Disclaimers: All locations and characters - save for the OC's that appear in the story - belong to Hasbro. Intro song: Number One (Battle Brawlers) from Bakugan.

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"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night.

"Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day that her sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon."

"She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took responsibility for both...

"...sun and moon..."

"...and harmony has maintained in Equestria for generations since." A purple unicorn, with a purple coat and mane with a violet streak, mused in wonder. "Hm. Elements of Harmony. I know I've heard about them before... but where?"

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We are number one heroes!

We are number one heroes!

Pop out friendship, stop time and go!

That's right! We are the only ones who know the secrets in our hands! (Yes!)

The grown-ups don't have a clue! (When we get sucked into it!)

Facing off with strong opponents, each one with their own abilities! (Yes!)

We gotta aim for the goal!

(Open Your Eyes!)

We gotta make a stand and save this world (Open Your Mind!)

We'll let our imaginations jump!

We are number one heroes!

We are number one heroes!

Pop out friendship, stop time and go! (It'll be a burning fight!)

Release this new energy, then take another try! (Get ready, go!)

We'll get to infinity!

Team up creatures, stop time and go!

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Inside the average cave, Virin slept peacefully. Getting some light in his eyes, he groaned and got up. Opening his eyes, he blinked a few times, rubbing them. He looked down to his hands, smiling that he had a peaceful dream this time around.

Getting a few exercising of his body, Virin stretched his legs and arms. He was ready for some time in his human form.

"Brother?" He heard his sister looked to the mouth of his cave, seeing Ember standing there like all the other days and mornings. "You ready?"

"You bet." Virin replied, smiling fondly at his sister.

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Ponyland, Canterlot...

Walking down the street of Canterlot, Twilight met up with three other ponies. One of them had an ivory coat, curly pink mane and tail, electric blue eyes, and a mark of three sparkly blue stars.

The second had a yellow coat, a cerulean man and tail with a lighter tail streak, raspberry eyes. A mark of three hearts, two light blue and one light green.

The last had a blue coat, periwinkle mane and tail with a pigment blue streak. She had dark blue eyes, and a mark of an hourglass.

"There you are, Twilight." The said pony stopped in her tracks. "Moon Dancer is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard." Her eyes sparkled. "You wanna come?"

Twilight sighed dejectedly. "Oh, sorry girls. I've got a lot of studying to catch up with." Smiling sheepishly, she ran away from the three ponies, not hearing the ivory pony's sigh.

"Does that pony do anything except studying?" She asked her friends. "I think she's more interested in books than friends." The trio resumed their walk.

With Twilight, she continued to run towards her home.

"I know I've heard of the Elements of Harmony." She determinedly said to herself. A lime green unicorn waved to her, but she ignored it and continued her run to her destination.

Running up the stairs of her house, Twilight quickly opened the doors, not knowing that a small, green and purple dragon fell backwards.

"Spike. SPIKE!" She looked down when she heard a groan. " Spike? There you are."

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Dragon Lands, with Virin...

Getting a few more punches in the air, Virin could've sworn he saw a few gust of wind as he threw a punch. He started to kick the air with his feet. After twenty more kicks, Virin started to more push-ups. He got down to his stomach, letting his arms do the work as he pushed himself up and down.

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Twilight's home, Canterlot...

"Quick!" She quickly ordered. "Find me the old copy of Predictions and Prophecies." Noticing something on Spike's tail, she pointed at it. "What is that?"

The little dragon lifted the now pierced present. "Well, it was a gift for Moon Dancer, but..."

A tired sigh. "Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing."

"But we're on a break!" Spike defended himself.

Getting a few books to the side, each time she did it, Twilight groaned "No". With a frustrated grunt, she shouted, "SPIKE!"

"It's over here!" Spike responded, waving a book before it was engulfed in an lavender aura. Spike fell down as the book was taken from his hand. He sighed as books were scattered as he fell.

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Dragon Lands...

Virin continued with doing a few more push-ups. After getting to a hundred, he stopped. Grunting in satisfaction, he nodded pleasantry, knowing he's ready for it in a half year.

After doing his push-ups, Virin was getting a few exercising ready. He had run, kicked and punched the air again, doing his usual routine he was doing, getting done with the training in his human form, Virin transformed into his dragon form. He was really having an easy time in this form, considering he was more in this than his other form.

Calling his friends through telepathy, Virin waited. As he waited he was in deep thought. In all but a half year, he'll have to go on his journey to Ponyland, where his other half laid in waiting. For all he know, he was getting a bit angry that he was going away from his home of Dragon Lands, to which Torch understood. He was rather glad that he understood his pain when he was going to be moving out of his home. He was just sure that the Dragon Lord would be willing to watch his stuff, something Torch told him not to worry about.

He was going to be meeting ponies now, and that is what made him a bit angry. Why couldn't he just stay and train to his heart's content? But, no. He should be needing to find his other half, something that was important to him and not care about what'll happen next. It was really frustrating for him, and hard to focus of where he should be going. Why couldn't Torch see that through him? But, nevertheless, he was rather happy to be away from the Lands and Garble, who was getting the most distresful expression he ever had when he heard that his rival was going away. He had wanted to finish their rivalry, but that'll have had to wait, something Virin oddly agreed on when Garble harshly told him that.

The Princess was "worried" that her brother would be facing the unknown, but that faded rather quickly. She knew her brother would be able to handle the ponies to their places, but her father reminded her that the ponies would not harm him as he had been training for that time when it came. As frustrating as it was seeing her only brother and friend leaving, Ember had to accept it as it was the only option that she had, to which her brother teased her on that she wouldn't accept options from her father, to her annoyance. It was fun to tease her like that, as always as it was teasing his friends. Virin was really going to miss her, but not much as he know she can take care of herself, which she proudly declared, pridefully he might add.

Hearing the sound of wings flapping, Virin looked up to see his friends flying towards him. He gave them a warm smile, happy to see them here. As they landed in front of him, there were emotions between the friends.

For Nightwing, he was rather sad that his best friend that he knew for more than seven years had to leave the place. He was the one that was the saddest to see him off, but he was getting ready if he were to return one day when his friend finds his true self. That was something that made him give a small smile to the red drake.

Zach was also rather sad. He was going to be watching his best buddy leaving for the unknown, kind of like how Ember felt. He was going to be having a hard time thinking that the ponies would be judging him for being way different than the other creatures in the world, but Virin reassured him that he would be alright, considering that he has his shadow powers if things gets out of control with the ponies. The brown drake was happy for that.

Amber was shedding tears, afraid that her friend should never come back, but Virin assured her that he will be back. He also reassured Minuette, who was also shedding some tears. The drakens gave him crushing hugs, wishing him good luck.

Gilda was a different story. She wasn't crying or smiling, her expression was unreadable. Virin cocked his head at this, first time he couldn't see an expression through the griffin, but she said it was nothing, holding back the inch to cry. She couldn't show her weakness of something so little. She just couldn't. She knows that, showing her weakness would make her weak and vulnerable.

"Alright," Virin started, getting their attention. "Let's get started with this. We need to move before my time is up." His friends gave encouraging nods, telling him they're ready. The drake smiled at this, getting pumped to begin.

Nightwing helped him with his shadow training, - he was going to be needing it if he should be feeling overwhelmed by the ponies - and exercising in push-ups. With the shadow training, he told Virin to focus on his shadow powers within him, knowing that he was a near protégé in doing this kind of training. Virin focused all of his attention to the shadows inside of him, before vanishing from the view. He reappeared on top of a cliff, stretching his limps out, inhaling a breath from the nice, cool wind. He was going to be enjoying this day of training and exercising. Virin vanished again, before reappearing in front of Nightwing, who smiled with pride at his work, happy to his mentor with the shadows.

"Good, Virin. Just what I'd expect from you." The black drake smiled proudly, as the red smiled back, before getting his attention to Minuette, who nodded with permission to get started with his telekinesis training. Virin nodded back, walking a few yards away from his friends before coming to a stop and closed his eyes. He concentrated for what seemed like minutes to his friends, but it felt like eternity to Virin. After a few more minutes of silence, the small rocks around the red drake started to shake as they slowly lifted off the ground, to his companions' surprise before they all smiled with pride, seeing that his training is going smoothly. Virin, however, just concentrated and focused as the small rocks started to heft from the ground to his claws. Virin finally opened his eyes and quickly caught four of the rocks before they fell down and cracked into half.

