I woke up the following day after having a day all to myself in order to clean my head which I did by just staying inside the house and have no outside noise to contend with. But no sooner had I got up, I heard a knock on the door and getting myself dressed, I opened it to see Rainbow Dash and Rarity.

"Morning Bond." Dash greeted.

"Morning you two, what's up?" I asked.

"We're gonna meet with Twilight and Spikey Wikey for breakfast, wanna come?" Rarity offered.

"Sure, I'll come along."

I left my house as we walked to Twilight's library, Rarity opened the door for us and we walked in to find the library in a mess with books all over the place.

"Hey guys." Dash said to them as Spike jumped into the books as if he got scared.

"Good morning." Rarity added.

"You wanna join us for breakfast?" I asked Twilight.

"That sounds great, I'm vanished."

"Cool, what about you Spike?"

Spike climbed out of the book mess, "Count me out, I've gotta get an early start." he said as he jumped onto the clear floor.

"An early start?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, I'm going to the quest of self-discovery. I need to learn what it means to be a dragon and the only way I'm going to do that is to join the dragon migration."

"What?!" The three mares asked surprisingly.

"Say what?" I added randomly. "Did something happen yesterday?"

"Yes, we watched a dragon migration going over Ponyville yesterday, but a few comments later, Spike took offence to what a few of us said about him being different to the others and it just didn't sit well." Twilight explained.

"Oh I see."

Spike then began packing a few things and making a travel bag.

"Spike, that's nonsense talk." Dash said, "I know that you're a dragon, but those dragons mean business. They're big and tough and scary."

"And I'm small and meek...and I like to wear aprons." He said, throwing an apron away. "See, this is exactly why I need to spend time with them."

"All she's saying is that you could get hurt." I added.

"Bond is right, I don't want those big, ugly, nasty dragons to hurt one little scale on your cutsey-wutsey head!" She rubbed her hoof gently on his head.

"I'm sorry, but I've made up my mind." He began walking out the door.

"Oh, uh, quick, do something!" Rarity directed desperately to Rainbow Dash and me. "Stop him before it's too late!"

Rainbow Dash quickly flew over to the sack he was carrying and grabbed it with her teeth pulling it away and preventing Spike to move any further. "Ngh! Hey! Give it back!"

"Stop it you two!" I yelled as I used my magic to separate them.

Twilight then used her magic to bring Spike's travel bag towards him.

"Really?" Spike asked, surprised.

"Yes, Spike." She replied softly. "I couldn't answer your questions. My books couldn't either. I understand why you want to look elsewhere. I truly believe you need to go on this quest. And we have no right to stop you." She looked towards Rarity and Rainbow.

"I suppose not." Rarity finally agreed, rubbing her head with her hoof.

"I still say you're nutty, but hey, I've done lots of nutty things." Rainbow added.

"We know." We all responded as Dash moaned

"Well then, I guess this is goodbye, Spike." Twilight hugged him before sending him off. "We can't wait to hear about it when you return."

"Yeah, we hope your trip-"

"Quest." Twilight corrected.

"-your quest answers some of your pesky "who am I" questions."

"Thanks, everypony. I know it will."

"Goodbye, Spikey-wikey!" Rarity waved as he continued walking.

"Go get 'em, big guy!" Rainbow Dash added.

"We have faith in you!" Twilight finished.

I waved as well, but I was a bit surprised when I saw them grinning.

"We're following him, right?" Rarity asked through her grin.

"Of course." Twilight answered in the same manner.

"But how are we gonna do that?" I asked.

"Easy, once we have our breakfast, we'll go over a plan." Rarity replied.

"Alright...let's eat."

We then left the library and over to the cafe, whilst we ordered our food and waited, Rarity was drawing something on a paper.

"What's that you're drawing?" I asked.

"Our disguise to protect ourselves." she replied.

"What for?"

"Well we can't just go to the dragon migration looking like we are right now, we need to blend in with them so we can keep an eye on Spike without getting ourselves caught, darling."

"Good thinking, Rarity." Twilight complimented.

Soon, our food arrived and we began eating...afterwards, Rarity headed off to her boutique.

"I'm going to start designing this right away, I'll meet you three later." she said as she walked off with her papers.

"Alright." Twilight nodded. "We'll meet you at the boutique by then."

