What If: Our Dragon's Tale

by Soprano Beat

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Alternate Universe
Length: 189

This is somewhat of an alternate ending to the episode [i]Dragon Quest[/i]. Just a headcannon of sorts.

Twilight has just finished searching her library for any information on dragons to help Spike and, upon coming up with nothing, suggests they ask the Princess. Once there, Celestia tells them a very interesting story…

This is the first story in a series I'm calling What If.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-11-02 20:42:45 UTC

Prologue

Twilight Sparkle flipped through page after page in each of her books, but found nothing on the topic on hand. Spike, her ever-faithful assistant, was searching another pile of books nearby.

"Nothing," Twilight exclaimed. "Nothing in this one either!"

"Nothing at all about dragons?! This is getting ridiculous!" Spike was getting close to crying.

"I know! It's hard to believe, but ponies know next to nothing about dragons! Apparently they're too rare and too scary to try to talk to or study!"

Spike gasped. "I wonder if dragons cry!" he said, about to burst into tears.

"Aw, Spike," Twilight said in a comforting tone as she wiped his eyes with a small cloth.

"It's okay, Twilight," he said, pushing her away and causing his friend to drop the rag. "I'm gonna discover who I am if it's the last thing I do!"

Twilight thought for a  moment. Upon thinking about how her loyal assistant was given to her as an egg, she remembered something. She briskly walked over to where the young dragon was heading towards the door. "Wait," she said calmly. "I think I have an idea..."