We stand together

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Arth’alaki led them to a large mountain in the middle of Everfree and landed inside a vast cave.

‘ifni naktar! evnek doutan!’ he bellowed.

‘Alright, alright’ came a voice extremely similar to Spikes, ‘but I still don’t see why we have to speak Draconic all the time!’

‘tagoa yth re darastrixi wux jietin malai!’ yelled Arth’alaki as a small blue dragon, a bit bigger than Spike came out of what appeared to be a solid wall. ‘svaklar tepoha wux moved wer ifni nilakanta?’ Arth’alaki asked.

‘Seriously, why do I have to keep telling you to call me Nil? Nilakanta is a stupid name. The door’s over there.’ he gestured towards another solid wall.

‘vinxa nilakanta’ he replied.

‘Oh for Rok’s sake!’ Arth’alaki grinned, which was absolutely terrifying and walked into the solid wall, expecting to go through it but instead crashing straight into it. Nilakanta fell about laughing.

‘You should see the look on your face now Arth! Haha! I can’t believe I got you again!’ Arth’alaki snorted flame all over the ground.

‘wux hofiba! yth tepoha fevekic!’

‘What? Visitors? Here? And I just made you look like an idiot? HAHA! That’s just made my day!’ Nil started laughing even harder, ‘Where are these guests?’ Dasher, Bowdler and Spike came out from behind Arth’alaki,

‘Hi!’ said Spike cheerfully, happy to see another young dragon.

‘Oh hi! Say, you’re a southern dragon aren’t you? Wow, I’ve never seen one of those before, what’s your name?’ he replied.

‘I’m Spike, son of Twilight. Well... Hatched by Twilight... I don’t know my real parents...’ he looked at the floor.

‘Oh, ok.’ Nil said, ‘My name is Nilakanta, son of Agra’thon, but please call me Nil, I hate being called Nilakanta’ he glared at Arth’alaki, who was nursing his snout.

‘What do you guys do up here?’ asked Spike.

‘Sit around being bored and,’ he put on a low pitched voice, ‘Obeying ancient traditions!’ he and Spike laughed for a second. ‘I don’t really like speaking Draconic though, or eating meat, give me the Equestrian language and a pile of jewels any day!’ he held his hand out in a fist and Spike punched it. ‘Alright Arth! Sorry about the joke, the door’s over there!’ he gestured to another patch of solid wall.

‘wux geou notfool ve tenamalo, wux gethrisj irral’ he growled.

‘You’re getting cleverer Arth, fine, have it your way.’ and he walked through the wall. Arth’alaki smiled smugly and walked through after him. Dasher ran straight in after him but Bowdler and Spike hesitated,

‘at the same time right?’ asked Spike, he nodded.

‘Alright, let’s go’ They ran at the wall.

~

On the other side of the wall there was a huge cavern, which was a lot bigger than the outside of the mountain. There were immense nests lining the walls and in the middle was a huge spire, covered in all sorts of jewels. Dragons of every colour flew everywhere, except for green ones.

‘Green Dragons dropped out of the Order of the Dragonkin at about the first fall of Nightmare, they’re still hostile.’ said Spike, as if reading his mind.

‘I was just wondering about that’ he said. Dasher and Arth’alaki were walking towards the spire in the middle of the cavern and they had to fly a bit to catch up.

‘wux geou tepoha vin audience mrith Rok'thalon persvek tairais’ said Arth’alaki, ‘hak wux shilta kikrem kii wux re tenpiswo’

‘He says we’re seeing Rok’thalon soon and we’ll be able to explain why we’re here.’ Spike translated.

‘Good, I’ll be happy to see the end of this excursion, the sooner we rescue Twilight the better.’ sighed Bowdler. Inside the spire there were jewels everywhere, of all types, from diamond to ruby to amethyst. Sitting on top of the largest pile was a vast golden dragon, at least twice as big as Arth’alaki. He looked down on them and snorted.

‘renthisj, mabliki’

‘Spike, tell him we’re friends of Princess Celestia and we’re here to discuss an alliance with the dragons against the aliens that have been attacking.’ ordered Dasher

‘fekiikiri darastrix daar! yth vinult de wer pony zaneunisali di equestria, yth re thurirli di wanotreyxkaiv celestia vur yth huven ekess propose vin gebalam seanf wer alien lekiji batobot tepoha coanwor lowdir wer treskri’ Spike said to the golden dragon, who reared up in surprise,

‘wux re thurirli di wer wanotreyxkaiv? vur wux vucot zahae nomenoi youwei batobot tepoha coanwor lowdir?’ he replied.

