It wasn’t the grandest party in the history of Ponyville, it wasn’t the wildest and it wasn’t even the funniest (Especially considering that Pinkie Pie had set it up) but it was still among the most memorable. Slowly the group of dragons began to break up and mingle among the ponies, albeit some still a little suspiciously but the party went on.
“Well now, I never had any idea that you could grow gems like you do plants. I always thought that you just dug them up,” Applejack said as she walked among the booths with a bright green dragon. “Do you think that you could teach me how?”
“Sure,” he replied. “You first have to find a cave with enough minerals…”
“Hi. I’m Lemon Jade.” The red spiked and yellow scaled dragon said offering a claw to a blue maned yellow unicorn. The mare laughed. “I’m Lemon Hearts and my specialty is making lemon heart cookies. Would you like to try some?”
“Of course,” Lemon Jade replied following the mare to her table.
Rock, the earthy brown dragon stood in front of the booth that Mr. and Mrs. Cake ran. He scratched his chin as he eyed the slices of carrot cake covering the table. “I was always told that eating pony food would make me less a dragon.”
Mr. Cake responded by reaching over to the booth beside him and selecting a bowl of sapphire soup. He flinched as he crunched on the gems then replied, “Am I any less a pony or am I more dragon?”
Rock shrugged and selected a slice of cake. After a few experimental bites he took another then another.
Above the mingling dragons and ponies Rainbow Dash eyed the dark midnight blue dragon that hovered in front of her.
‘So, Midnight Fight, is it?” She asked.
“That’s right, Rainbow Dash. Midnight Fight the best fighter and flyer in the Everfree,” she replied proudly.
“Well, I’m the fastest and best flyer in all of Equestria.” Rainbow Dash stated with a hoof on her chest.
“Well maybe you haven’t competed against every flyer in Equestria,” Midnight Fight challenged as her wings beat faster thrumming in the air.
“I’ll compete with any pony, griffin, dragon or anything that can fly!” The blue pony’s wings pounded harder making gusts swirl below her.
“I’ll beat you to the mountain!” The dragon roared and tool off like an arrow from a bow.
“Hey!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed dashing after her.
On the ground below Leftfang and Lily watched the two blue streaks heading towards the mountain where the royal city stood. “At least some of them are making friends.”
“You could be too,” Lily replied. “I’m not the only pony here.” Leftfang just snorted. “Stop worrying, it’s going well,” Lily said giving him a slight nudge.
“But what about my magic!” Leftfang growled. “This isn’t just about some friend party!”
“Twilight and Starlight are already talking with the two scholarly dragons from the Crystal mountains, or as you call them, The Blue mountains,” A new voice interrupted. They looked to see Spike standing nearby. He pointed across the town square to where the two ponies and two dragons had set up a table away from the crowds. “You couldn’t have a better team working on it so why don’t you relax and join in the fun. The ruby cupcakes are delicious!”
Leftfang sneered at Spike. “Why would a greed dragon want to share? Buzz off and go swallow the whole lot.”
“Hey!” Spoke snapped. “I don’t know what your problem is but you are one of the biggest jerks that I’ve met and I’ve met a few.”
“Funny coming from a greed dragon,” Leftfang retorted.
‘What does that have to do with who I am. You-“
“Excuse me!” Lily pushed her way in between them. “Spike please excuse him a minute.” Without another word Lily picked Leftfang up over her head and walked away. She walked over to a table and deposited the kicking dragon into a seat. “Leftfang, what was that about?”
Leftfang blinked at her in surprise for a moment then he snorted. “You saw what he did.”
“What? What did he do to you!” Lily demanded.
Leftfang opened his mouth but had to pause a moment. “He was arguing with me.”
“You started it.”
Leftfang shrugged “Why would I want to get along with him anyway? You don’t know how greed dragons look at us.”
“As of yet, the only one judging others is you. Even if they did, you can’t have such a toxic attitude towards others and then complain when they see you in a negative way.”
