Legacy of the Kirin

Spirit's body remains still as Twilight wakes up slowly. She looks around groggily as they are surrounded by strange purple and pink crystals. She notes that Spirit's body is riddled with holes and his side is still torn open and still healing ever so slowly. She see's his body twitch slightly.

She moves closer to him, only to be stopped by 'Cadence's laughter. She looks around.

"Where are we!?" Twilight yells out. Cadence's face appears in a crystal.

"Your in the Crystal Caverns beneath Canterlot. Many don't even know that it exists." She states.

"That's because I buried them here to keep Sombra away from a certain object he still needs." Says a male voice. Twilight looks around and see's Spirit standing there, his cloths are blood red and deep matt black while his hair is bright white even becoming silver colored as his eyes glow bright and dark.

His wounds heal up quickly as his sword appears on his back as his coat flaps in the slight breeze that forms from the entrances and exits. Cadence glares down at Spirit.

"What do you mean?" She asks. Spirit bows his head no one can see his eyes.

"I don't have to tell you anything. Besides, he'll never get it back to gain ALL of his power back into his possession anyways." He states with a bored tone. Cadence growls and materializes before him with her for-hooves raised and he is sent flying back from an unseen force.

His eyes glow slightly as a smirk develops onto his lips and he flickers before her, his sword brought out and in a downward slashing motion. She giggles and his blade bounces off of a force field made of strange blue magic. His eyes widen as multiple swords appear and impale into his form and pinning him to a crystal wall. Twilight's horn charges a bright purple magical sphere which then turns into a large beam as she releases it.

Cadence turns but the beam slams into her and sending her into a wall crumbling it to reveal another Cadence being guarded by Ruby Changeling's. Twilight's eyes widen as this Cadence has a long cut going down her left eye down the side of her neck and chest before stopping at her left hip. The fake Cadence's form flickers between Cadence and King Beetle.

Twilight growls and her eyes become white as her Element forms atop of her head but starts to fuse with her horn and body. She becomes human height as she resembles Light but her build is a bit smaller and her fur becomes like Princess armor. The gem becomes split into two pieces as the upper part becomes her jewel on the crown while the lower part becomes shield shaped like her Cutie Mark with a sword sheathed into it.

She scream in anger as she unsheathes her sword as her shield slips onto her left forearm and the gauntlet beneath it slips onto her hand as she holds her sword with her right hand. She flickers behind King Beetle who bucks Twilight into a wall, but Spirit flickers and catches the pony-turned-human and tosses her at Cadence.

"Go save her. I'll deal with this ant." He hisses out the last part mockingly, making King Beetle growl and charge at Spirit. The two combatants both flicker but this time, Beetle is smashed against the crystal walls as they fight and Spirit dodges his attacks.

'How can he be faster now!? Before I was beating him, unless...that clever bastard.' Beetle thinks to himself with a smirk before stopping in mid place on the ceiling while Spirit stands on the floor.

"You were letting me hit you, hm?" He asks.

"So what if I was?" Spirit asks. Beetle chuckles before he vanishes and appears back in the same spot as Spirit's shoulder is cleaved open and his legs are broken. Spirit's eyes widen in shock and realization. Beetle managed to get somewhat serious. He growls in pain as Beetle appears before him and slides his strange sword into his abdomen and starts to move it up towards his chest slowly making Spirit cry out in pain.

"You really shouldn't let this sort of thing happen to you, even by your own sword." Beetle states with a mocking smirk. Spirit looks down and see's that Beetle is using HIS sword to cut him apart. Spirit grabs the blade of his own sword in shock as he can feel the air get thicker and thicker. "You might not be able to die, but I can still put you into a deep sleep to keep you occupied." He whispers into Spirit's ear.

Spirit chuckles weakly.

"Well, you won't be able to soon." He coughs out. Beetle tilts his head before a blast of magic slams into his back side sending him off of Spirit and into the far wall face first. He rises and turns around. He see's Twilight back to normal passed out on Cadence's back as her horn charges up another ball of magic, a strange fire burning in her eyes.

"How dare you attack him!" She exclaims as she fires odd a large beam that goes and hits Spirit instead of Beetle. He laughs as if she were stupid.

