Epilogue
Eight months had passed since the Tournament of Bonding had ended, and unlike Spike had expected, the Elders had remained quiet and in the end accepted the events that unfolded during said tournament. And now Ember had all the time she wanted to focus on being the Dragon Lord.
He would give her time to adapt to her newfound freedom before asking her himself out on a date.
Spike let out a satisfied sigh as he finished the last round of his daily exercises. True to his word, he spent most of his free days improving and practicing his fighting abilities and was making considerable progress. Also, true to his word, he bought Pinkie Pie the biggest, most delicious, most expensive cake his bits could buy. His stash of gems was cut in half in one fell swoop. Of course, being Pinkie Pie, she baked the mountain of deliciousness herself and invited all of Ponyville to enjoy it with her.
He was about to leave the training room inside the Castle of Friendship when Twilight entered the room.
“Hey, Twi, done already with that new spell?” Spike asked while he popped the joints of his back.
“Almost, I still have a few details to go over it. I just came to tell you that there were a couple of dragons searching for you around town, it seems,” Twilight said letting Spike walk past her.
“A couple of dragons looking for me?” Spike asked while they both walked through the ample hallways side by side. “Do you know who they are or why they’re looking for me?”
Twilight giggled. “I think you better go see for yourself, Spike. They’re waiting outside the castle gates,” Twilight pushed Spike with her hands at his questioning look. “Don’t give me that look, mister, cause I ain’t budging! Now, go, go, go, go!” She said pushing him a few more times before she teleported away.
Spike chuckled but did as told. After a minute or so, Spike made it to the entrance gates of the castle and opened them. Upon seeing the pair of dragons at the base of the stairs he grinned widely. He then jumped down the stairs landed in front of the two dragons.
“Sluriasma? Zhaitan? What are you doing here?” Spike asked as Sluriasma leaned to kiss his cheek and Zhaitan shook his hand. “I mean, I’m glad to see you again and that you’re here, but why are you here?”
“Nice seeing you again too, Spike. I came to visit my uncle. He lives in the forest over there if I’m right,” Sluriasma said pointing to the Everfree Forest. “I stumbled into handsome over here a few months ago during my travel.”
“Salutations, Spike,” Zhaitan said with a gentle smile. “I came to visit your home and to see what Equestria looks like. Sluriasma has been kind enough to allow me to be her traveling companion. Truly, she has been the light during my darkest hour.”
Sluriasma blushed and giggled. “Stooop it, Zhaity~ Not in front of Spike!”
For his part, Spike was smiling widely. “Are you two…?” Sluriasma hissed with an adorable chirp while her tail wagged. Zhaitan, on the other hand, smiled proudly. “Congratulations you two!” His two friends didn’t reply, they instead nuzzled each other for a couple of seconds. “Anyway, how are you liking Equestria so far, Zhaitan?” Spike questioned while he signaled them to follow him into town.
“It is very bright and colorful. The ponies, in almost all instances, are quite pleasant and approachable. I did not know that food has taste. Or that there are events called ‘parties’ dedicated to merriment. A pink mare invited us to such an event the moment we arrived. Is that normal?”
“Yeah, that’s Pinkie Pie alright. Say, Sluriasma, you said your uncle lives in the Everfree?”
“He’s a bit of a weird one, but yes, do you know him?”
“By any chance is his name Steven Magnet?”
“Ah, you do know him! Can you take us later to him, please?”
“Of course, of course,” Spike nodded. “Maybe we can get Cranky to come along, he’s Steven’s best friend after all. Say, how long do you plan to stay?”
“I’m glad that you ask, Spike. You see, my clan… the Blackwings Clan does not take defeats lightly. A month after our glorious battle they expelled me. I renounced them back and have been wandering ever since until I met with my water lotus,” Zhaitan said without an ounce of hurt in his voice.
“Sorry to hear that, man.”
Zhaitan shook his head. “No need for condolences, my friend. I had little to no love for my clan as it was. To answer your question, we are looking for a suitable place to establish our nest in the near future. Perhaps here in Ponyville, if at all possible. ”
Spike smiled widely. “I’ll take you to meet Mayor Mare later during the party. But for now, do you know what ice cream is?”
End.
a wonderful story, but I'm kinda sad that he and Ember weren't a thing... but then again, their lives are long
How dare you write this great story only to be a sparity shipper. Should have been a spike x ember ship.
All seriousness great story.
8004813 I see what you are saying rarity will die before spike, but ember will still be around for spike when she dose.
I want to date a dragon.
And then I can proudly BRAG-ON about having sex with a dragon.
Also Ember is hot. I was going to say she was cool but...well...she's a dragon.
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Are you implying Rarity will die from taking drugs? What drugs will she die from; horse tranquilizers?
8004979 no old age and ember will live longer because she is a dragon.
Nice Shonen spike story, snek mama! You continue to deliva!
8004992 Oh yes. Ember's life will most certainly DRAG-ON well after Rarity's mortality comes to it's poor, pitiful, lonely end.
8004980 Actually, not out of nowhere, I placed a few hints that Spike was already in a relationship.
8004969 Son of the Puns.
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8005005 Thanks! Fixed!
8005009 Goddammit....but thanks!
8005030 you know that just makes me wanna say it more right?
amazing story! I liked the twist with rares and spike, as much as I personally wanted to to be a whole, "lets date first" sort of thing but hey, this was the next best thing. Overall this has been one of my favorite stories to read and it has simply amazing fight scenes. Nice job and keep it up in the future because you sir, have just earned another follower.
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this was the kind of history worth enough to make another folder named "favourite" so i can favourite this two times
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good story. thanks for taking the time to write all this out.
