//------------------------------// // Training... // Story: Dragon's Reign // by Vladimir //------------------------------// It had been a few weeks after Blueblood had been put in the dungeons for hurting Flame. Her, Luna and Sapphire have actually gotten closer and the rest of the hive seems to love her presence quite a bit. Cadance is rarely seen, even if we did have that meet up, I still rarely see her even when I'd look for her. Shinning Armor has also been missing, I can only assume that Cadance is having her heat, and se has kidnapped 'pour' Shinning. Over this time however, Luna and I have also become closer than before, neither one of us leaves the other's side unless it is needed, or I have a mission. The older generation of the serpents have already deemed her the queen, we aren't eve married, let alone the fact we are still taking thins slow! But, I suppose that's fine, even if it's partly weird sometimes. The hive has also grown, the breeders that don't have mates have produced vast quantity of eggs of all kinds, there have even been a few of the ten, there are supposed to be only six types, but now we have ten, rather interesting though. On a different note, Discord has been teaching me magic that is apparently rather powerful chaos magic, capable of mimicking whatever I would see, even from other dimensions, however since I would be using my magic to absorb these attacks and defenses, they become much stronger and are converted into energy, not magical energy though, which made me confused for a while. I had also created my own abilities, let alone the fact that I am capable of growing wings, or even a tail now! It is pretty cool but can be annoying sometimes, however. Right now however, Luna and I are laying on a grassy hill sun bathing, enjoying each others company with our hands intertwined. "It's a lovely day, isn't it Nova?" Luna said to me softly. I nodded my headed with my eyes closed. She placed a hand on my cheek, turning my head towards her, I cracked an eye open just in time for her to kiss me. When we parted, she sighed happily. "I love doing this. It's so peaceful and quiet, much better than Canterlot with all of the noise." I nodded my head in understanding, I completely understood, even I have grown tired of the noise of the large capital city, however I could not always handle the quietness of Pony-ville, even if those seven are there, it's just far too quiet. "Yeah, but I know how we both can be when it's too quiet and peaceful. Remember last Saturday when it was so quiet, you had me make a ruckus in the castle, with Discord screaming "FREEDOM!!!" in blue and white face paint." I chuckled shaking my head from side to side. After my chuckle however, I was met with a passionate kiss from Luna, I was taken aback, but returned he kiss kindly. "And I loved it! It was so funny having Tia chase you two down and then having Flame and Sapphire join you both. I think Night Shield was also following you two, but still rather funny." She giggled. I nodded my head, remembering Celestia using her RCV asking what 'freedom' we were talking about. A few more hours passed until it was time to head back. Luna spread her wings, wile I brought mine out, even my tail. My wings were huge, they spanned about eight feet riddled with holes and ash grey in color. My tail however was around six feet long, the tip was like a boney spike. Spike and I sparred every once in a while, however when we would I would generally win, since I have combat training of many kinds, let alone equestrian combat training now. We took to the skies so fast it would have made Rainbow seem slow. As we sored through the air, we did a few tricks, barrel roles, figure eights, from time to time we would do front and back flips. When we had gotten back to the castle, we were met by Flame who pounced Luna hugging her tightly. Luna an Flame had made a very strong bond, much like Sapphire's and mine, Flame saw Luna as her actual mother, and Luna grew to love Flame like a daughter. Flame looked up at Luna and smiled happily. "Welcome home mommy!" She chirped. Luna smiled down at Flame and rubbed her back gently. "I'm home little one. How was your day?" She asked. Luna had gotten amused whenever Flame would talk about her day and how she would bug Discord (not that he minded), as well as relaxing with Celestia, learning more about her and Equestria. The two were always reliable when it came to the younglings of the hive. Flame's eyes lit up. "Today was amazing! I-" She then went on to tell Luna about how she and 'Uncle Discord' raided the kitchens, painted the throne room pink (I laughed so hard after hearing that...), and went into detail of when she and Celestia played something called 'ponopoly' or whatever. After she was done, Luna and her shared a hug before Flame ran off into the castle to go paint with Discord again. "She's a good foal." Luna said to me with a happy smile on her muzzle. I nodded in affirmation, Flame was a good little hatchling, she was gentle, caring, helpful, se would even help the cooks and maids with their work, even entertained the guards with funny faces. She was loved throughout the castle. Sapphire was liked as well. "I agree Lu, she is a good child." I responded back. The two of us headed inside the castle, when we had reached the throne room where we were greeted by a hilarious spectacle. Discord was in a frilly pink dress, while Celestia looked like a biker chick and in the middle of them was Flame, with the most innocent grin plastered onto her