Legacy of the Kirin

It has been said that though the history of this planet, that there were two races. One, was the Draconequus, capable of creating things from nothing and making the planets. Next, are the Alicorn's; a race that creates life and celestial bodies. It was said that there was a pact between the two races, as they made the universe.

Draconequi were stuck with the bad jobs, while the Alicorn's managed to gain the easy and good jobs. The two were constantly rivaling races, but they also needed each other, in order to keep the balance of the universe. It was also stated that the earth was created and populated by animals, and even a race of beings called 'Humans'.

The Draconequi created animals, while the Alicorn's created man. The two races fought for who could control what. Man had to pay the price, however, as their fighting caused disasters all over their world. It was noticed by some of the two races, and they banded together to try and stop the violence, but ultimately made a flood happen on the earth.

But before all life could die out, an Alicorn tapped into the mind of a man named 'Noah', and instructed him to create a arch of such. He did as he was told, and managed to traverse the flood, however, a Draconequus managed to tap into his mind as well, and commanded him to bring two of every single animal from the old world.

Noah had also done this. Once the flood came he was ready and with his wife and children, stayed in the arch for 40 days and 40 nights. Once everything calmed down, Noah helped recreate the human race with the help of a powerful Alicorn, whom allowed him to use her to bring new life to the world.

It was stated that mankind has known of their existence, but not as they really were. Human's worshiped the two races as god's. Draconequi were seen as evil, while Alicorn's were seen as good. Ancient Greek humans called the Alicorn's the 'Gods' and the Draconequi as 'Titans'. They had known of their children as well.

Herucles, the son of 'Zeus'. He was a child of a human woman and a male Alicorn known as Zelipha. He was a 'King' of these 'Gods'. He was also one of the first male Alicorn's to appear. It was originally that Draconequi were males and Alicorn's were females. It was also noticed that other human mythologies followed the same beings, however different the stories were.

It is said that the Draconequi had created Dragon's or 'Serpents' as the humans called them in spite of the sentient apes. The dragon's were hunted down and were nearly wiped out, until more showed up. Some were the size of mountains, even planets. The human's were near extinction once these Serpents decided to rear their ugly heads once more, and stuck down at the apes.

The Alicorn's were furious at their fellow deities. Thus, as the human race dwindled down to a mere million compared to the trillion of dragon's, the Alicorn's stepped in, and changed half of the human race into something new. It was a mix between a pony and a dragon. They had Alicorn powers and abilities. They were once known as the Alicorn's defenders, but were changed to 'Kirin'.

After the war was over, the dragon's were forced into slumber, to await another time to arise once again. The Kirin became a legend of the human's Japanese mythology. It was even stated that Kirin children who were born defective, became Unicorn's, Pegasus and Earth Ponies. The Kirin were a powerful race, and watched over the remaining humans, protecting them from the shadows.

Centuries past by, and the Kirin were fading away, the ones that didn't, could not actually fade, but only became stronger, but also bore the curse of an immortal life. There were only three handfuls of these kinds of Kirin, and it was enough to watch over the humans, until they reached a 'Golden Age' that boomed with technology.

The Kirin were forced to go into hiding, in risk of humans finding them and possibly wanting to harm them. It was said that the Kirin created natural disasters in order to keep the humans away from their respective homes. But it was these disasters that awoke the dragon's once more.

The human race did not make it. The Kirin had been ashamed and became nothing more than a memory to time and space itself. The Alicorn's were devastated, but then pleased to see the three pony races that survived. The Draconequus' dragon's had managed to do their jobs, and helped remold the earth into a new world.

Equis.

Ponies and Dragon's were the two main races at the time, before Griffins and other beings appeared from nowhere, thus, creating the world of Equestria. It was a long time of 'peace' while the two deity races slumbered away. They Alicorn's King and Queen had managed to bare two children.

Celestia and Luna. Celestia took charge over the sun, while Luna took charge over the moon and stars. It was a long time of peace, before Discord came to being. He had tipped the balance into his favor, as he became stronger than the other Draconequi, making them fear him and his very name.

Celestia and Luna called upon the Elements of Harmony, but instead of them being gems and trinkets, they were the Kirin, the sworn protectors of the world, now became guardians of balance, not just for Equis, but the universe itself. There was a long and bloody war between the two Alicorn's and the Kirin and Discord with his armies. The world was destroyed, and few races survived the long war hat lasted for eons.

finally, as the final our struck, Discord was defeated, but at a terrible price. The Kirin that were down to six, become gems that were then placed in a tiara, and five necklaces. There Alicorn's turned Princesses made Equestria after the war and the world was repopulated. The two had peace, before a unicorn that was twisted by dark magic rose to power in the Crystal Empire. His name was, Sombra.

The princesses rose to yet another war, but it was not as long. It lasted for three hundred years before Sombra was finally casted down, but no before h could infuse dark magic into Princess Luna, who paid a heavy price. The war had ended and the Crystal Empire vanished with Sombra. The two pony sisters went back to the Everfree Jungle, where their castle stood. There they looked after the world and their little ponies.

