Draconic Awakening

by saber1994

Of Parties and Dreams

Elliot stood in the corner of the library munching on a cupcake. He looked around the now completely redecorated library admiring how quickly Pinkie had thrown the party together. It had only been a couple of hours ago that she had asked him if he liked parties. Before he had been able to answer her she had disappeared back into the crowd of ponies. After the gathering Twilight, Elliot, and Celestia had returned to the library only to find it filled with ponies in celebration of Elliot’s arrival.

Now that the party had commenced Elliot had felt fairly awkward among the other ponies. Not only did he feel separate from them, they acted as if he had no business being there. While none of them were openly discriminating against him, he could feel their looks showing he was yet to be accepted among them. Throughout the party he had just been standing in various corners offering kind words to any of the ponies who decided to approach him. The only real company that he had had so far was of Twilight and her close friends.

They’ll never accept you. They will only treat as the freak of nature that you are. They don’t think that you belong in
Equestria.

Elliot shuddered at those thoughts. He felt that they could be true but did his best to push them aside. No matter how different he was, he was still being accepted on some level. Twilight and her friends had been willing enough to take him in and treat him with kindness. However these positive thoughts still didn’t do well enough to completly drive away his doubts. Doing his best to take his mind off of these sour thoughts he decided to become more sociable and active in the party.

He walked over to a group of ponies that were playing a game called Pin the Tail on the Pony. For a moment he watched as a filly stumbled around trying to find the picture that she could attach the tail too. Elliot smiled at the cute sight. After a bit more watching Elliot stepped closer to the ponies, “Mind if I take a turn?”

Once his voice reached their ears the ponies gasped and all took a step back. Trying to recover quickly and act as if they expected him they quickly nodded their heads in approval. Elliot tried to offer a friendly smile to seem a bit less intimidating. He knelt down next to the pony with the blindfold and allowed her to tie it around his eyes. He then stood up and allowed them to push at his legs and cause him to spin around in a circle. Elliot couldn’t help but feel as if he had played a game that was similar to this one at one point of his life.

Elliot slowly stepped in the direction that he thought the picture of the pony was. As he was walking he suddenly
bumped into a low hanging potted plant. This caused him to stumble forcing him to quickly change directions so that he could keep his balance. His sudden change in direction did not help keep him stable as he managed to walk right into a pony that was in the way of his new path. After he bumped her, he began to fall. In an attempt to catch himself he stretched out his arms to break his fall. However, in doing this the tail that he was holding fell right onto the place that his right hand was about to land. Not being able to see where his hands were going to end up he was unable to alter the course that they were taking. Before he knew it he landed and an inexplicably sharp pain shot up his right wrist.

“Motherfucker!” Elliot shouted at the top of his lungs as the pin pierced his palm and embedded itself all the way to its base. When Elliot finally regained his senses and took note of his surroundings, he heard how quiet everypony had become. They had been laughing at his antics and how silly he looked as he flailed around. However once they heard him curse they were extremely shocked.

Good job, now they’re sure to reject you. Just look how innocent they are. If you speak like that they will never accept you.

Again Elliot felt the pessimistic thoughts flow in. The negativity that they showed felt almost foreign to him. He felt the need to ignore these thoughts, yet they seemed to speak a great truth to him. Before he could think much more about them, more waves of pain shot through his hand and up his wrist. This caused him to grab it to try and keep his mind off of the pain.

Twilight was the first to react. “Alright everypony shows over let’s get back to having some fun.” She quickly trotted over to where Elliot was now gripping his palm trying to alleviate the pain. “Are you alright? Follow me to the kitchen so that we
can take care of your hand,” Twilight told him while trying to usher him out of the room.

Once they entered the kitchen Twilight used her magic to remove the pin from his palm. She then got some water from the sink and used it to wash the small wound off. Afterwards she got a bandage from a nearby medical kit and applied it. When all was said and done Twilight sat down in a chair at a table, and she motioned for Elliot to sit across from her

“Elliot, I know that you just hurt yourself, but care to explain why you said what you said?”

“I’m not sure it just came naturally to me. Why is it wrong to say that or something?” Elliot asked innocently.

“Well I’m not sure how you’re kind treats those words, but most ponies find that language very insulting. I felt that you’re previous usage was more justifiable, yet this time there were numerous fillies in the room and every single one of them heard you. It would probably be best if you went and apologized, that way you will at least be able to reconcile somewhat.”

Elliot allowed his head to hang low. He felt embarrassed at being scolded like he was a young child. “I’m sorry Twilight. I’ll be sure to control myself better in the future,” he began to walk towards the kitchen door so that he could go and apologize. Before he got far, he felt a strange sensation holding him back and then turning him around to face Twilight.

“Don’t let this get to you too much. I know they’ll forgive you, just be sincere in your apology okay.” Twilight gave Elliot a reassuring smile and then released him from her magic. With that she left the kitchen to mingle among the other party goers. Elliot, however, sat back down to think of the best way that he could say that he was sorry.

