Fear Me, for My Name is Twaith!

by Michael Hudson

More Surprises!

Celestia came around the bend to find the small book fort had already started to grow, making its way past the first bookshelves of its corner. A small smile came upon her face and she knocked on the top. “I thought you and Sunset would be playing today.”

Twilight’s head poked out and she hummed for a few moments as her eyes wouldn’t meet Celestia’s. “We are.”

“Oh, what game? Perhaps I could join in.”

“I doubt you would want to.”

“Now, I think you give me too little credit. Can you at least tell me what it is so I may judge for myself?”

Twilight glanced back at the children’s books that still littered her bookfort’s floor as her brain raced for anything that she had come across within them as a response. “Hide and Seek.”

“In a bookfort?”

Twilight’s head slowly went back in as she steadied her voice. “Yes.”

Celestia’s horn shone and she lifted up the mounds of books to reveal Twilight, who hissed at the sudden light, despite it not hurting her. “Well, looks like Sunset is cheating then.”

Twilight crossed her hooves. “She said she didn’t want to, okay. I think she is mad at me for yesterday.”

Celestia took in a small breath of air before putting on a soft smile. “It isn’t you, I can assure you of that. Sunset just thinks she failed, and to Sunset, failure is the last thing that is to ever be allowed.”

Twilight took one loose thread in her cloak in between her hooves and sighed. “I… I guess.”

The princess shook her head. “You know what I think you need? Someone you can relate to.” Her horn glowed and slowly a cart came around the corner, revealing a purple and green egg. “I was hoping you might hatch it. It would know nothing of this world, just like you.”

Twilight cocked her head slightly and drifted towards it. “You want me to open this? But I work with darkness and ice, not life.”

“Dragon eggs react to the natural magic of their mothers, and after long enough, instead of simply keeping them warm and fed, the magic causes it to hatch. This one is plenty old, but it has never received the right jump start. I believe you will have the amount of magic required to give it just that.”

She glanced back down at the egg and ran a hoof along its edge. A dragon. I’ve never met a dragon before. I bet it would be really cute as a baby. She smiled slightly as a dark aura came over her. A sudden want spread through her. She wasn’t just interested in what was within like with the books, she had to know. Her eyes darkened and opened wide as the dark aura flooded into the egg, forcing it to crack open.

A blinding black void caused both to miss the shell’s true breaking, but as the darkness dissipated, a small, dark purple and faded green, baby dragon sat on the pedestal, sucking on its tail. Twilight floated to just over to it. “Ah, you’re so cute!”

The little dragon looked up at her with grey eyes, extending its arms and weakly wrapping them around her. She snuggled against it, enjoying the cold of the creature’s scales and the sharpness of its bony claws.

Celestia on the other hand spent a few moments staring at the literally bony claws. Something happened, I just can’t pla–

“Hic.”

Twilight held the small creature away from her, not questioning why she could. “Oh, do you need a–“ A large gout of black fire blasted Twilight into a bookshelf on the other side of the library. Celestia caught the baby dracolich just before he hit the grounds, even if one of his spikes pressed into her hoof and cut it slightly.

“Well aren’t you just prickly?” She spent a few moments looking into its eyes as a name formed into her mind. “You’re just going to be another headache for me, aren’t you Spike?” A small hiccup caused her to smile and to start planning the nursery the little thing would need.

Author's Note:

The comment was done by Bobby125 but is unfortunately too long for me to screenshot, so sorry about that. Anyways, two things I want to clarify. First, Spike is a baby, and will probably not progress past this except by magical intervention while the story is going. And two is that everyone is at least close their canon age, so despite the cover art, Twilight is still an adult, not a filly. That is all.

Comments

[Philosophysics]

YES!

WHAT DOES SPIKE LOOK LIKE!?

[SeventhBrony]

And her mothering instincts have awakened! Yeah, Bluey has had it and he isn't even in the story yet

[Michael Hudson]

5894572 Bluey?

5894565 I tried describing him okay, but think Spike, thinner, a darker purple, but a faded green color scheme, sharper spikes, and his claws (hands and feet) end with bone only, no scales. He is a dracolich.

[Lord Of Dorkness]

So... Spike is alive, but he's a death magic aligned dragon? Or is he an undead baby dragon?

Either way, cool, just wondering which.

[SeventhBrony]

5894593 Bluey, blueballs, blueblood whatever you get around to calling the waste of space "noble"
Spike's a dracolich right off the bat, poor Luna ain't got a chance

[Novalis14]

Is twaith an adult of foal because I can't tell....

[Michael Hudson]

5894626 Kind of a mix of both. He is most certainly dead, but because I can do all sorts of fuckery with his powers, he will grow up still. As his powers mature, so will he, until he becomes a true dracolich, immortal, and possibly more powerful then anything else in creation. This somewhat mirrors who he was born from, so I think it works, at least as an excuse. Btw, though I'll probably try to answer Twaith questions in story, Spike is one I'm more willing to talk about because, well, he is a baby, and having him in story for all the questions he might get would be very obtrusive, probably.

