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[Prologue]
Long ago, before Equestria was claimed, there were creatures called humans that ruled over this world. They wielded swords, bows, magic, and powers unknown to most. But there was but one creature that changed that; Dragons. These dragons were not ordinary dragons, but part of The Dragon Circle. Their leader was Magtimus, a rather large black dragon with a purple glow aroura. He and his fellow dragons were able to destroy a lot of the human race, eventually wiping out the entire race. Many don't know how Equestria started, but when the King and Queen of ponies rose, Celestia and Lunas mother and father, they were able to cast off the dragons, leading them for no existance for thousands of years.
But, they will rise up once again, when one pony is revealed.
[192 years before confrontation]
I am 8 years old. I don't know why my mom keeps me inside a lot. She tells me that there are a lot of bad people trying to snatch me. Is it because of my wings? My mother told me that they were dragon wings, but I am not so sure myself. I don't know who my father is, I wish I could meet him. Whenever my mom does take me outside, she would give me a big robe to cover most of my body. It was worse on hot days. One day though, my mom heard someone knock on our door, and some words. My mom looked shocked, but I don't know why. She tells me to get a backpack from under her bed, and run away and don't come back. I trust my mother, and I listen to her. When I grab the bag, she is too panicked to say goodbye, so I run, far.
[190 years before confrontation]
It has been 2 years since I left. And since then I had to use this blue sword to fight off these 'Bounty Hunters'. I normally run away or stay hidden, but sometimes I don't have a choice. Sometimes I would have some other colts of fillies ask me were I am from, because I don't fit in with everyone else. I run. I have a map to something that was in my backpack. I am still going there. And then one day, I found it. There was a cave that almost dropped downward, with a rock interior that looked like it glowed blue. the steps very smoothed and polished. I walked into the mysterious cave. Behind me, the cave shut closed. I still continued downward anyways. I saw writing on the wall, but it looked like it came from another language. I felt a tug on my back as my sword slid off of my back. I tried to grab it back, but I got shocked with electricity whenever I tried. The sword entered a slot, then, for a second, everything flashed white, then when I opened my eyes, I looked larger, and my head feels weird.
What was that thing? What did it do to me? Is there more to this sword then I could imagine?
[Hours before confrontation]
I seemed to have learned a lot while in that rather fast flash. I learned that I am something called a Dragon Pony, and that I can speak and read Dragon. My sword got bigger, and whenever I picked it up from the ground, I felt as if I had used this sword for so long, I mastered all of most of it's skills.
It was strange, like a whispering voice told me knowledge I never knew of. The voice told me that I had a quest to complete. It said that I need to find dragon eye and dragon voice. My sword will lead the way. My...
Celestial sword...
I had to shield my eyes upon exit, for the sun was very bright. Once I was outside of thee cave, the cave shut completely, as if it never existed. Everything was more colorful then before. and whenever I saw ponies walking about in the closest road, they were more colorful then before, and didn't look like they were full of sorrow like before. I still had my worn out grey jacket, still with scars and tears all over. So I followed a road up until I reached a small town, roughly as big as my old town. They sold me a purple jacket from what money I still had left in my old bag, and to my surprise, no one recognized me like most ponies back when I was, younger(?). They said that I had very realistic wings. I was relieved to find out that I was forgotten of being hunted, prop wings they called them.
I continued to travel until I came across a rather moderate town in what looked like the center of everything. 'Welcome to Ponyville!'
[Moments before confrontation]
I walked down the path closer to the small town, to realize that the town actually isn't very small at all. It seems to have a farm, a large town square, shops, pretty much one of those modern towns. But this one was different. Why was everything colorful and happy looking? Maybe I was in the Time Haven for too long, or whatever it did. I guess it is like a time machine, like i those old books I used to read, but that wouldn't explain why I aged.
