In Ponyville's dungeons, Spike helped Rarity excavate the gems from the cave wall.
“Thank you very much for helping me recover her Spike gems, with that my new creations will be more beautiful. ”
"You're welcome, Rarity." The young dragon's body begins to scratch it.
“One last stone and we return to Ponyville.” Rarity takes the red ruby from the wall.
The white mare turns to see that the young dragon has started to shine a blinding light which disturbs the sleep of the bats.
To irritate, the flying animals fly away and make panic both.
At Dusk Shine Castle. The purple stallion was teaching Starlight a friendship lesson with Moony's help when they heard voices behind the door.
Flare: Rarity, Prince Dusk is busy.
Rarity: It's urgent!
She pushes the orange yellow pegasus and entered the room.
"My prince, there is a problem with Spike!"
She places the young dragon on the table and Spike continues to scratch.
“Make it stop…”
"Sorry Starlight, we will resume our lesson later."
"No problem, I just have to revise my lessons, we're waiting for you." She leaves the room.
The filly looks at the young dragon and Red shows up.
“The calling of the dragon lord.” Red says.
“The calling of the dragon lords, what is that?” Moony asks.
“It's a dragon rite and if he wants to stop, Spike has to answer the call. ”
"How do you know all this?" Dusk asks the red spirit.
“My creator studied dragons in order to create me and his negative emotions. So I helped him too. ”
"So if I understand correctly, I have to answer the call and its scratching stops?"
“And how do you respond?” Moony asks.
"You have to go to the mountains, follow me, I'll show you the way."
“We too are going to come.” The white mare offers,
“Rarity…” He is touched by the sweet words of Rarity.
“Spike will no doubt need the presence of his family and friends. ”
"Yeah friends, .." He would have preferred Rarity to say something else.
The three ponies and the young purple dragon go to the assembly of fire eaters in the mountain.
They are walking towards the mountain. Spike joins the other fire-breathing reptiles.
Dusk and Rarity disguise themselves as a rock so that the dragon does not attack them. Eclipse merges with Red to transform into a young winged reddish wrist strap the same size as Spike.
"Are all the dragons here?" The lord asks the assembly.
The crowd nods. Their bodies will stop shining white light.
"Dragon! me Torch the lord of dragons, I will retire but before I will choose a successor. ” He announces.
“…” Her daughter Ember made no comment.
“In order to choose my successor, you are going to take part in a race to find my scepter.”
"What scepter are you holding in your hand?"
“Exact.” He launches it inside the volcano. "Let's go…"
"Excuse me?" Interrupts Torch.
“Who dares to speak?” Torch said with a deep voice.
“Er…. Me." He is too afraid to speak in front of the huge dragon.
"What do you want?"
“I would like to know if we are obliged to participate?”
"Well you have a choice but if we don't participate, your dragon honor is going to take a big hit and you will be covered in shame."
“…”
"Big brother Spike, I think you have no choice."
"In that case, I will participate."
“Good, continue: May the trial to choose the new lord of dragons begin!” He orders.
Competitors with wings fly to the volcanic island.
"Dad, while waiting for the new lord to be chosen, I'm going to train."
“Ok, Ember.”
Ember moves away from far away to escape from his father's field of vision. She hides, puts on armor and flies to the volcanic island.
On the side of the test…
Spike is transported by Eclipse in the air. They fly over the mountain, cross the ocean.
“Eclipse, watch out for water geysers!” Frost warns him.
Aquatic snakes spurt out of the water and spit water on the dragons.
Luckily Eclipse arrives at the dodge. The one in armor is hit by the shot and lands near the island.
“Eclipse, we have to help it. ”
"Are you sure? He could backfire on us. ”
“Sure is that I have been taught to help those who need it.”
“...” She places it on the shore.
They go to help the guy in yellow armor. Eclipse removes his helmet to reveal Torch's daughter.
"You are the chef's daughter!"
“Please don't say anything to my father, he won't understand…”
"You are participating to show your father that you can be brave too." Eclipse guesses.
"How did you guess?"
"Your emotions ... and its for that me and my brother, we will help you."
"Are you really going to help me?" Eclipse and Spike nod.
The three enter the island's volcano. Inside, they have several galleries which form labyrinths.
Spike helps Ember thwart the pieces. she's happy that someone is helping her and begins to imagine Spike as prince charming.
“Ember, are you okay? You are red like a tomato. ”
"It's nothing, it's just, it really gets hot here."
The three dragons see Gabble O.k. ”
"Garble, who happened to you?"
"The sentries ... they demolished my face ..." He said half because of his face filled with blue.
“Sentries?” The three see bipedal red lizards armed with pointed spears.
“Stay behind me, I will fight them…”
The dozen red lizards saw the three intruders and advanced towards them.
Without finishing his sentence, Eclipse walks towards the sentinel lizards.
"Hey guys come see this girl thinks she can beat us ..." He laughs at Moony.
Eclipse knocks out the first one by striking hard on the belly and attacking the other.
"What? How? 'Or' What? Huh? ” The pale blue dragon girl is speechless.
“Eclipse has been doing karate since she was five years old.”
Thanks to Moony who neutralizes the sentries, the three more arrived at the center of the volcano.
The three saw the two ponies waiting for them.
“Spike! I was so worried. ” The white unicorn hugs Spike.
"Did you worry about me?"
“Yes, like a big sister who worries about her little brother when she goes outside and who has not returned after several hours.”
His words are enormously wrong to Spike and he is depressed in a corner.
“Big brother how did you get there?”
“We used a raft to go to the island. ”
"Now who's going to take the scepter?"
“You have to take it. "
"Are you sure? If I take it my father will discover that I participated despite his prohibitions. And your sister? ”
"I am not a dragon." She turns into a purple filly.
“Huh? What? You ponies are really strange. ”
As Spike suggested, Ember took the stick. She became the new lord of dragons.
During this ordeal, Spike is happy to finally have a first dragon friend.
Without suspecting that Ember had developed emotions for him.
(Spike…) Ember imagines Spike being a muscular and brave knight.