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Chapter 1

Author's Note:

Thank you Zuruppi for the beautiful art. Link to their DeviantArt is here https://www.deviantart.com/nozomi180

Also thank you The Fan Without A Face for the edit!

“Your curiosity is your growth point. Always.”

As the early morning rose above Equestria, Celestia's sun rose above the small town of Ponyville, more specifically the Golden Oaks Library. The sun's light managed to edge through the window curtain, hitting a sleeping baby dragon named Spike in the face.

Groaning angrily from the light in his eye, the dragon tried to adjust himself, only to quickly give up, a single open eye glaring at the culprit. He didn't like to be awake this way. His claws reached for his pillow covering his face.

"Spike." A voice cried out to him which continued to make him groan even more, wishing he could return to sweet unconsciousness.

"5 more minutes," He groaned only to have the pillow pulled off of him. Spike opened to see Twilight looking upon him with a beaming smile.

How did she have so much energy in the morning?

"Spike it's time to wake, you know it's bad for you to sleep too long." Spike groaned while his body rose up from his basket, his claws gently rubbing his eyes. Despite now standing, he still continued to yawn, expending as little effort as possible for the moment IE being really lazy.

-Minutes later

Spike simultaneously cleaned the library while continuing to speak to Twilight, even though they had been doing the same exact thing for months.

Twilight merrily hummed a tune which made Spike relax, enjoying the relative peace of their current life in spite of its minor inconveniences.

The moment of peace was interrupted by a combination of the doorbell ringing and then the door opening, with a pair of large silhouettes overcoming the small drake.

The little dragon blinked rapidly for a few seconds,thinking he was still tired or dreaming yet the moment he turned around was a the Princesses of the Day and Night.

"Princesses!" Spike shouted within the company of Twilight who gasped.

"She's her-argh!" Twilight practically shouted as she fell mid book sorting, only to have her fall interrupted by a golden aura around her body. Celestia chuckled as she placed Twilight next to Spike.

"Twilight, I’ve warned you many times to pay attention to your surroundings, you had a similar incident with my own studies when you were just a foal." The little dragon snicker with the lavender unicorn blushing from embarrassment, recalling more than a few bookcases being knocked over during that particular event. .

"Princess! You promised you wouldn't tell anypony!" Twilight shouted at Celestia in the company of Luna who let out a snicker as well, holding in to what could be a big laugh. Twilight sank onto the floor, almost acting like a foal, until something landed onto her face which caught her attention.

It was a scroll.

"What is this?" Twilight used her magic to levitate the scroll and unfurled it, immediately her eyes widened. The princesses smiled seeing Twilight already excited while Spike on the other hoof looked confused.

"What's going on? Twilight?" Spike observed them letting his voice be heard. Twilight faced the confused dragon revealing the news.

"Spike! The Princesses just informed me that they found a temple near Ponyville!" She just squealedl from what knowledge she could learn. Spike for his part, looked excited by the news, but couldn’t help but feel something was off.

"Wait, if you had the scroll, why didn't you send it to me? I could have given it to Twilight earlier?" Spike realized since it could have been easier.

"Wouldn't thou ruin the surprise if thou informed her dear Spike?" Luna spoke with Celestia’s horn lighting up . Spike one the other hoof was confused by what Luna said. It's been months since Luna returned yet he still doesn't understand her.

And what he did understand didn’t help. What was so much of a surprise that it meant keeping it from Twilight?

"I will teleport us to the temple. My researchers will arrive soon, though I’m certain they won't mind if we observe it without them." Celestia teleported all of them to the location.

The temple on the outside was massive enough for its size, it was even larger than Ponyville, impressive since just a glance around indicated they were deep within the Everfree Forest.

That particular detail didn’t seem to occur to Twilight and Spike, who took one step away, awwed by the temple.

"This looks so cool!" The dragon said, practically bouncing on his feet.

"This temple is massive! How was this just found!" Twilight said with everypony and dragon heading inside.

Inside the temple had a suit of armor stand which was covered by moss yet remained almost pristine. Spike ran to the armor, stars in his eyes at the metal suit before turning his attention to the sword. It was large and bulky, but Spike reached out to it anyway, only to get levitated away from the stand.

"Whoa Spike! That looks dangerous to touch." Twilight scolded him while the princesses observed the armor. The stand was odd. The mannequin stood on two legs yet its entire body was fully covered. The sword was equally strange, far too large for any normal pony to hold, much less use, without the aid of magic.

The princesses looked at the armor while Twilight and Spike continued to observe their surroundings.Everything was so intriguing, Twilight noticed that the temple writings were strange and unreadable, though not by the decay., Iit was an entirely new language to her.

And that naturally only made her more excited.

"This is an amazing discovery princess. I-" Twilight looked back seeing the Princesses, their faces said another story. Twilight realized they looked worried. She refrained from asking more questions already worried about the princesses. They seem to be on edge as if something in this temple was bothering them.

"Princess Celestia? Princess Luna?" Twilight muttered as she paced back. Seeing their lighthearted attitudes change,

"Twilight, I must ask you and Spike to leave, I don't think this is a safe space for the both of you."

