Twilight the Dragon

by MetalBrony823

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Ember, Twilight Sparkle, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Spike, Comedy
Length: 8645

It's been a week since Twilight became a dragon so Spike can be happy without ever feeling alone, but it turns out being dragon is harder than she thought

Twilight wanted to help Spike be happy, and heal his broken heart about not knowing who his parents were. She became a teenage dragon to make him happy and bring a smile on his face. She does like this new look and transformation, but she realizes that being a dragon is not as easy as it would sound it would be. She asks for a certain friend that she knew to help her out with it, Princess Ember, the new dragon lord of the dragon kingdom, far from Equestria to help her out with that. Can Ember help Twilight be a better pony-turned-dragon?

Published 2017-03-02 16:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-06-03 18:21:06 UTC

Living a new Life as a Dragon (Edited)

A new day has passed in Ponyville. Twilight woke up from her deep slumber, and slowly opened her eyes. She looked around her bedroom, and saw Spike sleeping soundly, cradled in her arms as she was laying in a doggy position. She was a dragon now, for Spike's happiness and not to keep him depressed for the rest of his life. She could not bear to see Spike depressed after having a terrible nightmare about his parents.

What was even more sad was he didn't even know who they were. Luckily, Twilight had the perfect solution to make Spike happy for as long as he lived, and voila, Dragon Twilight was born.

She smiled warmly at her younger brother and gently petted his head with her new dragon hand. "Spike." she whispered in a sing-song tone of voice. "Time to wake up, Spikey-Whikey." The baby dragon sighed and began to stir, and then made a yawn.

"What? oh, good morning, Twi."

"Good morning, little brother." she replied to him. "Did you sleep okay?"

"Yep. Slept like an actual baby dragon." said Spike proudly. Then he stretched his arms and legs, and a small sound of bones cracking were heard throughout the room. "How about you? How did you sleep?"

"I slept like a filly. Oh! I mean, a dragon would." Twilight replied

Spike then said to her "Twilight, I am very grateful for turning yourself into a dragon to make me happy, and it actually makes me feel like I have a family. But.... But....?"

"But what?" she slowly frowned, bending her head so she can make better eye contact with him.

"Are you sure you're okay being a dragon? and the same for our friends?" The baby dragon finally noted. "I mean, if you want to go back to being a pony, that's fine."

"Oh Spike." Twilight sighed with a sad smile. "Come here." then she gently picked up Spike with her dragon hands. The scales on it were so softer than other dragons would normally have on their skin. "It's perfectly fine with me. I turned into a dragon just for you, so you would always be happy."

The baby dragon was more flattered to hear that. "Yeah. I know."

"And don't worry about how i'll stand out in Ponyville now. My friends are perfectly okay with it. And, I'm not that big of a dragon anyway like Dragon Lord Torch."

"Yeah, that's true, you're like that...." Spike really hated to mention his name "Garble and his gang." he finished with intense odium with fire in his eyes just thinking about that heartless teenage dragon.

Twilight comforted him by hugging him. Just like that, he hatred of his dragon rival had gone away in a flash thanks to the kindness and love of his big sister. He enjoyed the warmth of her hands and chest, and he hugged her back. "Don't let him get to you, Spike." she said softly. "Just let it go."

"Yeah. I know. Besides, I haven't forgotten about the time I had the Gauntlet of Fire and I made Garble hug every dragon in sight." Then he laughed about how foolish he made that bully. Twilight laughed with him thereafter.

"That was so funny, I would call that his rightful comeuppance for how he treated you in the past."

"Totally."

Then there was a pause so still that they could both hear the wind from outside the castle. Finally, Twilight then suggested "Well, wanna get some groceries with me? We could probably use some produce. And... I won't have to eat meat, will I? because that would be awful."

Spike made a chuckle "Don't worry Twilight. I'm a baby dragon and I never eaten meat in all my entire life, and look, i'm still breathing. And I think you should try gems since you're a dragon now, and dragons can actually eat gems and jewels."

The purple pony-turned-dragon thought about it, and said "Maybe some time. One of these days I'll try gems and jewels. For now, I'll just stick with produce and oats and all."

"That's fine. So sure, I would love to come to the store with you."

Twilight smiled at him, then gently put him back on the floor. "Perfect. Let me get my bag." then she went to get her list and grocery bag and went with Spike to town, out of the castle. As they were walking, Twilight waved at the other ponies passing by. Many of them were still happy to see the princess of Friendship, even if she was a dragon now. A few, of course, were a little frightened. Not really because of Twilight, but because of her dragon appearance.

Then there was the apple stall, where one of her best friends Applejack, and her older brother, Big Macintosh were running today. "Twilight, glad to see you!" Applejack noticed

"Eeyup." Big Mac added in a friendly tone of voice. "Still trying to adapt to being a dragon we see?"

"Yes, unfortunately." Twilight said. "But don't worry. I'll be just fine."

"And hello, Spike. Are you feeling alright, Sugarcube?"

"Yep, doing fine." The baby dragon replied. "Since Twilight became a dragon, I actually feel like a have a family, and i'm not.... alone."

"Good to hear, sport." Said Big Mac.

"So, i'll have a bag of apples."

"Of course. How many?"

"Thirteen."

"You got it, Twilight." Applejack pulled the apples in Twilight's grocery bag, and Twilight paid a few bits to cover for it. Normally, thirteen apples would be seven bits, but because Twilight was one of Applejack's closest friends, and being the princess of Friendship, she only had to pay three bits for it as a discount. "Here you go."

