Happy Birthday
The early morning sun shone throughout Canterlot Castle, pushing away the darkness of the night to make way for the day ahead. As beams of sunlight pierced the stain glass murals, a rainbow of colours started dancing along the polished marble floors of the palace. Along with the sounds of songbirds chirping in their morning chorus there was a distant sound of a wind chime being rustled by a soft breeze. Things were peaceful, and Luna felt rather relaxed as she trotted down the halls.
The Night Court had recently just finished, and Luna was rather glad that her sister had retaken her place on the throne; the inane bickering of the nobles often gave the Lunar Goddess a migraine. Some of it was important of course, like taxes and tariffs on imported or exported goods, but for each valid use of her court Luna found that there were ten more cases of a noble trying to bend the nation for his own personal greed or political gain.
Some things never change, ever after a thousand years, Luna quietly sighed to herself.
Soon enough Luna had reached her destination; the dining hall. It was high time for breakfast, or rather dinner in Luna’s case. After tending to the night and ruling the Night Court her stomach had started to plead for something to eat and the Princess was eager to silence it's grumbles.
Pushing aside the solid wooden doors Luna found herself where her hunger led her. The Royal dining hall wasn’t particularly large, since it was mainly reserved for the resident Royals and any visiting diplomat, yet it still managed to feel as though it could easily house several thousand ponies. Perhaps this was because only one or two bodies ever sat at the long table in the center of the room.
It appeared that Luna wasn’t alone in the hall; on the opposite side of the empty table sat Twilight Sparkle and her adopted brother and assistant Spike. Both of them looked over at the Lunar Princess as they halted their conversation, they smiled and waved Luna over. It was too early to say, but Luna felt that Twilight was making a recovery if the broad smile on her face was any indicator.
“Salutations Princess Twilight Sparkle, and Spike the Dragon,” Luna greeted them with a smile of her own as she approached them from the other side of the room.
The purple Alicorn’s smile faded just a bit as her ears swiveled back just a bit, “Luna, you know how I don’t like being called like that. Just call me Twilight instead.”
Luna’s own smile became tinged with uncertainty as she took a seat next to the mare, “O-oh, well then ‘Twilight’, how doth this particular morning fair you?”
“Sorry to be nag here Princess,” Spike said as he leaned past Twilight to give Luna a concerned frown, “But did you forget our lessons on how to not talk so formally?”
“Pardon my- I mean, sorry about that. We- I mean, I’m not quite used to speaking like how these modern ponies do. I fear that my habit of formality will cause my subjects to dislike me,” at this admission Luna grew downcast as she stared at the white table cloth before her. Twilight slammed a hoof into Spike’s ribs and shot him a death glare. Spike frowned as he rubbed his side, realizing what he’d done.
“Oh, don’t worry about it too much Luna. You’ve made some amazing progress in adapting to life in Equestria! And besides, I don’t think anyone would dislike you for something as silly as the way you speak.” Twilight grinned as she patted Luna on the shoulder.
Twilight’s words seemed to have worked as Luna felt a bit better at her social awkwardness, her lips turned up in a small smile.
One of the stewards appeared at the table and asked for everypony’s order, Twilight asked for scrambled eggs and hay fries, Spike placed an order for a stack of jeweled pancakes, and for Luna she had only a single blueberry muffin and a full pitcher of coffee. Twilight raised an eyebrow at Luna’s choice, but decided to say nothing about it.
"Twilight, w-would you mind if I asked a favor of you?" Luna spoke from around the sill of her mug, the slight quiver in her voice and hesitance to look at Twilight directly in the eye told the Purple mare that whatever it was that Luna was about to ask had her a little more than anxious.
"Sure! Ask away!" Twilight happily grinned at her friend as she took a sip from her glass of orange juice.
"W-would you mind helping us give birth to an egg?" And then there was orange juice everywhere.
