DragonFire: The Series

The crowd around them roared as the two exited the ship. A red carpet on shiny floor was rolled towards the entrance of the Castle, which had snipers patrolling on duty. A straight row of guards stood between the crowd and them, each turning at the same time when the two passed, giving a salute to them. Twilight couldn't help but smile and wave to the crowd, making them cheer even louder as they went inside the castle. Even Spike, who matured a lot since his old adventures with Twilight and her friends, couldn't help but smirk at the feeling of being cheered; it reminded himself a lot when, as a young Draco, he saved the Crystal Empire from the Hologram of the self-proclaimed King, Sombra, and how it's citizens look at him like an idol.

They entered inside, as a much more calmer crowd of citizens stood, mostly news reporters, videographers, and photographers, taking various pictures of the two, and news reporters telling what is happening as the two approached to Princess Luna, as she was having an interview with a human reporter and an Angel cameraman. Everyone could that it was her, for nearly towering everyone inside, and her super pale skin, looking almost pure white as the skin could allow it. She had on a Dark Blue suit that, despite being a princess, looked very militaristic, with it's long black gloves reaching up to her elbows with matching boots to her knees, a white middle where her buttons were at, compete with a belt that strapped around her waist, as it had on, a white crescent moon in the middle. It also had on a black cape, covering her dark blue wings that, if looked below, the tips dragged on the floor, also making a broom swift if nothing was heard. Her black, three headed triangle tiara lied on her head, which, was Saphire blue, had a persian blue aura around it, as it moved on its own like her sister's, and, when looking closer, seemed to have stars in it, scattered around, almost as if her hair was a galaxy in its own.

"Now tell us," the human reporter asked "why did you not take the main throne? From what we've heard, you really wanted to be in the main throne, taking all of the attention from your sister."

"Two reasons," Luna replied "1) That was the old me. She was just power hungry and wanted more attention, borderline insane, if you ask me. I now view that I must be responsible and rewards will come in the most strangest way. 2) Why didn't I take the throne? Well... I believe my sister would've done it, even if she were alive."

"Does that make you angry?"

"...No. I feel Twilight is a great leader, a better one I if say so myself."

"Any hopes in the future?"

"Yes: Twilight lives to be a great leader and, if possible, I don't regret my decision." the human turned to his cameraman

"There you have it folks! Our interview with Princess Luna!!! Back to you, this is Channel 88 news!!!" The cameramen reman lowered his camera and took a deep breath. Without a word, the two left, leaving Twilight and Luna alone.

"Princess Luna!!!" Twilight cheered. Luna turned and noticed the small Immortal walking towards her, lifting her skirt for some extra speed.

"Ah! Twilight Sparkle and Spike! How long has it been since we saw each other?"

"At least two months." Spike answered

"For you and me, at least."

"He knows," Twilight responded "with us, I don't know, half an earth year?"

"Yes... it has been. Tell us, do you have our speech planned out?"

"Yes Princess, I do."

"Good! I don't want to go through another interview that makes me have to hold back thy tears." Twilight began to walk towards the podium, looking outside to it's citizens outside, covered by a large red cover.

"Were... those things you said true?"

"Pardon?"

"Do you... really think I would make a great leader?"

"...it's not really me that decided that, but I am very certain that my sister does believe that you would be her heir to the throne."

"Do... you miss her?"

"...Yes. We may not have been eye to eye with everything, and we may not have been the best of friends to each other, but w- I felt that, though she was my opposite, she was an opposite I loved with all of my heart. You, Twilight, are almost like the daughter she never could have, and I will follow her, to now, I follow you, Princess." Luna took a bow to Twilight. Twilight bowed back to her and turned to the covered podium.

"Remember," Spike said, putting a comforting claw on her shoulder "I will be here for you." Twilight smiled a bit, took a deep breath, and the two went outside to the podium. Almost everyone on this planet was outside, looking like ants at the height of the podium they were on, cheering for their new princess as she exited, walking towards the microphone. A couple of Angels flew near them, having cameras on her, recording her every action as, families, individuals, & communities on other plants gathered around their television, phones, and computers, also watching her live. She tapped on the microphone, hearing the soft booming around her. She cleared her throat.

