Back To Work

Back To Work
Chapter 17: Reunion With A King

By: Major Frostwing

We all appeared in a flash of Teal magic before I had to catch Luna to support her. "It bites pretty hard doesn't it?" I asked her as she only let out a bitter chuckle.

"I has been a long time since I had to do something like that." Luna said with a weak smile. I helped Luna to a standing position smiling to her.

"Jon you found Luna as well." I looked over to See Twilight rushing over to us. I nodded my head looking around before spotting Cadence. "Who are the others?" Twilight asked as I smiled wide.

"Something I didn't think would come back to us. I'll explain later. But if I was to judge by our location I think we are at the capital of the Dragon Kingdom." I looked around the large golden room with a smile.

"You would be in my room." A deep voice said from behind me. I could tell by the voice they were annoyed.

"Girls give me some room please." I said as Thorn, Nova, and Silver looked confused.

"Come along girls. We have plans to discuss and Jon needs to meet an old friend." Cadence said motioning for the girls to join her. Once they were away I let out a sigh.

"Standard Greeting?" I asked keeping my back to the person behind me.

"Of course. Sadly you broke the promise to me." I felt a large fist collide with my side launching me into the wall to my left. I pulled myself free rotating my arm before turning fully around looking at my attacker.

The person who attacked me was a large green and purple dragon. He glared down at me with his green eyes as I only smiled. "Spike it has been quite some time since I last saw you. I think you grew." I commented only to receive a fist slamming down on my frame.

"I did and you shrunk." Spike moved his fist off of my frame allowing me to get to my feet. "You promised me that you would protect them with everything you had. You broke a promise with the Dragon King." Spike swung his fist again only for me to stop it with an outstretched hand. "You know what the punishment for that is." Spike said as I only rolled my eyes. Rearing my own fist back.

"DON'T REMIND ME!" I yelled punching Spikes fist with a sickening crack. "YOU THINK I WANTED ALL THIS TO HAPPEN!?" I jumped forward punching the gut of Spike with all my might. Spike had all of the air in his lungs forcefully expelled as I jumped up uppercutting his jaw sending his head skyward. Spike shook his head out glaring down at me. "If I could go back and change it all Spike I would in a heartbeat." Spike's glare softened as he knelt down looking at me with a critical eye.

"I know Jon... I know." I rolled my eyes walking up to the large dragon hugging his stomach.

"I still love you ya big fuck." I said as Spike held a hand over my entire being. "No matter how big you get or what rank you hold in this world you will still always be that little drake I met all those years ago."

"Alright enough sentimentality. I am not that old yet." Spike said as he released me. A bright light engulfed Spike's form as he shrunk down to my height. He wore an emerald suit adjusting his light blue tie with a smile. "Now then let us discuss how you are going to fuck up that Queen." Spike said as I extended my hand to him he took it calmly giving it a firm shake. I in turn cold clocked him across the jaw knocking Spike out.

"WHAT THE FUCK JON!?" Twilight yelled as I looked back at her.

"What? Those hits didn't fucking tickle." I said as the princesses groaned.

"What the fuck did I just get myself into?" Thorn asked as she looked at Nova and Silver.

"To be honest... I am starting to regret this adventure." Silver said as Nova nodded.

I sat in the war room of Spike's castle my feet propped up on the table. I looked around the table smiling at the Princesses and the girls. "I still can not believe you knocked out the Dragon King." Thorn growled out as I only smiled chuckling.

"Yea... I did." I looked across the table see spike being tended to by Ember his Queen.

"I see your strength hasn't diminished." Spike said before hissing through his teeth.

"Sit still Spike." Ember said before glaring at me. "Be very happy that Spike has told me not to slaughter you where you sit monster." Ember growled out as I removed my feet from the table.

"You want to try me?" I asked as Ember growled fire whisking at the corners of her mouth. Spike reached up setting his hand on her shoulder.

"He is an Ally Ember." Spike said calmly before glaring at me. "For someone asking for help you should be more kind." I rolled my eyes smiling.

"I'll play nice for now since I am asking for a very big favor." I held up my hands in mock surrender. "Do you still have it?" I asked as he let out a sigh.

