As the sun rose over Equestria, inside Spike's guest room he along with Twilight and Fleur. The three stirred before opening their eyes to see it was a new day.

“Morning, ladies.” Spike greeted the two.

“Good morning, Spike.” Twilight and Fleur said together.

“So I guess today's the day for the Big Gathering, huh?” the dragon inquired.

“That's right,” Fleur confirmed, “In fact, I better hurry and get ready.” she got out of bed and put her lingerie back on, before putting her nightgown over it.

“So I guess, we'll see you at the meeting, huh?” Spike asked.

“Indeed. Until then, mon cher.” Fleur said, as she and Spike kissed, before the royal guard mare slipped out of the room.

Twilight spoke to her husband, “Come on, Spike. We need to get ready too.”

“Oh, can't we stay in bed for just a bit longer?” Spike complained.

Twilight giggled at Spike's behavior, “I'm sorry, but you know duty calls. Come on, a nice shower will do us both some good.”

“Ok.” Spike answered, as they got out of bed and headed for the private bathroom.

Later on, outside the castle, several other creatures were showing up accompanied by their own guards or escort. Spike and his girls watched as so many familiar faces started showing up from previous summits they attended too. There was Haakim and Amira from Saddle Arabia and Duke Kyrippos II and Duchess Ice Mirror from Maretonia.

Following them was who else but the Cat lady Catrina and her lover Rep the shape-shifting lizard. After her reformation and making peace with the Saddle Arabians, Catrina returned home to Abyssinia; home of the cat people. It took some convincing, but eventually she worked her way up to become the new ruler of her kind. As Catrina passed by Spike and the girls she waved with Rep, and the group waved back to them.

Following Catrina was Dragon Lord Ember and her personal guard Garble, “Hey, Ember!” Spike greeted her.

“Hey, Spike!” Ember cheered, as the two embraced and kissed.

“Glad you could make it.” Twilight greeted.

“Wouldn't have missed it, fellow bride.” Ember replied.

“Ember, you and Spike haven't officially married yet.” Twilight reminded her.

“Hey, it's inevitable.” Ember replied like it was no big.

Fluttershy turned to Garble, “Hello, Garble. How's your poetry coming along?”

Garble answered, “Oh, it's going great. I've been hard at work coming up with some fresh new rhymes.”

“Well, you keep at what you do best, Gar-Gar!” Spike joked.

Garble grumbled, “I can't believe Smolder would call me by that in front of you guys.” Ember and Garble followed the others.

They saw approaching were two female figures that looked part pony and part eagle. The tallest wore a headpiece signifying her leadership. Her coat was light fuchsiaish gray, her eyes were strong magenta, and her mane and tail were gradient of brilliant fuchsia to strong mulberry. The shorter one had light gambogeish gray, her mane and tail were light arctic blue, and her eyes were brilliant cyan.

Spike looked at the two in wonder and blushed at their bust sizes. The tallest one had a rack size on par with Princess Celestia, and the shorter one's bust was comparable to Pinkie Pie's. Twilight decided to explain to her husband about the two, “That's Queen Novo and Princess Skystar of the Hippogriffs/Seaponies.”

“Hippogriffs and Seaponies?” Spike wondered.

“Those pieces around their necks are from a special pearl that allows them to shift between either form.” Twilight said motioning to the shard they had around their necks.

The mother and daughter stopped before the group, as the Queen spoke, “Princess Twilight, so wonderful to meet the pupil of Princess Celestia.”

“Thank you your majesty.” Twilight replied respectively.

Skystar looked to Spike and gasped, “Oh, my gosh! Mom, do you know who this is?!” she crowded Spike, “This is Spike Drake, the vessel to the legendary Dragon King. Right here!”

“Alright, Skystar, dial it back,” Novo calmed her daughter before getting a good look at Spike, while the dragon felt nervous at how close she was getting, “Mm, quite the handsome dragon this one.” she smirked, while batting her eyes.

“Uh, thank you, your highness.” Spike answered quickly while looking awkward.

"We have so got to get together and make seashell necklaces!" Skystar beamed.

"You can do that later," Novo told her daughter, "We'll see you all at the meeting.” Novo said, as she and her daughter proceeded.

“Nice one, Spike.” Rainbow nudged his shoulder.

“Shut it.” Spike replied.

Coming up was a big hairy Yak wearing a viking helmet, “Is that a yak?” Spike asked them.

“Prince Rutherford of Yakyakistan,” Twilight explained, “The yaks are very proud creatures, and love stomping around. But when they get mad you don't want to be the one on the receiving end of their anger.”

Spike gulped, as the yak approached. Twilight spoke up to him, “Greetings, Prince Rutherford. We hope your travel from Yakyakistan wasn't too much trouble.”

“Yak needed good exercise,” The Yak ruler began in a tough voice, “Haven't traveled far in many moons. And it's nice to get in warmer weather every now and then.”

“I take it it's always cold up in Yakyakistan?” Spike guessed.

“Always.” Rutherford explained, before getting good look at Spike, “Are you Dragon King that ponies in Equestria talk about?”

