Twilight Sparkle burst off her balcony leaving a halo of feathers behind her as she sped towards the rampaging dragon in the middle of town. Rather, she sped towards a frantically fleeing dragon in the middle of town.
Circling around town, Twilight alighted upon the top of the town hall, turned towards the green dragon and shouted,
“Excuse me!”
The dragon didn’t take notice of her, instead it sinuously slithered past the town hall, barely brushing the siding. Twilight tried again.
“EXCUSE ME MISTER DRAGON!” Twilight shouted, giving her voice a bit more ‘umph’ that time by using magic to enhance the volume of her voice. And much to her relief, the dragon stopped in mid hop, fell to the ground, rolled over then turned to look at her and promptly prostrated itself before her.
“P-P-Princess T-Twilight! Please don’t banish me from Equestria! It’s my home!”
The dragon held it’s head to the ground and begged Twilight not to banish it. Needless to say, Twilight Sparkle was very, very confused. Thankfully, a solution became immediately apparent in the form of Ember the Dragon Lord.
With a light clink Ember landed behind Twilight and climbed up the sloping side of Ponyville’s town hall.
“Princess Twilight,” Ember stood off to the side and looking rather abashed, she raised her head up and grinned feebly then waved a blue claw at Twilight. “Umm...Hi.”
Twilight waved and gave a stiff smile,
“Hi Ember I’ll talk to you in a second, I just have to deal with that dragon.”
Twilight turned around and faced the prone green dragon and her eyes went wide. Using her wings, Twilight spun around and stared, slack jawed at Ember. The silence seemed to stretch on for an hour. Finally after a couple of seconds Ember broke the ice.
“Yeeeeah... It’s Nails fault and-”
Twilight brutally interrupted Ember,
“Em-Ember! What are you doing here?!” Twilight spun and looked over the town in dismay. “Oh-Oh Sweet Celestia! The town’s not cleanedthere’sadragonsittingintownand-”
Ember tapped Twilight on the head with the Bloodstone Scepter. Twilight's mouth shut with an audible snap. Twilight stared at Ember with wide tearful eyes and screamed inside. Ember knelt down and looked Twilight in the eyes.
“Hey. Twilight. It’s cool. Alright?”
Standing up, Ember withdrew the Scepter and turned to Nail,
“Nail.”
Quivering, Nail looked up at his Dragon Lord.
“Y-Yes Dragon L-Lord Ember?”
Looking contemptibly down at Nail, Ember decreed,
“Nail go home.”
In a green flash, Nail had spread his wings and flew over town hall and circled around towards the Everfree Forest. Ember put down the Scepter and smirked.
“That’ll teach you to mess with my friends.”
A purple feathery wing touched Embers shoulder. Ember stiffened then cautiously turned around with a nervous grin.
“Ahh hehe... Hi Twi-”
And Ember was cut off with a drastic sounding puh as Twilight glomped her, wings and all.
“EMBER! You’re here!”
Twilight stiffened.
“You’re here!”
Quickly disengaging herself from Ember, Twilight turned to fly back to her castle.
“I’ve got to clean everything!”
With a quick flap of her wings Twilight shot to the end of the roof and came to a jarring halt as Ember grabbed hold of Twilight’s fluttering tail. Twilight fell down to the roof with an audible grunt as air was forcefully expelled from her lungs.
“Twilight. Twilight!” Ember shook Twilight’s tail again, gaining her attention.
Twilight turned around and owlishly blinked at Ember.
“What?”
“Calm down. I- I just stopped by to get- to get to know you and Spike better! Yeah that’s it!”
Twilight cocked her head to the side and raised an eyebrow and gestured to the Ponyville’s mainstreet. Ember followed the path of Twilight’s hoof and looked over the town. They were both silent for a minute as Ember took time to digest what Twilight showed her.
Ember swallowed nervously, turned to Twilight and gestured to the town.
“I-I can pay for it?”
Twilight face-hoofed and sighed. Ember could barely hear whatever it was that Twilight mumbled through her covered mouth. Shaking her head, Twilight removed her hoof and pointedly said,
“No. No, you don’t have to pay for any of that. Having had helped rebuild Ponyville several times I set up a special fund specifically for the purpose of rebuilding the town. So, no worries. I’ll just- I’ll just- ugg!”
Twilight collapsed in a feathery heap and covered herself with her wings. Ember just sat there, staring at her.
“You ponies have a... fund specifically made to help pay for damages against Ponyville?”
Twilight mumbled an affirmative. Ember sat down and tentatively draped a scaly arm over Twilight. They spent a couple of minutes like that during which Twilight made a couple of snorting noises. Eventually after one particularly violent snort, Ember poked Twilight in the side.
“Hey. Hey Twilight. You okay?”
Twilight snorted again and her right wing twitched. Ember gaped.
“You’re- You’re... sleeping.”
Seeing the numerous ponies gathered at the base of the town hall, Ember prodded Twilight a bit harder then last time. It worked.
Twilight's head snapped up with a loud ‘snort-wumpf’ as she snorted and flared her wings at the same time. Ember went skidding off the roof because of the strength of Twilight’s flared wings. While Twilight blearily blinked and looked around, Ember flew back up to where Twilight was sitting.
“Wow you’re strong!” Ember said and brushed off some dust from her left shoulder.
“Spike turn off Celestiaaaaa,” Twilight yawned in response and settled down to sleep.
Ember looked at Twilight in exasperation and flew over to her then prodded Twilight’s fluffy purple flank with the Bloodstone Scepter. Twilight blearily looked up.
“Wasimesit?”
Ember groaned and booped Twilight on the nose with the Scepter. Twilight went cross eyed then shook her head and yawn.
Coming down off her yawn, Twilight saw Ember and immediately jerked upright only to catch the tip of Ember’s Scepter on the crown of the head. Twilight stopped and rubbed the spot with a hoof.
“Owwww. Ember!”
Ember jerked her head back,
“Well sorry Princess. You were snoozing.”
Twilight paused and took a deep breath,
“Let’s go back to the castle okay? We’ll be able to talk more there.”
Without time to let Ember talk, Twilight lit her horn and in a flash of purple sparks, Twilight teleported herself and Ember into the throne room of Twilight’s Castle. They fell on the crystal table with a combined sound of ‘whumpf’. Ember’s Scepter clattered off to the side. There was a few seconds of silence and no one talked. The situation was resolved when the throne room doors opened and a tired purple and green dragon stepped through them.
“What’s with all the noise?” Spike said as he looked around the room from his position by the door. Peering curiously at the table he saw Ember and Twilight.
“Oh hi Twilight. Hi Ember.” Having found the source of the disturbance, Spike closed the door. Ember and Twilight exchanged a look and Ember raised an eyebrow.
“Wh-” Ember was cut off by a purple and green blur that suddenly glomped her and attached itself to her waist with a cry of,
“Ember! You’re here,” Spike’s eyes widened in dread. “Oh Celestia, you’re here! I-I better go clean the castle. Uh just stay here until I’m done! I’ll be done in a jiffy!”
Spike shot back into the guts of the castle and within seconds the raucous sounds of mops, feather dusters, brooms, and muttered words reached the two rulers.
Twilight gave Ember a wry grin. Ember raised an eyebrow.
“Well Spike’s certainly excited to see me.”