• Published 29th May 2013
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In Search Of His Wings 2.0 - Hearnishere123



This is simply a story of a young dragon leaving home to set out on a journey to discover himself and maybe love along the way. [Warning: World building with a point to the story.]

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The Journey Must Begin

After a very help comment from Desrium. I revised my story fully and even found an editor called Valshe. Who could help with final touches with the story.


There was a loud slamming sound as two rather over-sized doors were pushed open with haste. Two mares rushed into the room followed by a colt which was pulling along a cart. The sudden entrance of the three caught the attention of a rather large mare sitting upon a throne. Her tri-colored mane seemed to flow in the air regardless of the lack of a breeze, a pearl white coat adorned her skin, with a horn upon her forehead and a pair of wings folded to her sides. The three ponies, who had barged in, came to a stop a few meters into the room, where the guards had stopped them.

The large majestic pony on the throne spoke in a soft but stern tone, "What is the meaning of such an entrance? Could this matter truly not wait a few hours as I do have others before you that I must meet with?"

One of the two mares, a unicorn, spoke up. "No Princess Celestia, this cannot wait. A few months ago the crystal mine under Canterlot was open. Today we have discovered something truly out of-" the unicorn was cut off by the pegasus mare beside her.

"We found a large egg after breaking through a crystal wall. It laid atop a pile of gems, like those one would expect to find in a dragons den," the pegasus rushed out her lips with an almost eager tone of voice. Behind the two, the unicorn colt rolled his eyes at the mares.

Princess Celestia drew her eyes toward the cart behind the colt. "So you three rushed here with what you believe to be a dragon's egg in tow. Am I correct?" Two guards had approached the cart after the pegasus uttered the word 'dragon'.

The unicorn mare answered, "Yes Princess Celestia, we believe it to be a dragon's egg. Where under the peace treaty, which you brokered with the dragons, any and all eggs discovered by ponies must be brought forth to you. So the dragon higher-arcs may be informed."

A small smile formed on Celestia's face, "That is true, though if you found the egg behind a wall of crystal. The egg must have been there for eons, which means the egg has already gone into self-stasis to keep the dragon inside from decaying. Making your haste quite unneeded for you could have simply waited your turn." She was happy that there were some ponies that could care about a dragon considering the great fear and hatred that occurred during the Blazing Dragon Wars.

The unicorn colt finally spoke up, "I tried to tell them that Princess, however, they just didn't listen." The two mares had turned their heads and were not glaring daggers at him.

“It is fine you three, thank you for bringing me the egg. You have shown great care for another living being, a dragon no less.” Celestia slightly dipped her head to the three, “That fact alone has pleased me.”

The three bowed as the unicorn replied in a gentle voice, “We are just honored to have your thanks, Princess.”

“I am sure, now if that is all, I must return to my duties of addressing the needs of those ponies you passed before entering," Celestia stated as she knew a few of the nobles waiting will be complaining if she spent too long. She didn't care if they were upset, but she just didn't want to hear them whine about it.

Smiling at the thought of the nobles being whiny, Celestia turned to the guards, “Guards please take the egg to my chambers with care.” Her smile fell on the inside when she remembered most the noble only come to her to whine about trivial matters to begin with. The three left the throne room and the two guards that had checked the cart before, took it to her chambers.

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Once day court came to an end, Princess Celestia made her way to her chambers. Upon entering, she grabbed ink and parchment where she wrote down a letter to the dragon higher-arcs. After casting a simple spell upon the now sealed scroll, she threw the letter into the eternal fire that occupied her fireplace. The scroll burned away in a green flash as the magic took hold. As she headed out onto her balcony from which she would raise the moon from.

Nearly an hour passed as she enjoyed the sun set before she raised the moon. Her eyes dwelled on the moon as a heavy pain rested on her heart. Slowly turning to head back inside, she glanced to her left to see rather sizeable scroll a foot in front of the fireplace. Pulling it toward her with her magic, she could see the Draconic Higher-arcs seal before she unrolled it and began to read it.

=---=

Dear Princess Celestia, Bringer of the Sun, Ruler of Equestria and the Equestrian Territories:

The caverns where the egg was found had belonged to a dragon we of the higher-arcs once knew. Her given name was Cruzore the All-Seeing, however, he true name was Serenity Raptor. She was the youngest dragon to become a member of the Draconic Higher-arcs and the first dragon to ever quit. One would say she left a large claw mark in our history.