“Depends, does that make you happy or sad?” Spike asked nervously, hoping it wasn't the third emotion he didn't wanna list off.

Though Rutherford's eyes were covered by his thick shaggy hair, Spike could feel as if the ruler was glaring deeply at him, until he let out a joyful laugh, “Not even flinching. Dragon king vessel must be pretty strong body and mind.”

Spike relaxed seeing the yak ruler didn't seem so bad replied, “Thank you, sir. Coming from a strong looking yak like you means a lot.”

“We should get together after meeting for special Yak Drink.” Rutherford suggested while wrapping an arm around Spike practically breaking his body.

“Sounds like a plan.” Spike groaned from the tight grip. Rutherford released Spike and followed the other delegates.

Walking over was their ally Scorpan who aided them in helping defeat his older brother Tirek, “Hey, Scorpan, what's up?” Rainbow greeted.

“All is well, my friends. I haven't seen you all since Spike and Twilight's wedding.” Scorpan recalled.

“Yeah, you really spent a lot of time at the open Apple Cider bar.” Applejack joked.

“Hey, I have good tastes.” Scorpan replied in defense.

“Yeah, we know.” Rainbow agreed.

“See you inside.” Spike said, as Scorpan went into the room.

“He certainly seems to be doing ok.” Rarity noted.

“Especially since he had to assume command over his old homeland once Tirek was gone.” Starlight added.

They saw approaching next looked like two ponies but slightly different. They had bushier manes that wrapped around their heads, slightly longer ears, curved/branching horns, scaly carapaces on their muzzles and backs, thin tails, and tufted, cloven hooves.

The tallest of them was about Princess Celestia's height, and had a bust size equal to the Princess of the Suns. Her coat was amberish gray with light goldish gray scales, her mane and tail were moderate opal and grayish turquoise, her horn was dark and moderate crimson, and her eyes were moderate amaranth.

The second of the two was the same height as Spike and the girls, and her bust size was on par with Rarity's. Her coat was light goldish gray with grayish apple green scales, her mane and tail were moderate tangelo, her horn was dark and moderate crimson, and her eyes were moderate gold.'

“What kind of ponies are they?” Spike asked Twilight.

“They're actually kirin, Spike.” Starlight answered.

“Kirin?” Spike asked Twilight who nodded and explained.

“They're a peaceful tribe known for their kindness and truth speaking. They're very cultural with singing, theater, and so much more. But whenever they get angry they turn into Nirik; creatures of fire and rage.”

“Whoa.” Spike gasped.

“But that was long ago,” Twilight explained, “Over time, the Kirin have learned to harness their anger and transform into Nirik at will without losing sight of themselves.”

“Thank goodness,” Applejack said, “You can imagine the fires they'd start around their homes?”

The two kirin stopped before the group, as the tallest one spoke, “Greeting Princess Twilight and friends. I am Rain Shine, leader of the kirin.”

“Welcome, ma'am.” Twilight greeted, as the others bowed their heads to her.

Suddenly the second kirin spoke up, “Hi there! I'm Autumn Blaze. Wow, sorry, but I am so excited to meet other ponies, and a dragon too. Oh, my gosh, and not just any dragon. Spike Drake the vessel of the dragon king!” she shook everyone's hands wildly.

“Spirited one, ain't she?” Applejack asked Pinkie Pie who was smiling and answered.

“I like her.”

Rain Shine approached Spike and spoke, “It's an honor to finally meet you, Spike. Much like your friends here, your reputation has stretched to our very village. You are indeed a hero to Equestria.”

“Yeah. I get that all the time.” Spike said sheepishly.

“Ohmygosh! I have so many questions I wanna ask you right now!” Autumn Blaze told him with excitement, while Spike blushed upon close contact.

“There'll be plenty of time for that after the meeting, Autumn,” Rain Shine calmed her, “For now, let's go and see the others.”

“Oh, ok,” Autumn sighed, before looking at Spike, “See you later.” she followed Rain shine who smiled at Spike.

“Some dragon sure is popular.” Pinkie nudged Spike's shoulder.

“Please don't.” Spike replied, while trying to keep his hormones in control.

Approaching then was an elderly griffin wearing a fez. He stopped and hacked a bit. Seeing this Fluttershy and Spike ran over to him, “Are you alright, sir? Do you need a doctor?” Fluttershy asked in concern.

The griffin stopped hacking and answered, “Nope. Just needed to get something out of my digestive track. Gone now.”

“So, who're you?” Spike asked.

“Name's Gruff, Grampa Gruff. I came here all the way from Griffinstone.” the elder bird explained.

“Home of the griffins.” Sunset noted.

“Right you are, little lady,” Gruff replied, “They insisted on sending some other griffin in my place. I say no way to that! I may be an old bird, but I ain't helpless!”

“Yeah, so you've told every creature we passed coming here.” came a girl's voice. As they saw a female griffin approach. She looked to the group, and spoke, “Name's Gilda. I volunteered to accompany Grampa Gruff.”

“Must've been tiring listening to him ramble on and on all the way here.” Spike joked.

“You have no idea.” Gilda replied.

