Nightmare of the Dragons
Spike awoke in the dark forest again, the faint sounds of rustling in the distance. He walked around aimlessly before he heard the whisper again. Everything seemed the same: The whisper, the sounds of devastation, the screaming and the horrific scene. Just before the pony went in for the kill, the blue flash exploded and he shot up, sweating profusely and hyperventilating hard enough for his chest to expand to twice its size.
It happened again, the nightmare happened again. Every time he closed his eyes, it happened, and he was losing sleep over it. If not for the incubation stuff that Cobalt did wit him, he wouldn’t be sleeping at all. He looked up at Cobalt, whose silhouette was looking down at him with a worried expression on his face. Spike couldn’t take it anymore, it all finally started to get to him as he couldn’t help but start to cry, snugging in as close as he could to Cobalt and burying his head into his chest.
“There there, Spike, I gotcha. It’s alright buddy.” Cobalt said as he held Spike close to him, letting him cry quietly as he rubbed his sweaty back. Spike couldn’t move, he could barely breathe. Every night this happened and he couldn’t take another second of it. “What’s going on, sweetie? You were tossing and turning like mad.”
“I...I-I-I… oh Ponyfeathers!” Spike said through his choppy breathing, trying to compose himself as best he could.
“Shhhh sweetie, don’t get too loud, we don’t wanna wake your sister. C’mon, you’re a big boy, deep breaths.” Cobalt said quietly, petting Spikes head slowly to calm him down. Spike nodded with his face still buried into Cobalt’s chest before pulling away from it. After taking a few deep breaths, he finally was able to speak.
“I’ve… I-I’ve been having this nightmare… every night I have It… I-I-I Just…” Spike said as he started to tear up again. “I wake up in a f-forest. Everyone’s g...gone and I’m all alone. I hear a wh-whisper and I follow it to Ponyville on fire a-a-and dragons and ponies killing each other. Th-then A pony goes to attack me and… every time he’s about to get me th-there’s a flash of blue light and then I wake up.” Spike said quietly, tears still streaming down his face. Cobalt’s expression went stone cold serious as he hugged the smaller dragon close.
“That’s… Spike, it’s a blue flash?” Cobalt asked him with a serious tone. Spike became confused by Cobalt’s reaction and showed his confusion on his puffy eyed face as he gave a litte nod. Cobalt’s ears dropped and his lips tensed up, Spike could feel Cobalt’s heart beating harder and his breath get deeper. “Spike… I’ve been having a dream too. I wake up in Ponyville on fire… and your sister told me that you fell off my back just a few moments ago, and I have to go find you. When I do, you’re at the edge of a forest, and you’re paralyzed. You don’t notice the Soldier running after you. So I do that electric slingshot thing when I fly and just before he hits you, I hit terminal speed and everything goes light blue…” Cobalt’s was a mix of puzzled and shocked as he thought over what was going on.
Spike stopped crying. He went from frustrated and scared, to downright terrified. Cobalt was having… the other end of the dream!?
“Spike,”Cobalt started, trying to figure out how to explain this to the younger dragon, “This isn’t a dream, this is a… a premonition. A glimpse into the future, if you will. This isn’t that uncommon, but something this vivid… the Gods could be trying to tell us something.” Cobalt said dryly, still trying to piece together what was happening.
“W-Well… what do you think it means? Can we do anything about it?” Spike asked fearfully, hoping that Cobalt was wrong with what he saw in the dream. Cobalt seemed defeated and shook his head.
“I don’t know, Spike. I do, however, know someone who can help us. Don’t worry about it for now though. As of now, there’s nothing we can do. Try to get some sleep, buddy.” Cobalt said quietly. Spike sighed heavily and growled quietly, looking up at Cobalt.
“I...I don’t think I can, Cobi. I just… I don’t think I can bring myself to have that nightmare again.” Spike said, the visions of his nightmare flashing back in his mind, making him shudder and breathe heavily. Cobalt paused for a moment, thinking about what he could do. His ears perked up as an idea crossed his mind.
