The Immigrants

It was high noon. The sun was shining its brightest upon Ponyville, as the daily cycle of life thrived in the midst of the warm weather. It also happened to be spring, which had started a mere week ago. However, a few snakes refused to come out of hibernation, trying to sleep, only to be frequently annoyed by the yellow pegasus known as Fluttershy.

"You simply must leave the den, you don't have to hibernate anymore."

One of the snakes reared its head up, stared at her for a brief moment, then rested its head back down.

"Why are you still tired? Did you hibernate late?"

With no response whatsoever, she then left for a brief moment, then returned with a somewhat large bell. She rang it, waking the snakes up at last. However, when they were about to exit the den, they looked up, and noticed a tall silhouette over Fluttershy. In a vast state of panic, they retreated to the safety of their den. Oblivious, Fluttershy asks,

"What's wrong? Did I startle you?"

She looked inside to notice the snakes trembling in fear.

"It's okay, I'm not threatening. I-"

She is interrupted by someone clearing their throat. She turned to ask what they needed, only to realize that who she faced was not a pony. She panicked, as she looked into the creature's reptilian eyes, then ran home with the greatest of speed. The creature tried to stop her, but she was too fast for it. Watching her sprint home, the creature turned its head, revealing that it is a pony-sized dragon.

Later, the dragon left Fluttershy's front yard, heading straight for the town. This also revealed that the dragon is bipedal, and carries a metallic staff roughly its size.

"Zu faas Zu aal kos aan hokoron het." He said. "Zu fent draal ni wah kos."

He then continued onward. Hours later, Fluttershy peeked through the door, and cautiously snuck out, only to be petrified by the sudden appearance of Twilight Sparkle, who tried to ask what was going on. Fluttershy, realizing who it was, quickly regained her footing and asked,

"Oh Twilight," said Fluttershy, "it was horrifying! This scary red dragon snuck up behind me! It had teeth, horns, and really flabby skin!"

"A dragon?!" Twilight asked in shock.

"Yes!" Fluttershy replied. "It also had this stick that looked like-"

"Stop elaborating," Twilight said, "we have to stop it! Where'd it go?!"

"It looked like it was heading towards town." Fluttershy said. "I hope it doesn't hurt anyone."

"Fluttershy," Twilight said, "I assure you it won't."

She then rushed towards the town, trying to stop the dragon before he reached it.

On his way, the dragon froze, as he heard a sound he seemed to find familiar. He noticed a silhouette of a creature flying overhead.

"Qobriiven!" He yelled.

As he tried catching up, he saw the silhouette turn around. At first, he seemed joyful. But as the silhouette cleared, it was revealed to be Rainbow Dash.

"Get out of Ponyville, lizard!" She yelled, as she punched the dragon, carrying him a great distance and making him drop his staff.

He slid across the ground when Rainbow Dash let go, slowly recovering from the impact.

"Alright, scaly." Said Rainbow Dash. "You got five seconds to turn back!"

"Zu dreh ni hind wah grah!" The dragon exclaimed, in an unknown language. "Wo kos hio, naanaad?"

"Um...what?" Rainbow Dash replied in confusion.

"Zu'u ni aan hokoron! Pru nu!"

The dragon seemed somewhat aggressive, making Rainbow Dash think it was being hostile.

"I don't know what you said," Rainbow Dash said, "but it's not the response I was looking for!"

She rushed forward, and bucked the dragon back off of his feet. After a moment of silence, the dragon raises his head.

"Aaz! Aaz! Zu bolog fah aaz!" The dragon shouted.

"English, please!" Rainbow replied. "It's a language."

The dragon, confused at first, realized she can't speak the same language. So, he attempted to show that he means no harm. He started by going back to retrieve his staff, then returned to the same area. Then, he crouched down, holding his staff upward against the ground.

"Um..." Rainbow Dash hummed, wondering what it meant. "Does that mean you come in peace?" She asked.

"Rainbow, get back!" Shouted a random voice, who was revealed to be Twilight Sparkle.

She lifts the dragon off his feet.

"I don't want to hurt you, dragon. Just go back to your mountain, and everything'll be fine."

