Hatching in Equestria as a Silver Dragon

That afternoon, after cooling down in the snow, I had asked for a place to listen to music, turns out they have a music room! Full of instruments and amazing studio quality speakers that I could play music in, I spent a few hours in there, listening to all my favorite music and checking new albums from my favorite musical bands, I just tapped my foot and nodded because dancing here with all of this instruments around was a recipe for disaster.

After a few hours of listening to music I had enough and went to a sort of store they had opened up for the day and traded for about 2kg of bomba rice, 2kg of japanese rice for sushi, 2kg of basmati rice, 2kg of arborio rice, 2kg of long grain brown rice that I hoped I could plant to produce a small crop of it.

Next i asked for any sort of spices I couldn't find back in Equestria, and there were a lot that I suspected came from nations that were not on friendly term with Equestria, so they just weren't available. I had a large variety of eastern cuisine spices, about full kg in total.

I also bought 2kg of Kenyan coffee, they were extremely surprised when I offered gold pieces to pay for everything, I told them to take them to the lab to test its purity, and they did.

It took hours but it was worth the 200 gp and the wait to be able to be able to cook rare dishes with this for my family, I could cook so many things now!

I ended up staying up late, looking at things to buy, then went to sleep after a quick visit to the bathroom.

The next morning, 7am POV joint task force 4
Major Bradford.

This mission was confusing from the start, deploying 20 spec ops to the middle of nowhere, along with 10 support crew and even a scientist, to the most remote and coldest place on earth, to find a single being who was supposedly an alien of some kind, this was ridiculous, but the mission was the mission.

"We are landing in 5 minutes Major" the pilot informed me, I nodded and addressed my troops on the radio so the ones in the other planes could hear.

"We do this with no casualties, do not shoot any person in the station, you hear? They are all UNARMED and they are almost all American, so only have your tranq rifles ready, this creature was informed to us to be more or less an alien lizard of about hip height, about 120 kg and long tail, it's nothing your exoskeletons can't handle, so most likely just by shooting a dart at it, then grappling it you'll have it well and truly pinned and restrained, understood?" They all had been briefed before but I prefer to go over the details at the last minute, made them clearer in their minds.

A chorus of 'yes sir' was my answer, good, we couldn't afford failure in this situation, high command deemed this target high priority.

"Gentleman, you must only switch to lethal if the creature becomes too much to handle, capturing it alive is the mission, but if your life is in danger you can switch to your guns, just don't go shooting it from the get go, or you'll get scolded back at base."

A few chuckles spread around the plane and were heard on the radio. Followed by acknowledgement.

"We will ask the scientist inside where the creature is hiding, but remember, they're allies."

Five minutes later, the plane landed and everyone was doing last minute checks, the powered exoskeleton was a big help with dealing with the extra load that carrying ammo and weapons had, making soldiers as agile as unarmored humans while wearing considerable protection and armament.

I slowly trudged through the deep snow towards the station, it was not far, he could see the entrance even in the dark polar night, me and the team have devised a two prong insertion, entering from both sides at the same time, so while he waited for the other team to walk from outside the station all around it, I checked my guns, and the hour, it was 7:10am
I hope this alien is asleep, it was lightly snowing so probably no one had heard the planes approach, hopefully not the creature we intended to capture, snow was good to absorb noise.

Five minutes later everyone was into position, i gave the signal the doors were opened and we entered, 10 from each side, their tranq rifles held aimed down, but they were primed and ready to shoot.

Team 2, the one on the other side of the station entering from the "beer can" had encountered civilians and told them to head to the galley, where most of the station were gathered.

A while later, while exploring the gymnasium i was informed that the creature was asleep at berthing pod 2, the middle one in the station, in room B-36.

This was what I wanted to hear, far easier picking up a lock and injecting a sleeping target than an awake and angry one, our team was divided in two, one group had secured the civilians and bringing them quietly to the cafeteria.

