Author's Note

So for anyone who knew not to assume something was bad as soon as you started reading and went past the first chapter and saw that it was different, you'd know that Spike and Draco have some history together, all the way back in CAnterlot. Also, the one who let this become a story on here doesn't count, as there was only one chapter up when he read through it. He seems really cool too. As for the rest though, feel free to tell me anything you think would be an improvement.

A dragon's younger brother

A page was shown at the beginning of a book, showing Draco with Spike and Twilight, showing what built up to them living in Ponyville in book form. The trio were seen talking to each of their new friends in respective order from when they met whom. Draco was seen confronting Nightmare moon with his siblings behind him. Twilight was seen showing everyone about the Elements of Harmony. The group was seen walking through the Everfree forest in hopes of finding the Elements of Harmony. The group’s struggles were all shown as the pages turned, one event at a time. The tasks of the Elements of Harmony were shown as well in exact order of when they were made. Draco and the others were seen confronting Nightmare moon and successfully did so, ending with Draco hugging Queen Luna. Draco and the others were seen with Queen Celestia as she just allowed the main trio to move to Ponyville. The last page showed Draco becoming surprised by what he found in the ruby in the alley. Just then a red flash covered up the screen and to changed to another motion.

The magic tree house anime movie song Message plays during the credits as Twilight’s voice is heard singing No other bond.

Events from the pilot were shown from the first few lines of Twilight’s song. “I may have given up on friendship, long ago.” But my brothers helped me regain, it so. In spite of how stupid they, can be. I still love them with all my heart. They helped me see the light, at the end. It was a tunnel that made an, awful trend. But these dragons, one cocky, and one timid. Kept their friendship amazing from the start.” Other events to occur in season one were then shown for the rest of the song. “True neither of them are perfect, but I honestly will never care. Us and our friends will remain, until the, end of time. Even when these brothers fight, there love lasts with all their might, and they showed me once again, the truth that i lost back then. The best of friends they will sure be, forever in harmony, No other bond i’ve seen before, protecting and loving one another to the core.”

Draco and his friends were shown in a picture at the end of the song.

Twilight was seen seven years ago back in Canterlot, arriving home and opening the door with a smile. She opened the door and walked inside, greeting her mother. "Hi mom, I'm home from magic school."

Twilight's mother saw her and smiled upon her arrival. "How was your day Twilight?"

"Pretty standard;" Twilight began to explain. "Nothing really happened other than Moondancer...well I promised I wouldn't tell anyone."

Twilight then saw her bubbly little brother dressed up as a superhero. "And now, the greatest superhero of all time is upon us. This is...captain dragon lord!" Spike jumped onto the couch and Twilight giggled at his silliness. He then got up and pointed proudly to Twilight. "Evil doers beware, as I may look silly, but I am not to be underestimated. (Deep voice) Even if they want to." Spike jumped onto Twilight's back as Twilight headed off to her room. The two of them then arrived to Twilight's room, to which Spike sat down on her bed and spoke normally again. "So did anything happen?"

"Just one thing;" Twilight said. "But I can't say. Secret." Twilight put her backpack up and then looked at what looked like a purple egg, smiling with hope that it would hatch soon. "Just you wait Spike. (Walks over to the egg) Someday you'll have a little brother that's the same species as you." Spike hopped down and walked over to Twilight, hugging her. "I just know you'll love him."

The egg then began to shake more than usual, showing that it was time to hatch. Spike hopped onto Twilight's back and looked at the egg as it moved more and more. He couldn't bare the excitement, as having a little brother was too much to handle on his own. Luckily, Twilight was there to comfort him, as she knew how much he's wanted this ever since he was informed about it. The egg shook even faster and gave both Spike and Twilight some excitement, wanting it to hatch so badly. The egg finally hatched and made a small light, revealing a newborn dragon that gave brightness with both of his eyes. Spike looked at his brother and saw a new light in him, knowing that his life was about to go somewhere big.

One month later

Draco was seen in a high chair with Twilight holding a spoon up to his mouth. "Cmon Draco. Open wide." Draco slammed his head straight into the table, putting the mush onto his face. Twilight giggled at his silliness and took the bowl off of him and back onto the stand. "No Draco, eat."

Spike walked into the kitchen, sounding bored. "Twilight, can I play superhero with Draco?"

