> Sash Lilac and Rainbow Dash: Family across Time > by knigsonic > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Return to the past > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- “THIS ENDS HERE YOU SPARKLING TWIT” Serpentine shouted as he leaped forward, aiming his blasters at Lilac. The dragon girl smirked and leaped up going into a cyclone knocking both guns out of his hands landing on them, crushing them. “Not gonna happen Snake Man, So just give up! Ive beaten Brevon two years ago TWICE! What hope do you have of defeating me?” She said with a grin as she dragon boosted into Serpentine, knocking him out of the thirtieth story building only for his ship to fly in and catch him. “YOU HAVENT SEEN THE LAST OF ME DRAGON-GIRL!” He screamed before taking off. Lilac sighed and turned around running back into the building. “It’s ok. You all can come out now.” She said as the Avalicians in hiding stuck their heads out. Soon the crowd began cheering and ran forward to thank their hero. “Thank you Miss Lilac!” A young panda child said hugging Lilac’s leg. Lilac smiled and patted her head as the child let go and waved to the crowd. “It’s all in a day’s work everyone.” Lilac said happily before leaping over everyone and dragon boosting away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Lilac ran out of the building and out of town wanting to get back to her treehouse. “Man, things sure have changed around here.” Lilac said looking around at all the futuristic settings around her. “Makes me glad nobody has tried to take down Dragon Valley and the forest around my tree house.” She continued saying as she entered the forest. However, instead of heading straight for her treehouse, she made a hard left and ran to a small setting in the middle of the forest. She slowed down and walked forward to two Grave Stones and gave a soft smile. Looking at the one on the left read ‘Here lies Sonic the Hedgehog, Fastest Hedgehog alive, hero of Mobius, and husband of Rainbow Dash.’ She closed her eyes and thought back to two years ago when she, Carol, Milla, and Torque went back in time to two hundred years in the past as Brevon fell back in time and teamed up with Dr. Eggman in order to destroy the future. She remembered when she teamed up with her Great Grandfather, Sonic, in order to defeat Brevon and Eggman, along the way crushing both their armies, and their creations, Shadow the Hedgehog, Metal Sonic, and even a Metal Lilac. They soon defeated Brevon and Dr. Eggman’s ultimate robot and set the future back in motion. Opening her eye’s, she looked over to the right tombstone and read ‘Here lies Rainbow Dash, Fastest Pegasus alive, hero of Equestria, and Wife of Sonic the Hedgehog.’ At finishing reading this,, she gave a frown and sigh as she thought back to a year ago when she, Carol, and Milla were having a camp out when a Crystal appeared in front of them. They held onto it as the next day strange creatures appeared out of a wormhole looking for the crystal. Lilac and her friends fought back the monsters as best they could. However, soon Sonic and his friends had appeared, searching for the Crystal. Lilac remembered as Sonic’s crew had been expanded quite abit, with slightly taller warriors wielding the elements, a massive robot covered in flame decal’s wielding a massive sword, but the part of the group that stuck out to her the most was the new mobians, mainly Rainbow Dash, Lilac’s Great Grandmother. Rainbow Dash apparently knew Lilac, but at the time, Lilac didn’t know much about her. They sadly didn’t get to interact much cause according to Sonic, they needed that crystal to stop a corrupted pony from another universe hell bent on destroying reality. Lilac rejoined the fight along with heroes from some of the alternate worlds Sonic and Rainbow Dash visited in order to buy them time while they fought the crazed deity in the center of time. After the battle she got to see Rainbow Dash one last time, upset she didn’t get to spend time with her like she did with Sonic. Rainbow Dash smiled and told her, “don’t worry. You’ll meet me again soon enough. How do you think I know you so well?” Lilac smiled nodding and hugged her before she returned to her time. “You miss them, don’t you?” A voice said behind her. Lilac instantly turned around getting into a fighting stance spotting two figures standing behind her. She relaxed when she released who it was. “Indeed Shadow. Despite the fact they joked around a lot and half the time didn’t take anything seriously, I still loved them. I just wish I got more time to be with them… Especially Rainbow Dash.” Lilac said as the Hedgehog walked forward. “That’s what were here to talk to you about.” He said as he waved his wife to come over. Lilac turned and saw Twilight Sparkle walk forward. “It is good to see you once again Lilac.” Twilight said with a smile as she hugged Lilac. “Its good to see you as well Twilight. So what brings you two to these parts?” Lilac asked as they stopped hugging. Twilight’s smile turned into a frown and slowly turned around. “Lilac, you remember that Rainbow Dash had said she knew you before you met her, correct?” She asked as Lilac nodded and stepped forward. “Why do you ask?” she responded. Shadow stepped towards her and placed his hand on Lilac’s shoulder. Despite the fact Shadow no longer was trying to take her or her friends down, Lilac still felt uneasy around him after the time’s they fought in the past. “Twilight has sensed you are of age as to when she had met you for the first time. And as such, you recall Rainbow Dash mentioning you and her fought The First Water Dragon, yes?” Shadow asked. Again, Lilac nodded as Twilight turned around. “It is time you went back and preformed these actions for yourself.” Twilight said as she focused her magic. Shadow stepped forward he placed his hand on her shoulder, allowing his Chaos power to flow with her magic as they unleashed a Time Vortex in front of the group. Lilac watched in amazement and stepped forward. Twilight looked at her and said, “I won’t tell you what to do or how to do it. This is your journey, so do it right. And have fun with Rainbow Dash. I know she had fun.” Lilac nodded and approached the portal, only to turn around. “How will I get home when this is over?” Lilac asked. Twilight thought for a moment trying to remember how Lilac went home. “Come find the young me when this is all over. Ill relock onto this portal and send you back mere seconds after you left.” Twilight said. Lilac nodded and looked back towards the portal. Gripping her hands, she leaped up and dragon boosted into the portal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A massive vortex suddenly burst open in the middle of Ponyville. A few seconds later, Lilac blasted through as the vortex close up. Skidding to a stop, Lilac looked around to see if there was anybody around that she might of scared. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case. Seemed everyone was in bed thankfully. Turning around, Lilac spotted a tree with windows on it. “Hehe, looks like somebody took 'Tree House' abit to literal.” She said with a chuckle. Noticing a light was still on, Lilac jogged over and knocked on the door. After a few seconds she heard someone walking to the door muttering to themselves about who would knock at this time of the night. Lilac watched as the door opened and looked down to see a purple pony looking up at her obviously not expecting someone like her to be on the other side. “Uh, hi there. I’m Sash Lilac.” She said extending her hand out to shake. The pony stood there for a second before shaking her head back and forth. “Oh, Uh, I’m Twilight Sparkle.” The pony said. Lilac blinked at the name. “Twilight Sparkle? You’re Twilight Sparkle?” She asked. “I was the last time I checked… Why do you ask?” Twilight asked confused as to how this girl knew her. Lilac scratched the back of her head and gave a soft chuckle. “It’s a long story. Mind if I come in?” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “So let me get this straight… You’re a dragon… from the future?” Twilight asked as Lilac sat on her couch sipping a cup of tea. Lilac nodded as Twilight continued. “And despite the fact you’re a dragon, you’re a descendant of Rainbow Dash?” Lilac nodded and replied, “It’s crazy, I know, but she gets married, they have a kid, that kid gets married and has a kid, and that kid gets married to a dragon and has a kid. Dragon DNA is actually pretty strong.” Twilight scribbled what Lilac said into her notebook and looked up. “So mind telling me who’s the special Somepony she gets with?” Twilight said with a smirk. Lilac chuckled and simply said, “Spoilers.” “Oh fine.” Twilight said with a pouty face before continuing. “so you’ve come back with the aid of my future self from 200 Years into the future to come back to stop a crisis from happening, because I knew in the future that Id send you back because I already lived through it, but the only way I knew was because you told me and OW MY BRAIN HURTS!” She said putting her hoof to her forehead. Lilac giggled and told her, “Ya. Time Travel sucks. Best not to think to hard on it.” Twilight looked up and sighed. “True. So how long will you be here?” she asked to which Lilac simply shrugged. “Your future self wouldn’t tell me anything, saying I had to live it out for myself. But Im guessing Ill be here long enough to stop this ‘First Water Dragon’ that Rainbow Dash of the future told me about.” Lilac said finishing her tea. “Sounds like a good guess. So, Im guessing you don’t have a place to sleep currently?” Twilight asked. Lilac shook her head sadly. “Then you’re staying here.” Twilight said as she went into her closet and pulled out the guest pillow and blankets. “Are… Are you sure?” Lilac asked getting up and taking them from her. “I wouldn’t want to intrude on you. And sides, your future self didn’t say anything about me staying here.” Lilac finished saying as Twilight made her way upstairs. “I know, but it’s what friends do.” She said with a smile causing Lilac to smile back. “Besides, I’m sure Spike would be thrilled to have another dragon in the house hehe.” Twilight continued as she headed upstairs for the night. “Another dragon? Cool. Guess I’ll meet him tomorrow… or later… if it is already tomorrow.” Lilac said making a bed on the couch and laying down, soon falling asleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lilac awoke to the sounds and smells of breakfast being made. She slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes looking around. “Ya… this is definitely not a dream.” She said to herself as she got up and made her way to the kitchen. She spotted Twilight looking over a Newspaper. Twilight looked up and smiled. “Morning Lilac.” She said to which Lilac bowed and replied, “Good morning Twilight.” Twilight chuckled and said, “No need to bow. I’m just as normal as you.” Lilac sat down and said, “I know. It’s just in my time, it’s a sign of being polite to others.” “Ah. Makes sense.” Twilight said putting the paper down before continuing, “I hope you don’t mind, but I invited my friends over for breakfast and to meet you.” Lilac shook her head as a knock came at the door. “That’s probably Pinkie Pie now!” Twilight said getting up to go answer it. Lilac sat and waited as she heard breakfast no longer being made. “Breakfast is done!” a young male voice said as a young dragon climbed up a step ladder and placed a stack of pancakes on the table. He then turned to face Lilac and stopped moving for a few seconds. “There is another dragon here! Twilight wasn’t pulling a joke on me!” He said finally. Lilac blinked and replied, “That don’t sound like Twilight.” “What don’t sound like me?” Twilight asked walking back in with a pink pony and an orange pony. Lilac turned around and said, “I was just saying that it doesn’t sound like youd play a trick on Spike here.” Spike looked at Lilac and asked, “How do you know my name?” “Twilight told me last night.” Lilac said with a smile and extended her hand. “Im Lilac!” She said happily as Spike extended his claw and shook her hand. “Nice to meet you. How come you look different from other dragons?” Spike asked. Lilac