Just accept it, there’s absolutely nothing that you can do. They will never forgive you. You are just some monster that has already shown that it has no manners. It’s just a matter of time before they truly start to fear you.

Elliot was about to give up hope on finding the right way to go about it, yet he decided that he should at least do something. Whether they felt that his apology was sincere or not they would judge him a bit less if he at least attempted it. Elliot stood, slightly more confident, and walked back into the crowded library room. As soon as he entered everything got quieter with most of the ponies turning their attention to him.

Elliot gathered himself and took a deep breath to try and remain calm. Clearing his throat Elliot began his apology. “I’m sorry about what I said. I can’t really take it back, but I would if I could. I do promise to do my best to refrain from saying that or anything similar ever again.” With that Elliot grabbed another cupcake and went to the same corner he had been originally sitting in.

He began eating the cupcake and watched as the party slowly restarted and the mood began to lighten. After a short while a gray pegasus with a blonde mane came and sat next to Elliot. “I’m not sure about everypony else, but I can forgive you. I can relate to being different,” she said as she gave him a hug. After that she trotted off and found some muffins that she started to eat.

Elliot let her words sink in. He felt as though he had been too quick to judge the ponies’ reactions. Smiling, Elliot looked around the room and found that none of the ponies showed any negative feelings towards him. He could still sense a slight air of awkwardness whenever he locked eyes with one of them, but he could see that his apology had indeed been accepted by everypony.

With that burden being lifted from his shoulders, Elliot stood up feeling the stress of the day finally taking its toll. He left to find Twilight to find out where he would be sleeping for the night. Princess Celestia had earlier stated that he would be staying in the library so that he could have a more direct link with Celestia. He knew that it was for him to be kept under watch, yet he completely understood her reasoning. After a short search Elliot saw Twilight conversing with Pinkie Pie.

“Hey Twilight, I’m pretty tired think you could show me to my room?” He asked.

“Sure. I’ll be back in just a moment Pinkie,” Twilight started to walk off to lead Elliot to his room.

“Thanks for the party Pinkie. I loved the cupcakes and had tons of fun,” he called to Pinkie as he was following Twilight down a short hallway. He heard Pinkie shout something after him, but he didn’t quite hear what she said. Once they reached a door at the end of the hallway, Twilight opened it for Elliot.

“Sorry your room had to be in the basement. It’s the only room big enough to be used as a bedroom. I had Spike set up a bed for you, so it should be to your liking. Hope you sleep well,” she offered as she began to walk away.

Elliot was going to say thanks, but she had already left when he tried to tell her. He looked down the steps and into the room. He hesitated about going down there. The room seemed dark and foreboding causing Elliot to question whether it would be safe for him to go down there. Elliot couldn’t help but feel as if it was some sort of trap to lock Elliot up without him being able to put up a fight.

After getting over his initial fears Elliot eventually walked down the stairs. Once he reached the bottom step he looked around the room and saw that the room was indeed furnished to suit a being like him. The bed was of a reasonable length and would be able to hold Elliot without his legs hanging off of the edge. He walked over to the bed and fell down onto it. Not long afterwards Elliot felt his tiredness creep throughout his body overwhelming his senses and sending him into the unconscious world.

Elliot felt himself being shaken around. When he opened his eyes he looked around and saw that he was in a clearing in some sort of forest. Elliot tried to figure out where he was, but could see no distinguishing features as to his location. “Twilight! Anypony! Where am I!” he tried calling out into the air.

When he heard no response Elliot began to panic. He knew that going down into that room was a horrible idea. Feeling betrayed Elliot couldn’t help but berate himself for his stupidity and gullibility. Before long, however, he began to hear a voice calling out to him. Searching for the source of the voice Elliot began to walk out of the clearing and in a random direction towards the sound.

Not long after he exited the clearing he walked out into another clearing. This one looked exactly like the other one and upon further investigation Elliot saw that it was the same clearing. Confused Elliot decided to walk out a different way. He made sure not to make any turns, but he soon found himself back in the same clearing again. Even though Elliot had made no progress through the forest, the voice that he had been hearing sounded as if it were much closer than it had previously been. Elliot gave up hope on trying to escape the clearing. He knew that he was in some form of magical prison and he would never be able to leave on his own.

“Ah there you are my dear Elliot!” a voice said coming from seemingly everywhere at once.

Elliot quickly jumped up and looked around. He didn’t see anyone and began to think he might be going crazy. “Hello?” he called out hoping to locate the speaker.

Materializing out of thin air, a mysterious being appeared in front of him. Elliot jumped back at the sight. Even though he had grown accustomed to seeing talking ponies nothing had prepared him for this. Before him stood a creature that was made up of various different animals. It had a fairly pony like head with a deer antler on the left and a goat horn on the right. He had a long fang on the left and a goat like beard. His left arm was that of a lion and right claw as an eagles, and his left leg was like a lizards with his right being a goats. On his back were a bat’s left wing and a pegasus’s right. The creature’s odd composition came to an end with a snake’s tail.

