A dragon a Dozen

by Cobaltin

Sweets, sexuality and Serious beats

After the incident with Dash, the rest of the week went by surprisingly smoothly. Spike asked seemingly endless questions about dragon customs and lifestyles, becoming more and more interested in the draconian ways as he delved deeper into it. Cobalt was more than happy to explain dragon culture to who was quickly becoming his understudy, and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride and entitlement to teach the young dragon what he had missed all these years. When they weren’t studying the book with Twilight, Cobalt he would sit and talk with Spike who asked question after question. Cobalt loved the spark in his eyes as Spike would imagine the dragon world in his head.

The only thing that Spike was having trouble with, was the nightmares - or rather, nightmare. It was the same one and it happened almost every night. He awoke in the same forest, had the same whisper guide him to the clearing where Ponyville was a blaze in the middle of warfare. Just as the pony was about to jump him, a blue light would flash and he’d awake, sometimes in the middle of the night. And it seemed now that his body was out of his control, it went the same way every single time. He found it very unnerving, but he was too afraid to tell anyone about it. So, he kept it to himself for the time being.

As for the being who spied on them; Twilight couldn’t find anything else in the bush or anywhere around the treehouse that could have pointed to somepony else other than the feather. Rainbow Dash’s alibi was pretty watertight, she was in fact at Fluttershy’s the whole night helping to tend to a ferret she found injured in the field that night. To her dismay, whoever was spying on them had gotten away.

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It had been raining all Saturday, and Spike and Cobalt didn’t really get out of bed that morning. Spike didn’t really care, he had a big warm dragon as a blanket who let him sleep in. Incubating was his favourite thing about dragons without a doubt, too, and Cobalt seemed damn good at it. Twilight didn’t seem to mind too much, Cobalt surprisingly picked up the slack when Spike was being lazy so it didn’t slow down any process, she just had to deal with the static as he used his storm element to move books to her. He also started to show that he had a very slight language barrier as he spoke mainly draconian tongue, but that came in handy when studying the dragon book. As for Cobalt, he figured he'd have a chance to start teaching Spike about personal dragon aspects when Twilight was having trouble looking for a book that morning.

“Hey, Spike?” He said whilst nuzzling Spikes shoulder. Spike shifted and poked his head out, yawning and snuggling in tighter. “You wanna try some basic Telekinesis?” Spike’s eyes widened and nodded enthusiastically, which made Cobalt chuckle. “Alright, alright, c’mon out then.” Spike wiggled himself out from under Cobalt’s arm and sat up next to him, stretching out and shaking down his whole body as he did.

“What are we gonna do, Cobi?” Spike said whilst looking up at his big dragon blanket. Cobalt looked up and pointed at the book Twilight had been trying to find for about a minute now.

“You see that book?”

“Yes, what about it?” Spike asked with a slow wag of his tail.

“I want you to concentrate on that book, focus on nothing but that book. That book is no longer part of this world, rather, it is just in your imagination. You are the master of the book, you can control how it moves, for it is your imagination,” Cobalt recited with a soft voice. Spike nodded and focused on the book, trying to picture what Cobalt was saying. He thought of the book in his head, trying to concentrate on moving the book. As he did, a faint green aura, much like the colour of his magic flame, surrounded the book. Cobalt smiled wide at his little underling. “There you go! Now, hold your hand out and guide the book in your mind, think of your hand holding the book, feel the weight in your mind and support it with your strength.”

Spike concentrated hard, trying to picture holding the book in his hand. the book slowly started to inch forward before it slid completely off the shelf, falling a little before spike managed to hold it with his mind. He could actually feel the weight of the book in his hand, sweat pouring down his face as his mind felt like it was going to explode!.

“You’re doing fantastic! Now, slowly and carefully move the book to your sister, Hey Twilight!” Cobalt called out as the Alicorn was still trying to find the book. She stopped and looked at them, then at the book that was right in front of her. Her jaw dropped in amazement as spike struggled to carry the book over with his mind. Tried as he might, it fell just short of where Twilight was. Spike was exhausted mentally, and a little defeated, his body slouching with both physical and mental exhaustion.

