Season Spike Epsiode 6 A New Dragon In Town

by Haoryu Changer

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 7869

It was a normal day in Ponyville. Until an injured guest arrives.

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Spike and Twilight find a mysteriously injured baby dragoness outside of their home. With the lack of knowledge the local doctors have on dragons, the two decide to take her in their castle and care for her.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-11-24 18:10:19 UTC

Hurt Dragoness

Twilight and Spike sat inside the castle throne room, each doing their own things.

Spike had a beautiful sapphire in his claws, about to take a bite. And Twilight had a book in her magic, like always.

It was about midnight, and mostly everypony were in their beds at the moment.

Everypony except for Princess Twilight Sparkle of course. She was reading a book called "The Legends From Beyond", and you could say she was very interested in it.

Spike, however, was interested in the beauty stone he was about to feast on. He had a smile on, already imagining how it would taste.

Hours past and Twilight was about to finish her book. Spike ate the gem he had long ago and decided to go to sleep as the rest of Ponyville already did hours ago.

Twilight soon finished reading and closed the book with a happy sigh. She looked out the window to see the night sky holding the bright moon and stars. She got up to put her book away on the bookshelf right next to the window. "I'll be sure to..." She yawned. "...put this book back in the main library tomorrow." Because she stood in front of the bookshelf placed right next to the window, Twilight could see and look down upon Ponyville. "Such an incredible view." She yawned again. "Too bad I can't stay awake to look at this forever." She turned away from a window, but something caught her eye which made her turn back. "Huh...?"

She squinted her eyes, trying to focus on the distance.

Then she saw it.

"It that... a dragon?!"

Her eyes didn't deceive her as a pink and light blue baby dragon walked under the night sky.

Twilight inspected further and saw that the baby dragoness was limping. "Oh no, i-is she hurt?" The dragon limped a bit more before falling to the ground, making Twilight fly out the window immediately in worry.

She flew fast with a determined look on her face. "Please be alright. Please be alright." She chanted in her head.

She soon landed right next the baby dragon, getting a better look at her.

She was about the same size as Spike, and had scratches and bruises all over her body.

Twilight saw that she had a pained look on her face. "Oh my goodness! Are you alright?"

She got no response in words, but breathing was present.

"Come on," She took her gently in her hooves. "Let's get you inside. It's cold out here without Celestia's sun up." So she made her way back to the Friendship Castle with the baby girl dragon in her hooves.

Once inside, she made her way upstairs and to one of the guest bedrooms. She set the little dragon on the bed and made sure she was alright before heading back outside to look for anything suspicious.

Spike stirred slightly when he got shaken by purple hooves.

"Spike! Spike! Wake up! I need your help."

"Five more minutes." Spike whined.

"There's someone hurt," Twilight used her magic to place Spike onto her back. "And I need your assistance this instant."

"Yeah, I'll assist you just now, Twi. Five more minutes." Spike said tiredly. He began to rest his chest on Twilight's back, trying to get back to sleep.

She put a hoof to her chin when an idea struck her. "Hmm, I guess I'll have to find another assistant I guess." She said with fake sadness.

Spike's reaction was expected.

"Wha- No- I'm awake!" He gave Twilight a nervous toothy grin.

Twilight giggled. "Relax Spike I'll never replace you. I can't replace you."

Spike chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "Yeaah, so, what's this about... uhh..."

"Someone being hurt?"

"Someone's hurt?! Where?!" Spike hopped off Twilight's back with a serious face and looked around the room.

"She's resting in one of the guest rooms. Follow me." Twilight said, equally serious.

Spike followed Twilight to the hallway of the guestrooms. He followed her into the first room on the right.

Spike gasped when he saw who was hurt. "That's a..."

"A baby girl dragon. About your age, and looks like she's the same type of dragon too."

Spike looked all over her body to see her bruised. "What happened to her?"

"I saw her outside very weak. She fell over after a few seconds I spotted her so I brought her here."

Spike stared at the girl dragon. "Can we do anything to help her?"

"That's what I was going to ask you." Twilight gave Spike a sad look. "Spike, we both know ponies don't know much about dragons. What happens every time I take you to the Ponyville hospital?"

"They're scared to do anything on me because they don't know much."

"Exactly. I say... we let her rest and see if she gets better over time."

Spike nodded.

"I'm off to bed you coming?" Twilight started to trot off.

Spike looked at Twilight then at the other dragon. "I think I'll stay here. Just in case she wakes up."

"Alright," Twilight yawned. "I'll see you in the morning."

Spike stood at the side of the bed where the girl dragon rested. He gripped the sheets that covered her. "Another dragon, my age. Maybe I can finally find out about dragon culture. Maybe- no... I have to focus on making her survive first." So, for another hour that night, Spike looked after the dragoness.

