Starfleet Magic: Season 1 (Rewrite)

One morning Applejack was picking trees off of the apple trees in her orchard. She stared at the many, many trees that made up the orchard. She sighed, "Nothing gets better than this." She continued going from tree to tree picking apples until she spotted something laying next to one of the trees.

"What this?" She picked it up. It looked like a spine, but it was white with red shading. Looking at the ground, she saw more of them. She followed them further into the orchard and gasped. There was a humongous hole in the middle of the orchard! Trees were uprooted and the ground was covered in spines.

"BUDDY!"

Soon the entire gang was at the sight. Sapphire examined the spine Applejack found. "Hmm.... I've seen this spine before. It's not good."

"How can something just burrow right through the orchard without us hearing it?" Buddy asked.

"Whispering Deaths again?" Rainbow suggested.

"No, this one wasn't made by a Whispering Death." Sapphire replied, walking over to the hole. "And how do you know?" Rainbow added.

"Whispering Deaths don't have white spines with red shading. But there's one dragon that does.... A Screaming Death."

"Not a Screaming Death!" Pinkie cried. "... What's a Screaming Death?" The friends sighed irritably. Sapphire took out her trusty Book of Dragons and showed the team a picture of the Screaming Death.

It is white in color, has large red eyes, a longer and a more massive body, and larger tail than an 'average' Whispering Death. It also has three rows of teeth, but they are aligned differently than those of the Whispering Death. They have rows of frilly spines that line the edges of its unsegmented underbelly.

"Galloping Galaxies!" Lightning cried.

"It looks just like a Whispering Death." Starla added.

"The Screaming Death is a rare offspring of the Whispering Death, only born every 100 years. They are extremely dangerous Boulder Class dragons. It's scream can disorientate and knock a dragon out of the air. When the Screaming Death is breathing fire, it releases excess fire from gaps in its frill (when any flammable gas is emitted in the inside of his mouth, a similar phenomenon can be observed as a small explosion occurs). At least a dozen fireballs can be launched in rapid succession. This is reminiscent of a gun with a muzzle.." Sapphire explained.

The team shivered at facts Sapphire said. "Please tell me this thing has a weakness like the Whispering Deaths." Rarity squeaked.

"Unfortunately, no. It goes after the sunlight instead of flying away. Me and Snowflake haven't encountered one before, but we have heard about it." Sapphire turned to the whole. "And judging by this, Sweet Apple Acres is in trouble." The team looked at each other with much worry.

The gang reported to the royal palace where they found out something very distributing. "More holes have been discovered!" Lightning cried.

Their majesties nodded regretfully. "Indeed, all morning, ponies have been reporting of large holes being dug throughout their homes. Buildings have collapsed and ponies have been hurt." Celestia reported. "All that was left was were white spines with red shading. We do not know what's causing this." Grand Ruler added.

"Unfortunately, Master, Sapphire does and it's not good." Lightning replied. Sapphire explained the Screaming Death to their majesties. And you can bet they were both horrified. "Are you certain about this?" Luna asked.

"Yes your majesties. The Screaming Death is making these holes." Sapphire replied. "The reason is still unknown." That's when the ground began to rumble and screams were heard from outside. The team looked out of the window and saw the Screaming Death in the flesh! It was blasting buildings with it's rapid fireballs, destroying them and injuring nearby civilians. "Umm.... I like him better in the book." Rainbow whimpered.

Sapphire whistled and Snowflake and Skystorm came to the window. She leaped out and landed on Snowflake's back. "Come on girls, we've got a Screaming Death to stop." The dragons roared and soared towards the village. "Well, we can't let them face that beast alone, let's go!" Lightning snapped.

"Yes sir!" the others replied.

"We will come as well." Celestia said.

With that, the team and their majesties flew out the window. The shields were raised and the civilians were out of the streets. The Screaming Death roared at the ponies and dragons. "Snowflake, Plasma Blast. Skystorm, Fire." Sapphire ordered and the team unleashed their attacks.

