"This sucks." Garble said upset

"Well what were you expecting? For us to be immune to It?" I asked slightly amused at his mood.

"Well, I wish we were because this sucks." He said upset

"Well at least you two enjoyed each other's company before she left with Ember," I said slightly amused.

"Ughhh don't remind me, that just makes It worse," Garble said laying his face In the palm of his hands.

To clear things up a day had passed since I had found out that Garble and I had finally started our molting to both of our annoyances.

Him, because he was annoyed It took so long compared to Embers to appear and me because I already knew what we were going to have to deal with now that It finally appeared.

During our molting a few things had happened even though they weren't much In the grand scheme of things It felt monumental to us like how Ember was finally able to fully grasp how her wings worked.

Also, most importantly (sorry Ember) was the fact that lil Smold was able to take her first steps when Garble and I voices started to fail and let me tell you It was adorable.

I still remember when Garble and I were annoyed at our voices failing while Smolder and Ember were relaxing together.

Now apparently according to Ember when they were relaxing Smolder caught sight of how unhappy Garble looked so she started squirming In Ember's grasp which Ember took as her wanting space leading her to place Smolder on the ground as she kept her eye on her.

Apparently what happened next was Smolder started to lift herself off the ground slowly and shaking all the while.

Ember thinks It took her around a whole minute to get up but get up she did as she was able to fully stand on her two feet albeit still shaking.

And then, very slowly she took her first step.

And then another, and another, and another.

It took around a good ten minutes for Smolder to walk over to where me and Garble were sulking and completely oblivious of her achievement.

Meanwhile, Ember was giddy at what she was witnessing trying her best to be quiet and not ruin the surprise.

Then finally Garble felt something touching his arm causing him to turn around and find Smolder looking up at him worried.

He then looked up only to find Ember standing far away from Smolder causing him to look back and forth at them a few times before looking back at Smolder as his face lit up with joy as he picked up Smolder and started to praise her as he ruffled her fin-like appendages causing her causing her to laugh In joy at being able to make him feel better.

Meanwhile, Ember and I stood off to the side smiling at the amount of joy Garble was showing her and how much Smolder was enjoying his attention.

Unfortunately a couple of hours later when Garble and Ember were playing with Smolder while Aesthyr and I were talking about whatever came to mind she stopped playing and started sniffing around her before slowly coming closer to Garble.

As she sniffed him she recoiled so hard from the smell that when her face scrunched up she pulled her whole body back as she fell on her butt and started making grabby hands at Ember to which Ember quickly picked Smolder up before moving towards the gem pile to get away from the smell.

Garble was a bit upset when that happened which meant his big brother had to go and make him feel better since I also started to smell which led to me hanging out by myself.

So I made my way over to Garble who was hanging out by the hole and joined him as we started making small talk which led us to where we are now.

"Well think of It this way, we're almost through with our molting and then when It's done you can go back to playing with Smolder like nothing ever happened," I said trying to reassure him as he sighed.

"Yeah I guess so, still sucks though." He said annoyed

"Yeah, It does, even Ember doesn't want to come near me," I said slightly disappointed.

"Awwww, dwoes bwig bwother miss the Dwakina?" He said In a baby voice to which I responded by lightly punching him In the shoulder causing him to laugh.

"Oh shut up," I said slightly annoyed at his laughing.

"My bad but I was feeling bored and I wanted to do something that would entertain me." He said smirking

"Yeah well hope you got your entertainment," I said rolling my eyes.

"Yep, pretty entertained If I say so," He said with a smirk before he dropped It.

"Though I wanna ask you something," He said now looking a bit serious.

"What do you need?" I asked

"So about the ring, Is there a drakina really trapped In It?" He asked curiously as I lifted my right hand.

"Yeah and her name Is Aesthyr. She was, In her own words 'the best Draconic Armorer In all of the Dragon Lands'." I said quoting

"Well she must be lying then," He said without hesitation.

What!? The nerve of this drake as If he has any right to doubt my skill when he hasn't even seen my work nevertheless even met me." Aesthyr said offended

[Wow someone's a bit upset.] I said

How could I not be? When somedrake like him doubts me," She said slightly upset.

[Well let me ask why he thinks that, It might just be a misunderstanding,] I said To try and calm her down.

It had better be," She said as I focused back on Garble.

"Hellooooooo? Dragon Land to Falkor, are you there?" Garble asked as he waved his hand in front of my face

"O-oh sorry I was just talking to Aesthyr," I said a bit surprised.