Bright light shined in Spike's eyes, making him squint it shut and turning away. When he finally opened them with some work, he looked around, finding himself sitting on a chair in a guest room.

"Wait..." He just remembered and gasped. He got straight up and looked over to the bed, seeing the baby girl dragon sleeping peacefully.

Spike sighed and walked over to the door. He gave one last glance before exiting the room.

When he got downstairs the scent of delicious food, namely eggs, filled Spike's nostrils.

Forgetting the other dragon for a second, Spike made his way towards the wonderful smell. He entered the kitchen to see Twilight flinching every second or so when near the stove. Spike smirked when he saw what was happening. "Can't cook?" He mocked.

"It's-" She took a step back. "-not that. Why does the hot magic have to flicker all the time?"

"Oh, yeah, you can get burned." Spike chuckled. "Too bad you're not a dragon." His smile dropped when he reminded himself about the other dragon upstairs.

Twilight noticed this. "She seemed better than before when I checked on you two earlier. Did she wake up?"

Spike sighed. "No. Or at least I think not."

"Alright." Twilight turned back to try and cook again but immediately stepped a few inches back when more magic came bursting.

Spike smiled. "Let me take care of it. You go do... whatever you need to."

Twilight groaned out loudly. "That's just it. The Cutie Map called for Rainbow and Pinkie and left me with nothing to do." She said, very annoyed.

"Maybe you can look after the girl dragon upstairs?" Spike suggested as he activated his wings and flew up to be at level with the stove.

"Perhaps I could do some reading while watching her. It would be best if she woke up to see a friendly face."

With that, Twilight went to the library in the castle to grab a book.

When she entered, she started to browse for an interesting book to read. She checked the fiction section and when she didn't find anything interesting in the first shelve she turned around to the non-fiction shelves.

She looked at each of the titles.

And that's when she saw it.

"What, it can't be!"

***

Up in the castle guest room. The pink and light blue girl dragon stirred in the bed.

***

Spike finished the eggs and was about to call for Twilight when he saw her coming towards him with a happy expression on her face.

"Twilight?"

"Spike! I can't believe it!" She said while beaming.

"What happened?"

Twilight pulled out a huge red book with a design that looked old. "I was searching through the library to find a book to read and I found this."

She handed Spike the book and he read the title.

The Dragon Ways: Volume I

"B-but how? We never had any-"

"Don't you remember, Spike? This castle was made from the Rainbow Power. Including the books, furniture, and everything else inside! This book was given to us through the Rainbow Power, and there's five more books in the series!" She said very excitedly.

"This means..."

"That's right!"

"...I could finally learn more about... dragons." Spike said.

Very soon Twilight could see Spike's happiness rise tenfold. He smiled brightly before jumping up and hugging Twilight by the neck.

Twilight hugged back, and they both smiled.

But then they heard something that snapped them out of it.

It was a big castle so it was silent, but they still heard something drop from upstairs. And it was a hard drop.

Worry came upon Twilight and Spike before they teleported upstairs...

Right into the guest bedroom holding the girl dragon.

The bed was empty. Covers rustled up.

Twilight and Spike grew more worried and almost started to panic. Almost, because Spike found the girl dragon on the floor next to the bed.

Spike sighed as he picked the dragoness up with his magic and placed her back on the bed. "Looks like she just fell off the bed."

"Seems so," Twilight said, finally calming down. "Is she alright?"

"Of course," Spike said after feeling her scales. "These scales can handle almost anything. Heck, they helped me survive lots of times before."

"Good. Maybe one of us should keep an eye on her now." Twilight suggested.

"Can you right now? I have to *sigh* go do the eggs." Spike gave Twilight the book of dragons, and teleported out of the room to presumably make more eggs.

Twilight sighed to herself. She looked at the baby girl dragon once more before sitting down on a chair nearby and starting to read. "This may be the day we learn much more about the dragons."

She Awakens

Spike was flying in front of the stove and called for Twilight from the kitchen. "Twilight, the eggs are ready! Twilight?"

"I'm coming!" Twilight descended the stairs and made her way to the kitchen. She took a whiff of the food's smell. "Smells delicious Spike."

"Thanks! You know I try my best." Spike stopped flying midair after he got two plates filled with food in his claws. He walked over to the table Twilight had begun to sit at, and set the two plates down. He sat at the opposite side of the table and took a bite out of his toast. "So? Did ya find anything new about dragons?" He asked excitedly.

Twilight gulped the food she had in her mouth down her throat. "The first book in the series read about the dragon civilization. There's normal dragons, a Dragon Lord for a specific population, and the almighty Dragon King that rules over all of the dragons."

Spike took another bite. "So... where is this Dragon King?"

"The book didn't say. And the only dragons we know of are the ones that follow Equestria's Dragon Lord."

