The Rise of Spike the Dragon

By: MasterBrony Forever

I would like to give a huge thanks to NineTailBeastBall & DARKPHANTOM13for Co-Writing, Pre-Reading, and Editing!

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After they had all finished their morning meal, the Scale Six had all agreed they had spent more than enough time relaxing. They needed to start training themselves so they could be ready for what Radiant may have in store for them. She may have defeated them last time, but that was after she underestimated their power. Anyway, Spike had a feeling they could use their magic in new ways, but that would have to wait.

“We’ll be training for about a year, and if things move faster than that, then we can start training the others.” Spike said as he stood up from the table.

“Sounds like a plan.” Lux agreed with a nod.

“Sweet, it’s been a while since we’ve had a good workout.” Night said smirking.

“You wouldn’t mind if we witnessed you train, would you?” Luna asked.

“Of course not, we might even need your assistance.” Glamour answered with a smile.

“This should be interesting.” Discord said snapping his finger and cleaning up the mess on the table.

“Luna could you please take us to the Sancti Sacrarium?” Spike asked with a nod to the mare. Luna nodded in return, before she lit her horn for a teleportation spell. In just a few seconds they were in the Sancti Sacrarium.

“Nubuatan has the weapons locked away in here.” Spike informed as they all walked back to the room where Nubuatan’s stone egg resided.

Luna and Discord watched as the Scale Six stood around the egg, they joined hands and began to recite another spell in ancient dragon tongue. Luna and Discord wondered what this ancient language was used for, neither of them knew it, but they would ask later.

“Laraeki woari ekess tairais, extensions di hesi drekim vur vers, Nubuatan dronilnra wux tenpiswo jaka confn ekess udoka!” As their chant came to an end, Nubuatan’s egg began to glow brightly.

The Scale Six backed away, but stood their ground as several blasts of light from the egg, flew toward each of them. Each dragon caught the blast that was aimed at them and they transformed into what Luna and Discord assumed, were the artifacts Nubuatan had retrieved not too long ago.

Cobalt took her light and swung it around in the air as the handle began to form the hilt. The light faded revealing a whip-like weapon that spun in the air. With a single flick of her wrist, the segmented parts of Cobalt’s weapon, reconnected into a blade.[Image Link]

Scout caught his weapon and slammed it to the ground, causing the Sancti Sacrarium to shake. The ground around the light lifted into the air, and collided with it, slowly smoothing out and forming the blade of an axe on one side while the other end resembled a hammer. The earth drake grunted as the handle formed and he placed it over his shoulder.[Cross Between - Image Link And Image Link]

The light heading toward Glamour, swirled in intricate patterns before entering her hand to create a beautiful hilt. She smiled as she continued to watch the light change its form, creating a blade. The weapon had an ocean blue color and looked as if it was made of crystal. Glamour swung the rapier to her side with her other hand on her hip, striking a wondrous pose. [Image Link]

Lux captured her light, but even in her grasp, it continued glowing longer than the others. She held it out in front of her as it began to get brighter until the light flashed, showing a bronze, silver, and golden plated bow. The front had a unique blade with it, so it could be useful in close combat. Lux smiled and drew her bow back as an arrow of pure light formed, but she canceled it knowing how much damage could happen if she fired.[Image link]

NightStalker held the middle of his light with both of his hands out in front of him. He slowly started to separate it, pushing the light outwards and leaving a dark black rod behind it. Once it has reached full length, the black drake smirked and twirled it in his hands. When Night stopped spinning the weapon, red and black blades formed on the top. He held his scythe behind his back, with a sly grin on his face. [Image Link]

Lastly, Spike’s light collided with his hands, causing his clawed feet to scrape across the floor. He grunted from the energy of the old relic, but quickly gained control and held the light vertically. With a quick smirk, Spike splitting the light in two, causing it to change to the same emerald green color as the drake’s spines, eyes, and fire. The bright green light transformed into fiery pillars and dissipated, leaving two sabers. [Image Link]

The blades that Spike now held in his hands, were extremely unique, the same could be said for the rest of the Scale Six’s weapons. Each weapon was crafted in a way neither Luna nor Discord have seen before. They were shocked, but at the same time, impressed by what they have seen.

