Scaled Foal : No Friends Allowed , Part 3 .


It seemed a light bulb went off, in Shining's head. "Hey Twilly," he called for her, from across the room.

Twilight instantly abandoned her own conversation. And was all smiles, as she came over. "Yeah?" asked Twilight.

"Well, Spike and I were talking, and I suddenly realized... why isn't he in school?"

Twilight blinked, "I home school him, you know that, I have since he was a baby."

"I know that Twily," Shining admitted. "But that was before you became a princess, of friendship no less. Don't you think your ward, should be mingling with foals his own age, and making friendships of his own."

"He mingles plenty. We go out and talk to ponies all the time."

"But what about on his own? Does he even have any friends his own age?"

"Of course he does," Twilight looked offended well Spike looked uncomfortable. He hated it, when they talked about him as if he wasn't there. "He hangs out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders all the time."

"Only when they're hanging out with you," Spike mumbled, unfortunately Twilight heard him.

"What are you talking about," Twilight waved off. "You're always off, to Applejack's or Rarity's."

"That's to hang out with Applejack or Rarity," Spike rolled his eyes. "I've never even been to the CMC's clubhouse."

Twilight's eyes widened. Before screaming, "AJ! Rarity! Dashie!" With all of her friends gathering, instead of just those three. As they could tell, Twilight was seconds away from her 'panicking over nothing' mode. "Why are your sisters excluding Spike from their club!?"

Spike groaned, Twilight could be so over dramatic. "It's called the 'Cutie Mark' Crusaders. I don't know if you realize this Twi, but dragons can't get Cutie Marks."

"That doesn't mean they can't still play with you," Twilight insisted.

"They aren't excluding me Twilight. Just because you girls are friends, doesn't mean all your siblings have to be to!"

"THERE NOT EVEN YOUR FRIENDS!?!" was all Twilight heard. "But you talk to them all the time."

Spike shrugged. "Well, we know each other, but it's not like they ever invited me to one of their sleepovers, or the Siblings camping trips or anything. We're friendly, but we're not exactly friends."

Twilight continued to gape, before glaring at Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity.

AJ rolled her eyes. "I'll talk to Apple Bloom, and see to it, she invites Spike to hang out more often. That better?"

"No!" Spike frantically waved his arms to get their attention. "Look I appreciate it but I don't want to get them in trouble. Besides I DO have friends outside you guys, I hang out with Big Mac all the time." They talked a lot of hoof ball.

AJ rolled her eyes again, "Well although Big Mac is an overgrown child ya'll need friends your own age."

"You can't force someone to be friends," Spike insisted.

Shining got their attention again, "Twilly, I really think school would help Spike make friends his own age. He might be a good deal more advanced then them, academically, but he needs to socialize more.

"If he was in school, you wouldn't just be forcing the kids you know, to accept him. You know that could never work. They're far too old for playdates,"

Twilight sighed, "I know... this is all my fault,"

Spike rolled his eyes, "How exactly do you figure that?"

"I never use to care about friendship before and I made you stay inside and study with me. Now you don't even have any friends"

"I have LOTS of friends!" Spike snapped getting tired of this, "Big Mac is my friend, half the townsfolk are my friends, YOU'RE all my friends!"

Rarity smiled, "Of course we are sweetie but it's really not the same thing. We're all grownups. It's just not healthy spending all your time with us and not foals your own age. You'll have a different kind of friendship with them. I think school is a marvelous idea Twilight. I'll ask Sweetie Belle to look after Spike well he's there."

And with that the conversation permanently changed from babies to setting up Spike for school.