"I want to meet the Dragon King one day. He's probably really powerful and cool!"

Twilight giggled. "I'm sure you will when you grow up."

"Did the girl dragon from upstairs wake up or anything?"

Twilight shook her head. "She didn't even move once. I'm really worried about her."

"Is she still breathing?"

"Yeah."

"Then I know she's going to be alright," Spike said with a smile.

This made Twilight smile back and she took another bite of her food.

"Is she in position?"

"Yes."

"Where is her location currently?"

"She is in the Crystal Castle. Still sleeping."

"Good. Soon we will finally get revenge."

Upstairs in the guest bedroom, the little dragon slowly but surely opened her eyes. She sat up on the bed and looked around. "Crystal floors, fancy bed, big windows. Yup, I'm he-"

"You're awake!"

The girl dragon put on a confused innocent look, and when a purple alicorn came into view she flinched back. "W-who are you?"

Twilight gave a warm smile to her. "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you."

She tried to hide under the covers, peeking out to look. "Y-you are...?"

"My name is Twilight Sparkle. What's yours?"

"I-I'm Dim Sum."

"Interesting name!" Twilight smiled warmly at her.

"Yes... it is." She blushed a little. "What am I doing here? What are you? You look like an animal I've never seen before."

Twilight blinked, surprised. How did this baby dragon not know of ponies? Did dragon school not teach it? Did parents not teach it? Is she too young to know? "I'm a pony, and you're in our territory, shared with other creatures, called Equestria. I found you really injured outside my home."

"O-oh..."

Twilight had to get some questions answered. She knew not to startle her with too many questions so she went up to the bed and asked softly. "What happened to you Dim Sum?"

The girl dragon looked at her with a confused look. "I... don't know."

Twilight's eyes widened. "Oh. Where are you from? I should get you back home. With your family."

Dim Sum scratched her head in thought. "I can't remember..."

Twilight gasped. "Could you be suffering memory loss? Oh no!"

"My memory?"

Twilight started to pace back and forth becoming very worried. "What if your parents come to look for you? And they see you here and think we dragonnapped you? What if they start a war with the ponies?" She gasped and zipped to Dim Sum, pressing her face against hers. "What if Celestia finds out and she's... disapointed." She flailed her legs in the air. "We're all doomed-"

Dim Sum looked down at the snoring purple pony. Then looked up at what caused it, a purple and green dragon, just like her. "Another dragon?!" She gasped out, genuinely surprised.

Spike stared at the fallen Twilight and sighed. "It's just ridiculous sometimes." He looked up at the now awakened dragoness. "Hi, there! I'm Spike!" He raised a claw for a shake.

Dim Sum hesitated at first, but eventually she shook claws with him. "I thought this was the pony lands? What are you doing here?"

Spike pointed a finger at himself proudly. "I was born here! Raised by this pony herself." He said pointing to Twilight. "They're all really cool and friendly actually."

Dim Sum stared at him.

"Not very impressive huh? Oh well. I don't really care." He picked up Twilight with his magic and put on a straight face. "Memory loss, interesting. I'll see what I can do."

Dim Sum watched as Spike carried Twilight away presumably to her room.

"I'll be right back! Don't go anywhere!" The drake called out.

Dim Sum listened closely until Spike's footsteps died down. Once they did, her frightened face turned into a serious one and she threw the blankets off of her. She ran up to the closest window and opened it, making a gust of wind blast her face.

"Those idiots didn't have to bruise me that badly." She said as she took out a glass bottle with a brown cork on the top. She popped the cork off and breathed her dragon fire inside, her pink fire danced in the bottle and didn't escape. She put the cork back on the bottle, it glowing bright pink when doing so, and tossed it down below to the Ponyville streets. Before it hit the ground, the bottle vanished in a pink flame.

"Are you worried?"

Dim Sum jumped and turned to look at Spike. "W-what are you talking about?"

Spike smiled. "Don't worry, Equestria is very safe and peaceful... well, except when those random super-powerful bad guys come, but that's probably coming later this month."

Dim Sum tilted her head.

"What I mean to say is, you're safe, and until we find out how to fix this, you'll stay safe."

Dim Sum nodded.

"Oh!" Spike snapped his fingers and a ruby appeared in a flash of green.

Dim Sum looked surprised.

"I don't know when last you've eaten, but you're probably hungry. Here!"

Spike handed out the ruby to Dim Sum. She again hesitated at first but took the gem from him with thanks.

"How about we wait until Twilight wakes up. She's better with this stuff than me anyways. For now, you can clean up, and come downstairs with me in the meantime."

Dim Sum said something.

"Pardon, I couldn't quite hear you."

"When will she wake up?" She said just loud enough for Spike to hear.