I was still close to the edge of the town, and I had no clue were I would go. Then I remembered my sword, so I pulled it out, seeing if anything would happen. I then spoke to it; "Sword, lead the path to the Dragon Voice." as if it would help in any way.
My sword startled me when the sword then started to glow, then it floated out of my hoof, and started hovering slowly toward a cottage at the end of the town. I calmed down a bit, since this isn't as crazy as the other things. And the house, thing, was also the closest building to me. I then walked along side my sword, approaching the cottage, or house. I wonder who the Dragon Voice is. Hopefully someone who will help me. My sword then hovered back into my hoof then vanished. I looked around me frantically. I then thought of my sword, and it reappeared in my hoof. I thought of invisibility, and it disappeared again. "That's new..."
I walked up to the door of the cottage, and knocked on the door. I waited a couple of moments, then the door slowly opened. There stood a butter colored pony with a pink mane, curled at each end. She had emerald colored eyes, and she looked very friendly.
"Hi there, my name is Draven!" I said aloud, without hesitation.
"Oh... Um... My names, Fluttershy..."
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that."
"My names... Fluttershy." She said quietly.
"Fluttershy..." I thought, 'Quite a name. And it does fit the shy part.'
"Is there something you wanted?" She asked in a very quite tone. Very friendly sounding too. "Yes, I believe you are Dragon Voice."
"...A what?" She asked in confusion.
"Dragon Voice. I believe you hold the power of the dragon's voice." Fluttershy looked at me with a confused exression and a hint of curiosity. "Mind if I come in?" I asked.
"Sure..." She said as she let me into her house. Cottage. Whatever. Inside there were animals minding there own business, and so many kinds of animal foods, houses, all neatly organized, sort of looks like the outside. But in a weird house cottage thing.
"You have a pretty nice house here." I said.
"Thank you." She replied.
"Mind if we can take a seat here?" I asked as I pointed over to the couch.
"Um... Okay." She answered quietly. Me and Fluttershy both took seats on her couch. Fluttershy did look a bit concerned about me just meeting her, already starting a conversation in her house within a minute. But more importantly, I needed to explain this. "Okay, so, according to my sword, you are the Dragon Voice."
"What is a dragon voice?" Fluttershy asked.
"I am not exactly sure, but I do know how to make sure of this." I cleared my throat. "Ahnok, dii foraan los Draven." I greeted in dragon.
Fluttershy, sort of looked like she just got scared out of her life for a bit there. "You know what I said, don't you Fluttershy?"
"Y-you said 'Hello, my name is Draven'." She said, with a mix of bewilderment and surprise.
"So you understand." I said.
"But it was weird, I know you just spoke in that language... But how did I translate it?"
"It's your gift." I am going to guess that it was a strange feeling. But I wouldn't know, unless I asked of course. "How did it feel?"
"Huh?" Fluttershy looked back toward me, as if she were lost in thought.
"The feeling, when you translated the dragon language."
"Oh, um... It felt like, sitting up too fast."
Just then as Fluttershy still was trying to believe what she just learned, a rabbit hopped over to me and sniffed me for a brief second. Then, the rabbit hopped along side Fluttershy and looked like he tried to whisper something into her ear.
"Don't be silly Angel, that's not a dragon."
"Actually, I am half dragon." I said, also wondering how she doesn't know so far.
"Wha?" Fluttershy looked at me in confusion. "Hold on, maybe this will help my statement." I folded my dragon wings, then stretched them out.
I may have scared Fluttershy, because she jumped off the couch, and slowly backed away, looking frightened. I looked at her confused. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's just, that... You frightened me... And um, I, i'm afraid of dragons." She replied. Well this may make things harder. I sighed. "Don't worry" I said, jumping off of the couch "I am friendly, I wouldn't be like, the bad guy, or dragon."
Fluttershy looked away and hesitated before looking back at me. "Okay, I believe you."
I smiled. Well maybe things won't be so hard after all. Now, what next? "Is there anyone I should meet? Like your friends?" No harm in getting to know everyone better, might even help me.