"STAR SHOWER!"

"DRILL QUILL!"

"PAINT BOMB!"

"LEAF SWARM!"

"BOOM-BOOM ROCKETS!"

"DRAGON FLARE!"

"UNIFORCE!"

Their majesties added their own magic to the attack. The attack slammed into the Screaming Death. "Did it work?" Spike asked.

The Screaming Death burst from the smoke cloud and unleashed it high-pitched roar at the gang. Snowflake and Skystorm roared in discomfort while the ponies and Spike covered their ears. The Screaming Death stopped and fired it's spines at the large gang. "Incoming!" Sapphire cried. Snowflake and Skystorm flew up while the other scattered.

"PULSAR LASER!" Starla called as she fired a powerful energy ray from her horn at the dragons. It hit it in the face but the dragon didn't seem phased at all! "Nothing!"

The Screaming Death roared and charged the ponies and dragons. "Scatter!" the team scattered and the Screaming Death fired upon the with its' fireball again. "Plasma Blast!" Sapphire ordered. Snowflake fired her plasma blasts at the fireballs, destroying them.

Starla and Buddy attacked the Screaming Death from the front...

"STARLIGHT ARROW!"

"VINE WHIP!"

Artie flew in with his "COLOR KICK!" the attacks made their mark but the Screaming Death just bounced the attacks off. "It's no use! Nothing we do work against this dragon!" Starla said.

The Screaming Death roared and burrowed underground. It burrowed away from the village and out of sight. "Agh! It got away!" Lightning grunted.

"Who cares at least it's gone for now." Sapphire exclaimed.

"Still, this dragon will be a real challenge. None of our attacks so much as scratch it!" Artie said.

"We have to come up with something to stand up to this thing." Grand Ruler said. "For now, let's clean up the damage." The team agreed and they go to work repairing the village.

Next morning, their majesties were flying back to New Canterlot after raising the sun. There haven't been any signs of the Screaming Death since yesterday afternoon which was a relief. In the meantime, Professor Brain and the lab boys have been working on upgrades to the teams suits and armor, hoping to make some progress on defeating the Screaming Death.

Bur for now they looked down below in the village and saw Sapphire playing with her dragons. "Darling, do you think we should get a dragon of our own?" Celestia asked.

Celesto smiled at his wife. "Not now darling, even though they are formidable creatures, I don't think we'll be needing one. Besides our royal duties won't allow us to care for the dragons." Just then, the two of them hear a screech and a roar. "What was that?" Celesto said.

The two of them landed in a section of the forest and hear the sounds closer. "There!" Celestia pointed to a clearing where two dragons were spotted. One was a blue-hued green base color with darker splotches over its body and wings. it has a yellow nasal horn and blue leaf-like spines on its necks and back. Name: Zippleback.

The other dragon was red with orange on the ends of its wings and a cream underbelly. It had side horns protruding from head, antennae with leaf-like lobes, an under-bite and a nasal horn. Name: Changewing.

The Zippleback had a painful expression of it face. Their majesties saw it's wing was red and swollen. "It's hurt, darling." Celestia said. The Changewing screeched as it came closer to the Zippleback. "And it's about to be dinner, let's go, honey."

Celestia nodded and the two leaped from the brush and fired their magic at the Changewing. The dragon screeched at the two ponies. "Leave that Zippleback alone!" Celestia yelled. The Changewing screeched and flew away, leaving the Zippleback alone. The Zippleback looked at their majesties. They slowly approached the injured dragon, who screeched in fear. "Easy, boy, we won't hurt you. We just want to help you." Celestia cooed. The Zippleback calmed down and let their majesties get a closer look at it's injured wing. "Hmm.. it doesn't look to severe. A little magic should help him." Celesto stated. He lit his horn and the injured area glowed as well and the red and swollen area disappeared.