"Aesth-, oh right thee uh drakina, In the ring. How does that work exactly? Like do you just like talk to each other In your head?" He asked slightly confused.

"Yep pretty much." I said

"Huh I don't know whether or not that's cool or weird, eh I'll go with weird for now." He said

"Wow thanks," I said rolling my eyes.

"Anyways why do you think Aesthyr's lying?" I asked

"Well OBVIOUSLY because there's no such thing as a 'draconic armor'." He said

"Armorer," I corrected to which he responded by waving me off.

"Same thing and besides If she was the 'best In all the Dragon Lands' then why hasn't anydrake heard about her?" He questioned

"Huh, good point." I turn towards the girl's direction.

"Hey. Ember!" I call out as she pauses from playing with Smolder.

"Yeah?" she asked

"Did Dragon Lord Torch ever say anything about somedrake named Aesthyr?" I asked

"Is this about the drakina trapped In your ring?" She asked

"Uh yeah." I responded with

"Well I do but, Dad told me not to tell anydrake about that." She said.

"Oh o-

"But If you want I can tell you since It does have something to do with you now," She said shocking me and Garble.

"Are you sure Ember? You don't have to tell us If It's that important," I said trying to reassure her.

"I mean don't get me wrong I would definitely like to see what the big deal Is with this drakina but if it's something that important then maybe It's best to not tell us." Garble said

"Oh believe me If I didn't trust you two I wouldn't even mention anything," She said with a smirk.

"But we've been companions for a while now even before we went on this little molting trip together, so don't worry, I think I can trust you guys just, don't mention this to anydrake else," She said causing us to grin.

"Well I mean In that case, please Princess Ember share with us what only you and the Dragon Lord know," Garble said sarcastically causing Ember to roll her eyes.

"Yeah, whatever," Ember said before narrowing her eyes In thought.

"Now from what I remember, apparently Dad told me that the reason why nodrake knows about her Is that the Dragon Lord that was In charge before my dad was had erased everything he could find about her, from her accomplishments to what she made, everything." She explained

"So basically what you're saying Is nodrake knows about her because the previous Dragon Lord didn't want anydrake to? But why would he do that?" I asked out loud.

I want to say I'm surprised but honestly, If this was Dragon Lord Darss's fault then I'm not." Aesthyr said

[Why do you say that?] I asked her

Because If there's one thing I know about Dragon Lord Darss Is that he was afraid of me, not like all the other dragons who saw me as a failure no, he knew just what I was capable of. She explained

[But how was getting rid of your existence supposed to help him?" I asked

Because I was planning on showing other dragons how much fiercer we could've been If they just saw how capable everything I made was. She explained

Though I assume after my disappearance reaching his ears inevitably he did everything In his power to get rid of the fact I ever existed. She said

[Sorry to hear that.] I said to her

Eh, nothing to be sorry about, can't use any of It now anyway, can I? Heh heh....... though you could. She said

[What?] I asked

You could use them. I mean you have no reason to use them but that doesn't mean you can't use them. She said

[But I thought Darss had everything destroyed?] I asked her

And? Unless you forgot I'm a Draconic Armorer. If I was useless just because everything I made was destroyed I wouldn't be very good at what I do. She told me

[Oh right, guess that makes sense then.] I said to her

Now we can talk about this some other time, right now It looks like your companions are waiting for you, She said before going quiet as I focused back on the outside world.

"Finally back?" Garble said looking unimpressed.

"Yes I'm back, were you guys talking about anything?" I asked to which he shook his head.

"Not really, we were talking for a bit after you did whatever It Is you do until It looked like Smolder was getting restless and she went back to playing with her," Garble explained

"Oh ok then," I said as we sit there In silence.

"Hey Falkor?" Garble asked

"Yeah?" I responded only to find him nervously playing with his tail before.

"Garble are you ok?" I asked a bit worried

"No I'm fine It's just I had something I wanted to say but now that I think about It sounds stupid," He said looking embarrassed.

"So? You know I don't care." I said

"I know but-"

I interrupt him by placing my hands on his shoulders and making him face me.

"Garble I promise, whatever It Is you wanted to say will not, and I repeat, will not make you any less of a dragon, ok?" I said causing him to nod.

"Ok, now what Is It you wanted to tell me?" I asked as I removed my hands causing him to sigh for a bit before responding.

"I just wanted to say that I'm happy that I have you as my brother," He said blushing In embarrassment to which I responded by hugging him from his side.

"Me too," I said before he leaned In and hugged me as well.