“Hey… want me to sing you to sleep?” Cobalt said with his whispering enthusiasm. Spike blinked and looked up at Cobalt, cocking his head slightly.
“You sing?” Spike asked with a curious tone. Cobalt nodded happily and shifted a little bit.
“B-but… what if you wake Twilight up?” Spike said quietly as he looked over to his sister, who shifted under the covers. Cobalt looked at her too and his ears started to droop a little. However, they suddenly perked as he got another idea. He put his nose against Spike’s which caught the little dragon off guard, making him flinch. “G-Gah! w-what are you-”
“Shhhhhh, shut up and just close your eyes.” Cobalt said with a slight chuckle, closing his eyes. Spike hesitated; was Cobalt trying to kiss him? What the heck was going on? He eventually figured Cobalt probably wasn’t intending to do anything bad and slowly closed his eyes, hoping his hunch was right. He opened his eyes back up after a moment and he was sitting on what looked to be water, or at least it flowed like water under his body. Above him there was the stars and the moon. But there wasn't just the stars that he could see at night like normal; it seemed like the entire sky was lit up with billions upon billions of stars. He was in awe, it looked so beautiful.
“Spike.” Rang out a familiar voice from behind. Spike turned his body towards the voice, and he saw Cobalt sitting there just behind him. Cobalt smiled and patted his lap, to Spike nodded and sat down on it, leaning back into his body as Cobalt loosely wrapped his arms around Spike. “My Spirit Teacher sang this to me because I had sleeping troubles when my wings started growing in. It’s called a... lullabye in your language, we call it a ‘Suinje Uihf Heistn’ or ‘Song of rest.’ This song is older than most of your civilization, it pre-dates the princesses, back when sirens raised and lowered the sun and moon. The lullabye is called ‘Sieheina Kairrn uihf Niejhtn’, which translates to ‘Siren Call of Night’.”
“Just sing it darnit, I’m getting tired just listening.” Spike said jokingly, laying back and curling up in Cobalt’s lap. Cobalt simply smiled gently and started to sing.
Sleep now my young one now ends the day
The siren's sweet aria hides the sun
darkness won't hurt you no matter how deep
the sparkle of stars will keep you safe
Rest your heavy eyes in peaceful rest
I watch over you as I would of my life
Sweet tender serenade dance through the trees
Harp on my heart strings to lull you to sleep
Sleep under gentle skies swooning so slow
let your heart beat to the sound of the wind
Know in your heart I will never be far
Sweetie my tender my Hatchling of light.
Know in your heart I will never be far
Sweetie my tender my Hatchling of light.
At first, Spike couldn’t help but shoot his eyes open in amazement. Cobalt’s voice, unlike his quiet, soft-spoken talking voice, was so deep and warm. On top of that, wherever he was transported to, had a very sweet echo. As Cobalt sang on, Spike started to feel very groggy, like the song had some sort of… magical power over him. He didn’t even make it to the end of the short lullabye as he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
As Cobalt finished the last of the lullabye, he looked down at Spike who was snoozing softly. Still keeping the gentle smile he had on earlier, Cobalt closed his eyes and breathed in heavily. When he opened his eyes again, they were back in the library and Spike was still nose-touching with him, he was asleep. Cobalt slowly pushed Spike’s nose down to the bed and positioned himself over him to keep him warm. As Cobalt went to fall asleep again, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of brotherly pride to the younger dragon, something he’s never felt before, and he liked it.
“Juiikh Niejhtn, Bhuitheihn” He said in a whisper. “Good night, Brother.”
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“Ready, Poofer!?” Cobalt called out to the other side of the field.
“Ready! AND MY NAME’S NOT POOFER!” Spike yelled back at him, face showing the slight signs of a blush. Cobalt laughed at Spike as the young dragon got flustered, then dug his feet into the ground. With a big breath he took one of the rotten apples from the bucket with his static levitation and started to charge his power. Once he was satisfied with the force he let it snap over to Spike, who was waiting to catch it.
