My Unexpected Parents

by ShowShine

Rating: everyone
Tags: Adventure, Smolder, Twilight Sparkle, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Spike, Other
Length: 4723

When Smolder tells Spike about dragon culture, he goes to find his parents

When Smolder shares dragon culture with Spike, he goes on a journey to find his family

Published 2019-10-15 15:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2020-05-31 00:43:29 UTC

Researching

Spike and Smolder sat on the roof of the castle, staring up at the sky. The sun was starting to set and they both watched the beautiful sunset.

“And Garble just started screaming!” Smolder said while throwing her hands up into the air, ending her story. Spike let out a loud laugh, clutching onto his sides. He wiped a tear away from his eye.

“I would’ve never guessed that Garble was afraid of butterflies.” Spike said in between laughter. Smolder leaned back and looked at the sky.

“For a tough dragon, it was a surprise to hear him scream like a little girl when a tiny butterfly landed on his nose.” Smolder stated.

“What’s it like living in the Dragonlands? I know it’s different from Equestria but how different?” Spike asked. Smolder thought for a moment.

“Well for starters the air isn’t as clean. It’s crisper and everything smells like smoke. There are no soft beds or pillows, just hard rock, lava, and fire to keep us warm.” Smolder listed off. She looked at a Spike who staring back at her. At the moment, she realized something.

“Your egg was found by ponies right?” She asked. Spike nodded his head.

“It’s a miracle that you survived, dragon eggs can’t last outside of the Dragonlands for more than a day. It’s too cold for a dragon egg if it doesn’t have lava. And it’s a far trip from The Dragonlands to Equestria.” Smolder stated. Spike tilted his head. That never occurred to him. According to Princess Celestia, his egg was found in a field by some guards. Spike snapped out of his daze when Smolder waved her hand in front of his face.

“Hello? You okay?” Smolder asked. Spike nodded his head.

“Yeah yeah I’m fine, I’m just gonna go take a nap. I’m pretty tired.” Spike said, stretching. Smolder nodded her head and got up.

“Well, I’ll see you later. Bye Spike.” Smolder said with a wave as she jumped off of the roof of the castle. She flew away and Spike thought out loud.

“How did I get to Equestria?” Spike asked himself as he flew off of the roof. He flew into a nearby window that led into a hallway in the castle. He walked down the hallway, lost in his thoughts. How did he get to Equestria? Who were his parents? Who left him in a field? How did he survive? His thoughts were cut off when he let out a yawn.

“I’m so tired,” Spike said, rubbing his eyes. He had stayed up late with Twilight to help her clean the castle for the fifth time the week. It was all exhausting. Spike entered his room and laid face first on his bed. He soon forgot about all of his worries and drifted off to sleep.

Everything was dark. Spike was curled up into a ball. He was in a tight space and his eyes were closed tightly. He felt cozy and safe.

“Hello my precious baby.” A female voice said. That voice. It made him feel happy in a way. He leaned towards the voice, only to tip over. The voice let out a gasp and quickly pick him up.

“You can’t do that, you’ll crack!” She exclaimed. She held him closely, starting to rock him back and forth. She spoke to him in a soft tone. She hummed to him as she continued to cradle his body.

“It looks like you’ll hatch any day now. Your father is going to be so happy.” She said happily. She kissed the top of the egg. Spike felt warmth wash over him. He felt so happy and peaceful.

“I love you my baby.”

Spike awoke in a fetal position with a smile on his face. He was spooning a pillow and he could feel the warmth drifting away from him. He sat up and looked out the window to see that it was still dark outside. He looked at the clock on the wall to see it was 2:36 in the morning. Spike curled back into a ball and closed his eyes, trying to drift back off to sleep. He tossed and turned, his mind sticking to the dream.

“Ugh, I’ll just get some water.” Spike said as he flung himself on to the floor. He stood up from the floor and walked out of his room. His mind raced with thoughts. He usually had odd dreams but this was even weirder. It felt more like a memory than a dream. He had dreamt about things that already happened but nothing like this. He looked around, realizing that he entered the library.

“I must’ve made a wrong turn.” Spike stated. He looked around the library and saw all of the books surrounding him.

“The library has to have some books on dreams and dragon eggs.” He said to himself when he walked towards a shelf. It wasn’t that hard to find any books since he knew how Twilights system works. Everything was sorted alphabetically and numerically. He pulled out a book on dragons and sat down on to the floor.

A little light reading never hurt anyone.

Twilight walked down the hallway, letting out a yawn. Her mane was messy and she wore a large black t-shirt that she had gotten from a DJPon3 concert. The sun shines from the windows, lighting up the castle beautifully.

