BGM 1

A spry young child pranced about his home, his dragon mother smiling and attempting to calm him down the best she could. It was of little use, but the mother enjoyed seeing her little one be so happy and carefree. She knew the reason why he was so excited was that his father would be arriving soon, and he had been expecting him for quite some time.

"Daddy's coming home! Daddy's finally coming home!" The young kirin shouted happily. The dragoness smiled and grabbed her child's tail and picked him up, placing him in her lap. Once he was set down, he hugged her arm and smiled.

"I am aware of this, Von. But please calm down. Your father would get mad at you if you broke something." Silva said to him. Von smiled and his tail wagged slightly as he stopped laughing and looked at her.

"But I wanna play. Daddy promised we'd play when he came home." The young Von whined. "But I can't think of anything to play with him. Maybe we can play some hide and seek?" At that moment, the door opened and a stallion stepped inside. His coat was a dark blue and he was brandishing a steel sword, hidden within its sheathe that hung to his left side. He had hazel brown eyes and a blonde mane and though he seemed like a fighter, he had a gentle air about him.

"I'm afraid I don't have the energy for hide and seek, sport." The blue stallion said, addressing the young kirin. Von's ears perked up when he saw the stallion and his mother smiled upon seeing the stallion.

"Daddy!!!" Von shouted with glee as he jumped off his mother's lap and galloped towards his father.

"Nice to see you, t--OOF!!!" The stallion couldn't get the rest of his words out as Von had tackled his father to the floor and rested his hand on his chest.

"You're late." Von said as he started to pout. The stallion smiled nervously as his dragoness lover stepped forward and smiled at the two of them.

"Seems you made him mad, Ignus." Silva teased. "What are you going to do about it?" Ignus chuckled and lifted their child off of him so that he could get back up on his feet. Silva grabbed her lover's head and pulled it to hers, kissing his lips and the act caused their son to gag.

"BLEGH!!!! GROSS!!!" Von whined as he covered his eyes. The two lovers laughed at their son and broke apart from one another.

"I do apologize, sweetums. I met up with some of the guys and we had a few rounds before I went to visit an old friend." Ignus explained. Silva grinned at the mention of 'an old friend' and nuzzled Ignus' cheek.

"How is he doing?"

"He's doing quite well actually. He told me that he's recently become the new Dragon King."

"Dragon King? Hmph. He may be a leader, but nobody leads me." Silva huffed. Ignus smiled and rubbed her cheek.

"Well you certainly have no problem when I take lead." He said teasingly. A blush came to Silva's face and she looked over to Von, who was scooting along the floor in boredom.

"Ignus, please. Not in front of Von. He's too young to hear of such things." She whispered. Ignus laughed loudly at her embarrassment.

"I wasn't even talking about that. I meant something else. Seems someone has naughty thoughts in her head." Ignus teased. Silva huffed, a small gust emitting from her nostrils as she turned and picked Von up and put him in front of his father. Ignus smiled at patted Von's head, causing the little kirin to smile at him. "Come on, sport. Let's go play some Dragon's Treasure." Von smiled and started to run outside.

"You won't find my gems this time, dad! Come on, mom. We can't let him win!" Von shouted. Silva giggled and followed after her child, Ignus following shortly behind. The three of them were like the perfect family. Laughing, eating and playing together, things seemed to look up for them. To them, nothing would ever be able to separate them. Until that one fateful day.....

Von roused from his sleep and looked around. He was sleeping on a patch of land on the ocean, the sun was rising and a new day was beginning for him.

"Another dream....." Von laughed to himself. He got up and stretched, scratching his head as he thought of the past. "We were really happy back then. We never wanted anything bad to happen. But then...on that day...." Von bit his lip, holding back his sadness and turned to face the sun. "Nevermind that. Right now, this is an important moment for me. And i'm not going to let the past ruin it for me."

BGM 2

Von spread his wings and took flight, leaving behind the patch of land that he rested upon and set his sights for his goal. It was much closer now than it was before as it took Von a full day just to get as close to Equestria as he'd gotten. On his way, a streak of yellow and blue flew past him, causing him to spin around in mid-air.

"Watch where you're going!!" The streak yelled back to him. It was hard to make out what it was, but the voice was clearly female. Von wanted to inquire who that was, but he didn't want to waste anymore time and continued flying towards Equestria. Given the high speed of a young wind dragon, even with that minor distraction, about 25 minutes went by until Von finally landed in Equestrian territory. He knew the way to Equestria very well, that being because he snuck over to Equestria when his step-father Konan was away. When he landed, he started to travel on foot, going down a path he took during his first visit.