"Hii kos aan kro?!" The dragon replied.

"Don't worry, Twilight," said Rainbow Dash, "he doesn't want to hurt anyone either. He doesn't even know what we are, he's not even from Equestria."

Twilight paused for a brief moment, shocked that this dragon was foreign, then gently let him stand.

"Aan kro?" Asked the dragon. "Zu'u nahlot."

"Dragon," Twilight started, "we don't know what you're saying. Do you know any English?"

Once again, the dragon became confused.

"He might have been traveling here from his homeland, wherever it is." Rainbow Dash said.

Twilight turned to the dragon.

"Dragon, do you know about Ponyville?"

"Ponyville?" He replied.

"Twilight," Rainbow Dash said, "I don't think we'll be making any progress. We need a translating book of some kind."

"Alright," Twilight replied, "I'm going to the library to find something useful."

She quickly rushed home to find any information on the dragon, but ultimately found no results, outside of rumors and legends.

"Let's see." said Twilight, reading a page off a book, " 'There were undocumented reports of small dragons carrying strange staffs with a gem matching their skin color.' Why would a dragon do that? Is it part of some culture? Ugh! None of these say anything about their language!"

But then her mind clicked. She remembered hearing a spell having to do with languages.

She looked through her spell books, then found what she needed.

"Yes!" She said in excitement. "A spell for sharing languages!"

However, her relief was brief, as she read what the book said.

"'The spell will only work properly when the giver and receiver are the same species. Otherwise, they must both be capable of magic so the receiver can connect them.'?! Why is it some magic can't just go 'Poof!'?! It's going to take forever for him to learn our language naturally!"

She rushed back toward Rainbow Dash's area, only to hear more bad news.

"Where's the dragon?!" Twilight asked.

"He left." Rainbow answered. "He ran off, screaming 'Qobriiven! Qobriiven!'."

"And you didn't stop him?!" Twilight asked in frustration.

"I tried," Rainbow Dash said, "but he kept shaking me off when I tried to grab him. I could tell he's pretty old, but he's still got it."

"He also took my fire ruby!" Rarity yelled. "It's probably half way through his stomach by now! Actually, that's more disgusting than it was angering, now that I think about it....Uh, but never the less, he yanked it from me like the thief he was!"

"I remember reading that they would wear a gem matching their skin color." Twilight said. "The book never elaborated on that, though."

"What about the language?" Rainbow asked. "Anything on that?"

"I didn't find anything really known about them." Twilight replied. "Their species wasn't even defined! But I did figure out this spell that can transfer knowledge of a language you know. But there's one problem."

Every pony reared their heads in slightly closer to listen.

"Unless they are the same species," Twilight continued, "the giver and receiver of the language must both be capable of magic. A dragon doesn't know magic."

"Great," Rainbow Dash said, in a grumpy tone, "now, not only do we have a dragon on the loose, but we have a dragon that will take forever to teach a new language."

"Rainbow!" Shouted a familiar voice. It was Applejack, storming down the path with a rope. "We got ourselves a fast one!"

"Was it a dragon?" Rainbow asked. "Yep," Applejack replied, "and it flies fast! Really fast!"

"Alright, let's go- wait, 'flies?'" Rainbow Dash said in confusion.

There was a burst of speed across Sweet Apple Acres. Apples were being blown off of the trees by immense wind left by the fast object. It was another dragon, with skin lightly blue, very light yellow spiky fins that resemble lightning bolts down the back of the neck and around the vertical ends of the tail, and a lack of arms, being adapted to rely more on flight. The dragon soared overhead, searching around the entirety of Ponyville. Applejack, riding horseback on Rainbow Dash, followed.

"Okay, that's not the dragon we're after." Rainbow Dash said.

"It is, now." Applejack replied.

Once the dragon figured out it was being followed, it attempted to flee.

"Wow, that dragon does fly fast." Rainbow said in disbelief.

"Just try to keep up," Applejack exclaimed, "we can't lose it!"