Twilight smiled "thanks, guys." Then she pulled the page close to her arm so she can move onto the next stall in the market. Then there was a loud thud and a crash. Twilight turned around and saw that her tail accidentally wrecked the sign of the apple stall. "Oh my gosh, i'm sorry, Applejack!"

When she turned around, she heard another thud. Something else hit her tail. She turned her head around and it was Doctor Whooves, who was knocked over by her immense tail. "Ow! That hurt!"

"I am so sorry, sir!" Twilight was about to go to his aide now, but accidentally ran over Lyra and Bon Bon in the process, knocking them to the ground. She was beginning to panic and didn't know exactly what to do. She wasn't all that big of a dragon like the size a little bigger than the stall Applejack was running, her tail did a lot ofbdamage, and so did her body.

"Twilight, be careful!" Lyra complained.

"Sorry, Lyra."

Then she was beginning to draw a little attention by the commotion she was unintentionally causing to the public. Some ponies were stating at her.

She turned her head to look at Applejack's stall, still a little damage from her tail, and then she accidentally hit somepony with her head. It was Fluttershy, who was accidentally knocked over, and fell to the ground.

"Fluttershy! Oh my gosh! Let me help you, are you alright?"

The yellow pegasus rubbed her head "yes, i- I think so." She replied. "It's okay, Twilight, I know it was an accident, and i'm sorry I didn't see yoy there, I just wasn't being careful enough." She made a smile. "Are yoy okay?"

"Yes. Yes, of course. I'm just fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you accidentally caused a little.... ruckus?" Spike remarked

Twilight rolled her eyes "yes, thank you." She said, not really impressed.

"I hope you are okay with being a dragon." Fluttershy said

'Of course I am. It's really fun and amazing. Nothing in a million years can this make me hate it." Then she was about to fix the damage on the apple stall once again, but then her tail accidentally hit somepony, but it was downward this time, like a hammer falling on a nail.

She gaped, it was Pinkie Pie with her eyes rolling like crazy, dizzy, with a foolish grin on her face

"Pinkie, speak to me? Are yoy okay?"

"Oh yeah. Just a little knock on the monkey bus." She replied, still dizzy. "Mommy can I have my buttercup?" Then she made a foolish giggle and passed out.

Twilight began tearing, just causing more damage like this. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Spike asked

"Nothing." She said, wiping a tear from her eyes. "I'm fine." Then she flew away, crying back to the castle. Sike and his friends looked on sadly at her.

"Goodness, Twilight is really struggling about this, isn't she?"

"I'm afraid not, Fluttershy." Said Applejack.

At first, Spike didn't know what to do, but then had an idea, and pulled out a quill and paper.

"What are you doing, Spike?" The yellow pegasus asked him curiously.

"Just calling for a friend to help out with this problem. Dear Ember-"

Help from Ember

In the castle, Twilight was grieving to herself about the accidents she caused in town while just shopping for groceries and such. Where she was; was in her bedroom, just laying on the floor on the large, room-wide carpet. While she was grieving and griping, she was swirling her first claw on the rug, sighing as she thought of how she can stand out to everything now that she was a dragon.

Just then, the door opened, and small footsteps echoed in the bedroom. "Twilight, are you okay?" It was Spike who came in. He circled around her, in front of her face to make eye contact with her.

Twilight sighed gloomily. "No." she replied modestly. "I do like being a dragon, but look at what i'm doing. I am causing damage around me, from damaging personal and public property, to causing minor or major injuries. I never meant for any of that to happen, i- I just don't know what's wrong with me." she felt like shedding a tear when she finished "I'm a monster."

Spike gave her a really sympathetic look. "Twilight," he said, walking closer to her face. The next thing he did was gently touch her warm face. "You're not a monster. You just need some.... help to say the least?"

"Like a therapist?" she asked

"No. Besides, it would cost a lot of bits." Spike said with a chuckle. He realized that Twilight was not laughing, and still looked gloomy. "Anyway, I think I know something that might help you out."

"Oh Spike," She sighed softly. "I really thank you for helping me, but I just need to be alone right now. I just wish that there was somepony or some dragon that can help me learn how to be an actual dragon."

"Look no further, Twilight." said a woman's voice.

Her eyes went wide, and she recognized it all too well. She immediately perked her neck up like a giraffe, and looked at her side. It was a dragon friend she and Rarity met while Spike was getting the Dragon Lord Spear and the Gauntlet of Fire. It was none other then "Princess Ember!" Twilight said with joy.

"Actually, it's Dragon lord Ember now." the blue dragon corrected. She warmly looked at the baby dragon "Thanks to Spike."

"Oh, you know." Spike flustered while smirking. "You know me."

"Wow, look at you. You turned yourself into quite a beautiful dragon. A little bigger than me, too. I'm quite impressed."

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, Spike sent me a letter and he said you wanted to be a dragon to make him feel better about his parents." Ember explained. "He said you could use some help in what being a dragon is like, and how to be like one. I figured since this dragon does friends, and I know you and Spike, I figured 'Why not?' so no need to look any further about help, because I am the best their is to help you, Twilight."

