The Power of the Dragon

by Dragonrulz

A young teen find himself in a land filled with creatures he could never imagine. But not only that he has a whole new body. Now he must learn and control the powers that lie within this new body plus make friends and enemies along the way. And things really hit the fan when a ancient evil comes back. Now he must defeat it or all will be lost. OCxhugeherd. All chapters are fix now.

1. Chapter 1

Don't own shit.

I decided to take a crack on the whole story thing but instead of a human coming to Equestria or a human turning into a pony, I thought what if a human turned into a badass dragon? I know it's been done but they're so far and few between I just had to make one my own.

WARNING!: This story will contain violence, death, Lime and Lemon (yes a clopfic at times), foul language, and other naughty things. Viewer discretion is advised and don't say I didn't warn you!

Please review and comment. No flames but I will take pointers and other shit if like my grammar or spelling sucks balls.

Thank you and enjoy!

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I'M A DRAGON NOW HOLY SHIT!

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It is said that our world is connected to others, whether it be alternate dimensions, other worlds in the cosmos, or even the afterlife. They intertwine with one another and some say that we can visit them in certain and special circumstances. One of these worlds is where this particular soul is in now. A low groan was emitting from a body that was lying on the cold rocky ground. It sounded like a male. His eyes open but suddenly shut from the bright glare of the sun. After a few moments his eyes got used to the light. He slowly stood up but felt odd. As though his body felt different, heavier, like it had a different shape. But he didn't ponder on it for long as he saw where he was.

He was on a mountain pass with a forest down below and clear blue skies above with only a few clouds. The air smelled clean, the breeze brought a nice cooling sensation but the sun made it so it wouldn't be too cold. He looked around the rocky path, trying to remember how he got here.

"…Ok….what the hell is going on? One moment I was running like a mad person trying to get to class and the next I'm here…..wherever here is? Am I'm in, like, the Rocky Mountains or something?" He said to no one in particular.

"I'm not sure what the name 'Rocky' means but yes you're on a mountain." Said a soft old voice.

He quickly turned around and gasped as to what was in front of him. There was a dragon! It had a long body, about a hundred yards or so, with no wings and its whiskers moved on their own. It had a multitude of colors blended into its scales with golden horns and a long fur like piece at the end of its tail. It had four clawed toes and amber eyes. It resembled a Chinese Dragon, and it talked!

"But….how….you can't…..this shouldn't…..are you…..a…dragon?" He asked after finding the right words.

"Why yes I am, I'm actually a rare species around these parts. My home is to the East of here over a large expansion of water. I was just leaving after a pleasant visit from some relatives I have here. As I was flying above, a sudden blinding light caught my attention. I went to investigate and found you at Ground Zero of the light. You were out for a few minutes or so. I checked you over and saw you had no injuries which I'm very glad for." He said with a kind smile showing his teeth.

"Um…thanks a bunch….where am I?" He asked the dragon.

"We're at the border of Equestria, home to the Ponies."

"….I'm sorry, but did you say Equestria? And Ponies?"

"Indeed I did."

"…..ok….so tell me mister….?"

"Oh how rude of me, my name Ju-long and what is yours?" Ju-long asked.

"Call me Samson. You know, you're kinda small for a dragon. I'm mean don't get me wrong you look awesome, but shouldn't dragons be, like, bigger? You're kinda smaller than me." Samoan asked.

"I don't seem to understand? I'm a good height for my species and age, a good 40 feet or so. While you look like you're around 45 feet." Ju-long said.

"What are talking about man? I'm like 5'9 not 45 feet."

"…perhaps that light did more damage to you than I thought. Tell me, how old are you and what species are you?" Ju-long asked.

"I'm 18 and a human, why?"

"What's a human?"

"It's what I am dude."

"No you're not, you're a dragon." Samson laughed a little.

"No I'm not, but damn would it be cool to be one. I've always wanted to know what it would be like as a dragon."

"Young one, are you feeling ok?" Ju-long asked with concern.

"Well besides not knowing how I ended up here or how I'm talking to a dragon, I feel ok, though my body feels….different somehow."

"I see…..and you believe you're a human and not a dragon?"

"Ok this is getting old. Yes I'm a freak'n human. I have hair, cloths, skin, and hands! See?" Samson held out his hands.

"Those are claws Samson."

Samson looked confused, he looked down and gasped. Instead of human hands Samson saw two four fingered claws!

"WHAT THE FUCK! WHERE THE FUCK DID THESE COME FROM!?" He yelled in shock.

"Samson please calm down or you might hurt yourself." Ju-long tried to calm him.

"W-w-w-why do I have claws? A mirror, do you have mirror on you Ju-long?"

"Not at this time but I can make one, give me a few moments."

Ju-long used his tail to gather as much sand as he could find then he found a flat surface to spread the sand evenly. He reared back and let loose a blaze of hot orange fire that engulfed the sand. After a few minutes he let up on his fire breath and a square shiny object was there with a little hint of orange from the flames. After a few minutes of cool down, Ju-long took it off the ground and examined it.

"Not my best work but you should have a clear view of your reflection Samson."

He took it and what he saw shocked him from the moon and back. Indeed he wasn't human anymore, but a dragon! He had a maw filled with sharp teeth and long tusks on the sides of his mouth. He has fin like ears on the sides of his head and six horns, three on each side of his head with a long neck. Large bat like wings with spikes on the bones and from the base of his head to the tip of his tail were three rows of large black spikes. His tail was long and whip like with the wing membrane reaching the base of his tail. He had two four clawed hands with a thumb and two four clawed feet. His eyes were blazing orange and red with a black slit in the middle. His scales were ruby with an orange underbelly. He was somewhat muscular with spikes on his shoulder blades and his scales almost look like armor. He was about 45 feet tall and maybe 75 yards long from snout to tail.

Samson was at lost for words; here he stands as a dragon and a badass looking one too. But the real question was how did he became one?

"I'm…..I'm a dragon!"

"Yes you are, and by what I can guess from just looking at you, you are a type of Chromatic Dragon. But I haven't one with horns or as big as you in a very long time."

"How…..this isn't possible. I'm human! Or I was human…..how did I became a dragon?"

"You said you were a different species before?" Ju-long asked.

"Yes, this morning I was, but now I'm a dragon, how did this happen?"

"It must have been the light, it somehow changed you. But the power to change one species into another…..even to us dragons that kind of power is almost unheard of. And I'm sure even the Alicorns would have a hard time trying to pull something like that off." Ju-long said.

"Alicorns?" Samson asked.

"One of the four Pony races. Alicorns are the rarest of them all. The other three are Earth Ponies, Unicorn Ponies, and the Pegasus Ponies. But that's for another time, right now we need to figure out your situation."

"Your right Ju-long, is there a way for me to turn back into a human?"

"I'm not sure Samson, like I said before, that kind of power is something few have. I doubt that any can revert you back since I don't think anything on this planet knows what a human looks like."

"So...I'm stuck like this?"

"For now, yes."

"...this…is…FUCKING AWESOME!" Ju-long was taken aback by this.

"You're….happy?"

"Hell yeah I'm happy! I'm a fucking dragon, one of the strongest, coolest, and all around most badass creatures ever! Oh man, I can't wait to see what I can do…but…I don't know the first thing about being a dragon…"

"If you allow me, I can help you with that." Ju-long spoke up.

"You can?"

"Why yes, I am a dragon after all. Even though we're two different types I can at least show you the basics. Like flight, breathing an element, using your five senses, telling you our history, what we eat, and so much more."

"I be honored. So what's first?" He asked in excitement.

"Well, let's start out slow. Since it's obvious that you have no idea about how dragons do things it is best if we start small."

"Ok sounds good to me, so what should I know first?"

"Let's find a suitable place first; this area is not an ideal place for teaching so I recommend we head to the forest below." Ju-long said.

"Good idea, let's fly down there."

"No wait Samson!" But Ju-long was too late.

Samson jumped in the air and started to flap his wings and it seemed he was getting the hang of it. But a powerful gust of wind suddenly hit him and he lost control heading into the side of the rocks.

"OH SHIT!" Samson yelled as his body slammed on the rocky wall.

He plummeted to the earth below going through the tree branches before slamming into the ground head first. Samson was in a daze and had the biggest headache ever. He slowly got up and nursed his aching head.

"Son of a bitch that smarts." He groaned.

Ju-long slowly flew down from the path and to Samson's side.

"Are you ok Samson? That was a pretty nasty fall you took." He said worriedly.

"Yeah I'll be fine…guess there's more to flying than meets the eye huh?" Ju-long nodded.

"'Sigh' something tells me that being a dragon is going to be a lot tougher than I thought." Samson said as a chunk of rock fell from the mountain side and hit his head.

"Fuck me!" He hissed.

