What the Future Brings

Note: before anyone asks yes Shenron was named after the dragon of Dragonball!

In the middle of the night of a cave where shadows were clashing together in agony, where the dragons hid in respite, the dragons all looked to their new leader, fear and more than one trace of terror coursing through their bones.

Getting up from his giant stone throne, the leader of the dragon kingdom roared as he faced the other dragons who were bowing before him, their life nothing more than dust compared to his. He was truly much larger than any of them. He was also one of the largest and oldest dragons in all of Equestria from a linage that had long expired, seeming as nothing less than rubble in a time of glory and bloodshed, all due to the traitor known as Spike Sparkle. If H.R. Giger wanted to design a dragon, it would be him.

Not only was he large but his body was covered in dark purple scales and through his body was dashes of dark green splotches include a large one on his chest.

His claws sharp enough to stab through any ponies or even a few dragon’s scales with ease, his face looking as if he had a permanent sneer, none knowing why he was so…..cruel.

He had small dark purple scaly wings about a third of his body that looked like wings that those other creatures believed only the darkest of animals had. He also had what looked like a bit of a beard hanging down his chin which was dark green in colour of the hair due to age that only a dragon king could acquire.

In no area across the land would he be considered cute or cuddly.

“Are we ready for the invasion, servant?” asked the large dragon with a sort of a sneer to his voice as dark green fire snorted from his nose.

“Yes we are Lord Shenron!” asked the female dragon who escaped Ponyville meekly, slowly meeting his gaze then wincing in fear of the cruel, harsh reptile that led their army.

“Good then. You are NOT to fail me again, female!” said Shenron as his palms were together in a calculating way curled together in nothing less than malice.

*Three days later, with Firefly‘s family*

It was morning inside Firefly’s house and Blitz had gone to the cloud bedroom of Firefly’s where the younger vision of his mother, Fluttershy and Firefly were sleeping in,. Bored after doing more tricks in the air then they knew what to do with…also exhausted beyond belief but the two proud mares would never admit that to any ponies face, even themselves.

Rainbow Dash was already yawning and glared at Blitz as she awoken who had flew upstairs to wake them.

“Thanks again for letting us stay in your house, Mr. Blitz” Fluttershy said yawning softly after she got up.

“No problem, Fluttershy” Blitz replied smiling, for when he was as a young colt he had met Fluttershy before and she was really nice to him.

Blitz then woke his daughter up who was whispering “Sparky......” in her sleep.

As Firefly got up, very, very slowly, Fluttershy asked “Why did you say ‘Sparky’ while you were sleeping?” she questioned with an eyebrow raised as the mare blushed.

“N-no reason” Firefly squeaked getting up and flying out the door to downstairs trying to ignore the fact that she gave a rather un-cool reply.

“Really likes Sparkfang, that one….even if she won’t admit it to herself” Blitz chuckled sadly shaking his head.

“How can you tell?” Fluttershy asked making her bed.

“Instincts of a father” responded Blitz.

“Do you approve?” asked Fluttershy realizing she was getting into the love life of one of her best friend’s granddaughters who hadn’t even been born in her time yet.

“Yeah I do” said Blitz slowly “Sparkfang is a nice smart colt, dragon or hybrid! His old dad is one of the wisest residents in Ponyville and when I was a small colt I had met his mother who was one of the coolest unicorns I had ever met, it comes with being a part of the Dash family that you have to have the best around….Sparkfang is it for my little girl…no matter how much she denies it!”

Blitz then looked serious and added in a softer tone “Besides I am hoping Sparkfang can help drive some common sense into her and keep her out of trouble, Celestia knows I have been trying all her life with little success…stubborn…..just like my mother...another trait with mares of the Dash family!”

*With Dinky Pie*

Outside Ponyville on the ground below Rainbow Dash’s family Rarity and Applejack were lying on the ground getting some much needed sleep while Pinkie and Dinky were doing a duet of the song Smile, much to the annoyance of the two mares.

“I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL MY MEMORY IS WIPED OF THIS TRIP!” Rarity was screaming, wanting to slam her head into the dirt or a tree to force her body to sleep but not wishing to ruin her mane.

*With Spike Sparkle and his family*

Inside the library, Sparkfang was showing Twilight and the younger Spike his family photo album while the elder Spike Sparkle was watching smiling through the window of the roof.

The first photo was of Twilight and Spike at their wedding with her in the beautiful wedding dress Rarity made her along with the Cutie Mark Crusaders (of course by that time they had gotten their Cutie Marks so there was no pointing in the group being called that...still, other blank flanks have been added to the group to get their very own cutie marks…led by Dinky Whooves)

Twilight had to admit that Spike looked so handsome and smart in the tuxedo he wore at the age of eighteen.

The next photo was Twilight and Spike sitting in front of a firework display as they were in Manehattan for their honeymoon, drinking some hard cider and relaxing with large smiles on their faces, holding each other and trying to ignore the camera that was trying to ruin their special night.

Twilight was wearing a dazzling red dress with added golden stars along the edges while made by Rarity of course, as Spike was wearing a black top hat along with a jewel encrusted tie and black jacket, keeping to his promise of never wearing pants again.

The next photo showed Twilight in a hospital bed with the newborn bundle of the hybrid dragon and unicorn Sparkfang wrapped in white cloth and in her arms as a much taller and older Spike was smiling as he was standing by the bed being twenty one years of age.

Twilight‘s face showing nothing short of exhaustion but pride and love that she brought the very first hybrid of a pony and dragon into the world that would reject such disgrace, knowing that all of the land might never accept their son…but also knowing that he would always be one of a kind, unique.

The next few ones showed events such as Sparkfang’s birthdays and family visits to Twilight’s parents and older brother who had children of his own as well as their friends who also had children of their own.

One picture showed a small Sparkfang getting into a fight over a toy with Fluttershy’s and Big Macintosh child, Pinkie Pie‘s face beaming into the camera with the next picture as Rarity was trying to shove her away.

Another showed his fifth birthday as Sparkfang was hugging close to him the Ms. Smartypants doll his mother had given him.

One of the final photos showed Twilight as Mayor, during her last year of being alive. It seemed age wasn’t too bad to her as she didn’t look to different.

She now had small wrinkles on her cheeks, wore glasses and a mayor slash but other than that she wasn’t much different from what the Mane Six’s timeline Twilight looked like.

A loud roar of rage tore the peaceful and loving family from their memories as they then looked out the window and gasped, seeing large, full armoured dragons descending onto Ponyville.

Spike Sparkle then sternly shouted to Twilight, his younger self and his son “Stay safe but do help out your friends if you see them in trouble….no one will dare take any of you from me…Spike…I….well, we may need to help each other out for this battle!”

They nodded as Spike Sparkle was ready to face the dragon invaders, the younger version turned and kissed Twilight on the lips causing her eyes to widen in shock but slowly melted into pleasure as she returned the kissed then broke it slowly and looked into her best friend’s eyes as he nodded with a smirk on his face before jumping onto his older version’s back as he roared into the air.

A large jet of green flames was blasted into the sky as he ran towards the centre to meet his foes, but gasped when he saw floating in the air was a large, older looking male dragon that looked identical to himself…or their selves. Shenron smirking at them.

“It’s you again!” laughed Shenron looking at the smaller dragon he knew too well, ignoring the even smaller reptile on his back.

“Hello…father, come to ruin my life again...just like you did before my wife died!” Spike Sparkle roared with a dark, harsh growl to his tone.

Twilight and the younger Spike gasped; apparently this large dragon was Spike’s father!