Rainbow Dash picked up speed, while Applejack readied her lasso. However, despite their best attempts, the dragon kept making sharp turns that Rainbow Dash couldn't, gradually making her become more impatient. In a last ditch effort, Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could to catch the dragon.

"That's it, Rainbow." Said Applejack. "Just a little more."

Soon enough, Applejack was just next to the dragon, and threw out the lasso. Unfortunately, it tightened only on the dragon's muzzle. The dragon, realizing what was happening, panicked, and divebombed downward to shake off Applejack. When close to the ground, the dragon quickly changed its direction to horizontal. As Applejack held on for dear life, Rainbow Dash chased them down, and eventually managed to tackle and pin down the dragon. Applejack, recovering from the harsh landing, went to resecure the rope around the dragon's wings.

"So we caught it," said Rainbow Dash, "now what?"

"Well," Applejack replied, "we should take it away from Ponyville, so it won't hoard anything."

"Ponyville?" The dragon asked, its voice sounding strangely female.

"You do know what Ponyville is, don't you?" Applejack asked to the dragon.

The dragon was confused, once again not knowing English.

"Can you even talk?" Applejack continued.

"It can," Rainbow replied, "it just doesn't know English."

"Well, shoot." Applejack said in disappointment. "I guess that means it's not even from Equestria."

"I just wonder how it, and that other dragon, got he-"

"Other dragon?" Applejack interrupted.

Meanwhile, the red dragon placed the fire ruby that he took from Rarity into the opening on his staff. It gave a brief, subtle glow, indicating that whatever he did, he did it right. He then vaguely heard Twilight Sparkle's voice in the distance, and peaked over a large tree root he hid behind to view.

"Dragon!" Twlight said. "I have some gems! We just want to bring you home!"

The dragon did not understand, but knew that she was looking for him. At first, he was about to run to avoid possible conflict, until he noticed the bowl full of gems. He considered it some sort of peace offering, and casually stood out from behind the root.

"Ah-ha!" She exclaimed, using her magic to capture the dragon. "Alright, I know you took something that isn't yours," she continued, "now give it back."

Suddenly, her magic aura controlling the dragon breaks.

"What?!" Twilight exclaimed. "How did you do that?!"

The dragon gave a quick glance at her, then ran. She tried to catch up to the dragon, though ultimately lost sight of him, not realizing she lost herself in the Everfree Forest. She could not tell which way she came from, and on top of that, it was getting dark. After aimlessly searching for a way out, she eventually decided she could get some rest, and fell asleep on the least wet grass she could find.

Later that night, she awoke to a strange sound.

"Who's there?" She asked. "Hello?"

She cast a light spell to help her see what was out there. She noticed movement behind some bushes in front of her, and gradually crept forward to investigate. Then, out leaped a large, coal black dragon, with jagged teeth, crimson red eyes, and a thick, spike-covered hide. Twilight shuddered. She was completely dwarved by this dragon, and it did not look the least bit friendly.

"Um..." She tried to speak, held back by its intimidating stature. "Hi dragon......want these gems?"

The dragon smacked the gems out of her aura as a way of stating it was not what he was there for, at all. "I guess not." She said, before running away to try and escape. As she tried to run, she did not know if the dragon was still behind her. Not paying attention to her surroundings outside of in front of her head, she trips over a rock, and slides into a large rock wall head-first. As she regained her conscience, she opens her eyes to see where she was. Unfortunately, she found out the dragon was still chasing her. It reared its head up, and struck out at her. But then, a red beam knocked its head clear of her way. Surprised, she looked to see who saved her life. It was the red dragon. His horns had a red aura surrounding them, as the fire ruby in his staff glew so brightly.

"A dragon...that knows magic?!" She said.

The black dragon, realizing what had hit him, grew aggressive towards the smaller red dragon, and charged at him. The red dragon leaped into the air, and shot another beam at the large animal's foot, tripping it over. He flew over the black dragon as it slid across the ground, hitting and knocking over a nearby tree. Despite the hit, the black dragon presisted, this time using its fire breath to try and cook the red dragon. He jumped behind a large rock, letting it take the heat for him until the black dragon ran out of breath. Once it stopped to breathe, the red dragon quickly jumped out from behind the rock, and grabbed the black dragon by the head. Its long, snake-like neck squirmed about as the red dragon desperately held on. Then, he managed to bring its head onto the ground, pinning it down with his staff. He then muzzled it with a vine, and then released it from his staff. Muzzled, it tried to scratch off the vine, but did not prevail. The red dragon then helped Twilight up, and they both ran to a safer location, ending up hiding in a tree.