"Sorry Spike, he's eating." Twilight said, and then Spike groaned.

"But I'm so bored;" Spike whined. "And he's my birth brother, so I should get to hang out with him."

"You can play with him when he's done Spike; I promise." Twilight assured Spike, who sighed and walked over to the fridge. He opened it up and saw some of his father's beer, reaching for it before Twilight spoke up. "Don't even think about it."

Spike sighed as he grabbed himself a cherry soda and closed the fridge, walking over to the couch after he did so. He sat down and grabbed the remote, turning on the Tv. He then changed it to what looked to be The Legend of Kion, which was his favorite show. A different version from the one in their current ages anyway. Draco heard the show and wanted to watch it too, giving Twilight time to put the spoonful in. She gave a wink to Spike, who winked back, and then he continued watching. Draco slammed his fists on the counter in anger, wanting to watch the show.

Spike took a sip out of his soda and laid back, letting out a burp as he did so. Twilight rolled her eyes while smiling at Spike's gross side showing, continuing to feed Draco before he threw a tantrum. Spike then looked at how Draco was getting all of this attention, feeling a bit down upon seeing it, as he barely got any since Draco came along. He gained a bummed out look and then looked back at his show to cheer himself up, which didn't have that much of an affect. He took another sip and hoped that he'd get more attention soon.

Spike lied down in his room in a little bed, listening to music on his mp3 player. Twilight saw Spike listening to his music and set Draco down, with Draco rolling out of his bed. Twilight picked him back up and placed him in his bed, wrapping him up in his blanket. She then walked over to Spike and took his earphones off. "Bedtime Spike."

Spike nodded and curled up into his bed, letting Twilight put his blanket on him. She then hugged Twilight goodnight and Twilight walked over to her own bed. She tucked herself in and then realized she forgot to put a diaper on Draco. She got up and opened her drawer to grab one, finding a note that said let Spike play with Draco or fail to have puppies. Twilight gave Spike a blank smile and he shrugged, with Twilight grabbing a diaper and picking Draco up. She put the diaper on and then put Draco back into his bed. She got back into her own bed and went to sleep, glad that she remembered before she didn't.

Spike got up the next day and then saw that Draco was out of his bed. He walked over with a note attached to him, saying that no one loves him. He snickered and ran off in an instant, trying to avoid being caught. He walked into the kitchen to find Twilight feeling Draco breakfast with his on the table. He then sat down and saw that his parents were gone. "Where did mom and dad go?"

"Mom's in her room and dad had to go to work, again;" Twilight said. "So, I'm feeding Draco before I go to school."

"Oh. Okay then." Spike began to eat his pancakes and saw Draco shoving his face into his food. He laughed at what he just saw and continued to eat, liking Draco's silly attitude. Draco then swatted the spoon away from Twilight, showing a more bratty side to him as he threw the spoon off. The spoon landed in the sink as Twilight went over to grab it, sighing as she did so. Draco then looked at Spike with a smug grin and the older brother saw a challenge. Draco then became bored and slammed his claws on the table.

"Don't worry Draco. I'm coming." Twilight picked Draco up and put him on her back, shocking Spike, as she normally only did that for him. Twilight walked off with Draco and went to his and Spike's room, seeing the note Spike left. She became terrified upon seeing it and set Draco down, wondering who could've sent this. She then noticed Spike's handwriting and became frustrated, walking out of the room while tending Draco to the Tv. Draco started watching the Tv and it said that The Legend of Kion was coming on.

Spike continued to eat as Twilight set the note down next to him, making him nervous as he gave a sheepish smile. "Oh, hey Twilight. Is Draco sleeping? He's such an angel."

"Cut the chit chat Spike." Twilight demanded as she revealed the note. "I know you wrote this." Spike gulped, knowing what was to come, only for Twilight to sit down next to him and calm down. "Now look, I know it's hard what you're going through. Heck, Shining wasn't even used to me at first. But he still never did stuff like this."

"So all siblings hate each other from the start?" Spike asked, making Twilight laugh.

"No Spike, we didn't 'hate' each other. We were just, getting around stuff." Twilight put her hoof on Spike's shoulder, hoping he'd understand. "Now just be your bubbly, optimistic, and light hearted self. As opposed to Draco, who's acting like an adventure loving and cocky brat, but I still love you both." Spike smiled and he and Twilight hugged each other, with Draco seeing the whole thing from the monitors in Twilight's room with a confused look on his face. He then looked at his diaper and got ready for a load.

