PonyballzKai: Adventures In Equestria (Redone)

Spike, Rarity, and Cyre were all standing in a mine, looking for crystals. Cyre was there because rarity asked him relatively to keep her and spike safe. Spike licked his lips at the basket as rarity levitated more gems into it.

Rarity spoke in a hushed tone to not wake the bats in the ceiling. "The last time I was here, I woke them and ended up with a mane full of bats! Thanks for being my basket holder, Spike."

"Basket holder? I thought I was your bodyguard." spike said, confused.

"Spike, I honestly think the "bodyguarding" was why she asked me to come," Cyre said. Spike just glared at Cyre in annoyance.

"Oh, for once, I wish unicorn magic wasn't so... luminescent!" after rarity said that, spike began to glow all over his body.

"Spike! You'll wake the bats! Turn that off!" rarity softly shouted.

"Ugh, I can't!" Spike groaned as he repeatedly scratched at his scales. Unfortunately, his actions caused the bats to wake up, causing Rarity to gasp as they swooped down at the trio.

The dark clouds are getting closer to me
In every moment...
I'm so excited by this feeling
Even if it's dangerous.

(The title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria appears as the sun shines down. Cyre is then seen flying by with Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and Broly joining him. They all flare up their energy and take off, with Cyre soon following up after them with a huge smile on his face.)

OK! Bring it on right now!
I'm the strongest in the universe
All I do is show you my unlimited power
Go! Kamehameha!

(Shenron is being summoned in front of the main 6, their families, Ruby, Mita, and Cyre, who had huge smiles on their faces before Cyre transformed into super Saiyan.)

Get ready! Fight it out!
Fight it out 'till the end of world (Beat the Spirit Bomb!)

(Broly and Cyre are seen fighting furiously on screen before briefly disappearing, and reappearing as they punch each other in the jaw.)

Look around and you'll know that
You're not fighting by yourself Get ready!

(King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis appear first. And behind them, ponehendge appears, and in a flash, the pony of shadows appears.)

Fight it out!
Fight it out for the dream of world (Fusion, you, and me!)

(Broly is seen charging up his ki. Luna and Celestia are then seen performing the fusion dance before a flash of light appears and shows only a silhouette of their combined form.)

Let's gather the power of our friends!
Never gonna give up!

(Cyre is charging up his ki before a burst of energy flashes, showing Cyre as an SSJ3.)

Fight it out and do our best
To save our planet Earth
And I say, Go! Kamehameha!

(Cyre is showing fighting Queen Chrysalis as he shoots a Kamehameha at the changeling Queen.)

Fight it out! Wow!!
Fight it out! Yeah!!!!
Fight, fight it out!!!!!!

(The mane 6, Broly, Mita, Ruby, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Cadance, along with Shining Armor and Starlight Glimmer, stood tall and smiled as Cyre stood in the center as an SSJ3.)

"I'm so glad you two could come!" twilight and the royal sisters were visiting twilight at her castle, since surprisingly, nopony needed their help at the moment.

"Of course. We so rarely get a chance to relax and just visit." Princess Luna said.

"There's usually some crisis we have to deal with. Somepony always needs our help. But today—" Celestia was interrupted by someone wailing toward them, it was Rarity, with Cyre right behind her. "Help!"

"Twilight! There's something wrong with Spike!" she brought spike over with her magic and showed the glowing dragon to them.

"What's wrong?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know! Nngh! All of a sudden, my scales just started glowing and... burning!" spike said grunting and scratching through.

"Little is known about dragon culture, but this is a phenomenon we've seen before. It is the call of the Dragon Lord." princess Luna stated with a hoof in the air.

"Why do you always do that, sister?" Celestia asked.

"Do what dear sister?" Luna responded.

"This. You look like this when you talk." Celestia said while raising a hoof in the air.

"I do not make such an expression," Luna said while doing the same hoof movement.

"See? You did it again!" Celestia exclaimed.

"How else am I supposed to address a serious matter at hoof? It's how it's done!" Luna argued.

"Yes, a thousand years ago. Remember the royal canterlot voice? I told you we don't do that anymore, but noooooo, you never listen!" Celestia argued back. Cyre, rarity, twilight, and spike just watched the conversation, looking at whoever was speaking.

