"Are you sure we should go there, Ember?” An armored dragoness asked his lord as they flew through the sky, heading towards a certain village near a certain edgy forest.

“For the last time, Amethyst, yes.” Ember sighed. “Princess Twilight is heading towards Canterlot anyways, so we might as well go with her; it’ll give me and Spike a chance to catch up.” It had been a long time since they talked to each other, after all.

The third dragon on their little group snorted. “I still don’t know why you’re so adamant in being friends with the shrimp. Even if the deal with Equestria wasn’t as bad as I feared it would be, it’s no reason to being so close to him.”

“Jealous, Garble?” Amethyst smirked at the red dragon, though she quickly turned away when he glared at her.

“No. Just saying he’s a weakling; he wouldn’t last a day on our training.” He said simply.

Ember sighed again. “Spike is the first equestrian friend I made, Garble; and a good one at that. I know you’re still weary of dealing with ponies – or outsiders in general – but he’s still the one who made this all possible.”

Amethyst and, surprisingly enough, Garble were the first draconian friends she made after her coronation as the Dragon Lord; the purple dragoness was part of one of the first clans to agree with the break of tradition, Amethyst herself being one of the most vocal. Both her and Garble were two of the strongest dragons on the generation, and thus were both put as bodyguards for the new Lord, where Ember managed to get them into amicable terms, though her ‘friendship’ with the red drake was rather odd.

“Yeah, yeah, friendship is magic, whatever.” Garble grumbled.

The blue dragon lord smirked. “Well, that and he’s not weak anymore, if what he say in his letters is true.” Noticing their curious gazes, she explained further. “He says that a few friends of his are helping him with his magic.”

“Other dragons?” Amethyst inquired. Draconian magic is something that only dragons can control, and even then there aren’t that many who can, at least to her knowledge.

“A griffoness and her family, actually.” Ember replied.

“Wait, I thought griffins didn’t have any magic?” Garble furrowed his brows. “Actually, I heard some rumors about Hybrios, but I don’t think that place wouldn’t mix well with Equestria; the people there are too battle-thirsty for these peace-loving ponies.” Ember and Amethyst shrugged.

The trio flew in silence for a few more minutes, until they could see Ponyville in the distance. Ember smiled and sped up, not noticing the faint glow of a barrier she passed through. She did notice when a blast of magic passed inches from her face, however. “Whoa!” She yelped, recoiling in shock.

“Ember!” Both bodyguards shouted in worry and dove to her sides, looking around for any threats.

The trio looked warily inspected their surroundings, until the finally looked down and blinked in surprise. “Hey, Ember, isn’t that…?” Amethyst trailed off, and Ember nodded dumbly. “Well, looks like we have our answer.”

Spike and I were in the middle of what could be described as both a battle and a dance; each time I attacked, Spike would block and retaliate with his own attack, which I would dodge with a stunt and counter with another attack, restarting the cycle.

I jumped back with a backflip and immediately jumped again with a twirl to evade a low slash from Spike’s Hellish Greed; this time I gathered energy around myself that followed my spin, and when I lashed out with a kick the energy blew forwards like a beam. Spike’s eyes widened and he quickly threw up a Dracon Shield, the greenish barrier blocking my attack and sending him skidding back.

I fell to the floor and already readied myself with my Soul Rippers twirling in my hands. I smiled, during these past few weeks my friends decided to step up their training and master/learn as much spells they could while also gathering battle experience; the results were obvious, with even Sapphyra, the weakest of us, managing to push me to the point where I actually have to take the battle seriously, though the only ones who managed to force me into unleashing my Calling where Spike and Luna.

Just so you have an idea, Spike at this point has more than thirty spells, with most of them mastered; a repertoire of blade spells that makes justice to the class Spell Blade. And he’s not only good at casting, but both his sword and marksmanship improved like hell too, with only Viper and Soul being faster than him when attacking from a distance. He learned his Calling along with the others, and his Death’s Call: Blade of the Ancient Royal Dragon is a bit broken, just like the champion who gave him the idea for the spell, and he trained his passive to the point where he could use part of the buff while going full offensive instead completely insane.

But like I said, it wasn’t just Spike that improved. Soul learned many more spells and his skill with his bow improved a lot too. We finally managed to make him train at close-range combat, as that was one of his biggest weaknesses, and he is a force to be reckoned with. He learned and created many arrow spells, one of which he only shared with Luna, as she needed new spells for her new weapons; hell, Moonlight even shared her Marked to Die spell! She doesn’t do that! And his Death’s Call: Void Arrow is something you don’t want to be hit with.