The purple pony-turned dragon smiled, and then looked at Spike in a warm type of expression. Obviously, she was really grateful for Spike to call on his new dragon friend to help Twilight overcome the obstacles of being a dragon. Then she turned back to Ember. "Thank you Ember. I would be more than happy if you showed me what it is like to be a dragon."

"That's exactly what I wanted to hear." Ember remarked proudly. "First things first, pull yourself together and stop blubbering."

"Right." Twilight immediately got back on her sadness and depression instantly vanished into thin air, like it was a sneeze or a cough just waiting to be out of her body. "Were do we start?" She asked in an upbeat tone of voice.

"Hmmm, well I think we should probably go somewhere where ponies can't get hurt while we're training." Ember pointed "we probably don't want anyone to be put in the hospital or be turned into pony kabobs."

Twilight chuckled. "That's a good idea. Want a ride on my back, Spike?"

"Sure, that would be fun." The baby dragon replied. Then Spike got on his big sister's back since he doesn't have any wings like the two female dragons did.

Like that, they flew into the sky, but Twilight was having a little trouble trying to fly the right way a dragon would. It was so much harder than being an Allicorn, and Rainbow Dash made it look easy. Of course, Princess Ember made it look so easy to show a dragon flying.

"Don't worry, Twilight!" Ember called to her. "Just concentrate and don't look down."

"Okay. Don't look down, don't look down." Twilight repeated herself as she was trying to concentrate her wings in action. Then she felt a strong gust of wind pushing against her dragon body. She was slowly rolling around, and accidentally looked at the ground below her.

Panicking, Twilight screamed and fell like a comet from outer space. Spike got separated and accidentally detached from her Luckily, Ember saved him by gently grabbing his small body to save him from falling to his doom.

Twilight suddenly worked her wings again, and regained altitude. Never has she felt so relieved then this moment. A fall from this high could have reduced her to a puddle, a large purple puddle with eyes on it.

"You okay?" Spike asked her

"That' was close."

"I know! I almost died."

"Calm down, Twilight. Just keep practicing your flying." Ember instructed. She turned her eyes on the baby dragon. "You okay, buddy?"

"Yeah thanks to you." Spike replied. He hugged her tightly and warmly.

"How do I hug you again?" Ember asked, trying to remember that gesture Spike gave him before.

"Just gently hold me close to you like i'm doing."

"Oh yeah." Then the blue dragon gently squeezed him affectionately. "Like this?"

"Yep! Perfect!"

Twilight was slowly starting to get used to this flying as a dragon thing. Turns out, it was pretty much the same as a pegasus would do it, except the wings are a little differently styled than bird wings. Nonetheless, Twilight was slowly starting to get better at this

"Doing good, Twilight! Doing good!" Ember gave her a thumb up to show her how great she was trying. "But don't get too cocky, there's still lots of things to learn."

"Got it! Can you show me how to breath fire and all that?"

'You got it!" Then they both continued flying to a place a little far away from Ponyville so they can start their practicing. This time, Spike was on Ember's back this time, just in case Twilight was having trouble again.

Training to be a Dragon (Breathing Fire)

On the ground, Twilight was concentrating on trying to breath fire by Ember and Spike. Spike was still a baby dragon of course, but he can still teach Twilight how to properly breath fire, and when to let it all out. Twilight worried that she might accidentally burn the land into a pile of ashes, even if she is not really big enough to do that.

"Okay Twilight." said Ember. "To breath fire, you have to concentrate and try and clear your mind. Do not be afraid to let it all out of your system. Just don't aim it at me or Spike of course."

"Got it." Twilight made a sigh. "I just hope I don't burn everything around me to the ground into smoldering piles of ashes and nothingness." Nonetheless, the dragon-turned pony tried her best to concentrate, and when she felt like the time was right, Twilight let out a huge flame of purple fire from her mouth.

A tree was heavily burnt and caught on fire from the impact, but it looked like nothing else was burnt. Twilight was relieved to see that, until she saw Spike and Ember covered in ash and smoke, only revealing their eyes.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" Twilight said covering her mouth with her paws. "I did not mean to hurt you, I-"

"It's fine, Twilight." Spike said, blowing the ash off of him. "Dragons are fireproof, remember?"

"Oh yeah." Twilight did remember that fact about all dragons. "So, please be honest, Ember, how was that?"

"Good, very good." Ember replied, wiping off the last bit of ash on her right arm. "Still needs some work though, but besides that, it actually wasn't that bad, especially for a pony like you that turned into a dragon.

The purple dragon-turned-pony was glad to hear that "Thanks." she smiled.

"And Spike was really good too." Ember complimented. The baby dragon blushed. "Even for a baby dragon like you, he knows how to breath fire." she gently patted his small head three times

"Oh thanks Ember. But I thought we were focusing on Twilight?"

"We are, we are. I just felt like you deserve some credit too, squirt." she gently ruffed his head playfully while saying that. "Alright, back to training, Twilight."

"Twilight!" called a female voice. It was Rainbow Dash, who was running up to the three with her other best friends. "We saw the fire from over here, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine. What are you guys doing here?"

"We wanted to see if you guys were doing a good job training or what not." said Rarity.

"I hope you were careful breathing fire like that. Or- was that you who made that fire?" Fluttershy asked sheepishly

"Oh it was her alright." said Ember proudly. "And it was amazing, even for a first try. Still though, she needs more practice to get the hang of it."

