The Darkspike Cave – Somewhere, not too far outside Equestria

A dragon carefully walked in to the cave.

”You were looking for me?” The dragon asked. He had light green scales that were shining like an emerald, red spikes on his back that were like the hottest of fires, and light red eyes. He was rather big, almost twenty feet tall, and his fangs and claws were more than just for show. Not to speak of his strong muscles, and with his giant wings, he had to be one of the fastest dragons around. Despite his amazing body size, you could hear some badly hidden fear in his voice.

“Yes, I have,” a deep voice answered. The other dragon was about twelve feet tall. Not at all as frightening at first look. His scales and spikes were all black and his eyes had a dark, scary tone of red. “Please. Step forward, Sharpy”.

The dragon known as Sharpy carefully stepped forward. So… this is Huffy. He thought to himself. Huffy didn’t have any physical strength at all to talk about. He wasn’t even that big. Then why was Sharpy so afraid of him? Because Huffy was the only dragon who had the power to use magic. Even though dragons usually grew resistant to magic, Huffy’s magic was still able to penetrate a dragon's natural defenses.

Huffy claims to be blessed by the Grand Dragon himself, but most of the other dragons say that he’s been secretly co-operating for years with none other than Discord before he got turned into stone. Everydragon calls him: Huffy, the magic dragon.

“I need your help.” Huffy said with an evil grin.

“Y-yes?” Sharpy didn’t like that grin and felt uncomfortable. Then Huffy let out a cold chuckle.

“I have this new spell I've been practicing ” Huffy said while looking up to the roof which was nothing but stone. It looked like he was thinking of something, and his threatening tone was all gone. This made Sharpy feel slightly less uncomfortable, but he was still unsure what kind of spell Huffy needed his help with. He didn’t know anything about magic. It would be better to ask somedragon else. Because even if dragons normally can’t use magic, there are a lot of dragons that are very interested.

Sharpy’s thoughts were interrupted by Huffy’s voice.

“So, are you ready to begin?” Huffy asked. The darkness in his voice was back and Sharpy couldn’t hold back the sweat that was dropping from his neck. Huffy showed his evil grin again and began to mumble some unintelligible words, but Sharpy interrupted him.

“Wait! Just a question!” Sharpy shouted. It was louder than he intended and Huffy didn’t seem to enjoy being interrupted by the other dragon. Huffy looked really mad for a few seconds but changed expressions quickly. After all. Sharpy’s will to know more was fully understandable, so he agreed to let him ask the question.

“What kind of spell is this and why do you need me?” Sharpy asked, clearly nervous but still interested.

“Well…” Huffy began. He took a moment to think about the best way to answer the question. “Well, first of all this is a transformation-spell and you will act as a lab rat. I have no real reason why I choose you in particular”. He explained quickly and without giving Sharpy any time to think about what he just said, he started to mumble the unintelligible words again. Sharpy didn’t like this and started to yell at Huffy once more.

“WAIT! I HAVEN’T AGREED TO ANY OF THIS!” Unfortunately, it had no effect and Huffy continued to mumble the obviously magical words. This can’t be good. Sharpy thought. Maybe he could stop Huffy’s concentration by breathing some fire on him.

Before Sharpy could do anything however, Huffy stopped uttering the words and opened his mouth, and a dark purple beam shot out from his wide open mouth. Sharpy tried to shield himself with his large wings, but it had no effect. He could feel the pain where the beam hit him, and from his wings, the pain spread all over his body. Sharpy roared in pain and fear when the unnatural changes occurred with his body. He could feel how his body slowly changed form from a dragon to a... He didn’t know. He didn’t care. He just wanted the pain to go away, and so it did. He fell unconscious.

When Sharpy woke up he could see Huffy standing over him, looking down with a satisfied smile. Something was wrong. Huffy seemed to be much bigger now. No. Huffy wasn't bigger. Sharpy was smaller! Sharpy then tried to get back up on his feet, but he was too weak and fell back to the ground immediately. It was then he saw his feet… no they weren't feet anymore. They were hooves. His green shining scales were now light green fur, and his red spikes were now transformed into a red mane. The majestic wings he used to have, were now nothing but small feathered wings. Now the panic spread though his body, and he started to shake. Mostly because he tried to move, but couldn't.

“So you finally woke up?” Huffy said with a laugh. This wasn't a question, more like an observation. “You've been out cold for almost half an hour.”

“Wh- what did you do… to me?” Sharpy asked slowly. “And… why?” Huffy burst out into laughter.

“You’re a pony now. Why? Because I had to see if the spell worked!” Then he started to laugh again. “And for my own amusement, of course”.

This wasn't good. Sharpy knew that ponies were highly unaccepted in the dragon community. If somedragon were to see him, they’d surely attack him. He had to get away. He had to get away now. He found some strength, and started to run out of the cave.

“Don’t try to find me again, I’ll be long gone.” Huffy shouted after him and ended the sentence with a victorious laugh.

Sharpy ran out of the cave and hid in some bushes outside. The spikes on the bushes hurt him and he got a lot of small wounds. This weak skin was nothing compared to a dragon's. As a dragon he could do almost anything without damaging his scales. Sure he could still feel pain, but with this body even these small spikes on the bushes made him bleed. Sharpy jumped out of the bushes with a small groan. When he tried to lick his wounds to prevent infection he noticed his tongue was much shorter than what he was used to. Then he noticed something on his flank. It was a mark. The mark illustrated something that looked like a flying dragon. Before he could dwell on this, his thoughts got interrupted by two dragons shouting.

“Hey, look down there!” the first dragon shouted. “It’s a pony spying on us!”

“Let's get him!” the other one answered.

Sharpy knew that this wasn't the time to negotiate, or fighting for that matter. With no claws, blunt teeth, and a huge disadvantage of being absolutely tiny, the only thing he can do is run, or fly.

Sharpy flapped his wings and started flying towards the giant forest known as the Everfree Forest. He knew that at the other side of the forest was the land of Equestria, a county where ponies lived. If he remembered correctly, a small village called Ponyville laid just outside the forest. If he could get there in time then he could get away from his hunters. There is only one problem. With these tiny wings of his, despite his incredible endurance and strength, he was just a pony now. There was no chance in the world that he would be able to fly away from two dragons for a long distance.

Sharpy flew over the forest now. He looked back and saw the other two dragons chasing him coming closer every second. Wait. He is just a pony now. That means he can fly down through the forest. He would have a much easier time dodging all the trees then a big dragon, and so he did. The two dragons tried to follow him by flying down into the forest as well.

They had been flying for a really long time, or so it seemed for Sharpy. They had probably just been flying for about twenty minutes, but with his new wings he had to flap extra fast to keep up the pace. It couldn't be much longer until he was outside of the forest.

His followers had long ago realized that they couldn't follow him through the forest, so instead they flew over the forest breathing fire down upon it, trying to hit the terrified pony.

Things started to get really intense when there weren't only trees, but fire he had to dodge. Then he saw the edge of the forest. From there he should be able to find this Ponyville, but he knew that the minute he flew outside of the forest, he had to be quick. Quicker than quick. He had to find somewhere to hide from the dragons... or they would surely catch him. Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Fluttershy's Cottage Estimated time remaining: 5 Hours, 57 Minutes