Chapter 1-Leaving for the Journey

A young purple scaled dragon with green spines, had opened his eyes to see black smoke rising and covering some of the white clouds, and blue sky. Spike sat himself up in his bed, let out a loud yawn, and he began to stand up. As he got up, he looked out his window to see a huge mountain spewing streams of lava down its slope. He took in a whiff of air, and smiled with glee. He carefully opened the window, took in a deep breath, and shouted, "Good morning Dragon Lands!!!! What's going on?!"

Although Spike was convinced everyone was up, he had heard an elder dragon look at him through his window across the way. There were dark bags under the drakes eyes. To some it would have been hard to see since his scales were an ash black. Also the drake wore a black cloak covering most his head. The elder dragon had another head stretched out and it shouted back at the purple drake, "Shut up young whipper snapper!!! I'm trying get some sleep."

"Sorry, Mr. Hydra." Spike said, looking back to the elder drake, then he walked away from his window. Spike went to his closet, looking for something to wear. He then notice that his dragon knight armor was glistening under a few of his dirty clothes. As the purple drake stared at his armor; he began to have a few memories when he had last worn his armor. I guess it's been too long, since that fateful day. One day, I might need to wear that armor again. Spike thought to himself, as he looked away from his armor, and to the other clothes he had.

He then picked out a white shirt, blue sweat pants, and he had picked up his favorite pair of black sandals. He then put on his pants, then shirt, and finally his sandals. Once he got dressed he walked out the door, closing it gently behind him, afraid he might wake up his neighbor if he slammed it shut, and he began to walk away from his home.

As Spike walked down the red cobblestone street, he had looked at all the buildings, and other places that were made of gray and black stones. He liked all the buildings he saw, but as he looked around the street he was on, he had found no other dragons. His curiosity got the better of him as he began to ponder where the other drakes were.

"Hmmmm. I thought there might be more dragons out and about. But I see none around here. Maybe some of them are at the twin volcanoes getting their jobs done, or bathing in the lava. Oh well, I might as well look for gems." Spike said, as he began to walk towards a new destination.

As he walked away from the town, he spotted someone familiar to him. A red scaled dragon with bright orange spikes and belly, with white freckles on his face. His arms across his chest. Next to the red drake, was another purple scaled drake, but he had blonde, hair covering his eyes, yellow spines and belly. On the other side of the purple drake was white scaled drake with pink spikes and belly, and a black drake with green hair and belly, and dull gray spikes. And then Spike saw the all brown scaled and belly drake, with dull blue horns, sitting on the ground.

"Hi Garble." Spike greeted, as he walked towards them.

"Spike. Thank the dragon elders, I found you." Garble said back, as he walked towards him.

"Found me? For what exactly?" The purple drake asked curiously.

"Let me explain. I needed to find you because the elders had found a peaceful land filled with talking creatures. So I decided to do a recon mission with their approval. And so long story short, I needed to find you so we can all go." The red drake replied,

"Talking creatures? Like what type of creatures?" Spike asked, still curious.

"Umm I think the elders said they were ponies." Garble replied, scratching his chin.

"I see. I'm sorry Garble but I can't go with you." The purple drake said, letting his friend down gently.

"Why not Spike?" The red drake asked, feeling a little hurt.

"Because I'm no longer a knight remember. I retired since the incident, and on that day I swore I wouldn't do anything dangerous ever again." Spike replied, calmly.

"I see. But you don't need to be a knight if you're going with us. I mean don't you want to explore this land, see this creatures, and then come back home." Garble explained, trying to see if his friend would reconsider.

"Well I don't know. I might be in your way." The purple drake said, almost mumbling to himself.

"Nah. I don't mind. Your my best friend Spike. And I promise you won't be in my way at all." The red drake said, proudly and flashing Spike a smile.

"Well if you insist. Then I'll tag along. But under one condition." Spike said, strictly.

"Name it." Garble said, happily.

"I may pack whatever I want, no questions asked. Also, I want no part of doing recon. I'm doing this for myself and only myself understood." Spike said, holding out his claw hand.

"Crystal clear." Garble said, taking Spike's claw hand and shaking it.

Both dragons had stopped shaking their claws, and they both let out a laugh. Both drakes held their sides as they laughed and both of them fell to the ground.

"Man Spike you know how to act like a strict person. I almost fell for it." Garble said, calming down from laughing to hard.

"Yeah I know. Maybe I should do some acting for shows or movies." Spike said, also calming down from laughing to hard.

"Nah I don't think you'll make it as a big shot." The red drake said, seriously.

"Oh thanks. I guess I lost my self confidence." The purple drake said, smiling.

"Yeah. I respect your condition though. So we better get a move on." Garble said, distantly.

Yeah you're right. I go back to my home and start packing the things I'll need." Spike said, getting up from the ground., He then stretched out his wings and flew down towards his home.

As Spike flew away Garble got up from the ground, and he looked at his other friends.

"So he doesn't know what we are really doing?" The white drake asked.

"No he doesn't suspect a thing." The red drake replied.

"What if he finds out what we're doing, what then?" The purple drake with blonde hair asked, feeling frightened.

"I'll take care of it." Garble replied, evilly.

Author's Note

And scene. Well I may have rushed this chapter but ehh it's just the one so far. Any help would be appreciated so I may improve on my writing skills.

Peace,

Red Mare