"Doesn't seem like much has changed." Von said to himself. "But still, it feels good to be back. I feel more at home here." He smiled and continued on his way. Though he lived in Equestria once, he was isolated to one area. As such, he didn't know much about the other towns or cities. Hollow Shades was a more dark and murky area compared to the rest of Equestria. His old home was within the forest depths and in what seemed to be a swamp, so the sun was barely able to shine through. Given that fact and how some ponies reacted to his presence, Von was not able to go very far out from his home without his parents. But now that he was an adult, Von could see all the places that he never got the chance to as a child.

Von continued walking for a time, taking in the sights around him. Some of the sights were beautiful and breathtaking, while others were frightful and would make anyone run in terror. But Von enjoyed it nonetheless and went on his way.

"Let's see....the last time I was here," Von muttered, observing the area around him as he continued forward. "I passed that giant gorge and came through the bog. So I think I'm--" Von stopped suddenly when the sound of growls echoed from behind him. Von knew three distinct growling sounds in his lifetime: the growl of an angry dragon, the growl of his own empty stomach and the growl of a sleeping dragon. But this one was completely different. It was a malicious growl, one that was full of hunger. When Von turned around, he saw three wolves glaring at him with their glowing green eyes. But these weren't any ordinary wolves. They were made of wood, with leaves for eyebrows and tongues and branches for ears. "In that creepy forest." Von swallowed hard and started to back away as the strange Timberwolves crept closer to him. Von continued to back away until he backed into a tree, preventing him from retreating any further.

Von internally cursed at himself and brought his attention back to the Timberwolves. They drew nearer and Von's heart began racing. Von had to think of something quick. He wasn't able to run nor could he find some way to get around them. Immediately, Von knew what choice he had left and though he wasn't on the mountain anymore, he had some experience with this kind of thing.

BGM 3

"Looks like I have to fight." Von declared to the Timberwolves. Von balled his fists and prepared himself to attack. As if they understood him the wolves crouched low, ready to attack. Von initially did the same thing and charged at them and the wolves charged back. One of the wolves leaped towards Von, catching the kirin's attention and earning itself a swipe from Von's tail. It shattered, its fallen branches clattering on the forest floor defeated, as Von quickly turned and face the other two. One had leaped before he looked back and its sharp wooden teeth bit into his shoulder.

Von cried out in pain as its teeth sunk further into his coat as the other clawed his side. Von growled in anger and with a swing of his fist, he smashed the wolf that clawed him into pieces. He then wrapped his tail around the wolf biting him and swiftly yanked it off, wincing as the teeth scrapped the wound. The wolf gathered its bearings and turned to him with a growl as it lunged forward at him once again, but he quickly stepped to the side with a smile. "Come on. Is that all you got?" Von taunted with a cocky grin. Seemingly affected by his taunting, the wolf made a mad dash for him and leaped, its claws extended as it tried to take him down. But Von reacted much too quick for the wild beast and with a strong right hook, the kirin smashed the timberwolf to pieces. Looking around him in a triumphant manner, Von smiled and turned away from the shattered bodies of the Timberwolves and proceeded onward.

"Well that was easy." He said to himself. He continued to walk away from the scene, dusting his hands off, when he suddenly stopped. A chilling wind blew past him and a shiver ran up his spine. Nothing was approaching him from any end and nothing lied before his path except for the trees. So that only left him with one other thing. He turned his head slowly to find a remarkable sight. The branches from the fallen Timberwolves began combining on one another each forming a separate body part until finally a new Timberwolf, one of colossal size, stood in place of the three fallen ones. Von could only stare in awe at the ferocious beast until its eyes set on its new prey: Him.

"Oh....merde." Von swore and faster than the eye could blink, Von flew up to the sky and away from the wolf. He looked back once to see if the colossal beast was chasing him, but it didn't. Once he knew he was far enough away, Von landed on the ground. But when he looked around, he noticed something different. The number of trees around him had grown thinner and ahead of him was a bright light. Now ordinarily, one would not head towards the light at the end of a tunnel, lest they never come back. But in Von's case, he did but that was mostly because he knew he wasn't dead. He kept going forward, the light growing brighter with each step until finally......

BGM 4

"Wow." Von whispered to himself as he took in the beauty before his eyes.

Before him was the epicenter of the pony community: Ponyville. Von had heard about this place when he was young, but he never thought he'd see it until today. There were ponies of various size, race and color wandering around town. (Not to mention all the gorgeous mares) There was a unicorn using what he believed to be magic to levitate some materials, and oddly another pony, and take them with her. The houses were quite modern looking and had unique designs to them. There were so many interesting things around him. Flower shops, a fountain, earth ponies, a baby dragon, a blonde-maned pegasus, weather ponies laying down on some clouds and--

"Wait. A baby dragon?" Von's attention darted back towards the unicorn he saw and just like he witnessed, there was a baby dragon traveling alongside her. It was purple with green spikes and was quite chubby. Von was interested in this little guy not just because he hoped to have another dragon companion, but it was also because he KNEW this dragon.

