A/N- What's up? Moonlight Gamer here, ready to give this chapter! Sorry for the long wait, but life happens. Now, do you have friends? Of course you do! Tell them to read this story, will ya? If you do, I'll give you a cookie, for every friend you tell! Shameless self promoting FOR THE WIN! And in case you were wondering, Moonlight is about 4 years older than the CMC (I base their age rate of ours. I would think the CMC to be around 8-10, and the mane six to be from 16-18). Stay a Boss, Moonlight Gamer! –end A/N

A week Later, in the forest (Moonlight P.O.V)

I was under a tree in mid-afternoon, reading the mysterious book I obtained a few days ago, after the fire. I learned that if I will it, then the book will go to where I wanted it to, and will even change the book I was reading to fit my needs. I was currently reading about the Great Dragon Migration;

The Great Dragon Migration happens once a Generation. Many Dragons travel in a large pack, gaining more and more until there are around a thousand dragons. Even while in the air though, dragons will fight. The battle is more like a duel of sorts, with unspoken rules, such as the loser must leave the migration, and younger dragons- adolescent and younger- are not allowed to fight older dragons. As such, there are much fewer dragons at the final stop then there may have been 100 miles back. The final point of the migration is known as the draconic pits, a rocky area with pools of lava and an untold number of gems beneath the surface of the rocks. Surrounding the area are rich forests similar to the Everfree forest, riddled with timber wolves, manticores, and the rare phoenix. Often times, Dragons will-

I stopped reading when I heard whimpering off to my right. Never being one to simply ignore something, I shut the book and put it into my saddlebags. I got up, and slowly walked over to where the noise was coming from. I hid behind a bush around ten feet away from the source, and peeked through.

There were two beasts, one much smaller than the other, in a small clearing. The larger was a mix between multiple creatures, the front of it was brownish, with two heads, one was a tan- colored lion and one was a white ram. Both had dark yellow eyes, but the lion's left eye was pitch black, looking demonic. It had claws for its front two legs, and it's back half was a sickly green, with hooves for hind legs. Its tail was a snake, with long, sharp fangs literally dripping with dark green venom. It held similar eyes. The smaller was similar, but with only one head; an off-white ram. It also had a snake for a tail, but obviously not nearly as venomous. They both had vibrant, yellow eyes, but the snake's were large and round, unfeeling, while the actual creatures were just as large, but fearful. It had small scratches running across its underbelly, three bloody scratches on its chest, and one larger gash running down the length of its back .The larger was in a threatening stance, and the smaller was crouching, while slowly backing away. It looked like the larger was attacking the smaller.

I wasted no time jumping out from the bush, and giving a threatening growl. As it turned, I launched myself at it and rammed into the creature from the side. It flew back about 15 feet, even though it was three times as big as me. It got up, and stared at me with anger. It rushed at me, when I jumped into the air and flew behind, revealing my wings and startling the beast. I bucked one of its back legs, breaking it. The beast turned and growled at me, before turning and hopping away on its other three legs.

"Yeah, that'll show you to mess with me!" I yelled at the fleeing beast. I turned to the smaller beast. "Hey, are you okay? Don't worry, I won't hurt you." It crouched down, but didn't move. I took a tentative step towards it, and it didn't move. I crouched down to eye-level with it, and crawled forward. "It's okay. You're safe now." It gave a few small steps towards me.

"Th-Thank you…" I heard it say, before running off.

"Wait!" I yelled. "Hold on!" But it was no use. For an injured creature, it moved fast. I sighed; and slumped down a nearby tree, fiddling with my necklace with Saphira's cutie mark. What was that creature? I thought, before looking at my saddlebags, pulling out my magic book. I hope this works

I pictured the creature in my head, as well as my memory would allow. I felt the book grow warm, and when I looked at it again, it was on what I needed. I looked at the book title, 'Creatures of lore and myth'. I read the page it sent me to, which had a picture similar to the creature I just saw:

Chimera's are often thought of as one the strangest creatures ever thought of. They are parts of multiple different animals including rams, lions, and snakes. Their tail is always a live venomous snake, their poison growing stronger as the beast ages. They are born with the head of either a ram or lion, and grow the second one later. Rarely, the second head will not grow in. If such a thing happens, the mother will see the child as a runt, and attempt to kill it. These creatures are so rare; they are often viewed as myths, creatures that are not real. But they are real, even with only a handful of the creatures left.