"Oh. Okay. And," She said while slowly approaching me. "I've never seen a half dragon before." She exclaimed, seeming to examine me now.
"From what I see now, I take it that you are an animal pony?" I asked, looking around at the animals again.
"It's my gift." She said, smiling. Along side Dragon Voice I thought. "Oh, one more thing, how did you not see my wings before I showed you?"
"They blend in with your jacket." She said. My jacket? I looked back to it, with my wings. Huh. It seems that I can barely notice them as well. "We should be going now, right?"
"Oh i'm so sorry! Did I hold us up?" She asked, with now an apologetic tone. "No, it's fine, really. But we should be going if we want to meet your friends."
"Okay." Fluttershy then walked toward the door, as I followed her, hoping that her friends are as friendly as her. I also like meeting new ponies.
[Moments before confrontation with Rainbowdash, and Applejack]
Walking on the path toward the farm, I was asked all kinds of questions by Fluttershy. At first It was nice, now it is a bit annoying, but at least I have some company. "Are your teeth like dragons teeth?" Fluttershy asked.
"Sort of."
"Is it okay with you if I can see them?"
"Sure." I opened my mouth wide to reveal my teeth to Fluttershy. Fluttershy peeked inside of my mouth, and looked in awe. "They look like dragon teeth." She told me.
"Not all of them, but some." I also learned that she is also an Element of Harmony, whatever that is. Her friends are also those elements. What they do is keep Equestria at peace, from all kinds of creatures.
"Can I see your wings?" Said Fluttershy, breaking my thought.
"Oh, uh, Sure." I folded out my wings enough for her to examine them. She looked at them carefully along the way to the farm. "You can fly with them?" She asked.
"Yes." I replied.
"May I see?" I got in position, then one large flap upward. I may have send some dust everywere but I was off the ground. Unlike pegasi who normally have to flap quickly, I normally don't need to. Just a few steady but strong flaps. Fluttershy looked up in excitement, probably because I am one of a kind. Literally. I flew back down to Fluttershy and folded my wings back. I then looked at her, as she looked at me with happiness. Am I really that awesome? She certainly did like my wings, teeth and flying. As we got to the farm, which had apple trees everywhere, I noticed an orange pony with a hat kicking trees with her hind legs, causing all the apples to fall in the baskets.
"Woah, she can really catch all of those apples pretty easily."
"She just puts some kick into it."
"I wish I could. That's also, quite a lot of apples."
"Applejack's family has been growing apples for generations! It's nice to know that you can always find apples here in Ponyville."
Just then, the pony noticed us. She seemed tp be working hard from what I can tell. She looked a bit worn from all of the trees she supposedly bucked. Applejack was her name. She then trotted up to Fluttershy. "Hi there Fluttershy! Didn't expect ta see you comin' here."
"Neither did I. I just wanted Draven to meet all of us."
"Draven?" She looked over to me. "That's quite a name you got ther'. My names Applejack."
"Nice to meet you. And my mother told me that I am like a raven, but a dragon. Draven."
"Dragon?" Asked Applejack with a questionable look. "Oh, that's the fascinating thing about Draven!" Said Fluttershy.
"Oh right, let me show you." I folded out and stretched my wings out once more. "Woah! Them wings are real?" Said Applejack in surprise.
"Yes, they are."
"Those were a bit camoflauged... Also..." She continued, getting her shock controlled.
"...That would make you... The Dragon Pony!" Exclaimed Applejack.
"The what?"
"I don't think you have heard of your own tale Draven." Said Fluttershy.
"What tale?" I asked.
"Well, long ago there was a book that said that there was a dragon pony still alive from the Dragon Circle many years ago, when the Human race was wiped out, after the Dragon Circle was wiped out by the King and Queen of Equestria, Celestia and Luna's mother and father." Explained Fluttershy
I scratched my head. "Who is Celestia and Luna?"
