“If he is so dangerous then why are you trusting us with him?” Twilight asked in a small voice as all sound in Ponyville stopped. No birds, animals, ponies, or even insects dared to make the first sound.

“You and the others are capable of many great things and that was the only reason Luna was able to talk me into this plan,” Celestia whispered to Twilight, despite her brave face even Celestia was becoming worried by the silence. Then as quickly as it had settled the silence was shattered by the sound of chains dragging against the floor of the box. Slowly but surely a scaled foot thrust itself into the light which was then followed by another then the legs and snout followed. The creature’s snout was covered in scars and scales in almost equal measure, the creature’s fangs hung only slightly past its lips, and on the left side near the snout tip was a large scar and a missing fang. The creature fully stepped into the light, his scales were an obsidian black that despite being in the light seemed to blend with the darkness of the box, he wore loose, ragged, and faded clothes that held faint traces of colors.

The creature’s snout was bound by a metal muzzle, the metal was losing its color but it was far from rusting. The muzzle connected to a head harness that connected at the base of the creature’s skull it sat high above the many spines that ran from in between the creature’s shoulder blades to the tip of its tail. The creature’s arms and legs were bound with thick metal chains that barely held any slack despite the creature not struggling against the chains. The creature’s hands were contained with metal gloves that connected with the arm chains. The arm and leg chains were connected by several smaller chains that ended on a metal collar that sat neatly around the creature’s neck. On the creature’s back was a pair of wings that were confined by two large metal tubes that locked all but the tips of the wing bones and where the bones connected to the main limb. The creature’s tail dragged against the ground as the creature shuffled forward towards Celestia with little regard for the royal guards who moved to restrain the creature.

Celestia simply shook her head before walking up to the creature with a confident mask. Her horn lit up and the creature’s muzzle opened enough to allow for speaking, The creature slowly opened his jaws to yawn which caused several pops and cracks to ring out. When the creature was done yawning he allowed his eyes to lazily scan over the six ponies behind Celestia, what little he could see of course. He then turned his attention back to Celestia and he opened his jaws to speak, his voice was low, deep, a little raspy, and rumbled with each word.

“And what did I do to get such a reward? Fresh air, a view of the sky, the feeling of the wind on my scales, and the scents of nature. I almost think that you’re trying to butter me up to coin the phrase.” He gave a chuckle that rumbled and rolled in his throat as he smiled at Celestia putting his sharp yellowed fangs on full display to her and the six ponies behind her.

Author's Note

Important:
Royal Canterlot Voice

Deep/Modified Voice

Regular Speech