Dragonfire 🐲 Enter The Dragon Hero 🐲

by Phantom-Dragon

A Prince's Lullaby and Parting

That night, Spike, once again, was having another dream of his forgotten past.

In his dream, he was startled by the sound of trumpets, and drums beating, before he noticed he was in a crowd of ponies, all stamping their hooves to the ground in applause. He looked up to see Princess Celestia, appearing before the ponies on stage, with Prince Blueblood, his younger self, and a young pink alicorn standing beside him and the princess, followed by Scorpan, as a gargoyle.

Spike took a moment to see the younger alicorn, to see she has beautiful, sparkling, light purple eyes, moderate violet mane and tail with moderate rose and pale gold streaks, both don up in curls at the end and tied up with light blue ribbons, purple feathers the tips of her wings, a crystal heart surrounded by gold bearings for a cutie mark. Unlike Prince Blueblood, Spike sensed a positive vibe from the alicorn.

Spike watched as Princess Celestia's horn glowed in a shimmering yellow aura, and with a flap of her wings, the sun was raised from behind. Spike watched in awe, taken in by the beautiful display of the sun, as it illuminated his mother's figure from behind.

While the ponies were all smiling and cheering for the princess, Spike couldn't help but notice a hint of sadness on the mare's face.

Aithari Ar Neamh - Enya

Soon, the whole scene started to change as Spike suddenly finds himself, going through a tunnel, surrounded by a series of flashbacks of his forgotten past. Finally, emerging from the other end of the tunnel, he finds himself inside a tower, at night, with Princess Celestia, crying. Just then, the door to her room opened, as a young Spike enters the room.

"Hi mom!" Spike greeted happily, before he notice his mother sobbing. "Mom? What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Young Spike asked in concern.

The alicorn rubbed her eyes before she turned to the boy, "I miss her, Spike," She cried, while levitating a picture of a dark blue alicorn, with a big smile on her face. "I miss Luna."

"Auntie Luna?" Spike asked.

"I have an aunt?" Older Spike asked.

The alicorn nodded as she looked at the moon, with a unicorn's face, "Tonight's the night she was banished to the moon," The alicorn sobbed. "Every year, when I lower the sun to raise the moon, I would come here and remember all those times when Luna was so happy and full of life. And I would ask myself, why did this have to happen? Why couldn't I save her with the elements of harmony? Where did I go wrong? And can she ever forgive me?" At this point, more tears flooded from Celestia's eyes. "And still no answer! .........I'm a failure! I don't deserve anyone...I'll just fail them in the end too.....I hate myself!"

With that, the alicorn collapsed in bed and cried even more hysterically, burying her face into her hooves. Both Spikes looked on, shedding a drop of tears as they watched their mother crying. Young Spike walked up to the alicorn and hugged her. She ceased her waterworks and looked at her boy.

"Spike?" She asked quietly.

"Somepony once told me that we all need a hug to let the sadness out," Spike said as he tightened his hug. "Nopony hates you mom. We love you. We all know you tried your best, and you cared for the good of Equestria. And I'm sure aunt Luna knows that too. And I'll wait by your side, until aunt Luna comes home."

Though unsure of his words, the alicorn smiled and wrapped her wings around the boy, "Spike," She cried, happily. "Thank you," Young Spike smiled, as he returned the embrace, while having his hair drenched in more of his mother's tears. Older Spike was welled up with tears and couldn't help but join in the hug as well. Sadly, for the amnesiac older boy, he couldn't as he simply phased through.

"Spike?" Celestia asked.

"Yes mom?"

"Can you sleep with me tonight?" She asked, while wiping a tear away with the tip of her feathers. "Mommy's feeling lonely to sleep right now."

"Okay," Spike smiled, as he eagerly got under the cover. "Mom? Can you sing me that song? You know, the one you and grandma used to sing, when you and aunt Luna were little?"

Celestia smiled as she complied. As she sang the lyrics, Young Spike slowly drifted off to sleep, happily, with Older Spike listening intently, "So that's why she called me her little sunshine," He realized. "It's in honor of her mother's song. Grandma's song."

Little Sunshine - An Original MLP Song

"Little sunshine, little sunshine," Celestia sang, while letting out a yawn. "Let your kind heart glow." She finished, laying her tired head, besides an already sleeping child Spike. "Goodnight, little sunshine." She kissed him on the forehead, "Sleep tight." With that, Celestia drifted off to sleep, draping a wing across the young prince, while older Spike lies down on the bed, across her, and next to his past self. Older Spike smiled, seeing how cute the scene looked.

Suddenly, everything disappeared into a black void around him, followed by the sound of a woman screaming, "SPIKE!!!" Before long, Spike, once again, sees his younger self, with his head covered in bandages, being carried away on a flatbed, by several armored ponies, towards a sadden Princess Celestia and Scorpan, with a portal opened before them, and several ponies crying as they all bid goodbye to the boy. All, except for a particular unicorn in the crowd.

It didn't take long for older Spike to spot the younger Mane Six, since Rarity was the first to ran out of the crowd, and held the boy by the hand, refusing to let him go. As Spike looked in the crowd, he could see Twilight, crying and hugging tightly to the pink alicorn next to her, while an older, white unicorn stallion with moderate sapphire blue mane and tail, stroked her mane repeatedly for comfort. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both hold each other, while releasing some tears. Pinkie Pie was seen, for the first time through Spike's eyes, with a flat mane and tail, and her color being darkened to match the mood. Lastly, Applejack was hiding her face behind her hat, with Big Mac draping a leg around her shoulder, along with an elderly pony.

Spike watched as his unconscious form was brought up to the portal, and his mother walked over, levitating him up close and kissed him on the head, "Good luck, Spike," She shed a tear. "Be safe, my son."

Older Spike reached out for the alicorn, "Mom!" He shouted to no avail. Soon, Spike felt himself being pulled away from the ponies, and the world around him was consumed by darkness. "MOOOOOOMMM!!!" Spike screamed as he disappears in a flash of light.

Author's Note:

Interaction between Spike and Celestia is a reference to, and inspired by "Do You Love Me?" by Willis96, and dubbed by the talented IMShadow007.

Now that Spike's got most of his memories restored, what will our Dragon Hero do now? Will he and Princess Celestia ever reunite? And what of the Shadowbolts? The adventure has just begun.

The Sun Rises

Comments

[Wildcard25]

So beautiful. Though is there a reason your fic is labeled on hiatus or was that an error?

[Phantom-Dragon]

8032139 Yes. Some personal matters have came up, and I won't be working on the fic for quite some times.

Sorry.

[Mechazilla88]

U know I just notice that neither Blueblood or Flare Heart were around to see Spike off, hmmm

[WinterSoldier]

8032370 Let's see a guard who tries to be a good soldier doesn't get as much credit and attention from other ponies unlike Spike, especially from girls. And a prince who's the butt of all the jokes and looks down on others, maybe even to those who aren't blood related.

[Wildcard25]

8032214 I'll be waiting

[GrimmWolfDragon]

This is a good chapter, this chapter pull on my Heartstrings

[Mechazilla88]

8032436 Yep totally not going to be villains down the road. No way no how in any shape or form.

[OmniFox]

Spike knows what he has to do.

[pheonix_draco]

That was fucking awesome man i cant wait to read more that was fucking insightful
good luck with the next chapter

[pheonix_draco]

Still on hiatus i see... Continue