Author's Note

THE CHAPTER IS OVER, I DONT HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN, IM NEVER GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN, FUCK YOU NINJA.

no but In all seriousness I am finally done with what Is without a doubt THE longest chapter I have ever done In my life again sorry for taking a long time but I was distracted by nine sols and reality setting In so that's always nice

Though to be honest I made a lot of leaps Into uncharted territory with this one so some of these moments might seem uncomfortable for you guys but hey If you don't like It then at least I know to never try It again In the future and renounce my status as a 'writer'. Though If you do like It then um......shit.

Though I hope you do like this chapter since I did try my best to make It up to somewhat of an enjoyable standard though I know just because I tried for It to be good doesn't mean It Is good.

So like always let me know what you hated about It so I can make improvements to It and hopefully improve myself as well.

And If you did like It well then I definitely want to comment about what you enjoyed this chapter since I'm curious on what you guys enjoyed about this chapter.

Also I'm going to do a bunch of time skips In this one as to bring us further along so Its probably going to be really messy and If It does seem that way then I am very sorry about that.

Other than that I hope you have a good rest of your day.

See ya!

Growing Closer

4 Years Later

It Finally Happened.

After all these years Rainbow managed to finally pull off the Rainboom as we watched It pass over our heads and further beyond the Dragon Lands before slowly dissipating.

"Well I guess that all but confirms It now," Ember said now looking nothing like a hatchling anymore and more like her show counterpart.

"Wow Ember, even after all this time you didn't believe Falkor? What kind of companion are you?" Garble teased as I looked over to him noticing how he was also slowly changing Into looking more like his show counterpart as well.

"That's not what I meant and you know It! I was only saying that now we know what he knows Is still happening and not changing," Ember explained as Garble and Smolder chuckled.

"Yeah I know just wanted to see how you would react," Garble said grinning

"Heh heh, and you didn't disappoint," Smolder said gigging as she was now no longer the little hatchling we took care of.

When she finally got to the age of being able to communicate with us we decided to tell her everything I told those two as well since we all agreed It would be better that she also knew instead of having to worry about hiding stuff from her and also because I felt like she deserved to know since It didn't feel right to leave her out of everything especially since I told the others as well.

Thankfully when we all told her It went relatively well even If she was confused about some of It though the rest of It what we told her seemed to make me more amazing In her eyes since I 'not only came back to life but also seemed to know everything already.'

Though Garble seemed to think It was appropriate to also tell her where she came from as well To avoid future misunderstandings, though he seemed very tense when he told her the truth about It.

Thankfully It seemed Smolder didn't care that much about It since she told him that as far as she was concerned we were her real family now.

Needless to say, we grew closer from that day on now that we were, to Smolder, a family.

"I swear I liked you better when you just Raah'ed at us," Ember said causing Smolders face to heat up In embarrassment.

"You said you wouldn't bring that up," Smolder said grumbling

"Around others we don't know yes, but keep trying to mess with me and I might change my mind," Ember said grinning

"Fine, you win, cheater," Smolder said whispering the last part.

"What was that?" Ember asked

"Nothing you need to worry about," Garble said grinning as Ember glared at him for a second before rolling her eyes

"Whatever," She said as we entered the working area, "So you said that you and Aesthyr made something that you wanted to show us?" Ember asked

"Ohhhhh yeahhh," I said excitedly as I walked over to the table not needing to fly anymore just to reach It.

As soon as I did I wasted no time grabbing the finished project which now had a tiny shield attached to It while somewhat covered In dark orange scales as I took the time to properly secure It on my wrist.

I'm not going to lie when I was finally able to start working on Aesthyr's unfinished project and turn It into the idea I came up with It was painful trying to figure out what went where, which crystal to use for which effect, and what material to use that we had access to For the shield to be what I wanted It to be but also still actually useful for my dragon strength to be able to use however I wanted, whether that be to defend myself or to hurt someone with.

None of that would be even remotely possible If I didn't have Aesthyr guiding me through the entire step-by-step process of what to do, use, and combine what was needed to make my idea come to fruition.

"Still impressed you managed to come up with something like that." Aesthyr admitted

[Well I can't take all the credit, If not for a certain game I wouldn't have even thought of It, though I'm glad I remembered It.] I told her as I turned back around to the others

"Soooooo, what Is It?" Smolder asked tilting her head to the left confused

Grinning I merely held out my left arm as the small shield attached to the wristband grew before twisting as It expanded releasing two triangle-shaped pieces coming from within It before they started to spread around the shield Itself until forming a bigger perfect circle-like shield almost covering the entire top half of my body.

