The Rise of Spike the Dragon

By: MasterBrony Forever

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

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.

Over five long hours have passed and the train to the Crystal Empire had finally reached its destination.

“Hey girls wake up! We’re here!” Pinkie said bouncing in place as the train entered the station.

Twilight and the others, each let out a yawn as their tired eyes, slowly adjusted to the magnified light from the sun that refract off the Crystal Empire’s pristine structures. Once the elements had left the train, they immediately made their way to Crystal Castle located in the center of the empire. When they reached the castle Twilight and the others were greeted by two crystal pony guards who immediately recognized them and let them enter without question.

The girls trotted down the many halls ways of the castle to try to locate Cadence and Shining. Knowing their best chance of locating the two would be to check the throne room so they made their way there.

Before they could enter the throne room a familiar voice gained their attention, “Twilight?”

Twilight turned around to see two ponies she hasn't seen in years as well as the two others she came out here to see. This caused a large smile to grow on her face as she rushed past her friends to the ponies who stood with equally large smiles.

“Mom! Dad! Cadence! Shining!” She says as she rushed over to and giving them a large group hug.

Twilight and Cadence did the same special hoof shake from when they were fillies, “It is great to see you Twilight.” The pink alicorn said smiling brightly.

“Figured you would have at least kept in touch Twily.” Shining Armor said as he hugged his little sister.

Twilight’s mother, Twilight Velvet, kissed her cheek, “Oh my girl, I haven’t seen you since Shining’s wedding.” Velvet then nuzzled Twilight making her smile.

“It really has been too long.” Twilight’s father, Night Light, said as he brought his daughter into a loving embrace.

“I really wish I could have gone to visit you guys, but...a lot has been keeping me busy.” She replied sheepishly.

“Sounds about right for you Twily.” Shining said with a deep chuckle, “By the way, where is Spike? Haven’t seen my little bro since the Equestrian games.” He stated as he looked around for the young drake.

Twilight looked away with a clear sad expression on her face. “That’s actually the reason we came here. You see...Spike… isn’t here anymore…” She answered quietly.

Shining, Cadence, Velvet, and Night Light looked to her with looks of shock and confusion.

“What do you mean Twilight?” Cadence asked stepping forward and placing a hoof on the lavender mare’s shoulder.

“I will explain everything.” Twilight said with a sigh and pulled away from her old foalsitter's calming touch.

“We can talk in our study.” Shining said motioning for all of them to follow him.

In the castle’s study, Twilight and her friends began to explain to her family everything that had happened between Spike and them. How their negligence towards the purple drake caused him to leave Equestria. As painful as it was for them they stayed strong and finally explained what Celestia has kept hidden from all of them about Spike and her history with him. Twilight’s parents seemed pretty displeased about the Mane Six’s indifference, but it was overshadowed from what they had been told about Celestia. Cadence and Shining were just as shocked, if not more so, than Velvet and Night Light.

“I can’t believe Aunt Tia would keep something like that hidden from you, us...anypony for that matter. She could have a least informed the ones Spike grew up around about such things.” Cadence said rubbing her temples as he thought everything over.

“No, I don’t think the princess would do such a thing.” Velvet said still in a state of disbelief.

“Ah’m sorry ma’am, but Celestia told us herself after she had learned of Spike’s disappearance.” Applejack said tilting her stetson hat down a little.

“Yet, that’s not all,” Rarity said, “Discord and Luna have left Canterlot and haven’t been seen or heard from other than from a letter Fluttershy recently got.”

“From what Twilight thinks, Discord and Luna might know where Spike is, or might even be with him right now.” Rainbow Dash added.

“What do you propose we do about this?” Shining asked.

“Well, none of us have any way to contact either Luna, Discord, or Spike. As a matter of fact, Fluttershy tried sending more letters to Discord, but none of them seemed to go through like they normally would.” Twilight said, “We were hoping you might have a way of at least contacting Luna.”

“Why haven’t you tried to send Spike a letter directly? I know Celestia had taught you how she does it.” Cadence states.

Twilight shook her head at the suggestion, “I've tried after he left the borders of Equestria, yet when I send the send letters they always come back. It’s as if Spike somehow managed to cancel out the magic that helps him send and receive the letters.”

Night Light and Velvet looked to each other before Night spoke up, “I think it is rather late and we should get some rest. It will make things easier on us tomorrow.”

They all looked out the window of the study and realized the sun was already setting and the moon was raising.

“He’s right everypony,” Velvet agreed, “We’re all very tired and stressed over what has happened to Spike. A good night’s rest should help us all think clearly tomorrow.”

Twilight sighs, “Okay, we’ll meet back here after we’re all rested to try and contact Luna or Discord.” She stated, and the rest of the elements nodded in agreement.

“The guards will escort you all to the guest rooms.” Cadence said as several crystal pony guards entered the room.