"You attack Spirit and put an end to him, hm? Such a foolish pony." Beetle chuckles out as multiple swords float around in the air but before they are sent out a series of what sounds like a strange roar comes from where Spirit was laying and the swords are hit with a spire of fire. Beetle looks up and his eyes widen when he see's a large silhouette of what he can only assume is a Dragon. It's crowned slit golden eyes shine bright as it stares down at him.

"You think you could do me in that easily? How foolish." The Dragon says with a deep rumbling voice. Beetle smirks up at the giant Dragon.

"So it is true. Your reputation proceeds you for being the fiercest of the Dragon's to have ever lived, Spirit." He states. Spirit growls and fire spews out from it's massive maw, but Beetle flickers away in the exit area and chuckles. "But our little game ends here. Farewell, King of the Mountain." He states before his right eye glows and his body is consumed by shadows as he exit collapses. Cadence stares up at the massive Dragon as it starts to drop, but Spirit drops down instead onto the ground making the crystals crack and shatter from beneath his clawed feet.

Cadence stares wide eyed at Spirit as he raises a finer up to his lips in a "be quiet" motion. She nods her head as Twilight moves slightly but stays unconscious. Spirit flickers behind her and taps the back of her head knocking her out and he catches both her and Twilight as he sits on the crystalline floor and looks up through his minds-eye.

He see's Light and Love return with the others and how Light explains that he would not be back for a few days or she could have said hours as he could only see but not hear. He smirks as he holds a passed out Cadence and Twilight before his eyes light up and they are both raised into the air and float around him. His eyes glow brighter and brighter before he himself goes invisible and a jolt makes Twilight and Cadence wake up and he sets them down quickly but gently.

"Cadence!!" Twilight exclaims.

"Twilight!" Cadence exclaims and the two share a good long hug before their sense's kick in and they look around quickly. Cadence's horn ignites to find Spirit but she finds nothing. Twilight does the same and she comes up with the same thing.

"Where did Spirit go to?" Twilight asks.

"I'm not sure, but we need to get out of here!" Cadence exclaims. Twilight gives her a look.

"But what about Spirit!?" She asks. Cadence sighs.

"Twilight, Spirit is just fine as he himself found this place as he had told Beetle." Cadence tells the young Alicorn. Twilight sighs before nodding her head and the two rush off towards an exit that Spirit had created while they were talking. He float around them without being seen or detected as they gallop through the caverns. He notices that Changelings follow them and he silent berates himself for thinking that they would have no issues in escaping.

Twilight looks back and her eyes widen as the hordes upon hordes of Ruby Changelings charge after them. She goes to attack but then Spirit becomes visible and his hands are together and held back as a small black ball of energy forms. He thrusts his hands forward and the ball flies out and explodes as it hits a wall ad causes crystals to fall and impale a few of the Changelings and block off most of the hordes from getting to them.

His sword appears on his back as he charges at the hordes and starts slashing around the ground and air killing Changelings left and right. His eyes glow softly as he holds out a hand and crystal spikes fly and kill the Changelings before he stabs his sword into the crystal floor and makes the crystals themselves turn into strange liquid metal that circle around his form. His sword vanishes and he punches and kicks at the air as small liquid metal bullets fly out and go through the heads of the Changelings.

The liquid metal forms into strange looking hand-canons that Spike used to use and he spins them around his fingers and he crosses his arms and starts firing left and right sending out what Spike calls "bullets" through the heads of Changelings with a smirk on his face. He jumps and as he falls he spins through the air and fires off more "bullets" rapidly before these strange rectangle's drop down to his feet and more appear and slide up the grip of the hand-canon.

He flickers behind Cadence and Twilight as he fires more "bullets" out in the blink of an eye before he moves one arm back and without looking shoots the head off of a Changeling. He looks back at Twilight and Cadence with a bored look.

"Come on, let's get going." He states before he pushes off of the floor and he disappears. Twilight smirks slightly.

"I think I know what's going on." She states.

"Spirit's being invisible?" Cadence asks. Twilight nods. "Figures." She sighs out before the two smile and gallop towards the exit. They reach a cliff and the two jump off of the ground and both spread their wings as they glide upward to the top but when they reach it, three ponies and multiple Ruby Changelings guard the exit. They glare and both of their horns ignite as they fire magical beams at the ponies and they are free from whatever spell they were under.

