Set after the events of Gauntlet of Fire, Spike is informed by Ember of several dragons who ran away under her father's rule, and decides to try and help them. After convincing Twilight about the potential academic opportunities it would introduce, they open up the castle as a safe place for the dragon refugees. And quite a few of these refugees have hybrid children, this story will be following said hybrids. Enjoy, my candy-colts and floss-fillies (new nicknames for every-pony!)