His friends gave collective "Wow's" as he watched the scene. Virin just rolled his eyes at his friends, as they stared at him in awe, knowing this was an easy part of the psychic training.

"Well," Minuette, having heard his thoughts, said, "it was the easiest part. Things will get a bit tougher in the next." She smiled, knowing what'll happen next. "Let's see if you can move that huge boulder to the side of you."

Blinking rapidly, Virin looked at the large boulder in front of him. "This? A piece of cake." The psychic dragon smiled deviously, not agreeing with him. Closing his eyes once more, Virin focused on the boulder only, closing everything else out. After a few minutes of silence and waiting, the big boulder started to shake a bit, but retained its place on the ground. Having felt it wasn't moving, Virin concentrated more into his telekinesis powers, determined to raise the boulder to the air. After what seemed like forever, a half hour, the boulder finally began to slowly lift off of the ground, but not much as its weight should be tons. Clenching his teeth through concentration, Virin continued with the pressure of trying to lift it to the air.

Another half hour passed, and the boulder didn't budge at all. After another fifteen minutes, Virin finally gave up, sighing as he slumped in defeat, tired of having to wait so long.

"T-That was hard..." Virin breathed, wiping some sweat that was on his forehead. He heard a soft laughter, and looked over to see Minuette rolling on the ground as she burst out her laughter.

"Oh sure, laugh it up." He grumbled, sighing once more. "How long did this take?"

Relieving her laugh, Minuette answered, "A little bit over an hour." She wiped the tears from her eyes, smiling innocently as Virin glared at her intensely.

"Whatever..." Virin grumbled again, before getting back on the topic. "Who's next?" He had a smug expression on his face as he looked over at the water draken, who gave a grin of excitement at being picked next.

"Alright then. Come you all." Amber flapped her wings and flew up in the air. The others did the same, following her.

"Where's she taking us?" Zach whispered to his companions, as they looked at him as Amber was too busy flying, not listening to their conversation.

"Well," began Nightwing. "We know that she's a water drake, then she must be taking us to the ocean, to see if Virin would be able to take up her challenge." A small laugh came from the red drake.

"Oh, it'll be easy." Virin then narrowed his eyes, looking towards the flying form of the blue draken. "Whatever she does, I can do better. I can take on any challenge from her, even if it comes from the ocean." A sigh. "I'd just wished I knew what she's thinking, maybe a bit of an harder challenge?" His friends shrugged, unsure of what to think.

Hearing the splashing sounds of the water, Virin gave an inaudible gulp, a little bit scared what to do in the water. Landing on the nice, cool sand of the beach, Amber turned to the red drake, and smiled rather deviously.

"Alright, Virin," the said drake perked up at this. "Let us see if you can manage to stand in the middle of the water while it's swirling." As she said this, a small wave splashed her as she gave a soft laugh and grinned in Virin's direction.

Another inaudible gulp, Virin did as she asked him to do, by standing in the water as he closed his eyes. This will be nothing, if he can swim in it, he can also stand while it's picking up the wind to make waves. However, one of the waves, washed the drake in cold water, causing him to shiver from the coldness. His friends laughed at the sight before them.

They continued this routine for the rest of the day.

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Ponyland, an hour earlier.

"Ah!" Twilight mused, before walking over to a table. Spike groaned as he began to clean up the floor. Twilight slipped through the pages of the book she was reading. "Elements. Elements. E, E, E...Aha!" She found the page she was looking. "Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?"

"Mare in the Moon?" Spike echoed, before saying, "But, that's just an old ponies' tale."

"Mare, mare...aha!" She once again found the page. "The Mare in the Moon, a myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid her escape, and she would bring about nighttime eternal. " She gasped, looking over towards the dragon, who was on a staircase. "Spike! Do you know what this means?"

Grunting, Spike replied, "No- whoa!" He fell down from the staircase, but was caught by Twilight's back as she stood just where he had fallen.

"Take a note, to the Princess, please." Stretching her tail out, Spike rolled down from it.

"Okie, dokie." Spike began to write with the quill he held in his claws.

"My dearest teacher, my continuing studies have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!"

"Hold on. Prec... preci..." He looked at his purple friend in confusion.

"Threshold."

"Threh..." He still looks at her in utter confusion.

"Uh, brink?" No answer. She groaned. "Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen!" Spike began to write it down on the paper. "For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

Spike began writing her name. "Twi...light Spar...kle. Got it!"

"Great! Send it." She ordered. Spike looked at her in doubt.

"Now?"

"Of course!"

Spike reminded her uneasily. "Uh, I dunno, Twilight. Princess Celestia's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow."

"That's just it, Spike. The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!"

"Impera...Impera..."

Twilight shouted at him, getting him to fly backwards into a shelf. "Important!"

Spike groaned. "Okay, okay." He inhaled his breath before breathing a small, green fire at the letter. "There! It's on its way. But I wouldn't hold your breath..."

"Oh, I'm not worried, Spike. The Princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor, she never once doubted me." She smiled at him.

Spike suddenly belched up a letter.

"See?" Twilight asked. "I knew she would want to take immediate action."

Clearing his throat, Spike read the letter. "My dearest, most faithful student Twilight. You know I value your diligence and that I trust you completely."

The said unicorn smiled. "Mm-hm."

Spike, however, decided to read more. "...but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!" Twilight gasped in shock.

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After getting in an chariot that goes to a town north of Canterlot, Spike continued to read the letter the Princess sent.

"My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sum Celebration inthis year's location: Ponyville. And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends!" A town in the distance could be seen. There were timber-framed houses, with thatched roofs and overhanging upper floors.

Twilight groaned.

"Look on the bright side, Twilight." Spike tried to reassure her. "The Princess has arranged you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?"

"Yes," Twilight smiled. "Yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then go to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return."

"Then..." Spike started, "...when will you make friends, like the Princess said?"

"She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends."

The chariot stopped in the streets of Ponyville. The guards whinnied.

"Thank you, sirs." Twilight thanked politely. The guards huffed.

"Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have something interesting to talk about." They stood in front of an pink pony. "Come on, Twilight. Just try!" He encouraged.

Twilight sighed, before saying to the pink pony. "Um... hello?" A deep gasp came as the pony raised itself a few meters in the air and sped away rather fast. "Well, that was something interesting all right."

Spike sighed.

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"Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist." Spike read. "Number one, banquet. Sweet Apple Acres." The duo stood in front of a farm, with a sign that clearly said "Sweet Apple Acres".

A loud "Yee-haw!" was heard behind them. They turned around to see an orange pony with blonde mane and tail, with a cutie mark of three apples, running towards a tree, turning around quickly and used her hind legs to kick the tree. Apples fell down in the buckets under the tree.

Twilight sighed. "Let's get this over with..." She walked over to the cowgirl and began to introduce herself. "Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle-"

The pony grasped her hoof and started to shake it... roughly. "Well, howdy-doo, Miss Twilight, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like making new friends!"

"Friends?" Twilight struggled through the rough shaking. "Actually, I-" Spike snickered with his claws on his mouth to cover it.

"So, what can I do you for?"

Clearing her throat, Twilight clarified. "Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?"

"We sure as sugar are!" Applejack smiled. "Would you care to sample some?"

"As long as it doesn't take too long..." Twilight mumbled. Applejack began ringing with the triangle she was holding.

"Soup's on everypony!" The orange pony called out. Many ponies came rushing to the tables.

"Now, why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?"

"Thanks, but I really need to hurry-"

Applejack interrupted her and introduced her family anyway. "This here's Apple Fritter,. Apple Bumpkin. Red Gala. Red Delicious. Golden Delicious. Caramel Apple. Apple Strudel. Apple Tart. Baked Apples. Apple Brioche. Apple Cinnamon Crisp..." She took a deep breath. "Big Mclntosh. Apple Bloom and Granny Smith." She looked over to her grandmother. "Up'n'attem, Granny Smith, we got guests."

