Cynder is 'not Spikes special somedragon'

By: Black--Soul

Inspired by:
harlock5399 now Silas5399

From the story: Reborn as a dragon

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Chapter 17 - Royal visits and preparations for conflicts to come

Granny Smith walked to the room of the children and picked up Applejack, Big Mac and Cynder. Once they had been as always placed on her back, they slowly enjoyed the daily ride to the breakfast table. While they might probably be able to safely go up and down the stairs, did Granny Smith enjoyed being used as their mighty steed.

When they arrived downstairs, after breakfast was ready, did they unexpected enjoyed the Griffon Princess Cadance to be with them.
Apparently did Cynder somehow managed to win over the shy Griffoness chick.

Apparently deliberately pulling a 'puppy licking your face act', really win you many snuggeling points.

As Granny walked down the corridor to the kitchen with four than her usual three passengers, could they already smell the delicious food that would wait for them at the table.

After getting to the table and getting in a chair as usually, did Cynder get unexpected grabbed by Cadance and Granny Smith with her daugther in law enjoyed the heart felt affectionate feeding Cynder received.

It was some time no longer needed that Cynder had to sneak part of her carnivore elements of her food partially to her siblings. Since at some point they wanted to have some at every meal.
Everypony was surprised how a little meat in their diat improved their stamina displayed during roughhousing and hide and catch games.

It become a surprisingly common occurrence that the Royal familie come alone or as a group to the Apple-Pear Family clans Orchard.

Many minor non Unicorn nobels migrated to Ponyville and the sleepy little Ponyville village that had her highness foal daddy in it.
Bright Macintosh didn't like that everycreature thought he was Prince Solaris Bluebloods father, but Silver Tongue suggested it to keep it that way.
Let them think he is just a suck up wanting something from the Princess and Prince.
He could protect that way his family all the better!

Meanwhile had thanks to the excellent leadership of Colonel Faithful Wings this former badly defended Village become a impressive military fortress base with a very high civilian population density. Many Black Hoove Agents enjoyed their selection of ponies they could imitate do to revolutionary new spell that was extreamly complex, that let pony Black Hoove Agents turn into anyone so they can enjoy the civilian life.

Ponies giving consent to being added to the list of the Agent using their forms got compensation for their contributions to the cause.

Noone minded to make observing parties unsure if a pony had just been a agent disguise as themself or they actually managed to kick ass of Timberwolfs that keep starting to become more bold in the last month to attack the
'fortress frontier village'.

Once Cynder had her food feeded to end by her Griffon friend, did they all rested snuggeling for a few minutes before they as usually started to do their things.

By now it was not unusual to see military training resting Griffons around and in the orchard.
Some Black Hoove Agents made a game out of it to used improvised pea shooters to see what Griffons managed to defend themself from the annoying assault by taking cover and returning in turn, self made pea shooters fire.

While it was silly fun at first, did it also helped the Changelings pretending to be Ponies to find recruits for the 'Black Beak' Agent program that was planned to be created in about 8 years time.

Life was good and relatively peaceful.

Bright Macintosh had started to recover from his arena duel.

For some unknown reason had he massive coordination problems in his 'unbuffed' state.
So when Bright Macintosh started to make magic buffing a part of his usual physical state, did Butter Cup really had to start bucking advancing mares off her husband... literally in some cases.

The mares just could not help themselves around her alpha stud... Bright Mac at some point considering to hire bodyguard to shield him from horny mares.

"Well looks like somepony has finally awakened, since the Appletrees didn't sway under unexplainable tiny earthquakes, do i wonder if the mighty Bright Macintosh Apple-Pear were actualy enjoying sleeping in."

Bright Macintosh got acquainted and used to the friendly ribbing his workers give him. It was in all good fun and slightly jealous wish to be like him.

When his little trouble makers come into the Barn to play around, did Bright Mac was surprised to see the shy Griffon Equestrian Princess Cadance laughing following them around.
He was used to see them play with the youngest Princess as if she was a sibling, but that was the first time she visited so early in the morning.

When Cynder come up to him, did he nuzzeld his little darling.

Cynder had reached her second year of life and had unfortunately started to instinctualy and magicaly sharpened her spikes, claws and tail.
It needed spell casting and smithing of the Alicorns themselfs to keep her sharper aspects safely in check.

How the carefree and playful dragon welp seem to know when her leg, tail and neck bracers needed replacing was beyond him, but he was just happy noone got accidentally hurt.

Bright Mac spoke up to his daughter:

"I was very worried about you last night, when I keep hearing you whimpering in your sleep.
Again bad dreams troubling you?"

Unfortunately did the dragon welp had to nod in confirmation, sadness paintings body language and facial expression. Her growing dream realm affinities had the Alicorn Royal family overworked to slaughter ten of thousands of nighttime attacking parasites Cynders mental defenses at once.

On one hoove Equestria never had enjoyed so mutch good sleep like the day of the royal sisters returning, but as Cynder was literally pulling nation spanning populations of this parasites to her, did the Alicorn as strong they are simply got overwhelmed at their numbers... quantity is a quality all on its own... nothing to underestimate.

Cynder's mind often got overwhelmed in her sleep and she wake up in fear and tears screaming for her family in her squeaky noises.