"As you can see Samson, there's more to being a dragon than what you've been told. Now then, shall we begin your training?" Ju-long asked.

"Sure, just as long as we don't start flying lessons first." He chuckled.

Ju-long also snickered at the joke. And so for the next few months, Ju-long helped Samson get used to being a dragon and taught him everything there is about being one. From using his five senses, which were now more acute than before, taught him the biology of dragons, told him their rich history, explained the elemental breaths and how to use them, and eventually taught him to fly properly. And to Ju-long's surprise and delight, Samson was a very fast learner. Samson was able to learn and master all he was taught. It wasn't long before he could do everything a dragon could. And Samson was surprised at what he could do as a dragon. His strength and stamina was far greater than when he was a human able to lift boulders nearly 20 times his size and to fly for so long without breaking a sweat. And once he got used to it, he was able to fly and use his elemental breathe with ease.

So now we see Samson just flying through the clouds, it has been over a year at this point since he came to this world. He loved that part of being a dragon. Actually, he likes a lot of things as a dragon. Doing things he could only dream about was so epic to him. As he flew, he couldn't help but feel slightly sad. After Ju-long taught him all he could of being a dragon, he had to return home to his loved ones back in the East. They had become good friends. So seeing his only friend go was hard, but he understood he had to return home. And speaking of homes, he was searching for one now. But it was a lot harder than Samson thought. As awesome and epic as it was being a dragon, there are a few drawbacks.

One is that the dominate species of this continent wasn't humans, but actually Technicolor ponies! Samson thought Ju-long was pulling his tail when he said Ponies out number many of the creatures of this country and were basically the dominate species. But one day he found a small town near the ocean and he saw all kinds of ponies. From big to small there were Unicorn, Earth, and Pegasi ponies each having a different color scheme with strange tattoo like marking on their flanks. He was also shocked that they were incredibly intelligent too. He was impressed that they made homes and use many of the tools humans use; they were slightly different in how they used them, with no hands and all. The ponies also seem to talk in the same language as his world or maybe he was able to understand them since dragons are able to use and communicate with any language, another perk.

But at the same time the ponies all fear him. When he landed near the town and tried to speak to a male pony, he screamed bloody murder and ran. It was the same with all the rest, they ran away in fear of him saying he was going to eat or kill them. Samson tried to explain to them he wouldn't but they didn't listen. Samson was sad that they thought he was a monster, but he understood why they feared him. He was a dragon after all and he was bigger and looked ferocious to them. So he couldn't blame them for fearing him but it still made him sad. And it wasn't just ponies either, many creature were scared of him and ran away. Samson started to think maybe he should be with other dragons, but he found out that was a problem too. Many dragons in the area wanted to be alone and if they found another dragon in their territory, they would fight them. So when he went up to another dragon and tried to befriend him, the dragon just growled and warned Samson if he didn't leave now he'd attack him.

So now Samson was alone. He had no one in this world. No family and his only friend was miles away. Samson decided to take a little rest from his search for a home. He landed with ease in a clearing of some sorts. Samson walked over to a large rock sticking out of the ground and laid on top of it. Samson was also a quadruped dragon meaning he walks on all fours; he can walk on two but not for long and he usually only does two when he needs to fight. He was thinking that maybe staying in Equestria was not such a smart move since he couldn't find a place for over a year now.

"So far every creature I meet has either ran away from me or tried to fight me. It's not like I'm trying to scare them or take their homes but being how I look makes it hard to even say hello. Shit, being a dragon sure has it's crappy moments. 'Sigh' maybe I should head East and find Ju-long, he's the only friend I have in this world and he could help me find a home…no, I couldn't. He's done so much for me I couldn't burden him even more than I already have. Maybe there might be a place I can crash near the middle of this continent, Ju-long did say there were some mountains large enough for me, might as well check them out."

So Samson shot in the air and flew to where he hoped he could find a home. It took him a few hours to find the place and there it was. In the far distance he could see a mountain that reached the clouds. Samson reached the opening of a large cave; he took a whiff and smelled a faint scent of another dragon. But since it was so faint Samson guessed the dragon that used to live here was long gone.

"Alright cool, not too shabby. But a little high in elevation for my taste, maybe that forest I saw has a better cave."

Samson flew over to the forest and found a large clearing for him to land. The forest itself gave off a slight creepiness that didn't settle too well with him. But he remembered he was a dragon so if there was anything scary in here he could take it on….hopefully.

"Damn man, this place is kinda spooky, glad as hell I'm a dragon or I might be up shit creek without a paddle. Ok, now let's see if I can find myself a cozy little home."

Samson walked through the forest looking for a cave. It was a bit of a pain walking through the forest since he was so big and he kept hitting the branches, vines, and whatever else was lying around. Thankfully his scales were tough enough that he barely felt them. It took him a good while to find a place until he found another clearing with a cave. Samson checked it out and saw it was vacant, he didn't he smell the scent of a dragon like the last one.

"Bitch'n! This should do nicely. It's big enough for at least three of me. All it needs is some furniture, a flat screen with a Xbox, a PlayStation with a crap load of games, a mini fridge full of junk food, and a quintuplet king size bed and I should be set." Samson joked.

"Ok, I should be able to collect some leaves and stuff from the forest with ease. Plenty of creatures for me to eat. And I saw a lake not too far from here, looks like I'm set for now. Better get started."

So Samson took the next few hours to gather materials for his home and scout the area. Besides being a tad creepy looking, the forest wasn't so bad. It actually looked like a mix between a forest and a swamp with different creatures from animals he's seen in his old world to creature he's only seen in books or heard about. It still amazed Samson that a place like this actually existed. And he still can't believe he was a dragon, he may never get used to that. As he continue his walk, he saw what looked like an entrance to the forest. Samson went over to it and thanks to his keen eyes, saw what looked like a town in the far distance. He frowned a little. If the little experience he's had has told him anything, it was that this town was most likely a pony town and that could lead to some minor trouble for him.

"Shit, looks like another pony town. Better be careful, if I ever fly in that direction I should go as high in the air as possible, the last thing I need is a panicked town of ponies thinking I'm going to eat them. Hope they don't go into this forest a lot…then again if it's slightly creepy to me than it must be fucking horrifying to them." Samson said.

"The pony folks stay away from this area a lot, for this forest is no place for a leisure trot." Said a voice.

Samson turned to the voice and saw it was pony that looked like a zebra. Her coat was that of light grey and regular grey strips like a zebra with a mane in a Mohawk fashion with a black and white design and a tail that was skinny but had more hair at the end. She wore gold rings on her neck and left leg with two gold earrings, one for each ear. On her flank she had a swirling sun that looked like a tribal tattoo rather than the ones the other Ponies had on their flanks. Face was a little more square-ish than the rest of the ponies he saw, but what really got his attention was her turquoise eyes. They hold no fear whatsoever, in fact she was smiling at him.

"…Um…hey there…" Samson said, he didn't really know what to do since this is the first time a pony was talking to him.

"You seemed to be confused to say the least, maybe I can help you oh mighty beast." She asked in an African style voice.

"I am a bit confused; you're like the first pony that hasn't run away from me. Why is that?"

"First and foremost I am not any type of pony kind; I'm actually a zebra so please keep that in mind."

"Noted…..so got a name?"

"My name is Zecora and it's a pleasure to meet you, may I have your name too?" Zecora asked.

"You can call me Samson, and it's nice to meet you as well." He stuck out his claws for a handshake and Zecora put her hoof in is large claws, he slowly shook careful not to hurt her.

"Greetings and welcome to the Everfree Forest, as you can plainly see it's not meant for the local tourist."

"I figured, so you said that none of the ponies in that town come here?"

"Yes, for those in Ponyville have great fear of this place, for they believe those who enter are gone without a trace."

"I see….say why do you do the whole rhyming thing Zecora?"

"It's just something I do, does it bother you?"

"Nah, I think it's cool. So you live out here too? Why not live with the other ponies?"

"Though I have many friends in the town, I have everything here that I need, the forest here has many of the ingredients for my herbs and potions I use I even make use of the seed. So I stay here to not only practice my traditions, I also warn ponies of all dangers of the forest that could cause them many a serious conditions. So you see Samson I stay here for more than just one reason, it is my duty to help them understand all I know no matter the season."

"Now that's cool. So I would assume these ponies won't do well in meeting me right?"

"Around these parts the ponies have great fear for dragons such as you, so it would be wise to stay away from them for being near them will cause trouble times two."

"I thought so…but back to my previous question on why you aren't afraid of me?"