"Oh, there we go again, with the thousand years..." Luna said glum.

"Girls! You can squabble later! Can we just get back to Spike and his issue?" Cyre asked.

Princess Celestia looked at Cyre embarrassed. "Sorry, you all had to see that. Anyway, Dragons glow whenever the Dragon Lord requires them in the Dragon Lands.

"Great... H-How do I make it stop?!" Spike asked.

"The only way to end the summons is to answer it. You must journey to the Dragon Lands and see what is expected of you." Luna said while eyeing Cyre on occasion.

"B-B-But the Dragon Lands are full of... dragons! And they're ghastly creatures! Oh, oh, not you, of course, Spikey-wikey. But remember that rotten Garble?"

Spike gulped. "How could I forget? He would have burnt us to a crisp if you weren't there. If I have to go to the Dragon Lands, would you two come with me?"

Twilight Sparkle began to grow excited. "Ooh! Oh my goodness, I'd love to! We are sadly lacking any information on dragon culture and customs. I could research them – maybe even write an article! This could be my chance to make a great contribution to the knowledge of Equestria!" she looked around and saw she was receiving glares from everypony. "And be there for Spike, heh, of course," Twilight said nervously.

"Count me in too! I want to see these dragons! I wouldn't be shocked if they acted like Saiyans, honestly." Cyre said with excitement etched into his voice.

"Be very careful. The Dragon Lands are particularly dangerous for ponies. It would be wise to be discreet."

"Ha! I'm the strongest in the universe, I don't hide from anything!" he then received glares just as harsh as twilight was given. " and stop glaring, it doesn't work on me!"

Rarity was the first to speak. "Ooh! I'm sure I still have the dragon costume we used the last time we snuck into the Dragon Lands!"

"I think we might want something a little more practical this time," Twilight stated. Cyre followed them as they prepared to leave, but Luna stopped him. "Cyre, I'm just gonna put this out there, I think you're adorable," Luna said with a blush.

Cyre blushed even harder than Luna. "Well, uh my moms always said I was a cute kid."

"Hm, a mommas boy, huh? I'll be your mommy~" Luna said.

Cyre's reaction:

"You ready to go, Cyre?" Twilight asked.

"yes! Yes, I am!!!" Cyre said with a strained smile, with sweat running down his forehead.

Cyre, twilight, rarity, and spike were now in the dragon lands with Cyre plain out in the open not caring, while Twilight and rarity were watching through slits in a rock outfit that spike was sitting on.

"Hmmm... Well, it may be practical, but this disguise isn't flattering in the slightest!" rarity said flatly.

"It's not supposed to be flattering. It's supposed to blend in!" both Cyre and Twilight said as spike shushed them.

"Hey-hey, look! It's our old friend Sparkle-warkle." spike knew that voice all too well and was annoyed. Already. He turned to see garble walking towards him. "It's Spike."

"Are you sure your pony friends didn't give you a pony name?" garble asked with sparkles in his eyes.

"It's nice to see you too, Garble." spike grimaced with venom in his voice.

"I didn't say it was nice to see you. It's not. I don't like you. Was I not clear about that?" with that, garble pushed spike off the fake rock and sat on it, causing twilight and rarity to grunt. "Hey! That's my rock!"

"Oh, really? Then why aren't you sitting on it?" garbled teased as teenage dragons laughed along with him.

Cyre laughed to himself as he watched the scene. 'Yep, just like Saiyans.' he thought. He then noticed the area get darker and looked to see a huge dragon with a dark vest on, a huge set of wings, a golden ring on one of its large horns, and a crystal crown with red crystals on it, as everyone else looked as well. It also appeared to be sitting on a throne.

"Dragons of Equestria, hear me! I have been Dragon Lord for longer than many of you can remember, and my reign has been extraordinary! Agree with me!" he shouted. In response, all the dragons shouted his name. "Torch! Torch! Torch! Torch!"

"Who is that?" Spike asked.

Garble "It's Dragon Lord Torch, dummy." garble responded.

"No, next to him." spike was pointing to a much smaller blue dragon next to Torch.

"That's his daughter, Princess Ember. I wouldn't even look at her if I were you unless you want Torch to eat you!" spike gulped.

"This is fascinating! Dragons are notoriously reckless, but they do whatever the Dragon Lord says!"

