Monsters aren't always under the bed, sometimes they’re deep in your heart, impossible to get rid of...dosen’t mean you have to do it alone. Luckily for Spike, he has family, friends, and the mare he loves by his side.
Spike, having changed and matured greatly over the years, receives news from Dragon Lord Ember that a great gathering of dragons is to take place soon. Having held feelings for her for years, he attempts to win her heart over before its conclusion.
Ember is invited to attend the Galloping Gala to further improve pony and dragon relations. She accepts, but she has a different goal in mind, one involving her and Spike and she's stacked the deck to make sure he will be hers!
A newly minted ruler finds herself in need of advice, and has a radical idea. What if she tried asking her new 'friends' she met at the Gauntlet? One of them was a princess, maybe she could help her?
3 years ago, Princess Ember was granted the title of Dragon Lord thanks to Spike. While her reign was satisfying, it became too much for her to handle alone, but thanks to an old lost rule, Ember found the key to all of her problems........Spike