Sapphyra is the weakest of us, at least in terms of offensive, but she is a ridiculous support fighter. Despite what many think, Ice and Water are not primarily offensive elements, and the dragoness shows how powerful these elements can be when used as utility spells, as her offensive is covered by her Dracon element. Despite what we thought, her Calling was a Death’s Call as well, and Frigid Hell is a very powerful spell that affects the area around her, freezing everything nearby.

Eclipse surprised us greatly with how well he can wield his staff, and the speed her can fire his spells without missing a beat. Niner Blaze helped him greatly with his elements, and now he can mix Light and Shadow to great effect. His Death’s Call: Harmony Between Opposites is a ridiculously flashy beam attack that rivals Draco’s Dragon Slayer Hyper Beam and Dranitta’s Frozen Rainbow Hyper Beam, and as strong.

Luna didn’t improve much as she was already strong to begin with, however she mastered most of her spells, the only ones not mastered being the recently learned ones for her to use with her new weapons. Turns out that Luna never even heard of RWBY ‘til I practically kidnapped her so she could be, er… educated. Well, since she had wanted a weapon for long range and another for a fist-to-fist battle, she absolutely fell in love with Yang’s shotgun gauntlets, and days later she asked me to escort her to a forge where she could ask for a weapon of the same kind to be made. After training a little, she’s ridiculously strong with her Star Seekers. Her Death’s Call: Midnight Daze gave a new meaning to lunar power.

It wasn’t just the noobs who got better, though. Scarlett is now very proficient with her scythe, and is very hard to deal with in a fight. She didn’t learn many spells, but the ones she did learn are very useful, like Blood Body, Vampiric Blade and Repeat Slash. She’s been getting better at controlling her passive as well, and now she can wield much more blood before going crazy.

Viper decided to up her arsenal a bit, and learned many more acid spells to go along with her poison ones; she also learned Poison Fang and Poison Tail, as well as their acid variation. She decided to give a little bit of love towards her Summon element and created a few more spells to use along with Venorior. She also decided to try her hand with a new category of Poison-wielding: corruption; ‘til now she only created four spells, but I can see she’s going to use the corruption for more attacks.

Dolph followed in Viper’s steps and expanded her arsenal, putting a few more offensive spells, as she already had many support ones, as well as her Life’s Call: Blessed by the Sea. Pretty basic, but she there isn’t many moves that go well with her battle style, though Oceanic Body is ridiculous on her hands; it’s like a hyperactive Vaporeon spamming Acid Armor while still being able to control itself in its liquid form.

As for me, well… I created a few Arcane Chain variations to do things I couldn’t do before, like creating chains out of thin air – Arcane Chain Blossom – or turning myself into a mass of chains to move swiftly or bind my foe – Chain Body and Chain Reaction – among other things. Learned some melee spells to help with my fighting like the one I just used against Spike, as well as ones to fight against multiple foes that are faster than the ones I already have. Messed around with my Arcane Blaze and ended up with two new spells, and… oh, right, managed to master my Arcane Familiar: Illuse as well. Wasn’t that hard, surprisingly, just really tiring. Aside from that, I finally managed to get the hang of Aura Vision – more or less – by using it along with my Aura Sense, so now instead of seeing someone’s element I can feel it.

There are some things I left out, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I noticed Spike disappear in a swirl of green fire and appear in front of me, slashing me open with his sword. My body suddenly exploded in pink chains that wrapped around the drake before reforming myself behind him, grinning from my successful Chain Reaction. I pulled him close, putting my head over his shoulder. “You do know we’re being watched, right?”

Spike rolled his eyes. “Of course yes. Elemental Sense, remember? I can feel the auras of Fire and Dracon-wielders.”

I nodded. “Do you recognize them?”

Spike paused for a moment. “I can feel some recognition for two of them, but not the third.” He frowned. “It can only be Ember and… Garble.”

I nodded again. “Aside from the Dracon, I can feel Thunder, Fire, Poison and a faint Blood aura...”

“Ember’s a Storm Dragoness, so she’s the Thunder one, and I’m pretty sure the Blood is coming from the Bloodstone Scepter.” Spike stated. “Garble is a Volcanic Dragon, so he’s Fire; which leaves the third one with Poison. I think I remember Ember saying that she’s friends with a Noxious Dragon, so that explains it.” He paused for a moment before turning his head to face me with a grin. “Shall we give them a show?” Before I could answer, Spike surged his aura, blasting the chains and me away.