"Competing in a tournament essentially... Oh, now that is awesome!" unfortunately for Cyre, that attracted the attention of every single dragon there.

The others all stared at the stranger curiously, he was nothing like they had ever seen before. "Who are you, his babysitter?" One dragon joked as the others soon started laughing.

Cyre rolled his eyes. "I'm Cyre, the most powerful being in the universe." He grinned, making them stop laughing... for only a second. After that brief moment, they continued.

"Yeah right, I'll bet you're just a pony in a... a... some kind of a... monkey costume!" Fume accused, and the other dragons quickly agreed with him.

A smirk came onto the Saiyan's face. "Oh I'm not a pony, and you're about to find out why." His fists clenched as he slowly built up his ki. What started as a low growl quickly escalated into a deafening yell. The entire mountain began trembling as he unleashed his power, and a white aura came to life as he did so. Every nearby dragon turned their attention towards the Saiyan, but they were quickly blown away by strong gusts of wind. Any rocks that were nearby shot into the air.

Spike stared on wide-eyed, this was the first time he had seen his friend power up before. He had only heard about it from Rainbow Dash. To say this was cool would have been a big understatement.

Cyre continued to power up until he noticed the expressions on the faces of the drakes, he then slowly stopped. As soon as the rumbling and the gales ceased, along with the rocks stopping in mid-air and falling back to the ground, he grinned.

"Wow..." The dragons muttered. They had never seen a pony do that before.

"Still think I'm a pony?"

They shook their heads no and then walked up to the Saiyan warrior. "I gotta admit, that was cool." Everyone else nodded and gave
Cyre their praise.

It seemed to him that he had earned the respect of the scaly beasts, not that he cared. Spike was the one who needed their respect.

The dragon lord and his daughter watched on with a mix of emotions. Torch being angry and confused, and ember being intrigued. How did a monkey creature like that gain so much power? The princess made a note to talk to this "Cyre" later.

Garble, however, was not impressed. "So you shook the mountain a little. Is that supposed to impress me?"

Cyre smirked and flew right in front of his face and booped him on the nose, surprising every dragon even further. "If you really think I'm nothing compared to you, then shoot your strongest attack at me."

Garble smirked and shot a huge fireball at him, which Cyre stopped with a single finger, and sent it flying upwards, which made him instantly pale.

"My turn." with that Cyre disappeared. All of them started to search. Where could he have gone? The answer came rather quickly for garble as he found the Saiyan's fist in his gut, wearing him like a glove, which made him spit up blood and just sit there.

All the while, Cyre kept on fisting his stomach, much to garble's annoyance. "St-stop fisting me!" he demanded. Cyre only smirked at that.

"Okay." he suddenly pulled out his entire arm, making garble hold his stomach even more tightly.

"Ow! All at once! Ow... Can I... Just... Have a minute, please?" garble asked.

"Shoryuken," Cyre said with a devilish smile.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but thank you. I honestly didn't think that you would—" he was interrupted by Cyre uppercutting him into the air, where Cyre grabbed his tail and swung him around.

"C-c-c-combo!" he said as he threw him hard into the ground. Once he saw the crater, garble was lying in it, knocked out completely. "Anyone else?" no pony nor dragon said a thing, not even the dragon lord. "Didn't think so. Now, what was it you were saying before?" Cyre asked while staring at Torch.

Torch tried to regain his composure from seeing the Saiyan do what he did best, and luckily he managed. "Well, uh... Unfortunately, according to dragon law, it is time for me to step down. Sad, I know."
......

"Be sad!" all of them started to cry.

"This is why I have summoned you – to compete for the throne in the Gauntlet of Fire!" all of the dragons cheered at the prospect.

"Whoever has the strength and fortitude to retrieve this bloodstone scepter from the heart of the flame-can will be crowned Lord of the Dragons!" he flicked the bloodstone scepter into the volcano causing an explosion wave that stopped the dragons from glowing.

"When the scepter disappeared, the dragons stopped glowing! We are learning so much!" twilight said hushed, but excitedly.

Rarity had then sneezed, with spike taking the blame quickly to save their skins. "Uh, excuse me!"

Garble just groaned as he got up limping toward them, due to the beating he just received from the all-powerful Saiyan. "Ugh, you even sneezelike a pony!" a stern glare from Cyre quickly silenced garble, and it made the dragon's blood run colder than normal.

