Embers POV

"LET ME GO! THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED RIGHT!? LET US FINISH THE FIGHT! IF HE WANTS TO THREATEN THE PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT FOR THIS THEN I'LL KEEP GIVING HIM A FIGHT HE'LL NEVER FUCKING FORG-," Was the last thing Falkor said before something hit him In the head causing him to fall unconscious.

"Falkor!? FALKOR!?" I scream out In panic slightly shaking him him as I wait for him to respond hearing all of the other dragons leave the area In the meantime.
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"What did you do to him!?" I hear Garble question with his fangs bared as I turn my attention to him stomping over towards the ponies.

"I-I put him to sleep before he could continue! If he kept going he would've probably killed him!" The purple one said In shock.

"We had It handled, and besides last I checked this dragon right here was threatening to open your friend up If not for Falkor so why would you care about him?" Garble questioned bluntly

"And we understand that darling, but care Isn't exactly the word I'd use for this situation, more like I'm pretty sure that Twilight didn't think that he needed to continue t-to mutilate him after he had already won and I'm pretty sure we can all agree with her after what he just did to him!" The white one said disturbed and looking a bit green.

"Well guess what, what happened to him," Smolder said gesturing to Viserion's body, "Is because of something that has been going on between these two longer than when you three arrived here ok? He had this coming for a long time, even longer than I was born, so If you got a problem with It then you can leave, clearly you aren't needed here anymore," Smolder said joining Garble.

"Sounds like the best thing I've heard since getting here right Spike?" The blue one said as she looked towards Spike only for him to hesitate and look off to the side.

"Spike?" 'Twilight' said now facing toward him as he twiddled his fingers.

"W-Well I-If I'm being honest I still want to stay here a bit longer," Spike said
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"WHAT!?" They all yelled out In shock causing Spike to shrink In on himself.

"Spike you can't be serious, did you not see what this guy just did to him!?" The blue one questioned

"I agree, as much as we appreciate him coming to our rescue I'm afraid If you stay around these dragons you might adopt some of their, clearly barbaric, traits," The white one explained as I narrowed my eyes at her blatant insult.

Though It seemed as if I wasn't alone as Spike suddenly frowned before narrowing his eyes at her.

"What's that supposed to mean Rarity?" Spike asked crossing his arms as 'Rarity' spluttered for a second.

"W-Well-"

"It means that you might resort to clawing creatures' eyes out If you stay around these dragons any longer," The blue one interrupted as Spike's eyes widened.

"Are you serious!? You really believe that!?" Spike questioned In disbelief.

"Kinda hard not to Spike!" The blue one said before gesturing over towards me and Falkor, "In case you forgot we just watched him stick his finger In someponies ey-"

"THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'D START DOING IT JUST BECAUSE I DECIDED TO HANG AROUND THEM MORE!" Spike yelled out In frustration shocking everycreature with his sudden outburst.

"Also, in case YOU forgot like YOU said If It wasn't for him you probably wouldn't even be standing here right now!" Spike pointed out angrily.

"And we understand that Spikey-Wikey bu-"

"But what Rarity? What exactly do you understand? That even though this dragon had no reason to risk their life for you you can only focus on the fact that they clawed someponies eye out instead, making them some sort of irredeemable monster?" Spike questioned

"Seems like It to me," Garble said

"No Spike that's not at all what we're trying to say!" The purple one insisted

"Well, then what ARE you trying to say Twilight? Cause you're not making any sense to me right now," Spike said sounding frustrated.

"We're not saying that we don't appreciate what he did because we do, and I also know that If It wasn't for us then things would've probably gone smoother here for you," 'Twilight' explained causing me to huff at the accuracy of her statement.

"But Spike you can't honestly stand here and tell me that what he did to that other dragon wasn't cruel and unnecessary," Twilight said as Spike looked away.

"I never said It wasn't Twilight, of course, that was, horrible to watch, but even so that doesn't mean that their just brutal monsters." Spike pointed out

"Well dear that's not what we said." 'Rarity' said

"No but that's what you were implying, I mean come on, Smolder even said that this," He said gesturing over towards me, "Is the result of something that happened between them and from just the little bit I've seen I'm pretty sure Its because of that purple drake over there, even when I first got here he just attacked Falkor out of nowhere," Spike explained

"Also let's not forget that we are not In Ponyville anymore, how we solve things are different than how things are solved In the Dragon Lands, so while It might seem, cruel, to us that's probably how they solve things over here and there's nothing we can do about that," Spike explained stunning everycreature including me with his explanation as he rolled his eyes.