Applejack sighed. "They are our leaders here."
"Oh, right. I know that..." I looked back to Fluttershy. "What else did the book say?"
"The book said that Magtimus was the only survivor, and used pony form to escape death. He also had a child. And that must be you."
"So, does this mean that Magtimus, the evil dragon is my father?"
"Possibly. But you are also part dragon, and I have never met someone like you before." Answered Fluttershy. So there is a high chance I thought Maybe this is why Mother didn't want me to know of him.
"But somethin' just ain't right. It looks like yer' very young. And this all happened around two hundred years ago, were a little colt, you, was spotted, according to the myth book."
"Maybe, because I went into the Time Haven."
"Time Haven?" Asked Fluttershy. "Yes, pretty much a cave that seems to forward you in time by a lot. But..." I looked at Applejack.
"...Does this mean I am over two hundred years old?"
"Eh heh... I think so..." She said rubbing the back of her neck. How stupid sounding is that? I am old, but not elderly old. Why am I still young looking though? Shouldn't I be like all wrinkly?
Then in the distance, a cyan pony with rainbow mane and rainbow tail flew at a very fast speed toward us, then did a couple of flips and tricks in the air before landing right besides Applejack.
"Nice moves ace!" I said. Fluttershy and Applejack giggled at the comment. "Thanks! I normally train daily." The pony then looked around her, then back at me. "Who are you anyways?"
"My name is Draven. Whats yours?"
"My names Rainbowdash! And I'm the best flyer in Equestria!" She boasted out giving a heroic pose. I had to chuckle for a bit there.
"Thats quite a title you've got there." I replied.
"Hi Rainbow! We wer' just talkin' bout the Dragon Pony tale to Draven here!"
"Oh, that old story? Pretty much a snooze fest for me."
"But did you know it was true?" Asked Fluttershy.
"Huh? Cmon Fluttershy! Don't tell me you actually believe it!" Rainbowdash looked at all of us in disbelief. "But Rainbow, it is true, as crazy as it sounds." Said Applejack.
"How do you know this then? Care to prove it?" Challenged Rainbowdash.
"Allow me." I said. Once more (starting to get tired of it, I mean seriously, what else am I supposed to do?) folded out my wings, expanding them to full length. At the sudden wing stretch, Rainbowdash fell so far back in shock, she fell right on her bottom. "Woah!"
Applejack gave a little smile. "Is that enough proof?" Rainbowdash then sat back up. "Yeah, sure..." Rainbowdash brushed one of her hooves off, then looked back at me. "So, you are THE Dragon Pony?"
"Maybe."
"What do you mean maybe?" She asked.
"Well, I am not quite sure that I would be this son of Magtimus." I answered.
"Wouldn't that make you, like, hundreds of years old?" Rainbowdash said, quickly changing the subject.
"Yes, as crazy as it sounds."
"Pfft... BAAHAHAHAHAHAH!" As Rainbowdash fell on her back, laughing like crazy from the fact of my age. I rolled my eyes. "Ha, ha." I laughed sarcastically. I looked back at Fluttershy. "Don't worry about Rainbowdash Draven, she tends to make jokes."
"I'm fine with that. It's just that-" My stomach growled before I was able to finish my sentence. I made an akward smile, as they understood what I tried to say.
"Well, there is Sugar Cube Corner, and Pinkie would absolutely love to meet you." Said Fluttershy.
"Well, what are we waiting for? I think we are all hungry here." Exclaimed Rainbowdash.
"Okay. Let's go, just let me put them' apples away, you can go ahead, I can catch up." Said Applejack. As me, Fluttershy, and Rainbowdash started walking toward this Sugar Cube Corner, I realized that this era of Equestria is much safer and friendlier then two hundred years ago...
Until that is, a certain somepony decides to ruin the party.
Just as a note, you can find artwork (Not well drawn) of Draven at DeviantArt under the name of RollingBoxProduction, remember, no S at the end!