"Ember's right." Spike agreed. "Perfect fire-breathing takes years, or at least my case, months to perfect." The others smirked at his slight cockiness

"It actually took one year for you to perfect it, Spike." Twilight corrected him

"Oh." then the others laughed (minus him)

"But wait, I don't know if you guys should be here, it might be too dangerous. Me, Spike, and Ember might be fireproof, but ponies aren't." Twilight noted. "I would never forgive myself if I burnt you all alive."

"Oh don't worry about us, Sugarcube." said Applejack. "We'll be just fine. You might be a dragon now, but you're still the Twilight we all know in love."

The purple dragon was touched to hear that "Thanks girls." Then the training continued. Many attempts of breathing fire were a little... not so perfect like the first one, but after somewhere around fifteen to thirty times, Twilight finally got a perfect line of fire from her mouth. Sometimes Twilight would aim it at the sky so no accidents were cause, and that she wouldn't create wildfires around her by accident.

The tree that she burned before looked crooked, and the flames died around it, yet the smell of burning wood was in the air. Twilight was glad that no wildfires were created, for she wasn't being careless in her fire-breathing. "Goodness, Twilight, you are starting to get the hang of it." Fluttershy admired.

"Yeah, totally beyond awesome!" Rainbow Dash agreed. "think about it, if we are out fighting bad guys, they wouldn't stand a chance against our fire-breathing friend here! Oh! we should all turn into dragons so we can be unstoppable!"

"Keep dreaming, Rainbow Dash. Keep dreaming." Spike said

"I like myself just the way I am." said Fluttershy

"We all do." Pinkie said "I don't want into a super nasty dragon. Oh! not saying you three are nasty, but I mean like the other dragons."

"We know, Pinkie." said Twilight with a smirk. "So, let's get back to training."

"Right. You're getting quite better at this, Twilight. And I must admit, you're quite a fast learner." Ember admired. "I give you a lot of credit, even if it's the first time being a dragon ever."

"Twilight is one in a million, isn't she?" Applejack agreed. "A pony with extraordinary talents. I mean, Dragon with many talents now."

Then the training continued. Twilight was getting more and more used to the fire she was breathing, and Dragon Lord Ember was becoming really impressed by how she is progressing. "Keep it up, Twilight, keep it up. Just keep doing it and you'll be the best fire breathing dragon I'm Equestria."

Feeling motivated by her little brother's encouragement, she began to feel more serious and got even more better than before, how to properly exhale, and how big or small she wanted them to be without causing any calateral damage.

As half an hour passed, she was feeling out of breath from all of that breathing fire. She collapsed on her back with a small yet loud thump that caused the earth to do a mild shake.

"Woah! Easy there, Twilight." Said Ember. "wouldn't want to cause an earthquake."

"I'm sorry Ember, i'm just a little exhausted from all of that." Twilight panted. "Maybe I should take a while to catch my breath."

"That's fine. I could use a break myself."

"Me too." Spike added.

"Twilight, you're way beyond awesome, you are nailing the fire breathing like a real dragon." Rainbow congratulated.

"Oh this training is far from complete." Ember reminded.

"She's right." Said Fluttershy. "I wonder what else Ember is going to teach her."

"Well, she is going to swim through lava next, and them more flying lessons, Fluttershy." Ember clarified. Twilight's eyes perked up with surprise.

"Swim in lava? Oh no no no no no. I couldn't possibly-"

"Relax." Spike said. "Dragons are fireproof, remember? A dragon swimming on lava would be like a pony going in a hot tub."

"For dragons of course, but for us ponies, we would slowly melt in an instant like burning candle wax." Said Rarity. "Oh how painful that would be." She made a small shudder of horror.

"Well don't worry, you guys won't be coming to the volcano anyway." Said Ember. "And Twilight, Spike is right, lava is a dragon's Jacuzzi. It's so relaxing like one, and that's a cool part of being a dragon, you never have to worry about getting burnt by anything."

Twilight was still unsure of this, but she ultimately said "okay, my stomach still might have a knot about this, but if what you say is true, I'll do it."

"Perfect! And don't forget about the flying lessons again."

"I won't. I won't. I desperately need to stretch my wings again after this." Then they both continued with their breath-catching while the other friends spent time with them like having conversations, amd how the training would end up like for Twilight.

Flight Lessons

In an open field, somewhere in the grasslands which were far from Ponyville, Spike was on Twilight as she and Ember were preparing for their training in flying with dragon wings. Twilight was completely nervous about this, but Ember told her everything will be just fine.

Still a little unsure, Twilight nonetheless, was ready to try out her different type of flying now she is a dragon. Princess Ember readied herself, then Twilight followed suit, stretching her wings.

A few drops of sweat fell from her scales, but then she saw her best friends cheering her on, believing she can do this. Maybe Twilight doesn't have anything to worry about at all. She flew when she was an alicorn pony, and now she can fly just as good with practice as a dragon now. Her doubts started to slowly fade away, and then looked at Spike. "Don't doubt yourself, Twilight." he said "You'll be just fine."

She smiled "Thanks Spike. Okay Ember, let's fly."

"Awesome!" then the blue dragon went off at the speed of light, like a blue lightning bolt. Not as fast as Rainbow Dash of course, but still quite fast. Twilight gulped and suddenly rushed off as well, following her. At first, she was struggling so hard to straighten her wings to soar in the sky, like a peregrine falcon or a red-tailed hawk would do.