The old pony snorted and woke up. "Wha...? Soup's on? I'm up, here I come, ahm comin'..." She slowly walked over to the others.

"Why, I'd say you're already part of the family."

Twilight laughed nervously. "Okay, well, I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way." She stopped as Apple Bloom was in front of her... giving her the puppy eyes.

"Aren't you going to stay for brunch?" The little pony asked, saddened by her leaving.

Twilight sighed dejected. "Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do." The whole Apple family sighed in disappointment. Sighing once more, the purple unicorn said,"...fine." The Apple family cheered.

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Walking on the streets of Ponyville, Twilight groaned as her full belly was giving her a stomach ache.

"Food's all taken care of, next is weather." Spike noted as he read the letter.

Groaning again, Twilight struggled, "Ugh... I ate too much pie..."

Spike looked upwards and mused, "Well, there's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds." Twilight looked up as well.

"Well, she's not doing a very good job, is she?" Just then, a sudden Pegasus rammed into her, causing her to land in the mud a few meters away from her. The Pegasus looked over and chuckled nervously.

"Uh, 'scuse me?" The blue pony gave a nervous laugh. Twilight groaned. "Lemme help you." She flew and took a cloud above Twilight, and began jumping on the white cloud, causing much water than she expected to fall down on the purple unicorn.

Rainbow held her hooves on her cheeks, chuckling nervously. "Oops. I guess I overdid it. Um, uh, how about this?" Twilight's mouth hung over as the blue mare flew around her at a fast rate, causing the world around her to spin. As she stopped, the Pegasus held a hoof to her chest. "My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry! No no. Don't thank me. You're quite welcome." She looked over, and her eyes widened to impossible level...before she burst out laughing. Spike looked at his friend, and burst out laughter as well.

Twilight sighed. "Let me guess. You're Rainbow Dash."

The said mare stood up proudly, puffing her chest out. "The one and only. Why, you heard of me?"

"I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clean." A sigh. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and the Princess sent me to check on the weather."

"Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap." Rainbow cockily called out. "I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing."

"Practicing for what?"

"The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow pointed to a poster showing the team. "They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!"

"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight echoed.

"Yep."

"The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?"

"That's them." Rainbow confirmed.

Twilight snorted. "Please. They'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day."

Rainbow looked like she was offended. "Hey, I can clear this sky in ten seconds flat."

"Prove it." Twilight challenged. Rainbow accepted the challenge and began flapping her wings as fast as she could, while she began to clear the sky from clouds one by one. Twilight and Spike looked on as the Pegasus cleared the sky.

"Loop-de-loop around, and wham!" Rainbow called out. "What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging." She chuckled at her audience's expressions. "You should see the look on your face. Ha!" She flew around. "You're a laugh, Twilight Sparkle. I can't wait to hang out some more."

"Wow, she's amazing." Spike mused, before holding a bit of Twilight's mane, laughing. The unicorn groaned and walked away. "Wait! It's kinda pretty once you get used to it!" He followed after her.

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Walking inside the town's square, Spike read the next on the list on the letter.

"Decorations. Beautiful..." Spike breathed, seeing a beautiful, white pony with purple mane and tail.

"Yes, the décor is coming along nicely. This ought'a be quick." Twilight added. "I'll be at the library in time. Beautiful indeed."

"Not the décor, her!" Spike corrected. Twilight glanced at the white pony, who was levitating some bows.

"No, no, no, oh!" She gasped at the colour of the decor she was levitating. "Goodness no!"

Spike began checking on himself. "How are my spines? Are they straight?" Twilight walked up to the white pony, and started speaking.

"Good afternoon-"

"Just a moment, please!" The pony interrupted. "I'm "in the zone", as it were. Oh, yes!" She levitated a red bow. "Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why, Rarity, you are a talent!" She cleared her throat. "Now, um, how can I help yo-" She yelped in shock, seeing a messed up pony in front of her. "Oh my stars, darling!" She exclaimed. "Whatever happened to your coiffure?!"

Twilight looked at her mane. "Oh, you mean my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, and then I'll be out of your hair!"

"Out of my hair?" Rarity rephrased. "What about your hair?!" She walked up to Twilight and began to push her.

"Wait!" The purple unicorn gasped. "Where are we going?! Help!"

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Inside the Carousel Boutique, Rarity changed Twilight into many different type of dresses. Each time she changed, she spoke.

"No, no, nu-uh. Too green. Too yellow. Too poofy. Not poofy enough. Too frilly. Too... shiny. Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from."

Wincing at the strain, Twilight managed to speak. "I've been sent... from Canterlot... to-" This stopped Rarity in straining the liner more.

"Huh?" However, this caused Twilight to crash on the floor. "Canterlot?" Rarity's eyes sparkled with interest. "Oh, I am so envious! The glamour, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all of it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you can I..." Twilight sighed at the word. Looking at the dress, Rarity exclaimed, "Emeralds?! What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!" She ran off the stage.

Twilight saw her chance and ran. "Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new colour!" She levitated a sighing Spike, who followed her in the air.

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Walking through the yellow road towards their next destination, Spike started to sigh dreamily.

"Wasn't she wonderful?" He asked in his dreamland.

"Focus, Casanova." Twilight reminded him. "What's next on the list?"

Clearing his throat, Spike read, "Oh, uh, music! It's the last one!" Their ears flicked when they started to hear birds singing in the near distance. Their heads puffed out from the bush a bit, staring at a yellow pony with a cream body, light pink mane, looking at her birds singing... un-synchronized.

"Oh my," she whispered softly. "Um, stop please, everyone." Her head stopped the now stopped birds. "Excuse me, sir?" She looked at a blue bird. "I mean no offence, but you rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off. Now, follow me, please. A-one. A-two. A-one two three-"

"Hello!" Twilight greeted, rather loudly, startling both the birds and the yellow pony. The Pegasus looked behind her, a bit scared. "Oh my. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to frighten your birds." She stared at the yellow pony. "I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful." A pause. "I'm Twilight Sparkle." Another pause. "What's your name?"

"Um... I'm Fluttershy." The pony greeted very quietly.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Um... my name is Fluttershy." Fluttershy replied even more quietly.

"Didn't quite catch that."

Fluttershy squeaked, as the birds returned to the tree branches. Another pause.

"Well, um, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!" Another squeak. Twilight smiled sheepishly. "Oookay." She began to walk back to her assistant. "Well, that was easy."

Fluttershy suddenly gasped. "A baby dragon!" She ran up to the dragon, unnecessarily knocking Twilight on the ground, face first. "Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!"

Other than the other, furious one, it would seem. Twilight thought, thinking back on the day she saw that long battle between two dragons in the sky.

Spike looked at his fallen friend. "Well, well, well...!"

"Oh my, he talks." Fluttershy gasped again. "I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful. I, I just didn't know what to even say!"

Twilight levitated Spike in her magic, and on her barrel. "Well, in that case we'd better get going."

"Wait, Wait! What's his name?" The yellow pony asked in interest.

"I'm Spike."

"Hi Spike!" Fluttershy greeted happily. "I'm Fluttershy. Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?"

"Well, what do you want to know?" Spike asked in wonder.

"Absolutely everything." Fluttershy begged. Twilight groaned just so they could hear her.

"Well... I started off as a cute little purple and green egg..."

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Walking towards the library, which was an oak tree, Spike was telling everything about his life to Fluttershy, excluding an important figure from his tale.

"...and that's my story of my whole entire life! Well, up until today. Do you wanna hear about today?" Spike asked the timid Pegasus.

"Oh, yes, please," pleaded Fluttershy.

"Gyah!" Spike screamed in surprise at the sudden stop from the pony underneath him.

"I am so sorry, how did we get here so fast?" Twilight wondered. "This is where I'm staying while in Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep."

"No I don't-whoa!" Spike fell on the ground by the sudden move made by Twilight.

"Aww," cooed Twilight, "wook at dat, he's so sweepy he can't even keep his widdle bawance!" Spike crossed his arms as she said that.

"Poor thing," Fluttershy took Spike on her back, "you simply must get into bed..."