"Attention everyone," she spoke. A loud cheer stopped her a bit, laying for a good few seconds before sit stopped. "Attention Everyone: as all of you know, Princess Celestia has passed away, and Luna, with her power & sheer will, has made me the new head princess of our beloved Galactic Empire. Reports have been shown that, in her body, a certain venom was injected into her as she was sleeping, a venom created by a Basilisk, venom that, with a single ounce, can kill up to 100 of our people. No force was shown though, so it is most likely, that Celestia was assassinated during her sleep. Whoever did it, showed professionalism in it, so I, as head princess, will start an inquisition and I will not stop until he or she is captured and given justice!!! When that is over, we will thrive as we did with Celestia. May her soul rest in peace, and may we, one day, find harmony with all creatures across the-" before she could finish a loud screeching noise was heard, causing not just her, Spike & everyone in the castle to fall over in pain, but everyone around their area as well. A Spaceship entered, flying above the castle and, on it, was a large T.V. projection, showing a figure in a black hood, covering his or her identity.

"An Inquisition?" The figure asked in a robotic voice, most likely protecting more of it's identity. "Why Princess, why should you have an Inquisition when I'm here? There's no need for that! Would Celestia do that if I to do what I did to her to you?" Twilight's eyes opened with fear: Celestia's assassin was right above their heads, inside a large spaceship!!! She got up and grabbed the microphone.

"LISTEN HERE!!! I will have you answer to me on why you did this and-"

"Oh no, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I won't be answering to you. On the contrary, you'll have to answer to me. Do your thing, King Sombra."

"King Sombra!?!?!?" Spike asked as he got up. He pulled out his assault rifle and looked at the way they entered: shadow like figures began to sprint towards their area, each looking like random human, mage, or angel, but also having yellow eyes. "GET DOWN!!!" Spike began to fire at the shadows charging at them, seeing them disappear in a single shot. Twilight ducked behind her younger brother and guardian, surprised to see how more calm he was than when he was when he 'battled' King Sombra. A large scream was heard, and she looked down from the podium: a swarm of those shadow things were climbing on top of each other, quickly reaching to the top of their podium.

"SPIKE!!!" Twilight yelled "THEY'RE CLIMBING UP HERE!!!" Spike looked down and saw the horde climbing up to them.

"COME ON!!! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!!!" Spike grabbed Twilight by her arm and began to run inside the castle!!! They saw a bunch of the guards standing their ground, as humans fired at them & pointing out where more were coming from, Mages using their telekinesis & other mental abilities to slow down the shadows, and the Angels, using force fields, physically pushing back the shadows &, all together, releasing a gust of wind that blew the shadows back a couple of inches. A shadow was able to make it past the guards and headed towards the two! Though Spike could've easily shot it down, he felt the burning from his assault rife; it overheated as he shot down that first wave that approached them. A streak of white came, and the shadow disappeared before it even laid it's 'hands' on them. In front of them, Luna appeared, holding a sword made from plasma, glowing a blue similar to her suit right now, and, on it's hilts, had wings that, despite it being black around, made it look majestic in a way. He wings unfolded, as her cape was now gone, and, with her free hand, had a lighter blue aura around it.

"Twilight," Luna yelled "Are you alright!?!?!?"

"Yes!" Twilight replied "What about you?"

"Don't worry about me: You and Spike have got to get out of here!!!"

"We can't just leave you here!!!"

"Don't worry," Spike said "This isn't the first time she's been attacked in her own castle!!!"

"Yes," Luna agreed, slicing at another shadow that made it was past the wall of soldiers "we can deal with them!!! Head to the docking area, find your ship and get out of here!!! Use your mind if you have to, Twilight!!!" The podium started to crawl with Shadows, entering and spraining towards them!!! Twilight's hands glowed a raspberry color, she put them together, and a huge force came, knocking all the shadows out of their area, back outside, and fell from the podium to the ground outside. Spike grabbed onto her stepsister again and the two began to run down to the docking area, repeating the same steps they took, just in reverse!!! The shadows began to crawl out from the podium and into the room they were in. The guards turned their attention to the swarm that was entering, turned their attention, and began to fire at the horde entering. Luna's wings flared and she flew outside, seeing the swarm climbing up to the podium. She flew to the side of the castle, 'landing' on it, causing a sonic wave that caused some of the swarm to fall, held out her sword, and began to run towards the climbing swarm, swing her sword, heading into a near countless number of shadows, now turning their attention onto her.

