For Luna's sake this took waaaaay longer than it should have! Curse my procrastination. Also the background. Modeled it as best I could after the living room we saw in Amending Fences and I now the couch lacks some crystal detail. Artistic license! XD

Spike stretched as he came down from his room. He'd just spent the better part of the afternoon studying and had been quite surprised to look out the window and notice the sun had already set. If you'd told him he'd be happy to be studying something a few years ago he would have thought it hilarious. But even then he liked to read and now he had a good reason to study. Over the past few years Spike had noticed magic manifesting. His flame scroll spell was just the start and now he had to learn about it to control it. But who wouldn't be fascinated by it? Spike now had a much better idea of why Twilight always had her nose in a text. He'd been working hard at it. Bubble Beaker had been a big help going over the technical bits with him. But of course Twilight had become his teacher. Spike smirked at that thought. "Add it to the list. Princess, Sister, mom, and magic teacher." Spike thought as he entered the kitchen only now recalling what he wore under his shorts.

He blushed a moment stopping in front of the fridge. At first he'd simply started wearing diapers at bed time because he needed them. The bad dreams had subsided but the wet mornings were still just as frequent. He started getting diapered up earlier in the evening, so he wouldn't have to worry about forgetting. But that led to him starting to use them while awake. Why miss part of a show, pause a game, or stop reading a good book when you didn't have to? This lead to him wearing them during the day, to be supportive of BB and Spec, or that was how he rationalized it. He was sure Twilight hadn't noticed it. Of course she had but a few years as the Princess of Friendship had sharpened her tact. There was no need for her to say anything that would only embarrass Spike. Of course it wasn't all she noticed. She noticed Spike studying more and his skills improving.

"Spike could you grab me the cook book I left in the living room?" Twilight asked him from the kitchen table with one in her hand while there was another on the table.

"Sure Twilight." Spike nodded with a smile trotting off down the hall with a soda in claw.

He walked into the living room and stopped in his tracks. Laying out on the fire place was a gold staff! Did someone leave it here when they visited? It certainly wasn't Twilight's or Rarity's. For starters both of theirs were a different shade of silver and had their cutiemarks in them. This one had a small gem in it...that seemed to have a small green fire inside it. Spike stared at the flickering flame as he walked over and picked it up.

"Surprise Spike." Twilight grinned from the doorway.

"Th-this is for me?" Spike asked in disbelief as he walked past the couch with it in his hands. Twilight just smiled and gave him a nod. "Wow. I love it! Your the Best Twilight!"

"Awww thanks Spike. I knew this would be perfect for you. You've been doing so well and I thought it was the right time.We'll start training with it tomorrow if you want." Twilight said as she watched the grin spread across his face.

"Sure! Oh that'd be awesome! I can't wait! I can't wait! Oh I've always wanted to try one of these!" Spike gushed grinning down at the staff sounding like an excited hatchling before scampering over and hugging Twilight. "Thanks sooo much!"

"Your welcome Spike." Twilight smiled and returned the embrace. She smirked as a thought crossed her mind. 'Hero of the Cystal Empire, lil brother, son, Number 1 Assistant, and now Number 1 Magic Student. Quite the list.'

Well hope you guys liked the pic and the lil story. ^^