Twilight interrupted her and levitated Spike back on her barrel. "Yes, yes, we'll get right into that. Well, g'night!" She slammed the door, as the timid pony looked hurt. Inside the library, Spike mused,

"Huh. Rude much?" He told Twilight in the darkness.

"Sorry, Spike," Twilight apologized, "but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time!" She exclaimed. "I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time." She looked around. "Now, where's the light?" Right on cue, the light turned back on.

"Surprise!" The many different coloured ponies shouted to the surprised duo. Twilight groaned again, thinking this'll be a long night.

"Surprise!" The pink pony from earlier called out at her, a party whistle blows. "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Huh huh huh?"

"Very surprised." Twilight admitted mildly. "Libraries are supposed to be quiet." She reminded the party pony.

The pony, Pinkie, said, "Well, that's silly!" She smiled happily. "What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring! Y'see, I saw you when you first got here, remember?" She reminded as they walked to a table. "You were all "hello" and I was all-" A deep gasp. "-remember? Y'see, I've never seen you before and if I've never seen you before that means you're new, 'cause I know everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville."

Twilight groaned as she took a "hot sauce" in her glass, as she listened to Pinkie's story.

"And if you're new, that meant you haven't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, then I had an idea, and I went-" Another deep gasp. "-I must throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville! See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!" A kettle whistled.

Twilight turned around, her face all read as she didn't know what she had just drunk.

"Are you all right, sugar cube?" Applejack asked in worry. A train-like sound was heard from Twilight as she ran to her room, while everypony looked at her in worry. However, Pinkie Pie was the opposite.

"Aww, she's so happy she's crying!" The pink pony cried out.

" "Hot sauce"." Spike read on the bottle. Pinkie took the bottle and drew some of it on a cupcake. She ate it, while everypony else looked disgusted.

"What? It's good." Pinkie said with a mouth full.

Inside of her room, Twilight could still hear the beating of music and chatter of the ponies. She groaned once again. The door opened, the music was louder this time.

"Hey Twilight!" Spike called, coming inside with a top hat on his small head. "Pinkie Pie's staring "pin the tail on the pony"! Wanna play?"

"No!" Twilight shouted, just so he could hear her. "Everypony in this town are crazy! Do you know what time it is?!"

"It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration." Spike remembered. "Everypony has to stay up, or they'll miss the Princess raise the sun! You really should lighten up the mood, Twilight. It's a party!" He walked out, but didn't hear Twilight mock him behind his back about what he said.

"Ugh." Twilight groaned again. "Here I thought I'd have to learn about the Elements of Harmony but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend-making has kept me from it!" She stood up on her bed, levitating the book she had to her face. "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid her in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night. I hope the Princess was right... I hope it really is just an old pony tale..."

Spike opened the door, the music got louder. "C'mon, Twilight. It's time to watch the sunrise."

---

Inside the Town's square, everypony was waiting for the Princess to rise the sun.

"Isn't this exciting?" Pinkie asked Twilight, coming up beside her. "Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited-well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went-" A deep gasp again. "-but I mean really, who can top that?" Birds' fanfare music was heard overhead, stopping the pink mare.

An elderly-looking mare walked up onto the stage. "Fillies and gentecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration."

Everypony cheered. Once everything calmed down, the mayor continued with her speech.

"In just a few minutes, our town will witness the magic of sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year!" The ponies cheered again, but calmed down quickly. The mayor continued, "And now, it is my great hunour to introduce you to the ruler, the very pony who gives us the sun and moon each and every day," Twilight looked at the window and noticed the stars coming towards the moon, with the mare inside it gone. "The good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria..."

"Ready?" Fluttershy asked the birds in a whisper.

"...Princess Celestia!" Rarity pulled the curtains out, revealing... an empty stage.

"Huh?!" The white pony gasped.

"This can't be good." Twilight mumbled, thinking only on something bad will happen soon. The ponies chatted among themselves nervously.

"Remain calm, everypony," the mayor tried to soothe the situation, "there must be a reasonable explanation!"

"Ooh, ooh," Pinkie jumped up and down. "I love guessing games! Is she hiding?" She looked around.

"She's gone." Rarity called out, getting collective gasps of shock from everypony.

Pinkie yelped suddenly. Everypony looked up to see a blue mist swirling on the empty spot where the Princess should've been. From the mist, a great black alicorn with blue armour, a blue floating mane and tail with stars, appeared.

"Oh no... Nightmare Moon." Twilight gasped, Spike fell back, fainted.

"Oh, my beloved subjects." The black alicorn smiled evilly. "It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun-loving faces."

"What did you do to our Princess?" Rainbow demanded, tried to get to her, but Applejack held her back.

"Whoa there, Nelly..." The orange mare muffled.

Nightmare Moon chuckled darkly. "Why, am I not royal enough to you?" She asked, no answer. "Don't you know who I am?"

"Ooh, ooh, more guessing games!" Pinkie thought for a moment. "Um... Hokey Smokes! How about... Queen Meanie! No! Black Snooty, Black Snooty-" Applejack putted an apple in her mouth to keep her shut.

"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?" Nightmare wondered in thought. "Did you not recall the legends?" A piece of her mane got in contact with Rarity's chin. "Did you not see the signs?"

"I did." Somepony called out. Everypony looked at the one. "And I know who you are. You are the Mare in the Moon - Nightmare Moon." The ponies gasped in shock again.

Nightmare Moon chuckled again. "Well, well, well, somepony who remembers me. Then you should also know why I'm here."

"You're here to... to..." Twilight gulped.

The black alicorn chuckled once more. "Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!" She laughed evilly, with lightning flashing in the background.

---

Dragon Lands...

The dragons noticed how longer this night lasted than the previous other nights. It was totally strange. The mare in the moon were also gone, but it somehow affected their Guardian. Virin.

Virin was staying up all day and night, trying to figure out of what's going on. Was it in Ponyland that the mare's face vanished to? He certainly must hope so, because she seemed rather... strange. There were three alicorns in Ponyland, he better get started to work on with his training.

With his friends still awake, Virin got back to his training. He and Minuette was having a tougher time levitating more rocks as they got bigger from the time he was trying to levitate only one large rock. They started off by levitating smaller rocks, to make it easier for Virin to begin his psychic training. After a few minutes, they finally got to work with the larger rocks. After a hard-fought psychic battle, Virin finally managed to levitate the rocks above the ground, to the pride of Minuette. She sure was getting prouder by the minute with him. She wished he would stay in the Lands, but she knew he had to go to find his other half.

After his training with Minuette, Virin began his water training with Amber, who was just about of getting ready to go swimming. However, this time was much more different. There were many tsunami in in the water now, getting harder for the two to train with Virin's gills in his neck. However, Virin was having no problem by taking his first step into the water, before a tsunami splashed him in the face, making Amber burst out laughing. Virin glared at her for her "fun-loving" attitude, but he decided to let it slide. He wasn't interested in having fun while training. Amber quickly stopped as she saw the annoyance in Virin's expression, making him sigh in relief. After a harder time swimming in the water, Virin's gills was having a more easy time in the tsunami waves caused by the strong wind this night. Amber was proud that he was getting used to swimming in the water, something other dragons doesn't find approval enough, but they let them be.

With his shadow training alongside his first-ever friend, Nightwing, Virin was getting more used of travelling in the shadows rather than on land, as it makes him more easy-going than annoying of all the walking he had to do. It would be easier for him to travel to Ponyland when the time comes. He could also makes copies of himselfby using the shadow element, to get an edge in battle.

He didn't train with Zach, knowing he would only hurt him. So, he trained alone for the time being as his friends returned to their parents and homes. Virin got a few punches ready as he saw a few gust of wind from his throwing punch, swearing how cool it is. He also got a few kicks ready, seeing more of the gust of wind from the kick. He was getting more and more ready for the three alicorns. He was getting stronger everyday that passes.

Virin hovered up to a larger rock than any he had seen, meditating to get a relaxed mind. He sat cross-legged on the top of the rock, meditating peacefully, with no interruptions for today. He thought that was better than the other days where Garble usually finds the right time to get a battle done by mocking him in his meditating for how boring that is and how uncool that was of him. Each time, Virin was getting more and more annoyed by the tall dragon. He sure was happy to be away from him in the next half year from now on, to get some time alone and an easy-going life to find his other half in Ponyland.

