The Badlands, these lands were flat and immense with hot sand and scorching sun and it was not a place made for any creature besides the desert creatures. Then green flames appeared and Spike and Thorax being shot from them and landing on the hot sand.
Spike looked back and saw the green flames he used to travel with vanished, he helped Thorax up and the two walked.
"Why did you come with me? Spike, they will look for you here" Thorax spoke up.
"Because your my friend we have to survive in this land together" Spike told him "And the ponies will not come here so we will be safe" he said
"Lets find shelter" Thorax said.
"yeah lets" Spike replied as the two looked as they walked through the hot bearing wasteland.
then hours later they came across a cayon with a cave "That cave will work" Spike panted, the two went in. inside the cave it was shady and cooler and then they went deeper and it got cooler and damper, the two slipped and fell down a tunnel and fell out into a place, where it was hidden, had a lagoon.
"I don't think we want to drink that" Thorax told him.
"Don't worry I read survival books" Spike assured him, then He went to a rock and dug with his claws making it into a bowl. Spike scooped up some water filling it and breathed fire on the rocks underside boiling it.
"And the cool cave will cool down" Spike smirked, a few minutes later the two drank the water fast.
"We need some food" Spike spoke "There must be something" he said, then a small but meaty mole came out of a hole and Spike cooked it with a steady green flame.
"I don't normally eat meat but I'll eat anything to get our strength back" Spike said, he ate the small animal hungrily, then the bones were left Spike brushed them to the side.
"Thats better" Spike sighed "Your turn" he said, then Thorax focused on the friends he made in the empire while Crystal Hoof and Spike feeding off the Friendship.
"Now lets get some rest" Spike said, they lied down close to stay warm and fell asleep.
3 days later since the two have been exiled they have been in The Badlands staying alive.
The two were sitting on the ground, Spike was sitting with his legs crossed, Thorax had a question on his mind ever since he breathed a different color fire he was wondering if he's dragon friend knew.
"hey Spike" Thorax spoke.
"Hmm?" Spike answered.
"I didn't ask before because I didn't know what to make of it" Thorax spoke.
"Whats that?" Spike asked.
"Well, back when you defended me" Thorax started.
"Yeah what happened because I blacked out?" Spike wondered.
"I was going to ask you, because when you breathed fire at one point, blue flames came from your mouth" Thorax told him making Spikes eyes widen.
"It was blue" Spike said confused.
"Yeah" Thorax replied.
"Weird, all my life I have never once blue flames" Spike said "I didn't even realize i was breathing blue fire I just remember blacking out and waking up" he told him.
"Up to you being thrown into this Tartarusish place" Spike frowned, then clenched a fist.
Then Thorax's eyes widened as Spike's eyes glowed a solid green and a small torrent of wind with small stones whirled around the dragon and purple sparks danced across his fist.
"Spike" Thorax called snapping him out of it, Spike blinked and the phenomenon vanished, the wind disappeared and the stones fell on the ground and his eyes changed back to normal.
"what?" Spike asked.
"how did you do that?" Thorax asked.
"what, all I heard was you say my name?" Spike said.
"Hmm?" Thorax pondered "Think of what Cadance and the others were doing and look" he said, Spike thought and he frowned and the breeze and stones whirled around him and he's eyes turned to a solid green, but the breeze seemed to grow into a bigger torrent of wind as it whirled around.
Spike looked at a claw and saw the purple electrical energy surging around the palm and claws, he was so surprised he jumped back from his sitting position and on his feet, then the weirdness vanished again.
Spike then looked and his claws and focused and electrical energy danced across both of his claws, he touched the torrents together, there was a crackling sound as the electricity connected, then the swirling wind returned and stones floated around, then a massive surge of power and energy rushed out, it made the cave floor to split 5 feet long and all around him and the cracks glowed neon, then the cave walls around them began to crack.
Then Spike stopped focusing and the unexplained energy and force disappeared "This is freaky, I'm going to see if Ember or Torch know about this" he said
"I wont be long" Spike said, he breathed his green fire and stepped in and vanished.
Spike appeared with a flash of green fire in the Dragon Lands, he was approached by two dragon guards.
"I'm here to see Ember or Torch" Spike spoke.
"Wait here" one ordered and left while the other stated to keep an eye on Spike.
"So hows the Dragon Lands these days?" Spike asked.
"Can't complain, things are different Ember is doing a good job, you made a wise choice passing the scepter" the second guard spoke evenly but didn't smile. Then a strong gust of wind blew out and Torch landed on the ground 5 feet from Spike.
"Whats your business little Dragon?" Torch spoke in loud voice so Spike could hear him.
"Ember busy? although I shouldn't be surprise being a Dragon Lord and all" Spike spoke up.
"She is but I can be of assistance" Torch spoke with the same loudness.
"But can we talk somewhere more private something has turned up" Spike wondered gesturing at the dragons walking or flying around.
"Fine but this better be good" Torch spoke said before grabbing Spike with two claws and flew off to a place away from the Dragon Lands and dropped Spike gently on the ground.
