My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Dragonshy

A/N: Here's the first chapter of my new story, and I hope you all enjoy the Mane Seven going up against a full-grown dragon. ;)

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER ONE: A SLEEPING DRAGON?!

It was another bright and beautiful day in Equestria, and Fluttershy was busy feeding the animals that lived around her house: she gave fish to the otter family that lived under the bridge, and then she delivered worms to the birds that lived in the branches of the tree that her house was built into. After politely spitting out the taste of the worms, she went to check on her white baby rabbit, Angel.

"Not too fast now, Angel bunny," she advised the bunny as she ate her carrot. "You don't wanna get a tummy ache." She chuckled and sighed when Angel tossed aside the carrot, having only eaten about half of it. "You really should eat more than that, don't you think?" she suggested and sighed when the bunny ran off. Picking up the carrot, she flew past Angel and landed, blocking her way, presenting her with the carrot. "It's not play time yet. I know you want to run, but… just three more bites. Two more bites? One more bite? Pretty please?" she requested and sighed when her bunny friend hopped away.

Just then, Angel started coughing, and the yellow pegasus went to her aid. "Oh, goodness. Are you okay?" she asked, concerned as the bunny's cough got worse. "Are you coughing because there's a carrot stuck in your throat?" she asked and Angel shook her head, coughing harder. "Because you need some water?" she guessed, only for her bunny to cough even harder and point toward the sky, and she looked up and gasped. "Because of that giant cloud of scary black smoke?" she wondered watching as it passed over them and toward Ponyville, she then flinched when she got beamed by the carrot. "I'll take that as a… yes."

Although not a fast flyer, Fluttershy did manage to outfly the smoke and arrived in the park, where the majority of the ponies were hanging out, enjoying the nice, warm day, and she tried to warn them about the smoke. "Help. Help! Please? Help? There's- there's a horrible cloud of smoke. It's headed this way and-" she then shrieked and ducked when she was almost hit with a blue ball with a gold star on it.

Rainbow Dash flew past, caught the ball on her head, and bounced it. "Don't be such a scaredy-pony," she gently scolded her friend while bouncing the ball and counting each time she bounced it. "It's just me, future Equestria ball-bouncing record holder. Three forty six, three forty seven…"

"This calls for a celebration!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed excitedly, loving it when she could set up a party.

"Oh, no, Pinkie Pie," Fluttershy objected, spotting the black smoke, which was getting closer, "this is no time for celebration. This is a time for panic, for-"

Pinkie Pie ignored her, focused on the party plan that was forming in her mind. "Ooo! I'm going to need balloons! One for every pony in Ponyville!" And she bounced away.

Fluttershy hurried after her, hoping to get her friend to listen. "There's – there's smoke. And – and where there's smoke, there's fire. And-" this time she was cut off because she ran into the pink pony when she suddenly stopped, and she fell back on her haunches with a dazed expression.

Pinkie Pie looked around at the ponies and began counting. "Let's see, that's one, two, three, four…"

Rainbow Dash was nearby, still bouncing the ball and keeping count. "Three hundred fifty four…"

"Five, six…" said Pinkie Pie.

"Three hundred fifty five, no, wait…" Rainbow Dash stopped counting and bouncing the ball, frowning with annoyance when the pink pony poked her in the chest with her hoff.

"Seven."

"Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash snapped. "Now I have to start over." And she zoomed off into the air to find a place where she could bounce the ball and count without be distracted.

"We're all going to have to start over, in a new village," said Fluttershy, once again trying to get the ponies to listen to her. "'Cause ours is gonna be-"

Pinkie Pie raced after the blue pegasus. "Hey, Rainbow Dash, wait up!"

"Oh, please, this is an emergency," the yellow pegasus pleaded, still trying to get any of the ponies to listen to her before it was too late. "I-I need everypony to-"

Just then, Twilight Sparkle, with Spike on her back, and Sunrise Blossom appeared on the bridge leading to the town. "Listen up! Smoke is spreading over all of Equestria."

"What? Oh no! That's awful!" the ponies exclaimed, finally seeing the smoke heading their way.

Fluttershy hopped up and down at the back of the crowd. "That's what I've been trying to-"

"But don't worry," Twilight Sparkle continued, "we've just received a letter from Princess Celestia informing me that it is not coming from a fire."

Fluttershy sighed with relief. "Oh, thank goodness."

Twilight Sparkle nodded to Sunrise Blossom, who returned the nod and supplied additional information. "It's coming from a dragon." And the ponies gasped fearfully.

"A…d-dragon?" Fluttershy stammered.

Ten minutes later, the Mane 7 were gathered at the library to figure out how to deal with the dragon that'd taken residence up in the cave at the top of the nearby mountain, and Twilight Sparkle was busy packing her saddle bags with what she thought she would need.

"What in the name of all things cinnamon swirled is a full-grown dragon doing here in Equestria?" Applejack wondered.

"Sleeping," Twilight Sparkle answered, adding a book to her bags.

Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie all exchanged perplexed looks. "Huh?"

"According to Princess Celestia, he's taking a nap," Twilight Sparkle explained. "His snoring is what's causing all this smoke."

"He should really see a doctor," Pinkie Pie suggested. "That doesn't sound healthy at all."

"It's healthy for a full-grown dragon," Sunrise Blossom pointed out. "But that he chose to nap on the nearby mountain, that isn't so healthy for the rest of us."

"Well, at least he's not snoring fire," Rarity remarked. "What are we meant to do about it?"

"I'll tell you what we're meant to do," said Rainbow Dash, rising upward. "Give him the boot. Take that." And she zoomed past a statue that the twins had to keep from falling down with their magic, and kept at a safe distance when she came for another pass. "And that!" And she ended up crashing into one of the bookcases.

While Sunrise Blossom put the statue back on its' proper spot, Twilight Sparkle lectured the blue pegasus. "We need to encourage him to take a nap somewhere else," she informed her friends. "Princess Celestia has given us this mission, and we must not fail. If we do, Equestria will be covered in smoke for the next one hundred years."

Fluttershy gasped fearfully.

Rarity snorted. "Hmph. Talk about getting your beauty sleep."

"All right everypony, I need you to gather supplies quickly," Twilight Sparkle ordered. "We've got a long journey ahead of us. Let's meet back here in less than an hour."

"Okay, girls, you heard her," said Rainbow Dash, rising to the air once again. "The fate of Equestria is in our hooves. Do we have what it takes?" And the ponies confirmed that they did, and hurried out the door, all except for a certain yellow pegasus.

Fluttershy hesitated for a long moment. "Um, actually-" she began when Rainbow Dash came back and dragged her outside.

A/N: I hope you all enjoy this chapter. See you next week! R&R everyone!