The light faded from the runes and they crumbled.

“Heheh… HAHAHAHA! IT WORKED!” Ignia laughed.

“No… I failed…” Ember fell to her claws and knees.

“We all did,” Discord looked over at two shapes by the wall.

“I will take my leave for now, and revel in a now pony-free world! Enjoy Dragonlord,” Ignia laughed before his eyes turned back into Spike’s eyes and he fell to the ground with a loud thud.

“This is going to get worse before it gets better… isn’t it…?” Ember said.

“Let’s focus on getting home for now…. We have a lot of work to do and mass panic to worry about now,” Discord said.

Two day’s later

Twilight cracked her eyes open and groaned.

“Ugh… my head… what happened…?” Twilight groaned.

“Twilight Sparkle, I am glad you are awake, I imagine what you're about to see will be shocking… so please, remain calm,” Celestia’s comforting voice said.

“Celestia? I… why does my voice sound different?” Twilight noticed her voice was slightly deeper with a slight growl to it… odd, she coughed to fix it only to jump with a yelp when legit flames came out of her mouth.

“Huh?!” Twilight panicked before she felt a claw grip her arm.

“It’s ok,” Celestia said.

“Spike, what happ-” Twilight turned to look at the owner of the claw gripping her arm but she saw the scaly hand was… white? Confused she looked up and nearly jumped out of her skin as a large white dragon looked down at her.

“Wh-who are you?!” Twilight asked.

“I must admit we both look different, but I assure you Twilight, it is me, Celestia,” Celestia said.

“Celestia…? No she’s a pony, like me!” Twilight said.

Celestia shook her head “You aren’t a pony… none of us are anymore,” Celestia said sadly.

“Huh?” Twilight said before looking at her hoof… or scaly claw! “HUH?!” Twilight looked at herself and rolled off of the bed she was on.

“Calm down Twilight! Panicking won’t solve anything!” Celestia said.

“Nononono! Twilight got up on all fours but suddenly finding herself falling back onto her hindlegs, and she stumbled back before looking in the nearest mirror.

And she saw a purple dragoness staring back at her.

She stumbled back with a scream but Celestia grabbed her in a hug.

“Calm yourself! Panicking won’t change anything!” Celestia said as Twilight calmed down.

“Where are the others?” Twilight asked.

“...Follow me,” Celestia said and she led Twilight through the halls of Canterlot.

Twilight gasped as she saw white dragons walking up and down the halls, as they passed a window she saw dragons walking around the courtyard as well.

“Why are there dragons everywhere in the castle?” Twilight asked.

“It is not just here…” Celestia said.

“Huh?” Twilight said.

“It is all over Equestria…. And the surrounding lands, the Pony race is no more…” Celestia said.

“What?!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Shh!” Celestia said before leading her into a room and what she saw stunned her.

Six dragons.

Her friends, including Spike.

Spike was still an adult dragon, he was tall and muscular and he had curled horns and wings, a far cry from the cute pudgy little drake he was originally.

Pinkie was smaller and looked like a pink dragoness with similar horns, she seemed oddly more suited for bipedal movement.

Fluttershy was slim and toned, And her muzzle was delicate looking. She wasn’t as big or tall as some of the other dragonesses, her wings, however, were quite large, and she had shiny scales.

Applejack was bigger and stronger looking, she didn’t have horns and her wings were smaller.

Rainbow was similar to Applejack, strong and big but she was more serpentine.

Rarity… she was pretty, even Twilight had to admit, she had bright white scales and purple spines, large wings, a slim-toned figure and a pair of curled horns.

“…How did this happen?” Twilight asked.

“It seems you and your friends were too late to stop an ancient ritual meant to turn all of Ponykind into dragons, and now it seems Ponykind is officially extinct as a result…” Celestia chuckled bitterly. “I knew I’d live to the end of pony kind…” Celestia said humorlessly.

“No… there has to be a way to fix this!” Twilight said.

