//------------------------------// // hello and good-byes // Story: Wolf-Dragon: Draca's story // by Toa Coy //------------------------------// In the world of Equestria, everything is calm and happy. No one remembers Nightmare Moon or Discord, for they have yet to appear to this world or in our case reappear, but there have been battles between full grown dragons and ponies. Sometimes the ponies would kill a dragon, other times the dragon killed a few ponies. For seventy years these killing have stopped with a treaty between the two groups. Now our story begins in Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, where a pearl coated filly with a minty blue mane in a braided pony-tail and tail with angel wings and halo on her flank and green eyes. In front of her was a silver egg with dark grey spots. Above the filly was four adult unicorns, looking like they were to be doing something else, and behind her were her parents, giving her encouraging looks. The filly took a deep breath and focused on the egg with her magic. The filly then heard a soft chirping voice saying, "mama where are you mama". The filly was surprise to hear this but stayed calm and walked over to the egg and spoke softly to it. "It's okay, I don't know where your mother is but I will take care of you." "You will?" the voice replied. The filly nodded and then said, "I will if would be so kind to come out and meet." "Okay but it is hard since this thing wasn't so difficult to break It." the voice said as the egg started to wobble from side to side. The filly concentrate on the egg more and a crack appears. "Almost there." the filly said as the crack appeared to grow larger. Then the egg cracks open, showing a silver dragon hatchling with a dark grey under belly and slight fins on its cheeks and a slight bladed tail. The hatchling started to suck on its tail, but the filly still heard the voice. "Thank you" it said as it started to fade away. The filly walked over to the hatchling and nudged it, "your welcome". The hatchling grabbed the filly's nose in a hug, the filly just stayed that way until one of the proctors came down. "Miss Grace," proctor said to the filly that lifted her head up. There was a long silence during which the dragon hatchling hugged one of the filly's front legs. Then the proctor said, "You have now passed the exam. Now you are not only responsible for not only keeping your school work in line but also the dragon you hatched. Do you understand?" "Yes I do." the filly responded. "Then you began in a week." The proctor said as they walked away. After the proctors left the room the filly's parents congratulated her on passing the exam. "We're so happy for you Angel." The filly's mother said to her. "We can take care of the dragon so you can focus on your school work." Angel's father offered looking at the hatchling. Angel shook her head, "No dad, I'm responsible for her and to push her off would be wrong." "Alright dear just remember if you need some help with your dragon then you can just ask us." Angel's mother said knowing that a baby can be a handful. "Alright I will." Angel said rubbing against her parents. Then they heard a soft a soft snoring coming from the dragon, this invoked an awe from Angel. Ten years later (The Cutie Mark Chronicles for the show's timeline) Angel had just finished her studies for the semester and was heading back to her home when she heard a boom and saw a wave of rainbow colored energy go over her head. "Hmm...That was strange." She said trotting off, and then she heard a loud snap. She turned her head to see a dragon's head pop out of the exam room for new students. Angel lets out whistle, "that one must be a powerful." She turns back to the way to her house. She lived in a cottage outside of Canterlot; it was two stories tall it had blue for the two stories and a tiled roof. Angel entered the house and levitated her sadder-bags over to her closet, then call for her assistant. "Draca, can you please come down here." She called up the stair leading to the upstairs bedrooms. "Coming Ang." came the response in a higher voice. As Angel trotted off to the kitchen, a silver dragon with a grey under belly, fins, and spikes. Draca quickly walked, with her hook-like tail blade flopping behind her, into the kitchen to see Angel levitate some fruit onto the kitchen table. The young dragon (spike's size in the show) hopped up onto one of the chairs near the table and asked. "So how was school? Are you done for awhile?" She asked as she took a bite of an apple. Angel chuckled at how this little dragon acted like her mother, "You get you flu one time and she thinks it is her job to take care you." She thought to herself then spoke, "It was fine, I'm done for now but something strange happened on my way home." "What would that be that colt that you like finally said hey to you?" The dragon said as she finished her apple. Angel blushes and turns away from the dragon. "No, some filly made their dragon