It took several minutes after her spit-take for Twilight to finally stop hacking up her lungs, the sting of the fruit juice stung her nostrils where it had somehow managed to spry out of. Spike needed only one glimpse at Twilight's misery before he fell off his chair laughing his head off, which only added even more crimson to the purple Alicorn's flustered expression. "WHAT!?"
Luna took a mental step back as she realized what she'd mistakenly implied, her own cheeks reddening at the horrid thought, "Oh no, no no no! I didn't mean it as anything like THAT dear Twilight! I simply meant to ask you if thou would like to be present later this morrow when we hatch a dragon's egg, much like how thou didst with Spike!"
After taking a napkin and blowing into it Twilight felt much better, yet she could still taste the pulp... "Oooh! Heh heh, sorry about that, it really came out of left field, and- well you can see how that would be misunderstood right?"
"A thousand pardons, I didn't mean for-" Luna stopped herself from carrying on that rather distasteful subject, "Regardless, would you care to accompany me to such an event? I haven't hatched a drake before, and thou art the only pony that we know of that hath preformed such a feat."
"Well... I was just a filly at the time, so I'm not sure if I can recall the correct spell that I used; maybe if you give me an hour or so I'm certain that I'd be more than able to find my notes for you!" Twilight smiled back; Spike was still having a hoot at his guardian's expression that he only stopped after Twilight turned on him and swatted him across the back of the head, leaving the small chubby dragon grumbling on the floor instead.
Luna grinned at her friend's helpfulness, "Thank you Twilight, we shall meet once again within the hour then," with that the mare pardoned herself from the table and started to leave, only to stop dead in her tracks as a thought occurred to her. "Oh, I nearly forgot, you probably don't know where the Hatchery is. Find Tender Care, she will most likely be found in the servant's quarters where she resides."
"Alright, thanks!" Twilight waved goodbye as another waiter carted in a second helping of Sapphire Pancakes for a small drooling dragon.
* ~ * ~ *
That morning started much like every other morning for Tender; she got up, had a shower, and ate a blueberry muffin. If it hadn't been for the 'incident' that happened well over a month ago the peachy pink unicorn could have claimed that every morning of her entire life had followed practically the same routine. It was a simple way to get up and greet the day, and Tender liked it.
However, something new happened on her way to her secretive work; Princess Twilight had came barreling around a corner, carrying what looked like an entire library's worth of books and paper in her magical grasp. When Twilight saw Tender in the middle of the hall her eyes widened in surprise, she even made a valiant effort to halt, but her momentum was too strong. With a startled scream both mares collided in a hail storm of parchment.
"Oww!" Tender moaned as she wiped a heavy text the size of her pillow off her head. "Are you alright Miss Sparkle?"
Twilight's eyes rolled around in her head for a second until she shook her head a few times to recover from the dizziness. She gave an embarrassed grin to the mare she just ran over as she started to pick up belongings. "I-I'm okay! I was just running a little tardy and I was told to meet this mare, but if I don't within the next eleven minutes and fifty three seconds then I'll be late!" Twilight all but wailed.
Tender put on a grin and helped pick up a few of the papers; internally she was more than a little annoyed at being knocked over like a bowling pin by a somepony that she was supposed to serve. Honestly, you didn't see the other Princesses charging around like their mane was on fire; in fact Twilight's antics only made her seem like any other pony and not at all inspiring like the way Luna or Celestia held themselves. Even Cadence, the easier going of the Alicorns at least had more control over herself.
The peachy unicorn kept these thoughts hidden behind her false smile as she passed the last tome over to a frantic Twilight. "Oh, and who might you be looking for Princess? Maybe I could help?" She really didn't, she had her own job to think about, but it was an unspoken rule amongst the servants, staff, and especially the guards that if any of their Royal Highnesses needed a hoof you had better drop whatever it was that you were doing, no matter how important it was, and attend to them and their need.