“So this is what Nubuatan had gone to get a few days ago.” Luna said as she shook off the shock, “I never would've guessed you had weapons like these.”

“Why would you need weapons anyway?” Discord asked slithering between them, “You’re dragons, you have claws, fangs, and you can breathe fire.”

“Well Discord, these weapons as you can tell, aren’t normal.” Glamour said tracing her claw along her rapier, as she did so it slowly turned into water that trailed up her claw and under her scales.

“We forged em with our claws.” Scout added as he a tightened his grip on the axe, which faded to dust and formed a few more spikes down his back.

“And not from any material of this earth.” Lux stated as her bow disappeared in a bright flash.

“In other words, they are a part of us.” Night said as his scythe melted into his scales. His red eyes glowed as the weapon completely faded into his dark scales.

“Part of our magic as well. They concentrate more than we normally could, as well as gives us another way to fight. They are just extensions of ourselves.” Spike said as his blades vanished in a burst of flames. “Each of us, can summon our weapon anytime and anywhere we wish.” He said as the fire disbursed.

“So you used these when you fought Celestia.” Luna said with interest, “I wonder how she handled it.”

“Surprisingly enough, she did better than we thought she would.” Spike said deciding it was time to tell Luna his dark secret. “You see, rage and hatred weaken anyone who let it overpower them. We dragons were once at peace with Equestria, but the ponies that killed our mothers destroyed that peace and as a result, started a war.” Spike said.

“When we found the last of the ponies who were responsible for their fall, we learned that Celestia was the one who sent them.” Glamour hissed.

“If we had defeated her back then, then we would've united dragons and ponies under one nation. If things made it that far, we might have even expanded to others and be prosperous. So many things could be different.” Lux said shaking her head.

“This time, we don’ plan ta fail.” Scout said cracking his knuckles.

Discord and Luna looked to each other, then back to the Scale Six and noticed the dragons had determination in their eyes. They wanted change, not only to avenge their mothers, but to rid the world of a tyrant.

“Well, we shall be with you every step of the way Spike.” Luna said with a short bow.

Spike walked over to her and gently lifted her head, “Don’t bow to me, even though I’m the leader, it doesn't feel right. You and Discord are part of my family, we’ll do this together.” he said looking to them. Luna and Discord each returned the purple dragon’s usual caring smile.

Discord suddenly grew more arms and they were all brought into a group hug. They laughed and maintained the embrace before the chaos entity asked, “Yet what about the Element of Harmony?”

A moment of silence passed, before everyone looked to Spike for an answer. “We will deal with them later,” he answered without a hint of anger or hatred in his voice. “For now, our focus is training and helping the dragons adjust and learn. After that, we’ll focus on getting to the crystal ponies, then the elements.” The group nodded in agreement and gave one last hug before they broke apart.

“Physical training is first, even though we’re all in perfect shape, we need to maintain and set an example for everyone else.” Spike said as they exited the Sancti Sacrarium.

“Don’t forget Spike, we still have allies who are waiting in Tartarus.” NightStalker pointed out. He remembered seeing several of their followers get captured as they were reverted to eggs.

Spike smiled at his friend, “Don’t worry Night, I’ve already accounted for that. We’ll be heading toward the prison after the first few weeks of training. By then, we should be strong enough to get through Cerberus.”

“Would Cerberus really be an issue for you all?” Luna asked.

“I don’t want to take any chances, we barely have control of our powers right now. We may have used them before, but that’s only because we were in a trance whenever we did.” Spike let out a sigh thinking about his imprisoned soldiers who he always cared for as his family, “Our allies will just have to wait a bit longer.”

Glamour looked at Spike and could sense he was thinking about more than just the prisoners of Tartarus. “Is there something else on your mind dear?” She asked placing a hand on her lover’s shoulder.

“It’s nothing my precious gem.” Spike replied giving her a kiss on the cheek, followed by a warm smile. Glamour returned her drake’s loving smile, before wrapping her arms around his own. “Now then everyone, after we rest at home for a little bit, our training will begin.” Spike said as they continued walking.

The first few days of the Scale Six’s training was easy for the most part, they started with basic physical test to gauge where they stood.