‘axun, ornla wux hefoc ekess letoclo udoka ekess gjahall astahi?’ Spike continued.

‘si nishka relgr vi biwheg di tilabili ekess siofme acht wer selgtarn, persvek wer jatil tairais, kiwieg duulo ekess tepoha creol kethendic’ the golden dragon stated after a short period of thought.

‘vinxa daar rok'thalon’ Spike replied.

‘So how did it go?’ asked Bowdler.

‘Very well actually, he’s getting an elder council together and he says I can have some of his gems, of course I won’t be having all of them to eat...’ he replied and then turned bright red.

‘What’s thank you in draconic?’

‘Vinxa’

‘Alright, Vinxa Rok’thalon!’ The golden dragon nodded and then started speaking to some of the smaller dragons around him, one of each colour. The council was about to begin.

~

After some time of waiting around with Spike stuffing his pockets, and face, with jewels, 7 other large dragons walked in to the room, along with Nilakanta, who stuck with the blue one. They sat in a semicircle with the ponies in the middle.

Rok’thalon (Dragon king), Arth’alaki (The moon Dragon), Agra’thon (Blue dragon aspect), Herensuge (Red dragon aspect), Volj’alar (Brown dragon aspect), Glaurung (The Elder),  Fáfnir (Of the Stone dragons), Amelinda (Bronze dragon aspect), Tan’alzath (Purple dragon aspect) and Bek’kiliip (Black dragon aspect) all sat down and stared at them.

Rok’thalon began to speak ‘nomenoi mabliki relgr acht udoka darastrixi ekess letoclo astahi persvek asta darkest klewkin, wer alien jedarkic re lowdir equestria vur coi ui hesi ofdio oath ekess troth wer realm di celestia. naeck, yth nomag fulfil batobot oath. shar irral yth zklaen rechan vi vote, tir yth gethrisj ekess aryte? usv tir yth thesek equestria valignat?’

  Bek’kiliip stood up ‘coi ui ti hesi bisai ekess troth equestria, si yenta yth thesek coi valignat vur raise wer zaneunisal di darastrixi de coita vignari!’

‘Bek’kiliip, have you lost your mind?’ yelled Amelinda, who obviously preferred equestrian to Draconic, ‘We must protect the land!’

‘myvish! wer thaczil ui ti hesini ekess troth!’ he replied.

‘si mi mrith amelinda shafaer nomeno ir, yth shilta ti filki shala nomeno treskri ekess wielg ekess vignar’ stated Volj’alar firmly.

‘si jahus filki yentair!’ said Bek’kiliip, ‘ithquent!’

Glaurung raised his claw, ‘ghent siofmeir drong vur tonn zahae nomeno, si tepoha confn ekess sia decision batobot yth jalla aso wer equestrians, ihk yth owe ekess astahi throden youwei’ he said in a tired, croaky voice.

‘algbo said juanth ir, si mi mrith wux shafaer nomeno’ said Fáfnir, patting Glaurung on his shoulder.

‘zyak batobot ui|ulph coi, si iaco ekess eligne wer thaczil, zyak tangis sjek jiakali tir ti tuor ekess save equestria, wer majority vote ui save coi’ said Herensuge.

‘si ornla tepoha said axun ilrigan’ said Arth’alaki and Agra’thon at the same time, they looked at each other and gave a deep booming laugh.

‘zyak coi ui settled, si nishka inform wer mabliki, dryic dout reabi darastrix aspects, yth vihaga ekess canterlot sva irral mitne’ finished off Rok’thalon. He cleared his throat.

‘Mortals, we have come to a decision’ he practically spat, pronouncing all of the words wrong, ‘We dragons are to aid you in your fight against the alien threat. As long as Celestia stands, we will fight by your side.’

Bowdler practically cheered with glee.

‘Vixna Rok’thalon! Vixna!’ he shouted, ‘when do we leave for canterlot?’

‘At first light tomorrow, do not worry, I shall carry you and your friends, you have suffered enough en route.’

Bowdler and Spike bowed down low to the dragons but Dasher just stood there.

‘Thank you Dragon king, we shall see you in the morning’ he turned and left. Bowdler and Spike followed and the Dragon aspects left the spire shortly afterwards.