The Tales Of Spike - New Beginning

*Five Hours Earlier*

At the Dragonland, the entire dragons have come together to this volcanic place on one thing they've been waited for the best tradition... 'The First Flame'. It is a special day when all the dragons have first come to this world of Equestria for a thousands of years. Bringing lots of gems they've gathered to feasting on and do most challenging each other to prove who is the strongest or the fastest. Ever since dragons are aggressive and rebellious to the outside world, but none of them are bad when they pretty much keep to themselves. For sometimes later, dragons accepted peace and trust with outside world because of Twilight Sparkle and her friends. On top of the sky, Dragonlord Ember watches her subjects to do all the great time in this traditional day. Suddenly, an orange dragoness who appears to be Smolder flew towards her. "Smolder, what brings you come to me?" Dragonlord Ember asked.

"I got this scroll that appears in front of me." Smolder said while passing a scroll to Dragonlord Ember and then opened. "Its an invitation from Canterlot, Princess Twilight Sparkle started that Harmony Festival for every creatures, would it be interested to go there?"

"It would be wonderful, but we can't leave Dragonland and ruined our traditions. I'm sure the princess understands it." Ember said, hated to disappoint the orange dragoness for not going, but it is her duty as the Dragonlord to keep this traditional day started.

"Fine, if you insist. But this isn't fair for me you know." Smolder said with the gloomy face.

"Hey Smolder, come join us in the tail wrestling, come on!" A red dragon calling out to her who is her older brother Garble. Smolder eagerly joined with the rest of the dragons down there to do an tail wrestling to see who is the strongest. So that leaves Dragonlord Ember to do what she's best at, but she hate to admitted that she also wanted to go to the Harmony Festival when she opened it again.

Meanwhile, two dragons were in charge of guarding the path way to the inside the volcanic place where the dragons are. But they are looking getting tired, almost falling asleep and yawning when they have only one job from the Dragonlord is to guard the pathway from any intruders. Sure it would be easy peasy for them... until now. One dragon spotted four figures who are appears to be the sons of the Dark Master that they did not know walking towards them. "Hey you, who goes there?" He said to threaten, but none of them respond back. "Are you all deaf, I said who goes there or I'll make you talk."

General Scorch snapped his finger to the huge dark brown dragon. "Rampage, crush them." He said to ask a favor.

"Hahaha, with pleasure big brother." Rampage said with a big fat smile on his face. "I'm love a good crushing things." General Scorch enjoys watching those two dragon got beaten down to the ground without mercy, laughing at their endless painful misery, even the black dragoness also likes to see them suffer.

"Enough distractions, it is time to hello to our host." General Scorch said while they continuing moving on passing through the two injured dragons on the ground. Suddenly, the one who's behind was a young violet dragoness, she feels so sorry for them to be beat up almost half dead while looking at them with a sad face. Back then, The sons of the Dark Master have made the entrance to the volcanic place, seeing lots of dragons everywhere to this Dragonland. "Let the hunt... commence."

General Scorch took a deepest breath and then blasted much of it up to the sky, causing the entire dragons to stop what they were doing and look at the biggest flame in the sky in shock of their faces. "What trickery is this?!" Dragonlord Ember shout in eyes widened by it, but focus on finding the one who is responsible for this until she did caught the dark gray dragon doing it.

Suddenly, the commander and the mandrills armies in bat creatures appears down out of the clouds, caring all the empty cages to be prepared to trap the dragons. "This is it my fellow apes... ATTACK!" The commander shouted while they all swoops down at those fire breathing reptiles they've been waiting for this hunt.

"Dragons, prepare for battle and the rest protect the eggs and hatchlings!" Dragonlord Ember shouted to them while they immediately obey her command by fighting back against the mandrills and some others are grabbing the eggs and the children out of here. But it is worst that those dragons never know what they're dealing with.

The battle rages between dragons and mandrills, fighting for all their lives to defend their territorial land, but never know what they're up against. The mandrills attempts to fire their cannons, but the dragons fire back with everything they got. Dragonlord Ember joins the fight for her subjects, easily took down four mandrills on bat creatures and letting them fall. The sons of the Dark Master were standing there to watching all this, but finding for the one who they were looking for.

"Tell me brother, are you certain that the Champion is among of those pitiful peasants, each of them lack of potential and combat makes me grew tiresome." Hex said in curiosity and bored of this show.

"Do you wish to join the battle, then be my guest Hex." General Scorch said when he's glaring at her.

"What, you want me to get my claws dirty, I'll pass." Hex said to refuse to fight there, exactly as he thought.

"But to answer your question, the Champion would have ignited its power of the ancestors for me to senses its presence. We have no other choice but to wait and see." General Scorch said.

The young violet dragoness on the other hand, couldn't bare to see this horrific chaos like a pig for slaughter, until she spoke to general Scorch. "My general, this is too much, there are children that can't even defend themselves." She said to convince.

"Mind your place Cynder." General Scorch said in aggressive tone without looking at her.

"B-but father-" Cynder tried to, but her words cut off before the dark gray dragon turned his head with an anger look on his face which makes her silence and took a step back.