Twilight threw Draco's diaper into a trash can, amazed by the smell it caused. "Wow Draco. Now I know you'll be a lot more insane to deal with when you reach Spike's age." Draco gave a soft smile as Twilight walked up to him with a fresh diaper. She put it on and then brought Draco into the living room. Spike was seen watching his show as Twilight set Draco down on the couch. Spike saw him and became nervous until Twilight looked at him with a smile. "Just try it Spike."

Twilight walked off and looked at Draco, who looked at him and gave him more worry. He saw his brother sucking his thumb and smiled at his innocence, and then Draco saw the show Spike was watching. He pointed to the show and Spike got it almost instantly. "You like this show?" Spike grabbed Draco and almost dropped him, but Draco was able to hold onto his shoulder, much to his relief. Spike set Draco down onto his lap and they watched the show together. "This is the episode where they visit the Land of Vines, where the fifth Band God orb is lying. (Laughs a bit) Jasiri does fart a lot, but she has more personality than that."

Twilight looked to see her little brothers hanging out, much to her joy as she started preparing a potion with her mother's supervision. "It's gonna happen today mom. I just know it."

Velvet saw Twilight doing her spell and then it created an orange drink, which she looked at with excitement. "Is it one of those adventure drinks?" Twilight nodded her head yes and Velvet drank it without hesitation, loving the taste it gave her. Spike looked at Draco, who continued to watch the show and gave him joy upon his new brother. He continued to watch the show and saw some new light in Draco.

Three months later.

Spike woke up a week before his fourth birthday and saw Draco near the bed next to him. He walked over to Draco and smiled at the sight of him, loving him even more each day. Draco woke up and saw Spike, cooing at the sight of him and grabbing his finger. He started sucking on it, making Spike giggle as he felt it. He then saw Twilight come in, and then she picked Draco up. "I'm glad you got used to him Spike. Three months late, but I don't care."

Spike shrugged and walked out of the room with Twilight, looking at the calendar with excitement. "And guess who's B day it is." Spike hopped onto Twilight's back carefully, making sure not to make her drop Draco. "Mine!" Draco reached out for Spike, wanting him to be held by him.

"I know Spike, and don't worry; I have it covered." Twilight assured Spike, and he then set Draco in his highchair. "And I'm still keeping my gift for you a surprise. And it's not a book, but something for you and Draco to enjoy yourselves with. If you share it with him." Spike hugged Twilight and then she pulled him away. "I knew you'd love him eventually, and we can't let that go to waste."

Spike nodded as Twilight walked over to the fridge, with Spike looking at Draco with joy. "Ya know little dude, I was worried at first about what we'd come off as. I figured you'd hate me and want me out of your life. But you seem to be pretty okay." Draco gave a cocky look to Spike, feeling as if he was the superior of the two. Spike laughed at his cockiness as Twilight handed him his food. "Go and watch Tv Spike. I'll prepare your party." Spike nodded and ran over to the Tv as Twilight began to feed Draco his food.

Spike continued to watch the Tv as Shining armor was seen on Twilight's Ipad. "It's a shame I can't come to the party. You know how being the guard leader is like."

Twilight giggled a bit and spoke kindly. "True. Don't worry though; Spike's more than covered. I've got plans to keep him entertained."

"Well if anyone has a plan, it's you." Shining commented, and Twilight giggled again at his comment, and Shining then heard someone call him. "Hey Twily, I gotta go. Guards need me."

Twilight nodded and hung up, sighing at her brother always being gone. Draco was seen rocking his highchair back and forth, wanting to entertain himself. Twilight picked him up with her magic and walked over to the couch with him. She set him down next to Spike, who brought him in for a hug and then Twilight walked off. The two of them continued to watch Tv together, with it this time being The fox and the hound. Spike laid back with Draco on his stomach and then commented on the movie. "This could've also been a cartoon. Could've had more development."

Draco hugged Spike and he wrapped his arms around him as Spike sat up, loving the company his brother was giving him. The two of them looked at each other and loved the kinship they shared. They continued to watch the movie as Spike then commented on what was happening. "Heh. Tod's awesome. He just explores anything no matter how dangerous." Draco took a liking to what was on screen and crawled over to it with a particular fondness for the movie.

