Reborn as a dragon

"Wake up!" Somepony yelled as I felt water wash over me, then I opened my eyes to see my limbs were chained, and my mouth was muzzled.

I looked up to see Gold Rush holding a bucket with his magic, I could tell we weren't in the same dungeon he had, then I heard him sigh.

"Years of planning ruined, the master won't like this." He said shaking his head, then looked at me.

"Your probably confused about where you are and what I'm talking about, well since the plan is ruined and I'm bored, I guess I'll tell you." He said dropping the bucket then sat down on a nearby chair.

"You see, this was a plan years in the making, I was to capture ponies of significance and in high places, I realized that after infecting them with dark magic they lost their free will and could be controlled, then after coming up with a convincing story for them to tell to cover up our plan, then when we had the chance we would infect the princess with the virus that removes their free will, then after systematically taking over the rest of the kingdom we would do the same to the rest of the world." He explained with a bored tone.

"But now that's no longer an option so we'll go with plan B, you'll never know what that plan is until it's too late." He said before getting back up, and yawning.

He looked out of the cell to maybe a clock then muttered to himself about sleep before leaving. Immediately after he left I tried getting out of these chains but it proved to be useless.

I tried making a puppet, but my magic wouldn't work nor could I send any commands to my army, I was on my own.

I yanked and pulled on the chains again, and again but again it failed.

'How am I gonna get out of this.' I thought, while looking around to see if there was anything I could use.

I saw an iron nail in a dark corner of the cell, then used my tail to bring it over.

I used my front left leg to pick it up then held it as I started trying to break the lock on my right front leg.

After several attempts it suddenly unlocked making me grin, before ripping the muzzle off my face.

I opened, and closed my mouth a few times, before blasting the other chains holding me then I felt my powers return to me.

Then after ramming through the bars I looked around to see if Applejack or the wolf was near, but I only heard soft whimpering nearby.

I walked over to see the wolf tied up, and muzzled, then after uniting her she started licking my face. "Ok, ok it's good to see you too, but we have to find Applejack, can you pick up her scent?" I asked her.

She lifted her head before sniffing, then barked before getting up. "Good girl, you got her, but be careful I don't know where we are." I told her as I looked around to see all the other cells around me were empty, but there were still many more.

"This might take awhile." I said to myself.

I followed the wolf around for what felt like hours, but it seemed they had maybe prepared for this, because as we walked I noticed drag marks so they dragged her around before finally locking her up, so I couldn't just trust her nose.

I started getting frustrated, then I stomped my feet before yelling, then fired a lighting bolt in a random direction.

I breathed heavily after that, and I felt my dark magic reacting to my emotions because it felt like it was going to go wild, but I took a few deep breaths and it settled.

When I looked over at her I saw her on her belly whimpering as she looked up at me, making me regret my temper tantrum. I walked over to her then pet her head calming her down.

I then looked over at where I shot my lighting, to see there was something in a cloud of dust, then as it settled there was a door. I walked up to it then I opened it to see a stairwell going up.

"Come one let's get going." I told her as I started walking up the stairs. After reaching the door I peeked through the keyhole to see what was on the other side.

I couldn't see much, but I could tell the room was empty so I slowly opened it to see it was some kind of study, but I didn't really pay attention to the details.

The wolf walked up to another door then scratched at it before looking at me. I nodded knowing what she was telling me, so I walked up to the door then opened it.

It seemed to lead to the main entrance of this place at least we weren't underground so maybe I could tell where we are by the position of the stars, living on the farm I didn't really have much to do after work, so most nights I looked up at the night sky which got stuck in my head.

I looked up at the moon to see it was mostly likely midnight, then I looked where the constellations where.

"Ummm, looks like we're only a few miles from Ponyville." I said to myself, then got an idea. "Wolf go to Ponyville, find Twilight and try to get her to send a letter to the princess." I said then she ran off towards Ponyville.

I walked back inside the house, I had to find Applejack even if it's on my own, but to quicken the process I made 5 armorless puppets. We all went into separate rooms after they appeared, and I could hear the sounds of fighting, it seemed I was lucky but I felt like I had a long way to go before I found her.