The Rise of Spike the Dragon

By: MasterBrony Forever

I would like to give a huge thanks to JXWheeler & NineTailBeastBall for Co-Writing, Pre-Reading, and Editing!

(Note: Many of the names in this chapter are names of Greek Gods and Goddesses. I used them because at the time I was too lazy to come up with unique ones.)

DISCLAIMER: This is a non-profit fanbased work of prose. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the property of Hasbro, and the reinvention of the lovely Lauren Faust. No copyright infringement is intended, please support the official release.

“Wait, let me get this straight, some little ponies somehow killed six fully developed dragonesses? How is that even possible?” Discord asked in disbelief.

“That was difficult for us to determine as well. Dragons, regardless of their age, are nearly completely impervious to magic.” Nubuatan said, “Yet somehow these ponies had manage to discover the only thing that could kill dragons.”

“What would that be? Shouldn’t alicorns, your own kind, or other immortal beings be the only ones with the power to kill a dragon. A normal pony whether it be one of the earth, sky, or magic, shouldn’t be able to do such a thing.” Luna stated, she had a hard time believing that anypony in Equestria would have had the ability to do such a thing.

Granted back then, magic could be practice without limitations or the type of spells. Ponies could practice in the dark arts, or even spells that could kill if they wanted, and many did. Unfortunately, some took dark magic to far, like Star Swirl. He was so absorbed into learning to master all types of magic that he lost his sanity, and became the chaotic creature that now stands beside her. Not only did he transform, he lost all memory of being the pony that could have been considered Celestia’s and Luna’s closest friend.

Luna looked up to Discord for a brief moment before turning to Nubuatan again, “Please, continue.” She urged.

He nodded, “As it would seem they had discovered something that could actually kill dragons without the need for immortal beings. It sounds unbelievable, but for every powerful creature there is always something in nature that becomes its weakness.”

“That explains a certain yellow pegasus,” Discord said under his breath.

“And no matter what anyone says, everything has a weakness, even the Scale Six. However, together the six young dragons could cover each other’s weaknesses. Once we learned of how they were killed we, as an empire, took every precaution to avoid another incident like that.” He said looking back to the wall.

~

As it turned out there was a small army of ponies marching into our territory, we wouldn’t mind as long as they didn’t have an ill intent,but we were wrong. These ponies had every intention to find a dragon or two to kill out of pure malice. Unfortunately they had happened to come across the mothers of the Scale Six, out of all the other dragons they could have found, they found them.

They stalked them for a while until they were a decent enough distance from the other hunting parties, and the entrance to the empire. Once they were sure they could attack them and finish them off without interruptions, they made their move. A few minutes was all they needed for the ‘weapon’ they had to work. When they struck, their mothers simply shrugged them off as ponies in way over there heads, they even gave them a chance to leave with their lives. When they didn’t back down, they actually were surprised, and took defensive battle stances.

Many of the Unicorns summoned up various weapons with their magic. Axes, spears, swords, and bows were seen hovering over their summoners. Those who preferred using magic based attacks stood at the flank of the group.

A horn sounded in the distance that caused the pegasus to ready their bows, and start firing at the dragons.

The unicorns were next, as those wielding weapons charged towards the six dragonesses.

Finally, the earth ponies charged towards the dragons to give backup to the unicorns.

The dragonesses roared fiercely as they welcomed the crowd, flaring their wings in anger to try and intimidate some of the ponies. It was at that point they started slashing their claws, swinging their tails, and shooting their flame to get rid of the nuisance that was disturbing them.

The earth ponies and unicorns were being pushed back as dozens of them were crushed or burnt.

The pegasus were not faring well either as more than half of them were being burnt with fire or swatted out from the sky, only to land with a sickening crunch on the ground from the impact.

After what seemed forever, the battle had reached an impasse. The dragonesses were tired out from the oncoming waves of ponies they had endured, and the remaining ponies were too tired to continue the assault.

Many of the ponies that had died in that fight were either cut open, smashed under or onto something, or became dust in the wind, there were only a handful that remained. They had stayed a good distance from the fighting to ready their ‘special’ weapons.

‘You think you may have us beat,’ one of the ponies said, ‘But we have something that guarantees us victory.’

‘There is nothing that low life ponies, such as yourself, could kill us with.’ Spike’s mom said this as she stepped forward. Her eyes were a lighter shade of emerald green, and her scales were a dark purple, but she carried a white underbelly with white spines along her back and tail. ‘Normally we would allow you ponies to leave with your lives, but even I can see you are lost, and we must now remove your wickedness from this world.’

