I don't own MLP or Hasbro or any of that, but this chapter contains some content from the show. I didn't steal it, I just need some parts to be exactly like the actual show's plot. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.

It was well into the night when Spike heard a knock at the door. Spike groggily dragged himself downstairs to the door. He rubbed his eyes and slowly pulled the door open. It was hard to see the figure in the dark, but it had a masculine voice.

"You must be Spike."

"Wha- How do you know that?"

"Star told me. She said you were quite the gentleman. May I come in?"

"Uh, yeah of course. Make yourself at home. Well, not literally because if you keep your house a mess and Twilight comes back and finds out you made the library a mess she'll probably flip."

The stallion stepped into the house, but his cloak still concealed his appearance.

The stranger let out a short chuckle, "I would imagine she would. So Twilight's not here? Where is the little bookworm?"

"She's off at some wedding. Her brother's getting married to Celestia's niece. What brings you here Mr.…?"

"Oh of course, how rude of me. My name's Twitch."

"What brings you here Twitch?"

"Well I was meaning to ask Twilight if I could temporarily live here while I'm helping out around town, but now that I know she's not here I guess I should go look for somewhere else to stay."

"You can stay here."

"No, no. I wouldn't feel right staying here without Twilight's permission."

"You don't need it. She left me in charge which means I can make the decision."

"Well then would you mind if I spent my time here?"

"Of course not! Actually, it'd be really nice."

"Why's that? Don't you enjoy living with Twilight?"

"I do, it's just-"

"She's too wrapped up in her studies?"

"No, it's not that at all. I just spend so much time around her and her friends that I never spend any time with ponies my gender."

"What about those two colts Star told me about? What were their names…"

"Snips and Snails?"

"Yeah those two. Don't you hang out with them at all? They're around your age aren't they?"

Spike sighed, "Not really. Twilight's made me read so much that I just know a lot more than them. It's really awkward to try and talk to them since we don't have anything in common. Plus there's the fact that I'm a dragon and they're ponies."

"So? Isn't being a dragon a good conversation starter?"

"What do you mean?"

"Couldn't you just walk up and be like, 'Hey, I'm Spike. I'm just the only dragon in Ponyville, not a big deal or anything.'"

"Huh, I never looked at it like that."

"I guess you hadn't. So what've you got for fun around here?"

"Fun? It's almost midnight, aren't you even a bit tired?"

"Well now that you mention it…"

"Follow me; you can sleep in Twilight's room while she's gone."

"Are you sure she won't-"

"She won't care; trust me."

"If you say so…"

"Follow me, I'll show you where it is."

"Alright."

Twitch followed Spike into Twilight's room. Twitch removed his cloak and quickly slipped under the covers of the bed. Spike climbed into his bed and in a matter of minutes the two were asleep.

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"You'll never get away with this!"

"Ah but I will."

"Shining Armor will stop you!"

"Oh he will, will he? Shining, could you come here for a second?"

Cadence watched in horror as Shining Armor walked in.

"Yes?"

"Cadence here says that you're going to stop me. Is that true?"

"No Chrysalis."

Cadence became enraged, "What did you do to my husband!"

"Oh nothing much. A little magic here, some brainwashing there, and bam good as new."

"How could you!"

"I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you. I'm a queen and you're just a princess who's useless without her lover. Now, if you'll excuse me I have wedding preparations to attend to."

Chrysalis morphed into Cadence and surrounded the real Cadence with her magic. Chrysalis used her magic to teleport Cadence into an underground crystal room where she would not be able to escape. Chrysalis walked back downstairs with a brainwashed Shining Armor while Cadence broke into tears in her crystal prison. Chrysalis grinned as she approached the room for the wedding. It was time to put her plan into action.

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Twitch woke to the heavenly scent of pancakes. He followed the wonderful aroma downstairs to the kitchen where he found Spike hard at work.

"Somepony gets up early."

Spike looked up from his cooking, "Yeah I usually get up early and make breakfast."

"Wow, no wonder the food looks so good. You've got some experience with this."

Spike chuckled a bit, "Yeah, I guess you could say I'm a pro."

Twitch laughed a bit as well, "I guess you could. You need any help?"

"Yeah could you grab me some milk from the fridge?"

"Sure thing."

Twitch opened the fridge and levitated the milk over to Spike.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

Once Spike had finally finished cooking he turned around to get a look at his new friend. He looked to be around Twilight's age and height. His light grey mane was shorter and had a ruffled look to it. His yellowish tan horn poked through his mane and stood out against the grey hair. His muscles were defined and shaped his tan, blonde coat. His light grey tail was longer and, unlike his mane, seemed kempt. His eyes were golden like honey and he was a blank flank. Spike was actually glad Twilight wasn't here. He might have had trouble keeping her away from him.

"Wow that's not what I thought… Just… Wow."

Twitch laughed, "Thanks; not what you were expecting was it?"

"Not even remotely. Why would you go around in a cloak if you look like that?"

"Well even if I look like this it still gets chilly at night. Cloaks are just the most practical piece of clothing for cold weather."

"And you're a blank flank."

"Yeah. I spend so much time going from town to town that I don't have time to try and find my own talent."

