Dragon Tales
Chapter 2: The First Day/ A Dragon "Master"?
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt was that night when Frost woke up after hearing the rudders shake in the windows. It was a heavy storm, and pots and pans covered most of the barn floor, even Sivyer had water slowly dripping on him. Frost shivered and leaned closer to her father. She knew this by their race, and over hearing Rainbow Dash clearly stating it.
Nonetheless she still saw him as a father. She could be in the slightest bit of danger, and he would defend her with his life. She forgot what happened four months ago, and before that she couldn't remember anything. Frost rolled over in between his arms, and wrapped her wings around herself.
"Father...I cold..." She said weakly.
Sivyer opened his eyes and moved his head to see her. "Why are....you...awake?" He asked. "You slept...all day..."
"I...am...cold, father...can you...blow on me?"
Sivyer blew on her for a while, and she started to warm up. "Better?" He asked softly.
Frost nodded slowly. "Yeah..." She said. "Father...why...are you...sad? Your...breath...is cold like....I was."
Sivyer rubbed his head gently and slowly on Frost, then breathed on her again, a few sparks flew out of his snout, landing on her body, slightly burning her. "I fine....Frost....really...go to sleep."
"Tell me...a story...father, please...?"
"One...then sleep...save energy..." Sivyer growned.
Faal Dovah In / The Dragon Master
Ko vokun dovah in ahkrop, Rok uth pah onik, Ok vrii viintaas suvulaan lok. in lost ziin sons;One los faar ahrk strongThough ok mindah los sahlo, Ahrk vorey los pus, Vutharaak ok onikaan los unslaar. He heard the door of the barn open, and saw a little pony, the size of Frost, enter. Something big was on her back, it looked a bit wet, but as the filly approached he saw it was a small blanket.
As the frilly drew close she slowed and began to shake. "I won't...hurt...small...pony..." He said softly. "This...daughter..."
"R-really?" The small pony asked in the same accent as the larger earth pony. "She looks cold...oh, this is for your daughter then." The filly hurried over and placed it in front of them. "So you're from ah faraway place?!" The pony asked.
Sivyer nodded. "Yes...why ask?"
"Cuz my sister told me you don't speak Equestrian well."
"Meh...not good...but not bad..." Sivyer shook his hand from side-to-side.
"How come you haven't slept in a week? See it in your face."
Sivyer pointed at Frost who looked at the small filly. "Her...keep safe...from larger....kind..."
"Her own, or your's?"
"My....kind....They attack her....any...day...must protect her. Safe....over here." Sivyer explained.
"Somepony after her?"
Sivyer put his finger up to his mouth. The filly nodded. "No then huh?" The pony asked . "How come you're so nice?"
"Being...smallest...I smart...I learn...easy things...I turn...nice...soft...but strong here." He placed his finger on his brain and winked. "What...is...pony's name?" He pointed to her.
"My name? I'm Apple Bloom! Apple Jack is my big sister!" She said.
"Family to Apple...Jack?" He asked. "She nice to you?"
"Some times she's a bit mean and won't let me have fun with the other crusaders, but she lets me stomp on the grapes to make some jam!"
Sivyer chuckled. "Funny pony...can I...ask you...a small.....question?"
"Sure ya can!"
"Do...you...fear me?"
"Father...you safe..who...fear nice....dragons?" Frost asked.
"Ah was scared, but not until I saw that filly ya got in your arms." Apple Bloom admitted.
Sivyer rested his head back down, and covered Frost in the blanket. "You...can go...now...pony. Good....n-night. The dragon closed his eyes, and began to snore calmly. Frost looked at Apple Bloom.
"He...happy....does....not...look like...but is." She said. "Have...good dream...Apple...Bloom."
"You to Frost..."
A chicken woke Sivyer early in the morning. It was close to sunrise, but the little sleep did a lot. He had energy to actually move with. Fueling him before was his need to protect Frost and keep her safe from harm. He saw that Frost wasn't sleeping, and rested her on a pile of hay. He opened his wings wide, and broke two small support beams. After shutting them he looked outside he smiled.
"Home..." A tiny tear road down his face as he opened the door all the way. Facing west he saw a large castle that looked very important. For some reason it had a glowing orb shooting up into the sky, and the sun moved along with it in a slow line. After watching the morning event he closed the door, and next to his daughter was a small note. It looked as though it had fallen when she was moved.
Taking more time than he would've liked translating the small text he grunted, and threw the paper after turning it into a tight paper ball. He grabbed his favorite Daring Doo book. As he opened the book he saw the barn door open again with a large red pony. Behind him was Apple Jack and a cart full of apples.
They walked towards him slowly, and pushed the cart closer to him.
