Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
That's not that many.
Are you kidding?
How are you supposed to read twelve books in one weekend?
Princess Celestia obviously thinks I can or she would never have assigned them to me.
I'm not planning on letting her down.
Well, I hope you're not planning on sleeping, then, either.
Actually Spike,
why don't you take the day off?
Really?
Why not?
These books are gonna keep me busy for a while.
I do have a long list of things I've been dying to do!
“Touch nose with tongue”.
Done!
“Play bongos on my belly”.
Done!
“Smell my dirty feet”.
Done!
That didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would.
My Little Pony: Friendship is magic Season 3 Episode 10 Spike at Your Service
What to do, what to do…
A hot air balloon ride!
Oh no!
Wait!
Runaway balloon!
Sorry!
That was a close one.
If I didn't know better,
I would swear that I was in the middle of the dark and scary Everfree Forest!
What was that?
C'mon Spike,
just because this forest is full of wild dangerous animals,
doesn't mean that you're gonna see one!
Come 'n' get me, ya big goons!
Run!
I'm running! I'm running!
Wow, Applejack!
That was amazing!
I mean, you rocketed those boulders at them like they were… rockets!
You saved my life!
You… saved… my life!
Aww, don't mention it, Spike.
Come on, we should be headin' on back now.
Man, am I lucky you were out here.
Why were you out here?
Saw the balloon floatin' by with nopony in it.
Came out here to investigate.
Guess you did too, huh?
Yeah…
I was investigating the runaway hot air balloon too.
So, uh…
Now that the mystery's been solved, let's get outta here, huh?
Thanks for walkin' me home, Spike, that was mighty kind of you.
But now I have some chores that need tendin' to, so see ya later.
What chores? I'll do them!
That's sweet, but you don't have to…
It's the least I can do, you saved my life!
I need to repay the favour.
Shoot, Spike, that's what friends do for each other!
You don't need to repay the favour.
Yes I do!
Sugar, it's ok. It's not necessary.
Applejack, you don't understand.
This is something that I really need to do.
Well, I'd hate to get in the way of doing somethin' you “need to do”.
Great, what should I do?
Apple Bloom's over yonder givin' little Pigginton a bath.
I was gonna lend her a hoof, but maybe you could lend her one instead.
On the double!
Applejack said I could help you.
Great, I could use all the help I can get!
Wait 'till Applejack sees how you sparkle!
Ta-da!
Good job, you two.
Applejack, is it ok if I get goin'?
I don't wanna be late for my Crusaders' meetin'.
We're gettin' fitted for water skis!
You definitely don't want to be late for that.
Water-skiing cutie mark, here I come!
Spike, you can head on out too.
I reckon you have repaid me in full, so we are officially even-steven.
What?!
Ohhh no, we aren't even close to being even-steven!
Please, Applejack, you must allow me to assist you further!
I dunno, Spike.
Just don't feel right to have you doin' things for me.
Please?
Really, you don't…
Pretty please?
It's just not necessary.
Pretty, pretty, pretty please?
Oh, alright.
You can help Granny Smith and me bake some…
Pies! Pies!
I'm helping Applejack make some pies!
Spike, little feller,
could ya get us some more eggs?
Comin' right up!
Sorry, Applejack.
Let me get something to clean that up!
Appreciate all your help today, sugarcube, but…
I can take it from here.
Don't be ridiculous!
It is my honour and my duty.
Today is just the beginning!
What's that now?
You saved my life.
According to the Spike the Dragon Code, I owe you a life debt and must serve you.
Now, what about Twilight?
Doesn't she need your help and such?
You're right.
I'd better break the news to Twilight.
I just hope she doesn't take it too hard.
Be right back!
Come on, Spike.
This is your personal moral, ethical Dragon Code you're talking about.
You have to do this.
It's not like you and Twilight won't be friends any more.
But it won't be the same.
But it has to be done!
Twilight, Applejack just saved my life from horrible dragon-eating timberwolves.
And, as you are aware, I adhere to my Dragon Code,
and this means I must serve her for the rest of my natural-born days.
I'm sure you understand.
It's…
been an honour…
being your faithful assistant…
Sounds good.