Luna and Discord came to several conclusions while watching the dragons train. Most of what they observed was obvious, such as Scout was strong, and his endurance and tough scales, allow him to take more hits. Unfortunately, his muscle and size makes him slower than the rest. Conversely, Night and Cobalt were quick on their feet but were lacking physical strength.Glamour and Lux were also quick on their feet, but relied more on rapid strikes to get the job done. Their target would slowly wear down from these weak hits and eventually expire.

In a way, Spike was balanced, this leaving his offense and defense at what would seem like a lower point. This was never a herence though, because he would train to make sure everything was on par, and together it made him stronger. What was greater than Spike’s strength was his mind, allowing him to sense an opponent’s next move and how strong they are. The entire group was rather intelligent, but Spike stood out in that department.

After they had determined what they could do, they started working out and sparing. Discord took no part in it thinking hand to hand-combat was a bore, so he decided to assist when the Scale Six started using their powers. He really wanted to see what they could do now that they’ve regained their original bodies and their memories.

****Night VS Cobalt

They had found their old sparring ring at the empire’s eastern side, which their parents would just use as a plan pin for them as hatchlings. So they decided to practice there.

“First fight, NightStalker and Cobalt.” Spike said and both of them walked into the ring.

“Oh boy…” Lux said to herself as she shook her head, “These two are so competitive.”

Cobalt turned her head to Spike, “Specifically, how long do we fight for?”

“Until one of you either, gives up, or is unable to continue.” He answered. Peewee flew on top of Spike’s head to get a nice view of the upcoming fight.

NightStalker smirked and took an offensive stance as Cobalt rushed him with her usual rash attitude. She wasted no time and threw a punch at the drake’s head, which he barely dodged. This gave Night the chance to strike her arm knocking her aside.

Cobalt corrects her stance fast enough to see Night about to strike again, but she swiftly moves and grabs his arm. As she restrains him, Cobalt repeatedly strikes NightStalker's stomach with her knee. The drake grunted from this and grabbed her leg with his tail before she could strike him again. He then yanked his restrained arm away, and hit Cobalt in her abdomen with his elbow causing her to wince. Fighting through the pain the wind dragoness sent a kick to his side and followed up with straight punch to his chest. That was when Night decided to put some distance between the two of them for the time being.

Spike smirked and chuckled to himself, “I’m glad to see you two don’t hold back.” He said with a small bit of sarcasm knowing they really weren’t giving it their all. Peewee seemed to be getting some enjoyment in watching the two dragons fight.

“No problem, from here on, I’ll go all out.” Cobalt said with a smirk.

Knowing he has the permission to fight his hardest, Night flicked his long tongue out excitedly. “That’s good to know.” He said rushing toward Cobalt before stopping and pivoting on his left foot. He then delivered a powerful backward roundhouse kick to her stomach, sending the blue dragoness flying out of the ring.

Cobalt got up and laughed off the pain in her stomach, and unfolded her wings making them pop. “Is that the best you can do?” She teased stepping back into the arena and took to the sky with a mighty flap. Now in the air, Cobalt made a dive for the midnight black dragon with her fist posed to strike.

Night made sure his stance was stable before waiting for the chance to counter. At the last second, he spun around and kicked at the incoming dragoness. Cobalt’s fist and Night’s foot collided in a powerful impact that seemed to shake the ground with the shockwave.

Both Cobalt and Night pushed against each other trying to gain the upper hand over one another. Being the sly dragoness she was, Cobalt took this as a chance to grab Night’s ankle and lifted him up. She might not be strongest in this group, but her wings sure are, and with a powerful flap, Cobalt threw him into the air. However NightStalker’s own wings snapped open as he reoriented himself.

“You should have kept on the ground, you’re in my domain now.” Cobalt gloated flying forward and landing a punch to the black drake’s jaw.

Night grunted as he spun and whacked her with the side of his tail sending her flying back a few inches. “If this is your domain, then just finish it and stop the chitchat.” He retorted.

“I plan to.” Cobalt said as she suddenly appeared behind him.