"Well what is this problem?" Torch demanded. Spike then realized what ever happened in the cave was only a fraction but now he could go all out, he focused and then torrent of wind whirled around him stronger than in the cave and stones around infront of Spike got swept up in the torrent twirling with the wind, then a surge of power and energy exploded from the dragon, the ground cracked and then electricity surged around his claws and sparked around the dragon, then transparent energy formed Spike and crackled and grew bigger into small bolts of purple lightening, but then Spike felt something blocking the full excess, he closed his eyes and looked deep, lavender and gold energy bonds seemed to be wrapped around what looked like him, with a powerful yell the bonds shattered like glass, then a massive blast of energy exploded outwards ripping up the ground and flying away as the force blew them away.
Spike's eyes opened up, they had turned to a solid glowing neon green and energy sparked from it, then balls of green fire appeared from his claws the fire was brighter and hotter, the normal green fire was white with green flames circling around them. Spike focused and the energy and phenomenons turned off and his eyes turned back to normal, he looked up at Torch who at the first time in his life had a shocked look on his normally frowny face.
"I thought I recognized your colors the first day we met" Torch spoke.
"And another thing that is weird like those freakish phenomenons" Spike said, Spikes iris's glowed as he breathed hard and with a roaring sound a ball of blue fire shot out of his mouth, hitting a large rock, it exploded into pieces of black rocks which fell apart into ash. Then suddenly a purple and green sphere spreaded over him before pressing into his figure, then solidified then few seconds later, it cracked and exploded unleashing a blinding flash, then the flash stopped.
"What in Bahamuts wings?" Torch spoke baffled, because Spike looked different. Spike looked more like teenage dragon than a baby, he was tall as his pony friends and muscles appeared under his scales, his neck was two inches longer and looked more reptilian and thicker and his snout looking more like a dragons, while some snouts on dragons were rounded or narrow Spikes was both, his tail limber and long and thicker, his spade pointer.
His spines were longer and more had come out completing his neck, back and tail. His scales were slightly darker his spines were slightly lighter and his scales were stronger and harder, thicker. Spikes legs were angled back slightly below the knees, but no wings yet.
"That was weirder" Spike said, his voice sounded more grownup like a teenage dragon's "What is happening to me?" he asked.
"It seems your abilities has awakened" Torch spoke regaining his composure.
"Do you know what dragon I am" Spike asked.
"I do, not only do you have the hottest fire breath but you can do things no dragon can do, Your a magic dragon" Torch spoke "I knew your father" he said.
"Who was he?" Spike asked.
"He never did have a name, he just was named The Dragon Lord" Torch told him.
"My father was the Dragon Lord?" Spike said shocked.
"A very fair but firm Dragon Lord" Torch replied.
"I wish I knew him, that and if i had a mother" Spike said.
"Well your father was a bit of a type A to relax or slow down but word had it, when he passed the Dragon Lord title to me since me and him were close, it said he met a dragoness and settled somewhere but he never said where, but then they just vanished I sent a sentry out and when he found them, I'm sorry for this but they were killed" he said softly for once making Spike's eyes widen with shock and pain.
"by a sickness" Spike asked.
"You think one of the most mightiest dragon's like me or your father or any dragon could be taken down by a meek sickness?" Torch said incredulously "no, they were killed by an angry alicorn" he said.
"who Nightmare moon, Discord or Sombra" Spike asked.
"Neither, it was the one, the teacher of that purple pony" Torch said, Spike's eyes widened with angst as his body shook, then Spike's magical powers were spiking as the angst turned to anger, how could Celestia do that?, take his parents away from him, her! the pony he saw as his mom, then Spike remembered Twilight back when she was a Unicorn, when he asked, she had a look like she knew what happened, but she lied!.
"Hey knock it off" Torch hissed "You want to the other dragons to know about you right now?" he asked, Spike breathed and the magical spike died down.
"And it turns out, the alicorn killed them before they could give your egg a fire stream to give the egg life" Torch said "But now thats not a problem" he said.
"the sentry would've brought your egg here to give you life, but that winged pony took it with her" Torch said.
"Well thanks for the heart warming tale" Spike snarked "What can I do? and will I ever touch the clouds?" he asked politely .
"Well you can use your magic to conjure wind and earth, and everything fire related" Torch said "From small camp fires raging infernos and pyrokinesis" he said.
"And you also can seem to control lightening but don't do any of those here right now" "You can probably make things with a blast of magic if you imagine, either a shield or fixing something" "Even manipulate Lava and magma from volcanoes" Torch told him "come with me young one" he commanded.
Later Spike was with Torch they were deep in the bowels of the Embers palace, Torch picked up a parchment rolled up and let it fall. Spike caught it.
"You must read about your father, he made this when he was learning about his magical powers" Torch said "About flying, you can fly without them but your father grew his wings when he fully grew, yours will emerge when your dragon magic is fully awake but I would practice your abilities so you can control them better" he said.
"Thanks Torch" Spike spoke before heading out "One more thing" he said stopping and looking at Torch "Did my father or mother look like me by any chance?" he asked.
"Well your father looked like you, all your scale and spine colors and ear frills but you have your mothers eye's because your father's were sapphire blue" Torch told him "And if you want my advice, be careful about ponies, especially of that white winged unicorn" he said.
"I see, well see you around" Spike waved and flashed out with his green fire.
"bye son of Dragon Lord" Torch said with a tiny grin.