"Pretty cool right?" I asked grinning as I took In their shocked faces

"We-"

"That's so coool!" Smolder said walking closer clearly awed by the display

"How did you even manage to do that? I didn't see you do anything to open It." Ember pointed out

"Well, when me and Aesthyr were trying to figure out how to make It work without me needing to trigger anything I remembered how we used Draconic energy to allow us to fly without needing to do anything much except think of wanting to, so I asked myself can I use that energy somewhere else? And thankfully the answer was yes." I explained

"Wow, I'd never of thought to use It like that?" Ember admitted

"Well I mean this Is Falkor we're talking about," Garble said smiling

"Yeah! And he knows a lot of stuff." Smolder happily added on bringing a smile to my face.

"Thanks, Smolds," I said smiling at her which caused her tail to wag as she smiled back at the compliment.

"But yeah at first I tried to see If I could make It easy for myself and just fuse It into the wristband Itself but for some reason, It always immediately disappeared every time I tried," I explained

"So I then tried a different approach by trying to combine the energy Into the metals used for the shield Itself though that didn't work either." I continued

"So then I thought to myself what If I, with Aesthyr's instructions of course, took something from my own body for the Draconic Energy to fuse with since If Draconic energy can go through my body to give me control over my wings, then why can't It do that for any other part of my body," I explained as I saw Ember and Garble begin to look worried.

"Falkor, please tell me you didn't do anything stupid," Ember said cautiously

"No, don't worry I didn't do anything rash trust me, I don't want anything to happen to me again which Is why I went with the safest option I could think of," I said

"Which was?" Garble asked

"Scales, my scales to be precise," I explained

"Wha- wouldn't that hurt?" Garble asked confused about why I would do something to myself

"Yes It did though I didn't have a choice since It was either that or waiting until I would naturally shed scales on my own but Aesthyr said that usually only applies to the really big dragons which led me to get my scales out myself," I explained to them causing them to cringe at the thought of the process.

"I'm not going to lie It did hurt and even though Aesthyr had an easier way to remove them It still stung a bit but It was still all worth It In the end thankfully since I was able to have It successfully combined with the shield and wristband allowing me to control whenever I want to use It, though It did feel weird for a while," I admitted

"How so?" Garble asked confused causing me to pause as I thought of the best way to explain It.

"It, felt like some small part of me was stuck somewhere else that wasn't my body, not enough to cause me problems thankfully but, still noticeable enough that It caused me to feel slightly uneasy," I admitted as I thought about the weird feeling for a second before focusing back onto the conversation

"Thankfully that ended when I was done with the whole thing, why? I don't know, but as long as It works and It doesn't hurt me then I won't question It and merely use It to my advantage." I explained

"Also just want to let you know don't try to continuously use Draconic energy because when I tried to do that after like five attempts It felt like my entire body was freezing," I say shivering as I remembered that unpleasant experience until I felt a slap to the side of my head.

"Ow! What was that for?" I asked caught off guard by the slap as I rubbed the side of my head

"That was for being stupid," Garble said looking annoyed

"Is that why you looked paler than usual that one day?" Ember questioned

"Yeah that could've been It," I said as Ember proceeded to also slap me on the side of my head.

"Ahh-hey really?" I asked rubbing the side of my head again

"Yes really," Ember said sighing before grabbing the bridge of her nose, "Though I guess only you would try something stupid like that," Ember said with a flat look.

"Yeah, I know and I already learned my lesson anyway that's why I'm telling you three not to do that," I said rolling my eyes

"Yeah well unlike you we three aren't trying to risk things we have no business trying to risk," Garble said with a brow raised.

"Point Is, I finally made something that I thought was cool and useful for me and I wanted to show you guys," I explained

"How did you manage to make the thing get smaller though?" Smolder asked pointing at the shield

"Good question Smolds," I said praising her as she smiled while her tail started to wag, "Thanks to my outstanding genius-"

"*cough*noyouarent*cough*" Aesthyr interrupts causing me to pause at her interruption.

