The Ancient One

Fear. I can smell it coming from the crater I am circling above with all the dragons in it. After a few seconds of drinking it in, I landed in front of a castle and entered. It was as if it were a cave that had torch, carpets, and pillars, very fitting for someone of royalty. I noticed that lots of eyes were drawn to Ember and I distinctly heard a growl, this does not bode well. I kept going forward until I entered a large room with a humongous blue dovah sitting on a large throne in the middle of it. He bore resemblances to Ember with his horns and scales, but otherwise as different as can be, but there was no doubt that this was the father of Ember. I let loose a mighty roar and stand up on my hind legs with my mighty wings stretched out.

"I challenge you for the title of Dragon Lord, so that I may pass it down to the one who should be the rightful Dragon Lord!!" I thundered. He looked amused, then incredulous when he saw Ember on my back, then he glared at me.

"What are you doing?! He will kill you!" Ember whispered in my ear, showing genuine concern.

"I am more powerful than you think." I replied cooly.

"I, Lord Torch, accept your challenge, only if we do it outside." He begrudgingly accepted. Yes, the perfect place for this indeed... We stepped outside into the massive crater and started the fight.

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I started with my roar which summoned a maelstrom above the crater and started raining meteors upon him, then I lunged towards his neck while he was distracted."Hi Fen Haalvut Faaz Fah what Hi Drey Wah Ember, Mey (You will feel pain for what you did to Ember, fool!!)!!" I roared and snapped my jaws around his neck, piercing his scales. He let out a howl of pain and rage and smashed his arm into my head, making me let go and pull back. "Krii Lun Aus!!" I shouted and a wave of purple energy hit him and his eyes bulged out of his head from the extreme pain. Now that he was weakened, I snapped at his legs, trying to make him fall. I delivered severe damage to his legs before he kicked me away and into a stone wall. "Strun Bah Qo!!" I shouted and a blast of energy exploded from my mouth causing a massive storm to encircle above the crater. I took to the skies and Torch soon followed as we ascended higher and higher into both maelstroms. Torch was being struck by both meteor and lightning, so he was weakening fast. I took this opportunity and do something drastic and risky. Rain was pelting me as I dived towards torch and collided with him, which sent us cascading towards the ground. We both crashed into the ground, creating a massive impact crater. I didn't hesitate as I re-latched myself onto his neck and sunk my pike-long teeth into his flesh again. He tried and tried to beat me off as I dug my teeth deeper into his neck and blood was flowing freely from his wounds. I un-latch myself and used the Unrelenting Force shout to propel him into a stone wall, where I proceeded to bathe him in my flames. He limped out blackened and beaten wearing a defeated look upon his face. "You are beaten, Joor (mortal!)! I am not the dovah I used to be, so I will mercy you. I hereby claim the right of Dragon Lord and sentence Torch to exile. Begone with you before I change my mind, Joor." I announced. Torch slowly limped away into exile and the other dovah watched as he went off into the distance without a word, not even an apology to his daughter. I turned towards Ember, this was were we part ways. "Ember, I am ready to pass down the title if you want it." I told her. I was expecting acknowledgement or a nod fervently, I wasn't expecting her to hesitate and deny it.

"I can't, without the scepter, I cannot hope to lead them even if I tried my hardest, they would just try to kill me again. So no, I don't want it." She states with finality. I grin, she is a lot smarter than I thought at first.

"Then so be it, I renounce my title as Dragon Lord! if I find out that this happens again, I will personally kill every single one of you who were apart of it!" I announce to the kingdom of dovah, who shuddered at the thought of being ripped apart by me. I start walking away when I was stopped by Ember.

"Can I come with you to wherever it is you're going, it is clear that I don't belong here in the dragon lands anymore." She says sadly. I look down at her with a fixed stare. Should I bring her along? Will she be bored with my meditations? Will she be safe? Maybe it is fate that she is here with me, telling me that I shouldn't give up, that there is still hope for me. With that in mind, I smiled down at her.

"Yes, but be warned, I am going to pay the equines a little visit, I saw their mountain when we were flying over." I answered and she grew a huge smile on her face.

"If we're going to Equestria, could you stop by a little town in the shadow of the mountain? There are friends there that I want to make sure they are ok." She asked and I nodded. She gave a squee of delight and hopped onto my back, coaxing me to depart immediately. I have never seen her this eager in the short time I've known her, but I have enough knowledge to know that this meant a lot to her. I walked out of the castle for hopefully the last time and let my black wings unfurl. I gave a ground shaking roar and took off into the skies, letting my shadow pass over the dragon lands. After an hour, we were flying over the Everfree forest, Ember had fallen asleep on my back about halfway through, and several griffon hunting parties tried killing me, only to die, of course. Never underestimate a dovah. I see off in the far distance a town with cottages and a very large crystal castle. Interesting material, but it must be a show of how far along they have come in terms of economy, very admirable.

"Who is it you wish to speak to?" I ask the now awake Ember on my back.

"Twilight Sparkle and Spike the dragon. Why?" She asked with a cocked eyebrow. I grin back at her.