"Um...thank you, for saving me from that dragon, dragon." Twilight said. "So, you know magic?" She continued. Then her mind clicked. "You know magic?!" She asked again. The dragon, confused, wondered what she was saying. "Okay, look, I know this spell that can-" She said, before remembering the dragon could not understand her. ".....well," she continued, "I think you can figure it out if I demonstrate."

She focused her magic on the mentality of the dragon, attempting to transfer the English language to him. The dragon realized in his mind what she was doing, and with his ability to read transferral thoughts through magic, allowed the definitions of english words to pass through. When they finished, they took a sigh of relief.

"So, can you understand me?" Twilight asked. The dragon was almost speechless.

At last, he spoke. "Yes.....yes, I can."

"Great! That's great!" Twilight replied in excitement. "So, what's your name?" She asked. "Mine is Twilight Sparkle."

"....I am Dremsilyol." He said. "It means 'Peaceful Soulfire.' Tell me, what does your name mean?"

"Oh, it doesn't really have a meaning," Twilight said, a little embarrassed, "it's just a name."

"But all names must mean something." Dremsilyol said. "What does yours mean?"

"Well, either way, we have more important things going on," Twilight said, "like how we're going to get out of the Everfree Forest."

"I know a way out from here." Dremsilyol replied. "We can go tomorrow, as we search for my daughter."

"You have a daughter?" Asked Twilight.

"Yes." Dremsilyol answered back. "She is a beautiful lightning wyvern, and flies with tremendous speed. She is also very likeable, once you know her well."

"I'm sure she'll be happy to be with us." Twilight said.

Meanwhile, a loud boom goes off in Ponyville. Then another. And another. It was the lightning wyvern, breathing not fire, but explosively loud lightning. She was trapped inside a box-shaped aura, attempting to break it.

"So tell us, Celestia," said Applejack, "do you know anything about this dragon?"

"Yes," Celestia replied, "but it was a long time since I last saw one of these with my own eyes. They're a more sentient race of dragons that live on the other side of the Earth. Everything there is usually more chaotic and cruel than it is here. It's even believed that changelings started their existence there. But how this poor girl ended up here is a mystery to me."

"Celestia," Rainbow said, "there's another dragon out there somewhere."

"And it took my fire ruby!" Rarity exclaimed in anger. "Honestly, of all the rotten thieves, that dragon has to be the lowest-" Rainbow Dash plugs Rarity's mouth with her wing feathers.

"Celestia," Rainbow started, "another dragon is out there, and we only know that he took Rarity's fire ruby, but we don't know why."

Celestia, puzzled, started asking questions.

"So the dragon took the ruby?"

"Yes, and he-" Rarity exclaimed again, before stopping herself. "Yes." She said.

"And what color was this dragon?" Celestia asked.

"Red." Rainbow Dash said.

"And it was carrying a staff?" Celestia asked again.

"Yes." Rainbow said again.

"Then I know what he needed it for. He wasn't just any dragon. He was a sorcerer. Sorcerer dragons invented an artificial way of using magic, using the power of a gem matching their skin color, and their horns, which were full of magic, but it couldn't be expelled until that point of discovery. They eventually constructed their own staffs to hold their gems in, and that it would also help concentrate their magic where ever they pointed it. Their evolution to sorcery one day made them lose their shoulder wings entirely, making them entierly adapted for use of sorcery."

"Wow." Said Applejack. "But, what are they doing here?"

"I'm confused about that, too." Celestia replied. "For now, we'll have to muzzle and sedate this dragon, as she's too unpredictable with her unknown language. It may seem harsh, but she can't just walk freely."

The wyvern is muzzled, and slowly brought to sleep by a sleeping spell.

To be Continued...