At first, she was getting the hang of it, but then she unexpectedly fell off balance, and then fell down to a pile of leaves like a meteor from outer space. After a little while, she immediately moved her head up, merging from the large pile of leaves.

Twilight's eyes were moving around like crazy, as if she was going Insane, and a foolish smile to go with it.

Ember got back on the ground, on her two feet. Spike was still on her back, and on worriment, he asked "Twilight? Are you okay?"

"What? Yes Princess Celestia, I got the papers you wanted." The purple dragon replied, still feeling quite dizzy.

"Uhhhh, what?"

"Ooh, did I make it in time for tea?" Then Twilight made a foolish, yet cute giggle and then fainted.

Princess Ember sighed in slight irritation, and face-palmed herself. "This is gonna take longer than I thought." She muttered to herself.

Just then, the others soon arrived, feeling worried sick about ok a little while, but her best friends noticed her laying on the ground. "Is Twilight alright, Ember?" Rarity asked

"She's fine, she's fine. Just a little conk on the head is all." Ember flatly reassured. "She just needs a little more practice. I mean, she suffered worse pain, right?"

The other five elements all said, one at a time, that Twilight Sparkle did indeed, suffer worse pain than just crashing down like a comet. "When Twilight became an alicorn, this happened countless times before when she first learned to fly." Rainbow concluded.

"Ah. Yeah, I thought so. I never forgot about those wings when she was a pony." Ember remembered. "Well, enough lallygagging, back to training, Twilight."

It took a little while, it Twilight was ready for more flying lessons with Ember to teach her a thing or two. Over the coarses, Twilight still faultered a little. For instance, she would lose her balance and crash herself back to the ground like the first slip-up

Not only that, but she accidentally had a bird, like a pigeon or a sparrow in her mouth, immediately spitting it out. The birds would angrily chirp at her as reprimanding, and picked at her scales with their beaks. She was lucky that dragon scales were impenetrable to bird beaks.

Then she saw Ember, zooming close to her to check on the progress "Just keep trying, Twilight!" Spike noted

"I'm trying, Spike!" She called back to him.

Over the courses of the lessons, Twilight was slowly starting to know how to fly properly. The process was slow, but she was still learning everything she needed to know about soaring like an eagle. Twilight even did a few tricks in the air like a Rainbow Dash would try to do, but she would do it more gracefully than the cyan Pegasus would do, possibly because Rainbow would try to be as fast as possible, and didn't really care about looking elegant like Rarity would be.

"Careful, Twilight!" Ember instructed. "You'll lose concentration if you are not careful with the tricks!"

"Don't worry, I'm doing just fi-woah! Whoah! Woah!" Just then, she was about to mess up and fall, but she got her balance back just in tune before she could ruin it completely.

"Right to warn ya!" Ember sang.

"Sorry."

As she was getting better and better, Ember was getting more and more impressed by how fast Twilight was getting the hang of this. She thought of Teilight was god at firebreathing, then she would learn to be just as good as a flyer.

"See, what did I tell ya, Ember?" Said Spike proudly. "Twilight is special."

Ember smiled at him "you're right, Spike. I know she's special. But now. Thank it's time for her to put it to the test."

"How?"

"But following me through Ghastly Gorge." Spike gasped at what princess Ember just said.

"What?! That's suicide!" He exclaimed.

"If Twilight is good at breathing fire, then she is a fast learner at flying as a dragon now." Ember pointed. Spike still looked worried about this little idea of a test. Ember reassured her by gently rubbing his head, and saying "don't worry, Spike. I would never let Twilight get killed by giant eels. Besides, if she needs it, I'll help her."

"Okay."

A test through ghastly gorge? Is it truly suicide like Spike said to Ember? Sure, Gwilight saved Equestria from a certain destruction countless times with her friends, but doing a little obstacle course by dodging dangerous obstacles in a dangerous place like Ghastly gorge?

Honestly, Spike didn't know what to think of this. Then he thought "ah, who am I kidding. Twilight can make the best out of any dangerous situation. She's a smart po- I mean, dragon after all."

Garble Returns

Over the course of a long training sessions, Twilight was starting to get the hang of breathing fire, almost mastering it to perfection, and flying like a dragon would do. Ember herself was feeling more and more proud of Twilight with her amazing progress of becoming a dragon internally.

"Very awesome job, Twilight!" Ember cheered for her enthusiastically. "Just look at you learn so much from me." Then Twilight made a large cloud of fire from her mouth once again

"Thank you!" Twilight replied to her. "I am a fast learner, after all." Then she took a deep breath, and breathed another cloud of fire, but even bigger than the previous ones she did while training. Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie cheered on for her as she was progressing.

All of her friends would applaud to her loudly, even Fluttershy, and she was known to cheer in a quieter way than most ponies would sound like.

"You rock! Woohoo! Way to go, Twilight!" Fluttershy cheered. This time, she was a little louder, almost a loud as Pinkie Pie as a matter of fact. Of course, Spike cheered the loudest out of them all. He still stood next to Ember, still as her helper for the training.

Twilight couldn't feel any more prouder of herself for being a dragon more than she used to be now. She began thinking that if turning herself into a dragon was worth it, and she decided it was indeed, worth it, for her, and for Spike. After all, she transformed into a dragon for his happiness and well being.

"Alright Twilight, we just need to keep on training for the day for a little longer. But in the meantime, I think we deserve a break from all of that."

The blue dragon touched her wings, feeling a little sore.