She said it was ok.
Really?!
So, with Twilight's blessing, I am free to follow my Code and serve you until…
well, until forever!
Listen, sugarcube, I completely respect your Dragon Code,
truly, I do, but I just can't cotton with you permanently servin' me.
Please, Applejack, my Dragon Code is a part of me!
I have to be true to myself.
If you don't let me do this, I won't be a noble dragon any more!
Oh, well,
I can't have you feelin' like you're not a noble dragon, now, can I?
Great!
Then, from here on in, your wish is my command.
Okay.
I would like you to…
help me take some of the pie you made to…
Rarity?
Sure. Why not.
I helped bake it.
You even look good when you're chewing.
Looks good when they're chewing!
Aren't you gonna have some more?
I had a big lunch.
It's 10 in the morning.
Breakfast. A big breakfast.
Oh, ok.
Maybe you could take her plate back to the kitchen and wash it off.
As you wish.
What was that all about?
I saved Spike from some timberwolves in the Everfree Forest, and
now he thinks he has to serve me forever.
Oh, what I wouldn't give to have somepony forever in my debt!
I'd get him to organise my closets and give me pedicures and help me with my sewing and…
Ok, I get it.
Havin' somepony to do things for you would be a dream come true.
But I don't feel right havin' Spike thinkin' he owes me somethin'.
And, you tasted that pie.
Sometimes his help isn't that helpful.
Do you have a broom I could borrow?
AJ, Rarity!
What's happenin'?
Applejack saved Spike's life and now he has to serve her forever.
Sweet!
What are you having him do? Wash your laundry?
Clean your room? Help you with your unfinished novel?
Mine's about this awesome pegasus who's the best flyer ever and becomes the captain of the Wonderbolts!
How ever did you come up with that ingeniously woven, intricate plotline?
Just came to me.
Thing is, I don't really want him to serve me forever.
But I don't know how to get him to stop.
That's easy!
Just make him help you with something really, really hard.
I dunno.
I don't want him to get hurt.
Puh-lease!
He'll quit way before there's even a chance of getting hurt.
Leave this to me.
So, Spike,
Applejack was gonna help me stack some hay so I could practice smashing through it,
but I'm feeling extra, extra powerful today.
You are?
Yeah, I am.
So instead of hay, I'm gonna smash through rocks.
Rocks?
Yeah, a huge tower of rocks!
And you're gonna build it.
I am?
Yeah, I mean, unless you don't want to help Applejack.
I do!
It is Spike's Dragon Code.
Then get to it!
Trust me.
This is gonna work like a charm.
I was sure he'd give up after, like, three rocks.
Oh, goodness.
If it had been me, I'd have just pretended I didn't have anything for him to do.
Why didn't I think of that?
Is this high enough?
That's plenty high!
Come on down, Spike.
Bad news: he actually ended up building the whole rock tower.
Good news:
I've got a rock tower to knock down.
You can do it!
Alright! Yeah!
That… was… awesome!
Wanna do it again, Rainbow Dash?
Applejack can rebuild it for ya.
And when I say Applejack, I, of course, mean me.
Sure, why not.
No!
I mean, I don't think Rainbow Dash needs any more of your help.
My help. She doesn't need it.
Right, Rainbow Dash?
Yeah.
I guess I'm good.
For now?
And so am I.
I just can't think of one more thing I need help with.
So, you don't have to do anythin' else.
Waddaya mean, you can't think of anything else I can help with?
Exactly that.
There's nothin' else, I don't want you to do anythin'.
If I don't help you, how will I know I'm a noble dragon?
Well, I…
Maybe there's things you need help with that you don't even realise you need help with!
If she needed help, I think she'd realize it.
Maybe not.
Maybe Applejack needs help realising what she needs help with!
Like, maybe your back itches.
That does feel good.
See?
Or you might need help remembering your favorite song.
A dragon is the finest creature ever!
There's more to him than just guarding treasure.
I don't think that's her favorite s…
Or, you might need help breathing!
Breathin'?
I certainly do not…
See?
There are plenty of things I can help you with.
And you don't even have to trouble yourself with thinking of them.