Back during the Great Dragon Migration, Von and his mother had left their home in Hollow Shades to forget the pain of parting with Ignus. The two of them traveled to Dragon Mountain and made that their new home. After Konan had made Silva into his mate, Von left with the other dragons during the migration. Some time after his arrival, Von had met Garble and the others in addition to his companions, Axel and Arcius. After he spent time with them, Von noticed something. Garble and his gang were picking on a little dragon that went by the name of Spike. Or at least that's what he heard them call him. He watched as they bullied and teased him to the point where he tried to stop him. But before he could, someone he knew very well had stopped him. It was Elder Eldrich, his father's companion and the new dragon king that had stopped him. Eldrich was aware of Von's personal dislike for confrontation and informed him that things would turn out well if he let it be. Reluctantly Von gave in and listened to him and in the process, he got to meet up with his father's old friend.

Now that Von was older and was living a new life, he could now interact with the baby dragon without any problems. While the other ponies around him weren't paying attention, Von went around one of the houses and tailed after the purple dragon. However, one of the ponies caught a glimpse of his tail. It was a unicorn mare with a mint-green coat, a pale cyan and white-striped mane and orange eyes. On her rear, just under her skirt, was a lyre-shaped Cutie Mark which completed her appearance. The skirt was white and she sported a black tank, just barely holding back her cleavage.

She got up from the spot she was in and began to investigate until another mare, an earth pony, stopped her. She had a beige colored coat with a blue and pink-striped mane and icy blue eyes, complete with a Cutie mark depicting three pieces of candy. She was wearing yellow blouse which covered a pair of blue shorts that hugged her ass tightly. But she didn't seem to mind much.

"Lyra, where are you going?" The beige pony asked. The unicorn, known as Lyra, looked back to her companion and with a smile as she gently placed a hand on her shoulder before turning away.

"I'll be right back, Bon Bon. Don't worry." Lyra assured her friend as she went on her way. Bon Bon looked to her unicorn companion as she departed with a look of worry.

"I hope she doesn't get herself involved in any weird stuff. ...Or with weird ponies." Bon Bon let out a sigh and went off on her own, hoping her friend wouldn't get herself into any trouble.

Von continued to tail Spike and his two pony friends, hiding from their sight in any way he could the moment he believed he'd get spotted. As he kept following them he eventually reached a building, a rather fancy one at that, and witnessed his targets go inside. Not wanting to get caught, Von crept around the other side and peered through an open window and when he looked inside, his mouth went agape.

The inside was breath-taking as the decor was beautifully arranged, there were designs and mannequins all over, wrapping paper and other tools were neatly arranged or tucked away and in the center of the room was Spike and his friends. He noticed that the white mare was moving her mouth, but Von couldn't hear a thing. Cleaning out his ear with his claw, he leaned closer and listened in.

"And I very much thank you, Spike, for helping me with these supplies." Rarity said. Spike smiled at her with a lovestruck expression.

"Anything for you, Rarity~" He said. Rarity smiled nervously and turned her head away from the infatuated dragon and this display intrigued Von.

So mom isn't the only dragon that is in love with a pony, huh?, he thought. He observed the two ponies, his eyes sizing them up and analyzing them. I want to find that very special someone of my own while I'm here. I'm sure there's one somewhere. I just need to find her.

"So, Rarity. Whatcha making today? Are you making new dresses? Can you make one for me like you did before the gala?! I want it to be my own design. But what would I want on it? Hmm. Oh i know! Maybe candy! Or balloons! Or streamers! Or maybe glitter! Maybe some confetti! Or lollipops! Oh wait.That's candy." Pinkie Pie spouted, giggling at her own silliness. Von sat there, observing the pink pony and shook his head.

No. Too bubbly. I like a girl who's cheerful, but that goes beyond my limits, he thought. His attention turned to Rarity, who seemed quite befuddled by the party pony's manner of speech before she went about her work. That one seems too snooty. I don't really like girls like that. I bet she's the kind of pony that overreacts to just about everything. As he said that, Rarity let out a loud gasp and dropped what she was doing.

"Oh dear Celestia! It's not here!" She panicked. Spike looked at her in confusion.

"What's not there?" The baby dragon asked. Rarity levitated cloth after cloth, frantically looking around for something until she put it all down.

"A very VERY special material that only gets put in stock once a year and it was vital for a new design I had in mind! It's probably off the shelves by now and now I won't be able to get any!! My dress is ruined!!!" She pulled up a chair and dropped back into it and started sobbing. "RU-HOO HOO-INED!!!!"