8005030 If I was a cowboy, you could say I was the PUNslinger.
And my Smithen Western revolver guns would be fans of the local newspaper, because they'd have a BULLETin.
And I'd have a sister who never cleaned up after herself called MESSY JANE.
And I'd have seven other cowboy jokes and they're all magnificent. XD
Kill me.
This is a great story to read if you are a Spike fan, and other story about Spike our best dragon and Ember our dragoness
8005977 You love to DRAW attention, don't you?
8006231 Well I am a novice-level animator over on my YouTube channel, so I suppose you could say I do indeed DRAW attention.
And now for some awful terrible jokes. What is the dumbest bird in the world? The seagull. Because it's seaGULLIBLE.
What does a sexually active man making love to his missus have in common with a car with no engine? They both can't pull out.
Have you ever listened to pirate music? It's got a great HOOK
I wanted to tell you a joke about televisions, but it wasn't even REMOTEly funny
If little brothers look up to their big brothers, then does that mean big brothers look down on little brothers?
I accidentally broke my plastic globe the other day and a piece of paper with the word 'what' fell out. WHAT IN THE WORLD?
8006309 You make Sans proud, son.
8006396 If only I could make father proud too. But father's a bit of a grumpy ol' c**t so no hope found there.
In other news, did you hear about the man who hanged himself above his bed? He got OVER his bad sleeping habits. Dark humor for the win, people.
And did you hear about the bloke who drowned in the kiddy pool? WATER way to go, huh?
And of the man who was famous for doing a disappearing act with dynamite? He can only do the trick once. But man, when he did that trick the first time, the show went off with a BANG indeed.
Kill me. I must be stopped. Save your beloved fans and followers from my horrible jokes. Kill me, and save the world.
8006422 Well, all I have to say is that I CANNOLI take so many puns.
8006485 Your joke was like an orgasm - it was JIZZ so funny.
What kind of fruit do you ask to fix your water pipes? A PLUMber
Speaking of fruit, did you heard about what happened between an eighteen year old girl and several fruit vendors the other week? She got gangGRAPED.
What's the oldest type of berry in existence? GRANberry
Sorry. These jokes aren't BERRY funny. I'll come back when I think of a really GRAPE joke, okay?
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But in all SIRIUSness, let's stop:
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8006715 Well, they say a picture speaks a thousand words, but I only count about 13 in those pictures total.
Also, the first picture joke is just a terrible BIRDen, I couldn't BEAR the second picture joke, and the last one was a copy of a joke I already made and thus it was a CATastrophe.
Now where's my f**king 'Good Jokes' medal, please?
Great job thanks for writing this it has helped me in my life. I hape you have a good day. Also if you ever need an editer pm me and I'll see what I can do!
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Now let's end this. You sire, are awesome with good, bad, and terrible puns.
I love it.
8006885 I'm glad to have MEDAL of you.
This was a pretty fun read. I'm glad to see Spike winning over more dragons. Perhaps between himself and Ember there is hope for more Dragons embracing friendship and harmony. While I was sort of hoping for a Spike/Ember thing to happen, this works out well enough. I suppose it fits the Friendship agenda more if he put his life on the line for nothing more than a friend's happiness.
8006885 You and I ought to do a story together based off of our exchange of bad jokes. If you would ever think to consider it, please let me know. I may not often find the motivation to write my own stories, but I;d be honored to help with the creation of other people's own stories if and when possible, good sir.
If you do think there is a place for a story of bad jokes in your collection of tales, I will happily assist. You need only give the word and the message.
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That was bloody awful.
I am in love with you.
8006987 I love comedy, all kinds of it. Too bad I'm awful at it (the prime examples lies on my FOE fic Judgment. At best they are cringe worthy). And once I get more of my projects out of the way, maybe a small fic dedicated to pure bad puns and jokes would be amazing.
8007072 There's nothing to comedy really. You can be funny naturally. You can make light of situations, or play off an embarrassing moment in your life. I'm not even that funny, but if I can make one person laugh, it's worth it more than Garnier.
8005030 Not really. You could have just left it blank since it had nothing to do with the story.
I'm not a Sparity hater, just think he can do better since cannon makes it a one-sided affair. Even the good Sparity stories out there the author has to be really good about how they go about showing that they should be together. But, in the case of a third party, I'm going for the other female.
To put it short, if the story isn't just about, Spike and Rarity, as the main focus then it's just going to be a shallow feel.
Good story other wise. Still love most of your work!
8006989 Awww, I'm touched... I hope this romance doesn't DRAGON too much.
8007320 I hope our romance doesn't BURN out and you divorce me, and thus become an old FLAME of mine.
I'm not into guys by the way. Still trying for a girlfriend who can love me for me, and not for muscles, money, or access to a private stash of different assortment of cheeses. My favorite cheese is the Crumbly Wensleydale.
8007461 Don't worry, I'm not into guys, either. And I understand your situation with trying to get a girl. Hell, I'm not even trying to look because I've got so much personality work to do that I don't think any girl would want me right now.
Could you hand me a bit of cheeze, please? It'd go great with my WHINE.
Other than the Sparity () at the end i loved this.
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Agreed. I think I'm just going to pretend the part with Rarity didn't happen.
:P
I love this whole thing.
So, uh, question?
Will there be a sequel of sorts where we maybe get to find out what Garble's deal is?
8014112 No. This is a stand alone fic.
But if anyone wishes to make sequel then they can make it with my permission.
8014753 not saying I'm gonna, but someone has to make a comedy one shot of zhaitan and slurasima discovering ice cream.
You know a sequel to this would be awesome
Very impressive ending, very much enjoyed it, it made me laugh, I'm not normally one for OC's but I like those two.
Sequel! Sequel!
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