"Thanks to the help from the dragon In my ring she managed to help me work out that part but I'm not going to lie and stand here while I tell you the Ins and outs of that process since I barely understood It myself," I admitted

"Not my fault you couldn't understand what I was doing." She said sounding amused

[And It's not my fault that I couldn't be a Draconic Armorer that knows the Ins and outs of how certain stuff works,] I responded with.

"Yeah well thank the Maker I was here or you would've probably wasted a lot of precious materials trying to figure out what they did first." She pointed out

[Yeah whatever, I got what I wanted out of It In the end so I don't care anymore,] I told her before focusing back on the others.

"Well, I mean as cool as that Is, was this the only reason you brought us over here?" Garble asked

"Not, entirely," I said

"Even though I finally managed to replicate and make something that I came up with It doesn't mean that It's perfect so that's why I called you guys out here to show, impress, and help," I explained

"How are we supposed to help?" Ember
asked

"Well while I can't prepare for everything right now I can at least test a few things and, with Aesthyr's help, make improvements to make this shield better than It already Is," I said beckoning them to follow me as I exited out of the work area.

"And one of the ways I can test this shield Is to see how much damage It can take so Garble," I call out to him as I see him pause and focus on me, "I want you to hit the shield as hard as you can," I tell him as he pauses for a few seconds registering what I told him.

"Wait what? You want me to hit you?" Garble asked confused

"The shield, yes, I have to see If this thing can hold up to at least a good amount of damage," I clarify as he walks up In front of me.

"Also, If you want how about this, we can have a little spar to see how much stronger we've each gotten," I offer to him as I see his eyes widen before grinning In barely contained excitement.

"Now that I can get behind," He says as he positions himself In front of me.

"Remember give the shield all you got and don't hold back," I remind him before my shield fully opens up.

'God that's so cool, still can't believe I managed to make this,' I think to myself feeling excited about all the ideas I could bring to life.

"Don't forget you wouldn't be able to make anything without me." Aesthyr reminded

[Yes, yes thank you very much for helping me make this possible.] I told her before shaking my head as I focused on preparing myself as much as possible for Garble while at the same time seeing him also preparing as I saw him pull back his arm until he seemed ready as he finally threw his punch.

3 Years Later

BANG

I was sent skidding backward from the force of Garble's punch while my shield was thankfully able to take the full force of his hit.

Right then we were having a friendly spar with each other. Well, as friendly as you can get In the Dragon Lands anyways.

Since we didn't really have anything else to do until Spike arrived at the Dragon Lands Garble suggested we could fight with each other but not go too serious as to keep It fun but also still benefit from It, and seeing as how we weren't doing anything else that important we decided why not since not only would It pass the time but It would also help with other stuff too.

There were times when we did get a little out of control to where Ember would have to forcefully stop us, though that also depended If she wasn't participating as well which led to some actual fighting every once In a while.

There was also an unspoken agreement to keep Smolder out of It until she got near the age of how she was In the show since that way at least she could put up a fight while being at a relatively decent height.

Of course, she complained at first when she figured this out since she also wanted to fight alongside everyone else If we were fighting too but when we explained the reasoning behind It she complained about It but thankfully still understood the situation.

Of course that still didn't stop her from complaining about It now and then.

"You know at first I thought that thing on your wrist was cool but now It's just really annoying to deal with," Garble said sounding frustrated.

"Well I mean I did make It so that It could help me," I said before charging at him while seeing his face shift to a more serious expression.

Surprisingly ever since Garble suggested we started having these friendly spars with each other It helped all of us out a lot In understanding each other and also helped us get a little better at fighting.

Though we probably would still get our asses handed to us by a more experienced fighter but hey It's the thought that counts.

Even now as soon as I get close enough to throw a punch with my right hand I can see Garble preparing to move as he easily dodges as soon as he sees me making the motion.

After missing my punch I go to throw another one with my left only instead of just punching him I start to command the shield to open up catching him by surprise which gives me enough time to land a hit around his stomach area causing him to quickly step back holding his stomach more In annoyance then In pain for a bit before looking back up at me looking more annoyed now.

"Yep It's official, I hate It," Garble said groaning as I let him take the time to re-adjust himself.

"I'm starting to wish that shield would break like It did the first time you made It," Garble complained

"Yeah, I'm still kinda pissed that happened the first time, a year of wasting my time on It just for It to break after one hit like come on!" I called out still annoyed after that happened.