blinked and asked, “what do you mean? Every dragon Ive ever met looks like this… Plus I am from the future so I don’t know, maybe dragons just evolved to look like this.” Spike stood there stunned. “Incredible.” He eventually said. Twilight smiled rolling her eyes and walked over to Lilac. “Anyways, Lilac, this is Applejack and Pinkie Pie.” She said pointing towards the two new ponies. “Well howdy there Partner. Im Applejack.” Applejack said extending her hoof out to Lilac, who stood up and shook it. Pinkie Pie simply gasped and got ready to run off only for Twilight to grab her with her magic. “Oh no ya don’t Pinkie Pie. I think we can hold off on the party for abit until after Breakfast.” Twilight said causing Pinkie to land on the ground. “Oh, right. Silly me hehe.” Pinkie Pie said trotting over to Lilac and extending her hoof. “HI! Im Pinkie Pie! Ponyville’s local party planner." She said while shaking Lilac’s hand vigorously. Lilac let go after nearly losing her arm as another, more timid knock came at the door, followed by someone telling the knocker to be louder and banged on the door only to be scolded by a third voice. “Guess that’s everypony else. Ill let them in.” Spike said and ran to the door. Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie climbed into their seats as Spike returned with a white Unicorn, who he was gushing over, a yellow Pegasus who was hiding behind her mane, and a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane, the latter of the three Lilac recognized instantly, despite her being a pony. The Unicorn sat down and waved at Lilac before saying, “I see introductions are underway. Hello Dear. I am Rarity. If you need a new outfit, just give me a shout and I’ll be make you one in no time flat.” The timid Pegasus climbed into her chair and mumbled behind her mane. “Im Fluttershy…” Though hard to hear, Lilac managed to make the name out just fine and smiled at the Pegasus. “It’s nice to meet you Fluttershy, as is you Rarity.” Suddenly the Cyan Pegasus flew over everypony, grabbing her a pancake and landed in her chair. “And then there’s me, a pony so AWESOME she don’t even need to be introduced.” She said and begun eating her pancake. Lilac chuckled rolling her eye’s and said, “Of course Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow Dash, hearing her name even though nopony else had told her name to the dragon, slowed down her eating and looked at Lilac. “Ok… who are you, and how do you know my name?” Rainbow asked glaring daggers at her. Twilight decided to intervene patted Rainbow’s shoulder. “Actually, that’s why I asked you all here. Lilac… is from the future. More specifically, Rainbow Dash’s future.” Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked between Lilac and Rainbow Dash. “How far into the future?” Rarity asked finally. “About 200 years into your future.” Lilac said as she grabbed a pancake and munched on it. “Wait… so… Im gonna have kids? And further down the line Im gonna have a Great Grandkid that’s gonna be… a Dragon?” Rainbow Dash asked Lilac who in turn nodded. Rainbow Dash fell back in her chair and crossed her forelegs. “There goes being a Wonderbolt.” She pouted. Lilac frowned at this and stood up, walking over to Rainbow Dash and patted her back. “Hey, don’t look so glum. Like my Great Grandfather said, 'Never give up. Just be true to yourself and you’ll always succeed!'" Rainbow Dash looked at Lilac and asked, “So who’s the stallion I settle down with? And how long do I got?” Lilac chuckled heading back to her seat and smiled. “like a strange woman once said… ‘Spoilers’. Though Ill tell you this much. Ive met him two years ago due to a time rift opening after my friends and I defeated an alien overlord. Lets just say, you two were made for each other!” > Learning of the Future > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After breakfast most of Twilight's friends left leaving just Lilac, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight in the living room. "So... Whats the future like?" Rainbow Dash asked Lilac who was sitting across from her. "Its alot different from now."" Lilac said looking out the window. "Not as peaceful looking. The cities are growing more, becoming more futuristic and becoming more louder... Kinda why Im glad they haven't tried to expand to my forest." "Forest? Like the Everfree Forest?" Twilight asked with a hint of worry. Lilac chuckled. "Actually yes. My forest is the Everfree." At this both ponies gasped to which Lilac looked confused. "What? The Everfree Forest is one of the most peaceful places on Avalice." Rainbow Dash's face grew grim at that. "Ok, now I'm seriously starting to doubt you. Our planet is named 'Equestria', and nopony is crazy enough to live in the Everfree!" Lilac sighed chuckling. "Oh. Thats right. Forgot how different the past was. Avalice IS Equestria... or at least part of it. My world is a combined world of yours and another, where I met my Great Grand Father. In your world, the Everfree is the only place where everything takes care of itself, right?" She asked as the two nodded. "Well on his world, thats just how it is. Nature takes care of itself. Though after the merge, ponies did influence some things with nature but they also asked to not influence much. Hence why the Everfree is really not as bad as you make it out to be in my time." She looked at her Great Grand Mother as she was trying to process this new information. She giggled as Rainbow shook her head. "Wow. thats alot to take in..." She said only for Twilight to chip in, "Thats why Im taking notes." The two looked at Twilight writing everything down on a piece of paper. "Of course you are." Rainbow said jokingly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lilac stepped outside to the late morning air and stretched her arms. "Gotta say, this place looks much better in the day when you can actually see it" she said as Rainbow flew past her. "Ya, but its got nothing on Cloudsdale." she said as Lilac walked beside her. "Cloudsdale? Ive heard that name before... but only in Legend..." Lilac said to which Rainbow Dash stopped and looked at her. "Cloudsdale doesn't exist in your time?" She asked. Lilac nodded her head only to jump back as Rainbow gets in her face. "What happened? And don't tell me 'Spoilers'!" Lilac sighed and looked up. "They say that Cloudsdale sailed higher up into the atmosphere, to high for anyone to reach except the beings who lived there. And that was some time after the Great Merge so its unsure if the city still exists to this day." Rainbow sighed and turned away. "I see... Guess at least I can live with that answer. But to think one day from now it will be gone... Kinda scares me..." Lilac put her hand on her back and smiled. "Hey, tell ya what, if at one point you ever get to visit the future, then well go look for it, I promise!" She said holding out her other hand for a fist bump to which Rainbow hoofed it. "Deal!