"Wouldn't want to burn ourselves out from all of this."

Spike chuckled "No ma'am." He concurred. They all decided to have a little picnic as a small celebration for Twilight's amazing progression into dragonhood.

The six ponies and Spike were just eating a decent lunch while Ember was sitting alone, leaning on a tree. Spike wondered if she was alright or not, and decided to go over to her.

"You okay Ember?"

"Oh yeah, yeah. Sure. I'm just fine, Spike." Ember replied. "Just chilling under a tree in the shade. Why do you ask?"

"Well, you're just sitting alone and not joining us on our picnic, that's all. Are you hungry?"

"Yep, but I don't really do picnics. I'm a dragon after all, and... you know." Then she crossed her arms behind her head in relaxation.

"But you're a dragon who does friends like me, right?" Spike asked her

"Yeah." Then Ember got back on her feet. "I guess I could try and give that a shot." Then she joined the others in the picnic and had a very decent lunch, and shared some gems with Spike that Rarity found in the Crystal cave near town.

Rarity, like she would usually do in events like this, wore a sun hat and some sunglasses to protect her "perfect skin" much to Applejack's annoyance.

"Do you really have to wear that, Rarity?" Ember asked the white unicorn. "It's not so hot out here."

"Yes, but, I have to protect my perfectly flawless skin. I have got to have my beautiful, good looks." Then she fluffed the front of her mane in elegance. Her friends rolled their eyes in irritation while Spike looked at her in a lovestruck way.

"I think you look absolutely beautiful in that type of hat, Rarity." The baby dragon remarked with hearts in his eyes.

Rarity gasped in a touched expression. "Oh, why thank you, Spike." Then she kissed him on his cheek very tenderly.

"Hey hey hey, whoa whoa whoa." Ember said. "Hold the phone."

"What's wrong?" Asked Fluttershy

"Isn't Spike a little too young to be kissed like that?"

"I thought dragons like you don't do kissing or romance?" Rainbow pointed

Ember's cheeks flushed a purple on her face. "Romance? I was just saying."

The others giggled. "It's okay, Ember." Twilight remarked warmly. "Spike was just given a kiss from Rarity as a true friend."

"Ah, good. Oh! Not saying that I have a crush on Spike. I was just making sure he was okay." Ember said. "Yep, just looking after him like a big sister. After all, we are friends." then she patted the baby dragon's head.

"Aww, thanks Ember." Spike said gratefully, then he hugged her affectionately. At first, Ember was a little embarrassed, but she quickly got over it, and remembered that this happened before when Spike gave her the dragon scepter so she can become dragon lord, and embraced him back.,

Twilight and her friends still thought it was really cute for them to interact like this. Indeed, they did look like a big sister and little brother type of pair. Then they all continued eating their food. It was zesty cucumber sandwiches and a salad. Spike and Ember however, had gems as their meal.

It was not really much for both the dragons, but it was lunch after all. Twilight herself had some gems, and they tasted like candy to her. It was all the more reason why she was glad to be a dragon now. It took a little while, somewhere around thirty minutes before they were all through and well fed.

After the picnic was over with, they all decided to relax and take a break before Twilight could get back to training. Mean time, Spike, Ember, and Twilight all laid on the soft grass, looking at the sky. The others just had some random conversations about random things. of course, they were waiting for the training to continue.

Spike sighed blissfully as the scattered clouds coming past him and the other two. "You know Ember, I really thank you for helping me learn how to be a better dragon."

"Ah, don't mention it, girlfriend." The blue dragon gave her a gentle arm punch to add that response. "But don't think it ends here, Twilight. there is still a lot more training for you to absorb."

The purple dragon-turned-pony smiled confidentially, and replied "I'm ready." Yes, she did feel more than ready for any challenges that will come her way now that she is getting the hand of flying and breathing fire. And of course, using fingers. She lifted her right arm, and flexed her fingers and thumb to warm them up.

"So Ember," said Spike

"Yeah?"

"How is your father doing?"

"My dad well... he is still a little overprotective of me, but he eventually came to accept me as the new Dragon Lord after he backed down from power."

"Thank goodness for Dragon Law." Spike remarked

"Exactly."

"So, is he proud of you for being a leader?" Asked Twilight curiously. "Or can he still be a little irritable?"

"Of course he's proud of me. He is my father, so he has to be proud of me." Ever pointed after taking a sip of lemonade, and laying back on the grass. "Although... he is a little confused on me wanting to better pony and dragon relationships."

"Hmm, figures. No offense Ember, but your dad is terrifying."

She giggled mildly and said "it's alright, Spike. I agree with you. And besides, my father would take terrifying as a compliment."

"Of course he would." Said Twilight.

Then Spike had a thought about a certain dragon that was his mortal enemy, a teenage dragon covered in red scales who was a nasty piece of work.

"And what about Garble? Has he been giving you trouble?"

"Nah. Not really. Sure, he may pick on me at times, but no, he doesn't really give me so much trouble as before. And, if he would try to hurt me, I would always zap him with my scepter to teach him a lesson. Ha! You should see him how he is shocked by it." Then Ember made blubbering noises, trying to picture Garble being electrocuted.

Both Twilight and Spike laughed at how she interpreted that. Not only that, but Spike was even more happier to hear that Garble has gotten a rightful retribution for all the digs at him in the past, and almost getting him killed on the dragon lord trial.

