It wasn’t until late into the afternoon that Twilight and her friends reached Canterlot castle waiting to speak with Princess Celestia.

“Thank you for coming’ I know you are all wondering why I requested you all here, but I assure you that this is a matter of great importance concerning our dear friend Spike. You see, I first need to know has anything about him changed as of late.” Celestia said as she sat next to Luna staring down at the six mares.

“Well, not that I know of princess.” Pinkie pie responded as she rubbed her hoof against her snout.

“W…well, he has you know….been able to get bigger at will.” Fluttershy mumbled.

“I can’t say my darling Spikey-Wikey has changed much. He has grown a lot yes, but no really drastic changes.” Rarity stated as she held her head high.

“Does the Relationship between Spike and Rarity count as a changed?” Rainbow dash asked.

“Why in tarnations would that be the type of change the princess is looking for?” Applejack replied to Rainbow dash.

` “Wait, relationship? What relationship might that be?” The princess asked as she gestured towards Rarity to answer.

“Well you see, princess… Spike has had an affection for me for some time now and as of recently I decided to give it a chance.” Rarity said as a light blush appeared on her cheek

“I see, have his actions towards you or anything around him seem to change since you two have been together?” Luna asked.

“No princess, he has remind a gentlemen thick and through, but with all due respect. May I ask what is this all about?” The grey mare asked as she looked between the two.

“All will be explain in a little bit, but first we need to confirm some things before ho any further. How about you Twilight, you’ve been very quiet my most faithful student.” Celestia looked down at Twilight who looked away with a worried expression on her face.

After a few seconds had passed, Twilight sighed and began to tell Celestia everything; from the nightmares described to her by Spike, to the kiss they shared in his basket as well as his disappearing act and the talk they had right before the letter from the princess arrived. When she was finally done not a single pony spoke; everyone was still trying to process what they had just been told.

“Well, I think this is my queue to enter.” A familiar voice echoed through the throne room as it started to slowly feel with multi colored butterflies. The butterflies started to swarm right next to Celestia and solidify together into one large mass which eventually revealed itself to be the spirit of disharmony himself. “Well, hello there! Did you all miss me?”

“DISCORD!” The elements shouted all at once as the rushed to get between him and the princess.

“Protective aren’t they my sweet?” Discord said with a mischievous grin.

“My Sweet?” The 6 mares repeated.

“Calm down my little ponies, he means no harm, and can do none even if he wanted. He is only partially free from his imprisonment. Majority of his power is still locked away while is physical for is free to move as he wills it. As far as magic goes, he can only do basic things like levitate, teleport, and a minor in shapeshifting.” Celestia said.

“Wait, why is he eve n here, let alone free?” Twilight turned towards the Princess.

“The reason for his release is not of importance, but what is important is what he has to say about Spike. If discord is correct then Ponyville may be in great danger.” As Celestia spoke, Discord was taking his time to examine each of the main six before he started to chuckle.

“What is do funny goat head?” Rainbow dash yelled as she flew closer to Discord.

“Aren’t we the uppity one, down pony…. And be a good girl while the adults talk. Anyways, I assume you all know little to nothing about a dragons life spend and maturity rate. I mean besides they must practice greed to age properly.” Discord floated away from the group to an area that was a bit more spacious. Discord opened his mouth and pulled out a rectangular stick that was 24 inches long. He proceeded to grab both the top and bottom of the ruler puling it open into a chalkboard.

“Ohhhhhh, can you teach me how to do that?” Pinkie asked as she begin to bounce up and down.

“Maybe later Pinkie, I know many other tricks you would like to.” Discord held one claw before bending the tip of it back revealing the claw to be hollow and full of chalk. “Now shall we begin our lessons on dragons 101, and do please take notes everything I say will be on the final exam.”

“Hold on just a sec! Are we really about to sit here and trust anything the spirit of disharmony has to say?” Applejack said as she stepped forward and turned to the others.

“Well unless you know all about dragon kind, I don’t think we have much of a choice. I’m not saying we have to believe everything he says, but at least we can listen and make a sound judgment based on what he says.” Twilight sighed and nodded for Discord to continue.

“Now dragons go through seven stages of maturity, 8 if you count the enlightenment age; a stage which I have no doubt spike didn’t have. The first stage is greed; as you may or may not know the more dragon hordes the bigger he gets and the greedier he gets. This usually beat by isolating one’s self in a cave deep in a forest or mountain. Greed is the easiest stage of maturity to overcome and few falls to it. But those that do get isolate outside of dragon society due to their inability to control their own instincts Now that is not to say dragons deny their nature; if a dragon doesn’t horde responsibly then they will never grow. Greed is required absolutely for a dragon to age. .

Beyond greed, the rest of the stages can come in any order, but we shall focus on the one Spike is dealing with currently. From how you described it, Spike is dealing with lust next. To a healthily enlightened dragon this stage of maturity would be no harder to overcome then greed, but to one such as Spike; well let just say you got off lucky yesterday morning. Now you say he sees and hears a dragon spirit rhat only he can see; did he happen to tell you the dragons name Twilight Sparkle?” Discord pointed the chalk at the violet mare.

