*Turn on webcam*

Me: What's up Everypony! Sunblast X here and welcome back to the intro of: Shadow Storm Adventures.

Me: In the last intro we introduced the super smart, yet total buzz kill, Twilight Sparkle. And in the last episode the mane 5 of the mane 7 met Trixie, with Shadow Storm taking on an Ursa Minor.

Me: I realize it might be a little early to bring in out next guest, but let's bring out our shy, yet sweet and lovable pegasus, Fluttershy! *Press the transporter button to bring in Fluttershy*

Me: Hey Fluttershy, what's up? *She didn't respond because she was frozen in place, wide eyed*

Me: Uhh, Fluttershy?

Me: Huh, guess she has stage fright. Well then, I guess she doesn't want to play with this dog *I said, holding a puppy in my lap*

Fluttershy: Puppy!

Me: AHH! *I screamed as she tackled me to the ground sp she could hold the puppy in her arms*

Me: Knew that would work. Now Fluttershy, can you do two things for me?

Fluttershy: Sure

Me: 1.) Introduce yourself to the audience. And 2.) Get off of me.

Fluttershy: Can I play with the puppy if I do?

Me: Yes. *She gets off of me and helps me up*

Me: Now then, introduce yourself please

Fluttershy: H-Hello everypony *she said shyly*

Me: So, Fluttershy, you do anything fun lately?

Fluttershy: Well, if by fun you mean taking care of my animals and spending time with my friends, then yes.

Me: Good to know, it's always nice to see you guys enjoy each other's company.

Fluttershy: Although, there's one thing I don't understand.

Me: What?

Fluttershy: Why doesn't anypony like my sweet little bunny, Angel?

Me: First of all, he's not sweet, he's and little punk. Second of all, no one likes him because he's a little turd who treats everypony around him like crap.

Fluttershy: Oh come on, he's not that bad.

Me: You're the main one who he treats like crap… and you're his owner!

Fluttershy: Well I still love him anyway *she said with a sweet smile*

Me: *Sigh*… whatever.

Me: You know? You and Angel have given me an idea… a very good idea *I said with an evil smile*

Fluttershy: Umm… so what's the next episode?

Me: Do you really want to know? You aren't going to like it.

Fluttershy: Please, just tell me. I can handle it.

Me: Alright, the next episode is… Dragonshy. *Fluttershy's eyes widened in fear*

Fluttershy: WHAT?! *she shouted which made the puppy run out of the studio/my room*

Me: Ow…! * I rubbed my ear*

Me: I told you that you weren't going to like it. *Fluttershy held me around my waist, trembling in fear* *I held her back*

Me: Uhh… let's start the episode. *Fluttershy squeezed me tighter*

Me: Ow! Fluttershy, too tight! Too tight!

Episode 8: Dragonshy

-Shadow Storm's P.O.V-

It was early in the morning. I was in my kitchen today eating breakfast, a bowl of oats and honey with milk poured into it. The taste of it was really sweet due to the taste of the honey. Moments after I was done with breakfast, I had decided to head out to do some training. I got part of the tree that I broke in half and put it on my back (Although now I guess it would be a log). I then did a few push ups, mentally counting how many I did.

"Come on, Shadow Storm, push yourself" I told myself. I was pushing up and down, the weight of the tree making it harder to go back up. I did this for several minutes until I got to the point where I started sweating. "Ninety eight… ninety nine… one hundred!" I said, pushing the log off of my bag. "Whew… now for some sit-ups" I said. I lied on my back, put my hooves behind my head, and started doing some reps. It was kind of hard for me to sit-up since I don't do them often and it kind of hurt my core… but it'll be worth it later. Doing this, plus the push ups I did awhile ago was making me breath kind of hard. I then looked up and saw a giant black cloud of smoke. "What the?" I said, wondering what was making the cloud of smoke. I went back inside and took a shower, my second one this morning. I came out ten minutes later. "Alright, now to see what's making this smoke" I said to myself. I then looked down and saw Twilight running in the direction where the smoke was coming from. I jumped off the edge of the cliff and flew down, landing and running beside her. "Hey, Twilight" I greeted her.

"Shadow Storm, hey" she greeted back while running.

"Do you know what's going on with this smoke?" I asked her.

"Princess Celestia sent me a letter saying that it's coming from a dragon" she told me.

"Huh, that makes sense" I said. We then stopped when we made it to the park that everypony was at.

