//------------------------------// // [Episode 6: A New Dragon In Town] Hurt Dragoness // Story: Season Spike // by Haoryu Changer //------------------------------// Twilight and Spike sat inside the castle throne room, each doing their own things. Spike had a beautiful sapphire in his claws, about to take a bite. And Twilight had a book in her magic, like always. It was about midnight, and mostly everypony were in their beds at the moment. Everypony except for Princess Twilight Sparkle of course. She was reading a book called "The Legends From Beyond", and you could say she was very interested in it. Spike, however, was interested in the beauty stone he was about to feast on. He had a smile on, already imagining how it would taste. Hours past and Twilight was about to finish her book. Spike ate the gem he had long ago and decided to go to sleep as the rest of Ponyville already did hours ago. Twilight soon finished reading and closed the book with a happy sigh. She looked out the window to see the night sky holding the bright moon and stars. She got up to put her book away on the bookshelf right next to the window. "I'll be sure to..." She yawned. "...put this book back in the main library tomorrow." Because she stood in front of the bookshelf placed right next to the window, Twilight could see and look down upon Ponyville. "Such an incredible view." She yawned again. "Too bad I can't stay awake to look at this forever." She turned away from a window, but something caught her eye which made her turn back. "Huh...?" She squinted her eyes, trying to focus on the distance. Then she saw it. "It that... a dragon?!" Her eyes didn't deceive her as a pink and light blue baby dragon walked under the night sky. Twilight inspected further and saw that the baby dragoness was limping. "Oh no, i-is she hurt?" The dragon limped a bit more before falling to the ground, making Twilight fly out the window immediately in worry. She flew fast with a determined look on her face. "Please be alright. Please be alright." She chanted in her head. She soon landed right next the baby dragon, getting a better look at her. She was about the same size as Spike, and had scratches and bruises all over her body. Twilight saw that she had a pained look on her face. "Oh my goodness! Are you alright?" She got no response in words, but breathing was present. "Come on," She took her gently in her hooves. "Let's get you inside. It's cold out here without Celestia's sun up." So she made her way back to the Friendship Castle with the baby girl dragon in her hooves. Once inside, she made her way upstairs and to one of the guest bedrooms. She set the little dragon on the bed and made sure she was alright before heading back outside to look for anything suspicious. Spike stirred slightly when he got shaken by purple hooves. "Spike! Spike! Wake up! I need your help." "Five more minutes." Spike whined. "There's someone hurt," Twilight used her magic to place Spike onto her back. "And I need your assistance this instant." "Yeah, I'll assist you just now, Twi. Five more minutes." Spike said tiredly. He began to rest his chest on Twilight's back, trying to get back to sleep. She put a hoof to her chin when an idea struck her. "Hmm, I guess I'll have to find another assistant I guess." She said with fake sadness. Spike's reaction was expected. "Wha- No- I'm awake!" He gave Twilight a nervous toothy grin. Twilight giggled. "Relax Spike I'll never replace you. I can't replace you." Spike chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "Yeaah, so, what's this about... uhh..." "Someone being hurt?" "Someone's hurt?! Where?!" Spike hopped off Twilight's back with a serious face and looked around the room. "She's resting in one of the guest rooms. Follow me." Twilight said, equally serious. Spike followed Twilight to the hallway of the guestrooms. He followed her into the first room on the right. Spike gasped when he saw who was hurt. "That's a..." "A baby girl dragon. About your age, and looks like she's the same type of dragon too." Spike looked all over her body to see her bruised. "What happened to her?" "I saw her outside very weak. She fell over after a few seconds I spotted her so I brought her here." Spike stared at the girl dragon. "Can we do anything to help her?" "That's what I was going to ask you." Twilight gave Spike a sad look. "Spike, we both know ponies don't know much about dragons. What happens every time I take you to the Ponyville hospital?" "They're scared to do anything on me because they don't know much." "Exactly. I say... we let her rest and see if she gets better over time." Spike nodded. "I'm off to bed you coming?" Twilight started to trot off. Spike looked at Twilight then at the other dragon. "I think I'll stay here. Just in case she wakes