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- meanwhile, far away from Ponyvile. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Far in the Great Dragon Lands, where the Great Dragon Lord rules over his mighty race with an iron fist, was the princess of the Dragon's, Ember. Dispite being the daughter of The Dragon Lord, she did not have the respect from him as a father would have towards his child. She punched a boulder in fustration as she left her fathers chambers. "UGH!!! All I want is for him to even mention Im his daughter... I wish there was something I could do to make him respect me..." she said kicking at a wall only for it to collapse revealing a passage. "What in the world?" she asked herself before wandering in. She found a staircase that led deeper into the volacno. "Strange, I dont remember this ever being here..." She muttered following the stairs. After what felt like half an hour she reached the bottom only to find what appeared to be a pool of water. "Ok... how is THIS in here? Were in an ACTIVE Volacno!" She slowly sticks her tail into it only to pull it back out. "This shouldnt be cold... Something strange is going on." She looked around only to hear a dark chuckle. "So... does the Dragon Princess really think her father would respect her with how weak she is?" the voice, female, said to her. "WHOSE THERE?" Ember yelled spinning around and blew fire to light the area only for it to freeze into ice and shatter. "Hehe, you shouldnt play with fire Princess." the voice said as a vortex appeared out of nowhere over the pool. Ember watched as someone floated through. It was on two legs, its entire body was covered in some marron suit with an Infinity symbol on both sides of her hips. on her chest sat a glowing gem. Her face was covered up by a mask with only one eye hole showing a glowing yellow eye with the whites replaced with Red. a Unicorn horn had made its way through the mask as her mane and tail looked out of control and faded. "W-Who are you?" Ember asked stepping back only to be frozen in place. The being floated over to her chuckling. "Ah my dear Ember... You may call me... Infinite... Im god... Or... at least the only god here willing to help you." she said patting the dragon on her head. "What do you want?" Ember said able to turn her head away in fear only for Infinite to turn it back. "Oh dont be scared... were not so different, you and I... Your father wants nothing to do with you. I can relate. And so, I wish to help you." Inifinite said floating back to the pool unfreezing Ember. "How? How can a pony like you help me?" She said walking towards her. Infinite chuckled turning around. "Oh... Im no mere pony, obviously. In your world, ponies walk on 4 legs, correct? So theres that difference. Also, if you werent paying attention, I can manipulate time and space to my very will. So care to ask again?" Ember crossed her arms looking at the pool. "Im guessing this is your work as well? How a pool of water ice cold is able to exist in a volcano?" she asked as Infinite nodded. "I made this to help you. Ember, I will transform you into the dragon you need to be in order to gain not just your fathers respect, but EVERYONE'S, including other countries. All you need to do... is step into the pool." Ember smiled at what Infinite told her but turned back. "Whats the catch?" She asked to which Infinite chuckled floating up. "What kind of god would I be if there was a catch? A very messed up one, thats what. You can trust me, right?" Infinite said staring at Ember. Ember sighed and stepped into the pool. Suddenly the water came to life and shot straight into her mouth as it forced itself into her. "WHAT... IS... GOING?" she yelled in pain as her body began to change. Soon after the transformation, she looked up at Infinite who chuckled. "Behold... The first WATER DRAGON!" She yelled as Ember's new form crackled with power. "Go forth Ember, and prove to the world your so much better than them!" > Rise to Power > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three days later ----------------------- Lilac ran through Ponyville at high speed as Rainbow Dash flew after her. “What's the matter Great Great Grandma, cant keep up?” she taunted leaping over a few trash bins. “You were saying?” she heard next to her as Rainbow Dash flew beside her lazily. “Kids these days never respecting their elders” she added with a smirk. “I'd go faster, but I don't want to risk running into anything like what you told me Great Great Grandpa did his first time zooming through Ponyville.” “Sounds like he's a clutz!” Rainbow Dash laughed up as they shot over the town bridge near the Everfree Forest. “We should probably turn back” Dash said as she slowed down. Lilac chuckled and picked up speed. "Oh please, I live in these woods! Nothing here can get in my way!” she said as she blasted right in, leaping from tree to tree as Rainbow skidded to a halt. “Shes gonna get herself killed in there!” she groaned before flying in after her. --------------------------- Spike was busy cleaning up the kitchen after lunch when his body began to glow all over. “Huh? What the?” He asked curiously as Twilight walked in. “Spike, whats wrong?” she asked as he hopped down from the