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// The morning in Dragonland 
// Story: The Librarians and The Summoned Cat 
// by Dragon Shimmer 
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Spike wakes up and looks around. He doesn't see Sunset anywhere and Smolder is still sleeping. Spike decides to walk outside and he sees Sunset is sitting on the stone.

Spike looks around and sees that the sun is still rising, "Sunset, why are you waking up so early?"

Sunset turns to the purple dragon, "Oh hey Spike, I'm just going to collect some fruit and stuff to make breakfast," she rubs her head, "I don't let anyone starve. If I can butcher some ... animals. I can make it better."

"No. You don't have to kill them," Spike waves his claw, "It will make Fluttershy sad,"

"Fine. Collect some woods or branches for me. We will have breakfast."

Spike rolls his eyes and starts to collect the branches as Sunset goes back to the cave to wait. After 30 minutes, Spike comes back and puts down the wood. Sunset starts cooking the food and waiting. Smolder smells something nice and immediately wakes up. When she is analyzing the smell, it comes from the pot, "Are you cooking something?"

"Breakfast," Sunset huffs, "Some purple dragon refuses to cook so I have to cook."

"Hey!" retort Spike, "You told me to go to collect these,"

Sunset gives him a smug as the purple dragon sits next to Sunset. Smolder takes the bowl and pours the soup, then she takes a sip on it. It is very good for her. Smolder turns Sunset, "You have to teach me those."

"Nah," Sunset waves her claw to deny, then she points at Spike, "This purple dragon will teach you how to cook. I don't think he minds that." 

Spike glares at her and sighs. After breakfast, Smolder follows Spike to collect some material to cook while Sunset just walks around the Dragonland. When she just sits down beside the lava pool, some of the dragons come to her and grins. Sunset rolls her eyes.

"Hey lady," One of the dragons waves his hand, "Do you want to go with us?" Sunset stands up and goes away without a word. The dragon feels embarrassed by others as he is trying to stop the orange dragon but Sunset just trips him to the lava pool. Anyone around laughs at the dragon. The dragon feels so humiliated as he is going to attack her but he sees the familiar gray dragon. Torch walks to Sunset and invites her somewhere to talk.

When they walk to the flying zone, Sunset looks around and sees this zone is quite good. Sunset turns to the dragonlord, "Don't you scare off your daughter?"

"What? Me? Scared of my daughter?" Torch gives her a smirk, "I don't know who you are talking about?" Suddenly, a blue claw puts on Torch's shoulder as the dragonlord gulps. He turns back and sees her daughter, "eh... hello, Ember. Nice day, isn't it."

"Looks like someone doesn't want to go outside, is he?" Ember smiles at the dragonlord, "Don't you want to be like that?"

"Alright, alright." Torch waves his claw and sighs as Sunset giggles. Torch glares at her, "I don't find it funny. Anyway, I see your dragon friend is weird though."

"What kind of weird?" Sunset tilts her head, "Is that like... he is too old to get wings?"

"That's right." Torch nods, "I am guessing that he is at least 25, but I am wondering how he can't get a pair of wings."

"Enlighten me this one, Torch." Sunset folds her claw, "let me see if I can help."

"Naturally, when a dragon turns 18, they will get a pair of wings. Even though they will be hurt a lot." explains Torch, "I'm not sure why he does not have wings."

"Then it looks like we have to motivate him. A lot." Sunset looks at the dragon flying, "How many types of dragons are these? I saw the ice dragon in the test."

"Ice dragons are usually in the north. They have a land like this one." explains Torch, "Although we and ice dragons start contracting each other."

Sunset asks, "So... Is it possible for a fire dragon and an ice dragon to come together and make a family?"

"Maybe, but it is quite impossible," Ember looks at the dragons in the sky, "And we don't know much about how many types of the dragon out there."

Torch gives her a smirk while Sunset just looks outside. Suddenly, she turns into another ship as the orange dragon feels weird. Torch notices that and asks, "What's wrong?"

"... Weird, do you have any talk to Celestia or Luna?" Sunset rubs her chin, "I don't know if they able to come here."

"Some of the ships can go here with a load of gems. Of course, we have to pay that." Torch folds his claw, "But I didn't receive any announcement about a ship come here."

"Let's check it out." Sunset spreads her wings, "This can count as illegal transporting." and the orange dragon flies away. Torch and Ember follow her.





Spike and Smolder are collecting the material for cooking. Smolder has given the purple dragon many mushrooms and fruits. Spike checks them and many of them can't eat anyway, then he collects some herb. After checking, Spike asks the orange dragon if she knows somewhere there are rivers or lakes because he wants to show Smolder how to process the material. When Smolder leads the purple dragon to the nearby lake, Spike chops some branches and woods to make the campfire.

Spike starts showing the orange dragon as he is washing the mushrooms and cuts the herb with his claws, then he cuts the mushroom and throws it into the pot. The orange dragon looks at the pot as the water inside is changing color into the brown one. After 15 minutes, Spike takes a sip from it and sees it well. He turns to the orange dragon, "You can have it."

Spike takes a bowl and gives it to the orange dragon. Smolder takes a sip, "Hmm... it's really good. I can eat it for days."

