War of the Dragon Gods!!

Dracos POV

Me and Cinder walked through the portal to the other side, finding ourselves back in the same town, but this time instead of it being empty, there were a few cloaked beings staring at us as we glared at them. "Well well, I wonder what we got here?" Cinder said as she pulled out her sword, while I readied my claws. "Do you know what we got here?"

"I don't know Cinder, it looks like a bunch of no good psychopaths trying to kill innocents for their insane god." I replied, growling as we walked over to the scared cloaked figures. "Isn't that right Followers?"

A few of them gulped but others immediately snapped out of their fearful states and brought out weapons, "You don't scare us! We are protected by the true Dragon God! Now, surrender and-" he didn't get to finish because Cinder released a blast of fire at him, burning him to ash and making the other Followers stare at the pile of ashes in fear and shock before looking back at us.

"Huh, looks like your true Dragon God wasn't protecting him, care to find out if she's protecting the rest of you?" I asked them and me and Cinder charged at them, letting out roar as we did.

Lucy's POV

Followers are so stupid, they may be dedicated to me, are able to kill with skill, and are vast in numbers, but stupid. They don't realize that I may be a God, but I can't just protect them from harm, not that I want to that is. I watched as Draco turned another Follower to ash while his ever loyal Knight stabbed her blade into another's chest before suddenly multiplying! "What the?!" I nearly shouted in shock as I watched the copies take out more Followers by the second, but then I saw how a single Follower managed to land a hit on one of the Knight copies, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. "Just what kind of power is that? And how did she get it?" I asked no one, watching as Draco and the Knight had managed to beat the Followers, causing me to frown in annoyance. "It seems that I may need to scold them on their lack of training. Either that or Draco has gotten stronger, which could be troublesome."

I decided to fly back to my lair before they could see me, I'm not afraid of them if that's what you are thinking, no. Even if I had somehow managed to wound Draco, that Knight is a formidable foe, she would cut me down the moment my attention is off of her. No, I will have to become stronger, even stronger than the mighty Dragon God of Justice, this stalemate will end, and my claws will be stained with his blood when it does.

Draco's POV

I slammed my tail down on the last Follower, causing him to be slammed into the ground with a pained shout. Once I was sure he was out, I looked around, seeing that, thanks to me and Cinders combined power, we had managed to defeat the Followers in the area. "Looks like we got them all my lord." Cinder said to me, sheathing her blade. I nodded my head in agreement.

"Yeah, looks like it, question is though, did they kill any survivors while we were gone?" I asked, then me and Cinder began to search for survivors. Only to find dead ponies in the destroyed town. I growled in anger and punched a broken plank of wood, snapping it in half. "Damn it, we're too late."

I felt someone pat my back making me turn to see that Cinder was the one doing it, she gave me a reassuring smile, "Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. We know we can't save everyone, but we should be thankful that we saved the ones we could." she said to me, making me smile a bit,

"You're right, but I still can't help but feel guilty for their deaths." I told her,

"I know, every Knight that has joined feels the same way. Tartarus even me. But you know what helps us with the guilt?" Cinder said, placing a hand on my shoulder making me look at her.

"What?" I asked her,

"Knowing the ones we did save will get a chance to live out their lives. That's what helps." Cinder said, giving me a smile, which I returned.

"Thanks Cinder, I guess you're right." I said to her, then look around at the destroyed town before sighing, "You still able to send letters through your fire?"

Cinder nodded her head in reply before pulling out a paper and pen, "What you want me to write?" Cinder asked me.

"Celestia, I regret to inform you, but we have failed to save a town from Reshiram and her Followers due to a late arrival. I am sorry that me and Reshirams war had affected your ponies like this, they shouldn't have to suffer like this, nor do the other nations such as the dragons and gryphons." I said, watching as Cinder wrote down what I said before nodding her head for me to continue. "But, me and Cinder had encountered some Followers and taken them down, all dead-" a groan was heard making me and Cinder look to see a Follower still alive, a sword wound on his side but still alive nonetheless. "Scratch that, we'll be taking in one Follower for questioning. If you and/or Luna wish to aid in any way you can, you are more than welcome to. Sincerely, Draco." with that said, Cinder rolled up the scroll before sending it off to Celestia via flame while I walked over to the Follower, seeing that he was a Bat Pony. "You are one lucky son of a bitch you know that?"