The last that we ever heard of her was that she had claimed the mountain Canterlot now resides on. However, soon after that Discord moved over the territory. We assumed Serenity had fought against him and was defeated. Sadly your information about crystal caverns speak the truth that she did not go out in a blaze of glory but a whimper in her sleep.

What I am about to tell you, only a claw-full of beings other than dragons even know. We dragons can live for eons, as you know, but very rarely does a dragon pass of old age. It is looked down upon as a waste. However, the truth is that when a dragon is passing of old age they slip into a coma like state where their very soul is exhaled out their breath. Their soul then clings to any and all things living or not, where it slowly forms crystal shards that will keep growing even after mined. We call these Soul Shards, and they carry the very essence of the dragon that passed.

Serenity was far too young for it to have been old age. So most likely she passed from natural causes, like an illness. We would like to request that you stop mining the crystals and return any you may have collected.

As for her egg, we fear it has been in self-stasis for far too long to be hatched by normal means. So you may keep the egg if you wish, for we have no use for an egg that no dragon can hatch. Thank you for informing us in this matter.

Member of the Draconic Higher-arcs,

Athkor the Ash Creator

=---=

Sighing sadly, Celestia looked over at the egg in the cart near the door. Lifting it with her magic, moving it over to her bed where she wrapped a blanket around it. "Poor thing, everything deserves a chance at life," Celestia walked over to her bed and lay down beside the egg. She searched her mind for any spells to hatch eggs. After a few minutes she finally remembered one, though it was meant for bird eggs and not dragon eggs. Willing to try it out, she began casting the spell on the egg, but with more magic behind the spell than normally required. A full minute went by with nothing happening, so she slowly began to push more magic into the spell.

After raising the amount of magic a few more times, the egg blew open with a flash of orange light that resembled the dawn sky. Once the light faded, she saw a little baby boy dragon, with reddish orange scales, a simple and short orange mane running down its back. His face held a pair of ocean blue eyes, while upon his tail laid a short blade.

She smiled down at him, "Hello little one."

As her words ended, he smiled back up at her and begun to wag his little tail, which began to slash through the blanket without a care. This made Celestia giggle softly as his sheer innocent destruction. Before his tail could slash into the bed itself, she lifted him up with her magic till he was at her eye level. Being lifted into the air caused him to tense up and stop moving his tail.

"From this day forth, your name shall be Slash," she paused at she remembered his birth mother’s name, "Slash Raptor. How does that sound?" The baby dragon simply began to wag his tail once more in happiness.

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The sound of two doors being opened behind Celestia broke her out of her memory of the past. A reddish-orange creature about pony height entered the room, closing the doors behind it. Pausing a moment, “Mother you called for me?” waiting for acknowledgment of his presence.

Celestia looked back and gave him a gentle nod as they made eye contact. “Why yes my dear Slash I did,” she paused as if stalling from having to speak what was on her mind. “How many years has it been since you were born dear?”

Slash sighed knowing full well she knew how long it has been. Deciding to humor his mother to see what she truly was thinking about, he said “Nearly 30 years now, why do you ask Mother?” he asked as he slowly walked up and sat beside her on his hind-legs.

She slowly bent down and kissed his forehead gently before turning her head back to gaze out upon her kingdom once again. “Over that time you have grown into a well-mannered son, learned all that I or the tutors could teach you, competed self-defense training and gained true respect from my court, instead of the mild disdain that they had held for you all these years.” Those last few words pushed a small grin upon her face. “Now I know growing up here has never been easy on you considering the mistrust for you behind nearly every smile and the massive amount of duties that were pushed onto you. However, despite all that, you have endured better than even I had hoped.”

He coughed gently before stating, “Mother you are sidestepping the reason you called me here. I can tell by the way you are looking out upon the kingdom rather than looking at me while you talk.”

Giggling softly at the fact she was caught. “I have long seen the look in your eyes when you look out at the kingdom. You wish to travel across Equestria to meet the ponies and to grow more as a dragon. Am I wrong?”