“Enough sassin', Gilda,” Gruff scolded her, “Now let's get this here meetin' over with.” he wheezed while entering the chamber.

“Quite a menagerie, of creatures showing up for this summit.” Spike told the girls.

“Oh, I know. It just goes to show just how many types of creatures live here in Equestria.” Rarity agreed.

Fluttershy looked ahead and gasped in shock, “There's one type I hadn't counted on!”

The group looked ahead and saw six snake creatures approaching. Their bottom halves were tails while they had arms and claws. Each lead snake was carrying a golden snake staff with a colored jewel in the center.

The first of them looked like an anaconda that had glowing light violet eyes, four large fangs, and a very long curvy neck. He had purple skin, with black markings along his chest and forehead, light blue gems on his head and chest, purple claws, and had a long tail instead of legs. Accompanying him was another snake creature like him only with a shorter neck and had green eyes.

The second who appeared to be a boa constrictor looked a little heavyset and was black and orange with yellow eyes, spikes on the top of his head.

The third who appeared to be a spitting cobra who had white spikes and tusks on his head, as well as four yellow eyes. His body was dark green with black, red, and lime green markings.

The next snake looked like a pit viper and had red and white body markings and sharp fangs, but what was most shocking was that it had two heads.

The fifth snake looked like an Indian cobra and it had a cobra head with red eyes that had a ripple pattern in them. Its body was blue with yellow and light to medium gray coloring on its belly.

The sixth and final snake had a teal body and red eyes, and looked sort of like an Indian cobra as well.

Accompanying each of them was another snake that looked similar to them, only the ones accompanying the Anaconda Snake and sixth snake had tails, while the ones accompanying the other four had legs.

“What are they?” Spike gasped in shock.

“Serpentine (Ser-pen-TEEN),” Twilight answered, “They come from the kingdom of Ouroborus. They're divided up into six tribes. Anacondrai, Hypnobrai, Fangpyre, Constrictai, Venomari, and Pyro Viper. The ones with tails are considered the generals of each individual tribe.”

“I hope they're friendly.” Fluttershy whimpered.

“Keep it together.” Applejack whispered, as the snakes stopped before them.

The purple one spoke up sounding pleasant, “Well, if it isn't the famous Princess Twilight, the dragon king vessel Spike Drake, and their friends the Elements of Harmony. What a treat.” the other snakes chuckled.

“Welcome, generals. If you would be so kind to tell us your names, we'd very much appreciate it.” Twilight spoke to them.

“But of course,” the purple one began, “I am General Pythor of the Anacondrai tribe. And this is my second in command Lieutenant Arcturus.”

“A pleasure.” the lieutenant bowed his head.

The first of the Indian cobra's spoke, “I am General Skales of the Hypnobrai.” he hissed, “And my guard Mezmo.”

“Hello.”

The green snake spoke up, “I am General Acidicus of the Venomari tribe. And this is my guard Spitz.”

“Greetings.” the snake bowed his head.

The black heavyset snake spoke, “I am General Skalidor of the Constrictai. And this is Chunk.” he motioned to his guard.

“Charmed.” he greeted.

“I am Fangtom... General of the Fangpyre tribe,” the two snake heads said taking turns, “And this is Fang.” he motioned to his guard who only had one head.

The final general spoke up in a woman's voice, “And I am Aspheera general to the Pyro Vipers. And this is my guard Char.”

“Greetings, ponies.” Char greeted.

“Why are you called Pyro Vipers?” Rainbow Dash inquired.

“Because of this.” Aspheera said, as she and Char suddenly became engulfed in flames and looked like flaming snakes.

“Whoa!” the ponies gasped.

The two lowered their flames, as Char spoke, “We make sure to keep the flames outside so not to burn anything.”

“Right,” Twilight replied, “Well, we're thrilled to see you could all join us from Ouroborus.”

“Well, when the Royal sisters send you an invite to the summit of various leaders, who were we to deny an invite?” Pythor asked rhetorically.

“For many moons, the other creatures in Equestria had been fearful of our kind.” Skales explained.

“But now this is a chance for us to finally get in with their good graces and prove we are not as bad as we've been portrayed as.” Aspheera added.

“Well, we hope you make a good impression.” Sunset said.

“Thank you. Come along fellows.” Pythor said, as the generals and their guards went into the room.

Soon, Spike, and the girls entered the room to see all the guests, along with Celestia, Luna, Discord, Cadence, and Shining Armor. All the leaders sat at a huge round table while their escorts and guards stood off on one side, while Spike and the elements of harmony stood off on another side.

“Is every creature present?” Luna inquired, as they looked all around seeing everyone accompanied for.

“Good. Now, let's get down to business.” Celestia began, as the summit was about to commence.

Author's Notes:

The serpentine come from the show Ninjago masters of Spinjitzu, as well as the tribes and names.

But I am surprised in both cartoon and comic, MLP FIM has never introduced us to a potential race of sentient serpent creatures like the serpentine.

This will be my second attempt to incorporate the serpentine into the MLP universe, only this time they will not have been created by Sombra like in my first time incorporating them.