06x01 - The Isle of Scaly

[bunniefuu]

[gurgling]

[bright music]

-[singing]
-Could you turn that down, Pipp?

-I can barely hear myself navigate.
-What?

I can't hear you over this "Intense music

for our trip to the Dragonlands"
playlist I made.

-[music stopping]
-Thank you.

Hey-ya!
I was just trying to keep the mood light.

It's so tense in here!

That's 'cause last time we visited
the Isle of Scaly, there were no dragons!

This time... who knows what we'll find?

I just hope we get there
before Opaline...

[dramatic music]

[all gasping]

[gasping in awe]

Huh? Spark-alert!

We have a map situation again!

Step back! Step back!
Dragon magic incoming!

[belching]

Whoops! It's gonna be a hard left!

Hold on to your Cutie marks!

[screaming]

[grunting]

[screaming]

♪ Hey you've gotta let it glow ♪

♪ You've gotta let it shine ♪

♪ Oh let's make our mark together ♪

♪ Just riding on forever ♪

♪ Just keeps on getting better
better better ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ Everypony everywhere ♪

♪ You can feel it in the air ♪

♪ Find your spark
and just glow and shine ♪

♪ Make a mark
that you can share ♪

♪ Hoof to heart
you know we care ♪

♪ Oh ponies come on ♪

♪ Let's all unite ♪♪

[bright music]

[screaming]

[gasping]

We made it!

It was so much easier when we just
trotted through a magic door last time.

At least we can snap
some great aerial shots.

-[phone alarm sounding]
-[exclaiming, gasping]

Ugh. My battery is dead.

-[phone alarm stopping]
-[electricity crackling]

[whimpering]

-[screaming]
-Yahoo!

[laughing]

Everypony take their stations!
This could be a crash landing!

I have an idea!
It might work, but it might not.

But I like those odds.

Everypony, hold on!

[screaming]

-[laughing]
-[thudding]

[sighing]

You never know when you'll need
a really, really big balloon.

That's why I have 'em at all times. Whew!

Great landing, everypony.
Best yet.

[sighing]

-[balloon popping]
-[Sparky laughs]

Well, we're back!

I can't believe we did it!

Now let's not pat ourselves
on the back too much.

These dragons have been asleep for ages.

-They still could be!
-Let's wake 'em up!

[singing] We're here!

[vocalizing]

[Blaize] But why... are you here?

[footstep thudding]

You are trespassing on the Isle of Scaly.

Who are you?

-I'm Sunny. This is Hitch.
-[chuckling nervously]

-[Sunny] Izzy.
-Hi.

-[Sunny] Pipp.
-Hi.

-[Sunny] Zipp.
-Hi.

-[Sunny] And Misty.
-[squeaking]

Okay. Why are you here?

Eh, to help!

Pretty sure we don't need your help.

Actually... you do!

There is an evil Alicorn that wants
to steal your dragon magic.

We want to stop her!

Pony leader, I'm Blaize.

-Let's speak in private.
-Oh, Blaize. I'm not the...

-[Blaize] This way!
-[laughing nervously]

[Izzy] Hi, nice to meet you!
I'm Izzy.

We flew here on the Mare Stream,
which might be broken.

I wanted to make a good impression,
so I crafted these charms for you.

They have our names on them so you can
remember who your new friends are!

[gasping]
What are your names?

I'm Luxxe. You made this?

-I love it!
-Hoof-to-heart, Luxxe!

[grunts]

[sniffing]
Yuck!

Leaf, be nice to them,
they brought presents.

I want a good one!
Are they all the same, Tumble?

Ha!

Hey!

I'm Fountain.
What are you doing?

Hi! I'm Pipp.
I'm just trying to find a signal.

-[phone beeping]
-Ugh! My phone is really acting up.

Um, signal?

Uh... I don't know if we have that here.

Also, what is a phone?

[gasping, screaming]

[moaning]

What did you just say to me?!

-[phone recorder beeping]
-Okay so... Name: Tumble.

Age: "Dragon Age".

Current questions? These:

"When did you all wake up?"

When the evil one came!

Evil One?

[gasping]
Opaline!

Her magic shook the Isles...
and she captured Lava and Jade.

Opaline captured
two of your friends?! How?

It takes us dragons weeks to awaken
from a magical hibernation that deep.

[groans]

She attacked
when you were half asleep?

That sounds like Opaline.

Our shimmers haven't been
too bright since then.