From around the corner casually strode an adolescent dragon, he nonchalantly scratched one of his emerald green frills with a chubby purple claw. "Yeah, we're looking for a mare named 'Bender Tear'... I think. She was supposed to help us find the Royal Hatchery according to Princess Luna." Spike stifled a large yawn as he walked up next to Twilight.
Tender let out a heavy sigh as she knew that her morning just got a bit more eventful, "That would be me your Highness. Though, I don't remember the Princess ever mentioning any of this to me..." Typical Royals, never caring about the details.
For a moment Tender thought that Twilight might just drop her levitated personal library as her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, "Oh my gosh! This is so incredibly lucky!" Twilight practically bounced as she put on a massive grin on her muzzle.
"I suppose so," Tender said in a level tone. By Celestia's mane, she could feel the beginning of headache cropping up in the front of her head.
"Well then, there's no time to lose! We need to head to the hatchery right away!" Twilgiht declared as she struck a pose, as if she had declared the start of some grand adventure fit for a Daring Do novel. Her posture slumped a bit and smile faded when she realized that she still didn't know where that was. "Umm, would you mind showing us the way then Ms. Care? Oh, and by the way I'd really like to know more about the facilities and techniques involved in hatching a Dragon's egg!"
Tender care internally groaned as she could only imagine the tidal wave of questions she would be forced to answer for the rest of the day.
* ~ * ~ *
Luna paced the humid room as her gaze drifted over each of the multicoloured spheres, each of them sat on individual nests of straw on top of a heater. The heat generated from the electric heaters made being inside the room rather uncomfortable, especially since there wasn't any windows and the vents could only do so much. Another bane of the hatchery was the constant smell of sulfur each egg produced. As another bead of sweat rolled down Luna's forehead she could only wonder how Tender Care could stand her working condition like this.
The night Princess didn't want to be in the room any more than she needed to, but she couldn't decide which of the unborn drakes she should pick as her assistant and familiar.
As the trio passed a nest with a yellow egg sporting orange spots for the fifth time, the caretaker moved in front of the two Princesses. Luna noticed a slight twitch in the pony's left eye as she regarded both Luna and Twilight with an obviously forced smile. "Might I suggest your highness that you tell me what you're looking for in your desired pet?"
Luna stopped and put a hoof to her chin as she pondered a bit, "Hmmm, We'd prefer a companion that would be loyal and courteous."
"Then why not an Ember Dragon? They're one of the most loyal and trustworthy," Tender pointed to the yellow egg that they had just past, "Though they tend to be more rowdy than the rest..."
"I'd rather not have one with a temper," Luna frowned at the thought of a hot-headed dragon rampaging around the castle.
The group came up to a white and blue speckled sphere, Twilight stopped in front of it as she studied its colour pallet. After flipping through several of her notes she found out what race of dragon it belonged to. "How about a Glacial Dragon Luna? They may be highly introverted and Equestria isn't as cold as the Northern wastes, but I'm sure it'll make a great companion," Twilight beamed at the taller mare as she offered her help. "I'm sure you two would make a great match, especially given you socia-" Twilight stopped herself as both Luna and Spike gave her a harsh stare, "I-I suppose that wouldn't work out too well..."
Suddenly Spike's eyes went wide as he had an imaginary light-bulb pop up over his head, "Oh! I just thought of something!" Spike said as she rushed over to Tender care with an anxious smile. "Excuse me for asking Ms. Care, but you don't happen to have any other eggs like mine, do you?"
The peachy pink mare shook her head and tossed the purple kid a sad smile, "Sorry, but we don't. Your egg was the only one that we've ever found."
"Oh..." Spike's enthusiasm and hope was knocked down a few notches; he still wondered about his family and origins, though not enough to go on another quest like last time he went searching.
Luna trotted up to one of the only other eggs in the room; it sat on its bed of straw and emitted a faint heat like the others. The shell was a cerulean blue with several lemon yellow stripes zig-zagging across its surface like bolts of lightning. With one of her hooves Luna reached out cautiously and touched the shell gently; what she didn't expect was the wave of electricity to shoot straight out from the egg and into her body, sending her flying backwards into a file drawer.