With a powerful flap of her wings a sent a blast of wind out sending the midnight drake spinning uncontrollably. He was then met with several fly by strikes to his body that were coming different directions. Everytime he tried to get his bearings or lock-on to his opponent he would suddenly be struck in one of his blind spots. The pain began to grow, yet a smirk grew across his features as his eyes started glowing. Suddenly, the blows stopped coming.

As Night regained control of his movement, he smirked as he saw Cobalt’s shadow over take him. “Big mistake.” He chuckled as he vanished into her shadow.

Cobalt growled at herself for not thinking about Night’s element, and even with him not having total control this was something he used to his advantage. Once she landed on the ground Cobalt looked at her shadow and saw the drake’s mocking red eyes looking at her. In only a second, Night jumped out and roundhoused Cobalt, sending her into a building.

The blue dragoness grunted in frustration as she pulled herself up and spread her large wings out once again. She began focusing her magical power as her wings stretched as wide as they could. With a roar, Cobalt gave a single but powerful flap of her wings creating a strong whirlwind.

Back in Canterlot, Celestia’s situation with the inner voice known as Radiant, was getting worse with each passing day. While she truly did her best to shut out the mare’s words, ignoring Radiant was much more easier said than done. Celestia’s been stressed by that mysterious voice ever since the Scale Six’s weapons went missing.

“They are still alive, they have found one another.” Radiant would say briefly before leaving Celestia to her duties.

Celestia thought it was impossible for them to find each other, as she made sure they were separated. In addition, she also made sure there was a good chance there might not be anyplace left on earth without anything to take care of them. Being so sure of herself, Celestia would always push the voice’s words aside as if they were nothing.

“You are weak, you have no true power. Your subjects are ignorant to the true darkness of this world.” Radiant’s voice would echo in a nasty tone. “They only know what I have forged for you to tell them. Without me...you are nothing!”

The white alicorn mare would also be talked down, and would slowly start losing herself when she was alone. “Pathetic.” Radiant would cruelly mock every now and then.

It was becoming too much for Celestia, eventually she had to look in the restricted area of the Canterlot archives for a way to rid herself of this mare, Radiant. After weeks of searching, she found a more advanced thought suppressing spell. She had seen this spell before, but that was many decades ago. Celestia had no real use for it all those years back then, but she needed it now.

“You can’t be rid of me forever Celestia...I’ll be back...” Radiant said.

Celestia sighed in relief as Radiant’s presence began to lessen as the spell took effect. She could now go about her days without doubt in her mind, but the thought of the relics missing, continued to bother her. Celestia sent a handful of guards to search for anything that was out of the ordinary about Canterlot. She even had them search the rest of Equestria as she quickly repairs the damage done to the chamber.

“They are preparing themselves Celestia...I will take back what is rightfully mine...” Radiant’s voice said with the last bit of light left before the spell almost totally sealed her off.

Dust and smoke filled the air, everyone on the sidelines was coughing after either ducking for cover, protecting, and or anchoring themselves to the ground during Cobalt’s powerful attack. Both her and Night’s eyes, began to gloss over as they went into the same trance they had been in when they fought the hydra a few weeks before.

Spike took note of this and looked at Luna, “Luna, you’re aware that dragons become immune to magic once they reach the proper age right?”

She nodded “Of course.”

“Well just have some non-magic restraints ready, by the looks of it, they aren’t in control anymore.” Spike said seeing the look in their eyes. Peewee looked at his master worriedly and Spike stroked his back to comfort him.

As the smoke started to clear, they first saw the dragoness panting, but standing proud with a smirk on her face. As more of the dust settled, they saw what has happened to the battlefield. Everything in front of the Cobalt has either been blown away, or run through by a piece of debris. When the dust cloud lifted completely, they all saw a moving mass of shadows and smoke that was in a vague shape of a dragon.

The darkness began solidifying as the real NightStalker took its place, not a single scratch was on his body. His eyes were still glowing and trindles of flowing darkness came off of his spines. His grin was as sadistic as Discord’s when he ruled over Equestria. Night raised a hand and motioned for Cobalt to come and get him.

Cobalt growled and her eyes glossed over once again as she flew at Night at an unbelievable speed. Shs used the speed to strengthen her next strike, as a strong blast of wind trailed behind her. He flicked his tongue out feeling the excitement grow. He knelt down and sprinted at her with his own burst of speed.