Opening the door to her dress shop, I looked around and called for their names. "Rarity? Twilight? Rainbow Dash?" I continued to walk around, looking for them until I suddenly came across a weird looking creature. I slightly jumped until I noticed that it was supposed to be a dragon. The scales were studded with gems and each side of the dragon had holes for wings, which Rainbow Dash filled. There was a large bow wrapped around the neck, and it was clearly made to present a female dragon.

"Well you know how fast I work. Like it?" I heard Rarity say from inside the dragon.

"Yeah, it's quite impressive, but are you sure this will actually make the other dragons believe we're one of them?"

"That's what I was asking." Rainbow Dash added from inside as well.

"It'll have to do." Twilight answered while her face appeared inside the dragon's mouth. She must have been on top of Rainbow…

"Yes… it's the best I could do…" Rarity stated. "This is the first time of ever creating a dragon by fabrics…"

"Alright… so… I have to hide under there as well?"

"Yup." Twilight replied.

"Okay…" I walked towards the costume, opening the flap on the bottom and stretching it over my head so I could walk in. I saw Rarity at the end of the tail, Rainbow Dash at the front with her wings, and Twilight on top of her.

"Just go ahead and squeeze in over here." Rarity directed, making some space and allowing me to stand between her and Rainbow Dash.

"Okay… so how are we going to go all the way towards the dragon migration in this…?" I asked.

"After researching up the migration in my books, and of course watching the direction they flew, I found out that they stay in a volcano...and it's not extinct."

"Okay…so how are we going to get over there then?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"I've been working on my teleportation spell. It may wear me out a bit, but hopefully it takes us over there."

"Alright! So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Rainbow Dash announced.

"Okay, here goes nothing." Twilight began closing her eyes and grunting. I could hear the magic begin to work. She let out a puff of air, breathing in a new take, and strained herself again. After a few seconds, she finally caused something and we were instantly teleported in front of a volcano. "Wow..." Twilight sighed in relief. "...that was exhausting."

From what I could see with the two eye holes Rarity placed at the front of the neck, we finally made it to the top, and there were many dragons inside the dent of the volcano. After having some time to observe the other dragons, Rainbow spoke up in a hushed tone. "I'm telling you, we'll never pass for a real dragon!"

"Oh, pish-posh! This costume is fabulous, one of my finer creations." Rarity added, causing Twilight to shush them both.

"We'll never pass if they hear three voices coming out of one dragon! Now come on, let's go!"

Rainbow Dash took a first step, but being hard as it is already, we actually slid downhill. When we finally regained our balance, we began trying to walk over to the group Spike joined. "Um, excuse me? Uh, hi. I'm Spike." The red teenage dragon released his grip on the other, dropping him towards the floor in silence.

Another purple teenage dragon walked up to Spike. "You sure your name is Spike and not Shrimp?" This caused them to all laugh. I narrowed my eyes.

"No, it's Spike! I'm not, I mean, I'm sure about that..."

"You look more like Peewee to me." A large brown teenage dragon pointed out, causing them to laugh once again.

"Hey guys, c'mon, seriously." The red teenage dragon spoke. "Leave him alone, or he might fly away. That is, uh, if he had any wings!" He grabbed Spike by his tail and held him upside down. He released him once they began laughing.

"You fly in on your mommy's back during the migration?" The brown one asked, mockingly.

"Not exactly..." Spike responded, who was obviously not aware of their teasing methods.

"No, no, can't you see baby Spike just hatched? I bet he still sucks his claw at night!" The purple one announced.

"No, I haven't sucked my claw in months!"

This, again, caused them to all laugh.

Spike then began sucking on his claw, but quickly pulled it back when the red one began speaking to him. "Well if you weren't just hatched, how come we haven't seen you around before?"

"Oh, well, y'see, I live in Ponyville and-"

"Hahaha! Ponyville? That explains it! I knew there was something vaguely pony-ish about you! If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were part pony!"

"Who, me? I'm not part pony! I'm all dragon, see? Raar!"

"Or maybe you're a pony in a dragon costume."

"A pony in a dragon costume...!" He laughed, causing Twilight to go with the flow and deepen her voice.

"Aheh...yeah...hilarious."

These dragons are really idiots, I thought to myself. If it was just me, I would be tempted to beat them down with my alicorn strength but then the bigger dragons would probably notice and try to destroy me.

"Nnh, I am a real dragon!" Spike protested

"Oh yeah? Prove it." The red one remarked.

"Well... how?"

"By acting like one! Who's up for a little belching contest?"