"Princess!" Every pony and dragon yelled as they rushed to her side. The world around Luna swam in as if reality had been turned into molasses; which actually had happened once before back when Discord had his bout of chaos. For a moment Luna's limbs felt extremely heavy as several bolts of lightning danced along her hooves and barrel. There was also the smell of singed mane floating around in the air. What happened?
"Princess Luna! Are you alright?!" Twilight was staring over Luna with a worried grimace, in the background Luna could make out the drumming of hooves on the floor as several guards entered the confined space.
With a small cough that blew out a tiny cloud of dust the Night Princess rose to her hooves, once she was standing shakily on all fours again Luna whet about easing everypony's worries. "I'm fine, that just took me by surprise is all..." She shook her head once more to clear away the dizziness, giving everypony around her an embarrassed grin. As a lock of her mane fell onto her muzzle Luna noticed that the ends were slightly seared; with a miniscule amount of magic and thought the blackened charred hairs were returned back to their starry former state.
The unexpected electrocution of the Princess didn't seem to faze Spike all that much, what with seeing Twilight go through the same experience almost daily with her experiments. A mischievous smile danced upon his lips, "Well, I guess you could say that was quite the shock!"
Tender Care simply facehooved as Twilight smacked Spike over his head with her wing giving him a disapproving scowl.
After recovering from the horrible joke, Tender moved over to inspect the living battery of an egg. "Hmm," the mare hummed with a as she squinted at the shell design, she recalled where she'd seen the same pattern. "I think I know how this happened; this is a Thunder Drake's egg." The expert and care taker nodded to herself in agreement as she looked over the egg once more.
The Lunar Princess hummed as well as she turned her gaze at the thing that had thrown her across the room. It didn't look all that dangerous, but as a spark or two danced along the shell Luna couldn't help but cringe at the memory of the pain it had inflicted only a moment ago. "Why would such a tiny egg hold that many volts?" Spike asked nopony in particular.
"I'd hazard a guess that what we just saw happen to our fair lady was a defense mechanism of some sort," Tender Care's voice was calm yet slightly cold as she powered up her horn to levitate a clipboard over to her. With her grass green magical grasp she flipped through several papers until she found what she was looking for, "I've read about this before, apparently this indicates that the embryo is now fully developed and functional."
Spike scratched the violet scales on his forehead with a claw, a confused frown plastered on his face, "Umm, if you don't mind, could you repeat that in Equestrian?"
Rolling her eyes in mild frustration, Tender turned and faced the smaller creature, "It means that this egg is almost ready to hatch."
"Splendid!" Luna shouted, stepping in between Tender and Spike as she examined the object of everypony's interest, "Then we might as well take this egg as my own."
"Uh, that may not be such a good idea Princess," the hatchery's caretaker said with some concern in her voice. The mare's dark green eyes switched from facing Luna to regarded the egg sitting on top of the incubator like it was some kind of bomb, "Aside from the shock it just gave you, Thunder Dragons are notorious for having anger issues, and they can be highly volatile. I'd recommend a more mild servant Princess."
Luna huffed at this, maybe the mare was right, but now that the Princess had set her sights on this particular egg there wasn't a whole lot that could be said to change her mind. "This drake shall do as our servant. You said that it was nearing it's time of hatching, no?"
Tender shuffled on her forehooves nervously, "Well I did, but-"
"No further 'But's my little pony, prepare this little one so that I may give it some assistance in entering into this world." Tender was about to protest further, but she stopped when she saw the look in the thousand year old goddess; it was the look that said that if she didn't get her way soon somepony may soon be out of a job and her flank being tossed into the street.
"Very well then your majesty," with a bow the mare began the preparations.