"Thankfully since Aesthyr knew what was needed to make It again and improve upon It I'm actually thankful you broke It since now because of that I have a much better shield," I admitted

"KEEP FIGHTING!" Smolder called out as she watched from the sideline on top of a rock a good away from where were fighting.

"Sorry Smolds, fights over and done with for today," Garble said

"Awwwww," Smolder whined causing Garble to roll his eyes.

"Really?" I asked surprised since he never stopped this early.

"Yes really don't look so surprised, I just don't feel like playing punch or more today, already bad enough that I can never seem to find some way around It," He said sounding annoyed as he turned and walked over towards Smolder.

"How about we head to the Volcanic Caves and we can dig up some gems for you to eat, would that be fine for you?" Garble asked causing Smolders face to light up.

"Really?" Smolder asked as Garble nodded

"Wellllll, I guess that's fine then," Smolder said as she hopped up on Garble's shoulder before wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Hey since, you're going to Volcanic Caves I'm probably going to go and hang out with Ember," I said

"Awww really?" Smolder asked sounding disappointed

"Hey, why are you whining? Can't have a good time with just me?" Garble questioned

"Of course I can Gar-Gar but It would be even better with Falkor there too," Smolder explained as Garble sighed at her nickname for him.

"Next time Smolder I promise," I said In an attempt to appease her.

"You better," She said pouting causing Garble to roll his eyes.

"Anyways ignoring this one," He said ignoring the hey that was directed at him, "I think she's back at Torch's cave remember?" He questioned

"Oh right! Something about needing to be alone for today unless It was me that came right?" I asked making sure

"Yep, don't know why Smolder and I weren't allowed but whatever we got better stuff to do anyway so see ya!" He said extending his wings before taking off as I saw them fly away leaving me by my lonesome.

"Well let's go see what Ember's been doing so far," I said to myself as I made my way over to her.

"Ember, You here?" I called out once I had entered the cave.

"Y-Yeah, I'm over here," She called out slightly stuttering from over by the massive gold pile.

"Oh I see, I'll leave you two alone," Aesthyr said leaving me slightly confused before shrugging It off.

Interestingly enough the gold pile was missing Its owner since Torch was nowhere to be seen.

'That's surprising, usually he's here almost every day, though I can't not even the Dragon Lord can stay at home all the time,' I thought to myself continuing further into the cave.

"Hey, you doing ok?" I asked as I got closer noticing that she was slightly twitching.

"Y-Yeah just feeling hot for some reason," She said causing me to raise an eyebrow confused at what she meant to which she just rolled her eyes.

"Yes I know how stupid that sounds but this just feels different than If I were to breathe fire or go lava bathing." She explained

"Alright then, though where's Torch at?" I asked causing her to smirk.

"I think you mean Dragon Lord Torch," She said sarcastically causing me to roll my eyes.

"You know what I mean," I said causing her to giggle before focusing.

"I know as much as you do all I know Is I told him that I felt kinda weird, and he asked me what I felt, I said It kinda felt like everything was hot, and then he just told me to stay here and not let anydragon come until It went away or It was a dragon I trusted with the most," She explained

"Which Is why you told us yesterday why only I was allowed to come see you today," I said as she nodded.

"Well I'm glad that you trust me so much but what about Garble? You saying you don't trust him," I asked sarcastically as she rolled her eyes In response.

"You know that I trust him but, Dad made It seem like this was important so why not go with the drake I trust the most with this," She said causing me to slightly blush.

"W-Well like I said I'm glad you trust me so much," I said honestly

"Of course I-" She suddenly paused mid-conversation as she started to smell around for something.

"Smell something?" I asked

'I didn't smell anything coming In, so-'

"It's you," I hear Ember say cutting off my train of thought as I focus back on her.

"Wha- me?" I asked confused to which she responded by just nodding as I took a second to smell myself.

"Ughh, yeah I guess I kinda do smell a bit, though me and Garble were fighting a little bit earlier so my bad," I said only for her to shake her head.

"I don't mind It smells... kinda relaxing weirdly enough, helps me ignore the heat," She said causing me to raise an eyebrow.

"Really?" I asked assuming she was just messing with me until she proceeded to get closer.

"Yeah I don't mind all that much really," She said before blinking which revealed some sort of light blueish transparent layer over her eyes with a line going down the middle of her pupil.

