//------------------------------// // The tale of two dragons that fly in the sky // Story: Twilight: The Dragon Sorceress (Old story) // by ExoDemonG //------------------------------// Remember when I said that I felt uncomfortable about being stared at? It’s not that I’m shy or anything like that, I spent most of the time standing in front of other noble dragons and at times talk to a class or two. This is more me being uncomfortably annoyed. Everypony we pass stopped and looked at us, I heard them whisper which made me more annoyed. Haven’t they ever seen a Kir- oh wait. “Say, does the white one look like a marshmallow?” Amber whispered to me. I turned my attention back to the group who we were walking towards. The unicorn in question had white fur with a purple mane that looked like it took hours to do. As I got a better look at her she did look like a marshmallow, one of the marshmallows that I toast before putting it on some chocolate and some gems. Ohh… those are so good. “Hey Twi, you’re drooling.” Amber pointed out. I blinked a few times and wiped my muzzle to make sure that I got it all; I heard Amber chuckled a bit to which I groaned. When we got a bit closer I started to pick up what they were talking about; I don’t like to eavesdrop on other conversations but I couldn’t help it since I was trying to block out the surrounding noise. I also notice that Sunset had many cups by her. “Sunset, dear, I think you should slow down with the coffee intake. Too much would ruin your mane.” the marshmallow said. Sunset, in turn, looked at her as she with a stare that kills many pans. She took a sip from her cup which made a few strands of her mane spring out in odd directions. The marshmallow’s muzzle scrunched up as she huffed a bit. “Trying to help you, darling.” “I’m sorry, I just… a bit stressed out about this whole thing.” Sunset said. “What, you mean the fact that you think this Cadence isn’t her?” the one with the rainbow mane said. I couldn’t help glance over to Amber, she sounded a lot like her. “Oh come on! You all met her, there’s something wrong with her.” This made me raised a brow. So she knows something's up with her as well, gotta keep that in mind. “Ah don’t know sugar cube, the times ah seen her she was alright in my books.” the orange mare with the hat said. Her accent sounded southern which reminded me of the time I had to talk to some earth drakes from the south. Sunset groaned and went for another sip of coffee. I heard a groan coming from behind me; I turned to see Shadow shaking his head. “She’s stressed, only she can drink so much coffee in one sitting.” he said with a sigh. I turned back at the table, they haven't noticed us yet which was odd. “Um, can we change the subject please, if no pony would mind.” the yellow one asked shyly. “Um, how did your meeting with the… dragon nobles, go?” “Oh! Uhh, it went great, they weren’t all that bad; there was an Archmage as well,” she sighed happily. “It’s so nice to actually get to talk to someone who knows what I’m saying.” “Oh look! Our little egghead has finally met another egghead, be careful or they will multiply.” the rainbow one teased. I heard a snort out of Amber. I looked at her only to see her look away from me. “Anyway, they're nice and I believe that even you can talk to them Shy.” Sunset said happily. “Oh I don’t know about that, I don’t think I would meet them so soooOOOEEP!” she tensed up when she saw us, I could've sworn her fur went to a much paler yellow. At this moment the rest of them turned in our direction. I eyed them all and saw surprised reactions. “I don’t understand, we’re out of place and hard to miss how are you all surprised?” I asked them. They all looked at one another for a moment before Shadow spoke up. “You haven’t been to Ponyville, ponies there need something big to get any attention drawn.” he explained. I shook my head and looked back at them. I notice they were all staring at me. “Is staring normal?” I asked. “Right, everyone I like to introduce you to Princess Amber Trasza and her guest Archmage Twilight Scintillula.” he announced. The first thing I saw was a pink blur and two blue eyes staring at me. “Hi! My name is Pinkie Pie! Do you like parties?!” she asked me in a hyper tone. My head reared back and flattened my ears in surprise. “Wha… hey didn’t we meet before?” “Nope.” “But I saw you in the park sometime ago.” “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” she said with a smile. I stared at her in confusion and annoyance. I saw a light teal aura encase her and she floated over to the table. “Pinkie, I don’t think you should get in anyone's face.” Sunset said. The pink one just smiled at her. “Sorry about that, Pinkie like to meet others.” “It’s… fine, just don’t do it again.” I said bluntly. “Right… anyway Twilight these are my