"Just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about, of all ponies, you should know this Twilight," He said jokingly before frowning again.

"Did I like what Falkor did to him, no of course not, but that doesn't mean that I'm just going to abandon him either when I know that he's probably the only creature who was kind enough to show me how dragons did things and also offer to help me figure out where I came from as well," Spike explained crossing his arms looking back over towards us.

"Uhh, not to say you guys also aren't cool as well it's just-"

"Heh, calm down Spike we get what you mean," I interrupted before he could get started to be like Falkor would whenever he gets flustered, "And as much as It annoys me sometimes Falkor Is the nicest dragon you'll probably ever meet," I admitted as Smolder and Garble gave their agreements before I looked towards 'Twilight.'

"If I'm being honest I don't care what you think about us pony, If It was me I would've ripped his throat out years ago just to get him to stop bothering us because of how irritating he was when he would constantly try to fight, but It was only because of HIM," I said gesturing at his unconscious body as I continued, "That I refrained from doing so, what you saw today was him being pushed to his breaking point when Viserion came after us," I explained

"What Ember said, I mean If It was me I would've let Falkor finish him off and be done with It but HE was the one who wanted us to stop him If he started going too far," Smoldee explained before snorting out a puff of smoke, "And here I thought he probably wouldn't need It considering how soft he usually Is with us, look how well that went," Smolder said smiling down at him as she crossed her arms.

"He's not a monster, but push him far and, heh, well you've seen firsthand what he does to creatures that do," Garble finished off grinning.

"See? Even the dragons with 'barbaric' traits admit that Falkor doing this was a first for him, In a way, It's kinda like when I let my greed take control of me for the first time," Spike said shocking me and the others before I began to hear groaning near me as I see Viserion begin to wake up drawing my attention away from the others.

"How nice of you to join us," I said sarcastically as he looked at me.

"P-Princess Ember?" He said sounding tired as he moved his head around.

"Wh-Why can't I-"

"See out of your left eye? It's because you oh so brilliantly decided to go after the creatures that Falkor cared about instead of just leaving things alone, and he repaid you by ripping your eye apart, should've done more If you asked me," I said muttering the last bit as he seemed to be deep In thought.

"Huh, to be honest, I was starting to think he didn't have It In him," He said putting his hand next to his destroyed eye before hissing In pain drawing the attention of the others.

"Well, well, look who decided to join us," Garble said with fake innocence as he crouched near him, "Have a nice nap?" He asked sarcastically as Viserion didn't answer before slowly turning towards Garble with a grin.

"You know what, I think I did," He said causing Garble to groan out loud.

"I swear there's no break with you, can literally take this guy's eye out and yet he'll still act like he won In the end," Garble complained

"Oh, Sweet Celestia I forgot how bad It actually looked," 'Rarity' said turning away from him.

"Uh, Mr. Dragon sir I think you might want to get your eye checked so that way you know you don't die from infection or anything," Twilight said as Viserion waved her off.

"I'll deal with It later, but I'm curious about what's wrong with him?" He asked gesturing to Falkor.

"Asleep, because of the purple pony, actually speaking of," I said turning my head towards 'Twilight', "Would you mind?" I said gesturing towards Falkor as she quickly got the message.

"O-oh right of course," She said before her horn started to glow as I felt Falkor begin to shift In my grasp slowly waking up as his dark red eyes finally opened back up allowing us to get lost in each other's eyes for a while until I spoke.

"Hey there, finally awake huh?"

Author's Note

I'm so sorry for taking so long only to release a very short chapter, If I'm being honest I'm starting to feel more and more lazy wanting to play my games and read fanfics rather than focus on writing my own but I promise that no matter what I will not abandon this fic, EVEN IF I MUST DIE FOR IT.

Also my birthday was today so yay!

Other than that again I'm very sorry for making you guys wait so long for something so short though I hope you'll still be able to slightly enjoy It If anything since I haven't written in a good week so It might not be that good If I'm being honest.

Though you know the usual comment whatever you liked or didn't like pleaseiliveforyourguyscomments.

Other than that see ya!