Sup guys, Lighting Wolf here back with another story, this one about Mlp. Enjoy the 700- Word chapter. I don't own Mlp, Hasbro and Lauren Faust do.
20 years before Gauntlet of Fire episode.
"Meltdown!" Torch, the lord of all dragons roared before the orange scaled, yellow frilled and golden eyed dragon flew over.
"Yes, my lord?" Torch huffed, Meltdown was the latest in his family to serve the dragon lord, for a family full of pride, Meltdown did his duty without so much as a huff of annoyance.
"How goes the rest of the dragon lands while I was sleeping?" Meltdown landed on the slab of rock in front of the dragon lord before speaking in a voice that sounded more like distain for the greedy members of their species.
"Their fine, some of them are still acting up but not enough to be a concern at the moment…. You're still thinking of retiring, aren't you?" If Torch found the question funny, he didn't show it.
"Yes, but I don't want any of those pipsqueaks to be Dragon Lord, only the biggest and most-strongest dragon should be Dragon Lord." Meltdown nodded before turning his head to the side.
"Don't forget skilled and having a brain that's used for more than being greedy and finding gems." Torch laughed, Meltdown was one of the few dragons that had the gull to speak his mind in front of the Dragon Lord, a trait Torch admired from his right hand and lieutenant.
"I'm surprised such a tall dragon like you isn't interested in the Gauntlet of Fire." Meltdown huffed, he was barely taller than a normal dragon.
"I don't really care who becomes Dragon Lord, your majesty, just as long as they aren't a bone headed fool." Torch bit back a growl as he nodded towards the caves.
"Go get my daughter, I need a word with her." Meltdown bowed as he flew off just as Torch ducked into the cave to sleep once more.
Meltdown flew over and landed outside of the caves, just as the dragon Lieutenant was about to enter the caves, he was stopped by the one dragon he despised.
"Sup, Mr. Dragon Lord's pet?" Meltdown growled and turned as he recognized the voice anywhere. His response sounded somewhere between a growl and a snarl.
"What do you want, Garble, I'm busy with something." Garble let out a laugh that brought Meltdown a scale away from tearing the smaller, arrogant dragon apart.
"Just letting you know who's going to be your new boss when I win the Gauntlet of Fire in 20 years." Meltdown turned to walk away when Garble spoke up.
"What, the pet going to-…." He was cut off as Meltdown grabbed the dragon by the neck, nearly cutting off his breath.
"You will never be anything more than a useless fool and a pathetic bully, I would rather die than serve you and right now I think I may ju-…" He was cut off by the one person he respected as much as Torch and the same person he had come to the caves to get.
"Let him down, Meltdown, he isn't going to do anything." Meltdown dropped Garble as the dragon wheezed before flying off.
"Your dad wants to see you, Ember." Ember sighed but nodded, despite being a princess, Meltdown always preferred to only call her by her name and not her title. She however, chalked it up to him respecting her as much as her father.
If not a bit more.
"What is it this time?" Meltdown shrugged, the right hand of the Dragon Lord looked around to see if anyone else was around.
"He didn't say." Ember nodded and began to fly off as Meltdown flew ahead towards the caves where Torch was busy sleeping.
"I still wonder why-…" Meltdown shook his head.
"Because I don't care who wins as long as they have a brain in their head, Princess, the Dragon Lands don't really have anything more than greedy gem heads who don't care at all for the Dragon Lands. They need a smart leader, not a greedy one." And with that, Meltdown flew ahead, leaving the Dragon Princess with her thoughts.
Author notes
Ok, I do plan to make 2000 word chapters but I plan to do stuff like that on Friday when I have more time. Anyway, if you guys have ideas or anything, let me know. Until Friday, Lighting Wolf out!