sink. “Im not sure. Maybe we should go see the Princesses or Zecora on this?” he suggested taking his apron off. --------------------------- Lilac leaped from tree to tree, using them to keep her momentum going as Rainbow Dash flew after her, hoping they would leave soon. Sure she liked adventure, but nopony dared to enter it. Which is why she was shocked Lilac went in of her own free will. “Come on Dash, try to keep up!” Lilac shouted as she leaped towards a tree branch, spinning around it before launching towards two trees grown together to form a loop. She ran around the loop a few times before blasting away at high speeds. “Well gotta admit, shes got my speed for sure!” Rainbow grinned before flying after her before seeing Lilac jump over a gorge only to run down the opposite side only to leap off the side she was on only to land perfectly on the other side. “Tada!” Lilac said with joy as Rainbow Dash landed next to her. “Oh man, that.. was… INCREDIBLE!!!” She exclaimed with glee as Lilac grinned bashfully. “I learned alot about my speed from Great Great Grandpa.” She said as Rainbow offered a hoofbump. “I can see that! I clearly can't do tricks like that.” She said as Lilac made a fist and they bumped together. Suddenly Lilac started to glow. “Huh? Since when can you glow?” Rainbow asked as Lilac stared at herself. “I cant… unless it has to do with dragons of your time?” She suggested looking at Rainbow Dash. “Lets head back to Twilights!” Rainbow exclaimed and flew off out of the forest with Lilac chasing after her. ----------------------- Spike opened the door for him and Twilight only to hear what sounded like two speedsters on their way to the Library. “Now what?” Twilight asked walking to the door only to teleport out of the way as Lilac and Rainbow Dash blasted into the tree only to skid to a halt before crashing into the furniture. “Why the hay are you two running back here? I thought you two were gonna have some family bonding time!” Twilight asked clearing the dust they left in their wake. “Well we WERE racing, but Lilac begun to glow for some reason.” Rainbow said plopping her flank on the couch. Twilight looked at Lilac in suspicion. “Your glowing as well?” She asked as Lilac dusted her boots off. “Y-ya. Not sure why, Ive never glowed before, so we figured might be something dragons did in this time.” Spike walked over and shook his head. “I dont think this is normal. Ive never glowed either until now.” He said as Lilac noticed Spike was glowing as well. “We were about to head to Zecora's to see if she understood whats going on. If not, then to the Princesses.” Twilight said floating Spike onto her back. Rainbow Dash groaned at that. “Are you kidding? We just came from the Everfree!” -------------------- -earlier- -------------------- Ember looked down from the volcano as she emerged a new dragon. Now covered in armor merged to her own body, she grinned as she spotted her father down below, barking orders at his subjects with the jeweled scepter. “Taking control away from him should be an easy test of my new power.” She said calmly. Ember than got into a running start before leaping into a river of lava below. She then blasted ice cold water at the river, freezing it as she landed on it. “Impressive.” She muttered before shooting more water out in front of her soon skating down the river of lava. Suddenly she heard rumbling as the volcano begun firing magma bombs down. Frowning, she leaped into the air firing more water out cooling them off before kicking them down at the dragons below her. “WHO DARES ATTACK US?” The Dragon Lord yelled turning his massive body around only to spot his daughter return to skating down the river before leaping above, firing artic cold water at the dragons below. She then landed, punching into the ground while landing on one knee. “Hello… Father…” she said coldly as her left hand shot water out of it until it froze into a staff and she slammed it into the ground. “Im here to take command from you.” The Dragon Lord looked down at her before laughing. “Oh Daughter, you sure know how to make your old man laugh! Hehe… Now drop your weapon and remove your armor at once.” he growled aiming The Jeweled Scepter at her to force her. Ember grinned and threw her staff at the Scepter, knocking it out of his hand. “I no longer listen to you. I take orders from my new master, and her will is to destroy this world!” She said before leaping at her fathers throat, her claws now covered in ice as she slashed right through his skin, before spewing water hotter than magma onto his organs, causing them to crumble. “AGGGH!!!” The Dragon Lord screamed as he fell on his back, Ember standing over him as another ice staff formed. “Why are you doing this?” he struggled to say as his insides bled. “Your standing in my way of ruling. You were gonna let one of these chumps rule the dragonlands, never even tell them I was the true heir. Guess what Im saying is, Thanks for being a terrible dad!” she said before stabbing her spear into his heart, killing him. She then leaped off his body, walking calmly towards the Scepter before turning to the other dragons. “Will anyone else attempted to fill his shoes?” she said meanicinly as they took a few steps back in fear. She grinned as she grabbed the Scepter and raised it above her head. “THEN THE RULE OF THE FIRST WATER DRAGON BEGINS!!!” She then slammed the Scepter into the ground. “ALL DRAGONS WILL COME TO ME! WE WILL BUILD AN ARMY TO CONQUER EQUESTRIA FOR MY LORD AND MASTER, INFINITE!!! MAY HER REGIN NEVER END!!!” --------------- “What do you mean you dont know why their glowing?” Twilight asked as Celestia and Luna went through every book in their library. “There is just so little we actually know about Dragons Twilight. Weve never had good relationships with them in the past, so gathering info never was a good idea.” Celestia said putting the books away. "Hmm, maybe theres something happening at the Dragonlands?” Spike suggested to which Lilac raised her eyebrow. "Theres a Dragonland?” she questioned as Spike nodded. “Ya, but its full of nofhing but