up." "Alright," Twilight yawned. "I'll see you in the morning." Spike stood at the side of the bed where the girl dragon rested. He gripped the sheets that covered her. "Another dragon, my age. Maybe I can finally find out about dragon culture. Maybe- no... I have to focus on making her survive first." So, for another hour that night, Spike looked after the dragoness. Bright light shined in Spike's eyes, making him squint it shut and turning away. When he finally opened them with some work, he looked around, finding himself sitting on a chair in a guest room. "Wait..." He just remembered and gasped. He got straight up and looked over to the bed, seeing the baby girl dragon sleeping peacefully. Spike sighed and walked over to the door. He gave one last glance before exiting the room. When he got downstairs the scent of delicious food, namely eggs, filled Spike's nostrils. Forgetting the other dragon for a second, Spike made his way towards the wonderful smell. He entered the kitchen to see Twilight flinching every second or so when near the stove. Spike smirked when he saw what was happening. "Can't cook?" He mocked. "It's-" She took a step back. "-not that. Why does the hot magic have to flicker all the time?" "Oh, yeah, you can get burned." Spike chuckled. "Too bad you're not a dragon." His smile dropped when he reminded himself about the other dragon upstairs. Twilight noticed this. "She seemed better than before when I checked on you two earlier. Did she wake up?" Spike sighed. "No. Or at least I think not." "Alright." Twilight turned back to try and cook again but immediately stepped a few inches back when more magic came bursting. Spike smiled. "Let me take care of it. You go do... whatever you need to." Twilight groaned out loudly. "That's just it. The Cutie Map called for Rainbow and Pinkie and left me with nothing to do." She said, very annoyed. "Maybe you can look after the girl dragon upstairs?" Spike suggested as he activated his wings and flew up to be at level with the stove. "Perhaps I could do some reading while watching her. It would be best if she woke up to see a friendly face." With that, Twilight went to the library in the castle to grab a book. When she entered, she started to browse for an interesting book to read. She checked the fiction section and when she didn't find anything interesting in the first shelve she turned around to the non-fiction shelves. She looked at each of the titles. And that's when she saw it. "What, it can't be!" *** Up in the castle guest room. The pink and light blue girl dragon stirred in the bed. *** Spike finished the eggs and was about to call for Twilight when he saw her coming towards him with a happy expression on her face. "Twilight?" "Spike! I can't believe it!" She said while beaming. "What happened?" Twilight pulled out a huge red book with a design that looked old. "I was searching through the library to find a book to read and I found this." She handed Spike the book and he read the title. The Dragon Ways: Volume I "B-but how? We never had any-" "Don't you remember, Spike? This castle was made from the Rainbow Power. Including the books, furniture, and everything else inside! This book was given to us through the Rainbow Power, and there's five more books in the series!" She said very excitedly. "This means..." "That's right!" "...I could finally learn more about... dragons." Spike said. Very soon Twilight could see Spike's happiness rise tenfold. He smiled brightly before jumping up and hugging Twilight by the neck. Twilight hugged back, and they both smiled. But then they heard something that snapped them out of it. It was a big castle so it was silent, but they still heard something drop from upstairs. And it was a hard drop. Worry came upon Twilight and Spike before they teleported upstairs... Right into the guest bedroom holding the girl dragon. The bed was empty. Covers rustled up. Twilight and Spike grew more worried and almost started to panic. Almost, because Spike found the girl dragon on the floor next to the bed. Spike sighed as he picked the dragoness up with his magic and placed her back on the bed. "Looks like she just fell off the bed." "Seems so," Twilight said, finally calming down. "Is she alright?" "Of course," Spike said after feeling her scales. "These scales can handle almost anything. Heck, they helped me survive lots of times before." "Good. Maybe one of us should keep an eye on her now." Twilight suggested. "Can you right now? I have to *sigh* go do the eggs." Spike gave Twilight the book of dragons, and teleported out of the room to presumably make more eggs. Twilight sighed to herself. She looked at the baby girl dragon once more before sitting down on a chair nearby and starting to read. "This may be the day we learn much more about the dragons."