“-huff- awww… -Huff- I was… so close…. ATCHOO!” Spike suddenly let out a big loud sneeze and made a huge cloud of magic dust poof all around him. Cobalt tried hard to hold in his laugh, but he couldn't do it and was soon rolling on his back and laughing. “Hey! that wasn’t funny! … Okay maybe it was.” Spike said as he started to laugh with Cobalt, Twilight quickly joining in.

“Hahaha… okay, your new nickname is Poofer. That was adorable!” Said Cobalt as he regained some composure. Spike blushed a bright red and frowned, crossing his arms.

“HMPH I’m not adorable.” He stated in frustration, trying to hide his blush. It didn’t really work too well and Cobalt started to laugh again and nuzzled Spike’s cheek, which made the smaller dragon flail and laugh. "Alright, alright! Hehe, that WAS cool though.”

“Heh, indeed, as a matter of fact, you seem to be a natural. A lot of dragons can’t do something to that scale when they just begin learning their element. Hey, you know since I spent a lot of time watching my brother’s classes, maybe I can help you a little bit?” Spike nodded enthusiastically in approval. Just as he was going to get up and stretch, a bolt of lightning flashed outside, followed by an earth shaking thunderclap. Spike jumped in the air and immediately hid under his blanket. Cobalt, having quite the opposite reaction to it, ran to the window and smiled in excitement.

“Aww yeah! My favourite weather! Maybe one day I’ll be able to control lighting storms.” Cobalt said whilst watching the bolts come down all around Ponyville.

“If you do, please make them go away…” Said Spike, his voice muffled by the blanket he was hiding under. Cobalt turned and looked at him, a sympathetic smile creeping on his face as he walked over to Twilight.

“Afraid of thunder?” He asked her quietly. She look at him and nodded.

“Ever since he was a hatchling.” Cobalt looked at her and back at Spike, who by now poked his head from his blanket cocoon.

“H-hey, you know I can hear you guys just fine!” He said in defence, trying his best to regain his composure as he stood up with the blanket wrapped around him.

“Heh, it’s alright, Spike. We all have something that we’re afraid of, remember?” Cobalt said with a smile, which only made Spike blush again, realizing that the older dragon was quoting him. “Only issue is that well… you know, that’s my element.” Cobalt said with a slight chuckle.

Just then, the Dragon book opened up and writing started to appear on the next page. All three went silent as they watch the book scribe itself. The book finished writing its new piece and remained open as the text was transferred from scribbles to print writing. All three of them gathered around the pedestal and Twilight started to read the text.

“The conflict of dragons and ponies has reached a holding point, neither side has come to a conclusion to what can be done about the alleged dragon egg poaching. The Grand Dragon refuses the Pony’s aid in searching for the culprits in fear that it could lead to more harm than help.”

“God my dad’s such a paranoid Softscale… don’t repeat that Spike.” Cobalt said whilst face palming in shame. “I’m sorry guys I knew something like this was going to happen. He’s too damn prideful and paranoid to ask for help.” Spike put his claw on Cobalt’s shoulder.

“Hey, it’s not your fault, Cobi. You didn’t ask for this to happen.” He said in hopes to comfort Cobalt. Cobalt looked back at Spike and gave him a slightly defeated look, his body slouching as he sat down.

“I know Spike, I’m just so tired of my father’s ways. It’s going to bite him in the tail one of these days and I hope it doesn’t have a backlash effect. Anyway, I’m gonna go take a nap to cool my nerves. No need to be negative, right? Join if you want Spike, you’re always welcome.” Cobalt said in a slightly dry tone as he slouched over and walked to his straw bed, sat down and laid his head on his hands. Spike couldn’t help but feel bad for Cobalt, though he wasn’t quite sure why Cobalt was acting the way he did. It wasn’t like HE made those decisions for his father. Spike walked up carefully to Cobalt’s side and sat down. Spike looked up to Twilight and shrugged, Twilight responded with a look of confusion and concern.

“H...hey Cobalt, you… you wanna go to Sugarcube Corner? I know it’s… storming, and you didn't really get a great first impression; but I bet you something sweet will cheer you right up! I know it does for me.” Cobalt looked at the smaller dragon, sighed heavily and shifted to get up.

