My Little Dragon Z

The Everfree Forest. A forest that is homed to numerous species that are deadly and dangerous to the peaceful residents of Equestria.

There are however a few exceptions to this. One such as a young purple dragon that walked through the dark forest with confusion on his face. By the looks of him, he must have recently hatched as a small egg shell piece form his egg lay on his head like a hat. This dragon continued his wandering of the mysterious place in fright and confusion.

He had woken up in a nest that lied in a hollowed out tree with several egg shell pieces around him. He felt like he needed to find someone and ended up venturing outside where he was now feeling scared due to his surroundings. It also didn't help when he heard a strange cry in the darkness that sounded like it was getting closer to him.

He stopped his body as his ears could pick up a distant roar that seemed to get closer and closer to him. He could tell it wasn't friendly and began to go with the feel of his instincts and began to run away from the roar.

He ran as fast as his small legs could take him and could hear the roar getting closer and closer to him. He looked around his surroundings and saw an opening in a mountain not that far from him. He mustered up enough strength to run to the foot of the opening before letting his exhaustion from running and recently hatching take effect.

The young dragon could feel the ground beginning to shake as he heard the roar, but from behind him. He must have had a little bit of energy left as he was able to take a glance behind him and saw a strange creature that resembled a large cat with bat-like wings and a scorpion tail. The creature stared at him with hunger in its eyes and that was the last thing the young dragon would remember as he let his head rest on the ground.

The manticore stared at its prey as it was obviously too tired to run anymore. That just meant this would be easier. The large creature stalked closer and closer to the young drake as it brought its paw above its head.

“Masenko!” Exclaimed a voice as a beam of blue energy shot straight out of the cave and hit the paw of the manticore effectively stopping it and causing it to roar in pain. It turned to the cave and growled as a tall figure began to come out.

The figure was wearing a white karate gi with the sleeves ripped off at the shoulders. He also had a red headband that was wrapped around his head underneath his horn, a pair of red fighting gloves, and a black martial arts belt around his waist. (Ryu's clothing.) His skin was white and he had dark blue hair that had a light blue streak in it. He also had a similar looking tail coming out the back end of his gi.

The mysterious figure looked at the unconscious drake before turning to the angry manticore. “I understand you're trying to survive, but attacking a child like that is unforgivable.” replied the figure as he stood in front of the beast.

The manticore didn't like that it was being denied its prey and roared before sending its scorpion tail at the stranger. It's eyes widened in shock as the figure easily grabbed the tail and gave it a good tug, sending the creature towards him. The figure brought his left fist back before sending a punch to the manticore's nose, eliciting a loud roar of pain from the creature as the force behind the punch made the manticore pull its tail back and gave the figure the opportunity to get in close and deliver a knee blow to its stomach.

Shining Armor stood there as the manticore roared in pain before doing the right thing and running away. He turned to the unconscious drake and carefully picked him up before turning to his cave. “Guess I’ve got a guest for dinner.” replied the unicorn disappearing into the cave.
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The young dragon soon began to stir and awoke to find himself in what appeared to be the cave he saw earlier. He looked down and saw he was underneath a soft, warm material that covered his small body. He soon looked around him to see numerous pieces of furniture and what appeared to be a kitchen. There was also an area that was large enough for a full grown dragon to rest in.

He soon turned his head and smelled a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen as a strange figure seemed to be using some silver objects. He noticed him and smiled at him before returning back to the food. “Looks like someone's awake.” replied the figure as he made sure the ingredients for the stew don't burn.

The young drake was still confused on how he got inside the cave to who this stranger was. He seemed nice and trusting, but he could feel as though this stranger also exerted an aura that showed how strong he was.

He was snapped out of his thoughts by seeing a plate put in front of him and a bowl full of delicious smelling stew filling his nose as he felt how hungry he truly was after hatching. He saw the stranger use some silver stick by dipping it in the bowl and bringing it to his mouth. He carefully grabbed the utensil and tried to mimic him, and was soon slurping up as much stew as his tongue could reach.

“Looks like someone likes the stew.” replied the figure who chuckled at seeing the young dragon liking his stew. He soon finished his own bowl and offered some more to the young drake, who eagerly held out of his bowl. He smiled and poured some more of the delicious stew into the dragon's bowl before getting a second helping himself.

Shining Armor patted his stomach before turning to the young dragon and smiled at seeing him full. “Glad to see you liked it. My name's Shining Armor. What's your name little fella?” asked Shining Armor.

The young dragon looked down as he felt tears in his eyes. “I don't have one. I woke up and couldn't find my mommy and daddy.” the young dragon soon began to cry as he finally let his sadness out.

Shining Armor brought the young dragon closer to him and let him cry on his shoulder. After a few minutes of crying, the young dragon wiped his eyes before looking at Shining Armor. The young unicorn felt bad for the young drake, and instantly, he felt like a light bulb go off in his head as he looked at the baby dragon.

“I think I’ve got an idea. Why don't you stay here? This way you can have a home, and I can teach you how to defend yourself.” suggested Shining Armor.

The young dragon let a huge smile on his face as he launched himself at Shining Armor in a hug with his small arms. Shining Armor smiled at the eagerness and set the small dragon down before cupping his chin with his gloved hand. “Now we just need to find the right name for ya.” replied Shining Armor trying to think of a good name.

The young drake looked around the cavern to see if he could see anything that would help, and soon spotted a large spike jutting from the floor. Spike. He turned to Shining Armor and said. “Spike.”

“Uh?” Shining Armor looked at the dragon to see he had a smile.

“My name is Spike.” replied the now identified Spike pointing his thumb to his chest.

Shining Armor smiled before patting the dragon on the head. “Spike it is then.” Shining Armor turned to the training hall with his new roommate close behind.

These new changes would forever change the world of Equestria.