Draco leaned on the couch arm, with Spike making sure he didn't fall off. The two of them continued to watch the movie as Twilight and her parents continued to setup the party. Twilight saw the brothers hanging out and loved how well they were behaving. She then got back to decorating the cake, knowing Spike would love it. She then thought about weather or not Draco could eat the cake, as he was still a young infant. She shrugged and continued to decorate the cake as she put the brothers onto it.

Two hours later.

Spike and Draco were seen playing pattycake on the couch, enjoying the fun they were having. Twilight finished with the decorations as her parents finished their part of the party making. Twilight then walked over to Spike and Draco, signaling them that the party was ready. Spike grabbed Draco and the two of them walked over to the party scene, sitting down at the table, which was where Draco put down a piece of paper of which Twilight read. "The birthday song is evil."

Spike laughed at Draco's paper and Twilight set the cake down. "Yeah, that song IS pretty cringy." Spike blew out his candles and Twilight started cutting the cake, which Draco shoved his face into. Spike laughed again as Draco looked up from the cake and licked it off of him. Twilight giggled as Night light and Velvet joined in. "So when do we get to eating the cake in this house?"

"Oh, right." Twilight finished cutting the cake and then put it on five separate plates. She gave two of them to Spike, as one of them was for Draco. Draco ate his in an instant, burping after he did so and Spike patted his head. "And I thought YOU were gonna be a handful."

"Looking after kids is never easy Twilight;" Night light said, remembering when Twilight was a baby. " And I should know. It was NOT easy putting you to bed when you were an infant."

Velvet had fond memories of taking care of Twilight as a baby. "Yeah, but everyone has their challenging years. Even the most mature of children." Twilight smiled as she hugged her parents, which Draco made kissy kissy sounds for.

Twilight saw Draco making the sounds and moved his claws over to the cake with her magic. Draco ended up shoving the cake into Spike's face once the magic wore off. "Spike." Spike and the others became shocked as Spike set Draco down on the table. "Spike."

"Is that my name?" Draco nodded his head yes and Spike hugged him with joy, allowing Draco to pull his scale. "Ow."

"Well I can't say I'm surprised." Twilight giggled. "Draco's been crazy about you ever since he first saw you. It feels like you two were meant to have such a powerful bond together." Spike pulled Draco away and looked into his eyes, more than glad that he was his very first word.

Seven months later.

Spike encouraged Draco to start walking as he spoke to him and tried to help him to stand up and move. "Cmon Draco. You can do it. Just stand up and walk over." Draco stood up and began to waddle on over to Spike, barely managing to put one foot in front of the other as he did so. "That's it. That's it. Keep going." Draco arrived at where Spike was standing and fell as he did, allowing Spike to catch him. "There ya go."

"Dude. They fowgot the cwowd." Draco said with disappointment as Spike picked him up and walked over to the kitchen. He nodded to Draco and let him jump off of his head, grabbing the cookie jar and then hopped down to him.

Spike caught Draco as he then set him down next to him and opened the cookie jar. "I would've gone for the gen jar, but Twilight hid it somewhere that even the two of us together couldn't find." Spike and Draco took out a cookie each and clinked them together, biting into them afterwards.

"It's just a shame she also caught you two being sneaky." Spike and Draco looked to see a blank smiling Twilight, as Spike quickly grabbed Draco, who did a super cute face. Twilight's heart melted at the sight of Draco's puppy eyes. "Aw."

Spike grabbed another cookie and ate it, knowing how to get around Twilight. He walked off with Spike and the cookie jar as Twilight then realized what happened. "Darn it!" Spike and Draco sat down on the couch as Twilight walked over to them sternly. "No cookies or gems before dinner, no melting my heart to get away with it, and (takes the cookie jar back) no eating cookies on the couch."

Draco gave a smug smile to Twilight, who knew what was coming. Draco breathed in a huge amount of air, with Twilight just about to warn him not to do what he was doing. Draco then let out an ear piercing screech, faking a tantrum to get the cookie jar back. Twilight covered her ears, as did Spike, with Twilight covering Draco's mouth with a pillow. Draco stopped screaming and then pushed the pillow off of him. "Not enough wowk?"