"This...for me?" Sivyer asked.
"Sure is Sivyer!" Apple Jack said. "Y'all need to get your energy back now so you can pay off what you owe."
"I...will...Apple Jack."
"Oh! Big Mac, this is Sivyer! Don't worry, he looks mean, but he means well." Apple Jack punched Big Mac lightly. "Just talk to him for a bit while I get some warm water running for Frost over there."
"But-"
"No buts, now talk..." Apple Jack closed the doors behind her, and there was a dead silence.
Sivyer studied the larger earth pony. His eyes scanning the equine until a smile grew on the dragon's face. He dropped the book, and picked up Big Mac.
"Hell-o...pony..." Sivyer said. "I Sivyer...I come...here....to live!"
"A-ah heard....from my sister. You come from a far away place?"
"Yes...no word...for....home...yet."
"So how come you're speaking with spaces?"
"I...not know...many words...yet...but soon...I know all...I speak Equestrian....bad...really....bad..." Sivyer placed the pony back on the ground, and walked towards Frost. "This....daughter....she....sleep...many day....of journey..."
"So this is Frost?" Big Mac asked walking up to Frost he kept some distance like Apple Jack said. "How old is she?"
"Eight...rotations...?Eight...."
"Eight, just about my little sister's age." Big Mac said. "Her name is Apple Bloom."
Sivyer remembered the little pony from last night and nodded. "She brought...cover...for...Frost." He looked over at his daughter who was still sleeping soundly. "She look....alive...again...not cold."
"What do ya mean?"
"We travel...many weeks....no...home..no...bed...cold...very...cold nights. We sleep...in...cold caves...She freeze...but I...give her...little warmth..." The barn door opened again and Apple Jack nodded at Big Mac.
"Hey Sivyer, you mind if we give her a bath? She looks like she needs one."
Sivyer moved to wake her up. As the small threstral opened her pearl colored eyes she looked around the room. Once she had her eyes on Apple Jack and Big Mac she threw the blanket aside to hide behind him.
Translation-Begin
"Bormah! Wo los nust!?" Frost asked.
"Stiildus tum kiir, nust los fahdon. Nust hind to baat hi in wasek shun lom." Sivyer said as Apple Jack watched them speak in a weird language.
Translation-End
"Go...get clean..." Sivyer pushed Frost towards them. He gave a stern look at Apple Jack. "Keep...her...safe..."
Apple Jack wrapped her hoof around Frost. "Don't worry Sivyer, I won't leave her side until I bring her back." She said.
Sivyer smiled. "Frost...they friends....keep...you...safe..."
"Ya still look tired, why don't you take a nap?" Apple Jack suggested.
"I...will...Frost...keep....secret..." He walked around in a circle before closing his eyes.
Apple Jack nudged Frost into the house along with Big Mac. The mare watched as Frost struggled to stand. Her legs shook, in fact, her whole body shook. That's when she picked the threstral up with the help of her older brother. They carefully walked up stairs into the bathroom. Apple Jack and Big Mac placed Frost into the warm water.
"Ow!" She yelped, jumping out of the tub. "Hot!"
Apple Jack tipped her hoof into the water, and pulled it out quickly after blowing it off. "Ah suppose it is a little hot..." She said. "Wait here with Big Mac while I go get some cool water."
Frost nodded as she sat in place. She looked at the large earth pony with awe. "What is...this...place?"
Big Mac thought for a moment. "Ah reckon it's your first home. Wait is it?"
Frost shrugged. "I...no...memory...before...meet...father..." She struggled to say. Her voice was shakey, and soft.
"No memory?! What happened?"
"Secret...father...only know...won't tell me...before..." She said.
Apple Jack entered the room with a small pale of water in her mouth. She proceeded to pour the water into the middle of the tub, and rested the pale next to the sink. She waited a moment before poking the water with her hoof. Happily she pulled it out and smiled at Frost.
"There, all nice and not hot."
Frost wanted to see this for herself. She too poked the water with her hoof. Happy she crawled into it, and began to slowly relax.
"T-thank...you...you...make...me...and...father smile."
As annoyed Sivyer was of not getting enough sleep, and waking to Apple Jack, and her family, this time he was glad to see Twilight. She'd walked through the barn door with a pony with pink mane. However the pony was only moments away from fainting just being close to him. After giving a short squeak, the pony tried to run out, but was swiftly teleported back.
As Twilight approached him she didn't have a smile on her face. It looked worried, and scared.
"Twilight...Sparkle...okay?" He asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah fine...um...how is Frost?"
"Not...know....still....not safe...for...Frost." Sivyer groned. He tried moving his front left leg, but it refused to move. For a moment he couldn't feel it. When he finally did, he stepped down on it, and limped. "I...hurt..."