It had been a thousand years before Princess Luna had hanged into Nightmare Moon. It was said that it was a brief fight between Luna and Celestia. But it was more than that. Nightmare Moon had managed to find more Kirin. She brought these Kirin who had been corrupted by Discord's magic. Celestia was forced to use her ponies to fight, however, it was one sided. Celestia had to use the Elements of Harmony and used it against Nightmare Moon and her corrupted Kirin.

However, since the two beings weren't one with the Elements anymore, Celestia was forced to place the gems into stone sphere's for another generation to use. She had thought that all Kirin were wiped out. But she was wrong, there were small Kirin who were just growing up into their Immortality. They had been born during the time of Nightmare Moon's and Celestia's war.

They managed to stay hidden, until it was time to go, and then, they really did vanish, all, but one.

======================Neighppon, 400 years after Nightmare Moon===================

It is a snowy winter night for the Equestrian country of Neighppon. The snow falls down slowly onto a village and the tree's. It is the 25 of December, and a festival is setting up for the anniversary of Celestia's win against Nightmare Moon a thousand years ago. The ponies are simple farmers or tourists.

The bamboo trees sway softly, as the cherry blossom trees branches sway softly as well. The branches creak gently as the petals float down towards the ground, mixing with the snow, making a pink and white sheet for the world. The village has a shrine placed into a cave that holds the statue of a strange pony.

It has hooves on his hind-legs, but it's forelegs are more like hands. The hooves for the forelegs have four fingers/claws on each one. It's body is as big as Celestia is. It's body is a mix of fur and scales, it's back has wings that are twice the size of Celestia's are. It's head adorns a horn, however, it's horn resembles a sword, as it's mane it short and it's tail is like a snakes, except for the strange 'fan' shaped hair at the tip. It's neck is long but not too long.

The statue stares down at the ponies below, who are getting ready to head to bed, or go to the festival. The ponies hold smiles on their faces, as they enjoy this kind of weather, it is no longer hot and the cherry trees are releasing more petals then usual. The ponies walk along their paths, until a large gust of wind soars past them, but what they didn't see, was a figure hat resembled their shrine's statue.

The figure lands atop of a house. The ponies look around, and then they hear a pony yelling. The yelling grows closer an closer, until a fleet of guards break through the bamboo 'forest'.

"It went this way!!" Says a gruff pony. He is a dark blue coated stallion. His mane and tail are midnight blue and are slight wavy. He eyes are yellow, while his cutie mark is of two crescent moons. He wears golden Captain Guard Armor, signaling that he is Celestia's captain of the royal guard.

"Sir!" Multiple ponies in armor exclaim as they chase a pony in the light of the full moon. They gallop past ponies who watch in confusion, until they see a lone figure appear on a rooftop, before flickering away once more. This figure gallops on the roofs of houses trying to get away from the guard's ponies.

The unicorn guards ignite their horns and create magical barriers around the figure. However, that only lasts for so long, as it beings horn lights up and it swings it's head to the side, making the barriers receive multiple cuts, before exploding. The figure jumps into the air and flickers onto another rooftop, making the Pegasus guard ponies fly after it.

The figure looks up at the Pegasus ponies and flicks it's strange tail, the tree next to it coils around the figure, as a protective shield. The unicorns ignite their horns and use their magic to move the tree away, only to see a festival. The captain pony growls.

"Grr...damn it! Head out there and find it!" He orders.

"Sir, yes sir!" They exclaim as they gallop into the festival. The captain follows and rushes past groups of ponies, frantic to find this strange figure. He stops with his stallions. "Fan out! Leave no place unturned!" He orders.

"Sir!" They yell out before vanishing into the crowds. The captain pony walks around, looking for the figure, until he see's it standing atop of a pole. He see's it looking down at him, before flickering onto a rooftop. He grows confused however, as it waves a hoof at itself quickly, as if it is in hurry.

'What is this thing doing?' He wonders. He watches as the figure gallop off. 'Oh crap!' He thinks before following after the figure. He teleports behind it, only to see that it isn't a normal pony. He catches a glimpse of it's horn-blade that glints in the moonlight for a split second.

He chases after the figure as they jump from roof to roof. The figure then jumps up and leaves hoof and claw markings onto the strange wooden tiled roof. The captain pony notes this, and he seems to grow a bit worried about what he is after. But none the less, he follows the figure.

The figure drops onto the ground from the 20 foot roof kicking up dust before galloping off towards a bamboo forest. The captain becomes confused, why would this being want him to follow it? He then gets the scent of smoke. He looks up and see's smoke starting to rise. He notices that location, and his eyes widen. He points his horn upwards and sends out a magical flare that explodes much like a firework would.

His stallions appear directly after it.

"Captain Moonlight, what is wrong?" A Pegasus pony asks.

"I was lead here by the figure, we must help out who ever is trapped in that fire." Moon states. The guard ponies nod their heads and rush into the bamboo forest, they see the figure galloping over to a burning building. It flicks it's tail and mud from the nearby river flies onto the flames, dowsing some of them.