"Usually, she'll wake up in an hour or so."

"Okay..."

"So I'll be downstairs, come if you want. Set of stairs down the hall to the right."

Dim Sum watched Spike walk away, before returning to a serious look and looking around.

A dragon figure in a dark cave reached up in the sky as a pink flame flew down. A glass bottle appeared in the flame and dropped down to the dragon's claw. He uncorked the bottle and the pink flame inside burst out, making familiar sounds.

"I am currently inside the home of the princess and a little dragon, with me having 'memory loss'." The flame spoke in Dim Sum's voice. "I will gain the princess's trust soon. DO NOT engage until I order it, we do not want to get the other princess's attention."

The dragon had others standing beside it, they all listened closely.

"Also, when I catch the imbicel who knocked me too hard, they will regret it!"

This made some of the dragons shiver.

"I'll be in touch, stay in hiding."

The flame disappeared.

Dim Sum walked behind Spike as he led them to the kitchen.

"Um..."

"Spike."

"Spike? You don't have wing-"

In a flame, his dragon wings appeared.

"Oh... that's pretty cool."

"Nah it's nothing. Just some plain ol' wings."

Every second, when Spike wasn't looking, Dim Sum would look around with a keen eye, making note of every little detail.

"You know," Spike started. "I thought I was going to be really excited that I got to meet a friendly dragon, and you're even my age! But now when I look at it I think I'm not as excited as I thought I would be."

"Why so?" She asked while turning her head left to look at a blue vase.

"Probably because I was worried about your health. And now that you're healthy and walking I really don't know how I should feel. Kinda weird if you ask me."

Dim Sum stayed quiet.

"Is there something wrong Dim Sum?"

She shook her head.

"Something on your mind?"

"No."

"Huh..." Spike kept walking.

Dim Sum walked after Spike and soon they arrived at the kitchen.

"How does a Gem Cake sound?"

"...Cake?"

"Oh, right, dragons don't do cakes. Well, you're going to have a really great dessert."

"Dessert?"

Spike slapped his forehead. "Just sit down and wait, I'll get some delicious food ready."

Dim Sum waited at the table, eyeing every place and paying attention to the sounds of the nearby dragon. "Did the others know that there was another dragon here? Who is he? I never heard of a dragon living with the ponies before." She told herself.

She kept looking around and busying herself while she waited an hour for Spike. The little dragon's footsteps could be heard coming towards Dim Sum, so she got her expression to look neutral.

"Here it is! My famous Gem Cake." Spike held a plate with a round chocolate cake. It had white whip cream on top with blue gems as big sprinkles.

Spike set the cake down and got two more plates, setting one in front of Dim Sum and one at his own seat. He took out a knife and cut two pieces, putting each one on their respective plates.

"This is... cake."

"Yup!" Spike said proudly. "Try it, you'll love it."

"Now he has me eating one of their stupid pony foods. Why did I have to be the only smart one in the group to infiltrate?" She hesitated, and not until she saw Spike staring at her waiting for her to try it did she pick it up and bite.

...

"Do you like it?"

Dim Sum chewed. "It has this weird taste and texture... soft and the taste blows up in my mouth... this is better than fruit and grass! Much better!" She swallowed. "This is so good! And I didn't even get to the gems!"

Spike laughed. "Better get eating before Twilight wakes up. She'll take what's left and throw away the gems into her wallet! Such a waste if you ask me." He tossed one whole slice into his mouth which made Dim Sum surprised.

"I never thought I would say this, but... I love this pony food!"

Spike and Dim Sum sat and ate quietly but happily as lunch went by.

A Missing Purple Alicorn

Spike and Dim Sum entered the castle happily with a bag of gems in each of their claws.

"It's not as bad as I thought. Living among ponies." Dim thought to herself, soon shaking her head at the unbelievable thought. "What am I saying?! If I keep thinking like this then I won't ever get respect."

"Hey."

Dim looked over to Spike with both of her brows raised. "Yeah?"

"Something on your mind?" Spike asked.

"Um... No, it's nothing, don't worry about it." She said with a smile.

Spike seemed to buy it as he kept walking straight.

"By the way," Dim continued. "Where's your purple pony friend?" She asked.

"I don't know," Spike said while looking left and right. "She should be awake by now, at least in the library, or she probably went to go see one of her friends. Maybe she left a note somewhere..." He scratched his head before stopping. "Well... anyways. Do you want to lend me some of your gems so I could make gem cupcakes?"

"Um... sure." Dim wasn't exactly sure what cupcakes were but there was still cake inside of cupcake and she loved cake. She might as well give it a try.

It felt like time flew by as Spike finished baking. The two ate, Dim was enjoying every bite, but on the other claw, Spike was starting to get worried about Twilight. He rid some of the cupcakes of gems specifically for her, but there was no hint of her ever since she over exaggerated earlier and Spike had to put her to sleep. Spike even checked all over the castle after he was done eating, but not a sound of Twilight came.