"The Gauntlet is dangerous, for I designed it myself! Only dragons with my ferocity, strength, and determination will be able to finish. We will gather at the cliff when the sun is at its peak!" the dragons once again cheered at this.

"I don't want to be Dragon Lord or dragon toast, and I stopped glowing, so let's sneak out of here!" unfortunately, pike was caught trying to leave by torch.

"Ah! Where do you think you're going, little dragon?!"

"Oh, uh, hi, your Lordship. Uh, I was just going home!" spike said nervously.

"You don't get to leave unless I say you can!" torch shouted. His daughter ember quickly flew down and vouched for him.

"Dad, look at him. He's just a runt. Besides, he doesn't even want to compete. Let him go." ember said while eyeing the Saiyan, who was staring curiously right back at her, but quickly looked in another direction.

"He is rather tiny, heh-heh. I could squish him with my pinky claw." he chuckled as spike did the same, but nervously.

"That wasn't a joke. It was a fact." torch said flatly. "When I want you to laugh, I will say "be amused!" he shouted.

"Of course, your Lordship! I, uh, guess I don't understand dragon customs. Another reason why I shouldn't compete." spike added.

Torch sighed. "Hm. Very well then, little dragon. I release you."

"Thank you!" spike said to Torch. "And thank you." spike said to Ember as she flew away, only to be caught by her father.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked.

"To prepare for the Gauntlet," she said simply.

"No, you're not. You're not much bigger than that runt I just sent home!" torch shouted.

Ember argued. "But I'm smarter than most of these boulder heads and you know it!"

"Being smart won't help you win this Gauntlet! It was designed for a big, strong dragon to win because it takes a big, strong dragon to lead! Besides, I said no!" this time, he shouted loud enough that it sent ember flying backward.

Ember growled at her father. "I hate when he does that!" the dragons began to conversate about what they would do with the position of the dragon lord.

"Ha. When I become Dragon Lord, I will make burps an official greeting!" one dragon said.

"Ha, you? Please! When I win, I will pillage Equestria for all their pillows. Why should these ponies be comfortable while we sleep on rocks?" another dragon said.

"That's nothing! When I'm in charge, the first thing I'll do is get revenge on those puny ponies! And especially that monkey friend of theirs! They'll regret they ever crossed Garble! We'll take whatever we want from Equestria and burn the rest!" garble and the others could hear Cyre laughing loudly in the distance, making garble growl more.

"Oh, my gosh!" Twilight said.

"Ooh, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope that burping dragon wins!" Rarity said.

"None of them can win! Equestria's in big trouble if any of them are in charge!"

"In all seriousness, not really. You have me, remember? Although I'd rather not commit a mass genocide of an entire species..." Cyre said.

"But what can we do?" Twilight asked.

"There's only one thing to do, and only I can do it! I have to win the Gauntlet of Fire!"

"Oh..." twilight and Rarity said.

"What do you mean you have to win the Gauntlet?" Rarity said.

"It's the only way to protect Equestria from the dragons. You heard them! They have horrible plans for ponies if they win! So somehow, I have to do it!"

"There has to be another way. It's too dangerous. Besides, if you win, you'd have to stay here!' twilight said.

"I know, but there's no other way to keep my friends safe." spike.

"Well, if you're staying to compete, then we're staying to cheer you on!" Twilight said.

"And I'll be at your side through this spike. Know that you're never alone." Cyre said confidently.

All of them were now on a cliff, where they would soon depart on their mission for the scepter.

"I thought I released you, tiny one!" torch said to spike.

"I decided to compete. I am a dragon, after all."

"Are you sure? You can't even fly!" garble laughed along with the other dragons.

Cyre growled and facepalmed. 'spike, you better know what you're getting into!' he thought as Torch addressed the gathered crowd.

"All dragons are welcome to compete, but they do so at their own peril! Flying to Flame-cano Island is the first of many challenges you will face in your quest to find the bloodstone scepter!" torch said as he roared, the dragons leaving the cliff to fly to the flame-cano.

"Good luck! Just kidding. I hope you lose." garbled then smacked spike into the water with his tail, and was promptly being chocked by cyre's hand, gagging as well.

