History Fanfic / AGrowingFireInMyHeart

A sequel titled ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/513795/a-burning-flame-in-my-soul A Burning Flame In My Soul]]'' was released on March 20, 2022. Twenty years since Spike and Ember got together as a couple, Spike decides to finally propose to Ember. However, the two of them and their friends find themselves traveling to unknown lands in the west to stop Tyranus Redskull from obtaining the legendary blade of the blade of the first Dragon Emperor and using it to overthrow Ember.

Beginning from when Spike and Ember first met and became friends, their friendship slowly grows stronger the more they learn from each other. As their friendship slowly grows into something more passionate, Ember struggles with her burning feelings for Spike and how to handle them. Things end up becoming even more difficult when Spike ends up getting caught up in Ember's politics as Dragon Lord, and she must ensure his safety.

The story was completed on July 10th 2019, with a sequel titled ''A Burning Flame In My Soul'' confirmed for release in early 2022.

!!This story provides examples of:

* RescueRomance: Played with when Spike and Ember first become friends. Spike saved Ember from drowning, and it is implied Ember had her crush on Spike as early as the start the start of their friendship when she suddenly kisses him on the cheek while saying goodbye to him. Played straight at the end of the story when [[spoiler:Ember helps save Spike's life by curing him of the effects of the potion forced on him, and the whole thing makes her realize she wants to be more than just friends with him. When he asks her what he can do to thank her, she asks him to kiss her on the lips, which leads to them becoming an OfficialCouple]].

* AccidentallyAccurate: When trying to steal one of the keys to the dungeon, Garble tells one of the guards, Vandrix, that another guard named Ortho is gay and likes him. He hopes to start a fight between the two as a distraction, only for it to turn out this is true and Vandrix returns his feelings, much to Garble's shock and disturbance.

* NoNameGIven: Torch tells Ember a bit about her MissingMom, but he never mentions her name to her. Or atleast not on-screen.

The story was completed on July 10th 2019, with a sequel titled ''A Burning Flame In My Soul'' confirmed for release in 2021.

* AlasPoorVillain: As horrible as [[spoiler:Chrysalis]] was, it is a bit hard not to feel bad when [[spoiler:she sees her own dead headless body after Luna kills her, and she is DraggedOffToHell by TheGrimReaper, with her begging for mercy]].

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Dragon Lord Obera was the worst Dragon Lord in history, accumulating a huge body count before finally dying of a heart attack, being known as [[RedBaron Obera the Lord of Madness]]. She was constantly paranoid that others were working against her, killing dragons left and right and using the scepter to stay in control by forcing her will on others. She would send her army to destroy enemies that either didn't exist or were not working against them at all. She even killed her own daughter and mate, thinking they were changelings trying to assassinate her. The mere mention of her name still [[TheDreaded causes young dragons to shiver with fear]].

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Ember learned from her training with her dad that in the event of a HostageSituation, it was better to have the hostage sacrificed for the greater good of the dragon race, since you had to put hundreds of thousands over one important figure.

* CastFromHitPoints: In times of war, one of the potions dragons used was a growth potion to help young dragons age up quicker, but at the cost of shortening their lifespan. [[spoiler:Spike is given a rage potion that ages him into a massive dragon, and although he is given a cure for it he does not revert to his original age, instead skipping several years in his lifespan and aging into young adulthood.]]

* TheGhost: Garble's cousin, Tyranus, is referred to a few times throughout the story, but never physically appears.

The story was completed on July 10th 2019, with a sequel titled ''A Burning Flame In My Soul'' confirmed for release in Summer of 2021.

** Spike sheds a single tear himself when he apologizes to Ember for [[spoiler:almost killing her during his position-fuled rampage, and everything she went through to save him]].

* Nosell: A few instances occur where the Bloodstone Scepter's power to control other dragons doesn't work.

* ArrangedMarriage: Blitz's parents have had an arranged life mate for him ever since he was sixteen. He has never even met her yet, but claims he will when he turns two hundred. Though it is unknown if this is still the case after [[spoiler:Aquafire confessed her feelings for him]].

* HeroicBastard: Smolder, Garble's little sister, was accidentally formed from an affair Lord Redskull had with another dragon, despite having a life mate. Smolder abandon's her father's family name after his treachery is made public, especially after learning of [[spoiler:her half-brother Garble's death]], and she is one of the few members of her clan to be spared by Ember.

* AbsurdPhobia: All the dragons in the barracks in chapter 14, despite dragons being huge fire-breathing monsters and many being depicted as a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, are shown to be absolutely ''terrified'' of [[EekAMouse mice]]. When they spot a changeling disguised as a pony sized mouse, they all [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl scream like little girls]] and run around the room, trying to stay away from it with only a few trying to kill it. Then when they lose track of it they all try PlayingPossum until they are sure it is gone.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: After Garble refers to Spike as "Ember's drake friend", Ember shouts "He's not my drakfriend!" while blushing.