"Listen up!" Twilight shouted, getting everypony's attention. "Smoke is spreading over all of Equestria" she announced.

"What?"

"Oh no!"

"That's awful!"

"That's what I've been trying to—"

"But don't worry, I've just received a letter from Princess Celestia informing me that it's not coming from a fire" she said, cutting Fluttershy off.

"Oh, thank goodness" Fluttershy said with relief.

"It's actually coming from a dragon" I told them which made them all gasp.

"I know. I couldn't believe it either" I said. I then saw that Fluttershy had I frightened look on her face. This made me raise an eyebrow.

-Outside of Twilight's house-

The rest of the girls and I were in front of Twilight's house with Twilight standing in front of us.

"What in the name of Celestia is a full-grown dragon doing in Equestia?" Applejack asked.

"Sleeping" Twilight told us.

"Huh?" they asked in confusion.

"Sleeping?" I asked, also confused.

"Yes, Princess Celestia said he's taking a nap and his snoring is what's causing this smoke" Twilight said.

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

"She's right, it doesn't sound healthy… for Ponyville that is" I said.

"Well, at least he's not snorting fire, right?" Rarity said.

"Right, then Ponyville would really be in danger" I said, agreeing with her. "I mean, there has to be someway to stop this thing" I said.

"The princess gave us this mission to stop this, we can't fail" Twilight said.

"…Good luck with that" I told her, beginning to walk away.

"Shadow Storm, wait!" I stopped and looked over my shoulder at Twilight. "We can't do this with out you, we need you" she told me.

"Me? Why me?" I asked her.

"Because out of all of us you're the toughest" she told me.

"Plus, you're the most expendable" Rainbow added and I glared daggers at her.

"What she means is, Shadow Storm, is that you're our last resort, our secret weapon" Applejack told me, placing a hoof on my shoulder. This made me smile with slight joy.

"Alright, you've convinced me, I'll go" I said.

"Good, because if we fail, Equestria will be covered in smoke for the next one hundred years" Twilight said. I then heard Fluttershy gasp. This made me look at her with a curious look.

"Alright, go gather some supplies quickly. We've got a long journey ahead of us. Let's regroup in less than an hour" Twilight said.

"Yeah! The fate of Equestria is in our hooves. Do we have what it takes?" Rainbow asked rhetorically. The rest of us nodded in confirmation.

"Um, actually…" I heard Fluttershy try to see before the rest of the girls split up. I looked left and right before looking at Fluttershy with a look of concern. I then decided to fly back to my house to go get some supplies for our journey.

-Moments later (Back in front of Twilight's house)-

"All right everypony, listen up. I'm mapping out the fastest route, but we all got to keep a good pace if we expect to make it up the mountain by nightfall" Twilight told us.

"M-m-mountain?" Fluttershy asked with slight fear in her voice.

"The dragon is in that cave at the very top" Twilight said while pointing to a mountain.

"Makes sense, dragons are pretty big" I said.

"Yeah, and the higher you go, the chillier it gets" Rainbow said while hovering in the air. She's right; it will get colder when we get higher up the mountain. Good thing we have naturally built in coats.

"Good thing I brought my scarf" Rarity said, wrapping her pink scarf around her neck.

"Yeah. That'll keep you nice and warm" Rainbow said sarcastically, joking with Rarity. Applejack and I chuckled at her little joke.

"Um, excuse me, Shadow Storm? Can I talk to you for a second?" Fluttershy asked me.

"Uh, sure" I said as I followed her behind a bush so the others couldn't hear us. "What's up, Flutters?" I asked her with a smile.

"Um, I can't do this" she told me.

"Huh? Why not?" I asked her with confused tone.

"It's because… I'm scared of dragons…" she said quietly and I could barely hear her.

"What was that?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, leaning my ear in closer.

"I said I'm scared of dragons…" she said a little louder, but I could still barely hear her.

"Can you say one more time please?" I asked her. She motioned her hoof for me to lean in a little closer. I did and she placed her hooves around my ear.

"I'm scared of dragons" she whispered in my ear.

"Oh! You're scared of dragons" I said under my breath, now understanding what she said. "But why didn't you say anything before?" I asked her.

"I was too nervous… and scared" she said, looking at the ground. I gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Tell you what, Fluttershy. If you get scared along the way, you can hold my hoof and I'll be there for you. Deal?" I asked her, holding out my hoof. She smiled at me and shook my hoof. She then gave me a hug, which happily returned. We then headed back to the others.