Before Twilight left, Shining Armor pulled her into a hug which she gladly returned. “Don’t worry Twily, we’ll think of something to find Spike. Right now, we can only hope he can forgive and forget.”

Twilight sniffles, “I don’t think we can. After he ran off, we asked for Celestia’s help, and when we found him, he seemed to have only hate for us.” She said as a tear fell from her eye.

Shining raised his hoof to wipe it away, “Time, Twilight. Maybe some time away was all he needed. And if...no...when we find him, I’m sure if you explain everything to him he will come back.”

Twilight took a deep breath and made a motion with her hoof as she exhaled, “Y-You’re right Shining. Maybe he can forgive...maybe...” She said before giving her B.B.B.F.F a nuzzle and small smile. “Goodnight Shining.”

“Goodnight Twily.” He said with a wave and smile of his own as his little sister left with her guard escort. Once Twilight was out of sight, Shining Armor’s smile slowly vanished as a he took on a more serious look.

“Something was off about what Twilight said Celestia told her about Spike.” Cadence said as she walked up beside her husband.

“I agree, it feels like something is missing.” Shining mused over what had been said.

Cadence rubbed her chin, “I have a feeling that she knew something wasn’t right too, Twilight’s too intelligent to even let the smallest detail go unchecked.” The pink alicorn said as she teleported them to their chambers.

“I’m sure she knows but didn’t mind informing us. She can’t trust Celestia like she did before, so asking her if she left something out is not an option. I myself may have a hard time believing it.” The white unicorn said as he took off his regal attire.

“Let’s just hope things go well if Spike does meet up with the rest of the dragons from the...Scale Six.” A slight shiver went down Shining’s spine, after hearing how powerful Celestia said they were, he feared seeing the power himself.

Cadence was equally worried about the Scale Six’s wrath. “Hopefully, Spike will be able to forgive and forget at least Twilight and her friends. I don’t know how he’ll react upon seeing Celestia or if he will go right for her if he regains the memories of his past.” Cadence said climbing into their shared bed.

“We will just have to pray to Faust things will work out for everypony. And hopefully word of Spike’s disappearance and his past doesn’t get out to the ponies of the empire. He is considered a hero and another leader by many ponies in the Crystal Empire.” Shining stated as he laid down next to his wife.

“We can only hope,” She said as she scooted next to the white unicorn stallion, “I would hate to lie to our little ponies but this will have to be an exception.” Cadence said with a sigh as she closed her eyes.

“It’s for their safety.” Shining said as he wrapped his hooves around her.

A few moments later, both of them had fallen into a dreamless sleep.

Yet little did they expect that a castle maid, overheard everything about their empire’s savior, and the evil that had been done to him. She was already off to spread the word to the other maids, which would only spread until it got outside of the palace walls.

“There you are Spike.” Luna said as he and his friends landed in front of her and Discord, “What took you so long?” She asked clearly tired of waiting.

“Don’t start with me,” Spike snarled, “We told you it would take a while to gather up every dragon, and it did.” Obviously, he wasn’t in the mood for a lecture as he walked away leaving Luna confused.

“Don’t take it personally Luna, Spikey’s just stressed out,” Glamour said to the moon deity.

Cobalt shrugged, “Isn't our fault every dragon in the world decided to scatter all over earth.”

“It does take a while to find every last one of them.” Lux said brushing her hair from in front of her eye.

“Not ta mention they want ta bring every single piece of their hoards.” Scout added before he shook his head.

“Well, since they all had their history lessons they decided to give up on growing their hoards, but they’ll still maintain what they have.” Night said as he stretched his wings.

“I’m sure in due time, things in the Dragon Empire will return to the way they once were.” Discord said with a stretch as he got up from his hammock.

Luna sighed, “Okay, I understand. You all should rest, after all, you’ll be answering a lot of questions tomorrow. I’m sure even with the dragons learning of who you all are, they will still want to know more.

“I don’t need to rest.” Night responded, but then he felt Lux take hold of his hand.

“Are you sure Nighty-Night? I had a little something planned for you.” Lux whispered into his ear.

This unexpected nickname, caused the black drake blush, and say, “I retract my previous statement.”

Luna and Discord gave each other a confused look but shrugged it off. The Scale Six made their way to their rooms in the uppermost floors of the capital. Little did the drakes know they would each be in for a surprise that night.

Spike was looking out the window in his chamber thinking deeply about what had been going on recently. He stroked his pet Peewee who was sleeping in a small basket beside him. Spike was shaken out of his thoughts from someone knocking on the door. “Come in.” he answered not turning around.

“Spikey, I think you should apologize to Luna for snapping at her earlier.” Glamour said walking up behind him.

Spike sighed with guilt, “Glamour, I know I was out of line...and...” He takes another breath, “I promise, I’ll talk to her tomorrow, and smooth things out. Right now, I just need some rest.”