“Yeah, I guess it couldn't hurt. Stay under my wing, buddy. You wanna join us, Twi?” Twilight shook her head and smiled.

“I wish I could, but I have to do a bit of studying, I want to find out how the spell on the book works.” Cobalt nodded and pushed Spike on the back softly with his wing.

“Sure thing, just please be careful. Let’s go… Poofer” Cobalt said with a snicker as he lifted up his wing over Spike. Spike rolled his eyes and pushed him playfully, laughing as well as they walked into the storm towards Sugarcube Corner.

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The rain thankfully started to let up a little as they got to sugarcube corner. The place wasn’t nearly as busy as it usually was thanks to the storm so Cobalt and Spike got a seat real quickly. Spike looked around at the large interior, chuckling to himself as he remembered how small it used to be. Cobalt had a little bit of anxiety because of the tightness of the place in relation to his wings, but he was determined to keep them closed good this time.

“Oh hey Spike! It’s been a while, Dearie!” Exclaimed Mrs. Cake as she walked up to their table. “My, my you’ve managed to grow quite a bit since I last saw you, dear. Oh, and who’s this? New friend?” She asked whilst looking up to Cobalt who was blushing slightly.

“Heh, yeah! Mrs.Cake, this is Cobalt, he’s the son of the grand dragon and he’s staying with me and Twilight for a little bit while his dad talks about some issues with the princesses. Hey, speaking of ponies, is Pinkie here?” Said Spike with a spark of enthusiasm.

“Oh no, dearie, she’s been running around for days now, I wonder what she’s up to.” Spike couldn’t help but snort as he knew exactly what was happening.

“Oh, I think I know. Don’t worry about it, Mrs.Cake, everything’s good.” Said Spike whilst looking up at Cobalt, who had a confused smile on his face. Mrs. Cake simply nodded and took their orders. Spike ordered his usual and gave Cobalt the same thing since he had never been there before. Cobalt looked around the room and noticed that near the back there was a DJ setup, which made him perk his ears.

“H-Hey! You guys have Raves in here?” He asked with his tail twitching in excitement. Spike looked up at him and then followed his gaze to the DJ table.

“Uh, well I don’t really know what a rave is, but we do have dance parties. Is a rave like that?” Cobalt’s jaw dropped almost comically as he slowly turned his gaze to Spike, who blushed and looked away.

“Y-you’re telling me ponies here don’t have raves!?” He asked in disbelief, his body almost seeming frozen. Spike looked up at him and laughed nervously.

“Ahhh… w-well we do, I think there’s been a couple here. It’s just… ahehe... I’ve just never been to one.” Cobalt’s eyes went from surprised to excited.

“Oooooooohhhh I know what we’re going to do before I have to go.” Cobalt said happily, bouncing up and down on the spot. Spike looked up at Cobalt with a confused gaze as Cobalt suddenly started acting like a little kid in a candy store.

“W-wait, I’ve been to some dance parties and they’re REALLY crowded, I thought you were afraid of crowds? Also, I thought you’ve never been to a party.” Cobalt smiled and shook his head.

“No, Spike, It’s not crowds by themselves, it’s the attention IN the crowds, I’m not big on attention. And I haven’t never had a birthday party, never been to one either. Raves aren’t as much of a party as they are an excuse to go nuts on a dance floor, which is a lot of fun. Besides, nobody knows who I am, I have a mask and outfit on when I DJ.” Cobalt spat out accidentally. Spike looked up at Cobalt and gave a surprised smile, his ears perking up.

“You DJ? That’s so cool!” He said whilst holding his arms in the air for emphasis.

“Hehe, yeah I do a little. Stage name’s SadistSiren and my type of music is Hardscale, I think ponies call it Stompstyle. I usually play in the big mix cities like Dragonto and Fangtreal.” Cobalt said with a hint of pride in his voice.

“Mix...cities?” Spike said whilst cocking his head in curiosity.

“Ah, right, you’ve lived here most your life. Well Mix cities are cities where Ponies, Griffins and Dragons live together. The biggest two are Dragonto and Fangtreal like I said before. The clubs in the two cities are legendary.” Said Cobalt, trying his best to make it as visual as possible with hand gestures. “Hey… how old are you?” He asked in curiosity.