"Fuck you." the Follower said before groaning and holding his wound. "The True Dragon God will kill you, then she will-" I didn't let him finish when I chopped the back of his neck, knocking him out.

"Yeah yeah yeah. I'll die by her claws and she'll reign supreme, yada yada yada. Seriously, you guys need some new speeches, cause frankly, I'm pretty sure I've memorized what you guys say about Lucy by now." I said as I slumped the knocked out Follower over my shoulder, then looked at Cinder. "Let's get going." I said to her and we both flew into the air and headed in the direction of Ponyville.

It took at least two hours before we finally arrived back at Ponyville, which the Knights of Justice base camp was, which, frankly was big, like we had to cut down a few trees in the Everfree to make more room big. The camp was nearly empty though due to me sending Knights out to every town possible in order to defend them from Reshiram. But even that hardly seemed to work, ever since me and Reshiram vanished off the face of the planet, there hasn't been any real big threats, so there wasn't any need for Knights to be ready for combat, that or they wanted to keep their identity as a Knight secret or wanted to live a peaceful life.

Cinder thinks the idea was stupid and that Knights should be prepared for anything, and frankly I agree with her too, kind of. I agree that Knights should always be prepared, that doesn't mean they can't live peaceful lives anymore. They don't need to be paranoid for the rest of their lives, to the point where they don't trust anyone or anything, that causes more harm than good.

"Hey, everything good?" Cinder asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts and see that we had landed and that I was staring at the ground.

"Yeah, sorry. Was lost in thought." I replied, shaking my head before walking through the camp.

"Hey you!" we heard someone shout, causing us to look up and see Rainbow Dash, a angry look on her face. "Yeah you!" she shouted again, pointing a hoof at me.

"What do you want Rainbow Dash." I asked her,

"I want you to stop lying to the princess that you're a 'god'," she made air quotes with her hooves when she said god, "And get the buck out of here! And take your stupid army with you!"

I face palmed, this wasn't the first time Rainbow Dash tried to get me to leave Ponyville and tell the princesses I'm not a god, but it hasn't worked. Though it did make Cinder pissed. "You dare speak to him that way?! He has risked his life to protect you and the rest of the world from Reshiram!! And this is how you thank him?!"

"Yeah right, I bet he doesn't even fight this Reshram and just lets others do it for him!!" Rainbow Dash shouted back as she and Cinder butted heads, glaring at each other.

"You little bitch!! He does to fight Reshiram! I've seen it with my own two damn eyes!!" Cinder shouted back before I held them back before a fight broke out,

"Alright enough you two! Fighting is not gonna make much of a difference nor does it help anyone." I said, causing Rainbow Dash to glare at me,

"Don't touch me you stupid dragon!" Rainbow Dash said, hitting my claw, "I want you out of Ponyville now! Or else!!"

"No. If there's one thing I know about Reshiram, is that she never leaves a town, or any populated area really, standing, which means she will come back to destroy Ponyville. We have barely managed to keep her away, but I know for certain that if we leave, she will destroy everything here." I said to her, which only made her scoff.

"Yeah right, I bet I can take her." Rainbow Dash said, which only made me growl in annoyance,

"You're an idiot! Reshiram is capable of destroying entire towns and cities! What makes you think you have even the tiniest bit of a chance of taking her on by yourself?!" I shouted at her,

"That's a bunch of baloney and you know it! Me and my friends of fought Nightmare Moon, Discord and Sombra! Pretty sure we can take on a dragon 'god' of destruction." Rainbow Dash arrogantly said, causing me to growl even more.

"Look, you have no chance of fighting Reshiram, not even the Elements can stop her." I said, before turning and walking away as this argument was pointless.

"Hey get back here!" Rainbow Dash shouted, just before I felt myself before rammed into the ground, I growled as I got up before glaring at her. "Don't you ever walk away from me! Got that?!"

"Okay, I'm a nice guy and everything, but there's a limit on how much I can take before getting angry." I said, "And frankly, you're really pushing it Rainbow Dash."

"Oh yeah? Then do something about it!!" Rainbow Dash shouted before flying straight at me, I blocked her charge before spinning and hitting her with my tail, sending her flying back.

"I'm serious, knock it off before you get hurt!" I shouted at her, growing more annoyed with her and her constant threats, pestering and above all, arrogance.

