Salas smiled a toothy grin at the tiny drake standing in front of him. The purple dragon was a tenth of his size, but big things came in small packages, and Spike was no exception. There was nothing but dead silence as they stood in front of Rarity and Twilight. It been three hours of their return from Zecora's.

"Go on...blink!" Spike said. "I've stayed up for hours helping Twilight!" The purple dragon looked up to Salas, he refused to blink.

Salas chuckled lightly, still keeping his unblinking eyes on Spike. "Please, I've slept for a thousand years, I don't need to blink."

However outside of the dragons' reality, Rairty and Twilight watched as their eyes had became slightly red from not blinking for more than twelve minutes. Rarity was mostly blushing, but flattery only went so far for a mare of her kind. Spike knew she liked brave knights who'd risk everything to save a damsel in distress.

"How long has it been now?" Rarity asked Twilight, hiding her blush.

"Fifteen minutes- Hey drakes!" Her calls were ignored as the dragons glared deeply in one another's eyes. "Ugh..." She used her spell to raised her voice. "DRAKES!"

"What!? AW BUCK!" They whined in unison. "I win!"

"No I win!" Salas shouted back.

"I win!" Spike said, getting into Salas's face.

"I challenge you!" He pushed the young drake back. "You up for it!?"

"Oh you bet!" Spike ran out the door with Salas. "RAINBOW DASH!" Spike called.

Twilight face hooded. "I don't know how I attract such....attention." Rarity said. "What now?"

Twilight shrugged, flying back onto her couch. "Buck if I know...They'll most likely try to do a Iron Dragon competition." She rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Ugh...this is already a long day..."

"You want me to do what?!" Rainbow Dash asked from her small white fluffy cloud in the clear blue sky.

"We need you and AJ to set up another Iron Pony competition again, but for me and Salas!" Spike hollered back.

"Is this some kind of joke?"

Salas breathed fire towards Rainbow Dash, but it didn't get close to her. "We need to see who is the alpha!" He shouted. "So the winner may place claims on his mates!"

Rainbow Dash began chuckling. "R-really?" She snorted, bursting into a fit of laughter. "I-I'll ask her, but won't make any promises!" The mare took flight, heading west towards the orchard.

"I'm going to win!" Spike said, sticking out his toung.

Salas stuck his fangs out, growling at the tiny dragon. He shook him a little, but it seemed as though there was a fire in his belly that was the color of pink. What could this little drake love to have such a burning desire to win. Something he would find out soon, and figure out who he loved.

Meanwhile, back in Golden Oaks Library, Twilight patiently walked around the table in the center of the library, waiting for Celestia and her sister to show up at her door. She bit the bottom of her lip, thoughts running through her head. How long had it been since anything particularly bad happened in Ponyville.

It'd been quite peaceful in the quaint little town she called home only two years before, enjoying every minute she spent here, was more fulfilling than stepping through Canterlot. The capitol almost smelt like money when nobles walked by with mares or stallions at their beckoning calls.

She snorted in disgust, when Rarity spoke up.

"Maybe this will end quickly." She sighed. "Why are you contacting the princesses anyways Twilight?"

Twilight frowned, looking at her friend. "Spikes' going to lose Rarity. We need Celestia there to make sure all is fair."

"Why don't we just ask AJ?"

"There's no way she could spot a fault as small as a small trick to win." She explained. "Celestia has experience in noticing a lie even if it's ten light years away."

Rarity nodded, rubbing the bottom of her chin. The doorbell went off, and Twilight calmly rushed to the door. After opening it, she saw Celestia smiling at her, Luna however, she looked as though she was ready to screw the world over a few times a dozen.

"I'm glad you could come princess."

"Once I got your letter, I made haste to help with this situation. However, I would like to know how this started."

Twilight pointed to Rarity, Celestia instantly got it. She sighed, looking over to Rarity who just about ready to rip out a big'ol dish of RYANO.

"I see..." She said to herself. "And now they're trying to figure out who's alpha?"

Twilight nodded, rubbing her tempals. "This is so strange. First he makes fun of Rainbow Dash for having a crush on Fluttershy-" Luna forgot about screwing the world, and let out a soft chuckle. "-then they come back as friends. First they started yelling at each other, then after a good two hours, they went into a staring contest." Luna began to hold her bursts of laughter by snickering. Celestia couldn't help but smile while she motioned Twilight to continue with her story. "And then I bucked it up, now they are out there trying to start a Iron Dragon competition to settle it."

Luna started to roll on the ground laughing her flank off. She held her gut while her sister tried to suppress her own laughter.

"It looks as though thou hast made a folly of yourself Twilight!" Luna shouted as she continued to laugh. "Oh, we see that this is a true reason to be awake. A challenge to determine who's alpha!"

"At least Salas is choosing to be peaceful about this." Celestia smiled. "They're both mentally teenagers, horny teens, horny dragons..." This made Rarity shutter, hiding behind her tail. "We only hope Spike wins this."

Rarity nodded. "I hope..." She began to bite her hoof.

Everypony stopped talking as Rainbow Dash began flying through town, shouting something over and over.

"Come one, come all! A dragon vs dragon Iron Pony competition between Ponyville's own Spike, and Salas! A challenge to see who is the best of Equestria!"

"Oh my..." Celestia said. "It seems as though we arrived just in time." Luna couldn't help but nod as she chuckled. Next Chapter: Dragons will be Dragons, Part 2 Estimated time remaining: 59 Minutes