* ~ * ~ *
Twilight moved to stand next to Luna to stare along with her at the egg, out of the corner of her eye Twilight noticed that the normally stoic and unemotional Luna had a rather large grin cracked across her features and a sparkle in her emerald eyes. "So, you seem happy about this."
Luna gave a small nod but never shifted her eyes from the blue and yellow egg, "Indeed I am Twilight; I'm finally going to have a companion to call my own!" It was as if the several-millennium-old mare was a filly on Hearth's Warming Eve unwrapping a present.
At this uncommon sight Twilight couldn't help but giggle, "Have you thought of a name yet?"
The question made Luna pause for a moment in thought. She raised a silver shod hoof to rub her chin as she contemplated. Now that she thought about it she never did plan a name, and now she only had minutes before she had to give the new living creature one. It wasn't until maybe a full five minutes later that she snapped out of her thoughts and made a decision.
"I think I shall name this new life Ezekiel Von Zigmire," Luna said with pride at coming up with the name. Twilight on the other hoof didn't share the Princess's sentiments on the choice of name.
"Umm... Well that's..." Twilight looked away from her friend as she grimaced, "That's something alright. Are there any other names you can come up with? Perhaps something a bit more... Normal?"
Luna snorted at the thought of choosing something else for a name, "We think it is suitable for a name. Dost thou have a quarrel with the choice?" At the challenging tone in the other Princess's voice Twilight rapidly shook her head a few times.
"No! No, no, no. It's... Just different, that's all."
Before Luna could ask just why Twilight disagreed with the name they were interrupted by a cough from Tender Care. The mare had put on a surgeons smock and coat; she levitated a clipboard next to her, probably holding some notes regarding the targeted egg. "The preparations are all set; all that needs to be done now is the spell to be cast."
"Excellent! Now Twilight, do you have any advice for the spell?" Luna turned to her friend next to her with a soft smile. Twilight's previous anxiety and stress vanished as the familiar rush of magical science entered her brain. The look on her face was the same that you'd have found on a colt in candy store.
"Oh yes! I even have my notes with me," Turning to the purple scaled assistant standing in the back of the room Twilight plucked the folder that was sitting beside Spike on the floor. It was filled nearly to bursting with paper and Luna wasn't quite sure the twine could hold it shut any longer. The file was floated over to the three ponies in a sparkling indigo cloud.
Flipping it open Twilight sifted through the contents until she found the page she was looking for, "Aha! Found it!" Twilight cheered as she lifted an old piece of parchment from the others. The writing on it looked slightly crooked and there were more than one crease on it, but when you considered that this paper was for an advanced spell involving complicated magic, and then taking into account that this had been written by a filly...
"Sorry if it's a little messy, but I hope my old notes will be of some help," Twilight said as she hooved them over to Luna. The midnight blue mare looked them over, though they have not been the clearest they did offer some added tips that she hadn't know about before.
"Do not fret Princess Twilight, these are most useful. In fact, I think I'm ready."
All the others in the room moved to the outer rim of the enclosed room as Luna stepped up to the egg. As Luna closed her eyes she could sense the magic reserves held inside her body and in the room all around her, she could even sense the strong magical energy of the land all around Canterlot as well as her moon, but the task she was about to perform required a more delicate touch so she ignored the stronger bodies of energy.
Concentrating on the magical signature of the dragon's egg in front of her, Luna found that she now had full grasp upon the object of her desire. With a bit of focus, Luna began tapping into her own supply of magic in order to cast her spell. The magic stored inside Princess Luna's body and soul was more dark and illusive by contrast to her sisters, but thanks to Twilight and her friends there wasn't any trace of malevolence or hatred from when Luna had been corrupted by her jealousy and anger. Now it was more of a calm and relaxing energy, perfectly suited for the spell.