Spike and Twilight made it to their ship, relieved to see some guards protecting it.

"Oh good!" Twilight panted with relief

"I think we can actually make it." Spike replied, standing in full attention. "Men! Take Princess Twilight and I somewhere else safe!!! We will develop a plan to take back Canterlot, then we-"

"No sir." they all replied, very blankly.

"...Excuse me? Did you say 'No sir'? I'll have you know that I can put in Court Martial and-"

"We no longer follow you."

"Oh no!" Twilight exclaimed "look at their eyes!!!" Spike took a good look at the soldiers: the white of their eyes were now green, their pupils now, instead of their own color, were now red, and their irises were cat like.

"...Great!" Spike exclaimed. Evil laughter echoed around them, and, in a shadow right behind, a figure began to rise, going from black as a shadow to his full glory: he had on a near royal looking armor on with a red cape on his back, with it, having white fur on it's edges. His hair was black, and, though it flowed like Luna's, it moved rather rapidly, almost as if it were fire, but he also had on a a crown that two points over his ears, and two, red curved small blades around a silver circle in the middle of his head.

"KING SOMBRA!!!" They both exclaimed

"Well, well, well," Sombra spoke in a frightening but also charming voice "if it isn't the newest princess and her little 'Spikey Wikey'. I'm glad you both remember me, after hat you did on MY PLANET!!!"

"SILENCE!!!" Twilight yelled "Spike is now a commander: a well deserved role that he earned, unlike you, who enslaved an entire planet for your won cruel form of power!!!"

"It was not cruel!!! They needed a leader: one who will do anything to protect them!!!"

"YOU ENSLAVED THEM!!!"

"I PROTECTED THEM!!!"

"What are you doing here!?!?!?" Spike growled at him.

"I just need the princess. She comes with me, and you, 'commander',  won't have the shame of being bested by me."

"Oh sure... do I need to remind you of what happened almost ten years ago!?!?!?" Twilight giggled a bit and Sombra growled back!!!

"MEN!!! Grab her!!! I'll deal with this brat!!!"

"Go get him, Spike!!!" Twilight cheered. She turned and saw the possessed guards running towards her. Knowing that they were still alive, she planned to only knock them unconscious with her race's special abilities. Spike, on the other hand, pulled out his pistol and began to fire at the first person he had beaten (though, he had help from Twilgiht's brother and his wife). Sombra dodged the laser blasts with surpassing speed as he ran towards the Draco. In just a few inches, Sombr kicked the gun out of Spike's clawed hand and began to use some old, forgotten fighting skills. Spike began to swipe at Sombra with his claws, taking a few deep breaths and breathing out some fire, putting some of it onto his claws to add some extra effects to his claw swipes. They both dodged a few of each other's attacks and took a couple of hits from each other, but they fought ferociously!!! Spike began to lose himself a bit, but saw Sombra had disappeared, then reappeared with Spike's own helmet in his hand, and slammed it into Spike's face, causing the draco to lose some balance and hit his head on the rails, adding some more pain to his head. Twilight heard the clanging and saw Spike, lying on the floor, groaning.

"SPIKE!!!" She yelled, letting her guard down!!! One of the guards grabbed her from behind and held her in a full nelson. Sombra walked to the Draco and, using one arm, carried him by his neck. Spike's vision was a bit blurry, but he saw that he was face to face with Sombra himself.

"So young, so naive," Sombra commented as his eyes became full green. "Dracos aren't meant to make decisions. You were just a mistake that got lucky. Tell Celestia that I sent you wherever she is." His hand began to glow a dark purple with some black & green electricity crackling through it. His hand was just inches away from Spike's face.

"WAIT!!!" Sombra and Spike turned to Twilight, who got out of her capturer's grip. She fell to her knees and tears began to drip. "Please... if it means letting him live, I... surrender myself to you." Sombra looked at Twilight, then turned to his target, who struggled to get himself free. His hand started to go back to normal, along with his eyes.

"Excellent: just the answer I wanted to hear." He threw Spike to the ground, who let out a groan with pain.

"Twilight," Spoke weakly "You... can't."

"Such heroic nonsense." Sombra lifted one of his legs and kicked Spike across the face, causing him to only see darkness.

"SPIKE!!!" a faint voice of Twilight was only heard.