"What were you two talking about?" Rainbow Dash asked us as we came out from the bushes.

"Fluttershy… wanted to know if I wanted to hangout with her this weekend. Right, Fluttershy?" I asked her, lying to keep her fear a secret.

"Mm-hm" she nodded in agreement.

"You can talk about your weekend plans later. Right now we need to focus on stopping that dragon" Twilight told us.

"But… b-but…" Fluttershy stuttered.

"Don't worry about your animal friends, Fluttershy. Spike's going to take care of them while you're gone" Twilight said. Fluttershy and I looked over our shoulders to see Spike waving at us. Fluttershy walked over to Spike. I'm guessing to tell him how to take care of her animals or something.

"You sure you want to bring Fluttershy along? That pony's afraid of her own shadow" Rainbow said to Twilight.

"Relax, Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy may not be the toughest or bravest of us, but she is the best pony for the job when it comes to dealing with animals. Including deadly animals such as dragons" I told her, having Fluttershy's back.

"Shadow Storm's right. She's just a little nervous. I'm sure she'll be fine once we get there" Twilight said. "All right girls-" I cleared my throat loud enough for her to realize I was here. "-and Shadow Storm" she added me and I nodded. "…Let's move out!" she ordered. The other girls walked past me, except for Fluttershy, who was nervous and shaking. I patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.

-At the mountain-

The seven of us had made it to the base of the mountain and we heard the dragon snore. I heard Fluttershy gasp.

"What was that?" Rainbow asked.

"The sound of a dragon snoring" I told her simply.

"It—it's so… high!" Fluttershy said.

"Well, it is a mountain. I'm going to fly up there and check it out! Wah!" Rainbow was brought down by Applejack pulling her down by her tail with her teeth. She then spat Rainbow's tail out.

"Hold on, I think we should go up together. Safety in numbers and all" Applejack said.

"I'm with AJ on this one" I said.

"Oh, alright" Rainbow said in an annoyed tone. We then began walking up the mountain.

"The only thing that sparkles more than a dragon's scales are the jewels they use to build their nests. Maybe if I play my cards right, I can convince him to spare a few" Rarity said.

"If you don't get burnt to a crisp first that is" he said.

"Welcome to my cave, Rarity. Care for a diamond?" Pinkie said in a dragon voice, and then roared. All of us then—except for Twilight—laughed.

"Guys, this is no laughing matter!" Twilight said, killing out laughter. "Fluttershy, you're the expert on wild creatures. What do you think the dragon will be like?" she asked Fluttershy. There was no response "Fluttershy?" she asked again. We all looked down and saw that Fluttershy was still at the base of the mountain.

"Hey! What are you waiting for? An invitation?" Rainbow yelled sarcastically.

"Ooo, I think I have on in my bag!" Pinkie said, taking the question literally.

"I think she was being sarcastic, Pinkie Pie" I told her with a smile, putting my hoof on her saddlebag.

"I-it's so… so… steep"

"Well, it is a cliff" Rainbow said.

"Mountain" I corrected her.

"Whatever" she said. "Fluttershy, you do know you can just fly up here" she suggested to Fluttershy.

"Come on, Fluttershy, you can do it. Flap those wings!" Pinkie cheered her on.

"Oh… okay" she said shyly. She then began to flap her wing and gain flight. she was about to make it but the sound of the dragon snoring made her freeze up, close her wings, and fall into a bush.

"Augh" Rainbow said in irritation. I heard Fluttershy grunt softly. It looks like she's going to need a little extra help. I nudged Applejack to help Fluttershy. She nodded and walked up to Twilight.

"Uh, we don't have time for this" Twilight said, loosing her patience. "What are you doing?" she asked Applejack, noticing she was going through her saddlebag.

"I'm going to need this if I'm going to take her around the mountain" she told her.

"Around the mountain?! That'll take you guys forever" Rainbow said.

"You got a better idea?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Just do what you've gotta do, AJ. We'll catch up with you later" Twilight said. I nodded.

"Don't worry, we'll be back" Applejack told us. She then slid down the side of the mountain and landed in front of Fluttershy.

"Let's go" I said with a straight face, walking up the mountain, the others following Twilight and I.

-Moments later-

"Whoo-hoo! I win again!" Pinkie said as she won another game of tic-tac-toe with Rarity. I simply rolled my eyes while shaking my head, not caring what so ever.