No, I'll think of them. Let me think of them.
As you wish.
Twilight!
Twilight, are you there?
Twilight!
Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
No, it's ok.
I need to take a break anyway.
What's going on?
I know Spike told you that he was gonna follow his Dragon Code,
and serve me forever for savin' him from the timberwolves,
and that you were ok with it, but…
Wait, what?!
He said he told you all about it.
I'm guessin' maybe you were a little distracted when he told ya.
Maybe a little.
I shoulda realised you wouldn't have let him go so easily.
Well, now that you know what's goin' on, maybe you could talk some sense into him.
Oh, Applejack, I wish I could, but this is Dragon Code we're talking about.
Surely you know how important the Dragon Code is to a dragon?
I sure am startin' to.
There's only one other way Spike is gonna fulfil the debt he feels he owes you.
Seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five…
Alright, y'all, here's the deal.
Spike needs to save my life.
And you want us to shoot you out of a cannon towards a hornet's nest
and give Spike a butterfly net so he can catch you mere seconds before you hit the nest
and are stung by a thousand angry hornets!
I'll wear this mustache!
No.
I am gonna be attacked by a timberwolf.
Can I still wear the mustache?
When I give the signal, Pinkie Pie and Rarity will come runnin' out of the woods,
bein' pursued by the timberwolf.
I'll start to run too, but then pretend to get my hoof stuck.
I'll ask Spike to help me dislodge it, and he will,
and I'll be able to get away from the terrifyin' timberwolf.
Havin' saved me from certain doom, Spike will then consider us even.
Everybody get it?
I'll do my best.
Just one question.
Yes?
No.
Suit yourself.
We're all ready to play our parts,
but are you sure you are ready to play yours, Applejack?
What do you mean?
Show us your best damsel in distress move.
Well uh, how's this?
Absolutely horrendous!
Ok, this needs some serious work!
Now first, you must lift your foreleg up to your forehead like so!
Applejack!
No time! Here he comes!
Over here, Spike!
You said you had something else you needed me to do?
Yes, I…
I was just hopin' you could maybe sweep up all those leaves for a compost pile, and…
But of course.
By the way, there are exactly twenty-four million five hundred sixty-seven thousand eight hundred thirty-seven blades of grass at Sweet Apple Acres.
I can't believe he counted every single one of them.
You asked me to!
And, as a noble dragon and follower of my Dragon Code, I…
That was very convincing.
Timberwolf!
We are doomed!
See? Like that.
Oh no!
I seem to have got my hoof caught in between two rocks.
I cannot run away.
I am a damsel in distress.
Help me, Spike.
Wait a minute.
No no, don't wait a minute.
Save me from the terrifyin' timberwolf.
Well, he would be terrifying if he wasn't…
a fake!
You got the clomping of his claws.
The roar was spot on.
And the detail on his face is pretty good.
But you forgot one thing:
his breath!
You can smell a real timberwolf's breath from a mile…
Too late, I'm already on…
Timberwolf!
Applejack, come on!
Ah can't, I'm really stuck!
No more messing around!
Let's go!
Oh, come on.
Forget it, Spike, you've got to get out of here!
Would you just forget your Dragon Code already and go?!
No!
I have to save you!
Let's get outta here!
What happened to you guys back there?
I thought you were right behind us.
My hoof was stuck, and that timberwolf was comin' right at me.
Wait, you were actually stuck?
But Spike picked up a pebble, and rocketed that thing right at the huge timberwolf's mouth!
And saved my life!
It was nothin'.
It was somethin' alright.
'Course, I wouldn't have needed help if I hadn't been tryin' to stage a fake timberwolf attack in the first place.
Yeah,
what was that all about?
I know this Code thing's important to you,
but if somethin' like this comes up in the future, think maybe we can go back to my Code,
say “that's what friends do” and leave it at that?
I promise I won't think of you as any less noble.
Sounds good to me.
But maybe let's just try to avoid situations where one of us actually needs the other one to save their life?
You got yourself a deal!
Thanks, Spike.
Happy to help!
Don't know what I'd do without you.
No really!
I'm really really really happy to help you!
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