“With what magic? Dragons cannot use unicorn magic, and the runic magic this Ignia character used is a dead language…” Celestia said in defeat.

“There has to be a way…” Twilight said.

“What we need to focus on right now is waking your friends, and helping them get used to their new forms… I need to converse with Luna,” Celestia said.

“What about the other ponies… dragons in Equestria? Surely there’d be mass panic?” Twilight asked.

“Let us just say you were lucky to have been out for so long…” Celestia said before leaving.

“What does that mean?” Twilight asked.

“Excuse me?” Twilight spun to see a white and pink dragoness that she must have missed on her way in here.

“Are you a nurse?” Twilight asked.

“Yes,” She said “Listen, Celestia made sure to give them sedatives to keep them asleep, but you can pull them out one by one and they will wake soon, if we work together we can get case number 652 through 658 done with,” She said.

“Case?” Twilight questioned.

“There’s… a lot more than just them,” She said.

“Understood, perhaps I should start with Fluttershy, she’ll be the most delicate case,” Twilight said as she grabbed Fluttershy’s gurney and dragged it outside.

“Then I’ll handle the orange one,” The nurse grabbed Applejack’s gurney and pulled it out of there.

“Ugh… huh?” Fluttershy groaned as she began to wake “Twilight? Where are y-” She turned and saw a purple dragoness standing over her.

“AAAHH!” Fluttershy rolled out of her gurney and put a claw over her heart.

“Fluttershy! Calm down, it’s me, Twilight,” Twilight said.

“But… w-why are you-” Fluttershy intended to point a hoof, but when she was pointing a claw at Twilight and she saw it she looked horrified.

“M-my hoof! What happened to my hoof!?” Fluttershy said before she looked down at herself and saw her draconic form… and she passed out.

“Should have seen that coming…” Twilight sighed.

When Fluttershy woke again she seemed groggy.

“Oh… Twilight… I had a strange dream that we were-” Fluttershy looked and saw Twilight.

“Fluttershy, don’t-” Twilight tried.

‘AAAH!” Fluttershy backed up before seeing her reflection in a mirror in the hall… and passed out again.

“....This is getting tiresome…” Twilight said.

The third time she woke up she sat up immediately and looked around.

“Twilight, please tell me I’m not-” She saw Twilight but before she could scream, Twilight held her claws and looked her in the eye.

“Do not scream, do not faint, just look in the mirror and realize this isn’t a dream!” Twilight firmly told her.

Fluttershy turned to see the mirror, and she approached it slowly, she felt her scaly face and flexed her claws, opened her wings, and even examined her now sharp teeth.

She looked feint and Twilight slapped her on the back of the head.

“Ow! Why Twilight?” Fluttershy asked looking upset.

“I’m sorry to do that Fluttershy, but it was the only thing I could think of to show you that this isn’t a dream and to stop you from fainting again,” Twilight said.

“If this isn’t a dream then… how did this happen? Can it be reversed?” Fluttershy said hopefully.

“I am betting on it, but not anytime soon,” Twilight said.

“Oh…” Fluttershy said sadly.

“It’ll be alright, I’m sure everypony…dragon will find a way to move on,” Twilight said.

“I want to be a pony again,” Fluttershy said.

“Me too, but I gotta help the others, so just sit out here, I will be right back,” Twilight said and she walked back into the room.

“That took longer than I expected,” The nurse dragon said.

“Trust me, it was shorter, I think I’ll take Rarity next,” Twilight said.

“And I’ll handle the male dragon,” She said.

“Actually, handle Rainbow Dash, I feel like she will be easier,” Twilight said.

“Ok,” The nurse wheeled out Rainbow while Twilight grabbed Rarity.

Rarity cracked her eyes open and sighed.

“Oh… what happened?” Rarity asked.

“Rarity before you freak out, I want you to look at your hand and come to a realization,” Twilight said making sure to stay out of view.

