The Trial of the Consort Pt. 2
The Dragon Lord’s Consort
Trial of the Consort
Pt. 2
Spike held to the back of Ember’s shoulders as she flew through the skies. Despite his somewhat increased weight gain, she still flew with ease as he held onto her. Though it was a rough start, she managed to get off the ground and head towards where the trials were to be held.
High above the sky, Spike saw hundreds of dragons of various sizes all flying towards the same destination. Looking at them, he still felt so small compared to them. The sun was nearing its center point in the sky and Spike could feel the ticking clock of his fate coming.
Fear was his greatest emotion. Doubt was his negative view on the world. Anxiety was drowned by hopelessness…
But he knew that he had to stay strong. Not just for Ember, but for himself, to the future of how his kind will treat him and see… what a dragon raised by ponies could lead up to.
As they approached the center, which was an extremely large canyon range or valley shaped into a bowl, which looked like it could seat or hold hundreds of dragons of various sizes. A multitude of dragons flew towards the giant arena and while he thought he would just be out in the open to do the trials, he had no idea it would be viewed all around. This looks way worse than the Equestian Games some time ago, though in truth, he hoped one of the trials didn’t involve singing.
Then, he spotted them. The biggest dragons to grace the lands that made the larger ones that he had encountered prior to Torch look meek. They could be considered mountains in the distance, if not for their colors. Between Torch and Spike’s visual of other dragons, Spike had to asses that they were not only the biggest dragons but they were the dragons that were given titles.
Standing almost equally in height was a dark forest green dragon with ash grey underbelly scales and spines. His maw was more squared then Torch’s while his horns came in two, pointed back and away from his head. He had no wings, meaning that he was the largest dragon he has seen without them and if Spike were honest, he wondered if he was the type of dragon to grow extremely huge but without a pair of wings.
Next to him was a scarlet hide dragon with a deep maroon under belly. Several large scars were seen over its body, some bigger than dragon’s length. Flying closer, Spike managed to hear the voice of the dragon interacting with the others, clarifying that it was female. He inwardly winced as they drew closer and saw that she had deep tissue scars. They were all healed by years, not by treatment. If it weren’t for the fact that she actually grew to her current size, Spike would have thought she fought some huge beasts and this was the final result of her battle.
Next to her was another female, judging by her voice, who was a pure shiny black with a silver underbelly. Unlike the others, she was much smaller yet, she continued on as if she was the same size as the other dragons. What made her most interesting is that she was not only smaller but had a lean body and her horn tips bent down instead of up. She also wore what seemed to be a brace around her tail made out of metallic alloy.
He would store that question later when he got the chance. Now however, they were making their way towards the larger dragons, near the center of the arena and in view of hundreds of dragons.
Almost front and center, Amethyst and Garble were there, along with Garble’s crew and a few other smaller dragons. The teens all stood behind them, various sizes, shapes and colors.
Ember hovered in a circle near the center, just as the taller dragons had finished their conversations. She took three heavy beats of her wings before landing. Spike hopped off of her and stood by her. Looking up at the larger dragons, she felt her heart begin to beat heavily. Spike’s did as well, which is why he hoped that as he stood by Ember, she wouldn’t mind if he placed her tails on top of hers. She didn’t, actually wrapping her larger tail around his. The four large dragons turned to the arrivals and with that, the sun had hit the sky center.
All four dragons lifted their giant paws and slammed them down onto the floor, causing a boom to echo loudly and a blast of dirt into the air. Both Ember and Spike shielded their eyes while other dragons merely flinched. Any and all chatter that surrounded the arena had came to a sudden silence and it was that moment, that Spike realized how serious this was going to be.
Torch, being the tallest, spoke but nothing that portrayed anger nor fear including. Instead, his voice carried something of leader and a dragon with a purpose.
“The day has come, for the Dragon Lord to have chosen a consort worthy of sharing the throne of power. What has been the second week of her rule since she acquired the Bloodstone Scepter, she has yet to create a fault or error in her choices that lead us astray.”
Looking down at his daughter, the large dragon gave a small snort and turned towards the others.
The male next to Torch spoke after.
“As the current Elder, I bestow the new Dragon Lord and her current consort with a quick blessing of faith and prosperity. May their odds be on their sides.”
Ember bowed her head, towards the Elder. Spike saw her do this and quickly bowed his head. The first Elder gave a small snort of acknowledgment before motioning for the maroon dragoness next to him.
“With the trials here before us now, I too, bless these two and pray for their best in their trials. Being the last Successor, I hope that your futures are written in the stars.” Once more, the two bowed at their blessing, Spike surprisingly felt Ember tightening her tail on his but in a comforting manner.
The last dragoness however didn’t speak. Instead, she lowered her large head towards the two. Spike almost jumped back as her head came into view while Ember did her best to hold him steady with her tail.
