Spike was no longer the whelp she had met in her youth. He had blossomed into a handsome young dragon, broad-shouldered with burly arms, though his wings were still comparatively small for his now quite sizeable frame. He was also taller than Ember now. Something that continued to be surreal to the older drake, albeit a feeling Ember did not particularly find unwelcome. Aside from his physical changes, Spike now acted as the right hoof of the Princess and was an Ambassador of Friendship. 