(A/N a bit shorter than I intended but I only wanted to really set the foundation for the ship instead of the actual ship. enjoy!)
“Whoa what's that?” Spike asked as he and Twilight were watching Luna raise the moon from the balcony of the library. They had noticed something approaching from the opposite side of the town from canterlot.
“I dunno...” Twilight said. Luna flew back to the Balcony then with a confused face.
“My eyesight may be going or something...but it looks like there's a young Dragon flying over here.” Luna said.
“Really?” Spike asked.
“Yes, it appears to be about your age spike...just finished learning to use it's wings from the looks...why don't you go help it out?” Luna suggested.
“Sure.” Spike replied and took to the air. The pony-sized dragon had no trouble in his flight, having been taught by the fastest flier in Equestria.
By the time Spike met the other Dragon he could tell three things. First, it was female. Second, her scales were like Sapphires and third, she was absolutely exhausted.
“Hey, come on you need a rest.” Spike said, startling her by flying under her and supporting practically all of her weight. This wasn't a problem, moving bookcases and helping around sweet apple acres every now and then makes you pretty strong.
“W-what?...uh...thank...you...” she replied, confused, between pants.
“No problem...come on, that big tree there.” Spike said, helping her descend.
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the Dragon had napped for three hours and had a good long drink. Now she was nervously pawing at the ground next to spike as Twilight and Luna looked over her.
“Please don't be nervous, it's not like you're doing anything wrong.” Twilight assured her.
“What is your name?” Luna asked.
“Sapphire...it's just that...um...I never expected there to be two Princesses in Ponyville...” she replied.
“Well Sapphire, why are you here?” Twilight asked.
“Well...I had heard there was a town somewhere that wasn't really scared of dragons because one was living there...I couldn't stand living with the Clans...so I left about a week ago...I went from town to town, trying to ask about the town without causing trouble...Luckily they didn't over react since I'm still young...but uh...I finally found a town that knew Ponyville.” Sapphire explained.
“Which town?” Spike asked.
“Cloudsdale. They gave me a drink and a place to sleep for the night too...I guess all air creatures are friendly to each other sometimes...” Sapphire replied.
“They do have a lot of respect for the flying races. Well now that you're here I don't think sending you away would be best. The Library is big enough to house you with spike though, do you know any magic?” Twilight asked.
“A little, but not much...why?” Sapphire asked.
“Well that can be a viable excuse for the citizens of Ponyville then. A dragon here to study magic. I don't think they'd accept 'I just wanted to live here' Twilight explained with a giggle.
“Oh...I guess you're right...so...would you be the one teaching me?” Sapphire asked.
“the really advanced stuff later, though for most of it Spike will teach you since I can't really use fire breath to do my magic.” Twilight replied.
“But you do pick up a few pony magic tricks when you live with the most powerful Unicorn in equestria your entire life.” Spike continued, snapping his fingers and making a book levitate over to him. He plucked it out of the air and handed it to her.
'Basic Draconic Magic'. Written by Spike Sparkle...is that you?” Sapphire read.
“Yep. Twi helped me a lot though.” Spike replied.
“Well it is getting very late, you two should sleep. Luna and I will be back in a few hours.” Twilight said.
“But shouldn't you sleep too?” Sapphire asked, but they had already left.
“It's only Eleven. Luna is the princess of the Night and Twilight helps her out a lot. Plus they don't get much alone time during the day.” Spike said with a yawn. “Come on, we recently expanded so there's a couple spare rooms you can choose from.” he continued, showing her to a hallway.
“Hey...Spike?” Sapphire asked shyly.
“Yeah?” Spike replied.
“Um...there was...another reason I came...” Sapphire started. Spike gave her a look that said 'go on'. “Well...um...this town...the Dragon Living there...the other Dragons always said he was a freak for living with ponies...but...um...after everything he did with the elements of harmony and stuff you're kind of like...I don't know...not a hero...a legend maybe?” She continued.
“A legend? Nah, I wasn't even a part of most of that stuff. Back in those days the only thing I did was write and send letters and cook.” Spike said with a laugh.
“Oh...well...still...I came because I wanted to meet you...and I'm glad I did...I'll take this one I guess.” she said, choosing a room and quickly entering. But not before kissing the purple dragon on the cheek. He stood there frozen for a full minute before he snapped out of it.
'Whoa...that was better than when Rarity used to do it...' Spike thought as he put a claw to his cheek and went to his own room.