"Yes I have the item you require. I will have one of my advisers go and grab it." Spike let out a small whistle as the doors to the room opened revealing two mares who happened to be twins. They each looked at Spike before bowing low keeping their heads low. "Grace. Calm. Go to the vault and grab the large purple stone." They both nodded their head getting off the floor. I in turn got to my feet.

"If it isn't to much trouble Spike I shall go with them. I would like to have a chat with these two." Spike looked a little confused before nodding his head.

"Grace. Calm. This is Jon he is an old friend of mine treat him with respect." The girls nodded motioning for me to follow.

I smiled following the girls out of the room and once we were far enough from the door I saw Grace let a long drawn out sigh. "Finally! I can breathe easy once again." I cocked an eyebrow at Grace still smiling.

"Sister we are still in the presence of King Spike's friend. You can't just act however you want in the presence of someone of such high regard to the King." I rolled my eyes chuckling.

"Me and Spike go way back. To me he will never be the king he will always be that little drake with a heart bigger than he." I said as Calm looked back at me with shock.

"Careful who hears you say that. Someone might just try and end you." Grace said with a giggle.

"Kinda hard to kill someone like me. The Queen tried to long ago. Now where is that rock?" I asked as Grace skipped to a door pulling it open. I went to enter when two Dragon vanguard crossed their spear in front of me.

"No entry for civilians." One of them said as I let out a long sigh.

"I guess they are everywhere." I seized the spears yanking them out of the vanguards hands before flipping them and slamming them into the ground. "Are we done now?" I asked as I walked into the room only to get a hand on my shoulder.

"I don't think you heard me punk. I said no entry to civilians." The vanguard growled as I clenched my hand into a fist only to feel the hand removed from my shoulder by a green aura of magic.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THIS IS!?" Calm roared out in anger. "THIS IS KING SPIKE'S GUEST! HOW DARE YOU LAY A HAND ON HIM!" I flicked my eyes to Calm as a green beam of magic slammed him in the chest cratering him into a wall. She faced the other vanguard as he cowered holding his hands up.

"Our apologies Adviser Calm Wind." He knelt down bowing in respect. "It will not happen again.

"Make sure it doesn't." Calm said adjusting her small emerald vest walking past me into the room. I looked to the vanguard before straight kicking him in the face knocking him down the hall.

"I like her. She needs to finish what she starts though." I said with a shrug walking into the large treasure room.

"It's over here Mister Jon!" Grace yelled pointing at a pedestal with a purple rock sitting on it. I walked up to the pedestal holding my hand over the rock as it glowed and pulsed.

"What is this gem?" Calm asked as I only smiled wider. "King Spike doesn't talk about it much."

"Simple my dear Calm. This is the core of a Dragon's heart. To be more precise this is the core of a corrupted dragon. A dragon who let darkness into their heart and became a black dragon. I told Spike to hold onto it since I might have needed it one day." I saw the stone shift and morph about.

"Wait won't the stone Corrupt you?" Grace asked as I only shook my head.

"Should be fine." I reached my right hand into the morphing stone as it glowed brightly before sinking into my hand. I looked over my hand before pain rocketed up my arm The core jutted out of my arm painfully forming spikes up my forearm. I held my left hand over my forearm gritting my teeth in pain. "MIGHT WANT TO STAND BACK!" I growled out as Grace seized her sister running out of the room. I felt the same pain rocket through my left arm before the spikes appeared there as well. Dark purple lightning arced through the spikes before lashing out at anything and everything about the room. I raised my arms before throwing them to my sides a magical shock-wave exploded out before dissipating.

I stood there feeling the magical surge die down. "That was fucking close." I muttered looking over my arms seeing the spikes still arcing their power between spikes. "Almost blew up there." I let out a sigh of relief before making my way to the exit. I saw Grace and Calm both standing there with shocked expressions on their faces. "I'm good just a bit of a surge." I said with a smiled flexing my hands slowly. "I just need the last piece of the puzzle before I'm back to 100% I am at about 80% right now and it is driving me crazy." I said with a laugh making my way back towards the war room.

"You should be corrupted. How are you not corrupted?" I only cocked an eyebrow at her before chuckling.

"I'm to bad ass to be corrupted by something so low quality." I said motioning for them to follow. "Hurry up you girls are coming with me on this little adventure. You along with everyone in that room are going to save the fucking world so pick up the pace." I walked with a skip in my step. Soon all the pieces will fall into place.