Back at the battle in the sky, Dragonlord Ember keep on fighting with her brawn and brain. More of mandrills have come to her, but never know they're underestimate the Dragonlord they are dealing with. She unleashed her fire breath at them, burning them until they're unconscious. All of her fire power are almost wasted, but she never gives up without a fight. Dragonlord Ember wasn't sure how long will this battle last. Unaware to her, one mandrill is about to attack her from behind, but Smolder quickly rushed to save her by the flying kicked. A light blue dragoness owes Smolder big time of saving her.

"Where in Equestria do these monkeys come from, they are too many of them!" Smolder said.

"I don't know, but I believe those dragons down there are responsible of this catastrophe." Ember said, looking at the sons of the Dark Master with an anger face while fly down at them. But suddenly, Ember stopped herself because she sees her subjects were surrounded and some have been pulled in caged. It is a terrible scene right in front of her eyes, which it makes the Dragonlord grow furious for those villains who invaded her kingdom and attacking her subjects. She flies down really fast and landed hard on the ground, growling at the sons of the Dark Master. "Who are you, and why are you attacking my kingdom?!"

"Of course, allow me to introduce ourselves." General Scorch said while bow a little bit. "I am general Scorch, and we are the sons of the Dark Master. We've come to seek the one who lives among you. Otherwise, there will be no harm comes to your precious dragons if you surrender the Champion to me."

"Well I don't care who you are looking for and why do you want this 'Champion', but you've made a grave mistake terrorizing my kingdom, now you all gonna pay!" Ember shouted in anger and then charging at general Scorch in full speed. She throw out her biggest punch at him, but general Scorch saw this coming when he immediate dodged it and then counter smack Ember away back. The dragons gasps to see their Dragonlord trembling down to the ground. Ember is struggling standing up on her feet, overwhelmed by the pain general Scorch strength, but she never gives up that easily. "My opponents hit me much harder than that, come and face me if you have the guts!"

Her words give the dark gray dragon a thrill of a challenge, like a song to his ear. "This would make an interesting." General Scorch said while fly down to her, accepting the challenge against the Dragonlord herself while each of them taking their battle stands. "I accept your terms, but remember... you've made a grave mistake challenging the first born of the Dark Master."

It began a showdown between the Dragonlord and the general. The mandrills shouts and pound the ground to cheer their leader, and his siblings are sit back and watch their older brother starts to fight. Dragonlord Ember is first to attack by charging towards him throw a few punches, but general Scorch easily blocked her attack like it was nothing. She couldn't stop fight with her anger because of his mockery. And then, general Scorch is about to take is turn by quickly grabbing her tail, slamming her to the ground and kicked her really hard in the belly away. She coughing out while holding her own because it hurts so much. Out of nowhere, the dark gray dragon is in front of Ember, and then smack her in face three times. The Dragonlord jumped in flying kick, managed to hit him on his face to force him to take step back. However, general Scorch slowly turned his face at her, smiling like her kick is nothing which makes Ember shock. "Ouch." He mocked with an glowing red eyes. "Now my turn." General Scorch headbutted Ember head to death.

Dragonlord Ember is loses her balance, getting weaker by every single pain she gets. The light blue dragoness is struggling to lift her arm up so she can grip her fist to give him a punch, but general Scorch grabbed her wrist and twisted with his strength. The agony of pain consumed Ember when she screamed and forces her to get on her knees. "H-how... can this be... impossible?" Ember barely asked in pain, but terrifying.

"How I am enjoy the look of fear and confusion." General Scorch said. "Don't worry, once I am finished with you, the other dragons will become extinguish along the entire world to ashes." The dark gray dragon lifted Ember up. She tried to break free, but he's too strong to get away. On that worst moment, general Scorch roared after slamming Ember hard to the ground. The mandrills shouts to cheer their general's victorious challenge against the Dragonlord.

"EMBER!" Smolder shouted in worry with the dragons, reaching out to her.

General Scorch reaches to grab Ember's horn, and then snap it out of her as a new trophy to his collection. It is the most horrific moment for The dragons to see their Dragonlord defeated and been beat up into pulse, but Smolder couldn't stand it anymore while she quickly breathe fire at the mandrills to create a clear the way for her to save Ember. The orange dragoness once again releases her flame, causing the dark gray dragon to get blinded by it. By the time he's recovered his sight, he sees Smolder carrying Ember on her back in the air. "Dragons, with me!" Smolder shouted to calling the other to leave the Dragonland for retreating away from the enemy. But most of them can't because they were in cages by the mandrills. It is a worst decision to fled their own home land, but it must done in order to survive.

"Should I send my units to after them?" The commander asked.

"Yes, track them down and bring them alive so the champion will be revealed." General Scorch said while looking at those dragons fleeing. "And besides, we have where we came here for. Now we will begin the work of project resurrection to up close."

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In the middle of the night sky, Smolder leading the other dragons travels west, but the emotions overwhelms them with sadness, anger, humility, and defeat. They were opposed to be the most fearsome fire breathing creatures that ever existence, but now... they're scared. "Smolder, where are we gonna go now that our home is taken?" Garble asked while fly beside her.

"We're going to Canterlot to get help, it's our only best choices we got and get Ember fully recovered." Smolder answered to her older brother's question, looking after the injured Dragonlord on her back.

And so, the Dragonland has been taken by the most dangerous foes they've never faced before. The other dragons were left behind are captured in cages to become the slaves for the sons of the Dark Master. But hunt for the Champion they greatly desire to resurrect the Dark Master never ends.

To Be Continued...