A couple hours later

"You know I thought that before sucks but this, this Is just Tartarus," Garble said as he aggressively scratched himself all over.

"Oh yeah no I agree this fucking sucks," I say as I try to scratch all over me only to feel like any Itches I took care of magically reappeared forcing me to go back and itch them again.

"Glad I don't have to deal with that again," Ember said as she and Smolder watched from the sidelines.

"Oh shut u-"

CAWWWWWWWWWWWW

We all became silent as we suddenly heard a shriek cut through the air all around us.

"HIDE!" I yelled out knowing exactly what It was.

"HIDE WHERE!? THERE'S NO WHERE TO HIDE!" Garble yelled causing me to look around In a panic.

"T-T-The Gem pile, we can hide there, and no matter what be quiet," I said as we made our way to and forced our way inside the gem pile until we were all thankfully able to fit.

After a couple of minutes, we heard something land outside of the gems as we waited listening to the usual thump as It moved around looking for us or repositioning Itself.

Then It went quiet until the thumps started making their way closer.

*Thump*

*Thump*

*Thump*

*Thump*

We all stayed as deathly still as we could knowing that any sudden movements could mean the end as It no doubt was standing right above the gem pile.

Minutes felt like hours as we waited In place for the Roc to move, go away, and do something that didn't involve staying here, but It felt like no matter what this thing wasn't going to move no matter what.

'What the fuck are we supposed to do now!? This fucking thing won't move and It's only a matter of time before Garble and I start turning to stone or whatever It Is,' I panic thinking to myself as I try to come up with a solution.

Well not to be the bearer of bad news but It's not moving because It knows you're here. Aesthyrs said

[What!? What do you mean It knows!?] I questioned

Rocs have a high sense of smell almost as good as dragons do and If my knowledge Is still good then, It knew where you were as soon as It landed. She explained

[Fuuuck, Ember did say something about Rocs being able to smell molting dragons, but what am I supposed to do now?] I asked her

I don-... actually, that might just work. She said

[What? What might work?] I asked desperately

When me and Luna went against Celestia she came up with a saying that was able to take my draconic abilities and combine It with her own so maybe just maybe, you might be able to do the same. She explained

[And how am I supposed to do that!?] I asked confused

Well If It still works then all you need to do Is repeat after me and then listen to what I tell you and then If It works you're going to pop out of the gem pile and breathe as much fire as you can Into Its face and burn It. She explained

[And If It doesn't?] I asked cautiously

Then at least the others will be able to get away. She said bluntly

Now, carefully repeat after me, any mistakes and both of our souls will be forfeit. She said seriously

[OK, ok, I-I'm ready] I said closing my eyes and trying to calm down as I try to focus on repeating her words.

"Through the different lies and the deepest ruse,

we will show you the absolute truth,

As we summon the power to reveal what has been hidden,

and unveil to us that Is forbidden.

After I finished repeating what she told me to I suddenly felt as If something was trying to force Its way Into and soul and instead of feeling alarmed by It, It felt welcoming, like It was something being given to me Instead of something trying to force Its way inside.

"It worked" We said as we prepared ourselves. "Ok Its Now or never"

Garble's POV

'Why won't this thing go away!? There's no way It knows we're here, we got under the gems before It saw us so why won't It go away!?' I pondered

'We can't fight It and we can't run from It either, we're just sitting eggs right now and there's nothing we ca-'

CAWWWWWW-

Before I could finish my thoughts I felt the gems around me shift as I heard that horrible sound again before It was cut off by the sound of fire being blown.

Crawling out of the gems the first thing I noticed was how hot It was, kinda like we were back In the Dragon Lands.

The first thing I saw was how big Falkor's flame was as It covered up the stupid thing's face putting a big smile on my face.

"Come On Falkor! You can do It!" I yelled out cheering him on

However, my smile started to slip as I looked in slight horror as I saw his flame start to flicker In and out as the things claw was starting to slowly reach for him.

"Its-

Our POV

'-not enough,' We thought as we could begin to feel our flame beginning to run out and If that wasn't enough the Roc was starting to raise Its claw towards us.

'If I can hold on a little longer then-'

Our thoughts are cut off as we begin to see a light blueish flame appear from our right side combining Into our flame as It starts burning brighter and hotter.

'Garble's helping us,' We thought to ourselves before a second dark pink flame appeared from our right as It also began to combine Into the multicolored flame adding even more heat and making It burn even brighter causing us to slightly close our eyes to protect It from the heat.