"Are you threatening me!? No one threatens Rainbow Dash!!" she said before flying at me again, this time much faster, too fast for me to react in time which let her ram into me, the two of us crashing through a tent before she kicked off of me, causing me to crash into the ground. I heard her laughing from above me, "Not so tough now are ya?! You big stupid dragon!"

I growled as I got up, not a scratch on me. "I'm gonna say this one last time, stop, before someone gets hurt." I said but she glared at me.

"Oh trust me, somepony is going to get hurt and it's you!" Rainbow Dash shouted before she charged at me, still dead set on fighting me. I sighed, I didn't want to fight her. It's not because she might beat me, it's because I'm stronger than her, even when holding back, fighting a rampaging Legendary for a long time tends to make one extremely strong.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when Rainbow rammed into me, causing me to grunt in pain and annoyance before I grabbed her and used Seismic Toss and threw her to the ground, causing a dust cloud to form after Rainbow crashed into the ground. I looked at the dust cloud nervously, "Um, maybe I should gone with something else?" I asked myself, only for a rainbow blur to shoot out of the dust cloud and fly straight at me before Rainbow kicked me in the face, causing me to let out a roar of surprise and slight pain.

"How do you like that you overgrown iguana?!" Rainbow shouted at me, causing me to roll my eyes. "You're not so tough! Just like Is aid, you're just putting up an act!"

"I was only holding back for your sake." I told her, she just scoffed.

"Oh yeah? Prove it! Fight me with everything you got!" she shouted, and I sighed before I took off my Poketrix and threw it over to Cinder, who was watching with several Knights, I watched as the dragoness caught the device.

"Very well Rainbow Dash. I just hope your friends won't get too mad at me for this." I said to her as I brought my claws up.

"They won't, cause I'm the one who is gonna beat you!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she charged at me.

3rd Pov

Draco quickly flew up higher into the air in order to dodge Rainbows charge before he spun around and released a weak breath of flames at her, to which she quickly dodged easily before flying towards Draco and delivered a kick to his jaw followed by a punch to his gut, she then turned around and kicked Draco with both her hind legs, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to stumble a bit in the air.

"Hah! You say you're tough but I'm easily kicking your butt!" Rainbow Dash arrogantly said with her hooves crossed causing Draco to hold back a growl of annoyance as he dodges another charge from Rainbow Dash before grabbing her tail.

"Seismic Toss!" Draco said before spinning around and throwing Rainbow Dash to the ground but she managed to stop herself just before she hit the ground but before she could do anything, a kanji made of fire hit the ground next to her, the resulting explosion sent her flying again.

"Wing Attack!" Draco shouted as he flew after her, his wings glowing white as he flew closer to Rainbow Dash as she stopped herself again and turned to Draco, only to let out a pained shout as his wing rammed into her stomach before he kicked her away.

Rainbow Dash held her stomach in pain as she struggled to stay in the air. "C-cheap shot!" Rainbow Dash said, glaring at the Dragon God But before she could do anything, Draco let out a small breath of flame at Rainbow Dash once she got close enough, but Rainbow Dash quickly dodged the attack before continuing her charge and rammed into Draco's gut, causing the two to fly through the air before Rainbow Dash kicked off of Draco, sending him crashing into the ground.

The attack didn't hurt, but it did annoy him, even though he was already annoyed. Draco growled as he got up before he blocked a punch from Rainbow Dash then tried to grab her but she dodged his claws by flying away from him. "Ha! You can't even touch me! And you call yourself a god, maybe you're the god of slowness!" Rainbow Dash said, an arrogant smirk on her face before she charged at him.

Draco quickly flew to the side and grabbed Rainbow Dash by her leg and used Seismic Toss and sent her crashing into the ground but she quickly got back up and flew high into the air. Draco quickly followed her, sending small blasts of Flamethrower at her which she continuously dodged before grabbing a cloud and give it a kick, causing lightning to strike Draco.

Draco grit his teeth as he was electrocuted, due to him being part Flying Type, the attack did quite a bit of damage to him but he managed to fight through the pain and fly at Rainbow Dash, once he reached her he spun around and used his tail to hit both Rainbow Dash and the thunder cloud, sending the pegasus flying and destroying the cloud. "D-damn it, that hurt." Draco said before he glared at Rainbow Dash, only to shout in surprise and pain when Rainbow Dash kicked him in his face.