The rotten apple hurdled towards him at an impressive speed as he tried his best to focus on it. He brought his hand out as the apple started to have Spike’s magic glow, trying to picture it in his mind. The apple did start to slow down, however, it wasn’t strong enough to stop it completely, and it ended up splattering on his chest. Spike looked down and saw the mushy mess on him, showing his disgust in his facial expression as he quickly pushed it off his scales. Cobalt couldn’t help but laugh at Spike as he looked a lot more dramatic than he thought Spike was trying to be.
“Hehe, don’t worry, buddy, you’ll get the next one.” he said through a snicker. Spike looked at him dryly and rolled his eyes.
“Hey! When I asked for your help this mornin, it wasn’t to make a mess, now get movin’ boys!” Applejack said as she walked out of the barn. They both were groggy that morning when she knocked on the library door. She asked for a little help with the harvest this year because Applebloom needed to tend to Granny smith and Big Mac was busy doing some legal work in New Mane city. Both of them were happy to help, they needed something to get their minds of the nightmares they were both having anyway.
Applejack tipped up her hat and gave a gentle grin to both of them. “There’s a pint of fresh Apple cider for both of you when yer done.” She said with a stern but friendly tone. They both looked at each other with ears perked and excited smiles as they both took the barrels of good apples into the barn.
“Hey, Cobii, I’ve been meaning to ask you something.” Spike stared as they both place their buckets at the back of the barn.
“Shoot, poof.” He said as they walked back outside for the next buckets.
“It’s about your name, your middle name, specifically. I was wondering why it sounded so… strange.” He asked innocently. Cobalt gave him a dirty look at first but then remembered that Spike never knew about dragon culture, which made him blush a bit in embarrassment.
“Ah.. yes, well, A dragon’s middle name is called a Spirit name, and it’s comprised of two words.” He began as he set down the next bucket with a grunt and went with Spike to go get another. “One word comes from Haos, the God of the elements; the other from Atkias, the Goddess of life. The language is very very old, it was the stuff that I was speaking last night.” Cobalt stated while he picked up the next bucket, helping Spike pick his up with his tail as he pushed it up into Spike’s arms. “They’re translations of the old language to current dragon tongue. My ACTUAL middle name is ‘Thoinkeinh-Taiiern, which means ‘Thunder-Tail’.” He said whilst setting down the bucket and wiping the sweat off his brow. Spike looked at him with a slightly confused look, not understanding some of what he was saying.
“I...I think I understand. But why do you have the middle name?” Spike asked curiously. Cobalt simple gestured him outside to the buckets as he began walking outside. Spike followed him closely. As they picked up the next buckets, Cobalt spoke again.
“Well, When you’re born you get the names from either a Deity lead or a Spirit Teacher. It’s a way to identify your element and symbolizes your connection to the gods. Often times in the temples, they refer to you as your Spirit name, it’s a very sacred name.” Cobalt explained as they continued to work. Spike was fascinated by how the names worked in the Dragon culture, realizing that he has heard of something like this before.
“Oh cool, so it’s just like ponies!” He said with enthusiasm. Cobalt looked at him and gave him a confused smile. Spike grinned embarrassedly and chuckled. “A pony gets their cutie mark when they figure out what their purpose is, a lot of the times the cutie mark has to do with the name of the pony, so I just thought it resembled it a little…” Cobalt stopped and looked at him for a moment before giving him an impressed nod.
“That’s actually pretty cool, I would benefit from that immensely.” Cobalt said with a chuckle.
“Heh, makes two of us.” Spike added. They both shared a laugh and continued the task of bringing the apples into the barn. As they worked, Spike got his first real glimpse at the strength of Cobalt. Cobalt’s muscles seemed to tense pretty powerfully but not strain, much unlike Spike who had to take the smaller Buckets in. It didn’t look like Cobalt actively worked out, but the natural muscle on him was impressive, he couldn’t wait to be like that.
Once they had finished and ran it by Applejack, they both went inside to have that drink of apple cider. They were greeted by a wagging Winona as they headed inside, Applebloom took note of them and walked over to the door to greet them.