friends, Applejack,” “Howdy.” “Rarity.” “Charmed darling.” “Rainbow Dash.” “Sup!” “And Fluttershy.” “Eep!” the yellow pegasus squeaked as she hid behind one of her friends. Sunset ears flattened and gave me a sheepish smile. “Sorry, she’s really not that good at meeting others.” she then smiled a bit more. “Oh, also this is Spike.” The purple dragon leaned back and gave us a wave. A dragon? Here? This is new, I moved a bit closer to the Drake to get a better look. “Oh no, she’s going research mode again.” I heard Amber said. This rewarded her with a smack from my tail. “Ow!” Ignoring that, I looked at the Drake taking every detail. He had purple and green scales, green eyes, and green frills. He's a bit on the chubby side but not so that he's overweight. “Umm, is there something wrong?” he asked. I blinked a few times before backing away. “No, nothing is wrong. I'm just surprised there's an earth dragon here already.” I said as I eyed him again. “A purple one at that.” “Is there something wrong with being purple?” he asked crossing his arms. “No, if there was then I would be insulting myself.” I gestured to myself with a raised eyebrow. “Oh, right.” he said. He looked over at the two dragoons in awe. “Whoa…” “I think the little drake is stunned at the awesome that comes from me.” Derolth with a grin. Tessith shook her head. “You, awesome? Please, the one who’s awesome is me.” The rainbow maned pegasus boasted. “Says who?” Derolth asked. “Says me, Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in Equestria.” Oh no… “Fastest flyer huh, I think not.” Amber said. Rainbow glared at her. “I’m guessing someone thinks they're faster than me?” she asked narrowing her eyes. “Yes they do, and they would be me.” Amber said. Rainbow started laughing. “You? HA! Please, I would fly circles around you.” Amber lowered her head to her level. “Want to bet? I say I can beat you in a race around Canterlot, five laps around.” “You’re on.” Rainbow said with determination. They stared at one another for a long minute until both of their wings shot into the sky and raced off. “Boy, those two are two peas in a pod.” the earth pony said. I chuckled a bit as Tessith sighed. “I’ll go keep an eye on them.” she said as she began to jog away. I rolled my eyes a bit as I looked back at the group. “Say Shadow, why do ya have your helmet on?” Applejack asked. Shadow blinked at her at this. “You know that I’m part of the guard right, I have to have it on.” he said. Applejack chuckled a bit. “Come on, yer with friends and ya just have the helmet off for a few.” she said. Shadow stared at her for a moment and sighed with a smile. A dark reddish blue aura formed around his helmet and the helmet lifted off his head. “There, happy?” he said with a smirk. “The spell as well darling.” Rarity said. I blinked as I looked at him as he sighed and his horn glowed a bit as his form shimmered a bit. His black fur turned to more of a gray colour and his mane and tail went from red and black to two shades of blue, if I didn’t meet him before I would've thought he was a darker shade of colour version of Captain Armor. “An illusion spell.” I said out loud, I blinked as everyone looked at me. “Yes, it’s an illusion given to us when we passed boot camp.” Shadow said. “That explains why every guard here looks the same.” Derolth said. I looked away for a moment as I thought about it. He’s right, that does explain the same colours. Shadow chuckled. “Yeah, that’s mostly what everypony ask.” he said. “Oh shoot, look at the time.” Applejack said as she looked up at the sun. “We all have to get a move on if we all get the wedding ready.” “Oh yes, I still have so much to do…” Rarity started to ramble on about dresses as Applejack literally must push her. I chuckled a bit at the sight. “Hey, Miss Scintillula.” Spike asked me. I looked down at him with a smile. “Please call me Twilight, Miss Scintillula is my mother’s name.” I said with a giggle. “Right, umm… this may sound a bit weird-” “Spike, in all my time of researching I haven’t heard a weird question.” I told him. “Umm… you are part dragon right?” he asked. I raised a brow at the young drake. “Yes, I’m part pony and part dragon.” I said. “Well, can… can a dragon and pony get together and have… kids?” he asked. No one said anything after that as we all stared at him. I blinked a few times as I thought about, I opened my mouth to give an answer but closed it. I had no clue if that was possible. Is it possible? “I… have literally no idea.” I said out loud. Derolth looked at me, surprised. “You… don’t? Wow, I wish Tessith was here.” he said. I frowned and looked at him. “What do you mean by that?” “Oh you know, so the two of us can tell the General this, he doesn’t believe me unless I have somedrake with me who has also seen it as well.” he said. I grumbled a bit at