'Ember Is also helping us, just a little bit more and we can do this,' We thought to ourselves.

Unfortunately, we could see our flame begin to run out as It started to flicker before gradually shrinking as It started to grow closer and closer back to us until the last bit of flames disappeared sending us rolling down to the bottom of the gem pile as Garble and Ember stopped breathing their fire as well to check up on me.

During our state of exhaustion, we started to feel our souls being forcefully separated from each other as It started to revert them to their original positions.

"D-Did w-we g-get It?" I asked feeling exhausted but still worried It was still alive as I tried to push myself up only to be helped up and supported by Garble and Ember.

"Y-yeah I'm pretty s-sure we did," Ember said as she stood to the side and she gave me a good look at It.

When I saw how It looked I was a bit shocked but also very thankful for Its state as the first thing I saw was how pretty much everything past Its beak was charred black even Inside where Its eyes were supposed to be as Its claws and beak was frozen open most likely getting ready to try and devour me.

"Oh thank the Maker It's dead," I said relieved as I looked back and forth between the two of them.

"Thank you for helping me." I said gratefully

"Not like we had any other choice, but you're still welcome," Ember said slightly sarcastically as I could feel her body shaking.

"Yeah let's not do that again, I mean I know I'm a dragon and all but while that did get my blood pumping I want to be able to live until I grow up to defend myself," Garble said also slightly shaking.

"Yeah let's not" I agreed before feeling something covering my tail as I looked down only to find the same stone-like material that was covering Ember begin to cover me.

"Huh, kinda forgot about this," I said out loud causing them to focus on what I was looking at.

"Oh yeah," Garble said looking at his own body as the same began to happen to his right arm.

We both looked at each other before grinning and putting our arms around each other.

"Falkor! Can you believe It!? It's finally happening!" He said visibly excited

"To be honest I can't wait to try them out for myself but to be honest as soon I get my wings I'm probably going to pass out just to let you know." I told him

"Yeah, that makes sense," He said easily agreeing as I could start to see the stone make It to his neck as well as feel It covering mine until I felt It completely covers my face and body as everything became deathly silent as If the whole world was put on mute.
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I didn't know how much time passed until I started to hear the stone begin to crack as I could barely make out the crack forming in front of me until a blinding light appeared forcing me to close my eyes as I dropped to the floor.

"You alright?" Ember asked as she helped me up.

"Yeah, I think so," I said as I got up.

" 'Oh are you ok Garble? Yeah, I'm fine thanks for asking.' " Garble said sarcastically

"Oh my bad Garble," Ember said looking slightly guilty.

"Naw I'm just pulling your wing. Though speaking of wings!" He said as he turned around showcasing his brand new red and yellow wings similar to the ones he had on the show.

"Can you believe It! Now I'm a fully-fledged dragon!" He said looking ecstatic causing me to chuckle as I approached him causing Ember to let me go.

"I can see that, congratulations Garble you earned It," I said earnestly as I put my hand on his shoulder.

"I'm proud of you," I said sincerely as he starts to blush In embarrassment making his face even redder as he looks away from me before surprising me as he rushes into me and gives me a tight hug.

"Heh, thanks Falkor," He said embarrassed before stepping back before I could hug him back.

"Now I don't know about you but I am very tired so I'm just gonna pass out now alright." I said

"Yeah go ahead, we'll be here when you wake up," Ember said behind me before coming Into view with Smolder In her arms.

"Alright cool, see ya," I said as I closed my eyes and fell to the ground before passing out.

Author's Note

Now trust me I know I've said this before but this Is probably THE worst chapter I've uploaded to this story so far and It might seem pretty cringe to a few people so my condolences to having to sit and read through this and if you left halfway through reading this chapter then I don't blame you.

Though If you somehow were able to make your way to the end if this God awful chapter then I would like It If people commented what they thought was absolutely Idiotic about this chapter and what you want me to fix about It.

And If and this Is a BIG If you somehow enjoyed this then leave a comment telling me what you enjoyed about It since reading what people enjoyed always makes me smile and I did try my best to make this chapter a least a little interesting so I do hope you genuinely enjoy It but thats not up to me to decide.

But anyways until I post again have a nice rest of your day after reading this.

Ps: let me know If you want to see side chapters or not featuring characters besides Falkor, ok now I'll see ya later.

PPS:some people might find It stupid that the Roc just stood their and for that I would like to point to the episode molt down where he didn't move giving spike enough time to get his fire ready so I believe that this still Is still believable.
Ok sorry now I'll go.