“What a beautiful morning,” Twilight stated. Her ears perked up when she heard noise from the library. It must have been Starlight late night reading again and losing track of time. Twilight entered the library to see Spike laying on the floor, surrounded by books and scrolls. He let out a groan and tossed a book across the room.

“What are you doing?” Twilight asked, making Spike look up.

“I’m reading about dragon culture,” Spike said as he stood up and stretched. “Smolder told me that a dragon egg can die if it’s too far from The Dragonlands so I got curious and started to look stuff up about dragon eggs.” He rambled. He tended to ramble on when he was tired. “And then I had a weird dream so I sent a letter to Princess Luna but she couldn’t find anything on it so I also started reading about dreams and what they mean.” He finished.

“What have you found so far?” Twilight asked. Spike picked up a scroll that contained notes that he had taken.

“I found out that dragon eggs can’t withstand wind pressure or they’ll crack. I also found some things about siren eggs but that’s not important. Other than that, nothing.” Spike said, tossing the paper into the air. “Now I sorta wanna meet my parents, just so I can get answers.” He admitted.

“You can go to look for them if you want. Princess Celestia can take you to where those guards found your egg. You can start from there.” Twilight said with a smile. Spike stood up and hugged Twilight tightly.

“Thank you so much, I’ll pack my things right now.” Spike thanked. He let out a loud yawn.

“After a take a nap.”

A Journey

Spike stood in his room, putting things into a backpack. He placed things like food, water, a flashlight, a camera, a first aid kit, blankets, scrolls, a bottle of ink, and quills into his bag. He could hear faint whispering from outside of his room door but decided to ignore it.

“Are you sure he should by himself?” Rarity asked.

“Last time he would’ve gotten pummeled to the ground if we didn’t follow him.” Rainbow Dash added.

“I trust him to go by himself, he needs this. Besides, I told him to write to me every day so I know how he’s doing.” Twilight explained.

“Do you at least know when he’s coming back?” Rarity asked. Twilight shook her head.

“He said he’ll come back when he finds something on his past.” She stated.

“But that could take forever!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

“Well if Spikes happy, I’m happy for him.” Twilight stated. Rarity and Rainbow Dash looked at each other in concern. Before the could argue back, Spike walked out of his room.

“I’m ready to go,” Spike said with a grin. Twilight smiled and hugged him.

“Make sure to stay safe and don’t get into any trouble.” Twilight stated. Spike chuckled and playfully rolled his eyes.

“I know Twilight.” Spike said playfully.

“Your carriage arrived a few minutes ago, they’ll take you straight to the castle so you can go to the field with Princess Celestia.” Twilight explained. Spike nodded his head and hugged Twilight again.

“Be careful,” Twilight advised. Spike nodded his head. He turned around and flew down the hallway. Rarity and Rainbow Dash exchanged worried glances.

“I hope he’ll be okay.” Rarity said in a worrisome tone. Twilight let out a sigh.

“I do too.”

Spike entered the throne room to see Princess Celestia, greeting him with a warm smile.

“Hello Spike.” Celestia greeted. Spike waved to her as he approached her.

“I see that you are seeking where you came from.” Celestia stated. Spike nodded his head. She levitated a folder a pulled out a few pieces of paper.

“This is all the information I could get for you.” Princess Celestia said as she handed him the papers. Spike looked through the papers to see what he could find. There were a few pictures of his egg, a picture of where his egg was found, and notes on how his egg was doing before it hatched. He placed the papers into the folder and placed it in his bag.

“I’ll show you where the guards found you, follow me,” Celestia said, walking out of the room. Spike walked after her, following close behind. Questions bounced around his head. Where did he come from? Who were his parents? Did they abandon him? Before Spike realized it, he and Princess Celestia were in the Royal Garden.

“It will take us a while to get there so I advise you to sit on my back so you won’t be tired for your journey.” Princes Celestia stated. Spike nodded his head and flew up to her back, sitting down.

“Why don’t we just take a carriage?” Spike asked.

“It will be more efficient to walk because there are many small creatures in the field, we wouldn’t want to frighten them from there homes.” Princess Celestia explained. Spike nodded his head in understanding. He was ready for this journey.

Princess Celestia landed in a large field. The grass was high and green and butterflies flew around. Spike hopped off of the Princesses back and landed onto the grass. It was very soft. He looked up to see that the field led into a forest. The forest looked pretty and very safe.

“Be careful out there, I don’t know what lies ahead of you.” Princess Celestia warned. Spike nodded his head and walked towards the entrance of the forest. He inhaled and took a step in. He turned around to look at the Princess and waved goodbye.