"B-but we just got here? Princess what is-" Celestia teeth grinded from Twilight's response.

"Just do as I tell you Twilight!" Celestia raised her voice at her which frightened Twilight, she had never seen this side of Celestia before.

"Sister!" Luna clamor back at Celestia from her outburst. Just when she was about to apologize for her sister's outburst,Twilight realized that Luna's eyes darted around her.

"Where is young Spike?" She stated which immediately got her attention. She turned around to see that a certain dragon was missing.

"What? Spike? Spike!" She criedy out to the baby dragon. Luna stepped forward as the unicorn started to panic.

"Twilight, thou shall search for thee young Spike!" She stated while Celestia glared at Luna for the idea.

"Luna, that isn’t possible you don't know what this temple has? They may have guardians or traps laid all over the place!" Celestia beckoned her sister, Twilight scratched her head for what Celestia said.

"Guardians? Princess, what are you talking about?" Twilight answered back at her." “Do you know what's going on? If so,why keep this a secret?" Luna took one look at Twilight then to her sister.

"Explain everything to her, thou can't keep it a secret anymore." Celestia nodded as the princess of the night opened her wings as she flew deeper inside the temple looking for the small dragon.

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Spike explored the temple as he continued to inspect the armor stands, completely oblivious to the fact he’d wandered away from the others.

"This is so cool." Spike observed the area till a strange humming was heard.

"What is that?" The dragon curiously dashed to the humming, he was drawn to it like a moth to a flame. The dragon continues to follow the room and took notice of his surroundings, save for the fact said statues were starting to shake.

Spike entered a lone room by the corner. The room itself was fairly barren, save for a single pedestal in the center, with a medallion planted on top of it.

The young dragon couldn't help but stare at the treasure, unable to believe that something so beautiful was still inside after what was likely countless years. Without any hesitation the dragon reached for it with his claws. Spike looked at the gem on the medallion, feeling a bit hungry he stuck his tongue out for a taste, immediately his tongue felt the gem his eyes open spitting out the taste from his mouth. It was revolting, disgusting.

"Ugh, that’s awful, I thought those muffins Pinkie made that one time were bad!" The dragon kept shivering. He wanted to put it back however another thought came into his mind.

"Maybe Rarity would love this! I better keep it safe then!" Spike put on the medallion until he felt something strange. He struggled to breathe. It felt like something was sucking up the air around him.

"Ugh! What's happening!" He felt his chest getting heavier with his heart pounding, he wasn't sure if he was imagining it. He wanted to cry out for help feeling so much pain. To his shock the top of his spike came off and landed right in front of him on the floor.

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Luna flew past each pillar, realizing that the statue was awakening. The statues had a lion's body but a face of a pony, The princess of the night gasp just as the statue step out of it's pillar, becoming unpetrified.

"They must be drawn by Young Spike's presence!" Luna became more worried with the guardians now glaring at her, their white eyes turn red while letting out a hostile roar. Luna flapped her wings ready to fly past while the guardian charged at her, shocking Luna with it’s speed. She launched herself towards the guardian raising its paw up ready to strike her. Luna quickly dashed forward nearly avoiding the attack. She felt the attack behind her gasping for how close it was.

"The guardians are active, if they are awaken on this side of the temple then we must worry, Young Spike must be in danger!" Luna rushed further into the temple, getting away from the guardian gaining on her. Luna heard a loud groan coming in one of the temple door frames except that another guardian was near it.

"We made a promise to our sister and Twilight! Thou won't harm young Spike!" She shouted as she used her magic to launch a flash spell at the guardians blinding them. While the guardians were blinded Luna was already on the other side.

"That was close! Thou must be a fool to go against them." She shuddered at the thought until she heard a loud groaning coming from the room.

"Young Spike?" She flew towards the room seeing Spike on the ground. He looked in pain. She rushed towards him with so much worry, Just when she approached him a cage appeared out of nowhere locking her inside. She lights up her horn launching a powerful spell at the cage yet the spell did nothing to even crack or dent.

"What is-" She turn to see Spike who seemed to have blood around his head. Luna was now more frightened and concerned for the young child.
Spike started to scream more as the side of his hands began to push off by themself. Luna just stood there frightened with the sight of ears popping out, they looked floppy and had fur on them. Spike continued to cry beside Luna, with the only thing she could do was watch the dragon in pain.

The sight was utterly baffling, as even with her more than a millennium of life, Luna had never seen this before. Her eyes widen until the princess observed another change to his body. Purple fur surrounded his body which made the dragon shriek from his surprising transformation that was happening to his eyes.

"L-Luna?" The creature shakily groaned towards the princess who looked frightened unaware that a mane was growing at the top of his head, a spot where his spikes resided. The Princess of the Night’s body hardened, unable to move just for seeing his new appearance.

Just then out of the blue the guardians crashed into the doorframe. Spike looked at them with his only response was a massive yell which was strong enough to shake the entire temple, even breaking a part of Luna's cage. The young dragon was in so much pain that he passed out from the amount of energy he’d exhausted screaming. His eyes closed to see what happened next.

"Young Spike!" As the moment he passed out, Her voice was the only thing he heard until everything turned black a quiet.

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