“My… hand?” Rarity raised what she thought was her hoof to her eyes… and saw a white scaly hand.

“AAAAHHH!” Rarity rolled off of the gurney.

“Not again…” Twilight said.

“Wh-what?! M-my body is-”

“I know Rarity, please calm down,” Fluttershy said and Rarity saw her and opened her mouth to scream but Twilight closed her mouth with a claw.

“No! Rarity, calm down, we’re all in the same boat,” Twilight said before releasing her mouth.

“T-Twilight? My word! What happened to you? To us?!” Rarity asked.

“We all became dragons… and not just us, but all of Equestria too,” Twilight said.

“Oh… Oh dear…” Rarity said looking like she was going to faint dead away.

Thankfully Fluttershy picked her up and shook her to snap her out of it.

“Better?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes dear…” Rarity said before spotting her reflection, she winced at first but then got a real look at herself and began to examine herself… she had to admit, she wore this dragon look well…

“Alright! Better get Spike,” Twilight said.

“Did something happen to him?” Fluttershy asked worriedly.

“...You’d have to see,” Twilight said.

Twilight walked back into the room and saw the nurse already carting out Pinkie Pie.

“Excuse me,” She said and Twilight stood aside before collecting Spike and leaving the room.

Rarity was still examining herself and Fluttershy still looked like she was distressed when Twilight brought Spike out.

“Huh?” Rarity and Fluttershy noticed and they approached.

“Who is that?” Fluttershy said, Rarity didn’t know why but looking at him made her heart throb… odd.

“Spike,” Twilight said.

“What?!” They both exclaimed.

“That can’t be Spike, he’s… older,” Rarity said.

“Yes but-” Twilight didn’t finish when Spike began to wake up.

“Ugh… my head…..Huh?” Spike looked around and saw three dragons surrounding him… surprisingly he chuckled.

“Huh?” Twilight was surprised by his reaction as he got up.

“I’m having that dream again…” Looking down at himself he saw he was an adult dragon as well “Yep, having that dream again… but where’s Luna?...” Spike asked.

“Spike… it is us…” Twilight said with a deadpan.

“Yeah right dream Twilight, where’s the gem waterfall-” Fluttershy unexpectedly thumped him on the head.

“Ow!” Spike said and he looked at the yellow dragoness in surprise.

“Sorry Spike, but this isn’t a dream… I wish it was,” Fluttershy forlornly said.

“Wait… what? No way, this is real!?” Spike got up and Twilight was surprised at how tall he was, they were all bigger than when they were ponies but he was a head taller than them all.

“Oh my… Spike?...” Rarity found herself blushing a little when she looked at his new body.

“Huh? Wait… I know that voice…Rarity?!” Spike turned and when he looked at her his jaw practically dropped.

She was a dragoness… and there wasn’t so much as an ugly scale on her body, her figure, her face, her horns, her wings… her eyes…

“Spi-” Twilight was halted by Fluttershy who smiled and shook her head, wanting them to go on.

“Y-you… look…” Spike said.

“...I-I look… what?...” Rarity suddenly said with a hint of shyness.

“Y-you…” Spike said unable to speak.

“I look beastly don’t I?… unsightly? Like something a pony would run from?” Rarity asked feeling self-conscious all of a sudden.

“...Beautiful…” Spike said with a smile.

“...R-really?” Rarity said as she got closer to him.

“I-I do… I… think… this is the best dream ever,” Spike said.

“I don't think this is a dream, but if it is… don’t wake me just yet…” Rarity didn’t know what was coming over her, usually, dragons didn’t excite her like this… it must be a primal need dragonesses suffer from, like heat, the Spike she knew was a cute little child… this Spike… is, in her dragon eyes, a total hunk…

“I don’t want to wake up either,” Spike said as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close for a kiss.

“This… is moving too fast…” Twilight sighed.

“I think it’s sweet,” Fluttershy said.

