Project DracoBreaf

I was in a plain, covered in grass and flowers. It was not very populated, only the occasional mouse here and there. Trotting around this plain felt simply wonderful as the grass grazed my scaly hooves, the wind flowed past me, and the sun shined with great warmth upon my face. I brought a smile upon my face as I basked in the moment.

Just then, the once gentle breeze got stronger. Dragons, two of them, flew right over my head. These dragons were huge, and didn't look like they'd be stopping any time soon. Their wings spread far enough to cover 5 houses, they almost blocked the sun from my view for at least a second. I decided it would be a good idea to fly with them, maybe follow them to their destination. After all, I had to get some more info on the dragons in order to fulfill the Princess' request.

Opening up my somewhat large wings, I shot straight upwards, then took a hard turn towards the direction the two ginormous dragons were heading. Eventually, I caught up with them on their journey. Making sure they don't see me, I stayed away from their heads, and opted to fly by their sides. I kept this up for quite a while, making sure I didn't screw up and let them see me.

Eventually, we made our way to a giant, steep volcano. The dragons started rising, indicating that I should do the same. Eventually, we got to a point where we were far above the volcano. The dragons then started to descend, circling the volcano until they found their landing spot all of them then laid down, as if the flight was a long and hard one. I figured they needed the rest after all that flying.

I noticed then that my wings started to strain as I kept flying in place. So then I slowly flew downwards, as to not crash into anything. Eventually, I found the place to land, but there was one problem: Landing was incredibly difficult to do with my new wings. Struggling to keep myself steady, I grew more and more nervous.

"No, please! Not like this! I can't go yet!!!!" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs as I flew closer and closer to the ground. Eventually, I was close to the ground, but it was my face that was facing the ground, not my hooves, like how pegasi should land. I thought I was going to end up planting my face hard on the ground. I braced for impact, putting my hooves in front of my face and keeping my eyes shut.

When I exposed my face and opened my eyes up, I was in a completely different place than I was before. I was in an extremely comfortable bed, sitting upright. Looking around the room I was in, I sighed of extreme relief.

"Oh, thank Celestia, it was just a dream." I said as I got up and off the bed. Just to my left was the door out of my temporary room. To my right was a window. I looked out the window and saw that it was night time. The moon way up high, the stars sparkling in the sky, and guards below searching for intruders, using their magical unicorn horns to light up the way.

I then turned around and went straight to the door. Opening it, I asked myself, "I wonder of the Princess is free?" Looking at both possible directions I could take through the hall, I chose to go the direction I came from, which was to my right. I walked slowly over to where I could take a left turn. At that left turn was the hallway that led to the purple, gem covered door. Looking at that door, now that I knew what it took to make that giant, stolen source of food, looking at it made me sick on the inside.

Walking up to it, I opened the door carefully. As I touched the door, it no longer felt like I was pushing rocks. It felt like I was pushing food. Food that could've been fed to the dragons. Food that could've saved us from many attacks. Food that us ponies took for no reason. Food that-

Eventually, I realized what I was doing, and thought to myself, Stop getting caught up in your own thoughts, man! Let's talk about that with Princess Celestia!

Princess Celestia looked up and noticed me. She said "Oh hello, Sharpfeather! You're ever welcome here! Now, come over here, I'm free from my daunting work."

I then walked up right in front of the Princess, stopping to bow once I got to where I needed to be. "Right here, your majesty." I said to her, cramming in as much honor as possible.

The Princess, giggling from my tone of voice, then asked, "So, you have information about dragons you wanted to share?"

I nervously stammered, "Uh... y-yeah..."

"Hmm? Is everything alright?" Princess Celestia questioned, obviously concerned.

"Yeah! I-I'm fine!" I hastily said, trying to cover up my feelings. Feelings I simply couldn't try to comprehend. Fear, confusion, and anger were all being felt at the same time. Instead of simply telling her my feelings right off the bat, I just held it back. I'm not her prized student, I'm just a randomly picked citizen. I honestly wouldn't have expected her to be so forgiving to me at this point.

Princess Celestia, with a look of suspicion, said "Alright, then. Carry on with what you wanted to say."