Look!
[grunting]

[sighing]

[gasping]
That is very bad!

-Well said, pony.
-How strong is this Opaline?

Do you think Lava and Jade are okay?

I hope so...

[thunder striking]

[grunting]

There's my sleepy little scalies!

How are we today, minions?

[laughing]

Oh...

Looks like somebody needs a lullaby?

Well... let me give you one.

♪ When I walk past a mirror
I scare myself ♪

♪ I'm the Queen of Mean ♪

♪ Don't care about any pony other than me
Isn't that lovely ♪

♪ Don't ask me to be nice
I don't want to ♪

♪ I don't play fair ♪

♪ I'm giving you the heat
you can't handle ♪

♪ And I don't care ♪

♪ I'm a Villain
Glamorous and mean ♪

♪ I'm a Villain
Evil as can be ♪

♪ Darling I'm a Villain ♪

♪ Make you shiver through
your teeth ♪

♪ Don't you cry now
It will all be fine ♪

♪ I'm a Villain ♪

♪ I'm a Villain ♪

♪ Hush little pony don't say a word
Or you'll get cursed ♪

♪ Can you feel the flames getting closer ♪

♪ Ain't that the worst ♪

♪ Don't ask me to be nice
I don't want to ♪

♪ I don't play fair ♪

♪ I'm giving you the heat
you can't handle ♪

♪ And I don't care ♪

♪ I'm a Villain
Glamorous and mean ♪

♪ I'm a Villain
Evil as can be ♪

♪ I'm a Villain ♪

♪ Make you shiver
through your teeth ♪

♪ Don't you cry now
It will all be fine ♪

♪ I'm a Villain ♪

♪ Ooh I'm a Villain ♪

♪ I'm a Villain ♪♪

[laughing maniacally]

Oh, I'm so scary.

There we are.

Now, let's have some of that
dragon fire.

My plan is growing.
[laughing]

And no pony or dragon is going to stop me.

Okay then, ponies. You say that you aren't
with this evil dragon-napper pony...

May the record show that Opaline
is an Alicorn.

But not all Alicorns are evil.

-Um-hmm.
-[gurgling]

[gasping]

[yawning]

A hatchling?!

If you aren't dragon-nappers,
then why do you have a baby dragon?!

That's Sparky. Hitch found his egg back
in Equestria and took care of him!

He's sort of Sparky's dad now.

-[footstep thudding]
-[growling]

His pony dad!

But really he's my best friend
and little deputy and...

[chuckling nervously]
So much more!

[gurgling]

Fry my tail. There hasn't been a baby
dragon around here in a volcano's age.

-What?!
-It's like a miracle!

A hatchling could restore shimmer
to all of Scaly!

[gurgling]

[unified awws]

I don't think these ponies
are our enemies.

[sighing]
You're too quick to trust, Luxxe.

I still don't understand why
they came all the way out here.

Because we want to stop all of Equestria
from falling into a darkness so dark

that we may lose the light
of friendship forever!

That would be bad.

Like, super bad.

So please, dragon friends.

Band together with us.

Help us stop Opaline,
restore the magic shimmer

and kindness in all of Equestria,

and rescue your fellow dragons
that Opaline has taken.

[Izzy] Ta-dah!
[chuckling]

-Ah!
-[sighing]

[laughing]

We must first request approval
from our leader, the Dragon Lord,

to form a partnership with pony-kind.

Well, where can we find him?
We don't have all day!

Technically we do. Because the Mare Stream
is, well... broken.

So we are kinda stuck here.

Oh... Yeah.

Follow us, little ponies,

we will lead you to our ancient,
much larger, much wiser

and much more secretive leader.

[Izzy] Ah, excuse me, Blaize,
might I make a suggestion?

I was thinking maybe it would

-behoove us...
-Clever.

Thank you.
...to have some of us stay here

to try and get the Mare Stream fixed
in the meantime.

-Great idea, Izzy.
-Yes! Yes! Yes!

Izzy can craft a fix for the power source
on the Mare Stream

and I will find some residual Pegasus
Wi-Fi to make a call for help!

Um, I'll stay too.

[whispering indistinctly]

And Leaf and I will stay here
with you ponies.

Not because we're keeping
an eye on you or anything.

But because we love making jokes
while others do work.

-[laughing]
-Great!

Let's get going.
No reason for this to drag-on!

[laughing]

[gurgling with disappointment]

Seriously? Nothing?

