There Will Be Fire

I steadily slowed as I approached Ponyville. My leg still hurt, but scales had already grown over it, effectively covering the wound. I noticed a large, flat plot of untouched snow. Turning on autopilot for this one.

Ever seen a field turn to ash? I snorted redgreen flames, leaving a straight line of burnt grass, scarring the midnight field. I then proceeded to land on the not-burnt side of the field. At least I didn't ruin all the snow. A rustle in the bushes made me look up. Scootaloo was running through the bushes, giggling hysterically. She stopped almost instantly when she saw me.

Shit.

"Um, Hello?" I softly called out to her. She just stared in shock.

Stupid idea time!

I picked up some snow, made a quick snowball, and chucked it at her. It hit her in the face. I started laughing et her blank expression. I glanced away for a second, and felt a small impact against the back of my head. I quickly swerved around to see a smiling Scootaloo with a snowball in her hoof. She quickly shrunk under my gaze, but then I smiled. "Oh, it's on!" I shouted at the little filly, picking up another clawful (?) of snow and throwing it at her. She started giggling and threw her own snowball after dodging mine. I did a frontflip over her snowball, forgetting to roll and landing with my face in the snow. I stood up absolutely covered. She started giggling, slowly approaching me. "It's ok." I told her, holding out my hand. She smiled cutely and suudenly shouted: "Cutie mark Crusader Dragon tamers!" And leapt on me. I was taken by surprise, but caught her mid-jump. We both laughed for a second. "Dash will want to meet you!" She said between her giggles. It was probably the cutest moment of my life, and it took all the effort possible just to not say right there and then, 'D'aww.' I was pulled by her (How, I'm still not sure. I should probably ask somebody around here how they hold things without hooves. I suddenly had an idea.

"Wait just a second, Scoots." I told the small filly. She gazed curiously as I pulled a branch from a nearby tree, and Lit the end on redgreen fire. It was like a makeshift torch, but it was stunningly beautiful. Poor scootaloo was mesmerized. "So, where are we going?" I asked her. She snapped out of it, and continued running through the underbrush, being careful not to burn any underbrush with this new tool. The tool burnt away anyway. Instantly, I might add, as it was no firewood.

As I finally exited the forest tailing Scootaloo, I noticed the Mane six, the rest of the crusaders, as well as Celsetia herself and another pony wearing a strange garment that effectively covered his whole body. They all glanced towards me and Scootaloo, and almost instantly I heard Rainbow yell "Run, Scoots!"

I know I thought of you before, and I'm sorry, but this time I really mean it, shit.

Before anyone could talk, the pony wearing the garments gasped. In shock, not fear like the others. He quickly took off his garment to reveal..... A matching scarf? He stood up from beside the princess, his night-blue fur blowing in the wind.

"What's going on here?" He asked, in that familiar voice. I gasped. "Jacob!" I ran over to him and picked him up of the ground, pulling him into a hug. The others slowly started backing away. We were both laughing, for what I'm sure nobody knows. His laughter trailed off, but mine got more intense. And evil. Did I mention my laugh sounds very evil? It's kind of scary. Even Jacob was looking at me funny by the time I was done. "Ryan, I think you're scaring our friends." Jacob told me." I just gave my lazy expression. "Sorry bro, must have slipped." Jacob rolled his eyes. Oh, and I also forgot to mention I was a troll. T'is truly wonderful to give rage all year round.

I turned back to the group of ponies who were staring at me uneasily. Twilight turned and asked Jacob "Do you know this... Dragon?" Jacob gave her a strange look and replied. "Yeah, we're kind of..." He turned to me. "Homies!" we yelled in sync, bumping fists. Or, at least claw and hoof. This is going to be stupid, I mean, we're not even the same species anymore. Dragons are obviously superior to ponies. Scootaloo turned to me. "Mister Ryan? Can you do the thing again?" I turned and stared at her. "What thing? Oh, that." I turned and looked at the night sky. I breathed in. "YOL, TOOR SHUL!" And breathed out an inferno of  christmas joy. I've always like burning things, and the colorful blaze would make it so much more interesting. Strangely, Celestia started laughing. I mean, besides Jacob, who was rolling around on the ground in hysteria, but still, you catch my drift. I glanced at her in confusion. "We've got another strange creature here today. A fearsome one, at that." Jacob looked at Celestia seriously. "Fearsome? I think not. Hey, Ryan, you've got a spider on you. I rolled my eyes. "Do you seriously think I'm going to fall for tha...." I trailed off, feeling a tingling sensation on my arm. My left eye twitched.

"KILL IT WITH FIRE!" I shouted, falling over and rolling down the hill in a frenzied state. Fortunately, I killed it. Unfortunately, I managed to get so much snow stuck to me in the process that I wondered if I might get mistaken for a snow dragon. I shook it all off while running up the hill. I found them all laughing. A quick burst of fire from my lungs shut them up pretty quickly. Dash walked up to me, and I saw my chance.

I needed to ask her the most important question in the word. Empires may rise or fall, fail or succeed based on the answer. the fate of the world, no, the universe. No, the fate of every living creature anywhere depended on the answer of this one question.

"Does your mane taste like skittles, Dash?"

Her rosy cheeks seemed to get a little more rosy... "I-I don't know." She stammered. I grinned evilly. She slowly started backing away. I laughed out loud. Evilly, i might add. I started sprinting after her. Not surprisingly, she took to the sky. I was faster than her, and I stopped and sat down as she became smaller and smaller, before finally steering around to come back. I sneezed, making everyone jump. "Sorry." I said awkwardly, noticing a few burnt hairs in Celestia's mane. She smile gently, letting me know I was off the hook. Fake sneeze? Success! I just trolled trollestia, trololo. I chuckled. I noticed Rainbow sit down on the other side of the group, trying to stay as far away from me as possible.

I yawned. I realised just how exhausted I was. Success, everyone else started yawning too. "Hey, Is there somewhere I can crash for tonight?" I casually asked the group. "Cuz' I doubt any hotel in their right mind would accept a dragon." Rainbow dash outright refused, afraid of me doing something to her 'In her sleep.' Twilight was a bit more hospitable, agreeing that I could stay in her basement. Jacob looked mortified. "I don't want to sleep in the basement with a dragon!" Jacob quickly told her. I realised my hearing was way better than normal. I decided to start walking on all fours, as standing bipedally seemed to be a little... intimidating to say the very least. I was still as tall as Celestia whilst walking on all fours. We began to walk into town, and our aqaintances slowly began to break off and go to their seperate houses. Soon, it was only me, Twilight, Jacob, And Celestia. When we approached the library, I opened the door and signaled them to go first. "You're a true gentlecolt, Ryan." Twilight told me as she and Celestia went inside first. I made sure to cut Jacob off and go in first. The door was a tight squeeze, but I managed to fit my wings through eventually. I heard Jacob sigh frustradedly, but, hey, A troll's gotta troll. I made my way into the basement, promising to talk to Twilight about things in the morning. Ended up locking me in the basement, vouching to sleep on the couch instead. Of course, Twilight and Celestia didn't know. I sighed as I curled up on the floor.

I opened my eyes to see a tiny insect walking past me. I smiled at it until i noticed it had eight legs.

Meanwhile, Upstairs

Twilight heard a knock at the door to her room. "Come in." She said. Jacob walked in. "Did you turn up the heat in the house? I'm practically roasting in there." he asked her. Twilight scratched her head. She replied: "No, I didn't. Strange..."