Before Times Edge

  Kira sat outside the general hospital deep in thought. Xerxes was directly responsibly for starting the Badnick wars back on earth. Robotnik in the first place was almost there to discovering inter dimensional travel. with the power he has already with the master emerald, all he needed to do was rip a hole in the space time continuum. Kira's long time rival, Xerxes gave him the technology to do this, what was inevitable, was just sped up. Kira and the freedom fighters did have a chance to stop him but to ensure that no one interfered with his plans, he eliminated them, this time he made sure they were dead. this was done through means of a nuclear missile which he launched from the death egg. besides a few mobians. the whole population was wiped out, something that haunted Kira up to this day. Kira sighed and lit a cigar, a habit he had just picked up recently along with drinking. He knew it wasn't good, but he didn't seem to care. he rested his head on his arm and blew out a puff of smoke which was carried away in the wind. He thought of the rift dragons, the pain they have caused him. They have been with him since he was 15 years of age, when he took over the job as the time keeper. He usually avoided them at first when they attacked him, but then he started to fight back, the first one he fought was Xerxes who defeated him and caused Kira to retreat, he lost his right arm to that battle. The scond run in was more devastating, though he defeated him, he never got the chance to slay Xerxes. In turn Xerxes made Kira pay for that fact by killing his wife and child before he escaped. Kira never knew sympathy since that day.

  The actual scheduled rain storm was in set motion just as Kira finished his cigar. He didn't really care if his clothes got wet at this point. All he seemed to bring to the people around him was pain and agony. Getting up from where he sat, he walked into the lobby of the hospital where he saw Twilight sitting with a worried face. Kira couldn't disagree with the portrayed emotion. He went and sat down across from Twilight Sparkle. He tried to avoid eye contact with her as he leaned back and looked up at the roof. his bones were still in pain from the sudden teleportation that sent him to this world. Noticing that Twilight was looking at him he shut his eyes, trying to ignore her. A sudden stomp on his foot blasted the darkness from his mind.

  "What the hay did you do to Rainbow dash?" She yelled into his ear.

  "I didn't do anything, it was a rift walker! I don't shoot fire balls with a blue hue to them!" Kira yelled back as he grabbed his foot. His teeth were clenched as he looked up to see tears fall from Twilights cheeks as she bit her lip. He knew she was concerned for her, but he lacked the sympathy to relate to her.

  "You know, some one dear to me was taken by one of them." Kira said softly.

  "You expect me to believe your story, I cant just trust some one who just showed up in my world! And the fact that Rainbow gets hurt when you take her along is just to... odd for me to let go!" she screamed back as blood began to fall from her lip. Her emotions were to strong for her to listen to him right now, Kira could only hope to at least get part of his past out.

  "Please let me tell the story to you Twilight."

  "Fine, go ahead, tell me your "story"." Twilight pouted.

  "Long ago I was married... I meet this girl when I travelled back in time to seek out my origins. I never thought I would meet a girl while I explored for the solution. I married her, she bore me a son, we settled in the 16th century in Norway. for a time a was a king there. That's when he showed up... Something people call rift walkers. I occasionally encountered them from time to times, but never fought them. This one though, was different. He wanted me dead, unlike the others who wanted me alive so they could torture me for the rest of my mortal life. His name was Xerxes. A battle ensued after he introduced himself in a rather brutish fashion. he defeated me, but I barely escaped with my life. I decided that I couldn't defend my family if I couldn't defeat him, so I trained to get stronger, faster, more versatile. I encountered him a second time. This time at the castle I looked over. I defeated him, but I took sympathy on the creature, which I never should have. he asked me before he did the terrible deed, "What do you value the most?", I looked at him in confusion only to see him fire a fireball at the location my wife and child where hiding in. I never saw them again. while I was out cold from the explosion he escaped taking my hope for a life with him...". Kira sat there looking blankly into at the wall. Twilight sat beside him listening intently. He sighed and got up to walk towards the reception desk. he chuckled to him self.

  "You know... Rainbow dash reminds me of her a lot... it seems that most things do now." Kira said as he rang the bell at the reception desk. life had been cruel to Kira, all he knew was to run from his problems, which worked for a short period of time before he actually had to deal with them.

  "Excuse me? is Rainbow dash ready for visitors? it has been 8 hours since she was checked in." Kira told the nurse.

  "Let me check... yes I think she is ready to take visitors, she is in room 223.". The nurse said as she looked at the clip board.

  "Thank you." Kira said turning around then proceeding towards Twilight who was crying as she couldn't process what was happening to her world.

Chaos seemed to be engulfing this world as soon as Kira got there. maybe it was the fact that the rift walkers had tracked him so quickly. this told him that they were out for his blood more than ever now. Oddly when he thought of what happened back there to Rainbow Dash it made him want to protect this world more.

  Him and Twilight finally reached room 223, the silence would continue until they entered the hospital room. Maybe the silence was a good thing. as he opened the door, all he could think about is what Xerxes said to him, these words would haunt him for the rest of the day.