Author's Note

Hey guys sorry for another short chapter but at least I got this short one out for you sooner rather than later right? Idk but I hope you enjoy It all the same since this one might seem a bit messy so sorry for that.

Also I just want to say thanks for all the support that you guys have shown my story so far Its actually still pretty unbelievable that people can enjoy what I write which Is why I was so hard on myself last chapter since I wasn't sure If It wa going to be enjoyable or not but It seems my fears were unfounded so thanks for that!

Anyways I'll shut up now and let you hopefully enjoy this chapter, so see ya later!

Talking and Feasting

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"Ughhhhh, I don't want to get up right now," I said feeling as If my whole body just went through the beating of a lifetime as I open my eyes revealing Aesthyr walking towards me.

"Back here huh," I said looking up at her.

"Yep, and that's understandable seeing how exhausted you are," Aesthyr said standing above me.

"Though that's to be expected since our souls just combined for the first time so It's going to hurt like Tartarus, though lucky for you It should only get easier from here," She said offering me a hand to which I accept as she pulls me up from the sand.

"Are you sure It's going to get easier?" I asked slightly doubtful.

"I don't know, that's why I said It 'should' get easier though I have no way of really knowing since the first time I attempted something like that was with Luna when we went against Solar Cheeks before we got separated," She explained causing me to chuckle slightly.

"W-Well I guess we'll just have to figure It out then." I said

"Guess so," She said, "To be honest I'm glad that you found my ring Falkor, gives me a chance to see how much the Dragon Lands have changed without me," She said before turning back towards me with a grin.

"Pluuuuuuus, If everything goes well then we'll be able to get Into my old work area," She gleefully added on.

"You know, I am kinda curious about what kind of stuff you made In there. I mean I know you made weapons and armor-"

"Ah! Draconic weapons and armor," She corrected wagging a finger.

"I've also been meaning to ask you about that. What exactly makes Draconic armor and weapons different from what Ponies make?" I asked curious

"Oh! Well, I'm glad you asked," She said sitting down prompting me to join her.

"If you were going to sit down then what was the point of pulling me up?" I asked slightly annoyed.

"Well 1: I wasn't exactly planning on you asking me about how the stuff I make works and 2: you needed to move anyway. Now do you want to know the difference or not?" She questioned causing me to roll my eyes as I sat down to join her.

"Now to answer your question about what makes what I produce different from what Ponies produce Is 1: when I start to work on a weapon I always make sure to grab a clear Quartz Gem before breathing fire on It for about, If I remember correctly, 12 seconds." She said

"And 2: I also make sure to grab a Kyanite gem as well before adding the clear Quartz gem to the pommel of any weapon and the Kyanite gem inside the middle of the blade on any weapon I'm working on at the moment." She explained

"Why specifically those two gems?" I asked intrigued

"Well, the reason for that Is because a CLEAR Quartz gem can absorb and release any type of energy, so knowing that, any time a dragon breathes a tiny spark of flame onto the blade allows the Quartz gem to recognize It thus releasing a bit of my dragon fire breath to combine with said users fire breath." She explained

"Then with the properties of a Kyanite gem, It allows the combined dragon fire breath to move across and cover the whole blade In dragon fire completes the process and makes It into a weapon that can cut through almost anything," She said grinning at me.

"Though before that I have to make sure that the blade can withstand the heat In the first place, don't want your weapon melting because of It, which Is why I use tungsten." She said

"Damn, I mean I know you said you were the best but I mean you seem to know your way around being a draconic armorer." I said impressed

"Was there any doubt?" She asked sarcastically grinning before It slowly left her face.