“Okay, I can do this.” Spike muttered to himself as he entered the forest. He walked deeper and deeper into the forest and everything started to get darker. He turned around to see that he couldn’t even see the entrance of the forest anymore. He heard a stick snap, making him whip around in fear. A tiny rabbit stood behind him, staring at him curiously.

“Oh, you scared me.” Spike said with a smile. The rabbit stared at him before opening its mouth, revealing dozen of sharp teeth. Its eyes turned red and it charged at Spike. Spike let out a scream and instinctively kicked out his leg, kicking the rabbit high into the air. The rabbit let out a squeal as it was kicked into a tree.

“What was that?!” Spike asked in disbelief. He had never seen anything like that before. Now he was on edge. Every noise made him jump and look around.

“Deep breaths, everything is gonna be perfectly fine.” Spike tried to reassure himself. His ears perked up when he heard faint talking from a nearby cave. His heart jumped.

“Could those be my parents?” Spike asked himself. He started to walk towards the cave and could see a faint light from inside. He peaked his head into the cave to see two large dragons. The male was red with blue scales and the female was orange with white scales.

“H-hello.” Spike stuttered out. Both dragons looked at him with snarls on there faces.

“Where did you come from child?” The red dragon asked in a booming voice. Spike swallowed nervously.

“Ponyville.” Spike stated. Both dragons looked at him before bursting out into laughter. Spikes scales fell flat against his head and his face turned red from embarrassment.

“A dragon living with ponies?! That is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!” The female dragon said between laughter.

“What are you doing out in the middle of the forest?” The male asked. Spike rummaged through his bag and pulled out his papers.

“I’m looking for my parents. Do you know any dragons that lost a purple egg thirteen years ago?” Spike asked. The male took the picture of the egg out of his hand and looked at his. His smile turned into a scowl and he crumpled up the picture.

“Hey, I need that!” Spike said as he picked up the picture and straightened it out. He placed it back in his bag and looked up to see the red dragon towering over him, his eyes filled with anger.

“You’re Crystal’s and Ashrod’s kid!” He shouted angrily. Spike smiled.

“Are those my parent's names?!” Spike asked excitedly. Both dragons scowled and the female picked him up, squeezing him tightly.

“I thought we got rid of you a long time ago you freak!” The female walked out of the cave, the male following close behind.

“I’ll get rid of you again and I’ll make sure you won’t come back!” She shouted, flying up into the air. She made complicated twists and turns, taking him away from the forest and even farther from Canterlot. Spike tried to wiggle out of her grasp, letting out a small flame with the little air he had left in his lungs. Spike looked down to see that he was a hundred feet off of the ground.

“Freak.” The dragon said as she dropped Spike from the sky. Spike fell, the wind pressure too strong much to open his wings. He watched as the dragon flew off. What did he do wrong? Spike closed his eyes, knowing that this was the end for him.

Greetings

“You’re getting so big, you’ll hatch in a few days!” The voice said excitedly. Spike felt happy because the voice was happy. He could feel the figure rocking him back and forth, kissing the top of the egg.

“You’ll grow up to be the strongest dragon out there.” She said happily, hugging the egg tightly, but not too tight. Suddenly, there was a loud bang and shouting.

“Get out of here cross breeder!” A different female voice shouted. Spike could feel himself get snatched away from his figure.

“Give me back my baby!” The familiar voice shouted. Spike suddenly felt scared and cold, being taken away from his mother. He could feel everything shaking.

“Goodbye, you freak of nature.” The unfamiliar voice said. Spike could feel himself falling to the ground at a rapid speed. He hit the ground with a loud thud and rolled across the ground. Spike was scared and alone. All Spike could do is stay in his small space and wait.

Spike jolted awake, immediately feeling an aching pain on his back. He looked back to see that his left wing was bandaged up. He looked around to see he was in a bedroom. It had baby blue walls and was very empty. The only thing that was inside was a small night table and the bed he was laying on.

“Where am I?” Spike asked himself. He looked around to see that he was in someone’s house. He could hear faint singing from a different room. He hopped off the bed and grabbed his backpack that was leaning against a wall. He placed it on his back and walked towards the door. He opened to see a hallway with yellow walls. Framed pictures were all over the walls.

He continued to walk down the hallway, following the singing. Soon he entered a kitchen. A peaked inside to see a siren floating in front of an oven. She was purple with white scales and a white underbelly. She sang to herself as she stirred something in a pot.

“Um, hello?” Spike greeted awkwardly. The siren turned around and gave him a warm smile.

“Hello.” She responded. Spikes' heart jumped. That voice. It was the voice he had been hearing in his dreams. He shook his head and got closer to the siren.