Spike decided to just head to his bedroom and sleep. He met Dim Sum, who was suspiciously in deep thought, back in the kitchen and took her back to the bedroom she first found herself on when she woke up.

When she was properly rested, Spike told her to have a great night before heading to his own room. Halfway through his walk, he stopped and looked out a window in the hallway, staring at the full white glowing moon up in the sky on display. His eyes glistened as he thought, "It's not like you to just disappear on me like that. Even if it was an emergency you would have had a note laying on the top right corner of the kitchen table or one of your friends come tell me." He gripped the bottom of the windowsill. "I hope you're alright Twilight..." He let go of the windowsill and continued to walk, briefly looking back at Luna's moon. "Wherever you are..."

1:00 AM

Dim Sum couldn't sleep. She wasn't awake for all that long when she thought about it. She woke up in the middle of the day, and even if she did work for that white pony she couldn't be tired so soon. She was nothing close to a lazy dragon. She always worked hard and was proud doing so. And then there was this odd thing she was laying in, a bed. Not that she was uncomfortable, she just wasn't used to it. It was nothing like the obsidian plates she had at her home.

After a while just laying on the bed, she started to think deeply about the same purple pony and how she was suddenly missing. A thought came to her mind that made her chuckle. "Like that would happen." But she grew a serious face. "But what if it did..." She laid still on the bed for some time, thinking with a frown and furrowed eyes. Soon she started to fidget under the bed, twisting and turning. After about a minute, she got up slowly and hopped off the bed with a quiet sound of landing on the floor. She walked up to the door and peeked out to see if anyone was there before opening it wide and stepping out sneakily.

Dim Sum walked past Spike's room where she saw him sleeping on his back, she then came across Twilight's room which was still empty. She quickly but silently opened the door, stepped inside, and closed it behind her.

"Alright," She whispered to herself. "Time to see if I was right."

Twilight woke up, slowly opening her eyes. "It must be night." She thought. But something seemed weird to her. Why was she sleeping on the hard floor and why was the ground rumbling a bit. She was going to get up to find and turn on the light switch but her head hitting the ceiling stopped her.

Rubbing her knocked head, Twilight shinned her horn and found out that she was in a wooden box. After a nervous look around the box she used her magic and teleported out of the box...

Right in the middle of four dragons.

"Ah!" Twilight shrieked as she hovered in the air in the middle of the grassy field.

The dragons also yelled under the dark sky. "Ahh!"

Twilight gasped. "D-dragons?!" Something about this felt familiar to Twilight.

"How'd she escape?!" Of of the dragons yelled.

"She used magic numbskull! That means someone didn't put the collar on!" Another said.

"I swear I did!" One of the smaller ones exclaimed.

Twilight looked at each and every one of them in disbelief. "Escape? Collar? What's going on here?!"

After a split second she said that, all the heads of the dragons snapped in her direction.

"U-uh hey there, big, strong dragons..." She said with a sheepish smile.

Her reply was a bunch of snarls as the dragon slowly inched their way closer to the alicorn.

Twilight carefully started to hover backward with fright, lighting her horn to get ready any one of them, but as her horn started to get brighter, she bumped into something hard behind her. She turned and looked up at the red and yellow scaled grinning dragon she didn't want to see again after the dragon migration.

She again smile sheepishly. "Oh, h-hey Garble! Long time no see..."

Garble smiled viciously. "It's nice to see you again, pony."

Twilight grew wide-eyed when Garble started to reach down to her, she tried to charge up some magic in her horn but the dragon noticed this and grabbed her by the horn, stopping whatever she was planning. "None of that stupid magic, pony. If you wanted to fight me then it's without it."

Twilight gritted her teeth and started to charge some more magic in Garble's grasp.

Garble shook his head mockingly before tightening his grip on her horn, making her squeak out in pain. He turned to the other dragons. "Get me one of the collars!" He ordered.

Twilight watched helplessly as a pink and white dragon handed Garble a magma-colored ring. Garble then proceeded to place the ring around Twilight's horn. She felt the ring slightly burning where it was touching her horn and she groaned in pain.

Garble threw her to the ground harshly and turned to the other dragons. She heard one order from him before she blacked out.

"Call Dim Sum."

It was dark in the friendship castle. Spike was still sleeping while Dim Sum was still sneaking around. The clues she found led her to the basement of the castle, where she was walking around at the moment.

She was in the middle of one of the rocky hallways. She looked left and right before walking forward. She turned left and walked down a different hallway. This is where she noticed a couple sets of footprints. She furrowed her eyebrows and followed to where they started. She was taken to a large tunnel which was five times her size.