"But I wasn't always this good, don't get me wrong I was still the best In the Dragon Lands but After meeting Luna she helped me improve significantly." She explained

"Funny enough that dragon fire idea I told you about, Luna helped me bring It to life." She said

"Really? Luna helped you In making It?" I asked shocked

"Yep, In fact, I remember when she came to visit and I was working on making my idea come to life and failing miserably since I kept failing on how to make the dragon fire exactly stick to the blade until she offered to help." She said

"Now I was a bit doubtful that she could help at first so out of trying to prove a point to myself I sarcastically asked her what she thought would help with what I was doing which Is when she told me about how those two gems would help In making the fire stick to the tungsten blade." She explained

"Then after she pretty much solved the problem I had been dealing with for weeks I decided to suck up my pride and asked If she would like to help me In making stuff from time to time, and thankfully she agreed because I'll be honest the ideas that pony had made me WISH she was a dragon sometimes." She explained

"That's pretty cool. Though I guess she inadvertently showed you up huh?" I asked sarcastically nudging her shoulder to which she proceeded to nudge me back grinning.

"Ohhhh yeah, I can suck up my pride to admit that some of her ideas were better than mine at times, one of the reasons why I asked her to help out from time to time since she pretty much showed me she knew her way around how weapons and armor were made, and dragon pride or not that knowledge might as well been apart of my hoard for how valuable It was." She said wistfully

"But enough about that, onto draconic armor," She said before the world around us started to shake.

"Well never mind then, guess It's time for you to wake up," She said getting up as she makes her way towards the beach before turning back towards me.

"Oh! Almost forgot I'm probably going to go quiet for a while To recover since that took a lot outta me too just to let you know," She said as everything around us started shaking more violently.

"Ok but when will I know when you're done recovering?" I asked

"You'll know wh-" Was the last thing she was able to get out before everything went dark again.

*Crunch*

"Ugh, what time Is It?" I asked as started to wake back up In the real world.

"Time for you to get up and eat but It's also still daytime," Garble said standing above me chewing on something as he held what looked like some sort of meat In his hand with blood over his mouth.

"What are you eating?" I asked confused

"The thing that tried to kill us, or I guess the Roc as Ember called It," He said as he paused for a second to think about It before shrugging.

"Either way we're eating It, guess you could call It payback for trying to kill us," He said before swallowing.

"Now are you going to lay there all day or come join us?" He asked offering his free hand which I accepted as he pulled me from the ground.

"Good, now since Ember and I agreed you did most of the work we agreed that you get to have both of the wings so you can have that but the left leg Is mine because I called dibs on It and the right one Is Ember's and Smolder's," He said before eating the last bit of meat In his hand.

"Oh ok, well I mean If you want you guys can have some too." I offered

"Wait really!?" He asked shocked

"Well yeah I mean, It's not like I took It down by myself," I said before he suddenly rushed at me and hugged me tightly.

"You are the best brother ever." He whispered

"Wha-"

"HEY EMBER, FALKOR SAID WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THE WINGS!" He yelled out at her as he ran towards the now toppled bird lying on Its side.

"Wait really!?" She asked shocked before turning to me as I nodded giving her the ok to which she responded by gently putting Smolder down before sprinting to the unoccupied wing and going to town as they both proceeded to tear Into their respective wings as they proceeded to go to town getting blood on their mouths In the process.

"Thanks, Falkor," Ember said before going back to devouring the wing.

"Yah thans Falror," Garble said with his mouth full before swallowing and then returning to his meal.

"...Wow, ok then," I said feeling a multitude of things but mostly feeling impressed by how fast Ember sprinted after putting Smolder down.

'Speaking of Smolder,' I thought as I saw her out of the corner of my eyes slowly making her way over towards me.

Wanting to help I decided to meet her halfway as I picked her up and placed her on my shoulder.

"How's It going Smolds?" I asked to which she responded by shrugging.

"Yeah me too, hungry?" I asked as she smiled and nodded.

"Well then let's go and eat then," I said as I begin walking towards the others.

"Hey guys, If you stop right now I'll show you something better than just eating wings," I said causing them to pause.

"What could be better than this?" Garble asked curious

"Ohhh, let's just say that everything's better a little crsipy," I said licking my lips as Smolder and I approached.