I corrected myself in mid-air, falling to my paws and skidding back a few feet. I looked up and threw an Arcane Shield to block Spike’s shots with Demonic Pride. I grinned. “Alright, let’s go up to eleven!” I roared and teleported to Spike’s side, attacking with a kick. Spike blocked with one of his pistols and slashed with the blades of the other, which I blocked with one of my Soul Rippers. We jumped away from each other, Spike already firing his guns at me while I swung my kusarigamas around, slashing each bullet and scattering the energy that made them before they could reach me; while I did that I created multiple clones of myself that immediately dashed towards Spike, but they fell quickly as Spike changed from the fast bullets of Dracon Shot to the powerful and wide-spread Roaring Shot, decimating anything that came close.

I took the opportunity and used Mirage on myself, vanishing from the clearing completely. When Spike finished with my clones, he looked around for me and quickly noticed his predicament. “Already?” He muttered, lowering himself into a more defensive stance. He waited patiently until I let my spell fall as I jumped from behind and to the left of him, only noticing his grin when it was too late. “Overheat!” He roared and his body exploded in flames; the only reason I didn’t get burned was because I teleported myself away. He turned towards me and pointed a hand, all of the fire coalescing on his palm before exploding into a monumental Flamethrower.

I cursed as I teleported again, this time upwards, and activated my Arcane Wings, the pink constructs shimmering into view and making me hover above. Spike turned his gaze towards me, his pupils even thinner than normal – Dragon’s Hate beginning to activate, I bet – and crouched, activating his own Dracon Wings, then flapped them to launch himself towards me like a rocket, unsheathing Hellish Greed as he approached.

Spike and I finally managed to learn those beautiful spells, and naturally we abused them until we had them mastered, which only took three days because of it.

I flapped my wings hard, flying to the left so Spike would pass me, though the drake stopped just at my side and slashed his blade, the sword coating itself with Dracon Fire as he did. I immediately defended myself with Arcane Shield and flapped my wings to reel back. “Time to change strategies…” I muttered, putting my Soul Rippers away and pulling my Soul Chasers from their chain on my back. I held all six kunai between my talons, observing Spike to see if he was coming; I noticed that his eyes were back to normal, and he held his blade on a defensive stance. “Let’s see if I can still do this.” I snarled and threw my Chasers at the same time so they soared around Spike; I smiled slightly when I saw that instead of looking confused at the ‘miss’, Spike narrowed his eyes and held his sword a bit closer so he could block whatever I was going to do easily.

I taught him well.

I vanished in a flash and grabbed one of my kunai as it passed me, hurling it in a different direction before I teleported so I could do the same to another kunai. Soon enough I set myself in a confortable pace and Spike looked around in astonishment; I was nothing more than a blurring flash of pink while my Chasers seemed to circle him. Suddenly I threw one of them at my opponent, slashing him across the cheek and then teleporting to behind him so I could put that kunai back flying with its sisters.

More and more times the same happened, and each time faster than before and always coming from unpredictable angles; and despite his best efforts to defend himself, Spike was still struck several times by the knives, if the multiple tears in his clothes were any indication. Spike soon finally gathered enough concentration to teleport away from the storm, and I stopped the attack, teleporting six more times to gather my kunai.

We stared at each other in silence as we slowly hovered towards the ground.

“That was a new one.” Spike commented with a grunt, massaging one of the wounds on his face.

I panted with a smile. “Yeah. Basically I felt where you and my knives were and used it as a base for where I should teleport and throw the Chasers.” I grimaced and held my head. “It gives me quite a headache, tho. Teleporting that many times that fast? Yeah, not a very good idea if you don’t know how to deal with the backlash.”

Spike nodded and we fell silent so we could have some air. A minute later, Spike punched the ground. “Eruption!” I jumped forwards with a somersault, dodging the tower of flames that exploded on the place I was standing, and pulled my Rippers, extending them to half of their total length. Spike took out his blade and swung it like a golf club. “Dracon Fire Tornado!” The tip of the blade touched the ground and ignited it, before ‘throwing’ the flame forwards as it swirled and grew into a tower of spinning blazes.

I narrowed my eyes. “Arcane Blaze Blade!” My own blades ignited in pink fire as I jumped forwards, spinning them wildly at full length at the approaching move, cutting through the flames and disconnecting the magic bound to the spell, dispersing it just as I passed through. “Nailed it.” I muttered with a grin.

“Dracon Chain Trap!” Spike shouted with a smirk, and the ground beneath me exploded in chains that trapped my limbs and held me up. A few of the chains, however, stood at attention around me, holding themselves upwards like snakes.