"You are more than what meets the eye, from the way you speak, walk, and fly. I can tell that you aren't hostel or mean, but a creature that has a good heart and somepony trustworthy to lean. It may not seem like it at the time but a while ago I knew the feeling of being misjudged and being alone for the way I look, it didn't last long as a little filly wanted to know more about me and that was all it took. For after her bravery to know me better had set off a chain reaction, so now I have many friends well above a small fraction. But now that I think about it the brown cloak I wore may have played its part, for when I wear it, it does make me look different so that may have been part of the problem from the start."

"So taking a guess here but the cloak you wore made you look kinda mysterious and creepy didn't it?" He asked and she nodded.

"Bet you still looked cool though." Samson smirked.

"I see you don't easily feel prejudice from others looks, for you seem to go beyond the cover of the books."

"I've learned you shouldn't judge someone purely on looks alone. Knowing their character is what really matters, or else we will never find true harmony with each other."

"A very wise statement indeed, so if I could ask a few questions to answer for me?" Zecora asked.

"Fire away."

"Why have you traveled to the land of Ponyville?"

"Well, I'm actually new around here so I don't know a lot about this land or where a pony town or city is. I thought this forest would be a good place to make a home. From the sky it looked like nopony has entered it so here I am. I don't want to cause trouble to them; I'm actually fascinated with the ponies of this area."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah I mean…wait a minute, you're not rhyming anymore? I thought you always do that?"

"Correction my dear dragon friend, I said it's what I do but that doesn't mean I always do it. I normally rhyme to help me with making chants and it's a great way to make a friend smile." she said.

"Oh, makes sense…wait, did you call me your…friend?"

"Why yes I did. I consider you as a friend now Samson." This took Samson back.

"But…why? Why would a zebra want to be friends with a dragon?"

"Like you stated before, it's not the looks that determine the quality of a pony's character but their actions. You show me that you are not like many dragons in Equestria. Your kind, well mannered, sweet, and above all, a friendly individual." Zecora said.

Samson had a small shade of pink on his scales after hearing her words. He was glad he actually made another friend besides Ju-long and a pony no less…zebra that is.

"Well your pretty damn awesome too Zecora. You have the badass rhyming skills of Dr. Seuss, I can tell you have great knowledge and like to share it with others, and you look cool too. And I would like to be your friend Zecora." he said smiling a toothy one.

"Then come with me and I'll show you my home but please mind your step." Samson snickered and followed Zecora.

It didn't take them long to reach her house, which was a tree that kinda looked like a head. The decor inside it were tribal masks and what looked like potions in bottles hanging from the branches. Samson also noticed her home was actually closer to the entrance of the forest than his cave was.

"Ok, now this is a badass home you got here Zecora. And are these masks from, like, your home county?" He asked while looking at one of the mask.

"They are and I thank you for complimenting my home."

"No problem, so where is your home country?"

"It's far from here in the West. The terrain there is also extremely different; there are more flat lands and marshes than here where mountains and forest are prevalent."

"Do you miss it?"

"Every now and then I do, but I remember why I'm here and all the friends I have here and it doesn't bother me that much."

"So why did you move here?" Samson laid down next to her home with his head next to her.

"I am a Shaman in my village and came here to learn of the plants and lifestyle of Equestria. I have learned much about the local plants and have made many potions that will be beneficial to not only my village but also Equestria."

"That's really cool, me I'm just trying to find a home."

"I've wanted to ask, you look like a High King Dragon but with a few obvious differences. Does your specific kind live somewhere else that makes you look different?"

"First I'm a Chromatic Dragon and second...well…the thing is….I wasn't always a dragon."

"I'm not sure what you're talking about?"

"About over a year ago ago, I wasn't a dragon, but a species called human." Zecora gasped at that.

"You were a whole different species? What happen that transformed you into what you are today?"

"That's the thing; I have no damn clue how I got changed into a dragon. I was going to my school when I felt weird, then it all went white. I woke up on a mountain pass and found myself like this. Luckily I wasn't alone, another dragon by the name of Ju-long was there, and he found me on the pass and helped me get on my feet. He taught me everything there is about being a dragon. After that I looked all over this continent to find a home, but being a dragon has given me very few options on that market. I got lucky finding this place."

Zecora was stunned to hear that not only did Samson used to be another species, but it seems he was from another world.

"Do you know who or what brought you here?"

"Nope, and from what Ju-long told me, a power like that is almost non-existent. So finding out who pulled me here and transformed me would be impossible. But I managed to use what I got and so far I have survived. And to be honest, being a dragon is so fucking awesome!"

"It seems you found a light in this situation."

"Yeah not much can bring me down. But being a dragon does have its ups and downs, mainly trying to find your place in a country full of ponies. I mean they aren't too open minded about the whole 'dragon living near them' deal."

"Unfortunately, that's due to what other dragons have done." This got Samson's attention.

"What dragons done?"

"Yes, from what I've heard and read, the dragons around here don't like ponies of any kind. They deem them an inferior species and see them as a nuisance. They take their gems and any treasure they have for their hoard. No offence to your kind but dragons are a greedy bunch."

"No you're right Zecora, well half right at least."

"How so?" She asked.

"The dragons you talked about are most likely the High King Dragons; they are by far the most egoistical and pig headed of the dragon race. They consider themselves the perfect species while in fact they are the worst. They give a bad name to all other dragons. Dragons are more refined and knowledgeable with great power and inner strength. You see Zecora, dragons are wise, level headed, and don't see other species as lower than themselves. They also don't always have treasure for their collection. They collect what they like just like any collector. So I wouldn't be surprised that anything you have on dragons revolves around the High Kings rather than any other dragon types." Samson explained.

"I see, perhaps you can teach me all there is of a real dragon then?"

"Oh definitely, I would gladly tell you all that is the epicness of dragons. But that's for another time and place. So I was wondering if you can…looks like we're going to have company soon, or rather you are. I can hear the hooves of several small ponies. Sorry to split on you Zecora but-" She held her hoof up.

"I understand Samson; perhaps I'll see you another time?"

"You bet. See you around Zecora and it was great talking to you."

"And the same to you my large friend."

Samson got up and as carefully and quietly as possible headed deeper into the forest. But Samson was curious on who would be here, since the forest was so creepy and dangerous, so what pony was brave enough to come here? Samson crouched behind some trees that hide him from sight but was still able to see. A few moments later, three ponies came in front of Zecora's hut but what surprise him was how young they were. The first was an Earth Pony with a dull yellow coat and a brilliant amaranth mane and tail with a pink ribbon on top of her head and brilliant gamboge eyes. The next was a Unicorn Pony, she had a light grey almost white coat with a greyish mulberry mane that was curled like her tail with a light pink streak and light greyish harlequin eyes. The last was a Pegasus Pony with a light orange coat, purple short mane but long tail, and greyish purple eyes.

Looking closely, Samson saw that none of them had those tattoo-like markings on their hind legs like the other ponies. He wondered if they get them the same way you get a tattoo.

"Maybe I'll ask Zecora one day. And I must say I have to give these girls some major points for coming in here." Samson thought.

"Why hello there Apple Bloom, it's good to see you so soon." Zecora said going back to her rhyming style.

"Hey there Zecora, how have you been doing?" The one known as Apple Bloom said with a southern accent.

"I'm doing just fine I'm glad to say, so what can I do for you and your friends this fine day?" Zecora asked.

"Well, we got assigned a project on the different plants around Ponyville and we were wondering if you could help us since you know a ton of plants and stuff." said the young unicorn.

"Why of course I'll help with your project Sweetie Belle, what kind of plants must you tell?"

"We want to do a really cool project of an awesome plant, do you know any like that?" Asked the Pegasus.

"There are plenty of plants that come to mind Scootaloo, come inside for some tea and I'll tell you some of the plants I know to start with a few."

"Yay!" All three cheered.

Samson couldn't help but chuckle at their excitement for their project as the four went into Zecora's hut.

"Now aren't those three just a bunch of cute little ponies. Too bad I won't ever get to know them, they seem like a nice bunch of girls…oh well, it is what it is. Better get back to my cave before I'm noticed."

Samson turned to the direction of his cave and started walking. As he walked he couldn't help but feel as though he was being watched. He looked around his surroundings trying to see what was watching him. Though he couldn't see what was watching him his instincts told him to be on his guard. Samson let out a low growl to warn whatever it was to not to try anything funny.

"Alright, whoever is out there better not start any shit with me cause I will put the hurt on you. So come on out already." Samson called out.

Samson stood still waiting. After three minutes, nothing happened. The presence of whatever was watching him was gone now but he was still on guard. Samson sniffed the air and an unusual scent was there. He couldn't place what it was but it was dangerous by the smell of it. It had the scent of blood on it.

"Well that's not good. Blood scents usually equal nasty and dangerous beasts. Looks like this place just got more than a dragon for a resident and this one ain't no sweet little critter either. Better warn Zecora about this so she can tell the others to stay the fuck away from here till whatever it is goes away."

