//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Fuel The Flames // by Dracosaurian //------------------------------// For four thousand years a legend has been told of how the first dragons got their fire. Little did they know the legend is true. Five thousand years ago a being took residence in the Draconian Mountains. It called itself Yolstrun, a Fire Elemental. Dragons tried to drive it out, but failed. The Elemental seeing as they had no defense mechanism for protecting themselves pitied them and gave them the gift of Fire. With this new found ability they were feared throughout the land. The Royal Sisters, Celestia and Luna, leaders of the ponies have had enough of them and used the Elements of Harmony to seal the Elemental inside the Volcano of Goraag, Capital of the Dragons. With their leader defeated the dragons were scattered throughout the lands and turned into mindless beasts, except for those who remained faithful to their leader and stayed in the mountains. Now the seal they put on the volcano is weakening and the monster they thought was gone forever is returning. The Draconian Mountains, where dragons stay during migration and breeding season. Every kind of Dragon comes here during migration. Though they were mindless brutes that wanted nothing other than gems for themselves, there were the oldest of Dragons, the Dragon Elders, the First Fire Dragons that lived for thousands of years. Most of the newer generation of Dragons thought they were just a bunch of crazy old coots foretelling the return of The King, a being of Fire itself. Inside Goraag Volcano, 3rd POV Inside the Volcano in the center of these Mountains lies what looks like a throne room with a giant creature sitting on a throne, eyes closed with what looks like a giant snake curling around the throne with ever watchful eyes guarding the being. On first glance it looked like a cobra, but when seen closer it had a flaming hood, black colored scales as hard as dragon skin , a tail as sharp as a spear made of mythril, fangs tipped with a deadly incurable poison that made your body burn on contact, various scars that told stories of battle and eyes that burned with an inner fire that rivaled the sun. The floor around them trembled and it quickly uncurled itself and slithering in front of the being waiting for it's master to wake up. The pair of eyes on the giant creature opened for the first time in five thousand years and he rose from the throne and said "I'm back my little ponies and you will rue the day for locking me, Yolstrun, here. Muahahahahahaha" His whole body was made of flames with two bracers on his arms etched with strange runes, eyes that burned white with rage, armor made of obsidian and enchanted with the strongest spells in the Dragon Kingdom and his lower body was a tornado of fire that scorched the rock they were on. Canterlot, 3rd POV Princess Celestia, an Alicorn who controlled the day, Co-ruler of Equestria, she had pristine white skin, pink, blue and green hair that moved on it's own as if in an invisible breeze and a cutie mark of a sun. She jolted up on her bed with a scream and the two guards outside bedroom doors came rushing in. "Princess are you alright!" the first guard said. "It's fine Light Wing it was just a bad dream. You may return to your posts. Also tell Feather Pen to send a letter to the other nations for a meeting in the castle in two days time." she said to them. "Yes Princess." He said as they left the room. She walked out on her balcony and pondered on what she saw. 'If he really is coming back we need to be ready. I must contact the other Elemental Lords... Or the ones that will help.' she thought. Dragon Council Room, 3rd POV In a massive city that circled the volcano a giant castle was built there. The city around it looked dormant except for a the guards that were patrolling the city. Inside the castle was a giant room that held a huge table and seven chairs. In the first chair was a giant red dragon with an orange underbelly, a single gold horn, spiked red scales on the top of his neck, a barbed tail, arms that developed into huge leathery wings and three clawed feet, his name was Drago. On the second chair sat a medium sized orange dragon with a cream colored underbelly, a flame on the tip of his tail, a long neck with a rectangular head, two small fangs portruding from his upper jaw, two blunt horns at the back of his head, the horns had a ring each with two stones, on the left was a blue stone with a blue and black shape in the middle, on the right was a dark brown stone with a red, yellow and orange shape in the middle, he had two large wings with teal undersides that sprouted from his back, with tow small arms at his sides with three claws each and stocky legs with three claws each as well, his name was Charizard. On the third chair sat a long snake-like dragon with a sail going from his head to the tip of his tail, a fish-like fin at the tip of his tail most likely used for swimming, a beak with a sharp tip on the top and the bottom of it, four stubby legs with four claws each, bony spikes on the sides of his body and what looked like hardened lava on his body, his name was Agni. On the fourth chair sat a medium sized red orange dragon with dark red spots, four legs with three claws each, two large wings sprouting from his back with a crem underside, a long tail with axe shaped spikes on it, a medium length neck with medium sized head with four horns and fins oh his head and a cream underbelly, his name was Ignitus. On the fifth chair sat a giant bloodred dragon with pure yellow eyes, with a spiky ball at the end of her tail, two red wings that were the almost the size of her body with a claw like joint at the tip, a light purple underbelly, her head had six horns with gold jewelry on them, an amulet with a purple gem in the middle that was attached to a gold chain on her chin, four legs with gold jewelry and three claws on each, bony ridges going from her neck to her body and a long fin going from her chin to the end of her neck, her name was Alexstrasza. On the sixth chair sat a red orange dragon the size of a building with nearly black wings and dark red webbing and three claws on the middle joint. On his head were six large horns and his eyes were a fiery orange. He had a shiny golden underbelly as if gold has merged with his body. On his back was a row of spikes ending at a barbed tail. His name was Smaug of the Goldenclaw brood. Although on the seventh chair nobody sat on it. "How long must we wait for our king Ignitus?" Charizard asked. "It won't be long now and when he returns we shall plan our revenge." Ignitus answered back. At that moment a giant arcane circle in a corner of the room lit up with Draconic symbols floating around as a two silhouettes formed, on the left was a humanoid figure with a flaming tornado as his lower body and on the right was a figure of a snake with a flaming hood flared on. When the arcane circle's glow died down Yolstrun and his snake appeared. When the council saw him they immediately bowed. "Rise my faithful followers." Yolstrun said. They rose up. "How has my kingdom been while I was gone?" Yolstrun asked. "Our army is in bad shape after your defeat at the hands of the ponies and the other dragons won't listen." Ignitus said. "Our scientists have been developing new weapons and armor for your army." Drago said. "There have been reports of robbery from the vault by a group of young drgons." Charizard said. The ponies took some of our decoy artifacts when we actually hid the real ones under the castle, only one with a high magic level can get in the vault." Alexstrasza said. "Our resource quantity has been low due to the war and lack of workers" Smaug said. "I have Uroktor spies in every city and town in Equestria occasionaly bringing reports about the ponies." Agni said with a hint of malice in his voice when he mentioned them. "Looks like we have a lot of work to do." Yolstrun said.