I took a look at my predicament and scoffed. “I watched enough hentai to know where this is going, and while I have no problems with it-” Spike snorted in amusement. “-you should know better than to use my own spell against me.” I smirked. My draconian foe furrowed his brows before his eyes widened when he saw his chains slowly changing from green to pink as I fed them magic, overriding Spike’s control. The chains let me down while I chuckled. “Well, since you’re pulling the chains, might as well do the same.” I activated my aura to the newest spell I created, my irises changing colors to lavender while a pink haze seeped out of my eyes, the mist pulsing with power. “You’ve stepped into my lair.” I whispered, pulsing my aura around me. Around both of us, the air and ground seemed to warp, turning into the pink chains that I’m so fond of controlling, each link growing brightly as they grew small, and very sharp, barbs. “Chained Domain: Shred.”

“Aaaaahh shit.” Spike swore nervously. “So you managed to combine the two spells, huh? Chained Domain was already hard to deal with, but fusing it with Arcane Chain Shredder is a bit overkill.” He took a calming breath, knowing that I wouldn’t hurt him too seriously.

“No kill like overkill!” I grinned happily and snapped my fingers.

All chains attacked at once.

Spike let his blade fall and spun in place, taking out his bladed blast pistols at the same time he wrapped his tail around his sword’s grip, falling into the Tri-Blade Stance he came up with to deal with multiple enemies while surrounded; I honestly though he was going to use it sooner, but it seems he didn’t think it was needed, and honestly he was right.

I stood in place, controlling my chains with waves of my hand while Spike danced in the middle of the mass of pink, slashing each chain apart as they came close and frantically thinking of a way out. The number of chains seemed to be infinite, but Spike noticed that the pressure on him was slowly diminishing, and he took his opportunity. Igniting his sword, he threw it over himself and crossed his arms, the blades of his pistol igniting as well. I noticed it and immediately pulled my chains back, igniting them all and controlling them around me, before throwing the flames forwards at the same time Spike slashed Hellish Greed when it fell in front of him.

“Dracon Fire Vortex!”
“Arcane Blaze Vortex!”

Two storms of fire appeared on the clearing and clashed against each other, both pushing with incredible power. The spells stood like that for a few seconds, though I paled when Spike’s Vortex overpowered mine. “Shi-!” Was the only thing I could say before the spell hit me, burning me until I managed to put my shield up.

When the storm ended, I let my shield fade and fell to a knee, though I rose again a moment later. “Alright, not my smartest idea.” I grunted, observing the damage. Many of my feathers burned into a crisp, as did a big part of my pants. My top was utterly destroyed, and I snorted in annoyance as I simply took it off and threw it on the ground. “No matter how good reconstruction spells are, that shit is lost now.” I said to Spike as I stretched, giving him a full view of my bust.

He wasn’t impressed. “You done? You know as well as I do that it doesn’t have the same effect after the fifth time. And I’m sure this is the, what, ninth?”

“…fair enough.” I conceded, falling back into my battle stance, Rippers spinning on my hands. “So, how do we end this?”

Spike considered for a moment before taking his blade out again with a savage smirk, Mist of the Masters activating, his irises a dark green while an emerald flame seeped out of his eyes. “You already know.” He said simply. I mirrored his expression, putting my weapons away as I created a sphere of chains barely bigger than my hand, filling it with magic and activating my own Mist again.

“Death’s Call: Blade of the Ancient Royal Dragon!” Spike’s sword glowed bright green and grew an extra feet; I had seen that blade only once before, but I already knew that if it struck me, I was as good as dead. Spike had another idea, though, and pulled his sword to his hip, the energy seeming to glow even brighter than before. He took a deep breath, and then roared. “ROYAL DRACON FIRE VORTEX!” He slashed at the air, and all the energy disconnected from the blade to create the same attack as before, the only difference being the brighter glow and the ridiculous amount power it had.

I connected a chain to the sphere on my hand and twirled it on my side just like I do with my Soul Rippers, grinning like a loon. I continued to feed energy to the sphere, which now had a visible mass of swirling energy inside that was barely contained by the chains, and waited for the attack to come closer. Closer. Closer. Clo- NOW! I released my own roar, though it sounded more like a screech. “DEATH’S CALL: STORM OF THE VALKYRIE QUEEN!” I slingshot the sphere forwards like a rocket, the spell connecting with the fire… and exploding into a chaotic vortex of pink arcane blades that cut through the blazes like butter.

Spike’s eyes widened, but he couldn’t utter a word before the spell hit him, engulfing the drake and cutting into him easily. For a few seconds, the storm continued to pelt him, until it finally stopped, letting him, now covered in cuts, fall to a knee; I followed his example, the exhaustion from the battle finally catching up.

We were silent for a few seconds, the only sound that could be heard being our tired breaths, until Spike groaned and fell face-first on the ground. I let out a relieved sigh. “And experience triumphs over power once again.” I said with a chuckle before falling on my back. “You can come out now, by the way. It’s safe. Probably.”

