Spike: “You and I more alike than you think, Cozy. I was like you once. No parents… no friends… I was an outsider too, just like you. Only difference is, you were an outsider because ponies thought you were weird, and me, I’m a dragon living in a pony world, and we were taken advantage of. But you know what, Cozy? I never gave up. I knew that one day, ponies would see me for who I am, instead of my species. Like you, I had thoughts, thoughts that maybe the ponies were so friendly after all, and I nearly turned into what they feared me to be: a monster. But I still didn’t give up. My closest friend, and the closest thing I have to a family, she helped me get there. I accepted her, and she accepted me in return, and I turned out to have a pretty good life. I know you can too. What you need… is a family.” Spike held out his hand. “I will be your family.”

Chrysalis: “Don’t do it! Don’t do it!”

Starlight: “Do it! Do it!”

Cadance: “That’s the Spike the Brave and Glorious I know!”

Thorax: “I was in that same position! See that? See that? That was once me!”

Ember: “Shhhh!”

Twilight: “I am so proud of you, Spike!”