Princess Trixie and Her Magic Dragon

by scoots2

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, Comedy, Adventure
Length: 216

Good King Sombra, believing he has made his world safe, has sealed himself behind defensive shields as dark magic slowly corrupts him. A true heroine must save him: Alicorn Princess Trixie Lulamoon. But her magic won’t be enough. She needs a dr

Good King Sombra, the previous benevolent ruler of an alternate Equestria, has drained the dark magic from his world’s Celestia and Luna and drawn it into himself. Persuaded that he has made his world safe at the cost of his becoming evil, he has sealed himself away from his closest friends and advisors: the Glass Council.
With his defensive shields hardening and the dark magic corrupting him more each day, it will need a true heroine to help save him: his favorite student, the Alicorn Princess Trixie Lulamoon. But her magic won’t be enough. She’ll need someone or something that can melt ice and chew through diamond—
In fact, what she needs is a dragon.
A Mirrorverse fic, set in the alternative universe of the Reflections Arc of the IDW comic, issues 17-20.
Commissioned cover art, “Expecting Someone Taller,” by Grandpa Love.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-07-13 07:42:53 UTC

Prologue

Deep in the heart of the cave, the dragon slept.

Most authorities agree that dragons are creatures of greed. Given opportunity to indulge its acquisitiveness, a dragon will hoard and grow larger. The larger the hoard, the larger the dragon, and of course, vice versa. All other emotions, all love, all friendship will fall prey to natural overwhelming avarice, until the dragon crouches on his mountain of gems---gems he can no longer spend, give away, or truly enjoy---eternally rapacious, and eternally alone. Or as the noted dragonologist Cloudy Clocks the Optimist put it:

Take heed not to awaken sleeping dragons, for they are never in a good mood, and especially do not ask them for a gift for the university. Also, butter is not good for a burn.

Greed is the primary emotion of the dragon, say these authorities, and only greed warps the draconic heart and causes the dragon’s body to grow.

These authorities are all, of course, completely wrong.

There is more than one way to warp a dragon’s heart. Neglect, bitterness, grief, and above all, anger, can twist the soul and turn a potential monster into the thing itself.

The dragon slept on, but even in its sleep, it felt hungry.

And it was beginning to feel very angry about it.