"Wouldn't your special talent be helping others?"

"Not necessarily, take Star for example. She travels around helping everypony and her special talent is being an incredibly fast flyer."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense. So do you have any plans for the day?"

"Besides eating breakfast nothing in particular."

"Do you think we could hang out after breakfast? I never really get to hang out with any stallions so-"

"Of course, it'd be my pleasure."

"Really?"

"Sure, why not. Now let's eat breakfast before it gets cold."

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Twilight rubbed her head, "Hello? Is anyone there?"

Laughter echoed through the cave Twilight had found herself in.

"Where am I?"

"The caves beneath Canterlot, once home to greedy unicorns who wanted to claim the gems that could be found inside. And now, your prison."

Twilight began shouting, "Help! Help!"

"It's no use. No one can hear you. And no one will ever think to look for you, either. Most ponies have forgotten that these caves even exist. Which is why they are the ideal place to keep the ones who try to interfere with my plans."

"Plans? What plans?"

"The plans I have for your brother, of course."

"Don't you dare do anything to my brother, you... you monster!"

Chrysalis let out another laugh before she teleported out, leaving Twilight to wallow in her own despair.

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"Wow that was good."

Spike laughed, "You should see what I came make when we have more food in the library."

"I can't even imagine…"

"So, what do you want to do?"

"Actually I was hoping you could show me things to do, I haven't even been here a day so I don't know the area."

"Well, we could stop by the Cake's shop, I know they may need some help…"

"Alright, lead the way."

Spike led Twitch to Sugarcube Corner. From outside the door they could hear the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Cake trying to get whoever was inside to calm down. They entered the shop and looked around. Mr. Cake was trying to get three fillies to stop jumping around while Mrs. Cake tried to finish their orders for the day.

"Ummm hey."

Mr. Cake looked over at Twitch, "Oh, hi there. What can I do for you?"

"Oh nothing really, just looking around seeing if anypony needs help."

"Well, do you think you could lend me a hand?"

"What can I help with?"

"Well with Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash gone Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Bell needed somepony to watch after them. I volunteered, but they're turning out to be more work than I bargained for. Do you think you could take them off my hands for a bit so I can finish my orders?"

Twitch looked over at Spike, "Would you be ok if they tagged along?"

"They're about the only ponies my age I actually talk to so yeah, that's fine."

"Alright."

Twitch looked back up at Mr. Cake, "Sure, we can take them for a bit."

"Oh thank Celestia, go over to Mr…."

"Twitch."

"Go over to Mr. Twitch, he'll be watching you for a while."

The fillies bounced over to Twitch and began asking him a million questions.

"Why's your name Twitch?"

"Where do you live?"

"How come I haven't seen you before, are you new?"

"Are you a model?"

"Wait, you're a blank flank!"

The three fillies quickly ran behind him to confirm that he had no cutie mark. Twitch just rolled his eyes and walked out of the shop, Spike close behind him.

"So Spike, what can we do?"

"Well we could go to the lake."

"Sounds like fun. Lead the way."

Spike moved in front of Twitch and began leading the way to the lake. Twitch tried his best to ignore the fillies as the bounced around him asking him more pointless questions. He only stopped to answer when one of them jumped into his face.

"Do you want to be in the cutie mark crusaders?"

"The… The what?"

"Cutie mark crusaders! We work as a group to try and find out what our cutie mark is."

"I think I'll pass…"

"Pleeeease! We don't have any grown up members!"

"Look, I'll consider it."

"Okay, but if you want to join tell us!"

"Don't worry, I will."

After thirty minutes of walking they finally got to the lake. Spike and the three fillies wasted no time in jumping in. Twitch laid back on the grass besides the lake. He'd never liked water all that much, but something about relaxing by the water's edge had always appealed to him. Twitch decided to use this time to learn the names of the fillies.

"Hey you three, what are your names."

"I'm Scootaloo!"

"I'm Sweetie Bell!"

"I'm Applebloom!"

"Alright, go ahead and keep playing."

Twitch laid back on the grass again, satisfied that he had learned their names. Twitch was getting close to taking a nap when he heard a mare giggling not too far away. Twitch rolled on to his stomach and got up. He started making his way towards the two giggling mares. He approached them in a friendly manner.

"Hi, my name's Twitch. I'm new here, what are your names?"

The cyan/light blue mare responded first, "My name's Lotus."

The pink mare responded shortly after, "And my name's Aloe."

"What do you two do around here?"

Lotus responded, "We work at the spa."

"The spa huh. I may have to drop by there some time."

"You should, it's not often we get a stallion as good looking as you showing up in our town."

Twitch's face turned red and he nervously hoofed the dirt. Aloe and Lotus giggled and continued on their way.

"Make sure you drop by. We have some very special massages for stallions like you if you're interested."

"Twitch grinned, "Don't you worry, I'll definitely be stopping by at some point."

Lotus and Aloe giggled and continued on their way. Twitch trotted back over to the lake's edge and watched the fillies and Spike for a while. He laid back and closed his eyes, letting the warmth of the sun wash over him. He felt himself slowly drift off to sleep as the others continued playing in the lake.

No clop, I know, a shocker :P Don't worry, the clop will resume shortly.