After a big if a walk, we reached the desired door, the berthing room, the sleeping area, a good number of people were still here but we couldn't risk evacuating them, it would make too much noise, we had to step quietly and silently around the small space, not more than one soldier at a time.

I changed my channel to the support team, the Xenobiologist had also come with us and had the cage ready right outside the door of the station, the cage was made of steel and large enough to fit a human, as the creature was believed to be about the same size when standing up, the support personnel had powered exoskeletons that allowed them to carry the cage between two of them without much issue, and it fit inside the plane too, just barely.

I was the first to reach the door, B-36 it looked just as plain as the others, I decided to look through the keyhole, and there it was, out target, hard to believe that i was seeing an alien, it looked like a god damn metal statue, but it was breathing, slowly its chest cavity rised and lowered, seemingly in a peaceful slumber.

Time to lockpick this shitty door.

I pulled the aptly called tactical lockpick, a bobby pin that was specially resilient and could bend many times without unlike a regular bobby pin, I began to attempt lock picking, this doors are extremely flimsy and probably have the shittiest locks, but as I started to wiggle the pins, trying to set them, I felt as if they were solid, I didn't feel them move at all, they were sort of glued to the lock, meaning this lock was badly jammed or simply broken.

Now of course I would have to break the door down, fuck, this is exactly what I wanted to prevent!

"Alright soldiers, change if plans, it looks like the door is locked, as in, it can't be picked, maybe it's stuck of had glue poured in the lock somehow, I'm gonna have to bust through the door, and get the target, now I want you to have your tranq rifles ready to fire, I'll try to break in and use the syringe to inject him, but I need some of you to try shooting darts on its ass while I pin it down, understood?" I whispered on the radio in our headset, everyone answered affirmative, I prepared and started counting down with my fingers from 5 seconds.

POV shift, Onyx

I was having a nice dream today, Shining, Cadence and I cuddling together in my bed, eating delicious fresh fruit from a plate I held in my telekinesis, and sharing with one another, it was wonderful, I caressed them on their soft fluffy tummies and backs, and they nuzzled my scaly neck and snout with adoration, I felt so happy, I could be like this every day.

In the dream, I saw the door to our room start to make noise, at first I dismissed it as just someone walking past, but then I heard a loud sudden boom, and my dream faded as my body was pumped with adrenaline, I blinked my eyes open and started to get up, but was suddenly pinned down by something heavy, something strong.

I must NOT USE MAGIC, even if I'm losing, I must not reveal my cards yet, unless I'm sure of victory!

It was grabbing me from behind, arm around my neck as it tried to stab me on the base of the neck with something pointy, but my scales only slightly bended, they didn't give way even to the extremely pointy object, which simply snapped as the... Was this a human? No, it was far too strong to be human, as the creature repeatedly tried to stab hard against my neck, it realized the futility of if and gave up, throwing away the weapon, and started to choke me instead.

I focused my mind fully on calming down and not resorting to my first instinct to use magic to fight, I didn't want to kill the people around and I didn't want them to know what I could or couldn't do just yet.

I was not defenseless, and despite having my neck squeezed, I could still breathe, just not as well.

I was glad I had a strong neck, my neck was used all the time, it was what I used to aim my magic after all.

It's best to let everybody know what's happening here, instead and also wake them up and make them distract the other soldiers.

"STOP THIS! YOU'RE HURTING ME! PLEASE STOP, WE CAN TALK, I SURRENDER PLEASE DONT KILL ME!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, making the creature behind me try to pull away, that scream left my vocal cords feeling sore, but now everyone here knew what was going on, at least the whole sleeping area.

"Shut up! You damn loud fucking monster!" I suddenly felt a very strong punch on the left side of my head.

Onyx has taken 10 damage!

It made my ear bleed and my left eye stung, but it was still whole, I could still see well.