“17, gonna be 18 in June.” Said spike happily, realizing how old he’s gotten.

“Perfect! You’re just old enough to come with me, I’ve got a night that I’ve got to go to Dragonto, the club’s called Black Pegasus. You interested?” Spike’s eyes grew wide with excitement.

“You bet I do!” He exclaimed with a contagious passion.

“Hehe alright! We’ll run it by Twilight when we get back.” Cobalt stated with the same enthusiasm that Spike radiated. Just then, Mrs.Cake returned to their table with their cupcakes.

“Enjoy, boys! It’s on the house, Spike.” She stated happily.

“Wow, thanks, Mrs. Cake, say hi to your husband and kids for me?” Spike said as he picked up his cupcake.

“Sure thing deary, they’ll be happy to know you dropped by.” She stated as she started to walk away. Cobalt, however, interrupted before she could get too far.

“H-hey, Mrs.Cake, do you by chance have any dance parties that you don’t have a DJ for? If so, I’d be more than happy to cover for you!” He said shyly, a slight wag of his tail showing that he was genuinely interested.

“Oh, isn’t that sweet of you! If I have any open slots I’ll be sure to tell you as soon as I can.” She said with a nod of approval before going behind the counter.

“Heh, thanks.” Cobalt responded, scratching the back of his head and blushing. Spike had already gorged himself into his cupcake, blurting out happy moans of content as he bit into it. Cobalt looked down at his and gently picked it up. He peeled off the bottom casing and took a bite into it. His ears perked up and he waggled happily after savouring the taste. “Haos on a cracker, this is amazing!”

“What’d I tell ya? Knew it would cheer you up!” Spike said as he took another bite of his cupcake. As the two were enjoying themselves, the door opened to the sound of the welcome bell. In walked Rarity, who was holding an umbrella over her head with her magic. She closed it and set it on the coat rack in the front.

“Oh darling, you have no idea how bad this weather is for my mane, it’s simply dreadful. How have you been dear?” She said to Mrs.Cake. Spike took notice of her and was suddenly locked in a loving gaze as crumbs fell off his cheeks. Cobalt took note of it and took a couple takes of what was happening, a smile slowly growing on his face.

“Oh- oh ho ho ho look who has the hots for a certain pony. Just keep it in your slit there, Alpha.” Cobalt said giving a big chuckle. “I would also make it look like you didn’t just tear a chocolate cupcake to shreds on your cheek, buddy.” He said to Spike, making a notion to wipe his face. Spike looked at him and then looked down, noticing the crumbs on his snout and quickly wiping them off, before dawning a huge blush, realizing what he just said. Cobalt couldn’t help but laugh. “Awww don’t be embarrassed, buddy, I’m just teasing you.” Spike looked back at Rarity and sighed in defeat.

“Cobalt… have you ever met somepony, or somedragon in your case, who was the most beautiful being you’ve ever met, and you just want to be with them forever? But, every time you try to get close, something brings you further back?” Cobalt smiled and sighed, looking up slightly and remembering his times back in the big mix cities.

“hmhm yeah… Met this dragon at one of the clubs I went to regularly. Oh gods the tail he had was so nice. I’d go to the rave every week just to watch him dance-”

“W-wait, HIM!?” Spike said a little too loudly, making a few ponies turn to look at him. Spike ducked his head as he realized what he did and spoke quieter “Y-...you’re gay?” Cobalt’s face went bright pink with embarrassment as his head dropped and shoulders slouched.

“Oh! N-no… I’m Bisexual. Don’t worry though, I-I don’t like you like that… if that’s what you’re worrying about.” He said with his face going nearly entirely pink.

“Heh, no it’s not that, I just… I’d never figure you to like guys. It’s cool though, I have no issue with that.” Spike said happily, which made Cobalt sigh with relief.

“A-anyway, I eventually got the nerve to ask him to dance. We danced and… wow was it good. He brought me back to his apartment after and… well I wanna keep it in MY slit so I’m going to stop there.Let’s just say his moves weren’t limited to the dancefloor.” Spike’s face was frozen with his mouth slightly open, blush raging across his face. He was almost embarrassed he now knew that Cobalt has had sex before. Heck, he was still trying to understand how he just found out he liked boys.