"Well enough of that. Back to training, Twilight." Then both female dragons got back up, and readied themselves for more training sessions. Spike happily got back on Twilight, and she was still being quite a skilled dragon.

Over the coarse, her fire breathing got better and better, and the same with her soaring and flying. This time, she did multiple air tricks without making the slightest mistake.

Just when the others below were cheering for her, Rwinbow caught a glimpse of a figure moving towards Ember and Twilight. Whatever it was, it did not look friendly at all. "Twilight! Ember! Look out!"

Both the dragons heard her and saw a red dragon trying to hit them in full speed. Luckily, the both got out of the way just in time. Then few more dragons, up to three or four tried to do the same thing the first dragon did, but they managed to evade them too.

Getting back on the ground, Spike recognized the dragons before. "Oh no, it's Garble!" He shouted with horror."

"Well, I'm flattered you remember me, Spike." Garble mocked him. He and his gang of teenage dragons got on the ground, looking for a fight.

"What do you want, Garble?! Don't you have some gold to count?" Spike said. His friends, including Twilight and Ember agreed with him loudly, lashing out at the nasty teenage dragons.

"Yeah, go back to your homeland where you came, you big bunch of meatheads!" Rainbow lashed out.

"Ooh, tough talk, cupcake, but talk is cheap." Garble countered.

"Cupcake?! I'll show you, cupcake!" The cyan Pegasus was about to charge at the group of dragons in full zeal, but were stopped by a Fluttershy and Applejack.

"Anyway, we justwanted to say hello to Spike and princess Ember.... and then turn them into lunch meat!" Then he pounded his fists together in a wicked smile, looking as tough and scary as he could.

"No! Over my dead body! I'll never let you hurt my brother!" Twilight stepped up, willing to do anything to defend Spike at any cost.

"Neither will I!" Ember added. She cracked her knuckles, and then her neck.

"Pfft, don't think we'll go easy on you just because you're a girl." Garble noted. "Or you are the new dragon lord." He referred to Ember. "Come on, boys, let's give these weakling a beating." His cronies agreed and all charged to attack them all.

As both sides fought, Pinkie Pie was an annoyance to one of the teenage dragons, and he tried to punch, and claw her, but he would always miss. "You can't catch me!" Pinkie said cheerfully.

Applejack would use her mighty kicks to thrwart another.

At first, Fluttershy was scared of fighting these dragons, but she quickly realized that she must help her friends. Rainbow would help her take out the enemies they were fighting with, and seven Fluttershy would deliver a punch so hard, it would make their noses bleed.

"You will never hurt Spike, or any of my Friends!" The yellow Pegasus said "you will be sorry!"

"You tell him, Fluttershy. Let him have it!" Applejack cheered on for her.

Rarity used her magic to turn certain parts of the ground into ice, and her opponent would slip and fall comically. "Oh dear, you feel down, here, let me help you with that." Then she used her magic to make her enemy float in midair, and slammed him on the ground many times, with a loud thud every time he landed.

And finally, Twilight was fighting head-on with Garble, with Ember fighting alongside her. Garble was absolutely tough, and very tricky. He used a large amount of fire breath, but both the female dragons dodged as they flew in the air

"Come and get us, Bonehead!" Ember taunted

The red dragon instantly flew up in the air, and caught both of them off guard. It was just then Twilight felt something grab her as if she was being thrown by a comet from outer space. Garble was trying to plummet her to the earth, but Twilight was quick, and she blew fire in Garble's face, temporary blinding him

"Grrr! You'll pay for that!" He said in frustration. It was turning out to be an interesting grudge match between them, and they both clashed at each other again both of them would claw, bite, kick at one another, along with hitting each other with their tails like a whip

Just then, Garble had a surprise attack of his own as he breathed fire at her face. Then he punched her multiple times, causing minor injuries and was about to finish her off, when Ember came to the rescue by charging at him, and clawing him multiple times nonstop. She clawed him so much, that a few drops of blood were coming out of her wounds, and a few bruises were showing, including a black eye.

Having enough, Garble brutally kicked Ember back, being near-unconscious. Luckily, Teilight swooped down and saved her just in time before she could go splat. Garble turned his sights on Spike, who was watching the whole thing from below.

Garble charged at him full of zeal. He wanted to do such evil things to him like burn, bite, claw, beat, and slice him until nothing remained of him, and maybe eat him for lunch

Before aspike could fade his so-called end, immediately tackled Garble from above and threw him to the ground with a loud boom. The impact was so strong, that it made a crater.

Garble immediately got back up on his feet, and tried to fight back, but he realized that he had no more fight left in himself. He panted in exhaustion, and growled in a bitter way.

Twilight softly landed on the ground, making a stern look at him. "Listen Garble, no one will ever hurt Spike. He is my little brother and I will always love and protect him from anything that would try to harm him. Including you!"

Spike felt so touched by this and felt like shedding tears. Garble and his friends, feeling sore from the beating immediately got back in the sky, with the leader saying "This isn't the end of it! I'll be back!!" Then they were gone.

Spike immediately hugged Twilight in gratitude. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I think so. And you?"

"Uh huh. Thanks to you guys." Then Ember and the other mares joined in on the hug, with Ember being the last one to break up.

"We're so glad you're okay." Fluttershy said. "We were so worried."