"O-oh you smell nice too?" I said unsure of what to respond with as I said the first thing I could think of.

'I mean I don't know what she smells like but I would assume It would be something nice," I thought to myself

"I'm glad you think so too," She said as she continued inching closer across the gold we were sitting on.

"You know what I think I'll just go ahead and leave you to-" Before I could even finish blinking I felt a weight over me and an incredible warmth that felt much different than bathing In lava over my body.

Looking down I could see Ember snuggling up against me with her eyes closed smiling while my mind tried to play catch up figuring outside what just happened.

"You feel nice and cool too," She said wrapping her arms around me as much as she could not leaving me much space to do much except lift my arms though I wasn't focused on that.

"Y-You do too," I said blurting out the first thing I could think of.

'YoU dO ToO' what kind of response was that!?' I asked myself cringing at my attempt at a response.

'Thankfully It looks like she didn't notice so let's try and think of what we say before saying please,' I beg to myself while trying to find something to say that wouldn't sound too awkward.

"Hey Is It ok If I stay here for now? At least until I stop feeling so hot?" Ember asked

"U-Uh s-sure If It'll help then by all means make yourself comfortable, I guess," I said unsure of what else to say.

"Thanks now not to sound like a jerk but be quiet," She said before going back to wrapping herself around me as she laid her head on my shoulder a few inches from my face.

A couple of seconds pass while I try to think of a way to help her while also not being constrained by her, not to say she's hurting or making me uncomfortable, but I'm still having trouble trying to figure out what's going on.

"S-So U-Um Ember," I hesitantly started as she responded with a grunt, "You uh, comfy?" I asked not knowing what to do In a situation like this.

"Mm-hm," Was all I heard from her as she proceeded to make herself comfortable on top of me while also slowly wrapping her tail around mine which caused me to blush heavily for reasons I'm unaware of.

'Ok well this, Is certainly a predicament that I am In right now and unfortunately, It's also one where I have no idea what to do, I mean this isn't that bad, kinda nice actually, just really confusing,' I thought to myself as I tried making sense of what was happening.

Looking down at Ember I couldn't help but notice how, at peace she looked which was kinda confusing to me though for some reason I also couldn't help but feel sort of at peace right now as well, like something was telling me to just enjoy what was happening.

'Well I mean It's not like this Is hurting anyone so I guess It wouldn't be that big of a deal to stay like this until she felt better.' I told myself as I slowly wrapped my arms around her only to pause when she seemed to twitch at the sudden contact.

Thankfully she seemed to relax again once she realized It was me which I took as permission for me to continue when I didn't meet any resistance as I fully wrapped my arms around her before we both started to fall asleep wrapped up in each other's grasp.

2 Years Later

A bunch of time has passed since that little...event happened.

Looking back It was pretty awkward at first when Ember and I woke up and just sat still hoping the other wasn't awake first but then Torch came back and found us together and well....

Let's just say I'm glad Ember was there to diffuse the situation since I was too scared to even think of a solution at the moment.

Thankfully after she explained what happened he apologized and said he had a feeling about what would happen and even though he hoped he was wrong he figured It could be worse and then told me to go home while he explained some stuff to Ember.

Still, slightly confused at what happened Aesthyr finally came back from whatever It was she was doing and told me to ask my Mom about what happened which I did.

So when I told Mom what happened she seemed to find It funny before explaining everything that happened to me and I can say I definitely learned alot of information from her.

It turns out that was Ember's first Need stage and apparently, when a drakina gets to a certain age their body starts to feel uncomfortably warm until they get something that they deem they need at that moment, hence the name.

Most of the time It's either a drake or drakina their interested In which causes them to be more aware of everything that's appealing to them from that certain drake or drakina whenever they're around them.

This usually leads to them getting as close as possible because to them that drake or drakina Is cool enough to deal with the heat.

Other times If a drakina doesn't have any dragon In mind they usually just have to deal with the heat until It disappears which usually lasts until the next week or so until It comes back next year.

On rarer occasions, drakinas first and up Need stages only went away when they ate a certain gem they deemed special to them or just an incredibly rare gem.

On rarer occasions during their first Need stage If a drakina Is REALLY interested In a certain dragon and the other dragon Is weaker than them then they'll pin them down and um, get rid of their Need their way.

Though from what Mom told me that hasn't happened for centuries now so there was no need to worry about anything like that.