"That's thirty-five games in a row" Rarity said, slightly annoyed. "Best of seventy-one?" she asked Pinkie with a smile. We then saw that Fluttershy and Applejack had made it up the mountain.

"We… made…it" Applejack said through pants.

"Told you they'd take forever" Rainbow said. I noticed that she was all sweaty so I reached inside my saddlebag and pulled out a water bottle.

"Here, Applejack" I said, tossing her the bottled water. She caught it and began to chug it down.

"Thanks" she thanked me and I nodded.

-Many more moments later-

We had made it to a gap and most of us had already jumped across it.

"Alright Fluttershy, it's your turn" I told her.

"But… it's so… wide" she said.

"Come on, we should be much farther along by now" Twilight said.

"Twilight… you're not helping" I told her.

"You can just leap over" Applejack told Fluttershy.

"I—" Fluttershy was cut off by the dragon snoring. "I don't know" she said with nervousness.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a hop, skip and a jump. See?" Pinkie said while demonstrating what to do.

[Pinkie]:

It's not very far

Just move your little rump

You can make it if you try with a hop, skip and jump.

Pinkie Pie sang as we watch her jump back and forth between ledges.

"We don't have time for this" Twilight said.

"Really not helping, Twilight" I told her.

[Pinkie]:

A hop, skip and jump,

Just move your little rump,

A hop, skip and jump,

A hop, skip and jump,

A hop, skip and jump,

A hop, skip and jump,

A hop, skip and jump!

Pinkie kept singing.

"O-okay. Here I go" Fluttershy said. "A hop" she started, stepping back a little.

"That's it" AJ said.

"You've got it" Twilight added. Ok, now she's being helpful.

"Almost there" Rarity said.

"Skip" Fluttershy bent down.

"Just don't look down" Twilight said.

"Twilight" I said.

"What?" she asked.

"Never tell someone to not look down, because they always end up looking down anyway" I told her.

"Oh… sorry" she said. I shook my head.

"Come on, Flutters, you can do it" I encouraged Fluttershy.

"Jump!" she said, but she looked down and ended up only making it halfway across. Luckily, the gap was so tiny she had two hooves on one side and two hooves on the side that we were on. We all sighed in annoyance. "Guess I forgot to jump" she said.

-Higher up the mountain-

"Alright, let's stay quiet. My map says we'll be entering an avalanche zone. The smallest peep could cause an avalanche" Twilight whispered to us.

"An ava—" I cut Fluttershy off by placing my hoof over her mouth so she wouldn't accidentally cause an avalanche. I took my hoof off her mouth and continued walking with the others. I then heard a small rock fall. "AVALA—" I quickly covered Fluttershy's mouth. There was a moment of silence. After a few seconds we all sighed in relief. However, our relief wouldn't last long because we then heard rumbling.

"Avalanche!" we all yelled as giant rocks rolled from the mountain. As soon as rocks came rolling I quickly flew out of the way. Once the avalanche stopped and smoke cleared I flew back down to Fluttershy and the others.

"You girls okay?" I asked them.

"Yeah, thanks to Applejack" Twilight said. I smiled at Applejack.

"Nice work, AJ" I said, being impressed and we bumped hooves.

"Whoo-hoo! Let's do it again!" Pinkie said, thinking that the rock slide was fun.

"No way! We almost died!" I told her in irritation, not wanting to get killed in a rockslide.

"Good thing I brought extra clothing" Rarity said. I gave her an annoyed look. "What?" she asked me. I simply rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"I'm sorry girls… and Shadow Storm" she told us.

"It's cool, Fluttershy" I reassured her.

"Yeah, we can just…" Twilight started, and then sighed. "Climb over" she finished. It took us five minutes, but we finally made it over the rock slide.

"Shadow Storm" Fluttershy said, getting my attention.

"Yeah, Fluttershy?" I asked.

"I'm sorry…" she said, looking down with her ears lowered.

"For what?" I asked, wondering why she apologizing.

"For being such a scaredy cat and not being brave" she told me. I gave her an understanding smile.

"Fluttershy, don't be so hard on yourself. I know you're scared of dragons, but it's like I told Rainbow Dash back at Twilight's house: You may not be brave or tough, but you're just as important as the rest of us" I told her with a smile, having faith in her. She smiled back.

"…Thank you" she said as she nuzzled my face with hers.

"You're welcome" I said. "And if you're still scared you can still hold my hoof if you want" I reminded her.