With that Samson returned to his cave.

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A FEW DAYS LATER

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Samson was flying high in the sky returning from a failed hunt. He was having a bit of trouble finding a good meal since the largest thing he could find at the time was a cow and those things were in Ponyville. He figured that if he was high enough in the sky that the ponies would barely see him. Samson let out a frustrated sigh.

"That's the third failed hunt in a row. I thought I was finally getting the hang of it, but guess , if I don't find something to eat soon I'll have to leave the forest to find a new home. That would be a pain in my scaly ass. There might be something in the forest if I go deep enough in, since I haven't really looked through the whole place yet. And speaking of I better start checking out my surroundings."

Samson could see the forest below and started to descend. Suddenly his senses kicked in making him stop midair. Something was coming toward him and fast. He quickly looked around to find what was coming at him. In the corner of his eye, he spots something bright. He turned to see a glowing purple thing in the air. He turned his head confused as to what it was.

"And what in the nine levels of hell is that?"

Samson stared at it for a moment… till he realized it was coming at him!

"OH FUCK!" He shouted and took off.

But he was staring at it for too long so it was on him when he moved. It hit him square in his left wing, paralyzing it. Unable to move his wing, he fell like a sack of rocks and was heading to the ground fast.

"This is so going to smart." He groaned as he tried slow himself down.

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20 MINUTES EARLIER

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It was a lovely afternoon in Ponyville as the residents were out and about enjoying their day. In the park we see a purple unicorn with a violet mane and tail, with purple and pink streaks. She has violet eyes and a pink star surrounded by five small white stars as her Cutie Mark. Near her were five other ponies, the first was another unicorn but her coat was white with an indigo mane in a fancy curled style. Her moderate azure eyes stood out with her light blue mascara and eyelashes. Her Cutie Mark was three diamonds. The next was a Pegasus Pony with a pale yellow coat and long pink mane and tail. She had moderate cyan eyes and her Cutie Mark was three butterflies. Next to her was a pink Earth Pony with a puffy raspberry mane and tail with light cerulean eyes and her Cutie Mark was three party balloons, two blue and one yellow. In the corner was another Pegasus Pony with a cyan coat and a mane and tail of rainbow colors. She has moderate cerise eyes and her Cutie Mark was a rainbow lightning bolt coming from a cloud. The last was an orange Earth Pony with a long yellow mane and tail with the hair of each tied at the end. She has green eyes and white freckles with a cowboy hat on. Her Cutie Mark was three apples.

The six ponies were enjoying the day in the park. The purple unicorn took a deep relaxing breath.

"This is so nice, to get out of the library for a while and not study." She said.

"And yet you still bring a book Twilight." The cyan Pegasus said.

"Oh this isn't for studying Rainbow Dash; this book has different spells for unicorns that vary from simple levitation spells, to making beams of pure energy." Twilight explained.

"That sounds dangerous Twilight; maybe you shouldn't learn things like that." The yellow Pegasus said in a soft voice.

"I agree with Fluttershy dear, you are good with magic Twilight but the spells and magic in that book seem to be more dangerous than your usual studies." the white Unicorn said.

"Don't worry Rarity; I'm only going to look over some of the advanced magical forms of what I already know. I'm not planning to try anything like this Energy Ball here. I'd rather not roast my fur off thank you."

"That sounds like fun! What does the Energy Ball thingy do Twilight? Does it make different lights, cause we can so use that for some parties I have in mind. Oh does it have anything that can make you, like, go invisible? Or make you climb walls? Or make supper delicious pies?" The pink pony asked those questions in one breath hopping around like a rabbit.

"Now calm down Pinkie Pie, ain't no sense in getting excited over those kinds of spells if Twilight here says it's not for playing around." The one in the cowboy hat said in a southern ascent.

"Precisely Applejack, and to your question Pinkie…well one of them, the Energy Ball, is a collection of magic that can be used as a source of light, but that's not what it's for. The book says it is a type of offense for attackers that can either stun an enemy or do major damage depending on what you're aiming for. And it has a warning about using any of these spells." Twilight looked over at the girls.

"A warning for what?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"It says that any incomplete spells or magic done incorrectly can have unusual, unintentional, and even dangerous outcomes so it is imperative that you complete any spell in this book or else disaster will come to you and those around you."

"I don't like the sound of that." Fluttershy said.

"Me either, I've heard that spells can be very dangerous if not used properly." Rarity said.

"So any of those simple spells can like go bad and hurt somepony?" Pinkie asked.

"By what it says, it could happen that way." Twilight said.

"Now don't try anything dangerous Twi, we don't want you in the hospital or anything like that." Applejack warned her.

"Don't worry girls; I know what I'm doing."

"So what spell you're going to try first?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Let me check. Ok so let's see here…oh here's a good one. It's a spell that can change an object's appearance into a whole new thing."

"Oh cool! Use that on me! I want to be a table, no wait a tiger, oh even better a bugle!" Pinkie suggested.

"…I think I'll just change one of those apples into an orange."

"Can you really make an apple into an orange Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"Only by looks, it'll still smell and taste like an apple."

Twilight read the page for a moment or two till she understood how to perform the spell. Pinkie Pie took the apple and placed it in the open away from them, just in case. Twilight got into position and lowered her horn aiming at the apple. Her horn glowed with her purple aura and shot at the apple. It seemed nothing was happening till the apple started to shimmer. Its form shook for a moment till a bright light engulfed it. The others shielded their eyes from it. The light finally died down and everyone gasped when they say an orange in place of where the apple was.

"Well I'll be darned, you actually did it sugar cube!" Applejack said.

"My, what an impressive display." Rarity added.

Pinkie Pie went up to the orange and took a bite out of it.

"And it still taste like an apple, that's so neat!"

As she said that the orange reverted back into the apple.

"What happened?" Fluttershy asked.

"I guess the spell only last as long as the object isn't compromised." Twilight guessed.

"Um…run that by us without using your big words." Rainbow Dash said.

"It means, darling, that once Pinkie took a bite from the orange, it ruined its shape, and thus it was exposed to what it really was so the spell canceled out since it was useless to keep its form." Rarity explained.

"Basically it means once the cat was out of the bag the spell quit." Applejack said.

"Oh…do spells really do that?"

"Some do, it all depends on what the spell is." Twilight answered.

"Do another one!" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Ok but just one more, that last one took a lot of concentration, more than I thought. Um….oh here's one for a magic shield. Now that can be very useful. Ok now to do it I need to do this…ok I think I got it. Rainbow Dash can you please place that plate where the apple was?"

"Sure no problem." She took the plate and placed it where the apple was.

"Ok everypony stand back."

Everyone took a few steps back as Twilight started to cast the spell. Her horn glowed again with the same purple aura and as she was about to cast the spell, something hit her in the back. It startled Twilight making her cast the incomplete spell at the others. They saw the incoming spell and they all ducked. The spell then started to hit any and all shiny objects in the area from plates to trays and bounce off them as ponies left and right avoided the spell as much as possible, till it hit a mirror that a pony had in its hooves and shot straight in the sky. Once they knew the spell was gone they gathered themselves up to figure out what happened.

"Is everypony alright?" Twilight asked.

"It seems the spell missed everypony here Twi, lucky for us." Applejack said.

"But why did the spell bounce off every shiny object in the park?" Fluttershy asked.

"And how come there were so many shiny things here?" Rainbow Dash added.

"Well most spells can be deflected by smooth, reflective surfaces or shimmering objects and as to why there were so many…um why is that?" Twilight also wanted to know.

"It must have been one of those days that there were that many?" Rarity guessed.

"But boy oh boy are we lucky it didn't hit anypony and shot in the air. What happened Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Something hit me on the back that startled me." She said.

"Um…yeah that was our bad. Sorry Twilight, I missed the ball." An Earth Pony said scratching his head in embarrassment.

"So what will happen to the spell now?" Fluttershy asks.

"Well it'll continue to head up till it eventually hits something." Twilight said.

"Oh I hope it doesn't hit a poor bird."

"From the look of it dear there isn't even a cloud in the sky much less a living creature." Rarity said looking up.

"Man that was so lucky that nopony got hit…so what now?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Let's have some pie!" Pinkie Pie held up a pie.

"Sounds good to me, bring a slice over my ways Pinkie." Applejack asked.

"Same here, I'll take a slice." Rainbow Dash held a plate up to Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie took a knife and was about to cut the pie when she suddenly stopped. Her tail started twitching a little. The others stopped wide eyed knowing what that meant.

"Pinkie…please tell me that's just an itch." Twilight ask.

"No something is going to fall!"

"What is it?!" the others asked looking at the sky.

"Not sure but it's a big one."

"How big?" Rarity asked and Pinkie's Tail twitched like crazy.

