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// .1 The Dragon Capital 
// Story: Harvest Moon's adventures: 1 
// by khalilfrederick15 
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Harvest Moon excitingly soared through the skies as she felt the cool breeze flow through her mane. As she flapped her wings she could barely hold her excitement. “Don’t go too far ahead Harvest. I don’t want you going to far out of my site,” her mother Twilight Sparkle said as she rose higher in the sky to get a better few of her daughter. “I know you're excited about your first trip to the Dragon Lands but please settle down,” Twilight said catching up with Harvest. “When we get to Obsidian castle I want you to stay close by my side. I don’t want you getting lost.”


Harvest took a deep breath and sighed. “Yes ma’am,” Harvest said deflating a little slightly slowing down. “I’m just so excited that you’re finally letting me explore other kingdoms. Plus it’ll be great to finally be able see uncle Spike again,” Harvest said smiling. ‘I haven’t seen him in months, not since he became Dragon lord,’ she thought.


“Don’t worry aunty Twilight,” a voice said from behind them. “While you discuss trading deals with our father we’ll show Harvest around the Dragon Lands,” the voice continued as Twilight's old hot air balloon came rising up towards them through some clouds carrying Orchid Flame the daughter of Spike and Starlight Glimmer leaning on the edge of the basket. Pulling the string of the hot air balloon making it rise beside Twilight and Harvest was Tanzanite Flare, the son of Spike and Rarity(Spike’s now ex-wife) and the older half brother of Orchid.


“You have my word as the future head of your royal guard that I will keep an eye on both my sister and Harvest aunty Twilight,” Tanzanite says letting go of the string he was pulling and raising his claw.


“Thank you both,” Twilight says looking over at him and Orchid.


“I should be thanking you aunty Twilight. With you here to discuss things with my dad yourself I can take a break and relax with Harvest. I’m sure seeing you guys will really left his spirits. Ever since the end of the Dragon War and… well princess Ember’s passing he hasn’t been in the best of spirits,” Orchid finishes looking down towards the ground below them. “He put on a good front when my mom came by to check up on him a couple months ago but I could tell something was off. And she’s been too busy helping her old town finish their expansion to come back out recently.”     


“Yes, even my mother could tell something was off from both how rarely he responds to her letters along with how brief and vague they are when he does. That’s partly the reason I requested to accompany you aunty Twilight. When you told her that you were going to the Dragon Lands at your last lunch my mother asked me if I would go along to check on my father for her. She seemed pretty concerned,” Tanzanite said steadily pulling the hot air balloon’s string to keep pace with the Twilight and Harvest.


“Mom do you think uncle Spike is doing alright?” Harvest asked her mom starting to look worried for her uncle. Twilight was quiet for a moment, thinking about what she had just heard about ex number one assistant. Not to worry Harvest she quickly responded.


“Don’t worry sweetie I’m sure your uncle’s just still adjusting to becoming Dragon lord. After all you have to remember, like me he didn’t exactly plan on becoming a leader let alone the Dragon Lord and Ember’s passing was hard on all of us. Besides I’m sure seeing all of your smiling faces will left his spirits in no time,” Twilight said flying slightly ahead and looking at all three of them.


“You’re right mom. The first thing I’m going to do when I see uncle Spike is fly up to him and give him a big hug,” Harvest said doing an aerial loop hugging a cloud. “Whoooooaaaaaa, is that Obsidian Castle? The Castle Dragon Lord Ember had made right before the war? The same one the she had her father, the previous Dragon Lord Torch help construct with his lava fire breath,” Harvest asked her mother back to back eyes wide in awww and excitement.


“Yup, welcome to the capital of the Dragon Lands “Viverna,”” Tanzanite said as they came into full few of the dragon capital. The massive pitch black castle shining brightly as the sun began to set.