Ember and her guards stepped out of the trees, actually speechless by the display of power. Despite what many think, Ember and her bodyguards are trained on the use of their aura, as the Captain of the Dragon Guard spent various years of his life in Hybrios training himself – though Ember and a few others were the only ones who knew where he spent his ‘training trip’. According to Sulfur, they were lucky that his aura is a mix of Thunder/Poison/Dracon, or else he wouldn’t be able to train them as well as he did. Finally finding her voice, Ember tried to appear as calm as possible. “… H-Hey, Spike!”

Keyword trying.

Spike and I snorted in amusement, sitting up. “Hey, Ember. What brings you here?” He asked curiously.

“Yeah, the Dragon Lands are pretty far away.” I commented with a groan, rubbing the back of my neck as I stood up. I looked to the dragon trio and noticed them looking at me, or more specifically, my breasts. “Enjoining the view? I can take off my pants too if you want.”

Ember felt her face burn and turned away, facing Spike. Amethyst and Garble did the same, though snickering at their Lord’s clear embarrassment. Spike deadpanned. “The sad thing is that she really would. Trust me, she did that to me trice.”

I let out a chuckle. “The first he denied like it would kill him, the second he said yes sarcastically and I’m pretty sure the third was on purpose.” Spike shrugged but didn’t deny it.

“A-Anyways.” Ember interrupted with a cough. “I have some things to discuss with Princess Celestia and decided to drop to say hi.”

Spike nodded. “Cool. Fairy and I are going up there later too, actually.”

“Shining Armor called my family for the ‘test’ he decided to put on his troops, and after that we’ve got a date!” I announced proudly. In the last two weeks or so, a lot of our friends started dating; Sapphyra and Soul went on a trip to the Eternal Frozen Lake back on Hybrios, Scarlett and Viper went to a stand-up show – I think, didn’t pay much attention to that detail since I was too busy chanting ‘Finally!’ over and over –, and hell, even Luna and Eclipse went on a date too, though they said it was best to stay friends.

I’m pretty sure they only did it so we would stop pushing it.

And since people have been hyping about that Emoji movie, we’ve decided to see just what the hell it was and then hit the arcades.

Still gamers, still idiots, what the fuck did you honestly expect would be our idea of date?

Ember blinked before grinning. “Well, congratulations. With how much you talked about her, I’ve actually been wondering.”

Spike smiled. “Eh, what can be done? Fairy here’s a pearl.”

“Alright, I deserve that one.” I admitted sheepishly, knowing what exactly he meant by that.

“As long as you’re being honest with yourself…”

“Well, are you- oh for the love of the ancients, put a something on already!” Ember snapped in frustration at me, a wide blush on her face. I laughed and snapped my fingers, teleporting my jacket to me; I put it on, but instead of zipping it all the way, I stopped just under my breasts, the jacket slightly open to shot them but closed enough to pass as acceptable.

“Better? Didn’t know you played for both teams, Ember…” I purred, putting my hands behind my back and leaning forwards slightly, causing the jacket to open a bit more. I snickered when I saw Ember’s eye twitching, and decided to stop my teasing. “What were you going to say, anyways?”

The dragoness blinked for a second and shook her head. “I was going to ask if you two are done here so we can go to Ponyville.”

Spike and I looked at each other and nodded. “Yeah, we are.” Spike said.

I snapped my fingers. “Actually, just a sec.” I created an Arcane Feather Dart and swiftly hurled it at a nearby tree, the sharp projectile cutting a branch off and causing it to fall on top of Illuse’s head, waking her up. “Sonuva- Fairy!” The feral griffoness growled.

“We’re leaving, either wake up or dispel yourself.” I deadpanned. Illuse growled and faded from our sight, and I could hear her grumbling in my mind. I sighed. “Damn, when I first created her, I didn’t think she would have my laziness too.” True story, I’m only awake after coffee; before then the moon could fall and I wouldn’t give a single shit. “Alright, now we can go.”

An hour or three later, we were already on the train to Canterlot alongside the Aspects of Harmony, Luna and my family. Unfortunately, not all of them wanted to come, so it was only Aguion, Lobis, Niner, Flora, Moonlight, Metta, Bella and Draco with us. Luna decided that since Ember and her guards were coming with us, she would send her personal wagon to get us.

Mirror says she doesn’t like being pampered, but sometimes even she admits that it can have its benefits, ‘cause holy shit that wagon is like an arcade in itself.

“What’s that?” Ember asked curiously from behind Spike, staring at his laptop’s screen.

