Dear Reader,

Few ponies have befriended a dragon. I am one of those few ponies. If you want to do so, please don't do what I did.

Yours Truly,
Princess Luna

When Zerica told me that she was going to join me on my adventure, I was elated. I assumed that my journey was going to be made easier. I was wrong.

Princess Luna woke up at the crack of dawn. She had slept on Zerica's bed while the zebra slept on the floor.

"I insist that you sleep on my bed. Don't worry about me, I can sleep anywhere!" Zerica had told the alicorn the night before.

Unfortunately, Zerica's bed was a rock slab with an extremely large leaf as a blanket.

"Maybe, I should have put up a better fight last night. I would choose sleeping on the floor rather than sleeping on her bed any day," grumbled Princess Luna.

"So you are finally awake," said Zerica. She had already prepared breakfast. An array of fruit was set on the table. "Don't worry princess, they're not poisonous," Zerica added. This relieved Princess Luna as she did not recognise most of them.

Although, Zerica had told her that none of the fruit could kill her, Princess Luna stayed away from the bright blue one as it reminded her of the Poison Joke flower.

After breakfast, the pair set off.

"So, remember what you said last night about there being complications," muttered Princess Luna as they made their way down the dirt path.

"It's best that I only tell you when the time is right," said Zerica.

"I know but I'm dying to know!" Princess Luna pleaded.

"My lips ware seal-" Zerica stopped before she could finish her. Princess Luna looked ahead but saw nothing. Yet, Zerica's eyes had a tinge of fear in them.

"What's going on?" Princess Luna asked.

"Shhh, keep your voice down. There's a dragon up ahead," whispered Zerica.

"Dragon?" thought a confused Princess Luna. She looked ahead once more, seeing nothing but thick vegetation. "Zerica must've not gotten enough sleep," Princess Luna said in her mind.

Suddenly, a large orange slit appeared. Princess Luna could feel her heart pounding. She was staring straight into a dragon's eye! Her mind turned back to King Sunbeam's lectures on safety around the creatures of Equestria. The number one rule was imprinted in Princess Luna's brain: Never stare straight into the eyes of a dragon of any sort.

Out of the blue, a large green hand, if it could even be called a hand, grabbed the young princess.

Shocked at what had just happened, Luna looked at Zerica. Her zebra companion was waving her hoofs wildly and was trying to tell the alicorn something but Princess Luna could not hear as the dragon had started flying off. The princess of the night watched as Zerica grew smaller and smaller. What would happen to her now?

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I must admit that the dragon was carrying me in such a manner that it actually felt comfortable. Of course, I was shocked and simply didn't understand why it would take me somewhere against my will. As my mother used to say, every living being in Equestria has their own mind, thoughts, way of thinking, emotions, actions and reasons.

The green dragon took her to a cave at the edge of a red mountain. The cave was not exactly big but it was still big enough to fit the beast.

Gently placing the princess down, it took a small doll and placed it in front of the princess. The looked like an earth pony. It had an orange mane and tail. It's coat was white and it had the largest button eyes Princess Luna had ever seen. Somehow, the princess of the night felt like she had heard of such a doll but she just could not place where.

Princess Luna was so deep in thought that she had not realised that the dragon had produced one very large cup and one small cup, both of which were filled with tea.

"Now, how in Equestria did it make tea?" Princess Luna was stunned. What also surprised her was the fact that the dragon did not hurt her. It seemed like it was playing with her instead.

The creature then used it's hand to stroke Princess Luna. The alicorn's body tensed up.

"What in the world is going on?" thought Princess Luna. So as to be polite, Princess Luna took the small cup and drank the tea. For some reason, it tasted exactly like the tea her mother used to make. It was very strange indeed.

At that moment, a lightbulb went off in Princess Luna's head. Queen Moonglow had told her a story once.

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I was only two years old when I heard this but every single detail was etched into my mind.

"Ready for another story?" asked Queen Moonglow as she placed Princess Luna in her bed.

"Yes, please!" yelled the young princess.

"Alright then, have I ever told you the story of my dragon friend?" asked the queen. Princess Luna shook her head.

"Well, that'll be the story I'll tell you tonight," said Queen Moonglow. "I was just a little filly when this event took place, the war between the Sun Nomads and the Moon Guardians was still raging on. At that age, I hated anything to do with war but that was what everypony was talking about. So when nopony was looking, I snuck out. Unfortunately, I had no idea where I was going. One thing was for sure, though, I was going to stay as far away from the war as I could. I came across a mountain which, up on the highest ledge was a cave. That was where I stayed.

"When I was there, I found it unusually hot. I decided to go deeper into the mountain. That's where I found a dragon egg. It was strange to see such an egg left unprotected. Then I remembered that the Guardians and the Nomads were gathering as many dragons as they could, planning to use them as weapons. I figured that they had captured the egg's mother as well. I knew that it was hopeless for me to beg my father to release the mother for I didn't even know which one was the mother. Did we even have the mother or was she with the Sun Nomads.

"So I concluded that the best option was to raise it myself. Back when I was still in the Moon Guardians' castle, I always had my muzzle in a book, particularly, a book about dragons so I knew quite a bit about raising dragons. You see, it was my dream to raise a dragon and there was my chance!

"I spent weeks in that cave, caring for the dragon egg, finding water sources, collecting as much water as I could and adjusting to the neon green moss that grew on the walls. It was worth it though. One morning, I was plucking moss when I heard a cracking sound. Turning around, I realised that my dragon egg was hatching. I was just in time to see a foot popped out, followed by the dragon itself.

"It had the shiniest green scales I had ever seen with matching orange eyes. To say that the wings were merely magnificent would be an understatement, why, the young one could fly after just a minute in the outside world!" Queen Moonglow said.

"That's so cool!" Princess Luna trilled. "But why don't you still have it?" she asked.

Queen Moonglow hesitated for a moment before replying, "Well, let's just say that she outgrew her shed and was banished from the castle for bad behaviour... Before my dragon friend left, I gave it something that I kept dear to me, an earth pony doll my grandmother had given before she died..." Queen Moonglow then gave a vivid description of the doll before looking at her daughter with her sad round eyes.

I could see the look of sorrow in my mother's eyes, something I had hardly ever seen before. I had forced her to remember a memory that brought her great sadness and I could never forgive myself for it.

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Princess Luna looked at the dragon, the doll and the cup of tea.

"Your the dragon my mother raised!" Princess Luna said.

"And who is your mother?" asked the dragon which shocked the Princess.

"Queen Moonglow," she replied, keeping her composure.

"Ah, Moonglow," the dragon murmured. "She was by far the nicest pony I had ever met," The dragon added, "I'm Emerald."

"Nice to meet you...Umm... Mr Emerald," Princess Luna said in the politest tone she could muster.

"I'm a female dragon, by the way," Emerald glared at Princess Luna. "I'm assuming your a princess if Moonglow was your mother but what is your name?"

"Luna. Princess Luna," the alicorn casually said although making sure that she sat a little taller as she said the last bit.

"Nice to meet you, Princess Luna. May I ask what an alicorn like you is doing in the Everfree forest?" the dragon questioned.

Princess Luna started to tell the dragon what had happened to Queen Moonglow and every now and then, Emerald would nod her head.

"Well alright then, if you are looking for the cure to your mother's illness, then I could honestly be of service to you," Emerald told Princess Luna.

The young princess nodded.

With a dragon on her side, what could possibly go wrong?

Author's Note

Sorry I haven't posted any stories for a really long time. It's just that I've been busy with my life outside of fimfiction.
To tell you the truth, this isn't my best chapter but I still hope you like it.

-KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON!!!-
~SG~