Scaly Love

Early the next morning, Twilight came home and shut the door. "Spike, I'm home!" She called out to her assistant who was fast asleep with Scootaloo in his arms.

Hearing Twilight call caused Spike to slowly open his eyes and look at Scootaloo, he gasped at what he saw and sat up, he rubbed his eyes to make sure that what he saw wasn't a dream. Scootaloo woke up next as she let out a yawn and stretched. She saw that Spike's mouth was agape in shock prompting a curious question from her.

"What's wrong, Spike? Scootaloo asked as she put an arm out to hold his shoulder. She gasped as she saw her hand was now clawed, getting up quickly she ran into the bathroom and shrieked in terror at what she saw.

The shriek was so loud that it alerted Twilight who came running upstairs to see if everything was ok, as she rushed through the door she saw Spike comforting Scootaloo who was rocking back and forth in the fetal position, Twilight's jaw dropped at what she saw. Scootaloo who was once an anthro pegasus, was now an anthro dragon.

Standing there shocked, Twilight just gazed at her adopted son and an anthro dragon who used to be an anthro pony.

"Twilight, please help!" Spike cried out not knowing what to do.

"I-I don't know what I can do, Spike. How did this happen?" Twilight asked as she approached them to get a better look.

"I'm not sure either, I just remember that we were having inter……" Spike began to say before being nudged by Scootaloo who didn't want him to tell Twilight. Spike looked at Scootaloo before speaking. "We have to tell her Scoots, we have to figure this out." He said in a caring tone.

Scootaloo sighed. "Ok, I guess it's the only way.

Spike begins to speak again, but gets interrupted by Twilight. "Hold on, Spike. I'll go get Ember, Smolder, and Garble and his friends, maybe they can help." Twilight said as she started to pen a letter. "In the meantime, you should stay here, Scootaloo." Twilight said, getting an understanding nod from her.

A few hours later Garble and his friends showed up with Ember in tow. Smolder had already arrived to keep Scootaloo and Spike company, taking a break from her studies to help out. Twilight had also summoned Rainbow to come over, thinking she should know.

"Thank you for coming, I could really use the help." Twilight said as she greeted the guests and led them to where Scootaloo and Spike were.

Twilight opened the door slowly as the jaws of her guest dropped at what they saw, the pony they once knew was now a dragon from head to toe. She sat on the floor as Smolder rubbed her shoulders trying to keep her calm as Spike searched frantically through the books in the library for an answer.

"I'm glad you called us Twilight." Garble said breaking the silence as he entered the room, he looked Scootaloo over, examining her from all sides. "I've heard of this before, I read about it a long time ago. Spike is the type of dragon that can transform another creature into a dragon." Garble started to explain before being cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT WHOEVER SPIKE BUCK WILL TURN INTO A DRAGON!?" Rainbow yelled, a little distraught about Scootaloo's metamorphosis, but also had a hint of intrigue in her voice.

Garble put a claw up. "Please, let me finish, but to answer your question. No, it's not that simple. The dragon who can do this has to truly love the one their bucking, same as the partner, and the other party has to want it to." Garble looked at Scootaloo. "You all told me Scootaloo couldn't fly right? I'm guessing her love for Spike and the desire to fly is what triggered this transformation." Garble informed Twilight with nods of conformation coming from the rest of the dragons.

"C-can it be reversed?" Rainbow asked only for Garble to shake his head no.

"No, it's a permanent transformation, you can change her for a day back to pony, but she'll always revert back." Garble informed them as he took a seat next to Twilight. "My friends and I can teach her how to fly and to breathe fire, but you all better discuss what to do from here." Garble said as he began to walk out the door, passing Thorax on his way out.

Thorax was out of breath as he huffed and wheezed. "I came as soon as I could, is it true, is Scootaloo really a dragon?" He asked as he took a deep breath.

"Yes, it appears it's because Spike is a special dragon that can do that. But it has to be mutual." Twilight said as she threw her arms around Thorax in a hug."

Sounds of eight footsteps could be heard as Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom rushed into the castle, their eyes widened when they saw Scootaloo. "Scoots, yer a dragon now?" Apple Bloom asked as Scootaloo nodded.

"That's so awesome." Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she came over for a closer look. "You always told us you wondered what it was like to be a dragon." Sweetie Belle continued as Scootaloo blushed, not having told that to anyone else.

"Sweetie Belle come on, I told you that in confidence." Scootaloo replied out of embarrassment.

Rainbow Dash came over to Scootaloo and put her hand on her shoulder. "Don't be embarrassed, squirt. I actually wonder what it's like to be a griffon." Rainbow told Scootaloo so she wouldn't be that embarrassed.

"Really? Scootaloo asked only to get a nod from Rainbow Dash. Twilight giggled because Rainbow had told her this too, but she had to pull the brakes on the idle chit-chat.

"So, what are we going to do?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I think we should let Scootaloo's parents and aunts know." Rainbow chimed in with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle nodding in agreement.

"Alright, I'll pen a letter to the parents myself, or better yet, I'll teleport there myself. Applejack, could you go tell the aunts?"

"Can do, Twilight." Applejack said before galloping off.

"Wait, I did this to her, I think it'll be best if I told her parents." Spike said as he came closer to Twilight, holding her hand to teleport with her

"Right, that is understandable, you've become so mature, Spike. Momma's so proud of you." Twilight said as she gingerly pinched his cheek causing him to blush. She then prepared her teleportation spell and teleported away.