jerks. But either way, it might be the only place to get answers.” he said. “Spike, you are NOT going back there!” Twilight said as Lilac walked over to them. "Twilight, Zecora didnt have any answers, and neither did the princesses. This is probably our last option. And besides, Ill be there to protect him. I mean, whats the worst that could happen?” Rainbow Dash facehoofed as she finished that sentince. “Did you really just ask that?” > Escape from the Dragon Lands > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lilac leapt over a massive canyon as she carried Spike on her back with Rainbow Dash flying after her carrying Twilight. “So how far out is The Dragon-lands?” She yelled up at the flying duo before landing. Twilight looked up seeing the volcano off in the distance. “Not to far. Maybe a few hours tops!” She yelled back down. Lilac smirked and began running down the trail looking back at Spike. “You ok back there?” She asked to which Spike nodded. “Ya. Were dragon’s after all! A little lava ain’t gonna kill us!” He said before Lilac skidded to a halt. “Wait, lava? You do know Im a ‘Water’ Dragon... right?” She asked. “Oh. right. well, still, your pretty tough. Im sure it wont be to bad for you!” He said giving a thumbs up. Smiling, Lilac went back to running before reaching the end of the path and leaping over, watching as she left the desert and landed on a path made of dry lava. Continuing her run, she noticed the path was blocked by massive boulders all over the place. “Great, how are we going to get past all that?” Spike asked only for Lilac to pick up the pace. “HANG ON!” She yelled as suddenly a violet aura appeared around them as her feet became a blur and she ran head first into the rocks, smashing them to pieces. “WOAH!” Spike yelled as Lilac rocketed down the path before launching into the air and landing on a cliff before looking at the fallen stone bridge down in the lava with piece’s of it sticking out. “Looks like Im gonna have to leap across.” She said before blasting forward and leaping from stone to stone. As she landed on the fourth one, it begun to shake from her weight. Looking up, she noticed Rainbow and Twilight were standing on the other side of the river waiting on them. Lilac grabbed Spike and yelled out, “Im gonna toss Spike to you!” Twilight nodded as Lilac, with all her might, threw the young dragon over to her, yelling the whole time. Twilight managed to catch him in her magic before pulling him to safety. Lilac grinned and leapt off the stone as it sank below and towards another rock, only for it to begin floating down the river with her on it. “This ain’t good.” She said as it carried her. She then noticed it was taking her to a new path and grinned before using the rock as a surf board making her way there. Suddenly she saw the volcano erupt, spewing out chunks of ice. “What the heck? That shouldn’t be happening here!” She said as the began landing around her. Lilac started surfing out of the way of them before leaping off onto the new path and running off again. Suddenly more ice bombs landed all over the path. “HA! You think this will slow me down?” She asked out loud and went into her Dragon Boost, smashing through the ice before leaping onto the side of a cliff and ran up the wall before leaping away from the wall and onto yet another path only for more ice bombs to land. “Where is all this ice coming from? They should rename this place ‘Ice Cap’ if this keeps up!” She said before blasting through. She looked down at the river and watched as it turned from lava to water. “Now I know something’s up here.” She said before running into a tunnel only to see the end was sealed off. Once again activating her boost, she smashed through the wall only to fall down a waterfall seeing the volcano was near. “So these are the dragon-lands huh? Wonder how the dragon’s are handling all this water.” She said before landing and going back into her run, going into a loop before spotting hundred’s of boulder’s made of rock and ice before her. Instead of boosting, she began to spin on her foot flinging her hair out as she used her speed to continue moving as she smashed through the obstacle's before her. As she slowed down, she noticed she was now on a bridge and looked up. “Im just outside the Volcano now!” She said happily as she boosted down the bridge making a tight turn as she went around a massive pillar only for a few ice bombs to destroy the bridge before her. “OH COME ON!” She yelled before leaping off and onto a waterfall, running sideways on it like it was nothing. She then leapt off and onto the road leading into the volcano. “Alright. Let’s see what this glowing is all about!” She said running into it only to skid to a halt as Rainbow Dash landed beside her carrying her passengers. “Wow, and I thought you were supposed to be the fastest flier!” Lilac said laughing as Rainbow growled. “You try carrying flying with passengers!” She said which just made Lilac laugh more. “Im kidding. Sides, you made it here. Let’s get inside and see what’s going on with this place!” Lilac said leading the pack inside. As they entered, they spotted row upon row of Dragon’s bowing towards what appeared to be a frozen river of lava. “What do you think could of done this?” Spike asked only for Twilight to cover his mouth with her hoof. “Shh, I think its best if we didn’t draw attention to ourselves just yet.” She said before looking at Rainbow Dash with a frown. Getting the idea, Rainbow landed on the ground beside them only to look around noticing Lilac had vanished. However, before she could find her, the entire ground started to shake. Looking forward, they watched as a giant throne began to form from the ice as a lone dragon, covered in armor, stood before it only to sit down upon it. “That one must be responsible for all this ice.” Rainbow Dash muttered as the Dragon spoke. “GREETINGS DRAGONS NEAR AND FAR, I SUPPOSE YOU ARE ALL WONDERING WHY I SUMMONED YOU FROM YOUR HOMES TO MY PARADISE?” She yelled out loud. She watched as the entire valley roared at her in agreement and smiled before continuing, “VERY