“Wait, what?” The Twins said in unison. The two looked between each other in disbelief before looking back at the seven mares.

“Wait, OK! Let us take this back from the beginning.” Lotus said as she rubbed her temples with her hooves.

“Who are you again?” Alo followed right behind her sister.

A mare stepped in front of the main six, her mane and coat was as golden as the sun itself, her eyes was black as the dark as the night sky, and her cutie mark was a combination of a bat like shape with a long tail running down its side..

“My name is Eirene Valtheerin, and I am a dragon charmer.” The dragoness responded to the sisters.

“Well, it is a pleasure Miss Valtheerin, and please don’t take us as inhospitable but this is just too…..” Lotus said as she searched for the appropriate word to use.

“Too completely ridiculous….” Alo finished for her.

“Sister, please be more tactful!” Lotus said, turning to her other and shaking her head in disapproval.

“Listen, we understand your disbelief, but I wouldn’t be here if I felt you two weren’t in any danger, but the fact is…you’re in more danger then you can imagine.” Eirene interrupted the two. Even in a pony form, an aura of dominance seems to engulf the dragoness and reach out to all others around her. Her presence dwarfed all others that were in the spa, even the elements of harmony themselves.

“Ladies, we aren’t asking you to close up shop and go into hiding.” Rarity finally said stepping forward. “We only wish for one of us to be around here with you at all times, and yes I know that is a bit inconvenient….” Rarity said just before being cut off by Rainbow Dash.

“Inconvenient? Nothing should be inconvenient when they are in fear of being rap…” Before the cyan pony could finish her sentence, a powerful gust of wind blew through the spa causing the mares to shiver at the sudden temperature drop that would normally signal that winter had come. When the wind finally died down, Rainbow Dash was sitting on the ground with her; wings, snout, and hooves trapped in blocks of eyes. This caused all the attention to shift from Eirene to the new mystery of the ice pony.

“Would anypony like to explain what just happened here, because I think I just missed a step?” Applejack said as she looked at the only pony who to her knowledge would be capable of such a feat or at least explaining it.

*****

“Discord! What are thou up to?” The princess of the night called out as she made her way into the spirit of chaos’ chambers.

“Ah, if it isn’t my dear sister, Lulu…..No…Luby wuby? No, Wuna?” Discord said, continuing to spit out name after name that got further and further away from Luna’s.

“Thou skipped yet another court meeting, why?” Luna asked, not trying to hide her annoyance.

“I..I did no….WAIT!” He yelled before rushing to his closet and slamming the door open. “Aw, he didn’t go.” He said as he reached in and pulled out an exact copy of himself, which was munching on paper. .

“Discord….” Luna said, now tapping her hoof against the castle’s stone floor.
“What are you eating?” Discord said, as he started to wrestle the paper away from himself. “You shouldn’t be eating such pretty paper.” The draconic being said as he randomly threw it in the air and he floated in front of the princess.

“Wait, this is…” Luna’s eyes flew wide open as she looked at a half-eaten picture of her singing and shaking her plot in the shower. “DISCORD,” she yelled in a mixture of fury and embarrassment before shooting a beam at the two. The two spirits swirled spirally around the beam before launching directly at her, splitting apart and going around both sides of the princess and out the door laughing.

The spirits of chaos was singing in harmony while the night princess gave chase to the two. If a blush could appear on her dark coated face then her whole body would be crimson red in embarrassment at this point. “Discord, Halt!” The princess of the night yelled out, as she did her best to duck and dodge guards and nobles, unlike her prey who snake like body twisted and bended with ease. Eventually the two Discords, crashed into the only mare that would be capable of stopping the, their bodies slammed together into one being before wrapping his body around her’s and crashing into the ground.

“Discord…” Celestia groaned as she tried to free herself, only to get a strong resistance.

“Save me, that mare has gone mad!” He replied, his voice high pitched and squeaky as a child.

“Discord, I’m going to….Sister!” Luna said as she caught up, screeching to a halt as to not join the chaos that lay before her.

“Well, at least you two are getting along.” Celestia teased, finally using her magic to teleport herself free. “Yet, I’m afraid I need to put your merriment on a hold as we need to speak on Twilight, Spike her friends. Discord, you’re the only one who fully knows what they are up against and what needs to be done. So, please I need you to tell me everything….” Celestia said as she took her place beside Luna.

“Oh, dear, oh dear… I knew this would come eventually. I’m afraid I cannot tell you.” Discord replied as he started to levitate up right.

“And, why can’t though?” Luna questioned puzzled at his response.

Discord raised his claw, and opened his mouth to answer, just before shutting it and making a piece of paper appear in his talons. Soon after, glasses appeared on Discord’s face as he began to silently read the paper while fiddling with his goatee0.

“Discord, what is thou’ doing?” Luna asked, tapping her hoof and showing that she was annoyed again.

“Oh, just reading this Fanfic, I forgot my lines and how I was supposed to reply to you so I wanted to check was my next line was supposed to be. Aw, there we go…” He said as he cleared his throat while the two sisters looked onto him stupefied.

“I can’t tell you, I can’t do that. There are laws which the universe is ordered. These rules must be obeyed! My dear maidens of the day and of the night you must surely understand this.” He finally replied to Luna as he took a bow and flowers fell around him.

“Rules, what rules and why must you follow these rules?” Luna continued her questioning.

“Because I made them or more accurately; a much younger and much more omnipotent me, made them.” He smiled.

