Chapter 1

As the Dragon fled, Spike shot one last burst of flame towards is target. It missed but it didn't matter, he's protected his hoard. Once the Dragon was no more than a speck on the horizon, Spike took his eyes from the threat to check his hoard.

The fight had been rather contained, so while the there were craters and scratch marks in the ground beneath him, his hoard remained largely untouched. A few burnt areas of ground though, did leave some of the edges soldering. Nothing that can't be replaced, he thought.

He had protected his hoard from other monsters before, mostly wild creatures from the Everfree forest though, a fair few Maticores and an Ursa or two. This wasn't the first dragon, they often knew to stay clear, in the hundreds of years since he acquired is hoard, only 2 others had attempted to take it from him. How they'd manage to take it away though, that thought always made him chuckle.

He gave a low roar. Upon hearing this the Ponies who had taken shelter started to climb from their basements or cloud bunkers. He watched as Pegasai gathered up clouds to suppress the flames, Earth Ponies and Unicorns heading to the affected areas to help move the wreckage and build anew. It would only take a couple of days to restore everything back to how it was.

Certain that the threat was no longer upon them, he channelled the dragon magic given to him by his hoard and shrunk hiself down. Still bigger than any of the buildings around him, but now able to move around freely without crushing anything.

He walked to the town centre to signal Celestia and alert her to the attack. When he reached the centre, he looked over the statue of the six. Each one lovingly created, every last detail put to stone and each one wearing an Element of Harmony. Enchanted by the Princess herself to look as new as the day it was made. A stone plaque in front of each of them, listing their achievements throughout their lives.

There was one empty spot on the statue, a place for him when he too eventually passed on. As for now, his place was marked with a single object, a Fire Ruby. A reminder to himself more than others, of what he became, of what he could become. It was shortly after that, while he was training to control his powers that he knew what he must do.
A Dragons hoard will give him power and the more he has, the greater his power will be, and he will use all his power to protect it. Everything in Ponyville was his, and with each passing day his hoard grew and he would continue to protect Ponyville.

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PotatoJoe

PotatoJoe #1 · Dec 14th, 2011 · · ·

I liked it! For once Spike isn't all sad because of how long he's lived. Good show!

Cloudhammer

Cloudhammer #2 · Dec 14th, 2011 · · ·

a very nice short, your pacing was decent, though in the future, maybe have a little more detail on your enviroments, but for this it worked well, so no complaints. 5 star and fav

Professor Donger

Professor Donger #3 · Dec 14th, 2011 · · ·

If you make a sequel i will sell my soul to you

#4 · Dec 14th, 2011 · · ·

oh shit. this shits so solid brah... PONYVILLE IS THE HOARD!!!

Grankuwaga

Grankuwaga #5 · Jan 22nd, 2012 · · ·

I like it cuz it comes down to a point of what a Dragons Hoard is as in this situation its the town he lives in and loves and his to protect from those who seek to harm it...I think I worded that right...

Thyrai

Thyrai #6 · Jan 27th, 2012 · · ·

I'm not sure how I stumbled across this one, but I'm glad I did. Well written, interesting plot, and I love the idea - Ponyville being Spike's hoard.

It needs to be longer, though!

doctor dapples

doctor dapples #7 · Jan 30th, 2012 · · ·

I'm gonna be the voice of dissent here and suggest you take another pass at this. There's quite a few spelling and grammar errors in the story, and they distract from the story you're trying to tell (which could probably stand to be fleshed out more).

Shadow Sweetheart

Shadow Sweetheart #8 · Jan 31st, 2012 · 1 · ·

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It was never really intended to be fleshed out. Just a quick jot down of an idea I had at work (While at work). I doubt I'll add more to flesh it out, but if you point out any spelling/grammatical errors I'll at least make it look presentable. (As a side not, I use English English, not American English)

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