A Dragon's Journey
is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic by Abramus5250.
Official Description: Spike, upon graduating from Luna's personal tutelage after coming of age, is sent out on a duty to explore the world and catalog it for Equestria. Places, ponies, goods and trade: it falls to him to expand the knowledge of the outside world and make it accessible for the average citizen. So he sets out on this grand adventure of exploration full of confidence, save for one feature. According to the princesses, and by default a newly-revealed royal decree, he must return to Equestria married. Even more astounding, he must return with more than one wife, so as to complete his herd. Oh boy...
Tropes:
- Accidental Marriage: Spike gets married to the zebra mare Asalah because he got drunk and accidentally entered her room while asleep, thus getting engaged to her.
- All There in the Manual: Abramus has a Q&A blog that answers non-spoiler questions about the story's setting, including the lifespans of the different races.
- Alternate Universe: Yes. For one thing, the characters are anthro.
- Anthropomorphic Shift: The characters are all anthro.
- A Wizard Did It: When the wives are debating how crossbreeding works, Meia says it's magic.
- Berserk Button: For Spike, it's threatening his wives.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Do not threaten Spike's wives or you will regret it.
- Chick Magnet: Spike certainly attracts the ladies.
- Doorstopper: There are currently over fifty chapters, nearing three hundred thousand words, and Spike isn't even half-done with his journey yet.
- Interspecies Romance: Spike has yet to even meet a female dragon, let alone romance one, all his current wives are from different species.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Justified, Spike's journey schedule means he can't stay in one place too long, so he has to marry his wives quickly.
- Love Redeems: Chrysalis eventually genuinely falls in love with Spike and swears off her plans.
- Our Dragons Are Different: There are three different types of dragons, Spike is a Sky Dragon, and there are aquatic dragons and non-flying dragons as well.
- Our Vampires Are Different
- Polyamory: Spike has to marry at least three women, and the current count is four.
- It's mentioned that such arrangements are not that uncommon in Equestria due to a gender imbalance.
- Shotgun Wedding: Spike marries Trixie because he accidentally got her pregnant during an earlier encounter (though there are genuine feelings present).