“Well howdy boys, lookin’ for that cider my sister poured for ya?” They both nodded in approval. She smiled and looked over to granny smith, who was sitting with a quilt on the couch. “Granny I’ll be back. I’m just gonna show them to the kitchen.” She stated in a shouting tone, making Cobalt and Spike cringe.
“What? Oh… oh okay deary, I’ll be here.” Granny said as she went back to her quilt. Apple Bloom took both dragons to the kitchen and sat them down, sliding the glasses towards them. Cobalt decided against chugging it down once he had a taste, he couldn’t let something that good go to waste. Spike, having drank the Apple family cider before, gulped it down in seconds, showing his appreciation with a loud burp that made Apple Bloom giggle.
“Ugh, that was incredible. Hey, I gotta use the washroom, guys I’ll be back soon.” Spike said quickly as he got up and stretched and walked to the washroom. Cobalt nodded and continued to drink the cider. He looked down at Apple Bloom and his eyes widened as he noticed her loving gaze at Spike as he walked down the hallway. Taking a couple double takes, he set the glass down and looked at her. She quickly realizes his change in attention and looked away from Spike, a gentle blush growing on her.
“Were… you staring at his tail?” He asked her with a slightly mischievous grin. Apple Bloom quickly put her hoof on his mouth as he said it.
“SHHHHH, not so loud. I… I’ve had a little crush on him for a couple years now. I mean, look at him!” She said whilst using her other hoof to point to Spike. Cobalt looked over at spike as he stretched out and burped again, sniffing the air after and coughing at his breath. Cobalt grinned from ear to ear in an attempt not to laugh.
“Heh, yeah he’s a keeper alright.” Cobalt said with a sarcastic tone. Apple Bloom couldn’t help but laugh too at Spike.
“Heh, well he has his quirks, but he’s super sweet and… ugh I dunno, it shouldn’t be right that a pony likes a dragon, it just don’t mix.” She said looking down at the table. Cobalt gave her a surprised look.
“Where did you hear that?” He asked her, lifting her head up with his tail. She looked up at him quickly before looking away again; Cobalt could almost feel her shame.
“Some… girls at my school found out I liked him and told me that. My friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell told me it’s nothing big but… gosh I don’t know.” She said with a hint of defeat in her voice. Cobalt put a claw on her shoulder gently, which made her look up at him.
“Whoever told you that has a smaller brain than a fly. Don’t be afraid to love someone sweetie, take it from the male who’s been bullied for years because I had a boyfriend.” Cobalt said softly. Apple Bloom looked and him and giggled.
“You like boys huh? big deal, so does my best colt friend, and he’s the sweetest feller you’ll ever meet!” She said proudly. “Say… does that mean that you like Spike that way? I mean, you two seem to get along like that.” She said as her expression turned from happy to curious. Cobalt’s ears perked up, then sank as he started to blush.
“Oh, n-no, hun. I don’t like him like that. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he has some great traits, but… I don’t know, he doesn’t feel like someone I could date.” He said whilst scratching the back of his head. She smiled and nodded, figuring she shouldn’t prod any more than that. “Hey, you know, we’ve never officially met, and yet you’re willing to tell me all this stuff?” He asked her, hoping it would change the topic of the situation. She looked down at the floor for a moment, as if to give it some thought, then she looked back up to him and spoke.
“Well, my sister seems to think you’re trustworthy, and she wouldn’t be goin around pretending she did. So if she trusts you, then I trust you too. Besides, it’s not like I can hide an obvious gaze.” She said cheerfully, giggling slightly at the end of her explanation. Cobalt chuckled along with her.
“Heh, you’re right there.” He said in approval. She put her hoof on his claw and looked up to him.
“Hey, don’t tell him about this. I don’t think I’ll ever ask him out, but I don’t think I would want him to know I have these feelings anyway, alright?” She asked him with an undertone of desperation. Cobalt understood and gave her a solid nod, just in time too, Spike walked out of the washroom.
Spike and him went back outside to go continue the day’s work, before Cobalt left, he turned back and gave Apple Bloom a smile, to which she returned before he walked back outside.
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3623337 Same here.
I hope Applebloom acts on those feelings at one point.
3624335 you'll see :3