“League of legends.” Spike answered. “It’s a game we play a lot.” Ember nodded in understanding, still looking at the screen. I heard shuffling and didn’t even need turn around to know that the family members present also got up and were observing us.

“What are you guys going as?” Lobis asked.

Luna, Spike and I looked at each other and shrugged simultaneously. “Dunno. I’m mid, though, so that’s a start.” Spike muttered, his eyes roaming over his options. Suddenly he nodded and locked Orianna, choosing his Dark Star skin. “It’s been a long time since I’ve played as Ori.”

Luna nodded with a grin. “Then I guess I’ll go as Jarvan, that way we can combo like a boss. Or should I go as Lee Sin?”

“Lee, so you go on them with Q, then Spike ults, then you ult just after him.” I said easily then frowned. “Alright, I’m top. What the fuck should I go as? I mean, I could go with Yasuo, but I’m not nearly as good as Spike with it, and Akali isn’t exactly a good choice here.”

“Tank.” My friends chorused, Luna continuing. “I’m going to make hybrid, so I think a tanky character would be better.”

I nodded in understanding and smirked. “I’ll let doggie out then.” I laughed, locking on Nasus.

Aguion nodded. “Nice comp. And with the Alistar and Vayne duo on bot lane, it should be ok for you.”

“Alright, now we wait.” Spike sighed. “Sometimes the matches take too long to load, holy shit.”

Luna snorted. “Some people have internet functioning via hamster.” The present group paused before chuckling at the image.

Ember tilted her head to the side, not understanding a bit of what we said. “Um… so, how does this game works anyways?”

We turned to look at her and the other people present, as if remembering they were there. Most of the Aspects were ignoring us and chatting among themselves; Amethyst was trying to beat Luna’s high-score on the alicorn’s pinball machine and Garble looked utterly bored, the only one paying attention to us was the blue dragoness. “To resume, it’s a five versus five arena game where we have to destroy the enemy’s nexus, a gem on the middle of their base, while we protect our own.” Spike said. “The game it divided in four areas where specific player control their champions, the game’s characters. The roles we play are Top, Jungler, Mid, Carry and Support. I’m the Mid Laner, which means that I need to use a character that does a ton of damage as fast as possible, or control the other team using their abilities; the champion I’m using is good at both.”

I nodded. “I’m the top laner, which means I need to either lead the team, or absorb the most damage I can without dying. Nasus here is one of the best at the latter, and given time he can also deal a fuck-ton of damage with only one of his abilities later in the match.” I pointed to two of the champions on the screen. “Vayne here is the AD Carry, which means she has to do a high amount of damage constantly, and she’s one of the best at it if the one controlling her is good at it; which means not me, because I suck at adc unless I’m with either Jinx, Miss Fortune, Quinn or Xayah.”

Luna continued for me. “Alistar is the Support, and he has to help the Carry get strong fast and protect the entire team later on. This little shit is one of the most offensive supps in the game and also a ridiculous tanker. Lastly, I’m the team’s Jungler, I need to roam around the map and help anyone that needs my help.”

Ember nodded in understanding. “So this is a strategy and teamwork game?”

We grinned and nodded. “Yep!”

The dragoness smiled. “Sounds nice.”

“Wanna learn more?” Spike offered, and Ember nodded her head.

Forty or so minutes later…

My eye twitched. “I swear this is one of the worst Vayne players I’ve ever seen. And I played with her before.” I growled as I stared at the carry’s K/D/A.

2/9/3, if you want to know. Tragic.

“At least the Alistar is good.” Spike sighed, rubbing his temples. “I mean, that F-Q-W combo to isolate the Jinx was pretty good, and he over twenty assists now; also, without his help Vayne would be much worse – if that’s possible, that is.”

“Yeah, but their Jinx is so fed I can’t even do much damage to her, she just heals right away because of her Bloodthrister.” Luna complained. “And I’m freaking Lee Sin! An assassin!”

“I can blow her up, but that’s because I deal fifteen hundred of damage with my own combo, maybe even more.” Spike pointed out.

I frowned, looking at the map. “Wait, where the fuck are they?”

Ember pointed to a few icons on the map, remembering what we explained about the game's strategy. “The Dragon is dead, and they’re not near any of the towers or farming, which is weird since they’re all alive, so that leaves-”

“Baron Na'shor.” Spike cut her off, wide eyed.

Luna and I growled in frustration. “Dammit, I just spawned; I won’t get there in time to stop them!” Luna complained.

“And I’m slow as fuck; I can’t get there as well!” I said loudly before huffing. “I’ll continue pushing top instead; I can destroy this tower and the inhib’ quickly. Emerald can you steal it?”