Come on, that was a good one!

Everything on the Isle of Scaly
used to shimmer.

But ever since we woke up,
the magic keeps fading.

I really appreciate this.

I know it can be difficult
to trust newcomers,

but I want to assure you
that we are on your team.

[chuckling]

And we will see when we meet
the leader, if we are on yours.

I hope you are, because I just know
we'll be better together!

I can feel it.

So what are you, the leader of the ponies?

No, um...

No, um... I just like to plan what we do

and support my friends and be an ally
for anypony who needs it!

Whatever. Here's the thing:
When we meet the leader of dragons,

you're the leader of ponies. Got it?

Uh-huh.

Okay, so if I connect this wire
to this wire, and I turn this knob.

-It...
-[electrical glitching]

-Well, that's something at least.
-I don't get it.

No matter what we do, the Hope Lantern
just gets dimmer and dimmer.

It's not just the lantern.
All my devices are drained too.

And I've had them plugged
into the Mare Stream's outlet all day!

It's so weird, right?

Uh, maybe your stuff is draining
the energy from the Lantern?

Yeah, that's not really
how the lantern works.

Plus, if they were, don't you think
they'd at least be a little charged?

Let's just unplug this, just in case!

[gasping]
Even dimmer?!

What is this, opposite day?

Oh spark my horn,
none of this makes sense.

Uh, we weren't trying to eavesdrop...

We were actively doing it.

But it sounds like the Mare Stream
isn't draining the lantern.

Of course.
The lantern is the problem!

It's losing power on its own.

But why?

So all dragons have different
kinds of magic?

That's right!
Watch this, dude.

[gasping]

Whoa!
[chuckling]

-Is that why they call you...
-Tumble?

Ha-ha! You got it!

Luxxe can illuminate with her light magic,

Fountain can bend and spray water
with her fire.

Oh, it's so cool!

[Sunny] This must be where
the Dragon Lord lives?

[Fountain] Where he hibernates.

[gurgling in awe]

[horn sounding]

[growling]

[epic music]

[yawning]

[sniffing, sighing]

It's probably a good time to bow.

Hmm...

He looks familiar. Right?

Ponies from Equestria. Behold,
our exalted leader of dragons,

Dragon Lord Spike!

Spike?!

[yawning]

Whoa, heh. Excuse my breath.
Just woke up.

We are honored to meet
such a legend as "the" Spike.

Is it okay if I call you Spike?!

It would be weird if you called me
Fred or something.

Because that's not my name.

[laughing]

I just want you to know
that I am a big fan.

When I was a foal,
my father told me stories of you,

-of the legends of Equestria's past.
-Legend, huh?

I don't know about that.

Seriously, I don't know about that.

My memory is a little foggy after all
these centuries of magical hibernation.

What moon is this?

I know how that is.

I can't remember anything when I wake up.

It's a miracle I can remember to put
my badge on in the morning.

-You're not wearing a badge.
-Huh?

[Sparky laughing]

[laughing]

Your Spikeness, they have... a hatchling!

[gurgling]

So this is why you came to find us?

No, actually.

We came because you're in danger!

Two dragons have already been captured
by an evil Alicorn.

-Evil Alicorn?
-Yes. Equestria is in danger as well.

She's trying to take over,
and she's gaining power!

She wants to steal
all the magic for herself.

Which is why she's also draining
your dragon shimmer.

We know that she's been trying to take
over Equestria since the days of...

Twilight Sparkle!

She protected our lands somehow,
keeping her out all this time.

[gasping]
...Twi?

But the spell has broken down.

And now, Opaline is back.

We just want to stop her
and keep our magic.

Come inside,
I have a lot to tell you ponies.

Are you sure, your Spikeness?

We don't know anything about ponies.

Well, I do, Blaize.

Blaize got burned.

Ooh!

-[chuckling]
-[groaning]

Wow!

[Sparky gurgles excitedly]

[sighing]

Meeting you takes me back.
My best friends were ponies.

That's what I've heard.

I haven't thought about it in so long.

Mostly because I was sleeping.

But I do remember my adventures
with them...

Oh... But my mind feels so fuzzy
since I went into that magic hibernation.

-[Hitch] When was that?
-Hard to say.

The spell was so strong.

Hitch, can you believe this?

This is the baby dragon from
the stories my dad used to tell me!

Spike was there with Twilight
when Opaline got banished.