"Aw come on, Rarity. I'm sure it'll be fine." Pinkie Pie reassured her. Rarity stopped sobbing and jumped up from her chair and stared at her pink friend.

"How can you say that?! This dress was going to be one of my finest and now I can't complete it. This is horrible. Of all the worst things, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!!!!" She exclaimed. Von stared in amazement, unsure of what to say about the situation.

Called it. he thought. "Well I've seen all i wanted to see. Now, to head back into Ponyville and--" The moment Von turned around to leave, he saw Lyra standing behind him with the most peculiar stare on her face. It was one of amazement and confusion. He watched as her eyes scanned his whole body. A body covered in fur yet with a very dragonesque, dragon eyes, dragon wings and a dragon's tail. These were the things about Von that caught her attention, but then again the fact he was looking into someone's house would've caught the attention of anybody besides her. Her eyes trailed up until they locked onto his. Gazing into each others eyes, they widened in shock upon a sudden realization.

BGM 5

"IT'S YOU!!!" They both yelled. Upon the both of them yelling at the top of their lungs, Rarity's ears twitched and she looked back towards the window of Carousel Boutique.

"Is someone there?" She called out. Von looked back nervously to the window and began to panic, desperate not to get caught. He had a choice. Either take his chances having gotten seen by this mare or get caught spying by the other one. Von took a risk and covered the green unicorn's muzzle and dove into an alley with her. She struggled and kicked as Von kept her pinned to the wall until one of her feet made contact with his legs and he held it in pain, forcing him to let go of her and stumble backwards. Then by means of some invisible force, Von was forced against the wall of the alley and was held in place with his feet off the ground. Lyra glared at him, her horn glowing with the same magic aura that held him in place.

"Why are you back here, thief?!" She asked. Von blinked and stared at her.

"Who are you calling a thief?!" He quipped. Lyra's glare grew more furious and her magic pushed Von further into the wall.

"I'm talking to the pony...dragon....THING that stole my book!!!" She retorted. Von struggled a bit and looked at her.

"What book?"

"My Daring Do book, of course!" She screeched. Von stared at her for a good minute before realizing what she was talking about.

Oh yeah. The Daring Do book I got was hers. She WAS the first pony I met when I came here, he thought. If she didn't freak out from seeing me, she would've kept the book. "Hold on! I mean no harm. I can explain everything. Just...please let me down. I hate magic!" He yelled. Lyra saw his eyes fill with fright and reluctantly, she released her magic and he landed in front of her.

"I'm listening." She said. Von chuckled nervously and looked at her.

"Um....can we go somewhere more private? Like...I don't know, your house maybe?" He asked. Lyra groaned and turned away, waving her hoof signalling for him to follow as they walked together. Upon reaching Lyra's home, Von took his time to explain to the unicorn his exact reason for coming to Equestria and why he looks the way he does.

"You're a dragon-pony.....wanting to try and be like a normal pony?" She asked. She tilted her head in confusion, trying to understand Von's statement and the kirin nodded his head in response to this.

"I'm a Kirin, but that's right. I wanna learn how to be a normal pony. To blend in and see what it's like to live like one. But it's hard for me to do that because I'm....well....this." Von said, pointing to himself. Lyra shook her head and sighed.

"I'll say. I thought that dragons and ponies mating was some kind of sin or something." She told him, causing Von's eyes to widen in shock. "Oh well. I SUPPOSE I can help you--" Upon hearing her say that, Von lunged forward and hugged Lyra tightly.

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!" He exclaimed, tightening his grip. Lyra struggled to free herself without the use of magic, but to no avail. Instead, she waited for Von to realize that he was hugging too tightly, which he didn't notice until a few seconds passed and let go of her.

"Don't do that again." She hissed. Von nodded his head in agreement and backed away from her until suddenly, his ears twitched when he heard a voice call out.

"Lyra!!!" A female voice yelled. Lyra turned to her window and looked outside to see the beige Earth pony looking at her. "Come on! We're gonna be late!"

"Just a minute!" Lyra replied. She moved away from the window and turned her attention back to Von. "Listen....um..."

"Von."

"Von....Listen, I'm going to be taking my marefriend out somewhere, ok? So just stay here for awhile." She said. Von nodded and Lyra proceeded to go out the door until she glanced back at him. "And don't touch anything!" With that, she shut the door and walked away with her Earth pony companion, leaving Von alone in her house.

"Well.....I guess there's only one thing left to do now," He said as he walked upstairs and into Lyra's bedroom and plopped on the bed, "and that's sleep." And as he said that, the young kirin drifted off to sleep, regaining his energy so that he could be prepared for the next day. Because when he'd wake up, he would start to live like any normal stallion.....................

Author's Notes:

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