“I’ve seen enough.” Spike said as he appeared in front of the two in a burst of flames and grabbed their wrists. With one fluid motion, Spike turned them both around sending them crashing into buildings. “Luna! Discord!”

Luna brought up several rocks that wrapped around Cobalt’s arms, legs, and wings. Discord did the same with Night, but had to make sure he couldn’t escape in any shadows. Spike sighed in relief when he saw that both of his friends were out cold after that.

“Their powers took control, didn’t they?” Lux said ruashing over to Night and caressing his cheek.

“Unfortunately, yes,” Spike answered, “It seems going so long without using our elements has caused a bit of back up.”

“So you all have an excessive amount of power being held back.” Luna assumed.

“Oh, and something tells me they were still holding back. I can’t wait to see what you little ones do when you go all out.” Discord chuckled.

“Well, that may not be for a while, we need a way to remove the energy in small burst. Otherwise, when we tap into the deepest powers of the elements, it could end up tearing our bodies apart.” Spike said obviously in deep thought.

Discord stopped his laughing after hearing this, “Really now? That could be a bother.” He said stroking his beard.

Spike rolled his eyes, “Really? I haven’t realized.” He said with obvious sarcasm.

“Well then, using any amount of power will have to be limited extremely.” Lux said, “At least until we can get rid of the access or control it better.”

Suddenly, a small growling noise was heard coming from Peewee causing Spike to smile at his pet. “Peewee you feeling hungry?” The bird nodded sheepishly.

“I could go for some grub myself.” Scout said as he patted his stomach.

“I agree.” Glamour said.

A grunting sound was heard coming from Night as he sat up,“Someone say food?” He asked feeling quite famished from that fight.

“When did you wake up?” Scout asked slightly surprised he was up from being unconscious so fast.

“You know food is one of the ways to get the dear’s attention.” Lux giggled and wrapped her arms around Night who smiled sheepishly as he rested against her chest. “You had me quite worried there Nighty-Night.”

“Sorry, don’t know what came over me.” Night said rubbing the back of his head.

“Just a power overload more or less.” Discord informed placing his lion paw on the drake’s shoulder.

However, Cobalt was still unconscious, which wasn’t surprising since she enjoyed taking naps whenever she could.

“At this point, she’s just sleeping.” Glamour mused as Scout lifted the sleeping dragoness and placed her over his shoulder.

“Ah’ll take the sleepyhead ta her room an’ join ya’ll fer lunch latah.” Scout said walking away.

“Okay, catch you later.” Night said as he got up but groaned as every muscle in his body ached. “Man, that battle did a bigger number than I thought it would.” He said stretching the joints in his back.

“It’s a good thing you went intangible when you did, otherwise, you would be a worse than you are.” Lux said as she used tiny amount of her powers to help lessen the pain of the black drake’s sore body.

“No kidding, I’d probably have been blown to the other side of the empire.” Night said as a small amount of pain faded but was still prevalent.

As the group walked off, Spike was left standing in the now destroyed sparring ring. “Pent up energy and not even at full capacity.” he said looking up to the sky. Something was really off in the atmosphere, and it really was bugging the drake to no end.

Luna walked over to Spike, noticing he was really deep in thought. “Spike, something is on your mind, something important.” She said looking up to him, “If you want me to help you, you need to be truthful with me.” Spike looked down to Luna meeting her gaze.

“I will tell you when the time is right Luna.” He assured not averting his gaze. “I’m only trying to protect you.”

Luna looked back into his shining green eyes trying to see anything that could give hints that he really did plan to tell her. She sighed, “Alright, I will wait, but Spike...don’t keep things hidden from family.”

“I know Luna...I know...” He said giving the alicorn a hug which she gladly accepted.

Okay, training has started. And they will only get stronger. But don't worry, they won't be OP (overpowered) compared to the others.

Got plans to even out the battle field.

Have any suggestions to make this chapter better, rather that be improved fight sense or grammar let me know!

Also let's see if we can get this story to 600 Likes! And I am so close to 200 followers! Thank you!