With the magic ready, and her focus set, Luna began charging up her horn in a cloud of navy blue with some off-white swirls mixed in. As she opened her eyes the other could see that a blinding white light had replaced the Princess's eyes, sending out rays of light into the room; the others covered their eyes or turned away as the flare grew larger and larger, eventually the whole room filled with magical energy.
This was the first time Tender had ever seen a spell of this magnitude being cast before. She trembled where she stood, too afraid to even move a muscle as she heard the air snap and crackle all around her. The smell of Ozone wafted in the room as static electricity buzzed on every hair on the young mare's body. From documents and first hoof accounts she had imagined the spell to be much tamer than this.
Then the light slowly started to fade, the eddies of light pooled in the center of the room and soon vanished into the dragon's egg, much like water going down a drain. Luna closed her eyes and when she opened them once more they returned to their normal emerald green.
Silence reigned as all traces of the spell disappeared from sight; nothing seemed to be different in the room. All the gathered ponies didn't move so much as a muscle as they all stared at the egg, most of them half expecting a monstrously large beast to have taken it's like how Twilight's spell had worked.
After a full minute of nothing Tender, Spike, and even Twilight began to think that maybe the spell had failed, "It's not your fault Princess, I'm sure you could get it right next ti-" Spike cut his consolation short as he noticed something small and rounded move.
Everypony's attention was latched to the sight of the aqua and gold reptilian egg as it began rocking from side to side. "HUZZAH! OUR TASK HATH BEEN A GRAND SUCCESS!" Luna shouted out in glee as she shot a hoof into the air in triumph, her smile grew larger and larger as cracks started to etch themselves across the shell.
The cracks soon covered most of the egg as whatever was inside pounded against its shell; a small layer of dust had even formed at the base of the egg inside its nest of straw. Twilight gasped as a piece of the shell collapsed inwards, revealing a patch of sky blue scales beneath. The creature beneath stilled and another portion of the surface covering it disintegrated.
Everypony in the room stared with rapt excitement as one final crack brought the whole top off the egg, revealing a tiny blue lizard claw. The claw then began pushing the rest of the remaining shell away from the crack, once the hole was large enough a head poked out. The soft scales on the newborn were a robin's egg blue that contrasted with a cerulean blue frill running along its spine. It's lemon yellow eyes blinked several times as it adjusted to the light.
The baby dragon chirped as it squinted out into a new world, the sound reminded Twilight of the family of robins and their chicks that Fluttershy took care of a month ago. Twilight could barely contain her 'Daws' as she watched the cute little hatchling chirp noisily to itself.
"My, it seems like this one is a spirited little guy!" Tender care genuinely smiled as she looked over the Royalty in the room, "What do you think Princess Luna?"
"Indeed, this little one seems to have much 'spirit' in him. He shall do nicely as our familiar," Luna nodded back, despite her archaic vocabulary Luna was probably the happiest pony in the room; her lips were drawn back in a massive grin as she beamed at the new life she had help bring into the world.
As the baby Thunder Drake began chirping up a storm everypony in the room couldn't resist smiling at the cute sight, except for a certain purple dragon in the room whose jaw dropped instantly as Spike's eyes bugged out in shock.
Luna giggled at the adorable sight as her new minion babbled on, "What dost thou think he's saying? We can't fathom what this hatchling drake is trying to say." As she said this the infant continued on in its unintelligible language. Spike however gapped even more at the other dragon in what appeared to be shock and horror. Twilight noticed Spike's strange behavior and cocked her head to the side as she raised an eyebrow in slight puzzlement.
"Don't pay it much attention your Highness, it's simply testing it's vocal cords, much like when a foal babbles." Tender Care said with a smile. The mare trotted over to the newly hatched dragon and started patting it on the head fondly. What happened next came as much of a shock to Twilight and the rest as it did for the blonde and peach cream mare; in a flash the infant dragon lunged forwards and snapped it's toothless jaws around Tender's outstretched forehoof.