“I-i...” Rarity found herself leaning in and their lips…. Didn’t connect?

“Huh?” Rarity suddenly realized she was hugging nothing and she felt something around her leg and she looked down to see Spike was hugging her leg, he was back to normal… and thank the stars the feeling was gone.

“Uh… Spike?” Twilight said.

“Huh? Wait a minute… why am I small again?!” Spike exclaimed.

“I-I don't know, perhaps it was only temporary?” Rarity said flustered at what was just about to happen.

“Dang it…” Spike said honestly saddened by what just happened.

“Well Spike, I hope you realize that this isn’t a dream,” Twilight said.

“It has to be, you’re all dragons, I was big now I’m small, how is this not?” Spike asked.

“Because I’m right here,” They turned to see Luna and Celestia along with the nurse and the other members of the six, while Twilight and the others were big as dragons, Celestia and Luna were huge! Not fat, just big…

“Good save there author,” Pinkie giggled.

“Hey girls,” Twilight said seeing her friend group together again, Rainbow seemed proud of her new dragon form, AJ just looked annoyed, Rarity looked like she was still trying to cope, Spike was back to normal and he didn’t seem happy about it, Fluttershy looked calm but under the surface, she was most likely freaking out still…

“I trust you have all become accommodated with your... new forms?” Celestia asked.

“Yes,” They all said with varying emotions.

“Then… huh?” Celestia looked down and saw Spike was small again “Hmm… curious, but I’ll figure this out later,” Celestia said to herself.

“Good, then I suggest you all get moving back to Ponyville if it should even be called that anymore,” Luna said.

“How long did ya say that we’ll be like this?” Applejack asked.

“I do not know, I am currently in discussion with Dragon Lord Ember over this situation,” Celestia said.

“Celestia… how much of Equestria is now dragon?” Rarity asked.

“I will tell you all what I told Twilight, all of it… we’ve done check reports, ponykind is no more…” Celestia said.

“What about the other races?” Twilight asked.

"Unaffected… it seems whoever did this simply wanted to replace Ponykind with dragons,” Celestia said.

“This… happened too quickly… I need a bit…” Fluttershy said sitting down, Rainbow walked over to her.

“Oh come on Shy, you gotta admit being a dragon is kinda cool… right?” Rainbow asked.

“No… I want to be a pegasus again…” Fluttershy said. And Rainbow hugged her.

Rainbow felt her shiver uncomfortably and sighed.

“This’ll get fixed Shy, just wait,” Rainbow said.

“O-ok,” Fluttershy said.

The group got out of the castle and walked over to what looked like a modified carriage, bigger and fit for at least ten dragons.

“Celestia… how long have you had this?” Twilight asked.

“A while, we had it on the off chance we ever had a meeting with Dragon Lord Torch if he ever considered our offer of peace between the dragon and pony tribes… so it never saw use until today,” Celestia said.

“Alrighty then, let’s go home and survey the damage,” Applejack said climbing into the carriage.

“I want to fly there, see if I got faster or not,” Rainbow said.

“No Rainbow, you should get in,” Luna said and Rainbow sighed before doing so.

As the rest went inside the carriage Twilight turned to Celestia “Be straight with me Celestia… how long until this can be fixed?” Twilight asked.

“...You may have to get used to living like this,” Celestia said.

“...I was afraid of that,” Twilight sighed and she climbed in too.

“Excuse me!” Spike called as he couldn’t reach the step.

“Here,” Celestia said picking him up.

“I miss being big…” Spike said… before he suddenly sprouted into a big dragon again in a puff of magic smoke and Celestia couldn’t hold him.

“Ooof!” They both grunted as they fell backward.

“Spike?” Twilight poked her head out and gasped when she saw Spike sitting on Celestia.

“Wow… again?” Spike asked confusedly.

Author's Note

How will Dragonkind react to the new dragon-dominated society? How's Ponyville faring? And why is Spike shifting between adult and child forms?