[Michael Hudson]

5894640 That is why I said they were canon ages in the authors note, as I thought I may have been confusing some people. She is a full grown mare.

[Lord Of Dorkness]

5894641

Ah, cool.

Thanks for the answer!

[Michael Hudson]

5894660 No problem!

[Novalis14]

5894641
Well that is cool information I was talking about twilight.

[xDHannibalxD]

This Spike reminds me of Thorn in Split Second

[Michael Hudson]

5894741 I replied to your comment separately.

That is why I said they were canon ages in the authors note, as I thought I may have been confusing some people. She is a full grown mare.

[BlazeNekoFox]

what i love about this is, i can't tell if it's a Twi x Sunset or a Twi x Celestia, i can't even tell if your falling us all and it be Celestia x Sunset, and I'm loving it x3

[Michael Hudson]

5894978 Oh, you are going to HATE me sooner or later then.

[BlazeNekoFox]

5894981 it's not a Spike X someone is it? they are the worst

[Michael Hudson]

5894986 He is a baby! And no. Romance will stay true to the description I put in here. I do not plan on having others, minus one... maybe, Not with Spike though.

[BlazeNekoFox]

5894997 it was a joke as you said "Oh, you are going to HATE me sooner or later then" and that's the only way you could do that as i see Spike as to young to date any of the mean 6 also i hate him as well

[Michael Hudson]

5895055 Tis a shame you hate him, though by how he is in S4 and 5, I can't entirely blame you.

[ANearPerfectStudent]

I was wondering if there could be a chapter (probably more into the future) featuring Luna and Twilight. I'd love to see that (especially pre-Nightmare Night Luna). I believe that would be cute as hell (because Lulu and Twraith are both extremely adorable)

[BlazeNekoFox]

5895065 he wasn't really that nice to begin with, he tried to blame a murder on Twi's pet, how can people like someone who tries to frame murder

[BlazeNekoFox]

5882053 wow i love your Negi icon

[Michael Hudson]

5895163

The mare’s immortality was useful to Celestia, but she doubted she would have enough time to actually bond with her. Not when I have to teach Sunset and run a kingdom. Well, perhaps someday, especially if Starswirl’s prediction is right.

This was, at least in part, to serve as a hint for where we are in the show's timeline.

[Philosophysics]

5894593 Cool!

[Michael Hudson]

5895576 Now if only someone would draw him and his moms together, right?

[AppleTank]

5894641
5894660
Heh. Dracolich
Reminds me of a certain Dark Mage Twin....

[Hobbestc]

You tease, that was way to short. But cute. Short, bu cute. Like Spike, lol.

[Michael Hudson]

5895894

Kind of a mix of both. He is most certainly dead, but because I can do all sorts of fuckery with his powers, he will grow up still. As his powers mature, so will he, until he becomes a true dracolich, immortal, and possibly more powerful then anything else in creation. This somewhat mirrors who he was born from, so I think it works, at least as an excuse. Btw, though I'll probably try to answer Twaith questions in story, Spike is one I'm more willing to talk about because, well, he is a baby, and having him in story for all the questions he might get would be very obtrusive, probably.

I answered something akin to this earlier, hence the quote.

[Lexiebommel10]

Twilight is still an adult, not a filly. That is all.

what i said bulllllshit
why must u do this why it was so cute so very cute before

[Michael Hudson]

5897746 While she knows she was cute like this
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She is very sad that she can no longer be cute
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and a little disappointed
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but will still ask
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Have I swayed your opinion at all?

[Lexiebommel10]

5897763
DAMIT NOW I FEEL GUILTY

its ok twilight ur still cute :)

just not as cute as u were as a filly cus u know that EVERYONE thinks fillys are alwase cuter right :)

HUGS

[Michael Hudson]

5897780 Besides, part of the choice is that, while I do like/don't mind foalcon, I see no reason up the creepy factor that ponies are going to be attracted to A)A dead pony, B)A filly, and C)A dead filly. That might be a little too creepy to end up being cute.

[Philosophysics]

5895585 Don't look at me, my friend. I am mediocre at less often than not at drawings.

[punzil504]

Dracolich Spike?

That's pretty sweet...

[WorldWalker128]

A Dracolich. Well that explains why he hadn't hatched: he died in the egg.

[Hyrs]

5905048
You reckon? I think it's more likely related to what Celestia said;

Dragon eggs react to the natural magic of their mothers

So, since Twaith was basically using the powers of ice and darkness, that would be the more likely explanation.

[Grabnock]

5930883 yeah, I agree with that. She gave him dark and ice, and he adapted and became dark and ice.

Makes sense to me

[Lord Shaxx]

Dracoloch... Ow, that pun...

[MidnightFMare]

Huh, I guess that explains why Spike is a fire and utility based dragon, due to reflecting Twilight's proficiency with fire and practicality.

[JazzyWaffles]

dracoliiiich! <3