face. "Whoa, looks like we missed one hell of a party! So what happened?" I stated. "Not much, just Flame here decided to play dress up with us. Does this dress make my butt look big?" Discord said, and then questioned. Sometimes I have to wonder what goes through his mind. "No, but do these jeans make my plot look big?" Celestia asked. That was when I shut up. Her cloths were tight on her figure, which to be honest looked rather hot. When I looked at Luna, she was in the same style of biker chick cloths that were also tight on her figure. "Does my plot look big in these?" She asked, looking at me with a twinkle in her eyes. "Yes, and it looks hot! You look hot!" Discord and I said at the same time to our princesses. The two of them blushed and then giggled. "Why thank you Discord, perhaps there will be something fun for us to o later~" Celestia purred out at him. He grinned like an idiot -as usual-. "I believe I will keep these on, if my Nova likes them, then I shall wear them!" She whooped at the end. I wasn't complaining at all, she looked amazing in those ad she made it work great. She sashed over to me and kissed me deeply, I placed my hands on her hips while she wrapped her arms around my neck, our eyes closed we held the passionate kiss for a few minutes before parting "I do think you look amazing in those though." I told her as she playfully slapped my chest gently my hands still on her hips she nuzzled me, to which I nuzzled her back. I held her close to myself as she lay her head on my shoulder, a soft sigh escaping her lips. Soon we parted but held hands. I looked towards he thrones to see Flame had fallen asleep in Celestia's lap. Luna giggled and looked at her older sister. "It seems she has been tuckered out, as they say." She stated the obvious. We all nodded our heads. Sapphire walked into the room, she's wearing a tank top, black skinny jeans and boots. She smiled when she sees Flame zonked out. She moved to Celestia and picked up Flame, she then left the room with Night Shield. Discord looked at me and smirked. "So, how about we test how strong you are now?" Discord stated before vanishing with incredible speeds he moved to my side, he kicked me and sent me flying into a wall, cracking it. "Oh come now, surely you are joking. You are faster than this." He quipped. I got up from the floor dusting myself off before looking at him, a grin on my face. I moved lightning fast and was behind Discord, I punched him in the back knocking him over, until I appeared before him, my clawed hand bawled in a fist hitting him in the face sending him towards the far wall. Discord rose from the floor, smirking. "There we go! Now lets stop messing around!" He bellowed as he drew his sword, it was much like mine, however it was thinner, and the blade was pitch black. I drew mine as well, Discord's aura showed itself, it was deep red and bright white, his sword was soon covered in his aura in the shape of flames. I placed my sword so the tip was pointing downward, and stood my ground. Discord smirked more and flew at me. He swung his sword down and my hand was placed outstretched . The flames grew larger on Discord's sword, he began to push me back, his power rising more and more. I narrowed my eyes and swung my sword to the side in a sweeping motion, he then jumped back, my sword slamming into the ground shattering it and sending out a mini shockwave and tiles around the room. Discord looked at me, my eyes cold and calculating, he grinned widely before the flames grew larger, he swings his sword down wielding it with both hands and sent a red and white fiery beam at me. I placed a hand out catching it, the attack began to push me back. My eyes widened slightly before I raise my blade and jam it into the beam, the bam starts to become unstable and explodes in my face. Discord waits till the dust clears, which gives me time to send my own attack back at him. I raise my sword into the air, a midnight blue flame surrounds it. "Crescent Moon...." I state before swinging down, sending what looks like a large fiery crescent moon heading right towards him. Discord summons another red and white flame around his blade and swings upwards. "Solar Flare!" He calls out, sending the same beam of fire, however it takes on the same shape as my crescent moon. The two attacks clash, and explode on impact. Gust's of wind rage throughout the room, Celestia and Luna shield their eyes from how strong it was. "It would seem that you have grown stronger. Good, but for now, we should rest." He says calmly. I nod my head before sheathing my sword and collapse to my knees, the battle had drained me of a bit of power that will take time to regain. Luna moves to my side and helps me to my feet. "You did very well Nova, though I was surprised when you managed to catch Discord's 'Solar Flare'. Very seldom does anypony even last long from his punches and kicks, but you managed to match his power somewhat." She told me gently. I nodded my head as we excused ourselves, we headed towards our room for some R&R. When we had gotten to the room, Luna helped me change, well more like helped me get into my boxers and then into the bed. She soon got onto the bed, however she is wearing a tank top, an short shorts, she seemed to love wearing those whenever it's just the two of us. We cuddled together and drifted off to sleep, unaware of Cadance spying on us with an evil look in her eyes before vanishing into the shadows retreating to her room or wherever. These next few days were going to be weird.