“Discord, my love….just how much do you remember? How far back did you allow your memory to go?” Celestia question as she stepped forward.

“I can tell you who Spike’s parents are, I could tell you where Your mother is….wait a minute this isn’t my story!” Discord responded.

“But it is as much your story as it is Spike’s story. He is your only living and breathing descendent, and the key to saving him lies with you Discord.” Celestia said as she stop just inches away from him.

“When did you become such a manipulative mare, I didn’t think you had it in you, Celestia” Discord closed his eyes chuckling.

“What do you me?” she replied.

“You know exactly what I mean, first you let Luna constantly scratch at my defense until you felt they were lowered enough that you could redirect the flow of the conversation from one direction to the other. When I wouldn’t break my own law to tell you what you asked, you hoped to awaken some feelings of nostalgia within me by asking how far back can I remember. Then you hoped to ride on that same nostalgia by reminded me of my connection to the little purple dragon.” Discord said as he toyed with his goatee more.

“I had no such intent!” Celestia simply replied before closing her eyes and holding her head up high.

“My dear Celestia, you are fooling none here, but for your efforts I shall reward you within the limitation of my laws.” Discord said before he nuzzled her snout.

*****

“And that is the last of it.” Applejack said, after three hours of chipping, Rainbowdashw as finally free of her ice prison.
“You know, it would have been a lot faster if you’d just let me melt the ice.” Eirene said, her gaze never left the Spa ponies who were waving goodbye to the last costumer of the day.

“Don’t take this the wrong way Eirene, but I want a dragon nowhere near me when they are breathing fire. We still need to come up with a way to fight Spike’s magical fire or whatever” Rainbow dash said as she flapped her wing, trying to give them some exercise.

“Yes, Eirene… do you happen to know a way we can combat dragon magic? My knowledge on your species is extremely limited.” Twilight added on.

“Will power, the hypnotic flames won’t affect someone who has a strong enough will to resist it. He had the upper hand the first time, because you six knew nothing about it.” The dragoness replied.

“Willpower? Is that it? It honestly can’t be that simple darling.” AJ Stared at Eirene.

“Yes, the hypnotic flame is that simple, but that is if the hypnotic flame is all that Damien taught Spike.” She said as she shook her head.

“W…what more is there?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well, for starters will power will only break the hypnotic trances that the dragon fire places one; it will not free you from the illusions that the flame create. To escape the illusion you need to be able to perceive what is a illusion and what isn’t. The closer you get to the caster, the stronger the illusion becomes which makes this even harder.” Eirene stated.

“So we can escape the mind control, but we can’t escape the mind trickery; that is just great.” Rainbow dash said with a grown.

“Then if Damien starts teaching Spike the physical manipulation of the fire he spits, that starts to add to the problem. A dragon’s fire while not only magical, but is an extension of that dragon. It can be controlled no differently than a dragons arm or tail. This is the main reason ponies don’t ever find any ancient dragons that live in Equestria. There are a few, not many, but those that do usually combine the hypnotic flame with the flame manipulation to keep their territory safe guarded.” The dragoness said.

“If dragons are so smart and powerful, why haven’t you seen any do this? We’ve ran into quite a few dragons before this whole; “dragon trial thing.” Rainbow Dash stated in disbelief of the dragoness.

“Oh? How many dragons have you met thatcould do what Spike, or Daamien, or even myself can do?”

“Well, almost none, we can’t discount discord.” Twilight answered for Rainbow Dash who just remained silent.

“That is because, just like how Unicorn are the species of pony’s that do magic; dragons have their own bloodlines that are more adapted to magic, physical prowess, and well that’s about it. The dragons you mostly dealt with were the fallen ones. Dragons who failed their trials, the fallen usually lose their connection with their magical prowess once they lose their trail or stop listening to their blood. As already stated once before, Spike is a descendent of my bloodline, and ours is the most magical of all the dragon’s bloodlines in the world.” Ereine said proudly as smoke escaped her nostrils.

*****

Spike sat on the roof of the building just across from the closed spa, his blood red eyes gaved as the street as his slowly became less and less active. Within spike’s right claw swirled a green flame that wrapped all the way up to his elbow.

“You are improving, they don’t even realize you are here, and Eirene is to distracted to sense your presence. You’re now able to enchant others without the even realizing it. Your flame is truly strong, and area of influence is much larger then I imagined. Maybe, just maybe you are of my bloodline after all.” Damien said.

“Let us just get this over with, the longer Twilight and Eirene are allowed to talk, the greater the chance of them beating me becomes.” Spike said, just before he stood, taking a few steps back, and then launched himself into the air and landing on the roof of the spa. Any sound the dragon would have normally made from such a feat was muffled by the power of the illusionary flames.

“Prepare yourself Spike, if Eirene wasn’t aware of our presence before, she is now. You are still nowhere near strong enough to trap her.” Damien stated as he manifested a physical form beside the purple dragon.

“Then help me!” Spike stated.

“I am, I am teaching you am I not? There are still laws that I must abide by and same goes for Eirene!” The ebony drake said with a chuckle.

Author's Note

I had less then half of this chapter written in December. I know the story feels like it is coming to a end, but in actuality I am only now beginning to touch on Spike, Damien, Eirene, and Discord. If I keep going the way I am, Discord my need to be tagged, Also yes, I had to break the fourth wall, and no it is not by pinkie pie so cry me a river.