Moonlight's horn ignites and the river's water moves slightly. The figure stands next to him and it's horn also ignites. The two move the river into the air and then stream it over to the burning building. Then they let the water fall onto the building, dowsing the rest of the flames. The guard ponies rush inside and bring out two ponies.

One is a mare with a pale purple/grey coat, and two white stripes going through her mane and tail. On her flank is three stars. The next is a filly and colt. The colt has electric blue mane and tail. His fur coat is bleach white. The filly is lavender colored, her mane and tail are dark purple with one red stripe going through each. The three are all unicorn's, much like Moonlight.

They are his family. The mare is Starlit Sparkle, the colt is Shinning Armor Sparkle, and the filly is named Twilight Sparkle. Twilight has burns all over her body, as she holds a book close to her form in her forehooves. Moonlight's eyes brim with tears, as he approaches his family and nuzzle Twilight gently. She whimpers as she opens her eyes, pain racking her small form.

"Daddy..." Twilight whimpers out weakly.

"Shh...I'm here sweaty. I'm here." He tells her softly. Twilight coughs weakly as her body starts to feel cold.

"It's so cold daddy..." She tells Moonlight. He shakes his head softly.

"No. Stay awake baby! Just stay awake!" He yells down at her. Armor and Starlit awaken from their unconsciousness and then rush to Moonlight's and Twilight's sides.

"It's so...cold...can I close my eyes, daddy?" She ask softly. Moonlight shakes his head as he tries to use his magic, but it falters as he is in fear that his only daughter might die. He sniffs and shakes his head as tears drop onto her cheek gently.

"No baby. Just stay awake, for daddy." He begs her.

"I can see....an Alicorn." She says as she looks over his shoulder. The others don't notice, but the figure stands behind Moonlight, the light of the moon shows his form ever so slightly. "He is so pretty..." She whispers out as her eyes glaze over. The figure places a hand/clawed-hoof onto Moonlight's shoulder.

"Allow me to help her." The figure states. Moonlight turns and see's the figure, he gasps. It looks like the statues in the shrines all over Neighppon. His wins are giant and feather, his height reaches Celestia's, maybe even taller. His horn looks like a bone-sword. His eyes are soft and caring, their color is Ice blue. His fur is also Ice blue, however, his scales that form 'armor' around his body are a haunting white.

His mane and fanned out hair part of his tail are ghostly white. His forehooves have bleach white claws on them, yet they are soft as they are on his shoulder. His muzzle is slightly longer, however, the being before him looks as old as he himself is, around 18 years old.

"Who are you?" Starlit asks. The being smiles at her.

"I am known as, Spirit the Kirin." He explains, she gasps softly.

"I've heard of you before! Your the one that stopped that tsunami from hitting Neighppon a few years back!" She exclaims. Then guards look upon Spirit in awe.

"Indeed I am. Now step aside. I will save her." He orders. Moonlight does as he is told, and allows Spirit to approach Twilight. She looks up at him, and he down at her. He moves his had down presses the tip of his horn against her forehead. She is then covered in a radiant white light.

Everypony watches in awe and shock as Twilight's wounds heal and vanish. However, Spirit seems to be growing weaker. He drops to his forelegs, but keeps healing Twilight. They watch as she becomes fully healed, and her broken horn reforms. She opens her eyes more and stares at Spirit, who smiles down at her, before getting up to his hooves and walks away.

"Wait!" Moonlight yells. Spirit stops and looks back at Moon. "Come with us! Please!" He begs. Spirit gives a weak smile, before shaking his head.

"I cannot." He states. "For I am not welcomed by ponies, and I never will. Your kind is to have a peaceful life, while my kind died out long ago." Spirit says sadly, even with the smile.

"Then when will we see you again?" Starlit asks softly.

"Only time will tell." Spirit states before turning back and gets ready to walk, but something warm presses itself against his leg, and he looks down, to see filly Twilight hugging his leg.

"Pwease come with us..." She sniffs out. He feels a pang of guilt in his heart before he smiles.

"I can't." He states. She looks ready to cry, until he nuzzles her gently. "But you WILL see me again. Even if it is a brief glance, I'll be nearby to help. I promise." He tells her. She smiles, then gets a strange look.

"Can I ask you something, mister Spirit?" She asks.

"Sure." He tells her softly.

"Do you want to be my best friend?" She asks. Spirit feels his heart warm up, before showing a genuine smile. He kneels down and nuzzles the filly gently.

"Only if you will be mine." He states.

"Yay! I has new best friend!!" She squeals happily before hugging his neck tightly. Her gives her a hug with one foreleg as to not crush her. Minutes pass by before he rises to his hooves and walks off back into the forest.

"Farewell my pony friends. We will meet again." He calls back to them, before flickering away like a spirit would after it has made it's peace. This meeting had started to turn the wheels of fate, as something was going to happen in the years to come. This, is The story, of the Kirin.