//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Princess Sun Dragon's Request // Story: My Little Dragon: Friendship is Magic // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Chapter 1: Princess Sun Dragon's Request Now in the world of Draconia, there are many types and classes of dragons besides the Royal ones living in the world today. They lived in harmony, but one type does not. There are the Mind Dragons, which Twilight is one; generally the most intelligent of dragon classes with a particular gift for mind-based magic (such as telepathy and telekinesis), even if some are a lot better at it than others. Then there are Storm Dragons. In general, the fastest and most agile fliers out of all the non-royal dragon classes, Storm Dragons can breathe ice and lightning as well as fire and have the ability to control limited amounts of air and water within a limited range (though some Storm Dragons are a lot better at that stuff than others). There are also Worker Dragons. In general, the physically strongest and toughest of non-royal dragon classes and possessing the strongest flame breath, Worker Dragons also generally have the ability to control limited amounts of earth and fire within a limited range (once more, there ARE some that are a lot better at it than others). And of course there are the Royal Dragons themselves: The most powerful, yet also rarest, dragon class period. Possesses the best abilities of all three of the main mortal dragon classes (Mind Dragons, Storm Dragons and Worker Dragons) combined and many times magnified. One of the best known examples is Princess Sun Dragon. Of course, Twilight heard of another type of dragons: Changeling Dragons. Precisely as their name applies, these dragons are adept shape-shifters. They also have the ability to feed off love; the stronger the love they experience, the more powerful they become (potentially even powerful enough to perfectly mimic the abilities of particularly powerful dragons or overpower Royal Dragons in fair combat). In general, though, apart from their shape-shifting and love-feeding ability, their abilities are limited to standard dragon abilities (i.e. their strength, durability, eyesight, hearing, claws, teeth, flight and flame breath at precisely the level of average dragons and most Changeling Dragons don't have the class-specific abilities of Mind Dragons, Storm Dragons OR Worker Dragons unless they are feeding off love). However, given how powerful grown dragons tend to be AND the fact that Changeling Dragons CAN feed off love, it would still be unwise to underestimate them. It should also be noted that their ruler, Empress Metamorphis, IS much more powerful than typical Changeling Dragons even when she isn't feeding off love (she DOES have stronger versions of standard Mind Dragon, Storm Dragon and Worker Dragon abilities in normal form and her power when she isn't feeding off love is only slightly less than that of one of the Princess Dragons). Twilight has never seen any in their true form but heard that they live in another part of Draconia. She hopes that they don't try to come to Dragonlot anytime soon. Twilight, wearing a book bag with the book in claw, is heading to the library in hopes to find out more information about the Elements of Harmony. Just then, three dragons named Twinkleshine, Minuette and Lemon Hearts, fellow unicorns. Not friends, no. Twilight doesn't want to make more friends because of her reading...and ore. "Hey, Twilight, there you are!" Twinkleshine exclaims to Twilight, making her stop. "Listen, Moon dancer is having a party at the west castle courtyard. You're planning on going?" "Oh, sorry, girls, but I got a lot of studying to deal with. No time, yes." Twilight said nervously. She doesn't want to go to any party or explain why. The dragon flew past the others, much to their notice. "Ugh, does that dragon do anything but study? It makes one think she prefers books than actual friends, besides her brother and that pony Spike; Geez." Twilight kept on flying quickly, mumbling, "Oh, I know that I've heard of the Elements of Harmony somehow..." The dragon kept on flying onward, passing by two dragons whose wave to her but Twilight ignores them. Twilight arrives at a tower which holds the library, which is a second home for her ever since she became Princes Sun Dragon's student. The Mind Dragon slams the door open while calling out, "Spike, Spike, where are you?" "Twilight, don't yell! I'm right here!" A voice groans a bit. Twilight turns to see the door swinging open, revealing someone that she slammed it into by mistake. It's a baby light purple with a light chartreuse alicorn, a pony with a green horn and purple wings, with a moderate sap green mane and tail, a greenish gray underbelly and light lime ears and chartreuse green eyes. His name is Spike, Twilight's pony assistant whom the Mind Dragon first met when he was an Earth pony was upgraded to alicorn status during an entrance exam to Princess Sun Dragon's Academy for Gifted Dragons. "Found you, listen, I need you to get me n old copy of 'Dragon Predictions and Prophecies'." Twilight said as she head over to a case of books. The dragon then notices that Spike is coming up to her with a crushed present. "May I ask what that's for?" "Well, if you must know, it was a gift for Moondancer, but it's ruined now." Spike groans as he drops the present. Twilight sighs in annoyance as she goes back to what she was doing. "Spike, we don't have time for that right now! Help me, will ya?" "But aren't we on break? We were supposed to have fun and you just want to make us do more work." Of course, Spike could tell that Twilight isn't listening as she is using her powers to bring some books to her. The alicorn head to a ladder (he doesn't know how to fly yet) and climbs up it. May as well help his friend in finding what she's looking for. "No, no, no, no, no! Ugh!" Twilight exclaims, looking through the books and getting rid of them, "Spike!" "Found it, it's over here." Spike said as he took a book off a shelf with his mouth. The pony yelps as Twilight pulls both it and him right off the ladder, sending both onto the floor. Twilight get the book from Spike and looks through it, grinning, "Ah! Good!" The dragon begins to read through it while her pony friend spots some books on the floors; must've fallen off the shelves when he fell. Typical, his friend is studying and Spike has to do all the work. Spike picks the books up as Twilight looks through the pages, mumbling, "Elements, Elements...E, E, E...Here we go! 'Elements of Harmony: See Dragon in the Moon'," The Mind Dragon looks confused and worried. Does this has anything to do with the legend that she read earlier about how the Moon Dragon tries to take over Draconia but was banished by Princess Sun Dragon? "'Dragon in the Moon; isn't that an old lizard's tale?" Spike asks skeptically while putting the books back into place. The whole 'Dragon in the Moon' story is legend in Draconia. "Let's see...Dragon, Dragon...here we go!" Twilight exclaims eagerly. She found what she herself was looking for, "'The Dragon in the Moon, a myth from olden dragon times; A very powerful monster who wanted to rule Draconia, only to be imprisoned in the moon by the Elements of Harmony.'" Spike kept listening to Twilight but was having trouble keeping his balance on the ladder. The dragon continues, "'According to legend, on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape and she will bring about nighttime eternal...'holy cow! Spike, do you got any idea what this means?!" "Not really." Spike admits, but yelps as he lost his balance, sending him onto Twilight's head as his ladder falls to the other side. "Whoa!" "Spike, take a note." Twilight said as she uses her magic to give Spike a paper and quill. Something must be done! After the alicorn slide off her back, Twilight continues, "It's to Princess Sun Dragon." "No problem." As Spike begins to write, Twilight spoke what he should put in the letter, "'My dearest teacher. My continuing studies of dragon magic have led me to discover, that we're on the precipice of disaster...'" "Hang on." Spike mumbles as he is having trouble with a certain word which is 'precipice'. "'Preci...preci...'" "Threshold." "Thre..." Twilight groans in annoyance, why must her assistant have trouble with certain words? The dragon tries again, "Err, brink?" Spike blinks at her in confusion. "Ugh! That something really bad is about to happen!" Spike nods as he writes again. Twilight goes over to a hour glass that shows the image of the evil Moon Dragon, continuing, "'For you see, the mythical Dragon in the Moon is in face Moon Dragon and she's about to return to Draconia and bring with her eternal night. Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response; your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.'" "Spar...kle, okay, got it." Spike said with a nod as he finishes the letter. "Good, now quickly, send it!" "Wait, now?" "Yes, of course!" Twilight insists sternly. She can't wait another second. Any delays and it could mean the return of Moon Dragon sooner! Spike hesitates a bit, not sure if he should send the letter. The pony explains, "Not sure if I should do that since the princess is a little busy preparing for the Summer Sun Celebration and that's the day after tomorrow." "Don't you see, Spike! The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration!" Twilight exclaims, going close to Spike as she back them up a bit. The dragon looks at the sun in worry. "Yes, it's imperative that Princess Sun Dragon be told about this right away." "Imper…impera..." "Important!" "Gah, okay, okay, fine," Spike yelps in alarm. His horn glows as he hits the note, sending it vanishing from sight. The alicorn has learned some magic which allows him to send messages to Princess Sun Dragon at any given time. "Oka, it's send but don't bother waiting for what you wanted." "Spike, come on, the princess trusts me completely, he has never doubted me even once." Twilight said with a cool and calm face. After all, Princess Sun Dragon has trusted her reports so far, right? Just then a magic blast appears as a note appears. "Ha! What did I tell you? The princess obviously wants to take immediate action." Spike clears his throat as he begins to read the note while a smiling Twilight listens, "'My dearest, most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. You know that I value your determination and that I trust you completely...'" "Right..." "...But you must simply stop reading those dusty old books.'" Twilight gasps in shock and alarm. What is the princess saying?! That she doesn't trust her...on the Moon Dragon facts?! ------------- Preparations are made for Twilight and Spike's flight to where they must go as according to the letter, the princess has already gotten a carriage for them to take. As the two ready, they met up with Twilight's older brother, White Knight, a white dragon with blue hair who grins while saying, "You must be lucky that Princess Sun Dragon has asked you to look over things for where the Summer Sun Celebration is going to be at, Twiley." "I still say that the princess should've listened to me." Twilight groans a bit. "Relax, you will plenty of time to talk to her at the Summer Sun Celebration. I wish you luck, sis." White Knight said while hugging Twilight. "I betcha you can make some new friends." Twilight looks down sadly while mumbling, "Or none at all..." She remembers the big reason besides her studying as to why she tried not to make friends. Twilight and Spike heads over to the carriage, meeting up with a smiling dragon, a white Royal Dragon with long flowing light/green and purple hair, a golden tiara on her head, a golden collar with a jewel in the middle around her neck, and golden claws. She is none other than Princess Sun Dragon herself. "Twilight, I wish you luck in the preparations." Sun Dragon said with a smile. "The instructions are in the letter that I send you." "Princess, you must listen to me about..." Twilight begins to say in concern but the princess cut her off. "I must be going. Good luck, my student." Princess Sun Dragon said as she flew off, most likely to prepare for the Summer Sun Celebration. "But Princess!" Twilight shouted after her, but it was no use, the Princess Dragon had already left. "Either she isn't taking your concerns seriously or the princess is up to something." Spike said with a blink. "She never blew you off before..." "I got to prove to her that Moon Dragon is returning..." Twilight mumbles as she and Spike got into the carriage. Once both are in, the Storm Dragon Royal Guards pull the thing, taking them to the destination. Unknown to them, Princess Sun Dragon was looking back in concern. The Royal Dragon knew that Twilight was right, that her sister is returning...but she has to pretend not to listen to her student so that she can find the magic of friendship inside to not only save Draconia, but her sister as well. "Twilight, I hope you are still the one to save my sister." Princess Sun Dragon said quietly as she flew off once more. --------------- Twilight groans as she sat in the carriage that the Storm Dragon Royal Guards are pulling, trying to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, Spike chose that time to read the princess's letter back to her, "Ahem; 'My dear Twilight. There is more to a young dragon's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location, Dragonville." Twilight glances as she saw some sort of country town up ahead. Must be Dragonville; why the princess chose this place for this year's Summer Sun Celebration is beyond her. Spike continues the letter, "And I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends." "Friends?" Twilight groans in disbelief while shaking her head. "Doesn't the princess remember why I chose not to make any more friends? Not since his disappearance?" "Yeah, that Ben Drake guy." Spike said with a sigh. Twilight has told him this story many times before; that some dragon friend of hers has disappeared when some monster took him away. "But come on, that shouldn't discourage you from making more friends, right?" Twilight shakes her head, not wanting to talk about friends right now. She has to figure out how to stop Moon Dragon or prove to her mentor that she's coming back. "Well, Twilight, at least the princesses has arranged for you to stay in a library, right? Does that make you happy?" Spike asks Twilight, trying to show his friend the bright side to this. Twilight pauses to think then smiles a bit, saying, "Actually...it does, you know why? Because I'm right! Okay, I will get the preparations done as soon as I can and then go to find proof to find the Moon Dragon's return." After all, the preparations shouldn't take that long to do, right? "And you will make friends like the princess said, right?" Spike asks Twilight curiously as the carriage is about to land in town. "One, she said to check on preparations and two, I am her student and I will do my royal duty. The fate of Draconia doesn't involve me making friends." Twilight scoffs a bit, making Spike sighs a bit. The pony is having more trouble as it is trying to convince his adopted sister that friends are important. "Yeah, it is." Spike said with a sigh. Soon the dragons came to a stop to allow Twilight and Spike to get out. The student grins while saying to the Royal Guards, "Thank you, sir," The two dragons roar a bit as they flew off, most likely to return to Dragonlot. Twilight looks around, about to head off to the first location. The Mind Dragon said, "I wonder where's the first place to go to at." "Why not ask the other dragons? Perhaps they can tell us." Spike suggest to Twilight making her frown. "Come on, give it a chance!" Twilight sighs but decides to humor her assistant. The dragon saw one dragon coming up to her, a female pink Worker Dragon with dark pink curly hair and blue eyes. The pink dragon stops, making Twilight a bit awkward. Spike smiles as he insist, "Come on, give it a chance." Twilight sighs then smiles while saying to the pink female dragon, "Err, hi there." The pink Worker Dragon looked towards Twilight and Spike before she gasped in major shock as she leapt in midair, and then she zipped away from the dragon and pony, much to their confusion. "What the hay is that about?" Twilight ask Spike a bit weird out. "Did I scare her?" "Eh, female dragons, who can figure them," Spike remarks with a shrug, getting a glare from Twilight, "Well, minus you." "Better, come on, we got a lot to do today." Twilight said as she got Spike on her back and flew off. There are a lot of preparations to check on before she can get back to finding proof of Moon Dragon's return. ----------------------------------- Twilight and Spike flew over to some sort of farm area where the Mind Dragon must go to first. Spike checks the list that they were given before leaving Dragonlot which is the preparations that Twilight must check over. "All righty, Summer Sun Celebration, Official Overseer's Checklist," Spike said as he begins to read the list. "First off, banquet preparations at Dragon Apple Acres..." The trio arrives at a huge farmyard big enough to hold Worker Dragons in. Suddenly a yell is heard, "YAHOO!" Twilight and Spike are startled as they turn to see a Worker Dragon throwing her tail right at a tree, causing a lot of apples to fall out. It's an orange female dragon with green eyes, blonde hair on her head in a ponytail, and only wears only a cowboy hat. She shoots out a flame in triumph at her job well done. "May as well get this over with," Twilight mumbles as the less she dawdles, the better. The Mind Dragon walks up to the Worker one with Spike, saying, "Hey there, good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle..." Twilight was cut off as the Earth dragon grabs her claw and shakes it both her own quickly exclaiming in a Southern accent, "Well, howdy, Miss Sparkle! Ah done pleasure 'ta make yer acquaintance! 'De name is Applejack, we here are Dragon Apple Acres sure like 'ta make new friends here!" "Friends; Well, actually..." Twilight begins to say but Applejack releases her claw, giving her a wink. "So what can Ah do yew fer?" Twilight's arm kept on shaking a bit until Spike manages to get it to stop; The Mind Dragon glares at her assistant who chuckles at this; Hoo boy. "Well, I'm here to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration." Twilight explains to Applejack curiously. "So....any chance you're in charge of the food?" "Sure do! Wanna sample some?" Applejack asks Twilight with a smile. "Well, I guess as long as it doesn't take too long..." The smiling Applejack flew off to a triangle and rang it like mad, calling out, "Soup's on, every dragon! Come on!" Twilight and Spike gasps as a lot of dragons are flying to them. But they knew it, the two are dragged off to a table, getting dizzy and surrounded by Applejack and the rest of her friends. "All righty, how about Ah introduce yew'all 'ta de' rest o' de Dragon Apple family?" Applejack asks eagerly. So these dragons are the rest of her friends. "No, thanks, I really got to..." Twilight begins to protest but soon find herself being bombarded by the Dragon Apple family members who present her with some food of sorts. "'Dis here is Apple Fritter. Apple Bumpkin; Red Gala; Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche; Apple Cinnamon Crisp..." Applejack takes a deep breath for a moment then, after putting an apple in Twilight's mouth motions to two certain dragons. One of them is is big crimson colored Worker Dragon with sap green eyes, orange hair and is wearing a yoke while having some bit of straw in his mouth. Another dragon is a child dragon with a golden yellow body and red hair that had a big red bow in it. "...Big Macintosh, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith," Applejack said, finishing the introductions then motions to one final dragon sleeping in her rocking chair nearby. It's a very old pale lime colored female Worker Dragon with white hair, moderate red eyes and is wearing an orange scarf with red polka dots on her neck. This must be Granny Smith, "Granny Smitth, gittyup! We done got guests!" Granny Smith snores a bit then wakes up, mumbling, "Eh, what; Soup's on? Oh, right, right, Ah is a coming, yeah..." "Shucks! Ah done say 'dat they're part o' 'de family already!" Twilight spit out the apple then gave a nervous chuckle. She doesn't want to be rude but the pony must be going already if she herself wants to get to finding proof of the return of Moon Dragon. "Right, well the food situation is handled, so we will be on our way." Twilight said nervously. "Aren't yew going 'ta stay fer bunch?" Apple Bloom asks sadly. Twilight saw a sad, dragon eyed look from the little dragon. She doesn't want to say 'no' but... "Sorry, I have an awful lot to do and..." "Awww..." The Dragon Apple Family said in sadness. Twilight looks and saw the disappointed looks on their faces. They got a new friend (in their minds) and she won't stay. It kinda made her feel guilty. Spike smiles as Twilight sighs in defeat, "Fine." Everyone else smiles and cheers. To Twilight, this is going to be a loooong day...