CHAPTER 9: UN UNBREAKABLE BOND

Wheezie got up and rushed over to her unconscious brother. Luster did the same.

"Oh, Zak!" cried Cassie as she did the same.

"Zak!" Emmy, Max, and Enrique cried out from the cage in unison.

"No!" Twilight cried.

Quetzal was in shock while seeing Zak in a bad condition.

Spike and the mane 5 gasped in fear. On the other hand, Luster's friends came in shock, too.

"ZAK! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Ord wailed tearfully while scurrying over to Zak,

"What have you done? What have you done?!"

"No such thing as a coincidence," Zak coughed and was struggling in pain.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no , no!" Wheezie cried while holding onto Zak's body after scurrying over to where Ord was,

"Zakky, can you hear me? Come on, stay awake, please! I don't wanna lose you!"

"Zak?" Luster whimpered.

"The dark magic is getting hard for him to handle!" Cassie sobbed out after realizing Zak's condition,

"This is how Zak risked his life like this?!"

Dragon Queen Nightmare Star stared as well, but wickedly grinned and laughed, but not until signaling her minions to attack the dragons and ponies from below in town from Canterlot.

"That'll teach you how ponies and dragons get along," she says,

"Let's finish this."

Wheezie sees how bad her brother's condition is getting, and stares at the evil dragon queen with tears of hatred, but at the pink crystals guarded in the locks, hoping that she'll find a way to bring her brother back.

On the other hand, Zak moaned weakly and regained less consciousness, and Wheezie felt relieved as she helped him up.

"Are you okay?" asked Wheezie.

"I'm running out of time, sis," coughed Zak,

"I hope you know how sorry I am."

"No, brother, don't say that. Please, we can still defeat Dragon Queen Nightmare Star," Wheezie soothes to her brother and she already realized his medallion glowing but zapping off, in case his time will come. Zak winced again,

"I can only hope that you'll ever forgive me."

He gave his sister a kiss on the face, causing Wheezie to blush with her sweet smile.

Luster, her friends, the human kids, and the others were all glad that Zak was gonna be okay. Ord and Cassie also felt relieved and helped Wheezie getting Zak up.

Ord, Cassie, Zak who still has enough but less strength to fight, and Wheezie went to the middle where Dragon Queen Nightmare Star was at, getting their powers from medallions ready. Luster's friends joined along with the dragons.

"Now let this be a lesson to you," Dragon Queen Nightmare Star says evilly as her dark, flammable but magical powers glowed up from her necklace, and her hands,

"Dragons DON'T make friends with ponies!"

Then, she blasted them directly to Luster's friends and the dragons, who held out their medallions with powers blocking Dragon Queen Nightmare Star's dark magic.

Quetzal, Twilight, her friends, Emmy, Max, and Enrique were all shocked but frustrated as the battle has already started.

Luster's friends were helping out with Ord, Cassie, Zak, and Wheezie who were holding their own medallions, which started to glow, with their powers trying to blast at Dragon Queen Nightmare Star.

"You fools! I am the dark queen of Equestria! Surrender now and stop wasting my time!" Dragon Queen Nightmare Star yelled as her dark magical powers pushed farther, making Luster's friends and the dragons lose the ability to be strong and defeat her.

Quetzal, Twilight, her friends, and the human kids yelp in shock at the same time as the evil dragon queen's magic had froze them. Luster gasped, but looked at her medallion, and back at Quetzal, who looked at her while frozen and said,

"You have a very important role in this."

Luster nodded bravely, and went in front her friends and the dragons, who gasped while looking at her going to that direction.

"Luster?" Cassie asks with concern.

Luster leaned down and raised her glowing medallion high, causing the powers of her friends and the dragons to push more farther, and even hit Dragon Queen Nightmare Star.

"NO!" she cried out with anger, full of disbelief.

Luster looked to the right and saw the chain attracting the chandelier from the ceiling of the Canterlot.

"No," Dragon Queen Nightmare Star said softly now with disbelief as she looked up.

Luster kicks her hoof and causes the chain to slip away and the chandelier to fall on top of Nightmare Star, who yelps and gets crushed.