Spike stared up at her, somewhat fearful as her purple eyes gazed upon him. The odd gray eyeshadow somewhat enhanced her purple eyes, almost giving them a small shimmer. It reminded him of Twilight for some reason.
“Before I give my blessing,” she began with a voice so gentle, so delicate, Spike never thought it possible for a dragon to speak so angelic and soft. “I must know a bit of you before I do. The others bless whoever comes to them as per tradition but I as the Advisor, must be given something in exchange. I must know your history, where you hale from and why you think that by doing this, your future is worth being by her side. Now, if you wish only to be as part of her hoard or mate, nothing else, I will only ask your past and that would be it. But if you wish to be something more, I must know what I am looking at.”
Spike didn’t know how to answer, nor was he able to respond. He turned to Ember, seeing if she could help but she shook her head and realized this was on him. Once more, the events of the Equestrian Games came to mind and he wondered if he would chock up because of this situation he was it.
Thousands of thoughts came to mind, with his overactive imagination running amok and threatening to ruin what he and Ember had going. If he failed, if he were to publicly humiliate or ruin what Ember has, all of it, would be his fault.
What came next was a gentle ease of the larger dragoness’s eyes and when he stared into them, it was almost as if his heart slowed, with the fear easing out of him. A sort of gentle humming and glow came from her and he wondered if there was some magic involved. Feeling the ease, he found some words building and whether it was through confidence or self-realization, he spoke out loud to her.
“M-My name is Spike. I… uh, I come from Equestria where I was raised.”
“Truly?” she asked. “How queer for a dragon to come from the land of the ponies, is it not?” Somehow, this got a few dragons, Garble’s crew(whom happen to be in the front of the crowd) to chuckle at that. Ember bristled at the Advisor’s outspoken words, yet she remained quiet on that matter.
Spike shook his head, not heeding towards the heckle from the other dragons.
“No, it is not. I lived with them my whole life and I love it there.”
“And did they keep you as a pet? At a zoo?” She question.
A bit of anger surged up in Spike but it was quickly calmed by her gaze. Instead, he spoke evenly, still loud enough for those close to here.
“No. They never treated me like that. I was treated as a friend, as a brother and more. I never got mistreated badly nor was I ever treated as something less.”
The advisor blinked her heavy eyes, still focused entirely on him.
“And whom was your sire or dam?”
At this he paused and he wasn’t sure how to answer.
“I-I don’t know. I was born without parents.”
An eerie silence fell upon the area; nothing but the heated winds that passed through and seemed to carry his words throughout the valley. Spike suddenly felt thousands of eyes upon him, but more so than before. Yes, the dragons were looking at him before, but he felt that now, now they were really invested at him.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw Ember filled with sadness while he swore he saw the dragons behind him look so suddenly diverted in emotions. Meanwhile, the advisor before him blinked her eyes and he saw moisture forming upon them.
“Truly?” she asked, as if she couldn’t believe it. “You have no recollection of your parents? Nor hide nor scales? Memories left by your egg?” The sadness that left her voice was so powerful Spike swore he was going to cry for his own sake too.
Shaking his head, he answered. “No, I was… from what I was told, ponies found my egg and it was to be given to a pony whom was worthy of hatching it.” When he meant worthy, he left out that it was part of a test that might make seem ponies more evil than dragons knew of. Still he kept going. “When I was hatched, the ponies raised me as their own and then I grew up alongside them. Princess Celestia was like a surrogate mother to me while the pony whom hatched me was my sister.”
The dragoness remained silent and the single tear she shed, it made him want to run and hug her. Why was she so emotional for him? What did she care for a little dragon like him?
As if reading his thoughts, she spoke once more.
“To hear that one, such as young as yourself to be without a sire or dam is… truly saddening. A dragoness is to protect her eggs with her life or the sire to guard it until they are old enough to do so on their own. You say that the ponies found your egg, yet have they ever questioned it or tried to find your origins?”
Spike felt the question was odd but it should have been straight forward.
“They were scared of dragons. Why would they try to find them to return an egg?”
He saw a mixture of emotions run over her face. From confusion to his words, to sadness to disbelieve and pain of his history before finally settling on anger.
“Regardless of their fears, to take a dragon egg away or to not try and return it to a dragon is a crime on itself! They should have left it in front of a dragon and any dragon, should have brought it here, so that they could have found a clutch to be adopted to.” She raised her heads and looked at the hundreds of dragons around her. “By law, any and all dragon eggs that have no clutch to any sire’s or dam’s should be brought here! It is our duty to protect our young!” The voice echoed loudly and harshly that a lot of dragons lowered their heads in fear or discomfort at her anger.
The other three dragons quickly seized the situation before further escalation.