He stopped his magic and the Zippleback moved his wing up and down. No pain. The Zippleback jumped to his feet roaring happily. Their majesties laughed. "That's great, you're feeling better. Now let's get home, darling." Celestia stated. Her husband nodded and they both flew into the sky. "Bye Zippleback." Celestia called. The pair flew away hand-in-hand.

The Zippleback watched as they flew back to New Canterlot.

Hours later, their majesties had finished their morning yoga. It helped them stretched out and relax for a long day of royal duties. They opened the door... only to be greeted by a mountain of fish. They poked their heads out of the pile, "What the-? Who put this here?!" Celesto cried in anger.

No response.

Their majesties groaned in annoyance. Luna came along and saw the fish. "Hello sister and brother-in-law, oooh Salmon!" she said and she grabbed one of the fish and began eating the salmon. "Really sister? You're eating the evidence?" Celestia questioned.

"What?! There's plenty of it." Luna replied, licking her lips. Their majesties rolled their eyes and sighed. Next, after taking several showers to get the fish smell off of them, they went out for their morning flight. "Wonder who left us all that fish?" Celestia asked.

Celesto sighed, "I don't know, but whoever it was is not going to get away with that." Just then, something flew by the two of them. "Huh? What was that?" Celestia asked. The two swiftly turned around, but saw nothing. "... Hmm must have been nothing."

Turning back around, they were greeted by a hard nudge. "WOAH!" The two fell out of the sky and crashed into the bushes. "Uggghh... what was that?" Celesto groaned while holding his head.

He got his answer when a Zippleback landed in front of them. The same one they rescued yesterday! And it was carrying fish in it's mouth? "You again?" they said in unison. The Zippleback dropped fish into their majesties laps. "Wait... it was you who left us all that fish?" Celesto asked. The Zippleback nodded and rubbed against their majesties. "Well, uh, thanks for the fish." The two climbed out of the bush. "We should really be getting home, darling." Celestia said. Her husband agreed and they flew off towards the palace, but the Zippleback followed them into the air. "What?" they flew into the trees to lose them but the two-headed dragon flew beside them. "What is wrong with this dragon?" Celesto cried.

"What now?" Celestia asked.

"Maybe Sapphire knows what's going on?" The two of them flew into New Ponyville and found Sapphire and the team.

"What is that thing following their majesties?" Pinkie asked, pointing at the sky. The team looked up and saw a bigger version of Smoke and Fire following their majesties. "Your majesties?" Lightning said as they landed. "What are you doing here?"

"We're here cause we've got a dragon problem." Celestia replied. The Zippleback landed near their majesties and licked them. "See? We were hoping Sapphire could tell us what's going on with this dragon we rescued."

The ponies and Mykan looked at the Zippleback. "... Why is that one larger than a normal Zippleback?" Mykan asked.

"Because what their majesties found is a Titan Wing Zippleback."

"Titan Wing?!" Everybody exclaimed.

"What's the difference?" Rainbow asked.

"Titan Wings are larger than their normal counterparts. And they are really rare. I'm surprised their majesties found one so easily." Sapphire replied.

"Found and rescued it from a Changewing. And now it won't leave us alone!" Celesto exclaimed. The Zippleback rubbed against their majesties. "Ahh, I see what's going on."

"What?" Lightning questioned.

"It's a life debt. Since their majesties saved the Titan Wing Zippleback. The dragon will now serve them until the debt is repaid or for the rest of their lives, which ever comes first." Sapphire explained. Their majesties froze. "You mean we could be stuck with this dragon forever?!" Celestia asked.

"Yep." Their majesties eyes twitched and the two promptly fainted on the ground. "Your majesties! Master!"

After the two woke up, minutes later, the gang went to Lightning and Starla's place. Their majesties were pacing back and forth with concern. "W-we can't have a dragon with us, we're royalty. We don't need dragons!" Celesto stated.