With a high pitched scream Tender retracted her hoof back and backpedaled to the other side of the room. Princess Luna's smile faded somewhat as she saw her minion act violently; but then something the young creature did caught her attention, it paused and looked down at itself, almost like it was questioning why it had done what it had. The look of fear and confusion held in its tiny eyes tugged at Luna's heart strings, she knew how it felt to hurt somepony and then regret it afterwards.
"Do not fret my little pony; thou needn't be afraid of Ezekiel." Luna said to a whimpering Tender Care, who had taken a blow to both her hoof and her ego, "Soon, he shall be groomed to become a worthy assistant for us."
As Luna spoke the dragon she had just named looked back up at her and locked onto her eyes, it then chirped twice as if it was trying to say something.
"How dare you say that!" Spike suddenly roared, he'd overcome his shock and had immediately replaced it with anger. He snarled as he charged at his day old cousin. There was a collective gasp as everypony heard the pudgy little dragon's unexpected shout, even Luna was taken aback by the sudden turn of events.
Before the slightly larger reptile could even make it another hoof step Twilight plucked Spike off his feet and hovered him in front of her face. The sudden outburst of rage wasn't like Spike at all, normally he wouldn't even hurt a fly, but the way he had hissed at the newborn was totally out of line, "What the hay Spike?!" Twilight spoke in a stern voice that reminded her of one of her nasty old teachers back as a filly, "What in Celestia's Mane are you thinking?! How could you yell at a newborn like that?!" Although her mind was still racing Twilight felt both anger and shame at Spike's display.
Spike's eyes widened in realization at what he just did, the anger he had felt just a second ago was washed away under his guardian's stern glare. A lump of cold lead replaced the fire and indignation he had felt just a moment ago. Spike swallowed a lump in his throat before he replied. "B-But... He was insulting the P-princess! He even swore just now straight to her face!"
"That's enough!" Luna commanded as she regarded Spike with a stern frown, she too was just as disappointed in Spike as Twilight was but this wasn't the time or place to reprimand the child, "Twilight, I shall ask of thee to escort Spike away from the hatchery at once."
Twilight traded looks with Luna and Tender before she nodded in agreement, "Come on Spike, I've got a library for you to sort as punishment," Spike was about to protest before he saw the look in Twilight's eyes, she didn't use that look very often, but when she did it was undoubtedly because she was pissed at whoever was on the receiving end.
"O-Okay..." And with that Twilight silently marched her assistant and adoptive brother out of the room.
Tender Care shook her head from side to side as she watched the duo leave, "Well... That was odd..."
"Indeed," Luna agreed as she turned her attention back to the broken egg and reptilian child sitting before her, "Perhaps it's a natural reaction for the young to fight as such?"
"I've never seen anything like that before... but then again I've never seen two baby dragons in the same room before..." Tender pursed her lips as she thought of any cases that she had read about before, "Let me look through the records your majesty and I might be able to find an explanation. For now however I think we need to deal with this little guy before anything else."
"Thou art correct, we can focus on such matters on a later date; let us be off with dear Ezekiel then," The smile that Luna had before returned as she regarded her new companion, who had taken to chirping up a storm as his head swiveled to take in his surroundings once more. The mewing increased even more as Luna lit up her horn and levitated the infant dragon into the air, almost as if it was protesting what was being done to it, "Now Ezekiel, let us be off; I need to show you your new home."
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Is there a reason why the ponies don't think that Spike actually understands the little "dragon"? I mean I'd be one for asking what he was saying on the off chance it's a dragon thing.
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Probably because it was sudden, and that the ponies don't really know all that much about the dragons... Don't worry, I'll get to that in the next chapter; I suppose I missed that chance to put that thought in there...
I'm rather enjoying this story. Enough so that I was quite disappointed that this chapter didn't really introduce anything but a perspective change. Ah well, keep it up.
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Don't worry, this is going to be the only real perspective change chapter in the story, mainly because I needed it to fill in some blanks. Everything from here on is going to be linear.