, she found my egg in Froggy Bottom Bog after dealing with a Hyrdra." Spike said.

"Huh...with my egg, from what I was told, it was left on the outskirts of the village that I tend to bring up with a note saying 'Please look after our little Emziko'." Emziko said. "I later found out why: Somehow, those dragons were found dead after being hunted by something. Not sure if it was Queen Chrysalis's doing or not, but I wouldn't put it past her to do it."

"Well, at least you know the fate of your parents. I only wish I knew the fate of my own, if for nothing else then simple closure..." Spike said.

"I guess I can understand wanting closure at the least..." Emziko said.

Little did either know, Spike's parents were already searching for his egg.