However, while he was meditating, a certain tall drake stood below him with his arms crossed and eyeridges furrowed as he narrowed his eyes at the sitting drake. This was none other than Garble, always finding the opportunity to have a fight with his rival.

"Hey! Virin!" The said drake sighed as he looked down on the tall drake. "I want you to come down and fight!" Garble was shouting, because Virin was up higher than the last time he was meditating on those rocks with his father, Lord Torch.

Virin sighed again, getting up and hovered down in front of the taller drake. Knowing that he would immediately attack him as he hovered down, Garble got in an fighting stance, ready for this longer fight.

"Why do you wish to challenge me, Garble?" Virin asked patiently, waiting for the taller drake to stop. However, he didn't. "You should know, that this is only making both of us any stronger yet. We are equal. You should know better than that, Garble. For the reason I accept the challenges from you, is that I wanted to get more ready for my journey to the distance."

"I know that already!" Garble growled viciously. "LET US FIGHT!" He was getting impatient by the minute as Virin talked, not getting into a fighting stance or anything, only speaking.

"Let's wait for a moment, shall we?" Virin patiently asked for calmness. Once Garble finally relaxed, the Guardian continued with his speech. "For the reason why I don't want to fight you right in an instance, is that I want to get a few questions done. One, why do you want to fight me?" This caused Garble to blink, perplexed by the sudden question. "Is it because we are equals? Or is it because you just wanted to battle, to pass the time with me?" Garble was silent by the question, thinking on how to answer. Virin continued his questions. "Two, why do you continue this endless rivalry? Is it 'cause you just wants someone to fight equally with? OR is this because you just wanted to find a rivalry in someone? If so, then why didn't you ask, or choose, some other dragon to have this rivalry with?"

Garble was still silent to answer, waiting for his rival to finish his five questions.

"Three, why do you want to have a battle with me now?" Virin wondered, looking at the silent dragon. "Is it because Father isn't with me now, along with my sister? Or is this just because I'm alone, and you wanted to get the perfect opportunity for you to have a single battle?"

"I..." Garble began, only for him to go to silence by Virin as he raised a claw.

"Let me finish." the Guardian ordered sternly. "Four, why do you not have parents to look after you?" This caused Garble to growl fiercely.

"Don't you dare!" The tall drake warned dangerously. However, his attitude only furthered as Virin answered his own question for him.

"Was it because they died protecting you from other wild dragons?" Virin asked sympathetically, causing Garble to growl a warning to him. "It may be the answer why you don't have someone to help you to get your attitude to calm down. Or, they could have died protecting you from larger dragons, that could had been the reason why I hadn't seen them in all my years living here."

"I'm warning you, stop talking about my parents!" Garble snarled furiously at the smaller drake, getting irritated by his endless talking.

"Last question, why do you have to feed for yourself?" Garble only growled dangerously at the question. "Was it because your parents died when you were young? OR was it because they didn't want to feed you when you were older? Or was it 'cause you bullied other dragons? This is also in the question. Why do you bully the dragons when the Dragon Lord isn't looking, along with the Princess?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Garble snarled at him in a threatening way, daring him to continue. Virin did, only furthering Garble's hunger for battle now.

"Yes, it is quite obviously." Virin agreed, not thinking of his rival's threatening pose. "The reason why you feed for yourself, is because of your hunger never ends. Your hunger for your battles with me also never ends. It is quite irony, if I must say so myself."

"STOP!" Garble roared, shutting the now-stopping drake to cover his ears while his gills closed. "I am sick and tied of hearing you talking shit about me and my parents! My parents left me when I was young, reason for why I fed for myself. I looked up for the other dragons, because they were stronger than me. I wanted to be stronger than them, and now I am, thanks to you. I'm much stronger than before, also thanks for my friends' help."

"Figures." Virin muttered, low enough so Garble didn't hear him. Virin looked up at Garble, eyes glittering with hope and shined with eagerness for battle now. Garble happily obliged his look, attacking him with full force, knocking the smaller drake into the rock behind him.

[Insert song: Rise by Skillet here.]

Garble scratched the smaller drake in the guts with his claws, causing the young drake to roar out in pain. The amulet on his neck, along with the new-powered shadow powers, got Virin to vanish quicker than expected, to Garble's expectation. He knew that Virin had the Amulet of Darkness on him, never letting it go. Virin appeared a few yards away from the tall drake, panting for air.

The tall drake smiled deviously, firing an empowered fireball at the recovering drake, who yelped in surprise before firing his own empowered fireball, causing smoke to appear from the collision. Garble ran up to the small drake, only for a fast kick to knock him back a few meters from Virin. The Guardian fired another fireball at the taler drake, who fired his own fireball, causing another collision to happen, smoke appeared from the collision.

Virin got in his fighting stance, while the night was slowly turning into day, to their confusion. They looked up, only for them to squeeze their eyes shut from the shining sun. They opened their eyes, resuming their fight. The day was young, so they decided to fight all morning. Virin and Garble ran for each other, holding their arms while biting their necks with much force, causing them to cry out in pain. They stepped away from each other, firing two fireballs at the other, causing them to fall on the ground as they slid across it by the force in the attacks.

The two dragons stood up quickly, resuming in their consecutive attacks from the trial. From wingtips to tail, they continued firing fireballs at each other, not holding back from the attacks made by the other drake. They continued this consecutive strategy until they stopped, flying up in the air firing fireballs at one another until they stopped their attacks again. Virin flew straight at Garble, knocking the dragon to the ground.

Garble had fallen to the ground, before getting back up. He glared at the hovering Virin, spat, "This isn't over!" He flew right up and bumped into the yelping drake, taking him by surprise, which was his plan from the start when he began this attack. Garble saw Virin hovering a few meters from him, but he quickly fired an fireball at the young drake, who fired his own and another collision appeared in the sky.

Virin recovered remarkably quick, growling at the snarling taller drake. He flew at him, getting an empowered fire punch at the surprised drake, knocking him back a few yards. Virin was surprised at the fire punch, but quickly thought back to the battle. He didn't want to think of anything else than now, his battle was with Garble, and that's that. Virin fired an fireball at the tall drake, who fired also an fireball right back at him, resulting in another collision. Smoke appeared in the sky again, this time a bit stronger than the other times.

Garble recovered from the attacks made bu his rival, glaring heatedly at the smirking drake. He flew straight at the small drake, getting a punch right at the face, knocking Virin back a few meters but he recovered from the hit. The Guardian glowered at the taller drake, firing a fireball at him, but Garble, too, fired an fireball, resulting in another collision. They thought the same think; why the same collisions?

They flew right at each other, biting into the other's flesh, drawing blood. But they didn't care, they continued their assaults. The assaults continued until much blood was drawn on the other dragon, causing them to fly back down on the ground, panting hard. Their regenerations were slow, but effective of the blood. The regenerations continued until there were no blood left, relieving them.

After the recovery from the bloody assaults, both dragons ran for each other, biting the other's necks and clawing the torso of each other, causing them to roar out in pain. Virin stepped back, so did Garble, to recover with his regerenation healing powers. After the regeneration had done its work, both dragons fired fireballs at one another, sending them both back on the ground, a few meters from each other so they could get back up without being assaulted again.

[Insert song: The Resistance by Skillet here.]

After getting back up, they both panted for breath as they looked at each other with much hatred in their eyes, thinking the same thing; let's battle until the last breath. Virin fired an fireball at Garble, sending him back a few meters across the ground. He fired an fireball as well, sending the Guardian back a few meters from where he stood, but not much.

Glaring at one another with anger and hatred, both dragons fired fire breaths at one another, resulting in an collision with both breaths, each believing in their power to gain the upper claw. Virin pushed forward, walking a bit so he could send the taller dragon back. It worked. Garble was sliding across the ground from the pushing from Virin, but he held his ground, not wanting to be the weak.

Garble pushed forward, though not sending Virin back as he too pushed forward. With both dragons in the distance of one another, the fire collision exploded, resulting in both dragons being sent back to the rocks behind them, creating large cracks on the rocks from the collision. Virin groaned in pain, before looked at the grunting Garble a few yards away from him... before a smile appeared on his expression.