"Like humongous big!"

"EVERYPONY! We have a Pinkie Sense in action! Something is falling from the sky so hide!" Rainbow Dash shouted to the others.

All the ponies started running to find cover, when Pinkie Pie has her senses it wasn't something to mess with. So all the ponies in the park either ran home or hid under something. Twilight and the rest stood under a tree looking at the sky trying to see what was falling. For a moment nothing seemed to be coming from the skies.

"See anything?" Fluttershy asked.

"Nothing yet…maybe it will fall somewhere else in Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash ask hopefully.

"Nope, it's going to land here." Pinkie said.

"Be on your guard girls, anything could happen at this point." Twilight said, and the others nodded.

"Wait…I think I see something." Applejack said pointing her hoof up.

The others looked up and indeed saw something falling. They couldn't really see it too well as it was still quite the ways up.

"What is it?" Rarity asked.

"Not sure, kinda looks like a bird?" This got Fluttershy's attention.

"Oh no! A poor little birdie, we have to save it." Pinkie said.

Just as she said it, Fluttershy flew past them and headed for the bird.

"Wow look at her go; don't see Fluttershy fly that fast very often." Rainbow Dash said.

"Indeed, but when an animal is in danger she does all she can to help it." Rarity said.

"Yeah that's Fluttershy alright…wait a darn minute…..oh hell." Applejack said.

"What is it?"

"Um…..I reck'n that ain't no sweet little bird."

"What makes you say that?"

"Cause I believe Pinkie here was right about the thing being big, falling right where Fluttershy is heading!"

The others turn to the sky and saw that the little bird they thought they saw was actually getting bigger and no longer looked like a bird.

"Oh buck, Fluttershy is heading straight towards it!" Rainbow Dash quickly flew after her.

Fluttershy was flying as fast as possible to the falling bird, but as she got close she saw instead of a little bird a large scaly creature in its place and she was right underneath it! She was frozen in fear and didn't know what to do. Then something knocked her away from the falling creature. Fluttershy came out of her frozen state and saw she was being held by Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Yep the one and only. Man you were lucky Shy, if I didn't come-CRASH!" A loud crash interrupted Rainbow Dash.

The two looked down and saw a large cloud of dust surrounding where the others were.

"Oh no, the others!" Fluttershy gasped.

"Quick, let's get down there!" Rainbow Dash flew down with Fluttershy.

The others were coughing and covered from head to hoof with dirt and dust from the fallen object but seemed to be ok.

"Is everypony ok?" Applejack coughed.

"No, my coat is all covered in this filthy dirt. It'll take hours to get this removed all this dust and my hair is ruined to." Rarity complained.

"….besides Rarity's looks, nopony else is hurt?"

"Yeah, I think nopony is hurt just startled a little." Twilight said.

"Holy moly was that ever close!" Pinkie Pie said.

"Yer darn tootin that was close, what crashed anyways?" Applejack asked.

"The dust hasn't cleared yet so I can't tell. Wait, where's Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash?!" Rarity asked.

"We're here guys." both Pegasi landed.

"Nopony is hurt are they?" Fluttershy asked.

"No we're fine, what about you guys?" Twilight asked.

"We're fine, what was that thing that fell?" Rainbow dash asks.

"Looks like the dust is finally clearing up." Applejack said.

As the dust cleared up a little, they could make out a large scaly body with ruby and black spikes coming out of it. At first they didn't know what it was besides it being big. It then started to move a bit as a low groan emanated from the object. It slowly stood up towering over the six. They all stood close to each other in both fear and awe of the creature. Now they could see what it was, it was a large ruby scaled dragon with six horns, tusks, large wings and a mixture of red and orange blazing eyes. It was the largest dragon they had ever seen. Samson for his part had a large headache and his whole body was hurting from the impact but found no bones broken, much to his delight.

"Son of a bitch that hurt. What the fuck was that thing that hit me? Well whatever it was sure did a number on my wing, can't even move it. Hopes it's not permanent. But besides that and my huge headache I'm surprised I don't have any broken bones or anything like that. Glad as hell I'm a dragon or else that fall could of seriously injured me or worse. And thank whatever powers I didn't hit anyone or else I…would…feel…"

It was then Samson felt like someone was looking at him, he looked down and saw six ponies. Two unicorns, two Pegasi, and two earth ponies all looking at him in shock and fear. Samson then looked around and saw other ponies looking at him with the same expression. They were so shocked that they didn't know what to do. Samson looked back at the six closest to him and knew this was not going to end well.

"Well fuck, this is so bad. But they haven't started yelling bloody murder yet so maybe I can smooth talk my way out with little trouble." He thought.

"Um, hello there, I mean you no harm whatsoever. And to let you all know yes I am a-" but a pony interrupted him.

"DRAGON! EVERYPONY RUN!" A unicorn pony yelled.

When the pony said that all hell broke loose as all the ponies started screaming and running away from him trying to hide. Samson just groaned.

"Yep, just as smooth as sandpaper. Should've known this would happen." He sighed.

His hearing picked up the whispers of some of the ponies hiding behind a large bush.

"What the hay are we going to do? That dragon is like, bigger and meaner looking than any of those from that mountain." Rainbow Dash whispered to the others.

"I don't know, I never seen a dragon like that one before." Rarity said.

"How many dragons do you know?"

"…point taken I know next to nothing about dragons, does anypony here know about them?" She asked and the others shook their heads no.

"Well we can't just stay here and do nothing." Applejack said.

"I think we should do just that. That dragon is way too scary to do anything to it. Maybe it'll go away if we just stay right here." Fluttershy said.

"No we can't, what if it goes around and tries to eat somepony?" Twilight said.

"I'm not going to eat any of you." Samson spoke up making them jump.

"Holy…did it hear us?" Pinkie asked.

"Yes I did, I can hear all of you very clearly. And like I said I'm not going to eat anypony."

"Psh, yeah right. I bet it's just saying that so we can just come for us to be found and it will eat us." Rainbow Dash said in a low voice.

"I'm not lying." Samson said.

"…how can it hear me?"

"I have very acute hearing and furthermore I don't need you guys to come out from your hiding place to know where you are. You're all hiding behind that bush." The others stiffen when he said that.

"H-h-how does it know that?" Fluttershy stuttered.

"Your scent, I may not see you but my other senses can still find you, such as my hearing and nose. And besides I'm not here to harm any of you." Samson said.

"A likely story but I'm not buying from you dragon scum." Rainbow Dash spoke rudely to Samson.

"Are you nuts!? Don't talk to it like that or you'll make it mad!" Twilight scorned Rainbow Dash.

"Look, I know you ponies don't really trust dragons that well, and I understand, but I'm telling the truth. I was flying from a hunt when-" He was cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"A hunt you say? What were you hunting, a pony perhaps, wouldn't surprise me you came here to eat us like the monster you are."

"No, I don't eat ponies."

"A likely story."

"Just listen to me, I was hunting but couldn't find anything so I was flying back home when-" Again he was interrupted.

"To get to us since you couldn't find anything else to eat?" Fluttershy asked in fear.

"No dammit, let me explain." He was getting irritated by this.

"Sorry partner but we don't really trust your kind around these parts since they do give us trouble. I know you have to eat too and you must of come here to find a meal but please don't. So would you kindly leave us pony folks alone?" Applejack asked.

"Granted you must had problems in the past with other dragons but I'm not like that."

"Don't lie, all of your kind are nothing brutes and ill-manner beast." Rarity said.

"Yeah and I bet you do want to eat us you big meanie!" Pinkie Pie added.

"For the last time I don't eat you guys. I don't want to cause trouble here but-"

"But nothing monster, just leave us alone." Rainbow Dash snapped at him.

Samson had enough of this and was really started to get pissed off.

"FINE!" He roared at them making them cringed in fear.

"If you want me to leave you so badly then I will, you fucking jerks." He snorted and tried to fly but his wing was still messed up.

"Oh goddammit all…looks like I'm walking home." He groaned and started to walk back to his cave.

The others let out a sigh of relief seeing him go. Samson stopped and looked back at them with an angry face.

"And for the record, I didn't come to your town by choice. Something smacked me out of the sky and got my wing." With that he left.

"Wow that was close; I thought for sure that dragon would gobble us up." Pinkie said.

"Good thing it didn't, but you think it was telling the truth?" Fluttershy asked.

"Doubt it; it just wanted us to believe that so we would be easy targets for it." Rainbow Dash said.

"Maybe…but something doesn't seem to fit." Twilight looked down the path Samson went.

"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.

"The dragon didn't display any of the characteristics of any of the dragons we've face before. It tried to talk and explain its situation to us. It didn't try to attack us and when it got mad it didn't hurt us in any way and just left. Now why would it do that?"