I then told her everything about what I found out. How gems were getting increasingly rare for the dragons, how they've been mad at us for using the gems for recreational purposes, and even how after I was proven to be fireproof, they let me ask questions about them. The Princess seemed very interested about what I had to say the entire time, almost as if she had never been aware of what had been happening to the dragons.

However, she didn't oblige and give the dragons back what they needed. Instead, she simply replied with, "How interesting of you to tell me. But, see, the thing is, we already have an established economy surrounding these gems. We can't just 'give them back to the dragons' and expect everything to be okay. That's just simply not how it works..."

That was all I heard before I felt more and more rage build up as she didn't just give me the answer I needed. The gems didn't belong to the ponies, they belonged to the dragons. Us dragons. By this point, I had accepted that I was no longer a pony. Nor was I a hybrid. Thinking within my own thoughts, I eventually came up with just four words that played out inside my head.

I am a dragon.

Those four words repeated inside my head. Again and again, I heard I am a dragon, I am a dragon, I am a dragon, I am a dragon....

The rage built up even more and more, until it got to a point where I simply couldn't hold it back anymore. I was about to erupt with anger as a volcano erupts with lava.

Speaking of lava, when I got to the breaking point, I felt a burning sensation thrust up from my throat to my mouth. Whenever I would hold it in, it would get too hot. It felt like fire in my mouth, which burned worse than hot sauce on a hot summer day. I simply couldn't contain it. I let it all out in a snap.

Fire spewed out of my mouth at an alarming rate, like how a dragon breathes fire. The fire extended out and landed just before it hit the throne in front of me, and by extent, Princess Celestia. As this was happening, I had let out a roar in anguish as I let out all my flames. It felt satisfying to finally get all that fire out, but at the same time, I still had some rage throughout.

Once I was done, the carpet in front of Princess Celestia stayed burning. She looked at me with a shocked expression, almost as if she had never been attacked by a dragon before. I just stood there, staring at her with the angriest expression as I breathed in and out hard intensely with my teeth clenched together. I had enough of her explanations, her excuses, her shenanigans. I had enough of her bullshit.

"Dracobreaf! What in Equesrtia are you doing!?!?!" Princess Celestia exclaimed out of terror. Clearly, she got the message. I wasn't one to talk about economics, or make excuses. I wanted answers to my questions. To reassure my point, I told her exactly what she should've known since she put the spell on me.

"Do you know what I am, your majesty?!?!" I aggressively asked her as I started flying off the ground, as a way to intimidate her.

Princess Celestia, for some damn reason being confused, told me "What are you talking about?!?! Dracobreaf, listen to me! I-"

"Don't fuckin' call me that!" I retorted, shrouded in pure frustration. "I'm a dragon!"

The Princess gasped in horror, then asked, "What did you just say?"

"Didn't you hear me? I am a dragon!!!!" I yelled furiously.

Just then, I bolted straight at her from the air. I was ready to give her the destruction of a lifetime. That no good, goody-two-shoes, misunderstanding, ignorant bitch.

Then I stopped. For no reason. I tried going onward, but a force just stopped me. I couldn't move a muscle. I couldn't beat the shit out of her, like I wanted, no, needed to do.

"So maybe I was wrong about turning you into a cross between a dragon, and a pony. Maybe I couldn't trust you after all. You've gotten so violent, I must seclude you until your behavior becomes acceptable!"

I then started getting dragged in the air to someplace else. I struggled and struggled to get out of her aura, but nothing I did worked. I wasn't keen on being as useless as a sitting duck. I kept trying and trying, until she eventually took me inside a small room. It was just big enough for somebody like me to be able to pace around, but whoever had time to pace around was just an egghead. I had to bring the gems back to the dragons. It was supposed to be my destiny. My destiny.

Eventually, the door closed, and all signs of light were all but lost. All I could see was black. Nothing of any sort. I couldn't see anything in the room. I tried getting out of this dark room by slamming the walls, breathing fire on the walls, just generally trying to destroy everything I could feel, but it was no use. No light ever shined through. All I could see was black. No other color. There was no escape. I was trapped alone, with nothing.

Just complete and utter darkness.