"How do ya like that?!" Rainbow Dash shouted before she kept punching and kicking Draco over and over again, flying away when he tried to fight back and fly around him, landing more blows to him as she circled him. Draco roared in anger before he used Blast Burn, the attack managed to hit Rainbow Dash due to her being caught off guard by the attack and sent her flying back a bit, she also had some burn marks on her. "OW!! That bucking hurts!!" Rainbow Dash shouted in anger, glad that her wings were barely hit by Blast Burn.

"So did that lightning bolt you sent at me!" Draco replied before Rainbow Dash charged at him again and rammed into him, and before Draco could do anything, he was rammed through a tree, breaking it in half. Rainbow Dash pushed Draco through several more trees before flying up into the air and throwing him. She watched as he fell to the ground before crashing, creating a large crater and dust cloud as he did.

"Aw yeah!! I beat him! No one can compete with Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow Dash bragged, before she heard a loud roar. "What the?" she looked down and yelped before barely dodging Draco's Mega Punch but was unable to see the Draco's tail coming at her causing her to be sent through the air by the attack. She quickly stopped herself and glared at Draco who glared back. "Why won't you stay down?!?"

"Because I've fought beings far stronger than you Rainbow Dash. And they were also faster than you as well." Draco said, "Now stop this foolishness now. This is your last chance."

But Rainbow Dash had a defiant look on her face. "No! This is your last chance to give up and go away! You're nothing but trouble!" Rainbow Dash shouted angrily. "It's your fault than innocent ponies are dying! Your fault that monster is so dead set on killing you!"

Rainbow Dash's word struck a nerve, cause Draco's eyes were pinpricks as he roars angrily and quickly flies at her, surprising her at the speed he was moving. She was suddenly grabbed by the throat and held close to Draco's face. "Now you listen here you piece of shit! I already know it's my fault that my best friend is now a monster! That she is now insane and going around to kill innocent ponies! That she wants nothing more than to see me dead!!" Draco shouted angrily as he glares at Rainbow Dash with so much anger, he just barely manages to keep his claws from digging into her skin as he held her by her neck, though there were small trickles of blood. "And I have to be reminded of that every time I find Lucy's handiwork everywhere I go! I've seen entire cities burn to the ground! Entire families killed in cold blood! All of it is because I was too foolish to listen to her warnings!"

The two just stayed in the sky in silence for what felt like hours but really was five minutes before Draco lets go of her neck, causing her to just barely stop herself from falling out of the air. Draco turned and flew towards Cinder and the rest of the Knights. When he landed he walked past the Knights and towards the direction of his tent. "I'll be retiring for the day. Cinder is in charge." was all he said, causing the Knights and Cinder to nod her head before they went back to their duties.

"My lord, do you want your device back?" Cinder asked him as she held up the Poketrix, causing Draco to stop and grab it.

"Thanks." he said before he resumed walking while Cinder watched him leave.

"You have no idea how much pain he goes through, being forced to fight the one you once called friend for all of eternity." Cinder said, causing Rainbow Dash, who was behind her, to look at her. "You claim you're doing the right thing, but you're not." with that the dragoness flew off towards another part of the camp, leaving Rainbow Dash alone.

"Yeah right, I bet he's just laughing at how gullible I am for believing his little lie." Rainbow Dash said quietly to herself before flying towards the hospital to get her neck treated. She didn't buy that whole he blames himself act for one second, but she did know one thing. "That bastard is gonna pay, and once I beat him, I'll beat that stupid Reshiram too."

Draco sighed as he laid on his bed, the thoughts of his fight with Rainbow Dash filling his mind, or more importantly, what was said. 'She's right, it is my fault. Because of me, there's so much suffering and death.' Draco thought to himself as tears escaped his eyes. 'Because of me, Lucy is now insane and wants to kill anything on sight. Because of me....I lost my best friend.'

Cinder watched as Draco cried, an angry look on her face. Nearly every Knight knew that Draco is not that strong, they knew he carries a great deal of guilt all his life. They knew he suffers constantly, whether it be from the guilt or the nightmares he has every night, nightmares that not even Luna can get rid or keep at bay. "Stupid pony thinks she knows Draco? She's wrong. They all are." Cinder said and walked into the tent, seeing that Draco had cried himself to sleep.

She placed his Poketrix on the table and gave him a saddened look before turning to leave. Wanting to have a word with Celestia's student about her choice in friends.