Hippocampus: The Rebirth

"What if I say something wrong, What if I end up starting the eighth hippocampus griffon war, what if I ruin are relationships with the griffons forever!?!" Keira asked quivering, however they were riding the Kraken for dramatic effect and it was not clear whether she was quivering from that or the fear of starting a war.

"Relax, you won't start a war, I doubt the griffons would be stupid enough to start another war when we have a god and the Kraken on our side. Right Saris?"

"The griffons are a race that were built by an associate of mine who hated life, and thought it was a great idea to create life that's sole purpose was to kill it. Then harmony went and spoiled his fun and made them passive for about three years. All that did was ban them together under a monarchy and gave them a common cause. So they banned together and tried to racially cleanse all other races but when they finally reached the places where my alicorns lived I intervened and reset them, now they are only partially warmongers. And they are stupid enough to attack us with the Kraken and a weakened god."

"You’re not helping Saris!" Teneve said in frustration.

"Oh...uh...yes well...you won't be starting anther war not while I'm around, I assure you."

"See Saris won't allow another war to happen, now calm down." Teneve said to Keira.

"OK fine, I'll calm down." Keira said as she calmed down.

"Let’s change the subject, might help you calm down a bit." Saris said.

Teneve and Keira looked at each other with mischievous smiles on their faces; Keira said "So tell us, how are you going to react to seeing Princess Celestia again? Every pony knows you and her have a history."

"One I moved on from all those years ago, and if you'll remember I am in morning of my lost wife and kids now, not the time to try to ignite an old spark." Saris said in a grim voice.

"But that doesn't mean you won't try in the future." Teneve said.

"The future is a funny thing." Saris said sounding as cryptic as he could.

"Oh don't go doing that now" Keira said jokingly.

"Besides the loss of your family might motivate you to ignite that spark faster." Teneve said not thinking.

Saris's face flew into rage "You think I would disrespect their memories by forgetting about them so soon! I would never disrespect them by beginning to court Celestia so soon after their deaths."

"And is Celestia starts the courtship?" Keira asked.

This caused Saris to pause, She had cut it off because I was going to die one day, and now I'm as immortal as she is. He chose his words carefully "I doubt she will start the courtship, she broke it off remember." there we are just vague enough to keep them from guessing why she went and broke it off.

"Yes, but that was because she didn't want to see you wither away and die." Keira said.

"How in this blue ocean do you know that!" Saris shouted without thinking.

"Your brother was a notorious gossip and I was dating him during the time of your breakup."

"Ah yes, that he was"

"How much longer till we get there" Teneve asked trying to see passed the front of the Kraken.

"We have arrived" the Kraken said as he began the painful process of turning in the small bay, well small to the Kraken. Once he had finished turning he raised one of his longest tentacles up to breach the water. Saris took out three wads of seaweed and passed them out to the others. they began to chew the wads and the water around where their hind legs should have been began to glow and formed legs.

"Good old legweed, got to love it." Teneve said working his legs.

Keira looked up and saw a ship painted red she pointed to it "Is that the griffons ship?" she asked.

"Should be." Teneve said.

"Enough chit chat we have a meeting to go to and I don't like being late." Saris said starting to climb the tentacle that had breached.

When they all made it up they found the royal guard waiting for them "Sir, would you please follow us?" one of the guards said more then asked.

"Why yes" Saris replied. the guard turned and began to walk away, the Sea ponies followed and the guards took a formation around them. The Kraken was right to put them in the center of the bay, turned out that Princess Celestia had planned for the  meeting to take place in a building vary close to the center. Saris also noticed that every pony that they passed ran to the side of the street and would cower down. Saris was smart enough to recognize fear of him and he felt a pang of sorrow for each cowering pony that they passed.

Keira moved towards one of the guards and batting her eyelashes asked him "Does your kind still insist on calling us Sea ponies?"

The guard hadn't expected the question "Yes we do, why do you ask?"

"No reason she said allowing the faintest hint of bitterness creep in her voice.

The leader of the guards stopped in front of a magnificent door and turned to Saris, "You will be leading the discussion, and the Princesses insist that you and your group take the back table."

"Very well" Saris said as they opened the door to see all the Princesses of Equestria sitting at a table on the right side of the room there was no pony else in the room. All of the hippocampus went to the far table and sat down. Saris knew that the lesser forms can return to their, In his opinion, superior form, but this few at a time, it was killing him. "And so the fall of the second is imminent." he said

"Pardon" Luna asked him.