"I'll keep that in mind" she said.

-Dragon's cave-

After a long trip up this curse it mountain, we had finally made it to the dragon's cave.

"Alright guys, this is it. Rainbow Dash, will clear the smoke" Twilight said.

"Got it!" Rainbow saluted.

"Rarity and Pinkie Pie will create a diversion to distract the dragon just in case" she said. I then saw Pinkie pull out a rubber chicken. This job will be perfect for Pinkie Pie. "Applejack will have ammunition just in case the dragon attacks" she said. AJ then buck apples into a tree, smashing them.

"And what do I do? You said I was your secret weapon, right?" I asked her.

"You're going to intimidate him by giving him a choice to leave" she told me. So she's basically saying I should do what she does by 'lecturing' him... nice.

"Makes sense, if anyone can give a somepony a choice, it's me" I said.

"Yes, you are" she said. "Although, it shouldn't come to that because Fluttershy and I will tell him why he needs to go" she said. I hope she's right. "So, what's the best way to wake a dragon without upsetting him? Fluttershy?" she asked her, but Fluttershy was just sitting there, frozen in place. "Come on! The longer that dragon sleeps, the more Equestria is covered in smoke" she said, trying to push Fluttershy and the other girls helping, but she wouldn't budge.

"Guys, you can't force her to go in" I told them, walking up to Fluttershy's side.

"I- I- I can't go into that cave" Fluttershy said, to scared to move.

"Told you" I said to the others.

"Oh, great. She's scared of caves now, too" Rainbow said in an annoyed tone.

"I'm not scared of caves. I'm scared of…" Fluttershy mumbled the last part.

"What's that, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked, walking up to her side.

"I'm scared of…" she mumbled the last part again.

"What?" Twilight asked.

"She's scared of dragons! Damn!" I told them, starting to get pissed off from this. We then heard the dragon snore again.

"But Fluttershy, you're amazing with dealing with animals" Twilight told her.

"Yes, the ones that aren't dragons" she said. "That's what Shadow Storm and I were really talking about" she said. They all looked at me and I whistled nervously.

"Oh come on! We've seen you walk up to a manticore like it was nothing" Rainbow said.

"Manticore…?" I asked myself with a raised eyebrow. Oh crap, I hope it wasn't the same Manticore that I killed a few months ago when I was following Twilight and the others in the fight against Nightmare Moon.

"Yes, because he wasn't a dragon" Fluttershy said.

"Spike is a dragon. You're not scared of him" Pinkie added.

"She's right, Fluttershy" I told her, agreeing that she had a point.

"True, but he's not a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp-scale having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could eat a pony in one bite, totally all grown-up dragon!" Fluttershy said, describing the difference between Spike and the kind of dragons she was afraid of.

"Damn, Fluttershy" I said. We then heard her whimper after the dragon snored.

"Why didn't you saying something before?" Twilight asked her.

"I was afraid to" Fluttershy responded. Rainbow groaned in annoyance.

"All of us are scared of that dragon" Applejack told her with comfort.

"I'm not!" Rainbow said in a cocky tone. This made me really annoyed so I flew up to her and punched her in the arm in irritation. "Ow!" she said, rubbing her arm in pain.

"Shadow" Twilight said as I landed in front of her. I simply looked away.

"Well, almost all of us are scared of that dragon, but we've got a job to do. So, get in there and show us what you're made of" Applejack encouraged her.

"I—I—I just… can't" Fluttershy said, being too scared. I walked up to her and patted her on the back. The dragon snored again and instead of holding my hoof, Fluttershy wrapped her hooves around my right front leg in fear, trembling.

"Oh, Fluttershy" Twilight said with a look of concern. I then looked at Twilight with equal concern. "Shadow, aren't you afraid too?" she asked me.

"I'm not afraid of dragons, but I will admit that they're fierce and a force to be reckoned with. From the sounds of its snoring, it looks like it'll be hard to get rid of this one" I told her, looking at her with a now serious look.

"Fluttershy's too scared to go, so it looks like it's up to me" she said. "You watch her" she told me.

"Oh, come on! Really?!" I said, not wanting to watch Fluttershy. Seriously, why do I have to watch her?! I mean, I know I've had her back this whole trip, but why me?

