“THOSE WRETCHES!” I yell.

Oh, but you don’t know who I am. Well let me enlighten you.

I am progress, spirit of advancement.

You might be wondering what I’m doing down here, in a cave, talking to a book, in a mechanical body.

Well let’s start with what I was before those bitches basically killed me.

I was an enderdragon, a creature of great power. I came to this world in a last ditch effort to not die at the hands of a warrior who came to my realm for a reason I do not know.

Right before the creature killed me, I summoned a teleportation circle. But I botched it up so I was sent to another world instead of somewhere else in Diov.

I was somehow turned into an egg when I landed so I was completely helpless. Lost most of my memories too so I don’t remember my previous name.

From what my “mother” told me, she found my egg and took care of me.

Let’s fast forwards a bit to the reign of Discord. Quite the being, Discord.

This happened, oh I don’t remember, one-hundred years ago? I was an inventor then, Gen the innovator. I created many a item. Swords, flying machines, even a teleporter. Sure, I relied on magic more than technology but, eh, what can you do about it.

I got off track. Discord was a tyrant, pure evil, absolute chaos. But I, was nowhere near him and said chaos so I really didn’t care.

Then, two of the strangest ponies knocked on my door and my life was never the same.

“You,” I said, pointing towards the unicorn and pegasus in my “house”. “Want me,” I then point to myself. “To make you,” I then point to them again. “magical weapons that will help you defeat this ‘Discord’ fellow.” I finish.

“t’was the reason we came to thou in thy mountain home.” The blue pegasus said.

I burst out laughing as I try to push out a sentence “And, praytell, what chance do you two, a pegasus and an unicorn, have against such a being? Even with the help of magical weapons?”

“Okay, may have gone too far with my laughing…” I think as they look at me in indignation.

“Hmmmm… Seems like it’d be fun to take down a god though…” I think outloud.

“What doth thou mean by that?” the white unicorn asks me.

“I mean, that if I do this, you’re going to be stuck with me.”

They both blink in surprise at that.

So after that meeting, I went to work on the weapons they wanted. And after a bit of research into the magic needed to defeat Discord. I found out that the spells needed were… questionable at best.

For it to work, I needed a central point to focus the power for the five spells as well as a central spell focus to woven into the five spells themselves.

The five spells themselves being, a permanent imprisoning spell. A time spell to keep the being and prison from experiencing time. and spells to keep the mind, body, and soul attached to the prison.

From my research, I found that my kind have a… disability, if you will. For us, we have five “schools” of magic, space, time, mind, body, and soul. But we can only use one each.

I, am a Nexus, or a soul magic user. That is why I needed the central focus to the spells.

Where was I? Oh yes, the weapons.

“Here we are again.” I think as I lay down in a pile of gems I had collected while searching for the right ones for the weapons.

“Hath thou completed the weapons we have requested?” the blue pegasus, whose name I now know is Luna, asked urgently.

“Indeed, we need them very soon or it will be too late. Discord has already found out about our meetings.” the white unicorn, whose name is Celestia, stated.

“That would explain the dancing flower pot that somehow got into my laboratory. But yes, I have completed the weapons.” I pull out six gems, a ruby, a sapphire, a amethyst, a blue diamond, a pink topaz, and a tanzanite.

“Since these will be used against discord, I have decided to call them the Progress Gems. I hope you will use them wisely to compel the world forewords in progress.”

I decided to not tell them that they needed my power to use them. “I’ll just remotely give the power needed. After all, that’s why I made that tree”

“Excellent! But, How do these… devices, work?” Luna asked.

“Crap! Didn’t think about a story for that! Think dargon, think!”

“Well, you see. There are five crucial elements to, um, FRIENDSHIP! Ahem, yes, friendship. Loyalty, laughter, honesty, uhhh... kindness, and um… Generosity! yes, generosity…” I feel bad for not telling them what the five spells actually are, but these ponies are a peaceful bunch. They wouldn’t like what these actually do.

“When these five elements come together, they literally create magic! With this magic that has been generated, you can use these to restore balance to the world and start advancing once again.” “By the moon I’m bad at this.”

In the end the bought my story. And, well, long story short they ended Discord’s tyranny, saved the day, and became immortals! Well, ageless I guess, but you get the picture.

This was also the beginning of my time as an ageless demigod of sorts.

Turns out that, since I was also part of the group because of the fact that I powered the spell. I got the same deal as them.

This, is where my story begins.

Thought you might be asking why I’m telling you my life story.

Well it takes a bit of explanation for you to get why I’m in a cave, talking to a book, in-wait, I already told you this.

“They seem different… did they somehow change their hair?” I think stupidly as I see not a pegasus and a unicorn before me, but two ponies that look like Celestia and Luna with both horns and wings.

“We would’st like to speak with thee.” The Luna lookalike says.

“Would you introduce yourselves first? Because you look like some friends of mine but… not.” “way to go buddy, you did a great job with that one.”

“That is why we would like to speak with you. We are Celestia and Luna, the ones who you made magical weapons for.”

“B-but. Luna and Celestia were not… Not… Whatever you two are! How can you two be them!” I ask rather confusedly.

“Those weapons you made had more magic than we thought was possible, surely you must have known what they would do to us.” Luna said.

“I have also noticed that you hath changed as well.”

“Damn it, I was hoping they wouldn’t notice.” I thought as I shift my new wings a little. “Maybe I can play it off…”

“Whatever do you mean?”

(Quick note from the future, I regretted saying that right as it left my mouth)

They just stare at me with deadpan expressions.

“hmm?” They hum at the same time.

I started sweating under their gazes, their eye almost literally boring into my soul.

“Maybe a little?” I question.

They’re still staring.

“Fine, yes I have changed, no I don’t know how it happened, and yes I was helpin-” I cover my mouth when I realized what I said.

“What were you doing?” Luna asks.

“Nothing! Nothing at all.” I deny, though I know it won’t fool them.
“You will tell us this instance dragon!” Luna yelled at me while Celestia is simply looking on in what seems to be curiosity.

She starts glaring at me. If looks could ki- you know what? That glare is pretty damn close to killing me.

“Fine! You wouldn’t have been able to use the weapons without the help of a third being, I made a tree like structure in a ravine near what you call the Everfree Planes. This tree is what allowed me to transmit my energy to you and help power the gems.” I quickly say to hopefully stop the glare. It work ever so slightly.

“And why,” Celestia started. “Didn’t you just tell us?”

That stopped my thoughts for a minute till I face clawed.

“Why didn’t I?” It didn’t cross my mind….”

Thus started my journey with the only other ageless I knew of.

In the next few years we had built a castle over top the ravine where the transmitter tree is.

My inventions have been getting better and better, but as to Celestia’s askance I have not revealed much of it as some of it has rather… militaristic applications.

But this is only the start of my tale.

Author's Note

Ello peoples of the internets, my name is IMayOrMayNotBeADragon and welcome, to A Scaly, Ageless, Inventor!

Now this is my first story and I would like to be notified if I missed a typo or made a grammar mistake.
Feedback is very much appreciated and I can take a bit of criticism.

This was IMayOrMayNotBeADragon signing off to see you in the next (Most likely very delayed) Chapter.