Getting back up, the Guardian made copies of himself, shocking the painful taller drake. He didn't know Virin could even do that. There were at least ten copies of the smaller drake, each one of them getting into fighting stances, The first copy ran forward, before being blasted to dust by the angered drake, who had fired an fireball at the copy. The tall dragon stood up, roaring out his battle cry.

The second copy ran forward, scratching the tall drake in the face, causing him to roar in pain. The copy dodged a strike from the taller drake, who fired a fireball in the instance afterwards, getting rid of the copy. All of the remaining copies, even the original, fired their fireballs at the tall dragon, who withstood the attacks head-on. He was getting pissed off by the amount of copies left.

The third copy, whom was getting ready, was quickly vaporized by the angered drake, who fired a large fireball at the copy instantly vanishing from sight to dust. The tall drake began using another consecutive attack, from wingtip, tail to mouth, continued firing blasts from multi-coloured fire to a large amount of fireballs. The copies braced themselves, using their Fire Shield to shield themselves, blocking the attacks in an instance, only furthering the tall drake's rage.

The tall drake continued with his consecutive attack, vaporizing the copies with ease, with only the original to block the attacks. This time, however, the shield vanished, to the small drake's shock. He, though, somehow deflected the continuing attack from the tall dragon, only angering the drake even further. Virin blasted the tall dragon with his fire breath, resulting him in stopping his consecutive attack, blocking the breath with his shield which appeared rather quickly.

Virin was surprised that Garble had the shield technique, but that didn't matter right now. What only matters, is their rivalry and battle. He fired an fireball at the tall dragon, but his shield didn't flatter for a moment. It blocked the attack. This only irritated the small drake, but that disappeared rather quick, as he only cared about ending this endless rivalry with Garble.

Garble started flapping his wings and flew away from the battlefield, to Virin's confusion. Garble never flown away from him before, but this time must be different. He was about to follow, but he stopped as he heard his friends calling to him.

"Virin!"

"How are you today?"

"Are you alright?"

"You look beat."

"Is that really the time, Gilda?"

All of his friends were there. From Nightwing, to Zach, Amber, Minuette, Gilda, Ember and to Torch. Even the old, gray dragon and his assistant were there. They looked ready to talk about the roars of pain they'd heard.

Ancestors dammit! Virin thought, grumbling at the sight of the, to their utter confusion.

Virin! He heard his rival call to him. The said dragon's eyes began glowing a brighter colour, as he was seeing where his rival was.

"Are you alright, friend?" Nightwing asked in worry. Virin, however, didn't listen, as he continued to search for Garble's location. He was standing in a field of a large canyon, with a few seats so spectators could see the next battle.

"I found him!" Virin called out loud. The others looked between each other in confusion, wondering what he meant. However, they were quickly lighten up in a multi-coloured light, as they began to vanish from sight.

---

With Garble...

Standing alone in the rocky field, Garble was waiting impatiently for his rival to come. After a few seconds, he started to see light coming from the opposite rock from him.

"I see you've brought an army," he mused. "Am I fighting your whole group, Virin?"

"Nope." Virin replied. "Just me."

"Got any last words, Virin?" Garble asked excitedly.

"Just three, Garble." The small drake responded. "Bring it on."

"Remember to be on your guard, Virin." Nightwing reminded his friend.

"Yeah." Gilda agreed. "Garble seems... a little different today."

"Yup." Virin gave her a thumbs up.

"Keep your eyes on your foe, friend." Zach added in worry.

"Watch his back." Ember mumbled worriedly.

"I'm on it." Minuette replied to the Princess' worried look.

"Me too." Amber added.

"Yeah, ditto." One of the female dragons in the spectators came to pat the Princess on the back.

Virin jumped onto the rock in front of them, getting ready for the next phase of their long fight.

"I'm going to enjoy this." Garble dryly called out.

"Not as much as me." Both rivals jumped into the canyon, ready.

No mercy, Garble. His father told him.

Calling out loud, Garble said, "Don't worry. I have none in my heart to give." He let out a roar, as did Virin when he was ready. "At last, one of our finals battles has begun."

"Time to dance, Garble." Virin called to him humouredly. "Let's go. Let's do it." They waited for the other to move. Garble happily obliged, as he began firing one of the largest fireballs they've ever seen. Virin was ready.

"Fire Up!" A fiery glow began appear around Virin's body, empowering his speed. As Garble fired his largest fireball, Virin ran forward, dodging each of t he large fireballs Garble was firing. As Garble continued to fire the large fireballs, Virin dodged every single one.

"You've gotten faster, Virin." Garble noted with interest, firing two more fireballs, but Virin dodged them by running faster than light. "Stay still!" Garble was firing up, as Virin flew up with his Fire Up still active. Virin blocked an fireball with one hand, shocking the others.

"You wish." Virin answered to his call.

Garble, keep firing! His ancestors ordered him. Garble obliged to their call, as he continued to fire large fireballs, before shifting to a large fire breath which hit Virin in the guts, sending him to the ground. However, Garble flew straight up at him, kicking him in the stomach with a thigh, causing the small drake to roar out in pain. Garble fired smaller fireballs, which exploded around them, causing more pain to the small dragon. Garble used a karate technique and cut in Virin's neck as he fell to the ground, slowly trying to get up, but Garble stood above him with a foot on top of Virin's neck, keeping him down.

"I told you, I'd finish you off, Virin." Garble growled delightfully. Suddenly, the ground lit up, as a bright light appeared. "Heads up!" He flew up in the air, not wanting to be the one to be hit by the light.

"No way!" Virin looked up to Garble, standing up. "Fire Tornado!" A fiery tornado engulfed the young drake, destroying the light in the process. His friends and family cheered for him, even the spectators for the show giving to them.

"Yeah, nice one!" Nightwing called out.

"Quick, counter attack!" Amber called to him. Virin fired off a strong fireball, that were larger than Garble himself, knocking him back a bit, before being sent to the rock behind him by Virin's full-force punch.

"Ooh. That's gotta hurt." Gilda muttered. Virin continued to punch the tall drake, with his regereration not working, blood began to draw from him.

"Ooh, that must be hurting him." Zach mumbled, looking at the blood on the tall drake. Wings drained from the lots of punching by Virin, Garble fell to one knee. However, this wasn't a sign of surrender, this was a sign of exhaustion. He was panting hard.

"Not yet..." Garble panted. "I can still FIGHT!" An red aura of power surrounded him, surprising the group of dragons that looked on. Virin looked expressionless.

"So, Garble," Virin started. "Are you done trying to prove that you're the best of us?"

"In your dreams!" Garble raised an arm. "I'd rather die trying in this second, and so would my deceased family."

"Be careful for what you wish for, Garble." Virin warned with a smile on his face. He let out a roar of power, as a red aura empowered him to equal with the taller drake. Garble let out his own roar, getting up as his blood ceased from his exhaustion. Virin let out a huge fireball at Garble, who let out a huge fire breath, which resulted in another collision like the ones from earlier this morning.

"That was a lucky shot from before, Virin." Garble snarled. "You're going down!"

"Talk all you want, Garble." Virin challenged. "Fusion Attack! Ultimate Dragon Palanx!" A fiery aura engulfed Virin, with his power levels going way beyond anything has ever seen before. He raised his arms, as a ball of fire was beginning to form in the middle of them. "I will NOT be defeated!" Garble looked at the ball of fire, as Virin launched it away, resulting that Garble was covered in a huge smoke, with his scream of pain was heard from three miles away

"That ought to hurt." Gilda cringed, looking at the smoke.

"No kidding." Amber agreed, so did Ember and Torch. From the smoke, Garble stood, motionless and expressionless from the huge attack. His wingtips began to lit up, as they began firing at Virin nonstop. Virin flew up to the air, with Garble in pursuit right behind him.

"Quit your jumping around!" Garble ordered harshly to the dodging dragon. Garble continued on with his attacks, not stopping.

"Fire Shield!" A red shield appeared around Virin, blocking and deflecting the shots from the wingtips of Garble, until he stopped his assault, getting tired of this.