"I advise you shouldn't eat it for a whole day," Spike smiles, "It will make your taste... you know, I don't want to taste any longer."

"You mean I have to change the taste?" ask Smolder and Spike nods. Smolder smiles, "I see. Thank you for your cooking."

"You're welcome."  Spike takes the soup and starts eating it. When they are eating, an arrow is flying to the purple dragon as Spike uses the pot to block it, then he stands up and faces the brushes as Smolder doesn't know what is going on. A group of pony jumps outside of the brushes and points the crossbow at the purple dragon. Spike glares at them, "Why did you do this?"

"Because we hate dragons," says one of them, "That's all."

"Well... since Sunset is not here," Spike cracks his neck, "I will send you to the dragons. They will judge you."

The group looks at each other and laughs, then they shoot the arrow at Spike but the purple dragon dodges it easily. The ponies keep shooting at him but no arrow hits him. Spike breathes fire, then charges at them.




Coral Blade is reading the newspaper as she is enjoying the rest time. Her assistant is going away because Swift Blue calls her to do some jobs. When she is reading, she sees Princess Cadance is celebrating a fancy costume festival in Canterlot. The captain looks around and sees no one is here, she silently opens the window and finds that no one is here. The captain grins and jumps out of the window. Suddenly, she feels something is cracking and ends up dropping into a hole. 

Coral is surprised when she sees that as she is trying to climb up. When she is near the top, a familiar kirin is standing in front of her and pushes her down. The kirin glares at Coral, "Where do you think you are going?"

Coral rubs her head, "Nothing, just go outside."

"Then why do you go out the window?" Snow Storm huffs, "You are going to skip work, aren't you?"

"No... No way."

"Sure thing," Snow Storm levitates the rope and ties the captain up. Coral is struggling to get out of the rope but it is too tight for her. The kirin smiles and levitates Coral Blade back to her room, then she puts her to the sofa and lies on her back, "Your punishment, being my pillow."

Coral huffs and accepts the punishment. When Snow Storm is enjoying reading the newspaper, she finds the festival as she flips away. Coral asks, "Don't you want to go to the festival?"

"I want, but I can't," answers the kirin, "Because everyone will glance at me with the weird look. That makes me uncomfortable."

"Come on, you used to be in a fancy dress and I find it cute." Coral flips herself as Snow Storm gets up. Coral puts her face on the kirin's shoulder, "You really want to go, right."

"If you think you can make me skip work, you are not successful," Snow Storm wraps the paws around Coral's neck and continues to read the newspaper. After one hour, Snow Storm finds that the captain is sleeping on her shoulder. Swift Blue walks into the room and sees that scene as he giggles. Snow Storm gently puts the captain on the sofa and turns to the vice-captain, "Do we have a problem?"

"Not really," Swift Blue stretches himself, "Just some timberwolves destroyed the school and we had to stop it, that's all."
The kirin nods and she lies on Coral's belly as she is bored. The captain opens her eyes and feels someone is lying on her belly. Swift Blue puts the bag of cupcakes on the table, "Here is our 'thank you'

"For what?" Coral tilts her head, "Today is nothing special, isn't it?"

"Well, for training us to become more competitive. We have to face the timberwolves today." Swift Blue is walking out of the room, "Your welcome," then he closes the door. The captain sighs and just stays there for a while until she finishes her work.



Twilight is driving the small ship to Dragonland as she is worried about Spike but excited because she can know more about the dragon. When they just come there, some of the dragons stop them, "Halt ponies, what are you doing here?"

Twilight steps ahead and answers, "I am looking for a dragon named Spike. Is he here?"

The dragons look at each other, then one of the dragons points at them, "You ponies stay here, we will see if someone names Spike," then the dragon walks to two other dragons, "You two stay here and guard these ponies." The two dragons nod and sit down. After 15 minutes, Sunset comes there and finds that the dragons are talking to the ponies and one of them does hoof/claw wrestling with Rainbow Dash

Sunset walks to them, "Oh, you must find Spike, right Twilight?"

Twilight runs to the orange dragon, "Yes, please tell me where he is."

Sunset pushes the purple unicorn away as Torch and Ember see that. Torch asks, "What are you doing here?"

Twilight sighs, "We just found a dragon named Spike. Do you see him?"

The gray dragon looks at Sunset as she nods. Ember points at the volcano, "He is with us. Honestly, he is the one we might have a headache with."

"Did he do something wrong?" Twilight huffs, "I swear that I will punish him."

"No..." Ember shakes her head, "Can I ask how old he is now."

"Thirty," Twilight rubs her head, "He is thirty years old from now."

"I see... weirder," Ember sits next to the purple unicorn, "I will explain about the dragon." Twilight glees and she takes out the notes from her saddlebag as she is excited to know more about dragons.



Spike is tying the hunters up as Smolder is amazed about the purple dragon. When he finishes, he turns to the orange dragon, "Well, let's get these hunters to the dragonlord."

"Sure," Smolder helps him to carry the hunters, "I see your dragon is training you well."

"Well, I survived," Spike points at himself, "I hope these hunters will receive the right punishment."

"They will," Smolder looks at them as they laugh out loud. The two dragons want to know what they will receive.