"Not true!" Sapphire cried. "I'm royalty and I have three dragons." Their majesties sharply turned and stared at Sapphire. "Not helping." they grumbled. Sapphire shrugged her shoulders. "Master, it's not that bad." Lightning reassured.

"Yeah, having a Zippleback will be good for you." Sapphire added. Their majesties looked at Sapphire. "How?" they asked in unison.

"Well, Zippleback and known to be fiercely loyal to their trainers. Also, they are strong and have great endurance, agile and fast in battle. So you have another way of battling, in case you both can't use your magic."

"And you can have the dragon guard you children if- scratch that- when they wander around the palace. Two pairs of watchful eyes are better than one." Fluttershy added. Their majesties thought of all the points Sapphire and Fluttershy said. "Well... having another way to fight and protect would be helpful." Celestia said. Sapphire's eyes started to light up. "And a dragon would be a resource for battle if our magic doesn't work." Celesto added.

"So does this mean?" Sapphire asked. Their majesties nodded, to her and the teams' delight. "We'll keep the Titan Wing Zippleback."

Sapphire cheered and flew around the room in happiness. The ponies chuckled, seeing her so happy.

Their majesties and the team exited the house and were greeted by Smoke and Fire and the Titan Wing Zippleback. The Titan Wing licked their majesties on the cheek. "Okay, okay. You'll be staying with us, big fella." Celesto informed.

"So what are you going to call it?" Buddy asked. Their majesties opened their mouths to answer, but they couldn't come up with anything. "Huh?... we don't know." Celestia replied. Sapphire thought for a moment while looking at the Titan Wing. "How about Dusk and Dawn?"

"Dusk and Dawn?" Lightning asked.

"Yeah. Their majesties ruled from dusk to dawn to I figured their dragon would have the same names." Everybody thought about this. "Actually, that's not bad." Celesto said. Celestia nodded.

"Well, Dusk and Dawn. Welcome to your new home." Celestia said. The Zippleback smiled and roared happily.

After leaving New Ponyville, their majesties actually rode their new dragon to the palace. They rode on the necks of the dragon. Celestia rode on Dawn, on the left and her husband rode Dusk, on the right. You can bet the New Canterlot villagers were surprised to see their majesties on the dragons. They couldn't believe it.

They landed on the tallest terrace in the palace. Princess Luna came to greet them. "Morning sister and bro-" when she spotted the Zippleback, she froze. "... Um, sister brother-in-law, what is that?"

"Luna, meet Dawn and Dusk, our new dragon." Celesto replied. Luna blinked at them. "Huh?"

Celestia and Celesto giggled and explained what happened. Luna couldn't believe her siblings tamed a Zippleback or agreed to keep him. "So what are you doing to do with him?" she asked.

"Well, now we can have him look after the children." Celestia replied. No sooner have she said that, a white shiny ball bounced into the room followed by Prince Castor, a white alicorn with a brown mane and his twin sister, Princess Leliani, also a white alicorn with a pink mane and tail. They were their majesties children.

"Give me that ball!" Lelani thundered.

Castor giggled. "Come and get it then." the ball rolled over to Dawn and Dusk. Dawn picked up the ball and gave it to Grand Ruler. When the children noticed the dragon they were mesmerized. "Wow... Mommy, Daddy, who is this?" Castor asked.

"Castor, Leilani, meet your new babysitter, Dawn and Dusk." Celestia said with a smirk.

"Babysitter?" Leliani questioned. Grand Ruler nodded. "He'll be watching over you two while Luna is sleeping and while your mother and I are performing our royal duties." Normally, any children would feel annoyed to have a babysitter, but Castor and Leliani actually didn't mind having a babysitter. After all, how many ponies can say they had a two-headed dragon for a babysitter?