this. “Anyway, it’s nice to see you again Twilight.” Sunset said as she and Spike headed off. Me and Derolth started to head off as well. During that walk, I began to think on what Spike has said. Was it possible or impossible? On one claw dragons are far too big to breed with ponies, the size difference is apparent to that, also there was the fact of the DNA of a dragon and pony, they wouldn’t work. But on the other claw, there’s me, a half dragon half pony hybrid. Sure I wasn’t born as one but I turned into one, maybe it was the milk I was fed when I was a filly, or the environment, or something but here I was. Also, there was books on a city filled with Kirins and other hybrids as well but no pony or drake could find such a place. So… could his question be right? Can that happen or… I stop thinking about it as I hit my head on a wall. I yelped in pain as I rubbed my head. “I tried to tell you to look out for the wall.” Derolth said. I looked over at him with a frown. “Where are you.” I growled at him. “At the castle.” he said. I blinked at him as I looked up. Sure enough, we were standing outside of the castle in Canterlot. “Oh… we got here fast.” I said. “You were thinking about something, things go faster when you're not paying attention to it.” he said, trying the hide a chuckle. I glared at him as we headed around to the front and headed inside. I noticed that some of the guards looking at us as we walked inside. I even noticed that one of their eyes glowed for a second. “Did you notice that?” I whispered to Derolth. He looked at me and back forward. “That the guards were watching us, yeah,” he whispered back. “Kinda gives somedrake the creeps.” I nodded as we walked down the hall and into the dining room. I saw Princess Celestia coming in with the Captain Shining and Princess Cadenza, for a second I thought I saw her narrowing her eyes at me. “Ahh, Archmage Scintillula and Dragoon Derolth, I hope your trip into the city was most pleasant.” The princess asked us. “Of course your highness, it was most wonderful, I read stories of here but seeing it with my own eyes no book can capture its greatness,” I told her. She smiled at me. “I thank you Archmage.” she looked around us for a moment. “I wonder, where’s the guard that was with you?” “He went off to the barracks to get something to eat your highness.” Derolth said with a little pride in his voice. “I see, thank you.” she said as she looked out of the window. “I see Princess Amber is enjoying herself.” I looked out of the window to see a dragon shape and a pegasus shape flying around the city at top speeds. I groaned at this. “I’m sorry your highness but Princess Amber has a bit of a competitive side to her.” I said with a sheepish chuckle. “They're no problems Archmage, she reminds me a certain… pegasus that I know.” she said with a knowing chuckle. “By the way, do you mind sitting down with us for something to eat?” “I would love to Princess.” I said with a bow. She giggled at me as we walked over to the table to sit down. I saw that Cadenza was sitting across from me as Shining was beside her. Princess Celestia sat at the head of the table which I now notice it was designed in a way that on her side was bright and had the sun etched into the table. On the other were darker themes and a moon etched on that side with an empty set. “Princess Celestia, I don’t want to be rude but isn’t your sister supposed to join us?” I asked her. Celestia sighed. “She… won’t be joining us, she’s still trying to adjusted to the modern times but at the moment she won’t awaken until much later.” she said sadly. I nodded a bit and saw Cadenza roll her eyes at this. I narrowed mine at her. “Say why is he still here?” Cadenza asked as she waved her hoof towards Derolth. “My apologies Princess but my duties is to protect Archmage Twilight, where she goes I go.” he said formally. “She’s in the middle of the most secure place in the city, they're guards everywhere and a magical dome around the city, she’s safer there wherever you came from.” she said to him. He narrowed his eyes at her but did not move from his spot. “I prefer Dragoon Derolth stays here with me.” I said out loud. Derolth bowed a bit and moved behind me but away from the table. “Do you doubt the royal guards? They may not be as big or gruff as you dragons but they can protect us just fine.” she said as she puts her head on Captain Shining's neck. “Right pudding?” “Uhh, yeah… yeah…” he said before shaking his head. “You can leave us Dragoon.” “No offense Captain Shining Armor but I don’t take orders from you.” Derolth said crossing his arms. “Only Princess Amber and Archmage Twilight can tell me what to do, well also Tessith but she bosses me around all that time.” That drew a giggle from Princess Celestia, I’m still not used to the sight of that. Cadenza narrowed her eyes