"No, and just for that, you're grounded." Twilight said as she picked Draco up.

"No I'm not, I'm in the air!" Draco fell asleep as Twilight set her down on his bed, giggling at his sudden nap as she walked off. Twilight then walked over to Spike, who was seen watching a movie as Twilight turned the Tv off.

"Hey!"

"And now you've lost Tv for the day." Spike rolled his eyes as Twilight walked off.

Spike walked into his room with Draco lying down on Twilight's bed as Spike walked over to him and sat down next to him. "Hey buddy." Draco waved to his brother, who lied down next to him. "Sorry I got you grounded."

"What's gwounded Spike?" Draco asked with confusion, as this was his first grounding.

"It's where you can't do anything for a certain amount of time;" Spike explained. "Like watching Tv for example. And since Twilight took my privileges for the rest of the day, I'm pretty sure that's when you're time will end too." Spike then thought about their chances of the grounding ending. "Maybe sooner, since younger siblings have the advantage."

Draco sat up and lied down on Spike's stomach, poking it with a laugh. "Well let me tell you dude. you suwe awe fat."

"Shut up." Spike said with kindness as he pushed Draco off of him. "I don't get it though. I'm optomistic and bubbly, and you're cocky and adventure loving. How does that work?"

"I dunno. Maybe it has something do do with ouw eggs and how we hatched fwom them." Draco said with an innocent smile, being just as curious about it as Spike. "You said Twilight zapped you and biwthed you, right? Maybe that's why you're not as rude and ego-thing as me."

Spike saw that as a possibility and smiled at the thought. "Yeah. Maybe." Spike and Draco then started wrestling each other playfully, showing their love just like before. Twilight watched the brothers from their bedroom door, knowing their bond would grow.

Spike and Draco were seen outside in the backyard as they walked around in some sort of playhouse. The two brothers crawled through some tubes as Draco then peeked fromt he upper one. Spike arrived at the end of his tunnel and the brothers laughed at finding one another. Spike hopped out of his tunnel and grabbed Draco, allowing the two brothers to continue onward. They found a maze of which had one picture of Celestia, one of Luna, and one of Nightmare moon. Spike read the question aloud. "Which one of these Queen's is still here?"

Spike found the question to be easy walked over to the picture of Celestia and walked through it. He carried Draco until he jumped out of his older brother's arms, with both of them walking through the playhouse. They both took a liking to the design as Draco spoke up. "Twilight weally had a good idea undew her belt. This mind game was a gweat idea." Spike nodded as the two brothers arrived at what looked like a trivia section.

Spike walked up to the trivia questions and read them inside of his head. 'Let's see here. What could I put as an answer that could allow us to move on?" Spike answered each question carefully, showing that he got some of the intelligence from Twilight. Possibly from it rubbing off onto him. He managed to answer each question correctly as Draco hopped onto his back and a door opened. Spike gave Draco a piggyback ride as the two brothers walked out the door.

Spike and Draco arrived at the end and the playhouse changed to one of medieval times. The two brothers smiled and high fived as they headed on back inside. Spike then spoke to Twilight, who was helping Velvet make dinner. "That playhouse is awesome Twilight. We gotta do more of that sometime."

"I figured you two would like it." Twilight said with satisfaction as the two brothers headed off to their rooms to wait for dinner.

Eighteen months later.

Spike was seen walking to the Canterlot garden with Draco, ready to teach him about more life. "Okay Draco. Now we have to be very gentle in here. These animals are more than rare." Draco nodded as Spike opened the door, allowing the two of them to head on inside. A golden rabbit was seen smelling the flowers nearby as it saw Spike and Draco walking around the garden. It hid in the bushes as Spike noticed it and walked over to it. He signaled Draco not to do anything too brash as he kneeled down to the bush. "It's alright little dude. We're not here to hurt you."

The golden rabbit peeked out at Spike and Draco, noticing their kind faces. Spike then offered the rabbit his claw, giving a kind look as he did so. The rabbit accepted Spike's offer and allowed him to pull him out. Despite him not being in any danger, he enjoyed the dragons company. Draco then commented on the lackluster save. "You know it was just a garden bush, right?" The rabbit shrugged and hopped into Draco's arms, allowing him to hug it.