grow." "Wow, must be talented." Draca said grabbing an orange. "Yes, they must be." Angel turned her head back to her friend with a smile. "Also I have something for you." "What would that be the reason for that since you know I don't need anything?" The dragon looked confused at her friend. "Well here is something that I got for a special day, and that day is here." Angel said as she levitated a box with a silver bow on it. "Happy birthday, Draca." Draca was awestruck, "How did I forget my birthday?" she thought to herself as she took the present. "I don't know what to say I honestly forgot my own birthday." She admitted with a blush from embarrassment. Angel giggled at the blush, "Are you going to open it and see what I got you?" Draca opened the box and saw a necklace; it was a big blue gem cut in the shape of a heart and was embedded in a silver chain that matched her scales. The young dragon was so happy that her best friend would do this for her. "I love it, Ang but you know that this will be too small for me when I get older." Angel nodded, "I know but I enchanted it so when you get older it will still fit." "I'll carry it always." Draca said with a tear in her eye. The two hugged and had a quiet moment then a knock on the door cause them to split. "I'll get it Ang." Draca said walking to the front door. Draca opened the door and found a mail pony standing there with an envelope. "Is this the home of Angel's Grace?" the mail pony asked. "Yes it is and I'm her assistant so I can take any letters for her." Draca said with pride. "Alright here you are." the mail pony gave Draca the letter and trotted off. Draca shut the door and headed back into the kitchen. When she got into the room she saw Angel making a cake for her. "Hey Ang, you got mail." Draca said laying the letter on the table. "Thanks Draca, I'll get to it later." Angel said as she finished making the batter. Angel then transferred it to an oven safe dish and put it to the oven. Angel then turned to Draca. "Hey, how about we head out for a few while this cooks?" "Ang are you sure that is a good idea since it would burn down the house...again." Draca said with a sweat drop on the end of it. "Draca you know it burned down last time from you having a sneezing fit when you had that cold." Angel replied pointing her horn at the oven. The light blue glow appeared around the horn and the oven. "There that time spell should turn the oven off if we run late." Draca looked at Angel and then the oven then back at Angel. "Alright Angel if you say so." Draca said still not happy about this. "Come on you get to chose where we go." Angel said levitating her saddle bags and Draca onto her back. "So to the gem store then." Draca said as Angel locked her home and headed to Canterlot. An hour later Angel has saddle bags full of gems and in addition Draca was carrying a large bag of her own. "I knew that you wanted more gems, but we needed more groceries." Angel said as she trotted up to the door. "But I wanted them." Draca wined as she followed Angel into the house. Angel put her saddle-bags on the table and turned to Draca. "You don't remember your first birthday do you?" She asked as Draca placed her sack down on the ground. "What kid remembers their first birthday?" Draca asked back with her arms crossed. "I do," Angel answered staring down the dragon, "and the reason you don't remember it because we gave you too much and you started to grow too quickly so I had to tell you that no matter how greedy you got you would always be my baby dragon. After that you just hugged me for a month." Draca deadpanned, "So that is why she and I had to move to the guest house at Mama's and Papa's." She thought to herself. "Sorry I might be going through a want phase." "I understand but right now let's get that cake out so we can decorate it, then eat it." Angel said with a smile. Draca said yay and got out the cake decorating supplies, while Angel got out the cake. It took a few minutes to get the cake just right, it was a single tier with green frosting and half covered in gems. Draca's jaw gaped at how amazing it looked. Angel this and levitated a washcloth over to the young dragon to wipe the drool off her mouth. "Draca you know that a lady never drools." Angel said with a chuckle. "Since when have I been a lady?" Draca replied with a giggle. So the two spent their evening chatting, poking fun at one another, and eating cake. After a few hours Draca started to get real tired and headed off to bed. This left Angel to clean up the dishes and the kitchen. While doing this she found the letter that Draca had brought in earlier. "Well I did say that I would read it later and it is later." Angel thought to herself as she open the letter. It read: "Dear Angel's Grace, I do not know if you remember me, but my name is Magic Enchanted I was in your Transformations and Transfiguration class with Mr. Mystic. Well Since my family moved to a new place and since I graduated from the school. I wanted