With her draconic eyes she spotted something on the ground. She walked up to it and kneeled down, picking up dry dragon scale.

"Of course it had to be those idiots..." She said to herself.

Dim Sum then got up and decided to enter and explore the tunnel, making sure to get back to her room before sunrise.

A Missing Teal Dragon

Spike woke up with a stretch and a yawn. He scratched his head and looked around wearily, soon hopping off his bed to head to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

After ten minutes, Spike walked out of the bathroom with a warm towel wrapped around him to dry himself off. He walked down the halls with his towel still wrapped around him, looking in each and every room for any signs of Twilight. None were found.

Spike shook his head in defeat as he realized Twilight didn't return yet. "Where are you Twi?"

Twilight opened her eyes while laying on the ground on her back to see the sunlight above, the shine of Celestia's sun made her shut them tight and look away. She looked to her left slowly with blurry sight to just see grass, but when she looked to her right she saw the blurry image of the same dragons as last night talking to one another.

She tried to pick herself up but found out that she was tied up with rope. Trying to use magic seemed impossible because that collar they put on her horn was stopping any magic from activating.

She was still a bit fuzzy with her sightings, and when she saw a hint of teal and pink scales she didn't believe it. But then she heard their conversation.

"I told you to wait! I was the one who was supposed to capture her!" Dim Sum said.

"You were taking too long in there!" Garble spat back. "And besides, your father doesn't know who captured her, we can lie. Simple as that."

"That's not the point! I don't want to just prove it to him, but to myself as well! And since you did the job instead of me, I still haven't proven anything!"

"Maybe your dad was right." One of the other dragons told.

Dim Sum snapped her head to his direction and glared with glowing pink eyes, even if it was color pink it looked menacing.

The blue and green scaled dragon visibly gulped and shivered. "U-uh... just saying." Some of the other dragons facepalmed.

Dim Sum took a couple of steps forward, the dragon replied by stepping backward in fear. The baby dragoness kept stalking forward as the bigger dragon kept walked backward.

It was until the taller dragon found himself against a cold hard rock blocking him from behind that he stopped, and as Dim Sum walked slowly towards him she reached out in the air and in sparkles of pink flame a long teal and pink staff matching her scales respectively appeared. Dim aimed the blue orbed head of it at the dragon, and soon pink flames escaped it and started to swirl around the frightened dragon fiercely.

As the other dragons struggled to see their companion in the midst of the flame in pink, Dim thrashed her staff in the air like she was swatting a fly, and in that moment the fire dispersed along with the dragon inside.

By now Twilight had a good sense of vision and was shocked to see what just happened.

Dim Sum turned around and glared at all the others. "Now does anyone else want to say anything? Or do I have to send you back to the kingdom?" She only gave a few seconds for any idiot to answer before she made her way towards Twilight, still with the staff in her claw.

A shadow grew on Twilight's form as she stared nervously at Dim Sum. She still couldn't use her magic if she wanted to, and she was surrounded by a dozen dragons possibly on Dim Sum's order. "D-Dim Sum..." She breathed out.

Dim kneeled beside Twilight and said, "Really sorry about this Twilight..." Her faced showed a hint of sorrow, but it quickly washed away and was replaced with determination. "But I have to do this." She stood up and gave some orders while Twilight laid there helplessly.

It was almost Eight O' Clock.

Spike rocked his feet back and forth on one of the kitchen chairs as he waited for something, anything, a single hint of Twilight or Dim Sum.

A first he thought it was just a "girls day." But they didn't leave a note or say goodbye or anything. He then went around Ponyville asking others if they saw either of the two, and he didn't find a single pony who knew. Is this some sort of surprise or joke? Another surprise party perhaps?

Whatever the case, Spike couldn't help but worry about his older sister and new slash only dragon friend. He decided he would go talk to someone about this. And someone who could know something.

After closing the library inside and locking the door, Spike put on his backpack and activated his wings in a cool, lime green flame. He then took off to none other than Canterlot to see one of his favorite princesses.

Spike soon arrived at Canterlot Castle, where he was greeted by many guards who all bowed. "Oh right, I'm a Prince now." Since he lived in Ponyville, Spike didn't get as much bowing towards him or being addressed formally. It didn't matter to him, though, he was kind of like Twilight where he didn't need too much respect most of the time.

"Can I talk to Princess Celestia?" Spike asked them.

"Of course. Come this way." One of the guards, presumably the leader, replied. They brought him up to one of the top floors near the throne room, and they found Celestia and her sister Luna walking through one of the halls.

"Spike!" Celestia shouted with happiness when she noticed the small dragon.