WELL. I AM YOUR NEW DRAGON LORD, EMBER, THE FIRST WATER DRAGON, AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE FROM MY POWER.” She yelled out at them before pointing at the ice and water around them. “A Water Dragon? HA! Don’t make me laugh!” a red with orange spikes dragon said out loud only for Ember to blast him with her water, turning his colors blue with icy spikes while new armor began to cover him. After she finished blasting him, the now transformed dragon marched forward bowing before her. “I live to serve you Dragon Lord.” He said making her smile revealing her razor sharp teeth. “Excellent.” She muttered putting her hands together tapping her claws together. She then turned towards the rest of the dragons. “SOON, YOU ALL SHALL BE TRANSFORMED INTO WARRIORS STRONG ENOUGH TO CRUSH ANYTHING IN YOUR PATH. AND THEN WE SHALL MARCH ACROSS THIS LAND RULED BY DISGUSTING PONIES AND WIPE THEM FROM EXISTENCE UNTIL ALL THAT REMAINS IS DRAGONS! MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE AGE OF EXTINCTION IS UPON US!” She roared raising her hands into the air as the rest of the dragons cheered around Twilight, Spike, and Rainbow Dash. “Age of Extinction? Is she serious?” Spike asked Twilight fearfully. Before Twilight could answer though, they heard a voice coming from above. “NOT ON MY WATCH YOU JERK!” They heard Lilac yell out before leaping over the crowd of Dragons, surprising them all as she landed near Ember. Ember frowned looking Lilac up and down and crossed her arms. “And just what are you supposed to be?” She asked snorting hot steam from her nostrils. “Im a Water Dragon, from 200 years into the future!” Lilac proclaimed to everyone which only made Ember laugh at her. “If thats true, then how did you come back here?” She asked still laughing. Without missing a beat, Lilac said, “I was sent back in time to stop you from destroying the world and my future by The Ultimate Lifeform and his wife.” Ember continued to laugh at Lilac soon having to sit on her throne to catch her breath. “If thats true, lets see if you can handle my new warrior.” She said looking at the dragon she transformed before snapping her claw. “DESTROY HER!” She yelled pointing at Lilac. Nodding, the Dragon begun flapping his wings before rising into the air and breathed out fire around Lilac only for it to freeze instantly. “Prepare for a fire sooo cold, it BURNS!” He said to her landing before her before dashing towards Lilac. However, Lilac jumped out of the way making him smash into the wall. Remembering her time with Sonic, she turned her body around and flung herself at him, attempting to preform a homing attack. She managed to kick him in the head only for him to throw her back. “So THATS HOW ITS GONNA BE?” He yelled before pounding his fists together and roared. He then charged straight for her a second time only for Lilac to leap on top of the ice wall, slamming his snout into the wall only to leap up and preform a stomp onto his back, knocking him to the ground as she begun preforming a few punches and kicks into his body. After the third kick however, He spun around, wiping his tail at Lilac’s feet knocking her over. He then got on top of her slowly inhaling to release another Arctic fire blast only for Lilac to kick him off her. As she got up, he managed to fire a much smaller blast at her only for Lilac to begin spinning in place, letting her hair deflect the shots into the ice wall, destroying it to pieces. “Is that all you got?” She asked smirking knowing it was enraging this dragon to no end. “WHY WON’T YOU JUST DIE?!?!?!” He roared at her before taking to the sky and blasting the ground below Lilac making a massive ice platform rise into the air with her on top of it. Getting ready Lilac watched as he made his way to the outside of the arena only for to breath fire around his body as he began spinning like a drill and flung himself across the arena aiming at Lilac. However, she jumped out of the way just at the last second, sliding to a stop a few inches from where she was originally. She turned around only to leap out of the way a second time as the lit on fire dragon charged her again, only to charge her one last time. Lilac tried to leap on top of him, but he managed to escape her by flying into the air and begun bombarding the platform with his Arctic fire, only for Lilac to dodge every blast he fired at her. “IVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU PEST!” He yelled and finally divebombed at the platform, slamming into it hard enough to crack it. Lilac dodged the divebomb only for the impact to knock her into the air. “MY TURN!” She yelled launching herself into a string of Dragon Boosts into his thick skull only to knock him back onto his feet. However, before he could do anything else, Lilac started back up her punches and kicks, making sure to pound his snout with every hit before leaping up into the air and preforming a stomping kick into his head, shattering the platform in half as he fell onto the ground, down for the count. “You had it coming!” She yelled at him before leaping off the platform and landed in front of Ember, who was grinning the entire time. “So, you think just because you beat him means your strong enough for me?” She snorted before standing up making an Ice Spear form in her claws and pointed it at Lilac. “MY SUBJECTS, DESTROY THIS PEST!” She yelled at everyone. Lilac turned as she watched every dragon start making their way to her. Suddenly she watched as a rainbow streak flew over the crowd towards her. “HANG ON LILAC!” Rainbow Dash yelled as she grabbed her and pulled her away from the army. “Thanks Rainbow Dash! But you'd better let me off here. We can escape them faster if your not carrying me!” Lilac said as they neared a cave. Nodding, Rainbow Dash tossed Lilac into the cave only for the dragon to blast down the path at high speeds. Lilac suddenly felt the entire cave start to shake as the ceiling started to lower. “Guess they know Im in here. “Oh well, time to kiss the party Goodbye!” She said leaping out the other side of the cave only to land