"Are you really going to ask WHY it didn't want to kill us?" Rarity asked looking at Twilight with a 'are you serious' face.

"Yeah Twilight, I say would should be thankful it didn't want us as a main course." Applejack said.

"Maybe you're right, perhaps I am over thinking it." Twilight said.

"But you always over think stuff." Pinkie Pie added.

"…thank you for reminding me of that. Well I think I'll be heading home now."

"Same here, I have to feed the animals soon so I'll see you girls later." Fluttershy said and walked home.

The others said their goodbyes and went back to their homes unaware that they were being watched.

"Well that was quite a show." a rough sounding voice said.

"Yeah too bad that dragon didn't eat or kill any of those ponies that would have been an even greater show." another said.

"And a good thing it didn't kill those ponies or else the boss would've killed us all." said a bolder voice.

"But I thought the boss wanted them dead?"

"Not before extracting the power of the Elements of Harmony."

"But isn't he like the total opposite of it like that Discord creature?"

"Don't ask questions that are beyond your I.Q. dumbass. If he wants it then it's our job to get it. We'll attack at noon tomorrow."

"Um…why not now?"

"Eh, I just don't feel like attacking them right now."

"More like you're a lazy lard ass." One of them said under their breath.

"What was that asswipe?!"

"Nothing sir, I'll just get the troops ready by then."

"Good, soon those little ponies won't know what hit them till it's all too late." The leader chuckled evilly.

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THE NEXT DAY

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Samson was laying outside his cave, chewing on a large bone. Last night he was able to capture and eat a large Hydra that was wandering around. It tried to attack Samson but he overpowered it and killed it, so he got a nice meal after all. But he was still mad at the ponies. They wouldn't even let him explain his situation and immediately accuse him of being a mindless beast that wanted to hurt them.

"Just cause I look like an intimidating beast doesn't mean I am one dammit. I mean did they really have such a bad encounter with a dragon that they label all dragons like that? You know what; I'm not letting this get to me. There ponies and I'm a dragon and as nature dictates we are not meant to be anything else than predator and prey. I mean sure I wouldn't mind being friends with them but that ain't going to happen." Samson said chewing on his bone.

Samson just sighed. He really would like to be friends with them instead of enemies, but with them already having said they don't trust dragons it would seem that making friends with them was out of the question. Samson spat out the bone and started to walk to a pond not too far from his cave for a drink. He found the pond and was about to drink from it when he stopped and looked at his reflection. The water was calm enough for him to have a clear view of his face. He saw the face of a fierce and mighty dragon looking back at him. Samson looked at his face and examined every detail of it.

"But then again with a face like mine no wonder they freaked when they saw me. I am a pretty mean but still epic looking dragon after all." he joked.

He took his drink and headed back to his cave but then he stopped. Something wasn't right and his instincts told him that there was trouble. He looked over in the direction of Ponyville and felt that something bad was happening right now. Samson was debating on whether to go check it out or not.

"I really shouldn't get near that town, not unless I want another running of the scared shitless horses …but it wouldn't kill me to just take a look…from the skies. Good thing I went to Zecora and asked her about my wing being paralyzed, that potion really did the trick." Samson flapped his left wing.

After he left the town Samson went to Zecora's hut and asked her if she knew why his wing couldn't work. She examined it and made a potion to rub on his wing and after a few hours his wing was better. Samson shot in the air and flew high enough to see Ponyville…with black smoke coming from it.

"What the? That's not good." Samson flew over to the town to see what was going on.

He landed just outside of town and saw it looked like it was ransacked. The windows were broken, some of the buildings were torn and on fire, the streets deserted, and the scent he picked up in the forest a few days ago was stronger than before.

"Ok, something definitely went down here. What the hell happened?"

He then heard some voices not too far off so he walked over to the sounds, and what he saw he couldn't believe. There in the center of the town near town hall were all the ponies tied up in chains and within the crowed he saw Zecora tied up to. They looked so scared and the reason why was the creatures standing around them. Guarding them were these creatures about six feet tall that looked like demonic bats with tails, red eyes, blue skin, no fur, black claws, and some mean looking teeth. Looking closely they all had these 'weird' looking belts with strange symbols. There were about 60 or so of them and near the building was a really big one that was standing on two legs while the rest were on fours and had a chest plate on. Samson crouched behind a building so they wouldn't see him.

"I don't believe this, there are actual demons here? Or just some really fucked up looking bats creatures? Either way those ponies are in serious trouble."

It was then Samson's hearing picked up some of the bats conversation.

"What do you mean you can't find them?!" The leader yelled at one of his men.

"We look everywhere but can't seem to find them." He said.

"Dammit all bring me those six bitches!" He ordered.

Some of the bat creatures went into the crowd of ponies and pulled out the six ponies, the same ones he saw from before. The leader went up to the purple unicorn.

"Tell me where they are!"

"What do you want with them?" She asked looking at him sharply.

"None of your damn business you little bitch! Tell me where they are or I'll just have to do something not good to you." he said while running his claw over her cheek.

"I'd rather die than let you have your slimy claws on the Elements of Harmony!" She spat out.

"As much as I want to gut you like a fish, I can't, not yet anyways. You and your five friends must stay alive. The rest of these ponies however." he chuckled as he snapped his claws.

Some of the bat creatures picked up three little ponies and another with purple skin, a green under belly, green spikes, green fin like ears and green eyes. He was a bit buggy and short. It was a baby dragon. Samson gasped seeing a baby dragon with them.

"So, it looks like they do accept dragons, just not adults like me…and aren't those the three kids from before?" Samson whispered to himself.

"You see, you six must survive but the rest of them don't. And since you're not in a talking mood about where the elements are I think a little demonstration is in order." Twilight and the others eyes widened as they feared what he would do.

"No…you wouldn't!"

"Doubt me? Then I really must. Set those brats over there so the whole town can see." he ordered.

"Applejack help!" Apple Bloom screamed in fear.

"Please let us go!" Sweetie Belle pleaded with tears.

"We don't know what you want but we'll give it to you if you let us all go." Scootaloo also pleaded with tears of her own.

"Let us go or else you're going to be sorry!" The young dragon threatened the bats.

"Apple Bloom/Sweetie Belle/Scootaloo/Spike!" Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight screamed.

"Please don't do this, they're just children!" Fluttershy tried to reason to the leader.

"Doesn't matter, I'm going to kill them." he laughed.

"Don't you dare you bastard!" Rainbow Dash screamed at the leader.

"Oh I will and it'll be fun watching them die a slow and painful death. Ready my targets!"

The bat creatures tied them down to the ground so they couldn't move.

"No please don't kill them!" Rarity pleaded.

"Please stop this…I…I'll tell you where the Elements are…just please…spare them and let the rest of the town go. It's us you want so let them live and we'll come with you."

"Oh how brave and noble of you but they ARE going to die and I'm going to enjoy it." He laughed as he stood ready to kill them.

"We're begging you!" Applejack cried out.

"Start me off." The leader said to one of his men.

"With pleasure sir. Get ready!"

"No!" They all screamed.

"Aim!" The leader held out his claw as it was surrounded by a red energy.

"This is it guys…we're going to die!" Spike whispered in sadness.

"If this is it…then at least we're together." Scootaloo said.

"Yeah at least we're together…I…love you girls." Sweetie Belle said.

"Same here." Both Scootaloo and Apple Bloom said together.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders forever….and we love you too Spike. You are a good friend." Apple Bloom said.

"I love you guys too, you all are great friends as well." Spike said in tears.

They hugged each other waiting for their deaths.

"FIRE!"

The leader shot his energy ball at them hitting them dead on. The blast shattered windows and made a big dust cloud. The other ponies either stood there in shock or cried. Both Applejack and Rarity cried the hardest holding eachother feeling the sorrow and heartbreak of losing their sisters. Rainbow Dash hung her head low crying silently. Even though Scootaloo wasn't related to her she still considered her as a little sister. And Twilight just stood there with a horrified face as tears streamed down her cheeks. She lost one of the most important ponies, or dragons in this case, in her life. Her number one assistant and adopted little brother Spike was killed right in front of her eyes.

"Now that was a blast. That felt so good." Leader said with a sick smile.

"You…you horrid monster! You killed them in cold blood!" Pinkie screamed through her tears.

"And did I ever love it. Now that that matter is settled why not tell me where those Elements are or do you wish to see another pony go out with a bang?" He said cruelly.

"That's not going to happen you fucked up dick wad!" Said a loud voice.

The others looked up to see who said that. The voice sounded like it came from the dust cloud.

"Impossible!" The leader narrowed his eyes.

As the dust cleared there in place they saw two large ruby wings crossed over each other. A large head came from behind and it belonging to Samson.

"Not only is it possible but you have such lame aiming too." Samson said.