at him. “You do know that as soon as we marry Captain Shining Armor will be King Shining Armor.” she said. “Yes I know but I still take orders from others that are not you or him.” he said. Cadenza glared at him for a bit. “He’s fine, get over it.” I said angrily. Her gaze snapped to me as I saw her anger on me and for a second I saw her eyes glowed green. “Cadenza.” Princess Celestia said in a stern tone. “If Twilight wants Derolth here then it’s fine.” Cadenza looked over at her for a moment before sighing. “Fine.” With that, the servants came in with the food came in. They handed the other three had some salads and some sweets, mostly for Princess Celestia. When they came to me they gave me a bowl of gems. If I wasn’t trying to hide it I would've been drooling at the sight. The four of us chatted for a bit, not so much between me and Cadenza. I saw Captain Shining didn’t talk a lot, he just ate his food and didn’t say much other than when he was spoken to. His eyes seem a bit dull. “Hey, are you alright?” I asked him. He looked at me as if he didn’t understand what I said. “Oh he’s fine, just all the stress of holding the shield up for so long and ordering the guards to do their jobs.” Cadenza said. “Something I think most dragons should learn, that they need to follow orders.” “Okay, do you have a problem with dragons?” I said as I glared at her. “Who doesn’t, the dragons here are wild, greedy, and straight up evil, you see one dragon you saw them all.” she said. My eye started to twitch a bit as I crushed the gem in my claw. “Not all dragons are like that, if you have half of a mind then you would've seen that you-” “Uhhh I think it’s time for us to retire to bed.” Derolth said quickly to cut me off. Princess Celestia looked over at us as she finished speaking with a servant. “Yes I believe we should, the wedding is in two days and there’s still so much to do.” she said. With that, I got up from my seat and quickly marched out of the room, too angry to say anything. I saw Amber coming towards me with a smile. “Hey Twi! How’s it going with-” “Don’t ask.” I quickly said as I stormed past her. Night has fallen and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. I didn't look the night sky at that moment as I was banging my head on the wall. “Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid,” I said over and over again. We're here to make peaceful ties with Equestria and maybe enjoy the wedding, but then I have to go and almost insult the bride and almost ruin it all. I have to thank Derolth for stopping me. “I can't believe that Princess Celestia didn't hear all that, one would think she would say something.” I said to myself. “Tis because our sister has a bit of a sweet tooth for cakes.” I heard a voice say. “If thou hast cake not even thy ground would not disturb her.” I looked over to the balcony to see an alicorn. Unlike Princess Celestia, she was shorter than her and had midnight blue fur. I blinked a few times as I knew who I was talking to. “P-princess Luna! It's an honor to met you.” I said as I bowed to her. “Thou needst not be so formal, we-” she stopped and coughed into her hoof. “I am happy with simple greetings.” “Still, it's an honor to meet you, Princess, I read a lot about you.” I said. “I hope what you read were good, I hope.” she asked nervously. First Princess Celestia laughing at me and Amber and now Princess Luna, the immortal goddess of the moon, being nervous in front of me if I see a monkey with no hair and can speak perfectly that would make my life. “Yes Princess, all I read is good.” I informed her. She sighed happily. “That's good.” she said. “Umm, may I enter?” “Yes, of course, you can.” I said. She smiled as walked in. “I do have to apologize for not coming to meet both you and the Dragon Princess pony to dragon, as Mistress of the Night our sleep time is more in the daytime.” The princess said. “I know that feeling, I'm used to spending my nights up either reading or looking up to Isix’s sky.” I said. I paused as I replayed what I said. “I mean your sky.” “No need to correct yourself, in fact, I’m interested in the one who I share the night sky with.” she said. “Really? Well okay, normally no dragon ask me for a bit of lore since they would either know it or be bored with it.” I said. “Well I am neither.” she said with a chuckle. She sat down on one of the pillows that are in the room. I walked over and sat on another close to her, my tail wrapping around me. “Hmmm, where to start?” I asked aloud. Princess Luna smiled at me as I pondered. “How about you begin at the Beginning,” Luna started. “And go on till you get to the end; then stop.” “That sounds like something from a book.” I said with a chuckle. “It might be.” Luna said with a smirk. We both chuckled a bit at this. “Well, since we’re starting at the