“Eliyinsa! Control yourself!” The maroon dragon half yelled, using her wings to calm the situation.
Torch and the Elder too used surrounded the smaller dragoness into an eased state. Meanwhile, Spike was hiding behind Ember as she took a defensive stance and was using her own body to protect him. Other dragons were visibly shook by her sudden outcry and stood on guard should she become hostile.
It didn’t come to that and just as quickly as she was to anger, it dissipated. She blinked, her breathing heavy and strong with the eyes of many upon her. Shame filled her mind and she lowered her head.
“F-Forgive me, all of you. I didn’t mean for this to rile us up.” Her eyes then focused on the two younger dragons before her, especially Spike whom was just as fearful of her as before. A twist in her heart made her saddened to know she caused fear to the little drake. She wished to apologize to him, however with the current dragon lord protecting him, she dared not approach him. “I have overstepped my boundaries…”
“For now,” stated Torch. “If you wish, Zynthia and Dereain could continue the trials without you.”
She quickly shook her head.
“I will remain… steady, just let me clear myself until the end of their trials.” She paused, then she remembered her final verse. Keeping her distance, she spoke to Spike. “Whatever you choose, how you choose to spend your life with the dragon lord… you have my blessing.”
Spike blinked at her blessing but despite his fear, he gave a polite bow, as did Ember. Turning to the other dragons, she lowered her head and moved behind. Their focus then went to the two young dragons. Spike had stepped to Ember’s side now but kept a wary eye at Eliyinsa. She kept her head down, though she would steal glances at him when it wasn’t on the other dragons.
Torch once more took on the speaking role.
“It is now time to begin the trials!”
Roars of approval echoed loudly throughout the valley, causing the very ground to shake. Spike felt the ripples in his body, wondering if this truly meant the beginning or the end?
So a couple of things. My main editor, the one whom re-reads and does a whole story check, is out sick while my grammar editor did his part. So if it seems wonky, I don't mint hearing about it.
This I part 2 of a four part chapter. I wished to do it like this because each trial was supposed to be its own detail and summary on what is to happen to SPike. So next chapter will be two trials and the one after, two more with a epilogue after that.
I thank each and everyone of you whom have stuck by this story for two years. I never imagined it would get this far but it has and now, I appreciate it! 
Also update: Featured again today! 7/15/18
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Another great update. So are there only 3 chapters left? Since you are writing an epilogue for the third, or is it just an end to an important arc?
9047915
Epilogue after the 4th part and then a new arc will begin.
9047988
oh good to read that we shall more then 4 more chapters. this is a nice take on spike growing up and I, for one, would it do on for as long as possible
9047988
Awesome, good to know there is more to come after that.
Good story so far. My only gripes are a few spelling/grammar issues. I will say that Ember speaks a little to upper class. She might be the dragon lord but shes also taken bites out of Twilights castle.
9048384
You wear masks every where, everyday. To others, she is just Ember. To the world, she must show she is Dragon Lord. If you noti e, I do this in the previous chapters. Some masks are easy to see, others have experience. Spike is the only one whom wears no mask.
9048087
So this part 2, pt 3 and 4 then epilogue.
I ment to say that after pt. 4 there will be an epilogue. Not 4 more chapters.
I hope they don't say 'The mates must rut in lava'.
love it
Good luck with next chapters
9048632
That would be in Dragon tails.
9048989
I feel like it might not be necessary or irrevelant. At this point in the story it's more or less whom has it now and is worthy to rule. It may be mentioned but won't change much in the story.
9049463
Joke wise, I had one in mind but it would die with the seriousness I'm putting into the story.
OMG Draco your teasing me with this chapter.
Its still a good chapter though.
9049672
I tend to be forward but I figured it would get people more excited.
I try not to tease.
Take as long as you need to write the chapters,spike x ember is one of my favorite ships and I like a lot your story,thanks for keep writting
This may be a long shot but is Eliyinsa by any chance Spike's mom.
9055411
No, I will confirm she is NOT Spike s mom.
I've been waiting to read the next chapter
Great job. I just want to know if you have plans of incorporating aspects of the show that's happening now since this came out in 2016
9080765
I do and if I do it right, it might help a huge gap between 16 to 18 or S6 to S8. Things need to be planned carefully. More so, the in show cannon time between 6 and 8.
When the next chapter?
9230901
I honestly have the next chapter done. As well as the final ones, just the editing and layout. Think Avengers 4. It's done just needs re edits and re works.
I can't wait for the next chapter
9258619
Editing in pace!
So will the story end once the trials are done or will it go on?
9267788
I already have book 2 planned. It won't be as long as this one but it will be there. After that depends on how MLP will end.
That seems fair enough I just thought that if that was the way it was going to end that it would be a little abrupt. Thanks for clearing that up