“W-well that’s… wow.” Spike managed to sputter out. Cobalt looked away with his blush raging and a blissful smile decorating his rosy cheeks, obviously lost in his own little world. Spike looked over and jumped in surprise to see Rarity right next to him, which caught him off guard. “OH! H-hey Rarity! What are you doing here?” He asked with the blush on his face staying stubbornly in place.

“Oh, just a little shopping for a get together I’m having tomorrow night. Hopefully this dreadful rain lets up, wouldn’t want it to be ruined. You, Twilight and Cobalt are all welcome to come, dear.” She said happily, looking up to Cobalt and him, who were both sort of blushing. She looked at both of them and gave a confused smile.

“Oh...oh dear, am I interrupting something between you two?” She asked with a slight hint of confusion and embarrassment. Cobalt and Spike looked at each other with eyes wide open and then to her before bursting out in laughter. After Cobalt managed to gain some composure, he spoke to her.

“Ooh no no no no no no no Rarity, he was just trying to cheer me up with some sweets, we’re more than happy to attend, thank you very much.” She couldn’t help but laugh at her mistake and nod in approval.

“Very good, it’s at 6:00pm, nothing formal, just a friendly congregation, if you will, ta ta.” She said as he trotted to the entrance with her cupcakes in one magic bubble and umbrella in the other. Both Cobalt and Spike finished up their cupcakes and got up to go, Cobalt putting his wing over Spike as they walked home. There was a lot that they learned about each other today, a lot to take in as well and they were both very tired, time for a nice dragon nap.

Author's Note:

Well, there you go, Cobalt is Bisexual and Spike still has some serious hots for Rarity, aslo, Cobalt does Dance music and RAVE TIME IMMINENT :D We also see that the summit between ponies and dragons has reached what seems to be another impasse as Cobalt's father doesn't really trust ponies that much.

Of course there was a lot of development in this chapter with what happened last chapter, don't worry I have big plans for next week ^^, HOPE YOU ENJOYED :D

Comments

[KARLOS1234IFY]

Didn't see that coming.

[DARKPHANTOM13]

I didn't see that coming though it gives Cobalt some more depth. In all honesty I have nothing against gays and bisexuals. I have a few friends that are either bi or gay. As a matter of fact I found out more or less the same way Spike did. They either told me or somebody else did, like another member of the family.

[VBA]

Nice Chapter. loving the story.
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Critics Time:

I believe that you should brake down the characters dialog and insert some description of the dialog, say how they are saying it.
For example:

“Oh just a little shopping for a get together I’m having tomorrow night, hopefully this dreadful rain lets up, wouldn’t want it to be ruined. You, Twilight and Cobalt are all welcome to come, dear.” She said happily, looking up to Cobalt and him, who were both sort of blushing. She looked at both of them and gave a confused smile.

this dialog was Done Right.

“Cobalt… have you ever met somepony, or somedragon in your case, who was the most beautiful being you’ve ever met, and you just want to be with them forever? but every time you try to get close, something brings you further back?” Cobalt smiled and sighed, looking up slightly and remembering his times back in the big mix cities.

First, don't end the Dialog like this:

...further back?” Cobalt smiled and sighed...

it is confusing.

Second (Suggestion Of mine)
Try doing something like this:

“Cobalt… " Spike started, a bit nervous "have you ever met somepony, or somedragon in your case," Spike words suddenly became passionate as he looked at Rarity "who was the most beautiful being you’ve ever met, and you just want to be with them forever? but every time you try to get close, something brings you further back?” Spike finished with frustration on his voice.
Cobalt smiled and sighed...

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it was an amazing chapter.
i'm waiting for the next one.
keep the good work

[Cobaltin]

3589881 hehe well you got me on a couple things ^^' I actually had less time than usual to revise so I might've missed a few little errors along the way. But thanks for letting me know, I'll make sure I take note of those next time~

[spike the mustache]

“N-no… I’m Bisexual. Don’t worry though, I don’t like you like that… if that’s what you’re worrying about.”

... aw