Cyre was glaring up at him, and his face said it all. With that, garble nodded in understanding, and Cyre threw him into the air like a rag doll, and kicked his sorry ass into the sky. He then began to flying to the volcano in a huff, not caring about his friends for a moment. 'That garble really gets on my damn nerves...'

Spike landed in the water with a splash. "Thanks, Garble! I was planning on swimming anyway!" he said sarcastically, as rarity and twilight swam over in a seaweed costume.

"You can do it, Spike!" Rarity exclaimed. Out of nowhere, giant sea worms shot out of the water and began spraying the dragons and the saiyan. Cyre had no problem dodging them at all. 'Phew! thanks piccolo, I have you to thank for that! I also have a small fear for the word "dodge" to though... Ah, who cares?' Cyre thought. Garble, who was still dizzy from the chocking session, got blasted back by water and bumped into another dragon, who got knocked out and landed in the water.

"He's gonna drown!" Spike quickly dived down after the dragon, much to twilight's and rarity's surprise. "Spike!"

Spike then resurfaced with the dragon in his grasps.

"Hey, are you okay?" Spike and the others arrived at the beach, and had brought the soon-to-be known Dragon. They took off the helmet, and to their surprise, they saw a coughing princess Ember.

"What do you think you're doing?" She asked.

"Only saving your ungrateful scales!" Rarity said.

Princess Ember looked at the seaweed pile suspiciously. "Did that seaweed just talk?" She removed it and saw both twilight and rarity. "Ponies?! What are they doing here?!"

"They're my friends!" Spike said with a smile.

"Friends? Dragons don't do friends." Ember said simply.

"Well, this dragon does." Spike admitted.

"Whatever. I don't care as long as none of you get in my way. I have a Gauntlet to win." She took the helmet and was preparing to leave, but spike stopped her.

"But I thought your dad said that—"

"I don't care what my dad said! I'll show him and every dragon who thinks I'm just a little princessthere are better things than being big and strong!" Ember interrupted.

Just then, garble had been shot down by a rock thrown by a slingtail, and ended up on the beach, where spike and the others were. Rarity and twilight barely had enough time to put on their disguise before he looked at them. "Don't leave me here, Spike!"

"I'd honestly just leave his ass there. I can't be the only one who wants that..." Cyre said as he was looking at the comments section of the clip of this episode on youtube.

Spike strained to push the rock out of the way, only to get laughed at by garbled once more. "Ha-ha! Knew you'd do it. Your pony friends made you soft."

Spike just glared at him. "Uh-huh. You're welcome."

"For what? I didn't say thank you." garble then started to sniff around them. "Wow, you even smell like ponies. Or is it coming from over there?" he was right about to find them as ember stepped in front of them...

"Uh, that's just me. I, uh, robbed some ponies on my way over here." she said in a gruff voice.

Garble was surprised, then impressed. "Huh, I like your style. Have I met you before? You kind of look like—"

"My, uh, old neighbor! Uh, Sandy... Rockbeach!" spike interrupted hastily.

"Stupid slingtails knocked me down! But I've wasted enough time making small talk. Get it? Ha-ha! Because you're too small to win this! I'm funny." garble then flew back into the sky.

Princess Ember looked at spike confused. "Why did you cover for me? You could've had one less competitor."

"I could ask you the same thing. You could've told Garble about my friends." spike said.

They both looked and saw all the dragons being shot down by boulders.

Princess Ember winced. "Yikes... That looks rough. But that's what makes it a challenge."

"Are you kidding? Those boulders are huge! Hey, what if we worked together? You fly me up there, and I'll help look out for boulders, like a second set of eyes!" spike suggested.

"Pssst!" spike walked over to the seaweed, but when he touched it, it flumped down completely. He then saw rarity in a different costume, waving at him with a branch.

"Spike! Are you sure it's a good idea to team up with Ember? You don't know her too well." rarity argued.

"I do know she could've told Garble about you, but she didn't. I think we can trust her." spike said.

Twilight Sparkle popped out of the costume reading her book and spoke up. "Her behavior does seem contradictory to everything I've noted about dragons so far."

"Hey, you, little fella! I've thought about it, and your plan makes sense. Let's do it." princess ember said.

"Really?" spike said in surprise. "Great! It's a deal!"