Twilight frowned. "That's what I thought..." Twilight sighed. "Fluttershy look, he needs your help."
Fluttershy refused to move or speak, replying with just her head turning left to right. Twilight facehoofed and nudged the pegasus forward. Even with her alicorn strength, Fluttershy put up quite a fight against Twilight. So much in fact the mare was teleported less than ten feet from the dragon.
"P-please...don't....eat...me....!" The mare begged, almost on the verge of tears.
"Eat...you?.I...no...eat...ponies." He looked towards Twilight. "Who...pony?"
"That's Fluttershy, she's one of my best friends, and the best vet in this side of Equestria." Twilight replied. "But as great as she is, she's really-REALLY shy."
Sivyer looked down at Fluttershy and moved his other hand to pet the pegasus. Once his hand reached her head, he began to rub slowly down the mare's back. He did this until the mare stopped shaking, and looked back.
"I told you Fluttershy, he's just a nice dragon, like Spike." Twilight said. "His name is Sivyer, and he's from far away, across the Celestial Sea, maybe further!"
Fluttershy stared at the dragon of a few minutes. "I-is this true?"
Sivyer nodded. "I wise...not...strong...now..." He slumped over. "I tired....weak...from...journey."
Twilight approached. "He told us that he's been non-stop traveling for a week before he got here."
Fluttershy nodded, and walked around the dragon, examining him. She saw his horns were cracked, and nearly ready to fall off. His scales weren't in line which would cause a decrease is his flight abilities. Next she studied his wings, more problems began to show. Three large tears in his right wing showed he'd been though a lot, and by the size of them he fight something twice, if not three times his size. Fluttershy moved on to his tail which looked like it was okay, but the x-ray could tell her more. Lastly his forward left leg, or his hand. She gently rubbed her hooves on his leg, and began to cry.
"You're....you're so hurt Sivyer..." She looked towards Twilight. "He's suffering from major wounds that are external and interal. His left leg is broken in two places, and that's just the beginning..."
"Can you help him?"
Fluttershy didn't even know herself. This was her biggest job yet in fixing up a helpless animal. "I...I'll try..."
Sivyer smiled and moved his head to look at the mare in the eyes. "Thank you...Flutter-..shy." He lowered his head. "You...braver...than I..."
Twilight left with Fluttershy close behind her with a promise to return to fix Sivyer up, but he didn't know if she could. He knew his strength was limited, but when Frost returned with her mane clean it shined. She ran towards him smiling.
"Father...I clean!" She said happily. Then saw how troubled her father looked. "You...okay...?"
Sivyer nodded. "I fine...soon."
Fluttershy stopped Twilight before she walked into the library. Twilight looked back at the pegasus and nodded.
"I thought I was crazy...but..." Twilight started. "His name...the way he acts...It's all to well to mistake for something else."
Fluttershy sat down. "Sivyer...I may not know much about Dragons, but there is something about him. Do you think you can find a book on him. I'm sure he's in one of them." Fluttershy looked to the sky. "His name...He said he had a brother right?"
Twilight nodded. "He doesn't like to hear it. Nearly killed AJ over it." She smiled at her friend. "Why don't you go get some supplies to help fix Sivyer up while I go though the books. It was why I came over here."
"Okay Twilight, just find me the moment you find something out." Fluttershy gave a swift hug before flying away back to her cottage.
Twilight opened the door, and saw Spike packing the books.
"Spike, sorry to say, but we've got some reading to do!" She used her magic to flip all the boxes full of books over.
"Aww...man...I just got O through P done...." Spike exhaled.
"Sorry Spike, but right now A through Z needs to be out." Twilight began flipping through the books at a fast pace. So fast in fact that Spike wondered if she even read the ten books she already flipped through.
"You going to slow down Twi? Looks like you're about to flip out." Spike said.
Twilight looked up at her assistant. "I can't, not while the whole town could be in danger...What if Sivyer is dangerous? He's only five minutes outside of Ponyville, and Ponyville is under my protection."
Author's Note
The Dragon Master
In the shadows the dragon master crawls,
He orders all wiser,
His scales shining twilight skies.
The master has two sons;
One is tall and strong
Though his knowledge is weak,
And the other is small,
However his wisdom is everlasting.
Translation Text 1
"Father! Who are they!?" Frost asked.
"Calm down child, they are friends. They wish though bathe you in warm clean water. " Sivyer said as Apple Jack watched them speak in a weird language.
Guys I'm sorry for the tease, but a weird thing happened to my kindle and ended up saving the wrong text. I had to rewrite close to 500 words. This time, this is no tease!
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