He moved his wings away and revealed Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Spike all unharmed with not even a tiny scratch on them. The others gasped as they couldn't believe what they saw, a dragon saved them.

"Oh my Celestia! A dragon just saved them!" One of the ponies gasped.

"And it's the same dragon from yesterday." An earth pony said.

"But why did it save them?" A unicorn Pony asked.

Samson looked down at the four to see them shocked that they were still alive and in awe at who saved them.

"You guys alright?" Samson asked in a soft voice.

Unable to speak at the time they slowly moved their heads up and down. Samson sighed out, thanking whatever higher power that he was able to save them in time.

"Good, now you four find a safe spot while I deal with these pricks." Samson cut them loose with his claw and scooped them in his palm, placing them near an alleyway where they can be safe.

"Now then who's first for an ass whooping?" Samson growled at the bat creatures, showing his sharp teeth at them.

"Why did you interfere with this dragon?!" The leader demanded.

"Cause I just wouldn't stand by and let you kill these guys for your own sick pleasure." he answered.

"But they drove you away out of fear. They see you as nothing more than a monster, so why even bother lifting a claw for them?"

"That may be true, even though I have no clue how you know that, it doesn't matter, you're going to leave this town or you're going to know first-hand what I can really do."

"I'm not afraid of a dragon that let these ponies push you around so easily. Kill him men!"

Several of the bat creatures flew at Samson with their claws out. Samson just snorted and swiped them all with one claw easily throwing them to the ground. The next wave did the same as Samson swung his tail at them sending them all into a building.

"Is that all you guys got? And you call me weak." Samson just shook his head mocking them.

"Why you…take him down already!" The leader screamed.

Ten or so flew up to him catching Samson off guard. They latched on to him and bit down but his scales were tougher than they thought and they broke all their teeth. They all screamed in pain holding their bloody mouths. Samson took this opening and chomped down on few of the bat creatures killing them and shaking the rest off. He chewed the creatures and swallowed them.

"Not a bad taste, could use a little salt and pepper though." he said licking his scaly lips.

"You bastard! I'll kill you myself!" A bat creature yelled running at him in blind fury.

"Bad move dick face." Samson's eyes glowed red.

He let loose a blaze of red and orange fire that engulfed the bat creature killing him instantly. The others were hesitant to go up to the dragon now seeing how easily he was killing them. Samson took this opportunity and started to run at them like a train running over a few, either seriously hurting them or killing them. The rest took to the air so they wouldn't be crushed. Samson reared back and let loose another blaze of fire at them. But before the fire got to them they all touched their belts and a barrier surrounded them. The fire hit the barrier but did nothing to it. Samson was taken aback by this.

"AH! Surprise you didn't we? We had a feeling that something like you might come and ruin our fun so we have these. These belts block all dragon fire so you can't roast us anymore." One of them laughed.

"I don't need my flames to beat all your sorry asses to the ground." Samson said and flew up after them.

"Oh crap! We've forgot dragons can fly!" Another said.

The ponies heard that and they just stared at the one who said it with a 'well no shit dumbass' look. Samson also shook his head at their stupidity. He went up to a few and sliced them in half. The others tried to attack him with their claws and energy balls but couldn't penetrate his scales. Samson was slicing them left and right killing them all.

"This isn't working, we need a new plan!"

"Hey he's protecting the pony's right?"

"Yeah so?"

"So let's see how far he will go to protect them when I do THIS!"

One of the bat creatures shot at town hall as part of the building started to fall and was going to crush the ponies. Samson saw this as he quickly flew down and shielded them with his body as the building slammed into his body. The ponies were once again shocked that he protected them.

"He…saved us." A Pegasus pony said in awe.

"Oh no!" Twilight gasped.

"What's wrong Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"He can't move with that part of the building on him, they have him trapped!"

"Right you are pony and now he's an easy target for us!"

The bat creatures all ganged up on him and started to blast at him. Samson was having a hard time with all those bat creatures blasting away at him and protecting the Ponies at the same time with his wings, but he was waiting for the right moment.

"Come on you ugly bastard, make the move I'm waiting for."

"How does it feel to be suckered in a trap dumbass?" One of the bat creatures flew up to him mocking him.

"Bingo!"

"You won't be laughing when you get blasted." Samson looked at him ready to blast him.

"Your fire won't do shit against me not while I have this beauty on me." He grinned.

"Who said anything about me using my fire?" The confused the bat creature.

"Huh?"

Samson eyes turned blue and he opened his mouth as a blue ray shot from his mouth hitting the bat creature incases him in a block of solid ice. The now frozen bat fell to the ground shattering into a million pieces. The others stood shocked at what happened. Samson then let loose another ice beam freezing ten more bat creatures.

"What the hell?! Since when can dragons breath ice?!" One of them asked in shock.

"Oh I can do far more than that, for instance, THIS!" He lifted the building off of him with ease holding it up in one claw hand like it was a feather.

He threw it at the bat creatures killing a few of them.

"Oh and for the record I could have done that anytime I wanted." He grinned.

"Damn you dragon!" The leader yelled.

"Oh if you liked that then you'll love this one." Samson's eyes then turned pale grey.

He reared back and let loose a powerful gust of wind with the strength of a tornado. The gale of wind hit a few sending them flying to in the air and slamming them to the ground. The dazed bat creatures didn't see Samson come up to them and slice them to bits. Now only about fifteen of them including the leader still stood. They all stood next to each other looking scared shitless.

"Oh man we are so screwed! We can't beat this guy."

"Yes we can if we combine our powers." The leader said.

"That's got to be the lamest and sappiest thing I ever heard."

"DO IT YOU IDIOT OR DIE!"

With little choice, the bat creatures gathered as much power they could muster and shot a beam at Samson all at once. Samson stood his ground as his eyes turn yellow. He then open his mouth as lightning shot out and collided with the beam. The Bat creatures were floored by this.

"He can breathe lightning too?! What kind of dragon is he?" One of them shouted.

Both attacks pushed back one another but it wasn't long before Samson's lightning attack over powered the beam and went straight at them. The lightning hit them dead on killing almost all of them. Samson let up his attack and saw only the leader still standing, but only cause he used one of his own as a meat shield.

"Not only did you attack these ponies but tried to kill children and use one of your own to save your sorry ass. Now that's just low you scum bag." Samson growled at him.

"Anything to survive…and it seems you won this time dragon but mark my words, this isn't over. You'll see me again and there will be others so watch your back you fucking lizard!"

With that the leader shot in the air a flew away. Samson just looked at the bat creature till he was out of sight. With him gone Samson let loose a loud victory roar that could be heard for miles. The ponies jumped at the loud roar but it died down quick. Samson turned to the ponies, they all stared at him, shocked at what he did. Samson slowly went up to them and carefully sliced off the braces and chains on everypony till they were all free. Once they were all free, they all gathered themselves and hugged their loved ones and friends thinking that everything was alright now. Samson turned to see the four he saved run up to the six ponies he met before, the one with the pink bow went up to the orange pony with the cowboy hat, the little unicorn to the white one with purple hair, the orange Pegasus to the rainbow maned one, and the baby dragon to the purple unicorn.

"Oh thank Celestia that you're alright. I thought I lost you Sweetie Belle." Rarity cried in happiness.

"I'm happy too, I was so scared. I thought I was never going to see you again." Sweetie cried.

"I thought I was going to die too big sis." Apple Bloom sniffled into her coat.

"There, there sugar cube, it's all over now. You're safe." Applejack hugged her close.

"I don't want to go through that again." Scootaloo said while hugging Rainbow Dash close.

"Don't worry about that squirt, I won't let it happen to you again…I promise." She said.

"Oh Spike, I'm so glad you're safe. I…..I thought I'd lost you." Twilight hugged her assistant.

"Me too Twilight, I…wanted to say I love you. You're like my big sister and I know I haven't said that as much as I should…and I thought I wouldn't be able to." He said in tears.

"I love you to Spike, my precious baby brother." She kissed his forehead.

Samson just smiled at this heartwarming scene. Seeing all the ponies hugging their loved one and saying those kind words to each other warmed his heart.

"And it seems everypony is ok, nopony is missing. Thank Celestia that it's all over." Pinkie Pie said.

"And it's thanks to mister dragon here, he saved us all." Sweetie Belle said pointing her hoof at Samson.

They all turned to Samson knowing she was right but Samson thought they were going to run away from him when they remembered he was still there. He waited for it but was surprised to see Twilight slowly walk up to him. He bent down his head so he was eye level with her, or close to eye level.

"Thank you so much for saving us all. For saving those we care for with all our hearts. We tried to stop them ourselves…but they overpowered us and captured us. We thought we we're all going to die but then you came and saved us…but why? We said those means things to you yesterday and drove you away. And yet you came to our rescue." Twilight said looking in his orange and red blazing eyes.

