Spike doesn't know how long he's been running – he just knows he can't stop. He doesn't know why the ponies keep hunting him – he just knows they won't stop. From the sky, from the earth, from the water and all the between places, the ponies emerge with their tricks and their ambushes and their unrelenting hunger. He's just the appetizer in a banquet that never ends.

Twilight Sparkle loves reading, and romance novels are no exception. But when she reads a novel about a mare falling for a stallion who turns into a dragon at night, she begins to question her feelings towards her #1 assistant.

After sharing a bed in winter, Twilight learns of the deep seated love that Spike has for her. How will their relationship change? How will the others react? And what will happen when she discovers that the new feelings she has for him may not be her own?

Faithful knight of Celestia, Sir Spike de Draco leaves Canterlot with his young shieldmaiden Twilight Sparkle to embark upon a journey of stolen pony hearts, spontanious beard-sprouting, dozens of broken teeth and the smiting of evil left and right.

Spike is interrupted by three anxious girls, who'd like to hear a tale.

People have always wondered about little Scootaloo and the family that no one seemed to know about. Despite her always smiling face when among her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders, her abusive home life is something no one in Ponyville would have expected.