By now the guards were gone and were making their way back to their posts to mind their own business. Spike ran up to Celestia and Luna and hugged them both from their left and right forehooves. Celestia used her free right forehoof to rub Spike's back lovingly, noticing a warm smile coming from her sister to her left. "What are you doing here at this time?" She kindly asked.

"O-oh yeah!" Spike stepped back and gripped his claws into fists. "Twilight's gone missing!" He said as he looked up at her and Luna.

Worry grew on Celestia and Luna's face as they glanced at each other. "Explain," Celestia ordered.

"Okay so..." Spike scratched the back of his head. "This could be kind of my fault..."

"How so?" Luna raised an eyebrow.

"Well, you see, Twilight and I found this baby dragon, Dim Sum. She was-"

"Dim Sum?" Celestia put a hoof to her chin in thought.

"Do... you know her?"

"Indeed I do." She said as she still thought to herself.

"Who is she? Twilight and I found her bruised up outside of our castle! We took her in and when she woke up Twilight started to go into Crazy Mode for some reason so I knocked her out for a bit. Then this morning, she and Dim Sum disappeared."

Luna furrowed her brows while Celestia was still in thought. "Is this why you think it is your fault, Prince Spike?" Luna asked.

Spike nodded sadly. "I don't know for sure, but she couldn't defend herself from anything if she was still knocked out. I'm worried about her." He rubbed his right shoulder in shame.

"I think I know what might have happened," Celestia spoke up. "Spike. If I remember correctly Dim Sum is the daughter of the King of Dragons."

Spike was shocked, to say the least. What was the... Princess of dragons doing all the way over here?

Before Spike or Luna could respond Celestia continued. "You see, the King helped comfort me after... I was forced to banish Nightmare Moon to the moon."

Spike gasped while Luna stared in shock at her sister.

"I was surprised at first. But my sorrow and love for my sister covered all the shock and I accepted him as my tissues for tears. Occasionally we would get together and have a friendly chat or do something to get my mind off of Nightmare Moon. It wasn't long until he showed me two baby dragon eggs."

Spike stared at Celestia with a wide mouth as he pointed to himself as if he was asking a question. Celestia nodded in response. "He told me to take one and he would do the same. We would raise the dragons that hatched with love and care. I promised him and he promised me that we would fulfill our responsibilities while looking over our nations. He told me that these beings will show our bond to one another."

"Wow... I didn't know."

Celestia chuckled. "I didn't expect you to know Spike. But back to my story: About twenty-five years ago the King contacted me and said that his daughter was hatched. I quickly found him and congratulated him on his child. Of course, this child is named Dim Sum." She walked over to a nearby window and looked out at the night sky. "She was very much like you when you were very little. Hyper, happy, and innocent. But she had something that you didn't Spike."

"...W-what?"

"She wanted recognition."

"Huh?"

"She was just looked at as the King's precious and sweet daughter and nothing more. She wanted to be looked at as a proud mighty dragon just like her father, and she needed to prove her strength to do so." Celestia turned back to Spike. "That's where my assumption came in. I think she was the one to capture Twilight. She wants to deliver a powerful being to her father to prove her strength."

"But if her dad had you as a friend, isn't he non-hostile towards other ponies?"

"Well, he does deny access to any creature in his kingdom with the exception of me. But yes, if he found a pony he wouldn't be hostile."

"Doesn't Dim know that then?"

"The Dragon King must look Almighty and powerful. He must hide his softer emotions to maintain his position as leader of the dragons. Even if it's also from his own daughter."

"...Do you know where I'm from then?" Spike barely whispered out. Celestia heard him clearly.

"I'm afraid I don't Spike. Apologies."

Celestia walked up to the saddened Spike and laid a hoof on his shoulder. "The dragon kingdom is down south. I'm sure you could talk Dim Sum out of this and get Twilight back."

Spike gave a sad smile and nodded.

Celestia smiled warmly and gave a peck of a kiss on Spike's forehead.

Celestia and Luna watched Spike's figure flying in the night sky.

"I need to him soon Celly. How much has it been? Two-thousand years?"

"I'll be sure to make arrangments soon dear sister. But for now, let's leave his daughter to Spike."

One Sunny Day With Two Dragons And Unicorn

Twilight was laying in her bed with her eyes closed, still unconscious from her assistant's way to calm her down.

Unknown to her, four dragons were sneaking under her castle through tunnels they dug. With no light in the tunnels, only darkness could be seen, only with their fire breath could they find their direction.

"Are you sure we should be doing this. Dim said we should wait for her order." One of them said.

"Will you shut it?" The one who was second in command said. "I know what I'm doing. We go in there, use these rings that Dim gave us, and get out with a princess without magic."

"But-"

"I said shut up! Dim will take too long to become good friends with them. So we'll take action the better way. Now follow me or go home."

Spike and Dim Sum walked together in one of the many halls. Dim Sum looked left and right every second while fluttering her wings a bit.