Once again we sighed at the fact that he knew his mother already knew the answer to the question she asked. “No mother, you are not wrong. I do desire to see all of Equestria and maybe earn my wings along the way.” he turned his head to take a glance at his back. His back was bare except for his flowing orange locks running down his spine.

She knew how much he wanted to earn his place in life. That fact was known to all within the castle. Leaning down she nuzzled his cheek gently before speaking with a softer, motherly tone. “Which is the reason I called you hear today, my dear Slash. I feel you are old enough and wise enough to take this journey across the land.” She smiled as he had turned his head back around by now and was looking directly into her eyes. “Though I wish I could join you on your journey, you and I both know I cannot. Being a princess prevents me from setting off on such an adventure.”

Slash knew what she said was true and he knew it would take a very long time to travel on his claws. Breaking his eye contact with his mother to look out upon the kingdom, his smile began to turn to a slight frown. “Are you sure about this mother? Who knows when I will be back, or if I will even be back?” Clenching his claw as those words left his mouth. “I know I can write to you anytime, and I will. Yet, I don’t really want to leave you mother. You always seem to over work yourself to the point I have to beg you to take a break.” Those last words crawled out from his mouth drenched in his fear for his mother’s health.

Once more she giggled but this time at his concern, while fully knowing that would most likely happen. “How about this, if you promise to write me weekly about how you are doing, then I shall take one day off per week as long as you are gone.” Her words were true, and held no other plan within them.

He bit his lower lips softly, to avoid his fangs which would cause him to bleed. “I guess I can accept those terms. Though, I am still unsure of leaving. What if they fear me? After all I am a dragon, mother. Those ponies here in Canterlot have grown used to having me around and yet I still see fear in the back of their eyes.” He looked down at his claws and sighed softly.

“My dear Slash Raptor. The fear you see is primal fear that they have no control over. You sound like…” Her voice trailed off for a bit before she could refocus. “You remind me of someone who was very dear to me. She did not understand that the fear our ponies held in the back of their eyes was not fear of her but fear of her dark nights and what the darkness hid from their eyes.”

Turning her head to the setting sun, she paused for the next few minutes until the time came for her to raise the moon. Once the moon was up in the now night sky she turned back to her son. “If you wish, I can have your royal attire altered to bare my royal seal to prove that you are under my protection.” Though she didn't want to have to resort to such a thing, for she had faith that her little ponies would behave kindly to her son even without her seal.

Leaning against his mother ever so slightly, “I do not need your protection mother, but I would like to have it so it will feel more like you are there beside me. Throughout this journey that lies before me, I could really use someone to walk beside me, if not in spirit alone.” He gently nuzzled against his mother, knowing it would be many, many years before he could feel her warmth again.

Celestia smiled at her son, happy that he had chosen to go forth and grow as a young dragon instead of staying under her protective wing. She reached out with her magic, grabbing a quill and parchment, and began to write a letter to the royal tailor requesting Slash’s attire to be changed. “Do you wish for me to send letters off for any and all supplies you will need for the journey, my dear Slash?”

Slash simply shook his head, “Just the attire change, I shall gather the rest on my own, mother.” He spoke softly, but a thought came to his mind. “Maybe a larger saddle-pack as well, but I truly need to gather the rest for myself if I intend to live by myself from here out.”

She understood, and simply sent the letter off once she added the saddlebag request to it. With an uneasy smile she looked upon her son, “It has been forever since you slept under my wing. How about you sleep here with me for old times sake?”

Smiling as he looked up at his mother, “I would love to mother.”

That night, like they had done many years back, Slash slept curled up to his mother, with her wing as a blanket draped over him. They both were at peace once more, knowing that this would most likely be the last time they could ever be like this again. Slash had reached his growth limit for the next 70 years or so. They both knew that his journey of self-discovery would take a lot longer than seventy years, and yet they both knew that this would be the right thing to do. Slash needed to grow more as a dragon, and he could never do that while he was locked up in the castle. In the morning, Celestia, his mother would gather her court to make the announcement about her son leaving and for them to help him get set for his journey.

In the morning when he woke up, he had found the help he needed from the court and the guard. It took him a few hours and some hard bargains with the guards, but he had managed to gather all of what he needed. While still setting up deals with the guards to make sure Celestia didn't push herself too hard. He spent most of what was left of the noon to plan out his journey. By late evening he had set forth, to explore Equestria.