It all feels so foggy. Like a dream...

but Twilight knew she had to protect
magic from her somehow.

That's why us dragons have been
on the Isle of Scaly,

magically hibernating for all this time.

It was part of the plan.

Her plan saved us all.

She helped us work together
against darkness.

See, there were these crystals...

The Unity Crystals?!

-You know them?
-[Sunny] Know them?!

We are the keepers of the crystals!

-[phone recorder beeps]
-Sorry to interrupt this uh... moment,

but what is the real story
of the crystals and Opaline?

-Who is she, really?
-She's dangerous.

She's the reason I had to part ways
with my friends!

Because she wanted the Unity Crystals?

No. She wanted magic.
All of it.

[Spike] Twilight's reign was peaceful
for many moons

until Opaline Arcana appeared.

She'd been banished from Skyros.

The Alicorn land?

She wanted to rule all ponies.

She thought that Alicorns were superior.

[Spike] But my friends were strong.

Our friendship had created
such powerful magic

that Opaline had to resort to dark ways
to overthrow Equestria.

She even attacked the dragons
to transform into a fire Alicorn.

That's what she's done again!

That's why she came for Jade and Lava!

For their fire!

[Spike] The crystals were created to hide
the magic of Equestria in them.

All of pony magic.

And all of dragon magic
inside the dragon stone.

Twilight sent us here to protect us.

And put a spell around Equestria
to hide it from Opaline.

The spell was damaged
when we brought magic back,

when the three pony kinds reunited
again after centuries!

You lost magic?

All by yourselves?

Aww, I'm going back to sleep.

-[phone recorder beeps]
-Wait!

We still have a chance!

-[Blaize] Do we?
-[Sunny] Yes!

Because the truth is,
you're strong!

You are dragons!

Yes, your shimmer may be fading

and you may be tired and scared,
but that's not who you are.

You can still turn this around.
You can still help!

It's already over.

No!

When you have hope, it's never over!

And I know you still have a shimmer of it.

[gasping]
I see what you mean!

[gasping]
The Sunny pony is right!

You sound delusional.

So we should just give up instead, Blaize?

Forget about our friends?
Let evil win?

Uh... uh... maybe?

I am the leader of dragons.

And I remember my pony friends.

I never want to forget them.

Woo-hoo!

[gasping]

Transformation fire?

Sparky! Now is not the time
for snacks, buddy!

I thought it was just a myth!

Me too.

This little one is special.

[gurgling]

And so are you.

You remind me a lot
of somepony I once knew.

Twilight.

So you'll help us?

You'll join our team
to defeat Opaline for good?

I'm in.

Don't you mean, "we're in",
your Spikeness?

[Sunny] We have to hurry!

-Come on, Sparky.
-[gurgling, laughing]

Umm... your Spikeness?

Do you think... Sparky might belong here?

With other dragons?

Some of the best times of my life
were with my pony-family.

If I could be there again, I would.

You two are a team.
You belong together, for now.

We do?

Like a peanut butter and
crystal sandwich.

[laughing]

[gurgling]

[laughing]

This is awful.

We're stuck.

And they're going to be back soon!

At least we had fun
while we didn't fix anything!

[laughing]

I love laughter, heh.

Good news, everypony!

Ponies and dragons
are now working together!

[cheering]

Now let's go get that dragon stone
and stop Opaline.

Izzy, fire up the Mare Stream!

Um. When you say fire it up,
like should we burn it?

Because it is toast!

We're stranded?!

I wouldn't say that.

-[gasping]
-Yeah!

[cheering]

The seeds of my reign
are finally sprouting.

Welcome to the era of Opaline Arcana.

Without their Cutie Mark magic,
they cannot shine!

Then their Unity Magic will wilt
and die on the vine.

[laughing]

[gasping]
Those miserable do-gooder ponies

will never be able to stop me now!

[laughing maniacally]

[cheering]

[laughing]

I don't know how to thank you!

Save it. We're a team now.

You think we can do it?

Save Equestria?
And the Isle of Scaly?

Well, it's not going to be easy.

But if we all work together,
we can do anything!

Who's ready to take down Opaline?!

-I am!
-[gurgling]

[laughing]

-[phone chiming]
-Hold on, hold on!

My phone just turned on!

Can you say all that inspiring
stuff again please?

[cheering, laughing]

[Izzy] Higher, higher! Woo-hoo!

You can really fly!

[♪♪]