With a smile, the dragoness wrapped her arms around her drake and kissed his cheek.“As long as you do so as soon as possible,” Glamour said batting her eyelashes. “But right now, I think it’s time for us to have some quality time together~” She purred as she traced a finger down his well-toned chest.

Spike raised a brow and smirked, “What’s that supposed to mean?” He said as if he didn’t know.

Glamour pulled him into a deep kiss, Spike was surprised for a split second, but returned the kiss. Glamour’s arms were wrapped around his neck as Spike gently massaged her hips, causing her to moan softly. They both kept their voices down to make sure not to wake the nearby phoenix from his slumber.

They break the kiss after several minutes to catch their breath and looked into each other's eyes lovingly.

“I believe you figured it out darling.” Glamour giggled as she removed her prized Fire Ruby necklace to prevent it from getting damaged.

“You’re right.” He said before leading her over to the bed.

Lux walked into Night’s room to see him sitting on the edge of his bed. His back was turned to the door and he seemed to be deep in thought. Knowing he was unaware of her presence, Lux smirked impishly as she quietly entered the room. She jumped onto her drake like a lion catching its prey in the wild, pinning him to the ground.

Night was taken by surprise but smiled when he saw who his attacker was. “Did I scare you Nighty-Night?” She playfully asked.

“Though I hate to say it, you did.” He answered with a chuckle.

This prompted a giggle from Lux who got off allowing NightStalker to stand on his own. When he looked her over, he could tell she had just taken a lava bath to shine her beautiful gold scales. Her light golden hair was washed and the smell of a fresh meadow in spring, flowed from it. The scent allowed Night to relax himself as he carefully buried his face into Lux’s soft hair. She was wearing that flower he gave in her hair like a beret making her look even more beautiful.

Night then wrapped his arms around the sweet dragoness, “You look amazing Lux.” he complimented before she kissed him.

Night slowly moved backward and felt the bed behind him. He slowly sat down on the soft covers and Lux took a seat in his lap facing him.

She laid her head against his chest and let out a giggle as he stroked her hair “You never get tired of messing with my hair do you dear?”

Night chuckled “Never have, never will. Now, about that surprise...” He was silenced by another kiss from the golden dragoness. Lux then gave him a gentle push, making him lie down on the bed.

“Don’t worry, you’ll get it.” she responded with a hint of lust in her tone.

Scout was busy punching several large boulders into rubble when Cobalt came into his workout room. She giggled enjoying the show of the muscular drake working himself as hard as he could, at least as hard as he wanted to. Even though Luna told them to wait before straining themselves.

The blue dragoness licked her lips with her long reptilian tongue. “Me like~” She purred gaining the earth drake attention.

He stopped his fist from finishing off the boulder he was currently on, “Hey Cobalt.” He said as he turned around and rolling his shoulders to relax his tensed muscles. “What brings you here?” He asked.

“Oh nothing.” She answered slyly walking over to him with a sway of her hips.

Even with her rather thin frame, a dragoness like Cobalt could get any drake’s attention with a simple sway of the hips. It was enough for Scout as his head slowly began to follow their movements before he shook himself out of the trance.

Scout’s expression caused Cobalt to smirk and she stopped a few feet away from the drake. “Just wanted to see what my drake was up to, and let me say, I’m not disappointed.” She said stepping closer and trailed a claw from his rugged pecs, down to his toned abs.

“Well, ah’m glad ya enjoyed the show.” Scout responded with a smirk of his own. Evidently, he was able to tell where this was going.

Cobalt snickered, “Well, maybe I can ‘repay’ for an awesome performance with a show of my own.” She said motioning for him to come closer.

As Scout stepped forward, the blue dragoness wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself close so her body was flushed against him. Cobalt’s petite breasts pressed against his pecs as she locked lips with him. Scout returned the kiss and ran his claws down her back making her moan in pleasure. They break the kiss as they gaze into each other’s eyes with longing expressions.

“Hm~” Cobalt cooed, “Let’s take this somewhere more comfortable big guy.” She said dragging her tail under his chin as she turned to walk out of the room.

Scout wasted no time as he caught up with Cobalt. He then picked the dragoness up and placed her on his shoulder. In response, Cobalt teased him by wiggling her rump giving Scout a reason to move faster.

The increase in speed, caused Scout to reach his room in less than a minute. He moved to the bed, allowing Cobalt to jump off and lay down with a cocky grin and seductive pose.

“Come here big boy~” Cobalt cooed licking her lips again.

Scout smirked and went to indulge his dragoness.

New Chapter up, and things seem to be heating up between the Scale Six at the end. You know what this means, time for the one shot clop fic!

I have already have one other person I plan to ask for assistance on this and that is DARKPHANTOM13. I have read some of his work and I am sure he could be a grand help with this! But I am looking for one other person.

I know this chapter seems a bit rushed, and it is. I am trying to get at least one chapter a week to you guys maybe more if time and inspiration allow.