Anyway as I was saying drakinas had three Need stages that they went through once they reached certain ages.

The first stage that Ember went through was called Dragons Irony funny enough.

The second stage Is called Dragons Interest though apparently from what Mom told me that Isn't even a stage for most drakinas since the interest happens before the first Need stage anyway.

However, she did tell me that whenever a drakina used their tail to intertwine with yours It was usually a sign that they were somewhat interested In you though there were other times when It was used as a greeting.

So that's something for me to think about given what happened back then.

The third and final stage Is called Dragons Mark and the reason why because apparently at this stage If a drakina and a dragon love each other as much as the other does then by the time this stage happens they'll proceed to mate with each other allowing the drakina to mark the dragon as their one and only mate for the rest of their lives.

However, there were times when apparently a drakina would get to their third stage but not actually be In love with the dragon that much and sometimes vice versa.

Mom told me that If that ever happened to me and I wasn't as interested as the drakina was then I would need to tell them so that way they can move on and find someone that would actually love them.

As harsh as It sounded to me I couldn't help but agree with what she said of course so I told her I would without a second thought which she was glad for.

However, after she moved on from that apparently according to her a drakes Need stage was completely different from a drakinas Need stage since not only does our first Need stage come much later than a drakinas stage too but our Need stage was pretty much the same as a Drakinas final Need stage.

Apparently, according to Mom drakes are more picky when It comes to choosing a dragon they would consider to be In love with which Is why we only have one stage, though they certainly wouldn't hide showing interest In one If they were interested as well according to her.

This usually leads to them having a sort of incomplete drakina version of the first Need stage where they would be more aware of everything that's appealing to them concerning that certain dragon whenever they're around them.

So yeah as I said a lot of information was learned from that one question.

That didn't really change anything between the four of us though, I mean yeah at first It was kinda awkward but some jokes made at Garble's expense and It was like nothing had ever happened.

Though, I don't know If It was because I was a dragon now or If I was going through that incomplete stage but the more we grew up around each other the more I would have to stop myself from, constantly checking her out.

It also didn't help that for some reason every time I looked at her I couldn't help but think of how she looked especially whenever I would linger over her now and again checking out, certain areas that have for lack of a better word, changed from when she was just a hatchling.

'Not to mention how her as-'

SMACK

I smacked myself as hard as possible In an attempt to distract myself from thinking while Ember turned around with Smolder holding on to the back of her head while her legs were hanging off of each of Ember's shoulders as they both looked at me confused.

"What was that?" Ember asked

"Nothing much thought I had a bug land on my face or something." I lied

"Oh uh alright I mean I hate bugs too but did you have to smack It that hard?" She asked

"Yep, because If I didn't It would just keep coming back to annoy me," I told her as she shrugged In response.

"Alright then I guess," She said before we went back to watch Garble and Smolder fly with each other as we lay down next to each other.

Ever since she got her wings she would always try to have Garble fly with her and he being the softy that he Is(even If he denies It) always went out of his way to indulge her which Is what was happening now as we laid down and watched, sometimes she would ask Ember and me even more but she always asked Garble the most.

When Garble asked her why that was she said she wasn't sure and that she guessed because flying felt the best when Garble did It with her.

Garble of course sent us the smuggest look he could send before Smolder reminded him that didn't make the best at everything though.

Needless to say, his pride crashed before It could ever rise after that.

"You know kinda reminds me when you were that ecstatic when you first got your wings," I said causing her to chuckle.

"Well, I mean how could I not? To a hatchling that's something special that they experience for the first time, to be allowed that sense of, of...." She trailed off trying to think of a word to use.

"Freedom?" I suggested

"Yes! That! That sense of freedom Is so well, freeing, funny enough, to be able to feel so many things at once by just doing something so simple as flying It's, amazing," She explained as I listened.

"What about you?" She asked startling me

"What about me?" I asked confused

"Do you have anything special to you, well more special than being reborn In a world that you know everything of?" She asked as I lay there thinking of what to say.
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"You guys," I said as her eyes widened In shock.

"Really?" She asked surprised as I nodded

"Yeah, I'm not gonna lie being a dragon and being reborn In a world that I loved Is cool and all but to me, you guys make It so much better to live In," I said

"Garble being my brother was a shock to me at first but now I couldn't imagine my life without him, and I mean Smolder's like a little sister to us and I can already tell If she really wants to she's going to be someone who I can trust to have my back either In or out of a fight," I told her smiling all the while.