"I'm going in. He probably doesn't realize what he's doing. Right?" she asked us. The girls agreed with her nervously while I looked at her with a worried look. She walked in. "Mr. Dragon" we heard her say. We also heard the dragon rumble. "Excuse me" we heard her say. "Oh, good, you're awake. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Twilight—" she was cut off for some reason and coughed. "Sparkle. My friends and I were wondering if you would move to another location. Equestria can't survive a hundred years in darkness. You understand, don't you?" she asked. She then came out a few moments later coughing. The smoke made us all cough. I walked up to her and handed her a bottle of water. "Thanks, you really came prepared" she told me after she drank the water and I nodded.

"So much for *cough* persuading him" Rarity said.

"So what now?" I asked them.

"Well, Shadow Storm, this calls for a little 'pony charm'" She said, walking into the cave. "Excuse me, but I couldn't help going back without mentioning how handsome you are" we heard her say. We all glanced at each other. "I mean, who would want to stay in such a drafty cave for a hundred years? Personally, I think should skip all the snoozing and show off those beautiful scales of yours" we heard. "And I would be more than happy to watch over these jewels of yours" she said, and then we heard the dragon roar which I'm guessing made Rarity come out screaming. Minutes later we were still thinking of another plan. "I was this close to getting that diamond" Rarity complained.

"You were supposed to try get rid of the dragon, not go treasure hunting for jewels" I told her with seriousness in my voice.

"Yeah…sure" she said, probably not even listening to me. I sighed and shook my head. We then heard a horn.

"What in tarnation?" Applejack said with confusion. We then saw Pinkie wearing a weird outfit. Ok, I bet we're all confused now.

"Pinkie, what are you wearing?" I asked her with confusion and a raised eyebrow.

"I think if I make him laugh, he'll leave" She told me. She then walked in. "Hi!" she said, but then we heard a crash and Pinkie came out with her costume all messed up.

"Guess he's not the joking type" I said.

"Alright, that's it. We tried persuasion, charm, whatever it is Pinkie Pie does" Rainbow said and Pinkie blew her busted horn. "It's time to stop wasting time I'm going in!" she said, and then flew in.

"Rainbow! No!" Twilight and I said in unison, trying to stop her.

"Get out!" we heard Rainbow shout. We then heard the dragon growl. We then heard it roar and Rainbow Dash came out spinning out of control. The dragon came out and roared again. Guess it's my turn to try to stop this thing

"Hey!" I shouted, interrupting him. He looked down at me. "The way I see it, you have two choices. You can either fly out of her, or feel the wrath of me!" I threatened him with a serious tone and a serious face. He roared again. "Face my wrath it is" I said.

"Shadow Storm! No!" Twilight tried to stop me, but I had already taken off. I flew towards him and punched him in the cheek. He growled at me and swiped me with his, knocking me to the ground. I then flew back into the air and tried to charge at it, but he hit me with his claw, slamming me into the wall of the mountain. I groaned I got myself and charged once again.

"Get ready for an uppercut you worthless reptile!" I shouted, getting ready to uppercut him. This time I was able to uppercut him in the chin. Unfortunately, he hit me in my back with his tail and I was slammed into a rock. I then fell to the ground. I groaned in pain.

"Shadow Storm!" I heard Twilight say with worry. I saw her and the others run to my side.

"How dare you…" I heard Fluttershy say. I opened my eyes and looked up to see she was face to face with the dragon. "How dare you! Listen here, mister. Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully. You may have huge teeth, and sharp scales, and snore smoke, and breathe fire. But you do not- I repeat- You do not! Hurt! My! Friends! You got that?" Fluttershy said, standing up to the dragon. I was in shock.

"Damn, Fluttershy's hardcore" I said to the others.

"But that rainbow one kicked me" he said, talking about Rainbow Dash. "And that gray one punched me" he said, talking about me. You're damn right I punched you.

"And I'm sorry about that. But you're bigger than they are, and you should know better. You should also know better than to take a nap where your snoring can become a health hazard to other creatures" Fluttershy said, still standing up to him.

"But I—"

"Don't 'but I' me, mister. Now what do you have to say for yourself?" she asked him. He said nothing. "I said, what do you have to say for yourself?" she asked him again. The dragon then began to whimper and cry. Wow, and I thought all grown-up dragons were tough. "There, there. No need to cry. You're not a bad dragon, you just made a bad decision" she said. "Now go pack your things. You just need to find a new place to sleep. That's all" she told him. The dragon then got its stuff and left the mountain the other girls cheered at what Fluttershy had done. I smiled lightly and slowly got up. She then landed in front of us.