“You took a nasty fall outside and sprained your wing. You fell right into my garden. The fall broke your wing too.” She stated. Spike grimaced. He knew how hard gardens were to maintain.

“Sorry about that, some mean dragon picked me up and called me a freak before dropping me somewhere,” Spike explained. The siren let out a gasp.

“Now why would anyone do that to a cutie pie like you?” She asked. He shrugged his shoulder and reached into his bag. He pulled out his information on his egg and how he was found.

“I asked them about my parents and when I showed them this they called me a freak and tried to kill me. All I know is that my parent's names are Crystal and Ashrod.” Spike said while showing her a paper. The siren gasped when she saw the picture of the egg and she started to tear up.

“That’s my egg, I’m Crystal.” She said. Spike let out a gasp.

“But that doesn’t make sense, I’m a dragon and you’re a siren,” Spike stated. Crystal shook her head.

“You’re only half-dragon, you’re father is a dragon.” Crystal explained. Spike slowly nodded his head, processing this new information. It all made so much sense now. He had read about siren eggs being able to withstand falling from large heights and could handle high wind frequency. That’s why his egg didn’t shatter after falling. Spike jumped into his mother’s arms, hugging her tightly.

“I’ve been looking for you for so long,” Spike said, nuzzling into her arm. Tears dripped down Crystal's cheeks as she hugged him even tighter. Crystal pulled away from the hug and rubbed her hooves on Spike’s cheeks.

“You have your father's eyes.” Crystal stated with a smile. Spike grinned uncontrollably, tears on his cheeks. His grin faded as he remembered Sludge and how he pretended to be his dad for food.

“How do I know that you’re my real mom?” Spike asked moving away from the hug. Crystal thought for a moment before quickly leaving the room. She came back holding a photo album.

“I took pictures of your eggs every day since the day I laid you!” Crystal said, flipping to the back of the book. Spike looked at the pictures. There were multiple pictures of Spikes egg. In one of them, Crystal was kissing the top of the egg.

“I was so excited to raise you but then these two took you away.” Crystal said, pointing to the pictures of the two dragons who had attacked him. Spike gasped.

“Those are the dragons that called me a freak! They said that they thought they had gotten rid of me.” Spike said. Crystal snarled.

“The red one is Slash and the orange one is Scar. They believed that I and your father were freaks because we were together. They tried to kill us so many times. Then I laid you. They despised us for not only having a child before them but also being an interspecies couple.” Crystal started to explain. Spike sat next to his mother, listening intently to the story.

“They took your egg and I couldn’t find you. I thought for sure that you were dead. Me and your father looked for you everywhere but we couldn’t find you. When we gave up, we left the Dragonlands and made a home in a field miles away from any town.” Crystal finished, tears welling up in her eyes again.

“It’s okay mom, we’re together now.” Spike said with a smile. Crystal smiled and hugged Spike again.

“When your father gets home we can do something as a family.” She stated. Spike smiled and hugged his mother tighter.

“I just realized, I don’t know my own son's name.” Crystal realized. Spike chuckled.

“Hi mom, I’m Spike.”

A pale blue dragon with green scales entered the house looking around.

“Honey I’m home!” He shouted in a deep raspy voice. He could hear faint giggling from the other room, which made him rather curious. There were two voices giggling which was very odd since they never got visitors. Ashrod walked down the hallway, following the voices. He entered his shared bedroom to see his wife and a child in a pillow fort.

“Hello Crystal.” Ashrod greeted. Crystal turned around with a wide grin on her face and flew into her husband's arms.

“Hotrod, you’ll never guess who I found!” Crystal shouted excitedly. Ashrod lifted an eyebrow and looked at Spike.

“A child?” He asked. Crystal nodded her head happily.

“Our child! This is the egg that we lost years ago!” Crystal exclaimed, gesturing to Spike. Ashford's eyes widened.

“Son?” He asked in disbelief. Spike ran up to Ashrod and hugged him.

“Hi dad,” Spike said happily. Ashrod teared up and hugged his son tightly.

Finally, their family was complete.

Family Tree

Spike on a couch, kicking his legs off of the edge. He was alone in the living room, waiting for his parents. They had told him to stay in the living room as they got some things. Spike had no idea what those 'things' were so he was rather curious about what they were planning.

Crystal floated into the room, carrying a projector into the room. Ashrod followed her, pushing a movie projector sheet. It was on a long metal pole with wheels at the bottom. Now Spike was very curious to see what was going on. Crystal placed the projector on the wooden table in front of Spike.