"C'mon, Virin. Finish this." Zach called out to his friend.

"My pleasure."

You heard him, Garble. His father told him uncaring about what'll happen.

"I'm going to tear you apart, Virin." Garble sneered coldly. "Say goodnight." An stronger red aura surrounded his body, empowering him to maximum level. He groaned in pain from this power.

"Garble! What are you doing?!" Virin asked in worry, worried of why Garble would do that.

"Now nothing can stop me from fighting you until the very end." Garble groaned in more pain than ever.

"Okay, you really wanna fight so badly?" Virin fired off a huge fireball at the tall dragon, who punched it with just one arm, vaporizing it. "What?!" A sudden red light appeared on Garble's back, with a red gear-like machine appeared from the light. It had two guns, a functional motion that could shoot from both fronts of the guns.

"What's this?" Torch asked in wonder and confusion. Garble let out a roar of pleasure, happy that his ancestors would grant him his new powers. Garble moved, activating his new battle gear to battle mode. He fired at Virin, unleashing its power at the non-shielded drake from the assault. Virin tried to fly up in the air, but Garble redirected his attack to the air, continuing with his assault.

Now, Garble. His father ordered him.

"Okay." Garble replied aloud. "Down you go, Virin." He continued with his attack, not stopping.

"You're the one who's going down. Fire Shield!" A fiery shield appeared around the small drake, however it didn't manage to block the continuing assault made by Garble.

"It's over!" Garble's battle gear continued with its attack, nonstop. Virin fell to the ground as his shield broke to pieces, not yet defeated by the sheer force of Garble's new gear.

"That was intense." Virin wiped sweats off his forehead, getting back up. "Alright, you were right there, Garble. This one of the final battles' been a whole lot of fun!" His friends, family and spectators sweat dropped at this.

Garble let out his victorious roar, but that ended quickly when Virin let out his own roar again. Garble was having enough of this game, he wanted to end this quick, but that didn't come.

The two gun-like battle gear appeared from a bright light on Garble's back, already on, to the others' surprised expressions.

"Fire Tornado!" A fiery tornado engulfed Virin, getting ready for the next attack. Another bright light came, sending Virin to the ground, panting all of the sudden.

A red aura engulfed the battle gear on Garble's back, bringing it to level two of its abilities.

"I'm going to tear you apart, Virin." The tall dragon sneered snidely. "Say goodnight!" He fired his battle gear at the smaller dragon, causing his Fire Tornado to vanish and fell to the ground, but still directed his assault at him. Garble continued on with his shooting at the small drake, intending to finish him off.

"VIRIN!" Zach cried out in horror, seeing his best friend was going to lose this battle, or not. The battle gear suddenly stopped firing, to Garble's confusion.

"Huh? What?!" The tall dragon got back down on the ground, his tail swiped the floor. "I'm not done with you, yet!" He tried shooting at the small drake, but it didn't work. Virin and Garble ran for each other, with the former holding onto the battle gear and destroyed it by tearing its guns away. The rest of the battle gear exploded, causing blood to drop to the floor.

"Don't look." Ember looked away, so did the spectators.

As Garble looked at where Virin is, who punched him in the face, causing him to go back.

"Now it's over, Garble." Virin declared.

"Never!" The tall dragon growled furiously. "I will DESTROY YOU!" He held onto Virin and pushed him to the mountain behind him, crashing into it.

"Man that was harsh!" Nightwing noted.

"No kidding." Amber agreed. "My rips are just watching." Virin kicked the tall dragon's chin with a thigh, while Garble punched him in the face. After a few moments of waiting, Virin finally had enough and ran towards his opponent, holding with arms with sheer force.

"Enough!"

"I will not lose!" Garble reminded. "Did you hear me?! I will not be defeated!" Stepping back, Garble let out a loud roar and fired a red and orange beam at the small dragon, who held his arms up and began to form a ball of fire from his Ultimate Dragon Palanx attack. The attacks collided with each other, resulting in a energy beam lock for the first time in Dragon Lands history.

"Wow." Gilda mused with interest.

"Yeah," Zach added, "you could say that again."

With the beam lock still intact, both opponents groaned and grunted by not holding anything back.

"You just don't know WHEN to give up, do you?" Garble wondered in frustration.

"I could say the same about you!" Virin groaned as he continued with his attack. "Come, brothers and sisters! Lend me your strength! Ultimate Dragon Palanx!" The small drake pushed forward, with his attack winning the beam lock. The attack from Virin won the beam lock, and caused an explosion to happen from where Garble stood, also causing a huge amount of smoke to appear.

After the attack ended, a huge crater was in the middle of the canyon where the battle took place. Virin held an arm on his thigh while the other was on the ground, hold for support. He stood up, panting for breath by the long battle. He couldn't believe it, he won against Garble again after a hard-fought battle in this year. He was rather proud about it.

"Virin! He won!" Zach cried out, the spectators all cheered for their Guardian, glad to witness another long fight between the two rivals.

Garble laid on the ground, before getting slowly up, panting for his breath after this battle, and the fact that his newest gear was destroyed by this daring dragon.

"Why?!" He sneered at the small drake, coldly. "Why do I always lose to you, bastard?!" He was cursing, because of his second lost.

"Because, you don't believe in the magic of friendship." Virin simply answered, mimicking a certain purple equine who said that same thing to a black mare.

" "Magic of friendship"." Garble snorted. "Don't talk about shit, Virin. Only ponies talk about it, not you, nor other dragons!"

"You're right." Virin nodded, before sneering at the tall drake, who raised an eyeridge. "And, if you ever come across the ponies, I'll not hesitate to try and kill you, if I must."

"Please." Garble snorted again. "No ponies dare to enter our kingdom, only someone with a ridiculous mind would try." He glared at the small drake, darkly he might add. "Don't even think that this of the final battles will make me want to make amends with you, Virin. I'll not be your friend until the real, last battle has been won by either of us."

"That's just what I'd like to hear." Virin smiled with a sneer.

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The next few days...

After the long, hard battle with Garble, everything cooled down a bit. Garble hasn't irritated Virin as much as he thought he might do, but that's just the way he liked it. He wanted to have some peace for the arrival of his hatchday. Speaking of hatchdays, it was nearing, so the Princess and her father had to find some gifts to the hatchday boy, who was meditating inside his cave, while protecting it from greedy dragons that might try and steal his gold and tooth from the hydra prince.

However, no greedy dragons had come to dare enter the Dragon Lord's place, not wishing to be punished, to Virin's relief. For Virin, he was sitting cross-legged as a human inside his cave, trying to avoid being a dragon to his hatchday.

I wonder what Father and sister are doing. He thought. They've been away for some time now.

While he was waiting for the Dragon Lord and the Princess, Virin was getting flashbacks from the time he met his friends, the first time he'd befriended the drakes.

Walking down the rocky road, the human was going happily, happy that he was alive still and lives with the Dragon Lord just beside his lair. Torch said that it was intended to be, because it was so that he could be with him if one day he might be sick or cold, to which the human didn't complain about. He was just glad that he didn't drown in the lake where Ember found him.

The human soon met up with a black drake, who had curly wings, eyes that are azure blue, a scythe tail, spikes on his back, and horns that are curved. "Hi." He called to the drake, who looked at him with surprise.

"H-Hello," stuttered the black drake, never seen the creature before. "How may I help you?"

"Nothing." The human smiled happily. "I was just hoping we could hang out, since I have no other ones to hang out with." His smile faded. "So, I guess you could say that I'm lonely."

"Lonely?" The drake echoed. "Why would you be "lonely"? You were the one the Princess is with, so you two could get along."

"She's busy with her duties, right now." The human responded gravely. "So, I don't have anyone now. So, I thought, "Why not try and find friendly dragons?" And so, I came to you."

The drake smiled, "You are one strange creature." His smile widened as he looked at the blue and yellow eyes of the human. "Okay, why not?" The human smiled happily, glad that one dragon would hang out with him.

Virin still remembered that day like it was yesterday. He still couldn't that Nightwing was so accepting so quickly. He was lucky to have a friendly dragon like him as his friend. He was getting a flashback from the time when he met Zach, the brown drake.