Spike then saw what looked like a toco toucan, signaling it to walk over. The toucan walked over to the two of them and Draco petted it's head as it bowed down to him. Spike picked a flower and showed it to Draco, who smiled upon the sight of it. Draco saw this garden as beauty and peace at it's finest, wanting to live here as a backup home. He looked around and saw a spider monkey, thinking of it as exceptionally cool. He then walked over to it as he saw it making it's web, letting it wave to him and he waved back. Just then, a light appeared behind Draco and he turned around, seeing Queen Celestia and setting the golden rabbit down to look at her, as she smiled humbly.

Celestia was seen walking with Spike and Draco through the castle, speaking of their time in the Canterlot garden. "Yes, the Canterlot garden is an amazing sight for all creatures to see. Well the good ones anyway. I can see why you'd want to show it to your brother Spike. Draco's very young and could still get an impression on life."

Draco saw what looked like a giant cake and licked his lips as he ran over to it. He hopped onto a chair and reached for it, only to be picked up by Spike. "He's also obsessed with food." Spike walked with Celestia again, holding Draco's claw, which embarrassed him. "I don't get it though. Golden rabbits, toco toucans, spider monkeys, these should all be given to the world."

"Yeah. You could make a fortune." Draco said, thinking about all the money he could make off of this. "Like, just selling one spider monkey could lead to a hundred thousand dollars. (Turns to the screen) Yeah, we use dollars here. It's not the flash show, so don't go off whining at the end."

Spike covered Draco's mouth and spoke sternly. "Draco, what did I tell you about being rude to our viewers?"

Draco moved Spike's claw and spoke with sarcasm. "Never do it because they're (Rolls his eyes) willing to check out this story, even if my reasons stated are why most users hate it."

Spike shrugged as Celestia led them to the outside, bidding them farewell. "You two should be getting home now. Twilight's probably worried about you, as well as your parents." Spike and Draco nodded as they waved goodbye to Celestia upon their departure, with Draco leaning close to Spike.

"She's a lot nicer than I thought." Draco whispered, and Spike nodded his head yes in agreement.

Spike and Draco were seen sitting on the couch as Draco looked at Spike. "Spike?" Spike looked at Draco, ready to listen to what he was about to say. "Don't you think it's a little weird that we were raised by ponies? Not that I have a problem with it or anything, but where are our dragon parents?"

Spike thought for a moment, unsure of how to answer the question. "That's...actually a good question. I never thought about it myself, so I can't answer it." Spike saw that Draco was conflicted on the ordeal, wondering how he got this thought. He put his claw on Draco's shoulder and gave him a smile. "Even then though, I know we'll find out about them someday. Who doesn't find out about their own parents?"

"Dominac Hunter from The Crown and The Flame."

"Yeah, that's true." Spike laughed as he hugged his brother, knowing they would be satisfied as their lives continued.

Draco was seen looking out his window at night time, still being conflicted on who his dragon parents could possibly be. Twilight walked into the room and saw Draco looking out the window, walking over to him with concern. "Everything okay Draco?"

Draco looked and saw Twilight, looking back out the window afterwards. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Twilight tried to think of something that Draco would like to talk about. "Queen Celestia told me that Spike brought you to the Canterlot garden today. You seemed to be having fun from what she said."

Draco smiled at the day he had with Spike, not losing his conflict, but still loving his brother. He then looked at Spike, who hopped out of his bed and walked over to him, hugging him with genuine affection and care. Draco wrapped his arms around Spike and Twilight looked at the clock. "You two should be getting ready for bed. Mom's making pancakes tomorrow."

Spike and Draco pulled each other away with smiles and dashed over to their beds, making Twilight giggle as she walked out of the room. She turned the light off and looked at her two brothers, glad to see them and their strong bond. Spike and Draco looked at each other and smiled at their powerful kinship, going to sleep afterwards. Spike was seen sleeping like a baby as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.

An instrumental version of the main theme played during the credits.

Draco was seen in the present in the present as he woke up to find his ruby glowing next to him. He became intrigued and slid down from his bed, making sure not to wake up his brother. He then opened a drawer and took out his journal, closing the drawer and climbing back up to his bed. When he opened the journal, he felt just as conflicted as he did when he was two. He then began to write in his journal about the ruby glowing again, hoping that he could somehow link it to his mother. He then remembered the nightmare he had in chapter/episode, wondering if the dragon in said nightmare was his mother.