The ponies scream before they as moved back by Spirit who glares down at the Changelings. His eyes glow brightly and they, along with him, disappear in the blink of an eye before Spirit comes back with blood all over his form. He walks over to the exit and opens it before walking away from it and gets prepared to leave but is stopped by Cadence.

"Wait! Aren't you going to help us!?" She yells out. Spirit looks over his shoulder at her and smirks lightly.

"Course I am, doll. I'm not going to let these Changelings get away with this, but I also can't let them get the artifact. I'll see you two in a little bit." He chuckles out before he flickers for a split second before he vanishes. Cadence stops her hoof in frustration but Twilight wraps a foreleg around her withers and calms her down.

"Come on, if he says he'll help us, then he'll help us! But we need to go help the others!!" She exclaims. Cadence nods her head as the two of them and the other ponies rush out of the exit.

======In the throne room; Wedding Day================

"...And with the power invested in me, I now pronounce you Husband and- " Celestia is cut off as Twilight bursts through the doors.

"Stop the wedding!!" She exclaims.

"Ugh! Why does she have to ruin my day! I mean! Oh! Boohooo! Why does she have to ruin "our" special day!?" The fake Cadence exclaims.

"It's not YOUR special day!" Says a mare's voice. The real Cadence walks in. "It's MINE!" She yells out at the fake copy.

"Ah don' un'erstand, 'ow can there be two Princess Cadence's?" AJ asks.

"Because HE is a Changeling! The Changeling King Beetle!!" Cadence exclaims. The fake copy chuckles.

"Close, but you are wrong." Says a strange woman's voice from the fake Cadence. A pillar of ruby fire flies into the air around the fake copy before a copy of Chrysalis stands there, but the chitin-fur is white, the mane is red the eyes are like rubies as her tail is scorpion like with those stringers that look like claws. Her wings fan out and look like a mix between a butterflies and a wasps wings.

"Who are you!?" Twilight exclaims.

"I am Empress Carapace! Wife if Emperor Beetle!" Carapace exclaims. Chrysalis stares at the Changeling before her in shock and surprise. "Chrysalis's mother." She then states. Twilight stares wide-eyed at this Changeling before Emperor Beetle appears in a flash of light and he has a smirk on his face.

"I have long since waited to get here to put an end to you miserable ponies! It has been generations since I had seen your despicable race here gazing up at me in fear. I grow tired of your worthlessness!" He roars out as sword circle him and fly out and ready to kill every-pony in the room as they flinch and close their eyes, but then a series of small explosions sound off and boots click clacking on the floor.

They open their eyes and they see Spirit walking down a long staircase with his hands in his pockets as his red coat flaps in the wind and his black boots shine.

"Hey there." He states.

"Spirit!!" Love and Light exclaims. He smirks and looks up as his sword sits on his back.

"You didn't really think I would miss out on the party, did you?" He asks. His voice seems louder and his body seems leaner as if he had gone through yet another transformation of power. His tail flicks a few times as his wings twitch slightly. The pink magic barrier shatters as millions upon billions of Ruby Changelings break through an charge Canterlot.

Beetle and Carapace both laugh maniacally.

"We have won!!" Carapace exclaims.

"No, you haven't." Celestia growls out as her eyes glow and her axe appears in her hand and Carapace is sent flying into the far wall from the twitch of Celestia's head. Spirit draws his sword as Beetle flickers before him and slashes downward with a broadsword onto Spirit's own blade. The two smirk at each other as they run/gallop alongside a wall as they slash their blades at each other while Celestia and Carapace punch and kick at each other an every so often Carapace would need to dodge Celestia's axe before she would send the Alicorn-human into a pillar and continue their brawl.

Spirit kicks Beetle into a column as he stabs his blade into the wall as he spins around on the hilt as Beetle's swords fly out and try to hit Spirit but are knocked away by his feet and tail. He looks up as he spins and time seems to go slow for the two as they have a stare down before they both flicker and clash their blades together and send sparks flying before they slash their blades around at rapid speeds but only manage to block the others attacks.

Celestia and Carapace both punch each other in the face and they both fly back into two different columns as the ponies below rush to get away from the brawl but are dealing with Ruby Changelings. Chrysalis growls and her Emerald Changelings appear out of nowhere and take down the Ruby ones before more arrive. Mountain's arm claws/hands jet out and crush the Ruby Changelings like bugs.