The creature walked over to Elliot and gave him a hug, picking him up off of the ground. “I have been absolutely dying to finally meet you!”

Elliot struggled to free himself from the thing’s grasp. Once he managed to slip away Elliot jumped a few feet backwards giving a gap between the two. “Are you the thing that kidnapped me?” Elliot asked nearly shouting in his anger. The question didn’t faze the creature as he just began to laugh.

“Oh Elliot you sure are a riot! No my boy I did not kidnap you. I am visiting you while you sleep. This is just a dream and you are still in that library with those ponies,” he said in between chuckles.

Elliot softened his guard a little but remained ready to defend himself. “So does that mean that you are a figment of my imagination?”

“No siree! I am one hundred percent perfectly real. I just happen to be a magical creature that knows how to visit others in their dreams. It is much easier than physically finding someone to talk to,” the creature explained to Elliot. During their conversation his body would occasionally distort with his head even levitating away from the rest of his body.

Elliot couldn’t help but stare as the creature’s body provided enough varying positions to keep him enthralled. “Why do you keep doing that with your body?” he finally managed to ask.

“Doing what?” the creature responded seeming to truly not know what was happening with his limbs every moment. Elliot just continued to stare as the antler grew to an exceptionally large size and the goat horn shrank to an almost microscopic pinprick, and afterwards the two would slowly change size to that of the other’s.

“You’re body. It keeps changing! How do you not know that it keeps doing that?”

“Oh that, it’s simply because it makes no sense! I didn’t notice it because this is always happening to me. I tend to forget that it isn’t natural to other creatures, silly me.”

“You’re telling me that your body changes, just because that doesn’t make sense. That itself makes absolutely no sense!” Elliot shouted beginning to get frustrated.

“Exactly! Making sense is so overrated. Why would I do that when I can do anything else? Anything that I could ever imagine to do!” the creature laughed maniacally.

Elliot groaned in frustration and turned walking away in a huff. The creature was beginning to annoy him to the point that he was about to snap. Just before Elliot could walk a long distance the creature appeared in front of him. “Woah slow down there speedy, I still need to talk to you. I can’t have you leaving just yet when I still need to deliver a message.”

Elliot stopped and stared at the creature. He couldn’t help but wonder what message it could have and why it needed to be delivered. Feeling skeptical about the situation he crossed his arms and looked at the creature. “Alright shoot. I would much prefer a restful sleep over having to deal with you all night.”

“Well, the thing is, these ponies, you can’t trust them. I understand if you don’t believe me, but it is the truth. Their princess brought you here for some reason. This reason remains unknown to me, yet I know that it cannot be good for this world. I believe she is going to use you to wage a war against the griffons.”

Elliot thought his words over for a moment. “What makes you think this? How would you possibly have any idea what she is planning?”

“I know her and her family personally. I know that there has always been a feud between the ponies and griffons. It would make sense” the creature shuddered at those words “to bring back one of the few creatures ever banished from Equestria. In my experience there have only been three creatures banished from this land for any period of time. They are the basilisk, humans, and Nightmare Moon. Now that he has brought a human back to Equestria it can only be for some destructive purpose. These ponies may seem as if they are accepting you, but that is just for show. You are far too different from them. I’m sure you can see just how uncomfortable you make them. They only want to use you,” the creature finished after finally growing serious for his speech.

Elliot tried to take this only to grow more and more despaired. The creature seemed to know what he was talking about. The ponies definitely seemed to not want him around when possible. The few that seemed the most accepting, Elliot had discovered, were also some of the closest to the princess. He didn’t want to accept this as the truth, yet he felt that it was.

After a short moment Elliot came to a conclusion. “Alright what should I do?”

“The best thing for you to do is to meet me in the Everfree forest. There I can give more insight into the princess’s nefarious plot. Once you have acquired her father’s journal I will meet you outside of the castle, and I will tell you all you need to know. Afterwards you will need to meet with the princess and continue on as usual we wouldn’t want to make her suspicious. Now then it’s about time I get going. You need to wake soon, and boy do you have a big day ahead. Tata for now” the creature said as he began walking away and fading into nothing.

Before he fully disappeared Elliot grabbed him on the shoulder. “Wait, who are you?”

The creature turned to Elliot and gave a smile. “I am a friend. I shouldn’t tell you my name just in case you accidentally let it slip who you dreamt about,” he said as he vanished before Elliot’s eyes.

Elliot jerked awake. Rubbing his temple he tried to make sense of the dream he had had. Sadly he could think of nothing and only became more and more confused. However one conclusion was certain. Elliot knew that he could not trust these ponies.

AN: Been a long while since I was able to get two chapters up within a week. Well guess what, I plan on making them come much faster. Now that I am completely done with exams I now have pretty much all day to come up with ideas of what to put in a chapter. Anyway I hope that everyone enjoys the chapter.

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[Fernin]

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[Firedon]

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[Lord_Kalbario]

Oh boy

[Lord_Kalbario]

Oh boy614827
oh, i just noticed, "the princess nefarious PLOT"