The stallion smirked and ignited his horn drawing out a four foot long blade. Several other ponies walked alongside him, each drawing weapons of their own. These weren’t normal weapons, and they would soon come to learn this, as an arrow was seen sailing through the air before striking Scout's mother in the shoulder.

She laughed it off at first, but then she felt a stinging pain in that very spot. She grabbed her shoulder and looked to it in shock, ‘H-How is that possible?” The arrow had pierced clean through her scales. She pulled it out and felt her breath hitch, as a thick green liquid leaked out with some blood, ‘What is this concoction?’ She growled to the ponies.

The stallion smirked again, ‘Jainko Hiltzaile, a rare plant that originates from Mustangia, which seems to be poisonous to you blasted creatures. All our weapon are made from dragon scales and bones.’

‘You really should be more careful where you lay your kind to rest.’ A mare said with a coy smile.

Though she pulled the arrow out, the poison was spreading quickly through Scout's mother's veins. She fell to the ground now paralyzed by the plant's venom.

A grey mare, with a red and pink mane, walked up to her, 'It's quite impressive how fast the Jainko Hitzaile plant's poison affects a dragon's body.' she remarked with a smirk.

Lux and Glamour’s mothers rushed to the dragoness. Scout’s mother slowly lifted her head with the last amount of strength she had and said one last thing ‘Scout please live...’ A single tear fell from her eye as she died.

The others were silent for a moment before they roared in raw fury and a renewed energy. They turned to the ponies with smoke pouring out their nostrils, while wisps of fire flowed out their maws. These ponies had caused the death of their close friend, someone they considered family, now they were going to get their revenge for their fallen sister.

They all unleashed torrents of fire on the ponies. The few unicorns left put up barriers, diverting the flames around them or straight into the sky. The blazing fires could be seen by the other hunting parties, miles away. They were suspicious so they went to investigate, but by the time they arrived it would be too late.

One by one the five dragonesses met their end at the Jainko Hitzaile's poison. Demeter, mother of Scout, fell first from the arrow she took. Hera, mother of Glamour, suffered from several gashes to the neck from a battle axe. Hestia, mother of Lux, took a spear to the chest.

NightStalker's mother, Nyx, was cut open. Cobalt’s mother, Galea, took several arrows across her body. Spike's mother, Hemera, was the last to fall. After the leader ran at her, cutting her legs with his dragon scale sword, she slowly began to fall as the poison ran through her.

‘Any last words?’ the unicorn said pointing his sword at her.

‘Y-You..ugh..have just signed your death warrants.’ She said with the last of her strength.

He chuckled darkly hearing this, ‘Poor choice of words.’ He then brought the blade down on her head, cracking her skull, and sending the poison right to her brain.

The poison spread through them eating away at their bodies from the inside. The ponies took different trinkets from the dragonesses, rather it be scales, horns, or claws. They then fled the scene as fast as they could.

~

“That is just horrible,” Discord said, “It is just the worst. Possible. Thing!” He then threw himself onto a large couch that appeared out of nowhere.

Luna rolled her eyes and looked back to Nubuatan, “Then what happened, with Spike and the others?”

“Well...” the ancient dragon continued, “Once they had gathered together they headed out, only to find their mothers' corpses. Several dragons were already there trying to figure out what happened, but when they Scale Six saw them...” He stopped and took a deep breathe.

“That is when they broke down... They let out wails of pain and sorrow, their emotions went wild and their powers did the same. The ground shook, fire spread wildly, and their bodies let off dark energy. Their powers and mind had become corrupt and they accepted it fully. Once they had settled down, they swore vengeance upon the entire pony race. They also made sure to send out dragons to dispose of any trace of the Jainko Hiltzaile. Their quest to destroy Equestria had begun, and this caused a change in the future Aquila and Celsius had predicted.” Nubuatan ended his story with a sigh as he looked to the now changed images on the wall.

It was incomplete, some piece was missing before more of the new future could be seen. And Nubuatan knew just what needed to be done.

Wow...it has been forever sense the last chapter...

Well sorry people, school and applying for colleges are things I have to put first.

Next chapter will be out sometime next mouth, and there will be a special extra with it. Something one of my editors did for me. It is great in my opinion. Hope everpony is looking forward to it.