"You shall learn what it means to be a true dov, to have power." I say as I landed ON the castle. "Twilight Sparkle, Spike Fin Dovah, Zu'u Bel Hi!! (Twilight Sparkle, Spike the dragon, I summon you!!)" I boom with a thunder clap at the end. It was pandemonium. The terror, the fear, the...disgust?! How dare they!! I will not take they're impude-OOF!! I was literally knocked back to reality by a swift kick to my snout by a ~~familiar~~ light blue pegasus with rainbow hair. This one had an air of arrogance and stupidity to it, fun. "back Tum Nu. (back down now.)" I growled with fury blazing out of my eyes. It dived for another kick at my snout. "Fus Ro Dah!!" I shouted and with the power of my thu'um and how light it was, it was sent flying towards the mountain city. Now that that...itch was done with, I needed to find-ARG!! Again?! I was struck in the back by a powerful blast of magic (luckily Ember was protected by my spines), and when I turned around, I was met with an orange hoof. My head snapped to the side from the impact and I whirled around with my tail, hitting it in the side, barely missing a spike on my tail. I was then hit by another blast of magic and I was done with these mortals. "ENOUGH!!" The sheer power of my voice sent all of the surrounding equines into the walls of buildings.

"I have had enough of your mortal playing!! I came here to meet Twilight Sparkle and Spike the dragon! Show yourselves!!" I roared out into the crowd that was slowly getting up and groaning from my knockback. A lavender equine with wings and horn landed in front of me with a purple and green lizard on its back.

"That would be us! Why are you here, dragon?!" She sneered the word 'dragon'.

"I have come to tell your leader that the dragon war is over! But I might start it again just because of that, Joor!" I roared and she blanched at the thought of what her teacher might say about her starting a war. "But the mighty Alduin is feeling merciful today and I have someone else who wants to meet you two." I said and lowered Ember down with by one claw. Twilight gave a gasp seeing who it was and started apologizing again and again.

"It's fine Twilight, it was just Alduin being Alduin. I mean he did just come back from humiliating my good-for-nothing father and single handedly stopped a war." She said with the littlest care. The ponies looked like fishes with their mouths open. Mmmmmmm, fish~

"Oh? You're setting my standards so low for me~ I am practically an Aedra, or in your tongue, a god." I said, feigning offense. She and the ponies just stared wide-eyed at me. Ember and Twilight talked quite a bit about the happenings, but left out the betrayal for obvious reasons, while I was with Spike.

"Soooo, you're a dragon right?" He asked in his scratchy voice.

"Yes and no. I am a dovah, which is dragon in your tongue, but I am from a different realm, one where dov are honorable, not these spineless lizards in the dragon lands. Sahlo Dovah. (Weak dragons)" I said. He looked up at me confused.

"How are you from another realm?" He asks.

"I died, but my soul was carried here and purified. I hope to find my better purpose in life, even if it means keeping the peace, something I've never been inclined to doing in the past." I explained with a scowl. He looked sympathetic and stared down at the floor.

"Yeah, sometimes I wonder what will happen when I grow up and what I'll do." He said.

"You show the heart and soul of a true dovah, you can do anything when you put yourself to the task, even saving the world. Come find me when you are older to learn your inner Thu'um." I said with a fatherly smile on my face. He smiled back at me like a child would to an elder after helping with their troubled mind.

"Thank you, I really needed that, things have been getting stressful lately." He said while gesturing towards Twilight and the other ponies I met earlier.

"Kul heart Ahrk Sil Los Lot Suleyk (good heart and soul is great power), you have a lot going for you in the future, do not let it down by sagging along now." I warned him. His only reply was a nod of his small head. I looked to the skies to see the sun setting in the west. "It is unfortunately time for us to depart, I have my own battle wounds to recover and Ember needs to stay with me at all times." I announced, much to the annoyance of the town.

"*sigh* Very well then, I hope to see you soon Ember!" Twilight said and waved as Ember climbed onto my back. She smiled and waved back before I lifted off and went to the nearest mountain. It had a large cave, big enough to fit me, Ember, and another dragon my size with some treasures already inside from the previous occupant. This will do for a nice home, close to the joor to keep an eye on them, cozy, and isolated.

"Sleep Ember, you will need your strength for the coming days, I sense a familiar presence, a soul that has been CARRIED through like I have. I thank Akatosh for this second chance Ahrk Krosis. (and sorry.)" I said before falling asleep... but there was another presence, a pink dragoness followed them from the dragon lands.

"All that power will be MINE!" She whispered greedily to herself before flying to the top of the mountain.

I groaned as I awoke from my slumber...or my death. I look down upon myself to see I was unharmed and unscathed. But how? I died trying to kill a dragon with the dovahkiin, but then it used a shout I never heard before and I was killed from being impaled. No matter, I must find my kin and sort this out. And with that in mind, I lifted off to go to the summit of a nearby mountain.

"The Joors shall remember the name Odahviing!" I said into the night...

TO BE CONTINUED....