Saris jumped "Did I say that aloud!" he said in surprise.

"Yes" a purple alicorn said to him.

"Well pardon my grief for the fall of the second form of life."

The purple alicorn eye's lit up, Saris could tell that Celestia had told of his particular past to them. "I have so many questions for you!" she exclaimed.

Saris rolled his eyes "Fine fire away." he said half heartedly.

"How many of you were there, and what were their names?"

"There were seven of us. Chaos, Harmony, Time, Space, Dark, Light, and I the nameless one."

"Why were you nameless?"

"Because I didn't contribute to the creation of this existence."

"I thought you created life?"

"I did, but life Most of the "Gods" didn't like the Idea of life."

"Why is that?"

"Would you like the one who did literally nothing to create this realm and he just waltzes in and changes everything."

"Not really." the purple alicorn said.

"How about this, you just spent about ten hours doing royal duties then some random pony came up and changed every other letter you wrote down."

"I wouldn't like it".

"Well that's what I did to them." Saris said smiling.

"So by bringing life..."

"I brought a change that not even Chaos himself liked."

The doors opened and the Griffon King and Queen along with two griffon other guards. "We have arrived" the Queen announced.

It had been three hours of arguing and debating, Saris and the Griffons had been yelling at each other. The racial difference and the history between the two races was too much and they couldn't come to a decision.

"We already have an agreement all you need to do is honor it!"

"No I don't! Those agreements were made by griffons from long ago" the king shouted.

"The both of you are acting like children" Celestia said.

Saris and the griffon king turned toward Celestia. "These griffons are being foolish."

"I do not deal with terrorist!" the griffon king shouted at Saris.

"I'm no terrorist I'm defending my territory!"

"You are halting trade unless we agree to your outrageous terms. I call that terrorism!" The Griffon King shouted.

"I call you a foreign invader!" Saris shouted.

"Well barnacle beard your still a terrorist!"

"I am not Feather brain!"

"Feather brain, is that the best you can come up with seaweed head." the griffon king said mockingly. Saris raised Octotear and the griffon guards raised their swords to defend their king.

"Saris stop this" Celestia said seeing the sea pony mare next to him start to quiver.

"You dare take up arms agents the Life Bringer!?!" Saris shouted.

"You words have no meaning to me, crab face!!"

"You will face the legendary wrath of the Exile!!!" Saris shouted as he raised Octotear and slammed butt of the trident on the ground. As a wave of blue magic passed princess Celestia used her magic to catch a ride on the spell, and was teleported with them.

Saris had blue aurora and his eyes were glowing light blue, the griffon king was getting up, and Celestia had fallen. She looked around and found she was in a wasteland. "Saris where did you take us?" she demanded from him.

"I took the griffon king to the beginning of his race, you stole a ride." Saris said his voice now multilayered.

"That doesn't answer the question." Celestia said.

"We are in the center of the griffons land, this is the spot where Space created the griffons. I want him to see what I saved  him from."

"I demand you take me back!'" the griffon king bellowed.

"Fine but first you must see what you were supposed to be."

A small yellow orb floated down from somewhere above. It began to glow bright and everyone but Saris looked away. When Celestia and the Griffon King looked back they saw two griffons that were about the size of a manticore and it had a fury in their eyes.

"You were mindless beast that were supposed to wipe out all life" Saris said to the king "But when you attacked my alicorns I reset you. Your reduced stature is because of harmony but your ability to even have a king is because of me. I insist you respect the ancient agreements of the hippocampus and your ancestors."

"This is a trick, Celestia break the illusion." the griffon king wouldn't believe it.

"It is no trick, there is no illusion to undo." Celestia said shocked at the sight of the griffon.

"Why have you brought me here? Really why have you?"

"Simple" Saris started "I am doing this to show you of your debt and to collect by insisting you agree to the trade routes outlined by our ancestors."

"But why did you bring Celestia with us?"

"I didn't, she wasn't supposed to see this, and she hitched a ride." Saris explained. "Right then. Shall we return?" Saris asked hitting the butt of Octotear on the ground and another blue wave passed over them. All of them were on the ground, Saris had transported them to the exact moment the first wave hit them.

"Fine I will agree to your terms" the griffon king said getting up. This raised some eyebrows from the queen and the guards. the griffon king reached over and signed the paper that he had almost torn. He handed it to the Saris "With this you have the right to sink any griffon ships that cross out of the trade routes marked on the maps of our ancestors.