"Why?! What did I even do to you? I was just sleeping! Who are you?" I asked not as loudly, but still loud enough for some people nearby to hear.

Another punch was my answer, this one was harder.

Onyx has taken 15 damage!

I cringed and let out a cry of pain, if he kept at it I was gonna lose my eye!
Was this guy trying to knock me unconscious?! This wouldn't do, I needed to get away, I think I'll have to hurt him, I didn't want to but he isn't giving me much options, I wasn't about to use magic and reveal it to my enemies, I would have to kill them all if I did.

"Stop hitting me, please? I surrender, just tell me what you want! I don't want to fi-"

A bang was my answer I felt something bounce off my scaly butt and like as if something had poked me on the right flank, I couldn't see much what was attacking me as I was still in a chokehold, unable to move my head.

"It's useless! Come here and stab it in the mouth or the eyes, it's the only soft spot this thing has, quickly!" What?! No no NO!

NO WAY I WILL LET THEM STAB MY EYES OUT!

A loud roar escapes my maw and I stand up, putting all my effort into lifting this monster, then I jump with all my might backwards, slamming him against the ceiling and wall, breaking the interior wall, the ceiling was solid steel and held, but the man on top of me still didn't let go, just letting out a pained cry as I started to go wild, jumping and trying my best to get him off from under me, I ran into walls and shook my body, tried to jump and land on my back, but he was not bothered by my weight landing on him, I was too light.

Human soldier has taken 15 damage!

Body slamming someone like this, it didn't do much, what were this people wearing? A normal person wouldn't just be fine after having 120 kilograms slamming them against the roof or walls full force.

"Stop at once! I don't want to hurt any of you! But you keep attacking, you leave me no choice but to fight back!"

I was about to get punched again, but I saw it coming and slammed my head up as hard as I could against the helmet of the man above me, I heard a shattering of something, probably glass or ceramic, satisfied by this I tried headbutting again, but the hand that was trying to punch me held my head down instead, I used my tail and swung it around wildly, what I did not realize was one of the other man wearing this monstrously strong armor, had moved in front of me with his rifle aimed right at my eye, I saw it at the last instant and lifted my head, instead of hitting my eye it got into my maw, the dart didn't bounce off this time.
It stung a whole lot, and made me incredibly angry.

Somnolent detected in the bloodstream.

"I got a dart in sir! Just keep holding it for a minute!" The soldier exclaimed, making me roar in anger again, I spit out the dart.

I lunged and bit his had while he switching weapons, not giving him time to react.
The hand seemed to have lighter armor, as it broke under my bite force with ease, I felt his hand break along with the armor on the glove and let go of it.

Human soldier has taken 10 damage! Hand crippled.

He let out a loud scream that made everyone else focus on him, while i rushed towards the emergency door at the end of the hallway, the fucker still holding me, he would not let go of no matter what.

I ran into the door at full speed, then at the last moment jumped and crashed into it with my body sideways, but just right at the angle to make him absorb all the impact against the reinforced door.

Human soldier took 25 damage!

"Agh! Motherfucker!" He yelled at me, I could feel some of his blood falling on the back of my head, as he spit blood from the impact. It was good to know I did some damage.

Our momentum was enough to break off the mechanism holding it locked, it opened up to the outside, chilly air coming and washing over me, I ran into the snow and ice, but something was wrong.

I was starting to feel oddly sleepy, didn't I just woke up? Oh, it was so cold and cozy out here...

What? No! I need to run! I could use a small nap first, what am I thinking? I need to escape!

"W-what did you... do?" I asked weakly to the man, he was still holding my head and neck, with both arms to prevent me from slamming my head against his, my eyes were struggling to remain open, my muscles were weakening, I stopped struggling, my neck relaxed, and so did my limbs.

"It was just a sleeping dart designed to work extra fast, you held on a long time for someone of your small size, monster."

"... You... Suck..." Those were the last things I said before darkness took over me in a dreamless sleep.