Nightmare sends out a torrent of black flame as Spike stands beside her spewing out his Emerald flame. Light and Love both have their eyes glow and the Ruby Changelings are sent flying from a psychic force before Love shrinks down and hides between Light's breasts out of fear. Light giggles softly before summoning her katana-spear and licks the blade before she flickers into the middle of a horde as the Ruby Changelings explode sending blood and gore all over the place.

Spirit kicks Beetle into Carapace and they collide and make strange sparks before they switch opponents. Carapace flies after Spirit who simply spins around and kicks the Empress into a column before he tackles Beetle into a wall. Celestia knee's Carapace in the stomach before her axe forms in her hands. She raises it and swings down chopping off one of her strange butterfly wings before kicking her down onto the floor.

Spirit grabs Beetle by the horn and throws him into another column and the roof starts to collapse.

"Shit." Spirit mutters having forgotten about the roof needing the damned columns that he so loves to smash. He flickers down to the double doors and opens it. "Come on everyone! Get the fuck out of here now!" He exclaims. The ponies, Dragons and Emerald Changelings nod as they rush past him. He holds the roof up with his strange psychic abilities as Carapace and Celestia keep battling it out. Beetle sends a volley of daggers down at Celestia who kicks them aside and into Carapace's foreleg.

Beetle tackles Celestia to the floor and runs a sword into her side, making her scream in pain. Spirit growls and hisses before his eyes light up dangerously and he flickers down and kicks Beetle away as well as pulling the sword out of Celestia and throws it at Beetle going through the Changeling Emperor's side. Beetle and Carapace growl before the roof starts to crumble down towards them and they both flicker at Spirit who is healing Celestia's side quickly. She looks up at the falling roof and smiles softly thinking that this was going to hurt.

"This won't hurt at all." Spirit states as he forms a barrier around the two of them as the roof crumbles onto the Ruby Changelings and Beetle pushes Carapace out from under a large piece of roof before it crushes him. Carapace's eyes grow tears before she is forced to flee and take the remains of her Ruby Changeling army. Spirit kisses Celestia gently as the roof collapses around them and a cloud of dust rises into the air.

Twilight and the others watch in horror as the cloud rises, yet the only ones escaping are a distraught Carapace and what is left of her "army". She gallops back into the castle and goes down the hallways until she reaches the throne room, or what is left of it. She stumbles around and uses her magic to push the debris around. Dash places a hoof onto her shoulder.

"Twi, I don't think- " She is cut off as a pillar of strange light shoots into the air from the center of the room. As the pillars light starts to die down, they can see Celestia is fine and that Spirit is raising his hands. He is panting heavily.

"Damn it. That took FAR too much energy than I had thought." He states as he fall onto his butt. Celestia nods her head.

"Agreed. That was a bit too much, even for my liking." She giggles out. The two rises up to their feet once more and they flicker before Dash and Twilight who stare up at the two of them.

"Does this mean that the wedding is off?" Pinkie asks. They shake their heads and both smirk.

"No way in hell." They both states.

=====1 week later=========================

"Princess Mi Armore Cadenza- " Celestia starts but it cut off.

"Cadence is fine." She states. Celestia smiles.

"Princess Cadence and Prince Shinning Armor. I now pronounce you, husband and wife." Celestia states. She looks to Spirit who stands before Mountain and Chrysalis.

"Queen Chrysalis and King Mountain. I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. May you two prosper and have many children during your days as a wedded couple. Princess Cadence and Prince Shinning Armor, you two have my blessing to live in my kingdom as well. May you all live happily and full of love." Spirit states with a small smile before Cadence kisses Shinning and Mountain kisses Chrysalis.

Celestia and Spirit share a smile as the four head towards the chariots and ride off into the distance, as they had not wanted to go through the after-party. Light stands besides Spirit on his right as Celestia stands on his left. Daring stands behind Celestia and Nightmare stands with Light as Gilds sits before all of them. They all look out at the sunset with smiles on their faces as they look forward to a better future.

Spirit then gives a glance towards the north and see's the Crystal Empire returning into it's full luster as Sombra's shadow grows across the lands and sea's. He looks down at Discord's statue and he can feel that the Draconequus' time to become free once again, is arriving. Life is going to get more interesting around here, and he doesn't want to miss a thing.