• Member Since 8th Apr, 2013
  • offline last seen Jun 3rd, 2020

Golden Paw


T

Spike is growing up and Twilight is in dire need of help, as her 'little' brother is becoming more than she can handle. But just when she reaches her wits end a surprise visit from princess Luna shows that Twilight and Spike need not face this plight alone. Luna has arranged for a dragon tutor to assist Twilight and Spike as they explore what it means to be dragon. With his help they hope to learn and cope with a world that is changing with the turn of time. Can Spike discover about his heritage and figure out where he truly belongs?

(This story is a spin off from 'Mission of Buzzbot' and though not vital to have read it, having done so will help set the scene for you as it follows the same universe)

Chapters (31)
Comments ( 46 )

Okay, than lets see where this goes.

Thanks for your interest I aim not to disappoint :twilightsmile:

Awesome story so far.. but come on 3 years old? really?

3745287 Aye it's frustratingly vague on the ages of the chars in the main cartoons. There are only a few references to time i'e thousand years for Luna's exile ect. Mainly most references to Spike always refer to him as a baby dragon, but how old a dragon is considered a baby is yet again vague :twilightoops: So it's a rough guess and Luna doesn't know exactly either to be honest when she tells Thortax.

Thank's for the input and I'll have another think about it as this week goes on :pinkiehappy:

3745488 It is kinda of hard to tell sometimes. Regardless keep up the good work :twilightsmile:

Finally a well Written coming of age story about spike that isn't It Takes a Village. Keep it up

3885917 Thank's that means a lot to me :twilightsmile:

Good story. Get an editor

3892909 Aye it's been a bit rough, my normal editor hasn't very well recently. I do plan to review the grammar/spelling again when I get time :twilightsmile:

3745287
3745488
I'm actually a huge lore buff, so I can provide some information here.

Three years old is two years of age progression after where we see the Mane 6 currently. There is a doc out that gives evidence via Lauren Faust that the Mane 6 age as real horses, so they're probably somewhere between 4 and 5 in a worst to best case scenario.

Now, since it isn't completely solid canon as depicted in the series at this point, all of it is subject to interpretation and aging can be whatever we want it to be. However, it sounds like your story is strikingly close to Faust canon here. Definitely don't feel like you wrote it wrong, because ponies that age as humans has no established basis, whereas ponies that age as horses (which means Spike is one year old in the series and three years old would be almost fully grown) at least has Lauren Faust's word--and keep in mind that she created them, no one else, so she ought to know her own universe better than anyone else.

Your getting better, not as many grammar mistakes, your pace is about right, and overall its getting to be a much more interesting read as you go along. Keep up the good work

3985571 Thanks so much, put in an extra effort to improve and just have to keep it up now :twilightsheepish:

Woot 200 views, thanks all for you interest! :pinkiegasp:

but Spike here has a tempter on him

griffon saluted despite his tempter

Should that be "temper"?

4645209 lol yes :rainbowlaugh: gotta love it when my normal proofreaders are on holiday! thnx for pointing that one out :twilightsmile:

A challenger has arrived!

Where's Mission Of Buzzbot? can you post a link in the description?

flying box of yours

A flying "box" eh?

5209515 Thanks for the feed back, but I have to admit you have me totally lost :derpyderp2:

5214388 Hmmm... lets see maybe it would have been better if said box was blue....

5215846 Ahhh with you now, I put it down to lack of sleep :raritywink: :pinkiecrazy:

5217031 Actually its the middle of the day for me... I take it you never seen Doctor Who then...:pinkiegasp:

5217037 Hehe I have done my mind is just a bit slow on the uptake today it seems :twilightsheepish:

I read all of this story. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job. I love the romance between Warden and Twilight. I hope they stay together, but who knows. Great job. I can't wait for the next chapter. Good luck.

Wow. Awesome. I loved how they showed those dragons, they couldn't hurt Bloomberg. Great job. I can't wait to read the next part. Thanks for the update.

That was a wonderful feeling of brotherhood. Great job. I can't wait to read the next chapter. I wonder what Spike's talent is? I'll laugh if it is writing or, that dragon carving.

My talent is stand up comedy !:moustache::facehoof:

I will *ace* the trivia quiz! :moustache:

5271171 With such a 'tash' I don't doubt it :twilightsmile:

5270814 I've often wondered what my cutie mark would be. I just sort of drift from one thing to the next I do hope it isn't a shopping magazine :pinkiecrazy:

5270711 Well I have dropped a few hints as to what I think it could be, you will just have to wait and see :raritywink:

Great job here. I think this was wonderful. Great job with Twilight using rocks to fight. That was ingenious.

I need to say this. Great chapter. I loved this story.

Second....

NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another story comes to an end. This was awesome, and now it ends. I hope another story is done in this universe some time. If, so I'll be here to read it. Thanks for a wonderful story.

Well that was nice.:derpytongue2:

"Spikey ?":duck:
"What are you doing here?":moustache:
"Of all the worst possible mistakes , I made the WORST POSSIBLE mistake":raritydespair: I caught my ex-husband selling drugs to colt scouts during his alcohol powered orgy in the old church of the holy pony.":scootangel:

"EX you say?":moustache:"You know I'm a Lord of Dragons?"

You -Me-Bed- HOW?":raritystarry:

RARITY !:facehoof:

5323342 :pinkiehappy: Glad to have you along for the ride! Thanks for your support and feed bad it means a lot to me. I continue to build on this universe. Pretty much all my stories have links or are intermingled within it (barring one of the Pinkie shorts).


5323344 Well that's one way things could go.... :pinkiecrazy:

5323342 You took the words out of my keyboard lol

I think Warden also riled Spike up so that Spike would vent his anger and clear his mind somewhat.

Reverse psychology is very effective on Apple Bloom who has a crush on Pipsqeauk already. I spotted it too like Twilight but in my case due to another story with PipBloom shipping where Apple Bloom has the exact same attitude to Pip which is a good thing.

You can't make deals with such criminals that are no better than terrorists. At least not when they want to go free and in every world people can be made to talk. It doesn't have to be torture and I'm curious to what Warden will suggest.

7585906 Thanks for the feed back, glad it's making you think :twilightsmile:

This was really a great story and I liked it. The grammar could be better though and I think Apple Blooms accent is a bit too much I was confused by the fact that she said summit instead of something. Summit is after all an actual word with a very different meaning the Great Meet could be called a summit of dragons for instance.

7588305 Glad you enjoyed it :twilightsmile:

Yeah Grammar and I are old foes, I have had some great people who's helped my with editing in some of my later stories.

Getting the balance right accents is always a tricky one too, thanks for the feed back :pinkiehappy:

Just got done reading your story, and I'm so glad I gave it look. This great story for Spike and Twilight you deserve all the praise:moustache::heart:

This is twilights fault. She is trying what is the industrial revolution and the electronics age in less than a generation.

9196774

Don't go blaming Twilight for a stubborn mare's fears of being replaced. That's what this is about.

Login or register to comment