to know if you could come and visit me at the return address on the envelope. Please, I hope to see you soon. Your friend, Magic" Angel finished reading it and thought about it. "Magic...hmm...that name seems familiar and I remember Mr. Mystic..." She then starts remembering that class and how a black colt with a white mane, green eyes, and a wizard's hat as a cutie mark joked with her about how useless it seemed they needed to know how to change a rock into a hat. "Ah now I remember him, I did wonder what happen to him after our graduation since I choose to continue to study to be a mage for the princess." Angel starts to head up to the bed room that she shared with Draca and she thinks of the choice she was given. "I could bring Draca with me but there might be some dragon hunters still around since I remember reading that the ones on the outer borders use to hunt them." Angel got into her bed and tried her best to go to sleep and put the decision off until tomorrow. Her dreams did not comfort her about this, it began her and Draca meeting Magic and his family they had a fun time. Angel blinked and Draca had disappeared from her back. Angel looked around her to see if she could find her little dragon. She took just took a step and heard the crunch of a gem under her hoof. She looks down to see it was the necklace that she had given Draca and then she hears the whooping of a crowd as they gathered around a silver and grey lomp on the ground. Angel screams after seeing this, it was her little dragon...her sister...her daughter. "Draca! Draca!" Angel screamed as she rushed to the sill form of her friend and cried. "Angel!" a voice said as something started to shake her. Angel just shoe them off all she wanted was to have her little dragon back and to hold her. "Angel!" Angel felt a slap on her face and she opened her eyes and saw she was in her room with Draca looking at her with a fearful look like she saw a horrible sight. Angel saw this and just hugged her. "Ang, what is the..." Draca started but was stopped by another hug. "It was all a dream, just a dream." Angel said hiding her sadness in her voice. Draca just hugged her back as Angel cried out her pain. Angel had just woke them up as the sun began to rise. Draca tried to get Angel to tell her what caused her to scream like she did, but the young dragon got nothing. Angel just said that she was going to the town that the letter was sent from, which turned out to be Lake of the Woods. "Draca you will be staying with my parents while I'm gone." Angel said getting their breakfast ready for them. The unicorn levitated fruits for the dragon and oats for herself. "Not that I don't like spending time with mama and papa, but why can't I go with you?" Draca said still staring down the unicorn not going easy at all. Angel keep her poker face on and said, "As the person that is both legally and morally responsible for you I say that you are to stay at my parent's house while I'm on this trip and that is final." Angel stood up after that statement and went to pack her things. Draca looked at her food and rolled an orange around on the table. "Whatever caused her to have that nightmare must have shook her to her core." Draca thought to herself as she started to eat the orange and then the apple that Angel had gave her. After Draca finished her breakfast she walk to the stairs where she sees Angel levitate her saddle bags onto her back. Draca tapped her on the shoulder and looked down while she rocked on her heels. "Ang, I'm sorry for being bratty." Draca said still looking at her feet. Angel didn't reply to Draca, she just put the dragon onto her back and trotted to the front door. She opened it and locked it; she then shut the door and head to Canterlot. When the two got to Angel's parents' house it was midmornig, there house looked like a typical canterlot house for the middle class. As they entered the front yard a forest green mare with a blue mane with a metal gate with clouds under on her flank with blue eyes. She came over and hugged Angel. "Sweetie, I haven't seen you in ages and how has my little dragon been." the mare said to Angel and then nudging Draca. "I'm fine mama, Angel got me this necklace for my birthday." Draca said tugging on the necklace around her neck. "That is very kind of you Angel." The mare said looking at the still stone faced pony. "Mom," Angel said keeping her stony look on her face, "Do you and dad mind if you watch Draca for me while I'm out of town." "Sure, but why aren't you taking her with you?" Angel's mother ask her daughter. "It is to far away and I want to make sure she is safe, also I want to make sure that the ponies in that town aren't "hunters"." Angel replied with a wink on hunters. Angel's mother understood and levitated Draca off of her daughter's back and onto her own. "Have a safe trip, my sweet little Angel." Angel's mother said kissing her on the cheek. Draca waved to her as Angel walked away, only stopping to wave back.