Suddenly, her fiery mane glowed through the broken pieces of the chandelier.

"Luster, look out!" Twilight shouted with fear.

Luster, her friends, and the dragons ran away from the chandelier, which exploded from the fiery magic. As a result, there was a magical bubble where Dragon Queen Nightmare Star was in; she was using her magic for protection, but shrinking to everyones' regular size and even losing power! Dragon Queen Nightmare Star yelled in fear as Luster tells everyone,

"The power… Celestia is controlling it!"

"There's too much for her to handle!" Luna announced in agreement.

After Dragon Queen Nightmare Star was held captive by the powers from Luster, her friends, and the four dragons' badges on their medallions, Luna steps in and uses her magic to do the same like the others are doing.

"NO, let me go! I need MORE power!" the evil dragon queen goddess says while trying to back in her dark form.

"No, Celestia. You need to stop and let us help you, okay? You're not thinking right, please. I want my sister back," Luna chimed in through tears.

Hearing what Luna said, Dragon Queen Nightmare Star closed her eyes and allowed everyone to do so. Once the magic summoned, it exploded all around the world with restoration.


Nightmare Star's minions were attacking the dragons and ponies, but they were disappearing, until they are gone. Their screeching sounds can be heard as they were destroyed. The dragons and ponies reacted in confusion, and cheered, as if they saw restoration in Equestria, and through the portal into Dragonland, too!

Back in Canterlot, the dragons, Luster, and her friends, were laying unconscious after the magical restoration, but groaned weakly as they regain consciousness

Zak slowly regains consciousness with the others while looking at what happened. After a moment, he says weakly,

"Oh, Wheezie…"

As time came near, Zak lost consciousness as his head fell to the side and his eyes were closed back. He was breathing heavily.

The imprisonments disappeared, causing Quetzal, Twilight, her friends, and even the human kids to be free.

"We're free!" Emmy cheered after seeing the cage door open.

"Let's check on the dragons!" Max says excitedly as he grabs the hands of Emmy and Enrique.

"Sí, we did it!" Enrique says.

The kids called out the dragons' names, and the dragons, who already regained consciousness with Luster and her friends, tearfully and joyfully hug the human kids back once they're happy everyone is okay. Luna walked over to her sister, who was unconscious, but back to normal.

"Celestia?" Luna asks.

Celestia slowly opened her eyes, looked up, and asked,

"Luna?"

Twilight ran to the royal sisters. Celestia got up, and spotted Luna and Twilight.

"Luna, Twilight, is that really you?" she asks.

"Yes, big sister. It's me," Luna beams.

"Celestia!" Twilight cried through happy tears as she hugged Celestia.

Luna smiled and sobbed as she hugged her older sister. Celestia shedded tears as she hugged Twilight and Luna and said,

"Oh, Luna and Twilight, it's really you both! I'm sorry for everything that mattered to me, clouded by my own emotions and not letting go of the present! I didn't know what came over me when I have gotten an unwanted revenge. But I was a fool for doing all of this stuff to you. Please give me another chance, I apologize for everything. I love you, I love you two SO MUCH!"

Luna and Twilight forgave Celestia, and the three cried while hugging each other for joy.

Luster smiled, and saw her parents free and safe.

"Mom! Dad!" she cried out.

"Luster!" Sunburst and Starlight cried in unison.

They all hugged each other for comfort and relief.

"Oh, Luster, my baby, you're okay!" Starlight told her daughter.

"I know," replied Luster.

"Oh, my little girl. I'm so proud of you," Sunburst says with tears as he hugged Luster tight, as if he and Starlight missed her so much.

As the hug broke, they heard Twilight say,

"Luster!"

"Princess Twilight!" Luster cried out, and hugged her teacher.

"I'm so proud of you, Luster," the princess says proudly with tears,

"You lost yourself in your emotions, but in the end, you didn't lose sight of what was truly important. The love for your family, you friends, and finally, these nice human kids and the friendly dragons."

Luster smiled, spotted Celestia and Luna who smiled at the same time in agreement, and turned to her friends, the dragons and the human kids for a hug.

"Guys!" she called out.

"Luster!" they all reply back and hug her as well.