beginning, to get to know Isix I have to talk about Resge,” I started. “Long ago the planet was cold and dark, there was no life and no spirits.” “Fascinating.” Luna said. I smiled as I continued. “Then, Io saw the planet with great sadness-” “Who’s Io?” Luna asked, cutting me off. “Sorry to interrupt your story but I never heard of this Io before.” “That doesn’t surprise me, there’s little known about them,” I said. “All that is known Io is the dragon god of creation and some stories that mention them.” “Really, please continue.” Luna said. I cleared my throat and remembered where I was in my story. “Io was saddened this planet was so cold and empty of life, so they-” “I’m sorry for this but this will be my last question unless there’s more but I’ll keep them till the end, but why do you call Io they or them, is it a he or a she?” Luna asked. “Again no one knows.” I answered. “I see, please continue.” Luna said. I nodded. “So Io took one of the stars and used it to make a dragon of pure fire.” the made Luna's eyes widen. “Io told this dragon, whose name is Resge, to fly around the planet to warm it up, and that’s what he did, Resge flew around the planet and with the heat coming off him he heated the planet, the ice and snow that covered the land melted and from that and his light plants and new life began to grow, soon dragons of different colours and kinds began to appear and worship Resge as a god, calling him the sun dragon. Some even said that both red and gold dragons were made by him since descriptions of him is that he looks either a red or gold dragon, even both.” “This is fascinating, but where does Isix come in?” Luna asked. “I was getting to that, now over the years Resge started to feel a bit lonely, he circled the skies over this planet but he was always alone,” I said. Luna looked over at the open door with a sad frown, saying that she might know a bit of being alone. “So Resge went to Io for a request, to make something to share the sky with him, to end his loneliness, so hearing his plea Io reached out and pluck a comet out of the sky and formed a new dragon, the one named Isix.” Luna seemed a bit more interested in the story now. “Isix is said to be beautiful, shining both white and silver off her scales, the two then flew around the world together, side by side enjoying each others company.” I looked down to the floor and frown. “But then, things changed.” Luna frowned at this as I looked back up. “Isix saw the denizens of the planet seemed to worship Resge more than her, he brought warmth and light and she only brought darkness and cold, so she asked Resge to give some of his light to her so she can be worshipped a bit more, but Resge didn’t know how to and told her that he cannot do something that he has no knowledge of. Isix, believing that Resge is lying, was furious about him and started to attack Resge, thinking without him then the denizens would worship her.” Luna seemed shaken at this as I looked up at the moon from the window, feeling Isix eye on me as I told this story. “The fight went on for many years, this left Isix red with blood and Resge a bit dimmer than normal, the fight would've continued if it wasn’t for Io didn’t step in, Io saw the fighting and was angry that two of his creations fought over something so small to them so he told them that they could still share the sky but not together, one with rising while the other falls, to keep balance to the world. Isix, still mad at Resge was no fool to disobey so she agreed to the terms, so did Resge sadly. Now Resge and Isix fly over the skies, bring night and day over the lands for the rest of time.” “There're no words I can say about that story then… I can relate to it.” Luna said. She looked away sadly. “I’m sorry if this story upsets you, Princess.” I said to her. “No no, I’m fine,” she said with a small smile. “Is there more?” “Well a little but mostly small stuff, like at one point Isix found a way to meet Resge again which brought in the solar and lunar eclipse, and when the air gets cold and the sun sets sooner is of Resge wounds from Isix attacks still hurt and he needed to rest, and when the moon goes red is from either Isix wounds or her rage that change her colour.” I told her. “Well that’s some interesting stories but I believe I took enough of your time Twilight.” the princess said as she stood up. “It was enjoyable that I can get to talk to you and to hear some lore about dragons.” “Of course Princess Luna.” I said with a smile. Luna chuckled at this as she walked over to the balcony. “Sleep well Archmage Twilight.” and with that, she took to the air and flown off. I watched her go before closing the door to my room. I then crawled into bed and curled up in it, my wings draping over me and tail wrapped around me. I slowly closed my eyes as I fell into a deep slumber.