"Just so you know, this doesn't mean we're gonna pick flowers or exchange necklaces or whatever pony friends do." princess ember stated while putting on the helmet.

"Good luck. We'll meet you at the top." twilight said.

"And I'll be nearby... Hopefully." Cyre said as he floated into the air.

Princess ember was now flying through the air with spike on her back as the other dragons were being shot down, and while Cyre was expertly jumping from rock to rock like a boss with little effort.

"Pull up! There's one on your tail!" spike said as a rock was flying towards them from the rear. Ember yelped as she dodged the rock.

"Go left!" spike said as ember dodged another. Soon enough the three of them arrived at the tunnel entrance.

"So what do we do now?" spike asked.

"I think we go through there." Ember said pointing to the tunnel.

"Yeah, well let's be careful. We don't have any idea what's—" a roar of flame interrupted his sentence as a few smoky dragons came out of the cave. "— in there." Cyre said.

Rarity yelped as she and twilight somehowreached them. "Oh, that looks scary! I mean, you can do it!"

"Listen, Spike. I wouldn't have made it this far without you. So I guess, if you want to, we could keep working together. I mean, just until we get through that tunnel." Ember suggested.

"Okay!" agreed spike.

"We'll be right behind you!" twilight said hushed.

Throughout the tunnel, they encountered many hazards, ranging from clamping stalagmites and stalactites, to crystals shooting out of walls, all of which cyre enjoyed immensely. Soon enough they reached the end of the tunnel, where twilight and rarity were again there before cyre. It was really starting to annoy him. How are they doing that?

"Oh, you made it! Oh, we were so worried!"

Spike scoffed at them. "About us? That tunnel was cake!"

"Wait. How did you two get through?" Ember asked.

"Seriously though, how do you guys get through all that before me? It doesn't make sense!" Cyre exclaimed. The volcano then began to rumble, and rarity was about to fall off, before spike quickly pulled her back onto the floor. "Oh, thanks, Spike!"

Spike sighed and said It was nothing.

"Nothing? You just risked everything to save her! And they're putting themselves in danger just to support you!" Ember said.

"Well, that's just what friends do. Don't you have anyone who looks out for you?" spike asked.

Ember shook her head no. "Not really. Unless I count you. Which I don't! Because we were only helping each other get through the tunnel, and now we're through the tunnel, so that's it."

Spike visually saddened. "Wait, what do you mean?"

"Well, there's only one winner one scepter, and one Dragon Lord. So I guess it's every dragon for themselves." Ember said.

"Oh. So we aren't really friends?" spike asked, not wanting to hear the answer.

"Maybe if we were in Ponyland, but like I said, dragons don't do friendship." with that, she left spike, Cyre and the ponies behind making spike very sad. Cyre walked up to him and kneeled down. Cyre was genuinely sad as well, he also wanted to be friends with ember. With that, they began to walk to the scepter.

"I can't believe Ember ditched me." spike said.

Cyre's hand clenched. "I know spike, but we can't worry about it now. Remember, we're here for a reason."

" Besides, you're better off. She was only looking out for herself. She's just like all the other dragons." rarity said, much to cyre's and Spike's chagrin.

"She's not, though. I know it. She saved me, even when she didn't have to. I don't care what she says. That makes us friends." spike said.

"Is it just me, or have we seen this crevasse three times already?" twilight asked.

"It's kinda hard to tell. They all look the same. Except for this one!" they walked in and saw the scepter sitting there. "Look! We made it! I can't believe I'm the only dragon to make it this far!"

"You're not! And I'm not losing to a puny pony-loving dragon like you!" Before garble could move in on spike, Cyre was in front of him with his hands in front of his face.

"Take this, you pathetic excuse of a dragon! Spike, twilight, rarity! Cover your eyes! SOLAR FLARE!!!!!!!" Cyre shouted as a light brighter than a thousand suns flashed. Luckily for the others, they did as instructed and kept their eyes shut.

Unfortunately for garble, he took the blast at essentially point blank range. With his eyes open. Once it dissipated,he was holding his eyes intensely.

"Augh, my eyes! It's like I looked at torch taking a bubble bath! With his daughter! Naked! Wait a minute! He's always naked! And so is Ember! Augh!" garble exclaimed. Right after that he was tackled down by another dragon, to their surprise, Ember.