"Okay, but that doesn't explain why I could understand it…" I say, before the book changes again, back into the original book I found,

Creatures of the dragon bloodline are often able to speak to other creatures. This only applies to the darker side of the biosphere though, as they are only able to speak with more evil creatures, at least the more commonly evil creatures. A nice manticore? You could still understand it. But an evil bunny? No chance.

"Huh, that's… actually quite helpful." I said with a shrug. I retuned the book to my saddlebags and got up. I stretched my wings and flew around 30 feet above the tree line. Now, if I can remember, there should be a town… aha! I thought as I saw a village to the north, a few miles away. I began flying at a leisurely pace, before I saw noticed the sun near the horizon. Wow, when did it get so dark? I didn't even notice.

An hour later, the town.

I walked up to the small town quietly. There was a sign that read 'Oatsburg'. I put my wings away about half a mile back, and walked the rest of the way, so nopony saw them. I passed few ponies, and came across a small building with a sign with a picture of a bed on it. Must be an inn.

I walked in, and saw a counter almost directly in front of me, with a light green mare behind it. She looked at me, and smiled.

"Why hello there little guy! What are you doing here without parents?" I sighed.

"Doesn't matter. Can I get a room for the night?"

"Why do you need a room? You can just go home. Do you want me to walk you there?" She moved to get on the other side of the counter, but I stopped her.

"Do you want to walk a few dozen miles to a burned down house in a town where I was framed and am currently considered a wanted fugitive?" I pulled out my bag of bits. "Now how much?"

"Umm…10… bits a night?" She said, confusion evident on her face. I dropped the bits on the counter and she gave me the key. "Have a nice night."

I walked up the stairs to the left and pulled out my book. "Show me Oatsburg, Equestria." I whispered. The book flipped, and showed me a map. Apparently, Oatsburg was near the edge of Equestria, a few hundred miles south of Canterlot. Before I could start reading though, I bumped into something. I looked up, and saw a dark brown earth pony stallion with short black hair. The stallion had an open book and a quill as a cutie mark. He looked at me, and then gasped.

"Y-Your eyes! What's wrong with them?" He asked, shocked.

"I was born with them. Why?" I responded. He started backing away.

"And your teeth! T-They're so sharp! You… you're a monster!" He turned and ran.

"Wait! I'm not a…" but he was gone. "Monster…" I sighed, then looked and saw that my room was just ahead of me. Room 7. Yay.

I walked in and saw a rather simple looking room. Pale brown walls, a small desk with a candle, a bathroom to the left, and a plain bed with white sheets. I looked out a window and saw the sun was just leaving view. Well, no time for reading, I guess. I jumped into the bed and got comfortable in the thick comforter. Soon, I fell into a dreamless sleep.

The next morning

"Yaaaaaaaawwn!" I yawned, showing my distaste for waking up. I got out of bed, and walked over to the bathroom. Inside, were white walls, grayed in some places with age, a clean, white bathtub, a toilet and sink, both a light blue, for whatever reason. I took care of my basic needs, and walked out, feeling refreshed. I grabbed my saddlebags and walked out the door. I trotted down the stairs and looked to the mare that was behind the counter yesterday, but she wasn't there. I just shrugged it off, and kept going.

I looked in the direction of what looked like a marketplace, and started looking for some good food stalls. Instead though, I saw everyone looking at me, scared. I took a step forward, and some of them took a step back. Another step forward, another step back. I looked in the crowed, and saw the dark brown stallion from yesterday. I sighed.

"Really? You're that scared of a colt that looks different? That's just dumb." I turned and walked towards a white fountain I saw near the center of town. I pulled out a bit, and closed my eyes, and made a wish.

I wish I had a friend who wasn't afraid of me.

I dropped the coin, leaving it to rest with the other bits left to make a wish. I sat on the edge, watching as the others walk around, giving me and the fountain a wide berth. That's when I heard something. It started as a low thumping, almost inaudible, but it quickly grew in volume until the water in the fountain was vibrating. I saw all the ponies were looking towards the woods where I came from. The only sound I heard was a thumping. Then, I saw it.

A chimera burst from under the canopy, galloping at high speeds, until it was upon the town. It jumped, crashing through the gateway, and landed some 50 feet away, before letting out a deafening roar, literally forcing the nearest stalls to go flying by the sheer force of its voice. It looked around, until it settled its eyes on me, but what unsettled me was the lion. Its left eye was pitch black. It took a step closer to me.