What followed were a Series of other tests. The belching contest became a no contest when Spike burped out a letter which the red dragon scrunched up and threw into the lava pool which got Twilight a little angry. Next up was a tail wrestling which we volunteered to tail wrestle with Spike so that he would win but we had to make sure our cover wasn't blown. Then, a race to climb up to the top of pile of gems which I was surprised that Spike didn't end up eating...good thing too and then finally, an event where dragons dive into the lava. Spike was the last to try as he jumped off the edge only to land face first into the lava before sinking.

"Oooh..." They reacted.

Spike poked his head out of the lava and sprayed some out from his mouth. "Ugh...was I...that bad?"

"No, dude... that was awesome!" The red one responded. Typical… But at least he's okay and he seemed to gain more of their so called "respect". "No pony could live through a belly flop like that!" He chuckled and lifted him by his scale. "You're one tough little dragon." He released him.

As expected, he gained their general approval.

After that event, they created some ritual they made themselves. Dragons stood by the side of a straight line, erecting their tails towards one another and producing a sort of path for Spike. He walked in, a little confused, but reached the red dragon.

"Spike, by belly flopping so hard, you have proven yourself worthy. I hereby dub you 'rookie dragon'" He said as he patted Spike's shoulders with his tail. "…and will now perform the initiation ritual. Rrrrgh. Now let's party dragon style!"

They began to dance and eat maniacally while we could only try to remain hidden and watch.

"Girls…I'm not so sure this is the type of crowd Spike should be around…" I whispered.

"I agree." Rarity added. "I mean, look at them. They're so…so…"

"Rowdy and uncouth?"

"Yes. Exactly so."

"Well, we can't ruin this for Spike... We just have to watch and help him in any way we can…" Twilight responded, continuing to look out of the head.

I sighed and muttered. "Well, I'm just trying to resist not getting out of this and kicking their dragon butts!"

When they finally finished, they were lying on the ground with crossed arms and bellies full.

"Man, was that a great party." Spike commented.

"Great?" The red one asked, "Huh, maybe by Ponyville standards. Stick with us, Spike We still got plenty to teach you about being a dragon."

"I'm not going anywhere. The way I feel right now, I could hang out with you guys forever."

"Forever?" The girls exclaimed in a whispered tone.

They dove into the boulder behind them and decided to carry on this conversation.

"Spikey-wikey is going to stay with these awful dragons? Forever?" Rarity questioned.

"Oh no, this is terrible!" Twilight commented.

"I should've stopped him back at the library when I had the chance!" Rainbow Dash added.

"No, Rainbow Dash, this is all my fault! I encouraged him to go!" Twilight responded.

"Girls, calm down, alright?" I intervened "Spike's been with us for a long time. There's no way he'll stay with those dragons just because they're dragons.We're his real family from the way I see it."

We looked back at the dragons to see them up and alert. "Y'know, Spike, I think you just might be ready for a real dragon raid." The rest of them cheered. "There's a nest full of phoenix eggs nearby, and we're gonna swipe 'em!" However, this caused Spike to turn his excitement upside down.

"Aren't you totally psyched to go on this raid?" The brown one noticed and pushed him down to the ground roughly.

"Oh yeah, I'm excited." He stood back up. "I mean, I'm psyched."

"Alright then. Let's fly!" The red one commanded and began leading the rest of them out of the volcano.

Spike realized how he didn't have any wings, so he smiled and took this opportunity.

"Uh, sorry guys! I guess I'll meet you back here at the crater! After the whole raid thing's over? We'll totally hang then!"

But the brown dragon grabbed Spike and took him along with the other dragons flying away.

"Oh no, they took Spike!" Rainbow pointed out, watching from the mouth. "We've gotta go after them!" She tried flying, causing Rarity to scream as she was only dragging us.

Twilight yelped. "Rainbow Dash, stop! We can't fly!"

"And you're ruining my fabulous costume!" Rarity added.

When I noticed Rainbow wasn't stopping, I quickly jumped and grabbed her flanks with my hooves, bringing her back down. She quickly took notice of this and looked out. She realized how we almost went into the lava…"I'm sorry, but we gotta help Spike!"

"Well, we're just gonna have to hoof it!" Twilight responded and let us to the edge of the volcano. "They're heading towards the forest, come on!"

"Hold on a minute, we're going downhill so we have to-"

I was interrupted when Rainbow Dash went on ahead and jumped off, causing us to slide down the volcano roughly. Once we finally reach the end, we rolled over together and stopped after several seconds.