"We're going to be showing you your family tree!" Crystal said excitedly. Ashrod sat down next to Spike, putting his hands in his lap. Crystal closed all of the curtains and turned off the lights in the living room. Once she was finished, she sat down on the other side of Spike. She leaned forward and clicked on the projector. A picture of two dragons popped up on the screen. One was yellow with pink scales and the other was teal with green scales. Both of them looked rather annoyed that their picture was being taken

"That's your grandmother Zircon and your grandfather Brimstone. They've been married for eight hundred years and still going strong." Ashrod explained. Spike gaped in awe. It amazed him that dragons could stay together for that long and not get sick of each other. Crystal pressed the button on the projector, changing to the next picture. In the picture, Ashrod was grinning happily. His arm was wrapped around a fat green dragon with purple scales. He had a sleazy grin on his face. Spike recognized the second dragon instantly.

"Is that Sludge?" Spike asked, His parents gave him a look of surprise.

"That's your uncle Sludge. You know him?" Ashrod asked. Spike nodded his head.

"A few months ago he pretended to be my dad to get free stuff from me." Spike explained. Ashrod let out a groan and rubbed his temples.

"Sludge has always been a con artist. He lies to people all the time to get stuff out of them. He's just..." Ashrod trailed off and let out a groan. "Just go to the next picture." He said. Crystal changed the picture, not wanting Ashrod to be annoyed.

A picture of a grey siren with light green scales showed up on the screen. He was laying on a rock, posing dramatically. His tail was draped over the side of the rock and the back of his hoof pressed up against his forehead.

"This is my father, Nocturne. He's directs plays Hailberg." Crystal said with a smile. That caught Spike's interest.

"That sound's so cool, I've never been able to direct a play," Spike said in awe. Crystal and Ashrod looked at each other.

"How about we go visit your grandfather and he can help you direct a play?" Crystal suggested. Spike's face lit up.

"I would love to do that!" Spike exclaimed. He got to go to Hailsburg and meet more of his family. His face quickly dropped. That meant he would have to be away from Twilight for an extended amount of time. She wouldn't have help around the castle.

"Wait, I can't go. I have to go back to Twilight." He said in a mildly disappointed tone.

"Who's Twilight?" Crystal asked.

"She's my older sister. I got adopted by ponies when I was a baby." He explained. Crystal frowned and Ashrod crossed his arms in annoyance. Their reactions confused Spike.

"You were raised by ponies? Oh dear..." Crystal said in a worried tone. Ashrod shook his head with his arms still crossed against his chest.

"Ponies are no good, no good at all," Ashrod said as he continued to shake his head. Spike frowned. How could they think ponies were bad?

"What do you mean, ponies saved my life. If it weren't for Princess Celestia, I would have never hatched." Spike stated. "Almost all of my friends are ponies too." He said. The sound of that made Ashrod angry and Crystal distressed.

"Spike sweetheart, ponies aren't good. Do you know how dangerous they are?" Crystal asked. Spike shook his head. He knew that ponies could be evil if they chose to but not all of them were bad.

"Ponies can be ruthless. They banish dragons from their towns and attack sirens." Crystal explained. Spike shook his head.

"But everything is different now. I'm the ambassador for ponies and dragons! Everything is getting better!" Spike exclaimed. Ashrod and Crystal gave Spike a surprised look.

"Are you sure that everything has changed? Last time I went to a pony village, I got attacked. it was terrible and it took me weeks to recover." Crystal said with a frown. Spike nodded his head, completely determined that he could change his parent's mind about ponies.

"I'm positive. Yaks, Changelings, Seaponies, and Griffons are making peace too. There's even a school in Ponyville that allows any creature to be a student. So far it's doing pretty well." Spike explained. He could see that his parent's still looked uneasy. "How about I take you to Ponyville so you can meet my friends and family? They're all super nice." He said.

Crystal let out a sigh and rubbed the bridge of her nose with her hoof. Ashrod looked at his wife, waiting for her answer. He was sure that she was going to reject Spike's offer.

"Fine, we'll go meet your friends." Crystal said reluctantly. Spike broke out into a grin and Ashrod gave a look of shock.

"We can't just go out? When was the last time we've even spoken to anybody?" Ashrod asked. Crystal looked at her husband and then Spike.

"We've lived here for thirteen years without interacting with anyone, we need to go out. Spike might be right, everything could be changing and we're missing it," Crystal said. Ashrod's expression softened a bit but he stood his ground. "Can you at least give it a chance?" She asked. Ashrod uncrossed his arms and let out a sigh.

"Fine," Ashrod said in a defeated tone. He turned to look at Spike. "But if anything bad happens, you're staying here with us. That means no more seeing your pony friends." He said in a stern tone. Spike gulped. Everything had to be perfect.