Leftfang just snorted.
“Leftfang this party has hardly started and you’ve started a fight with two ponies and now Spike. You do realize that one of the main focused of this party is to help you with your magic. If you’re going to be this way about it you might as well tell them to forget it.” Leftfang shifted around and grumbled. Lily sighed, “Lets, go see what they’ve learned so far.”
They headed across the street weaving among the ponies and dragons towards the book and scroll covered table. Princess Twilight eyes flickered rapidly back and forth as she hovered a book in front of her. The tile was written in draconic and the image of a dragon casting a spell through his claws. A bright green dragon stood beside her holding a book titles Unicorn Magic with the image of a unicorn with a lighted horn. Starlight Glimmer and an ice blue dragon were staring down at a scroll that was rolled out across the table. All four were too engrossed to notice Lily and Leftfang walking up.
“Find anything?” Leftfang asked bluntly. All four ponies looked up.
“Oh yes, a lot.” Princess Twilight replied excitedly.
Leftfang nearly jumped into the air. “So you can fix my magic!”
“Oh, no… not yet,” Twilight stammered. “But we have found out lots of things that may-“
“Arrguh! I need my magic fixed!”
“Their working on it,” Lily said giving him a nudge. “What have you found out?” Lily asked the researchers politely.
“A lot and there is so much more to learn,” Twilight said spreading out more scrolls in front of Lily. “I wish that we’d made friends long ago. “Did you know that mini dragons can earn marks similar to cutie marks! This opens up a whole new chapter in the science of cutie mark magic!” Twilight barely contained herself from jumping up and down.
“Did you know who knew that? Me!” Leftfang grumbled. “How does facts like that help?”
“For one thing, it lets us know how closely your magic and fate is related,” Starlight Glimmer interrupted.
“We have studied the relationship between magic and fate but as you know it is something nearly impossible to pin down scientifically,” The ice blue dragon stated adjusting a pair of crystal spectacles on his nose. “It seems like the more I try the less possible it becomes.
“Yes, perhaps things like that are better understood as they are.” The other dragon added.
“But it doesn’t help my magic now,” Leftfang replied.
“I think that it just might,” Starlight Glimmer said. “My mind keeps coming back to what Zecora said about magic and fate. Please, just tell me exactly what she said.”
Leftfang just shrugged. “I don’t remember and how could she really know more about it than another dragon? You can go ask her yourself if you want.”
“Leftfang. Don’t be so rude,” Lily hissed. Starlight Glimmer sat back scratching her chin for a moment. “Hey, I’ll be right back,” she said suddenly and vanished in a flash of light.
The ice blue dragon looked over the top pf the book that he was reading, “You know, you’d be surprised at what others may understand,” He said to Leftfang. “The things that we often think of as being our differences are often the things that are the same between us.”
“Like a dragon from the Blue Mountains thinks he knows about Everfree business. Don’t you ever take your nose out of a book?”
Both dragons glared at him. “I’m thinking that it’s not much point in helping you and instead just spend our time studying about ponies.”
Lily sighed and walked away from the table to take a seat closer to the party. It seemed like he would never learn. At least the party was going well. Ponies and dragons were mingling without hesitation now. The only dragon who didn’t seem genuinely happy was green Claw. He mostly wove through the crowds not really interacting with others unless they tried to engage conversation. When that happened, he would smile in their face whether it be dragon or pony. He would only talk long enough to not appear rude before he excused himself and began prowling again. On the outside he seemed content but his eyes told a different story. As they looked about the crowd you it was obvious that he was not happy about all this.
Lily watched him as he continued roaming around wondering what he may be looking for it certainly seemed that he was looking for something. New voices behind her drew Lily’s attention away from the glowering dragon. Flim and Flam were now standing next to the table with Twilight and the Blue Mountain dragons. Both wore big smiles that looked very out of place. What did they want?