“I will.” My drake friend – not drakefriend yet – said.

I turned to stare at him. “…Spike, if you really steal that Baron, I’ll drop the bet I won by beating you earlier and will spend the night calling you Master.” I said bluntly, causing Ember, Flora and the Aspects who overheard me to choke and the others to chuckle.

Spike was silent for a moment before narrowing his eyes. He closed them for a moment, and when he opened them again, he was running at full speed through a verdant jungle, his mind set on the baron pit. Stopping behind pit’s back wall, he threw a ward over the ledge, illuminating it and showing that yes, the enemy team was trying to kill the giant snake thing from the Void.

Taking a deep breath, he waited for the Baron to reach a certain percentage of his health before commanding his Sphere to attack the Baron from behind. It didn’t do much, but it put the Sphere in position, which was all he wanted. He stated in monotone. “I know what makes them tick…” A small grin crossed his metallic face and his next statement, while maintaining the same tone, sound very smug. “… I know how to make the ticking STOP.”

The Sphere channeled its energy, before unleashing a shockwave that somehow pulled everything near it, and at the same time releasing an electrified pulse outwards.

Spike’s smile widened as the Baron Na’shor roared in pain, his body disintegrating into the Void where it came from. He looked down and noted the purple runes spinning slowly around himself, giving the power to strengthen the nearby minions.

The power you get by slaying the Baron.

He quickly ran away before the enemy team could go after him, though he turned his head towards the top lane when he heard the shout of ‘FUCK YEAH, MASTER!’

Spike blinked and he was back on the train, with me grinning widely and most people around us laughing their asses off. He turned to me. “So the bet’s off.”

“Yeah… damn, and I had the perfect idea…” I sighed in disappointment, but the fact that I couldn’t stop grinning made clear that the sentiment was faked.

“…you really won’t let it go past tonight, will you?”

I finished destroying the top’s inhibitor and returned to base before turning to look at him. “Like Scarlett said when you asked me out, we already acted like a couple in our own weird way, and this date is just to make it official; and what way is better than that?” I shrugged and turned to the screen, finally buying the Frozen Heart and finishing my build. “Besides, you really need to get laid, virgin.” I quickly added, making everyone around us laugh again, with the faint sound of Twilight banging her head against the table.

Spike shook his head, but his smile widened.

“Oh hey, they surrendered.” Luna pointed out once she got her laugh under control.

“Aww. Oh well, then again Spike and I are pretty much monsters in this one, and Mirror can stop most of their champs with her Q-R-Q-E-E combo.” I said, observing their Nexus exploding on the victory screen.

Spike nodded before turning to Ember. “So, you liked it?”

The dragoness nodded once. “Yes, it’s pretty interesting.”

“Do you want to play?”

Ember hesitated. “Aren’t we getting close to Canterlot?”

“Yeah we are. Let’s teach her later then, she’ll be here for a few days anyways.” Luna said.

“Well, looks like we got ourselves another Guardian.” I joked with a smile and Ember looked at me in confusion.

Celestia smiled warmly as our entourage approached. “It’s a pleasure to meet you again, Lord Ember.” She greeted with a small bow.

“Likewise, Princess Celestia.” Ember said, returning the gesture.

She turned to her former student and opened her arms in an invitation. “Twilight, it’s good to see you. If I may ask, where are your friends?”

The purple alicorn walked up to her former mentor and hugged her. “It’s good to see you again, Celestia. And to answer your question, Rarity and Fluttershy went to check on the Canterlot Carrousel, while Applejack and Pinkie Pie are searching for something on the local market; Pinkie only said something about a ‘super ingredient for their super festival apple pie’.”

“And I was curious about the whole test thing.” Rainbow shrugged casually, pointing at me and my family.

The white alicorn chuckled in amusement before turning to us. “Shining Armor said you were coming; he is in the training grounds with his troops.”

“Thank you, Princess.” Aguion smiled.

“I’ll guide them there.” Luna offered. “Fairy, Moonlight and Rainbow are pretty much going to ditch us if we start talking diplomacy anyways.”

“Yes, we are.” The three of us said seriously, high-fiving.

“Lead the way then.” Aguion said, not even blinking when I jumped on Spike’s back so he would carry me.

Luna nodded and walked away, our group following her. “So, are we going to test their whole numbers or…?” Aguion asked.

“Nah, just the five best soldiers we have here.” Luna corrected. “He wants five one-on-one fights where his troops can go all out without harming their allies.”

“Yeah, that’s a good idea.” Draco agreed. “I’m the most defensive fighter on my family, and I still have some pretty destructive spells.”

