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Prologue: Forging of the Golden Scale
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Eighteen years before the return of Nightmare Moon…
In a cave far beyond the Everfree Forest, by the border between Equestria and GemFido, a new clutch dragon eggs had just hatched. Only one had yet to follow its siblings. A small crack formed on the bronze shell as it relinquished its hold on the young life that resided inside it.
The crack continued to grow in size, until…
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For the first time in my life, the outside would came into the sight of my deep blue eyes. I tried to claw my way out of my egg, and promptly fell over. It was then that a large green dragoness filed my vision.
"Hello little one, I'm your mommy." She told me in a sweet voice.
I laughed and held my claws out to her as she picked me up with her much larger claws.
"Where is he, where is my little boy!?" Bellowed a deep yet happy voice from somewhere out of my sight.
My mommy turned her head to talk to the voice, "He is right here, dear."
She turned me around to see a large red dragon who had thin trails of smoke billowing from the sides of his smile. This was my daddy, I just knew it. I laughed again and once more held my claws out.
"Wow, would you just look at his colors." He said as he looked at me, "I've never seen a dragon with scales like his before, what are we going to call him?"
My mommy let out a thoughtful "Hmm" as she moved her head back into my sight, "How about, Gold Scale. I have a feeling he will bring balance too many lives someday."
My daddy laughed, "Just many? A boy this special will do that to all of Equestria!"
He reached down and tickled my tummy, and I laughed uncontrollably. I was happy, complete content… if only it stayed that way. Unfortunately, life had other plans.
My name is Gold Scale, and this is my story.
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