“No, he just says it can possess him and move him through dimensional planes.”

“Every guardian spirit can possess the dragon, but dimensional magic belongs to…. For that to be possible spike would have to be of the dragon father’s bloodline directly. Discord said as he ran his claw over his cheek.

“T…the dragon father, but he hasn’t been seen since the beginning!” Celestia started to take steps towards Discord.

“Yes, but that is a discussion we must save for later. Right now I must speak with the Element of Generosity.” Discord, turned to face the purple maned mare. “Rarity tell me how do you really feel about Spike?”

“What? I love my little Spikey-Wikey and believe him to be one of the best things in my life.” As the mare spoke her eyes slowly started to sparkle.

“So you have no doubts, no worries, and accept his love one-hundred percent?” Discord asked.

“Of course I do… what are you trying to get at Discord.”

“I want to show you something, all of you something through the eyes of a dragon.” Discord held his claw up while making the tip of his index finger touch the tip of his thumb and forming a circle. Discord blew into the circle cause bubbles in the shape of glasses to come out the other end and make their way to each of the mares faces.

“What the…. OMG RARITY, DISCORD YOU TO ARE ON FIRE.” Five out the six mares yelled as the jumped ready to attempt to put out the flames.

“Calm yourself that is not fire, but what is known as a Dragon’s soul. You see dragons don’t have the Luxury that ponies and other creatures of this world do when it comes to matters of the heart. A pony can fall in love, and do it more than once; a dragon cannot.” A bluish flame swirled around discord’s body intensely and from his chest a thin line shot to Celestia the wrapped completely around her body like as kin tight suit. “When two dragons fall in love their dragons souls connect together to create what is known as the line of fate, which is what you are seeing go to Celestia.

The line of fate is a unbreakable bond tying the two dragons together forever even after death making it impossible for a dragon to love another. Dragons learn about the dragon soul within their enlightenment age, and are taught by their parent to always choose wisely before giving their dragon soul to another. Now creatures like you ponies obviously possess no such thing, so when a dragon hands you their soul, the Line of fate becomes a linear connection binding their emotions and hearts to the one they gave it to and it reminds there whether they accept it or not. You, Rarity have a line of fate and a dragon soul connected to you the same as Celestia, but there is one significant difference between the two.

The dragon soul is simply attached to your body, which is why it looks like you are on fire. You have not accepted Spike’s love for you completely; unlike Celestia who has accepted mine and wears my soul like a second skin. Whether or not you accept is soul all depends on whether or not you truly love him. You have no obligation to him and could easily move on with your life, but he has already given you his soul. So no matter what you do, or where you go; he can never love no other but you; even long after you’ve died.”

“I…I can’t believe what I am hearing right now? T..this… how can dragons live such lives?” Rarity as she reached for the line of fate that shot to her body all the way from Spike who was currently still in Ponyville.

“Because, that is are nature! Dragons since the beginning always took things slower than other races because of our longevity. It takes five-hundred years for use to just move out of the baby stage of our life. By then a average dragon would have overcome at least three trials, have a decent sized horde, and would be looking for another who didn’t already have a line of fate connected to them. Spike didn’t have a Draconic upbringing, or an enlightenment period, and in all honestly… should have never even been able to hatched.

“Wait a minute Discord… Slow down, I still shocked at this whole “Your dragon soul and Celestia thing! Now you are telling me that my number one assistant shouldn’t have even hatched.” Twilight said as she rubs here hooves against her head.

“A dragoness lays 10 – 15 eggs, she must constantly keep them eggs monitored and on fire. The higher the eggs temperature is the more likely the hatchling is to be a girl and visa versa. Even with both the dragon and dragoness working together to monitor the eggs, the most that ever hatch are 3-4. A dragon egg that is in its enlightenment age will die in a matter of minutes if taken out of the flaming nest that the parents built for them. “Discord said as he snapped his claws which caused everyone’s bubble glasses to pop.

The group just stood there silent, none knew what to say or how to say it. Yet many more questions ran through each of their minds about dragons, about Spike, and about even Discord himself.

“All that doesn’t matter now anyways, the point is he is a living breathing sentient being now! He is facing the dragon trials like every dragon do and will receive the same reward if he passes them all, or if he fails. His mind will devolve back to primal instincts of the trial he failed, so if he fails the trial of lust….Rarity and Twilight shall be the first, but soon after he will go after every mare in Ponyville for starters. I personally think it would be nice to see Kirins walking around again; I miss those little dragon and pony cross breeds.” Discord said with a chuckle.

“WHAT?” The main six mares yelled simultaneously.

Author's Note

This chapter is very rocky, I've been up since 1am do to some horrible news and I wrote this chapter as a escape from the news...