"Good job, Fluttershy" I told her. She smiled warmly at us.

"*Gasp* Shadow Storm, you're hurt!" Twilight said with a tone of worry, looking at my right arm. I looked at where she was looking and saw that it was bleeding, a ton of blood running down it.

"This? This is nothing… I can handle this" I said with a sly smile, trying to make her not worry so much. I then began to slowly walk past them. But due to my injuries I wobbled, and then fainted, blacking out.

-Hours later at Twilight's house-

My eyes were closed. I shook my head back and forth and groaned. I felt that I was on a wood floor, and I slowly opened my eyes. When I did, I saw that the girls were standing over me. I then sat up and looked at them.

"Hey guys, what's up?" I asked them. They said nothing. I looked at my arm and saw that it was wrapped in a bandage. "Did one of you treat my wound?" I asked them.

"Yes, Fluttershy did" Twilight told.

"Thanks, Fluttershy" I thanked her.

"It's the least I could do after what you did for me today" she said. We both smiled.

"Girls, can you step outside? I'd like to talk to Shadow Storm… alone" Twilight said, but with a little seriousness in her voice. I had a straight face. The other girls then headed out to give us our privacy. Twilight look at me. "Are you ok?" she asked me with a smile.

"Uh, yeah" I said.

"Good" *smack*

"Ow!" I said, rubbing my left cheek where she slapped me.

"You stupid idiot! Do you have any idea how worried I was about you?!" she yelled at me.

"You said I was your secret weapon!" I said back.

"Yeah, you were supposed to give him a choice to leave or make him leave with a distraction! Not fight him! You could've gotten yourself killed!" she yelled at me, being mad.

"Twilight, I don't know if you've noticed, but I always almost get myself killed!" I yelled back. "If I remember correctly, I told you that I fought dragons and you were amazed" I said.

"To be honest, Shadow Storm, the other girls ooed in amazement. I however ooed in concern" she told me. I gave her a surprised look. I then looked down with guilt with my ears down. "Shadow Storm…" she started, put her hoof under my chin, lifting my head up, making me look at her. "I know you're an adventurer and you love to fight, but… there are ponies that care about you" she told me with sympathy.

"I know… but adventures and fighting are my things" I told her.

"I know, but can at least promise me you'll be more careful the next time you do something like this? Because I care about you; you're my childhood friend" she said. I looked at her. There was a pause of silence between us. I then decided to speak up.

"Ok, Twilight… I promise" I said.

"Thank you" she said, and then nuzzled my cheek.

"So, you going to right your letter to the Princess about what you learned?" I asked her.

"Oh, I did that when you were passed out" she told me.

"Oh…" I said.

"Yeah…" she said. There was and awkward pause between us.

"Twilight! Shadow! You gotta come see this!" We heard Applejack yell from outside. We walked out on to the balcony to see what was going on. "She's just five away from a new pony record!" Applejack told us. We saw that Rainbow Dash was bouncing a ball on her head.

"Going for the ball bouncing record?" I asked Rainbow.

"Yep!" she responded. "Three hundred forty-seven, three hundred forty-eight…" she counted. She was then cut off by Pinkie roaring like a dragon. "Dragon!" Rainbow yelled. We all laughed "*Pant* Why are you laughing? That awful dragon is back!" she said, believing the dragon had returned. Pinkie Pie then roared again. "Pinkie Pie, you scared! I mean, uh, you… broke my concentration" she said, trying to sound cool. I rolled my eyes with a smile.

"It's okay, Rainbow Dash. Not everypony can be as brave as me" Fluttershy said. I smiled at her bravery. That however wouldn't last long due to Rainbow Dash blowing a leaf on to her butt. Fluttershy screamed.

"Oh, Fluttershy" I said with laughter. We then all burst into laughter. Fluttershy will always be Fluttershy.

Me: And that's the end of Dragonshy.

Me: You can come out now Fluttershy, the episode's over.

Fluttershy: Really? Oh, thank goodness *She said, coming out from behind my chair*

Me: Yeah, you won't have to worry about dragons for a long time.

Fluttershy: Thank you *she nuzzled my midsection*

Me: sure.

Fluttershy: Um, could you send me back to my world now?

Me: Sure *I pressed the return button and Fluttershy was sent back to Equestria*

Me: Well, not much left to do rather than say goodbye. This is Sunblast X, see you all next episode!

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