on a series of tree branches leading to the ground. As she grinded down them, she noticed that the dragons were flying over her, launching fire ball after fire ball at her, lighting the area on fire. “NO! THEY SET THE FOREST ON FIRE!” She yelled as she landed on the ground and began running forward as fast as her feet would let her. Rainbow Dash flew down beside her to make sure she was alright. Noticing, she turned to Rainbow and asked, “Hey, where are Twilight and Spike?” “Twilight already teleported them to safety before I went after you! Their fine for now! We just need to reach the meet up point in Applelosa!” She yelled explaining the plan to Lilac. Making sure she got the plan, Rainbow looked forward to see the dragons keep lighting the place on fire. “Ember’s forces are dropping fire from the sky like Pinkie does from her party cannons!” saying out loud as Lilac frowned. “This is awful! We have to find a way to put this fire out before it spreads!” She shouted making the mare think. “If we move fast enough, we can use the wind we leave to blow the fires out!” She said making Lilac smirk as she begun to pick up the pace. “Sounds like a good idea. You go high, Ill go low. And hopefully we’ll take out a few of these jerks along the way!” She said before rounding a corner and begun blasting through the forest, spinning on her foot as she begun to have the wind she left in her wake form around her into a tornado as she kept going through the forest, blowing out the fires in the process. Grinning, she stopped spinning and continued running, before sliding under a tree only to spot more dragons flying after her shooting more fire balls at her. “At this rate well NEVER stop these guys from burning down the forest!” She said only to watch one catch up to her and attempt to grab her. “OH NO YA DON’T!” She yelled and leapt onto his back riding him like a surf board. Looking back, she watched as the other dragon’s began firing at the dragon she was on as he flew over a cliff and over another section of the forest. “Man, these guys are packing alot of firepower. Still, it don’t really matter when you all have such bad aim!” She said looking back at the dragon she was on who frowned at her and begun trying to shake her off. Lilac grabbed his spines on his back trying to hang on when she noticed a tree was coming up. “Sorry to do this!” She yelled and leapt off him forcing him to fly into the tree, knocking him out cold. Lilac then grabbed a second dragon by her hands and leapt up onto her back as well. “HEY, GET OFF ME!” She yelled spinning around like a drill trying to throw Lilac off. “What is it with you guys spinning this way?” Lilac asked to herself as another dragon flew by her. She then spotted five more flying above as the began to launch fire balls at the one she was riding. Lilac leapt off and onto the dragon next to them, using the momentum to push the one she was on out of the way. The dragon she landed on snarled at her and began to spin like a cartwheel trying to get rid of her. Lilac frowned and punched the dragon in the head. “FLY STRAIGHT ALREADY!” She yelled sick of these guys trying to throw her off. She then noticed the dragons who tried to breath fire on her a few seconds ago were now in front of her with the two she was just on. “This cant be good.” She muttered, only for them to blast the poor dragon she was on, knocking them out of the sky. Lilac spun herself around only to spot a tree she was about to land on had a massive hole in it. “Heres hoping this takes me someplace cool and away from these guys!” She said as she divebombed into it only to land on a path leading out of the tree onto a halfpipe made from a fallen tree. “Here goes nothing!” She said blasting down the path at high speeds, using her dragon boost to smash through and obstacle in her way. Looking up, she watched as the dragon’s began to fly near her, lighting the halfpipe on fire. “OH COME ON!” She yelled as more tree’s and objects fell onto the path. Frowning, she charged up her dragon boost once more and began smashing through objects left and right, making sure whatever she hit flew up and knocked a dragon out of the air. She soon spotted what looked like a desert up ahead. “Almost there, just a few more sec-” She said only for the ground to collapse under her as a massive ice pillar grew out of it throwing her into the air. Looking down, she noticed the dragon she fought earlier flying at her his entire body lit on fire again. Lilac quickly began to spin again flinging her hair around as he reached her, hitting him in the chin and throwing him off balance and onto the ground. Smiling, Lilac landed back on the ground and boosted away into the desert only to spot Rainbow Dash flying overhead. “Good, everyone made it out of there. Now to meet back up and discuss what to do next.” She said as she spotted a town in the distance. ---------- “YOU LOST THEM?” Ember shouted at the dragons who returned to her nodding. “HOW CAN YOU ALL BE OUTDONE BY JUST ONE TINY DRAGON?!?!?” She roared into their faces grabbing the one she transformed by the throat. “Im sorry Mistress. We had no idea of what kind of abilities she had. We didn’t know she could move that fast on foot.” He said only for Ember to throw him down into the crowd of dragons. “I can see Im gonna need to transform ALL OF YOU to capture and destroy this supposed future dragon.” She said and begun blasting all the dragon’s in the area with her powers. All but one. A young dragon with orange scales, a yellow underbelly, and purple spines looked out from behind a boulder in fear at what she saw. “I better get out of here.” She said quietly and flew into a cave leading out of the volcano. As she landed, she noticed a small cloud of dust in the distance was going through the desert towards a small town. “I bet that’s that dragon from earlier...” She said only to hear screams of pain coming from the cave behind her. “Ember needs to be stopped... and Im not the one to do it.” She said grumbling hating the idea she wasn’t strong enough and flew into the distance to hopefully find Lilac.