A few months had passed in the Dragon Lands for Virin. He and Nightwing was getting along nicely, to the latter's parents relief, that he wasn't a judgmental dragon after all. For Virin, he was getting more hanging with his training with the Dragon Lord, although it may seem hard, it was actually isn't. He thinks it was a piece of cake with getting his inner dragon out, but the hard part was getting to know his inner dragon, to Lord Torch's amusement.

"HELP!" Someone screamed near them, to their quick action as they sprinted towards the noise. As they got nearer, they stopped in their tracks. Garble and his dragon gang was torturing a poor brown drake with a few white markings on his wings, merged horns, his wings are slightly curved, a spear at the end of his tail, and his eyes were red in colour.

Virin looked at the poor state at the brown dragon, thinking quickly, he called. "HEY!" Garble groaned as he heard his new rival, and looked over to him. "Isn't that a bit harsh to do that to the poor drake?" Nightwing looked at him in worry, thinking that this'll end for him. However, Garble hasn't moved.

"What's your point, twerp?" The tall drake grunted. "Can't you see we're busy?"

"No." Virin simply replied, to Garble's twitching eye. "All I'm seeing is you should know your places."

"Are you challenging us?" The white dragon beside Garble frowned in wonder.

"I am a capable fighter, so I'll say so." Virin dared.

"Well, in that case..." Garble smirked evilly, letting go of the brown drake, facing his rival. He flew straight at him, knocking the human down to his feet a few meters back. He groaned in pain from the sudden attack. Nightwing came to the fallen human.

"You alright?" He asked worriedly.

"I'm fine." Virin responded, before a bright red light engulfed him. Garble and his, along with the freed brown dragon covered their eyes from the light. When the light stopped, they let their arms down, seeing a red dragon with a yellow underbelly standing in place for the human creature. "Let's have a little fun, shall we?" After that, a long battle broke out, causing the brown drake, named Zach, and Nightwing to widen their eyes in shock.

Virin remembered that day when he first fought against Garble. It was hard, but he somehow won against him, with his first victory. However, that only strengthened their rivalry to a new level no drake has ever seen before. He also remembered the day when he first met up with Minuette and Amber, the latter whom was hostile towards him. She was ready to attack the scarred drake, but Minuette stopped her before a battle broke out.

It was a year since Virin lived in the Lands with Ember and Lord Torch. He was very happy to still live, even though he eats gems, they were delicious, rather than meat. It was a bit strange for him when he first tried a gem crystal. He thought his teeth would break, but with Ember's assurance, he managed to eat the crystal.

After a bit of walking, Virin noticed two female dragons. The first dragoness was a violet colour, with her horns slightly curved like Zach's, along with her wings. Her eyes was a greenish colour. Her underbelly was a brilliant cyan blue colour. Her tail had a spear at the end.

The other dragon stood on all four, with two tusks on both sides of her mouth. Her eyes were a red orangish colour. Her head featured four spikes on the back, her body colour was a light-blue one. She had four darker shaded diamond spots on her thighs, her tail was a spade at the end, with scattered pieces of the four darker shaded diamond spots.

For a dragon like the violet one, she was rather beautiful in Virin's eyes. When he walked up to them, they spotted him. The light-blue dragoness spotted his scar, and went to a defensive stance, ready to defend her friend. Virin raised his arms, not sure how to react.

"W-Wait. I'm not a threat!" He stuttered out. The violet dragoness looked at him suspiciously, looking unsure of him.

"And how do we know you're not a threat, creature?" Virin looke dhurt at the word.

"It's because, I'm a dragon as well." Both dragonesses looked at him in wonder... before bursting out laughter. For laughs, Virin thought they sounded beautiful. "What's so funny?" As both dragonesses calmed down, the former answered his question.

"It's because you're not even one." She laughed again, though not louder this time. Virin sighed, a bright red light engulfed him, to the females' shock. From where the creature stood, a red dragon was in place of the two-legger.

"I-I-" stuttered the violet dragoness, with the light-blue stood with a mouth agape. "B-But... how?"

"Well, you see," Virin began, "I am in fact the student of the Dragon Lord himself." Both females' eyes widened in shock. "If I were you, I wouldn't have had laughed at me.. You would had been punished right here and now."

"W-We didn't know!" The light-blue dragoness barked. "There's no way you're the student of our Lord!"

"Yes I am, in fact." Virin responded knowingly, getting tired of this "unbelievable" thing. "Why don't we hang out for a while?" Both females looked between each other, before nodding in acceptance to the student.

Virin remembered their reaction to his transformation. He thought they looked cute while in shock, to his small, inaudible chuckle. Hearing wings flapping, and feet tapping the ground, he looked up to see his sister, Ember, standing in the mouth of the cave.

"Welcome back." Vrin greeted his sister, getting up. "I was beginning to feel bored with you out."

"Oh please." Ember scoffed. "Like we would take that long." She looked at him. "You ready, hatchday boy?" Virin smirked at him name given to him.

"Do you need to ask?" Ember smiled at him, walking away for a bit, before waiting for her brother to follow her. Virin walked up to her, before glancing back to his golden cave. All of his possessions were still there, not even a single gold missing. He was glad for that. He looked back at his sister and nodded with permission, she nodded back, and they walked together like they did from the time when they first met.

Ember still couldn't believe of how her brother had been. For the first time he was here, he was shy, quiet, and known to cry a lot. But now, he was brave, compassionate, has a lot of passion, and is gentle to all creatures. She wasn't exactly sure if he was the same human she'd met the time when she found him in that river near the borders to the Lands. It sure was strange seeing him grown up, acting like an adult to the children who admired him for his bravery. It may be because he stands up to all he evil he fights against, even against Garble and his gang.

After walking to the place where the dragons stood, they cheered for the Guardian as he gave a small blush of embarrassment by the cheering. The dragons congratulated him on his eighteenth hatchday, to which he thanked them for. The dragons gave Virin their presents, who was shocked to see so many presents from his other hatchdays, but Lord Torch said that it was different this time around.

Garble was nowhere to be seen, neither was his gang, to Virin's relief. His presents consisted of blue, to yellow, to red and to purple colours. They were boxes made from, presumably, the griffin kingdom, as the two kingdoms are now united as one.

Virin got a necklace from Amber as a gift, which was made out of steel that withstood even his hot fire breath. He was happy that she would give him such a present, she said it was a token of their friendship, nonetheless, he was happy. Minuette gave him a black belt, which Virin put together with the necklace, as he would wait until his return to wear them.

Zach gave him a rare gem, which was in a dark purple colour. Virin looked at it curiously, he decided to put it in his collection of gems after this party. Nightwing gave his friend the most wonderful gift he had ever given him. It was one of the rarest of all crystals, the rarest life gem that had ever been found. It was shaped in a tornado-like shape, it was in a multi colour from white to red, which was the reason it was the most rarest of all gems. Virin would treasure it as a sign of their eight-long years of friendship.

The dragons of both children and parent gave Virin different presents. It was from bows and arrows, to fire-made metallic armour. Virin gotta thank the griffins for helping the dragons for finding these wonderful gifts.

The dragons began to dance after the gift exchange, to their heart's content. The party lasted until midnight.

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*gasps for breath* That was a long chapter, second longest in the season yet. Before you say anything about Virin, yes, I made him have gills. He is an marine, fire dragon from Earth. A rare cross-bred dragon race, like a subspecies of Godzilla. Also, in the other chapter, you may wonder: Why did you put Godzilla in a non-crossover story? Well, that's because I'm a fan of his film series. You can make just about anything in a story, which is someone told me about. So, I have made Godzilla and Virin's relationship and subspecies a secret from them, until the day they'll meet and battle each other.

Also, this is an announcement: a poll. You can choose what I should have in the next season on my profile, so please vote until the end of the year where the next season will begin.

Next time: The journey! After a half year of his last training, Virin begins his journey to Ponyland to find his other half that was missing inside of him. Will he be able to make it to Ponyland? Or, will he continue to fight evil creatures without his other half?

Please review, favourite, and follow, your pick. I certainly hoped you enjoyed this chapter and are eagerly awaiting the next.

Until then my friends!