"Ember! I thought it was every dragon for themselves! Why are you helping me?!" spike asked surprised.

"That's what friends do! And I am. I mean, weare. I never should have left you back there. Agh, please don't make me talk about my feelings!"

Garble's vision had now cleared up, and he was now absolutely livid. Even more so when he saw ember holding him down."What the?!"

"Spike! Get the scepter!"Ember grunted.

Spike ran to get it as ember and garble wrestled.

"I'm sick and tired of you two helping each other! Dragons don't do helping!" garble shouted.

"These dragons do!" Ember said. Cyre heard more dragons incoming. "Spike, any day now!" he shouted.

Spike had quickly climbed up and grabbed the scepter, as he felt the power flowing into him. "Whoa..."

A huge magic explosion followed, and just as garble was about to go get the scepter spike shouted out to him. "Leave her alone!"

Garble looked up and was mortified to see spike holding the scepter. "What? You?! You have the scepter?! But that means that you're..."

"The Dragon Lord. Dragon Lord Spike." Ember finished as she, and the rest of the dragons, bowed to him.

Garble groaned and reluctantly bowed as well. "Dragon... Lord... Spike..." garble muttered.

Spike nodded. "That's right! Uh... Now, go start your long journey home. And give everycreature you see on the way a hug. Don't tell them why."

Garble whined, and it made Cyre grin. A very self satisfied smug grin....

"Awww! But that'll be super embarrassing!" garble complained.

"I command you to do it!" spike demanded while smiling.

Garble groaned as he went to hug everyone in the room, including cyre, who looked at him like he was crazy.

"I can't believe this..." garble said while doing so.

Whlie Cyre was having his mini freak out, Ember walked over to spike. "Dragon Lord Spike. Hm, has a nice ring to it."

"Dragon Lord Ember sounds a lot better." spike said while handing her the scepter.

"What? No. You're the Dragon Lord now." ember said.

"The Dragon Lord is whoever brings the scepter back to your father! Besides, you'll make a great leader. I was just doing this to protect the ponies. But I know you'll protect them just as well as I would have." spike said confidently.

"You sure about this?" she asked.

"Absolutely. My home is in Equestria with my friends." spike responded.

"Well, you'll have at least one friend here too." spike then gave her a hug, much to ember's confusion, and cyre's amusement. "What are you doing?"

"It's called a hug!" spike responded.

Princess Ember was conflicted on this. "Oh. I don't know if I like it. But... okay." just then, Cyre walked over.

"Well, everything worked out in the end. Now then ember, I can finally introduce myself. Name's Cyre!" Ember and cyre shook hands while smiling at each other.

"Awww!" Twilight said while she watched. Rarity simply giggled.

All the dragons were returning as ember flew over to her father, scepter in claw. "Ember? You?!"

"I know you didn't think I could do it, but I did," Ember said.

"I expressly told you not to do it, because you're not—!"

"I'm not big and strong. I know." Ember interrupted. "But you know what? I won anyway. So maybe it takes more than just being big and strong to be a good Dragon Lord!"

Dragon Lord Torch sighed. "I was wrong, Ember. You might not be big, but you are strong and smart, and perhaps that counts for more than I thought. And you will make an excellent leader."

"Thanks, dad. Agree with him!" she shouted to the dragons, who were conflicted. "Just kidding! That's not gonna be my thing."

Torch laughed along with her daughter. "Dragons, hear me! I present to you our new Dragon Lord, Ember!"

The dragons all cheered as garble hugged torch on the nose. "Hm? What is the meaning of this?!"

"I can't tell you!" garble shouted as Ember laughed.

Twilight Sparkle and the others were walking back to Ponyville. "You did well, Spike. With Ember as Dragon Lord, the ponies will be safe and you've gained us a powerful ally."

"And a new friend!" spike added.

"Plus, Ember said I could write to her anytime I had questions about dragon culture! With this much information, I'll be able to write a whole book on dragons!"

"And I gained tons of ideas for a new line of camouflage clothing! I think I'll call it "Camo-Maud"!" Rarity said.

"Is there ever a time where you can't think up a good clothing line? Cyre said, genuinely curious about that.

Rarity, Twilight and Spike all laughed, with Cyre joining them after a few seconds.