//------------------------------// // First Move // Story: The Returned // by King Sombra11 //------------------------------// Drakos finally fell back to the ground, his enormous form made the ground tremble. He sighed. "So long have I been asleep, I wonder what has unfolded upon this mortal realm of mine during my slumber" the ancient being mused. He stared into the distance, he saw the glow of canterlot and chuckled. "let us pay our respects to the rulers of this land shall we? they must reside their due to that overly furnished castle of theirs!" He sneered. His leathery wings extended and he lifted himself from the ground, in no time at all his powerful strokes were propelling him towards the Canterlot at a decent pace. "soon" Drakos thought "they shall be gone and this world shall be mine". In Canterlot Luna and Celestia gazed in fear as they saw the beasts massive form coming towards them. They rushed out to the courtyard to meet the being and stopped dead in their tracks upon what they saw. "Do you fear me little ponies?" asked a deep voice "Do you fear Drakos dragon of myth? do you even remember the ancients?" Both alicorns gulped in fear. A fine sheen of sweat could be seen on Celestia's muzzle. Luna took a hesitant step foreword, immediately the Dragon turned its head on a angle and a baleful crimson red eye stared at her. "Drakos is it? w-welcome y-y-you into our l-l-lands..." Luna was cut off by a tremendous booming sound, startled she realized it was the dragons laugh! "You presume these lands yours little pony? I WANDERED THIS PLANE BEOFRE YOUR KIND EVEN FORMED! I COVERED THIS WORLD IN MY FIRE! I ALONE OWN THIS LAND! ALL OF IT I WAS HERE WHEN THE MOON FIRST ROSE AND THE SUN FIRST SET AND I SHALL BE HERE TILL THE MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE INTO ASH AND THE FIRES TURN TO DUST!!!!" Roared Drakos. "wait a minute you can't just take our lands!!! We are a peaceful land surely we can negotiate!!!" shouted Celestia finally gaining her voice. "YOU DARE DEFY ME?!!?! IGNORANT PONY!!! I AM DRAKOS!!! DRAGON OF MYTH, THE FIRST ANCIENT TO EXIST!!! THE CLEANSER OF WORLDS!!!! THE CRIMSON DEATH!!!!! AND YOU DARE TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO??? LOOK UPON ME AND TREMBLE FOR IT SHALL BE MY FLAME THAT BURNS YOU TO NOTHINGNESS" Drakos exclaimed! Upon these words he billowed out a column of fire, it illuminated the dragon himself and the rulers of night and day trembled. Drakos was easily ten times if not more the size of the castle. His iridescent black scales glinted in the light of the flame, razor sharp talons accompanied by curved jagged teeth. His leathery wings extended above them blotting out the moon. They ended in talons of their own. Horns sprouted from the Dragons head, in the dragons maw his internal furnace could be seen smoking and billowing out small jets of flame that licked at the corners of Drako's jaw. "Wait a minute" Drakos tuned his gaze Luna, she froze, he leaned in closer and inhaled "Is that Sombra I smell?? it is ever so faint but there nonetheless...where is he?" "Urrrrm he reverted back to Shard and saved me but..but he" Luna let out a sob whilst the dragon looked on unperturbed "he died for me" she managed to choke out. For a minute the dragon went absolutely still, even he had taken a lover once and knew the bitter pain of loss. "Sombra...you fool" rumbled the dragon. he then turned to look at the two princesses. "I shall return to the dragon lands to reclaim my throne, you...you shall prepare, only out of respect for your loss of my student do I give you a chance." with that said the dragon once again shook loose his wings with a creak and roared. With two powerful strokes he propelled himself into the air and disappeared from sight. Luna and Celestia looked at each other. "Some chance is better than no chance I shall call the Elements and the war council" said Celestia breaking the silence that had fallen. "Tia... it seemed as if the dragon cared for Shard, it might be possible to win him over? he looked as if he could feel!" Luna whispered desperately trying to cling onto some hope. "He cared for Sombra lulu not the pony you loved but rather the monster he created" stated Celestia bluntly. With that she put her wing over Luan lovingly and trotted back into the castle, her mind plagued with the thoughts of preparation...preparation for yet another war.