"We did it, we defeated Nightmare Star!" Luster says.

"You sure did, mí amigo!" Enrique says.

Emmy and Max cheered in agreement.

"Now we'll never have to be apart!" Cassie excitedly added.

"See, dragons do make friends with ponies!" Ord agrees.

"Loved it!" Wheezie chimed in a singsongy tone.

Suddenly, Enrique paused everyone after recognizing first what they forgot during this moment.

"Where's Zak?!" he panicked.

In reaction, Wheezie agreed with Enrique. The dragons and ponies reacted on the same thing, and spotted Zak laying motionless on the Canterlot floor outside. Wheezie looked at her brother in shock, and at the pink crystals, which are now free. She grabbed them quickly, and scurried over to Zak.

"Zak, we have to control the pink crystals together!" Wheezie says sadly.

She goes to Zak's side, and places one of the pink crystals on his grasp, and the other on hers, but sees his medallion slowly glowing until its light decreased. Once Wheezie waited for a response, soon after, Zak coughed weakly and looked up, holding onto his chest and zapping dragon badge for dear life because of the dark magic striking his heart last time.

"I'm right here, Zakky! Stay awake, please! I can't lose you. I'll get Quetzal to heal you!" Wheezie cried in a frantic tone, but paused as Zak placed his hand on her face.

As Wheezie continued sobbing, Zak soothed,

"Shh. Don't cry, Wheezie. I hate seeing the tears in your eyes."

Wheezie held back tears while saying,

"We got the pink crystals! We have to conjoin ourselves back together."

Zak's breath became shallow as he slowly says,

"I wanna let you know, sis, all of the memories we have had as siblings, and everything I said to you, was my mistake, but truthful."

"I know…" Wheezie replies softly.

Zak puts a small smile and hugs his sister with compassion but in her arms as he winced,

"I love you, Wheezie. I love you so much. Thank you, to Ord, Cassie, Emmy, Max, Enrique, Quetzal, and to all our friends… for everything."

Wheezie sniffled tearfully, and replied back,

"I love you, too."

Zak smiled, slowly closed his eyes, and let out a last breath, with fire coming out, until smoke appeared from his mouth. As a result, his dragon badge stopped glowing, and his scales were discolored. Zak was perished.

Wheezie opened her eyes, and looked back at her brother.

"Zakky…" she whispers with tears,

"Zakky?"

Realizing that Zak's time has come, Wheezie lets out a heartbroken cry,

"ZAK!"

Staring at Zak, Wheezie felt her eyes swell with tears. Then, she fell next to him, squeezed her hands on his side, and sobbed into his neck.

Hearing Wheezie's echoing and uncontrollable cries, everyone hung their heads low in respect.

Luster and her friends couldn't believe what they saw, so did Ord and Cassie near them.

Cassie hiccuped as tears fell from her eyes. Ord sniffled and pulled her for an embrace as he stroked her head sympathetically with tears streaming down his eyes. Cassie hugged Ord and sobbed.

Celestia hugs her younger sister with comfort as Luna shedded tears in her older sister's arm. Luster teared up, and began weeping. Sunburst and Starlight comforted their daughter with sadness and reassurance. Spike and the mane 5 hung their heads low. The human kids were all sad, but not everyone was as sad as Wheezie was. Emmy and Enrique are doing their best to comfort Max, as if they were sorry for their loss, but had a flashback of how they and the dragons get along.


*~(Flashback)~*

Emmy and Max had Enrique come to Dragonland, and meet up with Ord, Cassie, Zak and Wheezie. Enrique was told by Zak and Wheezie to ride on them, and he loved the view when flying with Emmy riding on Cassie, and Max riding on Ord.


*~(End of Flashback)~*

Emmy and Enrique were hugging Max, who was sobbing quietly, in their arms. Emmy was feeling the same way as Max, so did Enrique, but he can tell how Wheezie really felt while near Zak the whole time, as siblings with strong feelings.

Wheezie, while crying, nuzzled her brother's face in her hands, but with the pink crystals stuck in one of each other's hands. After that, she raised her head from her brother's neck and smoothed his face. Staring, Wheezie hummed but also did sing to Zak a lullaby that was more soft, which he had liked ever since of playing music. Then, she laid down near Zak and sobbed quietly.

