//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Discovering the Truth...? // Story: The Dragon War // by Rarityfan87 //------------------------------// Twilight woke up to Spike repeatedly saying “No, this can’t be right, it can’t…”. She shook him, waking him up. “What’s wrong Spike, what’s going on?” Spike woke up with a sigh of relief. “Oh thank Celestia it was just a dream.” “What happened Spike?”, Twilight asked, concern in her voice. “Well… I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t think you’ll be able to help me with this one.” Spike said as tears flowed down his cheek, just thinking of the nightmare. Twilight noticed and started to comfort him. “Please tell me Spike, you know that I care about you and that I’ll always be there for you no matter what.” “Alright, but I want you to put a sound barrier so no pony else can hear us.” “Of course Spike.” Twilight placed the barrier. “All set Spike.” “Well… this has to do with how you were saying how the ponies were stealing dragon eggs. I was dreaming that I was a dragon witnessing an egg being stolen by a generic pony. As the unicorn was escaping, the egg’s parents were back, and all they could do was cry when they came back to see their egg gone. I led them towards the direction the pony ran off in, but as they were trying to attack the unicorn, it would teleport before they could hit it. Not too long after they lost it. Then all of a sudden, a burst of powerful magic hit them, one then the other, instantly killing them. I flew away, just barely dodging the energy ball. As the dream went on, the egg ended up being me, and those were my parents. Which got me to think, what happened to my parents, and how was I brought here?” “I knew you were going to ask this sooner or later. Well hopefully that didn't truly happen, but I doubt something like that would have happened, since according to the dragons, this has only been going on for the last ten years, so it doesn’t affect you. As for what happened to your parents, I have no idea. We never heard from them, or what happened to them. Now as for your egg, according to Princess Celestia, she found your egg abandoned in the forest. She never found out why it was there or what had happened. She decided to take it back here, knowing it was probably not the smartest idea, but she couldn’t just leave the egg there with the possibility of it being eaten or killed. I’m sorry Spike but that’s all I know.” “Thank you Twi, that actually makes me feel better.” Spike smiled. "I'm glad I was able to help somewhat." Twilight smiled as well. “Well Spike, we better get breakfast, don’t forget today is our first day of training.” “Alright Twi, lead the way.” They walked to the dining room, an awkward silence followed them, after what they were just discussing. Twilight felt a little sad, not being able to tell Spike more about it, not knowing more on the subject. As for Spike, he felt like there was more to the story than he was told, but he didn’t want to bother Twilight more. She gave him more info than he thought she’d know, and that made him happy. They finally reached the dining room. They were greeted by the two princesses. “Hi Luna, hi Celestia.” Spike and Twilight spoke. “Hello you two, how are you feeling Spike?” Luna replied, Celestia was busy chewing on a banana. “Well, after hearing why I’m here… I’m nervous. I’ve never been part of a war before. The last time a war happened, it was Queen Chrysalis and I wasn’t there to help the others. So this is going to be a new experience for me, and the fact that I’m going to be fighting my own species, who I hardly know about. Also they would know more about my past before I ended up here, which makes me curious enough to want to want to ask them, but we know that won’t happen unless I join their team. I could never do that, because I could never hurt you guys, my family.” “I apologize Spike for not knowing more information, but as you know, I was on the moon during that time. I am glad to hear you’re with us on this subject. If there’s anything else that concerns you, don’t hesitate to ask me or my sister about anything. We’re here to help you along with Twilight. Like you said Spike, we are a family.” “Thank you Princess Luna. You are most kind, and to be honest, I’m glad to have you two as part of my family.” “Please, call me Luna, and you’re welcome Spike. Now how about we enjoy some breakfast?” “Sounds good to me!” They all ate their breakfast, catching up with each other. They ate quickly, as they wanted to get to the matter at hand as fast as possible. After they finished breakfast, they made their way to the study. Celestia was the first to speak. “All right Spike, this is how business around here is going to work from now until that faithful day. Six out of the seven days, you and Twilight will be training in a private field alone. On the seventh day, you will be training with the other ponies who will be trained by Luna and I. Training starts at six in the morning sharp and ends at sixteen hundred hours. Any questions?” “No, sounds good to me.” “Alright. You will start tomorrow. Today you may have the day off and rest. Or spend some time with Twilight, do whatever you would like.” “Thank you Celestia.” “No problem Spike. As Luna said earlier, feel free to come and talk to us about anything, whenever you’d like. We’re here for you as well Spike.” “I will keep that in mind.” “Good. Now have fun you two.” Luna and Celestia walked towards the throne room. “Well Twilight, what would you like to do?” “Well… we could… start to plan on how were are going to go about our training.” “Sounds good to me… Oh crap, I almost forgot, I promised Rarity I’d write to her. I’d better send her a letter letting her know I’m here and what is going on.” “Sure thing Spike. Here…” Twilight grabbed an envelope off the desk in the study. “Use this, since it’s got Celestia’s seal on it, it won’t cost anything to send it.” “Thanks Twilight.” Spike grabbed some paper and ink and began to write. Dear Rarity, I’ve arrived at Canterlot Castle. Everything is going good so far. I’ve met up with Twilight already and we started to catch up on what she’s missed in Ponyville. Now I have some… bad news to tell you. The reason they summoned me here, is because… they… need me to join the forces against the dragons in a war they declared. I don’t have all the details yet, but I will keep you updated as I learn more. Don’t worry about me Rarity, I have Twilight as my partner and together we can overcome anything. But enough with the bad news, how have you been? How’s the library doing? Keep me updated on how things are going on your end. Sincerely, Your good friend Spike. “Where can I go to get this sent?” “You can leave it on that small pile of letters over there Spike, those get picked up daily and are priority mail so she will receive it fast.” “Thanks Twilight.” Spike placed the letter on the pile. “So where should we go to do our business?” “Let’s do it right here Spike, it’s nice and quiet here, and it’s surrounded by books!” Twilight said excited. “Once an egg head, always an egg head.” Spike chuckled. “Well don’t think you’re getting off the hook that easily, you’ll have to do some reading as well.” “Fiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeee.” Spike said sarcastically. Twilight giggled. “Alright Spike, let’s get started.” That whole day they went through thirty books (most of them were read by Twilight). They decided to have a small late supper and then go to bed, knowing they needed a lot of energy for the next day. *The next morning* A knock could be heard at the Carousel Boutique. “Comiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg.” Rarity sang as she walked to the door. She opened the door to be greeted by the mail pony, Derpy. “Hey Rarity, I have a letter here of high priority from Spike.” “Thank you Derpy.” Rarity closed the door, excited to see what Spike had written. As she read her mouth slowly opened until it was as wide as possible. “YOU’RE THERE TO DO WHAT SPIKE!?”