"Everypony okay…?" Twilight asked.

"Uh-huh." Rarity answered.

"Yeah." I answered as well.

We saw a bright beam of light come from the forest.

"Look! Spike might be in trouble! Let's go!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

We continued galloping through the forest. Since I was behind Rainbow Dash, I could hardly see anything but green and darkness. It wasn't until a little while when we started hearing voices. "Well, what are you waiting for, Spike? Smash it!"

"Oh no! Spike's in trouble!"

"Smash the egg?"

"Yeah!"

"Yeah, throw it on the ground as hard as you can!"

Come on Spike, I thought to myself, you know better than that.

"No!" He lowered his arms and turned away. "It's just a defenceless egg, like I was! And I'm not gonna let you hurt it!"

"What did you say?" The red one asked in an intimidating way.

"I said no." Spike responded boldly.

"No one says no to me." The red dragon inched over to Spike, causing him to slowly back away until he bumped into us.

We finally revealed ourselves when Spike was in danger. And I was ready to strike at these adolescent fools.

"Nopony's gonna lay a claw on him!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she flew and held her hooves up.

"That's right!" Twilight agreed in the same pose on the ground as she shook her hooves.

"Fighting's not really my thing, I'm more into fashion," Rarity flipped her hair as I remained in my defensive stance. "…but I'll rip you to pieces if you touch one scale on his cute little head!" Rarity finished aggressively.

Our responses caused the dragons to laugh out loud. "Ooh, scary, hehe! Spike, are these namby-pamby ponies your friends?"

"Yes, they are." He responded firmly. "And they're better friends than you could ever be. Now, if you don't back off, you'll see what us ponies do when confronted by a huge group of jerky dragons."

"Oh yeah?" The red fool snorted. "What's that?"

"Here! I'll show you!" I exclaimed as I began to use my magic. "Eat this, you losers!"

I then created a huge ball of ice with spikes and threw them at their way...they yelled and tried to run away but they got caught in a cold blast and one bright light later, we looked at the three dragons who were now stiff in their running poses, they were solid as statues and cold as ice.

"Phew..." I said and I nearly trembled to the ground. "...that one nearly made me use up my magic for today."

"Bond Racer, are you alright?" Twilight asked worryingly.

"I'm okay, just a little shaken up after doing that kind of magic just to save you three and Spike...and of course that little egg."

"That's good to know, it's time to go home." Dash said.

"Agreed, get us home, dear." Rarity added.

"Already on it." Twilight replied as she began to use her magic to teleport us back to Ponyville.

A sudden flash and we were now just outside the Everfree Forest and we were feeling quite relieved.

"That was a close one, thanks you guys." Spike said before he looked at me. "Especially you, Bond. You really saved all our us."

"Of course." I smiled, holding out my hoof. "What are friends for?"

Spike accepted my bro hoof/claw and smiled. "You're more than friends. You're my family." He expressed, his eyes tearing up a bit.

This caused Rarity to squeak as we joined in for a group hug.

After, we began to head back towards town under the night sky. Spike placed the egg on Twilight's back. Then, he brought out a scroll and quill and began writing his letter to Princess Celestia.

"Dear Princess Celestia, seeing the great dragon migration made me wonder what it meant to be a dragon. But now I realize that who I am is not the same as what I am. I may have been born a dragon, but Equestria and my pony friends have taught me how to be kind, loyal, and true! I'm proud to call Ponyville my home, and to have my pony friends as my family. Yours truly, Spike. P.S. BOND RACER IS SO AWESOME!" Afterwards, he rolled it up and sent it to the Princess while I tried to hold in a laugh. He grabbed the egg again and observed it. "Stick with me. I've got plenty to teach you about being a pony."

I slightly laughed on the inside, but I took it as a compliment.

"Well, I better go home, I'll need to rest after pulling off that ice magic spell...which I never thought I could pull off." I said to them.

"I don't blame you Bond, have a good rest and a good night." Twilight replied.

"Yes, just take it easy for the night and all of tomorrow, dear." Rarity added.

"I will indeed, goodnight you all."

I then began the walk back home and as I made my way in my house, I could only take off my clothes and get a well earned drink of apple juice before calling it a night and heading off to bed. What a day I have to say...I never knew a dragon migration existed but there's always a first time for everything I guess. Not that it matters now, all I want is to get a good night sleep and so I began to dream... Next Chapter: Hurricane Fluttershy Estimated time remaining: 17 Hours, 52 Minutes