For the rest of the day, Dawn and Dusk played with Castor and Leliani. They tossed the ball in the royal garden and had the children chase the ball. After that, Dawn and Dusk had the two children ride them. And by ride, Dawn and Dusk just walked around the palace. Their majesties didn't want their children to get hurt while flying unauthorized on their dragon.

Anyway, their majesties liked having Dusk and Dawn around. Even Luna got used to having the dragon around.

Now, their majesties were in New Ponyville, on one of their unannounced visits to have a break.

At the palace, the children were having their nap while Dusk and Dawn were out flying near the palace. Sudden;y, he saw the ground breaking up and the Screaming Death burst from the ground, roaring. The alarms were sounded.

Their majesties dashed outside and saw the Screaming Death near the palace. "Oh no!" Celestia cried. The royal knight and sentries came forth and the Screaming Death fired it fireballs at them. The knights and sentries dodged but the fireballs hit the palace!

BOOM! The side exploded and the area was engulfed in flames. Dusk and Dawn flew out of range of the flames, but their majesties were horrified. The flames were right on top of their children's bedroom! "The children!" the two of them zoomed towards the palace.

Princess Luna, having heard the loud 'BOOM!' rushed to make sure the children were okay. That's when another explosion happened and large chunk of rock from the ceiling fell and crashed in front of the children's bedroom with flames surrounding it. "Oh dear." Luna whimpered. Now she couldn't get to the children!

In the children's bedroom, Castor woke up, smelling something strange. He woke up, "Leliani, what's that smell?" his sister woke up too and looked to the side. "AHHHH! Fire!" she cried. The two children leaped out of bed and rushed towards the door. Castor pushed on the door, but it didn't budge. "It's locked!" he cried. Leliani and Castor were so terrified that they started shedding tears. The children went to a corner of their bedroom and hugged each other, crying for help, hoping that someone would hear them.

Dusk and Dawn could hear the children's screams for help. They knew they could no longer hover by and do nothing. The two of them dove towards the entrance to the palace and burst through the door. Knowing the way to the bedroom, they flew through the fire and made it to the children's bedroom door. The fire and large rock were blocking them, but they were fire resistant. They blasted upon the rock, shattering it and rammed the door opened and saw the children in the corner of their bedroom. "Dusk, Dawn!" the children cried in relief.

The dragons rushed over to the children and extended it's heads to the children. They hopped on and the dragon flew out of the way it came.

Outside, their majesties arrived and saw other Starfleet officers had blocked off ponies who wanted to help. "Your majesties!" Lightning cried. "Lightning, have you seen our children. They're trapped inside!" Celestia asked. The team gasped in horror. Princess Luna appeared in puff of dark smoke. "Sister! Brother-in-law!"

"Luna, where are the children?" Grand Ruler asked.

"A large rock fell from the ceiling and blocked the door. I couldn't get through the fire to get them." Celestia and Celesto were fearing the worst for their children.

Pinkie then pointed downwards. "Hey look." Everybody looked and saw Dusk and Dawn with the children on his back. "Castor! Leliani!" Their majesties cried. They rushed towards their dragon as he flew towards them. Their majesties grabbed their children and hugged them tightly. The children cried into their shoulders. "Mommy! Daddy!" they cried.

"It's okay children. It's okay." Celestia cooed.

"Bless the stars, you both are alright." Celesto added.

Castor sniffed. "Dawn and Dusk saved us." The dragon nuzzled the children on their backs to comfort them. "Dusk, Dawn, thank you. You saved them." Celestia replied. The dragons smiled at the two of them. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie shed tears at the reunion.

The storm passed a few hours later, the fires died out and the sections where the lightning struck were repaired.

Dusk and Dawn were awarded metals of bravery for saving the royal twins lives. "We are very proud of you both." The dragon roared happily and licked their majesties, knocking them to the ground. "Dusk, Dawn, not our royal attire!" they playfully cried. The crowd laughed. Sapphire, Lightning and the team were happy for their majesties. They finally found a dragon that will protect them forever.