"Oh, Zak..." she choked up softly after her song as tears slid down her cheeks,

"Oh, Zak."

After these words, a tear fell on Zak's face, and slid down onto the pink crystal held in his hand.

Suddenly, moments later, the tear's particles of the magic appeared, and the pink crystal connected the other from Wheezie's hands. When Wheezie's dragon badge on her medallion glowed, Zak's dragon badge on his medallion also started glowing even brighter. The pink magic surrounded Zak and Wheezie.

After the magic brightens, it caught the dragons and ponies' attentions. Once the pink magic slowly disappears after restoration, Wheezie looked at herself with tears still swelling in her eyes. She then closed her eyes with a sigh. All of a sudden, Zak moved in unconsciousness, but slowly opened his eyes.

"Wheezie?" he asks.

Wheezie opened her eyes with confusion at her brother, who was still weak, but kept his eyes open.

"Brother...?" she asks back.

"Sis, did I ever tell you that our bond was unbreakable?" questions Zak with curiosity.

Wheezie smiled with tears, and laughed out loud between sobs,

"Oh, Zak!"

Zak smiles as he hugs his sister back. But as the two paused, they looked at each other, and gasped; Zak and Wheezie are both conjoined back together!

"Zak, we're conjoined!" Wheezie cheered.

Zak beamed with a gasp of joy, and cried out,

"That's true, Wheezie. We're back to normal!"

The dragons and ponies shot up while seeing what happened, and cheered out with joy.

Ord, Cassie, and the human kids saw and realized Zak and Wheezie back to normal as if the two were conjoined back together. They all cheered, however, and came for an embrace.

Luster reacted, and galloped to them for an embrace, too.

"Zak!" she cried.

"Luster Dawn!" Zak and Wheezie cried back with tears and hugged Luster with compassion.

As the conjoined dragons saw the human kids, Emmy, Max, and Enrique ran over to them with joy.

"Zak!" they sobbed joyfully.

"Emmy, Max, Enrique!" Zak cried and embraced the kids with his arm with lots of love and even compassion. Tears formed in his eyes.

"Thank goodness you three are okay!" he says.

Quetzal smiled and went over to Luster.

"Luster, mí amigo, I wanted to thank you for saving my students' lives and getting their powers back. It's a pleasure to meet everyone here," he said and embraced Luster, who returned it.

Twilight walked over to Quetzal and Luster as the two broke the embrace for a moment.

"Thank you, Quetzal, for everything you've done to save Equestria. Your students and these cute little humans are the newest friends Luster and her friends had ever made," she says.

Then, Twilight hugged Quetzal, who smiled and returned it after saying,

"Ah, mí amigo, gracías, for letting us help save your kingdom. Luster is pretty much our hero."

Twilight smiled at that comment. Spike and the mane 5 did the same. Luna was agreeing on the same thing as Celestia eventually apologized as well for everything she had done to the dragons and ponies, and Quetzal accepted her apology.

Fluttershy walked up to Quetzal, the dragons, and the human kids first to thank them, since she is very kind.

Up next were Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack.

"So kind to be friends with those creatures," said Fluttershy.

"Oh, yeah!" Rainbow Dash says,

"We like dragons!"

"Ya said it," Applejack agrees with a chuckle.

"Such a divine pleasure to thank you for doing everything you can," Rarity says as she bows down to the dragons and human kids.

The mane 6 and Spike looked at Luster and nodded, as if they'll consider the human kids and dragons as part of her team with her friends. In reaction, Luster cheered tearfully and hugged the human kids and dragons, so did her friends.

Pinkie Pie starts shedding tears while near her friends, Spike, and Twilight. She then stops crying and says with a smile.

"Hey! You know what this calls for?"

Twilight, Spike, and her other friends nodded, as if they all knew what Pinkie means and says about.


A PARTY! … YAY, a happy ending (sort of)! Pretty heartwarming, though… huh? Also, did you really think this would have a bad ending like in the previous chapter?! Whatever… Find out in the next chapter, 'cause it's gonna have a CELEBRATION!