"And then there's you," I said as I shifted a bit closer to her, "I'm not going to lie when I first saw you I'd just assume that you would see me and I would see you and we'd just ignore each other," I admitted to her

"Why?" She asked confused as I grinned at her

"Come on really? Daughter of the Dragon Lord hanging out with a random drake, back then whenever I thought of that I'd just laugh and told myself 'as that'd ever happen'," I explained to her as I felt her tail slowly intertwine with mine.

"Well I don't know about you but I'm really glad I met you guys, especially you Falkor," She said as her cheeks slightly reddened meanwhile I could feel my cheeks heating up.

"U-uh yeah you, you too," I said stuttering causing her to giggle.

"What's wrong? Something bothering you?" She innocently asked

"N-Not really no," I said

"Oh ok then we'll as long as nothing's bothering you," She said before scooting closer to the point where our bodies were pressed up against each other.

"I am really glad I met you though." She said softly.

"Yeah, me too," I said as we went back to watch Garble and Smolder flying and having what seemed to be the best time of their life.

1 Year Later

I'm so tempted to just, go for It but I know that I just need to wait, just wait a little bit longer and then....I'll think of what to do when I get there.

Right now I was participating In the Migration that happened every 10 years for teenage dragons like me or for other adult dragons to go through in case they ever wanted to live somewhere else that wasn't the Dragon Lands.

Usually, when this happens It takes at least a week at most for It to be completed as It gives dragons the time they need to think, rest, and decide on whether or not they want to leave the group and join any of the civilizations or big empty spaces that we go past.

Thus why I'm very tempted since we were right now passing by Ponyville.

Now of course I wasn't going to abandon the people I care about but I'm also not going to lie and say It's not tempting to just go down there and see the ponies and dragon I adored the most on the show.

However, even If I wanted to I knew that I would need to stick to the script and just hope that things go like the show and then just wait until Spike arrived.

Though now that I think of It It kinda reminds me of when the world was plunged Into eternal darkness for the first time or when Discord turned the whole world Into his playground.

Yeah, I'm not going to lie when that happened I was fucking terrified and hoped that I wasn't In an alternate timeliness where Nightmare or Discord won and the worst part was that all I could do was sit here and wait In an attempt to keep the timelines the same.

Just another reminder that I have to stick to the script sometimes even If I don't want to.

I was almost tempted when Garble and Ember wanted to go and do something both times though thankfully I managed to convince them to let the ponies handle It for now until the problems resolved themselves after awhile meaning that so far we were on the right track.

'Speaking of Ember,' I thought to myself as I spotted Ember slowing down to position herself next to me.

1 year later and she was now the future Dragon Lord that I knew from the show as her horns were fully grown In and her body was slimmer than It ever was which only made her look better to me.

Not to say she didn't look amazing already but now It seems that everything about her seemed to improve In these past ten years.

'Especially with how much her thighs and as-'

"Falkor?" Ember called out as I shook my head trying to erase those thoughts from my mind.

"Y-Yeah?" I asked

"Was that the place?" She asked gesturing back over to Ponyville, "Is that where you know who Is?" She asked

"Yep, and If I remember correctly then after we get back to the Dragon Land that's when he'll come and make his way over to us," I said

"Really by himself? What about you know? Aren't they going to go with him or at least help!?" She asked sounding slightly upset

"Don't worry they're are going with him he just doesn't know that they are." I quickly explained

"Oh ok, well as long as he's being looked over while he's on his journey then that's fine." She said

"Well, anyways we're almost home anyways though I wonder Garble Is?" She asked out loud to herself.

"Eh, If anything he's probably just hanging out with Smolder like usual," I said

"Yeah I guess so, though there's been something bothering me," She said causing me to look at her worried.

"Why did something happen?" I asked concerned only to be confused when she shook her head.

"More like I'm worried that nothing has happened," She said leaving me even more confused.

"What do you mean isn't that a good thing that nothing has happened?" I asked

"No I don't mean that It's a bad thing but remember 8 years ago when we encountered that 'thing' while we were returning to the Dragon Lands?" She asked leaving me confused for a second until I understood what she meant.