"Even though you said those words and I am still a little mad, that doesn't mean I would just sit by and let those assholes kill you all." Samson said.

"But why?" Fluttershy asked.

"Like I said yesterday, I'm not like other dragons you've meet before. I don't see you lower than me nor as food but as creature with hearts and intelligence that have every right to live as any other. I wanted to help you guys cause it was the right thing to do. Isn't that enough of a reason?"

The other just stood there looking at each other, they hadn't thought he would do it because it was the right thing to do.

"Look, I know you guys are still iffy with me and I understand that. I'll try to stay out of your hair as much as possible from now on. Just know that if you're in a pickle, I'll be more than happy to help you ponies out." He lifted his head and started walking back to his cave but a voice stop him.

"No please wait." Samson stooped and turn to see who said that.

It was Rainbow Dash this time, she came up to him looking embarrass.

"I'm…sorry that I said those mean things to you the other day. I thought you were like all the other dragons…but you saved us and didn't ask for anything in return. It was wrong of me to accuse you for landing in Ponyville only to eat us…I'm sorry." She said rubbing her foreleg in embarrassment.

"Well…I actually crashed rather than landed." he chuckled, and that earned a few chuckled from the others too.

"But I accept your apology, and I'm sorry I scared you guys the other day but this weird purple aura thing came out of nowhere and slammed into me causing my left wing to become paralyzed and I fell like a ton of rocks." Twilight stiffen when he said that.

"Did you say you were hit by…a purple aura that came from the ground?" She asked.

"Yeah."

"…..That…..was me." Twilight said in embarrassment.

"What was?"

"The purple aura…I did that." She closed her eyes waiting for him to yell at her.

"Wait that was you?!" She nodded.

"….That's so awesome!" This surprised her.

"You're….not mad at me?"

"Well I wasn't pleased with being shot down, but holy crap I must have been hundreds of feet in the air and you still got me, that was some grade A aim you got there."

"Well, I wasn't trying to hit you. I was trying to do a spell but something happened and I lost control, it bounced around till it finally shot into the skies and got you."

"So it ricochet off of different things and it still hits me? Holy high hell that's even better! That's like a one in a million shot and you made it! Now that is epic!" He grinned.

"Seems like he's taking that well." Applejack whispered to Rarity.

"Indeed, I thought he would blow his top but he is handling it with enthusiasm."

"So with that aside, are you guys ok?" Samson asked.

"A bit shaken but overall ok. And we owe you for that." Twilight said.

"And you were so awesome out there taking on those jerks left and right and they couldn't even scratch you." Spike said.

"That's how we dragons roll little dude, we're pretty tough and know how to use what we got. And it is pretty awesome to be one too." Samson said.

"So I feel as though we should start over." He added.

"I think that's a great idea. My name is Twilight Sparkle and it a pleasure to meet you."

"Ditto, you can call me Samson." He bowed his head to her.

"Samson huh? Weird name for a dragon." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well I believe weird is a good thing. Being normal is boring, where's the fun if you don't do or get to be weird?" He said with a grin.

"Point taken, I'm Rainbow Dash the fastest Pony in Ponyville."

"Fastest huh, I would like to see that one day."

"Is that a challenge I hear?" She said with a smirk.

"Could be." he shrugged also smirking.

"Hi I'm Pinkie Pie and I love to throw parties and what's life without parties? I've never thrown a party for a dragon before, well except for Spike, but he's a baby dragon and you're an adult dragon so that means I'll need to through an super-duper extra-large party for you and I'm sorry for calling you a meanie. Your no meanie you're a nicey. I hope we can be friends?" Pinkie Pie said going all over him.

"Holy crap man aren't you full of energy?" Samson smiled.

"Believe me partner you ain't seen nothing yet with her. I'm Applejack, nice to meet ya'll." Applejack said putting her hoof out to shake.

"Nice to meet you Applejack." He gently shook her hoof.

"And…I want to say sorry as well for not giving you a chance and to also say thank you for saving my sister Apple Bloom."

"It's no problem Applejack, I understand and I'm glad I was able to help."

"And I wish to say I was awfully wrong about you too. You are far from what I thought you to be. You saved my sister and the rest of us, though in a bit of a brutal way but they had it coming to them. I'm Rarity and I thank you for all you done for us Samson."

"It was my pleasure to help such a lovely and well educated lady such as yourself in your time in need. It was my honor to help you and the others." Samson bowed to her like a gentlemen.

"My, such a gentle-colt we have here and with such manners. Truly I misjudged you harshly." She said blinking her eyelashes.

"Like I said, I understand you guys are a bit iffy when it comes to my kind." Samson looked behind Applejack and saw Fluttershy hiding behind her.

"And you are?" He asked Fluttershy.

She eeped and hid herself as best she could from him.

"That's Fluttershy and she's a bit scared of dragons." Twilight said.

"I see…well I didn't expect everyone here to like me so if she has problems with me than it is what it is."

"Everypony." Twilight said.

"Pardon?" Samson asked.

"The correct term is everypony not everyone."

"…ok, like I said, I don't expect everypony to like me right away, like Fluttershy here, so I understand."

"You're…not upset?" Fluttershy asked quietly.

"No, if you need time to get used to me than so be it. I'm not going to push you to be friends with me. When you're ready you'll come around, till then I'll give you wide space, sound good?" He asked.

"I…would like that very much…thank you Samson." She said with a small smile.

"Damn now ain't she just cute as a box full of kittens." He thought.

"I see you finally made friends with the ponies here, that's good, when they got to know you like I did I knew they would like you." Zecora went up to him.

"Hey it's good you're ok Zecora. It would have been a real drag if you were hurt." Samson lowered his head to her.

"And I'm glad you're unharmed as well, and thank you for looking after my well-being I have not a scratch as you can tell."

"That's good. It was lucky they didn't hurt you or anyone-"

"Anypony." Twilight corrected.

"…Anypony else." he finished.

"And it's all thanks to you my friend, you stopped those creatures in their tracks and put their plans in a dead end. Thank you Samson." Zecora rubbed her face against his snout.

He was surprise by her affection but thought that was how they all show their gratitude. So he softly rubbed his snout back.

"Anything for a friend like you." he said.

"You two know each other?" Twilight asked.

"A few days ago when I landed in the Everfree Forest to find a home I bumped into Zecora and we talked and became friends." Samson said.

"You live in the Everfree Forest?" Pinkie asked shocked.

"Well where else would a 45 foot tall 10 ton reptile with wings stay?" He said.

"Good point."

And soon everypony went up to him and said hello and greeted him warmly. He was happy that they seemed to trust him a little now that they knew he was not like other dragons. After everyone greeted him a pony with a tan coat and white and grey mane and tail with a tan scroll tied in a blue ribbon with glasses spoke up.

"Ok Everypony, now that the threat is over and have met our new friend Samson here, it's time to rebuild the town. It'll be hard work cleaning it up but together it should go faster." Said Mayor Mare.

"Mind if I tag along with the cleanup crew? It'll make the workload go faster." Samson volunteered.

"Why thank you Samson, we would like your help." She said.

So all the ponies, plus Samson, started to pick up the town. Samson looked back in the direction the bat creature fled off too. He couldn't help but feel that his words would come true.

"Well whatever may come, I'll be around to stop whatever they throw." Samson thought

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The bat creature that fled made it back in one piece to a dark room that was dimly lit. He slowly went up to a large figure sitting at the end of the room. He was shaking like a leaf and scared out of his mind.

"So, you return without the Elements of Harmony or the carriers?" Asked a dark voice filled with power.

"Y-y-yes my lord, I have failed you. But it wasn't my fault!" He quickly said.

"How so?"

"A dragon interfered with our search for the Elements."

"A dragon, don't lie to me your pathetic worm. No High King Dragon would help those weakling ponies." he sneered.

"Right you are but this wasn't a High King Dragon my lord."

"What?"

"Yes, it was bigger than them with ruby scales, large wings, six horns, and tusk. And it was able to use more than just fire." He explained.

"….Did you say this dragon use more than one elemental breath?" He asked.

"Yes my lord."

The figure was silent for a while in deep thought and this made the bat creature very nervous.

"My lord, is all well?" He asked.

"Be gone with you. I have much to think." The figured waved him off.

"Of course my lord." He bowed and left the room happy he didn't get killed.

"A dragon that can use more than one elemental breath…no it couldn't be. They all died millennia's ago, I made sure of it. But if it is true, then this has put my plans in jeopardy and I must deal with it before it's too late."

So the figure began to form a plan to kill Samson.

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Whelp that's the first chapter folks, hope you like. Please fave, review, PM, or whatever to let me know if you like it or whatnot. Till next time!