A new day has passed in Ponyville. Twilight woke up from her deep slumber, and slowly opened her eyes. She looked around her bedroom, and saw Spike sleeping soundly, cradled in her arms as she was laying in a doggy position. She was a dragon now, for Spike's happiness and not to keep him depressed for the rest of his life. She could not bear to see Spike depressed after having a terrible nightmare about his parents.
What was even more sad was he didn't even know who they were. Luckily, Twilight had the perfect solution to make Spike happy for as long as he lived, and voila, Dragon Twilight was born.
She smiled warmly at her younger brother and gently petted his head with her new dragon hand. "Spike." she whispered in a sing-song tone of voice. "Time to wake up, Spikey-Whikey." The baby dragon sighed and began to stir, and then made a yawn.
"What? oh, good morning, Twi."
"Good morning, little brother." she replied to him. "Did you sleep okay?"
"Yep. Slept like an actual baby dragon." said Spike proudly. Then he stretched his arms and legs, and a small sound of bones cracking were heard throughout the room. "How about you? How did you sleep?"
"I slept like a filly. Oh! I mean, a dragon would." Twilight replied
Spike then said to her "Twilight, I am very grateful for turning yourself into a dragon to make me happy, and it actually makes me feel like I have a family. But.... But....?"
"But what?" she slowly frowned, bending her head so she can make better eye contact with him.
"Are you sure you're okay being a dragon? and the same for our friends?" The baby dragon finally noted. "I mean, if you want to go back to being a pony, that's fine."
"Oh Spike." Twilight sighed with a sad smile. "Come here." then she gently picked up Spike with her dragon hands. The scales on it were so softer than other dragons would normally have on their skin. "It's perfectly fine with me. I turned into a dragon just for you, so you would always be happy."
The baby dragon was more flattered to hear that. "Yeah. I know."
"And don't worry about how i'll stand out in Ponyville now. My friends are perfectly okay with it. And, I'm not that big of a dragon anyway like Dragon Lord Torch."
"Yeah, that's true, you're like that...." Spike really hated to mention his name "Garble and his gang." he finished with intense odium with fire in his eyes just thinking about that heartless teenage dragon.
Twilight comforted him by hugging him. Just like that, he hatred of his dragon rival had gone away in a flash thanks to the kindness and love of his big sister. He enjoyed the warmth of her hands and chest, and he hugged her back. "Don't let him get to you, Spike." she said softly. "Just let it go."
"Yeah. I know. Besides, I haven't forgotten about the time I had the Gauntlet of Fire and I made Garble hug every dragon in sight." Then he laughed about how foolish he made that bully. Twilight laughed with him thereafter.
"That was so funny, I would call that his rightful comeuppance for how he treated you in the past."
"Totally."
Then there was a pause so still that they could both hear the wind from outside the castle. Finally, Twilight then suggested "Well, wanna get some groceries with me? We could probably use some produce. And... I won't have to eat meat, will I? because that would be awful."
Spike made a chuckle "Don't worry Twilight. I'm a baby dragon and I never eaten meat in all my entire life, and look, i'm still breathing. And I think you should try gems since you're a dragon now, and dragons can actually eat gems and jewels."
The purple pony-turned-dragon thought about it, and said "Maybe some time. One of these days I'll try gems and jewels. For now, I'll just stick with produce and oats and all."
"That's fine. So sure, I would love to come to the store with you."
Twilight smiled at him, then gently put him back on the floor. "Perfect. Let me get my bag." then she went to get her list and grocery bag and went with Spike to town, out of the castle. As they were walking, Twilight waved at the other ponies passing by. Many of them were still happy to see the princess of Friendship, even if she was a dragon now. A few, of course, were a little frightened. Not really because of Twilight, but because of her dragon appearance.
Then there was the apple stall, where one of her best friends Applejack, and her older brother, Big Macintosh were running today. "Twilight, glad to see you!" Applejack noticed
"Eeyup." Big Mac added in a friendly tone of voice. "Still trying to adapt to being a dragon we see?"
"Yes, unfortunately." Twilight said. "But don't worry. I'll be just fine."
"And hello, Spike. Are you feeling alright, Sugarcube?"
"Yep, doing fine." The baby dragon replied. "Since Twilight became a dragon, I actually feel like a have a family, and i'm not.... alone."
"Good to hear, sport." Said Big Mac.
"So, i'll have a bag of apples."
"Of course. How many?"
"Thirteen."
"You got it, Twilight." Applejack pulled the apples in Twilight's grocery bag, and Twilight paid a few bits to cover for it. Normally, thirteen apples would be seven bits, but because Twilight was one of Applejack's closest friends, and being the princess of Friendship, she only had to pay three bits for it as a discount. "Here you go."
Twilight smiled "thanks, guys." Then she pulled the page close to her arm so she can move onto the next stall in the market. Then there was a loud thud and a crash. Twilight turned around and saw that her tail accidentally wrecked the sign of the apple stall. "Oh my gosh, i'm sorry, Applejack!"
When she turned around, she heard another thud. Something else hit her tail. She turned her head around and it was Doctor Whooves, who was knocked over by her immense tail. "Ow! That hurt!"
"I am so sorry, sir!" Twilight was about to go to his aide now, but accidentally ran over Lyra and Bon Bon in the process, knocking them to the ground. She was beginning to panic and didn't know exactly what to do. She wasn't all that big of a dragon like the size a little bigger than the stall Applejack was running, her tail did a lot ofbdamage, and so did her body.
"Twilight, be careful!" Lyra complained.
"Sorry, Lyra."
Then she was beginning to draw a little attention by the commotion she was unintentionally causing to the public. Some ponies were stating at her.
She turned her head to look at Applejack's stall, still a little damage from her tail, and then she accidentally hit somepony with her head. It was Fluttershy, who was accidentally knocked over, and fell to the ground.
"Fluttershy! Oh my gosh! Let me help you, are you alright?"
The yellow pegasus rubbed her head "yes, i- I think so." She replied. "It's okay, Twilight, I know it was an accident, and i'm sorry I didn't see yoy there, I just wasn't being careful enough." She made a smile. "Are yoy okay?"
"Yes. Yes, of course. I'm just fine. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because you accidentally caused a little.... ruckus?" Spike remarked
Twilight rolled her eyes "yes, thank you." She said, not really impressed.
"I hope you are okay with being a dragon." Fluttershy said
'Of course I am. It's really fun and amazing. Nothing in a million years can this make me hate it." Then she was about to fix the damage on the apple stall once again, but then her tail accidentally hit somepony, but it was downward this time, like a hammer falling on a nail.
She gaped, it was Pinkie Pie with her eyes rolling like crazy, dizzy, with a foolish grin on her face
"Pinkie, speak to me? Are yoy okay?"
"Oh yeah. Just a little knock on the monkey bus." She replied, still dizzy. "Mommy can I have my buttercup?" Then she made a foolish giggle and passed out.
Twilight began tearing, just causing more damage like this. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Spike asked
"Nothing." She said, wiping a tear from her eyes. "I'm fine." Then she flew away, crying back to the castle. Sike and his friends looked on sadly at her.
"Goodness, Twilight is really struggling about this, isn't she?"
"I'm afraid not, Fluttershy." Said Applejack.
At first, Spike didn't know what to do, but then had an idea, and pulled out a quill and paper.
"What are you doing, Spike?" The yellow pegasus asked him curiously.
"Just calling for a friend to help out with this problem. Dear Ember-"