"But don't worry, as long as we stay together, they won't be so much of a problem." Said Ember. Then she looked at Twilight. "Now that we have a good dragon with us." Twilight was so grateful and touched by the compliment and they both hugged one another. "Why don't we just call it a day. In the meantime, why don't I spend some time on Ponyville for a while."

"That would be great." Spike said.

Epilogue

Spike, Twilight, and Ember were having a little lunch together at the cafe. Spike and Ember had jewels while Twilight had a usual zesty Cucumber sandwich like she would normally eat during lunch hour. Their friends were with them as well, just at another table eating a lunch of their own.

"Well, Twilight. I got to admit, I am very impressed by how you handled yourself against those teenage meatheads back there." Ember remarked before crunching on a topaz.

The pony-turned-dragon flushed and was more than flattered to hear that. "Thank you. I actually didn't think I would stand a chance against Garble. I'm still learning the ropes about being a dragon still." And she had a drink of herbal tea with a lemon on top of the glass, with us. "Of course, you guys helped with that, too."

Her friends all smiled hearing that. "Of course. He was going to deal away with poor little Spike." Fluttershy remarked with great sympathy. He's like family to all of us." and she hugged her so lovingly.

"Aww, thanks guys." Spike replied, more than flattered. Then everypony joined in on the group hug, including Ember, and she wasn't really into hugging and such. She gave him more of a hug than she did before since they were in a "Life or death" situation from Garble and his teenage dragon posse.

After they broke away, Twilight asked the new dragon lord "So, Ember, what do you think we should train more next?"

The blue dragon had a smirk on her face before she boldly answered "Well, Twi, I think that's it for you." Then the others were quite surprised to hear that come out of Ember's mouth.

"Wait, really?" Twilight asked

"Yep. You have a lot of potential inside ya to be a fast learner. You learned quite fast, but now I think we should put it to the test."

"How?"

"Try controlling yourself when flying, and watch your tail so you don't accidentally injure someone with it."

Twilight got off the table, and nodded in determination. Then she began walking around Ponyville as if she had nothing better to do, and just wanted to take a little stroll. Just as she thought it would go, it was going smoothly, and she paid attention to her surroundings.

It was so far, so good for Twilight. There were no accidents happening, or anypony getting hurt by her tail. It took a little more than five minutes, and her friends were surveying her every move, an step she was taking. Over the coarse, Twilight aced it, and her friends tremendously applauded for her success.

"You did it, Twilight!" said Rainbow Dash. "You really nailed that dragon-walk."

"Yeah, no accidents happened this time." Spike noted.

"I... I did do it." Twilight said. Now she felt more confident than before, and comfortable about being a dragon from now on. "Well... I guess you're right, Ember. I guess you have nothing left to teach me."

"Oh I wouldn't say that." said the blue dragon. "You might falter a little from time to time, but not as much as before. And if you ever need me, Twilight, just have you or Spike give me a call."

Twilight smiled, and said "Sure. But, you mean you're leaving Ponyville now?"

"Well, not yet."

"Good. There are so many fun things to do around her in Ponyville." Spike said.

"Say, let's go bowling." Applejack suggested. All of them agreed with her and went to the Ponyville bowling alley for some more fun time together as friends.

It was nighttime again, and Spike was getting ready for bed with Twilight. Ember already left to fulfill some royal tasks as the new dragon lord, but that was okay, they both know they will see her again very soon. Twilight was more than happy and confident in her new form and abilities as a dragon.

After she was done brushing her teeth with a slightly gigantic toothbrush, Spike came in the the bathroom next to do the same thing. He looked at his reflection and flaunted a little "Oh yeah, who's a good looking baby dragon?" and he flexed his what he calls "Muscles" a few times.

Little did Spike know that his big sister was hearing him, and she began giggling to herself while covering her mouth. "Oh Spike." she said. and she stretched herself like a dog or a cat would do it, and made herself comfortable. Twilight yawned again, and grinned her pearly whites. They all looked so clean and so shiny.

When Spike came out of the bathroom, he made a yawn himself, and said "Well, that was fun. Especially the way you got all strikes and won every game at the bowling alley."

Twilight giggled again before she said "I know. I guess I just don't know my own strength." and she covered her mouth while flustering again. "So, you ready for bed, little brother?"

"Yep." he stretched himself and closed the bathroom door behind him after turning out the light. "So, do you feel way better about being a dragon now?"

She nodded a yes to him. "Uh-huh." and she gently pushed him close to her like a teddy bear. "And like I said, I did it for you, to make you happy." she said warmly.

The baby dragon was enjoying this, and he hugged her back. "I know, and I thank you for that."

"You are very welcome." and they both got into bed together, and Spike was like her own bed buddy, except he was more than that, he was her little brother, and the best little brother anypony could ever ask for.

"Spike?"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you for getting Ember to help me. I really appreciate what you did for me." and she hugged him once again.

"Ah well, Ember is a good friend to us, and has been for quite some time. If there was anyone who knew how to be a dragon that is friendly, that would be Ember."

"I love you, Spike."

"I love you too, Twilight." then he felt her big sister give him a kiss on his cheek like his own mother would do, and they slowly fell into slumber together. Yes, Twilight was even more than glad to turn herself into a dragon for Spike now.

The End

Would you Like Another Sequel?

I hope you all enjoyed this story. Would anyone like me to create more stories involving Dragon Twilight and Spike together as a true family? If so, please comment at the bottom. Till then, Stay tuned!:yay: