Chapter 1
a familiar flashback from a long pasted time.
* happening right after the dragon migration*
He sighed happily after hearing the familiar sound of crushing twigs under his feet. Heavily breathing and somewhat exhausted after a short chase caused by a trio of angry teenage dragons, but luckily saved by a transportation spell. The transportation spell was well executed, because this time he didn’t end up with burned scales.
While trying to catch his breath, he looked around to determine where he was, how far had they teleported? Where did they end up? Were they still in danger of being chased by three angry teenaged dragons? He looked around to answer the questions he just came up with, only to find that they were in a small forest clearing, most likely out of harm’s way. He saw no angry teenage dragons, But the only familiar things he saw were three ponies.
One pony was a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and a matching tail. A mare made for supersonic speed, with a brash attitude to match her appearance . The other was a white beautiful unicorn ,so soft and sweet as marshmallows. With a long dark purple colored mane to complete the perfect beautiful picture with a nice looking frame. He considered this beautiful goddess the mare of his dreams, and his not so secret crush. The last pony was also a unicorn. This unicorn was a lavender colored mare, and the one that had probably saved them all with her quick thinking and magical skills. This pony held many titles for him: boss, best friend, caregiver or caretaker, and maybe in his younger days even the title of ‘mommy’. But if you asked him about that particular title, he would say that it wasn’t true.
These ponies were named Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle. And they were his friends. Three of his friends to be exact.
All these ponies had just saved his life. At least if the teenage dragons were really thinking of killing him for disobeying their orders. The result of those disobeyed orders was still in his hands. A phoenix egg, with yellow and orange colours. The only egg that was left, because the other eggs already hatched.
“Phew, that was a close one” He said, partly trying to lighten the mood “Thanks you guys”
“Of course, what are friends for” The lavender mare said with a smile on her face.
He was suddenly hit with a realization. The reason why he went to the dragon migration was to find out who he was, and where he belonged. but after seeing the dragons, and their behaviour, he knew he didn’t belong with them. He belonged with his pony friends, his real friends. Kind of like a family. The only family that he ever really knew. After all, who he was is more important than what he was.
“Friends, you are more than just friends, you are my family” with that statement, he was drawn into a group hug. He was happy, thinking that he had found the place where he belonged. Like the egg that he carried with him, will find its place in the world as well.
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“GAH” Spike almost jumped up from his sleeping position. Still feeling a bit fuzzy, he immediately checked his surroundings. It is always a good thing to be careful, especially when you are sleeping in the Everfree Forest. But by now it almost had become second nature to spike to check everything what happens around him.
After not seeing anyone or anything that could threaten him, nor seeing the thing that startled him from his precious sleep he relaxed. Spike calmed down and set himself in a more comfortable position on the tree branch he was sleeping on. It was not the most comfortable bed, but it was at least a save place, being about 10 meters from the ground. It was one of the many things spike learned during his unwilling stay in the Everfree forest.
After laying himself back down, Spike let his dream sink in. Dreams could tell you a lot about yourself. But this was not actually a dream for him, but more a kind of flashback to a different time. A blast from the past. It was one of many dreams he had in the past few weeks. Dreams about his past life. A different kind of life. A life he hadn’t thought about in quite some time.
“Why do I keep dreaming about these kinds of things” Spike asked to no one in particular. His dreams were all about a different kind of time. A more naïve time where a younger spike the dragon lived in. It was in this time where he thought that he belonged somewhere, and that he had actually found the place where he belonged. A time where he thought that he could live with ponies, and a time where he thought that it didn’t matter that he was a dragon. And it was the time when he was sadly naïve enough to think that ponies could be your family. the family for a dragon.
Spike thought about his dream, while he was laying there while trying to relax, and chuckled bitterly. “Poor young and naïve me, you have no idea what will be waiting for you in the future” He said to himself with a sad smile. He again didn’t know who he was talking too, there was no one around him. Of course he now knew what time had in store for him, because He was living it at this very moment. The life of an scorned and exiled dragon. It was the life of a loner, someone who didn’t belong anywhere or to anyone.
It was a life that he could never have predicted at the time of his dream, especially not after his journey of self-discovery. But fate can be cruel, and life will never stay the same. The lesson he had learned from life itself. At least that is what Spike got out of it all.