"Dragon-pony, I have hunted you since after our short battle. I followed your unique scent, and it has brought me to you. Now fight me in honorable combat, or I will destroy you, and this village." It said to me, in a deep, gravelly voice.

It's weird, talking to a chimera. You hear growls and such, but you know what they are saying. It's confusing, to say the least. And somehow, I responded in his language.

"You will not harm anypony, beast. I have bested you once, and I will beat you once more. I will end you." And with that, I launched myself at him.

The chimera flinched, startled from my forwardness, but quickly recovered. He lifted his paw, and smashed it against me, sending me into a stall of to the left. I got up, and shook the crushed fruit off of me. I narrowed my eyes, puffed out my cheeks, and shot some of my compressed green flame, hitting the lion's snout. He recoiled in pain, but then stared at me in anger, his snout burned. He charged, but I quickly shot my wings out, and flew up, then nose-dived when the chimera was directly below me, landing on the back of the Ram's head. I held on as tight as I could to the horns as he tried to launch me off. In response, I bit one, and clamped down for dear life.

I must have hit a hairline fracture or something, because after another few seconds, I heard a sickening 'crack', as its horn snapped off, falling to the ground with me still holding on to it. I let go just before it hit the ground, but it still gave a dull thud when it hit the ground. How much did the thing weigh? It didn't matter though, as I watched the beast flail in pain. In shock, it started randomly jumping around, before landing on me, knocking me to the ground. I head a few cracks, and knew it broke more than a few ribs. It lowered its heads to me.

"And now, I will end your pitiful life. Prepare to die." The lion opened its maw, and prepared to bite down, when I heard a scream from off to the side.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!" Then, a small blur rammed into the side of the lion, and latched onto it with its tail, swinging onto its head. It shoved its paw into the lion's good eye, and bit down on its ear. That's when I got a good look at the small creature.

It was a chimera, with three scratches on its chest, and a long gash running down its back.

The larger chimera howled in pain, and jumped off me, reaching up with its paws to smack the smaller away, but to no avail, as the smaller jumped from the lion head to the goat, biting the thick ears and digging at the eyes. The snake tail was batting away the larger beasts whenever it tried to get close. Finally, the larger rolled onto it's back, in an attempt to squish the smaller attacker, but it jumped off just in time. It ran around while the larger was getting up, and bit the base of his snake tail. Hard. The larger's eyes went wide, blood seeping out, as his tail fell off.

Blood was gushing out of the wound, in a thick river. The beast took a few wobbly steps, then collapsed, dead.

The small chimera took a step towards the fallen beast, and spat on it.

"You deserve no respect in your dishonorable death. May you rot in Tartarus for eternity." Then he collapsed, also.

I blinked, then ran over to the chimera. I put my head to his chest. He's breathing. Good, now we need to get him medical attention. He must've collapsed from fatigue. I lifted him by the scruff of his neck, and placed him on my back. I started trotting towards the fountain, to be stopped by a mob of ponies.

"How did you do that?"

Who 's that little guy?"

"How did he beat him like that?"

Before they could continue with their onslaught of questions, I sighed and flew over them. Sadly, a few of them were pegasi, and followed us. I started speeding up, and they stopped following me. So I landed on top of what seemed like a city hall. I leaned over, and let the little guy roll off. He curled up when he landed, like he was sleeping peacefully. I leaned down, and gave him a quick flare of my white flame, to heal him, before and laid down next to him, allowing my advanced self-healing take hold of my own wounds during my own deep, dreamless sleep.

I woke up to two large, yellow round eyes staring at me.

"Gah!" I got up, startled. It's eyes followed me. Then I remembered what happened no more than a few hours ago. "You…you're the chimera from a few days ago." I said, stating the obvious.

"And you're the pony-dragon that saved me those few days ago." He replied. "Thank you for that." He looked down though, looking ashamed.

"Why do you look upset?"

"Was it okay? For me to kill him, I mean?"

"Well, sometimes you have to. It had to be done, and there was no other way. You did the right thing, so cheer up." And so, he looked up at me with a new smile.

"Thank you. Anyways, who are you?"

"Me? I'm Moonlight. And how can you tell I'm part dragon?"

"You have the eyes and teeth. And you have your wings." Nodding towards the parts he named off.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about those. And who are you?"

I… don't have a name. I was never given one." He looked down again.

I thought for a moment. "Well, you can't be running around without a name, can you? Do you have anything that you would like to be called?"

"Well, I have this one name. Salamance. I can't remember where I heard it though. And if it's too long, then you can just call me Salam or Sal."