The Dream guards got finally the praise they yearn for, when the fought night for night to defend the dragon welps mind as long they managed, increasing their mental and physical might from month to month.

For some reason was Cynder unable to speak like a sapient being with her vocal cords, but she had learned to use of a formerly dormant ability to make up for it with telepathy.

Strangely did her voice sounded very mature. If their family didn't know she was a two year old dragon welp, they might mistaken her for a noble pony with a alluring voice that tried to charm them with her voice alone.
It was very unreal, once more Discord swear on his nuts that he didn't had to do anything to do with it.

This time everyone doubt him after he give all of Canterlot adult population occasionaly foal voices, while the fillies and colts sounded mature.

Mid day when the family and the workers sit down to eat in the middle of their orchard, was a knock on a door to hear.
Bright Mac went to see who it was, knocking noises in mid air usually had Discord behind them.

Instead of just teleporting in, did he liked to bend space and time and connected doors in Canterlot to appearing doors in mid air to announce his coming through.

Lord Discord who didn't want to be called King for some reasons.
He had his wife and sisters in law accompany him.

Nightmare had a tray of non Apple or Pears desserts with her.
Luna brought alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks with her.
Celestia brought cake and doughnuts with her, also some meat dishes for her hosts.
The cakes and doughnuts are always for herself, unless Cadance and her crew manage to liberate the poor sweets in their own stomach.

A sneeze revealed Princes Solaris Bluebloods in his mothers neck covered nest of Celestias flowing mane.

The colt got levitated to his best friends in the world and they feeded him one after another.
Applejack apples, Big Mac pears, Cadance meat and Cynder grapes.

The little rascal was living it up like a King already.

After the meal did Celestia excused herself with her Foal into the Apple-Pear Orchards house.
Discord had planned to say Celestia that her 'True vision' back than was a fabricated prank from him, being sour about her leaving him in stone and banishment of her sisters by accident, when they wanted Discord returned.

But he thought better of it. That way Celestia had Solaris at her side 30/7 with her and none would manage to ruine the foal with nobel Canterlot ideas and non-pony bullshit... easier said than done.

Besides, the Yeti Storm King had legitimate wishes to see the foal dead and worse done to others.

Unfortunately was Discord limited to little pranks and illusions, until he recovered in many decades in the future decades.

The Yeti Storm King empire of Yeti Kingdoms and thiefdoms had massive populations thanks to being uncontested in the coldest areas of the world where for Yeti delicious ice roots grow deep underground.

Yet while this Wookie like horned predators preferred meat instead of vegetarian lifestyle and there solution to growing old was to start wars and die in them, did no nation know them not to start a war every 20-40 years with one nation or another.

The Diamond Dog and Gem Wolf population was their only allied forces.
The bipedal dogs always needed slaves to work themselves to death and get than made into minced meat for the Yetis to establish a meat supplemental trading chain.

Unless the Yeti outright kill their 'accumulated work force' as snack in between transportation.

Noone could really stand the Yetis, not even the Diamond Dogs who put profits over sympathetic trading partners.
But they are better trading partners than making them a enemy and becoming one of their meat selections.

The other nations know that fact and excused the Gem Fido population more greedy population their support of the Yetis.

It had also the nice side effect being able to free their slaves for a surprisingly equine ransom that even low income citizens of Griffonia could pay.
The Yeti could never really make out the increased fish meat prozentuale part as long strong spells keep the meat fresh and odor free.

Win-win for everycreature involved.

Somewhere in the Dragon lands...

A dragon named 'Malefor' was 1 of 10 remaining specimens of his subrace of dragons that thrive under parasitic dark magic influence and night dream parasites attacks to feed themselves, improving their already impressive natural strength.

He heard rumors that Equestria had finally found a way to have his deliberately spread parasitic dark influence neutralized.

Malefor had to find out the ingredients of the cure and destroy as many of them as possible, the more the better. He could put some of his least tasty followers towards this task.

But unfortunately was he currently hold up, his newest experiment was underway.
A Dragon egg of unique making had been found by his followers that believed to be saved by him, since he could feed on dark parasitic magic.

Idiots didn't think about him eating the corruption meaning that he would devour them in their entirety.
Foolish prey... delicious meals on legs, coming willingly to their demise.

Once the unique egg was thoroughly corrupted with dark parasitic magic, than he would try share his dark essence with it, so he could have a strong hench dragon that still was below his might.

He thought the first Dragon Lord's name: 'Spyro'
Would make a excellent name for his future not blood related son.
Or rather privileged slave?

All his previous sons and daughters had not been able to inherit his dark affinities, this time he would succeed.
No emotional attachment to spare this egg the procedure to guarantee success after all the time he wasted previously on his own blood and flesh born.

Without a protective mother to fend him off once they learned of his plans. Spyro would become a ruthless tyrant like him, shackled by respect to his strength and fear of a punishment of it would dare disappointing the might of the future dark dragon high-lord:
MALEFOR

Author's Note

Hope you enjoy slow burning stories.
After all: The heros and the villains need time to grow in power for the times of conflicts to come...

Stay snuggly!

Last time edited and improved: 11.04.2024