"Oh yeah, but what about It?" I asked

"Well I mean Isn't it a bit concerning that we haven't seen anything like that ever since?" She asked

"I mean even when we went with Smolder to see If anything would happen they still didn't show up at all." She said

"Well, maybe It's because we kept our promise?" I suggested

"What promise?" She asked

"Well now that I think about It remember when we first saw It and It approached me?" I asked as she nodded

"Well, It also told us 'not to let them share our fate' and seeing as how old Smolder's gotten I'd say we've kept our promise on keeping her from sharing their fate and since that was probably the only reason It approached us now It has no reason to contact us anymore," I told her as she seemed to think It over for a second.

"I guess that's fair though after Spike leaves to go back we need to go with him so that way we can discuss with the pony princess what to do concerning him," Ember finished with venom In her voice.

"Princesses, remember the other one returned a couple of months ago." I reminded her

"Oh yeah, still need to get used to that." She said

"Also not to mention that somedragon still needs to be reunited with some pony," I said flexing the finger that had the ring on It.

"Right, forgot she and her had history," Ember admitted

"Glad you didn't forget about me." Aesthyr said

[Never, you're pretty much one of us now,] I told her being honest.

"Well anyways I should probably get back up to where Dad could see me before he starts complaining, you know how he Is," Ember said

"Don't remind me I mean, I still remember when he found us together that one time during your first Need stage I mean could you imagine If we actually did what he thought we did?" I asked sarcastically

"Sometimes," She said whispering something I couldn't hear over everything else.

"What did you say?" I asked as her eyes widened and her cheeks turned red.

"Oh nothing I'm gonna gonowokbye," She said quickly before making her way back up to where I couldn't see her.

"Huh, hope she's ok," I said slightly confused.

1 Week Later

"Ok, here we go I think, unless we missed him, do you think we missed him?" Oh, I hope we didn't miss him," I said slightly getting more and more paranoid.

Right now we were inside the crater-like area that was shown In the show where Spike first arrived while Ember and Garble were somewhere else digging for gems to eat waiting for us to come back with Spike.

"Falkor I love you and everything but this is embarrassing that I'm the youngest one here and I'm calmer than you are right now," Smolder said now fully looking like her show counterpart.

"You don't understand Smolds," I said not noticing her looking embarrassed when I used her nickname, "Spike was one of the characters In the story that I liked and rooted for the most so to be able to get to talk him now Is still hard for me to wrap my head around," I explained to her as she raised an eyebrow.

"But yet you can talk to me perfectly fine though?" She asked

"That's not the same your practically my little sister and besides we've been with each other for years now we know each other but I don't know Spike," I said waving her off.

"Not little anymore," She grumbled causing me to smirk as I rubbed her head.

"No, but you're still my sister," I said as she pushed away my arm.

"Blegh love, disgusting," She said while acting disgusted as I just rolled my eyes.

"Oh be quiet you know you love It," I said causing her to giggle.

"I guess I do just try not to freak him out and act like a normal dragon around him." She said

"Since when did you start telling me what to do?" I asked sarcastically

"Since you started acting like you were going crazy over the mere thought of him," She responded grinning.

"Oh shut up," I said which just caused her to grin more.

"Alright! Teenage dragons! Now that's more my speed, and size."

"Why don't you make me," Smolder said trying to egg me on.

"Alright but remember you asked for this," I said as her eyes widened before she got into position preparing herself.

"Alright! Haven't done this In a while," She said sounding excited which caused me to roll my eyes.

"We did this last week," I said

"And that was long enough," She said as her face suddenly turned serious before suddenly flying straight at me with her claws at the ready.

Now when we started Including Smolder In our little fighting sessions we knew that If she wanted to fight with us In the future then we knew that she was going to have to learn how to use her height to her advantage since sometimes It was going to work against and not for her and that meant not playing fair.

Though from how when I tried to punch her with my right hand but failed as she suddenly stopped flying and positioned herself to land on her feet while ducking under my punch and slashing at my side hitting my scales I think she was learning pretty well In my opinion.

Though our little spar with each other would have to end prematurely once I heard the voice I'd been waiting for.

"Um excuse me," A voice says causing us to pause what were doing as we turn our attention to a slightly pudgy purple and green hatchling who had light green frill-like appendages on each side of his face while he was carrying a red and white table cloth with a stick looking up at us nervously.

"Um hi, I'm Spike."