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// Chapter 3 
// Story: A Dragon's Heart 
// by Derpyx0 
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	The sun rose and the sounds of birds were distant. (Because I ate all that grew close.) I opened my eyes and stretched, taking in the warm summer air of a new day. Twilight stood near the entrance of my cave, staring off into the distance. I stood and slowly walked over to her, my tail dragging along the rough surface of my den. Twilight turned and smiled at me, and I returned it with a grunt. I sat down next to her and looked off into the distance as well, trying not to make eye contact with her. "Good morning- wait...I never got your name!" She exclaimed. I yawned and said, "Igneous." Twilight smiled and said, "That's a nice name!" I kept looking towards the sun rising over the mountains and asked, "When are you leaving? You said you would leave when you found your way home, it's daylight, and you would have the best luck finding your way home in the morning."

Twilight sighed and said, "I can't, until I know exactly where I'm going, you're stuck with me for now." I growled angrily. Why couldn't she have stopped by another dragon's den? I thought. "What information do you need to be well on your way?" I sighed in defeat. Twilight smiled and replied, "Maybe some source of information, like a map or some dragon that happens to know the way." I thought of the ways that I could get her out of here, grimacing at the idea that she might never get home. "I own no maps, and I don't interact with other dragons unless they come to me, which is rare." Twilight looked like she was racking her brain for ideas on the information she was just presented, then she asked, "Do dragons ever meet somewhere? Like a gathering to discuss events?" It was now my time to think, searching the far reaches of my mind to remember any of the few moments where I interacted with a large group of dragons. 

Then it came to me.

"Every year, certain dragons are permitted to go to a special gathering of dragons, the Migration Gathering." I explained to her. "Lucky for you, that gathering is tomorrow, and I am permitted to join, even though I rarely go. Unlucky for you, no other species are allowed, certainly not ponies." Twilight just smiled, as if there was no problem in the first place, and said, "If I am correct, you should be able to hide me under your wing, or I could cast a spell that I just learned, that makes me look like a dragon to the regular eye." 

Immediately, I said, "I vote for the spell." Twilight laughed, I scowled in a confused way, That wasn't a joke... I thought. After a few moments, I broke the silence, "I know a dragon, his name is Scout, and like his name, he has been all over the wide world. He may know a thing or two about your home." Suddenly, I felt a warm sensation around my legs. I looked down to see Twilight...hugging me. For once in my life, I didn't shake it off. It made me feel somewhat safe. "Thank you, Igneous." She said, still not breaking her hold. Then I snapped out of the feeling and shook my head. "Well, I think I need to count my gold, we'll talk later." I said, walking away, snapping Twilight's hold on me.

But I still couldn't shake the feeling that all loneliness had left me when that purple unicorn came into my life.