"Hmm, I like it. Sounds cool and brave, like you. Now, why don't we get down from here and check to see if they cleaned up that mess yet?"

He nodded with a smile plastered on his face, and jumped up on my back. I spread my wings, and headed towards the marketplace where the showdown took place. After about 5 minutes, we reached the area, and took a look to see the area completely clean, with no signs of the battle. Even the stalls were fixed. So I landed to ask how the area got clean so fast. I walked up to a blue mare with a basket of carrots.

"Excuse me ma'am, but how did this place get cleaned so fast?"

"It was easy. We have some of the best cleaning po- OH! It's you! The two that stopped the chimera!"

She started rattling off questions, attracting the attention of random bystanders, who started crowding and asking questions too. Salam shrunk down on my back, and I swear there was a vein popping out of my forehead from pure annoyance.

"Will you all please SHUT UP FOR A SECOND!?" With that, they all turned quiet. "Now, can someone tell me where the dead chimera is now?" the blue mare gulped.

"Um, it's in town hall right now." I nodded, spreading my wings.

"Thank you. And with that, I was in the air, heading back. I reached the door of the large white building which had a royal chariot out front. I walked in, and was greeted with the smell of early decay, and a royal guard talking to the brown pony from earlier who called me a monster, who was across a dark brown table.

"Mayor, you must hand this creature over to the royal guard. It is a rare and endangered species, and we need to study it. It could help Equestria greatly in the future." Said the Guard, in a deep, masculine voice. The Mayor learned forward.

"That may be true, but I am waiting for a certain pony to come by. He's the one who- Oh! There he is!" He said, noticing me. "Young colt, come here for a moment, will you?" I came up to the table, between the guard and the mayor.

"Yes?"

"I wanted to say I am sorry for calling you a monster earlier and- oh no! Watch out, another one of the beasts! Kill it! Kill it with fire!" He exclaimed, just now noticing Salam, who had been half-hidden by my mane.

"Whoa! Calm down, this one's a good guy! He's the one who finished off the other chimera!"

The stallion blinked, the attempted to regain his composure. "Oh. Yes of course. I'm sorry about that. Now, as I was saying, I wanted to thank you, and allow you to take something from the beast; anything. The spoils of war, if you will." He said, smiling. I looked at the guard, then back at him.

"Why not? Where is the chimera?" I said. The stallion nodded towards a door to the right.

When I opened the door, I was hit by a wall of stench. Salamance jumped off my back.

"There he is, my father." I looked at him, incredulously.

"THAT was your father!?" He nodded, and circled him. I followed, until I reached his decapitated horn. I lifted it with my magic.

"This is cool. And made of something really hard. This is a keeper. I placed it in my saddle bags, and it seemed much lighter than it should have been.

"Why is this horn so light? Before, it was heavy enough to put a dent in the ground. Salam looked up at me.

"Simple. You see, when attached to a chimera, it magically weighs more. I don't know why, but it's how it works."I blinked, then shook my head. Then I came to the lion's head, and I looked at the demonic eye. And for whatever reason, it was white now.

"Huh. I think I will take this too." I used my magic to grasp it, and pulled, and it popped out with a 'shlick'. I looked it over. It was smooth, about the size of a softball, and had a smooth texture, like marble.

"I think this is it." I said, as I walked out of the room, back to the guard and the mayor. "This is all I need."

The mayor took a quick glance at what I was carrying. "If you don't mind me asking, why these items?"

"The horn seems to be really cool, and useful. And the eye, well, I'm not sure. It just seems really cool. It could be magical."

The Guard shrugged. "As long as we get the body. Have a nice day, mayor." He looked at me. "And to you to, Moonlight." He picked the beast up with his magic, and carried it out to the chariot out front. "Be Safe." And with that, he was of. I turned to the mayor.

"I think I'm going to get going." He nodded.

"I get it. Well, be safe. And thank you again, for saving our village."

I smiled, and started trotting. When I reached the Gate though, I remembered who was hiding in my mane. "Hey Salamance?"

He poked his head out. "Yeah?"

"The forest is right over there. Are you going to go back?" He jumped out of my mane, and and looked away.

"Well, I don't really…" I chuckled and looked back at him.

"You don't want to go back, do you? You want to stay with me."

He looked at me. "Yeah… If that's okay…" I chuckled again.

"Hop in." He smiled, and jumped back in my mane. "And now, were off!" I said, And we were off, new spoils in our saddlebags and a new adventure to be a part of.