Hey there everypony I loved the votes on my poll and I have a new one set up to try and find out who exactly you all wanted to see later on. If you could go back and vote again it would be much appreciated and it would help me to write a more entertaining story for you guys, the readers.

When Twilight sparkle got home she discovered that Spike was a nervous wreck in the middle of the living room floor. Concerned she walked up to him, wincing when he let out a particularly loud sneeze all over the blanket he was cuddled up against.

"What's wrong Spike?" asked the concerned librarian.

"I'm just not sure how I should handle this Twilight. Dinky Doo is coming over tomorrow and I have absolutely no idea how I am going to make it through tomorrow night without creeping her out! Could you help me with my problem a little bit Twilight?" said the anxious reptile-blood.

"Of course, Spike all you really have to do is to be yourself and I am sure that she will absolutely love you not for what you seem like but for what you actually are and that is one of the best kinds of love that exist."

"Why is that Twilight?" inquired the curious young dragon.

"Because with that type of love comes a unique understanding of the way the other person works and with time it might even reach the point where there are no limits to the relationship and you can do other things which you might not otherwise do with someone whom you didn't know as well." stated the informative young woman.

Starting to feel just a little bit better Spike got up from the ground and as he was wiping the glistening tears out of his eyes, he was surprised to let out a jet of flame from his mouth and even a wisp of smoke through his nostrils. His hands immediately shot up to cover the offending orifices and an embarrassed blush came over his face. "What in the name of Celestia was that that just happened to me?" exclaimed the horrified dragon.

Rushing over to his side Twilight started to wrack her brain trying to think of what that might have been. Obviously it had something to do with his draconic heritage but the question was what? She had already known that on occasion he could breathe fire but that was always when he was trying to , never before had it been uncontrolled like this bout had been. Luckily she had a particularly helpful book on hand about Spike's specific breed of dragon written by one of Equestria's greatest intellectuals Starswirl the Bearded. As she rifled through it's pages she quickly found what she was looking for and, reading the chapter heading, was horrified to read the words 'Puberty and it's effects on a young male dragon' as she read on she discovered that it usually happened when the dragon in question was either under extreme emotional stress or was physically attracted to a female dragon.

'Well I am female but I'm not a dragon which means he is probably just suffering because of his stress concerning the date tomorrow night with Dinky' Reading a few more words on the page she also learned that dragons, when unable to locate a suitable draconic female would instead try to locate another female of similar size which unfortunately included Twilight Sparkle and quite a good population of the rest of Equestria to boot! 'Either things just got really awkward around the house or else I was right about the emotional stress in the first place. But I do have to admit that he has just recently started to notice girls a bit more often which could indicate the awakening and growth of his previously dormant sex drive which would be the exact same thing that would start to trigger this spontaneous fire-breathing. I have to tell him without scaring him or making him nervous.'

While all of this was going on inside Twilight's head Spike was just sitting there waiting for her to exit her thinking mode because he had lived with her long enough to know that occasionally she would go into this mode and she would stay there until she was done thinking about whatever was at hand. When he saw her snap back to reality he questioned her about what had just happened "Hey Twilight? What was that about just now? You read something in that book and then all of a sudden you got a really serious face."

"Well Spike I don't want to alarm you but you might actually be starting to go through puberty Spike. This book says that spontaneous bouts of fire-breathing are a sign of a dragon who is starting to become mature. I will study the book some more and let you know what I find in the morning but for now I would recommend that you go get some rest and relaxation. After all you do have a big day tomorrow and you don't want to be sleepy do you?"

"Naw Twilight, good night." Said the already sleepy-looking dragon.