I felt Spike shudder and mutter ‘That Dracon Fire Crusher is fucking terrifying.’ I pat his head comfortingly. I suddenly stopped and hung my head in front of his to deadpan at him. “Wait, don’t you know that spell?” He shrugged as if to say ‘Yeah, but still.’

We made small talk on the way to the training grounds, Metta trying all she could to make anyone she passed uncomfortable with her flirting, including us, Bella jumping up and down, saying that she felt something big was going to happen today, and so on. Reaching there, we were met by the sight of multiple ponies working out and training their fighting. We just stood there deadpanning. “Ten bits says Shining’s trying to impress us.” Lobis said in a bored tone.

“No bet.” The rest said at once, resuming our walk towards the captain.

Shining Armor paused on his orders to his troop and faced us. “Ah, you’re here. We were just finishing our training drills so we could have the test without interruptions.”

“Called it.” Lobis said on the same tone as before.

“So, who are the poor saps that we’ll pound to the ground?” Moonlight asked eagerly, pounding her fists together.

“A bit too sure of yourself, aren’t you?” We heard a gruff voice say behind us. When we turned, we saw five figures approaching, two earth ponies, a pegasus, an unicorn and a crystal pony. The voice had come from one of the earth ponies, a male, that was slightly bigger and buffer than the others. He looked us up and down. “So you’re the ones Captain had warned us of? Honestly, I’m not impressed.”

Aguion stared at him flatly before sighing, closing his eyes; he wordlessly lifted a hand and snapped his fingers before opening his eyes with a smug smirk. The reason for his smugness was because the moment he snapped his fingers, everyone on my family had moved; in less than a second the earth pony found himself surrounded by us, with me pressing one of my draggers on his back, Lobis pressing his pistol on his cheek, Niner Blaze and Draco scissoring her torso with their blades, Bella and Flora with their rapiers ready to cut the pony’s arms off, Metta caressing his neck with her claws extended and Moonlight pressing the tip of her double-headed scythe on his forehead.

‘Yes, they are.” Shining said flatly. Aguion chuckled and waved his hands dismissively, and in another second we were on our initial positions like nothing happened. “They’re fast in obeying your orders.” The Captain praised.

Aguion shrugged. “They don’t like being underestimated. It tends to end with someone really hurt. Or dead, depending on whom we’re talking about.”

Moonlight whistled innocently as glared at her. “What? There’s a reason why Scarlett and I don’t go on stealth missions.”

“Dusk’s Reaper and Bloodthirster are the right titles for you two…” Flora facepalmed.

“Said the Guardian of the Forests.” Moonlight grumbled.

“Back on track, you two.” Aguion sighed. “When do we start?” he asked Shining, who was watching the exchange in slight amusement.

“Right now, let me just dismiss the troops here.” He said and walked off.

We just stood there, the people who would fight sizing each other up while the others shuffled awkwardly. A minute later Metta turned to me and Spike. “So you two are going out on a date today?”

“Yep.” I confirmed with a happy nod.

“And you will finally be an ‘official’ couple?”

“Yeah, why?” I asked suspiciously.

She waved her hand dismissively. “Ahh it’s nothing!” She paused. “… Actually~”

“It’s something sex-related isn’t it?” I deadpanned.

“Make sure to call me when you want a threesome!” “Knew it!”

Shining cleared his throat as he approached, an alicorn and a pegasus walking beside him. “I’m sure your conversation is very interesting, but I think is time for us to start. You wouldn’t object to a few spectators, would you?”

Aguion took a look at one of the ‘spectators’ and grinned, just like everyone else on the family did – Bella and Lobis seemed to bounce on their heels, holding themselves back from jumping at her – and shrugged. “Considering just who it is, no we don’t.”

The ‘pegasus’ rolled her eyes and glared playfully at my brother for a moment. “Just like you, huh Aguion?” She shook her head with a mock sigh. “Oh well…” Her body suddenly burst in a multicolored flame, and the changeling grinned.

Queen Chitin opened her arms to us. “It’s good to see you bitches again!”

Author's Notes:

I am back. And slightly better at writing, it seems... huh...

Anyways, I'm sorry it took... well, months, to get this done, but asive from the massive writer's block I suffered for this story, I've also been really busy this year; getting ready for the entrance exam of one of the universities here... and I passed!

Future software engineer here, fuckers!

Wrote the chapter while listening to this, especially Tear of the Godess, Infinity Edge, Mortal Reminder and Frozen Heart.

That's right. Pentakill is back.

FUCK. YEAH.

Oh, right. Who saw Spike and Fairy dating each other coming? It was going to be a Hearts and Hooves Day side-story, but shit happened and I couldn't delay it further.