"I was going to go gem mining with my friend, Rarity," Spike said as he walked with his arms stretched up behind his head. "I know you'll love it! You know... because we're dragons."

Dim Sum didn't reply.

"Besides, I have more recipes I want you to try. I never really got someone to taste test gem recipes before."

"Who is this Rarity?" Dim asked.

"Oh! She's a nice and beautiful unicorn that designs clothes. She's so beautiful in fact that I even had a crush on her before. Funny right?" Spike giggled to himself.

"What kind of dragon is this? It's like he's a pony in disguise." Dim said in disbelief.

"Anyways, I was headed there today to help her out. So I thought you'd love to come too."

Dim Sum grunted under her breath. Spike heard her.

"You get a reward at the end~" Spike said in a sing-song voice.

"D-don't tell me they treat him like a pet animal and he's okay with it! I heard that these ponies have the ability to use magic. They probably have mind control spells..." Dim Sum's eyes went wide.

Spike looked over to his new dragon friend and saw her expression. "It's not a cheap reward either heh heh..." Not anymore anyways.

It took the two ten minutes to get to Carousel Boutique on foot, coming across many surprised but friendly faces on the way. Mostly because they never saw a non-hostile dragon other than Spike in their lives.

Spike and Dim Sum walked up to the front door of the Boutique and knocked because it was closed currently. They heard some distant hoof steps coming towards the door right before it opened.

"Hello, Spike, and- Oh! Who's this beautiful young dragon you have here?" Rarity asked.

"This is Dim Sum! She's a nice lady dragon that Twilight found outside last night beaten up." Spike told. "So she brought her into the castle and we took care of her."

"Oh my Celestia, that's terrible! But I see now that you're okay. I'm Rarity, nice to meet you." Rarity raised a hoof and shook Dim Sum's claw with it.

"Nice to meet you as well." The girl dragon replied.

"I'm proud of you for taking care of her Spike."

"Thanks," Spike grinned. "By the way. I was wondering if she could come with us to go gem mining?"

"Why sure, of course, Spikey! With another set of claws and tail, we'll get more this round. And that also means more rewards for my assistants." She rubbed both of their heads  playfully which made them flinch and close their eyes. "Come inside while I get my things." She stepped aside and let the two inside.

Spike and Dim Sum sat on a nearby couch and waited patiently for Rarity.

Dim looked around and stared at the many dresses and mannequins taking space in Rarity's Boutique.

"Like the dresses huh? Ask her nicely and you'll get a discount." Spike told her.

Dim looked at Spike for a second before turning away and starting to stare at the surroundings again.

"Alright!" Rarity walked into the room wearing a hardhat and a saddlebag. "I've got my things!" Rarity looked at Dim Sum who was still staring at the dresses. She stared at her for a moment until her eyes sparkled. "Oh! I've just figured out the perfect design that matches with the color or your scales Dim Sum!" She gasped with a little too much drama for Spike, who just stared at Rarity with a knowing look while she spoke. "Just imagine, Rarity Belle not only designing clothing for ponies, donkeys, princes and princesses but also for dragons! It's going to be the one push my Boutique needs to step up to the next level!" She then looked at Spike who was raising an eyebrow at her. "What?"

He still stared.

Rarity sighed and slapped her forehead. "Let's just get going.

Rarity stepped up to the digging site that Spike found the other day. Her horn glowed in her blue magic and very soon a wave of her blue magic swept the ground nearby them, revealing gems hidden in the ground.

Spike walked up beside her and held her shoulder with his claw. Soon after, another wave, this time being lime green, swept the ground in a larger radius.

"I don't know how to do the spell like you do," Spike said. "But I can buff it a little when you use it."

That's when they started to go around and dig up the gems. Rarity used her magic to her best capabilities to pick up nearby revealed gems while Spike flew up and used his magic to grab many of the gems far away to Dim amazement. "He can control so much of his fire magic?" She thought. "I want to know his limit. Perhaps if he has enough I can save him from this slavery."

They all continued to dig up the gems until the sun was almost down.

Two dragons and one unicorn walked away from the sunset as they spoke to one another.

"Here you go. It's the least I can do for such hard workers." She gave a full bag of gems to each of them. "And if you need anymore we do have all of these." She looked at the wagon holding a huge pile of gems she was pulling.

"That's okay, Rarity. This is fine." Spike smiled at her.

Dim took out a single ruby and inspected it a little before tossing it in her mouth to eat. Spike giggled at this action, which she couldn't comment on if she wanted to because her mouth was full.

Meanwhile

It was quiet in the friendship castle, the only noise one could hear would be Twilight's faint snoring, but even that was quiet.

Then there was some rumbling below.

Then some footsteps.

Then a door creaking open.

...

Growl...